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The CEO and EVP of the CRE Finance Council abruptly departed on March 28 in what is being described by the association as a management restructing.
But CEO Steve Renna and EVP Stacy Stathopoulos were the only two to step down.
The council's official statement reads: ""Stephen Renna has left CREFC as its president/CEO. The change takes place immediately along with a new management restructuring that will be announced in the future. The restructuring will be crafted by a transition committee which has been authorized by CREFC management's board of governors."
Immediate past chairman Tim Gallagher will chair the transition committee, but will not be acting CEO. An interim executive has not been chosen, and an executive search firm has not yet been discussed.
Council spokesman Cary Brazeman said a a detailed plan on the reorganization will be shared with CREFC members in the next 10 days. He said the committee will look at the way the association is organized to how it serves members.
Renna became CRE Finance Council CEO in 2011. Before that he was president of of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers for nearly three years, and SVP and counsel of Real Estate Roundtable.
CRECF was founded in 1994, and now has 7,500 individual members, 290 member companies, and 11 staff before the Renna's and Stathopoulos' departures. A budget was not available.


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Dover looks at appointments rather than elections
DOVER — Voters could have less choices when it comes to electing officials after annual Town Meeting this year.
"Basically, it occurred to me when we were going through this warning that because you moved a majority of the treasurer's salary to the book keeper position, that position more or less becomes appointed. With the elimination of the lister's office, those positions will become appointed. And with the elimination of the delinquent tax collector being devoted to first constable, that position will become appointed. So, we'll lose five important positions that were once elected, which will now become appointed positions. Appointed by you folks," Town Clerk Andy McLean told the Selectboard Tuesday during an informational meeting where annual Town Meeting articles were discussed before the March 1 event. "Something about taking that much power away from the electorate at Town Meeting and giving it to the Selectboard rubs me the wrong way. I think that the people really need to consider those questions."
Selectboard Chairman Randy Terk looked at it not as losing positions but changing the way those positions are filled. He said he thinks it's a move that will benefit the town.
"You don't necessarily have the same opportunity to vet a person that's running for office that you may when you have five people considering the qualifications of an individual for a particular position. We certainly gave that a lot of thought when we split the treasurer position, making the treasurer an elected official, but essentially it's a stipend and going to a book keeper," Terk said. "We never had any problems but there's always the risk."
Book keeper Marco Tallini is running for treasurer after being hired. He replaced Patty Westlake who retired over the summer.
"I think the democratic process here is not being lost. I think it's still very much alive," said Tallini, who says the jobs are becoming more sophisticated. "We elect the school board who hires a principal. Would you like to see a principal elected? No. I think that's the same argument. I think it's a fair balance."
McLean responded, "Those are the best reasons to do this without a doubt," pointing out that people appointed are working for laws, zoning bylaws and statutes, not necessarily the board. Still, he worried whether appointed officials might make different choices when they know a raise might be coming up.
Board of Listers Chairwoman Linda Sherman had come to the Selectboard previously to suggest appointing an assessor rather than having an elected board. The person would have the same duties, according to Article 13 which asks voters to approve of eliminating the office of lister. An assistant would still help out.
"I think we'll have more consistency," said Terk, noting difficulties experienced in years past with keeping a full three-member board.
The training for listers is "very involved," added Selectboard Vice Chairwoman Victoria Capitani. And new listers may realize they're not cut out for the job after extensive training.
Other articles ask voters to expend $2,167,710 for operational expenses and $1,374,030 for highway expenses, which is $126,846 less than last year's budget. They will consider whether to raise $650,000 for the Capital Paving Fund, $250,000 for the Capital Equipment Fund, $50,000 for the Capital Building Improvement Fund and $50,000 for the Town of Dover Legal Defense Fund, which is meant to address any issues the town may face with changes coming down from the Legislature.
Currently, the legal defense fund holds approximately $37,500. A lobbyist was previously paid through the fund but after the education law Act 46 passed last legislative session, the town decided not to enter into another contract. A committee formed during Dover School meetings is looking at Act 46 options from a legal standpoint, said Terk who is a member of it. The law is mandating district consolidation.
"One of things that we've discussed," Terk said, "Is should we be looking at a coalition? Should we be looking at joining other towns to defend ourselves?"
Asked about whether he heard of any towns starting a similar fund, Terk said, "No. But that has never stopped Dover from being at the forefront."
"It allows us to be really nimble if we need to be," Capitani said. "So we can move quickly if we need to."
Requests from Southeastern Vermont Economic Development Strategies and Memorial Hall Center for the Arts Inc. Dover Cinema will be considered. MHCA is looking for $5,202 to pay taxes and SeVEDS wants $3,372.
Dover School Board's proposed $3,199.383 budget will result in an increase from last year of 1.57 percent per equalized pupil, which is the rate allowable under Act 46. But on Town Meeting Day, that number could be lower. While there was a possible error in board member stipends, they cited changes in health care plans and other budgetary items in ways the figure could be reduced.
"This number does have already figured into it a transfer of the reserve fund to get us below the penalty that the Legislature imposed last year," said Dover School Board Chairman Rich Werner, referring to the spending thresholds set for each district which take student population into account. "We have to decrease the tax rate by two cents. Because according to the state, we have lost a few pupils. Even though our numbers in the building are higher, the weighted average daily membership is lower."
The board felt strongly about already sending enough money to the state, Werner said, and didn't want to send any penalty money. Inside the Town Report is a page saying the town raised $15 million and sent $10 million to the State of Vermont Education Fund.
"There is no accountability for 66 percent of your tax dollars," the document said above a chart showing 7 percent of taxes raised went to highway expenses, 7 percent went to operational expenses, 13 percent went to local education and 7 percent went to capital and other funds.
Other school district articles ask voters to place $10,550 in the Capital Vehicle Fund; $12,000 in the Capital Building Fund and take $330,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund to offset the homestead tax rate. The latter figure could be reduced to $180,000 at Town Meeting.
The purchase of a $4,655 oven will come before voters, too.
"We thought instead of having to keep spending money on repairs, we'd get a new oven," said Werner. "We are looking at a fairly large, commercial, 60-inch oven."
As in past years, voters will be asked to set the annual high school tuition rate to approved independent high schools. And Burr and Burton Academy's figure was chosen rather than a statewide average. This year, it's $16,250.
"The board has never really taken a stand on it pro or con," Werner said. "We've just always presented it to voters and let the voters decide."
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Eye Design Presents
Living Body, Animal Hospital, Nightime Sunshine, Gun Mother
O'Brien's Pub
3 Harvard Ave
Boston, MA, 02134
This event is 18 and over
Living Body is the new project from Leeds-based Chicagoan Jeff T. Smith (formerly, Juffage) featuring longtime collaborators Katie Harkin (Harkin, Sky Larkin, Wild Beasts, Sleater-Kinney) and Tom Evans (Vessels). Rising from the ashes of their acclaimed "Sonic Cauldron" concert at Left Bank Leeds in 2013, the group is now augmented by new and additional live members Alice Rowan (Mayshe-Mayshe) & Sarah Statham (Esper Scout). Expanding on the need for music to bring joy into the lives of others, and Smith's fascination with the contortion of the pop song into a uniquely imaginative and immediate form, Living body aims to exist in a world of skin and information overload in 2016.
Animal Hospital is Kevin Micka's one-man musical recording/performance entity. Formed at the tail-end of Micka's time with Boston band The Common Cold, Animal Hospital slowly began to take on a life of its own in 2004. A self-titled debut CD by Animal Hospital was released on Boston's Mister Records that year and displayed Micka's ability as a composer and engineer in communicating his creative expression. Since then, Kevin has consistently toured the United States and completed two European tour throughout France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Italy. Animal Hospital has won followers from all corners of the music world, earning himself spots on tours with bands as diverse as Beirut, Neptune, and the tech-grind metal group The Great Redneck Hope (not to mention a recurring role as bumper music on Boston's NPR station).
During performances, Micka buries himself in a pile of electronics-shelves of effects, mixing consoles, amps and delay units-while patiently constructing a layered nest of loops consisting of live drum beats, guitar chords, scrapes, chucks, chimes, and melodies resulting in anything from more conventional songs to meticulously crafted ambient movements on to full on improvisation.
Nightime Sunshine led by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jesse S. Gallagher
Gun Mother is the new folk duo of Adam Glasseye (Reverend Glasseye, Insect Fable) and Georgia Young (Insect Fable, Brian Carpenter and the Confessions, Animal Hospital Ensemble). Playing music inspired by Appalachian Folk, Greenwich Village Singer Songwriter and Psychedelic folk, Gun Mother explores the starker forms of storytelling to create an experience both melodic and poetic. The outfit was founded in the winter of 2015 as a means to carry an expressive light against the tyrannical snowfall.
Upcoming Events
O'Brien's Pub
Fri, November 24
Deep Hole, Blessed, Null
Sat, November 25
Cocked N' Loaded, Hey Zeus, Il Mostro, Z-28
Sun, November 26
Donald., Flooding Panama, VOS
Mon, November 27
Buhu, Astrojanit
Tue, November 28
Writing In The Skies, Merithius, Episodes, Ice Giant


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Looking for a place within easy walking distance of LA Athletic Club. Need to host a small casual cocktail party for a couple of hours. 20-30 people. A selection of finger foods. A budget of $1-1.5K. From 6-8 p.m. on a weekday. Not looking for anything extravagant, most people will be having just a couple of beers or a glass of wine. Just looking to add a social component for some conference attendees.
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EPL 2012-13 Fixtures
Team Profile: Tottenham | Norwich City
Spurs £15 million signing Moussa Dembele is set to start against the Canaries while deadline day-signing Clint Dempsey is set to be benched. Centre-back Yonous Kaboul is out for several months, however, Jan Vertonghen and William Gallas will continue at the heart of defence.
Spurs new signing, £13 million goalkeeper from Lyon Hugo Lloris, may not be given a quick start.
Gylfi Sigurdsson may start in midfield for Dutchman Rafael van der Vaart, who moved to Hamburg on Friday, while Jake Livermore could sit out with the arrival of Fulham duo Dempsey and Dembele.
Striker Emmanuel Adebayor is ready to start ahead of Jermain Defoe while defender Steven Caulker could make his first Premier League appearances.
Norwich boss Chris Hugton will be without number of stars like Elliot Ward, Steven Whittaker and Elliot Bennet. Simon Lappin picked up an ankle injury in the midweek Capital One Cup clash against Scunthorpe.
Defender Sebastian Bassong could start against his former side while holding midfielder Alex Tettey could feature from the bench.
The Canaries are yet to open their account in the Premier League after an opening day drubbing from Fulham and a draw against Queens Park Rangers last week.
*Spurs have hit the woodwork thrice this season more than any other side in the League.
*Norwich have conceded 20 goals in seven games in the top flight.
*The Canaries boss Chris Hughton spent 28 years as player and coach at White Hart Lane.
Tottenham: (4-2-3-1): Friedel-Walker, Gallas, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto-Sandro, Dembele-Lennon, Sigurdsson, Bale-Adebayor.
Norwich City (4-5-1): Ruddy-Martin, Barnett, Bassong, Garrido-Snodgrass, Howson, Johnson, Pilkington-Hoolahan-Holt.
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Hiving gone through some educational philosophies of Mathew Lipman, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, John Locke and Dr. Michel Eneja, and the Nigerian Education Reforms, some challenge to the Nigerian educational [system/reforms] were discovered. The following are the challenges and the suggested strategies for overcoming the existing deficiencies with a view to bringing stability and progress in the Nigerian educational system.
The pedagogical type of education our colonial masters gave us, in which they taught Nigerians what they called the 3Rs- Reading, writing and Arithmetic is still in us Nigeria today.
Our educational system should include the 4th R- which is REASONABLENESS. To do this, Nigeria should adapt and Andragogical system of education. This is an educational system of education that promotes critical, creative and caring thinking in the classroom, so as to teach the Nigerian citizens reasonable thinking capable of generating meaningful dialogue. MEANINFUL DIALOGUE provides an ecumenical self-correcting process of fallibility flexibility. With this ability of self-correcting process, an individual is always equipped with the most agreeable and pleasant manner to present a bitter truth to enhance its acceptance for the sake of peace and equilibrium in our society. With this type of genuine dialogue, all the factors militating against our democracy would be flushed out, to give peace and progress chance to reign in Nigeria. Reformer, believes in using reason to search for the truth rather than simply accepting the opinions of the authorities or be subject to superstitions. The grand norms of the African Thinkers (University) would be of much help in this regard.
The type of absolutizing, perfectionist curriculum used by our colonial master is still in use today. In some places of the country, teachers dre made to teach without a well depend curriculum is, to say the least, a professional misconduct.
The educational curriculum-whether at the Nursing school level, should be redesigned to help the participants to operate at Higher-Order-Thinking (H.O.T) level. This would help the participants to cultivate a moral renovating educative method that involves critical, creative. And earring Thinking in a community of Inquiry (COI) –in search for the authentic truth and meaning. this can also be achieved through the introduction of the Adragogical educative process of the African Thinkers University into our educational system at all level.
There is the persistent shortage of teachers, especially in the science and vocational oriented disciplines. This is a challenge to our educational system.
Education is a dynamic process which requires constant review and reassessment of its practice, methods and services. The teacher, being the key-figure in this process, must be able to cope with the demands and changes inherent in the education system. In order to keep pace with all these, the teacher would require periodic up grading, refresher and other improvement causes generally referred to as IN-SERVICE courses. This is essential for the well-being of the education system in our country. On shortage of vocational teachers, there are millions of Nigerian (s) who are skilled in farming, wood work, radio and television repairing, auto-mechanic, masonry etc. who are either literate or semi-literate-working as artisans-many of whom are good teachers in their own rights, particularly in technical fields. These few existing teachers in schools to assist in teaching vocational courses their knowledge can be blended with the teachers' theoretical perspective this can continue until enough skilled teachers are produced.
The two big science-space technology and under technology-determine the economic and military power of a nation. Any country without these potentials is classified as under-developed.
Nigeria should Endeavour to join the space club in order to reap from the immense benefits which the space science promises for a better tomorrow.
The National Space Research Development Agency (NASRDA) which has been established in Abuja, should be well funded in order to be more functional.
The University of Nigeria Nsukka, has been designated one of the approved national centres for basic space sciences. Enough fund should be provided for these centres for a meaningful progress and development. The money so provided should be prudently spent.
A new space policy and program should be approved by the Nigerian Federal Government, with a view to making all these efforts materialize and the project centres well funded.
Nigerian citizens working under foreign governments like America, Britain, and many others, should be invited to return home to help develop our own technology here in our country.
There is the general misconception that everything about free education should be free- including the provisions of school uniforms; textbooks, meals, traveling cost and other personal experiences. Education is hardly free because resource inputs are always needed and some one has to pay for them in one form of the other.
The government at all levels, individuals and groups of individuals should help the schools to embark on agro based projects as finance yielding ventures such as:
(a) Cassava farms with garri, starch and tapioca (Abacha) processing units
(c) Rice farms with rice milling and packaging processing units.
(d) Fish farms with cold storage facilities.
(e) Groundnut farms with storage and groundnut oil processing facilities. This can be a source of learning and employment for the students.
The federal Government can provide the fund for establishing all these in the schools, because occasionally this country witnesses a financial rain fall from a variety of sources, like crude oil sales, and recovered loots from the past government officials. For example, in 200, the soiss government promised to release to Nigeria the $618 million (N90 billion) starched in her various banks by one of Nigeria's past leaders (Vanguard Dec. 2003 p. 14).


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a VirtualTourist member from Providence
Hi there,
I am interested in exploring Cape Breton Island, and wanted to ask these very basic questions:
a) What is the best time(s) of year to check out Cape Breton?
b) What is the most optimal number of days to allot for exploring the Island (to get a decent fill of what it has to offer)? For example, could I get a good grasp of what the island has to offer in an extended weekend (4-day) trip, or should it be a minimum of one week, etc.?
c) What in your opinion are the not-to-be-missed places on the Island?
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Look at my Nova Scotia page ([original VT link]. The part on Cape Breton covers your questions.
a) there is no correct answer to that. Depends on how you travel. For instance probably best time is July/August, but then you have to reserve lodgings way in advance. In June and September, you should be able to get away with reserving a day in advance.
b) depends on what you like doing. A 4-day trip will allow perhaps two days driving/hiking in the park, perhaps a Celdiah (however they are spelt), a day at Fort Louisbourg, etc. We hiked six of the 28 hikes. If we had more days, we would have hiked more of them.
c) I would not miss the Skyline trail. Views of the ocean are great, and we saw lots of wildlife on that trail. You should review the trails and decide which pique your interest.
Have a great holiday
if you have the option, i would choose after the september long weekend. crowds will be down but tourist facilities will still be open. i'd recommend at least 2 days to explore the trail and at least 2 days to relax and enjoy some outher parts (louisbourg, beaches, etc.) when i did it, i stayed in cheticamp (well, i was camping so didn't stay in the town but did spend some time there) the first night (would NOT recommend staying in that town - only place in nova scotia that felt unwelcoming to me). drove the cabot trail for the day stopping at many of the outlooks and taking note of distances and places i wanted to return to. returned to cheticamp campground for the night. second day, i left cheticamp early in the morning and spent the day doing hikes along the trail (skyline is very nice and easy - recommend taking the more rustic route in and then the more "tourist" friendly route out - great spot at the end for a picnic). slowly moved my way along to baddeck where i spent the last two nights. on my last day, i left baddeck early in the morning and drove to louisbourg. some people say they needed a full day there. i found about 4 hours enough. then drove to port hawksbury for the night and got back to halifax the next day.
Oh yeah, we spent the last half of a day in Cheticamp as well. Had a lobster supper there which was great, spent a few hours wandering about on the beach just outside of town, and drove to the end of Cheticamp Island and hobnobbed with the cattle there.
The point being there is no end of fun stuff to do. If you limit yourself to four days for all of Cape Breton Island, you miss out on some of the afternoon/evenings like the one we had above in Cheticamp.
Do not miss the Cabot Trail whatever you do. Preferably in good weather.
May through September would be my choice for Cape Breton. The weather is great and you will love visiting this beautiful place.
The cabot trail is unbelievable. It is nearly 50 miles long and covers some of the greatest scenery you will ever see.
I would suggest a couple of places that are a bit off the beaten path. For lodging I would recommend the Ocean View Lodge at Meat Cove. This is at the northern tip of Cape Breton and you must go up a 5 mile gravel roat to get there. It is well worth the time. The place is right on the water with the best views we had the entire trip. Another place to visit is Gampo Abbey which is a buddist monestary on Cape Breton. My wife still has her prayer flag she acquired while learning about the lives of the monks that inhabit the monestary.
In September / October, you get the colours on the Cabot trail as the leaves turn. This is now a particular tourist event, and you can actually get reports
check out: novascotia.com/fall/en/home/... For fall activities
and novascotia.com/fall/en/home/... for the fall leaf watch. The colours are unbelievable.
If you only have four days plan carefully and you'll get lots in. here are some of my favorites:
Cabot Trail
Louisburg (allow at least 3 hours, this is so much more than just a museum)
The Miners Museum www.minersmuseum.com
Alexander Graham Bell Museum (includes a model of his airplane)
General information: www.cbisland.com
You can go sea kayaking, www.risingtideexpeditions.ca
Or if you're a music buff, you can drop into Rita McNeil's Tea Room in Big Pond. You definitely want to check out the ceilidh schedules, and try to catch one of these. Kind of a big block party with music. It's a real taste of the "real Cape Breton" However, any place you stay or visit should be able to tell you what's going on in the area you are in. Cape Bretoners are very proud of their local traditions, and they love company, so you'll get treated pretty good.
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So, my friend came up to me and introduced me into this brilliant idea and asked if I could do something about it, so the credit goes out to Bella!
Im not very good at fluff stories and to be honest, this is my first story that is appropriate for kids. I hope it's as good as it sounds.
I can't see it fitting in the actual Harry Potter events but Hey! Be imaginative.
Disclaimer: Dude, if I owned Harry Potter, I wouldn't even be writing this right now.
Oh and one thing, I'm not sure which universe this is in, it's kind of messed up. Please bear with me here.
Four years ago
"I love you Draco, I would never let anyone come in between us. Even family." You say. I cried that day, cried so hard, so happy and in your arms. Where I belong.
In Harry Potter's arms.
"He's the son of a death eater, Harry! Can't you see?" Your mate squealed.
"He doesn't deserve someone like you." Your godfather sneered.
"He's not good enough for you dear." Your adoptive mother stated.
You chose me over them. They made your world but you say I did more.
Even if our families do not approve of us and each other, we decided to continue this and continue this forever.
Until we grow old and wilt.
We soon graduated, with nothing other than each other's happiness in our hearts.
Your kiss had felt like sweet cherry blossoms, blossoming in spring air, green grass as beautiful as your eyes rose from the ground, the most beautiful of birds with red feathers spread onto their chest and wings as mighty as an eagle's but just as radiant as the core of our love chirping and singing the most delightful songs, the sky, the clear dome that rebounded our crystal clear love after a rock hard dirt place covered in dead trees and thorns with crickets chirping in B flat, the saddest note there is.
One day, you got me shrieking yes after a marriage proposal, after you got down on your knees and presented me with a gorgeous diamond ring. We got engaged.
You announced you had to go away to on a business trip as an auror. I told you I wasn't surprised. We promised each other neither would leave and we'd keep this relationship as flowing as the first day we confessed our love for each other. We promised each other we'd get married after you'd come back.
You would call me every day and through experience and gains of knowledge, when you don't, you had run out of credit and I had to call you. I missed your lips, the shade of red that girls would kill for on my cheek, kissing me goodnight.
Though your words were just as good. And I thank god that I could still hear them even if you were so far away.
Even with the depths of my knowledge, I still doubted you. And I hate myself for it. I thought you would run away with some cheap babe.
I told you this all the time through the phone and you'd snort and say "Yeah, I bought you a diamond ring that costed more than a nation for an apology because I ran away with some bleach-blonde chick."
Sometimes I laughed, sometimes I didn't. And each time, I could hear the smile in your voice as you say "I love you always."
Three years ago
Tonight, I was walking down a path, a groceries list in the palm of my hand. I sang the tune of the ice-cream truck we always met at when we were young teenagers. You just said you love me always over the phone before waiting for my reply then hanging up to sleep.
It all happened too fast.
A bright flashing light had blinded me and a series of pain binded my full body-length.
I remember waking up in a hospital with Pansy smoothing out the pale skin on my hand. Blaise was at my feet and Crabbe and Goyle were on the hospital chairs.
A herd of nurses rushed in and started testing my body-parts.
The doctor came in and asked how I was feeling.
The only thing leaving my lips was an exhalation of breath.
"The impact of the car had caused direct damage to your larynx. I'm afraid that you may never be able to make an audible noise again"
Those words strung around my neck like a necklace, each word had made it heavier and heavier until I wanted to heave it all out in vomit.
I was afraid you'd call that day. Because I knew that you were seeking for my voice. My voice was not there anymore.
So I hung up the minute you addressed me.
I wrote a letter to you saying that I didn't want to continue this relationship anymore, that I didn't want to see you and you'd definitely didn't want to see me. You could not love me after this. I remember one day you said you loved every part of my body, my eyes, my ears, my voice…
I placed the engagement ring inside it to return to you.
I forgot to put in I love you.
The minute I attached it to Hedwig's leg, he sent off, flying and disappearing into the distance.
I received about thirty-five phone calls that day and I knew you'd order for Hedwig to peck at me so I seal all the windows. He stopped pecking at the wood and I assumed he returned to you in surrender. He managed to slip the letters in through the slits and I read them, cried because of them.
Where were Harry Potter's arms?
You told me you didn't want this. You told me you would love me no matter what. There was one letter that I kept secretly under my pillow because it had your scent and it had your feelings.
My beautiful fiancé
If you left, I'd do anything to get you back…I'd trade my heart and more for your acceptance, I'd sail the seven seas with you for guidance, I'd be your eyes if you became blind, I'd carry you all the way through a desert and back.
And I love you always…
Please don't do this…
You stopped calling me after a while but the letters were still slipped inside my room.
I barely came out of the house and Pansy had to move in to look after me.
I learned sign language through the large period of time and I had to write on a white board to communicate with my pals.
I proposed I could look after myself after that and moved somewhere further down town, hoping to start again.
Miraculously, the neighbors I had were old and a lovely couple. And they knew sign language since Matilda their daughter was born deaf.
But my heart still ached for your kisses, for your love. For you.
And I still love you.
Two years ago
You've become a hero world-wide as an auror. And it hurt to see your face smiling in the headlines of the newspaper.
Hedwig still kept on delivering letters into my old place, where Pansy and Blaise currently live. I still kept that one letter.
I begged myself to light it up on fire, to forget everything about you but I just couldn't.
I couldn't.
One year ago
Blaise visited me today and told me that you had come back in town. It made me drop a handful of glass plates in horror.
Some part of me wished for this. The other part wished to forget about you.
Blaise helped me clean the plates up and a look of concern on his face.
I made him promise not to tell you where I was, how I got here and the reason why I left you. I told myself it was for the best.
He quickly switched the subject and stated that Pansy's and his own son had been coping well at school even if he was in slytherin. I congratulated him. But my mind was on you.
I was scared those past days and communicated with Matilda most of the day.
Not once you came visited me.
I sigh as I walk outside, waving at the neighbors warmly. It was in the middle of spring and the morning had a cool breeze towards it.
I clasp the robe tighter around me as I collect the envelopes in my letter-box.
One of them is an invitation to your wedding.
I immediately drop it and it falls to the ground. My hands find their way to my mouth, covering it as my eyes cry their way through the pain. I've never cried so hard in my life.
Then I feel a familiar hand on my shoulder. I turn around curiously and gasp; even though my eyes are blurry I could make out your figure and your smiling face. You lift up your hands and speak in my language:
'If you left, I'd do anything to get you back…I'd trade my heart and more for your acceptance, I'd sail the seven seas with you for guidance, I'd be your eyes if you became blind, I'd carry you all the way through a desert and back.
And I love you always…'
You said through sign language. The tears started flowing like a river.
And you get down on one knee and open an all too familiar box with a ring that was on my finger four years ago.
And you speak. "Draco Malfoy, love of my life…Will you marry me?"
The tears transformed into happiness and I at once found myself in warm arms.
Where I belong.
In Harry Potter's arms.
PLEASE READ: If you haven't figured it out, that one year Harry came back he tried to learn sign language and first he learns what he wrote in that letter. Draco of course agrees and happily ever after.
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Below are some of the images taken of the build. Starting with the tub in its basic state this is where the build started
Fabrication was carried out by Tom Sweet. Tom is Ex-Red Bull and before that worked at Jaguar and BAR Honda. Tom was recommended to me and he lived up to the recommendations. Tom took that monocoque and then utilised the 2014 regulations to make a wooden template of where the inside of the wheels would be. He then used images I supplied and composite moulds to create by hand wishbones and uprights. A Stewart F1 travel rack was also used to create the steering whilst the car is a show car. Tom also built the engine frame that the gearbox hangs from.
Tom can be contacted via firstname.lastname@example.com
Once Tom had completed the front suspension and then wrapped it in carbon fibre wrap he moved towards building the engine frame and converting the Midland Gearbox and rear uprights to accept a Caterham CT01 upright. Brilliant work if you ask me
At this point the car now looked like a car again. The wheels were on, uprights and wishbones in place but the car had plenty of damage still as the roll hoop cover had been taken off by Caterham plus various body panels were missing such as fuel flaps, one vent at the side of the cockpit (I managed to track down the other vented side) damage to the floor, damage to the monocoque, wing mirrors removed in fact it needed a lot of work. Tom has done a brilliant job and will be making a chassis stand for me from an old Lotus one I purchased. Tom's company is called Sweet Fabrications and their number is 01327 352 202 www.sweetfabrications.co.uk


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In case you don't consider yourself a Belieber, (I suggest revisiting that decision) you might not know that Justin Bieber and his new dreadlocks are going to be at AllState Arena this weekend for back-to-back shows.
As you would expect, Rosemont's finest venue will be hosting two nights of Bieberpalooza as the Canadian megastar continues touring in support of November's guilty-pleasure gem collection, Purpose.
And if you're trying to see the Biebs up close and personal in the general admission section, hitting your local banking establishment for a loan might be the only way to finance it.
No seriously, if I were to ask for Justin Bieber floor seats as a birthday gift, I wouldn't be getting any gifts for another six years.
For all you bargain hunters out there, hopping on those $802.97 seats Friday looks like the steal of the century.
Even if there wasn't some jackass listing his tickets for $3,250, those are some of the most absurd ticket prices I've ever seen — and I'm probably the biggest fan of "Beauty and a Beat" this side of the Canadian-American border.
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I Want to Die With a Smile On My Face
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Twinkle twinkle little star ☆,Let me get hit by a car 🚘💢💥, How I really wish to die 😣, Jump off the roof and try to fly 😇, Twinkle twinkle little knife 🔪, Help me end this wretched life 💔🔪! just saying I found it pretty good
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If I exactly cared enough to believe in a havenor hell I'd imagine a door closing after I die and another opening and in heaven I'd see all the people I care about there waiting for me. But when I die I'm gonna have the most real smile I've ever had on my face
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Existential crisis The sky has never lookedso inviting The ground has never seemed so soft The idea of nonexistence Is ever so inviting One last cigarette Flick my big Light my plight Into the darkness Into a slumber Never to awake Pills, poison, or rope? Why not all? Why choose one? Might as well go out with a bang...
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You Know What They SayAlways leave em laughing. Or something like that. I don't want to die some miserable old woman or just some girl. I want to die happy. That's all I want. With the smile that I always have on my face.
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What Is Lifelife is a dream and when i die i want to die happy i want to save someone cuz this life the world this reality isn't for me but i want others to live life is hard but its harder for the people that dont belong because i feel it in my soul and heart that i dont belong do my life...
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Because of school. Like do they have any ideahow stressful it is ??? They have all these new standards to make people smarter, in a quicker amount of time and it is damaging my mentality
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Kinda Like....The beginning of Garden State. http://youtube.com/watch?v=V_fPFTKEjW0 The plane is going down and everyone is freaking out. I just want to lean my chair back, take it all in, and smile.
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Looks are not what they seem to be in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Nor is the concept of evil that the two principal characters possess. The protagonists in these stories are alter egos; their public persona was an allegory of the "civilized" man of the Victorian era. Educated and refined, they possess what is ideal for the time. However, they have a deeper and darker side to them. They are the devils in disguise, coming out when either their image is threatened by an outside force, or by the result of an elixir.
By appearance, Oscar Wilde's protagonist, Dorian Gray, was dignified and described as having angelic looks. His looks, obsequious manners and undying youth made him a favorite among London's elite social crowd. But, underneath the heavenly facade was a demon obsessed with his vanities and decadent lifestyle. He would do anything to protect the lifestyle he had chiseled out for himself; even if it met murder. His "savior" was his portrait. As Dorian committed crimes – or grew older – the picture took the brunt of Dorian's imperfections. Dorian Gray remained young and vibrant while his portrait became old and scarred.
A respected man of science, Dr. Jekyll lived an insidious secret life through Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde was his alter-ego. Whereas Dr. Jekyll was the calm, cultivated man, Mr. Hyde was the murderous rogue who haunted the foggy London streets at night.
If there is one unifying factor about the experiences of Dorian Gray and Dr. Jekyll, it is that the two men failed to conceal an ugly side of their nature, despite how hard they tried to. Their experience reveals that evil, in whatever form it takes, cannot remain hidden for long.
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I need to know something about the St. Kitts Marriott, and I know this is a bit random, but it has to do with work visas for the island and I haven't had much luck in my research yet. I'm potentially relocating to St. Kitts later this year, and want a bit of info that i haven't been able to find easily.
If you are going in the next couple of months, please keep a look out for this and perhaps you'll remember to post here when you return...
If you have already been there, I want to know who worked there-- were the employees nearly all natives of St. Kitts/Nevis, or were there Americans doing any work? I expect that the housekeeping was performed by locals, but what about the specialty jobs and the sales department employees? It was probably something you didn't pay much attention to, but regardless of your answer I'd like to hear from someone who has been there.
Also, was there much of a 'sales' effort for purchasing future vacations or weeks of timeshare ownership, and did anyone experience a meeting with sales staff for this?
As I said, it's kind of random and not what you'd expect on these boards, but it's very pertinent for me, and the best way to find out is from people who have see who's there first-hand. Thanks in advance!
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I need to know something about the St. Kitts Marriott, and I know this is a bit random, but it has to do with work visas for the island and I haven't had much luck in my research yet. I'm potentially relocating to St. Kitts later this year, and want a bit of info that i haven't been able to find easily.
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Try posting your questions on the St. Kitts Newsgroup at www.geographia.com/guestbook/kittsnevis/
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You'll find the names, addresses, and email addresses of all the ministers in government, especially those with labor responsibilities. I wager you'll be able to get an answer from one of them.
By the way, everything I looked at using "work permits in St, Kitts" on Google indicates that all non-Kittians require work permits, and that the employer (or potential employer) is required to file for them. I saw nothing that indicated individuals file for them.
Also, I would contact Marriott here in the US and ask them your same questions.
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I looked a little farther and found this in reply to a question by a non-Kittian student on island asking about work, and I quote:
"Working on St. Kitts
It is illegal to perform any services while on St. Kitts that reward you with any salary, wage, tip or gratuity unless you hold a valid work permit, specific to each job. Each expatriate that works on St. Kitts must renew such a permit yearly.
Work permits are difficult to obtain: 1) legally, they must be provided by the company/person that hires you; and 2) your services must be highly desired and not obtainable amongst the citizens of St. Kitts.
It is uncommon for you or your spouse be allowed to obtain a legal work permit. It is important for you to realize this so as not to plan on gainful employment whilst in school. You should manage your finances to be able to do without such monies.
Remember that work permits are job specific; obtaining a work permit to teach school does not allow you to repair cars? if a fee is charged or gratuity accepted.
Please understand that the government has warned us repeatedly that students caught violating this law are subject to deportation and declaration of persona non grata."
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Thanks you two... I really enjoyed the info provided on the geographia newsgroup. golfguy, i think I actually read that same quote somewhere a while back when i started looking into it all.
In reviewing my original post, i guess I didn't really elaborate on what part of my research i was having trouble with... because [unfortunately] the easy part is finding out the official stance on working without a permit and the fact that work visas are not easy to get. As a matter of fact, many people have said don't even bother trying. Basically, you can get one IF you have a certain skill that is not available from a native... which means that teaching and technical experts have a chance, while sales and marketing people aren't usually so lucky. With a new and Major resort in town, though, i'm trying to find out from people who have seen it already.
The government and corporate contact will only give you an official 'line', and I'd really like to hear from vacationers who have been there and are more likely to tell it the way it is.
Anyone else?
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I am in St.Kitts and applying for jobs.
Most employers will turn you away. The work permit is extremely difficult to get even with a job offer since National Security can deny it.
Don't think about working illegally either; you will be deported.
The Marriott told me in so many words that they won't be hiring any
foreigners because the laws for work permits has changed a lot. Also, once your permit expires,they won't automat ically renew your permit. Employers must re-advertise the position to satisfy NS that you are the only person qualified to do the job.
90% of employees at the hotel are Kittians.
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A website you might find helpful is www.myislands.myeyez.net
If you post your question there, Paula should be able to help you as she is from the US.
My family is from St. Kitts and I have been going down for years. It is a beautiful island.
I know a few Canadians working in SKB (Marriott casino & Ross University admin and as a teacher).
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Salaries are low compared to North America and food, gas and electricity is very expensive there.
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You do realize you have resurected a thread that is 2 1/2 years old!!!!
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Hi Dan,
If you're still interested, feel free to e-mail me. I can tell you that Marriott in the US is selling Marriott St. Kitts now. Of course, there's other info you might be interested in so fell free to e-mail me at: [email protected]
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As a foreigner, you can get a work permit and a job in St. Kitts. I verified this with a friend of mine here that is looking to hire someone now. I'm also aware of other positions in St. Kitts that don't have to be filled with Kittians. It's just a matter of networking.
There are rules and ratios, just like in the US but, employment is not impossible and poverty is not necessary. Yes, the cost of groceries is unbelievable, but other factors help to keep the thought of paying $8 for a tv dinner out-of-mind
Sometimes it's the right connections and sometimes its responding to an ad. If your a foreigner going to the Marriott you might attempt to make the right connections first. Not everyone with the Marriott was born on St. Kitts.
Also, I don't think the casino employment is the same as the Marriott. They are connected physically, but I think that's about it. If you've been there and talked to any of the dealers, you know that they aren't all from St. Kitts.
St. Kitts and Nevis are great places to live, but you have to know the rules...and make the right connections.
If your looking for a timeshare connection, I'm thinking that you might want to check with timeshare beat online.
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If your computer use Realtek HD Audio card with front and back panel jack, and you got a plugged and unplugged device error, you've got the same problem with me. This problems cause your audio cutting constantly. Even you don't plug anything on your panel jack..it's continuously give you a plugged and unplugged device. If you got this problem with your Realtek HD Audio card, I have a simple method to solve your problems. This little bit tricky but it works for me.
To solve plugged and unplugged problems on your Realtek HD Audio card, simply follow this steps below (I used Windows 7 to demonstrate) :
1. Go to Start –> Control Panel –> Hardware and Sound –> Realtek HD Audio Manager
3. Deactive plugged and unplugged notification by uncheck "display icon in notification area" option and click "OK".
4. Click on yellow icon.
5. Disable front panel jack detection and auto popup dialog.
6. Click on "Device Advanced Settings".
7. Select option just like in the screenshot below and click on "OK"
8. Open Speaker tab, then click on the active back panel speaker icon, set it as default device.
9. If you plug your microphone on back panel, open microphone tab and click on the active microphone icon then set it as default.
10. Your Realtek HD Audio card plugged and unplugged problem has been solved.
Note: This trick is works by disabling the front jack panel and make the back panel as the default jack panel. You SHOULD plug your audio cable (Line in, Line out (speaker), and Microphone on the back panel because the front panel has been inactive. This is because the problem is come from the front jack panel.
Watch this video below to know how I solve Realtek HD Audio plugged and unplugged problem:
After following those trick above, your Realtek HD Audio card plugged and unplugged problem has been resolved. If you still got an error, drop your questions on this comments field below. If you have another quick and simple ways to solve this problems, please share with other spyontech readers.


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The National Hockey League is in talks with the money-losing New Jersey Devils to advance the team money so it can continue to operate through the season, The Post has learned.
Under the NHL plan, Devils controlling owner Jeffery Vanderbeek would continue to run the team while he pursues a long-term financing solution, sources said.
"We can presume if the advance has not happened, it is going to happen soon," a source close to the team said.
The Devils, which need to meet payroll twice a month until the regular season ends April 7, are weighing trading team captain Zach Parise for draft picks.
Parise makes $6 million and his contract expires at the end of the year, a source said.
A Devils Arena Entertainment spokesman said, "We are not prepared to make any further comment."
An NHL spokesman called a report that the league was considering funding the Devils "inaccurate," but declined to elaborate.
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How do green anaconda adaptation for survival in the wild amazon forest?
Anaconda adaptation for survival
4 types of anacondas exist, with the green anaconda being the largest amongst all species of snakes. Anacondas could grow to lengths of nearly 38 feet and consider over 500 extra pounds. Unlike some snakes, anacondas don't count on venom to suppress their target.
Rather, anacondas utilize tightness to slowly asphyxiate their victims. While anacondas hunt ashore, they prefer water to accommodate their enormous bodies. These snakes have established unique adjustments to permit them to endure.
The form of an anaconda's teeth are crucial in its catching of prey. While little, an anaconda's teeth are rounded as well as exceedingly sharp. When victim comes to be caught within an anaconda's jaw, there's no escaping from its teeth. This aids the snake as it coils its body around its target.
An anaconda has stretchy tendons within its jaw, which assists the snake open its mouth wide. Considering that anacondas have mobile ligaments, they can easily ingest larger victim, such as capybara and jaguars. This allows an anaconda to subsist on one meal for weeks or perhaps months, reports National Geographic.
Found within the roof of a reptile's mouth is the Jacobson's body organ, which helps to smell, as opposed to taste, particles airborne, clarifies Pet World. When interested in its surrounding, an anaconda will certainly snap its tongue right into the air to collect aromas around it. When an anaconda smells something, the fragrances transfer to the Jacobson's organ for identification. This form of scenting assists the snake situate potential target.
The patterns on an anaconda's body help it to hide from killers. Color detecting on an anaconda additionally helps the snake mix into muddy waters. This enables the snake to lie in wait stealthily for pets to find more detailed without being determined.
If an anaconda stays out of water for a prolonged period of time, the snake can end up being ravaged with ticks. Because of this, glands around the snake's cloaca sends out a horrible smell to ward of parasites, notes SeaWorld. The cloaca is the digestive tract, urinary system and genital chamber of a reptile similar to that of birds and kangaroos.
The ranges, or scutes, on the bottom of an anaconda aid the snake when carrying on land. The ranges develop an undulating movement, while griping the ground to thrust the snake onward. Anacondas could remain immersed under water for as much as 10 mins while stalking a possible meal. An anaconda can easily subdue its prey in water by sinking it before eating it.
Green Anaconda Adaptations
Place and Environment
Green anacondas are discovered in north South The U.S.A. in locations bordering the Amazon.com River Basin. In the rainforests of the Amazon, they are usually located near resources of water such as swamps, marshes, streams, rivers and also lakes.
Diet plan
Green anacondas prey on a range of animals such as rats, birds, fish, turtles and caiman. Capybaras, that run away from predators such as jaguars by encountering the water, are best dishes for anacondas. If an anaconda is large enough, it may strike larger mammals, including deer. There have actually also been several reports of green anacondas striking humans, however few of these reports are substantiated.
Dimension and also Summary
Green anacondas are the largest (by weight) snakes in the globe. They are also among the lengthiest snakes in the globe. Just reticulated pythons, situated in southeast Asia, can be bigger in length. Green anacondas usually expand between 20 – 25 feet. They can weigh as long as 400 – 500 pounds.
Green anacondas are, as their name recommends, green. They have black areas throughout their whole bodies that are unsymmetrical, creating best camoflage for the thick, thick forests that they stay in. Places on the sides of their bodies often have yellow facilities. Like all reptiles, green anacondas have flaky skin. Their skin is dry as well as rather thick. Green anacondas are really strong as well as muscle, as well as should be in order to strike and eliminate huge victim.
Green anacondas are not venomous, as well as do not eliminate their target with attacks alone. Instead, they will attack their prey and then cover their massive bodies around the target. As their target is breathing out, green anacondas will squeeze their bodies tighter around their prey eventually creating suffocation. This process is called restriction. Then restriction process, green anacondas will certainly begin to ingest their target whole. Their jaws are held together by elastic ligaments, permitting their mouths to available to dimensions a lot larger than the initial size of their heads. Green anacondas have extremely slow-acting digestive system systems. After swallowing their prey, it could take several weeks for anacondas to entirely digest their dishes.
Anaconda Adaptations
Green anacondas adaptations are quite possibly adjusted to staying in the exotic jungles of the Amazon River Basin. Given that they are cold-blooded, year-round warm-temperatures assist to keep their blood warm.
Although they are sluggish and cumbersome on land, green anacondas adaptations are fast and also agile in the streams and rivers of the Amazon.com. Their eyes as well as nostrils are placed on the tops of their heads, to make sure that they can submerge a lot of their bodies while laying in await target near the water's side.
Anacondas are ovoviviparous, which indicates that the eggs hatch out while still inside the mommy. The mother will after that bring to life live young. Green anacondas adaptation can bring to life over 20 real-time young at a time
Green Anaconda Adaptation Fact's
A member of the boa family members, South The U.S.A.'s green anaconda is, pound for pound, the biggest snake in the world. Its relative, the reticulated python, can reach a little better lengths, but the massive girth of the anaconda makes it almost twice as hefty.
Green anacondas adaptation can expand to greater than 29 feet (8.8 meters), consider greater than 550 extra pounds (227 kilograms), and determine greater than 12 inches (30 centimeters) in size. Females are substantially bigger than men. Other anaconda types, all from South America as well as all smaller than the green anaconda, are the yellow, dark-spotted, and also Bolivian varieties.
Anacondas adaptation live in swamps, marshes, and also slow-moving streams, mainly in the rain forest of the Amazon as well as Orinoco containers. They are cumbersome on land, but stealthy and streamlined in the water. Their eyes as well as nasal openings are on top of their heads, allowing them to lay in wait for victim while continuing to be nearly entirely immersed.
They reach their monumental size on a diet regimen of wild pigs, deer, birds, turtles, capybara, caimans, or even jaguars. Anacondas are nonvenomous constrictors, coiling their muscular bodies around caught victim as well as squeezing up until the animal asphyxiates. Jaws connected by stretchy tendons permit them to swallow their target whole, despite the size, as well as they can go weeks or months without food after a large dish.
Women anacondas preserve their eggs as well as bring to life a couple of dozen live young. Baby snakes are about 2 feet (0.6 meters) long when they are birthed and also are nearly instantly able to swim and hunt. Their life-span in the wild has to do with 10 years.
Other Facts
In 1997, the film "Anaconda" was made. The film features a giant green anaconda that is being hunted by a snake hunter and a movie crew.


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Without Kansas, Kentucky and Syracuse, the common sentiment seems to be that this season's Final Four is lacking the "big names." But let's not forget that both Duke and West Virginia were ranked in the top five in the preseason coaches' poll. So if someone had told you on Nov. 1 that the Blue Devils and Mountaineers would be facing off in the Final Four, you'd probably be pretty excited. Now that they are, it's time to figure out who has the upper hand.


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The best tricks from body-language experts on how to attract who you want, when you want. (From allure magazine - the self-proclaimed "beauty expert" magazine.)
1. Wear red.
Women who dress in red are seen as sexier by men than those who wear white, green, gray, or blue, according to a study at the University of Rochester. They're even 56 percent more likely to get asked out on a date than women in blue.
2. Make eye contact.
"A quick glance communicates interest in a person, and a lingering look moves it a step further," says Beverly B. Palmer, professor of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
3. Express yourself.
"We're most attracted to people who are animated in their face and voice and body," says Paul Ekman, professor of psychology at the University of California Medical School, San Francisco. Use hand and head movements for emphasis.
4. Reach out and touch.
"When a woman touches a man's forearm during conversation, it shows that she's fully engaged," says Patti Wood, a psychologist who specializes in body language. Briefly touching your own neck or collarbone says you'd like to do more than just talk.
5. Stay on your feet.
At a party, standing up gets you noticed for obvious reasons: "We all pay attention to someone who's higher up," says psychologist Beverly B. Palmer. A more surprising detail: Watch where you point your toes. "You can tell if a person really likes you if their toes point toward you," says psychologist Lillian Glass, author of I Know What You're Thinking (John Wiley & Sons).
6. Dim the lights.
Candlelight is the most romantic, but it's not the most practical as a light source for a party. "Coral-and amber-hued bulbs are sexier than white ones and cast a beautiful glow that instantly flatters everyone in the room," says designer Todd Oldham.
7. Spray softly.
"The closer someone has to get to smell your fragrance, the more seductive it becomes," says perfumer Sylvaine Delacourte. Here's how to avoid OD'ing: Pure perfumes should be dotted on the wrists or behind the ears once a day; for an eau de toilette, mist a cloud in front of you and walk through it to pick up the right amount.
8. Flash your wrists.
The wrists are actually very seductive. "Their glands emit pheromones," says Martin Lloyd-Elliot, psychotherapist.
9. Straighten up.
"A sexy posture is relaxed but upright," says body-language expert Martin Lloyd-Elliott. "Look at the way dancers and athletes carry themselves: Their hips are aligned; their shoulders are even; they don't slouch. They give off a certain vitality and energy." Doing yoga or Pilates will help your body assume this position on its own.
Seems an awful lot of science went into that...
...Couldn't these scientists cure the common cold or something?
...Couldn't these scientists cure the common cold or something?


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Why do counterfeit Gibsons cost $300-400 when other MIC LP styles sell for $100-200?oke:
Well let's see here, epiphones run $450-$700, and they are made in China and the same quality... soo oke:
If your referring to Musoland. Most of their LP's are 170$. Some of the fancier fakes are 235$.
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Becau it take extwa two hunnwed dollah to spell cowwectwy.
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WATCH: Girl with cancer has Christmas wish answered
TAYLOR, Mich. (WJBK) - A girl suffering from cancer had her Christmas wish answered, with help from Santa Claus and one local caring photographer.
Like many 7-year-old kids around this time, Makaela went to see Santa.
But unlike many 7-year-old kids, Makaela has bone cancer -- so severe that she had to have her left leg amputated above the knee.
Insert Mary Rosecrans, a photographer in Taylor.
"A few times a year, I offer free portrait sessions for families that are affected by cancer. I put an ad on Facebook. Somebody reached out to me and said I have a little girl that's going through cancer. She's got bone cancer," she said.
The relationship grew from there. Rosecrans stayed in touch with Makaela's mom.
On Saturday morning, Makaela came to see Santa.
"What would you like for Christmas this year?" Santa asked.
"A puppy," Makaela replied.
"A puppy? I don't know about a puppy. That's a lot of responsibility. Are you sure you can take care of a puppy?" Santa asked.
Makaela nodded.
"I'm sure you can too. So where is Santa Claus' bag? Oh my gosh, look at that," Santa said.
With that, he pulled out a tiny puppy.
"Your wish came true," Santa said, giving the puppy to Makaela.
Makaela's mom had a message for Rosecrans, as well who helped set this whole thing up.
"Thank you so much Mary for doing this for me and Makaela," she said. "That was ... You didn't have to do this for us but I appreciate it. I owe you big time, thank you so much. That really just shows that there are good people in the world."


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The Aquarium Trailer (2008)
08 February 2008 Drama 111 mins
Youssef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila (Hend Sabri) is the careerist host of a late night radio call-in show. These two members of Cairo's elite, lost souls traveling parallel paths of longing and disconnection, are the principal fish in Yousry Nasrallah'sThe Aquarium, a meditation on the intellectual capital of the Middle East, now bent under the sway of repression in all its forms.
Watch the official The Aquarium 2008 trailer in HD below or find more The Aquarium videos on Vidimovie.


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|07 Nov 2009
Direct x 9 programs!!
my direct x 9 programs wont run on windows 7???
which direct x package will work???
most just say you have the equivalent one installed... but the programs still say i need 9 installed??
am i missing something...
can i actually run direct x 9???
|My System Specs
|07 Nov 2009
so i ran both installers... march then august..
they unpacked to folders on my desktop... ran the installers...
they installed...
rebooted... it didnt ask me too but i did anyway..
ran acid pro... still asking me for directx 9 runtime...
i also cant seem to run acid pro 6 as it asks for netframework 1.1 service pack 1 due to compatability issues!!
is there something wrong here???
windows 7.... wheres the support?? i mean you hunt for these things which are so basic.. but there is nothing???
|My System Specs
|07 Nov 2009
directx 9 and net framework 1.1 windows 7????
can someone help me get these on cos i need them for programs?!?!
|My System Specs
|07 Nov 2009
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
|My System Specs
|07 Nov 2009
installing directx 11 it just says wont install cos i have newer or the equivelent...
but v 1.1?? this is not part of it and wont install?!?!
and netframework 1.1 has compatability issues.. well thats what it comes up with???
|My System Specs
|07 Nov 2009
What are you talking about with, "Where is the support??"
I answered you with an excellent post and I'm answering you now with another excellent one.
Open an elevated command prompt. Copy and paste the following command, then hit enter. It will repair or replace any damaged or missing files, .net framwork included.
sfc /scannow
Check on those apps you're trying to run. Maybe they are not compatible with 7 like other similar apps. Maybe they are.
Also do a Windows Update.
|My System Specs
|07 Nov 2009
Windows 10 Pro (x64)
Try this for .NET 1.1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
For DirectX install this: Download details: DirectX End-User Runtime
|My System Specs
|07 Nov 2009
Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
so i ran both installers... march then august..
they unpacked to folders on my desktop... ran the installers...
they installed...
rebooted... it didnt ask me too but i did anyway..
ran acid pro... still asking me for directx 9 runtime...
i also cant seem to run acid pro 6 as it asks for netframework 1.1 service pack 1 due to compatability issues!!
is there something wrong here???
windows 7.... wheres the support?? i mean you hunt for these things which are so basic.. but there is nothing???
You'd probably do better trying to check Win7 compatibility for the software you're trying to run. Or, you could be more forthcoming about what it is. Your problem may not have much to do with your DitrectX installation.
For example: Acid Pro 6 was released in 2006. Windows Vista became available at retail in January of 2007. I don't know whether Acid Pro 6 will run on any Microsoft OS newer than XP. (There was a major change involving DirectSound between XP and Vista. 7 is essentially the same as Vista.)
Acid Pro 7 is supposed to be Win7 compatible.
If you skipped Vista, you may find that some of your software isn't compatible. If that's the case, you'll have to decide whether to update the software, or revert to XP.
|My System Specs
|07 Nov 2009
"wheres the support" comment.. not directed at here or you.. sorry
i mean.. on all the microsoft official sites there is no mention of this.
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ive installed...
but this doesnt seem to do the trick..
installing direct x 9... it just says i have the equivelent or higher installed..
and the net framework 1.1 it says there are incompatability issues..
ive installed the net frame 4 beta... but this hasnt worked for 1.1
and the directx end user one installs... but acid pro still says you need directx 9... and net 1.1
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the scannow came up with no "integrity violations"
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Dec 28, 2010
|Filing date
|Jun 18, 2009
|Priority date
|Feb 1, 2001
|Fee status
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|Eric Suder, Harold E. Hansen
|Original Assignee
|Estech Systems, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (10), Classifications (14), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/283,804, entitled "SHARED KNOWLEDGE IN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM," which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/775,018, entitled "QUALITY OF SERVICE IN A VOICE OVER IP TELEPHONE SYSTEM."
This application for patent is related to the following patent applications:
Ser. No. 10/072,343; entitled "QUALITY OF SERVICE IN A REMOTE TELEPHONE";
Ser. No. 10/041,332; entitled "SERVICE OBSERVING IN A VOICE OVER IP TELEPHONE SYSTEM"; and
Ser. No. 10/210,902; entitled "VOICE MAIL IN A VOICE OVER IP TELEPHONE SYSTEM"; which are all hereby incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention relates in general to information processing systems, and in particular, to the use of Voice over IP technology to transmit voice conversations.
Voice over IP ("VoIP") is a relatively recent development that is utilized to transmit voice conversations over a data network using the Internet Protocol ("IP"). Such a data network may be the Internet or a corporate intranet, or any IP network. There are several potential benefits for moving voice over a data network using IP. First, there is a savings in money compared to the need to use traditional tolled telecommunications networks. Additionally, Voice over IP enables the management of voice and data over a single network. And, with the use of IP phones, moves, adds and changes are easier and less expensive to implement. Moreover, additional and integrated new services, including integrated messaging, bandwidth on demand, voice e-mails, the development of "voice portals" on the Web, simplified setting up and tearing down, and transferring of phone calls are capable.
One of the advantages of Voice over IP is the ability to easily and inexpensively connect remote systems together. The concept of connecting multiple field office phone systems together is not new. Indeed, this is the primary purpose of the tie trunk. While the tie trunk approach eliminates the long distance phone charges between facilities, it is somewhat offset by the dedicated cost of the tie lines themselves. Tie-lines are dedicated to the task of connecting callers between phone systems and must be engineered to provide a worst-case traffic scenario. Even if there is a single call in progress, the other tie trunks sit idle and cannot be used for other purposes.
In addition to the high cost and inefficiencies of tie-lines, there is another major drawback: each phone system in the network is an independent entity, which does not share information. Even though the phone system may be a modern, sophisticated device with the ability to display the status of its local telephone sets, the user must dial the access code to the remote site, enter the desired extension number and listen for either a ring or a busy signal to determine the status of the called party.
Using Voice over IP technology, phone systems can communicate with each other over existing IP data networks typically present between remote offices. This feature alone can eliminate the need for expensive, dedicated circuits between facilities. The shared bandwidth can also be used for voice calls and data communication simultaneously; no bandwidth is dedicated to one or the other.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth such as specific network configurations, network devices, types of multimedia traffic, etc. to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without such specific details. In other instances, well-known circuits have been shown in block diagram form in order not to obscure the present invention in unnecessary detail. For the most part, details concerning timing considerations and the like have been omitted in as much as such details are not necessary to obtain a complete understanding of the present invention and are within the skills of persons of ordinary skill in the relevant art.
Refer now to the drawings wherein depicted elements are not necessarily shown to scale and wherein like or similar elements are designated by the same reference numeral through the several views.
The IP telephone system of the present invention is designed to seamlessly connect other IP telephone systems together in a distributed network over a customer's data network. One application for this mode of operation is to connect branch offices together in such a way as to emulate a single large PBX phone system. One benefit includes eliminating long distance phone charges between offices and affording the user the benefits associated with a common phone system feature set.
To add in the voice communication capabilities, an IP multimedia server 101 is coupled to hub 103 and an IP telephony device 105 is connected between the workstation 106 and the hub 103 (though the present invention should not be limited to such a configuration). The IP multimedia server 101 is coupled to a central office ("CO") 102 so that telephony device 105 can communicate to other telecommunications networks, such as the public switched telephone network ("PSTN"). Such a server could be any device having the switching/communication capabilities described herein, such as an IP PBX. Naturally, additional IP telephony device 105 can be coupled to hub 103, including having workstations coupled to hub 103 through such IP telephony devices. Further details on multimedia server 101 and IP telephony device 105 are described below. An IP telephone, or telephony device, is any apparatus, device, system, etc., that can communicate multimedia traffic using IP telephony technology. IP telephony is defined within Newton's Telecom Dictionary, Harry Newton, Seventeenth Edition, page 369, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Information, or data, on the network includes both the voice and data information, and any other multimedia traffic. Traffic as a result of the data transmissions between workstation 106 and server 104 affects the bandwidth available for communications between telephony device 105 and multimedia server 101.
Remote system 303 is coupled to WAN 201 using a modem 310, such as a cable modem, an ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line), modem or an equivalent. A NAT (Network Address Translation) router/hub 311 then couples a workstation PC 312 and an IP telephony device 313 to the modern 310. Not only can data be transferred across WAN 201 between systems 301-303, but also any one of telephony devices 105, 308 and 313 can communicate with each other and with the PSTN (not shown) over CO lines coupled to either of systems 301 and 302.
Multimedia server 101 is comprised of main board 401, network card 402, hard drive 403, backplane 404 and peripheral cards 405. Network card 402 is further discussed below in more detail with respect to
Referring next to
Ribbon cable 410 from hard drive 403 is received at I/O 501 coupled to bus 502. Bus 502 is coupled to ECP (Enhanced Call Processing) microcontroller 503, DRAM 504, DSI's 505 and 506, DSP farm expansion connector 507, digital cross-point switch 509, and I/O and buffers 512. ECP 503 is a microcontroller responsible for overall communications between network card 402 and main board 401. ECP 503 directly interfaces the DSPs 505, 506 via the host port interface. The host port interface is a parallel (8 bit) interface between the DSPs and the host processor. This interface can be used to directly manipulate the DSP memory by a host processor. I/O 501 is a mailbox type parallel communication channel, which is multiplexed between communication with the IDE disk drive 403 and I/O 501 allowing direct control for functions such as firmware download and message passing. ECP 503 is based on a 16-bit Hitachi H8 family processor with built-in flash memory.
DSPs 505 and 506 can be implemented using Texas Instrument 5410 DSPs that perform packet encoding/decoding, jitter buffer management and UDP/IP protocol stacked functions. DSPs 505, 506 are connected to an external SRAM 511 and ASIC (FPGA) 513 that performs a PCI bridge function between bus 508 and bus 514, which is coupled to connectors 517 and 416 via 10/100 MAC/PHY devices 515 and 516. DSPs 505, 506 communicate with peripherals 405 via bus 502. DSP firmware is downloaded via the host port interface 501. I/O 501 allows communication with the main board 401 and the hard drive 403. Additionally, ECP 503 can directly control a daughter card containing additional DSPs through expansion connector 507 for functions such as speech compression.
Digital cross-point switch 509 is used to connect system voice conversations as needed between peripherals. Main board 401 houses the master cross-points with 616 discussed below with respect to
The 10/100Base-T devices 515, 516 are stand-alone Ethernet devices, which perform the media access control ("MAC") and the PHYsical layer functions in a single, low-cost chip. Devices 515, 516 communicate to the host processor via a standard PCI bus 514, and communicate to the network via a pulse transformer coupled RJ45 connection 517, 416. These devices contain FIFOs to minimize lost packets during traffic peaks. Per the PCI bus mastering specification, devices 515, 516 take control of the DSP bus and DMA data directly to SRAM 511. Conversely, the DSPs 505, 506 write data to be sent into the SRAM 511 and the devices 515, 516 DMA data via the PCI bus 514 to the network (LAN).
Referring next to
Referring next to
DSP 615 communicates with microprocessor 601 via a host interface port ("HIP") via bus 608. The HIP link supports a command-based protocol, which is used to directly read or write DSP memory locations. DSP 615 is a RAM-based part and has its program downloaded from microprocessor 601. Once downloaded and running, microprocessor 601 (the host) polls for events or receives interrupts indicating that data is available. DSP 615 speech connections are made over an industry standard 32-time slot, 2.048 megabits per second (Mb/s) digital serial link 618. Link 618 occupies one of the digital highways implemented by digital cross-point matrix 616. Each service of DSP 615 occupies a single time slot. For example, DTMF receiver 1 occupies time slot 0 while conference bridge circuit 12 occupies time slot 31.
Digital cross-point matrix 616 is also coupled to bus 608 and operates to connect any voice path to any other voice path. Digital cross-point matrix 616 is a VLSI (Very large Scale Integration) integrated circuit. An example of digital cross-point matrix 616 is manufactured by MITEL Semiconductor Corporation as part No. 8980. Digital cross-point matrix 616 communicates with microprocessor 601 via a memory mapped input/output (I/O) scheme. A command/control protocol is used for communication between microprocessor 601 and digital cross-point matrix 616 via bus 608. Cross-point matrix 616 is coupled by highway 618 to DSP 615. Cross-point matrix 616 is coupled to highway 617. Digital cross-point matrix 616 is capable of making 256 simultaneous fully non-blocking connections. However, it may be upgraded by adding additional DSPs and/or cross-point matrices.
Gate array 612 is an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) based device. An example of gate array 612 is manufactured by XILINX. Gate array 612 is responsible for generating all system timing. A master clock signal is provided by microprocessor 601 at 16.384 MHz. This clock signal is divided down to provide a number of phase coherent system clocks such as 4.096 MHz, 2.048 MHz and 8 KHz (frame sync). In addition, a 5-bit time slot counter is implemented which allows all the system CODECs to detect the appropriate time slot to use (0-31). An additional divider chain is included to divide the system clock down to 20 Hz, which is used by the ringing generator power supply (not shown). Gate array 612 is downloaded at boot-up by system software. Gate array 612 is based on an SRAM architecture. That is, the internal fusible links commonly found in programmable logic are actually stored in volatile SRAM. Because of this architecture, gate array 612 is downloaded after power-up. Also, note the added flexibility of being able to modify the logic by simply loading new system software. Because the device is SRAM-based, it loses its programming when power is removed.
Bus 608 is also coupled to modem 610, which provides a capability of calling into system 401 on a remote basis to load additional programs, voice prompts, etc., or updates thereto, into hard disk 607. Modem 610 is coupled to coder/decoder ("CODEC") 611, which is coupled to highway 617. This connection allows coupling of modem 610 through cross-point matrix 616 to CO lines through bus 409 to the p-cards described with respect to
Also coupled to highway 617 is dual subscriber line access chip (DSLAC) 619, which is well-known in the art, and which is coupled to analog ports 620 and 621, which provide an ability for system 401 to communicate to analog-type connections such as cordless telephones and fax machines.
Highway 617 is also coupled to CODEC 622, which is coupled to transformer 623 to a music source, which provides an ability to couple an external music source to a caller through cross-point matrix 616 for such things as providing the caller with music on hold.
Power to system 401 is provided through switching power supply 407, which converts AC to the various DC supply voltages needed by circuitry within system 401.
Referring next to
Interfaces 708 incorporate a circuit that monitors the voltage present across TIP and RING of each CO. This line voltage monitor circuit serves to detect the ring voltage present during ringing (ring detection) and the unique feature of monitoring the CO line status for conditions such as whether the CO is plugged in or if someone is of hook in front of the system. The latter can be used to detect theft of service or allow a credit card verification terminal to be used without interfering with normal system operation. The voltage monitor circuit consists of a balanced differential op-amp connected across TIP and RING of the CO lines through a very high impedance (>10M ohms). The output of the tour voltage monitor op-amps are fed to an analog-to-digital converter with a built-in analog multiplexer (not shown). Microcontroller 701 firmware monitors the line voltages. There is also a balanced differential AC coupled op amp across the CO TIP and RING to monitor the low level audio tones present during caller ID. The output of these op-amps are selected via an analog switch during the idle period and are connected to the CO line codec 706. To correctly terminate the CO line (seizure) care must be taken to satisfy the DC loop requirements (˜200 ohms) and the AC impedance requirements (˜600 ohms). The classic approach has been to terminate TIP and RING with an inductor (called a holding coil) which has a large inductance (>1 Hy) and a DC resistance of ˜200 ohms. The inductor separates the AC and DC components to give the desired effect. The problem is that the inductor must be large enough not to saturate with currents as high as 100 milliamps. An inductor which satisfies these requirements is physically cumbersome.
P-card 405 incorporates a solid state inductor circuit called a gyrator (not shown) to implement the holding coil function. This single transistor emulates an inductor with the above requirements while taking up very little PCB space. A small solid state relay (not shown) is used as the hook switch. When energized, the gyrator holding coil is placed across TIP and RING closing the loop. The audio present on TIP and RING is AC coupled to a small dry transformer. The secondary of this transformer is connected to the AC termination impedance and to the codec 708, which may be implemented on a dual subscriber line access chip ("DSLAC"). High voltage protection is provided for all paths on the TIP and RING connections. These paths include TIP to RING, TIP to GROUND, RING to GROUND, and TIP and RING to GROUND. This high voltage protection is accomplished by first passing the TIP and RING conductors through positive temperature coefficient varistors (not shown). These varistors act as resettable fuses. When excessive current flows through these varistors, they become resistive thus limiting the current flow. When the excessive current is stopped, the original resistance is restored.
Referring to
CODEC 817 and CODEC 819 perform analog to digital and digital to analog conversion of signals. CODEC 817 is connected to the handsets, speaker and microphone elements (not shown) via connector 818, while CODEC 819 is connected to the hands-free speaker 821 through amplifier 820, and to the hands-free microphone 822. CODEC 819 may also be connected to a braille board 892 that pen-its a sight-impaired person to interact with the system. Additionally, a fragrance emitter 890 that simulates smells may be used to notify with a certain smell in response to predetermined events. Further, a proximity sensor (e.g., motion detector, IR sensor) 891 may be coupled to CODEC 819 to signal when a user is in proximity to phone 105. Separating the functionality in this way permits the IP telephony device 105 to send tones or voice to one speaker while allowing a normal conversation over the other. FPGA/PCI bridge 802 performs the functions required to connect telephone 105 to the 10/100Base-T Ethernet devices 813, 814. Since devices 813, 814 are designed to communicate via a standard PCI bus 812, the FPGA 802 implements a minimal PCI bus implementation. In addition, the FPGA 802 implements 110 latches and buffers as required.
Devices 813, 814 perform the Media Access Control and the PHYsical layer functions. Devices 813, 814 communicate to DSP 801 via a standard PCI bus 812, and communicate to the LAN via post-transformer coupled RJ-45 connections 815, 816. Devices 813, 814 can contain FIFOs to minimize lost packets during traffic peaks. Per the PCI bus mastering specification, devices 813, 814 take control of the buses 805, 806 and direct memory access (DMA) data directly to SRAM 804. Conversely, DSP 801 writes data to be sent into the SRAM 804 and the devices 813, 814 DMA the data via the PCI bus 812 to the LAN.
Referring to
Referring to
Thereafter, the user at telephone 308 could optionally attempt to then call the user at telephone 105. For example, if the user at telephone 308 wants to contact the user at telephone 105, but does not wish to merely leave messages if the user at telephone 105 is either not present in their office or is on another call, the user at telephone 308 can wait for a status indication change on telephone 308 that the user at telephone 105 is now available to receive a call. In that case, the user may select the status indicator, such as pressing a DSS key on telephone 308. Alternatively, the user may just dial the extension of telephone 105. This is performed first by going off-hook with telephone 308 in step 1101. In step 1102, a lamp or display is updated on telephone 308 that the telephone is now in an off hook state. Thereafter, in step 1103, telephone 308 will automatically dial telephone 105 in response to the user selecting the status indicator (e.g., pressing the DSS key). Server 306 will receive this message from telephone 308, and in step 1104 will attempt to establish a connection by sending a message to server 101. If server 101 determines that telephone 105 is a valid extension, it will send a ring command message 1105 to telephone 105. A connection establish message 1106 will then be returned from server 101 to server 306, which will update telephone 308 with a lamp/display update message 1107. Additionally, a lamp/display update message 1108 is sent from server 101 to telephone 105 that it is now connected to telephone 308. When the user at telephone 105 goes off-hook in step 1109 to answer the call, an answer message 1110 will be sent from server 101 to server 306, which results in a lamp/display update message 1111 sent to telephone 308 that the user at telephone 105 has answered their telephone. After the call has been completed by the parties, a tear down process may be used to tear down the call.
Although the present invention and its advantages have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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|U.S. Classification
|370/352, 370/356, 370/401
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jul 10, 2009
Owner name: ESTECH SYSTEMS, INC., TEXAS
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Effective date: 20021021
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