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Dr. Stephen D. Burstein
Stephen D. Burstein, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board certified neurosurgeon and the senior attending physician.
Stephen D. Burstein, M.D., recently
became certified to implant the Prestige Cervical
Disc, manufactured by a division of Medtronic.
Dr. Michael H. Brisman
Michael H. Brisman, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a
board certified neurosurgeon who is proficient
in adult neurological surgery. He specializes
in stereotactic and radiosurgery techniques
for the treatment of brain tumors and trigeminal
Dr. William J. Sonstein
William J. Sonstein, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board certified Diplomate, American Board
of Neurosurgery. He has a special interest in
complex spine surgery and has one of the largest
experiences with Posterior Lumbar Interbody
Fusion (PLIF) on Long Island.
Dr. Jeffrey A. BrownJeffrey A. Brown, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a board certified neurosurgeon, specializing in treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, brain tumors and complex facial pain surgery.
Dr Brown is Chief of Neurosurgery at Mercy Medical Center. Dr. Brown is also Neurosurgery Director of Winthrop University Hospital's Cyberknife program.
Dr. Benjamin R. Cohen
Benjamin R. Cohen, M.D., F.A.A.N.S., F.A.C.S. is a board certified neurosurgeon specializing revision spine surgery, adult scoliosis, and the treatment of spinal infection and tumors.
Dr. Cohen is fully versed in standard laminectomy and fusion techniques, with a special interest in minimally invasive procedures including kyphoplasty and microdiscectomy as well as surgery for spinal tumors.
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Dr. Artem Y. Vaynman
Artem Y. Vaynman, M.D., F.A.A.N.S. is a Neurosurgeon with special expertise in complex spinal surgery, minimally invasive spinal surgery, and 3D spinal navigation. Dr. Vaynman treats a variety of spine problems, such as degenerative scoliosis, spinal stenosis, compression fractures, back pain, herniated disc, and sciatica.
Dr. Lee Eric Tessler
Lee Eric Tessler, M.D., F.A.A.N.S. is a Neurosurgeon who specializes in
the treatment of primary brain tumors, metastatic
tumors, meningiomas, stereotactic surgery, and
Dr. Jonathan Brisman
Jonathan L. Brisman, M.D. is a board certified neurosurgeon who specializes
in Cerebrovascular and Endovascular surgery.
He is one of an estimated 70 neurosurgeons nationally
trained in both microneurosurgery and endovascular
techniques and the first dual-trained endovascular
neurosurgeon on Long Island.
Dr. Ramin Rak
Ramin Rak, M.D., F.A.A.N.S. is a board certified neurosurgeon who is proficient in adult neurosurgery. He specializes in brain tumors, cerebrovascular and skull base diseases, stereotactic radiosurgery, as well as complex and minimally invasive spinal procedures. Dr. Rak is an expert in micro-neurosurgical techniques which he utilizes to perform most of his brain and spinal surgeries. Dr Rak is certified in both Cyber-knife and Gamma-knife procedures.
Dr. Alan Mechanic
Alan Mechanic, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board certified neurosurgeon who specializes in spinal surgery, brain tumors and trigeminal neuralgia. Dr. Mechanic is the Chief of Neurosurgery at the Huntington Hospital in Huntington, NY, and brings more than 20 years of Neurosurgical experience to the practice
Dr. Donald Krieff
Donald S. Krieff, D.O., F.A.C.O.S, is a board certified neurosurgeon who treats adult and pediatric patients. He performs both complex cranial and spinal surgery. He has special interests in computer-assisted resection of brain tumors and the management of traumatic injuries to the brain and spine.
Dr. Brian J. Snyder
Brian J. Snyder, M.D. is a neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, tremor and dystonia, as well as seizure disorders and epilepsy. Dr. Snyder is an expert in deep brain stimulation (DBS) utilizing microelectrode recording, vagal nerve stimulation (VNS), and procedures for mapping, recording, and identifying seizure foci in the brain and the surgical resection of these foci.
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Dr. Elizabeth M. Trinidad
Elizabeth M. Trinidad, M.D., F.A.C.S. , is a fellowship trained pediatric neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of children and adults afflicted with complex disorders of the brain and spine. Dr. Trinidad is expert in neuroendoscopy and uses minimally invasive techniques when treating diseases of the brain and spine such as tumors, congenital malformations (craniosynostosis, spina bifida and Chiari), hydrocephalus, epilepsy and spasticity, trauma and degenerative disease. She is an expert in managing their care by using stereotactic radiosurgery for tumors and AVM's (Arteriovenous Malformations).
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Dr. Robert N. Holtzman
Robert N. Holtzman, M.D., is board certified in neurosurgery as well as in psychiatry and neurology. His interests in neurosurgery include cranial, spinal and peripheral nerve surgery. They include microdiscectomies, spinal decompression with stabilization and fusions and many intracranial procedures for trauma, tumor, hemorrhages and blood vessel disorders.
Dr Holtzman serves as Secretary Treasurer and Director of the Harry Winston Research Foundation and has also had an important relationship with the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. He currently serves as Chairman of the New York City Chapter of the Jackson Laboratory's National Council. He has collaborated with Mr. Herbert Juli, Executive Director of the World Jewish Congress Foundation, to fund graduate student fellowships at the Laboratory for biological and genetic research.
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Dr. Stephen T. Onesti
Stephen T. Onesti, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board certified neurosurgeon specializing in spine surgery. He served as professor of neurosurgery and chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center of Brooklyn, NY from 2003 to 2011. Dr. Onesti is Chief, Division of Neurosurgery, South Nassau Communities Hospital.
Dr. Onesti is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.). His professional memberships include the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the New York State Neurosurgical Society, for which he served as president from 2007 to 2009. In 2012 he was elected a member-at-large of the Nassau County Medical Society board of directors. Dr. Onesti was selected as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor: New York Metro Area in 2010, 2012 and 2013.
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Dr. Matthew B. Kern
Matthew B. Kern, M.D. F.A.A.N.S., is a board certified neurosurgeon who has been in practice for 14 years. He is skilled in general neurosurgery and specializes in complex spinal procedures, the surgical treatment of brain tumors, as well as the treatment of traumatic injuries to the brain, spine and spinal cord.
Dr Kern is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).
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Dr. Sachin N. Shah
Sachin N. Shah, M.D., is a neurosurgeon specializing in spinal surgery. He performs complex and revision spine surgery to treat conditions such as adult scoliosis, spinal deformities, spinal cord tumors and malformations.
Dr. Shah is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin. He speaks fluent Hindi and Gujarati.
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Dr. Vladimir Dadashev
Vladimir Dadashev, M.D., is a neurosurgeon who specializes in the treatment of degenerative diseases of the spine and spine tumors. Dr. Dadashev utilizes both minimally invasive and traditional open approaches for the treatment of spinal stenosis, sciatica, disc herniation, fractures, spinal instability, and back pain.
Dr. John A. Grant
John A. Grant, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board certified neurosurgeon who specializes in pediatric neurosurgery, and has an interest in vascular neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery. He was educated at Belvedere College S.J., Dublin, Ireland and received his medical degree from the Medical School of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, where has was an Arthur Jacob Scholar.
Dr. Grant is a member of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons, the European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the Nassau County Medical Society.
Dr. Zachariah M. George
Zachariah M. George, M.D., is a neurosurgeon with special expertise in complex spinal surgery and minimally invasive surgery. He also has orthopedic spine deformity training, and treats pediatric and adult deformities such as scoliosis and kyphosis. Dr. George uses minimally invasive techniques such as cervical laminoplasty; cervical, thoracic and lumbar foramenotomy; microdiscectomy with tubular retractors, and spinal fusion via XLIF, DLIF and AXIA-LIF.
Dr. George is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Dr. Gerald M. Zupruk
Gerald M. Zupruk, M.D., F.A.A.N.S., is a board certified neurosurgeon who is skilled in adult neurological surgery. He treats conditions such as lumbar and cervical disc herniation, spine injuries, head trauma, and brain tumors.
Dr. Zupruk served as President of the Northampton County Medical Society (PA) 1999, and as President of the Tompkins County Medical Society (NY), June 2011-May, 2012. He is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Medical Society of the State of New York
Dr. Paolo A. Bolognese
Paolo A. Bolognese, M.D. graduated magna cum laude in 1986 from the Medical School of the University of Turin. Dr. Bolognese is the leading worldwide expert in the field of laser Doppler flowmetry applied to neurosurgery and the top European figure in the field of neurosurgical intraoperative ultrasound. Dr Bolognese specializes in the management of Chiari I Malformation and related disorders.
His professional affiliations include American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of Neurological Surgery (CNS), Arnold Chiari Syringomyelia Alliance Project, and Chiari Syringomyelia Foundation (CSF).
Dr. Mihai D. Dimancescu
Mihai D. Dimancescu, M.D., F.A.A.N.S., is a board certified neurosurgeon with over 40 years of experience in brain and spine surgery. He introduced multiple new surgical techniques to several hospitals in Nassau County, was a pioneer in microendoscopic diskectomy (MED) of the lumbar spine and is a recognized expert in the evaluation and management of coma.
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Dr. John Pile-Spellman
John Pile-Spellman, M.D., F.A.C.R. is board certified in Radiology. He is recognized as an international leader in Interventional Neuroradiology, specializing in the diagnosis, management and treatment of cerebral aneurysms, strokes, tumors, vascular malformations and the development of innovative image-based services.
Dr. Dimancescu is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and of the American Association of Neurological Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He serves as a Board member of South Nassau Communities Hospital (SNCH) and as Chairman of the Hospital Credentialing Committee and Chairman of the Hospital Quality Review Committee.
Dr. Sundeep Mangla
Sundeep Mangla, M.D., is board certified in radiology with Certificate of Advanced Qualification in Neuroradiology. Dr. Mangla has specialized in the field of interventional neuroradiology, where he has been a clinical and academic leader and researcher in the field for the last 15 years.
Dr. Paul Duic
Paul Duic, M.D., is a Neuro-Oncologist. He specializes in the medical management of brain tumors and spine tumors, including central nervous system (CNS) tumors, gliomas, metastatic tumors, and CNS lymphoma
Dr. Jai Grewal
Jai Grewal, M.D., is a Neuro-Oncologist who specializes in the management of primary brain and spine tumors, Central Nervous System metastases, and neurological complications of cancer.
Dr Geoffrey H. Basson
Geoffrey H. Basson, M.D., is a neuro-ophthalmologist with board certification in neurology (a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) and ophthalmology (a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology). Dr. Basson specializes in the diagnosis and management of disorders of the nervous system which have visual signs or symptoms. This is a very comprehensive list of conditions, since almost anything affecting the brain can produce some alteration in vision.
He is a member of the New York Society for Clinical Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society.
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Dr. Alan B. Ettinger
Alan B. Ettinger, M.D., M.B.A., is a nationally-known epilepsy specialist who has dedicated his life to helping individuals with seizures and related disorders. Dr. Ettinger is the Director of Epilepsy at Neurological Surgery, P.C. Dr. Ettinger is a graduate of the Boston University 6 Year Combined BA-MD program. He completed his neurology and EEG/Epilepsy fellowship training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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Dr. Madan K. Raj
Madan K. Raj, M.D., is a board certified Interventional Physiatrist who specializes in Pain Management and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Raj practices interventional pain management, non-operative spine care, musculoskeletal medicine and general physiatry.
Dr. Ivan Mikolaenko
Ivan Mikolaenko, M.D., F.A.A.N., is a board certified neurologist with sub-specialty certification in neurocritical care, also known as a neurointensivist. He treats patients with critical neurological and neurosurgical problems. His special interest is in reducing secondary brain injury and improving recovery and functional ability in patients who have suffered from subarachnoid hemorrhage and severe traumatic brain injuries.
Dr. Mikolaenko is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Neurocritical Care Society, and Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association.
Dr. Joseph Moreira
Joseph Moreira, M.D., is a Board Certified Neurologist, certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, who specializes in intraoperative neurophysiology. This is the science of evaluating the integrity of the nervous system during various surgical procedures.
Dr. Moreira has been published in numerous publications and has conducted extensive research. He has presented various techniques of intraoperative monitoring using transcranial motor-evoked potentials at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meetings. He is a member of AAN and the American Academy of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
Dr. Puneet Singh
Puneet Singh, D.O., is a board certified neurologist, certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, who specializes in intraoperative neurophysiology. This is the science of evaluating the integrity of the nervous system during various surgical procedures. Structures such as the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves are evaluated and tested during any interventional procedure that may have put them at risk.
Dr. Singh is a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American Academy of Neurology.
Dr. Marat Avshalumov
Marat V. Avshalumov, Ph.D., is a neurophysiologist who specializes in the intraoperative monitoring of spinal cord and brain function during complicated surgical procedures that place the nervous system at risk. The timely neurophysiological assessments help in the identification of neural tissue and can warn of impending injury, thus permitting corrective action to be taken while the patient is still in the operating room.
Dr. Gad E. Klein
Gad E. Klein, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist who specializes in the cognitive aspects of various neurological disorders including epilepsy, movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, as well as brain tumors and dementia. Dr. Klein is also an expert in advanced neuro-imaging techniques such as functional MRI, as well as the intracarotid amobarbital test (Wada test) and electrocortical stimulation mapping.


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A difference of opinion and perhaps a partial communication problem was the reason a quorum was not present at the first Monday meeting. Most the items from that meeting were placed on the July 21 agenda for a called meeting to take care of city business.
Mayor Stephen Tingen called the meeting to order, and all five city councilmen were present. Interim city attorney John Newberry addressed some of the issues with the quorum in a committee meeting that followed the called meeting.
Newberry said, after the July 7 meeting did not happen for lack of a quorum, he researched what constituted a quorum and voting requirements. He said Gray's charter that was adopted in 1911 does not address either issue and instead relies on Roberts Rules of Order.
"I don't like that. I've talked to the county and looked at other resources," he said. "It seems clear to me that it's unclear."
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Obama asks for second term
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This fruity drink hits the perfect balance between sweet, tart, and potent with its combination of cognac, apricot brandy, and raspberry eau-de-vie. Start this punch the day before you plan to serve it.
1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup water
1 cup pomegranate seeds, divided
3/4 cup framboise (raspberry eau-de-vie)
1/2 cup VSOP cognac
1/4 cup apricot brandy
1 orange, thinly sliced
1 lemon, thinly sliced
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup sour mix
2 bottles brut sparkling wine
Step 1: Combine the orange juice, water, and 1/2 cup of the pomegranate seeds in a small ring mold or a small square plastic container with a lid. Freeze for 24 hours. Combine the framboise, cognac, apricot brandy, orange and lemon slices, and sugar in a plastic container. Let the fruit soak in the liquor overnight.
Step 2: The day you plan to serve the punch, pour the sour mix and 2 bottles of sparkling wine into a large punch bowl.
Step 3: Add the liquor-soaked fruit, syrup, and the remaining 1/2 cup of pomegranate seeds. Crown the punch with the orange and pomegranate ice mold, which will keep the punch cold.
Reprinted with permission from Maria C. Hunt's The Bubbly Bar (2009 Clarkson Potter).
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Session W12: Focus Session: Graphene: Growth, Mechanical Exfoliation, and Properties - Exfoliation and Doping
11:15 AM–2:15 PM, Thursday, March 1, 2012
Room: 210C
Sponsoring Unit: DMP
Chair: Christopher Russo, Harvard University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2012.MAR.W12.3
Abstract: W12.00003 : Graphene melting by molecular dynamics simulations
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Brad Steele
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Romain Perriot
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Vasily Zhakhovsky
(University of South Florida)
Ivan Oleynik
(University of South Florida)
Mechanisms of melting of graphene were studied by molecular dynamics (MD) using two different interatomic potentials: the Reactive Empirical Bond Order (REBO) and recently developed Screened Environment Dependent (SED) -REBO potentials. Melting was investigated in two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) coordinate space. It was shown that the loss of long-range order and melting proceeds through generation and in-plane aggregation of Stone-Wales (S-W) defects in REBO-graphene, followed by the formation of a complex 3D network of carbon chains. Although S-W defects are also formed in the SED-REBO-graphene, they do not cluster. Instead, the melting proceeds through the formation of dangling bonds and vacancies. The melting temperature of graphene using REBO was found to be 5,200 K, whereas for SED-REBO it is lower by $\sim $800K. The melting in 2-D occurs at higher temperatures compared to 3-D because of in-plane geometrical constraints.
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Posted by Anonymous on 01/12/2009
Everything about Opera was excellent!! The food was very good, comparable but not the best Chinese I have had. The service and atmosphere are unbelievable, wonderful place for a date. The "private vault" we sat in was very romantic, and the wine/drink list has something for everyone. Definitely will go back again.
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This restaurant is very contemporary and the food is amazing... My husband and I will return again.
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I had to attend a dinner meeting at Opera. I'm really not a fan of Asian cuisine because of the lack of variety of healthy items on the menu. Everything is usually sauteed in oils and nothing steamed except for maybe the shumai but that's not very filling. The only reason why I dined here was due to the request of a client who is pleasantly plump so you know that eating healthy is far from his agenda. Maybe I could enjoy it much better if there were healthier items to choose from. I mean, Asian ingredients are very healthy but the way the dishes are prepared are not...except for Japanese.
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If you dine at Opera you will be guaranteed amazing food in an amazing atmosphere and at a very reasonable price. You must try the duck appetizer. It was ten dollars but it was huge and had so many flavors. I would also recommend the beef dishes. The food is absolutely amazing. Opera has become one of my favorite restaurants in Chicago.
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The best part is the food - they even have a great vegetarian/vegan menu. The drinks were a bit overpriced though and the waitstaff tried a bit too hard in my opinion to be cool. but who cares? they have a 25$ fixed menu on sundays that is well worth the effort.
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Went in to opera with friends for drinks, turns out they have a great reputation for food so we tried a few things wow heavy rich flavors exciting presentations. Go for the filet with chinese broccoli great!, really a different take on chinese, our server said the chef calls his food "new chinese", with a touch of french, very inspired. I'll be back!


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Vocabulary Word
Word: transcendent
Definition: exceeding ordinary limits; superior; surpassing; V. transcend: go beyond; exceed; surpass; N. transcendancy
Definition: exceeding ordinary limits; superior; surpassing; V. transcend: go beyond; exceed; surpass; N. transcendancy
Sentences Containing 'transcendent'
And the word sumfrwn, a super-extension, or a transcendent, and outreaching disposition of thy mind, whereby it passeth by all bodily pains and pleasures, honour and credit, death and whatsoever is of the same nature, as matters of absolute indifferency, and in no wise to be stood upon by a wise man.
Bradshaw commended the film's acting and energy but said it was not quite the "transcendent masterpiece" some had made it out to be.
Byrne has noted, "Besides not being all that melodic, the music had something to say that at the time seemed new, transcendent, and maybe even revolutionary, at least for funk rock songs."
Coming into prominence as a writer during the 1870s, Huysmans quickly established himself among a rising group of writers, the so-called Naturalist school, of whom Émile Zola was the acknowledged head…With Là-bas (1891), a novel which reflected the aesthetics of the spiritualist revival and the contemporary interest in the occult, Huysmans formulated for the first time an aesthetic theory which sought to synthesize the mundane and the transcendent: "spiritual Naturalism".
For philosophy in the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar (1848–1896), he was what Mulla Sadra had been in the reign of Shah Abbas I. He was also the faithful interpreter of Mulla Sadra and Transcendent Theosophy.
God in the Hermetica is unitary and transcendent, he is one and exists apart from the material cosmos.
Grotstein, following Bion, also hypothesizes a transcendent position which emerges following attainment of the depressive position.
He was an universal favourite, and his ingenuity in little things was transcendent.
His poems follow his own mystical experience, but they also outline the philosophy of South Indian Hinduism, and the Tirumandiram by Saint Tirumular in its highest form, one that is at once devotional and nondual, one that sees God as both immanent and transcendent.
His subsequent Hugo award-winning novel "A Fire Upon the Deep" (1992) starts with an imaginative description of the evolution of a superintelligence passing through exponentially accelerating developmental stages ending in a transcendent, almost omnipotent power unfathomable by mere humans.
Hutchinson was particularly drawn to John Cotton's theology of absolute grace, and this pointed her life in the direction of study and interpretation of God's word. Taking further Cotton's doctrine of the Holy Ghost dwelling within a "justified person", Hutchinson "saw herself as a mystic participant in the transcendent power of the Almighty."
I--a--I'll know nobody--and--a--say nothing--and--a--live nowhere--until I have crushed--to--a--undiscoverable atoms--the--transcendent and immortal hypocrite and perjurer--HEEP!'
In "Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind", published in 1998, Moravec further considers the implications of evolving robot intelligence, generalizing Moore's Law to technologies predating the integrated circuit, and also plotting the exponentially increasing computational power of the brains of animals in evolutionary history.
In other words, the Omega Point exists as supremely complex and conscious, transcendent and independent of the evolving universe.
In Sartre's words, "the spirit of seriousness has two characteristics: it considers values as transcendent ''givens'', independent of human subjectivity, and it transfers the quality of 'desirable' from the ontological structure of things to their simple material constitution."
In the twelfth chapter, "The Collapse Of The Kosmos", Wilber uses Charles Taylor's account of the effects of the Enlightenment paradigm to show how vertical "depth" was collapsed into horizontal "span" and how the ascending drive was dissociated into the "Ego camp" (Kant's and Fichte's Transcendent Ego) and the "Eco camp" (Spinoza's deified Nature).
It is this very agreement of an infinity of perfect beauties that gives a transcendent character to the beauty of the world...He (Christ) is really present in the universal beauty.
Its philosophy teaches that there is a transcendent God, or Absolute, in which we and the entire universe participate.
Kurtz coined the term eupraxsophy (originally "eupraxophy") to refer to philosophies or lifestances such as secular humanism and Confucianism that do not rely on belief in the transcendent or supernatural. A "eupraxsophy" is a nonreligious lifestance or worldview emphasizing the importance of living an ethical and exuberant life, and relying on rational methods such as logic, observation and science (rather than faith, mysticism or revelation) toward that end.
Like the Renaissance thinker Pico della Mirandola, her interests in other religions were universal and she attempted to understand each religious tradition as expressive of transcendent wisdom.
Moultrie composed hymns of traditional Christian piety based on devotion to Mary the mother of Jesus, the Angelic Hosts and the Communion of Saints at the Eschaton in the vein of High Church reverence for the transcendent prevalent in the celebration of liturgy in his time.
PopMatters named the track the best song of 2011, with Ryan Reed writing: "On this transcendent standout [...]
Post modern spiritualities question the division between the transcendental and the immanent… the transcendent is seen either as present or a false division, making creation divine."" Thus Spiritual Naturalism (Naturalistic Spirituality) along with its related naturalisms, can be seen as a rebellion against traditional religious thinking and a naturalizing of the concepts of God.
Some range from portraits that are instantly recognizable to transcendent universal symbols.
They possess a quite dazzling and transcendent beauty which separates them by a wide interval from the cadaverous cod and haddock whose fame is trumpeted in our streets.
Witness the white bear of the poles, and the white shark of the tropics; what but their smooth, flaky whiteness makes them the transcendent horrors they are?
More Vocab Words::: diabolical - diabolic; devilish; fiendish
::: gratis - free; without charge; ADJ.
::: vibrant - full of vigor or energy; vibrating
::: compound - combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex
::: smear - spread or cover with a sticky substance; N: mark made by smearing
::: dawdle - loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing
::: confluence - flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together
::: initiate - begin; originate; receive into a group; introduce to a new field or activity; Ex. initiate someone into the mysteries of a secret religion; N: one who has been initiated
::: delude - deceive
::: impuissance - powerlessness; feebleness


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LAGRANGE — There is a win every successful program can look back on. The one win that turned the tide and built something more than just a winning team.
Friday night, after seasons of struggle, Churubusco girls' basketball might have found that break.
The Lady Eagles stared down a 9-2 first quarter deficit to host Prairie Heights in the class 2A sectional semifinal. A switch to the full court press brought with it a fourth consecutive win for Churubusco, 56-46, and a berth in the sectional championship Saturday.
"It's a great feeling to give these girls a chance to be in a sectional final game," Churubusco head coach Jamie Perlich said. "You can't ask for anymore than that."
Entering the postseason, 'Busco (7-13) was riding a three-game win streak with wins over Lakeland, Central Noble and South Adams. The streak is the longest in the new millennium for 'Busco basketball.
The Lady Eagles looked to match their most wins since 2005 with seven. Ironically, the same season was the last time Churubusco beat Prairie Heights.
Two losses to the Lady Panthers this season had 'Busco in fear of a third early in the first quarter.
Behind post players Sicily Boyce and Emily Christoffel of Prairie Heights (9-12), the host built up a 9-2 lead. The two Heights seniors combined for 27 of the Panthers 46 points in the game.
With 2:17 left in the first, 'Busco coach Jamie Perlich called a time-out and turned up the defensive pressure.
"We knew we wanted to press but we had to score to get in our press," Perlich noted. "Until we started scoring some buckets it was hard to get in that press. Once we got it going it was a big key for us."
The press in place, Churubusco scored the last six points of the first quarter cutting the deficit to 9-8.
A deadlocked second quarter took the low scoring game into the locker room at halftime with 'Busco down 20-18.
However, the pressure got to Prairie Heights in the second half. After scoring the first four points of the third quarter, the Lady Panthers went on a five-minute scoring drought while Churubusco capitalized on their turnovers.
Lady Eagle junior Heather Monk took 'Busco on a 12-0 run through the third seeing its lead reach six points at one time.
"That second half we just turned up the intensity so much," Perlich commented. "Defensively with the full court press and the trapping, we forced them into turnovers and hurried shots."
Monk scored 12 of her 16 points in the second half as Churubusco finished the game 17-for-43 (40 percent) from the field.
The deficit grew on the Panthers from behind the perimeter. The Lady Eagles went 3-for-6 from three-point range. Two came as 'Busco extended its lead to double digits.
The game's leading scorer, Haleigh Gross, hit her only three with five second left in the third to make the lead 33-28.
On the first possession of the fourth quarter, senior Nicole Wormcastle turned around and hit another three from the corner to add to the lead 36-28.
Ultimately, free throws and defense were the final dagger. Already up 40-30 with 4:22 left in the game, the Lady Eagles forced Prairie Heights turnovers and went to the line.
There 'Busco went 19-for-25 with Gross knocking down 11-of-12.
"We hit free throws," Perlich said. "For a team that hits 54 percent from the line for the year, we shot the ball really well and it enabled us to keep the lead that we had."
The win is the first in the postseason for Churubusco since 2008 when a 44-42 win over Fremont put the Lady Eagles up against Garrett.
The Railroaders have ended 'Busco's season three out of the last four seasons and will have a chance to do it again in the sectional championship.
Garrett (21-2) tips off against Churubusco at 7:30 p.m. in a rematch of the season opener that went in the Lady Railroaders favor 53-25.


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Wario Car
"I feel like The Man hopping into my wonderful Wario Car"
The Wario Car is a vehicle that Wario drives. It is purple in color. The design is based on a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado, while also bearing a resemblance to the Batmobile from the Batman comics. It first appears in Wario Land 4.
Wario Land series[edit]
Wario Land 4[edit]
In Wario Land 4, Wario reads an article about a Legendary Pyramid hidden deep in a Jungle, with a large amount of Treasure hidden inside. Wario uses his Wario Car to cross a desert to reach the Pyramid, and return with the Treasure.
If the player completes a difficulty mode, Wario will drive a different vehicle in the ending credits, depending on the difficulty setting.
Wario Land: Shake It![edit]
The Wario Car has a minor appearance in the intro of Wario Land: Shake It!, where Wario was seen sleeping in it.
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$![edit]
In the instruction booklet of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Dr. Crygor states he created Wario's car. The actual vehicle makes a brief appearance in the microgame Produce Pandemonium, where Wario is driving it.
Mario Kart series[edit]
Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]
In Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, it was Wario's kart of choice and could fit two people. In the manual for Double Dash!! it was mentioned that his car's top speed was 450 km/h (280 mph), however for the Mario Kart Grand Prix, its engine had been turned down.
The Wario Car is a heavyweight kart, which means it's heavy, tough, and speedy. However, in comparison with the other heavyweight karts, the Wario Car is lesser in weight; its weight is tied with the Turbo Birdo and Parade Kart. The car was also an unlockable kart in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2.
Unlike Wario Land 4, the Wario Car in Mario Kart Double Dash!! does not have a windshield.
Mario Kart DS[edit]
In Mario Kart DS, Wario has a new jalopy, named the Brute. The appearance of this new car resembles the Wario Car. However, it is black instead of purple, has a white checkered pattern in front as opposed to Wario's trademark mustache and has regular black-wall tires instead of white-wall tires.
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2[edit]
Wario receives a special kart in Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 that is the Wario Car. It has very high top speed and high weight, but abysmal acceleration.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it is a sticker that raises launch power by 47. It is also a sticker that can only be used by Wario during the Subspace Emissary.
Mario Party 10[edit]
In Mario Party 10, the Wario Car appears as a toy on Wario's board in Amiibo Party.
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Cal State Northridge To Face Rider University on ESPNU on Feb. 23
Bristol, Ct - The Cal State Northridge men's basketball team will receive national television attention on Feb. 23 when ESPNU broadcasts the Matadors game against Rider University.
Tipoff is slated for 6:00 p.m. at The Matadome.
The Cal State Northridge vs Rider game is one of 14 games that will be televised during the sixth annual O'Reilly BracketBuster Weekend (Feb. 22-24). ESPNU is televising five games, ESPN2 is televising six games, with ESPN360.com offering coverage of two games, and for the first time, ESPN Classic televising one.
Cal State Northridge is one of 28 ESPNU BracketBusters teams selected from a pool of 100 schools. This year's event will mark the first time games will be televised over three days. The event began televising games over two days in 2006, while the first three years featured every game on a Saturday.
ESPNU, launched in 2005, currently reaches 20 million homes.
The Matadors are enjoying an outstanding season with a 16-6 overall record, and a first place standing in the Big West Conference at 8-2. As the season has progressed, home crowds have grown which included an overflow crowd of 1,632, the largest home crowd in seven years.
Rider University, located in Lawrenceville, NJ, will be a formidable opponent for Cal State Northridge. The Broncs are 17-7 overall, and feature a top NBA prospect, 6-foot-11 senior forward Jason Thompson, who leads the team in scoring at 20 points per game. Thompson is one of the nation's top rebounders at nearly 12 boards per game, and is a candidate for the John Wooden Award, symbolic of the nation's top collegiate basketball player.
The ESPNU BracketBusters concept provides participating programs with an opportunity to play non-conference opponents approximately three weeks prior to Selection Sunday. Each conference selected their participating teams prior to the season and the matchups for the event were determined by ESPN in conjunction with the conferences.
The women's basketball against Long Beach State on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. will be rescheduled with a time and date to be announced shortly. Check back with gomatadors.com for the new time and date.
ESPNU BracketBusters Schedule (Pacific Time)
Friday, February 22
4:00 p.m. - Davidson at Winthrop (ESPN2)
6:00 p.m. - UC Santa Barbara at Utah State (ESPNU)
Saturday, February 23
8:00 a.m. - Virginia Commonwealth at Akron (ESPN2)
10:00 a.m. - George Mason at Ohio (ESPN2)
Noon - Creighton at Oral Roberts (ESPN2)
1:30 p.m. - Nevada at Southern Illinois (ESPNU)
2:10 p.m. - Drake at Butler (ESPN2)
3:00 p.m. - Miami (Ohio) at Valparaiso (ESPN Classic)
3:30 p.m. - Marist at Cleveland State (ESPNU)
6:00 p.m. - Rider at Cal State Northridge (ESPNU)
6:00 p.m. - UW-Milwaukee at Bradley (ESPN360.com)
7:00 p.m. - Siena at Boise State (ESPN360.com)
8:59 p.m. - Kent State at St. Mary's (ESPN2)
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Go Panthers
If I had to pick a team to beat it would still be Boston. Getting by Thomas in the playoffs and with the big physical style the Bruins play, they will be tough to knock out. I would not be surprised if its one of those two in the east.
I do expect that, whatever happens with these series, the cup will end up back in the East
Wow, to hear the announcers during the Sharks/Blues game, you'd think the Sharks were the cleanest team in the league. Every fight/scrum/etc was started by the Blues according to them.
"The Sharks have finally had enough! They've finally succumbed to the Blues shenanigans" ya, ok. Just like that sucker punch Marleau threw.
I make it no secret that I don't like the Sharks, but come on; when there are skirmishes and fights after just about every whistle near the end of the game, it is never just one team
Well, they were Sharks announcers. The broadcast that was shown was CSN California, so it will be biased.
Game 3 in two hours ...
Will the REAL Marc Andre Fleury please stand up?!?
Let's Go Pens!
Let's Go Pens!
Let's Go Pens!
2015 Goals:
1) Win the next game.
2) See goal #1
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Mark Wilson Boyles
Mark Wilson Boyles, 50, of Sevier County, Tennessee, passed from his home on this earth to his heavenly home on August 12, 2013, following a valiant fight against colon cancer.
Mark was one of those people that everyone liked. He was friendly, thoughtful of others, easy-going and had a great sense of humor. He kept a great attitude even through the tough times of his illness. He will be missed by his many friends, family members, co-workers, customers of his business, the many members of the medical community who provided such great care during his illness, and last but certainly not least, his three Westie furkids.
Mark was born to Odell and Rachel Boyles and grew up in Wanilla, Mississippi. He lived and worked in Mississippi, graduated from Copiah-Lincoln Community College with an accounting degree, was employed with Tynes Gas Service and as a lineman with Entergy. Mark moved to Tennessee in 1998 where he worked for the City of Pigeon Forge and operated his own gas business. Mark loved living in the Smokies and enjoyed camping and being outdoors.
Mark loved and valued his family greatly. He was preceded in death by his father, Odell Boyles, and brother-in-law, Greg McCaffrey. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Gwen Boyles; mother, Rachel Wilson Boyles and brother and sister-in-law Donnie & Lynn Boyles of Wanilla, MS; sister, Gayle McCaffrey of Friendswood, Texas, and many extended family members.
The family extends gratitude and appreciation to Dr. Kristie Young and her staff at U.T. Family Physicians and Dr. Allan Grossman and staff at University Cancer Specialists for the care they provided during Mark's illness. All were considered friends by him.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the charity of your choice. Mark favored and supported Friends of the Smokies, , Westie Rescue of Tennessee, and the American Cancer Society.
We invite all of those who knew and loved Mark to share in a remembrance of his life. Visitation will be at Wilson Funeral Home, Monticello, MS from 5pm to 8pm on Friday, Aug. 16. The funeral will be at Wanilla Baptist Church, Wanilla, MS 11am, on Saturday, Aug.17. There will be a memorial service for Sevier County friends at First Baptist Church of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, on 8/22/13 at 6:30.


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A data distribution system is provided which supplies customers with an executable for requested secured data files to provide the customer with fulfillment software, obviating the need for the customer to download fulfillment software prior to requesting secure data. The data distribution system is characterized by server technology which can dynamically encrypt secured data files just prior to a customer request to download the data file. A framework for building a universal data distribution infrastructure is provided which employs Requesters.
1. A method of delivering encrypted content to a user computer via a communication network comprising the steps of:
storing content in a server data repository;
receiving queries from a user computer searching for content via a communication network;
retrieving selected content from said server data repository in response to said queries;
encrypting at least a portion of said selected content using a key;
bundling said selected content into a customized package;
generating and storing a unique package identifier for said package;
transmitting said package to said user computer for downloading;
receiving a request from said user computer to decrypt a selected portion of said package, said request comprising a product code generated using said package identifier and a hardware identifier that is unique to said user computer; and
generating a release code for decrypting said selected portion using said key and said product code.
2. A method as claimed in
3. A method as claimed in
4. A method as claimed in
5. A method as claimed in
6. A method as claimed in
7. A method as claimed in
verifying payment for said selected portion; and
transmitting said release code to said user computer.
8. A method as claimed in
9. A method as claimed in
10. A method as claimed in
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/126,973, filed Apr. 22, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,356,847.
The invention relates to a system for allowing information providers to prepare digital information for secure electronic commerce via the internet, including dynamic encryption of the information, and for allowing customers to browse and purchase secured, purchasable data or simply to unlock secured correspondence that is intended for a some customers and not others without having to pre-load fulfillment software.
Demand for network-based distribution of protected and unprotected data is increasing dramatically. Yet, many challenges exist that need to be addressed to effectively distribute data via electronic commerce such as: (1) conducting reliable, secure transactions necessary to build confidence with both information providers (e.g., data publishers) and data customers; (2) ensuring that data can be located, accessed and purchased in a timely manner; and (3) ensuring that information providers or publishers can specify access controls and that the administration of the posting of datasets which are capable of changing dynamically is not unwieldy and unmanageable.
A need exists for a data distribution infrastructure which addresses the aforementioned challenges and which overcomes a number of disadvantages associated with existing distributed data commerce systems. Traditional distributed data commerce systems are implemented behind a firewall so that secure transactions can be made. These systems, however, are characterized by high installation and maintenance costs for both software and hardware. Another disadvantage associated with many existing distributed data commerce systems is the requirement of a customer to load special fulfillment software onto the customer computer prior to the acquisition of any secure data. The fulfillment software enables the customer to order, purchase and decrypt secure data. Another disadvantage of many existing distributed data commerce systems arises from the static encryption of datasets. Information providers typically encrypt datasets to be distributed as secure datasets and store the secured datasets on a web server prior to any demand for the datasets by customers. Thus, modification of the datasets and overall administration of the posting of the datasets is less efficient since the data is already encrypted.
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a data distribution system is provided which transmits secured information, which is to be sold as a purchasable item or sent as secure correspondence, to a customer with an embedded executable. The embedded executable facilitates the acquisition of release codes or keys to decrypt the secured information, while obviating the need to load fulfillment software on the customer computer prior to requests for or receipt of secured information.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, server technology is provided to permit an information provider to dynamically encrypt information that is to be transmitted to a customer for purchase or as secure correspondence. The server technology encrypts data to be secured and which has been selected by a customer just prior to transmitting the data to the customer. In other words, encryption at the information provider's website is performed on-the-fly. Accordingly, individual pieces of content are provided in a secure commerce container.
These and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily comprehended from the following detailed description when read in connection with the appended drawings, which form a part of this original disclosure, and wherein:
A data distribution system (DDS) 10 is provided in accordance with the present invention to allow information providers (IPs) to prepare digital information (hereinafter referred to as "content") for commerce, as well as to perform data retrieval and transmission, and transactional services. A number of embodiments are described below which provide different electronic commerce functions. For example, a desktop encryption/decryption system (DES) is described in connection with
In addition, server-based technology is provided which permits dynamic encryption of content and which permits customers and IPs to otherwise engage in internet commerce (i.e., to request, preview, download and purchase selected secured content), as will be described below in connection with
Desktop Encryption/Decryption System (DES)
The DES provides an IP 12 with means to create secured content in the form of purchasable items or secured correspondence. The DES preferably comprises software operating on a IP computer (e.g., a Web Server 16) which generates screens 16 and 18, as depicted in
In addition to using a secure wrapper for encryption, the DES provides the encrypted content with an embedded executable in accordance with the present invention. The executable translates application-wide and OS-wide calls such as "file open", "read", "write" and "close" into DES events such as saving selected data as a purchasable item, or providing customers with preview and purchasing dialogue, in the OS and one or more of the applications being run on the IP 12 computer or customer 14 computer. Thus, the fulfillment software required to preview, request a release code, purchase a release code and to decrypt selected content via the release code is provided to a customer computer following transmission of the selected secure content. The DES is therefore advantageous because a customer need not have previously installed fulfillment software prior to the request or receipt of the selected secure content.
With regard to an IP, the DES stores content saved as purchasable content on a hard drive 26 or other memory device as a protected file. The encryption can be, for example, in accordance with an encryption method that generates machine-dependent release codes such as the method described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,809,145 incorporated by reference herein. Other encryption algorithms, however, can be used. The special handlers of the DES assign a product code for the protected file containing the purchasable item and create a release code or key to decrypt or unlock the protected file. By way of an example, raw and unencrypted data in a digital format is stored in independent data files at, for example, an IP data processing facility. The key for encrypting and decrypting the data can be generated, for example, cryptographically using a random number generator. The encrypted data is then stored in a database at a particular location. A unique dataset code is assigned to the dataset and is preferably generated using a hash algorithm on the location of the dataset. The location of the dataset, the key and the hashed dataset code are then stored in a key management database maintained at the IP or separate fulfillment center. The encrypted data is distributed via CD-ROM, for example, or made available via a network (e.g., the internet).
A user can select a dataset and initiate a request by clicking on an item in a preview screen, for example. A hardware-dependent digital signature (HDDS) is generated in response to the dataset request. The signature can be based on a card number of a board within the customer computer or other computer-specific device. The location of the selected dataset is determined by the computer using a table on the CD-ROM or available via a network and preferably hashed. The hashed location is then concatenated with the HDDS and compressed to present the user with a product code corresponding to the selected dataset.
The product code is forwarded to the IP or fulfillment center, where it is processed to decompress the product code, and to extract the hashed location of the selected dataset and the HDDS. The hashed location is used to find the key within the key management database for decrypting the requested dataset. The HDDS is then hashed and encrypted along with the key. The encrypted key is concatenated with the hashed dataset code, compressed, and sent as a release code to the customer.
With reference to
The purchase transaction supported by the DES is illustrated in
As indicated by the communication paths 52 and 54 illustrated in
With continued reference to
As illustrated by the data path 55 in
With reference to blocks 44, 46 and 48 in
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the DDS 10 uses server-based technology to implement internet commerce at an IP website. As shown in
In accordance with the present invention, the web server 16 preferably comprises a number of application-specific programs (ASPs) for implementing an encryption server 84, ASPs for controlling an order desk 86, and ASPs 88 for electronic commerce (EC) server functions. The customer downloads the package as a single file or data stream. The customer can view any preview content included in the package. After review of secure content previews 79 using preview pages 80, the customer 14 can select purchasable items via Shopping Basket pages 82. When the customer initiates the fulfillment process, a product code is created that contains the unique package identifier (serial number), and a hardware identifier that is unique to the hardware of the customer's computer. The product code is sent to the fulfillment server. The product codes for the requested purchasable items are provided to the encryption server 84.
As stated previously, the encryption server retrieves the selected purchasable items from a data repository 90 wherein the data is not necessarily encrypted in any way. The retrieved purchasable items are encrypted on-the-fly by the encryption module 88 by preferably using machine-dependent release codes. The key is then stored in the database 28 via a SQL server 92. The requested, encrypted files are then provided to the server 16 for downloading to the customer 14. The customer may then go through a commerce transaction to purchase the package, or a component thereof. After viewing the encrypted files via Shopping Basket pages, the customer can enter an EC order page 94. EC server ASPs are provided to obtain the corresponding key or release code from the key database 28 and any available customer data from a customer database 96 via the SQL server 92. The server locates the package identifier and keys in the database. The EC server ASPs 88 also perform transactional services such as a credit card transaction to pay for the requested, encrypted item. The server constructs a unique release code based on the information in the product code and the package keys, and sends it to the customer. Once payment is verified, the IP Website sends the release code to the customer to unlock the desired content. The customer enters the release code into the management application. The content is decrypted to the customer's computer. The customer may repeat the fulfillment process for another component in the package if more that one component exists.
Thus, the product code is generated on a customer's computer and contains a secured unique hardware identifier for that customer's computer. It is preferably not generated on the server when the product is encrypted and does not identify the product. A separate unique identifier is preferably used for that purpose. In addition, the release code is not generated on the server when the product is dynamically encrypted and sent to the customer, but rather it is generated on the server after the customer has downloaded the product and has sent the product code to the server. This may occur at a later time when they request the product to be enabled. The customer hardware identifier from the product code is required to generate the release code, thereby linking the release code to that particular customer's computer.
Universal Data Distribution Infrastructure
In accordance with the present invention and with reference to
As shown in
The Requesters in the Requester layers 100 a and 100 b provide three services: messaging, bulk delivery and resource exploration. For messaging, a Requester allows different pieces of software to communicate with each other and can therefore be used extensively throughout an entire system for requests, posting of results and small data transfers. Requester messaging is similar to packet delivery in a network in that messages are routed from one object to others on the same computer or across the internet 102. Bulk delivery operations via Requesters are implemented on top of a messaging architecture to provide managed flows of data based on a connection-oriented mechanism. Requester bulk delivery is efficient because it allows dynamic link profiling, which uses minimum bandwidth while maximizing throughput, automatic bit width selection, failure recovery, compression and advanced flow control. Thus, downloading of large amounts of data is efficient and reliable for the user and easier for an IP since the data can be dumped into a stream or named pipe. Requester resource exploration enables the system to transform a collection of distinct elements into a single entity. Resource exploration permits software to explore what is available using lists, indices and directories, which are automatically generated and updated. Thus, Requester resource exploration significantly reduces maintenance, as well as facilitates the integration of advanced software agents that can dynamically probe large amounts of data in search of specific data entities.
In the exemplary system illustrated in
The relationships with consumers 12 is becoming more prevalent since profiles can be built on consumer data preferences as a consumer browses and accesses data. Profiles are an effective means for target marketing through advertisements and special offers. Preferred types of data, purchasing patterns and other information allow companies to identify who their customers are and therefore to more effectively sell their data or create relationships with re-sellers 112 to sell their data. Relationships between sellers and re-sellers for value-added data products based on many suppliers' data, percentages or fixed sums of transactions can be automatically routed by the framework illustrated in
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Two new updates in PlaneShift have been released!
Here is the second update of the week ... Alchemy has been released and ready to be used in game! This includes new crafting, and new quests. This work has been going on for few months, and it's a pretty big accomplishment. Looks like Liera the arena's alchemist really needs a help for an urgent matter, will you be able to aid her?
Many thanks to eonwind for the alchemy rules, items, crafting update, and to Mordaan for the alchemy quests.
We also did a number of fixes on the Engine , we list here the ones applicable to this update:
2012.09.12The silence of the last few months was due to devs working hard on new items we are now ready to release! A series of updates are planned in the next few weeks, and today we present you the first one. In particular the settings department have spent the last two months putting together what we hope will be a pretty exciting update, it's been a lot of work! Here are the details:


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Archive for December, 2011
Grand Central Apple Store is open: Here's what it's like
Dec. 9, '11: I missed Apple's new retail store opening this morning in New York's Grand Central Terminal, but my friend Steve Weintraub files this report and these photos. Thanks! I've never been to an Apple Store event. Although I am certainly a … Continue reading →
The new, new Twitter: 10 big takeaways
Dec. 8, '11: Twitter launched a major new version of its service today with many components: A significant redesign; a more common user experience between Twitter-the-website and its various apps; more features for brands; and new versions of TweetDeck for the web, Mac, … Continue reading →
Why Google is bending to Verizon over Google Wallet
Dec. 8, '11: Google has complied, so far, with Verizon Wireless's request to withhold the Google Wallet mobile payments service from the new Galaxy Nexus phone. Why? Because Verizon is a very important partner for Google: Its biggest Android customer in the country and … Continue reading →
Creators: Erica Domesek
Dec. 8, '11: Erica Domesek is founder of P.S.- I Made This…, a DIY media and commerce startup. (Her slogan: "I see it. I like it. I make it.") You can buy her book on Amazon or follow her on Twitter at @psimadethis. … Continue reading →
Network effect! Path cracks the iPhone App Store top 25
Dec. 8, '11: Mobile social network Path's great reviews — and likely its network effects — are kicking in. With its latest push, Path 2.0 has cracked the top 25 free apps on Apple's iPhone App Store: It's currently no. 23, up from no. … Continue reading →


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Acrylic on wood 16"x18"
nice work love the dog!
Beautiful work!
Thank you Kostadin,Curtis and Christina
Thank you much Christine
This is beautiful ! The white horse gives it the central point!
Thank you much Leticia
My apologies to Cristina [Ciusca] I misspelled her name on my earlier reply I've gotten so forgetful with age I usually recheck everthing before I post it evidently I didn't then
This is great! I really like the dog sitting there.
Thank you very much Catherine
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April 2, 2005
BEAUMONT - A short-lived, two-match losing streak ended abruptly for the Lamar women's tennis team, as the Lady Cardinals rolled to a 7-0 victory over Texas-Pan American Saturday night at the Cardinal Courts.
With the win, Lamar upped its spring record to 11-7, while the Lady Broncs slipped to 1-6 on the year. LU returns to action on Sunday morning with a 9 a.m. Southland Conference match against visiting Nicholls State.
The match opened with doubles play where LU's top No. 1 team of Tara Shelander and Andrea Martinez took little time dispatching UTPA's Silke Buksik and Katherine Barto, 8-0. The Lady Cardinal pair is now 16-2 on the year, which leads the team and the SLC. Senior Hayley Bakker and Marion Brument played their second straight match at the No. 2 slot, where they easily handled the Lady Broncs pairing of Elysia Sloan and Angela Saenz, 8-0. Bakker and Brument are now 11-3 for the season. The Lady Cardinals also picked up a default win at the No. 3 position.
With the doubles point locked up, Lamar kept up the pressure in singles play, sweeping through every match with straight set wins. Martinez, a sophomore from Durango, Mexico, rebounded nicely in her No. 1 match after a disappointing loss in LU's morning session with Southeastern Louisiana. The 5-7 right-hander dropped Buksik, 6-2, 6-3, to improve to 12-6 on the year.
Shelander, a sophomore from Beaumont, won at the No. 2 by scores of 6-1 and 6-0, while Bakker dominated Sloan at the No. 3 position, 6-1 and 6-2. Shelander kept pace with Martinez at 12-6 overall, while Bakker improved to 11-7.
Junior Kendall Gibbs ended a four-match skid at the No. 4 spot with a 6-0, 6-0 blanking of UTPA's Saenz. Brument also recorded a much needed win at the No. 5 with an identical win over the Lady Broncs' Lopez.
Lamar University 7, Texas-Pan American 0 Singles competition: 1. Andrea Martinez (LAMAR) def. Silke Buksik (UTPA) 6-2, 6-3 2. Tara Shelander (LAMAR) def. Katherine Barto (UTPA) 6-1, 6-0 3. Hayley Bakker (LAMAR) def. Elysia Sloan (UTPA) 6-1, 6-2 4. Kendall Gibbs (LAMAR) def. Angela Saenz (UTPA) 6-0, 6-0 5. Marion Brument (LAMAR) def. Monica Lopez (UTPA) 6-0, 6-0 6. Marine LeRoy (LAMAR) def. No Player (UTPA), by default
Doubles competition: 1. Andrea Martinez/Tara Shelander (LAMAR) def. Silke Buksik/Katherine Barto (UTPA) 8-0 2. Hayley Bakker/Marion Brument (LAMAR) def. Elysia Sloan/Angela Saenz (UTPA) 8-0 3. Kendall Gibbs/Marine LeRoy (LAMAR) def. No Player/No Player (UTPA), by default


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Which TV Character Are You Most Conflicted About? (POLL)
The best small-screen characters are those rendered in shades of gray. They're not pure good, they're not pure evil, and oftentimes we can't pinpoint exactly how we feel about them.
Which of the following dark, complex individuals has you swinging between fascination and revulsion?
Conflicted?! I love all of 'em!
Conflicted?! I despise all of 'em!


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A blog featuring Houston Chronicle columnist Leon Hale
Monthly Archive for January, 2009
He'll be younger in the morning
Here at the country place in Washington County we had a city visitor who looked around a while and asked me to name the most important piece of equipment we have on the property. I told him it's the wheelbarrow. Every time I get a day older and a little weaker, the wheelbarrow becomes more […] [Read More]
Was my friend at the inauguration?
Watching the inauguration ceremonies Tuesday, I kept thinking about my friend Munroe. Some of the regular customers may remember him. I once wrote Munroe into a book, and I've probably mentioned him here in the column a time or two over the past 20 years. He was my friend long ago, when we were in […] [Read More]
Not-so-momentous memories of Houston
So, here we are back in Houston after a long stay in the country. It's early morning and I'm on the sixth floor of the high-rise apartment building, enjoying the light show. I confess I've missed seeing this show. It's something we'll never get at a country place, in Washington County or anywhere else. On […] [Read More]
In case a snake ever comes in the office
If you want to know the truth, I never sit down at this desk to write a sentence without a bottle of whiskey within my reach. It's always just behind the computer, between a Roget's Thesaurus and an American Heritage Dictionary. Can you see it? A pint of Wellington straight whiskey, 100 proof, bottled in […] [Read More]
How much would that be per pound?
See what you think about this: Last week I had minor eye surgery. The procedure itself wasn't interesting enough even to talk about. But I do want to tell you about the medicine I'm using on my eye. The surgeon gave me a prescription for Tobrex, which is an ophthalmic ointment containing the antibiotic tobramycin. […] [Read More]
Typewriters bring back memories of former life
WINEDALE– Here at the old country place in Washington County, you've caught me in the barn. For most of three days I've been on a cleanup mission, hoping to make the place look more like a barn than a sanitary landfill. This is not really a barn, though. It's way too small, and ought to […] [Read More]
Help! Help!
I want to see if you'll give me a little assistance on a project. This notion sneaked into my head during the holidays, when everybody was saying "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year." It struck me that one of the things I like about the holidays is, it gives us the opportunity to say something […] [Read More]
Why he was tardy
Today I was late getting started on my chores because I had to watch a house being torn down. We're back in Houston for a few days so I'm at my work station in the sixth floor apartment not far inside the West Loop. On a side street just below me, a man is destroying […] [Read More]
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What happened to the Cat in the Hat?Tuesday, September 23 2008
Trent is threatened by Nick and Melanie, Stefano and John argue over who gets the DiMera Empire and the new police commissioner is announced!
Outside the pub, Trent tells Melanie that they need to clear the air and get things back to the way they used to be. Melanie says she once showed a little leg, but she'd never have done more. He pimped her out. Trent thinks she'd have gone through with it if Max hadn't have interfered. Melanie denies it and calls Trent disgusting. "I would never have had sex with Claude." Trent says Claude just wanted a drink with her but Melanie says he was expecting more than that. "How the hell was I supposed to know he was expecting that," Trent asks, and Melanie retorts that Trent knew exactly what Claude wanted. She asks why he never asked her to come home at holidays. Trent didn't show an interest because she didn't show an interest in her grades and instead acted like a sleaze. Melanie tries to hit him but he pushes her away. She stalks off and Nick shows up, yelling at Trent asking what he did to Melanie. Trent calls it none of his business. He says that the second the board finds out about what he did to Melanie, he'll be out of a job. Trent says he can turn the tables on him and make sure he's seen as a fraudulent liar. Melanie listens in from nearby as Trent threatens Nick's dreams for his prototype. "Mess with her again, you're a dead man," threatens Nick. Trent tells him not to make threats he can't keep. Melanie thinks Nick's right. Maybe everything would be fine if her father just died.
Inside the pub, Lexi and Hope have tea and discuss how happy Lexi is to have quit her job as Chief of Staff. She can now attend therapy sessions with Theo. Talk turns to Abe and Hope thinks what he did was noble, standing up to the Mayor. Hope thinks Abe can get more money working head of security somewhere. She wishes Abe could have stayed and helped her put Stefano away. Lexi says Abe is still planning on doing that but not with the police behind him.
Nearby, Anna joins Marlena for breakfast. She asks Pete for a coffee, intravenously! They catch up and Marlena admits she hasn't seen John lately. Marlena admits John has had some strange behavior lately - even more than usual. Anna has noticed this, especially in the past few weeks. Marlena thinks he's heading off the deep end and finds John erratic. He's been having terrible headaches. Anna thinks it's no wonder, considering, but Marlena worries about his anger. She tells Anna how he hit Trent and says she's still planning on divorcing him. She figures the new John is permanent and won't be able to love her the way she needs. She deserves better than a roll in the hay! Anna says it makes sense but asks if Marlena's out of her mind! Marlena shares children and memories with John. She shouldn't give up. Marlena reminds her that John's a different person, but Anna wants her to give John another chance. "Whatever happened to 'stand by your man'," she asks, "Or is that just a country song?" Marlena is lonely for John but he's not the same man. She can't risk investing in John. Anna is hurt for John. Marlena is flustered and starts to get up to leave but Anna apologizes. She's anxious for them to get back on track. They were the perfect couple once and it breaks her heart that they're not together. Marlena doesn't respect John, she admits. His regard for her changes, daily and he can't socialize normally. Anna starts to see things Marlena's way. Marlena is thankful for Anna's understanding and she says she has to start taking care of herself. She has a patient, so the pair hug and Marlena takes off. Anna makes a call to John after, and tells him it's time they had a long talk.
Bo and Roman go to Abe and tell him about some theft that has happened downtown. Roman and Bo want Abe to try to get his job back but Abe's not interested, but has the perfect person to replace him. Roman! "No way partner," says Roman. Mayor Mariano won't accept it. Abe counters that the Mayor won't veto a city council decision. If Roman gets the majority - he's in. Bo agrees, but Roman likes things the way they are. The paperwork alone would drive him crazy. Abe laughs. That's no reason to back away from a challenge. Roman is a realist. It's not in him to deal with City Hall and bureaucracy, day in and day out! Abe says that's fine, and grins and looks at Bo. "No way, not going to happen," he says. He has the best record of arrests and convictions, says Abe, but Bo says he also likes to bend the rules and is known for it. Roman has to leave for the office and Bo stays behind. Abe tries pleading with him once again, but Bo thinks Abe's beating a dead horse and can't order him around, since he's no longer commissioner. Bo's flattered but it's not going to happen. They need another candidate.
Stefano reads to the twins at the mansion. John interrupts. "What happened to the Cat in the Hat?" Stefano thinks children need to be challenged. John calls Mary, the maid, to remove the children from the great room, to a less threatening environment. Stefano is ready for a fight. John tells Stefano that everything he had is now his. Stefano finds John's arrogance amusing. John starts to get a headache and Stefano mocks him, but tells him to sit. "Why don't I get you a few ibuprofen," Stefano says as John struggles to sit. Stefano seems mystified by John's condition, and brings him water and pills. John refuses to trust anything from Stefano, and they continue the discussion of who owns what, in the DiMera Empire. John plans on having Stefano declared incompetent. He says Santo is the one who started DiMera Shipping and half of what Santo owned is his, legally. Stefano finds that amusing and says he was the one who stepped things up with the company, not Santo. They exchange threats to send the other to prison. Stefano tells him he likes John's new personality better than the old. It's more interesting. John tells Stefano to give up. "The empire is mine. No point in fighting it." Stefano calls this a major war, not a fight. He'll protect his empire and family. Stefano says John has the Alamain money and asks if greed motivates him to have more. John denies it. He is fighting for what is rightfully his. Stefano says John's a blip on the radar. "I created you and I can destroy you." John starts to have another headache and Stefano urges him to take the ibuprofen. John ignores him and asks for the deed to the house. Stefano laughs. That's not going to happen! His grandchildren will live in this house, even though his own children have disappointed him. The house will then belong to the grandkids. John laughs. The grandchildren will grow to hate him as his children do. Neither man is going anywhere, they state. Neither will back down.
Rolf arrives and tells Stefano he doesn't think it's prudent at this time to tell him that John Black will not be affective for long. He's entering a critical phase of his engineering. "Precarious, shall we say." It's only a matter of time before John will die, as his infrastructure overloads, says Rolf. Stefano realizes that's why John's having headaches.
Roman calls Bo. The Mayor has announced Abe's successor and Bo has to get down to the station to listen to the announcement. He takes off and on the way out, Lexi arrives. She already heard and says Hope's on her way down. Lexi asks Abe how he feels about someone taking over his job. "Depends on who it is," says Abe. They turn on the television to watch the press conference.
Mayor Mariano would have liked Roman to take the job but since he hasn't, he asks how Roman feels about the new candidate. Roman is satisfied with it.
Hope and Bo meet outside Roman's office and Josie Jordan announces the Mayor. They have a press conference to announce the new commissioner. Hope Williams Brady. Hope looks astounded. Lexi clicks off the television. "Hope didn't even mention this." She realizes Abe knew about this. Abe admits he suggested Hope but had no time to warn her.
Next on Days Of Our Lives:
"Remind me again why you couldn't tell me why you two slept together?" Chelsea asks Daniel.
Bo and Hope discuss her becoming police commish. She's balking at it though Bo is all for it.
"He's your own flesh and blood," says Marlena, to Stefano. "His fate was sealed years ago, Marlena," retorts Stefano.
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Food festival
Marketing hype
Why I love Melbourne
Seminars & workshops
Why is this newsletter so late?
Sunday savers
Menopause The Musical – tickets make a great mother's day gift for the braver offspring. I know some mothers who are agitating to make infanticide legal until the age of 21. In the suburbs there is Boeing Boeing at Fitzroy, Hello Dolly at Burwood and The Full Monty at Frankston, so those of you interested in watching Frankston people take their clothes off can head off to the theatre (or a couple of clubs in Frankston which we could name). Details at Theatre in Melbourne.
Food Festival
There is a new food and wine festival in North Balwyn. If you are interested in the local wines and native food of North Balwyn you will find details at Food & Wine in Melbourne.
Marketing Hype
Each week our mailbox gets full of marketing hype. Much of it is so over the top that we haven't enough time to sift through the hype to find if there is any substance underneath. However we have developed a few simple guidelines that help us eliminate the xxxx.
Firstly anything starting with "Have you ever wanted to .." comes from a TAFE Marketing 101 student and we don't have time to translate it back into English. Similarly the more sophisticated "Ever wanted to ..?" comes from TAFE Marketing 201 (notice they been taught to drop the "Have you" by year 2) and that similarly goes to our rubbish bin (or 'trash can' as it is called in marketing school). Then there is the "Melbourne's Best Kept Secret" school of marketing. Currently there are over a thousand of Melbourne's Best Kept Secrets according to our reckoning. Again they go straight to our trash can (see we've already been effected) because we know that "best kept secret" means "worst marketed". Marketing doesn't need money but it does require a certain amount of intelligence and "best kept secret" doesn't rate high on the IQ stakes.
In recent times we have noticed a particular tendency in the classical music scene to opt for over the top claims to attract attention. One local choir proclaims itself to be "one of the world's great choirs" while other musical organisations claim to be "Australia's best" or "Melbourne's best". Then there is a forthcoming event with the MSO promoted as "the World's Greatest Classical Music Event" so you can forget about heading off to The Ring at Bayreuth or the Proms at the Albert Hall - just head on down to the Tennis centre in Melbourne. To check out the offerings in classical music of "world's great", "Australia's best" and Melbourne's best" go to Classical Music in Melbourne.
One piece of marketing hype that is thoroughly justified is "VCE Season of Excellence". We are amazed each year at the talent coming through the school system and salute the students and teachers that have contributed to such exhibitions. In this case the term "excellence" is not marketing hype – it is simply true. There are exhibitions at both the gallery in Fed square and the Melbourne Museum.
The big event in Melbourne this week is the Umbria Jazz Festival. Details of this and other jazz events at Jazz in Melbourne.There is a free recital of classical music at the Iwaki Auditorium on Sunday. Details at Classical Music in Melbourne.
Why I love Melbourne
Living in Melbourne has its advantages. Last Sunday was a good example.
Time to stock up for the footy. Over to the Vic Market. Half a dozen oysters, meat salad from the Polish deli, some fruit and crispy veg and I'll eat like a king for about eight dollars. "I've got the best legs in the market" shouts the poultry lady. I glance up at the picture of Vickie and wonder what she makes of this market named after herself in the centre of the colony named after herself.
I head off down Elizabeth Street. I was going to catch a tram but in pondering the engineering marvel of Melbourne's cable tram network and the particular skills required by the gripman to negotiate Elizabeth Street I find I've already arrived at Collins Street so I turn and head up "The Block". Between S.T.Gill's watercolour painting and Fergus Hume's prose painting of The Block there is little else you need to place yourself in nineteenth century Collins Street. Back then, they even delayed the start of the football so that people could 'do the block' after finishing work at noon on Saturday, but I don't think the AFL is going to delay the match for me to vogue my way up and down the block so I continue up the hill.
As I make my way up Collins Street I briefly acknowledge the place where John Brack created his famous painting of Collins Street, pay respect to Sid Nolan's giant mural of the Eureka Stockade and nod in the direction of Tom Robert's studio. I head on past Harry Seidler's building which anchors that corner of the city and looks defiantly outwards at a time when the rest of Melbourne was looking inwards.
Melbourne must be the only city in the world where too much abbreviation is not enough. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is abbreviated to the MCG but that is still too long so it has become 'the Gee'. And what a Gee it is with much of Melbourne's history still echoing around in there. It is a great example of how the buildings and structures can change many times but the spirit of place remains. And the feeling for history is demonstrated by the crowd – "You might have a yellow uniform umpire but in my heart you'll always be a little white maggot!" St Kilda is trouncing Collingwood. This is good. Anybody trouncing Collingwood is good. Xavier Clarke handballs to his brother Raphael who ambles away with the loose limbed run known only to Aborigines, and everything slows down and the stands melt away and for a moment – I don't know how long – we are all back in a time before Batman and Fawkner and gold and cable trams.
The saints have marched in and I am marching my way through the autumn leaves of Yarra Park and the Fitzroy Gardens. On a crisp autumn afternoon Melbourne's gardens are at their best I pass Cook's Cottage where people are wondering at its size. "That is sooo big! It's at least three times larger than my apartment in the city."
Through the avenue of elms and on to St Pat's. I have a chat to Daniel Mannix and tell him with a certain restrained delight that his team his been defeated. His statue becomes just a little more stiff and aloof. I also explain that a couple of good catholic lads called Xavier and Raphael were partly responsible. He continues to look into the middle distance while I continue into the cathedral – his cathedral. St Pat's is at its best in evening autumn light. The yellow windows create a light from another world, and when you turn and head back, the Irish stained glass from the east window (in the south) cuts through the angled yellow rays with a sense of theatre that the little Irishman outside knows will put me in my place.
On past the Eye and Ear Hospital where Graeme Clarke and his team created the bionic ear and past the Exhibition Buildings. Prince Albert had a grand dream of a world so united by trade and commerce that wars would become a thing of the past, and he kick started this dream by encouraging a series of world fairs including two in Melbourne. I wondered how he would have reacted to the local historians and residents objecting to a nearby lane being called Bionic Ear Lane because they said "it sounds too commercial – a bit like promoting a product".
Back past the Trades Hall and the Eight Hour Monument and on to the Vic Market. I explain to Vickie that I didn't have the heart to tell Albert that the grand building that was part of his dream also saw the opening ceremony for a new commonwealth based on the twin pillars of trade barriers and the White Australia Policy. She seems to think it was best he didn't know.
Back home and Melbourne is preparing to transform itself from day to night. This happens quite quickly at this time of year and if you live in a city apartment it is important to have the right soundtrack to accompany the magical transformation. On this occasion I choose some Percy Grainger. His music expressing the feelings of being Australian and Victorian in particular seems appropriate to accompany the end of the day in Melbourne. The bats are now flying past the window – off to feed on the fruit trees in the leafy suburbs. In the morning there had been red and green parrots in flocks. In Melbourne it is important to be at just the right height. You still have to be in touch with the activity on the street but at sufficient height to be in touch with the bird life.
I suspect that is the height Bunjil chose – but that it is another story and another time.
Seminars & workshops
The free Deakin Lectures continue and this week also sees the visit of a Brazilian bishop presenting his views on how the world can be changed for the better. Details at Forums in Melbourne.
Why is this newsletter so late?
We would like to get this newsletter out on Thursday or even Wednesday but as a free service it has to be slotted in behind paying work – and that paying work keeps on increasing. You might not know that we have a paid subscription newsletter for the industry which generates much of what you read in the "what's on" columns of the printed press. We also have food vendors, market stall operators, bands, entertainers and others who want to know what's on well in advance who pay for this service. We have to look after these customers first and then when there is time we can get a free newsletter out to you lousy lot who we know aren't prepared to pay for anything – let alone a newsletter. So we will keep on trying to get our work finished earlier in the week and who knows? – you may soon get another newsletter on Thursday - or even Wednesday.
In the meantime, if you work for an organisation that needs information about events well in advance then send us an email and we will let you know the costs of our services.
Sunday Savers
The new very cheap Sunday ticket for public transport has arrived, and starting next week we will run an occasional piece on how to have a great Sunday out in Melbourne costing next to nothing. One of the saddest things we witness is visitors in Melbourne for just one or two days slavishly following the guide books and taking the City Circle tram everywhere because they have been told it will save them money. In most cases they have paid many hundreds of dollars for their air ticket and now they are using up most of their time travelling around the outskirts of the attractions in order to avoid paying several dollars for a daily ticket to travel everywhere and see far more. So next week we will start a little feature on spending a day in Melbourne for under $20.