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I find a little bug in support/component/CCComponentContainer.cpp on line 90.Should use HASH_FIND_STR but not HASH_FIND_PTR
You're right, thanks for your feedback.
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Maybe somebody can help me out with this, as I have been searching the admin/user guides and cannot seem to find an answer to this question, unless I'm simply overlooking it- which is a real possibility.
We operate in a CUCM environment, and all of our phones are Cisco except for one conference phone which is the Polycom Realpresence Trio 8800. On our cisco conference phones like the 8831 or 7937, when one hits the mute button, it plays a short tone to indicate that mute is on/off. The Polycom Trio doesn't do that. Is there a way to configure the phone to play some type of tone when the mute button is pressed? Thanks ahead of time for any guidance.
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Hello Dave,
welcome to the Polycom Community.
We have various tones but a mute tone is not one that you can define.
Jan 03, 2013 Question: How can I request a change to the current Polycom SIP / UC Software?
Resolution: Please check => here <=
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I just want to clarify:
I don't necessarily want to define a tone for muting, I just want any tone to play when the mute button is pressed during a call. Right now, when mute is pressed it stays completely silent. I would like for there to be some type of audio indication that the phone is on mute. Is this function unavailable?
On my Cisco 7937, when I press mute on a call, it plays a short beep. On my polycom 8800, there is no beep and I can't seem to find the setting that would activate/deactivate this feature- if it exists.
Hello Dave,
The Cisco 7936 and CIsco 7937 are manufactured by Polycom for Cisco but we have no control over features that these units have.
The Trio does currently have no such feature and as already explained you need to raise a feature request for this.
Simply quote VOIP-118487 when submitting this via a Polycom reseller.
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Brisbane is a crucial hub for Qantas that provides connections between its major domestic routes and services into regional areas as well as international flights to Los Angeles, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo. The airline announced a new lounge for passengers travelling on Qantas flights through Brisbane. Passengers are set to benefit from a multimillion dollar refurbishment of the airline's terminal and lounges.
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100g (3½oz) glass noodles or mung-bean vermicelli
150g (5½oz) sugar-snap peas
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1 carrot, scrubbed and sliced into fine matchsticks
100g (3½oz) red cabbage, finely shredded
½ cucumber, peeled, deseeded and sliced into fine matchsticks
100g (3½oz) radishes, scrubbed and finely sliced
handful of Vietnamese or standard mint, shredded
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4 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
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Toast the uncooked rice in a dry frying-pan, shaking often and being patient, until nutty and golden. Crush lightly using a pestle and mortar. Repeat with the peanuts.
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Rebuilding work on at least six key routes through the south-west has been delayed for months by unprecedented flooding across the southern region.
Department spokeswoman Kym Murphy says work to rebuild the Diamantina Development Road between Charleville and Windorah should start in the next few weeks.
She says the repairs are funded under the joint state and Federal Government disaster relief fund.
"The time limit has been that all our work needs to be completed by June 2014," she said.
"We are confident to have the original program of works - our $700 million program of works in the south-west - to be delivered by then.
"There has been some delay, however, we did have some lag time in there for situations such as this."
She says the roads will also be improved so they cope better during heavy rain events.
"Out in the Quilpie Shire we have got stabilising, so we're using existing materials and we're adding a little bit of cement powder," she said.
"That's the basis of a lot of our road network reconstruction out in Quilpie Shire."
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What kind of vacuum should I buy?
I remember that nasty belt burning smell when hers would catch on somthing. I guess it's very heavy even still...wow!
I'm glad it has that built in feature but wouldn't every vacuum have that safety issue then? I do need a better system for my stairs...cat hair is an issue on the stairs but I don't like using attachments on the stairs...doesn't work as good and not in every sharp crease. :/
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The Kirby is constantly chewing up belts because it gets hairs (were a household with four long haired girls living in it) tangled up on the rod that spins the belt. It's next to impossible to use it as a handheld for the stairs, it weights approximately three pounds more than the U.S. Military's most armored vehicle. It doesn't pick up larger debris like beads or popcorn kernels, it just shoots them across the room like bb's. The bags are a fortunend the cord is very awkward and I'm forever running it over, which must have been a common issue, because there is a built in feature that if you run over the cord the vacuum immediately shuts down.
Quoting taKENheart:
Can I ask why you hate your Kirby Sentra? I'm just curious because my grandmother loved her Kirby so much.
I actually don't sweep anymore and just use my Dyson on my tile and then mop, lol! That Dyson picks up everything and I love it.
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I also have a Kirby Sentra. I hate it. The Dyson is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times better.
Quoting taKENheart:
Cool! My Dyson is 8yrs old also! It still works like it did the day I bought it.
My grandmother was a loyal Kirby lover but the ones she bought cost more than my Dyson I believe.
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my dyson is eight years old and still works amazing
I borrowed my friends dyson and it was very good but bought the shark navigator and it was crazy how much it took out of my carpets the first few times!
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If I had to choose only one it would be shark hands down.
We bought a new one a few years ago and checked out what consumer reports said. The top one was the Eureka Boss. It was rated better than the Dyson.
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Secure Index Management Scheme on Cloud Storage Environment
Keeping pace with the increase of digital information in use, Cloud storage is in service, which can store one's data from distance through network and various devices and easy to access. Unlike the existing removable storage necessary in order to carry data, it is used many users because it has no limit of memory capacity and no need to carry storage medium. As many users save a great volume of date in Cloud storage, its reliability has become a focus of issue. To protect it from unethical managers and attackers, researches are being conducted on application of a variety of cryptography systems such as searchable encryption and proxy re-encryption to Cloud storage system.
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Green, Fiers win Brewers' top Minors Awards
Both players were honored with the Robin Yount Performance Awards, given annually to the top player and pitcher in the organization's Minor League chain. They will be honored on the field Sept. 24 at Miller Park before the Brewers' game against the Marlins.
"I just found out yesterday. I thought it was pretty cool," Green said. "It's obviously a huge honor. It's nice to win it twice. I'm more happy to be up here, though, and try and contribute, but it's a great honor and I'm very, very happy about it."
Green, who also won the Yount Award in 2007 as a 20-year-old, batted .336 with 22 home runs and 88 RBIs in 120 games at Triple-A Nashville, re-establishing himself as a prospect after 2008 and 2009 seasons marred by a wrist injury.
Since being called up in late August, Green batted .333 in 11 games entering Wednesday, collecting eight hits in 24 at-bats, including three doubles with one RBI.
Fiers went 13-3 with a 1.86 ERA between Double-A Huntsville and Nashville, and was at his best at the higher level. In two relief appearances and 10 starts with the Sounds, he was 8-0 with a 1.11 ERA.
"It's a great honor. It shows that someone's watching and someone puts value in you," Fiers said. "I'm not going to lie to you, I check the stats. I thought I had a great year. I feel like I deserved it this year and I worked hard for it."
"It's a great award, but this is the ultimate goal, to get here and do well here," said Fiers, 26, who made his Major League debut on Wednesday night, striking out two Rockies and allowing two hits in the ninth inning. "I'd rather be doing that here, winning Pitcher of the Year in the Major Leagues instead of the Minors. But it's a good stepping stone."
The Brewers began naming Minor League players and pitchers of the year in 1999.
Green, 24, is the first prospect to be honored with the player honor twice, though Ben Hendrickson was a two-time Pitcher of the Year in 2002 and 2004.
"It's just as awesome winning it this time as the first time," Green said. "Being up here is even better. The first time was just proving yourself a little bit and this time is just kind of like, 'OK, yeah, I know I can still do it.' So that's always a good feeling to have."


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Microsoft's top flack has been physically and metaphorically running up hills in the last few days in an effort to find out what's gone wrong at Redmond HQ. The company's Frank X Shaw penned a navel-gazing missive to staff, a full transcript of which was picked up by All Things Digital, late last week. Microsoft's comms boss …
Pass out the lucite excellence awards.
A bit of a windy non-entity of an article, but the last line made it all worthwhile. Jolly good show!
As PR boss, isn't it *his* job to tell the world about MS, not all the staff? Isn't the reason that you have PR in the first place so that regular joes don't have to talk to the media and possibly put shoe leather in mouth.
Basically, he appears to be saying "well, I've got no clue how to perk up our image; y'all have a go. See if you can think of something, coz I'm beat."
It may contain a fair amount of spin, but it's more honest about their situation than many companies' equivalent internal mass mails... and even if the leak were not intentional, it still makes better PR than most overt PR.
I don't think any of us care about your "story", you horrible little marketing-turd.
Give us decent stuff and we'll be happy. So Microsoft does not have a Cult of Ballmer - surely that's a positive point?
You want better press? Then release Windows Phone 7 on time, rock solid and with _more_ features than you've been trying to sell. The Office web apps are good - push them. Win7 is good, roll with it. Make CE7 so good that we all end up wanting WinPads instead of iPads or droidPads.
Do something about Windows Live; it needs help. Kill "spaces" for a start. In fact, why don't you just buy Livejournal - "Windows Live Journal?" - .NET it and go with that?
Make certain the XBox redesign has no RROD issues, that would be good.
Throw your weight behind Mono and Moonlight - you want ubiquity? Then actively try for it.
And never, never try to lock us into an MS worldview ever again. Because that pisses us off.
In short, stick your marketing up your arse and produce something decent. That'll work for you.
"...In fact, tell it to the green grocer, the shoemaker, the basket weaver...
Whoever will listen... but FOR FUCK'S SAKE...
They've not inovated anything in the past 10 years - since Windows XP, its been downhill for M$. The only 1 thing that remotely seemed interesting was their dual screen tablet.. but they even managed to axe that.
Yeah, the 2-screen pad was 'vapourware', which means it was a deliberate attempt to confuse people considering buying the ipad at launch, to dent initial ipad sales figures. I don't know about you but I'm thrilled to be treated with utter contempt like this and fed disinformation with arrogant impunity. And they wonder why they have an image problem? IT'S SHIT LIKE THIS YOU MORONS! It's the beginning of the end for Microsoft. Apple will follow in time - and their descent will be even more abrupt and stinging, given the bad blood those cretins are stirring.
Is there an app for that?
Even if a bigger bully comes along. The integration of IE into Windows to kill Netscape still sticks in this moderately old-timer's craw. And yes I recognize that Netscape was no more standards compliant than IE at the time. It's only one of the places where MS earned the title, others can quote their "favorites." But insisting Vista wasn't a turd pretty much blew the lid off whatever goodwill MS had left for most people. If they want to loose the title, they'll need to work even harder at losing it than they did at winning it, and it will probably take twice as long to boot.
Best get started then, it's half over…
"through his marketer head."
Market all they want, won't get them out of the downward spiral they are in.
Hmmm, things that leave a bad taste in my mouth about MS. I will list just a few "basic" ones. No WinFS, bogus vista ultimate extras for end users not techies, and crappy Media Center for Canadians in Win7. A major one, IE8 sucks sh!#.
I beg to disagree.
they got the message alrighty, they were wearing their They Live shades when they read it.
NB for some - They Live, a movie, classic stuff.
Many of us are enjoying the show they make as they flail about. They've earned every bit of it.
You'll know their PR is on the ropes when people start to call computer viruses, windows viruses.
Pompous marketing windbag, MS used to be a tech company, but mostly what we hear these days is marketing spew.
There is no great brand loyalty to MS, the impression of loyalty comes from the fact that most users can do what they need to do using a Windows PC.
People like to be able to do what they need to get done.
Get your brand out of my face so that I can get back to getting things done.
"Shaw then went on a lengthy diatribe about jogging up hills and 'ruining' the lives of billions of people across the world with Microsoft's products and services."
The future is in integrating cloud services and Azure is a pretty good one, minus a few things here and there. I think that MS is well poised for the future of cloud computing, Windows 7 natively supports a good number of useful, new features in Azure. Not to bash other companies, but aside from Google, MS is the only major player with their own end-to-end model for the cloud; from OS to platform(.NET) to languages(C#) to development IDE(Visual Studio) to SSO(LiveID=OpenID), etc. And Google is even lagging behind on some of those ideas at that.
I just can't see this as a huge issue. It's the nature of the world(especially technology in general) to ebb and flow, and with nearly $30b, MS can ebb for quite some time. If I had any suggestions for MS it would be to port Windows 7 to ARM architecture, I think Intel is who should be watching out as ARM runs more machines in this world than any other CPU.
Stop treating your well paying enterprise customers like pirates. I'm sick and tired of having to activate nearly every piece of Microsoft software I *buy* -- and don't get me started on your licensing model.
Bullhorn, but you still won't hear us.
One of my Win7 machines keeps deciding that the copy of W7 "is not genuine" every few months, meaning I have to call MS to get it sorted.
I'm seriously thinking of rebuilding the machine with a pirate copy even though I have a legitimate license.
That really isn't any way to run a business.
Actually, now I think about it, I can't think of an OS from any other vendor that behaves like this...can anyone else?
that people have got the "real message" about Microsoft, and it's not a pretty one.
"He doesn't think customers are getting the real message about the Microsoft brand and Shaw has urged staff to "tell their story" and help turn perceptions around."
Yes. That should help.
It's hard to love a Microsoft product as you don't have a choice about owning it really.
It's a bit like getting a new company car every six months. Doesn't matter how flashy it is, after a couple of years, it's just another car. There is no enthusiasm to owning it in the end, because it will be replaced with something better in a few months. And there is no enthusiasm about the forth coming model, because you'll have it soon enough anyway.
Same with Microsoft. There is no enthusiasm to own a Microsoft product. Just an inevitability that your next OS will be a Microsoft update of its current OS.
And the new OS might have some new flashy features, but are you buying into those features, or are you just on a treadmill of buying a new machine with a new(er) OS?
WTF does "Right now, we are massively over-indexed..." mean?
Is it one of those pieces of idiosyncratic language use that is symptomatic of a cult?
Hey... I guess it's not even that interesting... probably just management bollocks.
I think it means that they've given themselves a big finger.
Bullspeak like this is symptomatic of confused thinking. First, learn to communicate in plain English. Then, talk to your customers and find out what they need. Make simple, usable products that meet those needs. Don't get 'super-excited' over silly features that you think are 'hyper-cool'. In other words, grow up a little. You're not FaceBook.
As in the UK with ex-PM Mr Brown the public seems ill at ease with a brilliant mind coupled with near zero charisma.
On the other hand a less than brilliant mind coupled with oodles of charisma (and leadership skills of course) seems to do the biz.
Analytically: an organisation with little charisma leadership at its head can truly and equally expect little charisma in its supporters and customer base.
Both Mr B's seem fantastic vice or deputy level staffers but charismatic leaders with charismatic leadership skills they ain't.
> I think that MS is well poised for the future of cloud computing
Except for their licensing model.
Want to set up a cloud? No problem you just need a windows server license for each blade, and an IIS and SQLServer license and probably an Exchange license x 1000 servers.
Then you need CAL for each user, or each user on each blade, or each new client, or each new client and each job ?
So for each piece of kit installed you probably only need half-a-dozen accounts guys to track all the license info.
You know, it's a very egotistical thing to look at a multi-billion dollar company and think to yourself "I could do better." The hell of it is that I honestly believe I could. I am not talking about the usual nerd fantasies of turning Microsoft into an open source company, giving away the crown jewels or otherwise engaging in acts that would destroy the company.
I am talking about doing this one man's job. That of altering the perception of Microsoft. I swear to everyone here that I could do that better. There are places to invest that would alter the "Microsoft experience" in such a way as to make them credible again. Small things that once undertaken bring Microsoft from "what the hell, Microsoft!" to "hey, that was worth the money."
The problem is that Microsoft's competitors have raised the bar. These companies deliver for free what Microsoft seems to struggle to deliver for cash. Let's look at their online offerings:
If I want to use any Google service, I log into any Google service, and can quickly navigate from there to any other Google service. Single sign on, multiple applications. The transition is smooth as a baby's bottom, and the sites aren't gaudy, garish and terrible.
To contrast, Microsoft has a collection of services that simply don't interoperate. I was poking around my Action Pack subscription today, and noticed that should finally be able to access my Technet subscription that comes as part of it. After half an hour of futzing about the size, I stumbled across a help file that explained the convoluted 12-step program required to extract the information from whatever-the-hell they have rebranded "action pack" to this week and punch it into Technet.
Really, Microsoft? Really? I should have been able to log into a central "Microsoft Live" page, and gotten access to everything bonded to that account. There should be a "My Action Pack" button of some form there that, when clicked on brings me to the action pack page. When I go there, it should do something like let me know /unobtrusively/ that I have rights to sign up for a Technet subscription. There should be no filling out forms, no anything. I am logged into my Microsoft Live ID, one click, a tickbox for the EULA, and I should be rocking my Technet hard.
The next time I log into my central "Microsoft Live" page, there should be a little "My Technet" button.
Instead, we have the current shite that is Microsoft's "offerings." Have you ever tired to navigate their various Internet offerings? They are terrible. No common UI, no SSO, no anything. It's a bunch of disparate applications whose only affiliation is that Microsoft bought the company some time back.
Microsoft doesn't need to go open source, or embrace standards or otherwise ruin their business model to gain credibility. (Though standards would go a long way towards making some people hate Microsoft less.) What Microsoft needs to do is focus on unifying their entire user experience, and making it significantly less painful.
Google is the prime example. They don't win people over with flashy graphics and whiz-bang anything. They win people over with functionality and commonality. I don't care if everything Microsoft offers looks like it's based on the start button idea, or tiles, taskbars, or gadgets. Pick something and stick with it. Unify the user experience, and we will all eventually learn to use it.
This, combined with anti-consumer tactics like ridiculously impenetrable licensing need to be cleaned up.
I'd do this man's job for $75K Cdn (+relevant moving and travel expenses) and promise you that so long as I had the authority as part of that position to actually influence companywide changes (such as unifying the interface,) then I would have the company's reputation turned around inside of five years. I don't need to singlehandedly design everything, just be competent enough to actually read the criticisms levelled at the company and determine which have legitimate value. I'd also take the time to use all of the various company products (and hire others whose sole job it is to do the same,) in order to find the cracks.
Sadly, Microsoft would never hire someone like me, firstly because I don't have any relevant degrees and secondly because the advice I have to give them isn't what they want to hear. More's the pity; "what they want to hear' is driving that company off a cliff and straight into the ground. It's time they listened to someone who disagrees with them.
I can do this guys job better than him. The ticket is to actually use all of Microsoft's products, and see where the seams in the user experience are. Simplifying the total Microsoft experience, both from a consumer standpoint as well that of those who have to purchase and administer Microsoft products for enterprises is absolutely critical if Microsoft hopes to prevent itself from doing and IBM and vanishing into near insignificance.
... it would be easy.
With the stuff Ms has and added research on top of that coupled with (probably) a business dynamic that sells copyright well, that is a humungous resource to manage and then filter through to a finished product?


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Growing up in the Bible Belt, you're taught about how things are in our society. There are three things in particular that you are not supposed to talk about in conversations with people that you don't know all that well. Those things are politics, religion, and sex, out of respect for the other person's positions on those subjects.


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On a rugged vibration-free chassis, the Showcase DVD player integrates the latest advances in video technology, like an optional HDMI module, with the superb audio performance that is synonymous with Krell.
Krell Industries, Inc. is pleased to announce the introduction of the new Showcase DVD player, a high performance DVD player that builds on the design of the highly acclaimed DVD Standard. On a rugged vibration -free chassis, the Showcase DVD player integrates the latest advances in video technology, like an optional HDMI module, with the superb audio performance that is synonymous with Krell. According to Krell Industries CEO and chief designer Dan D'Agostino, "I believe that HDMI represents the cutting edge of video technology. It is important that each new Krell design takes advantage of these new technologies while remaining faithful to our roots of superb sonic reproduction and impeccable build quality."
While the Showcase DVD player is the most affordable Krell DVD player, it does not compromise on either performance or construction. The video section of the Showcase DVD player incorporates a Krell proprietary Digital Video Filter that expands the bandwidth by 25% to produce brighter colors and deeper black levels. Individuals may opt for the optional HDMI feature that allows selectable scalable video with outputs of 480p, 720p, and 1080i resolutions, and provides multi -channel digital audio and system control. Faroudja technology is employed to correct stair -stepping, cut -off, and other video processing artifacts.
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Mumbai: Wing Commander Darryl Castelino, who was killed in a chopper crash on Tuesday during rescue operations in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, was buried in Mumbai this afternoon with full military honours.
The burial took place at the cemetery of 'Our lady of Egypt' church in Kalina, suburban Mumbai. The funeral was attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Indian Air Force officers, Darryl's family and friends.
Mr Castelino was among 20 people who died when the chopper he was commanding crashed in treacherous terrain while returning from Kedarnath in Uttarakhand.
The Wing Commander had spent the night before the crash at an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp. He had told people there that he was happy about wearing his dark green jumpsuit for a big operation to "bring in more and more live people." He charmingly returned compliments on the great work his crew was doing.
Over one lakh people have been rescued so far from the state in heroic efforts led by the Army and the Air Force. But over 3000 are still missing, while more than 1,000 are still stranded.
Nearly a thousand people have died in flash floods and landslides that were triggered by torrential rain in Uttarakhand two weeks ago.


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Child Restraint Law
The New Jersey child passenger safety law (N.J.S.A 39:3-76.2a) states:
Children up to age eight or a weight of 80 pounds must ride in a federally approved safety or booster seat in the rear seat of the vehicle.
Children under age eight and over 80 pounds must be in a rear seat and use a seat belt.
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It may have taken Midnight Coders awhile to get its 4.0 release out, but the wait is now over dispelling rumors that WebORB for Java product development was waning. In fact, WebORB for Java product development is on track and the new release is filled with many new features and enhancements that allow developers to spend less time on integration and more time on core application logic.
WebORB for Java is a development, integration and runtime platform that is used to easily connect Flex, Flash, AJAX and Silverlight clients with Java side resources. WebORB for Java version 4.0 is a major point release that includes the following feature categories:
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Imagine two futures for the transportation system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In one, the air is cleaner. It is more convenient to use an improved public transit system and to drive less, so most households only own one car. There are fewer traffic jams because fewer people travel via automobile. There are more sidewalks and bike lanes, so many people walk or bike to their jobs, schools, and other destinations. People feel a little richer with extra money in their pocket, due to less spending on gasoline, parking, and auto maintenance. Bay Staters are healthier as a result of reduced pollution and increased physical activity.
In the second future, imagine the opposite trends. More cars are on the road, increasing traffic congestion, pollution, and emissions that cause global warming. Public transit is less convenient and less available because it is often broken down and hasn't expanded with the economy. Walking and bicycling infrastructure remains unimproved. More collisions result in more deaths and injuries. We spend more filling up our tanks and repairing our vehicles more frequently, and the state spends more to repair the increased wear on roads. Bay Staters have less money, less time, and are less healthy.
The benefits of reduced driving are sometimes difficult to see, but hugely important. Many dramatic gains remain unrecognized because they are indirect, gradual, or result from avoided collisions and health problems that people don't expect will happen to them in the first place. In our daily lives, it is difficult to assess the value of reduced costs that would have been borne by others or consequences that didn't occur.
To make these benefits clear, this report quantifies the gains that would be enjoyed by the Commonwealth and its residents resulting from a one percentage point reduction in the growth rate of driving. Starting with the state's official driving forecasts, a one percentage point reduction in the growth rate of driving from 2015 to 2030 would bring major economic, environmental, and public health benefits, with annual savings increasing each successive year.
By 2030, the combined savings would reach $2.3 billion annually, consisting of:
- $857 million less spent at the pump
- $785 million less spent on fewer automobile collisions and resulting consequences
- $446 million less spent on vehicle repair
- $224 million less spent on road repair
Figure ES-1 illustrates these annual benefits and how they grow over time.
Tallying up the benefits that would result over the course of the next 15 years, the combined economic savings resulting from a one percentage point reduction in the driving growth rate below official forecasts are estimated to reach $20.1 billion, consisting of:
- $7.7 billion less spent at the pump
- $6.7 billion less spent on fewer automobile collisions and resulting consequences
- $3.8 billion less spent on vehicle repair
- $1.9 billion less spent on road repair
To put these sums in context, the total economic savings of a one percentage point reduction in the VMT growth rate from 2015 to 2030 is enough to provide any one of the following:
- Groceries for 180,455 American households for the entire period; or
- Daycare costs for 81,558 Massachusetts infants in daycare full-time for the period; or
- Mortgage payments for 92,746 average Massachusetts households for the period.
Figure ES-2 demonstrates where the savings come from. The greatest economic savings are expected to result from avoided gasoline expenses, followed by savings resulting from fewer automobile collisions, reduced vehicle repair costs, and avoided road repairs costs.
A one percentage point reduction in the vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) growth rate would also result in 267.6 million fewer gallons of gas consumed annually by 2030, and 2.6 billion fewer gallons of gas consumed cumulatively over the course of the next 15 years. This is the equivalent of every household in Massachusetts saving nearly a thousand gallons of gasoline over the period.
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Defense credit union issues update June 2015.
A NAFCU-backed amendment offered by Reps. Denny Heck (D-WA) and
Steve Stivers (R-OH) was added to H.R. 1735, the FY2016 National Defense
Authorization Act, in the House of Representatives that will prevent the DoD
from requiring compliance with the new Military Lending Act (MLA) regulation
until a report is done outlining the capabilities of the Defense Manpower Data Center
(DMDC) database. The reliability and accuracy of the DMDC database has been a
major concern for NAFCU throughout the process. We are pleased the House
decided to address this critical issue. NAFCU will continue to monitor the
developments of the new MLA regulation and fight to mitigate any negative
impact on credit unions.
The Department of Defense issued a proposed rule to significantly change the scope of the Military Lending Act. The regulations regarding MLA only apply to consumer credit as defined by DoD. Currently, consumer credit is defined as closed end credit products including Payday loans with a term of 91 days or fewer, Vehicle Title Loans with a term of 181 days or fewer and tax refund anticipation loans. The proposed rule would expand the definition to include the definition of consumer credit as defined under Truth in Lending Act regulations (Regulation Z). This will apply the restrictions of MLA to most extensions of credit to servicemembers and their families except:
Additionally, the proposed rule will require increased disclosure regarding the Military Annual Percentage Rate (MAPR) including both written and oral disclosures. We will continue to work with stakeholders and to monitor this issue for its potential effect on servicemembers and on the credit unions serving them. For your convenience below is a link to the DoD proposed rule, NAFCU's Regulatory Alert and recent NAFCU Compliance Blog which explains the impact of the rule in more detail. Additionally, there is a link to talking points on this issue. The official comment period has ended, but we still encourage credit unions to makes their concerns known to the DoD.
DoD Military Lending Act Proposed Rule
NAFCU's Regulatory Alert
NAFCU MLA Compliance Blog
DoD Military Lending Act Talking Points
Financial services of all kinds provided to servicemembers have become a point of emphasis for consumer advocates. This combined with the efforts of CFPB's Office of Servicemember Affairs has raised awareness of the financial challenges facing servicemembers. This has had both positive and negative consequences.
The new focus on the financial services provided to those in the military has shown a light on the exemplary fashion in which defense credit unions serve the members of the military and their families. From the innovative ways credit unions are delivering financial education to providing safe short term credit products, defense credit unions are responding to the needs of servicemembers all around the world.
Unfortunately, the same focus on financial services for servicemembers has also led many with good intentions to pursue remedies to financial challenges facing servicemembers that could ultimately restrict access to products and services available to servicemembers.
Some of these issues came up during the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act debate. Changes to both the Military Lending Act (MLA) and Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act (SCRA) were proposed in the legislation. While NAFCU did not actively oppose the great majority of the provisions, there were provisions that raised concerns. NAFCU voiced those concerns and they were addressed during the conference report stage of the process.
The conference report removed some troubling provisions in the Senate NDAA which include:
Additionally, the conference report removed all the provisions in the House NDAA regarding the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act (SCRA) which included:
The SCRA language included in the House bill and removed in conference had significant implementation problems, and it would have been costly and virtually impossible for credit unions to comply with the provisions. The proposals have since been revised and the implementation problems were addressed at the urging of the NAFCU. These same changes were included in the House version of the FY2014.
Some of the provisions that were ultimately included in the final conference report are changes to the Military Lending Act. These changes will:
Congress passed the Budget Control Act of 2011, to force a compromise on budget cuts to ensure the fiscal stability of the country. This legislation contained a provision that would force across the board budget cuts, otherwise known as sequestration, for the Department of Defense as well as other agencies if Congress was unable to agree on compromise legislation to implement cuts of the same magnitude. Unfortunately, Congress was not able to come to a compromise and the harsh nonsensical budgets cuts were triggered on March 1, 2013.
The draconian budget cuts did not going into effect immediately. The cuts have been implemented on a gradual basis and the full effects of sequestration will not be felt until the middle of the summer.
To adjust for the draconian budget cuts imposed by the Budget Control Act, DoD initially proposed furloughing many of the 800,000 civilians it employs for a total of 22 days.
Fortunately, Congress passed, and the President signed into law on March 26, a compromise Continuing Resolution to fund the government through the rest of FY2013. Consequently, the fear of a government shutdown, in which servicemembers would be directly impacted, was alleviated. However, the Continuing Resolution did not resolve sequestration.
The Continuing Resolution did not remove the sequester cuts or replace them with more sensible cuts, it did allow for some flexibility with regard to how to implement the cuts. As a result, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced that the number of furlough days before the end of the fiscal year is being reduced from 22 days to 14 days, and the furloughs which were scheduled to begin in April will now not begin until the middle of June. The number of furlough days was revised once again to 11 days. DoD Comptroller Robert F. Hale, however, announced in a speech on April 1 that furloughs will not continue next fiscal year.
DoD civilian employees will face a financial hardship, and NAFCU recommends that credit unions provide assistance to your members affected. If you are offering special assistance and have not notified NAFCU of it, please send along any information you have to NAFCU Associate Director of Legislative Affairs and Military Liaison, Quincy Enoch at email@example.com.
The Pentagon once again requested BRAC authority from
Congress this year. The authority would be for a BRAC in 2017. The last BRAC
took place in 2005, and the BRAC '05 Commission recommend that the next round
of BRAC take place in 2015. In addition to this recommendation, the recent
military funding cuts imposed by the Budget Control Act and the shift in
overall military strategy are also driving forces behind the request for
While the timing in which Congress may grant BRAC authority is uncertain at best, the Pentagon is preparing for a host of possible scenarios, as BRAC is likely to advance in the next few years. Credit unions with a significant military membership base should be aware of interaction between the Pentagon and Congress on this issue and begin to plan accordingly.
The Office of Service Member Affairs, which was established along with the CFPB by the Dodd-Frank law, has partnered with the Department of Defense to bolster financial education, address complaints and questions about financial issues, and work with federal and state agencies to strengthen consumer protection efforts for military families. Holly Petraeus, wife of General David Petraeus, is the head an office within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau specifically focusing on military service members and families.
Petraeus previously served as director of the Better Business Bureau's Military Line program, a partnership with the Department of Defense Financial Readiness Campaign. In that position, Petraeus was responsible for providing consumer education to active and retired service members and their families. She also has experience as a volunteer leader in military family programs, working with local, state, and national legislators on issues affecting Army families.
Elizabeth Warren, special assistant to the president and advisor to the Treasury Secretary on the CFPB, said Petraeus' experience, which also includes being a military spouse for over 35 years, provides her with a special understanding of the "unique financial obstacles" that men and women in the armed forces face. Warren concluded that these qualifications make Petraeus "the perfect person to guide the establishment of the office."
In an effort to promote the partnership between the CFPB and military leadership, the CFPB and the Judge Advocate Generals of the all the branches and the Department of Defense released a Joint Statement of Principles on July 6th, 2011.
The Judge Advocate Generals and the CFPB, among other things, will work together to identify potential violations of federal consumer financial laws and establish a single point of contact within the CFPB's Enforcement Division that will allow members of the Judge Advocate Generals' Corps to share information on consumer complaints from servicemembers and military families. In addition, the Offices of the Judge Advocate Generals and the CFPB – including its Office of Servicemember Affairs and Enforcement Division – will create a formal working group with the goal of achieving a coordinated response to unlawful conduct targeted at servicemembers and their families.
The CFPB became operational on July 21, 2011
SCRA as amended October 2010
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act(SCRA), formerly known as the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act (SSCRA), is a federal law that provides protections for military members as they enter active duty. It covers issues such as rental agreements, security deposits, prepaid rent, eviction, installment contracts, credit card interest rates, mortgage interest rates, mortgage foreclosure, civil judicial proceedings, automobile leases, life insurance, health insurance and income tax payments.
Several of the big banks have been involved in scandals in which they have violated the rights of servicemembers by foreclosing on their home while they were serving our nation both at home and in some cases abroad in combat areas. While we know that credit unions would never commit unscrupulous acts such as these, we have been told by Department of Defense that in many instances of SCRA violations they are committed unknowingly. At NAFCU, we are committed to keeping you educated on this important issue and potential changes that could be made to the statute. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact our compliance staff.
SCRA Overview
DMDC Active Duty Database
The campaign to build wealth and reduce debt could not be more timely. A healthy savings account and a low-to-no debt load is a military family's best approach to overcoming these challenging economic times. Military members' solid benefits and steady paychecks present them with a terrific opportunity to increase their savings and lower their debt each month.
Military Saves is a collaborative effort by the military services, the Department of Defense, non-profit organizations and associations, and financial institutions to provide both a favorable climate for saving money and the attractive accounts in which to save in. People buy what they are offered and Military Saves financial institutions offer military families the absolute best in savings and investment products. The quality and variety of products offered by defense credit unions gets bigger and better every year. In our third year of involvement with the campaign, we have expanded our scope and messaging. We would like to applaud our credit unions for matching our efforts with unbeatable incentives, returns, and member care.
The 2015 Military Saves Week was February 23- February 28
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Georgetown chiropractor Dr. Matt Bradbury recently donated $1,000 to the Upper Credit Humane Society (UCHS). From left are Angela Pellegrino, volunteer co-ordinator with UCHS, Sabina Carbajal, UCHS volunteer, Bradbury and Suzanne Whaley, UCHS board member. The proceeds were raised from Bradbury's One Life Seminar series in which a donation is required to attend. The series focuses on teaching community members the requirements for health. Seminars run throughout the year (for a complete list follow the link: http://bookwhen.com/onelifeseminars). He also welcomes invitations to speak at workplaces, community, or church groups in exchange for a donation to the UCHS. For more information contact One Life Family Chiropractic: 905-877-LIVE.

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LiveMap: Motorbike helmet with GPS navigation
Unique hi-tech motorbike helmet with built-in navigation system and voice controlled interface.
A useful on road device that is not at all motorcycle friendly is a GPS navigation system.
Some companies are looking at building one to be mounted on your bike but a Russian company has gone ahead and built a prototype helmet which has an inbuilt navigation system that puts the nav system into your helmet.
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Council started musing in the spring about imposing lower speed limits in school zones. Not a single Edmontonian I have spoken with since was aware we didn't already have them.
It seems so basic. Slow down around schools – particularly elementary schools – when little kids are going to class or coming home. Your reflexes aren't fast enough to compensate for their inattention.
They'll see a friend on the other side of the street, someone they haven't seen all summer, and dart off across the road without remembering to look both ways. They'll streak out between parked cars to get to a game already in progress in the schoolyard. They'll turn their bike across the traffic lane because they're busy trying to remember their way to school and forget to check for cars.
Especially on the first few exciting days of a new school year, their little brains are elsewhere. It's our duty as drivers to help protect them by slowing to 30 km/h in school zones.
But what's amazing is that for almost 40 years, Edmonton was nearly alone among North American cities in not having official lower, school-zone speed limits.
If you are an Edmontonian born and raised, and you are 44 years old or younger, you never went to school in enforced school zones.
That's just bizarre to me. Having grown up elsewhere in the province and, especially, having learned to drive elsewhere in Alberta, I'm still surprised that good old, safety-conscious Edmonton went without regulated speed limits near schools for almost four decades.
Cowboy Calgary? Sure. Whoop it up you stampede-crazy, pickup-mad libertarians!
But Edmonton? Corolla Capital of Canada? Centre of what little lefty political activity there is in the province?
I'm gape-mouthed.
To earn my learner's permit, I had to memorize the school zone rules: 30 km/h on school days between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The new rules that go into effect in Edmonton on Tuesday are simpler: 30 km/h between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Statistically, there are probably very few risks to students between 9:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. They're in the school building or contained inside the schoolyard fence during those hours.
The old 11:30 to 1:30 school-zone limit was set when little kids still went home for lunch, then returned to class for the afternoon. Almost none of them do that anymore.
So ideally, all that would be needed are restrictions between 8:00 and 9:30 in the mornings and 3:00 and 4:30 in the afternoons. But there is no harm in being vigilant on the streets around schools for 8-1/2 hours a day.
It was statistics that led to the abolition of school-zone speed limits in the 1970s, and statistics that convinced council to maintain the abolition in 1996, 2000 and again in 2005.
But times are changing.
Just as kids no longer go home for lunch, they don't walk to school much anymore either. Or ride bikes (which will just get stolen if they do).
Parents drive them and drop them off now. That has led to much more vehicle traffic on the streets in front of and around schools. At peak hours, those streets are a traffic jam.
Going slower just makes sense when there are so many kids and cars occupying the same small areas.
A traffic department study due after next school year will show whether the lower limits have any safety effect. To be honest, I would guess they won't.
But even if they have no statistical impact, the new lower limits won't do any harm, either.


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PITTSBURGH -- The two heroes from the Senators' last victory here were involved in coach Cory Cloustons lineup decisions for Friday afternoons game against the Penguins.
Starting in goal will be Pascal Leclaire, who made 56 saves in a triple overtime playoff victory at the old Mellon Arena last spring.
The scorer of the winning goal that night, Matt Carkner, will be a healthy scratch so Erik Karlsson can return to the lineup from a two-game stint in the pressbox. It will be just the second game the tough guy misses since he made the team out of training camp 14 months ago.
The last few games hes struggled a little bit, Clouston said of Carkner on Friday morning. And we want to create more offence. Were obviously not scoring.
Sometimes its not always what youre doing, its what were looking for as far as who were playing against. Matt just has to keep working hard, keep things simple. When he gets back in, hell be good.
Its not a message, added Clouston. Just right now he hasnt played as well as we need him to, and we need more offence. We feel this lineup will give us a little more of an offensive punch.
Leclaire, who will be making his third consecutive start, was on the injured list when the Senators visited Consol Energy Center for the first time on Oct. 18.
Last time we were here and we lost, but by no means was it Brian Elliotts fault, Clouston said of the 5-2 defeat. But Pascal definitely played very well here (April 22) and we felt it was a good time to change it up, who we're starting in this building, and Pascal should have good memories from last time he played here.
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As a trainer, I hear this question, or some variation of it, all the time. On the one hand, I know it's an innocent question. On the other hand, it gives me a few clues about the person who's asking it. As soon as I hear someone ask me that, it sends up a red flag, and calls into question their patience, determination, and focus. It's like when you're driving on a long trip and one of your kids, says "How much longer?.....Are we there yet?" My answer to the trainee is the same as it is to my kids. "Just sit back and relax and enjoy the ride, we'll be there before you know it."
In other words this is a journey, and you need to find something to do to occupy your time. The problem is that the trainee is impatient, and rather than focusing on the day to day process of training, and proper execution of fundamentals, they are looking too far down the road, and they get discouraged, because they see nothing but empty road.
So again the answer is....just sit back and enjoy the ride, this is gonna take awhile! Your best bet is to learn to enjoy the process and focus on the small day to day improvements. You will learn to notice small changes, such as improved strength or stamina at a particular exercise that you used to really suck at. Maybe you'll notice that you're not nearly as winded now after a bout of interval training. These are the successes that will bring you a sense of accomplishment, and sustain your focus. Maybe you couldn't do one pullup and now you're able to get one full rep.
When you make a habit of enjoying the process, time flies by, and you look up and guess what? You see dramatic changes when you look in the mirror. It's kind of like watching the second hand of a clock tick off a minute. If you tried to hold your breath and watch a minute go by, it would seem like an eternity. But if you breathe and relax and occupy yourself productively, then minutes and hours are like the wink of an eye.
If you want to get to your destination faster, then put your foot on the gas baby, and stay 100% focused, don't take any side trips, don't lose your way, and for God's sake don't do a 180, and go back the way you came!


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A raucous atmosphere and a sold out Qwest Field will set the scene as the Chicago Fire (6-6-6, 24 points) face their second consecutive Western Conference opponent and third match in eleven days when they head to Seattle to face Seattle Sounders FC (8-8-5, 29 points) at Qwest Field on Saturday, Aug. 28 at 9:30 PM CT (Comcast SportsNet).
The match marks the return of Freddie Ljungberg to the Emerald City. The former Sounder has made an immediate impact for the Fire, tallying three assists in his first four matches with the Men in Red. Since becoming the first Designated Player traded in MLS history, Ljungberg has sparked the Fire to a 2-1-1 record, helping the club to score eight goals over the course of the four-game span.
CHICAGO FIRE at Seattle Sounders FC
- This is the third meeting between the two clubs. The previous two tilts resulted in draws, the first, a 1-1 tie as Marco Pappa and Tyrone Marshall scored in the opening leg May 2, 2009 at TOYOTA PARK. Neither side found the back of the net as the Fire defense held strong in the 0-0 draw at Qwest Field July 25, 2009.
- Ljungberg is one of the founding members of Seattle Sounders FC. In Seattle's 2009 season, the dynamic midfielder led the club to their first MLS Cup Playoff appearance, tallying two goals and nine assists on his way to a MLS Best XI selection in his first year in the league.
- Fire forward Calen Carr returned from injury to tally two goals in his first two games back from a quadriceps injury. Before scoring the game winning goal in the Fire's 2-1 victory over New England Aug. 18, the fleet forward had not appeared in a regular season match since Oct. 17 of 2009. Ljungberg has played helper on both of Carr's goals.
- The Fire (18 games, 24 points) have played the least amount of MLS league games to date. The Fire (fourth place in the Eastern Conference) have games in hand on Eastern Conference leaders – Toronto FC (20 games, 26 points), Red Bull New York (21 games, 34 points) and Columbus Crew (21 games, 40 points).
- Chicago Fire defender Wilman Conde will miss Saturday's match due to Yellow Card suspension.
- The Fire are 5-0-2 when scoring the first goal and 1-6-3 when allowing the first goal.
The Chicago Fire Soccer Club is asking fans to join them in making a difference in the Chicagoland community. As part of the Pepsi Refresh Project, the Fire will partner with Chicago Public Schools to sponsor the first ever health, wellness and education festival designed to motivate Chicago youths to stay in school by providing tools to maintain a healthy, happy and productive school year. The Fire will compete against MLS' 15 other teams, vying for fan votes and an ultimate $50,000 Pepsi Refresh grant to fulfill the club's Pepsi Refresh initiative, which will effectively impact 10,000 Chicago Public School students. Running through Monday, September 20 at 10:59 PM CT, fans can cast their votes at www.MLSsoccer.com/PepsiRefresh.
"The Pepsi Refresh Project allows for our fans to make a positive impact on the Chicago community," said Chicago Fire forward Brian McBride. "Fans are encouraged to support the Fire, and vote, as we strive to assist 10,000 Chicago Public School students through the Pepsi Refresh Project."
Should the Chicago Fire be chosen as the 2010 Pepsi Refresh Project winner, 10,000 Chicago Public School students will receive school supply kits and all the key health screenings needed to keep them focused and motivated throughout the school year.
The Chicago Fire Soccer Club signed midfielder Victor Pineda to a professional contract as the club's first ever home grown player. Pineda will train with the club full-time and is available for first team selection by Fire Head Coach Carlos de los Cobos. Per Major League Soccer and club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Pineda becomes the first home grown player to sign with the Fire since the inception of the Major League Soccer Home Grown Player Initiative in 2007. The Home Grown Player Initiative was established as part of Major League Soccer's ongoing efforts to improve the quality of play. Pineda will not count against the 24-man roster and will fill one of the two additional roster spots added by the league for home grown players identified and developed by the local club.
"We are very excited to have Victor join the Chicago Fire," said Fire Technical Director Frank Klopas. "Victor is a talented, technical midfielder who has a bright future with the Fire. His addition to the first team is representative of the Fire's commitment to the future and to our player development system. I want to thank our owner, Andrew Hauptman, for the significant commitment he's made to our player development system and to building our club. Our ability to elevate a player like Victor to the first team starts at the top and with Andrew's support we'll continue to add new home grown players to our roster."
Pineda joins the first team after emerging from the Fire's Player Development system. The
Bolingbrook, Illinois product spent two seasons with the Chicago Fire Juniors and three seasons with the Chicago Fire Academy. While with the CFA, he tallied eight goals and two assists in 30 games played, helping the club to become the first MLS academy team to win the U.S. Soccer Development Academy's U16 National Championship in 2010.
The Chicago Fire, in conjunction with the Chicago Fire Foundation, will host the 10th Annual Frank Klopas Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Outing on Monday, September 20 at the Ravisloe Country Club in Homewood, IL. Registration is open from 8:30 – 9:15 AM CT followed by a shotgun start at 9:30 AM CT.
The celebrity golf outing gives an exciting opportunity for fans to interact with the 2010 Chicago Fire team. Each foursome will play 18 holes of golf with a Chicago Fire player or coach in a scramble format. The event includes a continental breakfast, 18 holes of golf, a cart and lunch with a cocktail reception and buffet dinner to follow. The day-long event will conclude with a silent auction, raffle and the awarding of the day's prizes.
Fans interested in attending can secure a spot for $275 per golfer, $880 per foursome or enjoy dinner and reception only for $100 each. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. All contributions are tax deductible. Space is limited and this event will sell out. Money raised at the event benefits the Chicago Fire Foundation, which enriches the quality of life of the Chicagoland community, particularly its youth, and continues to support organizations whose programs fall in the areas of health and wellness, education and the environment.


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Shane Long had scored the opener for the visitors shortly after half-time but Paul Lambert's men came back to share the spoils and move into 15th place in the Premier League
Shane Long took advantage of some slack marking to give the Baggies the lead in the second half before Bent pounced, soon after being introduced as a substitute.
Villa made four changes from the side that lost heavily at Southampton in their last league outing with Gabriel Agbonlahor being rewarded with a starting berth after his two-goal heroics in the stunning League Cup win at Manchester City in midweek.
The visitors gave a debut to Macedonian defender Goran Popov as Steve Clarke made two alterations from their league win over Reading.
The recalled Agbonlahor looked eager from the start to continue the form he showed at the Etihad Stadium and he almost cut open the Baggies' rearguard with a darting run and whipped cross that was just beyond the prowling Christian Benteke.
At the other end, Long should have done better with a free header from six yards after Morrison towered above a static Villa defence to pick out the Irishman with a headed pass.
Moments later, the Baggies had strong claims for a penalty when Marc Albrighton's outstretched arm made contact with a Ron Vlaar cross but referee Anthony Taylor dismissed the appeals.
Fabian Delph was fortunate to escape with just a booking after a dangerous lunging challenge on Chris Brunt but Villa gradually took a foothold in midfield and Australian winger Brett Holman was finding plenty of space in front of the Baggies' box.
Foster had to tip Holman's 30-yard thunderbolt just over the bar and, shortly afterward, the Aussie screwed another effort wide of the target after good work from Agbonlahor.
Baggies skipper Chris Brunt went down clutching his left hamstring and, while he hobbled off, Ciaran Clark rose to head an Agbonlahor cross just wide.
Brunt was replaced by Graham Dorrans but, while West Brom were still reorganising, Holman out-muscled Gareth McAuley and saw his deflected effort tipped wide of the target by Foster.
Steve Clarke's troops were desperate for the half-time whistle and their cause was not helped when Billy Jones went down clutching his right knee and was replaced by Gabriel Tamas a minute before the break.
|Villa hailed to heed the warning and, on 51 minutes, they were punished when Morrison beat the offside trap to send in a cross that Vlaar could only divert into the path of Long
The Baggies were on the ropes but they came out after half-time intent on giving as good as they got.
They gave a warning of what was to come when Shane Long's header was ruled offside. Villa failed to heed the warning and on 51 minutes they were punished when Morrison beat the offside trap to send in a cross that Vlaar could only divert into the path of Long, who scored from close range.
Villa recovered from this setback and piled forward. Benteke was wasteful with a couple of opportunities and Lowton saw a 30-yard curler go just over the bar.
Paul Lambert made three substitutions in two minutes and two of them were involved in the leveller on the 80-minute mark. Barry Bannan's cross was headed on by Vlaar and then Clark's volley was blocked - only for Bent to bundle the ball home.
In a grandstand finish, Bent then almost claimed the points for Villa but he scooped a 20-yard effort just wide. The Baggies emerged from being under the cosh almost to grab the spoils but Romelu Lukaku's angled drive was blocked by Guzan.


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Alpinia rugosa
|Alpinia (al-PIN-ee-uh) (Info)
|rugosa (roo-GO-suh) (Info)
Tropicals and Tender Perennials
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Water Requirements:
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
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Suitable for growing in containers
36-48 in. (90-120 cm)
12-15 in. (30-38 cm)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 �C (15 �F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 �C (20 �F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 �C (25 �F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 �C (30 �F)
USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 �C (35 �F)
USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 �C (40 �F)
Sun Exposure:
Light Shade
Bloom Color:
Pale Pink
White/Near White
Bloom Time:
Late Winter/Early Spring
Grown for foliage
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This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Dade City, Florida (2 reports)
Gainesville, Florida
Loxahatchee, Florida
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On Dec 25, 2011, DTinHI from Keaau, HI,
Just bought a 5-gal container of this gorgeous plant from Home Depot in Hilo, HI, for $19.95. It's HUGE and has 3 blooms on it right now, too - stems approx 3-ft high, maybe 30 of them with more shoots coming up. I'm putting it in a semi shade garden w/many other shade plants under some Norfolk Pines, but area gets maybe a half day of filtered sun, too, so we shall see. I'm hoping it will provide some of the shade for the lower-height plants there. Planted in mostly compost/mulch mix which does well here; excellent drainage bc we are on porous lava - we do get lots of rain - approx 120" a year. Surprised it's a ginger, but now that I look at it, I see that it certainly is. This makes me feel positive about it because gingers do so well here. Label says "bright filtered light." I could not ... read more
On Aug 11, 2010, casaclivia from Dade City, FL wrote:
Does not like the sun-- lots of light ; moist but not wet , mine outside in courtyard ; soil type miracle gro fortified topsoil seems just fine ( plus I use a lot of miracle gro liquid. ) , longest stem =39" ;longest leaf = 18" .28 F did not hurt it. Slow grower for me but a handsome cluster.paid $35 for 2 stems ., about 20"s long. He said ( plant sale at USF - an independent dealer ) it was from the mountains of Himalaya ???. I think it worth the money -- something new and different and beautiful foliage. St Leo ,Fla
On Nov 7, 2008, gothqueen from Gainesville, FL wrote:
I got this plant as a trade from a friend in South Florida who got it from a friend in Puerto Rico. After that I had the good fortune to encounter Dr. Tom Wood at a local plant sale where he had some. We were talking and I mentioned I had the rugosa, and he said that he was the person who had collected it and brought it into the USA. He told me that it is root hardy in the zone we live in (8B-9A) and that it will freeze to the ground and return like a Hedychium. I have not planted mine out yet but plan to divide some off next season and trial it out. This is one of the most interesting foliage gingers around, still pricey.


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looking for a quick and easy tablerunner pattern.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
looking for a quick and easy tablerunner pattern.
Quick Table Topper - Free Quilt Pattern for a tablerunner
I've made a couple of these....they are fun and quick! And this is one of my favorite sites....they have a mystery quilt every so often and I usually participate if I can!
This one went to my nephew and his wife
This one I kept for myself!
I made this one for my daughter....if I remember I adjusted the size and made it bigger than the pattern.
http://www.iowastarquilts.com/mysteryquilt.html here's another link called A year around the table.
thank you for the link too. i love your table toppers. especially the purple ones.
i like the year around the table runners link too.
That is a great site too! Lots of good ideas there!
Thanks for the links ladies. After I finish the runner I'm working on I'll have plenty of new patterns to choose from.
The quick table topper pattern is a great pattern for the flip and sew method you all learned on this board. It does not call for sew and flip but you can use the method. I have made 7 and love the ease it is to make.
I never thought to do the quilt as you go method on that one but I bet it would make things easier! Will have to give that a go!
those table runners are beautiful. Thanks for the sites, now I have lots of ideas. Marge
thanks for the link . I have to put this table topper for "future projects or gifts to make.
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