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Hinduism And Buddhism Vol. 3
An Historical Sketch
Chapter LIII - Sects
Doctrines Of Lamaism
Lamaism is divided into various sects, which concern the clergy rather than the laity. The differences in doctrine are not very important. Each sect has special tutelary deities, scriptures and practices of its own but they all tend to borrow from one another whatever inspires respect or attracts worshippers. The baser sort try to maintain their dignity by imitating the institutions of the superior sects, but the superior cannot afford to neglect popular superstitions. So the general level is much the same. Nevertheless, these sectarian differences are not without practical importance for each sect has monasteries and a hierarchy of its own and is outwardly distinguished by peculiarities of costume, especially by the hat.
Further, though the subject has received little investigation, it is probable that different sects possess different editions of the Kanjur or at any rate respect different books[1]. Since the seventeenth century the Gelugpa has been recognized as the established church and the divinity of the Grand Lama is not disputed, but in earlier times there were many monastic quarrels and forced conversions. In the eighteenth century the Red clergy intrigued with the Gurkhas in the hope of supplanting their Yellow brethren and even now they are so powerful in eastern Tibet that this hope may not be unreasonable, should political troubles shake the hierarchy of Lhasa.
In spite of the tendency to borrow both what is good and what is bad, some sects are on a higher grade intellectually and morally than others. Thus the older sects do not insist on celibacy or abstinence from alcohol, and Tantrism and magic form the major part of religion, whereas the Gelugpa or established church maintains strict discipline, and tantric and magical rites, though by no means prohibited, are at least practised in moderation.
Setting aside the earliest period, the history of Buddhism in Tibet is briefly that it was established by Padma-Sambhava about 750, reformed by Atîśa about 1040 and again reformed by Tsong-kha-pa about 1400. The sects correspond to these epochs. The oldest claims to preserve the teaching of Padma-Sambhava, those of middle date are offshoots of the movement started by Atîśa, and the newest represents Atîśa's principal sect corrected by the second reformation.
The oldest sect is known as Nying-ma-pa or rNyiṇ-ma-pa, signifying the old ones, and also as the Red Church from the colour of the hats worn by the clergy. Among its subdivisions one called the sect of Udyâna[2], in reference to Padma-Sambhava's birthplace, appears to be the most ancient and still exists in the Himalayas and eastern Tibet
. The Nying-ma Lamas are said to have kept the necromancy of the old Tibetan religion more fully than any of the reformed sects. They pay special worship to Padma-Sambhava and accept the revelations ascribed to him. Celibacy and abstinence are rarely observed in their monasteries but these are by no means of low repute. Among the more celebrated are Dorje-dag and Mindolling: the great monastery of Pemiongchi[3] in Sikhim is a branch establishment of the latter.
Of the sects originating in Atîśa's reformation the principal was the Kadampa[4], but it has lost much of its importance because it was remodelled by Tsong-kha-pa and hence hardly exists to-day as an independent body. The Sakya sect is connected with the great monastery of the same name situated about fifty miles to the north of Mount Everest and founded in 1071 by Sakya, a royal prince. It acquired great political importance, for from 1270 to 1340 its abbots were the rulers of Tibet. The historian Târanâtha belonged to one of its sub-sects, and about 1600 settled in Mongolia where he founded the monastery of Urga and established the line of reincarnate Lamas which still rules there.
But shortly after his death this monastery was forcibly taken over by the Yellow Church and is still the centre of its influence in Mongolia. In theology the Sakya offers nothing specially distinctive but it mixes the Tantras of the old and new sects and according to Waddell[5] is practically indistinguishable from the Nying-ma-pa. The same is probably true of the Kar-gyu-pa[6] said to have been founded by Marpa and his follower Milaräpa, who set an example of solitary and wandering lives.
It is sometimes described as a Nying-ma sect[7] but appears to date from after Atîśa's reforms, although it has a strong tendency to revert to older practices. It has several important sub-sects, such as the Karmapa found in Sikhim and Darjiling, as well as in Tibet, the Dugpa which is predominant in Bhotan and perhaps in Ladak[8], and the Dikung-pa, which owns a large monastery one hundred miles north-east of Lhasa.
Milaräpa (or Mila), the cotton-clad saint who wandered over the Snow-land in the light garments of an Indian ascetic, is perhaps the post picturesque figure in Lamaism and in some ways reminds us of St. Francis of Assisi[9]. He was a worker of miracles and, what is rarer in Tibet, a poet. His compositions known as the Hundred Thousand Songs are still popular and show the same delicately sensitive love of nature as the Psalms of the Theragâthâ.
The main distinction is between the Gelugpa or Yellow Church and all the other sects. This is merely another way of saying that Atîśa reformed the corrupt superstitions which he found but that his reformed church in its turn became corrupt and required correction. This was given by Tsong-kha-pa who belonged originally to the Kadampa. He collected the scattered members of this sect, remodelled its discipline, and laid the foundations of the system which made the Grand Lamas rulers of Tibet. In externals the Gelugpa is characterized by the use of the yellow cap and the veneration paid to Tsong-kha-pa's image. Its Lamas are all celibate and hereditary succession is not recognized. Among the many great establishments which belong to it are the four royal monasteries or Ling in Lhasa; Gandan, Depung and Serra near Lhasa; and Tashilhunpo.
It has often been noticed that the services performed by the Gelugpa[10] and by the Roman Catholic Church are strangely similar in appearance. Is this an instance of borrowing or of convergence? On the one hand it is stated that there were Roman missions in Amdo in Tsong-kha-pa's youth, and the resemblances are such as would be natural if he had seen great celebrations of the mass and taken hints.
In essentials the similarity is small but in externals such as the vestments and head-dresses of the officiants, the arrangement of the choir, and the general mise-en-scène, it is striking. On the other hand many points of resemblance in ceremonial, though not all, are also found in the older Japanese sects, where there can hardly be any question of imitating Christianity, and it would seem that a ritual common to Tibet and Japan can be explained only as borrowed from India.
Further, although Tsong-kha-pa may have come in contact with missionaries, is it likely that he had an opportunity of seeing Roman rites performed with any pomp? It is in the great choral services of the two religions that the resemblance is visible, not in their simpler ritual. For these reasons, I think that the debt of Lamaism to the Catholic Church must be regarded as not proven, while admitting the resemblance to be so striking that we should be justified in concluding that Tsong-kha-pa copied Roman ceremonial, could it be shown that he was acquainted with it.
The life and ritual of the Lamas have often been described, and I need not do more than refer the reader to the detailed account given by Waddell in his Buddhism of Tibet [11], but it is noticeable that the monastic system is organized on a larger scale and inspired by more energy than in any other country. The monasteries of Tibet, if inferior to those of Japan in the middle ages, are the greatest Buddhist establishments now existing. For instance Depung has 7000 monks, Serra 5500 and Tashilhunpo 3800: at Urga in Mongolia there are said to be 14,000.
One is not surprised to hear that these institutions are veritable towns with their own police and doubtless the spirit of discipline learned in managing such large bodies of monks has helped the Lamaist Church in the government of the country. Also these monasteries are universities. Candidates for ordination study a course of theology and are not received as novices or full monks unless they pass successive examinations. In every monastery there is a central temple in which the monks assemble several times a day to chant lengthy choral offices. Of these there are at least five, the first before dawn and the last at 7 p.m.
Though the value of Lamas' learning and ritual may be questioned, it is clear that many of them lead strenuous lives in the service of a religion which, if fantastic, still expresses with peculiar intensity the beliefs and emotions of the Tibetans and Mongols and has forced men of violence to believe that a power higher than their own is wielded by intellect and asceticism.
There seems to be no difference between Tibetan and Mongolian Lamaism in deities, doctrines or observances[12]. Mongolian Lamas imitate the usages of Tibet, study there when they can and recite their services in Tibetan, although they have translations of the scriptures in their own language. Well read priests in Peking have told me that it is better to study the canon in Tibetan than in Mongol, because complete copies in Mongol, if extant, are practically unobtainable.
The political and military decadence of the Mongols has been ascribed by some authors to Lamaism and to the substitution of priestly for warlike ideals. But such a substitution is not likely to have taken place except in minds prepared for it by other causes and it does not appear that the Moslims of Central Asia are more virile and vigorous than the Buddhists. The collapse of the Mongols can be easily illustrated if not explained by the fate of Turks and Tartars in the Balkan Peninsula and Russia. Wherever the Turks are the ruling race they endeavour to assert their superiority over all Christians, often by violent methods. But when the positions are reversed and the Christians become rulers as in Bulgaria, the Turks make no resistance but either retire or acquiesce meekly in the new regime.
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See for instance the particulars given as to various branches of the Nying-ma pa sect in J.A.S.B. 1882, pp. 6-14.2.
Urgyen-pa or Dzok-chen-pa.3.
Or Pemayangtse.4.
Buddhism, p. 70.6.
Sandberg, Handbook of Tibetan, p. 207.8.
Authorities differ as to the name of the sect which owns Himis and other monasteries in Ladak.9.
See for some account of him and specimens of his poems, Sandberg, Tibet and the Tibetans, chap. XIII.10.
I do not know whether the ceremonies of the other sects offer the same resemblance. Probably they have all imitated the Gelugpa. Some authors attribute the resemblance to contact with Nestorian Christianity in early times but the resemblance is definitely to Roman costumes and ceremonies not to those of the Eastern church. Is there any reason to believe that the Nestorian ritual resembled that of western catholics?11.
See also Filchner, Das Kloster Kumbum, 1906.12.
Almost the only difference that I have noticed is that whereas Tibetans habitually translate Indian proper names, Mongols frequently use Sanskrit words, such as Manjuśrî, or slightly modified forms such as Dara, Maidari ( = Târâ, Maitreya). The same practice is found in the old Uigur translations. See Bibl. Buddh. XII. Tisastvustik. For an interesting account of contemporary Lamaism in Mongolia see Binstead, "Life in a Khalkha Steppe Monastery," J.R.A.S. 1914, 847-900.
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OpenOffice Integration
From ResourceSpace Documentation Wiki
This is an experimental feature available to Ubuntu users. Feedback and Comments should go to theorysavage at gmail.com.
- 1. You will need to install a utility called Unoconv which allows conversion between different document formats in Open Office:
sudo apt-get install unoconv
- 2. You must also add the following line to config.php
- 3. You need to start the unoconv listener by enter the following into the Command line/Terminal:
unoconv --listener &
It should start its own listener but it is mostly required to run the this command in order to ensure that it will work correctly.
The default file extensions that will be previewed with Open office are:
An alternative method for previewing Office formats is to use QuickLook to get previews on the Mac, but using Unoconv enables page previewing and an automatic PDF alternative version of the file.
I do the following to start the unoconv listener on startup (which prevents me from having to worry about starting the listener on reboots)
Create a file /etc/init.d/local
#! /bin/sh unoconv --listener &
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/local
update-rc.d local defaults 80


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Jackson police were searching for two men who were involved in a home invasion and shooting.
Authorities said the attack happened on Ridgewood Road in the Eastover neighborhood Friday night.
A woman who was housesitting was shot by one of the assailants.
Investigators said the woman walked into the home and found a mess before she was confronted and shot in the arm.
The victim is expected to be OK.


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Facebook Question: Your One-Word Money Philosophy
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I found this MOC while browsing Flickr. It was built by Thoy Bradley just like Pirates Remorse. And it's a pretty cool ship, don't you think?
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Hey guys,
I'm a long time follower of the group, but I haven't posted in years. I have a question I was hoping someone in the group could help me out with.
Hi guys,
I've just been asked whether there's a downside to moving to 1200px as the minimum desktop/laptop screen resolution we design for.
As far as I can tell, there are two downsides:
What proportion of laptop users? I don't know. I've tried to search for statistics on laptop screen resolutions, without success.
Are there any other segments or gotchas we should keep in mind?
I'd be interested in hearing from interaction designers who have
played extensively with the new One Laptop Per Child UI ("Sugar").
I saw the first public demo of Sugar back in August at AP's UX Week:
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MONTREAL — Alimentation Couche-Tard here returned volley from takeover target Casey's General Stores on Thursday, calling the latter's private debt placement "outrageous" and pretext for a "coercive financing arrangement" that would impede takeovers. Couche-Tard, which has offered to buy all of Casey's stock for $36.75 per share, said the leveraged recapitalization — in which Casey's pledged to buy $500 million of its own stock at prices up to $40 per share — amounts to a transfer of value ...
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Healthy Cats
Overweight Cats: Diets and Associated Health Risks
Slimming Down Kitty continued...
The consensus among vets is to implement a new diet slowly. Cats may stop eating if you suddenly confront them with different food.
"The bottom line is, you have to cut calories in proportion to the amount of work the cat is doing," says Johnny Hoskins, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, of Branson, Mo. "We try to do it over a several-month time period." The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention says a loss of about 1 pound per month is healthy.
The Best Cat Diet
Research has shown that there are several ways of approaching a cat diet. Fortunately, there are many commercial varieties of therapeutic canned and dry foods that are palatable and nutritionally sound. Hoskins tells WebMD that it's fine to combine canned and dry foods for your cat's diet.
Joe Wakshlag, DVM, PhD, DACVN, is a clinical nutritionist with Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine. He recommends a diet of low-calorie canned food because it has more fillers than dry food. The recommendation is not aimed at your cat, but at you. The canned food tends to make you, the caretaker, feel you are giving your cat enough to eat. Wakshlag also says to make sure you don't forget to look at the calorie count on the label. "I think the bottom line is you have to replace fat with protein and carbohydrates," he tells WebMD. "The key is to remove fat, which is contributing the most calories."
The latest trend in feline weight loss management is a high-protein/low-carb diet, the so-called "Catkins" diet. Hoskins says he prefers low-carb cat diets because he believes carbohydrates raise the risk of diabetes. Diets that contain L-carnitine help maintain lean body mass, he says.
Other research has shown that obese cats lose weight without losing lean body mass following low fat/high fiber diets and high fat/low carb diets. Both kinds of diets have been shown to improve glucose tolerance.
Look at the label on the cat food to make sure your cat is going to get the right nutrients for his stage in life and that the top ingredients are meat, meat byproducts, or seafood. Nutrients like taurine and B vitamins are also good.
Keep in mind: cats are natural carnivores, so vegetarian diets won't do.


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Growing up in Adelaide's North East suburbs of Holden Hill, the Hon Ian Hunter MLC was educated watching "Number 96" and "The Box" on television. At Gilles Plains High he excelled at English, Latin and Classical studies before studying Microbiology and Genetics at Flinders University.
It was here at uni that Ian "threw himself head first in gay community politics". He was involved in a range of activities from setting up a "young gays" in Adelaide, being the University President of the Gay Society and was a founding member of the South Australian AIDS Action Committee (later to become the South Australian AIDS Council).
In the 1980's Ian danced a lot for a year and in the early 80's won a year's free entry into Mars Bar by doing the Madison to Nutbush City Limits on roller skates at "GaySkate".
It was during his activism for the LGBT community to have sexuality included as a ground of discrimination which passed in 1986, that Ian got his first taste for legislative success "and liked it".
This took Ian on a career change from science to politics in his mid 20's where he left gay community politics behind to join "big politics". He has been an advisor to federal ministers and the South Australian state secretary of the Australian Labor Party before becoming an elected member of the SA Parliament.
Upon reflecting over his life before he became the Honourable Ian Hunter MLC, he jests "with the stroke of the electoral pen, a lifetime of dishonourable living has been wiped clean".
Ian lives in South Australia with his partner Leith and their two dogs. He continues to speak passionately for LGBT rights, most recently calling on the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to recognise his 20 year relationship by allowing for same-sex marriage.
Over the years I've played a small part in the ongoing campaign for law reform. I see this current campaign as another aspect of the struggle for equal rights and I am happy to lend my name to it.
Like all of us – I've experienced the discrimination of societal disapproval. I've put up with verbal and physical abuse - I've been attacked in Rundle Mall leaving the cinema. And of course, my partner and I have not had the advantage in the past of having our relationship recognised by government departments or businesses. My former superannuation provider would not even agree to pass my super to my partner on my death.
These reforms provide very important rights and benefits to gay couples that they otherwise were not entitled to by dint of their relationship. In itself this is a great change.
But more importantly – these reforms remove or amend a huge number of laws which said – in effect – gays and lesbians, and their relationships, are inferior to the rest of the community.
And when the law sets out that a class of people are second class citizens … it creates the conditions that allow discrimination, verbal and physical abuse, bullying, and even murder.
When we change these laws, the government and the parliament is saying such attitudes are no longer acceptable in our modern society. It removes a very powerful support for those who wish to attack us. That's why so many conservatives opposed them.
Because it celebrates a great win! And it lets our opponents know – in no uncertain terms – that we like the taste of winning … and we will be back for further fights … like marriage equality.
I have never seen so many laws changed so much at the one time in our favour. This wasn't a grudging small incremental change … a crumb thrown from the table tossed at us. This raft of reforms represents a HUGE attitudinal change. And its ramifications will be echoing through government and Australian society for some time.
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THAYER - Juanita A. Cathey, 78, died Feb. 27, 2002, at her home.
Born Sept. 11, 1923, in Tiptonville, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late John Ellis and Carrie Brindley Aaron.
Her husband, Ray Cathey, survives of the home.
Other survivors include: five daughters, Nancy Riley of Bloomfield, Carolyn Ann Witt of Sikeston, Linda White of Thayer, Dorothy Sue Miller of Pella, Iowa, and Kari Beeson of Mammoth Spring, Ark.; one son, John Cathey of West Plains; one brother, James Aaron of Anderson, Ind.; and 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son, Charles Cathey; and one sister, Dorothy Mayo.
Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Clary Funeral Home in Mammoth Spring with Walter Fish officiating.
Burial will be at a later date, following cremation.


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Short on immediate reforms, Obama team's chemical safety report gets mixed response
A much-anticipated federal report is receiving a lukewarm response for its plans to improve the nation's chemical safety and security.
President Barack Obama ordered a team of federal agencies last August to review regulations and oversight in response to West's fatal fertilizer explosion. Given a 2014 deadline to report back, the team spent the months since taking incremental steps like rewriting safety alerts and hosting public "listening sessions."
Unlike the announcement of Obama's executive order, the team's 121-page report was released with no fanfare. It was simply posted Friday on the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration's website. There wasn't even a homepage headline calling attention to it.
The report touched on the same areas of vulnerability and bureaucratic breakdowns, as other agencies have. It mostly called for continued work and study, rather than recommend bold new rules or regulations. (I uploaded it at the end of this blog post.)
What clear action there was dealt mostly with beefing up data-sharing to help spot chemical risks and training for local emergency planning and response. Those were two widely accepted lessons learned from the West blast.


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Smiles, smiles, and more smiles! Four days of exciting shooting coupled with great prizes was a successful combination for loads of fun at the 1st Annual Lone Star Continental Shoot.
The shooters came from Wales, England, Alaska, New York, Florida, California, and many states in between. The beautiful landscape of Rio Brazos Shooting Preserve was a great host. There were parties, food, and challenging shooting games as well as competitive shooting for great prizes. Benelli USA was a great sponsor as they donated exciting guns for prizes. Winchester Ammunition generously provided ammunition for all of the shooters. Many shooters commented on what a great value this was for a four day shoot.
Steve Wilson and Sarah Lyon did a tremendous job leading all of the great volunteers who worked hard to make this a successful four day shoot. Make plans to come for one or all four days at next years DU Lone Star Continental Sporting Clay Shoot.
Also, don't forget the 4th annual Lone Star Flyway Shoot on October 13th at Westside Shooting Preserve. To shoot in either event, volunteer, or be a sponsor contact Sarah Lyon at 832-722-1980.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
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Monday, Jan. 27, 2014
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The threat of winter weather is causing a string of cancellations at Augusta Regional.
So far, all but two flights have been canceled. The website still shows Delta flight 5024 scheduled to come in at 12:42 PM. It also shows Delta flight 5556 scheduled to arrive at 10:43 p.m.
Most departures have been canceled too. However, Delta 5024 is showing it's delayed, now scheduled to depart at 1:20 p.m today. Delta flight 5297 still shows it will be departing at 5:45 a.m on January 29th.
To keep checking the status of flights in our area, go to flyags.com.
ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines officials say more than 1,800 flights have been canceled ahead of a winter storm expected to pelt areas of the Southeast with sleet and snow.
Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton says 1,850 flights have been canceled system-wide Tuesday beginning at 11 a.m. Of that number, Talton says 840 flights from Atlanta have been impacted.
The airline is offering travelers the opportunity to make one-time changes to their tickets without a fee if they're traveling through Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas and Texas. Delta officials expect service to be impacted between Jan. 28 and 29, and replacement tickets must be reissued by Feb. 1.
Customers are encouraged to check their flight's status online and sign up to receive notifications about their flight via email or text message.
Also, flyers can check Augusta Regional Airport's arrivals and departures online. Click here to go to the website.
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Caps Take on Ottawa in Exhibition Action
For the Caps, the game marks the second game of three straight on the road to open the exhibition slate, and the team's second of seven exhibition contests overall.
Washington opened its preseason slate last Sunday in Carolina, suffering a 4-3 overtime loss to the Hurricanes on Erik Cole's 5-on-3 goal in the extra session. Mike Green, Nicklas Backstrom and Ben Clymer tallied for Washington in that game.
In preparation for tomorrow's tilt against the Sens, the Caps staged a mildly controlled scrimmage at Kettler Capitals Iceplex today. With 35 able-bodied players in camp, each team had three forward lines (one team had an extra forward) and three defensive pairings. Both clubs had two netminders.
Caps coach Glen Hanlon has seen a lot of his players on the practice rink since camp opened last Friday. With four exhibition tilts coming up in the next seven days, he will get a chance to see his players in competitive situations against other NHL clubs. Practice is one thing, but the exhibition games will go a long way toward determining which players remain with the Capitals when the regular season gets underway in Atlanta on Oct. 5.
"I think the games are the most important," says Hanlon. "They're the real tell-tale sign. I think that the biggest thing that happened for all the young kids is that they went from summer camp, to rookie camp to training camp, and each pace was dramatically quicker. And the next thing you know we play a game against Carolina and it's like they've just been facing someone that's been shot out of a cannon. All the kids that we [re-assigned], they were all amazed at the pace of the game.
"That's NHL hockey. If it's that quick in game one of the exhibition [season], it says a lot."
The kids held their own in that game against the Hurricanes, carving out a 2-0 lead after two periods. But Washington was ultimately undone by the Carolina power play which struck for three goals, including the game-winner.
"Yeah, it will be. Our mission here in exhibition is that we've tried to say that these are an extension of the regular season. We're going in to win hockey games. We're not looking to learn our systems. We're not looking to have tryouts for the shootout. We know going in that if it's a shootout, [Viktor Kozlov and Michael Nylander] are going to take it. We're not looking for that fifth and sixth guy in the regular season to see if he can do it in the exhibition game. For us, we're about preparing ourselves to win and that's our mission. If it means that we get going in the game and there are some players that aren't getting the job done, then their minutes will be cut even in exhibition."
Ottawa had a short summer after advancing to the Stanley Cup finals last spring. The Sens fell in five games to the Anaheim Ducks. After the series, the team bumped ex-Caps coach Bryan Murray from coach to general manager, replacing John Muckler. Former assistant coach and ex-Cap John Paddock was promoted to head coach.
On the ice, the Sens are largely the same team that went to the Cup finals. Defenseman Tom Preissing departed via free agency, and is likely to be replaced by Christoph Schubert, a natural defenseman who skated on the wing last season. Forward Peter Schaefer was dealt to Boston for speedy checking winger Shean Donovan.
The Sens made news earlier this week when they inked center Mike Fisher to a five-year extension worth a total of $21 million. Fisher, who earned a Selke Trophy nomination for his play in 2005-06, was set to become an unrestricted free agent next July 1.
Ottawa put a 4-0 spanking on the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. Goaltender Martin Gerber stopped all 52 shots he faced and went all the way in the Sens' lone exhibition game to date. Nineteen-year-old rookie Nick Foligno scored a goal and added two assists to pace the Ottawa attack.
Gerber is expected to be in goal again on Thursday when the Capitals come calling to Scotiabank Place.
The two teams split their four regular season meetings in 2006-07, with each team winning twice in its own house.
Ottawa will make a reciprocal visit to Verizon Center on Sept. 30 to close out Washington's exhibition schedule.


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By Mrs. Beth Clemons (ACC )March 25, 2014
Even with doing chores on her 97-acre farm, spending quality time with her children, grandchildren and dozens of animals, Linda Loy still finds time to volunteer with several local charitable organizations.
Born and raised in Alabama, Loy has lived on her New Hope farm since her husband returned from an overseas military assignment in 1989. For the last 15 years she has regularly dedicated her spare time to the Salvation Army, The CARE Center, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief and the Heal for Real Ministry.
"I just knew that I was supposed to do more than give money at my church," said Loy, human resources specialist, Army Contracting Command Deputy Chief of Staff Human Capital G-1, Plans and Operations Division.
Loy first began volunteering her services with Southern Baptist Disaster Relief.
"I've worked with them for at least 15 years through my church," said Loy. "We've been on two mission trips out of the country to help with disasters. We also travelled to New Orleans three different times after Katrina, working with the Red Cross."
According to Loy, the organization prepares care packages for disasters throughout the country.
"Our purpose is to help the hurting and share God's love," she said.
It was also through her church that Loy became involved with The CARE Center. Short for Community Assistance Resource Effort, The CARE Center is an organization that seeks to reduce poverty in Madison County, Ala., through education initiatives, employment resources, recovery programs and emergency services.
"When The CARE Center first opened it was supported by 12 churches. The budget averaged $4,000 to $10,000. Today it has an eight-figure budget and serves Brownsboro, Gurley, New Hope, Hampton Cove, Owens Cross Roads, Berkley and Big Cove," explained Loy.
Several times a week, Loy helps with the center's food pantry, financial assistance, adopt-a-grandparent, and a variety of care package programs.
The first and fourth Saturday of each month, Loy spends her time helping out at the Salvation Army, where she's been a volunteer for more than 10 years.
"When I first started working with the Salvation Army I worked in the kitchen along with the folks who were actually in the program. We would prepare food and feed anyone who came in," said Loy. "After a couple of years I started working on the food truck. On Saturdays the truck goes to three Huntsville locations. My sister volunteers with me as well and we like to make cupcakes or brownies to hand out along with the meal."
According to Loy, the Salvation Army truck runs 365 days a year - rain, sleet or snow.
Most recently, Loy began volunteering at the Heal for Real Ministry, which was started by another ACC G-1 employee, Denita Walters.
"It's a street ministry where we go under the bridges (where homeless people live), in the projects to feed and do activities with families. Last year we were able to take Christmas bags to about 40 or 50 elderly people in the projects," said Loy.
Loy said the group is currently working on becoming a non-profit organization so they can apply for grants and support more community programs.
"We don't have a mission statement yet, but we just want to help the hurting, needy, homeless and be God's hands and feet to serve him."
With such a busy schedule and full family life, Loy admits that she sometimes feels like there's just not enough time in the day to help more. It's those times she finds encouragement to continue through her spiritual beliefs.
"I know I can do all things because he gives me strength. Sometimes I feel like giving up, until a client or someone on the street just says those perfect words to remind me why I'm doing what I do. I feel my purpose on this earth is to serve others."


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Thursday, December 1, 2005
Is Rachel a Weisz?
The Independent reports that actress Rachel Weisz will be back in the UK next spring to film Death Defying Acts, a new film about Houdini. Weisz will play Houdini's mistress in the film.
The paper claims that Houdini "is a long-standing interest of Weisz's, partly motivated by the thought that he was a distant relative - he was born in Hungary as Ehrich Weisz."
Rachel Weisz related to Houdini? There is a bit of a resemblance.
Weisz is best known for her two blockbuster Mummy films, The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001), and can currently been seen in The Constant Gardener.
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Buried Alive 8-sheet Sells for $14,950
This poster promotes the escape that was to replace the Water Torture Cell in Houdini's full eveing show in 1927. However, Houdini died before the '27 season and the casket that was to be used in the trick was instead used to carry his body back to New York.
In other poster auction news, a rare French Terror Island poster recently sold for $12,650.
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- "Just keep breathing, baby."
- ―Jesús Velásquez, to Lafayette Reynolds[src]
Jesús Velásquez (pronounced heh-soos) is a major character in the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of the HBO original series True Blood. He is played by starring cast member Kevin Alejandro and debuts in "Beautifully Broken". He was the boyfriend of Lafayette Reynolds. A brujo of Mexican origin, he met his partner while being employed as a medical nurse for Lafayette's mother Ruby Jean. He discovered that Lafayette was "powerful" and carefully introduced him to witchcraft, magic and mediumship. Eventually he managed to get Lafayette to join the witch coven of Marnie Stonebrook, a friend of his.
Jesus was a very caring and compassionate person. He would always try to help others with their problems, evidenced by his profession as a nurse.
He showed his helpful side by helping Mavis find her and her son's bodies so she could move on. He also risked his life to help Sookie Stackhouse when she was captured by Marnie.
Powers and AbilitiesEdit
While the nature of his abilities are not explicitly stated in the series, it was later revealed that Jesus was a brujo, allowing him to see awaken the darkness passed down in his family. His grandfather was a practitioner of magic and is assumed that Jesus has a natural affinity for magic as he was seen to successfully cast spells. Due to this, he is able to produce fire and can break even the strongest of spells (such as the spell Marnie used to bind Antonia to her, using Antonia's magic). While under possession, Marnie forced Jesus to transfer his magic to Lafayette's body, killing Jesus in the process. Jesus is now a ghost and can communicate with Lafayette in ghost form. Jesus's magic still surfaces when Lafayette becomes emotional.
- That sounds like a compliment. Ruby, we gotta go. Come on. You need to bless the jello so everyone can eat. Come on! - Jesus to Ruby Jean when they were at Lafayette's house.
- Jesús: "A visit from the chef. Wow. It's my lucky day!"
- Lafayette: "I wanted to meet the sick fuck who ordered the veggie burger with bacon."
- Jesús: "I was just curious to see if you'd actually do it."
- Lafayette: "Boyfriend, for you, I'd do all kind of things against my better judgment."
- Jesús: "That's why I come back. For the personal service."
- Lafayette: "You don't finish that, and you ain't getting no dessert."
- Jason: "Hey, when you and Lafayette role play. Does he ever pretend to be a woman named Mavis?"
- Jesus: "I'm going to forget you just said that."
- Jesus: "YOU CAN'T TRADE MAGIC LIKE FUCKING POKEMON CARDS!"
- Lafayette: "I killed the man I love... How am I supposed to live with that?"
- Jesus: "Just keep breathing, baby..." *kisses him* "It's that simple."
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AUGIWorld August 2011 Issue is Available!
AUGIWorld August 2011 Issue Released!
• Collaboration is more than just a tidy word to describe diverse users working together toward a common goal. Collaboration is a mindset and a culture which, fortunately for Autodesk product users, is aided significantly by the products they use every day.
• In "Keys to Collaboration Success," author Brian Benton offers some practical tips for collaborating on AutoCAD projects.
• Melinda Heavrin's article "Collaboration with Autodesk Design Review" elaborates on how drawing markups can become an easy, streamlined operation.
• And Andra Marquardt demonstrates how AutoCAD Map handles the critical process of file import and export in "Speaking the Same Language."
Here are the direct links to the issue!Low Resolution PDF (6.9mb) / High Resolution PDF (30.0mb) / Read it Online
Also in the August 2011 issue of AUGIWorld:
• The Autodesk Exchange Apps Store: In June, Autodesk launched a marketplace where you can find great apps—plug-ins, block libraries, e-books, training videos, and more. Free apps, trials, products for purchase—as close as a tab in AutoCAD 2012. Stephen Preston shows you around the store.
• Collaboration in a Multi-Disciplinary/Multi-Firm Environment: Bryan Tanner shows you how to share drawing files efficiently with those inside – and outside – your environment by using great tools inside AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Collaborating with Autodesk Inventor Publisher: In our technology-driven world, the ability to share designs and communicate effectively has never been so important. John Evans illustrates how Inventor Publisher is up to the task.
• Electrical and Mechanical Coordination: Revit MEP works admirably as a method for bringing mechanical and electrical engineers together. Todd Shackelford shows you how it's done.
• Revit Collaboration: Then and Now: Troy Gates looks back on how collaboration workflow once worked in Autodesk Revit, and how it is done today. An emerging technology is also making inroads.
• Collaboration with Revit Structure—Work Sharing: Phil Russo takes you step by step through collaboration in Revit Structure. Lots of tips and tricks here.
• Collaboration and Data Management for AEC Projects: What's Autodesk's vision for collaborating with the Revit platform? It's 360. Revit Design Product Line Manager Anthony Hauck elaborates.
• Collaboration & Interoperability: Seth Borne describes a plethora of third-party modeling solutions and techniques for integrating assets into 3ds Max.
• Value-Driven Project Delivery: Understanding the needs and requirements of clients is critical to delivering successful projects. Here are six keys to success, from Andrew Abernathy.
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4) Creates an Ergonomic Drafting Environment – allowing you to keep one hand on the keypad and one hand on the mouse, with the eyes focused on the work/screen.
5) Portable on Any Supported Computers – the same keypad can be used on multiple computers such as an office computer, home computer, laptop, etc., with only one purchased code.
The list is even longer, but we chose to highlight 5 reasons for now. When you take these considerations into account, you can see why LaunchPad is able to help transform the way you work. You become better at what you do and more competitive through the use of the newly supported and diversified products that can propel you forward.
We're hearing from many architects in the field who value and continue to praise using the LaunchPad KeyPad. In fact, if you'd like to hear directly from some of them, please check out our "Testimonial" page on the website. Our users say it all and now they're even more excited over the 3D applications that LaunchPad supports. They see and understand how adding these new applications into their drafting and drawing environments can improve their skills and take them further in their professions by giving them a competitive edge in moving from 2D vector based drawings to 3D modeling based drawings.
LaunchPad makes learning these applications easy with its universal input system that crosses over into each of the different applications. For example, there is an editor with a command screen, component screen and materials screen that applies to products like SketchUp®, Photoshop® and AutoCAD® products. LaunchPad users who are beginning to include these new applications into their work are reporting positive experiences and EXCITEMENT over just how easy they are to implement and use, with very impressive results! They see the potential for advancing themselves among other architects in the industry and with their clients through the production of enhanced, quality representations and renderings of their drawings and house plans, etc.
So, if you are a LaunchPad user, you may want to consider some of these new applications yourself. And, if you're new to LaunchPad, then now is the time to try it. The benefits you receive with LaunchPad will only continue to grow! To find out more about LaunchPad and what it can do for you, check out the website at: http://www.launchpadoffice.com
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Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Daniel Webster College Electrical and Computer Engineering Program prepares students for professional careers in the design, development, and use of electronic and computer equipment in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications and networking, computer hardware, aerospace, automotive, and medical instrumentation.
The electrical and computer engineering curriculum includes a three-semester design sequence within which students work in teams applying theories learned in the classroom to develop projects from concept to operation.* This can help students to develop confidence and competence in solving engineering design problems and to learn effective teamwork skills. Students apply creative and strategic thinking to economic and technical issues involved in typical engineering projects. They also learn to generate briefings and reports and present them to their peers and faculty. These two central aspects of the program – working in teams and developing communications skills – help students prepare for the engineering profession.
The electrical and computer engineering program covers the design of small components, such as transistor circuits, and provides students experience in integrating such components as vision systems, sensors, controls, and the software that binds these devices into larger systems. One of the program's strengths is the early and extensive coverage of signal processing concepts. Students complete a three-semester sequence in signals and systems that culminates in a digital signal processing course covering audio and visual signals.
Students can choose technical electives that provide additional depth in the areas of wireless communications, computer engineering, and control systems and robotics. The wireless communications area focuses on the rapidly growing field of portable device design and integration through courses in networking and communications. The computer engineering area focuses on the development and utilization of the newest hardware designs by covering the fundamentals of computer systems design in addition to the required electrical core. The control systems and robotics area focuses on robotics and modern control theory.
The DWC faculty serves as mentors to DWC students both inside and outside the classroom, providing opportunities to put theory into practice. In addition, senior electrical and computer engineering students have the chance to collaborate with their aeronautical engineering and mechanical engineering colleagues in a senior capstone project which exposes students to the perspectives of multiple disciplines. This valuable experience mirrors the multidisciplinary team approach commonly practiced in industry.
*Daniel Webster College is a collaborator in the international CDIO initiative, "an innovative educational framework for producing the next generation of engineers [that stresses] engineering fundamentals set in the context of Conceiving, Designing, Implementing, and Operating real-world systems and products."
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Here's the report for this day, August 1, in 1945.
Includes this: "Today he [Truman] gives a letter to Stalin, which confounds him. Earlier, Stalin had promised to declare war on Japan around August 7. Now Truman writes that more consultation is needed. Truman had pushed for the entry, writing in his diary "fini Japs" when that occurred, even without use of The Bomb. Now that he has the bomb in his 'pocket' he apparently hopes to stall the Soviets."


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Barbara Nicholas who resides on one of the affected blocks asked council to "give it time" as having that part of Mulberry Street one-way has altered traffic near her home for the better. She said the $2,000 that was spent to paint the angled parking spaces along that street could have been better spent if the city were to change it back to a two-way street.
Councilwoman Kathy Garrett and Recorder Judy Wiseman both said they had spoken to area business owners concerning the traffic and parking situation who said they liked having angled parking at the end of the block.
Though Sue Quillen, councilwoman, said she did not wish to detract from the improvements made to the downtown area by the Ravenswood Development Authority, she had signatures of residents who wanted Mulberry Street to return to being a two-way street. "That's 101 people that cared," she said.
Prior to the vote, Councilman Gary Lawson said before changing the direction of the traffic and doing away with the angled parking, the city needed to look at ways to divert the truck traffic that has been using residential streets to make deliveries. Council voted against the ordinance, opting to examine the truck traffic situation before acting. Quillen abstained.
In other business, council hired Jonathan Pinson as an officer in the Ravenswood Police Department starting at $12.70 per hour. He will begin his duties in Ravenswood on Feb. 1.
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Labor Day bed race offers weekend fun for a good cause
August 17, 2012 by Sarah
Rolling through the Labor Day weekend, The Great Grove Bed Race 2012 will be held on September 2 in Miami, Florida. The weekend will begin with an evening of bathrobes, fuzzy slippers, and sleepwear for the Michelob Ultra Pajama Pub Crawl on Saturday, September 1. All of the weekend events will be held in the Coconut Grove neighborhood in Miami, at the corner of Grand Avenue and Commodore.
The Pajama Pub Crawl will allow participants free drink coupons for visiting local pubs during the evening. The Crawl is from 8:00 pm to midnight and then the bed race will start at 2:00 pm on Sunday.
Gift certificates and cash prizes will be awarded for best theme, crowd favorite, top online fundraiser, most creative bed, and best-engineered bed. The top three finishers will get trophies relevant to their position of first, second, or third.
Other prizes will be given throughout the day to those who triumph in fun activities during the parade of beds, such as a decoration contest and an award for best costume.
Print companies are probably completing the flyer printing for the bed race, which aims to improve economic impact and awareness so that Grove Village can raise funds for a good cause. The registration fee for new and veteran teams of five will be $125 and can be paid online at the website of the sponsor, The Great Grove Bed Race. All of the proceeds of the Memorial Day event will go to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade.


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This morning, I have once again turned to my little black book, deciding on the Graham Cracker Crumb Cake. I think this originally was clipped out of a Sunset magazine, many years ago. I always keep graham crackers in the pantry. Granddaughter loves them and I have had a fondness for them for years, not in the usual "milk and graham crackers" way, but as little peanut butter sandwiches. I still take little graham cracker and peanut butter "sandwiches" as my lunch. Oh and lets not forget buttered. Crisp, lightly sweet cracker with creamy, mild salty butter, yum. Cake anyone? Lets get started.....
The easiest way to make the crumbs, is to use the grater disk on your processor.
Graham Cracker Crumb Cake
adapted from Sunset Magazine (I believe)
350 degree oven
1/2 plus 1 T flour
1 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1 1/2 c graham cracker crumbs
1/2 t cinnamon
1/2 c butter
2/3 c brown sugar
2/3 c sugar
3 eggs
1 t vanilla
1 c buttermilk
Combine all dry ingredients, stirring well and set aside. Cream butter, add sugars, beat until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Add vanilla, 1/2 dry ingredients and 1/3 of the butter milk. Mix well. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and 1/3 of the buttermilk, mixing well. Mix in remaining buttermilk bringing any drier ingredients up from bottom of the bowl.
Pour into a prepared 9 inch square pan.
Bake 35-40 minutes.
Serves 8-10
Recipe rating: Oh Yes! (will make again)
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Mohanlal describes Kamal as a role model
Recently, Kamal Hassan"s 50 glorious years in front of the camera were celebrated in good measure at a grand function that was held Nehru indoor stadium on Monday evening. Speaking on the occasion Mohanlal said, "The industry is proud to have an actor, who could be looked upon as a fitting role model for the upcoming heroes."
The 'Ulaganayagan Kamal 50' was attended by Other South Indian superstars like Rajinikanth, Venkatesh and Mammootty. Maestro AR Rahman, producer AVM Saravanan, veteran actress Saroja Devi, directors Balachandar, Balu Mahendra, SP Muthuraman, Dharani, Mysskin, AR Murugadoss, Hariharan and SP. Balasubramaniam were also present on the occasion.
However, Kamal Hassan-Mohanlal starrer Unnaipol Oruvan was released earlier this month. It has been a big success at the Box Office. In an interview, Mohanlal said that Kamal Hassan was a wonderful actor and deserved more appreciation than he had been endowed then. He said, "I am really interested in working with him for more projects in future."


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Published: January 24, 2003
A selective listing by critics of The Times of noteworthy pop and jazz concerts in the New York metropolitan region this weekend. * denotes a highly recommended concert.
STEVEN BERNSTEIN'S MILLENNIAL TERRITORY ORCHESTRA, Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7501. Mr. Bernstein, the trumpeter, leads his nine-piece mini-big band through Midwestern and Southwestern music of the 1930's with a revisionist, excitable cast of mind. Tonight at midnight; admission is $7 (Ben Ratliff).
BLUE OYSTER CULT, B. B. King Blues Club and Grill, 243 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212) 997-4144. Blue Oyster Cult's hit suicide ballad, ''(Don't Fear) the Reaper,'' was thoroughly atypical for a band that always made it difficult to guess how far its tongue was in its cheek. But heavy metal riffs, science-fiction lyrics and Buck Dharma's searing guitar leads added up to songs -- like ''Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll'' and ''Astronomy'' -- that melted down any question of intention. Tonight at 8 and 10:30; tickets are $27.50 (Jon Pareles).
JOANNE BRACKEEN QUARTET, Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232. A pianist with a long and undervalued history -- she played piano with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the late 1960's, though not many know it -- Ms. Brackeen plays with gusto and writes refreshing, witty compositions with nonstandard chord changes and shifting arrangements. Her quartet includes the tenor and soprano saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, the bassist Ugonna Okegwo and the remarkable drummer Horacio Hernandez, known as El Negro. Tonight through Sunday night at 7:30 and 9:30, with an 11:30 set tonight and tomorrow; cover charge is $25 (Ratliff).
BUSKIN AND BATTEAU/CHRISTINE LAVIN, the Bottom Line, 15 West Fourth Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 228-6300 or (212) 502-3471. David Buskin and Robin Batteau have collaborated on and off through decades, harmonizing on kindly love songs. They're not quite the sensitive new-age guys so neatly skewered by Christine Lavin, whose songs are about small pleasures (like cold pizza for breakfast), major annoyances (like clueless men) and, between the wry observations, some unabashed tenderness. Tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 and 10:30; admission is $20 (Pareles).
* DERRICK CARTER, Centro-Fly, 45 West 21st Street, Flatiron District, (212) 627-7770. Last fall, Derrick Carter released ''Squaredancing in a Roundhouse'' (Classic), a weird, enticing disc of house music that ranges from disco-influenced vocal tracks to stark, mechanical rhythmic experiments. Tonight at 10, with Anthony Mac; admission is $20 (Kelefa Sanneh).
REGINA CARTER, Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Manhattan, (212) 581-3080. The classically trained jazz violinist Regina Carter has been pretty successful at mixing virtuosity with popular appeal: when she makes blues and gospel vocalizations out of portamento swoops, it's hard not to like her. Tonight and tomorrow night at 9 and 11; cover charge is $25, with a $10 minimum (Ratliff).
EUGENE CHADBOURNE-JOE MORRIS-MARK DRESSER-GERRY HEMINGWAY QUARTET, Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7501. What a strange, promising group. Mr. Chadbourne is a ravenous scholar of American music, with a scabrous, loony sense of humor; Mr. Morris is a thoughtful, headstrong, melody-to-melody improviser; both are remarkably original guitarists. They're playing with the bassist and the drummer who were for a time members of Anthony Braxton's strongest small group. Tonight at 10; admission is $10 (Ratliff).
BILL CHARLAP TRIO, Smoke, 2751 Broadway, at 106th Street, (212) 864-6662. Relatively new to bandleading, Mr. Charlap has a steady trio with Peter Washington and Kenny Washington, and his performances have become extraordinary displays of discipline and improvisation -- the wonders of an organized imagination. Peter Washington won't be in the group this weekend, but Ron Carter will be. Tonight and tomorrow night at 9 and 11; cover charge is $25 (Ratliff).
CHARMING HOSTESS, Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7501. Charming Hostess is led by Jewlia Eisenberg, whose music dips into everything from klezmer to pygmy-style counterpoint behind lyrics that are often both clever and wise. Tonight at 8; tickets are $10 (Pareles).
THE CHANTEUSE CLUB, Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, East Village, (212) 539-8778 or (212) 239-6200. Here's an unexpected alliance: Kate Pierson of the B-52's; Gail Ann Dorsey, who made her own albums before turning up as the bass player in David Bowie's band; and Maggie Moore, who was in the cast of the off-Broadway show ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch.'' Backed by a pianist, they'll be singing their own songs and others'. The performances are tonight and tomorrow night at 7 and 9:30; the admission is $20 (Pareles).
JIMMY COBB, Fat Cat, 75 Christopher Street, West Village, (212) 675-6056. One of the original hard-bop drummers and the only surviving musician from Miles Davis's ''Kind of Blue'' sessions, Mr. Cobb plays hard-edged, straight-ahead jazz with his own band. He's celebrating his 74th birthday this week. Tonight and tomorrow night at 10; admission is $15 (Ratliff).


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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Monday, Dec. 9, 2013
AUGUSTA, GA (WRDW) -- "It's messed up. It's very messed up for real," says Wendy Dixon.
Frustration would be an understatement for Dixon after she says she was dropped from the DHS food stamp program.
"I was cut off because I missed my review," says Dixon.
In order to get back on the program she says she has to either apply online through Georgia Compass or by phone. With limited access to a computer, Dixon is using her mobile.
"They keep telling you to call the one eight seven seven number but when I call them it keep hanging up on me, hanging up on me. Call back at a later time," says Dixon.
She and a dozen other News 12 viewers contacted us about what they say are extremely long hold times only to be disconnected. "Wait time about four, five hours. I stayed on their for two hours three hours," says Dixon.
We reached out to the communications department at DHS both by phone and email. Our email dated December 3rd was only replied to on Monday afternoon. DHS says it is working hard to address complications with its phone system and is working to resolve them as quickly as possible.
In the meantime, going online may be the quickest option.
DHS provided a full statement on the issue below:
Family and Children Services recently re-engineered its business model for providing benefits to Food Stamp, Medicaid, TANF and Child care customers to meet increased demand for services and create consistent service statewide.
This process is called Georgia One.
Instead of requiring customers to travel to the county office and complete benefit interviews or renewals in person, this new business model relies heavily on technology and telephone services which includes conducting interviews over the phone.
Phone agents, housed in various locations all over the state of Georgia, accept phone calls from customers to complete an application or an annual renewal interview.
The Department is working diligently with its internal and external partners to address complications with technology and resolve them as quickly as possible.
We believe once our system issues are resolved, customer wait times will be reduced and service improved for the entire state of Georgia.
Currently, the Georgia One communication line experiences its highest call volumes on Mondays and Tuesdays. Clients may receive better service if they call outside those periods of high call volume.


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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 22.214.171.124
Forum Moderators: open
Thanks for the help!
Here is a request from Inktomi's spider "Slurp" from my logs:
220.127.116.11 - - [27/Feb/2003:01:54:19 -0500] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 2017 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Slurp/si; email@example.com; http://www.inktomi.com/slurp.html)"
If you see this user-agent in your logs, then you are indeed "on the radar." If you wish to submit to PT's paid inclusion plan, that's up to you. The factors that control how deeply Ink will index your site are pretty much the same as those for other search engines: Easy-to-navigate link structure not dependent on JavaScript or any other non-HTML methods, incoming links to your pages from other sites which in turn are well-linked, a listing in one or more Web directories, such as the OPen Directory Project at dmoz.org, etc.
I have several sites which are fully-indexed, and have been since before I was aware of Ink's pay-for-inclusion.
I have the same issue here in that positiontech will list all the page indexed for particular domains yet while I check in MSN using the same domain:www.url method I typically only have 2 results showing.
If positiontech is showing several pages indexed using the domain:www.url method then why wouldn't the same method produce the same results in MSN instead of just showing two pages?
If someone can answer that I'd be a happy camper.
All these sites are spidered frequently by Ink.
Alright.. so then how do we effectively search for ALL our pages indexed in MSN then?
I would think a lot of people are paying for inclusion based on the fact they only see 2 pages indexed when they go hunting on their domain name yet the results have been limited to ONLY show 2 occurances matching the domain name in question.
Seems liek trickery to me, no?
I wish someone from PT would reply back to my continual emails regarding my domain, quick enough to take my money and index the page. But as soon as there is any sign of a problem incommunicado is the best description I have for their services... :(
I apologise for the above mail directing my problem at PT, when in fact I have been mailing the wrong company :(
MOD could you please remove my posts further up regarding this and also accept my apologies.
Yours apologetically,
enter your domain name w/o the .com or whatever in the search box. Enter your domain name - my company.com in the domain box. As fas as I can tell that will show you all pages listed in Ink.
enter your domain name w/o the .com or whatever in the search box. Enter your domain name - my company.com in the domain box. As fas as I can tell that will show you all pages listed in Ink.
Works great! thanks a ton!
Now we have two ways to check pages indexed in Ink -
1. [search.msn.com...]
2. domain:www.mycompany.com in Positiontech.
What can one derive if the results show significant differance in no. of pages indexed? When I tried out in MSN adv. search more than 1000 pages of my site are indexed and in PositionTech pure search, only 70 pages are indexed. Infact for all the Keywords that I am ranked anywhere within 20 in MSN and PT, all are from these 70 pages. Though I am shown large no.of pages indexed in MSN Advanced Search, for rest of the pages (apart from those 70) I am not ranked at all even when I search for a complete sentence from my pages. Infact in MSN those pages are ranked at the end! In PT no trace of them?
A basic question? Who else has supplied those pages to MSN if not Inktomi? Definitely not Overture, since Overture too has only those pages as in PT.


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by Kay Ryan
Turtle Perseverance Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
Who would be a turtle who could help it? (1)
One thing's for sure: the speaker of this poem is clearly not Abraham Lincoln. We're quite sure he wouldn't be so dismissive of turtles. The speaker's scornful tone in the poem's opening line hints that this turtle will probably have to swim against the current, persevering on her own without the benefit of an outboard motor or vigilant lifeguards.
Quote #2
[…] barely mobile (2)
If you're a marathon runner, perseverance is your middle name. You've trained your body well for long-distance running and have confidence in your powers of endurance. The turtle, however, is "barely mobile." In the race of life, she will always remain slow and awkward, and no amount of training will change that fact. Yet she perseveres.
Quote #3
[…] almost any slope
Defeats her modest hopes (6-7)
Many expert mountain climbers who attempt Everest have to turn back; but there's no shame in being defeated by the world's tallest mountain. They can still point to their conquests of other impressive peaks. The turtle doesn't have any record to fall back on, no history of successes to keep her going. No wonder her hopes are "modest." In fact, it's a miracle that she has any hope at all. But the girl just digs deep and keeps on truckin'.


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Add more "Presets" buttons
Add more "Presets" buttons, please. I like many different music genres and need more preset buttons. 10 looks good, but 20 looks much better, or even 50 ;)
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North Canton has a rich history, one that has encouraged growth both in the city and surrounding areas.
The Community of North Canton first began as the Village of New Berlin in 1831. The first 23 lots were established at an angular intersection of Market Street, now called Main Street, and Portage Street. New Berlin was the first village to be plotted in Plain Township, one of the original townships created when Stark County was organized in March of 1809. Even though the residents were primarily of German descent, they decided, during World War I, that the communitys name needed to be changed. In January of 1918, New Berlin became known as North Canton.
Before this time, in 1873, William H. Boss Hoover had moved his tannery business from the family farm east of town to the center of the village. There he ran a successful leather business until 1919, when the decision was made to devote full efforts to the manufacturing of vacuum cleaners. By 1933, the Hoover Company was the worlds largest manufacturer of vacuum cleaners.
The Hoovers helped to shape the community of North Canton in a variety of ways. The first community building was a gift, in 1923, by Boss Hoover to the citizens of North Canton. Mr. Hoover also helped to establish the library. The financing of Memorial Stadium, which was dedicated in 1946, was also made possible because of The Hoover Company. Because of its strong support, it was only fitting that the school built in 1957 be named Hoover High School. The High School has since been rebuilt on 7th Street in North Canton.
Transportation changes have also impacted the community. Beginning in 1901, Main Street was the location of the Interurban Line which ran between Canton and Akron. In 1914, the street was paved in brick, and soon the streetcar lines were replaced by automobile traffic. In 1946, North Canton gained the convenience of a new airport now called Akron-Canton Regional Airport, which was built west of town. By 1966, transportation convenience was also improved with the completion of the northern section of I-77 between Canton and Akron. Each of these changes encouraged growth.
North Canton has a rich history, one that has encouraged growth both in the city and surrounding areas. It is because of this history, and the firm economic foundation which it has provided, that North Canton will continue to be a successful, desirable community in which to live.
Additional information about the history of the Community is available through the North Canton Heritage Society, at 330-494-4791, or at the Hoover Historical Center, 330-499-0287.
Ever since the Hoovers moved their fledgling leather business to the heart of North Canton (formerly known as New Berlin) in 1873, it has been the hub of the North Canton industrial community. The Hoover Company has prospered world-wide in its manufacture of vacuum cleaners. In the Fall of 2007 (one year short of 100 years of continuous operation) the Hoover Company, owned by TTI, ceased operations in North Canton and the property was then sold.
IRG (Industrial Realty Group) is the current owner of the Hoover property and through its local company, Maple Street Commerce, IRG is repurposing the property through multi-use development. The Hoover property is the Northeast section of the square of North Canton, with a dominant presence on Main Street. It's architecture of red brick and white-trimmed windows with a deep front lawn disguises the manufacturing environment that was once inside.
Many other companies that took root in North Canton and the adjoining industrial parks have also grown to nationwide proportions. Diebold, Inc. which employs over 700 locally, is a world leader in the manufacturing and sales of automatic bank teller machines (ATM's) and they have introduced them all around the world. Other North Canton area employers of note are Walsh University, Portage Electric, ASC Industries, Wilkof-Morris Steel, Alpha Enterprises, Suarez Corporation, GE Capital, Harry London's Candies, Kohler Coating Machinery Corp, Lectrotherm Inc., Liquid Control Corp., Paarlo Plastics Inc., Seco Machine, Sun States Plastics, Xcel Mold & Machine, Xpress Print Inc., and many more.
North Canton also thrives on many dedicated smaller and family owned businesses.
The foreign trade zone with full abatement powers, creates an exciting environment and opportunities for future economic growth in the area. Foreign or domestic material or merchandise may be moved into the FTZ without being subject to U.S. Customs Duties on the merchandise. With world trade increasing at breakneck speed, companies interested in competing in the global markets are encouraged to investigate the advantages of relocating to the North Canton Area.
The Stark Development Board, Inc. is a non-profit corporation engaged in economic development activities in Stark County. Their mission is to retain, expand, and attract business investment in the area. SDB coordinates its services and activities with all the Chamber of Commerce in Stark County.
The environment for manufacturing as well as small business start-ups and expansion is very positive in North Canton, Ohio.


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Re: Shockingly Inaccurate
So, since you're a man in the know, would you have a smart meter yourself?
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So, since you're a man in the know, would you have a smart meter yourself?
I find that a little surprising as I thought they were better than that.
This piece is perfectly judged - capturing as it does the essential viewpoint of the entrepreneur as parasite. Well done sir!
But the neighbouring village is called Bookham.
They have a shared police station - Fetcham and Bookham.
True fact.
I'm afraid the Reg's sub-editor is behind the times.
Innocent until proven guilty has already been abolished for a range of crimes under the heading of "Strict Liability".
... why we need this new law when there is a perfectly good offence of Encouraging or Assisting a Crime already on the statute books in the Serious Crime Act 2007?
What exactly is the nature of this speech that on the one hand doesn't break this law but on the other is deemed extremist?
I don't drive one myself, but just asking....
The right to freedom of expression is not absolute.
For example, the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 part 3A says "A person who uses threatening words or behaviour, or displays any written material which is threatening, is guilty of an offence if he intends thereby to stir up religious hatred."
There are also numerous other English laws that circumscribe completely free speech, most notably the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 Section 4A which states:
(1) A person is guilty of an offence if, with intent to cause a person harassment, alarm or distress, he— (a) uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour, or (b) displays any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting, thereby causing that or another person harassment, alarm or distress.
You're right. In tax issues what is legal is a matter of opinion and the corporations can afford to spend a great deal of money on tax lawyers explaining how their opinion is the right opinion.
IMHO, the root cause of the problem is the complexity of the tax laws. Tolley's Tax Guide on UK law alone now runs to 11,500 pages - a doubling in length in the last 17 years. If only legislatures could get together and agree on a massive simplification of tax laws then it would make it harder for wealthy entities to avoid.
Of course, legislatures are full of lawyers, so why would they want to reduce their earning opportunities?
British Aerospace were one of the few companies who trained up programmers from scratch. I worked at a software house in Guildford in the early 90's and several of my colleagues were people who had cut their first lines of code on a BAe training scheme.
I'm afraid that the facts disagree with you.
The Gini co-efficient has been decreasing for several years now, meaning that inequality is reducing. Indeed the Guardian reported last year that the Gini co-efficient was at its lowest point in the UK since 1986.
How about the cost of a cup of coffee made at home (about 6p) with the cost of a cup of coffee from Starbucks (about 3 quid, or more if you're at an airport / motorway service station)?
And possibly the shitest camera ever put in a smartphone.
Projects which involve us mugs paying more money to the government seem to have gone in OK.
As examples:
- HMRC Real-time Information
- London congestion-charging scheme
- Automatic issuing of fines triggered by speed cameras
We're definitely in the wrong business. My NHS dentist sends his son to Eton and his daughter to Wycombe Abbey - that will buy you a Panamera every 15 months.
In the professional game of the 50's, apparently it used to be part of the skill of a winger to cross the ball with the laces facing away from the centre-forward's head!
..... in manipulating different data sets to produce misleading statistics, look at the marketing departments of Fund and Asset Managers. When one fund gets closed down and merged with another, all sorts of statistical shenanigans are possible.
I spotted HM The Queen amongst the pictures - I'm pretty sure she's not a Yank.
Back in 1998, I noticed that the temperature in my fridge (an old one, which I'd had since 1980) was a little too cold and I upped it from 4c to 5c. I'm lucky enough that my fridge is still working and still at 5c.
I note that the average temperature of my fridge for 2000 to 2010 was higher than for 1990 to 2000, which in turn was higher than for 1980 to 1990. Based on the latest decadal figures, my fridge is continuing its warming trend - maybe it's time for a new one.
Exactly. It seems that the police need to be reminded that it's a court of law that decides on whether a crime or a tort has been committed, not them. I'm sure they'd love to do away with that whole tedious trial process, but hey, rule of law etc.
This is supposed to be a list of leaders. OK, I can see why we might recognise a good number of people on this list as leaders, including Bezos. But Bono? WTF has he ever led?
Fortune magazine's editorial judgment is now worth nothing.
Over the last couple of years, I've had a Samsung Galaxy S2 as a personal phone and an iPhone 5 as a work phone. The S2 was OK, but battery life was poor to mediocre even with batterysaver apps activated, the screen was so-so and I found Android slightly hard work. The iPhone had the same mediocre battery life and the great screen and app ecosystem, but it was absolutely useless as a phone both where I live and work - dropped calls all the time.
Now I have a Nokia Lumia 720. The app ecosystem is obviously not as good and there are some annoying gaps, but it has all the basics plus a much better battery life, better onboard keyboard for typing (similar to the ones available for Android) and MUCH better call quality (with the same network provider). No dropped calls now. Haven't had the phone for long, so can't comment on build quality, but to be honest it does feel a little plasticky.
So what I think I really want is an iPhone with the battery life and call quality of the Lumia, Any chances do you think?
If you are a fan of Rumpole of the Bailey, you'll remember his waxing lyrical over the Golden Thread that ran through British justice. These were:
- The right to silence
- The presumption of innocence and the fact that the burden of proof rests with the prosecution
- The right not to be tried twice for the same offence.
Pillars of justice that had stood for centuries were removed in the space of about 10 years between 1994 and 2004 after terrorist attacks that killed, in this country, rather fewer than the number dying in road accidents in two weeks. Rumpole's Golden Thread is no more.
Reminds me of the comment Bjarne Stroustrup is alleged to have made: "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone".
Usenet (alt.binaries.sounds.radio.bbc) and radioarchive.cc are your friends here. The former contains very helpful people who are always ready to supply a missing programme from a series. You may find the latter also has many of the series you missed first time around.
IANAL, but as I understand it UK law still permits companies to issue bearer shares, which means the owner of a company is the person who physically possesses the shares at any one time. The opportunities for obfuscation of ownership are clear.
If it were me, I think I'd opt for the Robert Maxwell solution - have all my companies ending up in a family trust based in Lichtenstein.
I think that 3D is a bit of a gimmick that doesn't really offer anything useful. However, I will go and buy right now any smartphone that lasts for 3 days. I'm so fed up discovering my phone is dead in the morning because I forgot to put it on charge before I went to bed.
Would any manufacturer's representative care to tell me which of their phones I can buy?
You're right - there are lots of us in that category. However, I'm not sure about the cost / benefit case of spending £90k on a car to get me to the station and back every day, even if I don't have to pay for petrol or road tax.
Let's have a regular slot where an El Reg journo looks at previous predictions from Gartner etc. and sees how they panned out.
Should be a recurring source of good laughs!
...... use one of the many email encryption services springing up - preferably one which hosts its servers somewhere where they have some respect for individual privacy and a willingness to tell the U.S. to naff off when necessary. France, perhaps?
In Lord Ahmed's case, I think the police established that he sent his last text 2 minutes before the accident, so it was not possible to prove that the texting was the cause of the accident. That's one of the reasons his sentence was lighter.
.... is a smartphone that can last a whole waking day of heavy use without having to re-charge or swap the battery out.
Pretty please?
Or what's almost as bad is that they assume they are merely competent in another field and fail to reach even those levels.
The biggest example that springs to mind is the numbers of non-specialists who think they're competent in statistics when in reality all they can do is (mis)apply formulae and algorithms whose derivation they don't understand.
I was wondering whether these new BB models were any better at web browsing than the horrible Blackberry Bold I used to have to use for work?
Wasn't it the general crapness of the web experience on Blackberries that led to their being overtaken by iOS and Android phones?
'Don Flynn, head honcho at the Migrants' Rights Network, described it as ..."more like an entry examination for an elite public school". '
Hmm, let's see...
I note a distressing absence of questions about thrashing the French here - what is Eton coming to?
I think this comment requires a proper reply, so here goes...
Let's assume that it is possible that people, acting in good faith and with some knowledge of science, make the following observations:
1 - Human acivities are causing an increase in the amount of CO2, methane and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
2 - The laws of physics would seem to suggest that, all other things remaining equal, an increase in greenhouse gases results in higher temperatures (noting that there is no experimental evidence that this is true, but believing that the physics is correct).
3 - From 1880 to 1998, global mean temperatures rose approx 0.8 degrees C.
4 - There has been no increase in global mean temperatures since 1998 and no statistically significant global warming since 1995.
5 - No-one seems to be able to state with certainty what has caused this pause in warming, whether and when it will resume, and whether positive and/or negative feedback in the global climate system will cause runaway warming or asymptotic warming or no further warming at all.
6 - Certain countries have agreed to try and limit and/or reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide. The methods by which this reduction is to be achieved will cost significant sums of money, paid by the consumers and taxpayers of those countries.
7 - Other significant emitting countries have not agreed to limit their CO2 emissions.
Believing these observations to be valid (while open to being corrected on the facts), some ask the following questions:
- Is it fair that we are being asked to lower our incomes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions when others aren't and when there is a lack of clarity as to the outcome if we don't?
- Is the magnitude of the danger from inaction so clearly defined that we must commit significant resources to emission reduction now, regardless of the uncertainty of outcome?
I believe that a large number of Reg readers think that the answer to those 2 questions is No.
Whether or not you agree that the answers are No, I hope you can agree that this is a reasonable opinion to hold given the observations made.
.. and it's not the tax issue - imho everybody and every organisation is entitled to arrange their affairs so as legally to minimise the tax they pay.
No, the issue which really gets my goat is the inability to know or to choose in advance who delivers your parcels. If I'm not in when the Post Office delivers then I can nip to my local post office and pick the parcel up. If I'm not in when City Link (fails to) deliver then I can take a 100 mile round trip to their depot in the next county - no thanks. The new Amazon locker option helps, but there are certain things that can't be delivered to a locker.
Other organisations make it clear who their delivery partners are so you can avoid buying from the ones whose couriers are the least helpful. I'd like it if I were able to decline to purchase an item from Amazon on the basis of who was going to deliver the package.
If there's still time before you switch, you might want to search the Reg's forums for comments on GiffGaff - it's not universal praise by any means.
For me, the biggest change in 2012 was that the Sky+ box can now record programmes directly off BBC iplayer (& its equivalents on ITV, C5 and Sky). No more faffing around having to convert video files - hurrah!
.... as it was too slow and unresponsive. I use MediaMonkey these days - much quicker and more flexible.
I'm guessing that you won't be able to use the DVR to record past programmes - is that right?
.. if you're that keen on photography you could buy a camera. Just a thought.
Of course, we don't know exactly why he resigned, but it's a bit worrying if scientists feel that they have to resign simply for getting something wrong. If that's true, they may feel slightly less inclined to share results, and that doesn't help anybody.
Forget LTE - how about a decent, widely available 3G signal on EE first?
HMRC's bank account to receive self assment tax is with Santander, which is Spanish.
Do you think they've got something against British banks?
Not sure how many medics read The Register, but I'm prepared to be shot down in flames here.
According to a post I read elsewhere (http://www.quora.com/Steve-Jobs/Why-did-Steve-Jobs-choose-not-to-effectively-treat-his-cancer#ans757123) from someone who claimed to be a researcher in the field, there are (at least) 2 types of pancreatic cancer. Adenocarcinoma is the common form of pancreatic cancer and has a low 5 year survival rate. The other type is something called a GEP-Neuro Endocrine Tumour, which was apparently what Steve Jobs had and which the author of the article said had a very high (approaching 100% in his research experience) 5 year survival rate. Apparently a significant number of autopsies show an asymptomatic presence of a GEP-NET.
By all reports, Steve Jobs' GEP-NET was caught early so the likelihood is that he would not have died from what he did die of if he had sought conventional medical treatment as soon as the tumour had been found.
So Winphone is going to overtake iOS by 2015 is it? Hmm.
I'm no fanboi, but I've got a crisp twenty waiting for anyone from Gartner or Pyramid research who cares to put their money where their mouth is.
Alternatively, perhaps Betfair could open a market and we'll see what general opinion is on this.
.... won't simply using a VPN get round any ISP-based site blocking?
My neighbours have professionally installed security systems, which presumably cost upwards of £1000. Whenever the alarms go off, we all ignore them because from previous experience we know that they were set off by the cat or by electrical malfunction. These alarm systems seem to do nothing else but ring a loud bell. The owners of the houses know nothing about the alarm until they get home and pick up their answerphone message from one of the neighbours telling them that their alarm went off. I'm guessing that the alarms aren't wired up to the police station - and even if they were, I'm not sure our local constabulary would turn out.
I have an Alertme system which cost about £150. If the alarm goes off, it too rings a loud bell inside the house. But it also sends me an email and a text message. I can check on the house webcam and if all looks well I can reset the alarm remotely over the web with my phone. It can also tell me whenever certain people (children for instance) enter and leave the house.
The Alertme system always emails me if it can't see my hub and emails me again when the hub re-connects. It also emails me if it hasn't seen certain detection devices for a while.
It's true, the web interface is clunky, slow and not hugely well designed.
The telephone support is absolutely fantastic.


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No 'bounce back' for Government as elections loomSunday 18 May 2014 22.47
A new national opinion poll shows no evidence of a "bounce back" by the two Government parties with just days left in the Local, European and two by-election campaigns.
The latest Red C poll for the Irish Sun is based on a nationwide sample of just over 1,000 people and was conducted between 12-14 May.
When 'Undecided' voters - standing at 13% are excluded - the results, compared to the last Red C poll (for the Sunday Business Post) on 4 May are:
Fine Gael 25%; no change
Labour 8%; down 3
Fianna Fáil 20%; down 1
Sinn Féin 20%; up 2
Independents/ Others 27%; up 2
A second "state of the parties" national poll will also be published by the Irish Independent/Millward Brown tomorrow.


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Willie D. (Bill) Neufeld, 90, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 13, 2013 at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born March 31, 1923 to Abe F. and Marie Doerksen Neufeld. On Aug. 10, 1945, he married Ida K. Schierling.
She died March 1998. He spent his whole life living near Inman. He attended Zoar academy and Inman High School. Bill had a career in farming and managing the Buhler Mills Elevator in Inman. He also worked for Jantz/ Kaufman Implement in McPherson and Eddies Bake n Serv in Inman. He especially enjoyed music; singing in the Bethel Mennonite Men's Quartet for 40 years and directing the men's chorus and congregational singing at the church. He enjoyed teaching Sunday School, attending sports events, and traveling, and eating out. He was preceded in death by a sister, Susanna Esther Neufeld and his parents. He is survived by his sons, Jerry and wife Anne of Topeka and Stan and wife Kathy of Inman, a brother, Walter Neufeld of Inman, four grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at Bethel Mennonite Church, Inman with Pastor Amanda Rempel officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Buhler Mortuary.
Memorials may be sent to the Union Rescue Mission, Wichita in care of Buhler Mortuary, 120 North Main, Buhler, KS 67522.
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This weekend is freezing and sunny and wonderful, and... Halloween time? I, personally, am 22 going on 80, and I am more excited about the costume and chili and mini pumpkin decorating contests at my office on Wednesday than I am about the prospect of getting up and going out tonight. I'm still fun and youthful, but I'm getting boring I think haha. I don't mind, though. I'm perfectly happy.
This morning, I slept in 'til 8:30, went to brunch with my moon, my man (it was free!), and came home to snuggle up and watch the documentary about photographer, Bill Cunningham (Bill Cunningham New York). It was SO GOOD. Seriously, if you haven't seen it, you should make that a big to do. It was inspiring and sweet and real.
Now it's time to clean up my apartment, work on my Spanish class that I'm stillll not finished with, and refuse to put my shoes back on for at least two hours. Dream big.
Happy weekend and almost Halloween! ♥
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