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Full-Time Staff Positions
Executive Director of Marketing and Communications - The Executive Director of Marketing and Communications for the Jones Graduate School of Business (JGSB) is responsible for marketing JGSB to a broad range of stakeholders. Primary goals are focused on business development (attracting quality applications to degree and non-degree programs), enhancing the brand consistent reputation of the school, and engaging and communicating the school's stories, programs, services and values to internal and external stakeholders. JGSB stakeholders include: faculty, staff, students, prospective students, recruiters, alumni, donors; the Council of Overseers, Board of Trustees, Jones Partners, the Houston and national business community, the news media, government, other business schools and institutions of higher education, the surrounding community, and the general public. The Executive Director of Marketing and Communications reports to the dean and plays a leading role in developing marketing strategy to support business development initiatives throughout the school and analyzing and influencing perceptions of the Jones School with a goal of enhancing the brand.
Web Technical Specialist - The Web Technical Specialist is responsible for producing standards-based, semantic markup and coding for the responsive web for all Jones School related websites. They will develop, implement and maintain the Jones Graduate School of Business, various micro-sites and affiliate web sites, eBlasts, blogs and social media sites. This person will be working primarily in HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3 and jQuery, updating existing sites and implementing new designs. S/he must be capable of producing standards-based, semantic markup and coding for the responsive web. The Web Technical Specialist will interface with Marketing, External Relations, Rice Alliance and other departmental web editors as well as add/update/format content to the various websites as assigned by the creative director.
Education Technology Specialist - As a member of the Jones Graduate School Educational Technology group, the Education Technology Specialist will collaborate with the Educational Technology Manager on curriculum- based technology development and classroom projects while being responsible for the day-to-day operations. This person will assist and support faculty and staff in the development of Web-based courses utilizing instructional technologies and advise faculty on digital course redesign and the development appropriate teaching/learning applications of technologies. S/he will also be responsible for digital media production edits, and transcoding of classrooms. Additionally, the Educational Technology Specialist is responsible for assisting with audio visual projects, trouble shooting, system and component installation, assistance with student recording, and other educational technology projects.
To apply for these jobs or for more information about open staff positions at the Jones Graduate School of Business, please visit the main career site at Rice.Faculty RecruitingFor more information about open faculty positions at the Jones Graduate School of Business, please visit the Faculty Recruiting section of the website.


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Outstanding Thesis STEM Award Announcement 2013-2014
2013-2014 WAGS/UMI DISTINGUISHED MASTER'S THESIS AWARD for the Biological Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Engineering
Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS) and University Microfilms International (UMI) are pleased to announce the 2014-2015 WAGS/UMI Distinguished Master's Thesis Award competition. Each member institution may submit one nomination for the award.
This award recognizes distinguished scholarly achievement at the master's level. Nominations will be accepted in any of the above-listed disciplines in which the institution offers a master's degree.
The scholarly "product" eligible for this competition is a formal written thesis. If a nominating department offers both a thesis option and a project option, only the thesis is acceptable for consideration for this award. Each submission requires a written nomination by the Dean of the Graduate School (College) or equivalent office. The internal institutional selection processes are the responsibility of the endorsing official.
1.A nominee must have earned the master's degree within the period of July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. Nomination materials should be assembled in the following order and submitted electronically as one PDF file:
- A written nomination letter from the Graduate Dean cited in the Eligibility Requirements above. The letter should describe the process that was used to select the thesis for nomination.
- A non-technical summary prepared by the student (1000-1500 words) describing the research and its significance for a general academic audience of non-specialists.
- A letter from the department head or major professor and one additional faculty member. The letters should include information regarding the significance of the thesis, the contribution of the thesis to the program of the degree granting unit, and the impact of the thesis on the knowledge base of the discipline.
- A cv or resume from the student nominee
3. Initial screening will be based upon four criteria:
- Originality
- Significance of the study
- Overall quality
- Outcomes and accomplishments from the thesis
4. Finalists will be asked to provide three complete copies of the thesis.
5. The 2014-2015 award consists of a certificate of award, $1000 to the recipient, and travel expenses for the student and the student's adviser to receive the award at the annual meeting of the Association.

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May the guilty humans meet the same gruesome fate: Francisco Alvarado's article about the Muscovy ducks being murdered in Doral made me sick ("Foul Duck Death," January 13). And yes, it is murder. I sincerely hope the bastards who poisoned and gassed those defenseless animals, and the asshole who allowed it, suffer the same fate, if not something worse. I'll never understand how human beings get off thinking they're better than other creatures on this planet when in reality they are so much lower, as they prove every single day.
How difficult could it have been to relocate those poor creatures? We can put people in space but we can't round up some ducks and bring them unharmed to another location? Instead they're gassed and poisoned. Same deal with the rabbits who were shot to death at the airport. Baby seals are clubbed to death for their skins. How barbaric is that? I'll never understand the mentality of people who carry out such killings.
I'm sure some will claim they were just following orders. Let's see: just following orders, gassing the defenseless to death. Does that ring a bell? It scares the hell out of me to think these people are walking the streets without a second thought for the lives they've taken. But I'm a great believer in the adage that what goes around comes around. They will get theirs.
Ironically just before I sat down to write this, I was having a discussion with some kids who were shooting at ducks beside a nearby canal. As I was walking away one of the kids shot himself in the foot. I have to admit that his agonizing scream was music to my ears.
Howard Camner
Images of death-camp Nazis come to mind: I used to think of pesky critters as nonhuman creatures who disturbed the tranquility of humans. But after reading about Viviane Farina's horrifying encounter with an outfit named Critter Control of Miami, I've had second thoughts. The senseless killing of defenseless Muscovy ducks makes me wonder: What has happened to human compassion?
Farina reminds us of the difference between living with compassionate understanding and living the Nazi way -- exterminating those who are perceived as getting in our way.
Shoma Homes, owners of the Doral property, is ultimately responsible for the slaughter. The company placed profits above protecting other life forms that mean the human race no ill will.
Clyde Cates, Jr.
South Miami
The Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and Rabbi Jesus: It wasn't surprising that most of the suckers ... er ... churchgoers photographed by Jonathan Postal for the story "The Rapture" (January 13) looked constipated. What hokum. Worse than the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny combined!
Yeah, right -- the Jewish rabbi Jesus is going to call home the "saved" goyim? What a crock! The most outrageous line in the story was the following: Rapture "is a specific term referring to the belief that certain saved people will physically ascend to heaven when Jesus calls upon them to do so."
Certain saved people? Not all saved people? You mean if I "believed," was a good goy, and was "saved," I still might not get a chance to ride Jesus' personal roller coaster up to heaven?
Fuck that! Now I'll never convert!
Harvey Slavin
One more reason to mess with Home Depot: In her piece "Winter White" (January 6), The Bitch observed that Andy Parrish was whining that, should a Home Depot be built at McDonald Avenue and U.S. 1, we would lose our only supermarket in Coconut Grove. If Andy is whining, it's because as a life-long resident and community activist, he is concerned about a good number of our neighbors who do not own cars.
Many of these locals, who've lived here all their lives, are direct descendants of the Bahamian community that helped to found and literally built what is now Coconut Grove. They are largely elderly and must depend on others for transportation. They have always walked to the local market. Would The Bitch ask them to take a long bus ride for their groceries? (Many cannot afford cab service.) Or would it be preferable to The Bitch that they move away from the community their grandparents and great-grandparents labored to create?
I agree that Andy and many more of us are "preservationists." We are interested in helping to preserve, among other things, what is left of the Bahamian community, which is fast disappearing as a result of gentrification.
Please note that our committee, The Grove First, has the support of every local homeowner association (including the Village West Homeowners and Tenants Association) and civic group, including the One Grove Alliance, the Quality of Life Committee, the Civic Club, the Grove Merchants Association, the Grand Avenue Merchants, the Coconut Grove Collaborative, the Coconut Grove Women's Club, the Coconut Grove Village Council, and the Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce -- to name just a few. They all support the effort to keep Home Depot and other big-box retailers out of our village.


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In a game that featured 10 U.S. National Sled Team members record a point in an 8-0 win over Japan, one goal stood out among them all. Late in the first period, defenseman Nikko Landeros (Johnstown, Colo.) swung around the net of Japanese goaltender Mitsuru Nagase, lifted the puck up onto his blade and threw the puck, lacrosse style, into the top corner of the net, giving the U.S. a 3-0 lead at the time.
"I was coming around the net and they were giving me a little bit of the slot," Landeros said postgame. "I was looking for someone to pass to and no one was open, so I kind of picked the puck up and put it in the top corner of the net."
Although he hadn't planned on unleashing his nifty offensive attack, Landeros admitted that he had always wanted to showcase his puck handling skills in the heat of game action.
"You know, I practice it every once in a while, but it felt good to put it in in a real game," the big defenseman said. "I won't do it too often, because I don't like to showboat, but that was the only way the puck was going to go in at that point so I did what I had to do."
The highlight goal was just the tip of the iceberg on a night when the U.S. controlled the tempo of the game in each zone. Goaltender Jen Yung Lee (San Francisco, Calif.) stopped each shot he faces to record a shut out to compliment the 10 point scorers for the U.S. Josh Pauls (Green Brook, N.Y.) and Kevin McKee (Davenport, Iowa) each notched two goals while Alex Salamone (Buffalo, N.Y.) added two assists on the night.
"It says a lot about how we've tried to put the guys together," said head coach Jeff Sauer. "We've got pretty good balance through all three lines, which is very important. We know we can score offensively from the point; we've got guys back there that are very mobile. The key for us is to get our forwards moving the puck and taking quicker shots and I thought tonight we did that."
Despite the comfortable win over Japan, the U.S. has already begun looking ahead to their matchup with rival Canada on Wednesday night. The two teams will meet to determine who finishes the preliminary round of the World Sledge Challenge undefeated heading into the semifinals.
"It was important that we came out and played the full 45 minutes tonight," said Pauls. "Canada has a lot of depth, and we have 17 guys that are capable of playing on the international level. We just need to not worry about making mistakes … and play like we can, and we'll be fine."
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GeoNet offers you a lot of great features over your high-speed Internet connection for local, long distance, and international calls. For one price and one convenient monthly bill, you can enjoy all the features we offer. You can make UNLIMITED on-net calls to your family and friends. You get a FREE phone number from GeoNet. And best of all - there more great features coming soon!
GeoNet has 3 different kinds of monthly service plans to choose from:
You need Broadband Internet service, a Phone adapter, and a telephone.
You can sign up online or by calling 1-800-730-0549 to order by phone.
When you sign up for one of the GeoNet plans, you get a new FREE phone number. You will be able to make and receive calls on your new, personal GeoNet phone number, and enjoy many of the advanced telephony features that come with it!
Voicemail, On-Net Free Calling, 3-Way Calling, Area Code Selection, Speed Dial, Call Forwarding, Call Transfer, Call Waiting, Caller ID, Call Return (*69), Anonymous Call Rejection (ACR), Do Not Disturb (*78), Last Number Redial, and Repeat Dialing.
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You can connect your GeoNet Phone adaptor to a Broadband Internet connection anywhere in the world and you can even take it with you when you travel!
You can login to your GeoNet online personal account to check your calling detail records, to recharge the prepaid fees, and to modify your account information.
When you sign up for any of the GeoNet calling plans, your account will automatically charge your credit card for the monthly service fees and the pre-paid costs. (A) Monthly Service Charge: A monthly service charge will occur once a month on the date that your calling plan cycle renews. This date is determined by the date you registered for the calling plan. (B) Pre-paid Cost: Calls made to destinations not included in your calling plan, and any per-minute charges exceeding your calling plan minutes, are deducted from your pre-paid account balance. Upon signup, you will receive a credit line that becomes your account balance. When the account balance falls below $5.00, your credit card will be automatically charged.


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WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 1, 2014 — Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), today announced availability of a new solution for X-value verification in register transfer level (RTL) and gate level designs. X-values are symbols that represent unknown voltage levels of signals in digital IC designs. The latest version of the Questa® Verification Platform links simulation and formal verification capabilities to deliver complete X-value analysis and debug, which helps an IC design team avoid the risk of silicon and simulation failure. These new capabilities target both of the problematic effects of X-values that can lead to silicon bugs and wasted design effort: X-optimism and X-pessimism.
"Even though awareness of X issues is good, and designers do their best to follow coding guidelines to avoid X-state bugs, we still face the challenge of eliminating all X-related silicon bugs with traditional verification methods," said Meng-Han Hsieh, director of Design Platform Division, MediaTek Inc. "The Questa X-value verification solution has proven to be of immense value in catching X bugs which would have been difficult to detect otherwise."
"Within the Questa Platform we combine formal and simulation to obtain results that couldn't be achieved with either of these technologies used independently," said John Lenyo, vice president and general manager, Design Verification Technology Division, Mentor Graphics. "The X-value verification solution brings these complementary technologies together to help our customers overcome the risks of silicon and simulation failures caused by X-states."
Simulation to Silicon Mismatches
Fundamental differences exist in the way that an X-value is interpreted in RTL simulation versus how it is treated by synthesis. The synthesis interpretation of X, as don't care, can result in a silicon circuit that behaves differently than it does in RTL simulation, where X is interpreted as unknown. Simply eliminating all X-values from RTL simulation is not practical, as not all storage elements in today's large designs can be reset directly, especially those in the data path.
X-Optimism and X-Pessimism Verification with Questa
X-optimism is the more dangerous of the two risks associated with X-values. This effect causes unknown values to act as though they were deterministically known values in RTL simulation. This can mask bugs, since the design is not being simulated with all the signal values that it will experience in silicon.
The Questa Verification Platform now includes a mode with silicon-accurate semantics for X-propagation in both the simulation and formal verification engines. This X-propagation mode defeats the threat of X-optimism by allowing X-values to propagate to assertions or testbench checkers, where they can be detected. The Questa fully automatic formal solution can detect storage elements that have been initialized correctly, but could later be corrupted by X-values in their fan-in logic. In addition, X-value debug is expedited with X-trapping that pinpoints the source of X-optimism in the design, and with X-tracing capabilities which aid in tracking down the source of unexpected X-values.
The second X-value concern is X-pessimism, which is most troublesome during gate-level simulation. This issue causes signal values to appear as unknown, even though they will be deterministically known in silicon. X-pessimism leads to wasted debug effort and overdesign.
The Questa solution eliminates these pessimistic X-values by identifying X-state signals that can be formally proven to always resolve to known good logic values. These logic values are then used to initialize the design in simulation, preventing costly simulation failures.
Product Availability and Additional Information
The new Questa product is available for immediate shipment. For more information, contact your Mentor Graphics sales associate or visit the company website at http://www.mentor.com/products/fv/questa-verification-platform.
About the Questa Verification Platform
The Questa Verification Platform uniquely provides a comprehensive solution that addresses the SoC verification explosion with a platform comprised of advanced verification methodologies, high performance simulation, intelligent testbench automation, software/hardware unified debug, formal, CDC, low power, analog-mixed signal, VIP, a central unified database and automated analysis tools, as well as integrated flows with ESL and emulation.
Mentor Graphics and Questa are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.


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Bring a little chocolate love into your office and home space with chocolate thumb tacks! Candace Jedrowicz shares a super easy way to make polymer clay chocolates to transform your tacks into tiny, delicious looking chocolates!
Watch Candace's Faux Chocolate Thumb Tacks YouTube video tutorial!
Aleene's Super Gel Adhesive
Polymer clay – chocolate color – I mix my own with dark brown, gold and a little bit of orange
Small round, square and heart shaped molds – read how to make some here
Water spritzer
Thumb tacks – the flat kind
Polymer clay sealer – satin
Paint brush
1. Condition the polymer clay. Roll a small ball
2. Spritz a mold with a little water and press the ball of clay into it. Smooth the back as flat as possible.
3. While the clay is still in the mold, press the the flat side of the tack into the clay to make an impression.
4. Carefully push the clay out of the mold and make sure the tack will still fit before baking the clay according to the directions on the package.
5. Glue a tack into the back of each chocolate. Allow to dry.
6. Coat each chocolate with 2 coats of satin sealer. Allow to dry well between coats.


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By Nick
Jonah drove slowly into the parking area for the beach. The boisterous conversations taking place among the other occupants of the car slowly faded as each and every one got a glimpse of the sight that lay directly ahead of them.
"Wow," was the best comment anyone could seem to muster.
They piled out of the car; the beauty of the moonlit beach was now more than just a view through the windshield.
"This really is beautiful," Jonah told himself.
Yet, despite the moon shining off the water in one big stripe and the warm breeze that caressed his face, Jonah did not feel any real happiness. Sure, he was pleased to have been given the opportunity to allow his friends to experience this place he had discovered while out driving one night, but he wanted some happiness for HIMSELF for a change. To just be -- content.
As the girls were nearly done laying out a blanket for all to lay upon and enjoy the night sky, Jonah announced brusquely, "I'm going for a walk."
He expected no response from his friends; they knew him well enough to realize that he was sometimes distant. It angered Jonah and pleased him at the same time that they were so respectful of his feelings. Or were they? Did he really want to be left alone? He disregarded the complicated thought and began to walk away. Much to his surprise he heard a male voice, that of Jen's friend Chris, call out from the darkness.
"Hey. Hold up, Jonah."
Chris jogged over to Jonah before he continued speaking.
"Mind if I join you?" Chris asked gingerly.
This was certainly not was Jonah was expecting to hear, and fumbled with a few words in his mind before giving Chris a response.
"Err--sure, if you want," was all he could come up with.
"I just had to get away from those girls for a little while, and this seemed like a golden opportunity," Chris said, chuckling. Jonah could not help but smile. They were pretty damn "bouncy" after all.
"Now, that's much better," Chris said, continuing to grin quite widely, looking directly at Jonah's face.
"What's better?" Jonah snapped, now staring Chris down.
"Jeez man, calm down," Chris retorted, his head turning forward, now looking down at the sand between his toes. "I meant your smile. You seemed kinda, well, ticked off tonight. Just really--"
"--Distant?" Jonah cut in, his voice softening. He had responded almost subconsciously--it was the first time anyone seemed to care about his feelings, after all.
"Yeah, that's the word I was looking for." Chris stated as the two continued their stroll down the moonlit beach, their legs moving subconsciously, both seemingly deep in thought. Jonah feared he had offended Chris, but this was apparently not the case, as the conversation seemed to simply pick up where it had been left off.
"I feel like that too sometimes," Chris continued, dominating the conversation. "It's almost as if something is missing from my life sometimes, but instead of doing something about it, I just think I want to be by myself, then that seems to make things even worse."
Jonah looked over at his friend, who was still looking down at the sand as he walked...
Stay tuned for further installments... I really like getting e-mail, too, so feel free to send any comments or whatever you want at firstname.lastname@example.com!
Nick, 19, is a college sophomore in Worcester, Mass.


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Light blogging tonight, thanks to some not-so-fun computer problems — Office XP crashed on me. Hard.
Not one of my Office applications will boot, not even in Safe Mode. Complicating things, the "detect and repair" feature crashes, too. Further complicating matters, I still don't have an Office XP disc.
(If you're wondering how I reinstalled Office after losing the disc last winter, it was easy. Since Gateway wasn't willing to replace my lost media for anything less than full retail price, I borrowed a friend's Enterprise Edition. Pirating? Moi? I don't think so. I paid for the product, and I can hardly be blamed for Gateway's "vindictive disinterest" in helping out a customer in trouble.)
So I've ordered a gray-area OEM edition of Office 2003, and it will be here early tomorrow. In the meantime, I've got no spellchecker, no spreadsheets, and not even any way to finish up the GX magazine food column I have due tomorrow.
This bites.
39 Comments, 39 Threads
1. Jeff Harrell
Which one's newer? Office XP or Office 2003?
Also: buy a Mac. Now. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
(Actually, you might wanna wait a couple of hours. I here strange things are afoot at the Circle K, if you know what I mean.)
August 31, 2004 - 12:49 am Link to this Comment -
2. Michael N.
You might want to consider Open Office. It's got a full-featured word processor, a pretty good spreadsheet, and the price is unbeatable — totally free.
It doesn't give you a real database app, and there is a bit of a learning curve, but it has most of the functionality that you'll need, I suspect. You can open and save documents in MSWord and Excel formats, too.
August 31, 2004 - 4:56 am Link to this Comment -
3. Gerard Van der Leun
Steven, it is said that life is full of lessons that will be repeated until you learn them. Then you will be given a new lesson.
You will repeat this sorry saga forever until, as noted above, you learn the word "Macintosh."
I once spent hours and days learning your current lesson, and it was repeated, many times.
I hate to think of a writer of your caliber wasting his life waiting on bad software. Please short Microsoft and use the proceeds to Mac Up.
These Windows issues go away as do concerns about spyware and viruses.
August 31, 2004 - 4:59 am Link to this Comment -
4. Glenn
I was gonna suggest OpenOffice [www.openoffice.org] but somebody beat me to it. You would never miss Word or Excel.
I'll burn a couple of copies of Slackware 9.1 for ya if you decide to break the bonds of Microsoft slavery.
August 31, 2004 - 5:11 am Link to this Comment -
5. Jeff Harrell
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to revise and extend my prior remarks, please.
Office 2004 for the Mac is actually, in my opinion, a darned fine piece of software. I don't use it very much, but when I need to, I never have any complaints. I mean, apart from the standard Microsoft complaint that their software is cluttered, confusing and hard to use. But my needs are pretty modest, so I rarely get frustrated by that.
Open Office, in contrast, is really awful. Again, in my modest opinion. You have to run it through this thing called the X Window system, and it doesn't even support basic operations like copy and paste, stuff that the Mac has had for 20 years.
So I'd recommend that you take some of that giant pile of money you sleep on
August 31, 2004 - 6:45 am Link to this Comment -
6. Mike M
What is this "Mac" you all speak of?
Congratulations on crashing Office. Despite its legacy, I've found XP to be very stable and resilient, and I've been using Office 2000 for years. Maybe the problem is with Office 2003. I haven't heard many good things about it, and if I remeber correctly Glenn Reynolds had quite a rant about it when it first came out. Maybe it's time to consider a software change. Upgrade to XP or downgrade to the more stable 2000. Either that or make sure your hard drive isn't crashing.
August 31, 2004 - 7:03 am Link to this Comment -
7. DougInAZ
Office on the Mac is very good. You could always mate it up with the new G5 iMac that Apple introduced yesterday. Biggest plus…NO Spyware!
August 31, 2004 - 8:14 am Link to this Comment -
8. Rob
Gotta go with the others. Pick yourself up a PowerBook, such as the 15-inch model, which is very sweet. Light, fast, mucho attention to detail and tech support that actually answers the phone.
No viruses, no spyware, pop-ups blocked and junk mail filtered. My iBook just recently had an uptime of 184 days, despite daily changes of network connectiion and locale. The only reason I had to reboot it was to install an OS update.
I really don't know how you PC types out there stand it. Unreliable, insecure, ugly products from companies that have no interest in your continuing business are a hell of a way to have to live your professional life.
August 31, 2004 - 8:33 am Link to this Comment -
9. Rob
Oh, I forgot: Open Office is not ready for regular people to use yet. It will get there, probably in a year or two, but it's just for geeks and Microsoft haters right now.
August 31, 2004 - 8:35 am Link to this Comment -
10. Dave
If Macs had the market share of Windows, they'd have just as many virii, etc.
Ugly? It's a computer. Who gives a #@$#. Its job is not to look pretty, it's to do what I want it to.
I've never tried open office; I hate office, and only use it when forced to. I also hate Windows XP, and prefer the very stable and less image-oriented (and more function-oriented) 2000.
August 31, 2004 - 8:44 am Link to this Comment -
Have you tried a WinXP System Restore?
It's saved me a couple of times.
August 31, 2004 - 9:00 am Link to this Comment -
12. Gene B
Open Office is Awful? Open Office requires X Windows? Open Office doesn't support Cut/Copy/Paste? Uh, you must be referring to older versions, or to the Linux version. I'm running OO 1.1.0 on my Win 2K laptop (Dell Latitude C840) right now as I speak. I assure you that it is running in Windows Native mode and does NOT require X support. I commonly use Copy/Paste to copy document snips — from documents that I receive in Word format — into a remote website management program that absolutely insists on being run in IE 5 or better. Works like a shot, and is much more reliable than using Word. Oh, and the lack of a database module is a non-issue to me, I'm a database programmer by trade so I use industrial strength products. I also own Office 2K Pro and can count the number of times I've started up Access with the fingers on one hand.
I have encountered a few issues with OO though — I have encoutered a few Word documents that contained embedded graphics that did not render correctly. I had a crash problem with OO when connected to the Net via improperly configured routers, cleared up when the routing problem was corrected.
Overall, I'd give OO a 4 out of 5. The best part is that it is FREE. Hmm, on the other hand the best part is that it isn't Microsoft.
August 31, 2004 - 9:03 am Link to this Comment -
13. bender
try using wordpad -
start, accessories, wordpad.
Its not that great (and there arnt many features..) but it will allow you to do most of waht you need.
There is no spellcheck though.
August 31, 2004 - 9:09 am Link to this Comment -
14. Gene B
Uh, OO is dificult to install? The installation instructions are right there on the download page, all you have to do is follow the instructions. It isn't a difficult procedure, just download the archive, decompress it and run the installer. Trivial. My non-tech wife was able to do it herself.
August 31, 2004 - 9:10 am Link to this Comment -
15. Gene B
Uh, OO is difficult to use? The only real difference between OO and MS Office is that Office consists of multiple discreet executables where OO is a monolithic executable, hence you would start OO and then choose the document type when you create one anew. Other than that, the usability of the 2 products are about the same. If you can use Office, you can use OO, the learning curve is really slight.
August 31, 2004 - 9:40 am Link to this Comment -
16. Ian Argent
I'll second the comment about relative market share protecting Macs from malware and poor programming. And as a tech support professional, I can't say that I've found Macs to be much more stable than PCs in equivalent circumstances. (Stable device drivers, programs, and lack of malware).
Also, remember, there is no secure OS, only secure users. It is my opinion that Macs tend to make their users have a false sense of security because much less malware targets macs (linux is the same way). Windows gets the script kkiddies because it is more prevalent. (And having installed SP2 on a Athlon64, and watching a couple of my programs fail because of poor interaction between them and the new, forced secure, environment, I'm waiting for everyone to bitch out MS for poor practices ont he ISVs parts).
August 31, 2004 - 9:54 am Link to this Comment -
17. vtrtl
Must agree with Jeff. Got a mac when I returned to grad school.
will -never- use anything else again.
when I leave here and go back to work if they give me a PC laptop I swear I'm going to set a fern on it.
Of course I hand mark up all my documents in LaTeX. It makes beautiful pdfs exactly the way you want them, and it does not crash the computer, but it is not for the faint of heart.
X and open office will not work as well on a PC as MS Word.
The first principle is this: never use more program than you need to do what you are trying to do. Unfortunately, with MS Office that is hard to do.
August 31, 2004 - 9:59 am Link to this Comment -
18. erp
To all you Mac users:
I switched to Windows about five years ago because the Mac froze up with great regularity. In these past years, Excel has performed flawlessly (I run a CPA office, so it is well used) and Word occasionally needs a little nudge, but basically has also worked well. All this in Windows 98.
I just got a laptop with XP. It seems to work just fine too.
August 31, 2004 - 10:08 am Link to this Comment -
19. bkw
Join the Mac Cult! Jooooooooooin the Mac Cult!
Membership only requires a brief surgical procedure separating you from your wallet.
It's painless, really!
/pc enthusiast. If I can't get replacement parts / upgrade it myself from random bits of circuitry churned out by rabid capitalists, what's the point?
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The "If there was more Mac/Linux marketshare there'd be more virii" is a canard. There are profound, built-in "features" in MS OSes that make it nearly impossible to truly secure. Nobody at MS had ever even heard the word security until about 2 years ago and they're still trying to catch up.
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21. bkw
The "If there was more Mac/Linux marketshare there'd be more virii" is a canard.
The idea that any complex system can be totally secure is a canard.
And the fact that MS is less of a hermetically sealed obelesque than, say, the Mac does not mean the Mac is unassailable.
The fact that MS is vulnerable does not make Mac/Linux virus proof. It is an easier target. But if Mac/Linux had 98% market share, where, then, would the attentions of the black hatters be focused? Do you think they wouldn't find anything at all?
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22. KeithJ
I have a new, shrink wrapped copy of Office2003 Small Business Edition you can have(does not contain Access). It's a fully functional promotional package (only difference is stickers that say "Promotional Sample Not for Resale"). I get these copies by attending MS siminars (where we all sit around and drink the Kool-Aid).
Tell me where to send it and it's yours.Re: OpenOffice
If you exchange documents with real world people (that use Office) stay away from OpenOffice. It's not 'there' yet.August 31, 2004 - 11:46 am Link to this Comment -
23. Jeff Harrell
Open Office is Awful? Open Office requires X Windows? Open Office doesn't support Cut/Copy/Paste? Uh, you must be referring to older versions, or to the Linux version.
I was referring to the Mac version. I wouldn't know the Windows version if it crawled up my leg and sang the Walt Whitman poem "O Captain, My Captain" to the tune of "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island."
I'll second the comment about relative market share protecting Macs from malware and poor programming.
Well, that plus the fact that Mac OS X is just inherently a hell of a lot more secure than Windows. The most serious Apple security vulnerability ever recorded was fixed in a matter of weeks after its first discovery, and it was never exploited in the wild.
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24. John Branch
Heh…now that Den Beste is on hiatus, it seems that the PC v. Mac flamewar has moved here.
I would say that this is enough to drive a man to drink, but, you probably already are drinking.
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25. rosignol
All I can really say is that the guy who was talking about only having to reboot OSX for system updates wasn't exaggerating, my experience has been similar. With that said, Win2KPro is fairly stable, too… but why on earth anyone with Mr. Green's demonstrated good taste would be screwing around with WinXP is beyond me.
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26. leelu
Then, there's Star Offcice, Sun's commericla version of OpenOffice. Biggest difference is, it comes with a manual. Also, $75.00 gets you 5 licenses.
(I'm running mine on both Xandros 2.0, a very easy-to-use Linux distro, and Win2k.)
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27. Dave
I (the Windows 2000 enthusiast) agree, rosignol – there's no excuse for Windows XP.
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28. Sigivald
erp: Pre-OSX MacOS is as unlike OSX as Windows 95 is unlike XP (and 2K, which will be clumped with OSX for this discussion. So there, 2k zealots. I like XP, just turn the useless crap off.).
Both OS7/8/9 and Win9x are unstable systems that will crash, hard, if given any chance.
Both XP and OSX are stable, entirely memory-protected multitasking OSes that shouldn't ever crash short of a hardware failure or a driver or kernel-level screwup.
(Certainly all of my crashes in both can be ascribed to one of the latter; this is especially true when gaming, since many games do esoteric and torturous things to video hardware and drivers.)
Security at the core level should be roughly on-par between the two OSes; both have real user permissions and, again, protected memory.
The only real difference I've noticed is that XP gives users more power by default (leading to more ability to infect themselves), and OSX has a much slicker permission-gaining system.
(Full Disclosure: Long time Mac (6.0.7+) and DOS/Windows user (2.0) and *nix user, and Windows programmer.)
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29. Dave
Well, that's pretty Fair And Balanced, Sigivald.
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Certainly no OS that is connected to any external access can be made 100% secure. However, inherent in design decisions made in Windows (all versions) are security holes that are nearly impossible to fill.
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33. PapayaSF
So I've ordered a gray-area OEM edition of Office 2003
If this is one of those "disk or download only" things featured in spams and sold on websites with odd names hosted in China, dollars to donuts you're buying pirated software. Heaven knows what spyware might come built-in, and who your email address and credit card info might get passed to….
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34. Mike Daley
We seem to be talking customer service here.
You're gonna be in the PC world, you gotta go with DELL.
MAC, too expensive for this poor boy (got the Dell 2.4 Ghz P4, 512MB SDRAM, 17″ flat panel,Office 2003 basic (Word & Outlook)for less than a grand.
I recently broke, due to carelesness (I kicked a connected cable and broke the pins), the front USB connection, five days later a Dell guy arrived at my rural home (60 miles East of Sacramento,CA. and well off the beaten track) and fixed free.
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35. Jay Reding
OpenOffice does an excellent job of doing 9 out of 10 things that Office does, and it's free. You really can't go wrong.
I'm also a recent Mac convert, with an iMac G5 on order. If you're going to be buying a pre-manufactured machine rather than rolling your own, there's no competitition to Apple. Their service and support is the best in the industry, hands down, and their hardware lasts forever.
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36. Lloyd
God the geektalk overfloweth! Just go to the John Kerry school of replacing lost valuables. I'm sure the nice folks at Gateway will understand.
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37. bkw
Certainly no OS that is connected to any external access can be made 100% secure.
It's often said that the only way to secure a computer … is to unplug it. And then lock it in a safe. Somewhere inside Ft. Knox. Or put it in that hidden archive, right next to the Ark of the Covenant.
However, inherent in design decisions made in Windows (all versions) are security holes that are nearly impossible to fill.
I tend to think it's a combinations of decisions that were made … and decisions that were not made — things that were just allowed to happen. Good design rarely just happens on its own, but lots of design "just happens" when you're creating New Stuff.
I'm perfectly willing to admit that Mac/Linux appear more "hardened" than the dysfunctional family of MS OSes (I actually happen to like XP a whole hell of a lot, but I also have to help a couple hundred clueless users — and frankly, XP makes my life easier).
What I'm not willing to totally accept the prima-facie evidence that mac/linux is therefore superiour. It's like someone bragging that they've never been knocked out by Mike Tyson.
Yeah, but have you ever gone into the ring with him?
Eh. Computers are just tools. Use the one that best suits your needs (first) and wants (second).
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38. rosignol
I tend to think it's a combinations of decisions that were made … and decisions that were not made — things that were just allowed to happen. Good design rarely just happens on its own, but lots of design "just happens" when you're creating New Stuff.
Well, here's the thing- Win2K is fairly new, a re-write of NT, which dates back to the mid-90s or so.
MacOS X is a (very) pretty GUI on top of a flavor of Unix, which dates back to the 70s. That extra 30 years of figuring out how to do it right makes a difference.
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39. rosignol
'scuse me, meant '20 years', etc. Took the '2K' part a little too literally.
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Fledderjohann, who averaged 19.9 points per game, eclipsed 1,100 points for his career to become the third-highest scorer in school history.
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After suffering losses in four of their first five exhibition contests in the spring of 1963, the Cincinnati Reds took on the New York Mets fifty years ago this week in hopes of reversing their recent misfortunes on the diamond.
Suiting up on the hill for the Mets was St. Marys native Galen Cisco, who was eventually credited with the victory after the Redlegs fell by a final of 3-2 in the exhibition game.
LIMA — The St. Marys boys basketball team went basket for basket with Bath for a quarter, but the Wildcats' relentless defensive pressure and array of offensive weapons proved to be too much.
Bath pulled away from St. Marys behind junior Taren Sullivan's 25-point night for a 76-52 sectional final victory on Friday night at Lima Senior to end the Roughriders' season.


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FlyLady is a support and self-help group that offers advice to help people with housekeeping, founded by "The FlyLady", Marla Cilley.[1]
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Neanderthals were quite separate
Monday, 5 May 2008
A simplified family tree of humanity has dealt a blow to those who contend that Neanderthals intermingled with our forebears.
HMAS Sydney find raises funding questions
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Some of Australia's most important watery war graves could be located for about one-tenth of the cost of finding HMAS Sydney, the nation's most high-profile naval shipwreck, a researcher says.
Pyramids packed with fossil shells
Monday, 28 April 2008
Many of Egypt's most famous monuments, such as the Sphinx and Cheops pyramid at Giza, contain hundreds of thousands of marine fossils, according to a new study.
Afghan oil paintings world's oldest
Thursday, 24 April 2008
Artists in Afghanistan were painting using oils as far back as the 7th century, research shows, hundreds of years before oil paint was used in Europe.
Terracotta army has egg on its face
Monday, 21 April 2008
China's terracotta army, a collection of 7000 soldier and horse figures in the mausoleum of the country's first emperor, was covered with beaten egg when it was made, scientists say.
Darwin's theory of evolution goes online
Friday, 18 April 2008
The original version of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution has been published online among a "treasure trove" of the scientist's papers, photographs and other documents.
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Great Moments in Science If you observe the ancient Mayan calendar, then your time's running out. Dr Karl has been rummaging through ancient Mayan scribblings that are said to indicate an apocalyptic end by 2012.
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Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Aboriginal tools found in Western Australia and dating back 35,000 years are surprisingly sophisticated and varied, archaeologists say.
Found! Fossil poo from first Americans
Friday, 4 April 2008
DNA from ancient human faeces found in a cave provides biological verification that people were in North America 14,000 years ago, researchers say.
Ancient necklace shows power of gold
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
A gold necklace that's almost 4000 years old shows this precious metal was used as a status symbol in the Americas much earlier than we think, a new study shows.
Ancient Egyptians did it tough
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Friday, 28 March 2008
The oldest recording of the human voice - made 17 years before Thomas Edison invented the phonograph - has been discovered and played back by audio researchers.
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Monday, 17 March 2008
Modern humans are thought to have left Africa in a wave of migration around 50,000 years ago. But another smaller group, possibly a different subspecies, left the continent 50,000 years earlier, suggests a new study.
Heritage computers facing scrap heap
Friday, 14 March 2008
Museums around the world could lose access to some of the oldest computer relics if storage space can't be found for them by 1 April.
Tiny Pacific skeletons stir hobbit debate
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Tiny skeletons found in the caves of the Pacific islands of Palau undercut the theory that similar remains found in Indonesia might be a unique new species of humans, researchers report.


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Tickets remain on sale for tomorrow's visit of Bristol City (3pm) with all areas available.
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Tomorrow (Saturday) at 9am is the first opportunity for away season ticket holders to purchase tickets for the trip to Brentford on Saturday, February 22nd (3pm).
AST holders have a seven day priority window and both seating and terracing tickets will be available.
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The next home game after tomorrow is when Bradford visit Molineux on Saturday, February 1st (3pm).
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What I've Learned in the Past 6 Months from Buying Websites
It's been a while since I've written anything here, so I figure it's about time I break the silence and spill some beans. For the past 6 months I've been focusing mostly on buying new websites to add to my portfolio, later updating them with new content. There's a lot to learn from acquiring established websites in very different niches from very different owners.
As I've been buying websites from Flippa keeping it very safe, I haven't bought any duds (with an exception of one site that has died out after having a fair run) nor have I been cheated, so that's a good thing. On the flip side (no pun intended) I've only been able to buy sites with traffic from Google and income from Adsense. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
How Do Websites Make Money?
I've come across a presentation put together by Flippa with the last years (2012) website sales data. Even with the current year ending it's very valuable information on how websites make money. Some of the most important takeaways from the presentation are the following.
The average site site earns $133/mo with a bit over of 2,000 monthly uniques, that is $0.04 per unique. The average sale was $493 at 8x monthly income multiple. This greatly varies based on the type of a website, but it gives us a pretty good rough baseline on what to expect any particular site to earn. And more importantly to check against your own portfolio of websites to see how they fair against this baseline and if there's a possibility to improve. Because, hey, if your sites makes $0.01 per unique which is 4 times less than the average, maybe there's unrealized potential to monetize better.
Why You Should Stop Relying on Google
It's time to forget the notion of starting a website by ranking it on Google once and for all. For years this method used to be the golden goose for Internet marketers. You throw together a site, not necessarily a good one, point some links its way using a desired anchor text and voilà, you have a ranking site that gets traffic and makes money.
Over the past year Google has fought a fierce battle against this manipulation, not without collateral damage of completely genuine sites getting hit. It's become increasingly complicated to rank a new site, much less maintain a ranking for a length of time.
Freemium is Dead, Delete Your Lists
Signing up people for free and trying to upsell them is a model that has run its course, according to Christian Vanek, CEO of SurveyGizmo.
And while I wouldn't entirely agree with such a broad statement it strikes a chord with me because I've recently deleted my list for similar reasons.
More Google Update Horrors
In yesterdays post on Webmaster Central Blog Google has announced yet more updates to their SE algo which would affect 3.1% of English queries (as well as queries in other languages). The update targets backlink schemes, keyword stuffing and other signals Google didn't divulge in the post.
Negative SEO?
I didn't think this was possible and I wasn't convinced negative SEO was made possible by the latest Google algo changes (and the hit on the blog networks) but looks like there's more and more proof it out there.
Here's a case study on TrafficPlanet and a related thread on Google Groups.
A Warning About Instant Commission Affilliate Programs
They're not new, you've probably heard about them and their virtues. You get 100% commissions of the front-end product sale straight to your PayPal account. What could be better? But things aren't so pretty if you consider what else you get with these programs.
Now, let me make this clear, I've nothing against the concept of instant commissions, but there are serious considerations to make and risks to evaluate before taking up on offers like this. It's not all so great as your next "guru" claims to be.
Boost Your Site's Sales with Enhanced Security Measures and Suggestive Aesthetics
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Optimizing your online store is key if you're going to boost your sales. There are a number of ways you can do this, but most of the time the advice you get revolves around creating better copy or using psychological sales tactics. These are legitimate aspects to the process, but there are two areas that are often overlooked: enhanced security measures and suggestive aesthetics.


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The Panavise Deluxe Micro Mount (Black) is a highly versatile mount with a modular structure that offers 12 options for mounting your CCTV camera. Included in the package is a 2" (50.8mm) round base with 4 holes on a bolt circle for solid surface mounting and a T-Bar Clip for drop ceiling rails. Two aluminum shafts allow you to vary the mount's length, making it possible to have a mount that is either 2" (50.8mm), 4" (101.6mm), or 6" (152.4mm) long. Camera positioning is simple thanks to the mount's ability to tilt up to 190° and rotate 360°, while a lockring securely holds your CCTV camera in place. In addition, the mount features a 1/4-20 mounting stud, which makes it compatible with most cameras.
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Going to try to comment again. What a great trip. Great pictures. Hope bike is fixed. Tell Bruce we said HI. Great to have a wonderful host. Lets try this again before I write to much. By the way how is Porters bike?
Bike repaired - hopefully
Porter's did get to see 2 moose on their way to Walmart (of all places) today! Enjoy the picture below.
We have made plans to leave in Bruce's motorhome tomorrow for Denali National Park and Fairbanks. Hope we get some good pictures to share.
Stay tuned.........
Tom, Sandy, Linda and Randy
Hello - is this Gary? We are all doing great! Will be sure to tell Bruce hi from you and Joyce. Porter hasn't checked on his bike the last couple days, but was told it was the same thing as ours - hopefully all under re-call!
Headed for Fairbanks today in Bruce's motorhome.
Give Joyce our best. Catch you later.........(glad your comment worked this time!) Sandy
Hi Dianne, thanks for comment. Hope you son made it home safe and sound from Iraq. Been thinking about him.
Catch you later.....
I love reading this each day. I don't want to wish the summer away but I cannot wait until we are up there in August. Are you close to Ketchikan?
Stay safe and take alot of pictures.
Tom knows how to fix something broken and get something done. "And enjoy a nice cold beer." And the four of you are spoiling the heck out of my two buddies.
You're now on your RV journey and Lex keeps looking through the house for ya. "Correction." Flying and tearing up more carpet." When you return you'll see how much he's been missing you, so protect yourself when getting out of the motor home.
Yes, It's Gary & Joyce. Finally got this computer to work. Sounds like a great sidetrip in the motorhome. Glad to hear bike is back in operation. Are you still planning to go back by ferry or will you drive. Will talk again. G&J


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In order to apply for refrigeration certification, individuals must complete a training program, such as a certificate program. A refrigeration technician certificate program can teach students how to perform refrigeration repair and service procedures. Students typically learn how to work with refrigerants safely and within the limits of the law. Programs can cover troubleshooting techniques and can teach students about refrigeration system design. Students typically learn to use tools properly and to create a repair or service plan.
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Visakhapatnam: Protests against Centre's decision to divide the state continued on Tuesday as well.
Over 300 students of AU launched a hunger strike at the main gate Monday midnight. AU V-C Prof. G.S.N. Raju appealed to the students to withdraw the stir but to no avail.
In a bid to keep the state united, Rajya Sabha member Dr T. Subbarami Reddy met AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday and appealed to him to maintain status quo.
He reportedly briefed Singh about the ongoing stir by various sections of people in Visakhapatnam and also about the fast-unto-death by Congress Bheemili MLA M. Srinivasa Rao at Tagarapuvalasa from Sunday.
Digvijay Singh, who immediately responded, made a phone call to the protesting legislator to withdraw the hunger strike. He also assured the MLA of an amicable solution to the problem. But, Rao did not budge and said he would continue the strike respecting people's feelings.
However, late in the evening, police, in a bid to foil the fast, shifted the MLA to a hospital in Tagarapuvalasa where the legislator is continuing with his hunger strike.
Further, Dr Reddy also met other members of the Antony Committee including Ahmed Patel and Veerappa Moily and requested them to respect the sentiments of Seemandhra people.
Meanwhile, Samaikyandhra activists took out rallies in the city on Tuesday too. Andhra Pradesh Non-Gazetted Officers Association continued with its relay hunger strike at the NGO Home on the fifth day. Additional joint collector Y. Narasimha Rao, special deputy collector M.A. Sharif, Visakhapatnam RDO Ch. Rangaiah and others took part in protest.
KGH lab technicians, revenue staff and women employees from various departments also took part in the strike. APNGOs leader S. Nagewara Reddy and local association president K. Eswara Rao said they would intensify the agitation.


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