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Given the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's (PCAOB) current proposal for auditors to provide assurance on non-GAAP information or earnings releases, the results of this study are important for regulators and boards of directors in their evaluation of the desirable attributes for audit committee financial experts. This study suggests that the audit committee financial expert designation is likely best held by a director who brings to the table more than just supervisory experience over the financial reporting function; lessons gained from actually performing financial accounting functions seem to enhance the audit committee's ability to monitor management's non-GAAP financial measures and rationale for excluding charges as infrequent, unusual or nonrecurring.
For more information on this study, please contact Xu (Frank) Wang.
Seetharaman, A., X. Wang, and S. Zhang. 2014. An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Accounting Expertise in Audit Committees on Non-GAAP Earnings Exclusions. Accounting Horizons 28(1): 17-37.
This study is important to provide an insight into the personal relationships and familiarity between audit committee directors and external auditors in terms of auditor independence. Furthermore, our examination of AC director-auditor interlocking provides a more complete basis for understanding the effectiveness of corporate governance in guarding earnings quality. The results not only support the view that AC director-auditor interlocking positively affects investors' perception of earnings quality, but also support the regulatory requirement that audit committees include at least one financial expert.
For more information on this study, please contact Jeng-Fang Chen.
Chen, J.-F., Y.-Y. Chou, R.-R. Duh, and Y.-C. Lin. 2014. Audit committee director-auditor interlocking and perceptions of earnings quality. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 33 (4): 41-70
Based on the positive relation between litigation risk and the likelihood of appointing an accounting financial expert, this study suggests that firms with a demand for accounting financial experts are able to obtain accounting financial experts for their audit committees. However, this relation is only present in the presence of good governance. The authors suggest that this follows because either (1) only firms with good corporate governance seek to appoint accounting financial experts or (2) only firms with good corporate governance can attract accounting financial experts.
Krishnan, J., and J.E. Lee. 2009. Audit Committee Financial Expertise, Litigation Risk, and Corporate Governance. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 28 (May): 241-261.
The review identifies insights for practice and opportunities for research on communication issues between the auditor, the audit committee, and the board. The authors strongly believe that the academic and the practice communities must have a continual dialogue so that standards reflect research, and research is directed to issues with the greatest potential to positively affect public policy. These implications should interest the PCAOB, the SEC, other standard-setters, and regulators that focus on issues related to corporate governance and financial reporting quality.
Cohen, J., L. M. Gaynor, G. Krishnamoorthy, and A. M. Wright. 2007. Auditor Communications with the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors: Policy Recommendations and Opportunities for Future Research. Accounting Horizons 21 (2): 165-187.
This research makes important contributions to understanding the factors associated with audit committee monitoring effectiveness in the post-SOX period. This study provides additional support for already existing research that both busy audit committee chairs and busy audit committee financial experts may result in overall lower financial reporting quality. These results are important for firms to consider in order to understand how the effectiveness of the audit committee can be affected by these key roles.
For more information on this study, please contact Paul Tanyi.
Tanyi, P. N. and D. B. Smith. 2015. Busyness, expertise, and financial reporting quality of audit committee chairs and financial experts. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 34 (2): 59-89.
The findings of this paper have significant policy implications and are important to shareholders. While regulators have set rules to improve audit committee effectiveness, the reforms may not change the substantive effectiveness in certain cases, one case being that the CEO has too much power. The authors provide empirical evidence showing that the negative association between audit committee financial expertise and internal control weaknesses becomes weak when the CEO is powerful. The result implies requiring audit committee to possess certain characteristics, such as financial expertise and fully independence, may not be sufficient to strengthen the underlying substance of monitoring effectiveness. The findings are consistent with evidences from survey and interview studies that argue top management ultimately determine the effectiveness of audit committee. The authors also show a powerful CEO can affect the substantive effectiveness even though he/she is prohibited from selecting audit committee members under the SOX Act. Finally, the findings raise concerns over the common practice of CEO duality in the U.S. A CEO, being the chairman of the board at the same time, can adversely affect audit committee effectiveness.
Lisic, L. L., T. L. Neal, I. X. Zhang, and Y. Zhang. 2016. CEO Power, Internal Control Quality, and Audit Committee Effectiveness in Substance versus in Form. Contemporary Accounting Research 33 (3): 1199–1237.
The primary contribution of this study is finding that status-related concerns can prevent firms from appointing AFEs to their boards. This result has clear implications for regulators, as firms without AFEs are more likely to encounter accounting reporting problems. Specifically, recent regulation changes by the SEC to introduce a more broad definition of "financial expert" may damage the improvement of financial reporting that was intended by SOX. This research is consistent with previous findings that directors' concerns for firm status and their own welfare can negatively affect accounting reporting quality.
Erkens, D. H., and S. E. Bonner. 2013. The Role of Firm Status in Appointments of Accounting Financial Experts to Audit Committees. The Accounting Review 88 (1): 107–136.


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µPD166033T1U is part of 2nd Generation Intelligent Power Devices (IPD). They are N-channel high-side switches with charge pump, voltage controlled input, diagnostic feedback with proportional load current sense and embedded protection function. Family includes up to 14 devices depending on on-state resistance, package and channel number combination.
Variety of on-state resistance combined with standardized package on pin-out give user high flexibility for unit design depending on target load.
Because of advanced protection method, 2nd Generation Intelligent Power Devices achieve high robustness against long term and repetitive short circuit condition.
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What good live chat/live help solutions are available (preferably for use on a site hosted on a LAMP stack and free)? I'm looking for a way to allow our sales and customer service reps to talk directly with visitors to our site.
I've looked at phpopenchat, but it looks very unpolished. The only other free live chat app I've come across looked egregious. The aesthetics and UI design alone made me shudder to think what the underlying code might look like.
This isn't a critical feature, and it wouldn't be hard to code up myself, so I'm not really looking for commercial software or paid services (unless there's a really compelling reason to use them). I'm just wondering if any other webmasters have come across a satisfactory free/open source solution for providing live customer support on their website.
As a side note, live voice chat would also be an option, but it has to be be designed (or customizable) for customer support rather than a public chatroom.
Looking at the responses, it looks like there probably aren't going to be many free solutions for this type of business-oriented chat solution, so feel free to post answers even if they are commercial solutions as long as they're a good value.
Also feel free to post any alternate live support solutions (such as the Skype recommendation) that could be in someway integrated with a website.
This will give me a good lay of the land for what people are actually using for live support, and I think will be more helpful to others reading this question.


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Beating the Market Is Easy
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By Paul Merriman
Beating the stock market is the holy grail for many investors, and it's not hard.
You can try to beat the market through luck, just as you can win the Powerball lottery by mere luck. Better still, you can beat the market through knowledge and discipline. I'll show you how.
The average investor is actually very unlikely to beat the market. Many people let their emotions (mainly greed, fear and impatience) stop them from doing the right things. Others fall prey to Wall Street's sales pitches. Still others, unfortunately, just don't know what they're doing.
Most experts regard the Standard & Poor's 500 Index SPX -0.41% as "the market." Some studies indicate that only one-in-20 investors beat that bogey over long periods. That includes professionals.
The evidence: The most recent DALBAR study found that in the 20 calendar years ending in December 2011, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index had a 7.8% compound rate of return. In that same period, the average investor in U.S. equity mutual funds earned just 3.5%.
However, if you have reasonable expectations and you don't demand immediate results, beating the market is a piece of cake!
10 ways to beat the market
One: The most obvious way to beat the index is with leverage. Sure, investing with borrowed money is risky, but that's true of any investment. If you invest $10,000 of your own money and add 10% margin, $11,000 goes to work for you. After the cost of borrowing, that can probably add 0.2 to 0.4 percentage points to your annual long-term return.
But I hope you won't overdo it. Don't use more than 25% leverage. That could add more than 1% to your long-term return without too much risk of a margin call.
Two: Want more? Skip the S&P 500 Index and substitute a large-cap value fund such as the Vanguard Value Index VIVAX -0.22% . Over the long term, that will (at least based on history) boost your expected return by 1%.
Three: Another way to seek that extra one percentage point is to invest in a REIT fund like the Vanguard REIT Index Fund VGSIX -0.05% . That will give you a dividend-based return in an asset class that's not highly correlated with the overall stock market.
Four: If you want extra long-term horsepower to leave the S&P 500 Index in the dust, put your money in a fund such as Vanguard's Small Cap Index Fund NAESX -0.18% . Over the long haul, small-cap stocks have bested the market about half the time. This is an especially good choice for younger investors.
Five: If you want to try for still more, substitute small-cap value stocks through a fund such as the Vanguard Small-Cap Value Fund VISVX -0.06% . Over the past 80 years, this asset class has beaten the S&P 500 Index by three percentage points annually.
Six: Go beyond the borders of the United States. International large-cap value stocks, available in the Vanguard International Value Fund VTRIX +0.61% , have about the same historical advantage as U.S. large-cap value stocks.
Seven: International small-cap value stocks, like their U.S. counterparts, have historically beaten the S&P 500 Index by about three percentage points in the long run. The Wisdom Tree International Small Cap Dividend ETF DLS +0.41% gives you easy access to this asset class.
Eight: Most experts expect emerging market stocks to beat the S&P 500 Index. This doesn't happen in every year or even every decade, of course. But over the past 10 years, emerging markets stocks have clobbered the S&P by more than 10 percentage points a year. A long-term advantage of 2% to 3% isn't unreasonable to expect.
Nine: Do what I do with the equity part of my own portfolio: Invest in the S&P 500 Index as well as each of the other asset classes I have mentioned. I learned from the academic community, and I have confirmed with the best long-term data I can find, that this combination beats the Standard & Poor's 500 Index by about 2% a year without any added volatility. More gain without more pain — a combination I find very appealing at age 69.
Ten: Whatever approach you use, carry it out with low-cost funds, not individual stocks. I have been talking to investors for more than 50 years, and most of them have believed they could pick stocks that beat the market. Yet I've never met even one who could articulate a stock-picking strategy that reliably beats the market.
Maybe you will be the first to do that. But remember this: A recent national lottery that produced two winners also produced 175 million losers — and many times that many losers if you count all the drawings in which every player was a loser.
You can do much better than that, and now you know how.


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Martin dives into his cycle theory and how it came about. This is part I of two parts...
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World Conquest is played with one or more human and computer players.
There are 42 territories on the screen. Start by selecting which ones you want to own. If you have chosen then Random Placement setting, then territories are randomly assigned. Each player's territories are shown in that player's color. When you select a territory, an army is placed there. When you and your opponents have selected all the territories, then you take turns placing your remaining armies in the territories you own.
Start your turn by selecting one of your territories to attack from. Then select a neighboring territory to attack. You can attack overseas where a line indicates a connection. You must have at least two armies on a territory to attack. Chance determines how a battle goes, but chances are weighted by how many armies you have and how many armies the opponent has in that territory. If you do not conquer a territory immediately, you can click on it again to launch another attack.
Once you conquer a territory, some of your armies are automatically moved there. The rest of your armies need to be placed on either the territory you conquered or the territory you were attacking from.
At the beginning of each turn you will receive some new armies to place. The number depends on how many territories you own and how many complete continents you own. (You can place up to armies 10 at a time by holding down the shift key).
At the end of each turn, you can choose to 'fortify.' This means you can move some armies from one territory to an adjacent territory before the turn is over.
At the end of each turn where you successfully conquered a territory, you get a card. Once you have more than two cards, you may be eligible to turn some in for extra armies. You need to do this at the very start of a turn. There are three suits (soldier, tank and plane). You can turn in a set of cards with all the same suit, or turn in a set of cards representing each suit. There are also wild cards that can be any suit. You get some extra armies to place, plus two extra armies on a territory if that territory is shown on the card and you own it. You must turn in cards if you have more than five.
When you eliminate another player from the game, you will get all of that player's remaining cards. If this gives you more than five cards, you will be forced to immediately turn in sets of cards for more armies.
If you wish to vary the game, you can change the settings of the computer opponents. There are trhee articial intelligence levels to choose from. You can also set the aggressiveness and luck of each opponent. The luck setting will make it more or less likely that the opponent will win battles.
During the game you can press the Save button to save your current positions. You can then leave the game and return to it later. When you start, press the Resume Game button to pick up where you left off.
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Acetone, ether and glycerin, etc. the aqueous solution is acidic,
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Hey everyone,
My younger brother recently introduced me to Minecraft - http://www.minecraft.net
It seems to be very popular with all his friends. As you can see from the link, it's not the usual XBOX 360 graphics that we have become used to.
It looks more like Doom from back in the day!
Anyway, I'm interested to know if anyone here plays this?
I heard you can mod the game so I would be interested in developing mods for him and his friends.
If anyone has any experience with this, please get back to me


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This quest is only available during the Lunar Festival (around the Chinese New Year), and can be repeated every year.
Summon Omen, defeat him and gain Elune's Blessing. Return to Valadar Starsong in Nighthaven.
The beast Omen was once a hero of this world. A wolf of great strength and fortune, Omen fought beside the heroes of the War of the Ancients until he succumbed to demonic magics. Turning against his allies, he raged across Azeroth and carried death and terror in his wake.
Finally defeated here, in Moonglade, Omen now sleeps amoung the silt of Lake Elune'ara. But each new year, during the festival, he stirs...
Gather cohorts, <Name>, and summon and defeat the beast Omen. Earn the blessing of Elune!
Very well done, <name>. Defeating Omen sent his spirit back to the waters of Elune'ara. Although the beast himself is blessed by Elune and so cannot die, his anger will subside for another year.
Your victory is a celebration, <name>--a celebration of the might of Omen, of you and your allies, and of the peace you have given this tragic hero of our past.
You do not need to be in the raid that taps and kills Omen, you just need to stand in the light that shines on his dead body to receive Elune's Blessing and complete the quest. (So if you see folks fighting him, don't worry about raid invite, just lend a hand.) It's considered rude not to help if you want to do this.
You need to be at least Level 40 to get the quest. Up until Level 60, use Elune's Candle (from the quest giver) to take 1K health off him from each charge used. Note you can remove most of your gear if you wish to lessen repair bills.
Omen has 5570K Hit Points and he hits VERY hard. When the quest says to bring your friends, BRING YOUR FRIENDS! Better yet, make some new friends and bring them too! Once you are in the area (65,54) you need to be patient until he appears. I waited for about 15 minutes and then he came out of the lake.


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As part of a strategic shift through their 'Our Workspace' program, to state-of-the-art Microsoft® desktop and business applications, Clariant used Avanade to help upgrade its Lotus Notes based on Microsoft technologies.
The program impacted approximately 15,000 users spanning all businesses and functions in over 100 different countries in all continents.
Customer Solution
In addition to the program being structured along the five technologies to be implemented, the program management, training and communication and regional deployment provided by Avanade provided the link between the various streams. This proven approach helped to manage interdependencies and focus the delivery towards the pre-defined timeline and scope.
ResultsIn just six months key elements for the global roll-out for 15,000 desktops where established, bringing the new collaboration and communication capabilities to all Clariant employees.
The new platform has emerged as the foundation of new business demands and additional future investments in the areas of business and collaboration applications.


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Walk to Defeat ALS Celebrates 20 Years
Join us in celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Walk to Defeat ALS®! The Walk has come a long way in the last two decades, all because of people like you — volunteers, donors, participants, families, and sponsors. We can't thank you enough for all you've done for the ALS community.
Let's take a look at where we started and where we are now.
The first Walk to Defeat ALS happened all the way back in 1993 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was led by two dedicated individuals, Rita Hirschfield and Bob Kelley. At that time the closest ALS Association chapter was in New York. Rita and Bob recognized they needed a local network of supporters, so a support group was started in a room at the local hospital. They knew they needed to fundraise to further support their efforts, and the Walk was born.
In 2000, The ALS Association officially adopted the Walk to Defeat ALS with 13 events. What started locally spread across the country and grew in size and scope to over 170 events and in 2019 raised over $26 million dollars.
Thank you for joining us along this journey, together we can defeat ALS.


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distributedJMS, all cache invalidation events sent for items of that type use JMS, which persists cache invalidation event messages in the SQL database until delivery is complete. By contrast, Distributed TCP Caching cannot guarantee that all servers receive cache invalidation events. For example, a server might fail to connect to another server, and there is no guarantee that all delayed events are delivered after the connection is reestablished.
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
the anatomy of pink
... am baking bread
... got my first-ever manicure, milky pink nail polish, in this color,
... a reward for breaking a bad habit - can you guess which one?
... purchased new pink hyacinths for my dining room table
... looking at real knitting patterns here
... specifically, this one
... in the mood to knit something interesting
... and, maybe bake something like this
happy weekend everyone.
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Royal Doulton's office, above, views the front landscape. An axis to place the tree. PSO becomes focal point. I want him to enjoy the tree he is saving and have its placement be perfection.
Royal Doulton didn't know the tree he saved is a great haven for birds. Ambient sounds for his workday.
Near the frontdoor, above, a window. Peek inside, a circular stairwell. Look closely, the paint is a bit spattered. Good landscape design, Tara's way, includes everything you can see inside a house from the landscape. Touch up the spatters.
Above, stone, brick, copper, cut limestone, a lovely frontdoor, a real gas lantern, and generous size. A beautiful entry. Don't diminish beauty with something cute. The 'welcome' sign is not welcome here.
The house already says 'welcome' in tones of elegance & intelligence.
Styling a landscape often involves removing 'cute' gifts from a loved one. Awkward if it was from an in-law, step-child or etc... If so, keep it for about a year and then it must suddenly 'break & disappear'. Don't mention the trip to the thrift store. If you really can't get rid of a horrible landscape 'gift' plant an evergreen vine on it.
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Allred, Charles E. Rural credit in TN, 1923. Knoxville, TN Ag. Exp. Sta., 1938. 48 pp. (its Rural research series monograph #82)
Assessment for potential resource recovery project in Putnam County, TN. Chattanooga, TVA, 1981. 33 pp.
Brinker, William J., ed. A time for looking back: Putnam County veterans, their families, & the Vietnam War. Cookeville, TTU, 1990. 109 pp. Buck, James. A history of the library resources of Putnam County. TN Polytechnic Institute thesis, 1961. 87 pp.
Burgess Falls natural area, Putnam County TN: master plan. N.p., 1974. 49 pp.
Chatham, Carrie G. Water quality of streams affected by acid mine drainage in the Upper East Fork Obey River Watershed, TN. TTU thesis, 1990. 132 pp.
Community data: Cookeville & Putnam County, TN. Cookeville, n.p., 1961. var. pp.
DeLozier, Mary J. "The Civil War & its aftermath in Putnam County." THQ 38 (1979), pp. 436-461.
DeLozier, Mary J. Putnam County, TN, 1850-1970. N.p., 1979. 377 pp.
Grime, John H. Recollections of a long life. Lebanon, n.p., 1930. 26 pp.
Hatfield, James M. A history & educational survey of Putnam County, TN. UT thesis, 1937. 99 pp.
Historic Putnam County [audiovisual]. Cookeville, Putnam County Bicentennial Commission, 1976. 159 slides + guide (14 p.)
Hogan, Colin A. A study of the use of the Putnam County soil survey & supplement in the site selection for selected non-agricultural uses in Putnam County. UT thesis, 1973. 72 pp.
Hopson, Mary. Siftings from Putnam County, TN: towns, communities, people. Cookeville, Diversified Graphic, 1991. 324 pp.
Hopson, Mary. Stray leaves from Putnam County history: pioneer families, sights & sounds from the past, old school groups, Civil War soldiers. Cookeville, the author, 1990. 296 pp.
Hudelston, Jesse. "The ballad of the Braswell boys -- a Putnam County incident." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 46 (1980), pp. 25-30.
Jones, William C. The history of education, grades one through twelve in Putnam County, TN, from 1900 to 1960. Cookeville, TN Polytechnic Institute, 1963. 121 pp.
Kailasam, Ramachandran. A socioeconomic analysis of non-migrants, return migrants, & primary migrants in Putnam County, TN. UT thesis, 1978. 76 pp.
McClain, Walter S. A history of Putnam County, TN, by Walter S. McClain. Chapter eight by Quimby Dyer. Cookeville, Q. Dyer, 1925. 152 pp.
Nichols, Earl Y. An analysis of Putnam County's ability to support education, based on a study & comparison of assessed value to real value of property. TN Polytechnic Institute thesis, 1959. 67 pp.
Nolen, Jewell. Putnam County Health Dept. cooperating with the Putnam County Court presents information on the history, development, & services of the Putnam County Health Dept., Cookeville, TN, August, 1965. Cookeville, n.p., 1965. 169 pp.
Pictorial history of Putnam County, TN. Cookeville, First American Bank, 1988. 259 pp.
Putnam County, 1980-1987: an economic analysis. Nashville, TN Dept. Emp. Sec., 1988. 12 pp.
Putnam County Area Redevelopment Committee. Overall economic development program for Putnam County, TN. N.p., n.d. 37 pp.
Railroading in Putnam County. Cookeville, Cookeville Depot Museum, 1987. 16 pp.
Redmon, Thomas L. Employment opportunities of Putnam County High School graduates & post graduates, & type of training desired by employers. TTU thesis, 1969. 59 pp.
Rogers, E.G. "Switching for water." TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 21 (1955), pp. 108- 111.
Social survey of Putnam County, TN. Prepared under auspices of Putnam County Chapter, American Red Cross, under direction of Marguerite Thompson. N.p., 1920. 24 pp.
Soil survey, Putnam County, TN. Washington D.C., US GPO, 1912, 1963.
Spurlock, Donald E. The Brassell hangings of Putnam County, TN. Cookeville, Southland Printing Co., 1981. 230 pp.
Stedman, Stephen J. Birds of Putnam County, TN. Cookeville, TTU Printing Services, 1993. 146 pp.
TN Dept. Transportation [county maps] issued periodically.
Tennessee treasures: recipes of Putnam County. Collierville, Fundcraft, 1994. 90 pp.
Thompson, Arthur. A study of health services in the Putnam County, TN, public schools. TTU thesis, 1967. 82 pp.
Throckmorton, Harry B. A history of commercial banking in Putnam County, TN. Cookeville, the author, 1977. 62 pp.
Trials for the murder of Raphael Harris Perlmutter in Putnam County, TN. Cookeville, TTU, 1987. (typed copy of transcripts from the trials & of newspaper articles & pertinent letters from Army personnel, etc.)
US Geol. Survey [topographic maps] issued periodically. Quadrangles: Dodson Branch, Windle, Buffalo Valley, Baxter, Cookevile West, Cookeville East, Monterey, Obey City, Clarkrange, Center Hill Dam, Silverpoint, Burgess Falls, Dry Valley, Monterey Lake, Campbell Junction, De Rossett.
Upper Cumberland Development District. Comprehensive water & sewage plan: Putnam County, TN. Cookeville, the district, 1971. 115 pp.
Watters, George W. Elmer Lincoln Wirt, editor & politician: a study of grassroots populism & progressivism in TN. TTU thesis, 1973. 122 pp.
Webb, Thomas G. "The pottery industry of Dekalb, White & Putnam counties." THQ 30 (1971), pp. 110-112.
Wilson, Dick. The physical, chemical & biological recovery of Pigeon Roost Creek following the closing of a sewage treatment plant. TTU thesis, 1985. 73 pp.
Algood Extension Homemakers Club. The Algood story, 1857-1935. Algood, the club, 1986. 58 pp.
Algood School Alumni Assoc. Algood School, 1892-1992. Algood, Anderson Performance Printing, 1992. 120 pp.
Lutin, Philip A. Building numbers & streets for the city of Algood, TN, Putnam County. Cookeville, TTU, 1966. 55 pp.
Dyer, Quimby. Baxter, TN. Cookeville, n.p., 1924. 17 pp.
Matthews, Ruth R. A light on the Cumberland Plateau: the story of Baxter Seminary. Nashville, Commission on Archives & History, TN Annual Conference, United Methodist Church, 1975. 134 pp.
Boyd, Ernest H. Address of Ernest H. Boyd on the part TN has played in the history of the Union. Cookeville, the Press, 1899. 28 pp. (delivered at the annual commencement of the Cookeville Collegiate Institute, May 19, 1899)
Brinker, William J. "Cookeville's 109th cavalry troop." THQ 53 (Winter 1994), pp. 228-245.
Cookeville's government; a study of the organization & administration of the government of Cookeville, TN. Prepared by the Bureau of Public Administration, UT, & the Bureau of Research, College of Business Administration & others. Knoxville, UT, 1948. 118 pp.
Merrill, George P. A recently-found iron meteorite from Cookeville, Putnam County, TN. Washington, D.C., n.p., 1917. pp.
Whitney, Gertrude. Cookeville in retrospect. Reprinted from Cookeville's Putnam County Herald, 1943. Dallas, TX, 1943. 47 pp.
Smith, Flavious J. Enduring memories: growing up in Dry Valley the heart of the Upper Cumberland. Cookeville, the author, 1984. 75 pp.
Dillard, John R. Standing Stone, TN, Monterey, early history. Nashville, Harris Press, 1989. 428 pp.
Tennessee Technological University
Neufeldt, Harvey G. & W. Calvin Dickinson. "Dark & mysterious channels": the creation of TN Polytechnic Institute. THQ 48 (Fall, 1989), pp. 144- 150.
Neufeldt, Harvey & W. Calvin Dickinson. The search for identity: a history of TTU, 1915-1985. Memphis, MSU Press, 1991. 216 pp.
Smith, Austin W. The story of TN Tech. Cookeville, n.p., 1957. 326 pp. (reprinted by McQuiddy, 1957.)
TN Technological University. Register & announcement. 1916/17 -. Cookeville, 1916 --. Annual. (Title varies slightly. Vols. for 1916/17- 1964/65 issued by the university under its earlier name: TN Polytechnic Institute)
TN Technological University. The TN Tech journal. v. 1, Spring 1966-. (quarterly)


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Five things to know about the Minnesota Twins as they start spring training camp:
MAUER'S MOVE: With six-time All-Star catcher Joe Mauer coming off a concussion, the difficult decision was made to move the franchise cornerstone to first base. With only 105 home runs over his 10-year career, Mauer's $23 million annual salary will be well above market price at a typically power-hitting position. But his value can't be overstated, as evidenced by the team's 12-27 finish after he took a foul tip off his mask on Aug. 19 and sat the rest of the season. That woeful .308 winning percentage was down sharply from the .439 mark they were at before his injury.
Not needing as many days off at first base, Mauer's overall contribution to the offense ought to increase. There's also a reasonable expectation that, without the grind of being behind the plate, a fresher body will bring more power. The infield could use the boost. Second baseman Brian Dozier, shortstop Pedro Florimon and third baseman Trevor Plouffe have a combined .236 career batting average.
REVAMPED ROTATION: The Twins had an All-Star closer in Glen Perkins and a serviceable bullpen from top to bottom last season, but their starters had the worst ERA in the majors (5.26), nearly a half-run higher than the next-closest team. After averaging 97 losses over the last three years, the Twins aggressively upgraded the rotation through free agency. They'll pay Ricky Nolasco, Phil Hughes, Mike Pelfrey and Kevin Correia a combined $31 million this year, the most in franchise history for the top four starters, including when Johan Santana and Brad Radke were the aces.
"Obviously the rotation wasn't very good. Obviously I was a huge part of that," Pelfrey said, adding: "Pitching is what wins you games. I think we have a chance."
CATCHING UP: The Twins signed Kurt Suzuki, a starting catcher for most of his seven years in the majors, to help take Mauer's place behind the plate. The Twins heard strong reviews from Oakland, Suzuki's former team, about his leadership and intelligence. Josmil Pinto, who posted a .963 on-base-plus-slugging percentage over 21 games last September, is the leading long-term candidate. Eric Fryer and Chris Herrmann are also possibilities to make the team, if Pinto isn't deemed ready yet for regular action.
"Our pitchers have a whole spring training to work with these guys, and I think it's going to work out," manager Ron Gardenhire said.
OUTFIELD IS OPEN: Twins outfielders ranked last in the majors with a collective .668 on-base-plus-slugging percentage. With Mauer's move and the trade of Ryan Doumit, Josh Willingham is expected to become the primary designated hitter. Oswaldo Arcia is in line to be the everyday left fielder. But the entire outfield is open for competition.
Jason Kubel, brought back on a minor league contract, is an option at the corner spots. Former first-round draft pick Aaron Hicks will have another tryout in center field, with Alex Presley pushing him. Chris Parmelee's last chance in right field has arrived.
MISSING RYAN: Widely respected general manager Terry Ryan won't be present when the Twins open camp on Monday in Fort Myers, Fla., having recently been diagnosed with cancer in his neck. He's away from the team indefinitely for treatment, but in his typical stoic fashion last week, Ryan told his lieutenants not to worry about managing without him.
"It'll be up to him to give us a call, and when he does we'll fill him in on what's going on and ask his opinion and everything else and what he thinks, and when the time comes we'll just make the best decisions we can," assistant general manager Rob Antony said.
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Saint Paul's Solarator: Breaking ground and powering MN solar industry
Ralph Jacobson, known in the superhero community as the Solarator, is the President of MnSEIA and the CEO of Innovative Power Systems. For the past 25 years, he has helped build the solar industry in Minnesota, creating plenty of opportunities for himself and others.
Dance Solar & Greenpeace Guy: Educators with a solar home in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Dickinson, known in the superhero community as Dance Solar, and her husband Christopher Childs, or Greenpeace Guy, own a home in Saint Paul powered by solar and work to educate and support others in Minnesota interested in clean energy! Watch the video to learn more about them and their powers of enthusiasm.
Little Miss Sunshine and Watt Weenie help power the Twin Cities with solar
Rebecca Lundberg and Dan Williams, the owners and operators of Powerfully Green in Champlin, MN, fly by night as Little Miss Sunshine and Watt Weenie. They have been bringing renewable energy to Minnesota's Twin Cities and surrounding areas since 2007 by installing high-quality solar electric and thermal systems. Learn more on their website.
Randy "Gutsy" Hagen manufactures solar hot water systems in Alexandria
Innovative superhero Gutsy is known to his colleagues as Randy Hagen, President of Solar Skies in Alexandria, MN, where he and his team manufacture solar thermal hot water collectors and mounting hardware. You can learn more on their website, by reading a case study about a laundromat in Minnesota heating water with their collectors, and in a story from Minnesota Public Radio about a building that gets much of its hot water from their systems.
Bob the Builder and Quinnzillion in Pine River power sustainable communities
Bob the Builder and Quinnzillion (known to their friends and coworkers as Bob McLean and Quinn Swanson) are movers and shakers at the Hunt Utilities Group and Happy Dancing Turtle in Pine River, MN, whose 70-acre campus is a laboratory for better buildings, local food and zero waste—and over the past 12 years has become a destination for sustainable living. Learn more on the Hunt Utilities Group and Happy Dancing Turtle websites and a recent case study profile by CERTs. You should also check out their Pine River GreenStep Cities efforts.
Brainerd's Storage Man with Silent Power makes clean energy systems reliable
Todd Headlee, or Storage Man, is the CEO of Silent Power, Inc. out of Brainerd, MN where they combine energy storage systems with their own inverter technology to ensure that homeowners and businesses have power when they need it most, and to allow utilities to better manage their peak demands! Learn more on their website and in another video alongside other energy entrepreneurs at the CERTs 2011 Conference.
Captain Kilowatt helps businesses save energy in Buffalo, MN
Joe Steffel, or Captain Kilowatt, is the Utilities Director with the City of Buffalo, and he's working to build community among small businesses in Buffalo by helping them save energy and money! Learn more about their energy conservation program for small businesses in a newspaper article and on the city's website.
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Today, I am sorting through my 2010 and 2011 field research notes about four battlefields in Montana. My doctoral work focuses on the ways people use archaeological resources, historical records, and oral accounts to create and maintain the sacredness of four historic battlefields: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (LIBI); Nez Perce National Historic Park- Bear Paw Battlefield (BPB); Nez Perce National Historic Park- Big Hole National Battlefield (BIHO); and Rosebud Battlefield State Park (RBSP). My study uses the "memory archaeology" approach to look at how people relate to a place using their personal memories or cultural heritages. Focusing on place-based narratives, which are on-site interpretative methods and anniversary practices, my research asks in what ways these interpretations contribute to the perception of these battlefields as sacred landscapes.
Although they may not be intended to be used in this manner directly, archaeological data can contribute to the intellectual and emotional responses about historic events, especially ones with a long-term history of commemorations like at BIHO, BPB, LIBI, and RPSB. The interpretation of archaeological, historical, and oral accounts as credible bases has immediate social impacts and responses.
I believe that all archaeologists should have good ethnographic field skills. Why? Over the decades, more local communities around the world have become involved in archaeological projects. Archaeologists, whether as principal investigators, consultants, or liaisons, must be able to communicate well with the public. Archaeologists having good ethnographic field skills can lead to excellent public relations with local communities and an increased public awareness on the importance preserving heritage sites.
So, on this lovely day in Missoula, I am typing up some of my handwritten field research notes. I am also revisiting many of my digital photographs and short videoclips of each battlefield. (And, it is always a joy to see the beautiful Montanan landscapes!) These recorded observations will help me in analyzing and answering my research questions.


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The service is run by DeviceAnywhere, and provides online metered access to live devices for application testing through a web browser. Users can do anything with the phones that would be possible in person (short of dropping it on the floor, presumably).
San Mateo, CA-based DeviceAnywhere currently offers this sort of service for over 900 different mobile devices.


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NASA has decided to press on with plans to launch the space shuttle Discovery on its final mission Thursday after evaluating a last-minute electrical glitch on the spacecraft, but a dismal weather forecast looms ahead.
Teams here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center reviewed the data from the anomaly overnight and concluded that the problem was likely the result of residual contamination on a circuit breaker connection, rather than a problem with the engine controller itself.
Engineers "scrubbed" the connectors by plugging them in and out, which cleans the metallic surfaces of the residue. Mission managers are confident the issue has now been resolved.
"We talked overnight, the team brought us a very nice, cohesive flow through the data," Mike Moses, NASA's shuttle integration manager, said in a news briefing. "We had a unanimous poll out of the [mission management team], and everyone was very comfortable with the story that came together today."
Discovery is slated to blast off from a seaside launch pad here at the Kennedy Space Center at 3:29 p.m. EDT (1929 GMT) tomorrow (Nov. 4). The decision came after an hours-long discussion by top mission managers to clear Discovery of any concerns related to an electrical glitch in a backup main engine computer controller.
Weather, however, still poses a dire threat for Discovery's launch chances. Current forecasts show an 80 percent chance that foul weather could cause yet another delay, though conditions improve for later attempts on Friday.
Managers will reconvene early tomorrow morning before tanking to assess the weather situation.
The glitch was detected yesterday and forced NASA to halt launch preparations for Discovery. The shuttle was initially slated to launch Monday (Nov. 1), but was postponed due to unrelated gas leaks that have since been repaired.[GRAPHIC: NASA's Space Shuttle – From Top to Bottom]
During the orbiter's engine checkouts yesterday (Nov. 2), the backup controller for Discovery's Main Engine No. 3 did not turn on as expected. When it powered on about an hour and a half later, engineering teams subsequently observed an irregular voltage drop.
Discovery is slated to fly an 11-day mission to the International Space Station to deliver a new storage module and a humanoid robot for the orbiting lab's crew. It will be the 39th and last flight for space shuttle Discovery, which is the first of NASA's three shuttles to be retired as the agency winds down its orbiter program next year.
If NASA cannot launch Discovery by Sunday, Nov. 7, it will miss the current window and have to stand down until Dec. 1 to try again.
- GRAPHIC: NASA's Space Shuttle – From Top to Bottom
- Gallery: Building Space Shuttle Discovery
- Video – Space Shuttle Discovery: A Retrospective, Part 2, Part 3
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2013 My Vet's the Best grand prize winner Dr. Sarah Coburn to aid pets in need with prize money
LAS VEGAS – Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC (Pets Best), a leading U.S. pet insurance agency, has named Dr. Sarah Coburn the 2013 grand prize winner of its nationwide My Vet's the Best contest. Dr. Coburn practices at North Slope Borough Veterinary Clinic in Barrow, Alaska, which is the sole source of veterinary care within an 89,000-square-mile area.
Pets Best created the My Vet's the Best contest in 2010 to recognize outstanding veterinarians and provide funding for the treatment of animals in need. The agency awards several seasonal winners each year and announces one annual grand prize winner during the Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas. Nearly 1,000 veterinarians received nominations from grateful pet owners during the 2013 contest.
Dr. Jack Stephens, president and founder of Pets Best Insurance, announced Dr. Coburn as the grand prize winner today at the Western Veterinary Conference. Dr. Coburn, who was selected from a group of 24 grand prize finalists across the U.S., received a check for $1,000 to support her ongoing efforts to address animal health issues in her region. Dr. Coburn said she plans to use the prize money to provide shelter and insulation for outdoor dogs that otherwise would not have protection from the frigid arctic weather.
"Pets Best received an overwhelming number of nominations for highly qualified veterinarians this year, but the story of Dr. Coburn's efforts to care for animals in a remote area of Alaska was incredibly compelling," Dr. Stephens said. "We believe the entire nation should be aware of her selfless commitment to treating animals under extremely demanding circumstances."
Dr. Coburn practices at a clinic in the northernmost town in the U.S. that overlooks the Arctic Ocean and is accessible only by plane. Facing extreme weather while traveling to remote areas, Dr. Coburn overcomes a host of challenges to treat local animals.
With no private veterinary practices in the region, Dr. Coburn's clinic is funded by the North Slope Borough government, requiring her to offer a wide variety of services. She regularly takes flights to several surrounding villages to provide veterinary services, including rabies shots and spaying and neutering. When animals experience emergencies, owners typically fly their pets to the clinic.
"I believe I won My Vet's the Best because our situation and remoteness here is so different from what most other veterinarians face," Dr. Coburn said. "It's a challenge, but it's interesting every day. Since it's an area that can't support a private vet, I'm glad to provide a service that otherwise wouldn't be here. It's a lot of variety, and it's very rewarding."
In addition to treating household pets, Dr. Coburn has also treated a wide range of wildlife, including birds, snowy owls and walruses. She is scheduled to assist the veterinary team dedicated to examining and treating dogs this year during the world-famous Iditarod dog sled race. With such limited public health resources in the area, Dr. Coburn even assists state health inspectors with inspections at local restaurants. Coburn has a master's degree in clinical sciences and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Colorado State University.
Dr. Coburn received multiple nominations for My Vet's the Best in 2013, and she frequently receives praise from pet owners who could not provide care for their animals without her.
"Dr. Coburn is the kindest, most compassionate animal lover I know," pet owner Beckie Campbell wrote in her nomination entry for Dr. Coburn. "She flies out to the smaller villages here on the North Slope in small planes, sometimes in bad weather, to give her skill, care and kindness to all the animals. She has some amazing and heart-wrenching rescue stories. She is an animal angel."
In 2010, Pets Best became the nation's first pet insurance agency to develop a contest aimed at recognizing the country's best veterinarians. While voting for the contest's seasonal winners is open to the public through the Pets Best website and Facebook page, each year's grand prize winner is selected by an internal review panel comprised of respected veterinary professionals. The grand prize winner receives $1,000 to treat animals in need, as well as a trip for two to the Western Veterinary Conference.
For more information about the My Vet's the Best contest, visit www.petsbest.com/blog/my-vets-the-best-contest.
First photo above: Dr. Sarah Coburn, center, receives $1,000 for the treatment of animals in need from Dr. Jack Stephens, left, president and founder of Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC, and Chris Middleton, chief operating officer of Pets Best. Pets Best named Dr. Coburn the grand prize winner of its 2013 My Vet's the Best contest on Feb. 18 at the Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas.
Second photo above: Dr. Jack Stephens, president and founder of Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC, speaks with Dr. Sarah Coburn, grand prize winner of the agency's 2013 My Vet's the Best contest, at the Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas on Feb. 18.
About Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC
Dr. Jack L. Stephens, president of Pets Best, founded pet insurance in the U.S. in 1981 with a mission to end euthanasia when pet owners couldn't afford veterinary treatment. Dr. Stephens went on to present the first U.S. pet insurance policy to famous television dog Lassie. Pets Best provides coverage for dogs and cats and is the only veterinarian founded and operated pet insurance company in the United States. Dr. Stephens leads the Pets Best team with his passion for quality pet care and his expert veterinary knowledge. He is always available to answer questions regarding veterinary medicine, pet health and pet insurance. The Pets Best team is a group of pet lovers who strive to deliver quality customer service and value. Visit www.petsbest.com for more information.
Pet insurance coverage offered and administered by Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC is underwritten by Independence American Insurance Company, a Delaware insurance company. Independence American Insurance Company is a member of The IHC Group, an organization of insurance carriers and marketing and administrative affiliates that has been providing life, health, disability, medical stop-loss and specialty insurance solutions to groups and individuals for over 30 years. For information on The IHC Group, visit: www.ihcgroup.com. Additional insurance services administered by Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC are underwritten by Prime Insurance Company. Some existing business is underwritten by Aetna Insurance Company of Connecticut. Each insurer has sole financial responsibility for its own products.
Pets Best is a proud member of the North America Pet Health Insurance Association (NAPHIA).


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In the wake of the carnage in Mumbai, India is contemplating another round of coercive diplomacy. But the geopolitical winds are unfavourable. In 2002, India was successful in pushing Washington to arm-twist Pakistan. The then ruler Pervez Musharraf learnt a lesson. Today, India has less left behind its push, Islamabad has a greater hold over the US and, in any case, the lights are going out in the White House.
Most Indians believe the Army mobilisation that followed the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) attack on Parliament in 2002 was much sound and fury signifying nothing. It didn't bring peace on earth. But Islamabad did learn a lesson and paid a price — which should be the goal of any Indian response to Pakistan-based terrorist outrage.
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Hindustan Times
President Zardari. No authority?
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The lesson of 2002: before 9/11, Islamabad could count on the US jumping in during any India-Pakistan terror crisis, point fingers at the two countries' nuclear weapons and persuade New Delhi not to retaliate. After 9/11, the Bush administration told Pakistan, "If India wants to bloody your nose, they have the right." US embassy officials rang up Indian journalists to stress that the US was no longer using the word 'restraint' when it came to India.
The price of 2002: India, after considering and abandoning the demand for the extradition of 20 terrorists because it feared its own courts would let them go, demanded Pakistan put an end to militant infiltration into Kashmir. New Delhi knew very well this would be a band-aid concession. But it calculated a few months of border quiet would be enough to push through a peaceful and fair Kashmir election. Its success on that front is the main reason the turbulent state has seen relatively low levels of violence since 2002.
Outwardly, it seems like India could play the same game again. Pakistan has denuded its border with India of troops. Most have been transferred to fight recalcitrant militants in Pakistan's tribal areas. If India waves a big stick, these troops would have to return to the eastern border. Washington is desperate for that not to happen as its Afghan war effort would be crippled. In theory, then, the US would be prepared to press Pakistan to cough up a concession to ensure the troop transfer doesn't happen. However, the landscape has changed in all three countries. The most telling is that President George W. Bush is down to his last 50 days in office. There is very little desire in the US to cut the ground from under President Asif Ali Zardari's feet. He is Mr Nice Guy and Mr Best Hope.
Which raises a question: whom exactly is there to arm-twist in Pakistan? As the recent 'Now he's coming, now he's not' farce over the ISI chief showed, Zardari only thinks he's President. He has legitimacy, but no authority. Military chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has authority, but no legitimacy.
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Authors: Sherman, Margaret S. C.
Date: May 25, 1856
Margaret Sarah Cecilia (Mrs. John) Sherman wrote Sara Robinson on May 25, 1856, regarding Governor Robinson's captivity to date. He had been arrested on May 10 at Lexington, Missouri, and subsequently returned to the territory. At this time he was being held in Leavenworth, where Sherman and many other of Robinson's friends had the opportunity to visit with him, and Sherman was able to attest to his good treatment. She makes interesting, favorable reference to Robinson's stay in Lexington and to "Captain [John W.] Martin of the Kickapoo rangers," who "seemed to have charge" of the governor in Leavenworth. (Congressman John Sherman of Ohio was the brother of William T. Sherman, later of Leavenworth, and a member of the Howard Committee, investigating the Kansas affair.)
Keywords: Damage claims; Free state cause; Howard Committee (see also Congressional Report 200); Jones, Samuel J. (Sheriff); Leavenworth, Kansas Territory; Lexington, Missouri; Martin, John W.; Preston, Colonel; Proslavery activities; Proslavery supporters; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911; Sack of Lawrence, May 1856; Shannon, Wilson, 1802-1877; Sherman, John, 1823-1900


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From Rediff.
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Tuesday offered to hold talks with the Taliban to usher in peace in the region, saying it would help foster understanding among people with divergent views.
"I am ready to go and talk to the Taliban. I want to talk to them, understand them and give them my opinion. So we can definitely make a difference. We should try it again and again even if we have to try it 100 times," Ravi Shankar said during an interaction with the public and media in Islamabad.
Responding to a question on what leaders could do to usher in peace in the region, the spiritual guru said, "Most of the trouble is created by rhetoric" and people should instead work for a future filled with hope.
"People find importance in creating such dangerous situations. They should stop and give more hope to people," he said.
Ravi Shankar, currently on a three-day private visit to Pakistan, inaugurated a centre for his Art of Living movement at Bani Gala on the outskirts of Islamabad.
He also met with a group of Muslim clerics and some political leaders.
Answering questions from the media and the public, Ravi Shankar said decision-makers should be "calm and collective" while tackling serious issues.
Life becomes worth living, he said, when people are able to be of help to others.
"When decision-makers are in high tension or angry, they will project the same thing in their decisions. They should do some meditation and relax, especially when they have to make a serious decision that will impact a lot of people," he said.
He said he was happy to see the enthusiasm with which the Pakistani people had welcomed him.
Highlighting the transformation in Pakistan, Ravi Shankar said, "On my last visit, I was surrounded by security personnel and holed up in the hotel. On this visit, I interacted more with people and met the youth at Forman Christian College (in Lahore)".
"It was amazing to see the enthusiasm, inquisitiveness and willingness to know," he said.
Though some "government people" in India had asked him not to visit Pakistan, he had decided to go ahead with his trip, he added.
Ravi Shankar identified corruption as one of the biggest problems confronting countries around the world, including Pakistan.
"The civil society should rise up and say no to corruption. Law and legislation alone won't solve the problem, it can happen only if there is spiritual transformation," he remarked.
He also called for inter-faith harmony and "allowing diversity to exist".
Pakistan could earn revenues by promoting and developing tourist sites like Taxila that could attract Buddhist and Hindu visitors, he said.
"Love, peace, tolerance" is what Pakistani students shouted for when asked by visiting spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar what he should speak about. Ravi Shankar regaled the audience at the famous Forman Christian College in Lahore as he spoke about love, religion and answered number of questions.
"You better find another one from about seven billion living souls in the world. Move ahead," was Ravi Shankar's advice to a Pakistani student who sought his view on him being unable to forget his ex-girlfriend.
The answer led to a round of thunderous applause from the audience in Lahore.
Hundreds of students accorded a warm welcome to Ravi Shankar, who began a three-day private visit to Pakistan with an address at the college in Lahore.
The hall was jam-packed an hour before the arrival of Shankar as both students and teachers were eager to listen to him.
"I am glad to see your enthusiasm. You can do wonders in life with this energy. Do not lose this enthusiasm," Shankar said after walking onto the stage.
He asked the students what they wanted him to speak about and the hall echoed with shouts of "Love, peace, tolerance".
Shankar involved the students in demonstrations to make them understand the power of truth. "You tell a lie and lose power over yourself," he said.
He told them how to control anger and mood swings and to concentrate on studies.
A student asked Shankar to comment on the "worshipping of idols", as it is a common belief in Pakistan that Hindus worship hundreds of gods.
"Like Allah has 99 names, there are over 1,000 idols but God is not in them. God is one. Hindus also worship one God," Ravi Shankar explained, drawing applause from senior members of the faculty.
Ravi Shankar asked the audience to make space in their lives for meditation, yoga and breathing techniques and see how this would bring about a change.Referring to India-Pakistan relations, Ravi Shankar cited the example of France, Germany and Britain living in peace after centuries of enmity and questioned why the South Asian neighbours could not do the same.
"Both countries can make progress and overcome poverty if we are united. We need to wipe away every tear…I have a dream in my life and that is about a world free of violence, anxiety and corruption," he said.
In response to a question, he said no religion is responsible for terrorism. "What we need to do is teach a child about 10 religions. He would develop understanding about them, leading towards tolerance".
He added, "A person who thinks he will go to heaven and the rest to hell, in fact creates hell for the rest".After he concluded his speech, students rushed up to the spiritual leader to take photographs with him.Shankar arrived in Lahore on Monday via the Wagah land border crossing. He visited the historic Badshahi Mosque and held some private meetings with followers of his Art of Living movement.
He will travel to Islamabad tomorrow and open a new Art of Living centre.From the federal capital, he will travel to the southern port city of Karachi, from where he will leave for India on March 14.


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New ABS & Afimilk Partnership: Afimilk, ABS Jointly Introduce Innovative Dairy Heat Detection Device
Sep 26, 2013, 11:46 ET
MADISON, WI, Sept. 26, 2013 /CNW/ - The two global leaders in the dairy farming ecosystem, Afimilk and ABS, are teaming up to market the next generation of automatic heat detection solutions, AfiAct II.
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The most accurate system of its type, AfiAct II uses long-range radio to collect behavior data anywhere on the farm - from herds of any size - and updates results at short intervals. Highly scalable and adaptable, the system is available as a stand-alone solution, or integrated with Afimilk's farm and milking parlor management system. AfiAct II is also web-accessible on any type of device.
Already, with the AfiAct heat detection system, U.S. customers are achieving pregnancy rates above 25 percent. Operating wirelessly, AfiAct II reduces open days and operating costs, resulting in savings of $100-$150 per cow, per lactation.
Afimilk, a world-leading dairy management company, developed the first and, currently, most precise, heat detection system. Recently, the company launched its next-generation solution for heat detection. As part of this collaboration, ABS will further extend its portfolio of reproduction offerings by introducing the AfiAct II system to customers in the U.S. and Canada.
About ABS
Headquartered in DeForest, Wisconsin, ABS Global is the world-leading provider of bovine genetics, reproduction services, technologies and uddercare products. Marketing in more than 80 countries around the globe, ABS has been at the forefront of animal genetics and technology since its founding in 1941. ABS Global is a division of Genus plc.
About Afimilk
Afimilk provides dairy producers the technology and the knowledge to profitably produce high-quality milk. Afimilk's creative thinking and proven expertise continue to lead the dairy industry by advancing the technology and introducing innovative improvements to match the changing needs of the dairy sector. The company leads in management software and sensors, with systems installed in over 50 countries.
For more information, visit our websites: http://www.afimilk.com & http://www.absglobal.com
SOURCE: Afimilk Ltd.
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If you have ever told someone that you like to travel during a casual conversation then you have probably been asked what your favourite place that you've ever been to is. My answer to this question has always been Iceland, and probably will always be too.
Iceland is just magical. When I first arrived there and started looking around me; I couldn't help but wonder if I was in a dream. Was this place even real? Like, are you kidding me?
Here are 6 reasons you MUST book a flight to Iceland immediately.
1. The Golden Circle Tour
Really, this is lots of little reasons in one. The Golden circle tour is perhaps one of the most popular tours that Iceland have to offer; and it's not difficult to see why with all of the beautiful stops along the way:
Thengvellir National Park
For me, Thengvellir felt like a real life Narnia.
It's snowy, it's magical & it seems to go on forever.
Gullfoss is called 'Golden Falls', as on a sunny day the water that plunges down looks truly golden. I've seen lots of waterfalls but this one was beyond anything I've seen before. JUST LOOK AT IT!
Geysir hot springs
2. You can take a stroll around the president's house
You can even find his number in the phonebook to call him up and ask him what he thought about the latest episode of Downton Abbey if you really want to. I love how laid back and safe Iceland is that you can get this close an encounter with the president… legend even has it that you can sometimes catch him walking his Dog around the area if you are really lucky.
Imagine being able to walk around the White House & call up Obama after and be like 'WASSUP MR PREZ?!' Yeah, I can't either…
3. Folklore
Iceland really believes in Elves, Dwarfs, Gnomes, Fairies and all sorts of mystical beings. They believe they are hidden in the rocks and along the roadside, and can be found hiding in most places if you look hard enough. It's amazing to sit and listen to the people lighting up as they tell you stories from their folklores. You can even enroll at Elf School for the day to find out as much as you possibly can.
4. The Blue Lagoon
When you think about Iceland, what is the first thing that you think of? Probably the Blue Lagoon, and why wouldn't it be? The Geothermal spa is incredibly hot and lovely and contains silica, algae and minerals. Don't bother buying facepack treatments as you can get these for free in different locations, and make sure that you condition your hair and protect it properly before getting in, or you will have the same fate of horribly tangly hair for the next couple of weeks.
5. The Ice bar
This is one of my fondest memories of my trip. It was hyped up to us so much but was absolutely terrible inside with just me and my friend in there. I wouldn't change it for the World though as this is what made the memory so special, and our time in there so funny. Get yourself in there for the bestest picture in the whole wide world, like above.
6. The Northern Lights
This is actually a terrible picture, but it's the only one that I managed to get of the Northern lights as I was too busy oggling at what I was seeing. As amazing as the lights themselves are, and they really are, the thing that got me the most was the blanket of stars that went as far as the eye could see. The whole thing is just incredible, and definitely worth trying to go and see before they dim!


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