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By Brian Albright, Business Solutions Magazine
Margins may be tight, but VARs should seize the mobile POS opportunity that tablets present.
One of the biggest challenges facing retail point of sale (POS) VARs in the coming year will be how to address the introduction of mobile devices on the retail sales floor. Specifically, clients have begun evaluating the use of tablet devices (in particular, Apple iPad) for line-busting and other types of applications. But consumer-grade tablets may pose a threat to hardware margins, and many clients are unsure exactly how (or when) to introduce the technology.
"Tablets are the largest VAR opportunity since the electronic payment," says Ian Haugh, director of sales at LightSpeed Retail. "Retailers will soon be pressured to adopt tablet systems, and VARs (if positioned properly) will be on the ground floor of making this adoption take flight."
Mobile technology is clearly headed to the retail space. But how big is the opportunity for the channel, and what potential stumbling blocks could it pose for both resellers and retailers? While the scale and timing of adoption will vary by customer, forward-thinking VARs will begin having this conversation with their clients now (if they haven't done so already) and craft ways to support their customers' mobility needs in a way that delivers a robust application while presenting new sales and consulting opportunities for resellers.
A POS Sales Opportunity In Disguise
When discussing the potential margin on new mobile hardware, the companies interviewed for this story were quick to point out that there is a critical difference between enterprise-grade tablets and consumer tablets. "Margin erosion has been an issue for some time already," says Bob Bauer, president of reseller BMC. "The issue is the margin dollars we need to operate our businesses and pay our people. There are similar margin dollars in purpose-built tablet devices and POS terminals; consumer devices have never had reseller margins."
Purpose-built POS tablets will help ensure the success and viability of mobile solutions in the retail environment while providing a sustainable business model for resellers in the space who want to help clients address their mobile needs. To succeed, VARs have to effectively communicate the value of these purpose-built devices and help guide their clients through the steps necessary to deploy the technology.
"All threats are simply opportunities disguised," Bauer says. "The key factor of success has not changed: Understand your customers and their business. If you've been moving boxes and not using a consultative sales approach, you are in trouble."
According to Craig Kavanaugh, channel sales manager for retail solutions at HP, the introduction of mobility is inevitable; how the channel reacts will determine the success of these deployments. "HP's point of view is the POS ecosystem for retailers will gradually migrate to support mobile solutions for their specific environment," Kavanaugh says. "We see retailers leveraging mobile platforms for use cases like mobile POS, clienteling, assisted selling, inventory management, markdown management, and labor scheduling. This complementary technology will ultimately enhance the customer's experience, deliver improved tools for employees, and grow the bottom line for retailers. Our partners will be a key element of delivering the expected value from these use cases to retailers."
Purpose-Built Tablets Are A Better Fit
VARs can use the interest in mobility to create and provide other types of services that will help cement their client relationships, even as falling hardware costs reduce some up-front spend. There are a number of issues retailers have to address when adding a mobile platform, including wireless network improvements, integration with existing POS systems, and data security and PCI compliance.
"To truly take advantage of the opportunity that tablets present, resellers must be prepared to offer services that are congruent with tablet technologies," Haugh says. "Typical installation services that may have accompanied traditional POS tools in the past must evolve to include services such as business intelligence training, inventory consultancy, data-based marketing, and retail expansion plans."
Even smaller retailers have expressed interest in using tablets, although often the devices are used for non-POS activities. In some cases, tablets have been deployed as "mobile desktops" for managers to help improve productivity, or in clienteling applications, where sales associates are armed with customer data that they can use to help improve sales and margins.
"In 2013, tablets will continue to see wide-scale adoption across SMB and enterprise-level retailers," Haugh says. "The new area of growth will be the inclusion of tablets for specific business tasks. The industry will start inserting tablets where they are best suited — in particular, for customer sign-in, line-busting, personal shopping, and stock management."
Purpose-built devices are preferable to their consumer cousins in these deployments, but even hardened tablets may not be ready to replace primary POS terminals for anything other than self checkout or shopper assistance. Resellers can help clients sort out which types of tablets can be used for each application and ensure they are deployed in the proper place. VARs should steer clients toward commercial-grade tablets and those with retail bar code scanners and MSRs (magnetic stripe readers) that can dovetail easily with existing solutions.
"Partners should continue to educate themselves and the retail market on the primary difference between tablets built for business and tablets built for consumers," Kavanaugh says. "We believe there is a big difference with benefits to customers and partners. VARs should look for opportunities to enhance, extend, and expand their existing POS offerings with retail mobility use cases that are fully integrated with their existing offering. Retailers are looking for a seamless store experience for their consumers."
Flexible, Business-Class Tablet Solutions Will Win
Undoubtedly, some retailers may be drawn to inappropriate solutions based solely on their cost. Resellers that can help educate their clients and prevent them from making common mistakes will help ensure the success of the system. That will lead to happier clients in the long run, even if the up-front cost is slightly higher. App store products that don't meet customer expectations, for instance, can easily sink a mobile initiative if they don't perform the core POS functions needed in the store. Low-grade hardware with high replacement rates will likewise eat up any initial savings.
Haugh says that resellers may need to restructure their pricing for these solutions to attract the types of retailers best-suited for tablet-based applications. "In business functions, tablets are most commonly associated with quick service retail," Haugh says. "These types of businesses are often cash-strapped, but make up the largest natural source of tablet leads. If the cost of the software solution is a few hundred dollars a month, the services may need to follow a similar up-front pricing schema."
Solutions should support multiple mobile platforms so that clients aren't locked into specific hardware. Also, note that some POS software suppliers use remote desktop protocol (RDP), virtual network computing (VNC), or other remote session products that could be prone to lock-up issues depending on the type and robustness of the network infrastructure.
"Working toward integration of the seamless customer experience means that tablets should also work with existing store infrastructure and software systems," Kavanaugh says. "Be aware that not all tablets will integrate as well, or at all, with existing POS and operations. Also, solid wireless infrastructure is needed to provide the right access point technology and back end to run the tablets effectively. Planning and design of the network goes hand-in-hand with tablet deployments."
Collaboration, planning, and matching tablet technology to an actual business need will ultimately help push more sales. That's why Bauer cautions that VARs should embrace the trend toward mobility, rather than focusing on the impact on hardware sales. "Don't have the 'Chicken Little syndrome,'" he says. "The sky is not falling. Remember, it is our job as certified industry experts to protect our customers from themselves and provide a consultative sale, understanding the customer's business."


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Vistaprint unified its global workforce using advanced communications, telepresence, WebEx, and contact center solutions.
A global company, Vistaprint provides high-impact, personalized products and electronic services for micro businesses and the home. Vistaprint's propriety technologies enable the company to offer custom designed, full-color, low-cost printed products, as well as electronic services such as websites and email marketing. The company employs more than 3,700 people, operates more than 25 localized websites globally, and ships to more than 130 countries around the world.
Between 2009 and 2012, Vistaprint grew from 10 to 22 sites. The growing enterprise wanted to make sure that its employees could readily collaborate with colleagues in any global office, for customer projects and business planning. "Decisions can take a long time when you rely on email and phone conversations because you can't see whether someone who usually speaks another language understands you, and you can't share designs," says Jimmy Yan, a VoIP Manager at Vistaprint. Employees used a consumer instant messaging service for quick answers, but they did not have a formal way to find a colleague's screen name, and could not easily escalate from an IM session to a phone call or web collaboration session.
As part of its plan for growth, Vistaprint also needed to make sure it could continue delivering a great customer experience in its growing contact center. Converting calls to sales requires prompt response from an agent with the right language skills and knowledge.
Finally, Vistaprint's IT team needed the management tools to make sure the network and communications applications remained available, avoiding interruptions to the business that could affect the customer experience or operations.
Vistaprint built a strong foundation for collaboration and customer care by adopting Cisco® Unified Communications and collaboration applications. "Cisco supports our business goals because it's at the forefront of communications and collaboration, and support is outstanding," says Yan.
The basis of the solution is four Cisco Unified Communications Manager clusters around the world, which connect 3000 Cisco Unified IP Phones. Approximately 100 workers in the company's printing plants use Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phones so that coworkers can reach them anywhere in the plant to report equipment issues that could affect job deadlines.
Employees enjoy an in-person communications experience with global coworkers using Cisco TelePresence® Systems in conference rooms or Cisco Jabber™ Video for TelePresence software on their PCs and Macs. For quick questions, they use the Cisco Jabber communications client on their PC, Mac, or tablet. "With Cisco Jabber, we can just select a coworker's name and click to call, send an instant message, or start a Cisco WebEx session," says Yan. "Jabber makes it feel like you're working next to each other, even if you're hundreds or thousands of miles apart."
The Vistaprint IT team uses Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite to monitor service availability and quality. The same tool provides early awareness of power outages and down circuits, helping to ensure business continuity.
When customers call to place an order or check order status, Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise intelligently routes the call to the first available agent with the right skills and language, who might be in Jamaica, Berlin, or Tunisia. Presidio Networked Solutions, a Cisco partner, integrated Cisco Unified Contact Center with Vistaprint's customer database so that when agents receive customer calls, they also see the customer history, improving the customer experience while increasing agent productivity.
Optimized Team Performance in a Global Enterprise
Cisco TelePresence has become a signature part of the Vistaprint workplace. Employees can meet with an in-person experience from boardroom-style Cisco TelePresence rooms in Paris, France; Winterthur, Switzerland; Barcelona, Spain; and Lexington, Massachusetts. Vistaprint's executive team is spread across the world, and interacts throughout the day with managers in different offices using Cisco TelePresence.
Each global office has at least one Cisco TelePresence System in a conference room, and employees can also use Cisco Jabber for TelePresence on their desktops. "On a typical day I participate in three or four Cisco TelePresence sessions, either from my desktop or a conference room," Yan says. "Being able to see facial expressions makes the conversation richer, and you can see that the other person is engaged and not working on other tasks."
Vistaprint's employees use Cisco WebEx® Meetings for departmental meetings as well as impromptu web collaboration sessions. For example, a Lexington-based graphics designer who is working on a logo design might share the desktop with a colleague in Barcelona to discuss how to adjust a color hue. "In the printing business, even a small variation in color or design is a big problem, and sharing desktops provides the necessary accuracy," Yan says. When employees are traveling, they can use the free WebEx app to join conferences from their smartphones and tablets, engaging just as fully as they would from their office.
Excellent Contact Center Experience
Customers enjoy an excellent experience when they call the high-volume, global contact center because Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise intelligently routes calls to a qualified agent. Customers and agents save time because agents see the customer history at the same time they receive the call. Built-in reporting also contributes to a great customer experience by helping Vistaprint make sure the right number of agents are available at different times of day.
Next Steps
Vistaprint offices and contact centers currently connect to the voice service provider over time-division multiplexing (TDM) trunks, leasing enough circuits to accommodate peak traffic. To increase reliability while lowering monthly line costs, the company plans to migrate one office at a time to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking, using the Cisco Unified Border Element capability in each office's Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR). The first site to adopt SIP trunks will be the corporate office in Singapore. Vistaprint is also planning to replace 20 T1 lines to the contact center with a SIP trunk, helping to accommodate peak call volume during holidays. "With SIP, we'll be able to pay for much less base capacity, and ramp up or down as needed," Yan says.
Technical Implementation
To reduce data center costs, Vistaprint virtualized its Cisco applications and other business applications, and hosts them on a Cisco Unified Computing System™ (UCS®) C-Series Rack Servers. "Every Cisco UCS server we deploy replaces four of our old servers, saving data center space, power, and cooling costs," Yan says. The company also uses Cisco Nexus® switches, Cisco Unified Wireless Network, and Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) for WAN acceleration.
For More Information
To learn more about Cisco Collaboration, visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/collaboration.
To find out more about Cisco TelePresence, visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/telepresence.
To join conversations and share best practices about collaboration, visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/joinconversation.

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Pharmacist positions are located at one of the Indian hospitals, clinics, or health centers in the Oklahoma City Area. The purpose of this position is to perform Pharmacist duties providing direct pharmaceutical care in the pharmacy program. The incumbent will be supervised by the facility Supervisory Pharmacist. Possible other locations throughout Oklahoma and Kansas.This position is being announced concurrently under Excepted Service Examining Plan/Merit Promotion Plan (ESEP/MPP) procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-17-OK-1921635-ESEP/MP; for eligibility requirements. NOTE: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered under both announcements.
This Continuous Open Announcement (COA) allows acceptance of applications throughout the year with eligible applicants being placed on the COA register and referred for consideration as vacancies occur. The first Cut-off date for receipt/referral of applications to be considered for available vacant positions will be 03/07/17. Other Cut-off dates will be established based on the date requests for a List of Eligibles are received to fill other vacancies. 10 point Veteran's Preference ESEP applicants who submit a complete application after a Cut-off date but before the List of Eligibles is issued, will be considered and referred on the list, if qualified. Your application will expire in 3 months. You must reapply at least every 3 months to keep your application active for this vacancy.
Appointment: May be Permanent, Temporary, Excepted Time-Limited or Term with tour of duty as Full-Time, Part-Time or Intermittent. The Agency has the option of extending Time-Limited and Term appointments for up to a maximum of four years. Temporary positions NTE 12 months or less are subject to termination at any time. The Agency has the option of extending Temporary position appointments for up to a maximum of two years. Positions filled by Commissioned Corps will be Full time Permanent Positions only
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UPPER DARBY -- Police called the capture of a serial burglar textbook perfect and credited a call from a resident that resulted in the suspect's arrest.
While police Superintendent Michael Chitwood was releasing information about the rash of burglaries in the Hilldale and Penn Pines sections of the township, a resident reported seeing a suspicious male on California Avenue.
The street was one of six locations targeted by the suspected burglar, who stole an estimated $5,550 worth of jewelry and costume jewelry since mid-June, police said.
"We caught the burglar," police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. "This guy escaped from a halfway house and was wanted out of Philly. We got him in the area. A neighbor sees this guy walking around and calls police. This was a textbook perfect case involving a community member, police and an investigation. We believe we stopped a serial burglar."
Anthony Richards, 28, of the first block of South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, was approached for questioning by officers John Callahan and Stephen Cristinzio at 10:37 a.m. Wednesday, and initially provided several fictitious names, police said.
Richards was returned to the police station and charged with false identification to police and fingerprinted.
Hours later, Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division Forensic Unit Detective David McDonald compared Richards' fingerprints with those found inside a residence and confirmed the match.
His fingerprints allegedly matched prints lifted from the scene of the June 14 burglary on the 500 block of California Avenue.
"Thanks to an anonymous caller, we got this guy," Chitwood said. "Everything fell into place. This is exactly what we want residents to do if they see a suspicious person or activity in their neighborhood."
Police served the search warrant at 6:05 p.m. at Richards' home and seized evidence to complete the investigation.
"We got a search warrant and hit his house and recovered a quantity of jewelry identified by two of the victims," Chitwood said. "He pawned some of the jewelry at a Lansdowne pawn shop. We charged him with all six based on plan, scheme and design because all the break-ins and attempted break-ins were all within close proximity. One of the pieces of jewelry we recovered was a 10 Commandments charm. If he followed the 10 commandments, he wouldn't be facing the next several years in prison."
Four break-ins were reported including June 14 on the 500 block of California Avenue, June 17 on the 100 block of Hilldale Road and June 18 on Arbor Lea Road, all in the Hilldale section and July 17 on the 700 block of Thorndale Road, in Penn Pines.
Two attempted burglaries were thwarted by a resident and an alarm.
An elderly woman was home June 16 on the 600 block of Montana Avenue, in Hilldale, when a man tried to enter.
According to Chitwood, an alarm on a house on the 100 block of Hilldale sounded June 20.
"A rear window was open, but the home was not entered," Chitwood said. "The whole area is an isolated section a short distance from Richards' residence, where he lives with his mother."
Richards was arraigned Thursday morning on charges of six counts of criminal trespass, four counts of criminal mischief, and three counts each of burglary, theft and receiving stolen property and for the separate offense of false identification to law enforcement.
Bail was set at $50,000 cash for the burglaries and 10 percent of $50,000 for the false information.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 26 before Magisterial District Judge Kelly Micozzie-Aguirre.
According to Chitwood, some of the jewelry has not been identified and invite residents missing jewelry to call police at 610-734-7677 to make an appointment to identify their property.


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Morey's Piers wants to spread some holiday cheer with Tix Under the Mistletoe! Every day from December 8th through 19th, we'll hide the mistletoe somewhere on our website. Check Facebook and Twitter for a clue between 10am-2pm each day. Find the mistletoe and click on it to get the code. The first person to comment on our Facebook post or reply on Twitter with the correct code will win TWO waterpark tickets for 2013!
Bonus: Even if you're not the first, you can still find the mistletoe to fill out a form and be entered into a drawing for a Morey's Piers gift basket!
The location of the mistletoe AND the code will change daily so follow those clues!
Don't forget our Annual Holiday Sale going on NOW! You can save up to 40% on Season Passes, waterpark tickets and more. Everybody wins!
Merry Christmas to all and to all GOOD LUCK!


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I want to prevent the
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id: sidebar
which can be seen here. I want to reside the
larger then what it is and position it
I don't understand wat the question is
In the link you posted there is a #bg_sidebar and a #sidebar only..no .sidebar
Ryan, i think the OP means the .bg_sidebar instead of .sidebar. But even then i don't understand the question either: preventing bg_sidebar to effect #sidebar but in which way? And position it to where?
Validate your page, HTML and CSS because I am seeing missing quotes on some class names and other invalid HTML :).
You've mentioned in other posts that you're working from a Photoshop mockup. Making the mockup available for viewing will help with this and other problems as it'll show what you're aiming for.
I want the class: bg_sidebar not to effect the id: sidebar. If I set a width and height for the class: bg_sidebar it ends up scaling the id: sidebar which I don't want because I want to make the class: sidebar just a background image.
Sounds a bit like your doing something odd?
If you dont want the id: sidebar to scale then set a height/width in the css and overflow: hidden. That should stop the class sidebar pushing the id sidebar down/accross.
Although if your just adding a background image you could just apply it to sidebar id? Also you have set the sidebar class height and width but not the sidebar id height?
If you have a jpg of what your trying to do that would be ideal as I think you might be making things harder on yourself with your html / css!
In the link you provided, the class has a background color set on it, a width and a height. If you don't want the div to be effected by the dimensions, just remove the width and height from the class. Is that what you want?
^^ that as well, but then your background-image would only show when you put content inside sidebar-div so it depends what you want it to do?
Correct but i was working with his code so don't know if he wants a background-image or color..... and so we're back to the beginning it seems
You could set a min-height to have it at least the background images height, and if it has enough content it wil expand to suite
Let's just wait until we get the definitive word from the OP
We can still offer stuff so when he comes back he won't have to wait for an answer
I agree ... i love solving puzzles and riddles :rofl:
My ID Sidebar is now moving when I adjust the position of the class sidebar, which I don't want to happen I want the original position of the ID side bar to stay where it is for now and only position the class sidebar but when I position the class:sidebar so moves the ID:sidebarThe link can be found in message #1
Hi, I'm not following you. If I increase the top margin of ".bg_sidebar" to change its' position, I don't see the sidebar moving.
Which property do you want us to change around with to see what you are seeing? Nothing I'm doing to .bg_sidebar is moving the #sidebar
can you provide an image of what you are trying to achive?
Its hard to advise as everything you are telling the class bg_sidebar and the id sidebar in the css is happening? you have set a margin top to both class bg_sidebar and id sidebar?
The main thing that will cause an issue is that id sidebar is floated right which usually causes an issue in the ie's. To fix that the right floated item must come before the left floated element in your html. Either that or just float it left as well.
Sorry to telll you but the direction of the float has nothing to do with IE bugs (except the double float margin bug, which isn't happening here)
Ive had many a bug with float right, its pretty subtle but can really throw a spanner in the works if your going pixel detail.
If you could show me an example I'll believe you :). IE has issues with an inline element (not floated) coming before a float (FF/good browsers will show the inline and then float on the same line, but Ie needs a float to be first), but there is nothing buggy about the direction of a float.
Put up or shut up I always like to say lol (not to be rude)


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tomamundsen wrote:heart wrote:Lhasa wrote:Just in case there are any DC members left here, where can I find the melodies for the 6 Syllables and the 100 Syllable and short Vajrasattva mantras?
Why would they have left?
Malcolm left. Not sure exactly sure who else left, but I have seen posts that seem to indicate that there have been others following Malcolm out of here.
Strange, username is super pro ChNNR, I don't get it.


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AT&T 4G LTE Available in Elizabethtown
Customers to benefit from nation's fastest 4G LTE network on the latest devices
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, May 15, 2013
AT&T* has turned on the nation's fastest 4G LTE network** in Elizabethtown, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. Watch here to see several of the benefits AT&T 4G LTE provides, including:
- Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile Internet speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G***. Customers can stream, download, upload and game faster than ever before.
- Cool new devices. AT&T offers several LTE-compatible devices, including new AT&T 4G LTE smartphones and tablets.
- Faster response time. LTE technology offers lower latency, or the processing time it takes to move data through a network, such as how long it takes to start downloading a webpage or file once you've sent the request. Lower latency helps to improve services like mobile gaming, two-way video calling and telemedicine.
- More efficient use of spectrum. Wireless spectrum is a finite resource, and LTE uses spectrum more efficiently than other technologies, creating more space to carry data traffic and services and to deliver a better network experience.
"Broadband technology is a passport to the future for our citizens," said State Senator Dennis Parrett, D-10th District. "It opens doors of economic opportunity, both in terms of improved education and new jobs. So when more broadband is available to more people, that's an excellent step in assuring Kentucky's citizens will not be trapped on the wrong side of a digital divide."
"The wireless networks we use every day are becoming as important to our economy and quality of life as the roads, bridges and railroads we have depended on for so long," said State Representative Tim Moore, R-26th District. "By better enabling our friends and neighbors to use cutting-edge technology in their daily lives, we open the door a little wider to new opportunity for Kentucky."
AT&T's 4G Network
AT&T's innovation and investment has resulted in the nation's largest 4G network, covering more than 292 million people with ultra-fast speeds and a more consistent user experience. Our 4G LTE network delivered faster average download speeds than any of our competitors in PCWorld's most recent 13-market speed tests.
AT&T's 4G LTE network delivers speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G as well as multiple innovations that optimize the network for performance. Our network's radio components are placed close to the antenna at most cell sites, instead of inside the base station, which helps minimize power loss between the base station and antenna and, in turn, improves the performance of our 4G LTE network. The network also is designed with its core elements distributed across the country, which helps reduce latency, or the delay when using the Internet, because your request isn't traveling as far.
"For many consumers, especially rural residents with access to only satellite and dial-up broadband service, 4G LTE service provides a high speed internet access that fits their needs and provides fast Internet speeds like those available in larger cities," said Hank Mangeot, regional director, external affairs, AT&T Kentucky. "For consumers living in suburban and urban areas with more high speed broadband service options, 4G LTE affords new competitive high speed broadband choices."
Even as AT&T continues to expand its 4G LTE coverage, customers can get 4G speeds outside of 4G LTE areas on our 4G HSPA+ network, unlike some competitors, where smartphone customers may fall back to slower 3G technologies when outside of LTE coverage.
AT&T's focus to deliver the best possible mobile Internet experience goes beyond 4G to embrace additional connection technologies. AT&T operates the nation's largest Wi-Fi network**** including more than 32,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores and retailers, and provides access to more than 402,000 hotspots globally through roaming agreements. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data plans.
AT&T also is a leading developer of Distributed Antenna Systems, which utilize multiple small antennas to maximize coverage and speed within stadiums, convention centers, office buildings, hotels and other areas where traditional coverage methods are challenging.
Over the past five years, AT&T invested nearly $98 billion into its operations across the country. Since 2008, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a July 2012 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. "Investment Heroes."


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Video: Polk Audio RCi-series In-wall & In-ceiling Speakers
Most of the people appearing in our videos are employees at Crutchfield. We pull in folks from around the company to share their expertise. A lot of our on-camera stars come from our Advisor Group — they help people choose the right gear via phone, email and chat every day, so they're good at explaining the products and technologies.
Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Amanda and Chris share their impressions of Polk's RC85i, RC65i, RC80i, and RC60i in-wall and in-ceiling speakers in this short video.
Video Transcript
Chris: Hey, I'm Chris.
Amanda: And I'm Amanda. And we're here in the Crutchfield studio today to show you Polk's RCi-series of in-wall and in-ceiling speakers. This is the RC85 we have mounted here. It's an in-wall speaker, as you can see. And right here is the RC65, also an in-wall speaker. Now, the main difference between these two is just the size. The RC85 has larger drivers for just bigger, more room-filling sound.
Chris: Right. I've got the RC60 in-ceiling speaker, and then we've got the RC80 in-ceiling speaker mounted behind. This just steps up to bigger drivers, like these. The difference between the in-ceiling speakers and in-wall speakers is just that these are circular and these are rectangular, to better match circular fixtures on your ceiling and rectangular fixtures on your wall.
Amanda: Exactly. Now, these are some of our most popular in-wall and in-ceiling speakers. Our customers rave about these. First of all, they love the way they sound. Secondly, they really like the value for the money.
Chris: Right. One of the reasons these Polk speakers sound so good is that you can position the tweeter toward your listening spot. It just gives you more directional sound.
Amanda: You just get it exactly where you want it. And that's part of why these speakers can be used in different kinds of systems. They're very popular as surround sound speakers in a whole Polk surround sound system. And they're also used a lot by people in multi-room systems.
Chris: They're great for multi-room applications, because you can put them in virtually any room in your house. These are actually moisture-resistant, so they're safe for kitchens, bathrooms, saunas — even under the eaves of your house outside.
Amanda: That's very cool.
Chris: Yeah, it's great. And they don't take up any space. They mount flush with your wall or ceiling. You can even paint the grilles to match your wall.
Amanda: Nice.
Chris: Let's go behind the wall.
Amanda: Yeah, show you the inside. So this is really just the guts of the speaker. This is what would normally be hidden by the cabinet of a bookshelf speaker or a floor-standing speaker. And here, it's just hidden inside your wall. Basically, what these speakers do is use your entire wall or your entire ceiling just as one big speaker cabinet.
Chris: So it's really, really great sound.
Amanda: Sounds great.
Chris: When you buy speakers — in-wall or in-ceiling speakers — from Crutchfield, we also send you a free guide that just kind of walks you through some of the steps you'll take in installing your speakers. What to look for, what to watch out for, some pointers, and also some safety tips.
Amanda: Very important. Yep, so there you have it. That's Polk's RCi in-wall and in-ceiling speakers.


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Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
Go Colts!
Well, at least we can build off our play and mentality in the second half...oh wait...
I'd rather die standing up than live on my knees.
-Emiliano Zapata
I think I may have actually cried if Ekpe Udoh hit that running fadeaway jumper
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Might wanna change your handle
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
lol. no.
Guys, there was no ****ing offense to run last year either yet we seemed to be just fine then.
Seriously, I'm all about the *****ing, but blaming all this on Vogel is misplaced. It's the ****ing players, mostly.
There's no soul left to rally around anyone.
Woo they scored 19 that quarter. 2 more than they did in quarter 1 or 2.
No need....the Pacers decided not to show up at the Game.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Join the party, there's room for one more.
Guys, cut them some slack. This is a schedule loss.
This reminds me a whole lot of 2010 when our team had given up and it was only Tyler out there battling. He did that for 4-5 straight games until the rest of the team finally started following suit.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
lulz greatest game ever.
Is it bad that when I see this all I can think is: Hey maybe this will light a fire under his ***!
these ridiculous blue collar gold swagger need to ****ing stop. Its just not true, no one is buying it.
Hey, on the bright side if everything averages out the pacers will score 19 again this quarter, and the bucks scoring will dip to 17!
That means, if everything goes right, the pacers will.....only lose 72-99!
Thats a positive, right?
watch Augustin just kill it in the 4th
Where is Plumlee damn it?
whatever **** its called studying for GRAD school. otherwise i would stick around and watch this garbage for as long as possible. lol.
DJ just hit his AJ Price three. You no the, "I've jacked up 12 straight threes over the last 4 games and missed everyone. The law of averages requires this one to go in."
What just happened? First Tyler was posting up Dunleavy, then...something was called


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Lesson in Lineage: Color Chameleon How To
Hair: Gustav Mendoza
Photography: Roberto Ligresti
Make-up: Teresa M. Brown
Fashion styling: Carlton Jones
Gustav Mendoza has hairdressing in his blood. For more than 100 years, the Mendoza family has been in the beauty business. His father, Richard, was responsible for creating the iconic slanted sideburn worn by William Shatner on Star Trek ("He created the slant to try to distract from the toupee Shatner wore," Mendoza says of his father.)
Now, Mendoza is loving his platform as a Soma Hair Technology spokesperson. "Soma is a perfect demi color," he says. "It's ammonia free and MEA free. For an owner, it couldn't be better…a smaller line with fewer shades, all designed to be mixed and matched, allowing the colorist to be an artist and more creative. There are 19 intermixable shades needing less inventory."
For this photoshoot, Mendoza used a combination of Soma Hair Technology color and Wahl clippers to create two fi nishes to showcase how clipper cuts aren't just designed for short hair—you can use clippers on all lengths for both men and women.
People frequently ask Mendoza why he cuts hair using a clipper instead of shears. "I want to make the job easier, faster and better," he says. "You can take larger sections and complete the look quickly allowing you to do more hair in a shorter period of time. I also think it's more fun!"
The model does not have a lot of hair, which Mendoza saw as an opportunity. By using a multiple layering color technique, he adds illusion of depth to make the hair look fuller. "Because this model has some existing color I will be able to use my 'Chameleon Color' technique, allowing an iridescent coloration from layering shades," he says. "When we take her existing faded color and base, and combine it with additional shades, it will make for an exciting fi nish. When you look from side to side, it changes color slightly."
Mendoza alternated strawberry blonde and medium copper blonde in foils over the existing highlights. After application, he blended the remainder of each color and placed that new shade between the foils, at the base of the foils and on the rest of the hair. "It's a great way to blend and not waste color. I call it color recycling."
A challenge for many clipper artists is always around the ear. "It is important to make sure to use the corner of the clipper to create arcs and curves, versus using the whole blade which will cut too high and leave lines."
For this finish, Mendoza created a gentle slanted sideburn in a way to honor his father's impact on the set of Star Trek.
1. Begin the foil placement in the previously color-treated area. Pull fi ne diagonal slices out from along the parietal and place on foil. Alternate two shades: Soma Color 8RO strawberry blonde and 7C medium copper blonde, both blended with 10-volume developer.
2. Alternate up over the top of the head, continuing in ½-inch sections, and keeping ½-inch off scalp. Place foil on top of foil for a clean fi nish.
3. Blend the remaining color in the bowls to create a new shade.
4. Using a comb to assist in saturation and blending, apply this new shade to the remaining hair, in between foils and at the base of each foil.
5. Process for 35 minutes at room temperature, rinse and condition the hair, according the manufacturer's instructions. Shampooing will open the cuticle, so rinse only. The color is pH-regulated, and the conditioner is 3.5 so it closes the cuticle to a neutral 5.
6. Before cutting, section the hair in a "Chevron" shape as shown, from temple to just below the occipital. The Chevron parting will leave a softer, more feminine fi nish, leaving a fuller crown and length toward the front and back.
7. Cut from long to short. Use a 4.5 guard and blend up from the nape to the occipital.
8. Bend ear forward and cut up behind the ear.
9. Return to the nape, angle a number 2 guard at 90° to clean up and blend the nape.
10. Go to the front of the ear and create the desired line, for a woman, anything other than square. In this case, create a soft slant forward.
11. Blend the back and front of the ear by connecting over the top. Defi ne the line at the nape, cutting a gentle V shape.
12. At the front, take 1-inch horizontal sections and direct to the side. Elevate slightly and cut to the desired length. Repeat on the other side.
13. Then take both sides and pull straight up, over the top of the head. Cut to connect.
14. To texturize, direct over to the side and "brush cut" by running the clipper, without the guard, over the ends of the hair sticking out of the comb. Mendoza always uses a contrasting comb color from the hair's color to make it easier to see.


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By Jaideep Varma and Jatin Thakkar
Australia 271/6; Sri Lanka 274/2 (Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets)
The scorecard of the match is here.
On one of those pitches (which are alarmingly becoming common in international cricket) where it is difficult to set a target, Australia faltered by being overly cautious in the initial stages despite having wickets in hand. On what was at least a 310-pitch, Australia were blissfully 40 runs short, and eventually received one of the biggest hidings of this CB Series.
Here is the match through the IMPACT lens.
Tillakratne Dilshan produced one of the most outstanding performances of his career – at one of the most important occasions in Sri Lankan cricket history. In the only all-round performance of the match, he first gave Sri Lanka early momentum with the ball with an early wicket and a tight, economical performance at the top (1 for 40 in 10 overs, IMPACT 1.94). Then, he came right back and led Sri Lanka's batting reply (106 off 119 balls, IMPACT 5.08) and was easily the highest impact player of the match (and an easy-to-spot Man-of-the-Match).
Australian captain Michael Clarke, back from an injury, registered the highest Batting IMPACT in the match (6.27 for his 117 off 91 balls). His innings had considerable Strike Rate IMPACT and Pressure IMPACT (for what he thwarted at 56 for 2, a potentially tricky time on this pitch).
Of the three centuries made in the match (2 by Australia, 1 by Sri Lanka), David Warner's bizarre innings had the lowest impact (100 off 140 balls, IMPACT 3.06). His second consecutive century in the finals was poorly conceived as he, uncharacteristically and very strangely, went into a shell and consumed too many balls to score the runs. Perhaps he over-reacted to the match situation (Clarke and he were the only ones in the match to absorb pressure), maybe he misread the pitch and credited it with more devils than were due to it; it cost Australia dearly as the other batsmen just got 4 overs to swing their arms when he got out. It's probably a lesson of what not to do in ODI match, especially in these T20 times when setting targets is becoming more and more difficult.
In fact, Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene (80 off 76, Batting IMPACT 4.01), despite scoring 20 runs less than Warner, registered a significantly higher Batting IMPACT (thanks to his strike rate). The opening partnership between the captain and Dilshan pretty much seized the match for their team.
Lasith Malinga, after three mediocre games, was back to his best again (3 for 40 in 10 overs, IMPACT 4.57). Sri Lanka's second-highest impact bowler in their ODI history (after you-know-who) could not have found his mojo at a more opportune time.
Brett Lee (1 for 41 in 8 overs, Bowling IMPACT 1.44) and James Pattinson (1 for 47 in 8 overs, IMPACT 1.32) were the only Australian bowlers to make any kind of impression, but neither was anywhere near enough.
Interestingly, except these four (Dilshan, Malinga, Lee and Pattinson), not a single bowler from either side was able to register any kind of impact on the game. Malinga was the only one of them to register an IMPACT of over 2.
So, this is a fairly demoralising loss for Australia – one that the respective Team IMPACT numbers of 1.62 (Sri Lanka) and 1.05 (Australia) reflect.
Given that the last final will also be played on this pitch, the slow-and-low conditions may well favour Sri Lanka, not that they need extraneous encouragement after the momentum-boost they got today. It will be interesting to see how this young Australian side responds to this challenge – it might provide the most reliable cue to how far that team is likely to go in the future.
For more information, please go to www.impactindexcricket.com


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My Spring MVC web app has a navigation menu at the top of the page with links to a list of items. The list of items is retrieved from the database. This menu is common to all pages in the application. Currently, in every controller, I retrieve and store the list of items in session (if not already in session), so that it is available on every page. It works fine, but I feel this there should be a better way to do this. To avoid this redundancy, I am now trying to use a HandlerInterceptorAdapter. I am able to get it work, but not perfectly. The first time I load the page, I do not see the object I set in session. But, if I refresh the page, I do see the object in session.
I created my interceptor this way:
I declared the interceptor:
I am checking if the object is set in session by the time the jsp renders:
With that, when I first load the page, I see the following print in the console:
My understanding is that the posthandle method is invoked before the page is rendered. However, according to the output on the console, I see that the jsp is being rendered before the interceptor's posthandle method.
Can anyone help me understand why it is behaving this way?
I created my interceptor this way:
public class MyHandlerInterceptor extends HandlerInterceptorAdapter { private MyService myService; //Constructor public MyHandlerInterceptor(MyService myService) { this.myService = myService; } //Overridden method public void postHandle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler, ModelAndView modelAndView) throws Exception { System.out.println("In posthandle..."); if (request.getSession().getAttribute("items") == null) { request.getSession().setAttribute("items", myService.getCategories()); } } }
<mvc:interceptors> <bean class="com.gyanify.webapp.interceptors.MyHandlerInterceptor" autowire="constructor"/> </mvc:interceptors>
... Session Attributes
 <% System.out.println("Printing from the jsp..."); Enumeration keys = session.getAttributeNames(); while (keys.hasMoreElements()) { String key = (String)keys.nextElement(); out.println(key + ": " + session.getValue(key) + "
"); } %> ...
With that, when I first load the page, I see the following print in the console:
... Returning view....(this is printed from the controller) Printing from the jsp... In posthandle... ...
Can anyone help me understand why it is behaving this way?


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Jose Comayagua Jr. Appointed as Director of Fairfax County Facilities Management
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Aug. 1, 2005
Jose Comayagua Jr. Appointed as Director of
Fairfax County Facilities Management Department
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors today appointed Jose Comayagua Jr. as the director of the Fairfax County Facilities Management Department. Selected after a nationwide search, Comayagua will begin his duties on Aug. 23.
As director of the department, which provides maintenance, alteration, renovation and reconfiguration of county facilities, Comayagua will manage a staff of more than 185 employees with a $33 million budget. He also will manage the custodial, property management, lease management, space planning, security and other building services to county-owned and leased facilities, with the exception of wastewater treatment facilities and those under the Public Schools, Park Authority and Housing Authority. In addition, he will act as the county's landlord by providing real estate services and also will direct the county's Capital Renewal Program.
Comayagua has more than 10 years of facilities management experience. Most recently, he has been the East Coast facilities manager for Pearson LLC in Arlington. There he established facility plans and space allocations; planned and managed building remodeling and new construction projects; and managed architects, engineers and design professionals, in addition to contract service providers. He also was responsible for planning and managing budgets and expenditures, including capital expenditures and maintenance budgets.
His professional experience encompasses managing lease obligations; developing and implementing long-range strategic facility growth plans; and supporting risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities to natural disasters and international threats.
When he was the space and operations manager at George Mason University, Comayagua developed and implemented a 10-year facility growth plan that included acquisition of additional land, construction and leasing of excess square footage to paying tenants and coordinating the termination of the leases as GMU grew into the space.
Comayagua has two degrees from George Mason University—a bachelor's degree in urban systems engineering and a master's degree in civil, environmental and infrastructure engineering.
Comayagua's salary will be $89,000 a year.
For more information, contact Fairfax County Chief Financial Officer Ed Long at 703-324-3491, TTY 711.


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Bradman Museum Bowral Southern Highlands NSW
- If Lords and the MCC is the home of cricket then the Bradman museum is definitely heaven for cricket lovers. It is perfectly located beside the picturesque Bradman Oval, where England played the Bradman XI in 2003. There are five galleries, the team room and a gift shop as well as a 100 seat theatre that shows archive film footage, Sir Donald's first cricket bat and other remarkable old cricket artifacts and curiosities. Bradman Museum at Bowral in NSW's Capital Country is a great place to while away a morning or afternoon.
Bundanon - Riversdale
- Bundanon houses the estate and art collections left by Arthur and Yvonne Boyd, offering the visitor a unique collection of cultural and environmental assets. Included in his gift to the nation was a collection comprising several thousand art works, photographs, furnishings and documents referred to as the Bundanon Collection. The collection features in particular works by Merric, Emma Minni and Arthur Merric Boyd. Sidney Nolan added a number of his early works and a series made in the Bundanon studio in 1981 to the collection prior to his death in 1992. Set by the Shoalhaven River, Bundanon makes for a quite beautiful visit.
The Lady Denman Museum Jervis Bay NSW South Coast
The Lady Denman ferry which operated in Sydney Harbour is housed in this
museum. Walk around inside the Lady Denman. Great for the kids. The
Museum carries three collections: Aboriginal, Maritime and European. The
large boat shed displays old boat building methods which were part of
early Huskisson history. Beside this you will find a large pond that is
home to a variety of ocean fish. From here you can stroll along the
mangrove boardwalk and learn about the ecosystem of this coastal
environment. Also at the museum you will discover a historic church and
old classrooms from local schools together with visiting exhibitions.
You will also find excellent BBQ facilities, grassy playing areas and
toilet facilities - suitable for an enjoyable family visit.
Meroogal House Historic Houses Trust South Coast NSW
- Home to four generations of the same family have cherished this hosue since 1886. Everything has been left to give you an idea of yester year in this Gothic revival timber house in Nowra. It's a whorthwhile place to see because of its archetecture, because of the relatively unchanged and because of the charming contents.
Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum
- HMAS Albatross Nowra
Australia's largest aviation museum (and the country's largest regional
museum) houses fascinating relics, models and simulations that are
educational and really great fun for both adults and kids. There is also
a good under cover childrens' play area and cafe. There are two active
days each year where the public can see many civilian aircraft put
through their paces. The museum also overlooks the active military
airbase at HMAS Albatross in Nowra on the Shoalhaven NSW South Coast,
birthplace of the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm, so you might
get a sighting of a jet fighter or helicopter during your visit.
The South Coast NSW area of Australia is also famous for flying because
of Charles Kingsford Smith, affectionately known as 'Smithy'. He was a
great Australian aviator who was the first man to fly across the Tasman
Sea to New Zealand using Seven Mile Beach as his runway in 1928. He was
also the first to fly from San Francisco across the Pacific Ocean to
Australia and the first to fly from London to New York. Sydney's
International airport is named after him.
Pioneer Farm Museum Kangaroo Valley South Coast NSW
- This is one of the most enlightening displays of rural Australia.
The display of early settlers' houses, farming equipment and local
history is lovingly maintained by the Kangaroo Valley Historical
Society. It includes a vintage farm and housewares, original farm
buildings from the 1880's and historic family trees of early settlers.
This is a must for both international and city visitors as it provides a
unique insight into the early life of Australia. The museum also has a
wildlife reserve with lyrebirds and wallaroos and a lovely BBQ area.
Rumour has it that you might spot a bunyip on one of the magical
bushwalks. (A bunyip is a mystical animal not as large as the Yeti and
not as small as a Leprechaun.)
© Crystal Creek Meadows Luxury Cottages & Spa Retreat - country holiday getaway with 41/2 Star self contained B&B accommodation in Kangaroo Valley NSW Australia


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Cheshire Ladies 5 Cumbria Ladies 33
NORTHWICH Rugby Club supplied six players to Cheshire's squad in their final county championship match of the campaign against Cumbria.
Thea Breau, named afterwards as the team's player of the season, was joined by Hailey Coutts, Hannah Tunnicliffe, Amy Anderson-Griffiths, Rachel Phillips and Rebecca Bravender for the match at Moss Farm.
Cumbria ran out convincing 33-5 victors in blistering conditions, leaving their hosts without a win in the three-match series.
They led 14-0 inside half an hour following two converted tries, though Coutts almost crossed in the corner only to be denied by a fine last-ditch tackle as she approached the line.
The visitors added a third score before the break after adapting better to uncontested scrums following a serious injury to one of their props.
Two further tries followed during the exchanges after half time before Phillips and Griffiths played a part in a move that led to Lauren Sargeant, from Chester, touching down for Cheshire.
Tunnicliffe was stopped short by Cumbria's full back in the closing stages to keep the score at 33-5.


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The votes are in and Dairy Herd Management is pleased to announce the top 10 innovative products of the year. Entries were evaluated by Dairy Herd Management's independent panel of dairy farmers, agribusiness representatives and university experts. Each entry was judged on its originality within the marketplace, usefulness and value to dairy farmers. This was the first year that Dairy Herd Management hosted the Innovation Awards, and with more than 30 entries it was stiff competition. In no particular order, the Top 10 honorees are:
KattleGuard Automatic Hoof Care System
Dairy Solutions, Inc. introduces the KattleGuard Automatic Hoof Care System.
Unlike traditional foot bath technologies that are little more than pools where cross-contamination can occur, the KattleGuard Automatic Hoof Care System treats each foot individually with fresh sanitizing product. Using a novel sensing system, the KattleGuard System detects the feet of the animals and accurately targets and then treats them with highvelocity, low-volume sprays.
Besides dispensing fresh solution for each treatment, the system runs eight times more efficiently than traditional bath type systems when it comes to chemical usage. Running the KattleGuard for seven days a week is the goal.
For more information:: Contact Dairy Solutions Inc. at (559) 752-0198 or go to: www.dairysolutions.com
PocketDairy Android App
Dairy Records Management Systems introduces the PocketDairy Android App.
PocketDairy Android displays vital cow statistics regarding production, reproduction and udder health. A fling of the screen reveals the lifetime health, vaccination and protocol history. Views include cow pages and various lists for calving, breeding and other actions. A variety of filters allow for simplicity of use, even in the largest of herds.
Following an extensive beta phase, this product is being released to PCDART customers worldwide with the option of choosing different languages, including English and Spanish.
The beta phase revealed that producers love programs that can be used on their smartphones, as opposed to having to carry another device dedicated to farm management. All current customers are using smartphones, although a few are experimenting with the newest Android tablets appearing on the market.
For more information: Contact Dairy Records Management Systems at (919) 661-3100 or go to: www.drms.org
Legend Heat Detection System
Animart introduces the Legend Heat Detection System.
The Legend Heat Detection System is a new radio-automated heat detection system that collects and transmits cow activity data in real time via an antenna and receiver to Legend Track a Cow software. Each receiver can manage up to 250 cows. The Legend Heat Detection System improves the ability to identify cows in heat by establishing a normal baseline activity based on steps taken per cow and alerting producers to abnormal spikes.
Features of Legend Heat Detection System include the Track a Cow Pedometer and Software. Legend's pedometer is the smallest tag in electronic heat-detection systems at 2.65 ounces, and the only long range leg tag. Data are gathered in real time, every 6 to 7 minutes, allowing for heats to be detected quickly and timely decisions made. Data are collected through receivers and sent to an on-farm computer or laptop, allowing producers to generate reports and graphs. Legend Heat Detection System also establishes a standing/lying ratio to help identify other possible health issues, such as lameness and mastitis. The typical return on investment is around one-and-a-half years, benefitting producers with less days open, increased pregnancy rates, more cows producing milk, decreased use of drugs and semen and less labor for farm staff and management.
For more information : Contact an ANIMART Veterinarian at (800) 255-1181 or go to: www.animart.com/legend
S.A.E. Afikim USA introduces the AfiLab.
AfiLab analyzes dairy cow milk components and continuously collects vital data relating to every individual cow at each milking session. Installed at every milking point between the milk meter and milk collection line, AfiLab is in direct communication with the dairy's computer, thus collecting vital information about milk composition and enabling decisions in real time.
AfiLab's real-time analysis adds a new dimension to dairy farming. Virtually self-operating, AfiLab provides on-line analysis used for optimizing feeding, monitoring herd health via timely alerts, and for raising milk-processing efficiency – all of whichdelivers the added value to ensure that farm owners gain a competitive edge in their operations.
AfiLab measures fat, protein and lactose content, identifies the presence of blood and stops the milking. It has uninterrupted measurement of milk components and there are no moving parts or milk flow obstructions.
AfiLab provides milk component data used for monitoring feeding strategies and for early detection of nutrition problems. This enables early identification of health problems, including negative energy balance, acidosis, low fat syndrome, and mastitis.
For more information: Contact S.A.E. Afikim USA, Inc. at (330) 837-6735 or go to: www.afimilk.com
DeLaval AMR
DeLaval, Inc. introduces the DeLaval AMR - the first automatic milking rotary.
Cows access the system in the same way as they do in a traditional rotary. Once on the platform, the cow is taken to the teat preparation position. The entrance gate includes electronic ID so the cow's teat positions are pre-stored for the robots to use and the camera to locate. Teats are washed, stimulated, dried and prepared just like in the DeLaval voluntary milking system VMS. The next step is the teat cup attachment, and after that the cow moves on until the exit bail position where a last robot sprays her before she is released.
A typical install will be operated by two robots for teat preparation and another two robots for milking cup attachment. This function is fully automatic and sprays each teat independently using a state-of-the-art time of flight camera that sees the teats and locates them in real-time 3D.
The DeLaval AMR performs individual quarter milking so flow rates, total yield, blood and conductivity are all measured for each quarter. In order to ensure top hygienic conditions during milking, the system comes with an automatic deck flush module. It consists of a scraper blade and water jets. As with traditional rotary milking and VMS, the AMR is able to milk all breeds of cows.
For more information: Contact DeLaval at (816) 891-7700 or go to: www.delaval.com
Trident Nutrient Technology Recovery System
Manure Systems Inc. introduces the Trident Nutrient Technology (TNT) Recovery System. The Trident Nutrient Technology recovery system is a standalone process designed to extract and concentrate nutrients from animal manure. Once sequestered, the recovered nutrients are in a form that can be efficiently transported for use as fertilizer or exported off farm for valueadded commercial purposes.
Hauling is reduced to one-fifth of that which would normally be required by concentrating nutrients into a sludge that will be 20 percent of the total initial volume. The system routinely captures 45 percent N, 85 percent P and 20 percent K.
The remaining nutrient-depleted liquid fraction has dramatically reduced solids content. This clarified effluent can be used as a high quality flush liquid or land applied via approved automated irrigation equipment.
The fully automated system is a combination of proven mechanical and chemical technologies that is simple, reliable and cost-effective to use. Its unique plug and play configuration makes it suitable for new or existing dairies, providing a real manure management solution that helps dairymen meet their nutrientmanagement plan and maximize their resource and profit potential. The system can be delivered anywhere in the world and is supported by Manure Systems Inc.'s global dealer network.
For more information: Contact Manure Systems Inc. at (800) 799-3740 or go to: www.manuresystemsinc.com
Lely Astronaut A4 Robotic Milking System
Lely USA introduces the new Astronaut A4 milking robot.
The Astronaut A4 milking robot has been developed from a clear-cut starting point: the cow. The robot ensures the highest achievable milk quality, while its unique management tools ensure you have full control over your herd.
The unique robot arm and I-flow concept allow for quick entrance/ quick exit from the box and are examples of how innovative strategies work to assure cows are milked within a low-threshold system.
Lely offers a unique set of tools to manage both milk quality and the individual cow. Management by exception is the new challenge. To facilitate that, Lely has developed management software dedicated to robotic farming.
The unique features of the Astronaut ensure the most reliable detection of mastitis available in today's marketplace. In-line every day indication of fat and protein levels per cow can be obtained through the Astronaut's optional dynamic milking and feeding module.
For more information: Contact Lely USA at (888) 245-4684 or go to: www.lely.com
AI24 HR-Tag
Semex and Micro Dairy Logic introduce the ai23 HR-Tag
The ai24 Hr-Tag contains a motion sensor, microprocessor, memory and a specially tuned microphone that detects a cow's
rumination time, chewing rhythm and time between feed boluses. It also records a general activity index that quantifies all
animal movement and movement intensity (walking, running, laying, standing up, head movements etc). An onboard CPU
analyzes the vocal signals and calculates rumination time. Data are stored in two-hour blocks for up to 24 hours. Upon downloading,
data can be displayed in either report or graphic format.
ai24's HR-Tag rumination monitoring provides the following advantages to dairymen:
• One-of-a-kind technology: no other commercially available solution like it in the market.
• Multifunctional tags: combines identification, activity monitoring and rumination monitoring in one single tag.
• Unparalleled accuracy: customers report up to 95 percent heat detection accuracy. The rumination monitoring accuracy has been scientifically confirmed in an independent study.
• Highly reliable: infra red communication, no regulatory constraints.
• Easy to use : detailed graphic information only a few keystrokes away.
• Simple to install.
• Scalability: can be utilized as a stand-alone PC-based system and later integrated into a Data Flow herd management system.
For more information: Contact Semex at (800) 303-2855, go to: www.semex.com, contact Micro Dairy Logic at (806) 372-2369 or go to: www.microdairylogic.com
Manure Treatment System
Livestock Water Recycling, Inc. introduces the new Manure Treatment System that completely treats and recycles manure liquids.
This economic new system pumps manure straight from the cistern of the livestock barns, extracts out the bulk solids, and sequentially removes fine solids from the liquid stream by the use of mechanical processes and chemical treatment. The outputs from this innovative new system are a pileable solid, a very low-odor nutrient concentrate and clean potable water. The solids can be piled and moved onto adjacent lands as required. Once the manure solids are removed, up to 70 percent of the remaining liquid is recovered water. This water is processed and can be reused in the barns or on the land. This will assist livestock producers with any water-shortage issues. The liquid concentrate can be used as fertilizer on the existing lands or sold. The benefits of this full cycle treatment system are numerous. By isolating and concentrating the solid and nutrient portion of the manure liquids from the water, the volume of product is greatly reduced. This saves time and money by reducing spreading and transport costs. Storage of this reduced volume is more manageable. This process reduces the reliance on lagoons for storage and therefore alleviates any associated odor issues. The producer gains greater control over the concentration of nutrients on lands. Best of all, the capital cost of the system is very economical. Depending on the size of the operation, the system is priced between $400,000 and $600,000.
For more information: Contact Livestock Water Recycling, Inc. at (403) 203-4972 or go to: www.livestockwaterrecycling.com
Sysilco Automated Closure System
Superior Mat and Comfort Inc., is pleased to introduce the Sysilco Automated Closure System for bunker silos.
Designed to overcome the obstacles that are associated with bunker silo covering and storage, the system has been in use for six years in the Netherlands.
Available for a number of bunker configurations, the system is designed for a single operator in mind. It is made up of a reusable, high quality cover and a self winding reel that can be mounted on the wall of the bunk or at ground level for silage piles.
Tires, plastic and gravel bags are replaced by the cover with waterlines filled with a non-toxic glycol solution that seal and provide weight over the bunk and feed face. The liquid is stored in a bladder or tank near the bunker. The mechanized drive system can uncover and recover most bunkers in less than half an hour by a hand held remote device and a self winding reel. Benefits of the Sysilco Automated Closure System include:
• Labor efficiency. A single open and close operation reduces labor cost.
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Freeze Event Fishing Ban for Selected Coastal Areas Possible First Week of February
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Coastal Fisheries biologists and game wardens are preparing for a possible saltwater freeze event fishing ban the week of Feb. 3.
While long-term forecasts are mixed, there currently appears to be the potential of an extended freeze event on the Texas Gulf coast sometime between Feb. 4 and Feb. 11.
The TPW Commission in January 2005 approved a rule allowing the department to make 21 easily accessible, deep water refuges off-limits to anglers during freeze events.
According to Larry McKinney, Ph.D., TPWD coastal fisheries division director, Texas has about two million acres of bays and estuaries that are susceptible to freezes. He said that there were three major freezes during the 1980s, including one in 1989 when the temperature at Brownsville dropped to 16 degrees and an estimated 11 million fish were killed.
Historically, freezes along the Texas coast have occurred about every 15 years. "We don't yet know how far south the Arctic air mass predicted for next week will reach, and we also can't say with any certainty that we'll have to implement the freeze event fishing ban," McKinney said Monday. "But we're getting ready for a worst-case scenario, and we're asking anglers and coastal residents to please check back on our Web site over the weekend and to look for fishing ban notices at boat ramps and around deep water refuges if temperatures do dip below freezing."
Fisheries managers will again evaluate weather forecasts Friday, Feb. 2, and if a freeze event fishing ban is planned for any portion of the coast, a notification will be posted under "Hot Topics" on the TPWD Web site.
In addition to killing game fish in shallow bay waters, a hard freeze can also cause surviving fish to congregate in a few deeper areas where they become sluggish and prone to capture.
Game fish, including spotted seatrout, red drum, sharks, snook and triple tail may only be taken by pole and line, and it is unlawful to take or attempt to take a fish with one or more hooks attached to a line or artificial lure used in a manner to foul-hook a fish (snagging or jerking).
The high mortality that a freeze can cause may deplete fish stocks for years, according to McKinney. Protection of the surviving fish during the few days when they are especially vulnerable to capture would likely shorten the time period for overall recovery of coastal species, especially spotted sea trout.
McKinney urged anglers and coastal residents to report any fish kills or large numbers of sluggish or cold-stunned fish to 1-800-792-1112.
A complete list of coastal areas that may be closed to fishing during freeze conditions may be found in the TPW Outdoor Annual online.
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Britain's skies are filled not so much with aircraft noise as with the sound of grinding axes, as regional airports vie for audibility during the latest UK government reconsideration of aviation strategy. Forever perceiving themselves as poor relations to major London-area facilities, some of Britain's local airports (especially in central and southwestern regions) have taken to denigrating competitors, all the while proclaiming their respective "connectivity" to airline networks.
The Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government, a shotgun marriage following an indecisive general election in 2010, has begun formulating new policy after throwing out the previous Labor administration's 30-year plan. A parliamentary transport committee, consisting of members of the lower house who scrutinize the Department for Transport (DfT), also has launched an inquiry into UK aviation strategy.
Meanwhile, the DfT has issued an "aviation policy framework" to an independent airports commission established by the government last year to examine requirements for additional capacity and to make short-, medium- and long-term recommendations. The document–covering issues such as aircraft noise and climate change–addresses a shortage of airport capacity in the generally prosperous, London-centric southeast region, while acknowledging aviation's "importance to the UK economy, both at a national and regional level."
By year-end, the commission must propose options to maintain the UK's international hub status and to improve runway capacity within five years; it has until mid-2015–after the next UK general election–to release related environmental, economic and social impact statements. "Our main priorities [include taking] a UK-wide perspective considering the national, regional and local implications of any proposals," said the committee, which defines connectivity as "the ability and ease with which [air] passengers and/or freight can reach a given destination."
"A city's economy is only as good as its national and international connectivity," insists Paul Kehoe, chief executive of central England's Birmingham Airport. Aspiring to host nonstop UK-Asia services, Kehoe argues that local airports cannot maximize capacity because of the reluctance of airlines to fly long-haul direct services other than from London Heathrow, the existence of bilateral agreements that specify to which airports given airlines may fly and often poor surface access.
Airport Consolidation Needed
He also claims that the UK–whose land area roughly equals that of California–has too many regional airports outside London and could better do with just eight: Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton (in England): Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow (Scotland, excluding highland/island airports that enjoy public-service status); and Belfast (Northern Ireland).
Friction between the management of Bristol Airport in southwest England and that of its neighboring airport in the Welsh capital Cardiff, both of which face challenges by recently resurrected private-enterprise plans for an island airport in the Severn Estuary between the two cities, exemplifies local rivalries common among UK regional airports. Following Cardiff Airport's recent "re-nationalization" by the Welsh Assembly, Bristol Airport chief executive Robert Sinclair perhaps cynically welcomed proclamations that the government would manage Cardiff "at arm's length and on a commercial basis."
Sinclair claims the purchase price came in "well above market value" compared with recent UK airport sales. "Government involvement and support is highly likely," he said, adding that Bristol in the past never worried about Cardiff or other airports that didn't benefit from "any form of state subsidy or government support."
Joe Curry (not verified)
May 3, 2013 - 1:47pm
Edinburgh and Aberdeen in Scotland are natural choices being the busiest in their
respective locations. Including less busier Glasgow just clouds the viability argument. Edinburgh alone in Scotland's central belt could be challenging Manchester in terms of passenger numbers if these central belt numbers were consolidated.
Alan Henderson (not verified)
May 4, 2013 - 9:45am
A civil airport, Central Scotland Airport, was opened at Grangemouth in summer 1939, only to close months later at the outbreak of WWII to become an RAF air station. I closed in 1955 to make way for the construction of the Grangemouth oil refinery. What an ideal solution this would have been, rather than the current one of EDI and GLA engaged in a process of mutual route dilution. 20 mins rapid rail transport to each city centre, too. It would have been an idea solution for Scotland.
Tom Roberts (not verified)
May 4, 2013 - 6:09pm
Paul Kehoe I note includes two airports for Scotland (population 5.295 million) but not one for Wales ( population 3.064 million). Why should Wales be dependent on England for it's airport. Wales is not a region , it is a country.
Secondly since he is in the airline industry ,I am surprised to see his comments about UK should reflect the number of airports in an area equivalent to California. If he checks, he will find, California has 27 primary airports with a commercial service, compared to the 8 he proposes for the UK. The population of the UK is over 62million, California on the other hand has over 37million.
He proposes Bristol over others. Why use an airport that cannot handle Jumbo jets, and has no rail link. Cardiff airport does have a rail connection. Trains run hourly from Cardiff and Bridgend stations to Rhoose station , linking to a 5 to 10 minute bus journey to the airport.
I also note that there are always complains from local residents who want to stop the expansion of the Bristol airport whereas planes using Cardiff airport can take off and land directly over the sea. Similarly Heathrow suffers from the same constraints as Bristol but we constantly want to add more and more flights to the London airport at the demise of others. Why ?
Cardiff airport has for too long put up with derogatory comments which has led to a reduction in the number of passenger. Some justified due to the lack of investment from the previous Spanish owners but I am pleased that it is now in the hands of the Welsh assembly and not in the hands of the Spanish or Westminster.
Hopefully we will also get responsibility the departure taxes transferred to the Welsh assembly, as they have done to Northern Ireland. This will give it another competitive edge.
Phil Space (not verified)
May 5, 2013 - 3:06am
He (Paul Kehoe CEO BHX )
also claims that the UK–whose land area roughly equals that of California–has too many regional airports outside London and could better do with just eight: Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton (in England): Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow (Scotland, excluding highland/island airports that enjoy public-service status); and Belfast (Northern Ireland).
Whoops...but I agree close BHX , so says the CEO !
Roger Jeffers (not verified)
May 6, 2013 - 5:29am
Tom Roberts' comments regarding Bristol and Cardiff airports are somewhat misleading.
There certainly was opposition to expansion at BRS, as there seems to be for any major new construction project in the UK, but that is now history, the plans approved and work is now proceeding.
BRS doesn't need the ability to handle jumbos, there being no demand for flights with aircraft of this size. The market dictates what connections and consequently the size of aircraft operating the schedules, so BRS is able to operate quite successfully within its constraints. What demand is there for jumbo flights from CWL? How many commercial passenger flights have operated from CWL in the last year? If it wasn't for the BA Maintenance facility there would hardly ever be jumbo flights at CWL.
Interesting that the train station at Rhoose is a 5-10 minute bus connection, whereas the arrivawales/airport connections website says 'please allow 30 minutes for bus transfer between Rhoose station and CWL', about the same as the regular BRS airport bus connection from the main Bristol station, but admittedly longer than the bus connections from Swansea and Newport to BRS.
Lee Failla (not verified)
May 7, 2013 - 3:09am
As Paul Kehoe is so concerned for the number of regional airports, why does he simply not close Birmingham. Just up the road is Manchester who will happily take his air services.
Tom Roberts (not verified)
May 7, 2013 - 3:13pm
I am surprised to see that Mr Jeffers refers to my comments as somewhat misleading.
Re the bus link to Cardiff airport from Rhoose. The actual journey time from the station to the airport is 7 minutes based on the bus link 905 including a pick up at the Holiday Inn express. The time taken by the Airport link from Bristol Bus station to the airport averages out at 37 minutes during the day. The additional time in the Cardiff airport / Arriva trains notice is contingency to cover possible delays. Just to quote the journey time for the Bristol link and excluded any contingency, does not bode well for anyone catching the plane at Bristol.
Hopefully when the Welsh assembly agree to create the short rail link from Rhoose direct to the airport, travel times will be further reduced. Bristol cannot even consider the possibility of a rail link since it is remote from any main line train station.
Bristol may be happy not to have a long runway (2011 meters compared to 2392 at Cardiff) but it could certainly limit their potential growth in seeking out long haul destinations in the future. This is where the growth market isgoing to be.
Bistol has worked hard in drawing passengers from South Wales and the Forest of Dean but in future , the task will not be as easy. There is a strong determination in Wales to see it's own countries airport succeed and will have the backing of the Welsh government. Interesting to see how the current owners of Bristol airport, Canadian Teachers pension fund and the Austrailian banking group Macquarie will react when they beging to loose some if not all of the estimated 1.1 million from Wales who currently use the airport.
Finally, why should Bristol, Cardiff or Exeter not have connections to the States. Every clear day when I look up in the sky I see tens of planes on their journey from London to the USA and not one leaving from South West or Wales
The years ahead will be a hard struggle for Cardiff to begin to retain the passenger numbers it once had but hopefully with devolution of the APD to Wales, and increased awareness of the better transport links to Cardiff airport , greater support from Welsh and Forest of Dean deople, passenger numbers would then begin to increase.


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Mix together the grapeseed oil (or butter) and Splenda or Stevia In the Raw Granulated Sweetener (or sugar).
Then add the pureed mango, egg, vanilla, and lime juice.
In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon.
Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently combine.
Then fold in the diced mango pieces and chopped walnuts.
Low-Sugar and Whole Wheat Mango Walnut Muffins (or bread)
(Makes 6 jumbo muffins, 12 regular muffins, or one loaf of mango bread; recipe adapted from this recipe from The National Mango Board.)
1/4 cup grapeseed oil (or butter)
3/4 cup Splenda or Stevia In the Raw Granulated Sweetener (or sugar)
2 very ripe mangos, peeled and pit removed (dice 1/2 mango and puree the other 1 1/2 mangos)
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
2 T fresh squeezed lime juice
1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour (or white flour)
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts
Mix together the oil (or butter) and sweetener of your choice. Add the pureed mango, egg, vanilla, and lime juice.
In a separate bowl, mix together the white whole wheat flour (or white flour), baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently combine.
Chop enough walnuts to make 1 cup chopped walnuts, then stir the diced mango pieces and chopped walnuts into the batter. Fill muffin cups (or loaf pan) with batter.
Bake about 40 minutes for large muffin cups or loaf pan or slightly less if you make 12 regular sized muffins. (This should be baked until a toothpick inserted into the muffin or bread comes out clean.) Let muffins or bread cool for one hour before eating.
These lasted just fine for a few days in the fridge, although you may have trouble keeping them around for long!
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RELATIVES of Burnley's historic 1914 FA Cup winning team will be VIP guests at the Clarets clash with Ipswich today.
As part of the celebrations to mark the centenary of the Clarets' epic 1-0 win over Liverpool, more than 100 descendants of the Burnley players, management, coaching staff and directors will be at Turf Moor to celebrate the milestone.
Yesterday marked 100 years to the day since Burnley won the cup final.
Today's guests include Alan Curry, a Burnley fan who has travelled from Melbourne, Australia, to be at the game.
Alan is the great nephew of cup final goalscorer Bert Freeman, and one of the great stories from 1914 is that Freeman's father travelled from Australia to watch the 1914 final.
At the time Mr Freeman senior had been visiting his daughter Ethel, Alan Curry's grandmother.
Kevan Boyle, a member of Tommy Boyle's extended family is travelling from his home in France with his wife to be at Turf Moor.
After watching the modern day Clarets the guests will visit Towneley Hall for a special viewing of the club's 1914 FA Cup final exhibition.