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Wired: Basic in-camera editing effects save expensive Blu-ray disc space. Offloads HD video from drive to disc with ease. Samurai-sword-sharp pictures with great color.
Tired: Mini Blu-ray discs hard to find; pricey at upwards of $20 a pop. Blu-ray versus HD DVD format war could Betamax your discs.
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Wired: True-to-life colors look almost 3-D. Brilliant 2.7-inch LCD easy to see, even in full sunlight. Thumbwheel makes menu navigation a snap. Top-rate optical image stabilizer and drop-sensing hard drive great for on-the-run shooting.
Tired: Slow to focus on fast-moving targets, with trailing artifacts visible in footage. Lackluster wind-cut audio feature. No FireWire for video offloading.
Panasonic HDC-SD5
$1,000 panasonic.com
Panasonic's solid-state three-CCD camcorder is small and lightweight, with a long-lasting 100-minute battery. Even better, it shoots 1920 x 1080i AVCHD video to SD or SDHC cards, so if you fill it up on the road you can easily grab more memory. While we were totes impressed with both the color handling and the Leica lens that captured bright, detailed images, playback revealed noticeable compression artifacts.
Wired: The Nicole Richie of camcorders: 5.3 x 2.6 x 2.6 inches and 14 ounces. Manual focus enlarges image on display for fine-tuning. Bundled DVD burner.
Tired: Flashlight shape hard to hold steady when shooting while in motion. At 10 minutes of top-resolution video per gig, you're going to need a full deck of memory cards.
JVC Everio GZ-HD3
$1,300 jvc.com
There are some great refinements built into this three-CCD model. An onscreen pie chart shows recording time left, and the battery meter displays juice remaining, even when the cam is switched off. Focus Assist feature outlines in-focus images for macro aid in manual adjustments. But don't be dazzled by the full HD label: This cam shoots at only 1440 x 1080, not 1920 x 1080.
Wired: Disgustingly good variable-speed zoom focuses fast to shoot action like Michael Bay. Front-side light automatically switches on in the dark for hot lights-out action. 60-GB drive holds five hours of max-resolution video.
Tired: Dull HD; we've seen crisper pears. Oddball MOD file format a pain to use with most editing apps. Just an hour or so of battery life.
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Whether you're falling down the bunny slopes or bombing a double black diamond blindfolded, this season there's a boundary-pushing snowboard out there for you. Happy shredding! — Miguel Pino
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This yellow stick incorporates so-called Magne-Traction technology — an unorthodox form provides seven points of edge contact that give you a tenacious grip on icy slopes. The result is an all-mountain shredding machine. On everything from opening day's pristine powder to spring thaw's grimy ice, we experienced an almost perfect balance of control and agility. Forget Sinatra — this is the chairman of the board.
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Tired: Board throws you into a spin if you're not paying attention. Take a look down: As the name advertises, you're riding what looks like a giant flattened banana.
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$1,900 palmersnowboards.com
If you can calm its temperamental ride, this board will launch you downhill in a blur of exhilaration and terror. Forged from 100 percent carbon laminate, the Platinum delivers lightning-quick response. But it leaves little room for error. We hit a deep patch of fresh snow and instead of a minor slowdown, board and rider catapulted end over end.
Wired: Extremely rugged without cutting into weight or performance. Phenomenal edge-to-edge response requires minimal effort for turns. Graphite base so fast it kept us speed-checking — even when no one was looking.
Tired: 1,900 bucks, no kidding! Squirrelly: The first few times we rode this board, it bucked us like a mechanical bull.
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The Grudge isn't just a snowboard; it's an extension of your body. From the first time we tore downhill, it felt as though we'd been on it all season. Aggressive yet smooth, it owes its ride to a low-density carbon laminate wrapped around a machined aerospace composite core. Translation? Explosive rebounds and effortless maneuvering. One warning, though: The Grudge's light weight is perfect for fresh powder but makes the board feel loose and wiggly on rough, icy terrain.
Wired: Fluid feel never forces you to ride in any particular style. For grown-ups: not festooned with a bunch of goofy-looking graphics. More pop than Orville Redenbacher.
Tired: Flex sometimes feels spongy — power riding can be mushier than Mom's oatmeal.
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$800 burton.com
Make no mistake, the T6 is a beautiful board. The smoky-gray, translucent deck just begs to be ridden. But do not, we repeat, DO NOT, strap up the T6 unless you have many, many seasons under your belt. Here's why: This stick is designed for two things — going fast and turning hard. And it does both, due to the aluminum core's ridiculously stiff torsion. But it's a finicky beast that will toss you when you least expect it. Once mastered, the T6 is extremely responsive and invigorating. Just make sure you have the right skillz before stepping on.
Wired: Perfect for ripping through virgin backcountry powder accessible only by helicopter.
Tired: N00bs need not apply — superstiff and difficult to control.
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Mazda CX-9
$36,660 mazdausa.com
The CX-9 shares many of its underpinnings with two of the parent company's other vehicles (Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX), but don't write it off as just another variant. Mazda product managers took care to set their CUV apart. In grand-touring trim, the CX-9 has the most premium feel of any crossover we drove. It matches a Ford V-6 engine with a sublime six-speed automatic from Japan's Aisin. An additional 2 inches of wheelbase and a non-knee-injuring third row of seats give the Mazda an extra advantage.
Wired: Most agile of the large crossovers. Third row of seats approved to be occupied by real human-size adults — with legs and everything.
Tired: Though fun to drive, this family car sacrifices ride quality for handling.
Hyundai Veracruz Limited, AWD
$38,070 hyundaiusa.com
If your last experience with Hyundai was a college beater that dropped its transmission between Boston and Daytona Beach, you'll be shocked by how far the Korean carmaker has come. With the Veracruz, Hyundai is explicitly gunning for the high end in terms of quality and driver experience. It offers a sweet interior, a supple, quiet ride, a top-class stereo, and an overall feature set that would make any Lexus owner lament his inflated sticker price.
Wired: Hushed ride. Standard six-speed automatic. Adjustable pedals (optional). Standard XM radio. Excellent audio system.
Tired: Ho-hum aesthetics. Is the world ready for a near-$40,000 Hyundai?
Saturn Outlook XR AWD
$36,710 saturn.com
GM has been taking Saturn upscale, as evidenced by the plushness of its Outlook in top spec. Engineers created it from scratch, so it's not adapted from an existing car chassis (like the Mazda). Such clean-slate thinking translates into big spatial advantages over competitors; it has more cargo room than a full-size Chevrolet Tahoe.
Wired: Third-row seats are ample enough for adults. Titanic cargo space with seats down. Muscular exterior design sets it apart from box-on-wheels SUVs or egg-shaped minivans.
Tired: Feels bulky on the road and while parking. Cheap-looking plastic trim detracts from an otherwise pleasing interior.
Acura RDX
$37,165 acura.com
With a hyperactive turbocharged four-cylinder engine, the RDX is a crossover for boy-racer types who've chopped off their mohawks and outgrown their souped-up Civics. Cargo space can't compare with that of the larger, family-oriented models, but plenty of go and the best handling of the crowd make it the most fun to drive.
Wired: Exhilarating acceleration and handling. Toys, toys, toys! Cell phone integration, voice recognition, and navigation with live traffic information. Audiophile-quality stereo system.
Tired: Interior may crowd out drivers of above-average height. Turbo's lag may jostle your latte, and its ever-present whine is grating. Way too small to be a serious SUV replacement.
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CONTENTS Introduction Wi-Fi Technologies Wi-Fi Architecture
Wi-Fi Network Elements How a Wi-Fi Network Works Wi-Fi Network Topologies Applications of Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Security Advantages/ Disadvantages of Wi-Fi
INTRODUCTION Wireless Technology is an alternative to Wired Technology , which is commonly used, for connecting devices in wireless mode. Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) is a generic term that refers to the IEEE communications standard for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). Wi-Fi Network connect computers to each other, to the internet and to the wired network.
The Wi-Fi Technology Wi-Fi Networks use Radio Technologies to transmit & receive data at high speed . The name comes from the IEEE committee that standardized it. IEEE b IEEE a IEEE g
IEEE 802.11b Appear in late 1999 Operates at 2.4GHz radio spectrum
11 Mbps (theoretical speed) - within 30 m Range 4-6 Mbps (actual speed) feet range Most popular, Least Expensive Interference from mobile phones and Bluetooth devices which can reduce the transmission speed.
IEEE 802.11a Introduced in 2001 Operates at 5 GHz (less popular)
54 Mbps (theoretical speed) 15-20 Mbps (Actual speed) 50-75 feet range More expensive Not compatible with b
IEEE g Introduced in 2003 Combine the feature of both standards (a,b) feet range 54 Mbps Speed 2.4 GHz radio frequencies Compatible with 'b' Use OFDM Technology
802.11 Physical Layer There are three sub layers in physical layer:
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Frequency Hoping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) Diffused Infrared (DFIR) - Wide angle
DSSS Direct sequence signaling technique divides the 2.4 GHz band into MHz channels. Adjacent channels overlap one another partially, with three of the 11 being completely non-overlapping. Data is sent across one of these 22 MHz channels without hopping to other channels.
IEEE Data Link Layer The data link layer consists of two sublayers : Logical Link Control (LLC) Media Access Control (MAC). uses the same LLC and 48-bit addressing as other 802 LANs, allowing for very simple bridging from wireless to IEEE wired networks, but the MAC is unique to WLANs.
Elements of a WI-FI Network
Access Point (AP) - The AP is a wireless LAN transceiver or "base station" that can connect one or many wireless devices simultaneously to the Internet. Wi-Fi cards - They accept the wireless signal and relay information. They can be internal and external. (e.g PCMCIA Card for Laptop and PCI Card for Desktop PC) Safeguards - Firewalls and anti-virus software protect networks from uninvited users and keep information secure.
How a Wi-Fi Network Works
Basic concept is same as Walkie talkies. A Wi-Fi hotspot is created by installing an access point to an internet connection. An access point acts as a base station. When Wi-Fi enabled device encounters a hotspot the device can then connect to that network wirelessly. A single access point can support up to 30 users and can function within a range of 100 – 150 feet indoors and up to 300 feet outdoors. Many access points can be connected to each other via Ethernet cables to create a single large network.
Wi-Fi Network Topologies
AP-based topology (Infrastructure Mode) Peer-to-peer topology (Ad-hoc Mode) Point-to-multipoint bridge topology
AP-based topology The client communicate through Access Point.
BSA-RF coverage provided by an AP. ESA-It consists of 2 or more BSA. ESA cell includes 10-15% overlap to allow roaming.
Peer-to-peer TOPOLOGY
AP is not required. Client devices within a cell can communicate directly with each other. It is useful for setting up of a wireless network quickly and easily.
Point-to-multipoint bridge TOPOLOGY
This is used to connect a LAN in one building to a LANs in other buildings even if the buildings are miles apart.These conditions receive a clear line of sight between buildings. The line-of-sight range varies based on the type of wireless bridge and antenna used as well as the environmental conditions.
Wi-Fi CONFIGURATION
Wi-Fi CONFIGURATION
Wi-Fi CONFIGARATION
Wi-Fi APPLICATION Home Small Businesses or SOHO
Large Corporations & Campuses Health Care Wireless ISP (WISP) Travellers
Wi-Fi Security The requirements for Wi-Fi network security can be broken down into two primary components: Authentication User Authentication Server Authentication Privacy
Wi-Fi Security Techniques
Service Set Identifier (SSID) Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 802.1X Access Control Wireless Protected Access (WPA) IEEE i
ADVANTAGES Mobility Ease of Installation Flexibility Cost Reliability
Security Use unlicensed part of the radio spectrum Roaming Speed
LIMITATION Interference Degradation in performance
High power consumption Limited range
CONCLUSION For now Wi-Fi provides broad band internet access to specially outfitted PCs and Laptops. But in future may be hotspots be wireless. By Wi-Fi our time and money are saved. The technologies have help Wi-Fi "Hotspots are becoming more popular throught urban envirnment."
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This workshop kicks off with a talk about these elusive icy visitors and concludes with an chilly astro bake-off!
The introduction answers questions like "What is a comet?", "Where do they come from?" and "When were they formed?" and introduces famous cometary names, revealing some history behind them. Comet 67P/Churyomov-Geresamenko features in the talk, which was visited by the Rosetta Mission.
Following the talk is a demonstration of ice cooking in a mobile cosmic kitchen. Using ingredients found in real comets, the demonstrator will make an icy scale model in front of the audience, who will then get the chance to make their own comets in a chilling hands-on workshop. Brrrrrrr! Finally, participants will be asked for their scientific observations… what did the comet smell like?, was it making a noise? and what did they see happening?
We supply all the ingredients, but need at least two weeks notice to order in the supplies. We'll also bring along all the necessary safety equipment.
IMPORTANT: Each session lasts about one hour and we'll need another 15 minutes to clean up and prep for the next session (its messy!). The workshop works best in a science lab or classroom, with a projector, water supply and deep sink (ideally in the same room). We can also run this as as a drop-in workshop for STEM events and science fairs.
The costs for our Comet Workshop are:
Half day: £275 (max. 3 workshops)
Full day: £425 (max. 5 workshops)
ADD-ON: reduced costs available if booked with other activities… ask for details
Prices include all materials and specialist equipment.
Travel is charged at 45p per mile from our base in Hastings to your venue and back again. If the journey will take us over 2 hours we may have to charge for an overnight stay which costs an extra £45. If our journey includes tolls and ferry charges, these will be added too.
This workshop works best in a science lab or classroom, but can take place anywhere that can accommodate a projector and screen, plus enough tables and chairs for the audience. Running water with a deep sink and drainer, either in the room or nearby, is also needed for this messy, hands-on workshop.
Once you've read our Workshop Booking Guidelines, please complete the Workshop Booking Form to make your booking. If you need to talk through any aspects of your booking before filling out the form, call us on 01424 420968 or send us an email.
• We hold £10,000,000 Public Liability Insurance
• All of our electrical equipment is PAT tested, certificates are available on request
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Japan's indie rockers Shonen Knife aim to make you smile
The band's discography is one big happy face emoji spread out over 19 albums dating back to the early '80s.
The song goes down like a handful of candy hearts inscribed with the name of the city in question, an ode to Vegas as sweet as cherries aligned on a trio of slot reels.
"I like Las Vegas, it's a glamorous fantasy world," Shonen Knife singer-guitarist Naoko Yamano chirps on "Las Vegas," her every utterance sounding as if it was delivered with eyes wide as hubcaps. "I want to go to Las Vegas, everybody's having fun. Even if you say it's decadent, I don't mind 'cuz it's fun … at buffet, I eat so much food. Breakfast, lunch and dinner every time."
Yamano's enthusiasm, a thing as unbridled and naturally occurring as a wind storm, is far from a product of artistic license.
"I love Las Vegas," she says. "I have been to Vegas three times. Two times were for my holidays. I lost some money, but I enjoyed buffet and Cirque du Soleil's 'O' and the Beatles cover band show. They were so fun!"
Fun and exclamation points — lots of them — are as central to Shonen Knife's repertoire as guitar, drums and bass.
It would be hard to name another band that ever displayed as much earnest, awesomely precocious joy for the small things in life that make them happy.
They pen tunes about their favorite condiments ("Wasabi"), favorite pastimes ("Cycling Is Fun"), favorite fruit ("Green Tangerine"), favorite treats ("I Wanna Eat Cookies"), favorite household cleaning products ("Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner's Theme"), etc.
Basically, their discography is one big happy face emoji spread out over 19 albums dating back to the early '80s. Their first major label American release, 1992's "Let's Knife," coincided with the '90s alt-rock and grunge boom, and within this context, Shonen Knife shined particularly brightly — their tunes are as radiant and blood-warming as the Seattle skies are dark and bone-chilling come fall.
They became darlings of the indie set, championed by the likes of Thurston Moore and Kurt Cobain (legend has it that a copy of the band's "Rock Animals" was found on Cobain's turntable when his body was discovered in April 1994, suggesting that it may have been the last record he ever listened to).
Sharing the Ramones' fondness for '60s girl groups and earworm harmonies, these ladies' self-described "Candy Rock" is as sugary and addictive as that appellation suggests. A few years back, they released a tribute album to the Ramones, but really, isn't that what their entire 36-year career has been?
Unlike those iconic New Yorkers, though, Shonen Knife's catalog pointedly doesn't contain many sharp edges.
"I'm always trying to find good topics for my lyrics for Shonen Knife," Yamano explains. "It's easy for me to make melody lines but hard to write lyrics. I don't want to write about negative matters and am embarrassed to sing about love. Ultimately, I write about the simple pleasures which make me happy."
As the band's last two records, 2016's "Adventure" and 2014's "Overdrive," have underscored, these pleasures also include amp-smoldering riff rock.
"I really love '70s British hard rock like Judas Priest, Black Sabbath or Rainbow," Yamano says. "I also like Kiss very much. In the '80s, I wrote some hard rock tunes like 'Antonio Baka Guy' or 'Cobra Versus Mongoose.' The concept of the recent two albums are '60s and '70s rock and hard rock."
One of the most rippin' tracks from "Adventure" is "Rock'n'Roll T-Shirt," a celebration — what else? — of the cherished concert tee.
What's Yamano's favorite?
"My favorite rock and roll T-shirt so far is Judas Priest's 'British Steel' shirt," she says. "I bought it at their concert in Osaka, Japan. I really like their music. I keep most of all our T-shirts at home. I recently took pictures of them. I have a plan to archive at our website."
Though Shonen Knife has been at it since 1981, the band's stop at Beauty Bar on Thursday will be Yamano's first time playing here — a previously scheduled gig in 2007 was canceled.
She's happy to be visiting — meaning she'll probably write a song about it.
"I'm trying to write about positive things," she says. "Those things are every person's common topics, and I'm sure they can make people smile."
Contact Jason Bracelin at email@example.com or 702-383-0476. Follow @JasonBracelin on Twitter.
Who: Shonen Knife
When: 8 p.m. Thursday
Where: Beauty Bar, 517 E. Fremont St.
Tickets: $15 (702-598-3757)


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Exploration of the Coast. Attacked by Indians. First Sabbath of the Pilgrims in New England. Landing on Plymouth Rock.
wams, and an Indian cemetery. The voyage was fruitless of good, and they returned to the May Flower. Again Carver, Standish, Bradford, Winslow, and others, with eight or ten seamen, launched the shallop in the surf. The day was very cold, and the December 6, spray froze upon them and their clothes like iron mail. They passed that night 1620.
at Billingsgate Point, at the bottom of Cape Cod Bay, on the western shore of Wellfleet Harbor. The company divided next morning, but united at evening, and encamped at Namskeket, or Great Meadow Creek. The next morning, as they arose from their knees in the deep snow, when their matin devotions were ended, a flight of arrows and a war-whoop announced the presence of savages. They were of the Nauset tribe, and regarded the white people as kidnappers." But the Indians made no further attacks, and the boat proceeded along the coast a distance of some forty miles. Suddenly a storm arose. Snow and rain fell copiously; the heavy swells snapped the rudder, and with oars alone they guided the frail shallop. Darkness came on and the storm increased. As much sail as possible was used to reach the shore; it was too much ; the mast broke in three pieces, and the fragments, with the sail, fell overboard. Breakers were just ahead, but, by diligent labor with the oars, they passed safely through the surf into a smooth harbor, landed, and lighted a fire. At dawn they discovered that they were upon an island, in a good harbor." There they passed the day in drying their clothes, cleaning their arms, and repairing their shallop. Night approached; it was the eve of the Christian Sabbath. The storm had ceased, but snow nearly eighteen inches in depth lay upon the ground. They had no tent, no shelter but the rock. Their ship was more than fifteen leagues away, and winter, with all its terrors, had set in. Every personal consideration demanded haste. But the next day was the Sabbath, and they resolved to remain upon that bleak island and worship God, in accordance with their faith and obligations as Christians. In the deep snow they knelt in prayer; by the cold rock they read the Scriptures; upon the keen, wintery air they poured forth their hymns of thanks
giving and praise. In what bold relief does that single act present the Puritan character'
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On Monday morning the exploring party pushed through the surf, and landed December 22, upon a rock on the main." The neighborhood seemed inviting for a settlement, 1620. and in a few days the May Flower was brought around and moored in the harbor. The whole company landed near where the explorers stepped ashore : the spot was called New
* The Indians of Cape Cod and the vicinity had experienced the treachery of the whites, for it must be remembered that the Pilgrims were not the discoverers of that region. Both French and English ships had visited the coast. Six years before the landing of the Pilgrims, an Englishman named Hunt had inveigled several Indians on board a ship, and carried them to England.
* This island, within the entrance of Plymouth Harbor, has been called Clarke's Island ever since. It was so named from Clarke, the first man who stepped ashore from the shallop. The cove in which they were in such danger lies between the Gurnet Head and Saguish Point, at the entrance of Plymouth Bay.— Moore, i., 35.
* A portion of this rock was conveyed to a square in the center of the town of Plymouth in 1774, where it still remains, and is known as The Forefathers' Rock.
Founding of Plymouth. Destitution and Sickness. Death of Carver. Election of Bradford. Defiance of the India.
Plymouth, in memory of the hospitalities which they had received at Plymouth, in England, and in a few days they commenced the erection of dwellings. The exposure of the explorers, and of others who had reached the shore by wading, had brought on disease, and nearly one half of the company were sick when the first blow of the ax was struck in the primeval forest. Faith and hope nerved the arms of the healthy, and they began to build. "This was the origin of New England; it was the planting of the New England institutions. Inquisitive historians have loved to mark every vestige of the Pilgrims; poets of the purest minds have commemorated their virtues; the noblest genius has been called into exercise to display their merits worthily, and to trace the consequences of their daring enterprise." The winter that succeeded the landing of the Pilgrims was terrible for the settlers. Many were sick with colds and consumptions, and want and exposure rapidly reduced the numbers of the colony. Governor Carver's son died soon after landing, and himself and his wife pass. ed into the grave the next spring." William Bradford was elected to fill his place. The living were scarcely able to bury the dead, and at one time there were only seven men capable of rendering any assistance. Forty-six of the one hundred died before April, yet not a murmur against Providence was heard. The colonists had been apprehensive of an attack from the Indians, but not one approached the settlement until March, when a chief named Samoset boldly..entered the rude town, exclaiming, in broken English, which he had learned from fishermen on the coast of Maine, "Welcome, Englishmen welcome, Englishmen'" He gave them much information, and told them of a pestilence that had swept off the inhabitants a few years before. This accounted for the deserted wigwams seen by the explorers. Samoset soon afterward visited the colony with Squanto, a chief who had been carried away by Hunt in 1614; and in April Massasoit, the chief of the Wampanoags, was induced to make the English a friendly visit. Treaties of amity were made, and, until the breaking out of King Philip's war, fifty years afterward, were kept inviolate. But Canonicus, a powerful chief of the Narragansets, who , lived on the west side of the Narraganset Bay, regarded the English as intruders, and sent to them the ominous token of hostility, a bundle of arrows wrapped in a rattle-snake's skin. Governor Bradford" at once sent the skin back to Canonicus, filled with powder and shot. The chief understood the symbol, and, afraid of the deadly weapons in which such materials were used, sent them back; the Narragansets were awed into submission. Massasoit, who lived at Warren, Rhode Island, remained the fast friend of the English, and his sons, Alexander and Philip (the celebrated King Philip), kept the bond of friendship unbroken until 1675. After many difficulties, and receiving some accessions from immigration, the settlers pur
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* John Carver was among the English emigrants to Leyden. He was chosen the first governor of the colony, by a majority of the forty-one male adults that sailed in the May Flower. There were twelve other candidates for the honor. On the 23d of March, 1621, a few laws were enacted, and Carver was regularly inaugurated governor of the new colony. He was taken suddenly ill in the fields, while laboring, on the 3d of April. A violent pain in his head ensued, and in a few hours he was deprived of the use of his senses. He lived but a few days, and his wife, overcome by grief, followed him to the grave in about six weeks. He was buried with all the honors the people could bestow. His broad-sword is preserved in the cabinet of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
* William Bradford, the second Governor of Plymouth Colony, was born at Ansterfield, in the north of England, in 1588. The first Puritan principles were instilled into his young mind by a minister named Richard Clifton, and when he was of legal age he was denounced as a Separatist. He followed Mr. Robinson to Holland, and came to America in the May Flower. While he was absent, with others, searching for a spot on which to land, his wife fell into the sea and was drowned. He was appointed governor on the death of Carver, being then only thirty-three years of age. His energy was of great value to the colony, and so much was he esteemed, that he was annually elected governor as long as he lived, except occasionally, when, "by importuning, he got off," as Winslow says, and another took his place pro tempore. His idea of public osfice was, "that if it was of any honor or benefit, others besides himself should enjoy it; if it was a burden, others besides himself should help him to bear it." Present politicians consider such doctrine a "barbarous relic." Governor Bradford died in May, 1657, having served the colony as chief magistrate twenty-five years of the thirty of his residence in America.
condition of the Colony. Further Emigration from England. Winslow. Standish. Settlement of Weymouth. Shawmut,
chased the rights of the London merchants who had aided them with funds, for nine thousand dollars, and the colony thus severed the last link of pecuniary interest that bound it to Old England, beyond the claims of commercial transactions. There was one drawback upon their prosperity—the non-existence of private property. There was a community of interest in all the land and its products. Thence arose, on the part of some, an unwillingness to labor, and of others the discontent which the industrious feel while viewing the idleness of the lazy, for whose benefit they are toiling. It was now found necessary to enter into an agreement that each family should plant for itself, and an acre of land was accordingly assigned to each person in fee. Under this stimulus, the production of corn became so great that from buyers the colonists became sellers to the Indians."
Civil government being fully established to the satisfaction of all, and news of the fertility of the soil and the beauty of the climate having reached England, in the following autumn other adventurers prepared to come to America. In 22 of the mean while Edward Winslow, one of the most ac- o complished of the colonists, made a journey to the residence of Massasoit to strengthen the friendship that existed, by presents, and by amicable agreements respecting future settlers that might come from England." The visit was fruitful of good results. Soon afterward Captain Standish" marched against the village of Corbitant, one of Massasoit's sachems, who held an interpreter in custody, and threatened the tribe with destruction. The whole country was alarmed at this movement, and on the 13th of September, 1621, ninety petty sachems came to Plymouth and signed a paper acknowledging themselves loyal subjects of King James.
New settlers now began to arrive, and new explorations of the coast were made. Sixty adventurers from London, under the auspices of a merchant named Weston, began a plantation in the autumn of 1622, at Weymouth, twelve miles southeast from the present city of Boston, and the whole coast of Massachusetts Bay was explored. They discovered a spacious harbor, studded with islands, and inclosing a peninsula remarkable for three hills, called by the natives Shawmut (sweet water). This was the harbor and site of the city of Boston."
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1 Hildreth, i., 171. * Edward Winslow was born in Worcestershire, England, in 1594. While traveling on the Continent, he became acquainted with Mr. Robinson at Leyden, joined his congregation, sailed to America in the May Flower, and was one of the party that first landed on Plymouth Rock. He made Massasoit a second visit, and found the sachem very sick, but by means of medicine restored him to health. Grateful for his services, the chief revealed to Winslow a plot of some savages to destroy a small English settlement at Weymouth. Winslow went to England that fall, and in the spring brought over the first cattle introduced into the colony. He was appointed governor in 1633. He was very active in the colony, and made several voyages to England in its behalf. In 1655 he was appointed one of the commissioners to superintend the expedition against the Spaniards in the West Indies. He died of fever on his passage, between Jamaica and Hispaniola, May 8th, 1655, aged sixty years. His body was cast into the ocean. * Miles Standish is called the "Hero of New England." He served for some time in the English army in the Netherlands, and settled with Robinson's congregation at Leyden. He was not a member of the Church—"never entered the school of Christ, or of John the Baptist." He came to America in the May Flower, and was appointed military commander-in-chief at Plymouth. His bold enterprises spread terror among the Indians, and secured peace to the colony. In allusion to his exploit in killing Pecksuot, a bold chief, with his own hand, Mr. Robinson wrote to the governor, "O that you had converted some before you killed any to Standish was one of the magistrates of the colony as long as he lived. He died at Duxbury in 1656, aged about seventy-two years. * The Peninsula of Shawmut included between six and seven hundred acres of land sparsely covered by trees, and nearly divided by two creeks into three islands when the creeks were filled by the tides. From the circumstance of the three hills, the English called the peninsula Tri-mountain, the modern Tremont. These three eminences have since been named Copp's, Fort, and Beacon Hills. The name of Tri-mountain
Settlement of Endicott and others at Salem. Arrival of Winthrop. Founding of Boston. Progress of free Principles
In 1628 a company, under John Endicott, settled at Salem (Na-um-keag), and were joined by a few emigrants at Cape Ann, sixteen miles northward. They received a charter from the king, and were
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Camon 39 New England." In - 1630 about three hunWo so dred Puritan families, under John Winthrop, arrived, and joined the Massachusetts Baycolony. They established themselves at Dorchester, Roxbury, Watertown, and Cambridge. A spring of pure and wholesome water induced some families among whom was Mr. Winthrop, to settle upon Shawmut. Winthrop was the chosen Governor of the colony of Massachusetts Bay; the whole government, including Plymouth, was removed to the new settlement, and thenceforth Boston became the metropolis of New England. I have thus traced, with almost chronological brevity, the rise of the Puritans in England, their emigration to America, and the progress of settlement, to the founding of Boston in 1630. It is not within the scope of this work to give a colonial history of New England in all its important details, and only so much of it will be developed as is necessary to present the links of connection between the early history and the story of our Revolution. That Revolution, being a conflict of principle, had its origin more remote even than the planting of the New England colonies. The seed germinated when the sun of the Reformation warmed the cold soil of society in Europe, over which the clouds of ignorance had so long brooded; and its blossoms were unfolded when the Puritans of England and the Huguenots of France boldly asserted, in the presence of kingly power, the grand postulate of freedom—the social AND politicAL EQUALITY of THE RACE. These two sections of independent thinkers brought the vigorous plant to America—the Puritans to New England, the Huguenots to the Carolinas. The Covenanters of Scotland, and other dissenting communities, watered it during the reigns of the Charleses and the bigot James II.; and when the tactics of British oppression had changed from religious persecution to commercial and political tyranny, it had grown a sturdy tree, firmly rooted in a genial soil, and overshadowing a prosperous people with its beautiful foliage. The fruit of that tree was the American Revolution—the fruit which still forms the nutriment that gives life and vigor to our free institutions.
was changed to Boston, as a compliment to the Rev. John Cotton, who emigrated from Boston, in Lincolnshire, England. * This is a fac-simile of a map of Boston Harbor and adjacent settlements in 1667, and is believed to be a specimen of the first engraving executed in America. Instead of the top of the map being north, accord. ing to the present method of drawing maps, the right hand of this is north.
The Puritan Character. Witchcraft. English Laws on the Subject. The Delusion in New England. Effects of the Delusion.
"The Pilgrim spirit has not fled;
The persecutions of the Quakers, the proceedings against persons accused of witchcraft,' the disfranchisement of those who were not church members, and many other enactments in their civil code, considered alone, mark the Puritan as bigoted, superstitious, intolerant, unlovely in every aspect, and practically evincing a spirit like that of Governor Dudley, expressed in some lines found in his pocket after his death.
"Let men of God in courts and churches watch
But when a broad survey is taken of the Puritan character, these things appear as mere blemishes—spots upon the sun—insects in the otherwise pure amber. In religion and morality they were sincerely devoted to right—"New England was the colony of conscience." Their worship was spiritual, their religious observances were few and simple. To them the
-T * A belief in witchcraft, or the direct agency of evil spirits through human instrumentality, was prevalent among all classes of Europe toward the close of the seventeenth century, and this superstition had a strong hold upon the metaphysical Puritans in America. A statute, enacted in the reign of Henry VIII., made it a capital offense for a person to practice the arts of witchcraft. The first James was a firm believer in witchcraft, and sanctioned some severe laws against its practitioners. Pretenders, called Witch-detectors, arose, and, during the commonwealth, traveled from county to county, in England, making accusations, in consequence of which many persons suffered death. The "Fundamentals" of Massachusetts contained a capital law against such offenses, founded upon the Scripture injunction, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."—Exodus, xxii., 18. Increase Mather, father of the celebrated Cotton Mather, in a work called "Remarkable Providences," enumerated all the supposed cases of witchcraft that had occurred in New England. The high standing of the author turned public attention to the subject, and it was not long before a real witch was discovered in the person of an old woman at Newbury, whose house was alleged to be haunted. This was in 1686, and from that time until 1693, when King William's veto on the Witchcraft Act prevented any further trials, and all accused persons were released, the colonies were greatly agitated. Chief justice Hale had given the weight of his opinion in England in favor of the delusion, and the Mathers, father and son, of Boston, eminent for their piety and learning, had written, and preached, and talked, and acted much under the belief in the reality of witchcraft. Cotton Mather published a book in 1692, called the "Wouders of the Invisible World," giving a full account of all the cases and trials, and stimulating the authorities to further proceedings. The delusion was now at its height, and no class of society was exempt from suspicion. The wife of Hale, minister of Beverly, was accused, at the very time when he was most active against others, and almost every ill-favored old woman was regarded as a servant of the devil. A son of Governor Bradstreet was accused, and had to flee for his life; and even Lady Phipps, the wife of the Admiral Sir William, the newly-appointed Governor of Massachusetts, was suspected. When royal authority broke the spell, practical witchcraft ceased to act, and the people of Massachusetts recovered their senses. Mather, in his "Magnolia," confessed that things were carried a little too far in Salem, but never positively renounced his belief in the reality of witchcraft. His credulity had been thoroughly exposed by a writer named Calef, who addressed a series of letters to the Boston ministers on the subject. At first Mather sneered at him as a "weaver who pretended to be a merchant;" but Calef laid his truths and sarcasms so strongly over the shoulders of Mather, that the latter called him a "coal from hell," to blacken his character, and afterward commenced a prosecution against him for slander. The mischief wrought by this delusion was wide-spread and terrible. Society was paralyzed with alarm; evil spirits were thought to overshadow the land; every nervous influence, even every ordinary symptom of disease, was ascribed to demoniac power. When the royal veto arrived, twenty persons had been executed. among whom was a minister of Danvers named George Burroughs; fifty-five had been tortured or terrified into a confession of witchcraft, one hundred and fifty were in prison, and two hundred more had been accused. * John Quincy Adams.


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Kerri Lynn Nichols at Beatin' Path Publications
Beatin' Path Publications is now the sole distributor and publisher for Kerri Lynn Nichols.
Kerri Lynn Nichols has been a teacher of Orff-Schulwerk for twenty-seven years, receiving her Master level Orff certification from the University of CA, Santa Cruz and the University of Memphis and attended the international course at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.
Ms. Nichols has taught all ages in both the public and private sectors and presents workshops for state, national and international conferences. She was the guest presenter for The Chinese Orff Association where she trained 150 teachers from various provinces and returned this past summer to extend that work.
She designs and implements courses for educators in music through movement, academic integration and brain-based learning. Currently, she uses music and movement to teach kindergarten at Southworth Elementary in Yelm and directs The Olympia Peace Choir which she founded. Take a look at her current publications. Read more about each publication.
Music Moments to Teach Academics (BPP-KMM) Book $49.95 For classroom teachers and music specialists, this is a source book of activities and practical ideas to integrate music and movement into the curriculum. Conceptual teaching, fundamental movement pattern theory, and integrating music as types intelligence are featured. Also included are integrations with math, science, language arts, social studies, visual art and wellness.
Music & Movement for Munchkins, (BPP-KM4M) Book $39.95 Music and movement songs, ideas and lesson plans for pre-school through K, arranged using the Orff approach to awaken creativity. Includes Nursery Rhymes, BrainStories and BrainDance variations, games, instructions for making simple instruments, creative dance improvisations and suggestions for using the selections from the CDs (available separately). Designed for parents, caregivers and teachers of young children.
Music & Movement for Munchkins CD, (BPP-KM4MCD)
Joy Full Noise (BPP-KJFN) Book $34.95 This collection of church music for children and youth includes 27 original songs and arrangements for Orff instruments and piano. Activities for voice, body percussion, movement and instruments, and improvisation help in making a "joyful noise" become "jubilant song!" Lyric sheets are included for teaching.
Let the Little Ones Come (BPP-KLOC) Book $34.95 This collection of church music for young children includes twenty original pieces and arrangements featuring the various events of the church year. Includes student reproducibles in the back of the book. Arrangements include piano accompaniments and simple Orff orchestrations.
Once A Round (BPP-KOAR) Book $24.95 This collection of fifteen original rounds for beginning and intermediate voices covers themes from the "A-B-C's" to "Let Your Voice Be Heard." Melodies are arranged acappella, with Orff settings or piano/guitar accompaniments. The book includes several suggestions for creatively working with rounds to enhance the musical experience
I Am the Song (BPP-KIATS) CD $14.95 22 original songs and arrangements in a variety of styles includes selected pieces from Ms. Nichols's publications for children with full orchestrations appropriately scored for children to sing and play. Ten instrumental pieces can be used for creative dance, creative writing, visual art or listening activities. The songs center around themes of peace, light, empowerment, nature and joy.
Music for Dancers (BPP-M4CD) CD $14.95 and Music for Dancers, Too (BPP-M4CD2) CD $14.95 These 2 CDs include many original compositions to be used for creative music, movement & improvisation explorations with students of all ages. The pieces also accompany the activities and materials found in the books "Music For Dancers" and "Music Moments To Teach Academics". Includes a booklet with suggestions for using each piece in the classroom and a list of the musical concepts.
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Members of Central Unitarian Church in Paramus, NJ visited the Prague Unitarian Congregation in the Czech Republic from May 9 – 15. Members of both congregations hiked to the the Jan Hus pulpit, the rock located in the Benešov region southeast of Prague on which the early church reformer and martyr Jan Hus (1372 – 1415) is believed to have preached. The two congregations held a joint worship service in Prague on Sunday, May 15, led by Rev. David Horst and Rev. Petr Samojský with members of the Prague congregation and choir participating. Church members from Prague visited Paramus last October.
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Glowing neon bright
the Salt City's art deco
stainless steel night light.
Since they redid the lighting of the NiMo building, the building has really become a monument in Syracuse. Im a big fan of art deco, anyway. You cant build those buildings anymore. And here you have this incredible glow that comes up from these tiers in the building.
As for the nightlight, I have one in my bathroom. Somehow the two dovetailed. I kept thinking, heres this funky little plate, and the glow is behind it. And with the building, youve got this façade, and you get a glowing light behind it. I thought, you know, thats like a nightlight. Syracuse is a big sleepy cityso there you go. Click it on, click it offits NiMo.
February snow
falling ashen embers leave
cold fire on my tongue.
My writing process goes all over the place. I know what the illustrators gravitate towards so I decided I would pack the haiku with a lot of visual images that would give them a simple line to illustrate. I thought about the typical February snow in Syracuse and our gray winters. I started thinking about this dual image of fire and water. So, the ashen embers were flakes coming down. At one point, every kid tries to stick his tongue out and catch a snowflake. Hence, the cold fire, because when its cold, the chill feels like fire. I decided to just create a simple set of images that I know, visually, would appeal to them. I dont know who illustrated it, but Im obviously dying to see it.
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espresso and smoke.
I started going to Rockys Cigar Shop on North Salina Street to smoke cigars. The city had that big push to resurrect Little Italy. They started out with these little Italian shops, with Italian men sitting outside, drinking their espresso, smoking cigars. Sadly, that seemed to go nowhere. With harder times, many of the shops closed. Of course, Rockys is still there. Rockys will always be thereopen twenty-four seven. There are a lot of Italian men who go to Rockys. Its also a real cross section of people. A cigar shop, like a barber shop, is one of the last places to have a small-town feel to it. You meet some interesting characters. Everybody from the down and out buying lotto tickets to hit it to wealthy Italian men sitting around, smoking a cigar, and talking about their mothers.
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At Bolos à Medida you can have training in cake design and find all kinds of home baking supplies and ingredients to bake and decorate your cakes. You can also buy your own customized cake.
Our cakes are made using ingredients which are carefully selected and prepared according to traditional methods so that exceptional quality and full satisfaction is guaranteed.
We have all kinds of cakes, miniature cakes, artistic cakes, biscuits, jelly candy, bonbons, and the traditional pastry of our home town.
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At Bolos à Medida we provide training in different areas, namely: preparation of dough and filling, baking and decoration of cupcakes, biscuits and cakepops; distinct techniques of cake decoration; chocolate; among many others.
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This October 9-11, 2018, Rotorua, New Zealand hosted the 9th annual World Indigenous Business Forum. I was fortunate enough to attend this great event so far from home. While being up for 36 hours travelling there and 42 hours for the return trip was daunting to say the least, the experience, people, culture and beautiful country more than made up for the lack of sleep and persistent jet lag. We started off the trip as part of Canada's first Indigenous trade mission to New Zealand, hosted and organized by Canada's High Commissioner Mario Bot and Omar Alghabra, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade Diversification. We learned about the role of the Canadian Trade Commission Service, Maori economy and networked with Indigenous business representatives from Canada. We also met with Richard Jefferies, Tainui Group Holdings and toured their Ruakura site which will be New Zealand's largest inland port connecting the countries economy and creating up to 12,000 jobs. It was inspiring to see such a grand vision in development that will serve both the country and the Maori citizens well into the future.
My second day began with a formal cultural welcome at the Tamatekapua Marae (Maori meeting house) which was a wonderful way to open the WIBF and to see and take part in the Maori culture. Later the Canada Trade Commission Service hosted networking events with our Australian and New Zealand counterparts where we learned about some of the emerging businesses, opportunities and best practices that are being implemented by their Indigenous communities.
I along with the other delegates were amazed by the diverse, mature and sophisticated business and structures the Maori have set up in the 25 years since they signed their treaties with the government of New Zealand. While the success and challenges of Canadian First Nations are well known and both the Canadian and New Zealand delegates were of the opinion that the other was so much further ahead in business development. The fact is that Indigenous people globally have a shared history of colonization and its negative impacts remain a legacy we continue to overcome in innovative and creative ways. The WIBF's modo is to "Share, Connect and Inspire" and the interactions, presentations and people allowed for this to take place, to learn best practice and to see ourselves, both in terms of success as well as challenges, in others and to understand that we can overcome these to heal our communities as well as to become leaders in business and industry.
I found much in common amongst Indigenous peoples globally and observed some practices unique to Indigenous people in how we structure our businesses. If we buy land it is to retain traditional territory that has historic and cultural significance, offers agricultural opportunities and finally land that has strategic economic value. Finally, all of our economic development corporations are structured to recognize that our community members are our shareholders and the resulting financial success is reinvested back into the community and to support further business development and expansion.
The ultimate goal for Indigenous nations in Saskatchewan, Canada, New Zealand and elsewhere is to retain, revitalize and recapture our traditions, values, culture and language. Business and economic development have emerged as critical pathways for this to be accomplished. Examples of successful business and practices as well as the end goal of a vibrant culture and language within the community were on full display at the WIBF. Presentations and panels at the conference were intermixed with poetry, traditional and contemporary song and dance as well as delicious food and drink.
I left Rotorua, New Zealand with dozens of new friends, business contacts, ideas and a confirmation that First Nations in Saskatchewan and Canada have much in common with our counterparts globally. Given our shared history, we have much more to share when it comes to rebuilding our communities and re-entering local, regional and the global economies as well as how best to revitalize and support our culture, traditions, languages and values. As planning begins for WIBF 2019, celebrating the 10th anniversary in Vancouver, B.C. Canada, I look forward to building on the new friendships and models of success as I continue to work with First Nations in Saskatchewan in their economic development efforts.


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What We're Waiting For
What We're Waiting For
by Pastor Dan Palomino
Hope and Peace go hand in hand. That's what Advent is all about. And oh, how we need both as we wait on the Lord! Two other elements that fit right in here are Faith and Love. Jesus came into this world to bring us hope and peace, and that we might know his love through faith in him.
Luke announces the peace that Jesus brings by quoting the messenger, the angel of the Lord: "'For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord'…And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!'" (Luke 2:11-14)
But how can we have hope when things don't go the way we had thought they would? How can we have hope when we are disappointed in God, when we feel like he has let us down, or when things happen in life that we don't understand?
Jesus himself answers these questions by telling us that our ultimate hope does not come in this lifetime but in what is to come. "I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." (John 14:33)
He came that we might have peace. How can we have peace in the midst of the tribulation? The same way Jesus could sleep soundly in the back of the boat while the storm raged on. Because Jesus is still with us, God is with us. That's what we read in scripture and sing about, especially at Christmastime. Maybe that's a problem. We tend to reflect upon the name, Emmanuel (which is a promise that means "God is with us"), mainly at this time of year. Yes, the promise is there that God is with us in the Christ child, but we have to remember that God is always with us. That's why Jesus gave us his Holy Spirit. "Very God of very God" dwells within every person who puts their trust in him.
That's how we can face tribulation, that's how we can endure the storm. This is how we can have hope when we're faced with illness, joblessness, injustice, oppression, broken relationships, hatred, loss, or even death. Peace gives us hope. Hope enables us to be at peace. God is ALWAYS with us and not just when he was here physically roaming the earth as a carpenter's son. The very name given to him was a sign to us that God IS (not was) with us!
Jesus tells his disciples (and us), "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid." (John 14:27) He tells us this right after he promises the Holy Spirit to each and every believer.
This is how we know that he loves us and how we can know his love for us. "For God so loved the world" —that is, God loved the world in such a way— "that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life." For Jesus did not come into the world to condemn the world but to save it. (John 3:16-17)
We can experience the "Peace that surpasses all understanding" (Philippians 4:7) in the midst of life's difficulties because of the hope we have in what is to come, eternal life, when we will no longer have to face any kind of tribulation. Faith and hope go hand in hand, as well. (See Hebrews 11:1.)
The peace that Jesus promised us so long ago is not a peace that is to come, it is for now, in the midst of the tribulation that he told us we will face in this world, in this life. But there will come a time when we will no longer need faith and hope because we will be right there with the LORD, face to face, gazing upon him in all his fullness. For now, though, we need faith, hope and peace because we can only see God as in a dimly lit mirror. (1 Corinthians 13:12)
For now, we have faith, hope (peace) and love because of the birth of Jesus into the human family and the work he accomplished on the cross for which he was born. That waiting is over. The waiting we endure now is for his return. The greatest of these three (faith, hope and love) is love. Why?
Because love lasts forever, it goes on into eternity. (1 Corinthians 13:8) In the eternal realm, we will no longer need faith and hope (or peace) because our faith and hope will have come to fruition. We will revel in the glory of the perfect and everlasting love of God!
It's worth the wait.


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Year-over-Year Recurring Revenue Growth of 26%
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 11, 2019 / CounterPath Corporation (NASDAQ: CPAH) (TSX: PATH) (the "Company" or "CounterPath"), a global provider of award-winning Unified Communications (UC) solutions for enterprises and service providers, today announced the financial and operating results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 30, 2019.
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2019 Financial Highlights
Fiscal 2019 Financial Highlights
Management Commentary
"We are pleased to have finished the fiscal year by growing both revenue and gross margin for two consecutive quarters, while also reducing cash costs for two consecutive quarters," said David Karp, Interim CEO and CFO. "Our recurring revenue grew to its highest level during the fourth quarter as approximately half of our business is now of a recurring revenue nature which will bode well for future revenue growth and stability. While the fiscal year 2019 was challenging in terms of overall revenue achieved, we accomplished several key milestones."
"We completed the development of our collaboration application and operationalized the collaboration service for Bria, which provides HD video and audio conferencing, and screen sharing capabilities for up to 200 participants in a secure virtual meeting room. The development of the collaboration solution was a significant investment made by the Company over the last two years and the completion of this development enabled the reduction of specific headcount in February 2019, thereby lowering ongoing costs. During the third quarter, we sold our first white-labeled collaboration application to a cloud communications service provider with a focus on serving mid-market and enterprise businesses."
"During the fiscal year, we launched Bria Teams; an SMB focused, subscription-based cloud service. The service securely unifies team communications across desktop and mobile devices, enabling organizations to enhance team productivity. We also integrated our collaboration service within our Bria Teams Pro offering. The all-in-one communications application, Bria Teams Pro, reduces the need to have separate apps such as Slack, Zoom or other messaging and video conferencing services. Bria Teams overlays an organization's infrastructure to leverage its existing investments, reducing both costs and complexity. The industry recognized Bria Teams as a leading UCC (Unified Communication and Collaboration) offering. The offering won TMC's 2019 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award and was named as a finalist for 2019 Best of Enterprise Connect Award against some of the biggest unified communications companies in the industry."
"Another important achievement during the fiscal year was the advancement of our Channel Partner Program. Our Channel Partner Program is essential to the ongoing strategy of the Company as it enables the Company to leverage its sales force, particularly in regions outside of North America. The Channel Partner Program is administered through a self-service web portal, similar to our e-store, enabling our partners to order and manage their customers and end users in a secure and scalable fashion. We now have over 50 channel partners selling subscription-based Bria globally, primarily focused on growing our recurring revenue business."
"While transitioning to recurring revenue is challenging, as the Company sacrifices short term revenue for more stable and repeatable revenue in the future, we believe this is the right direction for the Company, and we continue to make good progress with the transition. Our strategy of offering more value-added cloud-based services such as Instant Messaging, Peer-to-Peer Calling, Screen Sharing and Video Collaboration to our traditional applications will benefit our objective of moving in this direction."
"The unified communications market opportunity is significant. According to new research published by Polaris Market Research, the unified communications (UC) market is anticipated to reach over $186 billion by 2026. We are excited to be participating within a large cross-section of this market given that our recently launched Bria Teams communications and collaboration solution addresses the SMB market, while our comparable white-label solutions address the service provider and enterprise market," added Karp.
Amendment to Loan Agreement
CounterPath also announced today that it has entered into an amended loan agreement (the "Amendment Agreement") with Wesley Clover International Corporation and KMB Trac Two Holdings Ltd. (collectively, the "Lenders"), pursuant to which to Lenders have agreed to amend the existing loan agreement (the "Loan Agreement", together with the Amendment Agreement, the "Amended Loan Agreement") to increase the maximum amount of the loan from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 and to extend the term of the loan such that all outstanding principal and accrued interest is due on April 11, 2021. Wesley Clover International Corporation owns approximately 25.3% of the Company's common shares and is controlled by the Chairman of the Company, Terence Matthews and KMB Trac Two Holdings Ltd. is represented by Steven Bruk, a director of the Company, and Karen Bruk, Mr. Bruk's spouse. KMB Trac Two Holdings Ltd., Steven Bruk and Karen Bruk own approximately 20.5% of the Company's common shares.
Pursuant to the terms of the Amended Loan Agreement, the loan is unsecured and will be made available in multiple advances at the discretion of the Company and will bear interest at a rate of 8% per year, payable monthly. The outstanding principal and any accrued interest may be prepaid without penalty. The loan is intended to be used for general working capital purposes.
The entry into the Amendment Agreement constitutes a related party transaction under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). The Amendment Agreement is exempt from the formal valuation requirements of MI 61-101 pursuant to Section 5.5(a) of MI 61-101 as the fair market value of the subject matter of the transaction did not exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization and is exempt from the minority shareholder approval requirements pursuant to Section 5.7(f) of MI 61-101 as the Amendment Agreement is a non-convertible loan on reasonable commercial terms that are not less advantageous to the Company than if the loan were obtained from a person dealing at arm's length with the Company. As the Amendment Agreement is a related party transaction and was announced less than 21 days before its closing, MI 61-101 requires the Company to explain why the shorter period was reasonable or necessary in the circumstances. In the view of the Company it was necessary to immediately enter into the Amendment Agreement in order to have the funds available and therefore, such shorter period was reasonable and necessary in the circumstances.
Fiscal 2019 Financial Overview
(All amounts in U.S. dollars and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") unless otherwise specified).
Revenue was $10.8 million for the year ended April 30, 2019 compared to $12.4 million in the prior fiscal year. For fiscal 2019, software revenue was $4.7 million compared to $6.3 million in the prior year, subscription, support and maintenance revenue was $5.4 million compared to $4.3 million in the prior year, and professional services and other revenue was $0.7 million compared to $1.8 million in the prior year.
Operating expenses for the year ended April 30, 2019 were $15.9 million compared to $15.2 million in the prior year. Operating expenses for the year ended April 30, 2019 included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $0.5 million (2018 - $0.6 million). Cost of sales was $2.2 million for the year ended April 30, 2019 compared to $1.6 million in the prior year. Sales and marketing expenses were $4.1 million for the year ended April 30, 2019 compared to $4.3 million in the prior year. For the year ended April 30, 2019, research and development expenses were $5.5 million and general and administrative expenses were $4.1 million compared to $5.5 million and $3.8 million, respectively, in the year ended April 30, 2018.
Interest and other income (expense), net for the year ended April 30, 2019 was $0.2 million compared to ($0.4) million for the year ended April 30, 2018. Interest and other income (expense), net for the year included a foreign exchange gain of $0.3 million, offset by interest expense of $0.1 million. The foreign exchange gain (loss) represents the gain (loss) on account of translation of the intercompany accounts of the Company's subsidiary which are maintained in Canadian dollars and transactional gains and losses resulting from transactions denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars.
Net loss for the year ended April 30, 2019 was $5.0 million, or $0.84 per share, compared to $3.2 million, or $0.59 per share, for last fiscal year. As at April 30, 2019, the Company had $1.9 million in cash, compared to $2.3 million as at April 30, 2018.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements". Statements in this news release which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements and include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, outlook, expectations or intentions regarding the future, including the statements that (1) approximately half of the Company's business is now of a recurring revenue nature which will bode well for future revenue growth and stability; (2) Bria Teams, an SMB focused, subscription-based cloud service, securely unifies team communications and collaboration across desktop and mobile devices, enabling organizations to enhance team productivity; (3) the Company believes that transitioning to recurring revenue for more stable and repeatable revenue in the future is the right direction for the Company; (4) the Company's strategy of offering more value added cloud based services like Instant Messaging, Peer-to-Peer Calling, Screen Sharing and Video Collaboration to its traditional applications will benefit its objective of moving to recurring revenue; and (4) the unified communications market will grow to $186 billion by 2026. It is important to note that actual outcomes and the Company's actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others: (1) the variability in the Company's sales from reporting period to reporting period due to extended sales cycles as a result of selling the Company's products through channel partners or the length of time of deployment of the Company's products by its customers; (2) the Company's ability to manage its operating expenses, which may adversely affect its financial condition and ability to continue to operate as a going concern; (3) the Company's ability to remain competitive as other better financed competitors develop and release competitive products; (4) a decline in the Company's stock price or insufficient investor interest in the Company's securities which may impact the Company's ability to raise additional financing as required or may cause the Company to be delisted from a stock exchange on which its common stock trades; (5) the impact of intellectual property litigation that could materially and adversely affect the Company's business; (6) the success by the Company of the sales of its current and new products; (7) the impact of technology changes on the Company's products and industry; (8) the failure to develop new and innovative products using the Company's technologies including the refresh of our Software-as-a Service (SaaS) solution; and (9) the potential dilution to shareholders or overhang on the Company's share price of its outstanding stock options. Readers should also refer to the risk disclosures outlined in the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, the Company's annual reports on Form 10-K, and the Company's other disclosure documents filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov and the Company's interim and annual filings and other disclosure documents filed from time-to-time on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About CounterPath
CounterPath Unified Communications solutions are changing the face of telecommunications. An industry and user favorite, Bria softphones for desktop, tablet and mobile devices, together with Stretto Platform™ server solutions, enable service providers, OEMs and enterprises large and small around the globe to offer a seamless and unified communications experience across any network. The Bria and Stretto combination enables an improved user experience as an overlay to the most popular UC and IMS telephony and applications servers on the market today. Standards-based, cost-effective and reliable, CounterPath's award-winning solutions deliver high-quality voice and video calling, messaging, and presence offerings to our customers such as AT&T, Avaya, Bell Canada, BT, Liberty Global, Ribbon Communications, Uber and Vonex. Visit counterpath.com and follow @counterpath.
David Karp
Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This news release contains "non-GAAP financial measures". The non-GAAP financial measures in this news release consist of non-GAAP loss from operations which excludes non-cash stock-based compensation relative to loss from operations calculated in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures also include non-GAAP net loss which excludes non-cash stock-based compensation, foreign exchange gain (loss) and gain on change in fair value of derivative instruments relative to net loss calculated in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. CounterPath utilizes both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures to assess what it believes to be its core operating performance and to evaluate and manage its internal business and assist in making financial operating decisions. CounterPath believes that the inclusion of non-GAAP financial measures, together with GAAP measures, provides investors with an alternative presentation useful to investors' understanding of CounterPath's core operating results and trends.
Reconciliation to GAAP
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Our base in Manchester means we're bursting with stag and hen party ideas
If you have been given the job of organising a Stag Party or Hen Party in Manchester then your probable first port of call is to visit sites like this one to gain some inspiration and stag and hen night ideas. Well over two pages the team at Stag and Hen Manchester have tried to come up with some little helpful hints and tips that might make your job as organiser that much easier. From logistics advice, transport guides and nightlife advice through to what themes to use and where to eat we have endeavoured to cover all the bases.
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