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90 vertet in offensas libera verba suas.
et tanti cineres duxerit esse meos,
caelibis ad curas nec vacet ulla via. 95 quod mihi detractum est, vestros accedat ad annos :
prole mea Paullum sic iuvet esse senem.
venit in exequias tota caterva meas.
causa perorata est. fentes me surgite, testes, 100 dum pretium vitae grata rependit humus. moribus et caelum patuit: sim digna merendo,
cuius honoratis ossa vehantur aquis. 93. sentire 0 lenire Schrader. 102. aquis NFLV2 equis DV avis Heinsius.
90. vertet in: •will interpret them to imply.'
93. nunc: with sentire. -- sentire: to realize'; cf. Ovid, A. A. 3, 59: venturae memores iam nunc estote senectae.
94. nec vacet ulla via: and leave him no access.'
95. quod : sc. tempus. Cf. Tib. 1, 6, 63: proprios ego tecum, sit modo fas, annos contribuisse velim.
96. prole mea: a Propertian abl. The idea is essentially causal, however the grammar is to be explained. - sic: i.e. if you are so spared to comfort him.
97. bene habet: "I am content.' - lugubria sumpsi : put on mourning.'
99. flentes ... testes : Cornelia seems at least to include her family with those previously cited.
100. dum:while'; she assumes a favorable verdict. — humus: i.e. the lower world.
101. moribus = bene moratis. — et: "even.'
102. honoratis ... vebantur aquis : " to ride in triumph over the dark waters '; i.e. to the Elysian fields rather than to a place of punishment. Cf. 4, 7, 55 sqq.: nam gemina est sedes turpem sortita per amnem, turbaque diversa remigat omnis aqua. una Clytaemnestrae stuprum zehit . . . ecce coronato pars altera vecta phaselo, muliet ubi Elysias aura beata rosas, etc.
tres sumus : hoc illi praetulit auctor opus;
at levior demptis poena duobus erit.
Arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam
legisse : cf. Tib. I, I, 29, n. Epigramma Ipsius : there is no
I, I reason to doubt the genuineness of 1-4: 'I essayed heroic strains, this epigram thus prefixed to the but Cupid drove me to elegy. 5-20: first book of the Amores. – Na- "Who gave you the right to intersonis : Ovid is fond of calling fere?" I complained, "let every himself by his cognomen; cf. Am. cobbler stick to his last." 21-26: 2, 1, 2; Trist. 5, 13, 1; etc. – But he drew his unerring bow at me, quinque : an earlier edition of the and now love rules my heart; 27Amores was published in five 30: so elegy is my province. Cf. books. Ovid later withdrew 2, I, II sqq.; Prop. 3, 3. some of his more youthful efforts 1. gravi numero: the hexamfrom circulation and published the eter; cf. modis (v. 2) (of the melexisting edition in three books. ody) and inferior versus (v. 3) Cf. Cicero's change of plan in (i.e. the second of a couplet) for a the Academica. — libelli: a term variety of expression of the genof modesty. — hoc illi : the present eral idea. to the earlier.' — ut: even if.' – 2. edere: "to produce.'
par erat inferior versus: risisse Cupido
dicitur atque unum surripuisse pedem.
Pieridum vates, non tua turba sumus.
ventilet accensas flava Minerva faces?
lege pharetratae virginis arva coli?
instruat, Aoniam Marte movente lyram ?
cur opus adfectas, ambitiose, novum ?
vix etiam Phoebo iam lyra tuta suast?
attenuat nervos proximus ille meos;
4. unum . . . pedem : i.e. the two half feet which the pentameter lacks, as compared with the hexameter. – surripuisse : the poet was taken unawares, like Apollo when Hermes stole his cattle.
5. saeve: a common epithet for Cupid in the elegiac writers; cf. Tib. 3, 4, 65. --- in carmina: this construction with ins is not infrequent in the poets.
6. vates : cf. Am. 3, 9, 17.
7. flavae: So Minerva is described, e.g. in Fast. 6,652; Trist. I, 10, I.
8. ventilet ... faces : cf. Prop. 4, 3, 50, n.
9. in silvis . . . regnare: i.e. attempt the task of Diana.
11. crinibus : cf. Tib. 2, 5, 8; Prop. 3, 13, 52: intonsi Pythia regna dei. — cuspide : the spear (of Mars); the term is common in the poets.
12. Aoniam: cf. Prop. 1, 2, 28, n.
13. nimiumque potentia : and all too powerful.'
15. Do you want the earth"? — Heliconia Tempe: the beautiful Thessalian valley through which ran the Peneios here becomes typical, and the poet means the beautiful regions where dwell the Muses, who were commonly located on Helicon.
17. surrexit: i.e. óstarted off.' - pagina : sc. mea.
18. ille : Cupid.


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Before I begin, kindly allow me to clear the bile from the back of my throat.
I am intensely pained by what has been exposed concerning the "19 and Counting" Duggar family.
Let me open by stating that I am not assuming, I only imagine what it must be like in the lives the girls who were the victims of Josh Duggar's abuse.
I have been raised in a family that takes modesty to the extreme. Girls are not allowed to wear skirts above the knee, and must be chaperoned during courtship. My family does not go swimming because other men might look lustfully at women wearing swimsuits.
There is an element of great shame around sexuality.
I am a young girl, part of an enormous family, whose show has been aired on television for years. My family is the epitome of Christian values and faith and God's love. I am pure. I will be chaste when I marry the one man I will be with forever. Sharing myself with more than one man is a sin. Doing so would make me impure and undesirable.
My brother destroyed that path. He took that from me. In the eyes of my family and God, I am forever marred. That is what I have been taught. According to my family beliefs, I am tainted and impure. I reached out to tell my parents about my abuse but either they did not believe me, or they choose to ignore it. I live with it. I have lived a lie on that television program for years, wearing a mask and going along with it.
It is a crime. It is a tragedy. It is heartbreaking.
These girls, along with others outside the family, have lived with this for years, alone, ashamed and hurting. I have had a visceral reaction to the news about Josh Duggar, and rightfully so.
In hearing this story, I have re-lived what happened to me as a girl.
Sexual abuse is happening everywhere. It is happening in both the most affluent and the most poverty-stricken neighborhoods and every one in between. It is happening within a family whose Christian lives have been televised for over a decade.
Here is a family devoted to God and Faith and Goodness. Their eldest child has admitted to sexually abusing girls, including his sisters. Now, he is sorry. He and his family believe that God has forgiven him. God is merciful.
I am a Christian. I believe in God's love. I believe that, most importantly, there is God in each and every one of us and that we all come into this world good. I believe in forgiveness.
BUT this hypocrisy is staggering.
There was more than one occasion over several years when the victims came forward and exposed the crimes to Josh's father, Jim Bob. Their pleas were ignored. Finally, Jim Bob took this "family matter' into his own hands and dealt with it in his own way. He enlisted the help of the church elders, a construction company and a Arkansas state trooper who he knew personally.
And that trooper is now serving a 56-year prison sentence for child pornography, by the way.
Now, years later, this comes out.
Josh committed a crime. This was not a "family matter."
Let's get beyond the statements we have seen by Josh, his parents, and his wife, Anna. I have read their press releases detailing how sorry they are and that God is Merciful and has forgiven them. They are so thankful.
I believe that God is Merciful.
But what about the girls?
There is a great focus on God's forgiveness. It is easy for God to forgive. That is who God is. Again, what about the girls? What does the apology look like to them? Have Josh and his parents approached the victims for their mercy and forgiveness?
We have read that the girls forgive them. I respect and honor the victims' privacy and understand that may have, in fact, forgiven them.
But what does forgiveness mean, anyway?
I have struggled so to forgive those who discarded my plea for help. No one believed me when I came forward about my abuse. It has been brutally difficult. I struggle so.
It takes enormous courage to step up and tell your story. It took everything I could muster to tell my elders that I had been abused. I don't think I could have brought it up without the springboard of my cousins saying the same thing.
Only one out of six adults believed my cousins and me. My cousins never had to see our grandfather again. I did. I had to return to that hell over and over again. I continued to suffer, but I learned how to cope. I learned how to hide from him.
Being disregarded was almost more traumatic than the abuse itself.
Josh's victims were also disregarded. They had to repeatedly to ask for help. What was it like for them when they told Jim Bob? In a family that believed that sex is not to be discussed, that must have been excruciating.
I hope that they are getting the help that they deserve. I hope that they feel comfort in knowing that the world knows now and that there are millions who are on their side.
I need to clear my throat again and take a few Tums.
The best I can do from my removed place is to share a message with these young women.
Dear Beautiful Girls,
I am so, so sorry that this happened to you.
You are not victims. You are survivors. You are strong. You are beautiful. You are loved.
Although I do not know you, I know your pain, and I share in your hurt.
You did not deserve what happened to you. You had nothing to do with it. It was a horrible, horrible injustice.
It's NOT your fault.
Josh committed a crime. He should have suffered the consequences. He did not.
My cousin Laura and I reported our abuser, our grandfather, 35 years after he abused us. At that time, he had been dead for 17 years. The police took us seriously. They launched a full investigation. They believed us.
Hundreds of thousands have read our story online, and countless survivors have said, "ME, TOO."
You are not alone.
You will get through this.
I believe you.
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Petals that have a deep longitudinal crease on each side of the midrib. These creases cause folding of the petal upon itself creating a raised platform extending from the top of the perianth tube and ending between the throat and the petal tip. (Pleating has been referred to as "origami" in The Daylily Journal. See references.)
by Michael Brown, used with permission. Cultivar: ANASTASIA (Salter,
by Curt Hanson, used with permission. Cultivar: 'Fad Gadget' (Hanson-C. 2007)
by Curt Hanson, used with permission. Cultivar: 'Mother Upduff' (Curt Hanson 2008)
A term that refers to appendages of extra petal tissue growing from the midrib or elsewhere on the surface of the petals. When the extra tissue grows from the midribs, the form is called "Midrib Cristate". (Other cristate forms have been referred to as "gothic" in The Daylily Journal. See references.)
Cristate can occur on single and double daylilies, but by itself, does not make a daylily double.
by Charmaine Rich, used with permission. Cultivar: 'Sigourney' (Hanson-C. 2008)
by Jack Carpenter, used with permission. H. 'Texas Feathered Fancy'(Carpenter-J. 2006)
The next two examples show the midrib cristate form.
Photo: Paul Owen, used with permission. H. 'Little Miss Lucy' (Owen-P. 2010)
Photo by Patrick Stamile, used with permission. Culitvar: 'Kevin Walek' Stamile '98
The relief forms are characterized by vertically raised ridges that extend from the throat and project from the petal surface. The ridges may grow parallel to the veins, or they may radiate outwards from each side of the midrib. (Relief forms have been referred to as "repousse", "carved" and "embossed" in The Daylily Journal. See references.)
Parallel ridges between veins.
by Dan Hansen, used with permission. Cultivar: 'Hogwarts Express' (Hansen-D. 2005)
by Dan Hansen, used with permission. Cultivar: 'Our Miss Ruby' (Hansen-D. 2007)
by Tim Fehr, used with permission. Cultivar: 'The Butler Did It' (Kinnebrew-J., 2007)
More information about these forms may be found in the following references:
"Scratching the Surface - Understanding the Art of the Sculptured Daylily", The Daylily Journal. 64 no.1 (Spring 2009) pp. 44-60.
"Exploring the Matrix - The inside and out of daylily petals", The Daylily Journal. 64 no.4 (Winter, 2009) pp. 40-44.
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Alamäe highlighted that the company's fastest growing markets today are the U.S., Finland, Germany and Sweden, with Lithuanian and Serbian development centers also rapidly growing.
How quickly is Nortal currently developing?
We have grown around 35 percent this year, and next year we would like to keep this same pace. Nortal currently employs more than eight hundred people — and if everything goes as planned, by the end of next year, we will pass the milestone of one thousand employees.
You operate in various markets, including outside Europe. Where is growth the fastest?
Our fastest growing markets today are the United States, Finland, Germany and Sweden. In the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries and Estonia, we are expecting moderate growth with carefully chosen customers. Our Lithuanian and Serbian development centers are also rapidly growing.
An outsider might have the impression that it is impossible to find an IT employee in Estonia. How do you manage with that?
Nortal holds a unique global position, depending on our market share and our related relationships; as an employer, fortunately, we have an excellent reputation, and we can recruit highly qualified people everywhere.
In the Estonian market, people are looking for the best combination of challenge, variety, technological innovation, security and compensation.
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Bottom of the league Watford beat Manchester United 2-0 in Nigel Pearson's first game in charge at Vicarage Road, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's struggles continue against sides in the bottom half of the table.
Jesse Lingard wasted the best chance of a sloppy first half before Ismaila Sarr gave Watford the lead with the first shot on target five minutes after the restart through a horrendous David de Gea mistake.
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Troy Deeney put the Hornets 2-0 up from the penalty spot four minutes later securing their second win of the season and with it ending United's six game unbeaten run.
They move up to 12 points but remain bottom of the table with their second win of the season, while the Red Devils remain eighth, with pressure surely mounting now on the Manchester United manager.
United fielded an unchanged side from their 1-1 draw with Everton, although Paul Pogba made the bench. It's the first time the Frenchman has been named in a matchday squad since 30 September when they drew 1-1 with Arsenal.
Nigel Pearson, in his first game in charge, also selected the same starting eleven that performed well against Liverpool last time out.
After an end to end opening Abdoulaye Doucoure had the ball in the back of the net for Watford in the 18th minute, but it was disallowed for a foul on David de Gea as he went up to catch the corner.
The Hornets almost opened the scoring eight minutes later after Marcus Rashford gave the ball away, Watford broke quickly through Troy Deeney and Gerard Deulofeu, but Luke Shaw got back brilliantly to block Deeney's effort inside the box.
Jesse Lingard wasted United's best chance of the game in the 34th minute. Anthony Martial put him clean through on goal and he opted to try and chip Ben Foster rather than pick his spot and his effort landed on the roof of the net.
Both sides were still looking for a first effort on target and Doucoure came next closest to opening the scoring for the home side, meeting Kiko's whipped ball but heading wide of the post five minutes before the break.
De Gea gifted Watford the lead five minutes after the restart with an absolute howler.
Will Hughes' free kick fell to Ismaila Sarr, whose effort wasn't clean or powerful, but the ball somehow went through the Spaniard's hands, hit him in the face and landed in the back of the net.
Four minutes later and bottom of the league Watford were 2-0 up from the penalty spot.
Sarr was brought down inside the box by Aaron Wan-Bissaka before Deeney stepped up and smashed it down the middle to double the home side's advantage.
Foster was called into action to deny United's first shot on target as he kept out Scott McTominay's powerful drive from just outside the box.
In a bid to get United going Solskjaer brought Pogba on for Lingard with 25 minutes left to play in his first appearance since the end of September.
The substitute almost pulled one back for the away side with a curling effort towards the top corner, but Foster was equal to it.
The Watford keeper made the save of the match to deny Rashford in the final minute when the striker looked certain to score, bringing down Martial cross, but the 36-year-old kept it out with his legs.
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Just signed up today to the forums here. I have known about Tomato firmware for quite some years, but lately noticed the TomatoUSB firmware. After doing some research, I decided to use Shibby's firmware of TomatoUSB.
My issue before was, I had DD-WRT installed on an Asus RT-AC56R router. It seemed as if it ran ok for awhile, but when trying to go on xbox live, it would spontaneously lag. Double checking that nobody was streaming and that thing's were set right on QoS (which it did do a great job of), it still lagged. Intermittently it would drop me out of games or if it kept in the game it would freeze everyone around me and jag their characters across the map. I tried to log in to the router to see what was happening, but no response. After a reboot, dd-wrt did finally answer back. Was the router getting too hot? Unsure as I was reading that 80c was around the normal operating temp (this was fixed recently with a USB fan hooked on the back, now it sits at 60c). But whatever caused it, the internet on it kept up, but the GUI stopped responding of the router.
I decided to install TomatoUSB, and I must say…. No more lag! No more dropping out of games. No more GUI stopping on me. Everything seems very smooth!
Unsure if it is just a coincidence that the router was upset on the 5GHz band, but also was reading that the 5GHz radio on that specific router was troublesome to others.
Is it possible that recent DD-WRT changes cause something to break on the radio side? Maybe certain changes caused issues in other places. I had two of the RT-AC56R routers since one was given to me by my older brother before he moved, but that one is nicely zapped and fried to death. (Unsure how it happened. The poorly designed power switched may of sealed its fate and zapped it to death, now it literally shorts out and has a high pitched sound coming from inside the router with 0 response from even the serial port inside)
I will stop rambling. Thanks again for all and everyone who helps TomatoUSB. I am greatly considering swapping my main router which is a RT-AC68U running DD-WRT to TomatoUSB.
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Watershed Description
Turkey Creek is in the Coastal Basin Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 031700090702 in southeastern Mississippi. It flows approximately 12.9 miles in a southeastern direction from its headwaters until its confluence with Bernard Bayou. Turkey Creek headwaters are located just north of Interstate 10 and west of Highway 49. The drainage area is approximately 11,000 acres and lies within Harrison County. The watershed is rural but includes some urban areas, those portions located within the city limits of Gulfport and Long Beach. The historic Turkey Creek community is surrounded by large urban developments: the airport lies to the south, highway 49 lies to the west and the industrial seaway lies to the north. Outside the city limits, open land (wet-pine savannas and forests) is the dominant landuse within the watershed.
The historic communities of Turkey Creek, North Gulfport and Forrest Heights are located at the lower end of the Turkey Creek watershed. The lower reaches of the Creek are navigable from west of the North Gulfport Middle School to Bernard Bayou. It is a popular waterway for fishing, swimming and canoeing and contributes to the culture and quality of life of the residents.
The watershed is located in the East Gulf Coastal Plain ecoregion of the southeastern U.S. and is part of the Mississippi Coastal Basin and Streams. Native vegetation in the watershed includes those species found in coastal wet pine savannas, mixed southern forests, bayhead swamps and bottomland hardwood forests. The topography of the watershed is relatively flat creating a slow-moving coastal stream and tidal creek.
In 1866, a group of emancipated African-Americans exercised their newly acquired rights to purchase and settle 320 acres in Harrison County Mississippi. Land records listed this area as uninhabited "Swamp Land". Now known as Turkey Creek, the land encompasses bottomland and coastal maritime forests, freshwater marsh and scrub-shrub habitats. The settlers created arable land to practice sustainable agriculture and supplemented their diet with fish, plants and wildlife from the forests and streams. They developed a viable, self-sufficient community bound together by culture and ecology.
Until the mid 1980s, Turkey Creek's community institutions and land use remained remarkably unchanged as land was passed from generation to generation. Since then however, this piece of American heritage has been critically threatened by airport expansion, municipal annexation, land speculation, deforestation, wetland destruction, commercial sprawl, spot zoning and political isolation. As a result, in 2001, the Mississippi Heritage Trust listed the entire community as one of the state's Ten Most Endangered Historical Places.
Watershed Partnership
After Hurricane Katrina, the LTMCP wanted to build on the work of the Turkey Creek Greenway (see figure below) coalition and further develop a unique, engaged watershed partnership with the Turkey Creek community. Preparation for the Turkey Creek Watershed Implementation Plan began in October 2005 with funding assistance from the EPA. This partnership is intended to foster a more sustainable future for residents, businesses and community institutions by addressing natural and cultural resource concerns in a comprehensive plan. The Turkey Creek Watershed Implementation Plan was developed to serve as overall guidance for improving water quality in Turkey Creek. The LTMCP and its partners believe that citizens and private sector stakeholders can best achieve this goal by (1) creating a community greenway with public access to the creek; (2) prioritizing ecological restoration projects and environmental education programs and (3) developing partnerships to implement watershed projects.
In January 2006, the Turkey Creek-North Gulfport Neighborhood's identified five primary conservation goals:
- Protect Existing Resources
- Educate and Empower the Community
- Restore Ecological Functions and Natural Connections to System Headwaters
- Increase Non-vehicular Connectivity between schools, parks, community centers, homes, businesses and neighborhoods
- Coordinate funding so that public projects are well leveraged to maximize public benefit
The Plan is divided into two parts: protection and restoration strategies that the community wants to see accomplished within the next few years.
(1) PROTECTION GOAL: To defend the existing natural and cultural resources of the Turkey Creek Watershed from further degradation caused by encroachment, abuse or neglect. The Plan includes 8 management strategies and 15 education strategies to help meet the protection goal.
(2) RESTORATION GOAL: To actively initiate or accelerate the recovery of the ecological and cultural health, integrity and sustainability of the Turkey Creek Watershed wherever it has been degraded, damaged or destroyed. The Plan includes 15 management strategies and 8 education strategies to help meet the restoration goal.
Turkey Creek Watershed Partnership Steering Committee meeting.
Turkey Creek Watershed Partnership Steering Committee Members
- Derrick Evans, Turkey Creek Community Initiatives (TCCI)
- Rose Johnson, North Gulfport Community Land Conservancy (NGCC) & Sierra Club
- Buck Lawrence, Resident
- Judy Steckler, Land Trust for Mississippi Coastal Plain
- Flowers White, Resident
- Lettie Evans-Caldwell, Resident
Watershed Partnerships
Technical Resources
Watershed Implementation Plan-TC
Turkey Creek Community Initiatives
North Gulfport Community Land Conservancy
MS Department of Marine Resources, Grand Bay NERR
EPA, Region IV,Watershed Management Program
University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Sciences
MS Department of Environmental Quality, Coastal Streams Basin Team
MS Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks,Scenic Streams
MS Department of Marine Resources,
CRMP and MS Gulf Coast Heritage Program
MS Soil and Water County Conservation, Harrison County SWCD
Natural Resource Conservation Service
MS State University, Extension Service, Hancock County


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Follow us through the "Gadget Geek Gift Guide" for a perfect combination of the trendiest gadgets out there. We've split up this year's top gadget gifts into four different categories: cameras, smart devices, music/audio, and some general tech goodies!
- Vintage cameras: With cameras, the quality of the image is most important. But in fact, the actual camera style is a close second. With so many different options out there, you want to make sure you find just the right one to match the end user's personality. It seems as though 2016 is bringing back an old school feel when it comes to camera styling. Product designers have taken the retro route and are going back to the basics. Here's a list of awesome vintage-style cameras to choose from!
- Security cameras: Gadget geeks are most definitely concerned with safety. Not only for their own well-being, but of course to protect their gizmos as well! Some include motion sensors with real-time alerts to let you know when someone approaches your house, infrared LED lights for night vision, and many more features. This year's innovative security cameras are taking safety to the next level!
Smart Devices
- Hands free: Some skeptics may see these gadgets as the start of the robot apocalypse… Chill out! These are just small interactive machines that help make our daily activities a touch easier and a lot more fun! If you need to change an appointment in your calendar, check the weather outside, or set an alarm for the next morning, your hands free home device has got you covered! Your voice is their command. The Amazon Echo, Google Home, or Dashbot AI are the latest and greatest in this category. Gift one of these to a certain someone in your life who can use the extra set of "hands" -- they're sure to love it!
- Universal charger: Multiple wires plugged into the same power bar can get MESSY. Avoid this tangled disaster with this one-stop solution: a multiple USB port charging station. By having multiple USB cables surrounding a charging station on different ends, it allows several devices to be charged simultaneously, without the wires ever crossing over one another. Take ECLIPSE for example, the cables for this charging station have their own precision engineered channel that they are wound into. A true tangle free solution!
- Music creations: Sometimes instruments are just too bulky to carry around with you on the subway, or way too heavy to lug to your friend's house for a jam session. Get your friend something smaller to replicate their melodies with. Help them craft their music with just a small tool and some futuristic technology, like Roli Music Blocks or Freedrum. These are both small, portable and so convenient! Give the gift of making music any time, any place.
- Turntables/speakers: Audiophiles love to hear clear, crisp, uninterrupted audio -- something they can get from either a vintage turntable or quality Bluetooth speakers. Both are very on trend this holiday season, and both provide the premium sound that many music lovers are searching for. From the Mag-Lev Audio Turntable to the UE Boom 2 Bluetooth speakers, there are a variety of options out there. The type you choose will depend on the recipient's personality -- either way they will enjoy listening to their favorite tunes, eggnog in hand, ready for the holiday festivities to begin!
Tech Goodies
- Virtual reality headset: To crank up the future of technology just one more notch, in comes the invention of the virtual reality headset. Google's Daydream View headset is just one example of many that take users on a real-life simulated experience. Does the gadget geek in your life prefer to hide behind their screens and consoles? Allow them to do just that and play out their days in a virtual world. The possibilities are endless -- from playing a game to walking around a different city, tech lovers will be in their element the second they cover their eyes.
- Drones: From the military to Hollywood, drones are used for a variety of reasons; it's no wonder they are the top item on everyone's Christmas list. Now even more used "for the fun of it," let's keep our gadget-addicted friends young and get them a toy to fly around. Let the inner child within them shine through with a present that combines a remote control helicopter and a super secret spy camera.
- Gaming: From Xbox Kinect to Nintendo Wii, gaming systems have never been better. This year's big one to watch out for is the Nintendo Switch. Home or on-the-go, give your gaming-crazed friend a console that will allow them to pick up on any unfinished game, no matter where they are (even on that long family drive upstate for Christmas).
Get in touch with your inner geek and explore all the latest gadgets out there! Use our gizmo gift guide to help make that tech lover in your life very happy this Holiday season!
Happy shopping!


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RDG Board and its members
This page contains details of the RDG Board, whose members are drawn from the owning groups that make up the RDG.
You may also be interested in the minutes of the RDG Board meetings.
For a full list of our members - the owning groups, passenger and freight train operators, and infrastructure companies - please see the Passenger, freight and track services page.
Chris BurchellManaging Director: UK Trains, Arriva
Chair of the RDG
Chris joined Arriva in August 2014 and as Managing Director - UK Trains, is responsible for the growth and development of Arriva's UK rail operations.
Before that, he was at Go-Ahead Group, as Director of Operations at Thames Trains from 2002, then in 2006, he was promoted to the role of Managing Director for the Southern rail franchise. He was appointed chairman of the railway industry's cross-industry National Task Force in 2010.
Chris became the Chair of Rail Delivery Group on 1 January 2017.
Mark CarneChief Executive, Network Rail
Deputy Chair of the RDG
Mark took over as chief executive of Network Rail in February 2014.
Formerly executive vice president for Royal Dutch Shell plc in the Middle East and North Africa, his career has spanned different roles in engineering, major projects, operations and safety. He has held general management and executive responsibilities for large, complex, politically sensitive and economically significant businesses in a number of countries around the world.
Dominic BoothManaging Director, Abellio UK
Dominic joined Abellio Group as a main board member in January 2007.
In 2012, he was appointed to the newly created post of managing director UK, after winning the Greater Anglia rail franchise. In this role, Dominic is responsible for all Abellio's business in the UK.
David BrownChief Executive, Go-Ahead Group
David is Group Chief Executive of The Go-Ahead Group plc. He's held a number of senior transport industry positions, the most recent being MD for Surface Transport at TfL.
Go-Ahead has the largest share of UK passenger journeys, made on its train operating companies' services: GTR (Govia Thameslink Railway), Southern, Southeastern and London Midland.
Alistair GordonCEO, Keolis UK
Alistair Gordon joined Keolis UK as project director in 2004, leading the company's UK bidding for Southeastern, London Rail and Southern.
In 2010, Alistair was promoted to CEO of Keolis UK.
Martin GriffithsChief Executive, Stagecoach Group
Martin Griffiths is Chief Executive of Stagecoach Group plc, one of the UK's biggest rail operators.
The company operates South West Trains and East Midlands Trains and, along with Virgin, is responsible for the West Coast and East Coast inter-city rail franchises.
He served as Rail Delivery Group's Chairman between and 2016.
Jo KayeManaging Director: System Operator, Network Rail
Jo joined the rail industry graduate training scheme in 1995 and worked in a number of operational management roles in Network Rail for the first years of her career. Jo has been route managing director for London North West route, and then more recently a director in the strategy and planning team.
Jo leads the System Operator function which is responsible for capacity planning and developing medium and long term strategy and plans for Network Rail and the UK rail network.
Jeremy LongCEO: European Business, MTR Corporation
Jeremy Long is Chief Executive Officer – European Business of MTR. Jeremy leads MTR's European business development activity, and oversees MTR's business interests in Europe.
MTR Corporation operates MTR Crossrail, which will be the operator for the Elizabeth Line services for Transport for London, and has operated TfL Rail services since 2015. It also jointly operates South Western Railway in partnership with First Group.
Gary LongCEO: UK/Europe, Freightliner Group Ltd
Gary Long became the Chief Executive Officer of the G&W UK/Europe region in 2017. Before joining G&W in 2013 to head up the Midwest operating region, Gary was President and CEO of the North American freight railroad holding company OmniTRAX, Inc.
Gary has spent nearly 35 years in the transportation industry, including roles related to rail, motor carrier, port, maritime, intermodal terminals and transload and switching facilities.
Paul PlummerChief Executive, RDG
Paul was Group Strategy Director at Network Rail before joining RDG as Chief Executive in November 2015.
At Network Rail, he had Board level accountability for corporate strategy, industry reform, regulation and funding as well as network strategy, timetabling and other system operator responsibilities. Paul represented Network Rail as a member of the RDG from its foundation in 2011.
Ernesto SiciliaChairman and Managing Director, Trenitalia UK
Ernesto has been Managing Director of Trenitalia UK Ltd since October 2016, and led the company's entry into the UK rail market when it acquired Essex train operator c2c in February 2017.
Ernesto has worked for Ferrovie dello Stato Group, owning group of Trenitalia, since 2001 in a variety of strategy roles, including five years as the business's Chief Strategy Officer. He has also been on the board of directors of Thello, Trenitalia's French‐Italian operation, since the company's inception in 2011.
Peter StrachanChairman: UK Rail, Serco
Before joining UK Rail, Peter was the Managing Director of Serco Caledonian Sleeper, following an extensive career in rail and transport, including managing a number of UK train operating companies, Network Rail routes and in the Department for Transport.
In Australia, Peter led train and tram businesses in Melbourne, bus companies in Perth and Brisbane, and was the Chief Executive of TransLink, the public transport authority in Queensland.
Hans-Georg WernerCEO, DB Cargo UK
Hans-Georg Werner was appointed CEO of DB Cargo UK in 2016. He has a wealth of experience working in the supply chain industry and his long association with Deutsche Bahn dates back to 1981.
His previous roles in DB include CEO at DB Schenker Rail Polska and Board Member – Intermodal at DB Schenker Rail Deutschland AG.
Phil WhittinghamManaging Director, Virgin Trains
Phil became Director, Finance on 1 January 2008. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1996 and joined the company from KPMG's Birmingham office in August 1999, where he worked closely with Virgin Trains.
Phil has held various positions in the Finance team, initially having responsibility for business plans and accounts. He was Finance Director of West Coast before joining the Executive team.
Note: a representative of HS2 attends RDG Members meetings as an observer.


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Super Resolving Imaging System
Super Resolving Imaging System Project ID : 7-2007-64
Summary of the technology
Super Resolving Imaging System
Project ID : 7-2007-64
The Invention
The Super Resolving Imaging System is capable of increasing the effective diameter of the lens by a magnitude of between 4 and 16, enabling weight and cost reductions in an imaging system with no loss in output quality. The system works on a method of enhancing the spatial frequencies of the subject.
Its primary application is to improve imaging systems. In collision warning systems for vehicles the Super Resolving Imaging System greatly improves the speed of distance estimation in the fields. The system also provides an apparatus for estimating distance that affords wide depth of focus and a large horizontal field of view.
Potential Applications
Super Resolving Imaging Systems are especially useful for Imaging Systems and Vision-Aid devices requiring high resolutions and minimal dimensions. Such systems are in use in the military and industry. The system can also be modified to enhance the electromagnetic transmission of phase arrays in radar systems.
The Need
The Super Resolving Imaging System is capable of creating a synthetic lens aperture larger than the true existing aperture of the system. Special optical elements placed on the imaging lens and the detector array allow for the conversion of degrees of freedom in one axis of a field of view to a larger degree of freedom in another axis. This allows the system to obtain a high resolution image with a wide depth of focus and large field of view, making it suitable for performing distance estimation on an object within the field of view. The invention employs a numerical algorithm which is simple and can be rapidly performed to yield the desired result.
The increased effective diameter of the lens is achieved by transmitting the spatial frequencies of the object using the time, frequency, polarization, code or the wavelengths' domains. These enhanced spatial frequencies are passed through the lens aperture and are restored at the detector itself via low computational algorithms and this produces the highly resolved image. Super Resolving technology can also extend the depth of focus of the imaging system.
In certain applications, such as vehicular warning systems, the vertical field of view required is significantly smaller than the actual vertical field of view of the apparatus. The Super Resolving Imaging System converts the unneeded vertical pixels (degrees of freedom) into an increased depth of focus resolution. In an alternate configuration of the system, the distance estimation is performed by employing two cameras. A triangulation calculation is performed in order to extract the distance of the object seen by both cameras.
The implementation of Super Resolving Imaging Systems requires simple additions to the initial assembly of the imaging devices. One addition is a simple and cheap multiplexing device (such as grating), and the other is additional computational power to the device's DSP, in order to carry out the decoding process. In many applications the decoding could be an optical processor without involving digital processing at all.
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The help celebrate this week's international release of violinist Philippe Quint & pianist Lily Maisky's new album 'Opera Breve', The Violin Channel in conjunction with Avanti Classic, is this week giving away 5 x personally autographed CD copies
'Opera Breve' celebrates opera's most beautiful and memorable songs and arias – including selections from 'Porgy and Bess', 'The Barber of Seville', 'L'elisir d'amore', 'Orpheus and Eurydice' and 'Samson and Delilah'
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I started working on a broken star pattern and besides the fact that I forgot that measure twice and cut once rule, I started pinning and sewing then ripping cause the points didn't line up. Yes I know that the seams go in opposite directions and I stabbed the seams after…Continue
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Today's project comes to you from the blog site I Heart Linen by Rashida Coleman-Hale who is also a designer for Cotton + Steel. It's a sweet little coin purse,…Continue
Thanksgiving cut into my play time this past week. However, I was able to get this doll sweater finished.
The pattern is "Very Easy Cardigan for American Girl or 18" Doll" by Ceci Riehl. The yarn is …Continue
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The weather couldn't have been better in the northeast. We were able to get out in light jackets and decorate outside. Now, the tree...grrr! I see a new one in my future...half the lights went on. Each time I get a new one, it gets smaller!
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My younger brother lives in a group home in Nebraska with five other men. They are all in their 50's or older. Most don't have any family that cares. They love getting cards. They carry them around and look at…Continue
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everyone here in the USA had a wonderful Thanksgiving today. Ours was very nice. Just enough leftovers for some turkey sandwiches, but not so many that we will be tired of it before it is all gone.
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My MIL was very good at ceramics...years ago she made us a beautiful set of Indians. The chief and his Squaw for Thanksgiving. Well, it was tragic, but ...I decapitated the Chief today. I was dusting and he took a nose dive off the end table and it was all she wrote! He shattered in a bazillion pieces! That's what I get for trying to impress company with a clean house!!!!
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you are safe if you are on the road today, and I hope you get to spend this day with everyone you love!!
I will be working today as my family and I had our Thanksgiving feast last weekend. Working on a fall topper for a customer who used CT's Kaleidoscope line. She wanted it to be a fall theme so I went with oak leaves.
Eat lots, hug more, and laugh until your face hurts!!…Continue
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I will be joining Bud at his Assisted LIving Home for dinner. It's a cloudy day here but the temp is suppose to be in the 50"s. Last year we were shoveling snow on Thanksgiving Day. Enjoy your family and friends and have a great time.
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I really could use this in my car but then I'd also have to find a driver as well. Hey could get the daughter to drive me and we'd both be happy. I wouldn't complain about her driving and she wouldn't have to tell me to shut up every time she slams on the brakes, runs a red light ect…Continue
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We are on the eve of starting the holidays....
Set your scales back 10 lbs. and enjoy yourselves!!!HAPPY THANKSGIVING...
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For Joanie's birthday present, I promised to sew together the paper-pieced pine tree blocks Julie, Janet and I helped her make.
They had been sitting in her craft room. Joanie has had a difficult year, health wise, and hadn't been able to sew them together. She wants to embroider wild grasses over the cornerstones, and that is a project she can work on…Continue
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Here we are at the end of our Little Quilt Chapter. Ho-hum, so sad, but wonderful because once done with thisLittle, you will have 12 beautiful …
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I'm Stephanie and once again, I'm delighted to share my second project from the clever book Fast, Fun, & Gifty. If you…Continue
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Star Wars quilt is off to the long-arm quilter; now I'm back to doing those Itty Bitty Quilts, and am finding they are quite addictive. I can't do just one! October is over, November is up now, and I have finished December. I have the perfect place in the entry to show off the little (6-1/2") quilts, so I just keep on making them! They take about 2 hours each, so it's not a big commitment. No compensation by CT here.…Continue
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My creative spurt seems to be growing. While trying to think of where I want to go with the needle felted/thread painting project, I have created a few paintings and have been working on a thread painting. The two paintings are in acrylics and are of a sea turtle and a winter scene called garden gate. The thread painting I've entitled Spirit Wolf and has really been a challenge to work on, albeit a very enjoyable challenge.
May your creative juices flow and many enjoyable hours pass…Continue
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I love free patterns and quilts. Quilt Shops of Christmas like www.Stitchinheaven.com has free blocks paper pieced star pattern 12 shops 12 different blocks. I am going to try my hand with some CT fabric to make the quilt.
Bonnie Hunter's mystery for 2015 will be starting again for Thanksgiving. CT has their own group so you may want to hop on over and join the quilt along. All the links are posted.
For all the new…Continue
Well, I'm not so sure about this one! It is the latest Star Wars fabric, fresh from the latest movie which is not even in theaters yet, and DS will be thrilled to get it for his birthday. What you see below is just the top. I'm putting a red plaid flannel (remember his arctic world is white, gray and black at this time of the year) on the back, and the binding is black. I think the whole thing looks a little chaotic, but the printed Star Wars fabric is a little chaotic. I call the…Continue
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For a while now I have been wanting to make a whole cloth....something. I knew I didn't have the time nor do I have the talent yet to make a quilt so I'm starting small. After the border I just finished I was inspired to make this little beauty to go on my coffee table. I did start out thinking I would make placemats but I made one and got discouraged beause I didn't like it. So today was a better day. I will spend the rest of the afternoon making coasters with feathers to match, which…Continue
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There's been a lot of discussion on the newly revealed Microsoft Surface – mixing what is known, some speculation on the unknown, and the impact on the consumer market. But what about the Enterprise tablet user? How does the Microsoft Surface impact your plans for mobile use in the Enterprise?
We put some of our thoughts down on the Microsoft Surface itself and the impact on your mobile strategy. Check out our Mobile Advisory services if your team is looking to understand the tablet and smartphone landscape. In addition, learn how organizations are beginning their mobile roadmaps.
The Devices
Microsoft announced the Surface last week – in two forms. A Tegra 3 ARM based device running Windows "RT" – the Windows for ARM version of Windows which has the Metro interface, and an Intel i5 x86 version that will run a full version of Windows 8. If you're unfamiliar with Windows 8, it's the Metro UI combined with the traditional Windows Desktop in one package.
For the ARM version, the weight and thickness are similar to an iPad, a 10.6″ screen running a "1080" resolution (no details released), coming in 32 and 64gb versions. The i5 version is thicker, heavier, has a fan, heat vents, and the other things you would expect from a "ultrabook" squeezed into a tablet frame. Releasing with 64gb and 128gb versions. Both devices sport a new "VaporMG" case construction, integrated kick-stand, and the possibility of two keyboard options. A more traditional keyboard with chicklet style keys, and the new Touch Cover – which is basically a non-moveable keyboard that responds to multi-touch input – both keyboard and mouse area. Battery specs and pricing were not released or discussed.
The Presentation
Watching the Microsoft Surface event video, it felt eerily familiar to, as they say, "other tablet manufacturers" presentations. The layout of the presentation, the content, the rotating presenters – all meant to show a packaged solution – not a framework or an OS that their OEM partners can also deliver. This was a presentation that focused heavily on the hardware, spending significant time on the case materials, the clicking of the cover, and how the kickstand had to sound "just so". The presenters attempting to show the passion in the development of the device and how the time spent not participating in the "tablet wars" has resulting in a device that has "re-imagined" how the tablet experience should be.
The software was hidden, however. And when it was shown, there were plenty of issues. Both in the presentation and in the post-presentation journalist "hands on".
One thing was very clear, it was the presentation of a company that has realized that the next wave of computing devices requires a marriage of hardware and software that requires that these components come from one company.
The Market and Marketability
Rumors are arriving that the pricing of the RT device will start at $599 for the 32gb version (comparable to the iPad 3) and $999 for the i5 version (comparable to a base-model MacBook Air). In the consumer space, the common commentary around the web is that these devices need to be be in the $300/$600 range for them to "be competitive" in the tablet space – while we feel that is extreme, the rumored pricing seems in-line with our expectations. We don't feel these prices will deter Enterprise buyers, although the rumored lack of any 3G/LTE radio option will be a large deterrent for many of our customers.
The challenges for Microsoft and the Surface are great, however. For all the focus on the hardware and keyboard in the presentation, we feel the real success of Apple has come from the marriage of the software and hardware combined with the ecosystem around the device. The fluidness of the OS and response from the touchscreen will be something to watch with the Surface. Now that Microsoft will be manufacturing their own devices, they also have the ability to craft a more direct ecosystem. We feel this will initially focus on the XBox, since this is the other ecosystem that they control, but eventually this may include functionality targeted more at the business user, including tighter integration to their cloud offering (SkyDrive), as well as a similar offering to Apple's AirPlay.
The Impact on Your Mobile Strategy
So should you wait? The ARM version of the tablet will require the same App, integration, and other development challenges as what we're seeing today on the iPad. Organizations will build custom (or buy packaged) Apps able to run in Metro, or use a mobile application development platform (MADP) to build for a multitude of devices.
However, one of the biggest selling points of the Surface for i5 is the fact that it can run x86 apps. It's a PC after all, and with that is the promised ease of integration into Enterprise systems and the deployment of current Windows applications on these mobile devices. We feel that many CIOs are thinking about holding out for these devices – believing they're able to solve two challenges with one device: 1) satisfying the business' push of "tablet devices" and 2) able to repurpose current applications to these devices. A simple solution.
Not quite.
We feel this solution is short-lived and will not deliver the business benefit we're seeing in more traditional mobile app development. The reason for the tablet push in the Enterprise has little to do with the form factor alone. The success for Enterprise customers has been in creating Apps that solve business challenges simply and easily – delivered in an instant-on, elegant form factor. Pushing desktop apps to these devices might solve some problems, sure, but not to the level of ROI we've seen with purpose-built Enterprise applications.
At this point, on an unproven device, we just don't know if the Surface is going to create a better and easier user experience than the iPad. We also don't know if it will be as accepted by the business (we're assuming that the iPad will still garner much more consumer cachet). We also don't know if the integrations to the enterprise, which we see as the biggest benefit of the Surface, will be much easier and more seamless.
What we fear will happen due to the news of Microsoft launching an iPad alternative: it will give businesses a reason to delay the formation and execution of their mobile strategies. Any time there is uncertainty, conservative businesses may lean towards letting the market play out before they make a move. In the case of mobile, we strongly suggest you avoid this tendency. There are far too many variables today to "wait", and we are very much in the first inning of the tablet in the Enterprise.
Businesses today, maybe your competitors, are building out new use cases for mobile devices, re-defining the ways they interact with their employees and customers. They're finding unique and groundbreaking methods in delivering content and value to their partners, resellers, distributors, and retail channels. The learnings received from these first applications will evolve over time into further releases. These applications are driving back-end changes to Enterprise systems, making data more accessible and simplifying complex internal processes. These are not AppStore applications that other businesses can "copy" easily to catch up. These are private applications that organizations are building today to have a significant impact on company (and partner) financials.
Our advice is to get moving. Businesses today cannot afford to wait for all the lights ahead to be green and the road to be straight. Even if it's beginning a small App pilot to a subset of your user team, every organization should be thinking how mobile is going to change the way they interact with their employees and customers.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.– Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry released a statement Wednesday about the ongoing Indiana State Police voter registration investigation into suspected irregularities in voter registration.
Curry said there are many safeguards established in local and federal law to protect the rights of voters. He has requested that state police release no additional information about their investigation, as to avoid prejudice.
He said accusations of fraud, prior to the conclusion of the investigation, are "premature and contrary to the foundational principle of presumed innocence until and unless proven guilty."
An analysis of data by Patriot Majority, a group affiliated with the Democratic Party that state police are investigating, showed Indiana's voter database has thousands of people over the age of 110 who are likely deceased and still registered to vote. The group says the database is riddled with errors.
Republican Secretary of State Connie Lawson's office says it took control of database maintenance in 2014 and is updating it in compliance with federal law.
"For Patriot Majority and Indiana Democrats to call me an incompetent racist, and chastise me for partisan behavior when I only provided information to Indiana State Police and did my job is extremely disappointing and hypocritical," Lawson said Tuesday in a statement.
Curry's full statement is as follows:
"As the date of the General Election approaches, it is important to note that there are many safeguards established in Indiana and federal law to protect voting rights.
"Thousands of Marion County residents have already cast ballots, and we expect the process to continue to accommodate voters without incident. Should a problem arise, however, our office stands ready to work with the Marion County Election Board to address reported violations of election law, as we have for each prior election since January 2011.
"Further, we have requested the Indiana State Police to release no further information regarding that agency's pending investigation into suspected voter registration irregularities. As with any investigation, confidentiality is important to allow investigators to continue their work independently and to avoid material prejudice in the matter. It is my obligation under the Rules of Professional Conduct to exercise reasonable care in ensuring that law enforcement agencies do not disclose information beyond what is in the public record.
"If evidence of suspected criminal activity in Marion County is presented to our office, we will review that information for potential criminal charges. Accusations of fraud or other intentional acts prior to the conclusion of a thorough review by law enforcement and a prosecutor are premature and contrary to the foundational principle of presumed innocence until and unless proven guilty.
"Likewise, reckless assertions by third parties of voter suppression and intimidation are without merit. We trust our public safety partners at the Indiana State Police to thoroughly and appropriately investigate the allegations of irregularities in some voter registrations. I have personally met with ISP Superintendent Doug Carter, and we are conferring with Indiana State Police investigators as the investigation continues. We will determine if charges are appropriate upon completion of that investigation."
Violating Indiana election law, including voter fraud and voter intimidation, carry charges up to a level 6 felony.
4 fast facts
- Role of prosecutor's office during the election is to protect voting rights in Marion County.
- Prosecutor Curry asked Indiana State Police to not release any information of their investigation that is not public record.
- Curry called accusations of voter suppression and intimidation "reckless," and said they are without merit.
- Anyone who witnesses election law violations is asked to call the Secretary of State's office.
Curry urges voters who believe they have witnessed election law violations on Election Day to contact the Indiana Secretary of State's Office at 1-866-IN1-VOTE (1-866-461-8683) or the Marion County Election Board at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Influential Sidbury businesswoman named a dame
PUBLISHED: 09:00 10 January 2014
The only female chairman of a leading British company has been named a dame for her services to business.
Alison Carnwath, who has lived in East Devon for more than 25 years, is 'delighted' to be on the New Year's Honours list and looking forward to collecting the accolade.
Her CV boasts stints at KPMG, Credit Suisse and Lloyds Bank, but she is proudest of her current chairmanships of Land Securities and Isis Private Equity.
"I am seen as a role model for women since I am the only female who is the chairman of a FTSE 100 company," she said.
"I cannot say I have a motto. Work hard and play hard and be decent to people would be how I have led my life.
"I am delighted to have been honoured."
Alison, who admits she has a wicked sense of humour, resigned from the board of Barclays in 2012 as she found their attitude to pay 'tiresome and out of touch'.
She met the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during her jubilee celebrations, and is looking forward to seeing the Queen or Prince William.
Introduced to the area as a child, Alison has lived in Sidbury with partner Peter Thomson for nine years and enjoys walks along the cliffs.
"I spend a great deal of time in London and the USA on business but Sidbury is where I am and feel at home," said the keen skier and food and wine lover.
Alison is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a trustee of the British Library and has been listed in the 100 most influential directors in the UK by the Times.
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Wilfred Garcia
With all of these accolades, Wilfred remains humble about his work. He speaks quietly about respecting the clay and the stories he tells using figurative appliques to adorn his smooth, white pottery. Parrots bring the gift of rain; bears represent strong medicine; and corn is the foundation of life itself.
Wilfred is always willing to help with special causes, especially in teaching children traditional ways and the richness of their native culture. To everyone, he bestows an offering of beauty in simple, elegant clay forms.


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Cl_status will retrieve many different types of cluster status according to the subcommand given as its first argument.
hbstatus - indicate if Heartbeat is running on the local system.
listnodes [-p|-n] - List the nodes in the cluster.
nodestatus <node-name> - list the status of the given node.
nodetype <node-name> - list the nodes of a given type. Currently the available types are ping and normal.
listhblinks <node-name> - list the network interfaces used as heartbeat links.
hblinkstatus <node-name> <link-name> - show the status of a heartbeat link. This indicates up if we are able to hear from that node across that link. Note that if <node-name> is the current node, the status is not meaningful, since with few exceptions we don't receive messages from ourselves on any links.
clientstatus <node-name> <client-id> [<timeout>] - Show the status of Heartbeat clients. For example, ping or ipfail.
rscstatus - show the status of cluster resources. Status will be one of: local, foreign, all or none, or transition.
hbparameter -p <parameter-name> - return value of a given ha.cf parameter.
Many people find the rscstatus output difficult to understand.
For this example, we'll use the following ActiveActive haresources file
paul 188.8.131.52 silas 22.214.171.124
On paul:
On silas:
If you issue this command on both nodes (one at a time): hb_standby local then after this, both machines will be running foreign resources. Weird, but if you want, you can do it. This is about the only way to make a node run only foreign resources.


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text: Sections View Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Supplementary Content Download Section PDF ++ Table Graphic Jump LocationFavorite Table | Download (.pdf) | Print a Like the English a in father (e.g., padre, cama). b Similar to the English b. At the beginning of a breath group or following an m or n, the Spanish b sounds like the b in bite (e.g., boca, embarasada). In all other situations the Spanish b lies somewhere between the English b and the English v (e.g., tubo, jarabe). Allow a little air to escape between slightly parted lips as you make this latter sound. c Like the English c. Before a, o, or u it is hard (e.g., cara); before e or i it is soft (e.g., ácido). (In Castilian Spanish, c preceding e or i is pronounced like the th in bath, but this form of Spanish is rarely spoken by Latin Americans.) The Spanish ch sounds like the English ch in child. d Similar to the English d. At the beginning of a breath group or following l or n, the Spanish d sounds like the English d in dizzy (e.g., dosis, venda). In all other situations the Spanish d lies somewhere between the English d and the th in there (e.g., mudo, nacido). Allow a little air to escape between the tip of your tongue and upper teeth as you make the latter sound. e Similar to the ey in they (e.g., peso, absceso), unless followed by a consonant in the same syllable, in which case it is closer to the e in sepsis (e.g., esperma, recto). f Like the English f. g When followed by a, o, u, or a consonant, the Spanish g is similar to the English g in gout (e.g., gota, grasa). Allow a little air to escape between your tongue and palate as you make this sound. When followed by e or i, the Spanish g is similar to the h in hot shaded slightly toward the English k (e.g., gen, gingiva). h Silent (e.g., hombre, almohada). i Like the i in saline or latrine (e.g., orina, signo, sífilis). Preceding another vowel, the Spanish i sounds like the English y. Siesta is pronounced SYES-tah, sodio is pronounced SO-dyoh, viudo is pronounced VYOO-doh, etc. Following another vowel, i forms individual diphthongs: ai sounds like the y in cry (e.g., aire, aislar); ei sounds like the ay in tray (e.g., aceite, afeitar); oi sounds like the oy in boy (e.g., toxoide, coloide); and ui sounds like the ui in suite (e.g., cuidado, ruido). j The Spanish j is pronounced the same as the Spanish g in gen or gingiva. See above. k Like the English k. (k is not native to the Spanish alphabet and appears only in foreign words.) l Similar to the English l (e.g., lado, pelo). The Spanish l is articulated rapidly, never drawn out as in English. The Spanish ll is pronounced somewhere between the ll of million and the y of yes. m Like the English m. n Like the English n. ñ Like the ni in bunion (e.g., baño, sueño). o Similar to the English o in coma. p Like the English p in spit. Hold your hand in front of your mouth as you say spit and then pit. Note that less air is expelled in pronouncing spit. The Spanish p is not aspirated, which means little air should be expelled. It is a shorter, more explosive sound than the English p. q Like the English k. The Spanish q is always followed by u, but lacks the w sound of the English qu. Quinina is pronounced kee-NEE-nah, not kwee-NEE-nah. The kw sound of quit is represented in Spanish by cu, as in cuarto, cuidado, etc. r Similar to the tt of butter. At the beginning of a word the Spanish r is trilled. The Spanish rr is always trilled. s Like the English s. Before voiced consonants, the Spanish s sounds like the English z (e.g., espasmo). t Like the English t in stent. Hold your hand in front of your mouth as you say stent and then tent. Note that less air is expelled in pronouncing stent. The Spanish t is not aspirated, which means little air should be expelled. It is a shorter, more explosive sound than the English t, made by quickly tapping the tip of the tongue against the back of the upper front teeth. u Like the English u in flu or rule. Be sure not to pronounce it like you (unless it follows an i—see below). The Spanish u has a w sound when it precedes another vowel (e.g., agua, cuello), except in the case of gue, gui, que, and qui, when it is silent (e.g., inguinal, quebrar). The w sound is retained in güe and güi (e.g., agüita, ungüento). The diphthong au sounds like the ow of brow (e.g., aura, trauma). The diphthong iu sounds like the u in acute or use (e.g., viudo, diurético). v Identical to the Spanish b. See above. x Like the English x in flex. Before consonants, the Spanish x is often pronounced like the English s (e.g., extra, expediente). y Similar to the English y (e.g., yeso, yodo). An exception is the word y (meaning and), which is pronounced like the ee in see. z Like the English s (e.g., nariz, brazo).


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HOW TO: Organize Your iPhone Apps with iTunes 9
The curtain has closed on Apple's big event. While we're still recovering from all the big news surrounding Jobs' return, the new and improved Nanos, the arrival of iPhone OS 3.1, and the fact that iTunes 9 comes with sharing, we're now able to actually play with our new toys and we've discovered something remarkable.
Amid all the hype around iTunes 9 was one new instrumental feature for iPhone owners — app management. We were thrilled by the possibilities of finally being able to organize and manage our apps via iTunes, and now we're even more impressed by the reality.
After toying with the new feature, we can officially say that the iTunes 9 application management features are fantastic. Gone are the days of painstakingly moving apps one-by-one on our iPhones. Today we welcome effortless drag and drop app management and syncing, and here we'll walk you through how to create application harmony between iTunes and your iPhone.
Getting Started
First things first: download the new iTunes, install it and fire it up. You should also update your iPhone to OS 3.1 for a smooth transition (a word to the wise: sync your iPhone one last time before you update to the new OS). That process might not be quick, but it should be rather painless.
Once your software updates are complete, connect your iPhone to your computer via the USB cable. Select your iPhone from the Devices section in iTunes, and then click on the Applications tab. You should be greeted with an electronic view of your entire installed app catalog and your iPhone's existing application screens.
Application Sync
All the applications you've installed using iTunes will now appear in the Sync Applications portion of the page. You can now search applications by name, or sort them by name, category, or date.
You'll notice that checked applications coincide with the ones you have on your iPhone, while unchecked ones can be checked to be virtually added to the digital iPhone interface. You can also uncheck apps you no longer want on your phone to have them instantly removed from the iPhone mock up.
Of course any and all changes won't be made until you hit "Apply" and sync your iPhone with iTunes.
Drag and Drop Apps
The real beauty of the new application management feature is the addition of an electronic model of your iPhone's various screens, with proper pagination, and easy drag and drop functionality so that you can move apps around with speed and simplicity. You can even remove apps from your virtual iPhone, in the same manner that you would remove them from the physical version, by selecting an app and clicking the X.
You can configure your apps in any way you'd like by dragging them around on the current screen, or moving them from your existing view onto one of the screens in the right-hand column. You can also use the command key (use control key for PCs) to grab multiple apps to drag them all at once, or pick up a full page of apps and drag that up or down to alter page order. Changes are instantaneous, and don't forget that you can select and deselect applications from the left-hand menu to add and remove them from your mock up. Pretty cool right?
Hit "Apply" when you're good and ready to apply your application changes to your actual iPhone, and you should be just a few minutes away from reaping the benefits of application management bliss.


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Plas Penrhyn was Bertrand Russell's home in Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales.
Russell had a fondness for Wales and would live there for most of his later years. The original idea to move to Wales was to provide a suitable place for his grandson's family to live comfortably. John, Russell's grandson wanted to be a writer and there was little way to support his wife and three children in this manner.
Plas Penrhyn was near Duedraeth castle where Russell had stayed before and was near the sea (Penrhyndeudraeth means peninsula with two beaches in Welsh). Percy Bysshe Shelley also had maintained a cottage in the local area.
It was from this regency manor that Russell would telgram both Khrushchev and Kennedy during the Cuban Missle Crisis, write his biography and live out his later years. In one passage of his biography he describes his first impressions of the house:
We stopped in North Wales where our friends Rupert and Elizabeth Crawshay-Williams had found a house, Plas Penrhyn, that they thought would make a pleasant holiday house for us and the children. It was small and unpretentious, but had a delightful garden and little orchard and a number of fine beech trees. Above all, it had a most lovely view, south to the sea, west to Portmadoc and the Caernarvon hills, and north up the valley of the Glasslyn to Snowdon. I was captivated by it, and particularly pleased that across the valley could be seen the house where Shelley lived. The owner of Plas Penrhyn agreed to let it to us largely, I think, because he, too, is a lover of Shelley and was much taken by my desire to write an essay on 'Shelley the Tough' (as opposed to the 'ineffectual angel'). Later, I met a man at Tan-y-Ralt, Shelley's house, who said he had been a cannibal…
Russell died at Plas Penrhyn on February 2, 1970, He was cremated at Colwyn Bay and his ashes scattered over the Welsh hills.
Plas Penrhyn is now a private residence.
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- 18 Writers Talk About Polyamory, Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Love
An illuminating, entertaining, and provocative immersion in today's American family, with essays from ZZ Packer, Dan Savage, Min Jin Lee, asha bandele, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, and others, illustrating the changing realities of domestic life.
Edited by bestselling author Rebecca Walker, this anthology invites us to step into the center of a range of different domestic arrangements and take a good look around. From gay adoption to absentee fathers, from open marriages to green-card marriages, the reality of the American household has altered dramatically over the last three decades. With changing values and expectations, fluid gender roles, and a shifting economy, along with increase in infertility, adoption, and the incidence of mixed-race couples, people across the country are redefining the standard arrangement of family life. In a collection of eighteen honest, personal, and deeply affecting essays from an array of writers, One Big Happy Family offers a fresh look at how contemporary families are adapting to this altering reality.
Each writing from the perspective of his or her own unique domestic arrangements and priorities, the authors of these essays explore topics like transracial adoption, bicultural marriage and children, cohousing, equal parenting, and the creation of virtual families. Dan Savage writes about the unexpected responsibilities of open adoption. Jenny Block tells of the pros and cons of her own open marriage. ZZ Packer explores the ramifications of, and her own self-consciousness about, having a mixed-race child. asha bandele writes of her decision to have a child with a man in prison for life. And Min Jin Lee points to the intimacy shared by a mother and her child's hired caregiver.
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Students of Intercollege have the ability to use the university's library and gain access to a huge database of academic knowledge.
The University of Nicosia has a well-equipped library only a short walk from the Intercollege Nicosia campus. The University Library Information Gateway (www.library.unic.ac.cy) gives access to local, national and international sources including the online catalog (UniCAT). The library's resources can be accessed on site, from home or on the move.
The system enables students to search out the 95,000 books of the Library collection, to reserve material, to view outstanding loans and renew books accordingly, through online access. In addition to the main collection, the Library has a reserve collection (for short loans) and a reference collection. Access is given to a wide range of networked electronic sources relevant to the subject area of study including on-line databases.
Through the installation of the MetaLib portal (an Ex-Libris Product), our students have local and remote access to all our resources. MetaLib enables users to search databases and e-journals at the same time or do a search of our catalog. Through a subject search, results in abstracts or full-text from different sources and publishers are displayed simultaneously on a single screen, making access easier and faster. At the same time through the "A-Z" function of SFX, users can search alphabetically in our electronic resources for specific journal titles.
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Headquarters Company, 1st Battallion, 378th Combat Support Aviation, Montana Army National Guard should be merged into this article. --Lynn Onyx 00:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
- I don't really agree, since you're dealing with a character versus an organization. Combining them is not logical.
- Please sign your comments. The organization in question only exists in relation to one character. It makes sense to me to combine the entries together. --Lynn Onyx 01:29, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


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Although they're not furry or cuddly, reptiles make fantastic pets. In fact, there are more than 13 million pet reptiles in the United States today. Are you ready to join the ranks of reptile owners?
Reptiles are fascinating creatures, and observing them can be both educational and fun. They require minimal care and training compared to many other pets, and they're quiet, clean, and relatively odor-free. Reptiles also tend to be hypo-allergenic, which means that they can be a fantastic option for people who struggle with an allergy to pet dander.
Potential Pet Reptiles
You've decided that a reptile is your ideal pet, but which one should you choose? All of the following reptiles make excellent companions:
Lizards are fast-moving creatures that are captivating to watch. Some eat various insects, while others dine on a mix of insects and fresh fruit and vegetables, so it is crucial that prospective owners take the time to educate themselves about the needs of their specific reptile. Species like bearded dragons and leopard geckos can be good choices for first-time reptile owners. Both species are entertaining, docile, and easy to handle. Iguanas are another popular lizard, but they require a level of care that is probably best left to those with experience in owning and caring for reptiles.
Smooth, slithery, and surprisingly intriguing, snakes can be an excellent choice for someone who needs a self-sufficient pet that can be left alone for a few days. Snakes only need to be fed once a week or so, but some people find their need for whole prey a bit unsettling. Research your chosen snake's dietary requirements before purchasing.
When cared for properly, turtles can live a very long time. Several species are available, and each has different needs in terms of diet and habitat. Explore your options before bringing a turtle home. Slow-moving and quiet, these relaxed creatures make very unique pets.
Choosing and Caring for a Reptile
Once you decide to add a reptile to your family, carefully consider what you're looking for in a pet. Then, think about how much maintenance you're willing to do to ensure your new pet thrives. To decide which reptile best fits your needs, ask yourself the following questions:
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- Will the other members of your household welcome your pet?
When it comes to care and maintenance, reptiles vary greatly from mammals. Each reptile has its own unique requirements, so we encourage you to research your chosen reptile thoroughly before bringing it home. Generally, a pet reptile will require the following supplies:
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Castlevania 4 is certainly a good game, but it wasn't as good as CV3. That was the zenith of classic Castlevania IMHO.
I've never heard of Rabbit Rampage either.Lufia 2 I have heard of. Mostly good things. No random encounters is a big plus. Hundreds of puzzles? That sounds like Alundra I should really give that game a try.
#44B Bugs Bunny's Rabbit Rampage System: Super Nintendo Personal ThoughtsNever played it or heard of it. I've played some Tiny Toons games, but this one is unfamiliar to me.
I've never heard of Rabbit Rampage either.