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TMC and Digium, the Asterisk Company, today announced that Digium|Asterisk World is returning to ITEXPO, February 2-4, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Asterisk is the world's most widely used open source communications software, and the Digium|Asterisk World event helps the entire Asterisk community learn how to create more flexible and powerful telephony solutions.
Open Source Communications solutions currently account for more new phone lines than any single conventional PBX or key system manufacturer. While Open Source communications software can be free of charge, it creates significant revenue opportunities for businesses that install Open Source PBXs, and provide GUIs, PBX appliances, gateways, and other related services. Digium|Asterisk World identifies these opportunities and covers the full spectrum of issues related to Asterisk-based, Open Source Telephony.
The conference content at Digium|Asterisk World will also reveal how open source solutions are being deployed in call centers; cloud computing solutions; and numerous government, enterprise, and carrier applications. Additional sessions will identify opportunities for the entire Asterisk ecosystem. TMC will publish a complete list of conference tracks and sessions in the weeks ahead.
This year's Digium|Asterisk World to feature three conference tracks: Cloud Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions and Reseller. Conference sessions include:
- Asterisk SCF overview and planned capabilities
- Asterisk virtualization for cloud services
- Cloud application designs using Asterisk
- Contact center cost reduction via Asterisk
- Asterisk Infrastructure ROI case studies
- Automated service provisioning for fault-tolerance using Asterisk
- What's coming from SwitchVox in 2011
- Unique application integration opportunities with Asterisk
"Hosting Digium|Asterisk World at ITEXPO East 2011 allows us to share the vision and power of Asterisk with a wide community of developers and carriers – even some who are not completely familiar with open source," said Mark Spencer, CTO and founder of Digium, and the creator of Asterisk.
"The upcoming Digium|Asterisk World will help developers, resellers, and anyone interested in Asterisk learn more about the opportunities emerging today. It will provide the hands-on training needed to capitalize on these opportunities", he continued.
Current Digium|Asterisk World sponsors include: Asteria; FreeSide; Intuit; Orecx; and TelOnline. Those interested in exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities should contact TMC's Joe Fabiano or Maureen Gambino at 203-852-6800.
Digium|Asterisk World is the largest collocated event at ITEXPO. Collocations include: 4GWE; Smart Grid Summit; M2M Evolution; Cloud Communications Summit; Social CRM Expo; SIP Tutorial; VIPeering; Business Video Expo; CVx; and StartupCamp.
Registration for Digium|Asterisk World and ITEXPO is now open. Visit Digium|Asterisk World or contact Frank Coppola at email@example.com or 203-852-6800 x131.


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Nissan reveals new Resonance concept at 2013 NAIAS
Nissan displays hybrid concept of mid-sized crossover
DETROIT – Nissan had kept the sheet over its latest crossover concept until Tuesday morning at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
The automaker revealed the Resonance, a likely replacement for the Murano which first hit the market in 2002. The Resonance's sharp design made a bold statement Tuesday as it took center stage in the Nissan display at Cobo Center.
Nissan displayed a hybrid concept of the mid-sized crossover. Gas mileage will be the focal point for such a vehicle.
From its glass roof to what Nissan calls a v-motion shape on the front end, the Resonance looked ready for any stage or any road.
Nissan says the interior won't disappoint. It boasts spacious seating with a modern design and full-sized feel for just a midsize crossover.
Tuesday's reveal began with the introduction of the 2014 Nissan Versa Note. Nissan displayed the Versa Note and Resonance as the future of the automaker.
However, as the automaker says, Nissan will be revealing a lot of vehicles between now and 2016. The new Versa Note and Resonance concept, of course, may only represent examples and the not the future of Nissan etched in stone.
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Denied: Planners nix mall crossing
Ever since Seventh Street closed more than a year ago, businesses on the east end of the Downtown Mall have been clamoring for a replacement crossing. The Charlottesville Planning Commission voted 7-2 against the merchants' request January 10, and the decision to open a crossing at 4th or 5th streets is headed to City Council.
"We were disappointed at their lack of attention to the needs of the business community, reflected in our signed petition and in the support of our regional Chamber of Commerce," says Bob Stroh, co-chairman of the Downtown Business Association of Charlottesville, which spearheaded the request and presented 165 signatures in favor of a new crossing.
Stroh is perturbed that he was not allowed to speak at the Planning Commission meeting, and that the application was presented by city planning chief Jim Tolbert. "I should have been considered the applicant in this," says Stroh. "[City staff] had already made a decision they didn't support it. I was uncomfortable with that."
Tolbert had not returned phone calls from the Hook at press time.
Stroh also is bothered that some of the Planning Commission members did not attend a November 15 public hearing on the crossing. "Twenty-one people spoke, and 18 supported it," he says.
Cheri Lewis was one of the two commissioners to vote in favor of a new crossing. "It was hard to ignore the petition from Downtown Mall businesses and residents who overwhelmingly supported a safe crossing," says Lewis. "The Downtown Mall is not a public park. It only thrives if businesses thrive. If you ignore them, it may recede to what it was in the mid '80s."
Planning Commission Chairman Karen Firehock insists she takes the petition seriously, but voted not to recommend a crossing because "it's not in accordance with the city's comprehensive plan."
Firehock agrees that the mall can be difficult to find, but says, "We did not have the data to show that the lack of a crossing has caused the business decline that has been told to us."
She wants to see if improved signage and the end of transit center and Holsinger construction make the east end more accessible.
The commission approved a second resolution to review the impacts to businesses in 12 months, and it also wants to study whether reversing the traffic direction on Second Street would more readily direct people to the Water Street Garage.
"Downtown businesses are the lifeblood of the mall, and we need to make sure that they can function and thrive there," says Firehock.
"I'm still dealing with local people who just found us," says Sage Moon owner Morgan MacKenzie-Perkins, who says it's difficult to get deliveries to her gallery.
She calls the Planning Commission decision "arbitrary," and argues that the city needs to consider businesses as well as pedestrians. "People in Charlottesville say they want mom and pop stores. They have to support them."
"City Council has the right and responsibility to review this decision," declares Stroh. That will happen February 6, when the business owners' resolution to open an east-end crossing goes before the councilors.
A majority of councilors say they're ambivalent about the crossing. Mayor David Brown says he takes Planning Commission recommendations seriously, but hasn't made up his mind. Blake Caravati, who supported the Second Street crossing, and Kevin Lynch, who opposed it, are also now in the undecided camp. The Hook was unable to reach Rob Schilling by press time.
Only Kendra Hamilton ventured a hint of how she might vote. "I don't think crossing the mall represents the decline of western civilization," she says. "The crossing on the other end of the mall works fine."
Hamilton mentions a summer she once spent in Boulder, which has a downtown mall. She didn't find the car crossings at every intersection an impediment to her enjoyment of the pedestrian experience.
However, "I don't approve crossing the mall to the tune of $1 million," she warns. Consultants have estimated that the cost of a crossing at 5th street could range from $880,000 to $970,000.
To Stroh, the decision is simple. "We're back to the same mantra: We're asking them to restore a crossing we had at Sixth and Seventh streets. We're not asking for something new."
Lines are being drawn as the decision on a 4th or 5th street mall crossing heads to City Council.


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The Queen's Theatre is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue on the corner of Wardour Street in the City of Westminster. It opened on 8 October 1907 as a twin to the neighbouring Hicks Theatre (now the Gielgud Theatre) which opened ten months earlier. Both theatres were designed by W.G.R. Sprague.


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No matter what your political leanings might be we should all be able to agree that the current American Values Network campaign is horrendous. Their "Ayn Rand vs. Jesus" campaign seeks to attack conservative Republicans by first demonizing atheists. They are so blinded by their own bigotry that the fail to recognized they have made themselves mirror images of those they are attacking. Libertarian and "Tea Party" Republicans focus completely on her political views while ignoring her personal life. The AVN focus entirely on her being an atheist and ignore all other aspects of her life. Of course there is their apparent attitude that atheism is automatically evil.
Please watch the video on their page and when you are irritated enough email them to let them know how ignorant, intolerant, and abhorrent it is. The email tab is easy to spot on the top left corner of their page.
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chrisdab AOD Senior Army of Darkness Sunday 29/10/2006, 19:35
Instead of having tournaments based on who can rack points up the quickest, I suggest having tournaments be where the highest 10 fight scores be ranked. So if you fight 30 fights in a 90 minute period, the top 10 scores of those fights are added to determine your place. If a second person was unlucky and fought quitters and stallers, he may have 15 good fights. The top 10 of those would be added for the total. Only 1 fight per person to stop cheating. Will it work? I cant stand the current tournament structure. Its just too flawed, too much luck needed to find enough fights and too easy to cheat.
cBp_Fojtik Colossus Czech Beer Power Monday 12/02/2007, 12:07
Pnacho - I hate fake EVO players. When somebody just play EVO, he can not win tournament. Fake evo players fight against victim EVO players. But kill him withought observance of rules.
I hope it will change - now EVO players have bonus when play in Lost Warehouse. I hope EVO will not play during tournament now.
cBp_Fojtik Colossus Czech Beer Power Monday 12/02/2007, 12:24
Have another idea how balance game.
First round computer select randomly my oponent. computer wait may be 30 seconds after my finish. And then computer select my oponent from players who ended too. It selects oponent who is near my rank. That is all. It means that good players will all the time play againts good players. And bad players againt bad players.
The thing is this, there are so many "fake evo" players and by fake evo i mean that they cheat as much as they can, i.e. pillz when they aren't supposed to, fury... I'm sick and tired of them.. unfortunately there is no way to stop that from happening, except to remember which ones cheat the most and blacklist them. As for keeping cards until they just evolve, and then evolving during the tournament, didn't admin fix that? by allowing only 5 points per evo instead of 10?


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Two months ago, Google won a bidding war for Waze, an Israel-based navigation app. Google purchased Waze for ~ $1 billion and today, Google Maps users will see the benefits of that buyout for the first time.
Waze, unlike Google Maps or a traditional GPS, is a social navigation experience. Millions of drivers rely on the app to avoid traffic based on real-time feedback from other Waze users who are traveling on the same road.
Waze users leave feedback such as where an accident occurred, where construction work is taking place, and how slowly they're currently driving.
Google Maps is adding Waze's most important features to its next update and will start placing real-time information about what causes traffic on its users' routes. It isn't borrowing Waze's cutesy design, or adding driver profile information that clutters your screen. It's only extracting pertinent information.
As someone who gets lost so frequently it's developed into a quasi-phobia, I use a traditional GPS, Google Maps and Waze while driving. Up until now, I've plugged in my GPS, double-checked the route with Google Maps, then opened Waze as soon as I hit traffic to figure out the cause. I never leave real-time updates or feedback on Waze. I'm more of a lurker.
Now that Google Maps is pulling in that information, I can ditch Waze once and for all. Especially because Google's VP of Maps, Brian McClendon, says the "cross-pollination" between the two apps will continue "as much as possible."
Google isn't ditching Waze yet though. It plans to keep both apps running for the time being. McClendon tells AllThingsD, "Long-term speculation, I probably wouldn't get into, but right now they are two powerful separate applications."
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If Palestinians ever achieve the viable state to which they aspire, they will have a determined young Israeli activist to thank for its territory not being entirely swallowed by Israeli settlements.
Hagit Ofran, a former student of Jewish history, uses a four-wheel drive vehicle, pocket-sized camera, and a deep sense of mission to monitor the growth of Israeli settlements in the West Bank area captured during the 1967 Six Day War. Sometimes her findings make headlines well beyond Israel, translating into international pressure on the government to stop further encroachment on Palestinian land.
Ms. Ofran's official title is director of the Settlement Watch Team of the dovish Peace Now organization. In practice, she is a spy operating in hostile territory, snooping, sniffing, and piecing together bits of intelligence to gauge how much illicit building is going on.
IN PICTURES: Israeli settlements
On a recent scouting trip, Ofran spotted four new alabaster trailers spread like matchboxes on a hillside of the Alon settlement northeast of Jerusalem.
The prefabricated buildings are in effect helping to fragment the heartland of a future Palestine. ''It's not that one caravan will change the chances of Middle East peace,'' says Ofran. ''But another and another and another will determine whether we can have a two-state solution to the conflict or not.''
Fluent in Arabic – and well-versed in sleuthing
Israel's conservative government now faces a crucial decision over whether or not to extend a 10-month partial freeze on settlement building that expires in September. The Obama administration is pressing for the freeze to remain in place, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition partners want it scrapped to enable a wave of new building.
''If it is not extended then the freeze may have delayed a few hundred sites for months, but it will not have caused a real change,'' Ofran says.''If work is restarted it might mean that the chances of peace are doomed, at least with this government.''
A fluent Arabic speaker, Ofran sometimes is tipped off by Palestinians about new settler building. She pores over aerial photos commissioned by Peace Now, whose settlement watch unit is funded partly by the governments of Britain and Norway, and garners information from planning meetings and official documents.
In March, Ofran learned from the Jerusalem municipality's website that officials had given permits for settler building at the Shepherds Hotel site in East Jerusalem, which is predominantly Arab. She did not keep the information to herself – though she's tight-lipped about her exact role.
Embarrassingly for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, news of the new settlement project broke just before he was to meet President Obama at the White House, contributing to the frostiness of that encounter.
Ofran's detractors, challenges
Danny Dayan, chairman of the Yesha Council that represents most of the half-million Israelis who have moved to the West Bank, accuses Ofran of serving foreign interests.
''In a democratic state it is legitimate to follow the settlements,'' Dayan says. ''The problem is that Peace Now does it with money that is from foreign sources, including from hostile sources. Her agenda is not objective.''
Ofran is up against a system that, although government-sponsored, lacks transparency. Much of its activity is illegal even according to Israeli law and settler leaders prefer to avoid public debate over it. Construction also violates the Geneva Convention and runs counter to international commitments Israel made to halt settlement building, for example in the 2003 international peace blueprint known as the road map. Tellingly, there is no distinct budget for building at settlements.
''The money is woven into a thousand other pieces of the budget. So you can't use the simple path of reading the budget to find out what's going on.'' says Israeli historian Gershom Gorenberg, author The Accidental Empire, a book about the origins of the settlements.
Keeping a low profile
At any given moment, Ofran could be discovered and evicted from a settlement. There are a few settlements too dangerous for her to enter, she says. Her predecessor, Dror Etkes, had his vehicle stoned by residents of the hard-core Yizhar settlement near Nablus and Ofran does not venture there.
But after three years in the job, Ofran seems to have mastered the territory. She knows when it's appropriate to give a lift to hitch-hiking settler youths and when to avoid eye contact with settler guards.''If they recognize me here we are in trouble,'' she says, navigating a rocky road near the settlement of Maale Michmash. Although generally successful in keeping a low profile, Ofran's face is becoming better known because she is the subject of a new documentary film.
''I generally try not to make eye contact so there's less engagement and less chance they will recognize me. On the other hand, sometimes if you don't make eye contact it could be a problem because they'll know you're not from here.''
Granddaughter of philosopher Leibovich
Ofran is the granddaughter of the late philosopher Yeshayahu Leibovich, one of the earliest Israeli critics of colonizing the West Bank after Israel's stunning victory in the 1967 Six Day war. He supported soldiers who refused to serve in the occupied territories and famously warned that those who did so risked becoming ''Judaeo-Nazis.''
''I used to hear him a lot and my character was influenced by his thinking.'' Ofran says
As her grandfather did, she believes Israel must withdraw from the West Bank and stop occupying its more than 2 million Palestinians if it is to remain a state with a predominantly Jewish population and character.
''I see myself first of all as Jewish and only then as an Israeli and it is very important to me how the Jewish state is acting,'' Ofran says. ''If we want to hold all the land than we must give the Palestinians full rights. So holding all the land means we will lose our independence as a Jewish people.''
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text: I have been interested in science and technology since I was a little girl. But like most young girls with a propensity for math and science, my skill set could have been nurtured more. That is why I am going to take this blogging opportunity to introduce everyone to a very worthwhile foundation called FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). I definitely wish this program was around when I was younger, as it may have made my transition in to the male-dominated world of engineering a bit easier and less strenuous. It is also a very worthwhile experience for young boys alike who enjoy science and technology. Dean Kamen, a brilliant inventor and advocate, created this program to help nurture and facilitate children's aptitudes in science and technology. Unfortunately, these fields of interest are not always found to be fun and exciting for kids, but Dean has found a way to make technology more of a sport and less of a chore. There are competitions for all ages. Please visit www.usfirst.org for more information.


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Designer da tutto il mondo stanno presentando le loro proposte per atlkaren per il design di logo - custom.
Logo will initially be used for business cards, email, and stationary. No website (yet) but do own intendere.com.
Intendere, Inc.
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We specialize in working with Fortune 100 companies to grow their business process and organizational change skills.
"intendere" loosely means "forward looking" or "forward thinking" - but do not use the definitions in the logo. There is no tag line.
Looking for a simple, elegant logo - but not too stuffy. Would prefer a one or two color logo - but open to other suggestions. Logo needs to look nice if Xeroxed.
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Home of one of the largest and deepest freshwater springs in the world, this park plays host to an abundance of wildlife, including alligators, turtles, deer and birds. Daily guided riverboat tours provide a closer view of wildlife, and glass bottom boat tours are offered when the water is clear. Swimming is a popular activity during the hot summer months. A nature trail offers a leisurely walk along the upland wooded areas of the park. The Wakulla Springs Lodge was built in 1937 by financier Edward Ball and is open year-round. A full-service dining room overlooks the spring and Lodge meeting facilities offer an excellent place for retreats. Wakulla Springs State Park and Lodge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated as a National Natural Landmark.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc and other online retailers with no physical presence in New York State must go on collecting sales tax after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a legal challenge to the law that requires it.
The court order means the New York law remains intact and the high court will not, at least for now, definitively rule on the heavily contested question of whether states have the power to pass such laws.
According to the Tax Foundation, a conservative-leaning think tank in Washington, 11 other states have recently passed laws seeking to expand their tax authority over out-of-state retailers.
Amazon and Overstock.com Inc both had challenged the New York state law. Though dealt a legal blow, the companies will see little, if any, adverse earnings effects, analysts said on Monday.
"It's not positive, obviously. How negative remains to be seen," said Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Partners.
Although the Supreme Court does not have to explain why it declines to hear cases, it may have been swayed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who argued in defense of the law that recent developments favored delaying consideration of the issue. He cited the possibility of congressional action and pending challenges to other state laws as reasons why it would be better to wait.
He also noted that developments in the retail industry that would make it easier for companies to collect state taxes could also render the dispute moot in the near future because the burden on businesses would not be so great.
With Congress not taking action on the issue, courts have been intervening case by case in a long-running struggle between state governments and major online retailers.
As a result of the high court's inaction, the nationwide patchwork of online sales tax collection will remain and more court fights may arise, tax lawyers said on Monday.
"Taxpayers and tax administrators will keep fighting it out one state at a time," said Stephen Kranz, a partner at law firm McDermott Will & Emery.
"We will likely see other cases developing around the country," he said.
In a March ruling for the state government, the New York State Court of Appeals said Amazon and Overstock could be compelled by the state to collect tax from online sales. Both companies sought the high court's review of the ruling, citing the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, which limits the power of states to regulate interstate commerce.
In October, the companies won and the state lost in a similar tax case in the Illinois state supreme court, presenting split decisions among two of the most populous states.
The state's revenue agency has until mid-January to decide whether or not to appeal this ruling to the Supreme Court, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
Seattle-based Amazon has been fighting one-on-one battles with the 50 states and the District of Columbia for years over sales tax. It now collects sales taxes in 16 states, adding Connecticut, Massachusetts and Wisconsin since October, according to the company's website.
The U.S. government has no national sales tax. Proposed legislation in Congress would give all states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on Internet retailers. In May, the Senate approved a bill, but it has stalled in the House of Representatives.
Amazon supports federal legislation for nationwide state sales tax enforcement, but other online retailers, including eBay Inc and Overstock, have fought it.
"Congress can and should act," Amazon said in a statement on Monday.
Overstock's executive vice chairman, Jonathan Johnson, said it would be a mistake for more states to enact online sales tax laws.
"Any state that passes a law like this, we terminate our relationship with affiliate marketers in those states," Johnson said on Monday.
Under a 1992 Supreme Court decision, retailers without a physical presence in a state do not need to collect and remit taxes in that state on each sale. Consumers are supposed to pay the tax on their own, but few do.
In states where Amazon has no physical presence, the company does not generally collect the tax, giving it a pricing edge over traditional brick-and-mortar merchants.
The cases are Overstock.com v. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance and Amazon.com v. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, U.S. Supreme Court, Nos. 13-252 and 13-259.
Additional reporting by Bill Rigby in Seattle; Editing by Howard Goller, Jeffrey Benkoe and Leslie Gevirtz


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When I originally put together the gaming-related confessions people made on Twitter before the 'end of the world,' I left out something curious: there were a ton of confessions about liking video games. Like it's such a big reveal — the world is ending! What dirty secret can I get off my chest? Oh, I like video games.
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Granted, it's not just video game shame. It's about being a 'nerd,' period. I don't get it, but I do get it at the same time.
I empathise inasmuch as I've also talked about feeling conflicted about liking games, so I'm not outright crucifying anyone here. I do think it's interesting, if not sad, that hobbies which sometimes define us are things to hide though.


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"We Are Nilotic": South Sudanese Women In North America Highlight Homeland's Tragic Conflict
Left to right: Nyabuoy Gatbel, Kent Forte, Proprietor Harlem Wine Gallery, Nykhor Paul founder "We Are Nilotic" and Nuerqueen Chaany. Photo: Hakim Mutlaq
Sudanese women from different parts of the US and Canada gathered in New York City to promote the "We are Nilotic" project which is intended to highlight the deplorable conditions under which the people of Southern Sudan are currently living and to promote peaceful conflict resolution.
The project, spearheaded by International Sudanese model Nykhor Paul, was sponsored by the Netherlands and also received some support from the United Nations as they spent the last week in the City meeting various officials and organizations in an effort to create more support.
Their Harlem event was supported by and held at the Harlem Wine Gallery.
Spearheaded by Sudanese women, "We are Nilotic" is an initiative principally founded to advocate for the long-deferred peace in South Sudan. It serves as a platform for South Sudanese women and youth to assert their often-neglected voices in the peacemaking process.
The group deplored ethnic divisions that's fueling the current crisis. It wants to "promote the oneness and indivisibility" of their transcendent identity as South Sudanese.
"We believe that in order for the painstaking work of forging a collective national identity and Nation building to commence, all forms of ethnic, religious, regional, divisions must strongly be renounced and condemned," the group says, in a statement. "Our society must fervently work to cultivate a populace whose conscious orientation is national in scope. We advocate for the erection of common monuments around which we all can coalesce as South Sudanese and denounce those that contemptuously relegate us to mere tribes."
"The Nile, our common sustenance since time immemorial, stands as a fitting symbol for our union, hence 'Nilotic'. We advocate for the establishment and reinforcement of communal linkages through projects that specifically combat the evident segregation in order to allow for the nurturing and flourishing of cordial relations between the estranged communities," the group says.
"We are Nilotic" also envisions a countrywide National Reconciliation program that can set us on a course towards true healing.
The enmity among some ethnic groups can only be purged through an initiative that embarks on an honest and civil discourse that passionately promotes justice and places an even greater emphasis on forgiveness, the group maintains.
Violence must strongly be rejected. And accordingly, "We are Nilotic" advocates for a grassroots education that sensitizes citizens to the historically entrenched social and economic factors that make the outbreak of deadly violence possible.
"We are a society wounded by a series of traumatic events and it is critical that the consequences of this reality are addressed, for this in fact could mean the difference between peace and further bloodshed," says the group.
Development and service delivery can also go a long way in deterring future ethnic violence. With a measure of improved living standards, inter-communal aggression will proportionately decrease. With opportunities available, the youth will not be so easily enticed into prosecuting wars for opportunistic politicians.
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Obrad Mumin lives in a small isolated mountain village in Mala Crna Gora, or Little Montenegro. Once there were 70 people in the village. Now no more than 20-25 people spend the winter in Mala Crna Gora. Life is tough here. Obrad Mumin's mother and father died when he was still a boy.
Today Obrad lives on a small farm, together with his wife and his sister Jelena. Theirs is a life of poverty and hard work. The beauty of the summer months, says Obrad, is offset by the harsh winters.
"In the summer it's great here, it's a beautiful, mountainous area. Many tourists come here, more than to any other village: people who come here, who pass by here, who stop here. It's really beautiful. In the summer there's clear air here, pure water; it's glorious, everything is exquisite!
As far as the winter is concerned, it's bad: there's a huge amount of snow. I don't have anything else to say about it. In the summer every house is full. Those who moved away, who have houses, apartments there, come back; those who took their children and left; those who moved away from here, because they didn't want to spend the winter here.
There used to be 70 inhabitants here. Now there are roughly twenty, twenty-five at most. The others can't spend the winter here. All grandmothers and grandfathers … and goodbye, farewell, there'll be no one left here. Not a living soul. Because one is cut off. One is cut off for six months, because one can't get to Zabljak. It's only for this reason…. If you need a shot or something here, then you have to die, because you won't get to a doctor."
His sister Jelena adds:
"We have television, we have radio, we have everything. We follow the news as if we were in Podgorica. And then we knit – in the winter, you know. In the summer we don't have the time, but in the winter we switch on the television and take out the needles and the spindle – by God, we still have one that you power with your feet. We knit. We knit socks, jumpers, that sort of thing and, God knows, nothing else."
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Maryland State Flower
The Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta, (the species in the genus Rudbeckia) is the Maryland State Flower. The Black-eyed Susan was designated the state flower of Maryland on April 18, 1918 and is found throughout the United States. Black-eyed Susan is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial) native to most of North America. It is one of many plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan. The genus Rudbeckia has a number of species, among which Rudbeckia hirta is one.
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Rudbeckia - coneflower
- Species
- Rudbeckia hirta - black-eyed Susan
Black-eyed Susan flowers are among the most cherished state flowers. They have colorful yellow-gold single petals that are often two to four inches across, and encircling their large black centers. They bloom with solitary terminal heads on long peduncles and feature eight to twenty-one yellow-orange ray florets and dark purple to brownish disk florets. The disk is ovoid in shape and up to 0.8 inch across. The ligules of the Black-eyed Susan are about 1.5 inch long. The involucral bracts are sometimes very elongated, and have long, stiff hairs.
There are about 90 varieties of Black-eyed-Susan. The Black-eyed Susan flower is the best known of the Coneflowers, so named because their centers are cone shaped and the petals bend downward from the center which accentuates the cone.
There are many online florists who deliver flowers to Maryland. You can send flowers, plants of your choice to your loved ones living in Maryland or from Maryland to other locations across the United States of America through these popular Maryland Online Florists.
Facts About Black-eyed Susan
- Some of the varieties of the Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta flowers are: Rudbeckia hirta var. angustifolia native to Southeastern United States (South Carolina to Texas); Rudbeckia hirta var. floridana, endemic to Florida; Rudbeckia hirta var. hirta, native to Northeastern United States (Maine to Alabama).
- Black-eyed Susans flowers are also called as Gloriosa Daisy, owing to their yellow, orange, and gold colors.
- Black-eyed Susan flowers from June to August.
- Black-eyed Susan plants can reach 1-2 m in height, and the stems are erect, much branched, and hispid.
- Black-eyed Susans leaves are alternate, hispid, entire or shallow-toothed margins, and vary in size and shape.
- The lower leaves of the Black-eyed Susan plant are oblanceolate to elliptic, up to 6 inches long, and are on petioles.
- The mid-stem leaves of the Black-eyed Susans plant are lance-linear to oblong, and sessile.
- Native to North America, Black Eyed Susan flowers are prolific wildflowers that have become popular in the home flower garden.
- Blackeyed Susan flower plant is a host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot butterfly caterpillar.
- Black-eyed Susan typically stays in a basal rosette its first year, and then produces upright branching stems with flowers in the second year.


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At a press conference held by host venue partners Qingdao Yachting Association, China Team sailors Kit Cheng and Xiaqun Song were presented to the local Qingdao media. Noelle Smulders, Vice President of China Team spoke positively about the team's involvement in the Series, and the future of Chinese sailing. "The Extreme Sailing Series is one of the most reputable sailing events along with the America's Cup and we feel it can allow us to compete against the best sailors in the world, and it is important for us to be part of that. China Team is a new team and we are ready to expand our competitive fielding across other races, so for us the Extreme Sailing Series and Qingdao was a natural fit. Our desire in the future is to be part of more events in the Extreme Sailing Series."
Also during the press conference, the Danish Team Extreme Challenger officially announced a new title sponsor and revealed a new name for the boat - SAP Extreme Sailing Team, formally Team Trifork. For SAP, the market and technology leader in business management software, the sponsorship further cements their place at the forefront of international sailing and the sponsorship helps SAP to continue on its course in assisting the development of sailing around the world.
SAP Extreme Sailing Team co-skippers Jes Gram-Hansen and Rasmus Kostner were both present and Jes spoke about the unique development of the team. "It is an honour to be here and racing in the Extreme Sailing Series. One year ago Ras (Rasmus) and me together with Ole (Ole Egeblad, team manager) set an ambitious goal to create an Extreme 40 sailing team, and we are very proud that today we can announce a partnership with SAP. We are looking forward to working with SAP and creating a strong Extreme 40 sailing team for the future."
As part of the Series' commitment to engaging the local community in each of the venues it visits, local schools will join the teams every morning this week, to meet the skippers and the crews, and to have a tour of the Extreme 40 catamarans. Up to 360 local children are expected over the course of the week, and this morning, The Wave, Muscat's skipper Leigh McMillan welcomed 40 children to the Qingdao Olympic Museum in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games village before introducing them to the rest of the crew.
Zhiwei Lin, Chairman of Qingdao Sports Federation spoke of the city of Qingdao's excitement at hosting the Extreme Sailing Series for the second consecutive year. "Qingdao Municipal Government attaches great importance to the 2012 Extreme Sailing Series Qingdao 'Double Star Cup'. The friendly Qingdao residents have been prepared to welcome all sailors from all over the world. We firmly believe that the event in Qingdao will be an exceptional international sailing gathering, which will contribute to building the cultural brand of the Sailing City of China."
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Mission-X launch: get your body and tweets ready
How much should you train to be fit for space? ESA astronaut André Kuipers will answer this and many more questions via Twitter during the international launch of the Mission-X: Train Like an Astronaut challenge this Monday.
Some 15 000 primary school children from all over the world will embark on a six-week fitness competition inspired by astronaut training. Schoolchildren aged 8–12 years will perform physical activities and learn about healthy nutrition.
In its third year, Mission-X already boasts three times more participants than the first time around. André was last year's ambassador from the Space Station and encouraged the children to compete against teams from over 20 countries, earning points by following exercises during their school lessons.
The European astronaut will open the challenge during a live webcast from ESA's ESTEC space research and technology centre in the Netherlands.
André will answer questions from over 100 students in ESTEC as well as via Twitter. Tune in to the webcast and send your tweets to André through @ESAHSOEducation with hashtag #MissionX2013.
You can follow the event from 15:00 CET to 16:00 CET via ESA Web-TV. Click on the link to the right.


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(Phoenix, April 24, 2003)–Attorney General Terry Goddard has announced a final resolution with Bristol Myers-Squibb Company that would settle the antitrust lawsuit involving the cancer-fighting drug, Taxol.
The State of Arizona, taken in conjunction with the other 49 states and U.S. territories, will recover $55 million to settle the states' claims for damages, penalties and individual consumer redress. Bristol Myers-Squibb has also agreed to strong injunctive relief for ten years to prevent Bristol from engaging in anti-competitive conduct in the future, and has agreed to provide free quantities of Taxol to DEA-approved health care facilities, provided the recipients meet certain eligibility requirements. A major component of the complaint was the allegation that the manufacturer unlawfully blocked the entry of less expensive generic drugs into the marketplace.
"This is a significant victory for the State of Arizona," said Attorney General Terry Goddard. "This settlement will help to compensate consumers, as well as the State of Arizona, who overpaid for this drug and rectify the damage done to vulnerable cancer patients. Thanks to the hard work of Jim Walsh and Emma Lehner of the Arizona Attorney General Office's Antitrust Unit, we were able to bring justice to Arizona's victims."
The settlement was filed today with U.S. Federal District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in the District of Columbia and requires approval from the court to become effective. If approved, the Attorney General will implement a claims administration process for consumers who purchased Taxol or its generic equivalent between January 1, 1999 and February 28, 2003. The Attorneys General have set aside approximately $12 million for a nationwide consumer distribution to compensate consumers who may have paid higher prices for Taxol.
Under the settlement, the State of Arizona will also receive substantial monies for damages incurred by certain governmental entities that purchased the Taxol or its generic equivalent. While the ultimate allocation among the litigating states has not yet been determined, more than $37 million will be set aside to be divided for this purpose.


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Currently, I am working with a group to gather information for an application to have the old Livingston County Court House and clerks' office buildings placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Before the application can be completed, a great deal of research must be done. The research includes information on the erection of the buildings, alterations made to the buildings and events that occurred there through the years.
Livingston County's court house is among the oldest, if not the oldest, still in use in western Kentucky. Built in 1845, it has weathered storms, floods, wars and unrest. It has witnessed the heydays of steamboats, the occupation by Federal troops during the Civil War and the public hanging of a man on the courthouse lawn. This stately old building has greeted many famous persons - from Andrew Jackson to President James K. Polk and Clara Barton.
The research is fun and has resulted in some new information. Smithland, Livingston County's seat of justice, is located strategically at the confluence of two navigable rivers - the Ohio and Cumberland, both of which were important for the movement of troops and goods during the Civil War. Naval gunboats were a common sight to Smithland residents throughout the war.
As early as September 1861, Federal troops moved into Smithland and occupied the town. Fort Star, which was located near Smithland Cemetery, was manned by Federal soldiers, including Co. G of the 48th Kentucky Volunteers, whose post commander was local resident, Capt. J.W. Bush. In a town full of Confederate sympathizers, the Federal troops were tolerated, but were not popular with local residents. Although no large battle occurred in Smithland, there was activity.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune of 2 October 1861 briefly mentioned the occupation. " ... Lincoln troops took possession of Smithland on the 25th ult. They commenced their depredations by destroying a fine orchard in the suburbs, cutting down the trees, and planting instead a large number of heavy guns."
The New Orleans Times-Picayune of 2 October 1861 briefly mentioned the occupation. " ... Lincoln troops took possession of Smithland on the 25th ult. They commenced their depredations by destroying a fine orchard in the suburbs, cutting down the trees, and planting instead a large number of heavy guns."
In 1927 Edmonia Patterson Daniel, a Smithland native, wrote about her memories of the occupation of the town. She told of "raids in the town and country on chicken coops, nests, barns and stables ... The river front, far up the Ohio and Cumberland, was dotted with the ominous black painted gunboats, transports, tugs, yawls and row boats."
An article appeared in the Evansville Daily Journal on Saturday, the 21st of January 1865. Under a headline of "Outrage at Smithland," the following is recorded: "While the Fannie Gilbert [steamboat] was lying at Smithland, four soldiers straggled off into the town and finally entered the house of a man named Isaacs and beat him inhumanly, cutting a dangerous gash in his head ... Three men were subsequently arrested for mutiny ... They were turned over to Capt. Tombler, commandant of the Post here [Evansville] , for discipline and to be forwarded to their regiments for trial and punishment. Their names are Jeremiah Haley, Co. B, 45th Ill., Uriah Henderson, Co. H, 20th Ill. and Taswell Douglas, Co. G, 43rd Ohio."
Stationed at Fort Star [also called Fort Smith] for a while was the 134th Indiana. Jabez Cox, a soldier in this unit, recorded his impressions of Smithland in his diary, which was published in Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. XXVII, No. 1, March 1932.
"The mouth of the Cumberland is not very broad but deep, and the water of a deep clear bluish color and when the water of the two rivers intermix each preserves its color and looks like grease in muddy water. The scenery is beautiful here in Smithland and the fort mounting one grove is on a high hill right back from the town and manned by Co. G 48th Ky Vols and a Co. of the 34th [New Jersey] are quartered in the town. There have been some gurrillas near here within a short time and about five miles distant over the Tenessee river there are plenty. They have four picket posts one on each roade The village has been a very prosperous little place but the war has brought a great change over the place Some remains exist of fine brick buildings that belong to rebels and were destroyed by the soldiers. "
While the town and fort were under the control of the Union army, it appears that the business of the county continued in usual fashion with deeds being recorded, wills being proven and couples being married. The first indication of the occupation of the court house is found in the circuit court minutes of Monday, the 13th of February 1865, when the following statement was recorded: "The Court House being occupied by the United States troops so that Court cannot be holden therein It is ordered that the Court be adjourned till thursday morning next at ten Oclock at such place as may be provided by the County Judge for the purpose of holding the Court." The entry is signed by W.P. Fowler, Judge.
Two days later Judge Fowler wrote the following: "Court met pursuant to adjournment at the House in Smithland Known as the Wilson House provided by the County Judge for the use of the Court, the Court House being still occupied by the Military."
By March 1865, the court was meeting in the Clerk's Office, a separate building on the court house lawn. The court house was still occupied by military forces through early June 1865, even though the war technically ended in April 1865. No reason for the occupation of the courthouse has been found so far, but at least six western Kentucky court houses had been torched by early 1865. Could it be the Federal troops took possession of the court house in order to save it from destruction by the guerrillas?


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We have a lot of "food days" at work. My boss always brings the same dish because everyone loves it and demands it. 🙂 It is a breakfast casserole made primarily with potatoes, sausage, onions and eggs. This dish feeds a lot of people and keeps well for leftovers. So, I made this last Saturday for our guests from Covenant Seminary.
I also like making this dish because you can play around with it. Maybe try adding peppers, different spices, more or less eggs, etc. You really can't go wrong with this one. Super simple, super filling!
**Update 11/17/08** A fellow food blogger who tried this recipe made me realize that I need to stress the above statement. Instead of suggesting to play around with this recipe by adding other ingredients, I would definitely add some peppers, dry mustard, hmmm…maybe even Worcestershire sauce? It's up to you…but kick it up a notch and this recipe is a good breakfast.
Gundy's Breakfast Casserole (Source: Lisa Gundy)
16 ounces hashbrowns or tatertots
1 cup sour cream
1 cup cream of xxx soup
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 diced onion
1 lb of any type breakfast sausage
10 eggs
3/4 cup milk
Preheat oven to 375
Spray casserole dish and place hashbrowns or tater tots in bottom of dish. Mix together sour cream, soup, cheese, onions and sausage.
In separate bowl, beat eggs and mix in milk. Combine the egg mixture with the sour cream mixture. Pour over the tater tots/hashbrowns.
Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes (or until done).


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Greetings Spring Breakers!
It's that time of year again- time to take a break from studying, exams, and snow and head to a relaxing beach destination for seven straight days of fun in the sun. Your flight is booked, your hotel reservation locked down, and now its time to…. Pack!
We know the feeling all too well- the stress of trying to jam your entire closet into a standard size suitcase, the overwhelming fear of not having your favorite outfits, accessories, beach wear and let's not forget, coordinating shoes, on hand when you arrive at your Spring Break destination. So, to help you maximize the space in your suitcase and to cut down on packing time- we compiled a list of tips and tricks just for you!
Tips for the Gal's:
1. Fold your bikini top and place inside a back pocket of your shorts.
2. Tuck your sunglasses in one of the front pockets of your shorts. Then fold shorts in half to protect sunglasses.
3. Roll your tee and tuck inside your sandals.
4. Place jewelry inside a pocket of your denim jacket.
5. Roll your dress and place inside a hat.
Bonus Tip: Roll delicate items, like dresses, in tissue paper and they will be wrinkle free when unpacked.
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Tips for the Guy's:
1. Rolling, instead of folding your swimsuit will take up less space.
2. Place your flip flops in each back pocket of your jeans and then fold in half.
3. Roll your tee and place inside hat.
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How John Adams Shows Samuel Adams
Longtime Boston 1775 readers know that I occasionally grouse about misrepresentations of Samuel Adams as an unreasonable troublemaker. But only occasionally.
The first episode of H.B.O.'s John Adams miniseries depicts Samuel Adams pretty much along those terms. He appears as the dangerous radical leader of pre-Revolutionary Boston, provoking conflicts and violence and making wild claims about British tyranny. Jeremy Stern has written a detailed critique at History News Network of this dismissive portrayal of the elder Adams and basically the entire nine years of protests before 1774. Here's just one part:
Samuel and his allies are also shown cynically exploiting the Massacre as propaganda to whip up a public frenzy. In fact, though enraged by the shootings, the radical leaders were also deeply concerned: they had sought since 1765 to avoid violence, which would only seem to validate their enemies' claims that Massachusetts was lawless and disloyal. But they considered the military's presence in Boston since 1768 unnecessary and illegal; inevitable popular resentment, in friction with arrogant and abusive soldiers, had now led to bloodshed. Thus, in addition to condemning the soldiers, the radicals wanted to emphasize that an illegitimate occupation had caused the tragedy: Boston, they stressed, was a law-abiding town, never in need of troops to enforce order.Indeed, in most of episode two Samuel Adams is simply the tall man sitting beside his cousin at the Continental Congress, his wig suddenly kempt, his behavior sedate. All Samuel's warnings appear to have come true, but John—who found radicalism distasteful earlier—now supersedes him as the champion of resistance and independence. As Jill Lepore noted, "'He United the States of America' is the miniseries' motto, giving credit to [John] Adams for everything."
In the television episode, Samuel is shown publicly assailing John Adams for taking the soldiers' cases, even interrupting the trial with shouted threats. It is true that John met with hostility and anger from some quarters. But he was not opposed by Samuel and other radical leaders. Rising radical lawyer Josiah Quincy, Jr., who joined John Adams in the defense, at first refused to take the case, but changed his mind when urged by a host of radical leaders, including Samuel Adams, John Hancock and the speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Samuel, determined to exonerate the crowd for the violence, was certainly not pleased by the acquittals. But he knew it was essential that Massachusetts prove its ability to provide a fair trial. . . .
The program's tone abruptly changes when it reaches the 1774 watershed: suddenly, the Coercive Acts – closing Boston's port, reimposing harsh military occupation and altering the system of government – appear as uncontrovertibly oppressive. The more subtle and complex issues of the earlier years, which can make opposition look petulant if the immense gravity of those issues is not explored, are set aside: being a revolutionary suddenly seems more fashionable. The illogic of this abrupt transition is highlighted by a curious turn in the drama: in and after 1774, the darkly drawn Samuel Adams suddenly becomes a sympathetic if not a heroic figure, fighting for a just cause.
I'll once again note Ira Stoll's review of the series' obligatory tar-and-feathers scene (can't do a Revolutionary story without one of those!). It depicts Hancock as calling for mob violence and Samuel Adams as condoning it. Before the series aired, I thought that scene might be based on compressing two events involving Hancock's ship Liberty in the late 1760s. To my surprise, I saw that the script actually tied it to the tea crisis of 1773. There was no tarring and feathering at that time. The scene also identifies the three tea ships as "British ships." The Beaver and Dartmouth were owned by the Rotch family of Nantucket. The Eleanor was owned by the Boston merchant John Rowe. Life in pre-Revolutionary Boston was much less simple than these scenes let on.


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The Panasonic SDR-T50 is like having a small telescope that's able to capture standard-definition video. With its 70x lens you'll have no problem getting closer to your subject, and its optical image stabilization is very good even if you're moving. (You'll still want to use a tripod or other support whenever possible; the O.I.S system is good, but not that good.) You get full manual controls, too, as well as 4GB of internal flash memory for storage and the ability to expand that with SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards.
The T50's video quality is merely OK, but it's typical of what you can expect from any current standard-def consumer camcorder. Low-light movies are particularly poor, though, due to heavy noise. Also, those needing jacks for an external mic or headphones won't find them.
The T50 is simply an inexpensive, easy-to-use option for capturing average standard-definition video with a megazoom lens. Don't expect the fine-quality SD video found before HD camcorders took over the market. At this point, you're money is going for the lens and the storage, not the video results.
If you're interested in this model but wish it had more storage, check out the SDR-H85 with its 80GB hard drive. Those who want to save some money can pick up the SDR-S50 which has no internal storage, but records to SD, SDHC, and SDXC memory cards.
There's nothing out of the ordinary about the design of the T50 other than it being very small for having such a long zoom lens. The top and left sides are a mix of shiny black and chrome plastic, while the right side is matte black plastic. The handstrap is attached low on the body, but with the camcorder being so small and lightweight it doesn't flop over to the left if you release your grip. The body is compact enough to slip in a large, coat pocket or handbag and a slider to the left of the lens controls the lens cover for easy protection.
Controls are pretty typical of this type of camcorder–at least of those without a touch screen–and everything is well positioned. Slip your right hand into the strap and your fingers will be in reach of the zoom rocker and shutter release on top, buttons for going between Intelligent Auto (iA) and Manual shooting modes and activating the optical image stabilization, and a slider on back for going from record to playback and back again. The movie record button is positioned under your thumb to the right of the battery pack, which juts from the back of the camcorder. There is no need to change to a photo mode to take a still picture–just press the shutter release.
Flip open the LCD and to the left of the screen you'll find a button for activating the tracking autofocus, a five-way joystick for navigation and making manual shooting adjustments, and a Menu button. Pressing in on the joystick brings up mode-specific shooting options like accessing focus, white balance, shutter speed, and aperture in Manual mode.
Inside the LCD cavity is where you'll find the SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot for additional video or photo storage, Mini-USB port, and an AV output. This is also where you'll find the power button, a delete button, and the Long Record button. That last one approximately doubles the amount of recording time you have at Standard quality (SP), but the video can only be played back on the camcorder.
All in all, the controls and menu system are uncomplicated enough that even those new to using a camcorder should be comfortable using the T50 out of the box. The only minor complaints would be that the menus are graphically dull and dated and the LCD is low resolution and looks it. But, that's what you get on a sub-$270 camcorder. There are no jacks for an external mic or headphones nor is there an accessory shoe. Panasonic does sell a video light and adapter that attaches to the camcorder's tripod receptacle.
Panasonic included both full-manual and full-auto shooting options–just press the iA/Manual button to toggle between the two. While Manual gives you control over focus, shutter speed, aperture, and white balance, it also gives you access to 10 scene modes, Soft Skin and Color Night modes, and Intelligent Contrast. Soft Skin is self explanatory. Color Night is, too, for that matter, allowing you to record color video in low-light conditions down to about 2 lux. Intelligent Contrast improves overly dark and bright areas. If you don't feel like thinking about settings, switch to iA and the T50 will adjust depending on the subject and recording environment as it corresponds to one of five scene modes.
There are a few options available in both shooting modes including Backlight Compensation, which lightens backlit subjects and Pre-Rec that continuously prerecords 3 seconds of video until you hit the record button so you don't miss any crucial action. If you're considering the T50 for recording clips for video-sharing sites, YouTube in particular, the camcorder has a Web mode setting. Select it, press Record, and it starts a 10-minute countdown to keep your recordings within the site's upload parameters. The bundled Windows-only software has "one-click" uploading to YouTube as well.
For all its features and ease-of-use, the T50 produces video typical of standard-definition consumer camcorders. Video is soft with readily visible noise and digital artifacting, a lot of purple and green fringing around high-contrast subjects, and merely OK color reproduction with highlight clipping (though the Intelligent Contrast helps with this). Low-light performance is poor, but that also is expected from standard-definition models. That said, if you still live completely in a low-resolution world, the recordings are destined for video-sharing Web sites, or you simply want to capture the moment no matter how it looks, the T50 should be satisfactory. Worth repeating, however, is this camcorder's need for a tripod when using the full zoom range. The OIS system is very good, and there's an Active mode that works well to improve stability while you're moving. However, regardless of how steady your hands are or how good the OIS is, once that lens is extended the camcorder really needs to be on a stable surface or a tripod.
The zoom range offered by the Panasonic SDR-T50 is incredible for the money. Yes, you can shoot video of the moon as well as capture sporting events from the nosebleeds and your child's play from the very, very back row. But the video quality simply isn't good. But again, if capturing distant subjects is all that matters to you, then the T50 is worth its price.


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|From the "Record-Herald", unknown date.
"THE ROSIERE STORE, owned by the late Eli and Florence (Villers) Cayemberg, is pictured in this photo believed to have been taken in the year, 1907.
|Florence and Eli unk date
The picture was loaned the Record-Herald by Mrs. Lewis Lemens. It belonged to her parents, Hubert and Emily (Cayemberg) Guillette.
Eli and Florence Cayemberg are standing in front of the store with their family. Mrs. Cayemberg holds daughter, Anastasia, who later became Mrs. Harvey Moureau. She, too, is deceased.
From left: Frank (deceased), Mr. and Mrs. Cayemberg, Emily (who became Mrs. Hubert Guillette and is deceased), Martin Joseph, Henry (deceased), Lucy (who became Mrs. Russell Anderson), Ella (who became Mrs. Eli Cravillion), Felix and Wilfred. Two other children, Patrick and Walter, were born after the picture was taken.
Seated on the porch are Charles DeVillers, Emil Naze, Willie DeVillers and Mike Wautlet."
I would imagine that the "Record-Herald" mentioned in the article refers to the Algoma Record-Herald, which is a local newspaper, but that is just a guess. No information was written on the clipping I have, which happens more often than not, but it's good to have the article anyway. I would love to know when it was published in the paper and why. Every year the descendants of Eli and Florence Cayemberg nee Villers have a family reunion and it's published in the local paper, complete with the names of all the attendees. Perhaps this was published around one of the reunions.
|Our family's copy of the picture "The Rosiere Store"
I was able to scan a copy of this photograph from my mother-in-law this past Christmas. I suppose it's a picture that most, if not all, of Eli and Florence's descendants have. My husband and children are descendants of Patrick, mentioned in the photo, but not in it. It's still a precious photo even without him in it.
|"The Rosiere Store" today (well, about 2002-ish)
During one of my first trips to Wisconsin, visiting with family, my father-in-law took me around to important family points of interest. Dad was interested in passing on family history, and I cherish the times we spent with him going through cemeteries, hearing stories, and seeing family sites. One of the places we went on that first trip was to see Eli and Florence's store in Rosiere, Wisconsin. So, of course, I took a picture.
I took a picture from the van we were riding in. The next time I'm in Wisconsin (which should be this Christmas) I will be getting my butt out of the car and getting it a bit cold to get a proper picture, or two.
I don't know who owns the building now, but it would be wonderful to have it in the family again someday (if it ever left)!


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Kids will love playing on the sand dunes here, you can fly kites, enjoy a relaxing stroll, or go windsurfing if you fancy getting wet. Then you can stop by the nearby village of Camber for dinner, or have a barbecue on the dunes – (just be sure to get permission from Rother Council first).
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