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Andrew Umbers, a former chief executive of Evolution Securities, emerged on an unusual M&A deal this week as the figure behind the sole named adviser in the sale of Leeds United football club.
Umbers, who is now head of corporate advisory at Eurofin Capital, advised Leeds United on its sale to a Middle Eastern private equity firm, the Dubai-based GFH Capital.
The deal is understood to be worth £52m and is scheduled to complete on December 21. The club chairman Ken Bates confirmed the deal on Wednesday, when he told Yorkshire Radio: "We have now completed all the negotiations and investigations with GFH…put briefly, they're taking over 100% of the club."
Umbers said that Leeds United – which had been looking for investment for more than seven years – did not have an existing relationship with Eurofin Capital but approached the company in May to help find a buyer for the club.
"We were extremely interested in what is potentially a huge, valuable franchise. We understand sports, and knew that financial returns on the business could be significant for the fan base and the owners," he said.
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He said Eurofin wanted to find a buyer that would follow on from the "legacy" that Bates had created, ensuring continuity of management as well as providing financial clout.
Umbers said: "Gone are the days when individual owners run a football club as a toy. Throwing money at a situation is not necessarily the right answer. We always sought to find a buyer to continue the strategy of chief executive Shaun Harvey, manager Neil Warnock and Ken Bates."
Eurofin Capital – which describes itself as a private investment firm with offices in Lausanne and London – looks after the interests of wealthy individuals. It is the asset management and corporate advisory branch of Eurofin Group, a Swiss-headquartered financial services provider.
Umbers said the firm found a buyer through its "significant relationships with deep-seated families" in the Middle East.
Umbers is named as one of five directors of Eurofin Capital Ltd, the UK branch of Eurofin Capital set up three years ago, according to Companies House. The subsidiary's revenues for 2011 was £1.1m. In 2010, revenues were just £198,000.
Not much is known about Eurofin Capital – with neither data providers Dealogic nor Thomson Reuters registering any deal credits for the firm.
Umbers said: "We do things discreetly, it is the way we operate. No one knew about our existence until yesterday. We don't advertise ourselves."
However, Umbers is well known in the investment banking industry having led the investment banking arm of Evolution between 2006 and 2010. Evolution Securities expanded significantly in May 2009 when he hired 45 former Dresdner Kleinwort bankers. At the time, he said that the hires bolstered staff numbers by 30% and marked a "transformational step in what we are trying to do".
In 2010, Umbers left Evolution and was replaced as chief executive by Alex Snow. Umbers then joined Eurofin Capital as an executive director.
Evolution Group was subsequently bought by Investec in 2011 for £230m.
Before Evolution, Umbers had worked as a managing director in European equities at Credit Suisse and as head of European products, and was previously an equity analyst at BZW.
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National lab project is unlikely to produce results and is being misrepresented, allegedly
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
(LLNL) -- located on the grounds of the
University of California, Berkley
(UC Berkley) -- is the center of a growing controversy regarding a $7B USD
laser fusion project
, dubbed the "National Ignition Facility" (NIF).
I. LLNL Says Project is Near Fusion, IEEE Editor Says "No Way"
The project -- launched 15 years ago in 1997 -- has yet to achieve "ignition"; the point at which the laser-confined fusion produces more energy than it consumes. And it carries a sticker price of $290M+ USD per year in operating costs.
But those issues didn't stop LLNL from releasing a cheerful press release,
Fifteen years of work by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) team paid off on July 5 with a historic record-breaking laser shot. The NIF laser system of 192 beams delivered more than 500 trillion watts (terawatts or TW) of peak power and 1.85 megajoules (MJ) of ultraviolet laser light to its target. Five hundred terawatts is 1,000 times more power than the United States uses at any instant in time, and 1.85 megajoules of energy is about 100 times what any other laser regularly produces today.
The release was hardly coincidental. It came just months ago, in hopes of swaying Congress, which is presently deciding whether to sustain funding for the troubled project.
Pre-amplifiers are pictured pumping up the power to the LLNL's record-setting laser. But is all that power being wasted on pipe dreams? [Image Source: LLNL]
according to
IEEE Spectrum
editor Bill Sweet, a veteran of India's nuclear power development project, most physicists view laser-contained (aka. "inertial confinement") fusion ignition as a pipe dream. He argues that most agree that
magnetic confinement fusion
is far more likely to be realized, though still a difficult problem.
William Broad, chief nuclear issues reporter for
The New York Times
, agrees. He
that the
National Nuclear Security Administration
's project overseer, Donald L. Cook, has serious concerns. He quotes Mr. Cook as saying, that even with the latest power milestone considered, the project simply "has not worked", and that the NNSA is "going to settle into a serious investigation" of the NIF's sliding ignition deadline.
II. Protecting the Nuclear Stockpile? Maybe Not...
Mr. Sweet also takes issue with LLNL's other justification for the project -- that it provides a test-bed to simulate
nuclear weapons performance
, a key national security goal.
LLNL comments, "[The NIF] is the only facility with the potential to duplicate the actual phenomena that occur in the heart of a modern nuclear device -- a goal that is critical to sustaining confidence that a return to underground nuclear testing remains unnecessary."
But Mr. Sweet counters, "Richard Garwin, for decades the most highly regarded independent specialist on nuclear weaponry in the United States, told IEEE Spectrum six years ago that it would be 'a mistake to assume that NIF experiments are going to be directly relevant to weapons testing. The temperatures in the NIF chamber are much lower than they are in actual nuclear weapons, and the amounts of material being tested are much smaller.'"
He adds, "For decades the joke about magnetic confinement fusion--much the more plausible approach to harnessing the energy of the sun--is that the technology is always 20 years away. So when will inertial confinement fusion be delivering commercial electricity? That one is easy. Never."
Congress is debating whether to scrap the NIF. [Image Source: LLNL]
It sounds like there's some serious credibility question regarding the project's security and energy claims. That said, there might be some merit to the project, even if Mr. Sweet is at least partially right.
UC Berkley astronomy
Professor Dr. Raymond Jeanloz
, comments, "Already the most incredibly tightly controlled and most energetic laser in the world, it is remarkable that NIF has achieved the 500 TW milestone - quite a significant achievement. This breakthrough will give us incredible new opportunities in studying materials at extreme conditions."
Indeed, from a
pure science perspective
, the device is a pretty impressive accomplishment, even if it turns out its fusion goals are indeed pipe dreams. It could indeed yield some novel materials research, if it escapes this round of funding reviews. Ultimately the issue appears not so much that the super-laser lacks novelty, but rather that its critics argue that it is being misrepresented. For that reason, Mr. Sweet infers, the NIF is the "mother of all boondoggles".
IEEE Spectrum
The New York Times
"Google fired a shot heard 'round the world, and now a second American company has answered the call to defend the rights of the Chinese people." -- Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.)
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If you did things the normal way, you'd have a TV and DVD player, a computer and monitor, a CD player, amplifier, and speakers. If you're extremely finicky about sound quality, for example, and already have expensive audio gear, and if you cringe when you hear poor quality audio, you'd better stick with at least part of that. For people who can live with somewhat lesser quality, the media PC can be quite OK. There are options to make it sound better than a standard PC from the local warehouse store, but they cost more. We'll explore those shortly.
Let's consider an ergonomic issue first: screen size. Most people like to lounge while watching movies. This implies that, even if you do have a super-comfy work chair, you'll sit further away from the screen for entertainment than for work. This will require a larger screen than the basic minimum necessary for computer work alone.
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The closer it moves to you along the projection path, the smaller it appears. For example, suppose you're holding your hands out like a film director, about 15 inches apart. If the monitor is at arms' length, it will need to be 15 inches across. If it's on the other side of the room, it needs to be much larger to appear the same size.
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The problem with a small screen is finding a comfortable position when you're close. You might need a little ingenuity here.
Let's face it, most PC speakers suck. They have nasty little drivers and built-in amps that lack headroom. No one seriously intended them as high fidelity devices — and they aren't. Many of the three or more speaker box solutions are little better. Some are even worse.
One of the problems with badly executed surround sound box sets, besides cheap components, is the cutoff frequency for the bass box. Very low frequencies are non-directional — that is, you can't tell where the sounds come from. Ideally, the bass speakers in this sort of system will only operate in the non-directional frequency band. The satellite speakers should handle frequencies down to this point (or, better, an octave below) and then the bass box should take over. In most consumer models of this system, the cutoff point is nowhere near the non-directional point. To add insult to injury, the bass speaker will frequently generate upper harmonics of the sounds it should be producing. This is especially bad if the bass box is reality churning out sounds in the midrange.
What does all that mean? These systems do sound bigger than ordinary PC speakers but that's the best that you can say about them. The mix you hear will have little resemblance to the one the sound engineer slaved over. At worst, speech intelligibility will suffer and you'll cry when you hear violins, though not because of the sadness of the music.
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The extent to which any of this is upsetting is intensely personal, so without turning this section into a book, I'll just add a few points. For a small-scale setup, I'd forget about surround sound. Small, self-powered, bi-amped studio monitors are a nice option here. Yamaha, Genelec, and Tannoy (amongst others), make reasonably priced models, and the models are quite small. If you use this approach, though, you might need a small mixer to handle the cables.
Another alternative is to purchase a pair of high quality headphones from a studio supply shop. This is also a nice if you need to keep the noise down, but lots of people don't like to wear headphones for long periods of time. Once again, the small size and combination of the speakers mean that you won't hear the sound engineer's mix.
In the search for a one box solution, you could buy a Sony PlayStation2 and its Linux kit, or you could purchase an Xbox and perform possibly illegal acts on it to make it into an all-purpose computer. In an earlier article I looked at the PS2 Linux kit, which works fine for basic computing needs. It could be quite a good solution if you already have the console and want to play a lot of PS2 games.
Instead, we'll consider running a normal PC. The issues that arise are performance, silence, and maybe looks. Adequate performance is easy to provide. We don't want to edit video, just watch it, so any newer setup will work just fine. That's true of music as well. If we want to store movies, TV programs, or music, we'll want the biggest hard disks we can afford. If we want to play PC games as well, then in addition to the possibility of dual booting we'll want the highest hardware specs we can find.
Having a relatively silent PC is a big plus here. Constantly straining to hear over the whine of fans and hard drives will make you grumpy. Your options are to put a a silencing kit over a noisy PC or to buy a quiet PC in the first place.
There are many boards suitable for a project like this but one wacky (in the context of this article) alternative I just came across is the Soyo SY-P4VAL. This is relevant if you don't particularly want to use the box as a computer; it does all the media playing from BIOS, without needing an OS!
I started with a P4 board and a really nice looking cast metal compact case from Hoojum.com. It has 1 Gig of RAM, 264 Gigs of disk space, and a 3.3 GHz CPU. That's more than enough for what we intend. The setup is capable of serious work. As well, it looks nice, which is part of my goal.
The computer came with Windows XP, so the first thing I did was get rid of it entirely. I had an old SuSE 8.4 CD set around and also a Gentoo starter CD so I started with those, but the old SuSE couldn't catch the video card or monitor and wouldn't let me set it manually, so I moved onto Gentoo. Gentoo is a really nice way to do things if you start with some Linux knowledge, as the system and apps all end up being optimized for your setup. Unfortunately, it needs broadband to update packages and to avoid some heavy mucking about to do the installation without importing any files. I did the heavy mucking only to find that the bootloader Grub couldn't and wouldn't (given options) find the kernel. A few swear words later, I decided to try one of the easy distros. Mandrake 9.2 installed without difficulty. I then upgraded it to 10.
There's no particular reason why you couldn't use your own favorite flavor of Linux for this task. There are also music studio add-ons in both Debian and RPM format, but that's a different story for another article.
Before the Hoojum machine arrived I thought I'd receive an AMD Opteron, so I went off to look at what that would mean. I ended up with a Pentium 4 but this information might be useful anyway, so here goes ...
Most people have a hazy idea that bigger is better in this line, and it is sort of true but there are a few gotchas. For example, the AMD Opteron CPU runs 32-bit applications in a "native mode". This is not true of Intel's Itanium, which runs those apps in an allegedly slower emulation mode. If you have a collection of 32-bit apps that aren't going to take advantage of the increased address space with a recompile, then there's no point to the extra juice.
If we were going to run studio apps on our media PC, we'd likely benefit from the extra 32 bits but it's not quite so clear when our aim is mostly to play things with existing applications. If we were to look at what we could do then things are different — any kind of post-processing, for example, would be easier to handle in real-time with 64 bits.
The first thing you need to take any advantage of the 64 bits is a 64-bit OS. There are 64-bit Linux flavors available including ones from Red Hat and SuSE.
You'll also need applications written and compiled especially for the 64 bit environment. This assumes that the app can usefully use the increased address space available. You can just recompile an app for 64 bit without changing the code and if it can use the increased address space, it will.
The last option is to run a 32-bit app as is. This is quite OK on an Opteron, but it seems a bit of a waste of the resources available.
If you feel like looking further into the 64-bit business, AMD have quite a few 64-bit resources. You can also find information about porting Linux apps to 64-bit machines at the AMD 64 homepage
With the hardware options out of the way, it's time to consider the necessary software. There are several categories to consider.
In the olden days (not that long ago), in order to play a music CD, you
needed to read a few docs and learn things —
man mount and
all that. These days, you can stick the CD in the slot and click the app that
came with the distribution without even downloading anything! That's certainly
true of Mandrake and the KDE desktop and most others.
There is quite a range of apps available to do this job and I suspect that most people will use the one with the greatest visual appeal.
There is quite a range of players for mp3, Ogg, and other file formats. XMMS has been very popular for a while and will also play your CD's. Should I give a lecture here about lossy CODECs being for the cloth-eared? No, no, I won't. And yes, I do understand that there are circumstances where lossy CODECs aren't vitally important.
The next step is to play DVDs. The problem here is well known: encryption.
Most DVD player apps come packaged without the necessary library for decryption
to avoid the unwelcome attention of lawyers. It's a trivial problem to add that
support again; all we have to do is find a compatible version of
libdvdcss. Once that's done, programs such as
xine, and
ogle will play your
commercial DVDs.
While CDs don't require any CPU grunt at all, DVDs must be decrypted on the fly so they require a little. Ogle, for example, mentions a PII 400 as a useful minimum CPU.
Some people won't even bother with playing TV on the media PC. One reason for non-TV watchers to consider buying a TV card is to play console games — you can plug the console into the TV card and away you go.
Unfortunately, TV cards don't have anything like the ALSA sound card matrix
where you can see what the driver status is for different cards. As an
illustration, my test PC had a Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250/350 card. I don't know
much about these cards, so I assumed it was the same WinTV card that everyone
else could run successfully. I only found out it wasn't supported (but support
is coming: see
ittv) in a conversation with Billy Biggs,
tvtime's developer.
Before you buy the card, make sure to find firm (if anecdotal) evidence that it has support and actually works. You could always ask the mailing list of the app you plan to use.
There aren't that many TV-playing apps to choose from.
xawtv comes with a few distributions but with Mandrake 9.2 at least, it can lock the system up if it zeroes in on the wrong input by mistake.
tvtime is more friendly and is easier to adjust.
For those that are really serious about their TV, the TIVO-like
MythTV allows you to download
program listings, watch TV, skip ads, play DVDs ... and lots more. The web site
has a full feature list. It's meant to be an all-in-one app and it pretty much
is. The downside is that it has a huge list of dependencies that are not all
that clearly indicated, and I couldn't find an Emacs-like sumo pack to
If you haven't checked out Linux games, you might be surprised at just how many there are. There aren't any ports of PS2 and Xbox blockbusters but there are plenty of fun time-wasters there, including Tux Racer, which has you speeding down a snowy mountain collecting a somewhat miraculous string of herrings.
There are some interesting things in the land of emulators as well, but I haven't explored this.
With the PC setup described above, we could easily dual boot to play PC games. With the correct TV card, we can plug in consoles too.
It must help the environment and your power bill to run fewer components but unless you're accustomed to running everything at once — and a one box solution stops you from doing that — you likely won't see huge savings in power costs or power needs. Likewise your non-investment in various other components won't make much of a difference to the environment either, but if lots of people make do with fewer devices, it may have a cumulative effect.
Besides the ecological manufacturing costs and externalities of power generation and supply, there's also the trash disposal question. That's a win too. PCs and electronics equipment are notoriously difficult to dispose of safely.
Is a Linux media PC a good idea? Sure it is! There are plenty of apps available and the project includes just enough tinkering to give you a sense of accomplishment. If you're starting from scratch, then the main caveat is to make sure your sound and TV cards have support for the features you want to use.
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James Gandolfini, the Hollywood actor who played crime boss Tony Soprano died Wednesday.
Many around the world are now mourning the loss of the Emmy-award winning actor, including his family on Oahu.
Many have seen Gandolfini in his TV role as the head of the Soprano family.
In 2008, a number of Hawaii residents got a chance to see and meet him in a different role, as he started a new family here by marrying Deborah Lin at Central Union Church.
"Jim was just a regular Joe, he wasn't Tony Soprano. He was a guy you could sit down and have a beer with, a sweet guy, good family guy," said the Lin's family friend Michael Lilly.
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Gandolfini played tough characters on the screen, but instead, Lin's family saw a smiling, happy husband and father. That is why one conversation Ruth had with James about two weeks ago was so disconcerting to her.
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The $350 million Flame Towers are due to be officially opened in the center of Baku, Azerbaijan, later this spring. A secular dictatorship with a long border with Iran, Azerbaijan is one of the few remaining countries than can act as a reliable listening post for America and Israel.
A Soviet-legacy oil nation is emerging as a hotbed of global espionage as tension escalates between Israel and Iran.
Azerbaijan, which links Russia to the Middle East, has strategic importance as a bridgehead for the West in its war of diplomacy with Tehran.
A secular dictatorship with a long border with Iran, it is one of the few remaining countries than can act as a reliable listening post for America and Israel, turning its capital, Baku, into a hotbed of intelligence activity.
"Like Casablanca in World War II, Baku is now also a center of monitoring Iranian mischief," Ariel Cohen, senior research fellow at the Washington-based Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, part of the Heritage Foundation, told msnbc.com. "This is understandable taking into account visa-free regime of travel between the two countries and aggressive Iranian intelligence tactics."
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Recent events have lifted the lid on some of the international maneuvering in Baku. In March, Azeri security services arrested 22 people they say were trained by Iran to carry out terrorist attacks against the US and Israeli embassies.
In January, two accused of plotting to kill teachers at a Jewish school were also held.
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Most experts agree there are many Mossad agents in Azerbaijan working for Israel.
"The Iranians act in the open, they want everyone to know that they are here," Dr. Arastun Orujl, director of the east-West Research Center in Baku told Britain's Times newspaper. "The Israelis are more subtle, like the Americans. But in the end everyone knows they are here, too."
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So why does Azerbaijan matter? Not only does its geography make it an ideal place for the U.S. and its allies to face down Tehran, but its political history entangles it in the current tensions with Israel.
Millions living in northern Iran are ethnic Azeris, theoretically binding the two nations. But Azerbaijan has allied itself increasingly with Israel and the West as it uses its oil wealth to leverage its global standing.
"It was one of the first countries to back America after 9/11," Gerald Frost, director of the Paris-based Caspian Information Centre told msnbc.com. "It is as politically helpful to the West as its position close to the Middle East will allow. America needs to pay it close attention."
While the country has made concessions to the West, it remains a dynastic dictatorship under the rule of Ilham Aliyev, who inherited power from father Heydar Aliyev, a former Soviet leader who reinvented himself as a nationalist during the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ilham took over in a 2003 election described by Human Rights Watch as "fraudulent" and which it said was "followed by protests that turned violent, plunging Azerbaijan into a human rights crisis from which it has not recovered".
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Israel last year established a factory in Azerbaijan making parts for its military drones, and has supplied the country with $1.6 billion worth of military equipment.
The BBC reported Russia President Vladimir Putin "surprised Western leaders" in 2007 by offering to let America use its radar base in Azerbaijan to defend Europe against any missile attack from Iran.
Cohen says Iran has been trying undermine Azerbaijan's secular position in the hopes of turning it from a dictatorship into a theocracy, echoing the transition of countries such as Libya and Egypt that now appear destined to be ruled by conservative Islamists.
Mark Perry, in a Foreign Policy article titled "Israel's Secret Staging Ground", claimed Obama administration officials now believe that the security cooperation between Azerbaijan and Israel is actually "heightening the risks of an Israeli strike on Iran".
Azerbaijan has denied it would allow the U.S. or Israel to launch airstrikes, although Frost noted that it could provide associated support since it already allows the U.S. military into its airspace to reach Afghanistan and to evacuate injured troops.
While ties with Israel deepen, the future relationship with the United States is less clear because Washington does not currently have an ambassador in Baku. The last holder of the post, Matthew Bryza, left last year after his appointment was not confirmed by Congress, a decision Frost believes is likely to have been influenced by America's powerful Armenian lobby.
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Meanwhile, its strategic importance is being echoed in a cultural boom. Baku is enjoying a Dubai-style explosion of luxury hotels and designer fashion stores. "It is all very glitzy, very much reflecting the way Azeris want to be seen as an establish European-style country rather than a backwater," said Ben Illis, co-author of a new Time Out guide to Baku, which is due to be published next month.
It has launched a major tourism advertising campaign, and its ambitious bid to host the 2020 Olympic games found its way onto the IOC shortlist.
This spring is expected to see the unveiling of the $350 million Flame Towers – three glass-sided skyscrapers up to 620ft in height inspired by the country's ancient association with fire. Human Rights Watch says "thousands of residents" have been forcibly evicted to make way for some of these projects.
However, billing itself as tourism destination may be a challenge for a country that still has a very poor human rights record and still is often confused with Kazakhstan, home of comic creation Borat.
An unlikely litmus test of its political ambitions will come next month when it hosts the Eurovision Song Contest, a live music competition beamed across Europe that is a byword for kitsch (it was once won by a transsexual representing Israel). Baku's bitter enemy, neighboring Armenia, pulled out of the contest in disgust when an Azeri duo won last year.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2011 winners Eldar Gasimov (2nd left) and Nigar Jamal (2nd right), who are known as Ell-Nikki, are greeted by fans in Baku. Their victory means Baku will host this year's competition.
"This will perhaps be a good indication of how far the regime is prepared to go to further its relationship with the west," said James Nixey, of British think tank Chatham House.
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We already mentioned the upcoming YP-R2 some time ago, now Samsung adds two more players to their current lineup, the YP-F3 and YP-Z3. They sure are a bit too… déjà vu to really call them "new", but kudos to Samsung for keeping their hardware output steady.
The Z3 appears to be situated somewhere between the Z5, Q3, and maybe the R0. Besides sporting MP3HD support like the aforementioned R2 it doesn't have any overly novel features. It is said to support h264 video playback, but on a tiny screen of unknown resolution – possibly 320×240 or maybe even 160×128 (which would have been top of the line for a 2005 player) – one sure wouldn't want to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy in one go. The Z3 comes in capacities of 4 and 8GB – no SD expansion slot.
The F3 is a player that seemingly belongs to the U-series of Samsung devices, it doesn't really resemble the long discontinued line of F players that much. On a cursory glance the F3 is basically the same player as the U5 and U6 – hopefully it comes with a classy CSTN display as well. Contrary to the U-series, the F3 doesn't have an USB plug built in, but a MicroUSB port. It comes in cringe-worthy 2 and 4GB capacities, with no expansion slot as well.
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I'm a professor of Rhetoric and Composition and the Director of the Writing Center. In a nutshell, I teach writing and teach others how to teach writing. I particularly enjoy teaching research methods that ask students to embark on primary, systematic inquiry in their classrooms and communities. My recent publications have focused on how changes in writing technologies affect writing centers materially and pedagogically. Currently I'm working on a project, which defines and questions the function of writing center narratives in the formation of disciplinary identities. Further information can be found on my personal website.
Areas of SpecializationRhetoric and Composition, Writing Center Studies
Courses Undergraduate: Eng 103: Composition I Eng 104: Composition II Eng 230: Reading and Writing about Literature Eng 231: Writing in the Workplace Eng 435: (Special Topics) Writing Center Theory and Practice Eng 444: (Senior Seminar) Multimodal Ethnography Graduate: Eng 601: Research Methods in Composition Eng 604: Teaching with Technology Eng 605: Foundations for Teaching Composition Eng 690: (Special Topics) Writing Center Theory and Administration Eng 690: (Special Topics) Issues in Basic Writing Eng 690: (Special Topics) Comp without Classrooms Eng 699: Contemporary Composition Theory
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River City HS girls soccer
[adrotate group="9″] NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 28, 2012 —
On March 20, River City High School girls soccer faced Cosumnes Oaks in a league game.
The RCHS junior varsity team lost by a final score of of 5-0; while the RC varsity lost 2-0.
Two days later, the varsity soccer squad from RCHS faced Union Mine, losing 4-0, while the j.v. dropped their game 1-0.
The team plays at home next against Galt on April 10.
(Facebook members can find up-to-the-minute info on RCHS sports at contributor De'Onna Jack's Facebook page. Click here.)
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Curious about fostering kids?
[adrotate group="9″] FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER —
Interested in learning more about becoming a foster parent?
Attend a free introductory workshop from 6:30-9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3, at Woodland Community College, Room 727. For information, call (530) 574-1964 or visit www.yolofostercare.com. Spanish-speakers may call Marcia, 956-9299.
Sac Gold wins on RCHS field
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The semi-pro Sacramento Gold soccer team beat the Eureka Tsunami 5-1 on Saturday, earning a spot in the North west Conference finals.
The Gold will play the Bay Area Ambassadors at 7 p.m. Sat., March 31, at the River City High stadium. Tickets are $5 (children under six free). Children in soccer uniforms also enter free.
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Committee: don't sell school land
A citizen's committee charged with studying the real estate owned by Washington Unified School District has recommended that the district not sell off any "surplus" property at this time.
But the committee recommended that WUSD "evaluate the advantage of consolidation of site usage or joint facility usage to make any future liquidation easier."
"For example," it told district officials, "if the District Administrative Offices (at 930 Westacre Road) were moved from their current location, the city block they vacate would become more marketable for development. . . (T)he District Offices, the Yolo Education Center, and surrounding properties hold a higher potential for development based on the proximity to transit and city services."
[adrotate group="7″] Committee members were Carrie Buchmiller, Dani Langford, Ron Morazzini, Karri Pina, Diane Smith, Matthew Wilkins, Patricia Flint, Larry Langford, Don Stauffer, Henry Walker and Dave Blake.
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Track meet at River City High
Last Wednesday, River City High's track team took the field to host a track meet at the school. Visiting were El Dorado and Vista Del Lago.
[adrotate group="7″] (Facebook members can find up-to-the-minute info on RCHS sports at contributor De'Onna Jack's Facebook page. Click here.)
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What do you want from your library?
GUEST COMMENTARY from the March 7, 2012 News-Ledger:
By Patty Wong
Yolo County Librarian
When I came to Yolo County Library as the County Librarian, I got to know people from grass-roots community groups that have supported the Library for over one hundred years. Each branch of the Yolo County Library has local residents who contribute their time and energy to support their local library. All of us at the Yolo County Library want to ensure this on-going community involvement in public libraries. To reach this goal, we've begun our first-ever strategic planning process.
I'd like to invite all residents to participate in a survey that will help shape the future of Yolo County Public Libraries. The survey is part of a strategic planning process that includes research, public comment, interviews and discussion sessions with community leaders and library staff. Some of the questions I'd like folks to think about are: What makes Yolo County a unique community? Why is Yolo County a great place to live, work and raise a family? Through your comments, we'll learn about our community's needs and vision for the future. We'll use this information to build a stronger public library.
In many ways the public library is an integral part of the quality of life in Yolo County. It serves the information needs of all residents, including recreational reading, research, online computer access, ready for kindergarten and adult literacy programs, volunteer opportunities and much more. Small business owners use the public library to work and read up on new management publications. Parents bring their children to the library for free events, homework help and a constant source of new books to read. Programs for older adults help answer their questions about financial issues and health care.
[adrotate group="10″] In recent years, we've implemented new conveniences such as downloadable e-books and held classes for community members to learn how to use this new technology. A new mobile website allows residents to check their library account on their smart device to see if their requested book, movie or CD is waiting for them.
Our communities have changed too, and library services are needed more than ever in our rural areas such as Knights Landing and Yolo. These small libraries help close the digital divide in rural areas where information is harder to access because of distance, scarcity of community gathering places and the lack of high speed cable. These libraries also provide access to resources for rural residents to live happy and productive lives in a complex and ever-changing world.
I invite you to participate in the Yolo County Library planning process by completing the survey or by contacting Elizabeth Gray, Assistant County Librarian (530) 666-8084 or email@example.com, with your input.
The survey will be available soon online at www.yolocountylibrary.org and will be available in hard copy format in all Yolo County branch libraries. Those who complete the survey may choose to be entered in a raffle to win a book or tote bag.
The Yolo County Library needs your help in shaping the future direction of our public libraries. Please join us in the endeavor.
Dinner to support breast cancer fight
[adrotate group="10″] Join "Eat for the Cure" on April 1 and have dinner to help fight cancer.
Moxie Salon at 1029 Jefferson is sponsoring a steak/chicken/hot dog event to benefit "Team Wonder Boobies" and its efforts to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Sacramento Valley Race for the Cure. $20/filet mignon, $15/chicken, or $5 for the kids dinner, 4-8 p.m. at the VFW Hall, 905 Drever Street.
For tickets, call Dawn at Moxie Salon, 371-4906, or Colleen Hart, 505-6082.
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November 20, 2013 —
LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — The Catskill Art Society will present its annual CAS Winter Members Show, an exhibition of work by CAS member artists displayed throughout the CAS Arts Center at 48 Main St, from November 23 through December 31. The opening reception is November 23 from 2 to 4 p.m. All are welcome and light refreshments will be served.
The exhibition celebrates the winter season and its impact on our lives. The unique natural beauty of the season, the joy of the holidays, and the various (often humorous) ways we cope with the cold are depicted in all media by CAS member artists. All artwork is available for sale, with proceeds benefiting the artists and the nonprofit CAS Arts Center.
CAS Member Shows are presented twice annually to showcase artwork made by current CAS members. CAS members also receive discounts on CAS classes, programming, and items from several participating local merchants. If you are interested in learning more about membership at CAS, contact Bradley Diuguid at email@example.com [1], call 845/436-4227, or visit www.catskillartsociety.org [2].


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Ubicaciones de Trane en el mundo
High performance schools strive to maintain background sound levels that are ideal for learning. Much of the education that takes place in K-12 education hinges on oral communication, after all.
Experts believe that as many as one-third of all students miss up to 33 percent of the oral communication that occurs in the classroom.1 Children under age 16 lack the knowledge and maturity to correctly infer meaning from missed and misheard words.2
Poor school acoustics create extra challenges for students who are coping with learning disabilities, hindered by impaired hearing or struggling to learn in a non-native language.3
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) through the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) developed and published the ANSI/ASA S12.60 standard for classrooms and other learning spaces to address acoustical performance criteria and design requirements for schools. Trane proudly supports this organization and offers a free download of the ANSI/ASA standard to anyone who is interested in creating higher-performing classrooms.
When selecting a new system or renovating an existing classroom, the Trane Acoustical Program (TAP™) acoustical analysis software accurately predicts and compares the sound levels of various HVAC system and construction options.
In recent testing, Trane has been able to prove that the ANSI/ASA S12.60 recommended sound levels can be met in new and existing schools buildings with minimal or no added cost using off-the-shelf HVAC equipment and industry-accepted design and construction practices.
For more information, read the following articles:
Acoustical Standards in the Classroom
A New Standard for Acoustics in the Classroom
At Trane, a comfortable, efficient building is our ultimate goal. An important element of comfort is acoustics. In fact, building occupants consistently cite noise, uncomfortable temperature, and poor indoor air quality as reasons for relocating from one rented space to another. Meeting the occupants' acoustical needs is a critical yet often overlooked challenge. Trane can help. Learn More
1. M. Nixon. 2002. "Acoustical Standards Begin to
Reverberate: Controlling Noise within School Facilities," School Construction
News Online. accessed January 2003.
2. P. Nelson. 2003. "Sound in the Classroom: Why Children Need Quiet," ASHRAE Journal 45 (2): 24.
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The Lake Junaluska SingersŌĆÖ ŌĆ£Songs by the LakeshoreŌĆØ concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 18-19 in Stuart Auditorium.
Song selections include ŌĆ£Battle of Jericho,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£It is Well,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£On Broadway,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Old Man River,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£Empty Chairs, Empty Tables,ŌĆØ and much more.
Since 1954, the Lake Junaluska Singers have served as musical ambassadors for Lake Junaluska and The United Methodist Church. With concert repertoire including classical choral music, hymn arrangements, spirituals, and musical comedy, this 16-voice professional ensemble presents seasonal concerts at Lake Junaluska. In addition, the group tours across the country and around the world, sharing GodŌĆÖs love through inspiring music.
Reserved seating is $20 per person and general admission is $17.50. Children 18 and under are free in general admission seating only. Purchase tickets online at www.lakejunaluska.com/concert-tickets or at the Bethea Welcome Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.


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Caramel Marshmallow Treats RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1 package (14 ounces) caramels
- 1 cup butter, cubed
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Rice Krispies, coarsely crushed
- 1 package (16 ounces) large marshmallows
- Line two baking sheets with waxed paper; set aside. In a large saucepan, cook and stir the milk, caramels and butter over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat; stir in the cinnamon and vanilla.
- Place Rice Krispies in a shallow bowl. With a toothpick, dip each marshmallow into warm caramel mixture; turn to coat. Press bottoms into Rice Krispies; place treats on prepared pans. Let stand until set. Yield: 5 dozen.
Reviews for Caramel Marshmallow Treats
"This is a good recipe. It has been around since I was a little girl. My Grandma used to make these and now I do for my kids. The only difference is that she did not add cinnamon."
"Very cute, good & kids love them too!"
"Made these with 4-Hers for a quick no-bake holiday treat but I used 2 LARGE marshmallow bags and still had caramel left over! I also had to chill them to set up. I agree on the cost of ingredients. I will spend $ and time on a caramel cookie recipe next time."
"I tried this because of the good reviews but they were sickening sweet. Did not care for them at all. The recipe is really quite expensive to make when you consider the cost of the caramels, milk and rice krispies. Would not make again."
"The combination of soft caramel, marshmallow, and rice cereal is unexpectedly delicious and these treats are super-easy to make! Wonderful!"
"I have made these several times now, co-workers can't get enough! I used a can of Dulce de Leche instead of the sweetened condensed milk and only used a stick and a half of butter. Wrapped each one in wax paper like salt water taffy, worked great. I have put them in the freezer, bring to room temperature before eating. Toppings: Gold Fish crackers in 'brownie' flavor, also in 'french toast' flavor. Put them in a food processor for crumbs. I've also used graham crackers with some coconut thrown in and a few mini chocolate chips. These are especially good roasted over an open flame :) Today I ran out of crumbs to finish off the caramel so I used some 'Great Grains' cereal with oatmeal/raisins and pecans......seriously, you could use anything to dip these in. They're just too much fun and good!"
"Made a batch of these last week and was very pleased with how they turned out. Family and company really enjoyed them, so much so, there were none left! Will definitely be making these again! I used a full teaspoon of vanilla."
"Loved these! They froze well for storage."
"I made these last night...omg...love at first taste. I read all the reviews and decided to go out and get the ingredients to put them together-including pretzels to use as handles. One tip..freeze the marshmallows after placing on the pretzel sticks for an hour before dipping. I am glad I ended up buying extra ingredients because a bag of caramels is now only 11oz, a bag of marshmallows has also shrunk. So go ahead and buy 2 bags, you'll have enough to make a bunch more since there is plenty of caramel for dipping. Oh, the caramel...use your good cinnamon, it is delicious...Love these. I am taking them for Xmas day, can't wait to see peoples faces when they get one of these in their mouths. Heaven on a pretzel stick! I will be adding these to my Xmas cookie & candy list every year...yummo! P.s. I would think homemade caramel would work just fine in this recipe & thanks all for the great tips & techniques! Update...Xmas day these were a hit!"


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Events » Talks & Tours » Tour
Untitled, 1969
Larry Bell
American, 1939-
Gray glass cube coated with Inconel
40 x 40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 x 101.6 cm)
Norton Simon Museum, Gift of the Artist
© Larry Bell
Beyond Brancusi: The Space of Sculpture
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2013
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Educator: Staff Educator
Type: Tour
Join a Museum educator for a one-hour tour exploring the exhibition, "Beyond Brancusi: The Space of Sculpture".
Meets in Entrance Gallery | Free with admission. | Please note that space is limited to 25 participants. Sign up at the Information Desk no later than 15 minutes prior to the tour.


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Derby recreation center closedApril 02,2013DERBY An indoor community recreation center in northern Vermont has closed due to financial problems.
Community National Bank has taken over Indoor Recreation of Orleans known as IROC in Derby on Sunday after the facility failed to pay its mortgage for months.
The chairman of the board and executive director said he hopes that the facility can be purchased and continue serving the entire community.
The center has a pool, skating rink, gym and offered fitness and recreation programs, as well as basketball, volleyball and soccer leagues.
The Caledonia Record reported that IROCs board of directors could not raise enough money to secure a low-interest loan to pay off about $1 million in debt. The facility also needed $150,000 in maintenance.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
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Time Magazine's #1 Show of the Year! Broadway's Matilda The Musical, based on the beloved novel by the brilliantly batty Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), is the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand and change her destiny. Matilda is a genius who is born into a…less brilliant family. Her dad is a car salesman with a few scruples loose and her mum is an amateur ballroom dancer who values looks over books—not a great match for a girl who reads Dostoyevsky in the original Russian. But things only get worse when Matilda's parents send her to school at the ghastly Crunchem Hall, where she meets the tyrannical head mistress, Miss Trunchbull. Faced with these ridiculously rotten circumstances, Matilda bravely decides to take action. With the help of her friends and her kind-hearted teacher, Miss Honey, this miraculous girl inspires a little revolution and proves that everyone has the power to change their story.When Matilda opened in London's West End, it won a record-breaking 7 Olivier Awards (including Best Musical)—more than any show in history! After receiving outstanding critical raves on Broadway, this thrilling show went on to win 50 international awards, including 4 Tony Awards®.
Ava Briglia, Willow McCarthy, Aviva Winick, Allison Case, Rick Holmes, Leslie Margherita, Bryce Ryness, Ora Jones, Jennifer Bowles, Scott Difford, Wesley Faucher, Ashley Elizabeth Hale, Colin Israel, Marisa Kennedy, Amanda LaMotte, Joseph Medeiros, Michael Minarik, Sean Montgomery, Geoff Packard, Michaeljohn Slinger , Phillip Spaeth, Heather Tepe, Travis Waldschmidt, Noah Baird, Cole Alex Edelstein, Akira Golz, Evan Gray, Maliki Hurd, Zoe Manarel, Brooklyn Nelson, Talia Ryder, Gianina Paolantonio, Ian Saraceni, Gavin Swartz, Kathryn Zimmer
Author: Dennis KellyMusic & Lyrics: Tim MinchinDirector: Matthew WarchusChoreographer: Peter DarlingProducer: The Royal Shakespeare Company and The DodgersPress Agent: Boneau / Bryan-Brown
Matilda the Musical offers children and adults hope in a reminder that everyone can rewrite their stories.
Matilda, a hit in London, arrives on Broadway as the theater's latest shot at the dream of a global blockbuster.
Approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes, including one intermission.
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Recommended for 6 +Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 8pm*Sunday: 10am - 6pm (When there is an evening performance, open until curtain.)Please Note: Tickets to Hello, Dolly! are not available at the Box Office. Tickets for Hello, Dolly! will be available at the Box Office on a date TBA.
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Waiting for a possible federal government shutdown, Hawaii parks and services are preparing for what could be looming at the beginning of October.
So called non-essential services, like the National Parks systems, will be among the first to be notified if the shut down happens. But federal employees aren't the only ones who would be affected.
Waynett Robins with Polynesian Adventures Tour is worried. If the WWII Valor and the Pacific Monument closes from a government shutdown no one will be walking through the gates to the USS Arizona Memorial and she worried no one will be taking her tour.
"I only do three tours a day and this is one of the main things I do. It's going to hurt us a lot," said Waynett Robins with Polynesian Adventures Tour.
"Being from Australia we don't have a good understanding of what happened here and it would be disappointing for other people could not find out," said Bridget Dennis visiting from Australia.
"There's times when they shut down the Arizona when the winds are up and they get upset because this is what they mainly come here to see to learn about our history," said Robins.
That history lesson will have to be put on hold. There won't be any federal employees to give it. If there's a shutdown the National Park Service spokesperson said out of the 39 employees at this park 35 will receive furlough notices Tuesday morning. With the closed Pearl Harbor visitor center non-profits that use the main front gate will be affected also.
"I came here when I was a little kid and I barely remember it. I guess I took it for granted that it would always be here and I would have a chance to come visit it," said Veronica Nunas.
"It's something to do. You can bring the keikis and come visit something that's a part of history that happened here in Hawaii," said Antonia Kim who visited the memorial on Sunday.
The park will still be open on Monday. Officials with other Pearl Harbor sites such as the Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, Battleship Missouri Memorial, and Pacific Aviation Museum say they will wait to see if their services and schedules need to be modified.


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This was the first recipe I tried when I finally got my grill out of the neighbor's garage, where it's been stored (for a worthwhile reason). I'd been anticipating trying some of the grilling recipes I've longingly saved, and as soon as I took a bite of this salmon cooked in foil with tomatoes, olives, garlic, thyme, and saffron, I knew this was a recipe I'll make over and over. Not only does it have so many flavors I love, but it was so easy that you can have it on the table in 20 minutes. And no worries if you don't have the optional saffron, I'm sure this combination will taste wonderful without it.
Grilled Salmon Packets with Tomatoes, Olives, Garlic, Thyme, and Saffron
(Makes 4 servings, but this recipe can easily be modified to make just the number of servings you need; recipe adapted slightly from Fine Cooking Grilling 2008.)
4 pieces salmon (recipe called for skin-on, but I used salmon pieces without skin)
1 cup diced tomatoes (I used cherry tomatoes)
1/4 cup diced Kalamata olives (about 20 olives)
1 T finely minced garlic
1 tsp. chopped fresh thyme leaves (other herbs could be substituted, but I would not use dried thyme)
small pinch saffron, about 15-20 threads (saffron is optional, but use it if you have some)
1/4 tsp. salt, plus more for seasoning salmon (I used sea salt)
fresh ground black pepper to taste
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
While grill heats, combine diced tomatoes, diced olives, minced garlic, chopped thyme, saffron, salt, and fresh ground black pepper, then stir in olive oil.
Tear piece of foil big enough to completely wrap the salmon with a bit extra to fold over and seal. Spray or brush foil pieces with olive oil. Place a piece of salmon in the center of each piece of foil and season with a small amount of salt and fresh ground black pepper. Spoon 1/4 of the tomato-olive mixture over each piece of salmon. Fold up sides of foil, then fold together in the center and fold over ends so each salmon piece is sealed inside the foil packet.
Put packets on grill and cook on high for 8-10 minutes. I opened one after 8 minutes and thought it was not quite done, so I turned off the grill and let the packets sit on the hot grill for 1 more minutes. Let salmon rest about 2 minutes, then fold down sides of foil and serve each piece of salmon in the foil.
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May's Photo Sweepstakes Winner
Summer is in full swing at Wild Dunes Resort! And, what better way to celebrate the season than announcing our May My Wild Dunes Photo Sweepstakes winning image - The Shower is Just as Fun.
"Cleaning up from a day at the beach can be just as fun as the beach - our 2 & 3 year olds 'cleaning up' after a super fun day in the sun."
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Cholesterol Skeptics Strike Again
I'm really tired of arguing about cholesterol, but I feel obliged to stand up once more to defend science-based medicine from unfair calumny.
Lewis Jones's article "Cholesterol-shmesterol" in Skeptical Briefs (December 2007) included errors and misconceptions about cholesterol. It was a re-hash of the same kind of misinformation that is being spread by The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (THINCS) and that I addressed in an earlier post. THINCS would like us to believe that cholesterol has nothing to do with heart disease; that low cholesterol is harmful and high cholesterol is beneficial; and they demonize statins, even falsely claiming that they cause cancer.
I answered Jones with my own article "Cholesterol Clarifications" in the June 2008 issue of Skeptical Briefs. I said I agreed that cholesterol does not "cause" heart disease, that low-fat and low-cholesterol diets have been promoted way beyond the evidence and that statins are being over-prescribed. The public has a lot of misconceptions, but thoughtful science-based doctors agree that the evidence shows: (more…)


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We have run into an issue where administrators limit inbound SMTP traffic on Exchange and have POP/IMAP users outside the network that can no longer send email out. Since the SMTP traffic is limited to just Norman IPs this will not allow those POP/IMAP users to connect to the Exchange Server when sending outbound email.
A work around for this would be to create a second SMTP Virtual Server that is set to accept email on a different port and then edit the outlook client to send email out on the new Port. The following steps cover creating a second SMTP Virtual server for relay purposes.
Configuring the Exchange Server
Configure the Firewall
Once you have completed the steps above you will need to open the new port on your firewall. Make sure that the port is set in the firewall to send all TCP traffic over to the IP of the Exchange Server. A good way to test this is to run a telnet sessions to that new port from outside your network. You can have your remote users test it since they will be the ones using it. They should receive a prompt back from the server.
Configure Outlook
Once all the tests check out okay you can now reconfigure the outlook client to start using the new SMTP Virtual Server for sending email.


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