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Verify Connectivity for External Users
Topic Last Modified: 2012-04-06
Validating connectivity for external users requires ensuring connectivity from users to the server and port for the Access Edge service. Microsoft has created a Web-based service that will assist you in verifying your external connectivity.
Manual verification tests for external user access should include each type of external user that your organization supports, including any or all of the following:
Users from at least one federated domain, and test IM, presence, A/V and desktop sharing.
Users of each public IM service provider that your organization supports (and for which provisioning has been completed).
Anonymous users.
Users within your organization who are logged into Lync remotely, but not using VPN.
These tests determine whether your Edge Server is:
Listening on the necessary ports by using a telnet client from outside your network.
Example: telnet ae.contoso.com 443
Perform the preceding test on ports you are using on the Edge Server or Edge Server pool depending on your deployment.
Performing accurate external DNS resolution.
From outside your network ping each of the external FQDN's of your Edge or Edge pool. Even if the ping fails you will see the IP addresses, which you can compare to the ones you have assigned.
The Remote Connectivity Analyzer is a Web-based tool that can perform connectivity tests against your Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or Lync Server 2010 deployment and return the test results. The results can be used to confirm that your Edge Servers and reverse proxies are properly configured and that communication was successful, or reveal connectivity problems that need to be addressed. The Remote Connectivity Analyzer is located at https://www.testocsconnectivity.com/
The tests provided include:
Microsoft Lync Server Remote Connectivity Test with AutoDiscover
Microsoft Lync Server Remote Connectivity Test
Microsoft Office Communications Server Remote Connectivity Test
Microsoft Lync Mobile Auto-Discover Web Service Remote Connectivity Test
Microsoft Office Communications Server Remote Connectivity Test with AutoDiscover
|Updates and new tests are being added to the site frequently. Check the site for new tests, as this listing may not be current.


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The San Diego County Water Authority (CWA) board adopted an environmental Mitigated Negative Declaration and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting program for the relining of the San Luis Rey River portion of the CWA's Second Aqueduct pipelines.
The CWA board vote May 22 also approved the project itself, which allows CWA staff to solicit proposals. The CWA is expected to approve a contract for the relining at the July 24 board meeting.
The relining is expected to extend the service life of the pipelines by approximately 75 years. The Second Aqueduct includes Pipelines 3, 4, and 5. Pipelines 3 and 5 currently convey untreated water along the San Diego Aqueduct. Pipeline 4 currently transports treated water. (The master plan update adopted by the CWA on March 27 includes switching Pipeline 3 to treated water and Pipeline 4 to untreated water, which would increase the CWA's untreated water conveyance capacity, during the 2020-25 timeframe.) Pipeline 3 is a welded steel pipe 72 inches in diameter, Pipeline 4 is a prestressed concrete cylinder pipe with a 90-inch diameter, and Pipeline 5 is a prestressed concrete cylinder pipe 96 inches in diameter.
Several pipeline failures in the early 1990s resulted in the CWA's 1992 creation of the Aqueduct Protection Program for pipeline constructed prior to 1984. The program included an initial assessment which determined the estimated remaining service life of pipeline portions and the frequency of internal inspections which are used to adjust the replacement and relining schedules. Pipeline 4 was scheduled to be rehabilitated during fiscal year 2017.
However, the widening of State Route 76 between South Mission Road and Interstate 15 includes an alignment which will cross over the CWA's Second Aqueduct approximately half a mile west of Interstate 15.
The planned bridge over the Second Aqueduct will provide approximately eight feet of vertical clearance between the bottom of the bridge and the ground. Since the new bridge crossing will hinder the CWA's future ability to maintain, repair, or replace the pipelines under the bridge, an agreement to reline the pipelines impacted by the new bridge crossing was negotiated by the CWA, the California Department of Transportation, and the San Diego Association of Governments (which has been delegated funding discretion for state highways). The expected service life of the new Caltrans bridge is 75 years, so the pipeline relining will likely eliminate the need for future work during those 75 years.
Combining the longer portion of the Pipeline 4 relining with the portion necessitated by the new Caltrans bridge provides an economy of scale with the relining while also reducing the frequency and number of pipeline shutdowns and completing the rehabilitation of that part of Pipeline 4 ahead of schedule. Caltrans will reimburse the CWA for the portion of the pipelines impacted by the new bridge crossing while the CWA will be responsible for the remaining costs. The estimated construction cost is $8-10 million, and Caltrans will reimburse up to $6.1 million of that.
The relining work will cover 3,372 lineal feet of Pipeline 4, 316 lineal feet of Pipeline 3, and 288 lineal feet of Pipeline 5. The relining of Pipelines 3 and 5 will be within the new Caltrans easement limits while the Pipeline 4 relining will start north of the existing State Route 76 and end south of the San Luis Rey River.
Since the CWA aqueduct easement precedes the Caltrans highway easement, it was necessary for the CWA to grant Caltrans a right of entry permit to construct the bridge crossing. Caltrans will not have that access until the pipeline relining work is completed. The work must be completed by May 1, 2015, to avoid delaying the Caltrans schedule, and the pipeline rehabilitation schedule includes a September 2014 start date and an April 2015 completion. Caltrans and the CWA have agreed to exchange mitigation land currently owned by Caltrans as compensation for the CWA property required for the Highway 76 project.
The environmental mitigation measures for the potential traffic, noise, and habitat impacts created by the work on the pipeline include erosion control measures, noise control barriers, temporary fencing, and traffic control. The pipeline rehabilitation will also require County of San Diego access easements, Caltrans traffic control permits, and Regional Water Quality Control Board stormwater permitting.
The draft Mitigated Negative Declaration had a public review period of March 26 through April 24 and included an April 24 CWA hearing which drew no opposition. Two letters were received which focused on cultural resource protection and agency coordination, although none of those comments presented facts or raised issues which would necessitate an Environmental Impact Report rather than an MND.


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Sarah Paulson's "AHS: Asylum" character, Lana Winters, has endured more than almost any other character in the show's second season: forced confinement in a lunatic asylum, a brutal homosexuality "cure," and abduction and impregnation by a serial killer who also slaughtered her girlfriend. Paulson spoke to us before the season finale about how she prepared for her emotionally raw scenes, what she knew about her storylines ahead of time, and how hard it's been to let go of Lana's story.
Lana began the season as something of an innocent, or at least more of an optimist, determined to expose what's going on at Briarcliff -- and now that we're ending the season, she's become a bit more cynical and self-centered. How much did you know about Lana's arc, and about that evolution specifically, at the beginning of the season? Did you have an overview?
At the beginning of the season I did not have an overview, but I did have -- we started shooting on July 17th, and I think in early June, I had the first four scripts. So I knew from the beginning of Lana 'til, through her aversion-conversion with Zach [Quinto], Dr. Thredsen. So I knew nothing about my being taken from Briarcliff by Zach; I knew he was Bloody Face. I knew that at the beginning of the season, because that had been decided long before, but I didn't know that it was gonna involve me in any way, I had no idea about that.
And I certainly didn't know anything about what was gonna happen to Lana past script four ["I Am Anne Frank, Part 1"], which was, you know, obviously a very emotional, horrible episode for her.
He tries to take away her gayness.
Yeah, that was…
Yeah. And I had no idea what was coming. I mean, I thought that was gonna be the darkest thing that happened and the hardest thing I would have to play, and I had no idea what was coming.
[Related: Mark Consuelos disappears into "AHS" role]
And then it's like a four out of 10, and you're like, "Wow."
Exactly, I thought, "That was really hard," and then it's like, "Oh. Wait. I have to eat a grilled-cheese sandwich made for me while I'm tied to a bed." I mean, it's just like, it's -- turning over my lover's body in a frozen state, just -- the whole thing, I could not have even prepared myself for what was coming.
Right. "Just another day at work."
Just another day -- actually, the thing we did on the very first day of shooting was my electroshock treatment. I shot that on the very first day.
Yeah, mm hmm! I think that's the only way to start "American Horror Story," is to just dive right in. Why wait? Why save the hard stuff for later -- just do it.
These stories put the actors in some really dark places, individually and then together. How do you prepare for, for example, a sequence where you're chained up in Bloody Face's basement? With the other actors you're working with, do you guys discuss that first, or do you just sort of put your game faces on?
Well, Zachary Quinto and I are good friends and have been friends for a long time, so there was a tremendous luck that happened in the casting of our two characters, because we have a real big love for each other and a great deal of respect for one another, and trust, and so, all of that stuff that we had to do -- if I had to do that, if I had to do that aversion-conversion scene… I had to put my hand in my pants, you know, I had to, like, really go for something there, and if I had to do that with any other actor, I don't know how that would have been for me, I just don't know, and we were just so, we made it a point to just take good care of each other, because once I was in his lair -- we call it "Thredsen's lair" -- you know, he had to go to kind of dark emotional places, and I was able to kind of be there for [him]. It was just, it was very lucky that, that the bulk of my traumatic stuff was done with Zach. Because we had a very good working relationship as well as a friendship outside, so it was very helpful.
And how, really, do you rehearse something like that? It's like, let's just shoot it.
Some of it we didn't rehearse; some of it we just would go through the motions of like, "Okay, I'm gonna be laying here, you're gonna pull my leg up, you're gonna drag me down the bed," but there were a couple of times where I actually… I think it was episode 7 ["Dark Cousin"]; might have been episode 6 or 7 -- 6 ["The Origins of Monstrosity"] I believe is when he breastfeeds me, on me.
And then 7 was the rape, and I think in between one of those episodes … there was a couple times where I remember, like, I am actually strapped down to this; I've got restraints on my legs and on my arms; and you know, at one point I just decided to stay there. I just felt like, I can't keep getting up, and, like, putting on a robe, and going to my chair, and texting on my phone -- this is not gonna help me stay in the place where I need to stay, right now.
Those days were really hard, to be strapped down to a bed for, you know, you're shooting one scene that's three pages, it takes six, seven hours to shoot that, and so I had to kind of sustain a certain emotional rawness to do those scenes, so I just thought, the only way to prepare for me was to just stay on the bed, and just, like, live as Lana, stay on the bed. There's nowhere else for me to go. I didn't want to have that thing of relieving myself of the pain of the whole thing by going off and, like, going to craft service and eating a donut. This isn't gonna help me. You know?
That must have been a good donut, though, at the end of the day.
The donut was very much deserved.
[Related: Lily Rabe talks Sister Mary Eunice and playing possessed]
And as the character was progressing through the season, it's pretty interesting that they went in a sort of unsympathetic direction with her, at least as of the last episode that we saw. Justifiable, but still not a hundred percent likeable -- did you have any input into that, taking it in that unexpected direction?
I didn't -- and at first I remember reading it and being like, "Why are you doing this to Lana Winters? Why are you doing this?" And then I thought about it, and I talked to some of the writers, and it makes so much sense. People have different reactions to things when they've been traumatized, and a person who was always ambitious, and always -- you know, the whole reason she got herself into this mess was that she stuck her nose where it didn't belong, and she got stuck in the, you know, she got attacked at Briarcliff, and kept there, and Sister Jude had her put away and all that. But who knows what would have happened if she hadn't come back the night before, trying to break into the place herself, and so -- what I'm saying is, I don't know if Jude would have gone to Wendy [Peyser, Lana's lover played by Clea DuVall] and said, "We're keeping her," because she didn't know what I had seen there, and if I had never gone back this never would've happened. Lana's ambitions got her in some trouble, you know?
And a lot of it is based on her wanting to get taken seriously, she wants to be taken seriously in a man's world, which, it was a pure intention, but she definitely wanted a little bit of success, and rightfully so. So I think, after what happened to her, as she says to Kit in the coffee shop in that episode that you're referring to, she said, "My life could have ended. It could have gone in a very different direction. And I spun my life from nothing into something." And people can't forget, you know, I did go back to Briarcliff to try to get Jude out! And I was told she was dead. I was shown her death certificate, and I had no reason to believe it was a fake death certificate, and the cops released me and there was nothing I could do! So I went about my life, tried to forget about Briarcliff. And things happen, and people change, and her reaction to wanting to get as far away from it as possible was to dive into being a bit of a fame whore, you know?
[Related: Dylan McDermott is back, and badder than ever]
But I don't think that's what you will walk away from that finale [with], and a lot has changed and happened until then, and a lot is revealed. But to me, I think it's hard for the audience, because I think they've been really rooting for her and wanting her to come out and be a heroine, but I think this is a more realistic idea about, when you think about what she had endured, and what she may, if it were coming at her all of a sudden, book deal this and book deal that, and [it's] everything she ever wanted. Her lover's dead, she doesn't have -- what is she supposed to do? "Oh no no, I'm gonna join the Peace Corps." I just don't know that that's realistic.
Right. But it's something that we think a lot of other shows might have done anyway.
Might have done, yeah! I agree, and I applaud the writers for doing it, and even though it was scary for me to do, and scary how much people might not have appreciated that side of Lana Winters, the thing I loved about playing her is that she was so multi-dimensional, and she just wasn't one thing. She wasn't just a good person, a good heroine; she's complicated, which I think makes her an even better heroine. She's human, and she failed at something, and she didn't always choose the most righteous path, and I think that's a hell of a lot more compelling and interesting than somebody who just does everything just so.
You mentioned that in the season finale a lot is going to be revealed, and more things happen to Lana, is there anything that the audience is really going be shocked by? It's "American Horror Story," there's going to be shocking stuff, but in terms of how her story ends, do you think it's going to all make sense, or are we going be really surprised? Or both?
I think there's a little surprise in there. I think it's very moving, actually, the episode -- and I think the writers came up with something very brilliant about a way to end the story.
Are you going to miss this character, or are you kind of wrung out?
I never cried so much, I never cried so much at the end of a job. Ever.
I cried like a baby. I was so sad to say goodbye to Lana Winters. It was -- I'd never before played a character who went from her early thirties to her mid-seventies, and it was like telling the full scope of someone's life, and I just didn't want to say goodbye to her, she had become -- I don't know, there was something about the beginning and the middle and the end of the story and playing it all the way through to the end that was, I'd never done that before. You know? And certainly not on television.
And every trauma that Lana went through, I had to go through too, because I had to play it, so to have walked around in all that stuff that happened, you're -- as an actor, your brain knows it's not really happening to you, but your body and your heart don't know; you have to engage so much of it, that is the work, and so, as much as I was consciously able to say to myself, "This isn't real," your body has a memory and will hold onto it, and so by the end of the story it was very, it was hard to let go.
We've read that you're signed on for next season, and that it's a romance, quote unquote? Are you going to be relaxing in a less bleak format, or should we expect that there will be some of the usual twistedness?
Well, it is "American Horror Story" and it will always be "American Horror Story," and I don't know quite what [Ryan Murphy] has planned, because he hasn't told me. He has said somewhere in the press that he knows what I'm playing but he has not told me, and that's true. I do not know what I am doing, and there isn't a person in the world I would do that for other than Ryan Murphy, because it's very scary to say "yes, I'll do that" and just trust that they'll give you something fun to do.
But if I can trust anyone, it's Ryan, because he gave me an enormous gift with this part, because it's the most sort of fully realized thing I've ever been allowed to do on television. And that's not to slight "Game Change" or "Studio 60" or anything else that I've done that I've been so enormously proud to be a part of, but there was something about this story and this character that I will be eternally grateful to him for allowing me to play. So I don't care if he puts me in, I don't know, a weird dog costume and kind of has me stand in the background; I'm happy to do it because he's happy.
Watch a recap of last week's episode:
"American Horror Story" airs Wednesdays at 10 PM on FX.


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PHILADELPHIA - Things might be bad with the Philadelphia Flyers this season, but at least they can take solace in the fact they're not the Edmonton Oilers.
Seemingly wherever things are sour, a visit from the Oilers makes it all better.
Saturday afternoon, in a battle of basement dwellers, the Flyers looked the far superior team in a 4-2 victory, which shouldn't have been that close.
Jay Rosehill, Scott Hartnell, Claude Giroux and Vincent Lacavalier scored for the Flyers, while David Perron and Taylor Hall countered for the Oilers.
Devan Dubnyk turned away 30 shots for the Oilers, while Steve Mason made 24 saves for the Flyers.
The loss drops the Oilers further out of a playoff spot, which is essentially a pipe dream now even though there are over five months left in the season.
This will be the longest death march in franchise history, which is saying something for a team that finished last two straight years and second-last in another.


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The annual Summer Slaughter tour is putting an end to another br00tal summer and capping off this year's run at the Hawthorne. The mathcore stalwarts in the Dillinger Escape Plan headline this year's installment, and the band's recently released One of Us Is the Killer continues to introduce songier songs into the band's otherwise hyper-technical catalog. The rest of the lineup isn't lacking in chops, either, with Animals as Leaders, Cattle Decapitation, Revocation, and Aeon bringing the fretboard wizardry and full-blast assaults. The Ocean offers their post-rock/metal amalgam, while Periphery should appease the mall metal sect. MATTHEW W. SULLIVAN
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- The partnership between colleges and businesses is the subject of a breakfast discussion at Southern New Hampshire University.
The New Hampshire College and University Council and the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire have invited business leaders to listen to a forum on best practices for mentoring students and effective ways to develop successful school-business partnerships.
Featured panelists at Wednesday's breakfast are Tom Raffio of Northeast Delta Dental and Jim Roache of the BIA.


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The contract covers design and development services, as well as intellectual-property licenses to such key IBM architectures as the PowerPC.
Robert Blackburn, vice president of the aerospace and defense segment of IBM's engineering and services group, called the Honeywell pact "the single most significant deal we've done, with the potential to generate several hundreds of millions of dollars." While the IBM defense segment has worked with several prime contractors, Blackburn said that "something more profound is going on here. This pretty much puts Honeywell's defense and space group out of direct design engineering. We are their electronics engineering shop going forward."
IBM is no stranger to the host of new Defense Department programs lumped under the rubric of net-centric warfare. In September, IBM joined with more than two dozen other companies to form the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium, which will work to ensure that future DOD and intelligence-community information programs interoperate easily.
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USD/JPY (a 4-hour chart)
General overview
Traders will focus their attention on the US and Japan stock markets dynamics. It is premature to talk about the full corrective movement completion in the US stock market - it is necessary to wait for the confirming signals, for example, the trading day at the level of 2050 according the S & P500 index. The US 2-year Treasury bond yields over the last 10 days decreased by 10 points that is a bullish signal for the stock market.
The pair USD/JPY returned above the upward trend line of 119.20.
The price is finding the first support at 119.20, the next one is at 118.00. The price is finding the first resistance at 120.40, the next one is at 121.60.
The price is in the Cloud and it is above the Chinkou Span. The Tenkan-sen and the Kijun-sen show a horizontal movement.
The MACD indicator is in a neutral territory. The price is consolidating.
Trading recommendations
We believe the growth will be continued now. The first target is the level of 120.40 and the next one is at 121.60.


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(Zachary Gustafson is value consulting manager at Guidewire Software)
In order to make the dream of a new core system a reality, insurers must build a compelling business case that clearly illustrates the system's long-term benefits, value, and ROI. It should be convincing enough (and supported with evidence) so that the executive committee reviewing it revises its question from "Why would we invest this money?" to "Why wouldn't we?"
Consider the following key elements that are critical to the success of your business case. It is worth noting that, although this article is geared specifically to the insurance industry, the underpinning ideas can be applied to any market.
Map the Benefits Back to the Insurer's Strategic Vision
An insurer's strategic vision arguably drives its every move, including investment in new technologies. But this notion is often surprisingly overlooked as insurers build their business case for a new core system. Indeed, many insurers lose sight of the idea that the implementation is a strategic initiative, and requires a business case that reflects its strategic benefits. They instead focus solely on building a number—a collection of financially quantifiable gains.
The number is an important element, but a business case that links to a strategic vision (e.g. growth, profitability or expansion into new markets) will more soundly resonate with the executive team holding the purse strings. Indeed, in this scenario the business case is not simply a financial instrument, but a communication vehicle for the strategic value of the project.
Use Metrics to Build Your Number
Although the number is not the be-all and end-all in the business case, it remains an important element just the same. But how an insurer comes up with the number is just as important as having one. An insurer can spend significant effort building a top-down business case (that is, taking a high-level number like profit or revenue and assuming a percentage improvement of that), but there are risks that come along with this approach. Primarily, it tends to make sweeping assumptions that put the insurer at risk of losing a big percentage of his potential case if any assumptions are changed.
A better approach is to build a business case from the bottom up using specific operational performance metrics that are tracked over time. Without this information at hand, defending the business case to the insurer's board, president or CEO is futile. If the insurer can't measure what he says will be gained, he'll have a hard time convincing the board that the funds are justified.
When building a case from metrics, the case becomes componentized, such that any particular metric or benefit will comprise only a small percentage of the overall case. For example, if a case worth $15 million in annual benefits is built from the top down, it will be difficult to justify where that all came from. Alternately, if it is set up using 25 or 30 metrics, a very granular detailing of how that $15 million was reached will be evident. Armed with this information, the project sponsor can respond confidently to executive skepticism around the number. He can engage in a rational conversation through which some adjustments may be made, but there will likely be no major cuts.
This approach also provides the opportunity to discover how to achieve the business case from a systems perspective. For example, if an insurer projects that the conversion rate on new business submissions will improve by one percent, he can back this up by citing new functionality that will affect how he quotes and pursues business, which will, in turn, improve the conversion rate. It's a compelling, defensible story around a single metric that could have a multimillion-dollar impact on the business.
Incidentally, it is important to look beyond efficiency gains when considering and calculating benefits. A common pitfall is to focus exclusively on the efficiency "bucket," which overlooks the benefit of an employee doing his job not only faster, but better. If simple tasks are automated, an employee will, of course, work more efficiently. But by automating tasks, the employee is also able to focus on higher-level, value-add tasks that can lead to other types of benefits like better cross-sell conversion, improved fraud detection, higher recoveries, and so on.
Project funding is, indeed, the primary driver for developing a compelling business case. But it's not the only one. The business case is also a tool for project governance and managing to the value that the insurer believes the new system will achieve.
At the outset, every technology project wants to track to its business case after implementation. But what often happens at the end of these large, complex, multiyear projects is that the result doesn't necessarily look like the insurer assumed it would when he initially built the business case. Therefore, it's crucial to leverage the business case for project decision-making to ensure that the finish line the insurer is crossing at the end is the same one envisioned and aimed for at the start (e.g. What is and is not in scope? What's in phase I and what's in phase II or III? How do we prioritize efforts when there are resource crunches?).
Track Metrics to Ensure Your Business Case Delivers Post-Implementation
If an insurer has built his business case from metrics and managed to it throughout the project, calculating value achieved is simply a matter of comparing those metrics over time with the baseline. With the data quality and reporting capabilities inherent in modern core systems, tracking to a business case may well be the most straightforward component of the project.
Tracking to the business case post-implementation also allows an insurer to target specific continuous improvements based on areas where the system is not achieving the expected benefits. Perhaps the greatest feature of a modern core system is the flexibility to make changes as business situations warrant. But if the insurer can't tell where he is underperforming, he won't know where to allocate continuous improvement resources that will drive the most incremental value.
The Successful Business Case: A Means to an End
In the end, a sound business case is the centerpiece of the core system replacement journey. When properly developed and utilized—mapped to the insurer's strategic vision, built from metrics, leveraged as a governance tool during the project, and used to track value realized—it provides an anchor to the entire process, ultimately supporting an investment that will help the insurer meet its strategic goals in the years to come.
Zachary Gustafson is value consulting manager at Guidewire Software, a provider of flexible core systems to the property/casualty insurance market. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Belfast Giants refuse to lose, even when they seem down and out.
With ten minutes of last night's game against the Cardiff Devils remaining they found themselves outplayed and outworked by a desperate team needing points for a play-off spot and they deservedly trailed 4-2.
Then, somehow, they dragged themselves back from the dead with three goals to win 5-4 for their sixteenth victory in a row.
The Devils went ahead just 1:08 into the game when Markus Rama capitalised from a Giants defensive turnover behind their own net. Craig Peacock found an equaliser for the Giants before Cody Brookwell's shot took a deflection and went in to give them the lead.
If Cardiff felt hard done by they didn't show it and scored the only goal of the second period through Rama. Matt Myers and Mac Faulkner made it 4-2 and the Giants were heading for a rare defeat.
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Unicycle Loves You, Avedis, Dull Edges, Trumpeter Swan
The Rock Shop
249 4th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11215
Doors 8:00 PM
This event is 21 and over
In 2010, Unicycle Loves You stripped away the studio gloss of their self-titled 2008 debut and took a large step forward with the release of Mirror, Mirror. Once again handling the roles of songwriter and producer, Jim Carroll has dug even further into his Sebadoh/Guided By Voices-influenced home-recording roots for Unicycle Loves You's latest record, Failure. Due for release on Valentine's Day 2012, their Mecca Lecca debut contains all the pop sensibility of their earlier work but with a rawer, more focused sonic palette.
Loaded with buzzing guitars in the red, highly addictive melodies, and lush boy/girl harmonies, Failure combines the best elements of 90′s indie rock and dream pop for a refreshing Pop Art sound. While it may be the band's heaviest, thrashiest album to date, songs such as "Garbage Dump", "Sun Comes Out (And I Don't Care)", "Bitch Eye", "Piranha" and "Wow Wave Cinema" are also some of their strongest and poppiest moments on record.
Unicycle Loves You are honored to have shared the stage with such acts as Weezer, The Raveonettes, Fiery Furnaces, Telekinesis, Generationals, Art Brut, Tapes 'n' Tapes, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bishop Allen & Crystal Antlers.
From all over, we intersect and music is made.
Trumpeter Swan
TRUMPETER SWAN reemerges in 2013 with a new album, a greater sense of purpose and an expanded lineup. Based in New York – and made up of a core group of musicians with Austin, TX roots – Trumpeter Swan has evolved from a "new musical skin" into a full-fledged project, with sophomore album THE MAGNITUDE OF NOW due out late Summer 2013.
Helmed by Drew Patrizi, who gained recognition as a founding member of the critically acclaimed Austin, Texas-based, indie rock band What Made Milwaukee Famous (Barsuk Records), Trumpeter Swan self-released debut Listen for the Clues in 2010 shortly after relocating to New York. Garnering attention from the likes of Pitchfork and Alternative Press, Trumpeter Swan was recognized early as an ambitious project with an impressive sonic foundation to build on.
At the onset, Austin's music community embraced the debut: Austin Town Hall observed that, "Patrizi has created his own new voice in the genre and created a beautiful album," while the Austin-American Statesmen noted LFTC's "impressive energy and variety" and Austinist applauded the "precious and melodic indie tunes." Austin Sound offered another perspective, recognizing the weight behind the feel-good melodies: "Trumpeter Swan sings about heavy things."
Enter sophomore release The Magnitude of Now, an album that continues to explore and expand on "heavy things" disguised as mellifluous pop songs. The songwriting tests the point at which exuberance and uncertainty intersect — adding weight and levity in unexpected places. Triumphant choruses wrangle melancholy verses. Mood-swings bubble up…then evaporate. Concessions are made. Questions and pleas go unanswered. Not to worry though, each bitter pill is submerged in a spoonful of honey — these melody-infused pop nuggets are deliciously easy to swallow. The "rich addictive jingles and hidden hooks" (DOA) that characterized Listen for the Clues again emerge, this time through a darker, more focused prism.
Since the last album, Patrizi has joined forces with several talented musicians who share a familiar Austin to New York journey– Quinn McCarthy (Bass) & Clay Fain (Guitar) — and by native New Jersey percussion standout Dave Packles.
Online tastemakers RcrdLbl.com note that Trumpeter Swan has created "genre-bending, finger-snapping alt-pop…and by the end, we're grinning like fools…and we need some more of that."
Order Up. The Magnitude of Now has arrived. Here's to hand-clapping, hand-wringing and a continuation of genre-bending indie rock that embraces both.
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Hunter looking good as Gold again
Hunter looking good as Gold again
The move has turned out to be pure gold for everyone concerned -- including Hunter.
With the new rules placed in effect this year by Rawlings, sponsor of the Gold Glove Awards, Hunter is well positioned to win for the 10th time, joining an elite group headed by Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente.
For the first time, players will be confined to left, center and right designations, meaning the days of three center fielders winning Gold Gloves are over.
There's a good chance Bourjos will join Hunter, emerging from a loaded American League center field pack.
Hunter, according to calculations by the Fielding Bible on actasports.com, has saved an estimated 15 runs this season, leading all big league right fielders. Ichiro Suzuki, who has monopolized the award for 10 seasons, has slipped to only two runs saved.
"Torii has made a switch that could have been difficult seamless," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He's made sensational catches, stopped first to third and has had more assists [15] than any time in his career."
Bourjos is in contention with such notable center fielders as Detroit's Austin Jackson and Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury. Jackson, the Fielding Bible estimates, has saved 20 runs, Bourjos 17 and Ellsbury 12.
In Wednesday's edition of the Toronto Sun, veteran baseball writer Bob Elliott quoted two veteran scouts -- one at work in MLB since the '50s, the other since the '60s -- calling Bourjos the "best defensive center fielder" they've ever seen.


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Chelsea v Man City Betting Preview
The big clash of the Premier League weekend will be coming our way from Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Chelsea are going through a poor run of form and have a new man in charge, with Rafa Benitez being thrown in at the deep end after Roberto Di Matteo got the sack. How much of a galvanizing effect will having a new manager have on the spirits of Chelsea, who have lost their winning touch. Manchester City remain the only side in the toup four tiers of English football who haven't suffered defeat this season, but they don't have a good record at Chelsea and actually go into the match as underdogs, even with the differences in current form and the turmoil at the London club.
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Perhaps the biggest question about the arrival of Rafa Benitez, is whether or not he can get the best out of Fernando Torres, who continues to look a lost figure in a Chelsea shirt. Will Benitez be able to restore the Spaniards' confidence. Chelsea have to stick with him because they have no other option up front with Daniel Sturridge out injured. Torres was dropped from Chelsea's starting 11in their midweek Champions League defeat against Juventus in Turin, so will he get restored? Chelsea have defensive problems, something Benitez needs to rapidly fix because they haven't kept a clean sheet in their last ten matches. It is not as if they have even found any solace from their troubles at home, having gone two matches without a win now at Stamford Bridge in the league.
That controversial defeat against Manchester United and blowing a lead against Liverpool put an end to four straight wins at the Bridge from the start of the season.The Blues have scored an average of 2.33 goals per game at home, but have conceded at a rate of over a goal per game. They have lost just two of their last 15 Premier League matches on home soil though, winning 10 so are still a strong prospect. Against Man City, the Blues have taken six wins from the last season matches against City, so they are quite backable at home in this fixture despite their current issues of no win in four Premier League. Rafa Benitez may bring a good influence too because he has only lost one of his 12 Premier League meetings against Man City.
But City have strengths too outside of their form at Stamford Bridge. They have won five of the last seven in all competitions against Chelsea including this year's Community Shield at Wembley. City are unbeaten in their last 18 matches in the Premier League and they took top spot for the first time this season last weekend. City will bring the best defence in the league to Stamford Bridge, having conceded just 10 goals so far this season. Since City lost 2-1 last December at Stamford Bridge, only once have they conceded more than one goal in an away game. Carlos Tevez could be one to watch as he has scored six goals in his last six Premier League matches against Chelsea. City, who have won their last two in the Premier League have a four point lead over third placed Chelsea and with Man United breathing down their neck, a win for City could open up a big divide from the top two to the rest of the chasing pack. Chelsea actually look favourites but City are tremendously resilient. However, Chelsea's average of two goals per game at home may just sneak it, and a Chelsea -0.5 Asian Handicap for a price of 11/8 at online bookmaker Paddy Power looks decent.
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PM 'determined to deport Qatada'
David Cameron and the King of Jordan have reaffirmed their determination to find a way of securing the deportation from Britain of terror suspect Abu Qatada.
The Prime Minister and King Abdullah discussed the long-running battle to have Qatada removed to stand trial in Jordan during talks in Downing Street. They were briefed on the subject by Home Secretary Theresa May.
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) last month upheld Qatada's appeal against deportation as it ruled that despite assurances from the Arab kingdom, it could not be sure evidence from witnesses who had been tortured would not be included in a retrial in his homeland.
The Government is appealing against the decision but Qatada - convicted of terror charges in Jordan in his absence in 1999 - remains in the UK on bail conditions including a 16-hour curfew, wearing an electronic tag, not using the internet, and not contacting certain people.
It was reported that he has moved house to what is believed to be a larger home in the greater London area.
The appeal is not expected to be heard until the new year.
The Prime Minister said last month he was "fed up" that Qatada remained in Britain, following his release from Long Lartin jail.
The Jordanian government, which has worked with UK ministers to try to facilitate his return, also expressed their disappointment with the decision.
After the talks, a Number 10 spokesman said: "The King and the Prime Minister emphasised the commitment in both countries to continue to work closely together to find a solution that would allow his return to Jordan."
The two men also discussed Jordan's forthcoming parliamentary elections and issues in the wider Middle East, including Syria, Egypt, and Israel and the Palestinian territories.


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The City regulator found operators in the general insurance sector, which includes property and vehicle cover, were not meeting consumers' expectations and did not always ensure that people were given appropriate information to help them make informed decisions.
The FCA said it was particularly concerned that consumers' focus on headline price and brand when using such sites could distract from crucial product features, such as policy coverage and terms.
As a result, the websites were increasing the risk that consumers bought products without understanding key features such as level of cover or excess levels.
Clive Adamson, FCA director of supervision, said: "Price comparison websites have increased in popularity among consumers, with an estimated one third of consumers buying their motor insurance policy through them.
"They provide an important service for millions of consumers bringing convenience and simplicity to buying financial products online.
"However, our review found that they were not meeting our requirements in delivering fair and consistent outcomes for consumers.
"We also found, through our consumer research, that consumers had a number of misconceptions about the services they provided.
"We expect price comparison websites to take on board the findings of the review.
"It is also important for consumers to understand that not all products are the same and the cheapest product may not always be the best for their needs".
The review's survey also found some people mistakenly believed that a price comparison website had provided them with quotes on the best policy for their individual needs and had assessed the suitability of the policy for them.
The FCA said too that not all comparison sites, that were part of a larger group of an insurer or broker, disclosed this potential conflict of interest, which was against FCA rules.
The watchdog declined to name any firm found to be at any fault.
Hayley Parsons, the chief executive and founder of Gocompare.com, told Sky News it had contributed to the review and supported efforts to improve standards though it had "always strived" to operate in its customers' best interests.
She said: "Gocompare.com fully supports measures to promote best practice in the PCW industry.
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If you look up John 8:3 in the HCSB both 'scribes' and 'Pharisees' are bulleted and appear as entries in HCSB bullets. However highlighting the word in the text and clicking on the English Tools icon fails to bring up the correct reference in HCSB Bullets as it says 'the word cannot be found'. It is actually there, just stored as scribe(s) and Pharisee(s).
So you end up having to manually search for the word.
It would be useful if Accordance here followed some simple logic before displaying the 'word cannot be found dialog box' e.g.
Either: if word cannot be found but word ends in 's' then run search again: word minus 's' plus '(s)'
Or: in the original search to search for both the word highlighted and if the word ends in s, search also 'OR' for word minus 's' plus '(s)'
Searches would be a little more seamless this way.
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Top notch, relaxing piece!
This was a really neat, relaxing tune Shadow. The quality of the instruments are... well life like. Especially that harmonica. That CAN'T have been a synth... right?
I've always wondered, how do you do that thing to your voice. It sounds like you have a second layer on top of it? Perhaps you singing the same thing over?
I've never been that great with following lyrics, or even understanding them. Far too much time spent with only instrumental stuff you understand :D!
Can you write the lyrics here for me?
Definitely a great piece Shadow, keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
Riding on the moon, looking down below
Today came too soon, cause yesterday had to go
And you were on my mind, on my mind.
And you with your green shirt, and me with my stare
I saw you in the sound of choir, singing there
And you looked so divine, so divine
Amber, dear, you know. Its hard to say where we'll go.


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Update 02.22.10
the day for updating,
when handsome Oxhorn news abounds.
Bad haikus aside, it is update time, and what I lack in new movies, music or screenshots I make up in verbose bloviations.
First! If you watch my show at all, you know that I have a new job working for a video game company, and that we are about to release our game. You'll also know that we are throwing around the idea of inviting all Oxhorn fans to a closed beta of the game. So keep your browser tuned to this handsome channel if you would like to participate. More news to come!
Second! If you watched my show last week, you'll know that Ustream is out to get me. I say this, not as a paranoid man, but as a paranoid man who looks rather snappy in suspenders. Last week, I was unable to broadcast from my Ustream channel, and was forced to make a new channel and broadcast from it. I just recently tried testing my new channel, and am again unable to broadcast. Is this a conspiracy? Have the Ustream staff been so overwhelmed by the power of my beard that they have set out to destroy my humble little show? I can think of no other solution!
I am thinking of using a new platform. Any suggestions? Know of any way I can save my old Ustream shows and transfer them to a new platform? Your knowledge is required! Send me your thoughts using the contact form.
But, until I decide to switch platforms, I'll just have to keep using Ustream. I have added a new page with archives of my previous shows, which you can watch any time. Check it out here. Here is last week's fantastic—and might I dare to say charming—show:
I've started a new segment of the show, called "Expositions". I'll post them every week after the show on my blog. Here is last week's exposition:
That's all for now! Tune in next time for another mind-boggling update from…


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Series: Sevenwaters Trilogy
Part: 3
The prophecies of long ago have foretold a way to prevent this horror, and it is the Sevenwaters clan that the spirits of Eire look to for salvation. They are a family bound into the lifeblood of the land, and their promise to preserve the magic has been the cause of great joy to them... as well as great sorrow.
It is up to Fianne, daughter of Niamh, the lost sister of Sevenwaters, to solve the riddles of power. A shy child of a reclusive sorcerer, she finds that her way is hard: She is the granddaughter of the wicked sorceress Oonagh, who has emerged from the shadows and seeks to destroy all that Sevenwaters has striven for. Oonagh will use Fianne most cruelly to accomplish her ends, and stops at nothing to see her will done.
Will Fianne be strong enough to battle this evil and save those she has come to love?
Original title: Child of the Prophecy
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"An incredibly exciting and fast-moving 18 years"?
Specialty Toner Corporation has closed its doors. Founded in 1986 by Romit Bhattacharya, Giovanni Perrotta, and Jack Keller, Specialty Toner Corporation (STC) had remained exclusively involved in the manufacture of toners for electrostatic printers and developing applications for those printers.
In 2002, STC formed a partnership with 3M. The partnership's goal was to help transition vinyl customers as well as new customers to dye-sublimation technology, but "the transition did not take place in a timely manner with justifiable revenues," says Bhattacharya, STC president and CEO. "Consequently, STC had no option but to withdraw from the toner market."
"It has been an incredibly exciting and fast-moving 18 years. We have seen the digital printing market grow from less than $1 million to $20 billion. Very rarely does an individual or company get a chance to truly participate in an industrial revolution. We at STC are extremely proud to have had the drive, passion, and innovation to have been a key player," says Bhattacharya.
Some STC highlights over the years:
1989: STC joins forces with software expert Harry Bowers to establish Cactus, which introduces a turnkey wide-format digital printing system (Xerox/Versatec 44-in. electrostatic printer, Sharp flatbed scanner, Cactus software, and STC toners).
1991: STC introduces UV toners and"?along with Cactus, Rexam, and Gannet Outdoor"?co-produces a digital paper billboard outside of Newark Airport.
1992: STC begins application and development program and training/application support program.
1996: 3M purchases Cactus; STC sold to a group of investors.
1998: STC introduces turnkey dye-sub system utilizing RGI DCS5442 e-stat printer and STC dye-sub toners. STC opens 7000-sq-ft Application Gallery to promote dye sublimation.
2001: Dream Interiors division created to pursue applications in the custom interior-design arena.


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MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Three major English cities now have a majority of immigrant and minority residents, a University of Manchester study released Thursday said.
Researchers found the demographics of Luton, about 50 miles north of London, Slough, 22 miles west, and Leicester, near Birmingham, have changed rapidly since a large group of former Soviet-bloc countries joined the European Union in 2004, The Daily Telegraph reported. In Leicester, for example, one-third of the 100,000 residents born outside Britain arrived after 2004.
All three cities also have large Pakistani and Indian communities.
Researchers predicted that fewer than half the residents of Birmingham, the country's second-largest city, will be native-born whites in seven years. The 2011 Census found that in London immigrants and minorities were more than 55 percent of the population.
But the report also said many newcomers identify themselves as British. In Luton, for example, 81 percent of the population say they identify with the country.
"We already know from other sources that British identity is felt at least as strongly by those of minority ethnicity as those of white British ethnicity," researchers said. "This is the case for people of similar age and background born in the U.K."


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Map of Anglo-Saxon Norwich | Map of Norwich ca.1260
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The complaints of the middle and lower classes show that they wished to challenge the ruling class' grip on local government, by reasserting the fundamental authority of the community and its right to be consulted in the decision-making process and to have local officers accountable to the community for their actions. Following violent protests against the city government in 1371, the ruling class petitioned the king for an increase of powers; in 1380 they were given the power to make by-laws and to remedy existing local laws which they considered defective. This grant was modelled on one to London in 1341, but was given to the bailiffs and "24", without London's qualification of requiring consent of the commonalty to any legislative action. The 1404 charter seemed to enshrine class differentiation into the city constitution, by addressing the grants to "mayor, sheriffs, citizens and community". Authority was now vested in the two estates of citizens and commonalty. To work out electoral procedures for the new city officers, a body of 80 persons was created to represent the commonalty. In 1413 this body was instituted as a Common Council, 20 men chosen from each leet (by this time called "wards"), which would elect city officers. Trouble soon arose over electoral procedure, when the ruling class exercised a power of intervention it believed was accorded it by the 1380 charter. Open hostilities erupted, making it difficult to run city affairs and the treasury ran out of money. After a great fire destroyed large areas of the city in 1413, both sides came to their senses and submitted their grievances to the arbitration of Sir Thomas Erpingham, a local landowner who was also an officer of the king and had proven a helpful connection in the royal court for the city in the past. The complaints submitted to the arbitrators reveal the attitudes and aims of each party. The commons, describing themselves as the "greater part of the citizens and community" protested that:
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CHICAGO, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A disgraced Chicago banker and tax evader is the star witness in the murder conspiracy trial of an ex-police officer who was a death-row inmate, officials said.
The sensational past of real estate mogul George Michael would make his credibility a target for attorneys defending Steve Mandell, who is accused of plotting to kidnap and kill a businessman, in the trial beginning Monday, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Michael, 59, worked undercover for the FBI, helping agents produce dozens of audio and video tapes in which Mandell allegedly laid out his plans to kidnap Franklin Quaranta, part owner of a mob-connected strip club, the report said.
In casual conversations with Michael, Mandell, a former Chicago police officer, allegedly details how he would abduct Quaranta, force him to hand over cash and his share of the club, then kill him and cut his body into pieces, the Tribune said.
Based on those recordings and other evidence, the FBI arrested Mandell in October 2012 just as the plot was put into motion, the report said.
Authorities say they believe Mandell may be linked to as many as eight murders dating back to the 1980s. He had a conviction that landed him on death row overturned a decade ago. He had filed -- and won -- a lawsuit alleging the FBI framed him.
Michaeland his brother, Robert, lost control of Citizens Bank and Trust several years ago after a federal administrative law judge charged they had violated banking regulations.
In 2008, Michael was granted an $80,000 tax exemption after he descried his lakeside mansion as an Armenian church. An appeals court ruled his claim was a fraud and in 2010 the county billed him for $250,000 in back taxes.
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Developers are turning up the heat in West Plano's sizzling office market.
A day after a new building on the Dallas North Tollway sold for a record-setting price, builders released plans to construct another tower in the same area.
Granite Properties plans to break ground in early 2013 on the 12-story Granite Park IV building. The 300,000-square-foot speculative office project will be east of the tollway and just south of State Highway 121 in the Granite Park complex.
"We feel it's the right time to move forward," Granite Properties chief operating officer Greg Fuller said Thursday. "It's to meet the demand of business tenants that want to be in this area."
The announcement comes on the heels of the $120 million deal for the just-completed Encana Oil & Gas tower in Legacy Business Park. Cole Real Estate, an Arizona investor, is buying the 12-story tower at a record price for the Dallas area.
Granite's Fuller said that his company's existing office buildings in Granite Park are 95 percent leased.
"There's been virtually no construction here since 2008," Fuller said. "We believe that for the next three to five years, the market here looks pretty good."
Granite has been working on plans for its new office tower for several years but had delayed pulling the trigger.
With the local economy expanding and demand for office space on the increase, the builder has decided to go ahead with the deal.
Plus West Plano is considered one of the best commercial real estate markets in the country.
Granite's new tower, designed by Dallas architect BOKA Powell, will take about 14 months to build.
Granite also plans to begin construction in early April on its 300-room Hilton Granite Park, which will be built on an adjoining site.
Combined, the buildings will comprise one of the largest private-sector construction projects in North Texas, with a value of more than $150 million.
Granite Properties has been working on its West Plano business park since 1997. Since then, the developer has constructed three office towers with almost a million square feet of space plus supporting retail.
The company also built the 17Seventeen McKinney office tower in Dallas' Uptown district.
Granite Properties is a privately held commercial real estate firm that has been in business since 1991. The company has offices in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver and Los Angeles.
Granite's planned Plano tower is one of three major office projects teed up along the Dallas North Tollway in Collin County.
Just south of Legacy Drive, Trammell Crow Co. has announced plans for a 13-story speculative high-rise that would be built in partnership with real estate investment trust One Liberty Properties Inc.
And developer Craig Hall has announced plans for an eight-story, 200,000-square-foot office building to be started early next year in his Frisco office park, on the west side of the tollway just north of Highway 121.
In August, an investment partnership led by State Farm Insurance bought a 380,000-square-foot office complex on Legacy Drive east of the tollway.
So far this year, expanding and relocating businesses have leased about 600,000 square feet of additional office space in West Plano and Frisco.
The area has about a 7.5 percent office vacancy, compared with about 20 percent for all of Dallas-Fort Worth.


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Vern Bud G. Svoboda February 21, 2014
Visitation services for Bud were Saturday, Feb. 15, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Mechanicsville. Funeral services, held at the First United Methodist Church in Mechanicsville, were Sunday, Feb. 16, at 1:30 p.m. Bud was laid to rest at Mechanicsville's Rose Hill Cemetery.
Memorials may be donated in Bud's honor to the First United Methodist Church of Mechanicsville, Camp Courageous, or Care Initiatives Hospice. Online condolences may be shared at www.fryfuneralhome.com.
Bud was born Oct. 6, 1928, the son of Joseph and Grace Svoboda, at his family home in Mount Vernon. He was educated in Illinois and Iowa. When he was stricken with spinal meningitis, his formal education ended, but he never let his illness slow him down.
On Aug. 25, 1950, Bud married the love of his life, Alberta Joyce Clifton, at the First Presbyterian Church in Mechanicsville. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in July 1951 and proudly served in Korea during the war. Bud was honorably discharged in July 1953 as Sergeant First Class of the Motor Pool.
Bud and Alberta farmed in the Mechanicsville and Stanwood area until they moved in 1962 to the Heritage Farm three miles northwest of Mechanicsville. Bud enjoyed visiting and servicing his Pioneer Seed Corn customers for 22 years.
Bud is loved and survived by his wife, Alberta, of Mechanicsville; son, Wayne (Marla) Svoboda of Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.; daughters, Joy (Al) Root of Pleasant Hill, and Sally (Joe) Hunt of Mechanicsville; sister-in-law, Arlene Svoboda of Mechanicsville; grandchildren, Katie (Ben) Wooster, Kevin (Sarah) Root, Krisanna (Dan) Sternquist, Brady Hunt and Tyler (Claire) Hunt; and great-grandchildren, Jordan Hunt (and two more on the way in March and May). Bud's greatest joy was spending time and making memories with his grandchildren.
Bud was preceded in death by his parents; older brother, Charles Svoboda; Bud's twin brother, Glen "Buster" Svoboda; niece, Inis Huffman; and sister, Marian Thiher.


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Simple; Dior Homme Intense,
I feel almighty in that scent!
Thread: Confident fragrances.
Which fragrances make you feel confident, as if you were in an interview about to win a job for sure? (assume you could wear one, since it's usually appropriate not to).
Basically, which fragrances really make you think "I smell like a million bucks and I know it. My day is already off to a great start with this juice on."
I'd have to say Platinum by Chanel for me.
Simple; Dior Homme Intense,
I feel almighty in that scent!
I feel most sexy in Hypnotic Poison.
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When I wear a fragrance that I like, I feel like I can do anything.
Some make me feel embaressed, like those realy cheap fragrances, or even Acqua di Gio. That's why I gave it to a friend, so don't go for the Armani House.
The Yves Saint Laurent house, in equality with the Chanel house will make you feel very confident when you want to seduce a lady.
So try Allure, and Egoiste (because you have Platinum Egoiste) by Chanel or M7, Rive Gauche, Opium, Kouros, etc from YSL.
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The only easy day was yesterday
Rive Gauche ph
Guerlain Vetiver
Burberry London ph
Chanel Antaeus
Prada Amber Pour Homme - It's just smells so clean, expensive and sexy. I always feel like a man when i wear it! haha hmmm.
Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme is the hands-down winner for me.
Platinum Egoiste is my go-to for interviews.
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Dior Bois D'Argent
Creed Royal English Leather & GIT
PdN New York
A lot of mine make me feel that way...that's why I bought them...
Top of list
Creed Vintage Tabarome/GIT/REL/Windsor
Rive Gauche Pour Homme
VC&A Pour Homme
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Terre D'Hermes
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
For an interview, probably D&G pour homme. For non-interview, Antaeus.
i feel special when i wear...Amoauge Jubilation XXVParfumerie Generale L'Ombre Fuave & Intrigrant PatchouliHistoires de Parfums Noir PatchouliSerge Lutens Serge Noire & Gris ClairYSL M7 & Kouros Cologne SportCartier Santos eau de SportFrederick Malle Noir EpicesMontale Black Oudh+many more :P
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Mazzolari Lui - LIGHTLY if used in an interview
My top 3 confidence fragrances are:
1. Versace The Dreamer
2. Live Jazz
3. Rive Gauche
I would wear any to an interview or to pick up a hottie.
Look at this guy's favorite confidence frags. He reminds me of Steve Urkel in the episode he becomes cool.
Rive Gauche is my job interview fragrance. Allure Homme Blanche for an important meeting in summer, and D & G pour Homme during the winter.
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Vintage Tabarome, winner in this category. Love it.
Azzaro Pour Homme
Grey Flannel
Gengis Khan by Marc de la Morandiere
Tabarome Millesime.
Almost anything from my wardrobe that inspires me
However, interviews where I have put on sparse quantities of Roberto Capucci PH or Chanel pour Monsieur went well almost anytime
Jubilation Women makes me feel like I can conquer all and that noone could judge me harshly.
Sultan, Curve for men (1996), Burberry London


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When I was 26 years old I thought I was untouchable and that bad things couldn't happen to me. In fact, that's the mentality of most in that age group. Having just returned from my honeymoon, I never thought that I would be facing tragedy in my life. Unfortunately, that was far from the truth. That mentality could have had serious effects on my family, not only emotionally, but also financially.
As I look back on that fateful day, it started out amazing. I was a newlywed and had just returned from a weeklong relaxing vacation in Mexico. I was on the verge of leaving the small investment research company I had been working for to accept a new job at a major bank. This was a step that would really help boost my career and everything seemed to be falling into place. I was untouchable, or so I thought.
I hopped off the bus in the Chicago loop, grabbed a coffee and started the five-block walk to my office. As I came up to a red light, I waited at the corner. As soon as I saw the walk sign I started making my way across and that is when I heard it. First, there was a squeal of tires, and then a loud crash. I looked over to my left and all I could see was a mini van barreling right at me. I am a pretty athletic person, so my first instinct was to jump. As I did that, my body made contact with the windshield and I was out.
After I woke up on the sidewalk where I had been thrown, I began walking, dazed and confused, through the smashed storefront window of a Corner Bakery. Later, I had found out that the van had hit a trashcan right after me and sent it into the restaurant. I was covered in blood and all I could think about was that I was scared to die. Not just because I was so young and had so much more to offer, but because I had a wife who counted on me just like I counted on her.
Fast-forward a few months, quite a few doctors' appointments later and a lot of time spent with a physical therapist and I managed to make a full recovery.
The Importance of Insurance for Medical Bills
This was certainly an abnormal scenario, because not everyone is going to wake up, go to work and get hit by a car. However, it does show the importance of having proper insurance. The company I worked for was small, so the health insurance wasn't exactly the best. I did have a short-term disability insurance policy, which helped cover the loss in wages after my vacation and sick days had been used.
We found out a few days after the accident that the man who had hit me did not have car insurance. This is where it became important that on my car insurance policy I had a uninsured/underinsured rider. This allowed me to receive a lump sum payment that would cover the nearly $30,000 in medical bills. This came as quite a shock to me since I was a pedestrian and not in a car, but I wasn't going to complain.
How close I came to death is what affected me the most. I had a very minimal life insurance policy through my job that would have paid the bare expenses. It wouldn't have given my wife any breathing room to allow her to continue living the lifestyle that we were accustomed to living.
Having a decent sized life insurance policy is extremely important no matter how old you are. As you get married and have children, it becomes more and more vital. Dealing with a loss is hard enough. Adding the strain on finances can be more than one person can handle.
Final Thought
None of us wake up in the morning thinking today is the day that something is going to happen to us. We should, however, make sure we have a plan in place. Like my parents always say, "it is better to be safe than sorry." Had I not had proper insurance, things could have been a lot different for my wife and I financially during the first couple years of our marriage.
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Pixar's splendid Coco
"Is there sufficient reason for the tears that will inevitably run down my face by the end?"
Matthew Lickona 7 p.m., Nov. 22
A widowed, racist, and all around mucho ungracious landlord (Michael Douglas) begrudgingly falls in love with an equally companionless tenant (Diane Keaton) best known for continually sabotaging her budding career as a chanteuse by working her dead husband's aneurism into the between-song patter. It begins to curdle early on when 40 pounds of troubling plot contrivance arrives in the form of the 10-year-old granddaughter Douglas never knew existed, dropped on his doorstep by an estranged son who needs Dad to harbor the kid while he does time in the pokey. The seasoned stars – with the exception of an insufferable Frances Sternhagen – try hard, but screenwriter Mark Andrus' (Georgia Rule) trying patchwork of honeyed cliches and director Rob Reiner's amaurotic convergence of wasted space conspire to suck the life out of this thing. Michael briefly channels papa Kirk to deliver drunken backstory, and a badly-rugged Reiner taking a fall on a slip-and-slide is best described as a deserved fate. 2014.


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This book provides an in-depth coverage of the Hadith methodology and literature for intermediate and advanced levels of study. It provides an insight into the history of Hadith, their compilation, documentation and methods for ascertaining their accuracy. The principles of Hadith criticism (al-jarh wa al-ta'dil) and classification are also dealt with, in this book.
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Junior linebacker Yannick Ngakoue of Washington (D.C.) Archbishop Carroll has seen growing interest over the last couple of months, and on Tuesday he reeled in his first offer from West Virginia.
"I just got offered from West Virginia," said Ngakoue, who is 6-foot-2 and 230-pounds.
The athletic linebacker discussed how the offer came about.
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"Coach Daron Roberts from West Virginia offered me," he explained. "My coach, Rick Houchens, got off the phone with Coach Roberts and they told my coach that they offered me."
Getting the first offer is always a monumental moment for every recruit, and Ngakoue was especially excited that his first offer came from the Mountaineers.
"West Virginia has great tradition," he said. "West Virginia also caught my eye after their bowl win. I have a lot of interest in them because they were the first school to pull the trigger and recognize my talents. I just want to thank Coach Roberts, Coach Rick [Houchens], Coach Donnell of Potomac high school and God."
Ngakoue is hoping to visit West Virginia for the first time in the coming weeks.
"I will be attending their junior day on February 11th, as long as nothing from my 7-on-7 team pops up on my schedule" said Ngakoue. "I hope to see a great bond with the coaches and players, and I would also like to see the academic environment and buildings."
Aside from West Virginia, the other programs who have been showing consistent interest in Ngakoue are Connecticut, Rutgers, Maryland, Syracuse, Georgia Tech and Buffalo.


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