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Help Your Office Make the Right First Impression
By ETO Doors
If you have your own office, then it stands to reason you also have your own customers. It only makes sense then that you want to take the necessary steps toward impressing them as well. After all, we all know that first impressions are, by far, the most important.
Unfortunately, a lot of people only think the interior of their office is important. They spend their money investing in getting the right office furniture and putting up the right paintings. Don't get us wrong; there's definitely something to that. You should always want good pieces of furniture, paintings, etc.
But what about the outside of your office? People may decide about your company or operation before they ever take a step in just from looking at its exterior. This is why you need to concentrate here too, especially on your doors.
Exterior double doors are a great example of this. They exude grandeur. They also provide you with countless options for spicing them up with your own personal style. With double entry doors, people know they're entering a professional office that obviously belongs to someone who is good at what they do.
So make the right first impression with your office by investing in beautiful doors your customers will respect.
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Processing of the fine temporal structure of sound in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
To convey time-varying information of sounds in speech and to encode phonemes, the auditory cortex has to operate with a fine temporal resolution. The capacity of the auditory cortex to resolve sound frequency is reflected in the auditory steady state response (ASSR) –– a sustained response to periodic sound. Animal studies link ASSR abnormalities with excitation/inhibition imbalance caused by NMDA receptor dysfunction (Sivarao et al., 2014; 2015). This mechanism might be responsible for the speech processing abnormalities observed in a subgroup of patients with autism spectrum disorders.
In this study we search for neurophysiological correlates of atypical speech processing in children with ASD using the ASSR paradigm. We assess presence and degree of phonetic abnormalities in our participants using the Russian Aphasiа Test (РАТ, Dragoi et al., 2015) developed in the laboratory of neuro-linguistics, Higher School of Economics, for assessment of speech processing abnormalities in children with aphasia. Importantly, this study is the first one that thoroughly investigates the low-level (phonetic) and high-level (lexical, semantic and pragmatic) speech functions in Russian-speaking children with ASD. We assess severity of language problems in children with ASD and relate them to the indices of neural activity that reflect balance between neural excitation and inhibition in the auditory cortex. This study should help us understand mechanisms of speech and language problems in ASD and to find optimal approaches to their correction and treatment.


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September 3-9, 2016
~*~ Where I list my faves of the past week and what I expect from my upcoming reads! ~*~
Few of my favorite reads of the week:
Forecast of next week's readings:
I'm reading this now. It's the last of the Fireworks Girls series and I have been impatiently waiting to get to it and read Sam's story. I was predicting this couple to get together a few books ago so I can't wait to finally read about it! I predict a lot of steamy lovemaking ahead. Yay!


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Social Justice
Social justice denotes the equal treatment of all citizens without any social distinction based on caste, colour, race,religion,sex and so on. It means absence of privileges being extended to any particular section of the society, and improvement in the conditions of backward classes and women. Social-justice in the foundation stone of Indian Constitution. Indian Constitution makers were well-known to the use and minimality of various principles of justice. They wanted to search such form of justice which could fulfill the expectations of whole revolution.
A general definition of social justicve is hard to arrive at and even harder to implentment. In essence, social justice is concerned with equal justice, not just in the courts, but in all aspects of society. This concept demands that people have equal rights and opportunities; everyone, from the poorest person on the margins of society to the wealthiest deserves an even playing field.
Social justice found useful for everyone in its kind and flexible form. Although social justice is not defined anywhere in the constitution but it is an ideal element of feeling which is a goal of constitution . Feeling of social justice is a form of relative concept which is changeable by the time, circumstances, culture and ambitions of the people. Social inequalities of India expect solution equally. Under Indian Constitution the use of social justice is accepted in wider sense which includes social and economic justice both.
Meaning and Definition of Social Justice
According to Chief Justice Gajendragadkar___ "In this sense social justice holds the aims of equal opportunity to every citizen in the matter of social and economic activities and to prevent inequalities".
According to Krishna Iyer___ "Social justice is not an exact static or absolute concept, measurable with precision or getting into fixed world. It is flexible , dynamic and relative".
Principles of Social Justice
- Human Dignity: Dignity of the human person is the ethical foundation of a moral society. The measure of every institution is weather it threatens the life and dignity of the human person.
- Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers: In a marketplace where profit often takes precedence over the dignity and rights of workers, it is important to recognize that the economy must serve the people, not the other way around. If the dignity of work is to be protected, the basic rights of workers must be respected the right to productive work, to decent and fair wages, to organised and join unions, to private property and to economic initiative.
- Community and the Common Good: All individuals by virtue of their human nature have social needs. Human relationships enable people to meet their needs and provide an important vehicle for change . The family , in all its diverse forms, is the central social institution that must be supported and strenghthened. The way in which society is organised-in organised-in education, economics, politics, and government-directly affects human dignity and the common good.
- Solidarity: We the Indians are one human family, whatever our racial ethnic, economic, andf ideological differences. An ethic of care acknowledging our interdependence belongs in every aspect of human experiences including the family, community, society and global dimensions.
- Rights and Responsibilities: People have a right and a responsibility to participatein society and to work together toward the common goal. Human dignity is protected and healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met. Accordingly , every person has a fundamental right to things necessary for human decency. Corresponding to these rights are responsibilities to family, community and society.
- Stewardship: It is incumbent upon us to recognise and protect the value of all resources on our planet. While rights to personal property are recognized , these rights are not unconditional and are secondary to the best interest of the common good especially in relation to the right of all individual to meet their basic needs. Stewardship of resources is important at all level/settings-family, agency, community and society.
- Priority for the poor and Vulnerable: A basic moral test of any community or society is the way in which the most vulnerable member are faring. In a society characterized by depending divisions between rich and poor, the needs of those most at risk should be considered, a
- Participation: All people have a right to participate in the economic, political and cultural life of society. Social justice and human dignity require that all people be assured a minimum level of participation in the community. It is the ultimate injustice for a person or a group to be excluded unfairly.


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Ops Automation: A New Year, Same Old Challenges…With New Answers
As we move into a new year some things have become very clear. Some of these are things we have known for a while, some are revelations from working with clients, and some are things we SHOULD have known all along.
There are many efforts going on within service providers and enterprises alike at the moment. There is the work to maintain legacy operations and service offerings under the weight of declining, or at best stable, revenue with a constant, and sometimes increasing, cost of maintenance. There is the effort to introduce new service offerings in an increasingly competitive market, and then trying to operationalize these items with a very immature set of management tools. Lastly, there is the need to look ahead at what is next, weeding through all of the promises and vendor speak of how great the newly emerging tech is going to be…if you go with THEIR solution.
In the world of legacy products, services, operations, and the OSS tools supporting those items these are the same challenges that have existed for 10+ years. Inaccurate inventories, too many tools that don't integrate with each other, and too many vendor elements in the network that require you to have adapters and "resource drivers" in untold numbers to be able to automate management of them. The sheer number of integration points that grew over the years prevented the dream state of "zero touch provisioning" from ever becoming a reality for more than a few isolated corner cases. This resulted in providers just throwing people at the problem and having large provisioning centers to manage their networks via brute force.
Now, those legacy products are evolving in some cases, and about to be retired in others. This process will take years to happen, and companies are not necessarily willing to keep investing the human cost it takes to maintain these products and services.
Add to that the introduction of new services made possible by the "information age" and the ability to access networks anywhere, at any time. These are, many times, being implemented and heaped on top of this rickety old OSS architecture that can't adequately automate what it is already responsible for, much less be flexible enough for these new services. The issues above are just compounded by this extra load.
Lastly, by now every service provider at least has NFV/SDN "science experiments" going on in their labs that will not only accelerate the introduction of new, more complex services, but will also introduce fundamental changes to the networks themselves. These "science experiments" are being carried out by organizations that have no concern over how to operationalize these new technologies, which further escalates the potential disaster facing providers if something isn't done. Not only will these new services further stress an already tenuous OSS situation, but in some cases introduce technologies that legacy OSS has no clue about how to manage…at all.
So, is there an answer? Is doom and gloom the only possible outcome ahead? Do we need to throw in the NFV, SDN, and virtualization towel because the weight of it is impossible to bear?
No, of course not!
There is something that has to be done. Networks have to become programmable. Management systems have to become dynamic. OSS architectures have to become capable of adding and removing tools in a seamless and non-disruptive to the user manner.
Legacy tools are not going away, so there needs to be a platform put in place that will federate the data and capabilities of these tools. This platform MUST consume southbound capabilities and data and present it to users in such a way that they are abstracted from the underlying sources of those capabilities and data.
This platform must also allow for the addition of new tools as they are introduced to handle the new NFV/SDN based services to come. The platform must allow removal of legacy tools as the technologies they manage go away. None of this activity should be noticeable to platform users.
This platform must be model based, whether that be housing of models within its own database or federation of models from southbound systems. As next generation OSS tools emerge more and more of them are model based tools. They are utilizing standards such as YANG, TOSCA, and YAML-based models in things like HEAT templates for OpenStack. Due to the various standards, and extremely valid reasons for each of them existing, it makes much more sense…and is much more efficient…for the platform to federate models from these new tools.
This platform must integrate to an orchestration layer that not only works with the new NFV/SDN based network elements, but also brings a level of programmability to legacy network elements to allow a path toward operational convergence of virtualized and legacy network management. The platform, working with the orchestration layer, should tear down operational silos and allow a consolidated view and management of the network and services the traverse that network.
All of this must be easily managed, dynamic in how it manages data…meaning as real-time as possible, and must chip away at the number of tools in place today…over time.
Itential has our story of what this answer is. The tools exist. The need is overwhelming. The time to start fixing the problems is now.
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Do you want your kids to be readers? Do you want them to be inspired by true-life characters? Do you want to have important discussions with your kids? Have you ever considered doing a mini-book chat with your kids and some of their friends? I have the perfect book to get you started: Gifted Hands, Kids Edition: The Ben Carson Story by Gregg Lewis.
I read the full-version of Gifted Hands last year and I was so inspired. Then I learned Ben Carson is running for president. I wanted my kids to know Carson's story and I wanted to talk to them about his life. I also thought it could be a good segue to discuss the upcoming elections.
So, at the beginning of summer we e-mailed a bunch of friends—focusing on 5th grade kids—and invited them to read the book in the coming months and then come to our house at the end of the summer to discuss it with us.
As the time for our discussion approached, I decided to make a brain cake in honor of Ben Carson being the premier pediatric neurosurgeon in the world. The cake was shaped like a dome with two lobes of swirly fondant grey matter. Of course, inside it was red velvet and had oozy cherry preserves. After our discussion, I let one of the boys perform a "hemispherectomy" and remove half the brain with a serrated knife. This was a huge hit! [By the way, here is a foolproof fondant recipe if you want to try this. It's not hard. I promise!]
We also watched the movie Gifted Hands, based on the book, which is currently on Netflix, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. That was a hit as well.
I was worried the kids wouldn't really say much in our discussion, but I was in for a surprise. Out of 11 kids, nine of them had things to say and several of them had a lot of things to say. Also surprisingly, the boys far out-talked the girls. It was a very fruitful and engaging discussion, enjoyed by all.
Below are the discussion questions I came up with after re-reading the book, to prepare for my time with the kids.
Let me know if you have a Ben Carson discussion. I'd love to hear about it! Or, if there are any other good kids' club books you can recommend.
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Discussion Questions:
♦ Who knows what big event is happing next spring and how Ben Carson is involved?
♦ What character qualities did Ben show throughout his life?
♦ Ben was deeply influenced by his mother. Tell me what you know about Ben's mother. Why is she such an inspirational person?
♦ In Ben's story, words are spoken by various people that have a powerful affect, for both good and ill. Give some examples.
♦ Do you have any examples of how you have been either encouraged or hurt by words other people have spoken?
♦ How can you be someone who lifts people up with words? You can make a difference for other people! Think about how you can encourage someone (siblings, classmates?) with your words.
♦ Interestingly, Ben was made fun of by classmates for two opposite things. First they made fun of him for being a "dummy" and then, later, they made fun of him for being a smart "nerd" and studying all the time. Why do you think they made fun of him for both of these opposite things?
♦ Ben knew the answer to the science teacher's question, about the name of the rock, because he had been reading books in his free time. Do you read extra books that your parents or teachers do not assign? Why or why not?
♦ The book states: "Reading was the key that would unlock Ben's future and someday enable his greatest dreams to come true." That's a pretty amazing statement! Do you think reading more books could positively impact your own future? How could you make time for more books?
♦ When Ben was honest and returned the money (the store clerk gave him too much change), he said "When you do what is right, the satisfaction that results is better than having money." Do you agree? Why or why not?
♦ What is Racism? Can you think of examples of how Ben experienced racism and how it affected him?
♦ People judged Ben based on his appearance—both in regards to the color of his skin and also the clothing he wore (indicating he was poor). What does the Bible say about this? (Hint: I think you memorized a verse about this in class last year!)
♦ Tell me about how Ben overcame his anger problem.
♦ The book tells us that, whatever job Ben had, he would work as hard as he could. Are you a hard worker? When your parents encourage you to work hard, why are they telling you this?
♦ After his first year in college, Ben worked during the summer to supervise guys collecting trash on the highways. He figured out a way to get his guys to collect 12 times more trash and do it a lot faster! Are you someone who just sees problems or someone who tries to find answers to a problem? Can you give an example?
♦ When considering a specialty in medicine, Ben asked himself: "What am I really good at?" This helped him decide what type of career to pursue. Have you ever asked yourself that question? What are you good at?
♦ There were a lot of big medical words in this book. Neurosurgeon. Seizures. Hemispherectomy. Craniopagus Siamese twins. Do you understand what all of these mean? What did you think when you read about those complicated surgeries, lasting 22+ hours?
♦ What were Dr. Carson's thoughts after the failed surgery on the South African twins? Was it a complete failure?
♦ Why did patients undergo such risky surgeries? Do you remember the story of the adult women who underwent surgery to be separated? Why did Ben agree to try to help them?
♦ How did Dr. Carson's faith help him perform these high-risk, extremely physically and emotionally taxing surgeries?
♦ How did Dr. Carson's cancer diagnosis affect his life and his perspective?
♦ Ben Carson believes that "the most dangerous thing a student can face is P.E.E.R.S—people who encourage errors, rudeness, and stupidity." What do you do to avoid negative peers and develop friendships with people who will encourage you?
♦ Dr. Carson says, "Your brain is amazing! Why would anyone utter the words, 'I can't!'?" Have you ever said "I can't"? How can you change your perspective and solve problems, so you don't have to say that anymore?
♦ "You have the ability to define your own life." What does that statement mean to you?
♦ What habits are you forming today that will make a difference in your life story? Ben told his classmates "let's see what we are all doing in 20 years" when the classmates made fun of him for studying so much. What will you be doing in 20 years?
Photo Credit: First image graphic design by Charity Klicka; second image by Amy Koons.


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Roll Up, Plug In, Switch On
The Strathbogie Shire Council has just finished coordinating the installation of seven Recharge Points in various community locations across the Shire. Recharge points are for people who use electric scooters or wheelchairs to recharge their batteries when out and about if they are concerned they won't have enough charge left to get home.
For people using electric scooters or wheelchairs, the worry of running out of battery and not being able to get home can be enough to stop them venturing out in the first place. Knowing that there are places to recharge can alleviate those worries and supports people to access more opportunities to participate in the community.
Recharge points have been installed in the following locations;
There are still a few more recharge points to be installed in community-owned buildings over the coming weeks. Several private businesses have been approached about installing recharge points in or just outside their premises but none of those approached have been interested as yet. The locations of the points are listed on the SSC website in the Access and Inclusion section, and have also been listed on the official RECHARGE Scheme website where people can look up the locations of recharge points across the state – Recharge Scheme
Different wheelchairs and scooters have different recharge systems so people who want to use the recharge points need to bring along their own recharge cables/transformers.
Strathbogie Shire Council welcomes feedback from its residents and will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible.
If you would like to keep in contact with Council and stay up to date with the latest Council news, please register your details here.


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26/7/2016 – Back from DR of Congo, Rwanda & Uganda expedition
Dave Lucas has just returned from guiding an exciting expedition that took a team explorers on an adventure to the Virunga National park in Democratic Republic of Congo. The team saw mountains gorillas, lava lakes and active volcanoes while trekking … Continue reading
27/6/2016 – Ha Long Bay Climbing guidebook out!
Luca De Giorgi and Asia Outdoors have put together the most comprehensive climbing guidebook to the Ha Long Bay area in Vietnam to date. They have done a great job and we hope that this guide will help to make … Continue reading
19/05/2016 – Dave back from adventurous Madagascar expedition
Dave Lucas has returned from guiding another epic Secret Compass expedition. This time the team took on a jungle trekking and river rafting journey that is set to stand out among his many adventures. Next up, something even more exciting … Continue reading
23/04/2016 – Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig 2016 documentary is out!
The Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig 2016 Documentary is out! Dave Lucas was the production manager of the shoot earlier this year in Norway. Matt Tuck of Bullet For My Valentine and his friends skydived out of a helicopter, flew over … Continue reading
19/04/2016 – Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig 2016 documentary film premier
We have just returned from an interesting and fun night in London where the premier of the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig 2016 documentary took place. The film, starring Matt Tuck from Bullet For my Valentine & friends, is fantastic but … Continue reading
17/03/2016 – Back home from shooting a Jägermeister gig in Norway
Dave got back home this week from Norway where the shoot of the first ever air – sea – land gig for Jägermeister took place. Matt Tuck, the front man of Bullet for My Valentine, wanted to treat his best … Continue reading
04/03/2016 – Dave back from scouting new climbing areas in India
Dave got back earlier this week from a scouting trip to India. Many things have changed since the last time he was climbing there back in 2000, but one thing is still the same: the vast amount of unclimbed rock … Continue reading
10/02/2016 – New Climb Magazine out this week with an article about our 2015 Sudan expedition!
The new Climb Magazine will be out this week and there's even more reason than usual to go buy your own copy. Mike Hutton has written a great article about our last year's Sudan bouldering and climbing expedition to the … Continue reading
03/01/2016 – Happy New Year from TXC team!
Maiju and Dave are wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! 2015 was a busy and fun year for us and 2016 is starting where the last year ended, adventures. We are off to our first trip of the year, … Continue reading
08/12/2015 – Climb magazine article about risk is now available
The article Dave Lucas wrote for Climb Magazine (09/2015) about our perception of risk is now available on our Us in Media -page. Have a read here and let us know what you think.


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Making Our Own Heaven
February 26, 2006
The world often seems like a stuffy public toilet without ventilation.
This is because Protagorus' dictum "man is the measure of all things"
is the official religion.
Modern culture mostly consists of reflections of our degenerate selves, a "wilderness of mirrors" as T.S. Eliot said.
We inhale our own fumes.
The religion of man is "humanism "or "illuminism."
Plato tried to correct Protagorus. "God and not man is the measure of all things."
We didn't listen to Plato.
God is now banished from public life. When was the last time a Divine Standard was applied to anything? That would be like a breath of fresh air.
J. Edgar Hoover said, "The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a "conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists."
The Illuminati, a Luciferian secret society, the highest echelon of Freemasonry, controls the world. (That's their logo on the US dollar with the words "we did it!" in Latin.)
Lucifer represents man's rebellion against natural and moral laws i.e. God's design. The Luciferians are very rich. They need to short circuit God's plan in order to impose their "New World Order."
We are being inducted into a Luciferian cult via the mass media and education. It promotes our animal instincts because we are to be their cattle and servants.
The Illuminati created Nazism and Communism (and Zionism), and every war including the "War on Terror."
Wittingly or unwittingly, our "leaders" have sworn allegiance to the Illuminati, the price of success today.
Look at Dylan Avery's video "9-11 Loose Change" and tell me the ruling class is not the accomplice to mass murder or its cover-up.
The Sept. 11 outrage took place exactly eleven years after George H.W. Bush proclaimed the "New World Order" to Congress Sept. 11, 1990. Coincidence?
An adjacent 47-storey building, World Trade Center Seven, was deliberately demolished on Sept. 11, 2001. Another coincidence?
The Illuminati have declared war on God and the human race. We are cannon fodder, human sacrifice.
The human race has suffered more than enough duplicity and degradation to justify revolt. But we have been programmed by occult magicians to accept our suffering as inevitable, necessary and even heroic.
This is about spiritual survival in a world gone insane. A few weeks ago, I mentioned taking breaks from the world, and finding ways to uplift and nourish the soul. https://www.savethemales.ca/001374.html
We have a tendency to feel helpless, unable to affect faraway events. In fact, we are on the front lines. The New World Order wants our mind and soul. We fight back by dedicating ourselves to God instead.
First we have to short-circuit their two main control systems: sex and money.
We can direct our sex drive by confining it to a monogamous relationship.
We can escape the money compulsion by living within our means, and disciplining ourselves so money is a minor concern.
Henry David Thoreau said, "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to leave alone." The truly rich man is the one who does not think about money.
By this standard many billionaires are paupers. In fact, the more money a person has, the harder it is to think of anything else.
Why should we obey God? God is really the principle of our own development and the path to our happiness and fulfillment. We serve ourselves when we serve God.
Think life has no meaning? Life has intrinsic meaning when we fulfill God's purpose. We need to ask, "What does God want of me? What was I born to do?"
God speaks to us through our spirit and conscience. We don't hear Him because our minds are like mirrors facing the world. We need to turn the mirror around so it faces the soul inside and shows its back to the world.
Instead of blotting up the world, which makes us weary and sick, we focus on things that reflect our desire for purity, hope beauty and goodness.
Instead of letting the world determine what we think (and therefore feel) we create our own world based on how we want to feel. That's what faith is all about, making spiritual reality paramount.
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor," Thoreau wrote in "Walden."
"It is something to carve a statue...but it is far more glorious to carve ...the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour."
By making our thoughts conform to our soul, instead of the world, we create our own heaven.
All great religions teach us to control our thoughts. Our minds are altars and our thoughts are offerings to God.
"Muddied water, let stand, becomes clear," said Lao Tzu.
In the Hindu tradition, mind discipline is called "Raja Yoga." By learning to meditate, we learn to have constructive thoughts. The key is to treat your thoughts as thought they were a stranger's, and edit them. Christians might maintain their vigilance by asking, " What would Christ do? What would Christ think?" Christianity, in a nutshell, is the imitation of Christ.
Prayer is another form of meditation. Whatever our opinion of Timothy Leary, he had the right idea in High Priest: "Prayer is the compass, the gyroscope, the centering device to give you direction, courage and trust..."
How long has it been since you felt happy? Yes, it rankles that pathetic scoundrels control the world. But man is not the measure of all things. No matter what happens on earth, God is the only Reality. Look beyond man and focus on spiritual reality: beauty, goodness, justice and love.
We place ourselves in concentration camps before they're even built. The Illuminati is not likely to shatter the illusion of freedom. There is no better way to control people. But even if they did, we must be capable of joy even then. God is Joy and God is far greater than men.
The key is to ignore the crowd, which is manipulated by the Illuminati. It's good to be aware but we do not dance to a tune tapped out by degenerates.
Retiring from the world periodically ensures that we don't forfeit the only sphere where we still have power. It enables us to make a wholesome contribution to society.
As Paul Elmer More said, "A day that makes me happy makes me wise." Let us master the art of happiness.


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6. Failure to Timely Deposit Withholding Taxes on Vested Restricted Stock and Exercise of Stock Options
When an individual exercises stock options, employment taxes should be deposited within one day of the settlement date. The settlement date should not be more than three days after the date of exercise. However, when an employee is granted restricted stock, he or she generally recognizes income upon vesting. Income and employment taxes are required to be withheld on the fair market value of the shares less any amount the employee paid for such shares on that date. The income and employment taxes may be required to be deposited the next business day.
Payroll is boosting its profile and importance, There are several reasons for this. One major reason is an increasing complexity in benefits administration. In recent years, even smaller businesses have seen an uptick in not only what kinds of benefits are available, but what benefits are expected. Health care are also added an increasing complexity to both benefits administration and payroll and while the Affordible Care may or may not actually make health care affordable, it most definitely makes it more complex
Common Mistakes That Lead to Employment Tax Liability and Penalty Exposure
The Internal Revenue Service is focused on closing the tax gap. One way it hopes to do so is by collecting under-withheld employment taxes. As part of the Employment Tax Research Project (ETRP) launched in 2010, the IRS is reviewing the payroll practices of 6,000 employers in four main areas: worker misclassification, fringe benefits, executive compensation and payroll taxes. Once the research project is complete, the IRS will identify areas in which compliance errors routinely occur and focus audits on those issues. Companies not selected as part of the research project should look at their payroll practices and make any necessary corrections before the IRS comes knocking. We have already observed the IRS paying a lot more attention to employment tax issues and pursuing penalties with a diligence we have not previously witnessed in this area. Because we are seeing an expanded audit scope and depth of diligence by the IRS, we've put together a list of common payroll mistakes we've seen companies make. We recommend that companies, at a minimum, look at these issues:
1. Classification of Employees as Independent Contractors
Workers are generally classified as either employees or independent contractors. Getting this classification right is a big deal. Depending on the classification, how compensation gets reported to the IRS is different (Form W-2 vs. Form 1099). Whether the worker is entitled to benefits (like medical insurance coverage, retirement plan benefits and grants of equity compensation) can hinge on the worker's status as an employee. Whether a worker is subject to federal income tax and employment tax withholding is also contingent on status. If there has been an improper classification, the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) allows eligible employers to voluntarily reclassify workers as employees on a prospective basis and get into compliance by paying 10 percent of the employment tax liability that may have been due on compensation paid to the workers for the most recent tax year.
2. Failure to Subject Vendor Payments to Backup Withholding
If a company issues a payment to a vendor without first obtaining a Form W-9, the payment could be subject to mandatory backup withholding at a 28 percent rate. Even when it is later determined that the vendor is not subject to backup withholding (for example, the vendor is later determined to be a corporation), if the company did not obtain a Form W-9 prior to issuing payment, there may still be an issue: on audit, the IRS has pursued the collection of a failure-to-deposit penalty on the amount that should have been withheld—because at the time of payment, the company did not know that the vendor payment was exempt from backup withholding.
3. Failure to Issue Form 1099s
A Form 1099 must generally be issued to vendors, including independent contractors, who provide more than $600 in services. Some entities, such as corporations, are not required to be issued a Form 1099. If a company fails to timely furnish a Form 1099, it can be subject to penalties.
4. Not Including the Fair Market Value of Gift Cards, Prizes and Awards in Employees' Income
For federal income tax purposes, most prizes and awards are considered taxable fringe benefits subject to federal income and employment tax withholding. Gift cards are the equivalent of cash and should always be included in taxable wages regardless of amount. Certain items can be excluded from wages if they are de minimis in nature. However, cash equivalents are never de mininis
5. Failing to Timely Deposit Withheld Taxes
Generally, a company is required to deposit taxes on a monthly or semi-weekly basis. When taxes reach certain amounts, they must be deposited the next business day. If a company doesn't timely deposit these taxes, the company may be subject to late deposit penalties and interest. Penalty rates range from 2 to 15 percent, depending on how late the deposit is.
7. Incorrectly Excluding Expense Reimbursements from Reportable Wages
Whether expense reimbursements can be excluded from an employee's wages depends on whether he or she is reimbursed pursuant to an accountable plan. An accountable plan is generally one under which expenses are reimbursed only if there is a business connection to the expenditure, there is an adequate accounting of the expenditure and any excess reimbursements are returned to the employer. If expenses are reimbursed under a policy or plan that does not meet these requirements, they must be included in taxable wages.
8. Failure to Include Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in Executives' Incomes
If nonqualified deferred compensation plans have not been amended to comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A or have provisions that do not comply with 409A, the executives could have an income recognition event prior to the payment of the deferred amounts and could be subject to an excise tax. The Service has also established a correction program where taxpayers can obtain some relief with respect to certain operational failures. Only certain types of failures are eligible for correction, but taking advantage of this program can reduce the total amount of income inclusion and excise taxes.
9. Not Including the Appropriate Value of Taxable Fringe Benefits in Employees' Income
Taxable fringe benefits can also include spousal travel, company-provided automobiles, country club dues and housing benefits. How a company values these fringe benefits for purposes of income and employment tax reporting and withholding can be a complicated issue. For example, there are three valuation methods for calculating the value of personal use of company-provided vehicles. Is your company calculating this correctly?
10. Excluding Travel and Commuting Expense Reimbursements from Employees' Income.
Most of the time, travel and commuting expenses are not taxable income to an employee. However, if what started out as a short-term assignment is extended beyond a year, or if an employee is traveling to a permanent work site that is not in the same place as his or her permanent residence, those company-provided travel and commuting benefits may need to be included in the employee's income.
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In an increasingly competitive SaaS market, many companies are finding it more and more critical to move upmarket and increase Average Revenue Per Account (ARPA).
We recently discussed going upmarket as a remedy for SaaS growth stalls in our post Has Your SaaS Hit A Growth Ceiling? 12 Ways To Reignite Growth. In addition to reigniting growth and increasing ARPA, moving upmarket to sell to enterprise customers:
- Increases market size. If your SaaS is experiencing a saturated marketplace, adding in enterprise customers expands your market.
- Reduces churn. Based on his own observations, Tomasz Tunguz has found enterprise customers have the lowest rate of churn among SaaS customer segments. Various studies have shown smaller businesses go out of business at a higher rate and are more likely to switch vendors than than enterprise companies, leading to higher churn rates.
Pivoting to selling to enterprise customers isn't necessarily an easy task. With that in mind, we asked leaders of SaaS companies who have already successfully moved upmarket:
What is your #1 piece of advice for SaaS companies looking to move upmarket?
As their answers rolled in, some common themes emerged:
- Validate first. Don't decide you need to move upmarket before you validate if there is actually real market potential by utilizing feedback from current customers.
- Start small. Start by trying to sell to large customers as a small experiment. The learnings can help you determine if committing substantial resources to moving upmarket are worth it, before you make the commit.
- Ready your company. Moving upmarket means changes to your internal organization such as retraining sales staff, scaling your infrastructure, changing marketing to speak to a more sophisticated audience, etc. In short, up your game.
Here's what the SaaS experts had to say about moving upmarket to target enterprise customers…
Product Manager
As with any new market, it's about knowing your customer. When you first built your product, I'm sure you spent a lot of time getting to know your customers. When you're deciding to move up market, it's important to do the same thing. This time around, though, it's a little more complex because your customer isn't a single person.
Selling to the enterprise means you're selling to a whole team of people with distinct interests: end users, financial buyers, technical buyers, legal departments, and so on. If you're going to build the right product and staff your sales team, you need to understand your customer at each level.
How do you do that? Try selling to enterprise customers yourself (or at least become involved) —accept failure if it happens—then keep trying. Being involved in the sales process will help inform the product you need to build and that your customers will love.
Head of Business
Focus on your customers. They're your best advocates, the foundation for your future growth and scale. The reality is that the most cost-efficient way to run a subscription SaaS business today, while building a sustainable, growing, and thriving company tomorrow, is ensuring that your current customers are happy and successful at every step of their journey. Always be looking for meaningful and scalable ways to improve their success and experience.
Interview your five largest customers to find out why they chose you, what they value most about your solution, and what their biggest pain points with your product are. Validate there's real market potential before you commit to move upmarket. Founders often underestimate how fundamentally they need to change their business in order to sell to the enterprise. They think it's just a little adjustment in their sales and marketing strategy, but to really make the shift, the entire team needs to focus on serving enterprise customers.
If you think you're ready to move upmarket, be sure to consider how larger contracts will affect your entire organization. Young companies often try to move upmarket too early because they're excited about "winning" larger contracts.
In practice, closing a large contract is the easy part—"earning" the long-term partnership of large customers is much more difficult and requires a commitment from every stakeholder in the company. For example, product needs to deliver more robust administrative functionality, marketing is challenged to up their game with a more sophisticated voice, and every leader is required to learn how to partner with buyers who are often venturing into SaaS for the first time. Additionally, support is more expensive to maintain, professional services can become a necessity, and infrastructure scale must be considered.
The fruits of moving upmarket can be tremendous, but ensure you aren't sacrificing what made your company great on your path to a large ACV (annual contract value).
Senior Content Analyst
The best thing that SaaS vendors can do to move upmarket is provide multi-tiered pricing plans for teams of several sizes. This plan has three key benefits. It:
- Allows you to serve several types of customers, from teams of 1-10 up to several hundred people;
- Keeps your product from getting too overwhelming for small teams or too lightweight for large teams;
- Fosters loyalty to your product. Users can upgrade their plans as their teams scale rather than migrating their data to different tools.
When enterprise customers see that a software tool offers several pricing plans – including an enterprise plan built for them and their peers – they're more likely to trust that this plan will provide features and client services that address their unique business needs. And enterprise customers are willing to spend more if they believe they'll get exclusive value.
Director of Sales
Treat moving upmarket as an experiment. Try it knowing you'll fail before investing marketing and engineering resources. The points of failure should inform the expected resource need. Once you know where you'll need to invest, you can more confidently make a call on if moving up marketing is viable.
Chief Customer Officer
Start segmenting and examining your customer and prospect feedback by company size. How happy are your larger customers? What are they telling you about your ability to meet their needs from a product and service perspective? What about your solution hasn't worked for larger prospects?
Review your NPS from this lens as well. Your Net Promoter Score may be a 57 overall, but if that is skewed by lots of happy free or smaller sized customers you aren't getting the information you need to assess your readiness to move upmarket.
Startup Socials
It might sound counterintuitive, but SaaS companies who are serious about moving upmarket should partner with enterprise SaaS leaders first. Pick an established brand and research them. You'll probably discover you can do something they already do better – or at least solve one of their many pain points. You'll get access to their (much bigger) customer database, so you can get your name in front of their audience too. From there, start leveraging your new brand visibility (and enterprise partnership) to move closer and closer to the big leagues.
Founder & CEO
Over-invest in security and support. Large enterprises must rely on your product and service. You should be prepared and able to overdeliver on that expectation.
Expert Marketing Advisors
Take the opportunity to truly understand your customers. Talk to them, while you have the chance. Figure out what it was about you that, despite being a small startup, they decided to purchase your solution. Document those conversations and all early customer wins. Define common pains you solve and identify patterns of purchase…most importantly is adoption and expansion. Every day customers are billing at less than 100% is a day you cannot get back in your journey to maximize ARR but growing together is loyalty.
If you're trying to move a SaaS application up market from SMB/mid-market, you have to think beyond just selling to the enterprise; you have to think about BUILDING for the enterprise. What does that mean? Build the features that enterprises need in order to 1) use your application at scale 2) minimize their risk (in order to protect their established business).
Having a clear understanding of the features that satisfy these needs (i.e. SSO, RBAC, audit logs, security, deployment options, reporting, etc.) can help you engage each enterprise customer early about their specific requirements.
Additionally, full comprehension of these features can signal the maturity of your company and application to the various stakeholders within the enterprise (security, IT, finance, compliance, etc.). We put together a detailed analysis of each of these features at www.enterpriseready.io
A huge "thank you!" to everyone who contributed to this post.
Now it's your turn: what is your advice for SaaS companies wanting to move upmarket and target enterprise customers? Share your insights in the comments below.


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"I hope that everybody heeds the advice of Laquan McDonald's family, the pastors, the community leaders to make their message heard in what they have to say and do it in a way that's respectful to the city that we all call home," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Friday morning.
A 12-person jury has found Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder for the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
Swiping right could help you find a new furry best friend, if not a date for the weekend.
Workers began their strike nearly a month ago and will return to work at 24 hotels after reaching an agreement with two hotels Friday. But the strike continues at two hotels.
For years, Chicago's police union has steadfastly defended Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Police union president Kevin Graham joins us with reaction to Friday's verdict.
The high-profile case and its impact on Chicago: A conversation with journalists Jamie Kalven, Kimberly Egonmwan, Greg Hinz and John Fountain.
Jurors explain how they came to their decision in the high-profile murder trial.
Jason Van Dyke remained expressionless as one guilty verdict after another was read Friday in court. And now, with his bail revoked, he is in jail as a convicted felon.
Family members of Laquan McDonald on Friday made their way to Grace Memorial Baptist Church on the city's West Side, where the slain teen's great-uncle, the Rev. Marvin Hunter, preaches.
Community activists and organizers on Friday began gathering outside City Hall before the verdict was announced in the murder trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke.
Watch the Oct. 5, 2018 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."


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VMware Engineer – Cloud Solutions (NYC)
Bowman Williams is seeking a VMware Engineer to support the Cloud Solutions Division.
We are seeking a VMware Engineer to join a Virtualization Hosting, Dedicated Server, On-Demand Computing, VPS Hosting in the Cloud IT Services company. Hosting is done in a SSAE 16 (SOC 1) TYPE II (Formerly SAS 70) audited and certified data center.
The VMware Engineer should have skills and experience with VMware virtualization and related technologies. This person should be experienced with implementing server virtualization solutions, along with broad skills in other supporting enterprise technologies:
This position offers the right VMware Virtualization Engineer an opportunity to join an experienced Cloud Engineering Team at a fast paced and growing IT Cloud company.
VMware Engineer Requirements:
- 2+ years of implementation, support and administration experience with VMware virtualization technologies in Windows.
- vSphere 4.x/5.x, vCenter 4.x/4.x
- View 4.x/5.x
- Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
- Physical to Virtual (P2V) tools
- Windows R2
- Exchange 2003/2007/2010
Opportunity Location
NYC, New York
Proposed Salary
$70,000 - $90,000
Bowman Williams is a national specialized staffing firm for Cloud Service Providers and Managed Service Providers. Ranked by Forbes as one of America's top 200 Best Staffing Firms in America, we are a good resource for candidates looking to advance their careers in the Cloud Solutions and Services industry.
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Location: NYC, New York
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Tickety Boo Press, out now
Tales of a tattooed stranger coming to an unusual place…
Simon Marshall-Jones' collection of stories is (mostly) set in the town of Longcroft, a place whose links to our world are part of its mystery and its appeal. It's a place where odd things can – and do – happen, not just to Simeon (the not so subtle name of the new arrival) but to anyone whose path he crosses there… including the reader, who is likely to be inexorably drawn in to Marshall-Jones' creation. It's a place of great wonders and great peril, where secrets are guarded carefully but where a stranger can be entrusted with great responsibility.
Marshall-Jones ensures that the narrative drives forward where necessary, but there are some descriptive moments that will make you pause for thought (that applies even more in the two stories in the collection not set in Longcroft). He poses various questions about the nature of perception and reality, and you'll certainly come away from reading this collection with your perspective slightly set askew.
The stories have been described as semi-autobiographical, and there's that tang throughout of personal experience filtered through the prism of an author's imagination – some might call it selective memory, but in this case it feels more augmented than filleted. Such writing always has a different sort of richness.
Verdict: A step sideways into a world of wonder. 8/10
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Get to Know Me
Identify and monitor the literacy and language needs of individual students.
This Literacy Routine addresses the following questions:
- How can I get to know students' personal stories?
- How can I discover information about each student's literacy?
- How can I monitor my students' progress?


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"Mango" (an appropriate name if you ask me) is a much loved family member of an old pal of mine who requested this portrait to present to her husband for Christmas. "He loves that cat more than anything," she claims, and has tried himself to paint Mango to no avail. And so this is where I have stepped in and done my best to represent Mango's love of spending time in the garden.
And so naturally this one isn't for sale... !
To paint an animal portrait most artists rely on photographs. Animals are difficult subjects to photograph when you want them to "pose". Co-operation? -- what's that? I personally think the best poses are when they're caught off guard doing something they love (eat, sleep, hunt, watch birds, etc.). In this digital age of photography, snap away! -- you can always delete the ones you don't like.
Anyone else who wants their dog or cat immortalized by me please contact me here.


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July 06, 2016 (Solon, Ohio) – For the fourth year in a row, Solon, Ohio based organization, World Synergy, ranks among the world's most progressive 501 Managed Service Providers (MSPs). According to Penton Technology's 9th-annual MSP 501 list and study, the top MSP 501 companies ranked this year include organizations from around the world and from diverse technology and business backgrounds.
"It is an honor to be ranked among the top performing MSP providers in the world, improving our rank this year to 342. Thanks to the dedicated work of our employees and the partnerships we have developed with our customers, we are proud that 2016 marks our fourth year in a row on the MSP 501 list," said Glenn Smith, CEO of World Synergy.
The 2016 MSP 501 list is based on data collected by MSPmentor and its partner, Clarity Channel Advisors. Data was collected online from March through April 2016. The MSP 501 list recognizes top managed service providers based on metrics including recurring revenue, growth and other factors.
"On behalf of Penton and MSPmentor, I would like to congratulate World Synergy for its recognition as an MSP 501 honoree," said Aldrin Brown, Editor in Chief, MSPmentor. "The managed service provider market is evolving at a rapid pace and the companies showcased on the 2016 MSP 501 list represent the most agile, flexible and innovative organizations in the industry."
In addition to a ranking on the MSP 501 list, every company that participated in the study has been assigned a score reflecting its intrinsic value. The measure, known as the Total Service Provider (TSP) score, evaluates an MSP's mix of revenue from various activities, including consulting, cloud, reselling and managed services.
"World Synergy has been serving Managed IT Services and Technology support to Cleveland, Akron, and all of Northeast Ohio since 1998. We are proud that we continue to be one of the top Managed IT Service Providers in the World and are thankful to Penton Technology for naming us once again. We are truly fortunate to have such a dedicated team; they're an integral part of our company's mission and continued growth," said Michael Mack, President of World Synergy.
The complete 2016 MSP 501 list is available at MSPmentor.
About World Synergy
World Synergy offers a unique combination of Marketing, Applications Development, and Technology services created specifically for owners and executives. Together, we evaluate your business needs and tailor our integrated business services to achieve a maximum return on your investment.
Our approach to partnership assists you and your organization in developing a roadmap on the way to achieving your goals. With consistent evaluation and monthly reporting you are kept up to date on progress or problems and are able to make educated decisions about the future of your business. We have a solution for your Marketing, Applications, and Technology needs; taking your business from Thought to Thrive.


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by Mary Kuryla and Eugene Yelchin
HarperCollins Publishers © 2008
Maria Modugno, editor.
Martha Rago, Dana Fritts, art directors
Eugene Yelchin and Mary Kuryla, creative husband-and-wife team who have devoted their lives to communicating with spirits, were conducting a seance in a haunted hotel when they were contacted by spirits claiming to be members of the Ghost Society. Over the course of several nights, Yelchin and Kuryla, in a state of trance, recorded through the mode of automatic writing and drafting the fascinating accounts of the Ghost Society, later published by HARPERCOLLINS and presently for sale in bookstores and online.
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Honors and Exhibitions
The Ghosts of Japan spread was exhibited at The Museum of American Illustration in NewYork in 2009, and is published in the Society of Illustrators Annual, Illustrators 51.
"Spooky Fun"
– People Magazine
"The tone is authoritative if always tongue in cheek."
– The New York Times Book Review
"Clever and intricate... Masterfully illustrated."
– Ghostvillage
"A book for tactile and visual exploration… a book for groups and sharing."
– Dreamhosters.com
"Original, well-thought-out… lavish, ghoulish illustrations throughout."
– Rambles.net
"Be warned, this is scary stuff."
- The Reading Tub
Behind-the-Scenes Extra: Ghostly Manifestation Disrupts Yelchin-Kurila Interview
A ghostly presence disrupted Mr. Yelchin and Ms. Kuryla's interview at the HarperCollins Studios in New York, when a spirit possessed Mr. Yelchin. The extraordinary occurence was recorded on videtape and can be viewed above. For higher quality video, please click here.


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I have this compulsive drive to express my state of mind but unfortunately I have no clue how to do it.
So what I do always is to steal----
1)Steal from nature in the form of photos which reflects my mindset by providing the the image of the place i have been to and what i have been doing there.
2)Else i steal others words and thoughts but i only steal when i can relate to it totally .
Not original but someone or something can express what I am not able to do.So I use it.
This is something which came to me at the same instance when i was thinking about the exact same thing but put in a much better way which I will never be able to do.
Being a twenty-something
It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.
You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.
You look at wat ur studyin or ur job... and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you.
Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't. One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure.
You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.
You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someone! but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you're doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you are scared just to be a contender!
What you may not realize is that every one reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out. Send this to your twenty-something friends... maybe it will help someone feel like they aren't alone in their state of confusion...
Its called "Quarter-life Crisis." nothing is constant......except change. wats life without a few risks? keep playing the game !


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It's more common than you would expect to have SQL Server installed on your machine without knowing the exact version or edition. With tools and applications installing SQL Server behind the scenes, you may have unknowingly installed SQL Server. In this post, I'll try to quickly explain some easy ways to investigate this question. This will include:
- Using the Programs and Features control panel tool.
- Understanding and viewing SQL Server instances.
If you'd rather watch the techniques, here is a quick video:
Control Panel
One well-known way of investigating installed versions is the Programs and Features control panel tool (which used to be Add/Remove Programs). In Windows 7, an easy way to get there is to type "Programs and Features" in the search box on the start menu like this:
Your intent here is not necessarily to uninstall anything (although you could). Instead look through the list of installed programs for programs named "Microsoft SQL Server". For example, in my list I see around ten items that start "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2". Note that it is possible to have multiple versions of SQL Server installled at the same time, so you could also see "Microsoft SQL Server 2005" in the same list.
SQL Server Instances
Even though the control panel is easy and well-known, it doesn't really tell the whole story well. In order to really understand what versions of SQL Server are installed, you have to understand SQL Server Instances. Each instance of SQL Server operates independently and contains its own collection of databases and settings. There are two types of instances:
|Default Instance
|a single instance named MSSQLSERVER. You connect to this instance using only the server name (ex: localhost)
|Named Instance
|one or more instances. You connect to these instances uing the server name + instance name (ex: localhost\SQLEXPRESS)
It's possible have only one instance installed on your machine. But it's also possible to have many instances. And each of those instances could be a different version of SQL Server!
To understand your scenario, use the SQL Server Configuration Manager tool that installs with both SQL Server 2005 and 2008. On the start menu, expand the "Microsoft SQL Server [YOURVERSION]" menu, and then expand the "Configuration Tools" submenu. Launch the SQL Server Configuration Manager tool. Here is a screen shot to use as an example:
In this example, I clicked on "SQL Server Services" in the left pane. The right pane shows the different services installed on my machine. The ones that we're interested in are the ones that have "SQL Server" in the Service Type column. You'll notice that there are two rows with this distinction that are highlighted here. The instance name is listed in parantheses in the first column. In this case there are two instances:
- MSSQLSERVER: the default instance.
- SQLEXPRESS: a named instance, which is the default name of the SQL Server Express instance.
Each instance shows that it is running in its own process. This is useful to know, but the important step is determining the version. To do this, right-click on the instance, and then click Properties. In the Properties dialog, select the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Version row. Here is what it looks like for the MSSQLSERVER instance on my machine:
The version number for this instance is 10.50.1600.1. In order to translate this, you could search for that version number on the internet. There are several resources that have compiled a list of SQL Server version numbers for you. Here is one example:
SQL Server Version Database on SQLSecurity.com
Resources like this tell me that my default instance is SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM. The other great thing about a version database is that you might find that you're not using the latest release. For example, I don't have any of the post-RTM updates installed on my machine.
One final note is that you can see the "Stock Keeping Unit Name" which is a strange way of calling out the edition. In this case my default instance is the "Developer Edition" of SQL Server 2008 R2. The SQLEXPRESS instance on my machine says "Express Edition with Advanced Services". Sometimes capabilities require a specific edition of SQL Server, so this is sometimes as important as the version information.
I think looking at SQL Server Configuration Manager is the best way to truly understand what is on your machine. But there is an easier way if you already know your instances. You can run a simple query. Here's how:
- On the Start Menu, go to All Programs, Microsoft SQL Server [YOURVERSION].
- Launch SQL Server Management Studio.
- When the Connect to Server dialog appears, log onto the SQL Server Instance of interest. For example, if you're on the local machine, you can use localhost or localhost\SQLEXPRESS in the Server name text box. Instances were discussed in the previous section of this post. Make sure that the Server type is set to "Database Engine".
- Click on the New Query button on the toolbar.
- In the query window, type the following query: SELECT @@VERSION
- Press the Execute button to run the query.
- Look at the version text in the Results window.
On my machine, for the LOCALHOST\SQLEXPRESS instance, this is the version information from this query:
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (RTM) – 10.50.1600.1 (X64) Apr 2 2010 15:48:46 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Express Edition with Advanced Services (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7600: ) (Hypervisor)
This is perhaps the easiest way of detecting the version of whatever SQL Server instance you're connected to. But you can see why I covered the control panel and instances first. If you don't even know what instances are on your machine, you won't know how to connect to them to run this query in SQL Server Management Studio! One final note, it is possible to have SQL Server installed on your machine without SQL Server Management Studio. If that is the case, you can still use the previous methods for determining your version, but you'd have to install the SQL Server Management Tools to run a query. This will most likely be covered in a later post.
Other resources on this topic:
- How to find out the Sql Server version and service pack (SQL Server Curry Blog)
- SQL SERVER – Get Server Version and Additional Info (SQLAuthority Blog)
- How to identify your SQL Server version and edition (Microsoft Support)
- @@VERSION (Transact-SQL MSDN Documentation)


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Telecom Services
What began as a tower construction company, quickly adapted into a technical services firm. Legacy has been able to leverage our core competencies into a group of vertical service arms. We have many multi-disciplined teams to meet your requirements with in house employees. Your needs are met by a firm that self performs virtually all of the work with a sense of urgency that creates the best value.
Because our roots were established in tower construction, we have the expertise to modernize, enhance or decommission your most challenging project. We have constructed and modified virtually every type and brand of tower in the marketplace. Building, protecting, restoring and sometimes even retiring your infrastructure assets is what our hard working employees do!


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A classic rattan dining set featuring our Maya high back chairs, perfect for conservatories.
The Rembrandt High Back 8 Seater Rattan Dining Set includes:
The Rembrandt High Back 8 Seater Rattan Dining Set is a traditional, superb quality rattan dining set which features the Rembrandt table from our Balmoral Table Collection which, like all of the tables within this collection, is made from solid mahogany. This table also measures 240cm, allowing it to comfortably accommodate 8 of our Maya High Back Chairs in Natural, which have dimensions of W.46 X D.54 X H.100cm.
The Maya chairs have been carefully woven using Kubu rattan, renowned for its durability and hard wearing properties and reinforced with a solid wood frame, paired alongside the Rembrandt table to create a set which offers classic texture and style to stand the test of time in terms of its robust construction and timeless appeal.
What we love about this set:
If you are looking for a rattan dining set for your conservatory which offers sophistication as well as country classic style, then there is no better choice than the Rembrandt High Back 8 Seater Rattan Dining Set. This set offers practicality and attention to detail in equal measure, thanks to the chair's machine washable, fire retardant cushion pads and the table leg's intricate detailing.
Like all of the sets within the Balmoral collection, we offer a one year constructional warranty with this set to give you even greater peace of mind in your selection.
We aim to deliver all orders within 3-10 working days, with the exclusion of Scotland where during busy times it can take us upto 14 days to arrange delivery.
What are our delivery charges?
|Orders under £50
|Delivery charge £9.99
|Orders £50-£100
|Delivery charge £14.99
|Orders over £100
|Delivery charge £29.99
|Optional Assembly
|£49.95 as premium
What is the 2-Person Delivery Service?
Our two person delivery service is available for every order over £250 as standard. This includes the following:
All of our products are covered by a One Year Structural Guarantee unless otherwise stated. Therefore, if any of our products develop faults during this time, please contact us and we can issue you with a replacement. Exceptions to this guarantee are:
12 month constructional warranty.
General Indoor Furniture Assembly & Care Tips:
• Try to assemble your furniture near to where it will be placed to avoid having to move it once assembled.
• Be sure to place your furniture on a flat and even surface to prevent unnecessary stress on the connecting joints.
• If you need to move your furniture elsewhere, make sure you get somebody to help you lift it. Do not drag the furniture, as this can damage the item itself, as well as the floor.
• If you have assembled your furniture yourself, be sure to regularly check the bolts and re-tighten them if necessary.
• Ideally try to place your furniture away from elements such as sunlight, heat, moisture, excessive temperatures and air conditioning units.
• Use coasters and placements to protect your furniture's surface from any hot pans, plates or glassware.
Rembrandt Cleaning & Care FAQ's:
Do I need to do any regular maintenance to my furniture to keep it in good condition?
• Over time, wooden surfaces which have been pre-treated with oil may dry out. To maintain the finish of your furniture, we recommend regular treatments with suitable oil. Contact your local DIY store for suitable oils.
• For regular cleaning, use a damp cloth or sponge with clean water to clean the table top. Wipe across the whole surface as one. When done correctly, this process will take care of all small hairline scratches, daily wear and tear and dust build up.
•Do not use any spirits, bleaches or any other chemical cleaners to clean wood furniture as they are too abrasive and may damage the furniture's surface.
• Kubu rattan requires little maintenance, so all you need to do is simply wipe these chairs over with a dry cloth if necessary to remove any dust.
What happens if I spill something on my table?
• If any liquid is spilled on the wood surface, wipe immediately but gently, using a clean, firmly wrung damp cloth. Dry afterwards using another clean, dry cloth. If stains or marks persist, seek professional help and advice. Avoid rubbing the spilled liquid into the surface.
• In case of any accidental spillage on the seat cushions, immediately wipe away any excess liquid and gently press paper towels/ tissue onto the spilled area to minimise seepage into the cushion before machining/hand washing.
Are the cushions removable?
The cushions can easily be removed for cleaning/storing away.
Can the cushion covers be machine washed?
All of our cushions have zippers so the cushion covers can be removed for cleaning. We would recommend either a very light machine wash, or better still, hand washing your cushion covers in lukewarm water to avoid any shrinkage or distortion of the fabric.


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Google+ has lost 60 per cent of active users since the programme was opened to the public on September 20 and it looks like those who visit the site only do so once and never come back. Word inside the Googleplex is that the outfit can't work out why it is not doing well in the social media arena.
Web analytic firm Chitika claims it is because Google+ is too similar to Facebook and does not stand out enough. This is despite additions to the social media tool, including new +1 buttons next to all Google search results to help increase the connection between Google's search function and Google+ and the introduction of 'hangouts' section of the Google+ site.
But basically there are only a certain number people that like social networking site and right now, despite anger with Facebook, they are all headed there.
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Google+ not doing that well
by Nick Farrell on11 October 2011
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Brawlout How to Use Rage?
How to Use Rage
Rage is used to power up special attacks, to use the game's combo breaker (burst) and to power up your character for a short time.
Certain special attacks behave differently when used without meter. Feather's side special has reduced knockback and damage when used with an empty meter. Apu's chain whips do less damage and knockback. Olaf's side special can't be charged without meter. Since special attacks drain meter, you'll want to use them wisely. Certain characters, like Volt, are best when they are constantly burning meter. A character like Feathers, on the other hand, needs to use special attacks carefully, since he will need to use the combo breaker often due to his light weight.
At half rage meter, you will see a small icon appear on the halfway point of your rage meter. This means that you have burst available. By pressing both your dodge buttons (or if on keyboard, your burst button), you'll activate a move that spends your meter, resets your state to neutral, knocks back your opponent and takes you out of hitstun or your current action. By doing this, you can completely cancel out your current trajctory. This move can save you from attacks that would have been fatal to you. You can also use it to get an extra recovery, since using burst will get you out of a helpless fall state.
If your meter is full when you activate the burst, your character will glow red and enter Rage Mode. While in Rage Mode, the knockback that you deal is increased, and the knockback you take is decreased significantly. While in Rage Mode, your meter will slowly decrease, and you will return to normal once the meter is empty. Rage mode can give you one last shot to do damage at unsurvivable percentages. Be warned, though, the decreased knockback you take can make you very comboable, so you'll need to make sure you don't get caught while in this state.


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Sun Yat-Sen Birthplace Museum, Cuiheng Village, Zhongshan
My pictures of the Sun Yat-Sen Birthplace Museum in Cuiheng Village in Zhongshan, China. The museum consists of the Former Residence of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the Memorial Hall, the Cuiheng Folk House Exhibition and the Cuiheng Farming Exhibition. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader often referred to as the Father of Modern China.


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The 3rd European Film Screenings (EFS) Reveals the Participating European Films
Dedicates a Special Section for Arab-European Co-productions
The 3rd European Film Screenings (EFS) Reveals the Participating European Films
The third edition of the European Film Screenings (EFS/03), taking place in the UAE (19 -27 October, 2016), has revealed the list of the European feature films participating in the programme. The EFS will boast a collection of 17 European films under the European Film Academy selection and the participating European Embassies in the UAE. The programme will also be screening six Arab feature films from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Lebanon and the UAE, along with a bundle of short films from Switzerland.
The third edition of the European Film Screenings (EFS) is held under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, and is hosted by the EU Delegation to the UAE and the Embassy of the Slovak Republic to the UAE, in collaboration with Novo Cinemas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
The European Film Screenings is now recognized as one of the most esteemed independent cultural events in the UAE. This year's edition operates under the support of the European Film Academy, for the first time in its history, and, Eurimages, two of the most prominent cinema institutions in Europe, and is sponsored by Tharwa Productions, Aramex and Jumeirah. Furthermore, and for the first time, the EFS/03 will dedicate an entire Arab-European features programme.
The film screenings will be hosted by Novo Cinemas at its Abu Dhabi-based venue, the World Trade Center Mall Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi from 19-26 October, 2016, and at Ibn Battuta Mall and
Dubai Festival City Mall in Dubai from 20-27 October, 2016.
All screenings are free of charge and seats are allocated on a first come/first serve basis.
European Feature Films Participating in the 3rd European Film Screenings:
Goodnight Mommy | Austria | Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
The Snake Brothers | Czech Republic| Director: Jan Prusinovsky
Men & Chicken | Denmark | Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Ricky Rapper and the Nighthawk | Finland | Director: TimoKoivusalo
Comme UnAvion| France | Director: Bruno Podalydès
Hördur - Zwischen den Welten | Germany | Director: Ekrem Ergün
The Lobster | Ireland | Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Mia Madre| Italy| Director: Nanni Moretti
Modris| Latvia, Germany, Greece| Director: Juris Kursietis
Voices From Chernobyl| Luxembourg, Austria, Ukraine | Director: Pol Cruchten
Meester Kikker| Netherlands | Director: Anna van der Heide
Miasto 44 (Warsaw 44)| Poland | Director: Jan Komasa
Arabian Nights Volume 1| Portugal| Director: Miguel Gomes
Koza| Slovakia, Czech Republic| Director: Ivan Ostrochovský
La Isla Minima | Spain | Director: Alberto Rodríguez
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence| Sweden | Director: Roy Andersson
Paddington| UK | Director: Paul King
Arab Feature Films Participating in the 3rd European Film Screenings:
Let Them Come | Algeria | Director: Salem Brahimi
Before the Summer Crowds | Egypt | Director: Mohamed Khan
Abdullah | UAE | Director: Humaid Alsuwaidi
Very Big Shot | Lebanon, Qatar| Director: Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya
The Curve | Jordan, Egypt, France, UAE| Director: Rifqi Assaf
Al Medina | Jordan, Denmark | Director: Omar Shargawi
Swiss Short Films Participating in the 3rd European Film Screenings:
Hausarrest | Director: Matthias Sahli
Lucens | Director: Marcel Barelli
Nirin | Director: JosuaHotz
Subotika: Land of Wonders | Director: Peter Volkart
Suspendu | Director: Elie Grappe


text: My name is Brenda and I live in Southwest Iowa outside of Glenwood. I am originally from the UP of Michigan. My husband and I own three horses and enjoy trail riding and camping with friends. I will be doing this challenge with my best friend Blitz, a 15 year old breeding stock paint, who is the most perfect and irreplaceable horse in the world! Blitz and I have been sharing the trails together for the last 9 years. I have really never had a life without horses since my grandparents purchased my first pony when I was in the 5th grade. My backup horse will be Kisses. Kisses is a flashy 7 year sorrel overo mare that needs wet saddle blankets. I look forward to riding with you all!


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As a Forex trader, I generally follow the economic data released daily on the economic calenders, where the release time is known. But the geopolitical news come very suddenly, though some times the traders can be aware of the probability of news, if the news is supposed to be come from a scheduled program.
Global political news may increase the risk or open new opportunities for the involved nations. For example, the "Iranian Nuclear Deal" in 2015 decreased the risk of war for United States, as a result the sanctions on the Iran by the world's powerful countries to restrict the international trade of Iran were removed.
Iran is one of the top five oil exporter of the world, and the removal of the sanctions allowed Iran to supply oil in the international market, which increased the oil supply in the international market. The probability of excessive oil supply dramatically decreased the oil price.
By this global event US Dollar was positively affected because United States is one of the top five oil importer and consumer of the world. It is remarkable that the US Dollar is negatively correlated with oil price.
War is a very strong global event that can cause a crash in the currency market. War actually increases the risk for the countries involved in the war. A war causes waste of energy and damage of natural wealth and infrastructure.
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