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First published: 7th December 2002
We review three out of the eight books in the Craig Hunt
Linux Library series published by Sybex Inc. The first book
is the second edition of "Linux Apache Web Server
Administration" by Charles Aulds, followed by the second
edition of "Linux System Administration" by Vicki Stanfield,
and Roderick W. Smith. Both books were published in September
2002 and reviewed by Craig Hunt. The third book is
"Linux Network Servers" written by Craig Hunt himself
published in August 2002.
"Linux Apache Web Server Administration" is written for
well-versed Linux administrators who use Apache as their web
servers in a small to medium-sized company. It provides a
good coverage of the necessary topics to arm an administrator
with sufficient knowledge to get the Apache web server up and
running, and also administer and maintain it. Its
table of contents
lists four appendices, and fifteen chapters that are
categorised under four main parts.
Part 1: "How Things Work" has two chapters that introduces
the Web and compares Apache with various free and commercial
web servers. The next four chapters under Part 2: "Essential
Configuration" cover installing Apache 2.0.36 from source,
the binary distribution of Apache 2.0.35, and Apache using
an RPM, configuring some general directives, installing
third-party modules as dynamic shared object (DSO) modules
using the apxs utility, and setting up IP-based and
name-based dynamic virtual hosts. The third part which
comprises Chapters 7 to 10 moves on to the advanced
configuration options, namely how to implement Server-Side
Includes (SSI), Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts,
FastCGI, a simple MySQL web query,
mod_perl, PHP, Active Server Pages (ASP),
Tomcat, Resin, mod_alias,
mod_rewrite, and GUI configuration tools
such as Comanche and Webmin.
Part 4: "Maintaining a Healthy Server" together with the remaining
five chapters teaches you how to create your own Apache logs,
track user sessions using mod_usertrack,
rotate and analyse logs, tweak the performance, use
mod_proxy, implement various authentication
and authorisation methods, install mod_ssl,
be your own Certificate Authority (CA), negotiate content
based on meta-information, and set up the Red Hat Content
Accelerator. Appendix A lists all the standard Apache
directives for version 2.0.39 while the three remaining
appendices supply the online references for more
information and teach you how to use them effectively, and
talk about using Samba, FTP, mod_put,
Frontpage Extensions, and mod_dav to
transfer files to Apache.
Although this second edition has been updated to include
Apache 2.0, it is not the definitive guide to Apache 2.0
because it does not focus on the new features of Apache 2.0 or
the differences between Apache 1.3 and 2.0. This book is therefore
not for experienced Apache web server administrators who are
seeking guidance in migrating from Apache 1.3 to version 2.0.
However, it will suit experienced Linux system
administrators who are new to Apache to a tee as it is easy
to understand, starts from the basics, and walks you through
step-by-step instructions to ensure that you are well equipped
to setup and maintain your very first Apache web server.
Now, on to our next book, the updated second edition of
"Linux System Administration" is aimed at Linux server
administrators who are already familiar with Unix or
slightly knowledgeable about Linux. It is not for beginners,
desk-top Linux users, or Windows users wishing to migrate
to Linux.
Its eighteen chapters are divided into four parts and there
is no appendix as per its
table of contents.
This book is applicable to all major Linux distributions
although when specific examples are needed, Red Hat Linux
7.3 is used.
Once you have finished reading this book, you are well on
your way to maintain a Linux server confidently. It covers
everything you need to know from setting up user accounts,
implementing a backup and recovery strategy, to
troubleshooting problems on your system.
Our last book on the list, "Linux Network Servers", targets
Linux administrators who want to build a Linux server that
provides network services such as Login, Mail, Printer,
Network Gateway, and Web Services. As it does not include
information for you to revise the basics of Linux, readers
need to possess a fundamental understanding of IP networks,
Linux commands, and Linux system administration.
Please refer to its
table of contents
on how the thirteen chapters are organised under four sections.
Red Hat Linux 7.2 is used in most of the examples in this book
although you should be able to apply the information to other
Linux distributions as well with slight adjustments.
Each chapter in Part 2 and 3 is dedicated to one service.
Chapter 6 is about the Apache web server. It shows you how
to install Apache 1.3.20 using an RPM, configure some
general directives, fine-tune its performance, define
name-based virtual hosts, implement access controls,
configure SSL, and monitor the logs. Basically you will be
able to maintain a basic Apache web server after this.
As a new Linux administrator without much experience, this
is a good reference guide to start you off implementing
standard network services. It is not enough to provide you
with a more complex setup of an individual service so you
will need to have another book solely on each specific
service that requires more advanced configuration. For
example, to implement an elaborate setup of Apache web
server, you will require the "Linux Apache Web Server
Administration" book.


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Google Options Turn Bearish After Schmidt's Stock Sale
Bearish trading in Google Inc. options rose to its highest level relative to bullish bets in three months Monday, after the company reported Friday Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt plans to sell Google shares valued around $2.5 billion over the next year.
The ratio of trading in bearish "put" options, which grant the buyer the right to sell stock at a set price, relative to activity in bullish options, which convey the right to buy, rose to 1.31 to one. That was the highest level since November. Trading in puts was on track to finish at 23% above the daily average as of midday Monday, according to options-data firm Trade Alert.
"Some options traders are viewing Eric Schmidt selling as a bad sign for Google," said William Lefkowitz, options strategist for vFinance Investments. "Right or wrong, there is a subset of traders that watch for what the insiders are doing, and see insider selling as a bad sign for a company's fundamentals and as a sign that shares might begin to trend down."

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Baltimore Equitable Society Collection, 1729-1997, MS 3020
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Provenance: The Baltimore Equitable Society Collection was placed on permanent deposit at the H. Furlong Baldwin Library of the Maryland Historical Society in 2003 by the Baltimore Equitable Society.
Size: Approximately 300 linear feet
Access: Access to the following subseries is restricted until Spring 2005: I.16. Cancelled Policies; IV.4. Museum Manuscripts; IV.5. Museum Prints and Photos.
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Baltimore Equitable Society Collection, 1729-1997
Table of Contents
Organizational History
Scope and Content Note
Decscription of Series
Series I, Insurance Records
Series II, Financial Records
Series III, Administrative Records
Series IV, Museum Records and Collections
Container List
Series I, Insurance Records
Series II, Financial Records
Series III, Administrative Records
Series IV, Museum Records and Collections
Organizational History
The Baltimore Equitable Society for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire, Baltimore's oldest corporation and the third oldest mutual fire insurance company in the country, was incorporated by an act of the Maryland Legislature in 1794. The Society was governed by a board of twelve directors and a treasurer, who served as the Society's chief executive, all of whom were elected yearly by a general meeting of the members. The first Treasurer was Joseph Townsend (1756-1841), who occupied the office for all but one of the Society's first forty-seven years of operation. Initially a one-man show, the Society employed a few clerks and surveyors as needed and, upon Townsend's death in 1841, began to fill the executive offices of Treasurer and Secretary with two people instead of one. Although the 1920s saw the further extravagance of the formal addition of an assistant secretary and assistant treasurer, the Society continued to operate with minimal staff. This conservatism in human resources reflected the carefully circumscribed conditions of the Society's operation. Its range extended only to Baltimore and its suburbs, and while in the early days, risks were considered on a case-by-case basis, greater experience and sophistication in risk management led the Society increasingly to limit its risks to masonry dwellings.
The company's original charter called for a system of deposits, contributions, and dividends. Upon joining, each member would pay a deposit based on the type of property insured and the desired amount of coverage, initially limited to two-thirds of the full value of the property. Losses by fire, rather than being paid out of the company's surplus, were funded by the collection of contributions, with each member required to pay a certain percentage of his or her deposit. For members, the upside to this obligation was that the Society's surplus was dedicated not to losses, but to dividends. Upon the expiration of a seven-year policy, each policyholder took home the original deposit plus a dividend of the company's earnings proportional to the deposit.
As early as the 1850s, the directors and members of the Baltimore Equitable Society began considering modifications to the seven-year plan, seeking to bolster the Society's membership rolls, and consequently, its surplus, by offering more flexible and appealing schemes of insurance. In 1857, the Society added transient insurance, which allowed for terms of insurance of one, three, or five years and funded itself through the now widely-used system of premiums, rather than the idiosyncratic system of contributions and dividends. Shortly thereafter, the seven-year policy was abandoned entirely in favor of the more unusual perpetual plan. Under the perpetual plan, each member paid an initial deposit (for dwellings, usually about 2% of the amount of coverage effected) and was not subsequently liable for any further premiums. Upon cancellation, the full amount of the deposit was refunded, regardless of whether any claims had been made against the policy. Though contributions might still be levied if necessary, the members and directors foresaw being able to pay its losses out of the surplus fund, which proved to be the case.
By the late nineteenth century, the introduction of the perpetual policy had achieved the desired effect of increasing the membership rolls and surplus of the Society. With this increased prosperity came one of the few moments of controversy in the Society's history. In 1890, a group of policyholders, roused in part by the Society's decision to increase the amount of deposit required for insurance of certain commercial risks, advocated an amendment to the charter providing for the payment of periodic dividends from the Society's surplus. A committee of prominent members appointed by the board of directors to study the matter concluded that, Baltimore being due for a great fire, the surplus should be left alone. At the next general meeting, an overwhelming majority of policyholders voted to affirm the committee's findings. Thirteen years later, the Baltimore Equitable Society made good on all of its losses incurred in the Fire of 1904.
As the twentieth century progressed, the Society's officers showed an increasing interest in the their organization's historical significance. In the 1920s, the Society's sixth Treasurer, George Corner, established up the Museum of Firefighting History on the upper floor of the Society's offices, showcasing the Society's history as well as that of mutual fire insurance and firefighting in general. In the following decade, Richard Hart of the Enoch Pratt Free Library was recruited to catalog the museum's publication collection and to produce a history of the Society to celebrate its approaching sesquicentennial. While this project seems not to have come to fruition, the efforts of Hart and especially Assistant Secretary Amherst B. Hall to organize the Society's records up to that point are evident throughout the collection.
Scope and Content Note
The Baltimore Equitable Society Collection spans the years 1729-1997, with most material dating between 1794 and 1991. The vast majority of the materials in the collection were generated by the Society's small workforce, where division of labor was inconsistent, fuzzy, or non-existent. The principal series into which the collection is divided are thus oriented toward the purpose of each record or record set. Insurance Records are those records directly involved in writing policies, managing risk, and paying losses. Financial Records consist of records of accounting, banking, and investment activities. Administrative Papers include minutes, correspondence and miscellaneous documents generated by the Society's officers and directors. Also included here are personal records of many of the Society's officers. Museum Records and Collections consist of publications, manuscripts, prints, and photos, as well as extensive correspondence mostly relating to the provenance of the collections.
At the heart of the collection are the records of approximately 100,000 policies written by the Society from 1794 through 1991. Containing data related to construction, ownership, and value of these properties, the three sub-series of "Records of Policies" are the logical starting point for research in genealogy, architecture, and economic history. Records of the Society's ground rent investments, though unrelated to the underwriting side of the business, provide a further resource for property research.
The bulk of the collection occurs in bound volumes, most of which remained consistent in format and usage for long periods of time. Changes of varying significance in the Society's record-keeping schemes are evident at several junctures, most salient of which is the conversion in 1967 to a computer-based system. Most of the major series of volumes were discontinued in the following years, though a few were kept up-to-date into the 1980s. Excepting the absence of a Risk Book for the period 1812-1833, the major sub-series of Insurance and Financial records are complete for entire span of years during which they were kept. Administrative records tend to be much less comprehensive. Several gaps exist in the Minutes of Meetings of the Board of Directors, and they are absent entirely from 1939. Records of the board's committees and of the general meetings are generally sparse, as is correspondence past 1908.
Series I: Insurance Records, 1794-1996 (Boxes 1-104; Oversized Volumes 1-87)
Subseries 1: Policy Books, 7-year and Perpetual, 1794-1972 (Boxes 1-6, Oversized volumes 1-34)
Formally called Records of Policies, these large bound volumes describe the terms for each policy issued. Organized by policy number (and thus chronologically according to issue date), entries include name of insured, address and brief description of property, amount of coverage and amount of deposit. Entries were updated, somewhat roughly, to note changes in coverage, cancellations, and losses by fire. Records of Policies were indexed by name
Subseries 2: Risk and Expiration Books, 7-year and Perpetual, 1794-1971 (Box 7, Oversized volumes 35-47)
Risk Books and Expiration Books were the means through which the Society tracked the total amount of insurance in force at any given time. The amount of coverage for a given policy was posted to the risk book at issuance. Upon expiration (in the case of 7-year policies) or cancellation (in the case of perpetual policies) the amount of coverage was posted to the expiration or cancellation book. Running totals were maintained for both, so that subtracting expirations/cancellations from risks at any given time would yield the current amount of insurance in force. Alternately, the expirations were periodically posted to the risk book and subtracted from the amount of insurance in force. Arranged chronologically, each entry indicates policy number, name of insured, and amount of insurance.
Subseries 3: Policy Books, Transient, 1857-1972 (Box 8, Oversized volumes 48-59)
Analogous to 7-year and Perpetual Policy Books. As Transient Insurance allowed for renewals without the issuance of a new policy, these records also contain dates and terms of renewals.
Subseries 4: Risk and Expiration Books, Transient, 1875-1979 (Box 9, Oversized volumes 60-69)
Also analogous to their 7-year and perpetual counterparts. The possibility of renewals and the variability of terms led to somewhat less tidy tracking of expirations, thus the maintenance, beginning in the 1890s, of multiple expiration books based on length of term.
Subseries 5: Baltic Policies, 1840-1939 (Boxes 10-11)
Through a long-lived arrangement, the Society insured the projects of the Maryland Permanent Land and Building Society for the amount of $500,000; details of the arrangement are posted at beginning of first volume. Entries in these four volumes include the policy number, name and address of insured, and a brief description of the risks underwritten through this arrangement.
Subseries 6: Records of Surveys, 1806-1968 (Boxes 12-20, Oversized volumes 70-80)
Describe insured property in greater detail than found in Records of Policies. Sketch frequently included for new insurances. Also includes surveys of losses and notes on renewals and changes to policies. Organized by date survey performed. Overlap of R-S of the earlier group with A-B of the later was the result of the two principle surveyors maintaining separate records. After introduction of Memoranda of Surveys in 1857, a single record of surveys was maintained.
Subseries 7: Surveyors' Notebooks, 1845-1874 (Boxes 21-22)
Informal records maintained by surveyors. Those created through 1862 represent the detritus generated immediately before and after the above-mentioned overlap in the formal Records of Surveys. Later notebooks (created by F.H.B. Boyd) contain detailed information on losses and replacement costs.
Subseries 8: Survey Memorandum Books, 1857-1950 (Boxes 22-26)
Brief notes on properties in need of surveyance; Includes name and address of surveyee, policy number where applicable; numbers in colored pencil indicate corresponding page in Record of Surveys. First half of first volume is occupied by unrelated material, apparently record of dividends on seven-year policies, much of which has been used as scrapbook for newspaper notices for General Meetings, contributions, and other items of interest to the Society.
Subseries 9: Transfer Books, 1795-1972 (Boxes 27-28, Oversized volumes 81-84)
Document transfers of policies accompanying changes in ownership of insured properties. List names of both parties, number of policy transferred, amount of deposit, and location of property. Arranged chronologically.
Subseries 10: Receipts for Policies/Delivery Records, 1858-1966 (Boxes 29-32)
Simple confirmation of receipt for new policies. Include policy number, name of insured, and date policy received. Those named "Receipts for Policies" contain insured's signature, while "Records of Delivery of Policies" were noted only by a clerk or officer of the Society.
Subseries 11: Receipt Books, 1795-1972 (Boxes 33-35, Oversized volumes 85-87)
This subseries consists mostly of receipts of payments to policyholders, the two main types being payments for losses and payments of deposits and dividends upon the expiration of seven-year policies. ("Receipts for Despotism, 1812-1818," is the exception, recording the Society's receipt of deposit upon issuance of policy. Presumably the actual issuance of a policy was receipt enough, thus the short-livedness of this type of record.) Initially, receipts for all transactions were recorded in a single volume. Deposits and Dividends were recorded by date in a distinct set of volumes beginning in 1821; losses, along with some minor payment types, in 1835. A more formal record of "Receipts for Dividends and Deposits" (OS Vol. 87-88) was initiated in 1835; these were organized by policy number and limited to deposits and dividends paid at the expiration of the full seven-year term. Policies that were suspended or cancelled prior to the expiration of the term continued to be logged by date. After the Seven-year policy was discontinued, the formal records of receipts for dividends and deposits were discontinued while the less formal version was continued as a record of receipts for partial returns of deposits on perpetual policies, which occurred when coverage was reduced.
Subseries 12: Contribution Books, 1794-1860 (Boxes 36-42)
Until 1865, any losses that could not be paid comfortably from the surplus were met by levying a contribution on the Society's membership. The small, frequent contributions of the Society's early days are documented in the first two volumes, covering the years 1794-1832. Beginning in 1822, a distinct contribution book and accompanying receipt book were created for each contribution levied as the result of a larger loss. By 1832, the Society's surplus was such that contributions were levied only in the event of such larger losses, at which point smaller losses incurred since the previous contribution would also be accounted for. The last was levied in 1859, and in 1891 the Society's charter was amended to disallow the levying of contributions.
Subseries 13: Proofs of Loss and Arbitration/Appraisal papers, 1884-1924 (Boxes 43-50)
This subseries covers a relatively brief period of time for which formal external documentation of losses was collected. In general, such documents arose either as the result of a disputed settlement, or more rarely, when a commercial interest elected to submit a formal loss record for its own satisfaction. The numerous losses in 1904 necessitated the submission of Proofs of Loss, which are arranged numerically according to the number assigned in the large volume "Losses Incurred in the Conflagration of Feb. 7-8, 1904" (see Subseries 14: Miscellaneous Insurance Records).
Subseries 14: Miscellaneous insurance records, 1794-1984 (Boxes 51-59; Box 950 Folders 1-2)
Various records and record sets kept on short-term or irregular bases. Notable here are formal Records of Losses, which were first instituted by the second treasurer of the Society in 1841, then discontinued in 1864 (see explanatory note from A. B. Hall at the conclusion of second record book). The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 necessitated the only other effort at consolidation of loss records until 1961, at which point the Society returned to keeping distinct records of losses on a permanent basis – though only one ledger of this sort was created before these records were computerized (see Loss Registers in Subseries 15: Computer Printouts).
Subseries 15: Computer Printouts, 1967-1991 (Boxes 60-104)
Initially used to generate monthly premium and loss reports, the Society's computer-based record-keeping system replaced virtually all of the older insurance and financial records by 1972. Master Files (Fire and Broad Form insurance) and Perpetual Homeowners Lists provide the closest analogue to records of policies. These documents indicate policyholder, policy number, type amount of insurance, and premiums for all policies in force during a given year. Data could be sorted according to policy number, name of insured, or type of insurance, and the collection includes printouts of all three sorts for most years.
Subseries 16: Cancelled Policies, 1794-1972
Approximately sixty percent of 7-year and perpetual policies issued by the Society were returned by the policyholders and appear in this collection. Though most of the data are reflected in the Policy Books, cancelled policies frequently include unique notations and occasionally attachments. Transient Policies were generally not returned to the Society; only a small group collected in the aftermath of the Fire of 1904 is contained in the collection.
Restricted from public use pending conservation measures.
Series II: Financial Records, 1794-1981 (Boxes 105-148 ,Oversized volumes 88-194
Subseries 1: Ledgers, 1794-1978 (Box 105, Oversized volumes 88-102)
Records of credits and debits posted to each account maintained by the Society. A single series of Ledgers was maintained through 1841, at which point distinct series were maintained for Depositors Ledgers, in which transactions between the Society and its policyholders were recorded, and General Ledgers for all other transactions. Arranged roughly alphabetically by name of account. Indexes of depositor and/or account names are bound or inserted into each volume.
Subseries 2: Daybooks/Journals, 1794-1968 (Boxes 106-112, Oversized volumes 103-121)
Chronological records of financial transactions posted weekly or biweekly. Each entry indicates account, associated policy number where applicable, date and amount of transaction, and reference to corresponding entry in Ledger. The first three volumes in this subseries represent a dual daybook system in which records of transactions were recorded as they occurred in one set of books (the first and third of this subseries) and were then transcribed into a more formal volume (the second) with entries grouped by account type and posted at the mid-point and end of each month. The adoption in 1804 of Memo Books for recording daily activities facilitated the maintenance of a single daybook (see Series III, Administrative Records, Subseries 6). Also included in this subseries are three boxes of journal sheets, which appear to be rough drafts of journal entries.
Subseries 3: Cashbooks, 1841-1964 (Boxes 113-117, Oversized volumes 122-143)
Chronological records of financial transactions posted daily. Includes rough form of data later to be posted to the Journal and running total of cash on hand. Upon its introduction in 1841, a dual Cash Book system replaced Journals entirely; transactions were recorded daily in a "Petty" Cashbook, then formalized in a "Regular" Cashbook. In 1844, the Journal was re-instituted as the formal chronological record of transactions, and even created retroactively for the period during which it had been abandoned. The Petty Cashbook (henceforth simply "Cashbook") was retained as a less-formal, daily record of transactions.
Subseries 4: Balance Sheets, 1895-1972 (Oversized volumes 144-158)
Monthly reconciliation of credit and debit accounts. Lists account name and current balance. Arranged chronologically.
Subseries 5: Investment Records, 1814-1980 (Boxes 118-126, Oversized volumes 159-168)
The earliest of these records reflect the varied, somewhat informal ways in which the Society invested its members' deposits. A collection of interest books established in the 1850s prefigured the development of two formal sets of ledgers, the first for Stocks and Bonds, the second, Ground Rents and Mortgages, established in 1888 and 1877 respectively. Each of these consist of a page or series of pages devoted to each investment on which due dates and interest or payments are recorded. These are accompanied by five boxes of Ground Rent papers, consisting deeds, titles, legal documents, and, occasionally, correspondence associated with the ground rents owned by the Society. These papers are arranged numerically according to numbers assigned in the corresponding volumes.
Subseries 6: Banking Records, 1804-1975 (Boxes 127-129, Oversized volumes 169-193)
This subseries consists of checkbooks, cancelled checks, and account books. Early checkbooks, written mostly on the Bank of Baltimore contain stubs showing date, recipient, and amount of check, as well as unused checks. Personal business of Treasurers Joseph Townsend and Francis Dallam is intermingled with BES transactions. Checkbooks appear more regularly beginning in 1939; with stubs for checks drawn on Western National Bank and First National Bank recorded the bulk of outgoing payments to 1973. Cancelled checks were preserved for the period 1826-1897, the bulk being drawn on the Bank of Baltimore from 1826 to1854. Account Books consist of records of deposits in accounts held in Bank of Baltimore and Franklin Bank. Bank of Baltimore account book of 10/30/1841-4/3/1844 also includes notes on contribution of 9/1851 and sundry memos of 1857.
Subseries 7: Annual Reports to Board of Insurance Commissioners, 1871-1960 (Boxes 130-141)
Report of assets, risks, and disbursements generated annually in a book of forms issued by the Board. Beginning in 1920, each report is accompanied by the Society's Federal Income Tax return, with associated schedules, auditors' reports, and some related correspondence. Three volumes of data compiled to facilitate the creation of these reports are included in this subseries.
Subseries 8: Miscellaneous financial records, 1801-1982 (Boxes 142-148, Oversized volume 194)
Numerous small groups and single volumes used in discontinued, experimental, or specialized accounting procedures. Stock on Hand, 1801-1841 (3 vols.) provides a running total of deposits and income used in calculating dividends due on expired policies. Treasurer's Accounts, 1812-1841 (4 vols.) and the single volumes Summary of Journal Entries as posted in ledger, 1812-1841 and Cash and P[rofit] and Loss, 1812-1841 provided a more succinct and user-friendly view of the Society's accounts than afforded by the Ledgers and Journals but were discontinued after the tenure of J. Townsend. Blotter for Journal, 1866-1870 is a rough list of transactions arranged roughly by account.
Series III: Administrative Records, 1783-1988 (Boxes 149-230, Oversized Volumes 195-197
Subseries 1: Act of incorporation and supplements, 1794-1916 (Box 149, Box 950, Folders 3-11, Oversized volume 195)
Comprised of a copy of the Laws of Maryland of 1794, in which the charter was passed; bound and unbound photostatic copies of the articles of association and supplements produced by the Maryland State Archives in 1940; and two bound volumes created by the Society in which the 1794 and 1809 versions of the charter are transcribed, accompanied by lists of subscribers.
Subseries 2: Records of General and Directors' Meetings, 1794-1964 (Boxes 150-153)
Minutes and associated documents from meetings of both the board of directors and the general membership. Minutes of the bi-weekly meetings of the Board of Directors reflected a high degree of control over the day-to-day affairs of the Society, with risks, investments, and settlements frequently being considered on a case-by-case basis. Maintenance of a formal record was not regularized until 1842, and while the supplementary records (designated "draft," "copy," or "summary") bridge many of the gaps that exist up to that point, no records survive for the periods 9/1/1794-5/6/1799 and 1/13/1807-4/13/1808. Records of the Investment Committee, which consisted of three members of the board of directors, are present from 1841 through 1887, with a few scattered records remaining beyond that period. The Examining Committee, which was charged with reviewing the Society's financial records on a quarterly basis, is here represented with rosters of its members, 1864-1890. The only actual reports surviving for this committee, from 1837-1840, can be found in the subseries Subject Files under the heading "Accounting." Records of the yearly General Meetings consist of notices, minutes, reports from the board of directors, and ballots and returns of the election of directors and officers.
Subseries 3: Correspondence, 1814-1976 (Boxes 154-155, Oversized Volume 196)
This subseries consists of one box of general correspondence spanning the years 1814 through 1844, two books of outgoing letters, 1842-1878 and 1888-1908, and scattered correspondence through the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Extensive correspondence may also be found in the subseries Subject Files and Museum Correspondence, below. Arranged roughly chronologically; irregular groupings of 1814-1844 correspondence are retained from original order.
Subseries 4: Subject Files, 1794-1936 (Boxes 156-159)
Consist of correspondence, memoranda, and reports from the 18th and 19th centuries as arranged and annotated in the 1930s by Hall and Hart. Also included are Hart's abstracts of meeting minutes and the first draft of his history of the Society. See container list, p. 25, for subjects.
Subseries 5: Reference materials, 1887-1969 (Boxes 160-161)
Consists of sundry materials originating outside of the Society, related to law, finance, construction, underwriting practices, Baltimore geography and the like.
Subseries 6: Prospects, ca. 1925-1950 (Boxes 162-214)
This subseries consists of some 12,520 sets of notes created to track marketing contacts. Each was assigned a numbered envelope in which records of communication, sometimes including correspondence, were contained. Arranged sequentially. Publicly accessible card files index Prospects by name of owner and address of property.
Subseries 7: Miscellaneous administrative records (Boxes 215-223, Oversized volume 197)
This subseries includes notebooks kept by several of the Society's treasurers; advertising scrapbooks and other marketing materials, and annual statements. A handsome collection of rough notes, mostly relating to directors' meetings and surveying, compiled and mostly created by surveyor and Secretary (later Treasurer) Hugh B. Jones (1822-1895) provides an unfiltered glimpse of day-to-day activities of one of the Society's more enduring figures.
Subseries 8: Personal papers, 1783-ca. 1935 (Boxes 224-230)
Many of the Society's officers left personal papers among the Society's records. Most frequently these are records of charitable activities or papers relating to independent fiduciary or consulting services. Amherst B. Hall left the largest and most varied lot of papers, including some family correspondence, extensive correspondence detailing his advice to an out-of-town friend regarding the failing Park Heights Nursery, and several letterbooks chronicling his investments in ground rents and poultry.
Series IV: Museum Records and Collections, 1729-1990 (Boxes 231-273)
Subseries 1: Museum Correspondence, 1927-1935 (Boxes 231-236)
Consists of Treasurer George Corner's incoming and outgoing correspondence conducted while assembling the museum collections. Arrangement is first roughly alphabetical by name of correspondent, then descending chronologically within each letter of the alphabet.
Subseries 2: Miscellaneous Museum Records, 1935-1988 (Boxes 237-238)
Newsletters, brochures, and scattered correspondence collected by the museum after its initial organization.
Subseries 2: Scrapbooks, 1792-1934 (Boxes 239-249)
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AVONDALE, La. (AP) - Billy Horschel shot an 8-under 64 in the final round of the Zurich Classic, maintaining his composure through a pair of weather delays for his first-career PGA Tour victory on Sunday.
The 26-year-old former Florida Gator began the day two shots behind third-round leader Lucas Glover and surged into the lead with six straight birdies after the first weather delay. He finished at 20 under, narrowly holding off Shell Houston Open winner D.A. Points, who shot a final-round 65 to finish one shot behind.
The second delay happened before Horschel could take his second shot on the 18th hole, giving him 50 minutes to reflect on what was at stake - $1.19 million and a two-year exemption.
Kyle Stanley shot a 5-under 67 to finish third, while Chinese 14-year-old amateur Guan Tianlang finished 71st after making his second cut in two PGA events, the first coming famously at the Masters.
Horschel sealed the win with a 27-foot birdie putt on 18, after which he pumped his arms and screamed in triumph, before sinking into a crouch and briefly pulling his cap over his face as the crowd roared.
Although Horschel had never won on the Tour, he had been playing the best golf of his young career lately, with three top 10 finishes in his past three tournaments - tying for second in Houston, tying for third in San Antonio and tying for ninth in Hilton Head Island, S.C., a week ago.
He has also made a PGA Tour-leading 23 straight cuts, and had already earned $1.3 million this year. Now he has nearly doubled that, thanks to a final round which tied a single-round course record that has been matched several times, including by Rickey Barnes in Thursday's first round.
Horschel began the day at 12-under, two shots behind third-round Glover. He began to make his move up the leaderboard with his first birdie on the fifth hole.
His string of six straight birdies ran from seventh through 12th holes move him to 7-under on the round and 19-under for the tournament.
On the par-5 seventh hole, Horschel chipped from about 89 feet to within 2 feet to set up his first birdie putt. He made a 9-foot birdie putt on eight and then hit a 191-yard tee shot about 4 feet from the pin to set up a birdie on the par-3 ninth.
He made a birdie putts from 13½ feet on 10, from 6 feet on 11 and 15½ feet on 12.
Horschel bogeyed 15th hole after twice hitting in the right rough to fall back into a tie with Points.
But Horschel then birdied 16 by hitting a 109-yard approach within 5 feet, putting him back at 19-under and restoring his one-shot lead.
Points, playing in the same crowd-pleasing group as Horschel, birdied the 10th through 13th holes to stay on Horschel's heels. However, he left a 98-yard approach shot 30 feet short and left on 16, where he lost the lead.
Glover, the 2009 U.S. Open winner who was looking for his first Tour victory in about two years, took a two-shot lead into the final round and opened with five pars - narrowly missing birdie when his put rimmed out on the first hole. He was about to line up a birdie putt from 27 feet when a horn sounded, signaling nearby lightning. Play was halted immediately and a downpour ensued shortly after, causing a 2-hour, 54-minute delay.
Glover two-putted for par when play resumed, then struggled on the seventh hole, hitting his drive to an uphill lie in the rough on the edge of a pot bunker. That forced him to lay up, and he chipped over the green and wound up with a bogey on a hole that many players birdied or eagled.
That dropped him out of the lead for good, and he wound up finishing tied for fourth with Bobby Gates, five shots off the lead.


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Can a Computer Choose Your Clothes For You?
The new wave of e-commerce includes lots of subscription services and at-home try-ons, from companies that use computer algorithms to pick your items for you. How well do they work? AllThingsD's Lauren Goode reports.
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Tennessee may throw you in jail for sharing your Netflix password
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Home Entertainment, Internet
Have you shared your Netflix, Hulu Plus, or Rhapsody password with a friend? While it might seem harmless, this type of activity could now land you in some legal trouble in Tennessee.
Gov. Bill Haslam this week signed a bill that would make it illegal to share your password on subscription-based entertainment services like Netflix, Pandora, or Hulu Plus. As the AP explained, the bill is intended to stop hackers who sell batches of passwords, but it could extend to the average user who lets friends or family members watch a movie using their Netflix login or listen to music streams on Rhapsody.
"What becomes not legal is if you send your username and password to all your friends so they can get free subscriptions," bill sponsor Rep. Gerald McCormick, a Republican, told the AP.
The bill, H.B. 1783, was first introduced in February and signed by the governor on Monday. It goes into effect on July 1. Violations that involve services valued at $500 or less will be classified as a misdemeanor and involve a $2,500 fine and up to a year in jail. It would be considered a felony if the value is between $500 and $1,000, or if it's the person's second offense.
The bill received the support of the Recording Industry Association of America, which said the measure will help protect artists.
"Given the significant economic contributions of the music community to the state, it's important to ensure that the hard work of artists, musicians and labels is protected against emerging ways to steal music," Mitch Glazier, executive vice president of government and industry relations at RIAA, said in a statement. "While some states may already generally include subscription services in the scope of their theft of services laws, this is the first time a state has reviewed its cable theft law on the books in a forward-thinking manner to assure it is updated to address how entertainment is delivered today."
The bill says anyone "directly or indirectly harmed" by violations of the bill can report it to law enforcement.
In April, Netflix said it is considering a plan that would allow subscribers to watch concurrent "Watch Instantly" streams on the same account. Similar to how Netflix DVD customers can opt to have more than one DVD out at a time, Netflix streaming customers could add a customer to their account, allowing one person to stream a movie on a laptop while another person watches on a tablet, for example.
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Where the Belkin ScreenCast comes in is as a conduit. WiDi compatible laptops may not be mainstream, but with the first WiDi integrated TVs still to arrive (LG will be first in mid 2012) the ScreenCast works as an adaptor to make WiDi compatible with any existing television. It sounds like a simple role, but the elegance with which Belkin has carried it off deserves great credit.
Open the ScreenCast and the first surprise is how small it is. Belkin has created a device which is little larger than a paperback novel and roughly the same weight. Despite this the ScreenCast has all the connections needed: power, an HDMI port and RCA for those further behind the technological curve. The front right of the ScreenCast glows orange when in standby and turns green when on and the tasteful black finish matches well with the ongoing fad for piano black AV equipment. Interestingly the Screencast doesn't need a remote control because it automatically switches between on and standby when the correct TV input is selected and all other control comes directly from the PC streaming the content.
As far as the streaming goes, WiDi uses 802.11g/n WiFi and marries it with dual band wireless (2.4 and 5GHz) to create the maximum possible bandwidth. WiDi supports 1080p video, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and HDCP 2.0 in order to meet copyright standards for wireless streaming from Blu-ray discs.
Setup is a breeze. The ScreenCast plugs into a wall socket for power and Belkin supplies an HDMI (though not RCA) cable. Connect it to your TV, switch the TV to the correct input and the ScreenCast begins a one-off initialisation followed by the prompt message: 'Ready for connection. To get started launch Intel WiDi on your computer'. Compatible PCs should already have the WiDi software pre-installed, otherwise it can be downloaded here.
Once the software is started it scans for WiDi adaptors and finds the ScreenCast, which then displays a four digit security code that you enter into the WiDi PC software. Again this is a one-off and from this point onwards connection to the ScreenCast can be set to automatic whenever in range or simply by clicking 'Connect' when the WiDi software is launched. A nice touch is WiDi remembers your last screen setup (whether it be for the TV to mirror your display or extend it) so it really does become a near instant connection.
Simple as the ScreenCast may be this counts for nothing without strong performance and in this regard it does come through, albeit with caveats. The first – drivers. The ScreenCast is easy to get working (in real time it should take little more than a minute), but you will immediately find yourself faffing with software updates.
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Texas Version of Marco Rubio Brings Tea Party Spirit to Senate Race
Many Republicans view Ted Cruz as the Texas version of Marco Rubio, the Hispanic U.S. senator from Florida whose conservative philosophy and strong oratory skills helped make him a national tea party force seemingly overnight.
GEORGETOWN, Texas --Many Republicans view Ted Cruz as the Texas version of Marco Rubio, the Hispanic U.S. senator from Florida whose conservative philosophy and strong oratory skills helped make him a national tea party force seemingly overnight.
But unlike Rubio, who served several years in the Florida Statehouse before winning his Senate seat, Cruz has never appeared on a ballot. The son of a Cuban immigrant got most of his seasoning for next month's Senate primary by arguing in front of the state Supreme Court as the longest-serving Texas solicitor general.
Cruz systematically argues his case to voters as if standing in front of a jury. He jokes about politicians being "blood-sucking parasites" and proof that "invertebrates can walk upright."
"I confess, I'm a TV yeller," Cruz says, laughing about how he reacts to television news. But the joke reinforces his self-image as a conservative fighter, which happens to be what polls say Texas Republicans want.
To tea party leaders, and he has been endorsed by several in his race against Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Cruz has the conservative background to match the rhetoric. The self-professed child of the Reagan revolution made college money in the 1980s by reciting the Constitution from memory to Houston-area Rotary Clubs and giving speeches advocating free-market economics.
Cruz brags about how his Cuban father fought with rebels supporting Fidel Castro against dictator Fulgencio Batista in the 1950s, before Castro announced that he was a communist. Rafael Cruz fled the country and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, then moved to Canada to work in the oil fields near Alberta, where Ted Cruz was born. The family eventually moved to Houston, and his father became a U.S. citizen in 2005.
Ted Cruz won national debate championships at Princeton University. At Harvard Law School, he was the primary editor of the Law Review and founding editor of the Latino Law Review. It was there that he fell in love with his wife while both were working on George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign. When Bush took office, he made Cruz an associate deputy attorney general.
Republican U.S. Sens. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Toomey of Pennsylvania are urging activists to pump money into Cruz's campaign against Dewhurst, a multi-millionaire and 14-year veteran of Texas politics.
"Ted Cruz has a deep appreciation for the U.S. Constitution and he's someone conservatives can count on to fight for the principles of freedom that make America great," DeMint said.
DeMint's Senate Conservative's Fund has given Cruz nearly $1 million, and former Texas U.S. Rep. Dick Armey's FreedomWorks, a national activist group, has trained dozens of volunteers. Cruz also counts the Eagle Forum's Phyllis Schlafly and Focus on the Family founder James Dobson as supporters.
While his campaign against Dewhurst has been heated at times, Cruz saves most of his criticism for Barack Obama, who he calls the most radical president in U.S. history.
"Never has our liberty been more threatened from Washington," Cruz said in almost a conspiratorial whisper to 35 elderly voters in Georgetown, 30 miles north of Austin. "Texans want a fighter, not a timid career politician."
Cruz's challengers complain that he zealously spins quotes and facts and sometimes misleads his audience. He frequently attributes to his father a saying about preserving liberty in America, when the quotation was commonplace and repeated on national television by Ronald Reagan in 1964. Cruz often quotes Dewhurst from an Associated Press article saying that he supports an income tax, which is currently illegal in Texas. But Dewhurst was talking about reforming the state's business tax, which is not based on income and forces companies to pay taxes even when they are losing money.
Dewhurst never supported a personal income tax. Dewhurst also complains that Cruz takes too much credit for fulfilling assignments given by his boss while serving as solicitor general.
"Like Barack Obama, Ted Cruz is a Harvard-educated trial lawyer who gets paid to talk a good game," said Matt Hirsch, Dewhurst's spokesman. "Cruz's sole record revolves around co-opting Attorney General Greg Abbott's accomplishments."
Cruz said that if Dewhurst disagrees with these depictions, he should participate in more debates. Both men appeared in a debate televised statewide Friday along with former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, a business executive also in the race, who questioned Cruz's experience.
"You've been a terrific staffer in the attorney general's office, but the reality of it is you haven't led businesses," Leppert told Cruz. "To you it is an academic exercise. To me it's a career."
Even though Cruz is thankful for national endorsements, his campaign is grass-roots. He attends every small town event he can, introducing himself to voters, most of whom have never heard of him. He admits he has little hope of winning the nine-candidate May 29 primary outright, but he hopes to join Dewhurst in a run-off on July 31, when experts say turn-out will be extremely low and activist voters will likely choose the winner.
Cruz also promises to fight Republicans as well as Democrats. He complains that some Republicans have been "complicit with the Democrats in growing the size, power and spending of the federal government."
"The big reason that Barack Obama got elected is because Republicans weren't standing for principle," Cruz said. "We had lost our way."
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Orders for New Maruti Suzuki Alto Top 50,000
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Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. has received over 50,000 orders for a new version of its Alto small car in about two months–more than half the number of Eon small cars sold in a year by the local unit of Hyundai Motor Co.
Mayank Pareek, chief operating officer for marketing and sales at the Suzuki Motor Corp. unit, said Friday that the company has delivered 32,000 units of the new Alto to customers.
The Alto, which was first introduced in 2000, is India's best-selling car brand, accounting for one in every eight cars bought in the country. Maruti introduced the upgraded Alto on Oct. 16, but took advance customer orders for the car from the end of September.
The Alto has a 0.8-liter gasoline engine. The company claims the new car is 15% more fuel-efficient than the earlier 0.8-liter version it replaced, running 22.74 kilometers to a liter. Maruti sells another version of the Alto that has a 1.0-liter gasoline engine.
The new Alto competes directly with Hyundai's Eon, which also has a 0.8-liter gasoline engine. According to the company, the Eon delivers 21.1 kilometers to a liter.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd. sold 97,236 Eon cars in 12 months through October, a company spokesman said.
Maruti, India's largest car maker by sales, and second-ranked Hyundai were betting on the higher fuel-efficiency of the cars to attract Indian customers, who have of late been drawn more toward diesel vehicles due to a large price gap between the two fuels.


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South Sudan Accuses Sudan of Border Attacks
[An Nahar] Sudanese troops clashed with South Sudanese forces along their restive border, South Sudan's army said Thursday, a day ahead of planned talks between the presidents of the two rival nations.
Sudanese planes also dropped bombs as the rival forces clashed on Wednesday in South Sudan's remote north Raja region in Western Bahr el-Ghazal state, said the South's army
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Darfur by unleashing the barbaric Janjaweed on it. Sudan's potential prosperity has been pissed away in warfare that has left as many as 400,000 people dead and 2.5 million displaced. Omar has been indicted for genocide by the International Criminal Court but nothing is expected to come of it.
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South Sudan's Information Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said Kiir was still committed to the talks.
"The talks will still take place as planned, we have given our word and we are committed to them," Benjamin told AFP.
"Our chief negotiator Pagan Amum is already in Addis Ababa.... This summit is important because we want to ensure the full implementation of the agreements we have already signed."
State-owned Sudan News Agency (SUNA) announced that Sudan's president will also attend the scheduled talks.
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By Lou Mancinelli
The highly regarded Elfant Wissahickon Realtors moved from Roxborough to 8039 Germantown Ave. in November, and just last month the firm became home to the 86th president of the Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors (GPAR).
Mary Louise Butler was inaugurated as president Feb. 3 at a dinner hosted at the Germantown Cricket Club. After 25 years of working as a registered dental hygienist, Butler phased out her duties cleaning teeth, among other dental work, and traded it for responsibilities upgrading technology systems at a real estate office. At the turn of the century, she herself became a real estate agent and in 11 years, she has risen to a distinguished position in the Philadelphia real estate community.
Butler, 56, graduated from the dental hygienic school at Temple University. Over the years, she took drawing, sculpture and other classes at various locations that were in tune with her hobbies and interests. In 1999, she completed a real estate course. In turn, a professor from Delaware County Community College where she had taken the course called her and asked Butler if she'd be interested in working for a real estate agent who needed help setting up the agency's computer and internet systemAnd so Butler's introduction to the world of real estate came through her experience transferring an office's computer system from the older MS-DOS format to the modern Windows system.
"When I started working for an agent, it was my first experience in a kind of corporate setting," said Butler. "I saw the interaction and thought I could do this … I just got the sense that I would really like working in that environment. One thing led to another, and I decided to phase out of [being a] dental hygienist and into the real estate market."
When she earned her real estate license and was looking to join a firm, Butler remembered how much she enjoyed her experience with Elfant Wissahickon as a first-time homebuyer and mother, so she decided to apply to the firm and has worked with them since 2000. Since then, she has expanded her knowledge of the real estate industry by continuing to take classes and receive industry specific distinctions and licenses.
Her route to GPAR president began in 2004, when she became chairwoman of the association's grievance committee. After participating in numerous board meetings, Butler was asked to become a line officer. A line officer ascends to the role of president through the organization's ranks, in this case, starting at the secretary level, and serving as treasurer, vice-president and president-elect before serving as president.
Butler will serve a number of functions as president of GPAR including serving the public through educational visits to Philadelphia real estate offices as well as appearances at forums like City Council meetings.
"Three of my goals for this year as president are to support realtor friendly/homeowner friendly candidates in primary elections, to facilitate commercial real estate firms' participation in the Landlord Co-Operative Program with PGW and to construct a strategic plan for the Association, similar to the plan that was instituted by the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors at their January meeting," she said.
"Mary Louise just realized very early in her career the value of education, service to her profession and being part of GPAR," said Paul Walsh, broker of records and managing partner at Elfant Wissahickon. "It's been the hallmark of her career and allowed her to grow."
"Part of the reason I like this business is because of the uniqueness of each buyer and seller," said Butler. "The uniqueness of people keeps me in the business."
According to Butler, one of the main reasons people look for real estate in Chestnut Hill and Northwest Philadelphia is because of the beautiful varied housing stock and green space.
"There are a million reasons why it's more satisfying for me to be a realtor than a dental hygienist at this stage of my life," said the Swarthmore resident, who has five brothers and sisters and was raised in the Northeast section of the city. "I'm an independent contractor, and I rise and fall on my own. It's a real good feeling when I succeed. And I work with people and professionals I respect and admire."
For more information about Mary Louise Butler, visit her website at homeinfohub.com or email firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information about Elfant Wissahickon Realtors, visit elfantwissahickon.com.


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Philippine troops yesterday closed in on Muslim rebel positions and cut off escape routes to end a week-long standoff that has left more than 60 people dead in the southern city of Zamboanga, officials said.
Sporadic clashes continued as soldiers moved to clear Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) gunmen from coastal neighborhoods after a ceasefire plan collapsed, with thousands more residents fleeing to safety.
As troops moved through the Santa Barbara district yesterday, the extent of the damage from seven days of fighting came into full view, with buildings reduced to smouldering heaps or pockmarked with bullet holes, a reporter said.
Soldiers recovered the bodies of two slain gunmen still clinging to their rifles, and several unexploded warheads for use in rocket-propelled grenades had been left behind by the fleeing rebels.
In the distance, black smoke billowed from another area that had just gone up in flames.
And in a nearby district, a group of soldiers could be seen crouched on the street as sniper fire whizzed just above their heads, television footage showed.
"We are continuing to press forward with our calibrated military response," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala said.
"Fighting is continuing as we speak. They continue to resist and conduct offensive actions against us," Zagala said.
Heavily armed MNLF forces entered the port city's coastal neighborhoods on Monday last week and took dozens of hostages in a bid to scupper peace talks between another militant group and the government, aimed at ending a decades-long rebellion in the south.
Zagala said the fighting was now concentrated in two coastal districts, while other areas were secure.
However, the attack underscored the complexity of ending conflict in the southern third of the mostly Catholic Philippines, where there are several armed Muslim factions and which has seen a proliferation of unlicensed firearms.
Day and night operations by at least 3,000 elite government troops have now seen 51 MNLF rebels killed, as well as six soldiers, a policeman and four civilians.
Air and sea ports remained closed yesterday in a crisis that has paralyzed the city of 1 million, seen entire neigborhoods razed to the ground, and forced tens of thousands to flee.
The local chamber of commerce said economic losses in Zamboanga, home to a major sardine canning industry, could be as much as 50 billion pesos (US$1.1 billion) a day.
Police on Saturday estimated that the gunmen were holding as few as seven civilian hostages, compared to more than 100 a day earlier, with many either escaping or being allowed to go free.
Philippine Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said the number of people who had fled to temporary shelters had risen to more than 69,000 by yesterday morning.
"The number swelled yesterday because thousands more were evacuated from areas the rebels were likely to use as escape routes," she said.
"We hope they will be able to go home in the coming week," she said, while stressing that it was too early to say if the fighting would be over by then.
A ceasefire plan brokered by Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay and MNLF leader Nur Misuari was abandoned on Saturday after the two sides failed to agree terms.
The MNLF waged a 25-year guerrilla war for independence before signing a peace treaty in 1996 that granted limited self-rule to the south's Muslim minority.


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This isn't the first iPad product we have had from Zagg. They make a great bluetooth keyboard/case that looks amazing (it's aluminum and matches your iPad). We reviewed the Zaggmate Bluetooth Keyboard/Case last week. This Zagg invisibleSHIELD Full Body Armor is a great compliment to it because it is the other part of the equation; how you protect your iPad when it is NOT in the case.
So this is pretty simple fare here. It's a plastic/rubbery feeling thin shielding that goes over the front and back of your Verizon Wireless Apple iPad or Galaxy Tablet. You put it on, it's pretty easy to apply but a lot of people might be a little distressed over it. The trick is to get some eye glass cleaner and spray the sticky part of the invisibleSHIELD really well. Once you have it soaked just put it on and slide it into place. Then use the little tool provided to squeeze all the liquid and bubbles out of the plastic film. It takes seconds to apply that way and getting the bubbles out is a breeze. You won't have to look far for the eye glass cleaner, it comes with the kit along with the tool. Zagg provides EVERYTHING.
So right now you are wondering how much it costs. It's not cheap it's about $30 plus shipping (or you can buy them in stores). The key here is warranty. Buy the cheapo versions and you don't get the tools so if you screw up it's another 15 – 20 bucks. With Zagg you get everything you need. In addition, if ANYTHING happens to your protector for LIFE you just go on their website and order a replacement. Shipping to me was $4.00 when I checked it out, the invisibleSHIELD replacement was FREE. If you buy it online directly from Zagg ground shipping is cheap and they have a record of your purchase already so ordering a replacement is simple.
All in all this is one heck of a deal and has already saved my iPad at least 3 times from getting scratched. Check them out you won't be sorry.


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Manual of Instructions: Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau, 2° le gaz d'éclairage . . . Revised edition
Marcel Duchamp
Preface by Anne d'Harnoncourt and Introductory essay by Michael R. Taylor
66 pages, 119 b/w + 18 color illustrations; 10 3/4" x 12"
Hardcover: ISBN: 978-0-87633-212-2 Out of print for a number of years, this facsimile of Marcel Duchamp's Manual of Instructions was prepared by the artist for the disassembly of Étant donnés in his New York studio and its reassembly at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. First published more than twenty years ago, the manual has had far-reaching ramifications for the study of Étant donnés and Duchamp. Illustrated with 116 black-and-white Polaroids taken by the artist and 35 pages of his handwritten notes and sketches, the revised edition includes a new essay by Michael R. Taylor on the pivotal importance of the manual to an understanding of Duchamp's artistic practice as well as the first English translation of the artist's text. Michael R. Taylor is the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art, and the late Anne d'Harnoncourt was formerly the Director, both at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.


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Jay Z + Beyonce (Kind of) Re-Enact Proposal at 2014 Met Gala [PHOTOS]
As if we could possibly love Beyonce and Jay Z any more, music's biggest power couple treated us all to one of the sweetest displays of romance we've ever seen: a marriage proposal! Well, kind of.
Obviously, Bey and Jay are already married (and the proud parents of daughter Blue Ivy), but Hova totally put a ring on it while at the 2014 Met Gala last night, May 5. While the two looked incredible in Givenchy Haute Couture, the 'Drunk in Love' singer accidentally dropped one of her rings. Noticing the slip, Jay Z quickly came to his wife's rescue, and re-enacted a proposal along with it.
As the rapper slid the ring back on Beyonce's finger, he bent downward slightly and made a show of the whole scenario, which obviously looked very much like he was popping the question. The two were clearly in good spirits about the whole act, smiling and laughing as Hova returned the ring to his wife's finger. So freaking cute!
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