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Canadian Olympic relay team to visit Elijah Porter
Newfoundland boy mailed Timbits medal to heartbroken runners
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Canada's Justyn Warner (left to right), Oluseyi Smith, Jared Connaughton and Gavin Smellie pose after the men's 4x100-metre relay final at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Aug. 11, 2012. The team finished third but was disqualified. (LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters)
The young track fan who tugged at Canada's heartstrings following the disqualification of the 4x100-metre relay team at the London Olympics will get a surprise visit Tuesday.
Relay team members Jared Connaughton, Gavin Smellie, Seyi Smith and Justyn Warner will stop at the Paradise, Nfld., home of 10-year-old Elijah Porter, who became a media sensation last month when he mailed the sprinters his soccer medal to replace the bronze they had taken away when they were disqualified.
"The guys are very excited to surprise Elijah at his home," Athletics Canada director of public relations Mathieu Gentes said. "I've spoken to his mother (Kim) and she can't wait to see the look on his face and his excitement when he answers the doorbell and standing at the door are Gavin, Jared, Justyn and Seyi. This is a great story and we're happy to be a part of it. Bronze would have been great too, but then we wouldn't have got the chance to meet this wonderful boy in Newfoundland."
The Canadian relay team finished third behind Jamaica and the United States, a stunning result, before being DQ'ed for a lane violation. That prompted Porter to mail his Timbits soccer medal to the team in London, along with a note to lift their spirits.
"When I heard what happened on Aug. 11, I knew it was wrong," Porter wrote. "The rules were not right. But at last I realized how good you were. We're Canadians. We persevere. It's just a Tim Hortons medal but I thought it was better than making a medal out of paper."


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By TOM COYNE
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Notre Dame found the answers to its problems. Purdue simply found more questions.
Megan Duffy sparked seventh-ranked Notre Dame by scoring 17 of her 19 points in the first half and Jacqueline Batteast finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Irish past No. 20 Purdue 86-69 Sunday.
"It's been these two who have gotten us to where we are now, and I think the team thought it was time for them to step up," Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw said.
Batteast was held to eight points and Duffy six in Notre Dame's 17-point loss to No. 16 Connecticut on Wednesday. But they surpassed those numbers in the first 15 minutes against the Boilermakers.
"Coming off two losses, we were angry more than anything," Duffy said. "Whatever it takes to get a win, we did it tonight."
The Irish (14-3) beat the Boilermakers for the first time since the 2001 NCAA championship game, ending a four-game losing streak to Purdue.
The Boilermakers (10-6), beaten by 20 points on Thursday by No. 11 Minnesota, lost consecutive games for the first time since December 2001, when they lost to the Irish and LSU.
Purdue coach Kristy Curry said her team didn't play well enough to win.
"You lose by 17, but you have to understand when you're playing someone as good as Notre Dame you can't have lapses defensively or offensively," Curry said.
It was the 36th career double-double for Batteast, tying her with Ruth Riley for second place on Notre Dame's career list. Teresa Borton added 18 points, and Notre Dame outscored the Boilermakers 38-24 in the paint.
McGraw said Duffy's play in the first half was the key.
"Once Megan got started, that opened up everything for everyone else," she said.
Erin Lawless led Purdue with 16 points, Katie Gearlds had 14 and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, Emily Heikes and Tyeisha Jackson had 10 points each.
The Irish led 54-38 at halftime, scoring four more points than they had in the entire game against UConn. Duffy shot 4-for-4 in the first half, including three from 3-point range, and 6-of-6 from the line.
"It felt good out there," Duffy said. "It's been a little tough for me to find my shot and I've been working on that."
The Irish made seven free throws in the final 63 seconds to take a 16-point halftime lead - matching their biggest of the season.
Purdue cut the lead to 62-51 when Heikes stole the ball and hit a fast-break layup with 14:32 left. But Duffy answered with a pair of free throws, Borton scored inside and Tulyah Gaines scored on a 15-foot jumper as the Irish regained control, leading by 21 points late in the game.
The six losses for the Boilermakers are the most at this point in the season since they had six by Jan. 5, 1997, and finished 17-11.
Curry said the game was pivotal, especially with the teams coming off big losses.
"Somebody is feeling really good tonight and somebody is trying to stay above water," she said. "It's a tough spot to be in."
POST GAME NOTES: Notre Dame snaps a four-game series losing streak vs. Purdue, defeating the Boilermakers for the first time since the 2001 NCAA championship game (68-66) ... it's also the first regular-season win for the Irish over Purdue since Dec. 9, 2000 (72-61 at the Joyce Center) ... Notre Dame's 86 points are the most it has ever scored against the Boilermakers, and are one shy of the most by either team in the 18-game series (both marks set in an 87-83 Purdue win on Nov. 30, 1994 at Notre Dame) ... the 17-point margin of victory also is the largest by Notre Dame in the series (previously: 73-60 on March 15, 1996 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Lubbock, Texas) ... Sunday's win is the third of the season for Notre Dame vs. a top 25 opponent and the 33rd victory over a ranked opponent for the Irish in the past seven seasons (1998-99 to present) ... the Irish posted their second-highest point total of the season (92 vs. Illinois State on Nov. 12) ... Notre Dame's 54 first-half points were a season high for markers in EITHER half, and were the most in the opening period since a school-record 61 points vs. Cleveland State on Nov. 26, 2002 at the Joyce Center ... the Irish are 12-0 this season when leading at halftime and 89-7 (.927) since the start of the 2000-01 season when they have the lead at the break ... Notre Dame is 90-3 (.968) during the past 10 seasons (1995-96 to present) when scoring at least 80 points ... Notre Dame is 10-0 this season when its reserves outscore the opposition's bench (19-15 vs. Purdue) ... the Irish tallied a season-high six three-point field goals, all in the first half, to top the mark of five set against both Illinois State (Nov. 12) and No. 6 Duke (Nov. 17) ... Notre Dame is 6-0 this season when shooting at least 45 percent from the floor ... the Irish are 35-5 (.875) in "bounce back" games -- the first contest after a double-digit loss -- and 22-1 (.957) in home "bounce back" games since joining the BIG EAST Conference in 1995-96 ... Notre Dame finishes the regular season with a winning record (2-1) vs. the Big Ten Conference for the first time since the 2000-01 campaign, when it would up going 4-0 against Big Ten teams (1-0 vs. Georgia and Michigan, 2-0 vs. Purdue) en route to the national championship ... senior All-America forward Jacqueline Batteast collected her fourth double-double of the season and 36th of her career, tying her with Ruth Riley (1997-2001) for second place on the Irish career double-doubles list; Katryna Gaither holds the record with 40 double-dips from 1993-97 ... Batteast also notched the 28th 20-point game of her career, pulling her within one of Trena Keys (1982-86) for fourth place on the Notre Dame all-time 20-point game list ... junior guard Megan Duffy scored 19 points, one off her season high (20 at Valparaiso on Nov. 30) ... Duffy also dished out a team-high six assists, giving her 28 handouts (7.0 apg.) in her last four games ... senior center Teresa Borton narrowly missed her second double-double of the season, finishing with a season-high 18 points; in her last four games, Borton is averaging 14.8 ppg. with a .742 field goal percentage (23-of-31) ... sophomore guard Breona Gray delivered a career-high five assists.

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Alabama meets four critical safety standards for making certain schools and child care centers are prepared to protect children should disaster strike.
A new survey by Save the Children's U.S. Programs shows only Alabama and 16 other states require the basic emergency preparedness regulations for both child care facilities and schools.
The fifth annual National Report Card on Protecting Children During Disasters assess all 50 states and the District of Columbia on four basic safety standards. The standards include: (1) all regulated child care settings have written plans for evacuation and relocation (2) written plan for family reunification following an emergency (3) specific plan to assist children with disabilities and (4) all k-12 schools to have a written plan accounting for a variety of different disasters and emergencies.
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The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has tied up with a US-based non-profit research organisation, the MITRE Corporation, for development and betterment of Air Traffic Management in India.
The tie-up will provide AAI access to latest technological advancement in the field of air traffic management, navigation, equipment and software development to make India's airports among the safest in the world.
"The MITRE Corporation is essentially a research organisation. It also assists the Federal Aviation Authority of the United States, the apex body in aviation safety in research and development of best in class equipment to make civil aviation safer," VP Agarwal, AAI chairman said. AAI Technology and knowledge transfer are key elements of cooperation and MITRE Corporation has been a partner in the Air Traffic Management (ATM) developmental programme in India since 2006.
The tie-up will help Indian airports to be on par with the best airports as regards safety aspects. "To be on top, we have to constantly innovate and bring in new technology," the chairman added.
With aid and technological assistance from MITRE Corporation, problems faced by pilots in approach at difficult airports like Leh, Port Blair will also be mitigated as latest technological advancements will help devise ways to make the approach of these airports far safer, Agarwal said.
MITRE Corporation will initially operate from Delhi and will eventually establish a research and development centre in Hyderabad for advance research in air traffic management.
According to V Somasundaram, Member Air Traffic Services, AAI, India is a major Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) in the Asia Pacific region, having proven its capability to lead regional implementation activities and has taken a strategic move to develop a long-term partnership with MITRE for technical support in the areas of Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS).
"These efforts will help place AAI in a leading role for facilitating global harmonization and seamless ATM across the regions," Somasundaram said.
The MITRE corporation will also certify the efficacy of GAGAN, a satellite-based navigation system developed by AAI and Indian Space Research Organisation. The GAGAN programme among other aspects is looking at how to optimise airspace at important airports during peak traffic.
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Real Salt Lake gambled a bit against D.C. United on Saturday, and they lost.
They rested a number of starters, watched D.C. midfielder Dwayne De Rosario rip them apart for three goals in 31 minutes and had their five-game winning streak snapped in a stunning 4-1 loss at RFK Stadium.
"That was just a special player doing some special things," defender Chris Wingert told the local CBS affiliate KUTV after the match. "It felt like everything he touched was going in the upper 90. It was just one of those nights and he's the type of guy that's capable of doing things like that.
"Unfortunately," Wingert added, "we caught him on a night that he was on fire."
It wasn't the first time RSL played with fire after a big midweek win, but this time they got burned. In the midst of a similarly busy schedule back in April, head coach Jason Kreis rested his stars for a road match against the New England Revolution and his club still won, 2-0.
RSL rolled past the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday night, but without regulars like Jamison Olave, Robbie Russell and Andy Williams (and strikers Álvaro Saborío and Fabian Espíndola out of the starting lineup), RSL were no match for De Rosario on Saturday. He simply took advantage of an RSL defense that looked a bit organized and unsure of itself, notching the fastest hat trick in league history and an assist to Andy Najar in barely more than half an hour on the field.
"We believe we're getting points because we're working hard defensively," Wingert said. "We weren't able to do that tonight, and we've got to be a little bit sharper. [There were] definitely a couple of lapses - mistakes that we can correct."
The loss also had some postseason implications, as RSL lost their grip on the second seed in the Western Conference to the Seattle Sounders. Coupled with a win by the LA Galaxy over the Columbus Crew on Saturday night, RSL fell 10 points off the pace for the Supporters' Shield with just five games left on the schedule.
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Don't look now, but Hawkeyes can shoot
Iowa first in Big Ten play in 3-pointer percentage
Five games out of 18 does not a statistical profile make.
But at the same time, five games that include Wisconsin, Ohio State and Minnesota as the opposition do tell you things.
One that jumps out in Iowa's first five Big Ten men's basketball games this season is this: The Hawkeyes lead the conference in three-point shooting by having made 40.3 percent of their treys.
That's right. The gang that couldn't shoot straight is shooting straight.
Last year, the Hawkeyes made a woeful 28.4 percent of their 3-pointers in Big Ten games. More than anything, perhaps, that's why they didn't end the season in the NCAA tournament.
In Big Ten games, Devyn Marble made 29 percent of his threes. Josh Oglesby made 23.5 percent.
Through those five Big Ten games this month, Marble is fifth in the league in 3-point shooting with 10 of 18 for 55.6 percent. Right behind him is Oglesby, 8 of 15 for 53.3 percent.
Not coincidentally, Michigan State is second in league play with 40.0 percent, and Michigan is third at 39.3. It so happens the league records are Michigan State 6-0, Michigan 5-0 and Iowa 4-1.
Iowa's 47.3 percent overall ranks third in conference games, behind Michigan (53.8) and Wisconsin (49.3).
In the equally important department of field goal percentage defense, Michigan State is first at 37.9 percent and Iowa is next at 38.9. Michigan is 10th at 44.7 percent.
Here's a head-scratcher: Big Ten teams have shot worse from 3-point range against Northwestern than anyone else. Wildcat foes are 28.7 percent from behind the arc. Purdue and Michigan's opponents are at 30.3 percent, Iowa's at 31.1.
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I have recently had a situation at work wherein a promotional opportunity arose internally, 3 candidates applied internally and then before their interviews rumours of an external candidate began to circulate. All three candidates were interviewed and rejected, then the external candidate was offered. Is this acceptable?
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Jobs should only be advertised internally when there is a genuine hope of finding someone within the organisation. Going through the motions is counter-productive and causes the resntment which this post exemplifies
Unless there were staff at risk of redundancy and this was part of a redelpoyment exercise, recuitment can simultaneously be run internally and externally. If this is/was the case, it should have been communicated to staff beforehand to manage expectations but also to limit damage to trust and engagement which may well have happened
In my experience it is always best to advertise internally for a period first before externally. If this is standard practice then employees become used to the concept that opportunities will always be sought from within as a matter of course and that the recruitment process is fair (no external appointments on the basis of personal relationships). However, much depends on the size of the organisation. In a large company you can never be quite sure where you might get a good applicant from. On the other hand, from the word go a smaller Company might be aware that there is no suitable internal candidate. In this case, I would agree that you should be up front with your employees and state publicly that in the absence of any suitable internal candidate you are going to advertise externally. The key is to have a well written, up-to-date job description detailing the competencies required and agreed with the hiring manager so that you can be quite clear about what kind of person you are looking for to start with.


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A pretty definitive take on the decline of California from Joel Kotkin. The chief culprits today: "the gentry liberals and the public sector." On the former:
The most recent ascendant group are the gentry liberals, whose base lies in the priciest precincts of San Francisco, the Silicon Valley and the west side of Los Angeles. Gentry liberalism reflects the narcissistic values of successful boomers and their offspring; their politics are all about them. In the past this was tied as much to cultural issues, like gay rights (itself a noble cause) and public support for the arts. More recently, the dominant issue revolves around environmentalism.
I would add one item to Kotkin's list of issues important to the liberal gentry: abortion, or choice, as the brilliant euphemism calls it. Affluent California liberals are seeking through politics validation of their lifestyle choices even though they're mostly irrelevant to state public policy. (You could make the same argument about cultural conservatives seeking validation for their lifestyle choices, at least in states where they're thicker on the ground than they are in California.) State government in California is not going to criminalize abortion or even restrict it in any serious way (voters rejected that in referendum); it is going to legalize same-sex marriages some time soon (the legislature is already in favor, and the 52 percent who voted against same-sex marriage last November will fall below 50 percent in the next referendum as elderly voters leave the electorate and young voters enter); it is not going to provide any serious funding of the arts. The liberal gentry in seeking cultural validation has empowered the public sector unions to plunder the state's private sector economy with clearly disastrous results.
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I watched the inauguration of our new president from a hospital bed -- which may explain my seeing ghosts. No, I was not dingy; ready to go home, really; but my tears at this particular inauguration were not like those of all the black people in attendance, who were weeping to witness something they had never expected to see in their lifetimes: a person with skin like theirs taking the oath of office for President of the United States.
Martin Luther King, whose ghost was evoked in the ceremony, was certainly there, but so was Lyndon Johnson more about him later. But not mentioned were all the other ghosts -- a strange array of people who are often called by scornful modern historians "Dead White Men."
I saw those Athenians, 2,500 years ago, who invented a system of democracy. It was flawed, but it was a start, and remained in the minds of Europeans for centuries afterwards, tried in bits and starts in Poland and some Italian cities, but then for real when the Founding Fathers invented the United States of America.
I saw the ghost of Socrates, who finally annoyed his community one time too many by questioning how people thought. He was the original annoying professor of critical thought -- the idea that you should not believe anything unless you have examined it well. Our Founding Fathers challenged the idea of monarchy -- so George Washington's ghost told me.
I saw those Romans, who tried a republic for a while and lost it to the old imperial seduction. However, they believed that laws should be written and obeyed and understood by all citizens. With that idea, the Roman Empire became a good place to live. All European governments since them have had the idea that even a king is not above the law.
And then there was Jesus of Nazareth, who said: "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and render unto God that which is God's." This most radical pronouncement produced in Europe a separation of church and state, at least in theory, and sometimes in the revolt of kings against the papacy. That idea eventually became a basic institution of the United States from its very beginnings.
When the first Europeans settled in this country, seeking religious freedom for themselves only, they were confronted by a group of Spanish Jews, fleeing the Inquisition in Brazil. They sought sanctuary from the Dutch on Manhattan Island New Amsterdam and the good citizens overruled their governor and granted them religious freedom -- which set the tone for America's future.
The early American Congress was composed of aristocrats and the privileged. Yet they voted against their own interests to let all white men have the vote too. They knew it was right. Then after the Civil War, the Congress voted to let all black men have the vote too. It didn't stick; in many places they sabotaged this law by putting up barriers to voting poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation. This was not corrected until a most unlikely dead white man, President Lyndon Johnson, seriously enfranchised all black people, which in time made this inauguration possible.
Ah yes, another American Congress reluctantly emancipated women by giving them the vote. It was indeed reluctant, but it stuck.
All of these dead white men shaped what was to become the jewel of Western Civilization, American civilization. Did it have flaws? Absolutely. Do we have dark chapters in our history that make us cringe today? Absolutely. But what is important is that there was continuing progress, continuing improvement, continuing good will that made our governments vote for issues that were morally right -- even when against their own interests. That is the jewel of Western Civilization -- the ability to correct mistakes and reach for higher goals.
So did I see the inauguration of America's first African-American president today? Did I see thousands of dark faces and white faces cheering joyously in the audience? No, I did not. I saw a new American president and his American fellow-citizens; they are the product of all those dead white ghosts. At last we judge a man or woman by his or her character and accomplishments, not by the color of their skin. About time.
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I'm just looking at my daughters preschool class photo and I'm happy to say that most are quite classic names. Thomas (x2), Daniel, James, Ryan, Joshua (x2), Nate (x2), Liam, Lachlan, Martin, Toby. Girls are Mia, Isabella, Skye, Molly
Some of the more unusual ones:
Boys - Levi, Cyrus
Girls - Jasmin, Summer, Suelia, Abrielle.
But even those names are not on the wacky side in my opinion. Just not that common.
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Most of those names are very trendy in my area too, except for Lisa which is very 60's & 70's in my area.
Some of the pre-school names here which are becoming popular are: Jayden, Braydon, Jack, Will, Jake, Gabe, Declan, Frankie, Ian, Asher, and Parker for boys. Girls that are popular for that age are: Sophia, Madelyn, Olivia, Josephine, Francine, Caroline, Evelyn, Penelope, and Scarlett. I really like them all!
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Kasapreko Company Limited (KCL), leading local beverage manufacturer in Ghana, has acquired 40 percent shares in Caltech Ventures Company Limited, an agro based institution with expertise in cassava production and processing.
The Deputy Managing Director for KCL, Kojo Nuno, said the company's decision to acquire the shares was inspired by its strategic objective to be a Total Beverage Business (TBB) by 2016.
Mr Nuno said KCL has been adjudged the number one manufacturing company of Ghana Club 100(2012-14).
The deputy manager was hopeful the investment in the company would boost its import substitution strategy to reduce foreign exchange.
He added that currently KCL uses local herbs and plants procured from the Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine (CSRPM), Herbal Farms and Research Company Limited and out-growers.
He said that in the coming years, KCL would eventually obtain 50% of its ethanol locally from the Caltech Cassava Company Limited, as well as the conversion of additional extracts such as starch-adhesive and CO2 for its carbonated drinks production.
The Starch-adhesive would be used to feed KCL Corrugated Carton Plant located at Spintex, Accra.
Ghana currently imports 60 million liters of ethanol annually, while KCL, the only beverage manufacturer with a bulk storage facility in Ghana, also imports 25 million liters of ethanol in bulk from Brazil, Pakistan, USA and France.
The Managing Director of CALTECH Ventures, Chris Quarshie, said the company had acquired 3,000 hectares of land at the Hodzo near Ho in the Volta region for large-scale production of the special variety of cassava.
Mr Quarshie stated that the company has cultivated 700 hectares.
The MD said that the cassava being cultivated would be processed to produce a number of products including ethanol, high quality cassava flour, Food grade, liquefied Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and 600eKW of electricity.
The power would be connected to the national grid.
He noted that the partnership with KCL would create employment for the people.
He added that the local farmers have been allocated portions of the land to also cultivate the special variety of the Caltech cassava.
The Chief of Hodzo, Dzikpuito Dzakpah said the indigenes of the community would benefit from the project, adding that it would lead to a drastic reduction in rural-urban migration.
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Washington, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to thoroughly scrutinize a new bill offered by ranking member Senator Specter (R-PA). Senator Specter's bill, the FISA Intelligence Surveillance Substitution Act of 2007, would remove the telecommunications companies and insert the federal government as the defendant in cases currently pending over domestic spying. The bill will be marked up by the full Judiciary Committee this Thursday.
The following can be attributed to Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office:
"Letting the administration step in as the defendant in these cases may prevent a public airing of the facts. Three daunting hurdles could derail these cases if the administration steps in as the defendant – state secrets, executive privilege and sovereign immunity. Unless something is done to ensure that these defenses cannot be used to shut down these legitimate and crucial lawsuits, substitution is just immunity in sheep's clothing.
"This substitution proposal does not put up a roadblock to immunity - it just lengthens the journey. Since the revelation of this program in 2005, the American people have been waiting for an answer to why government and the telecoms violated our privacy. We've waited too long. We deserve our day in court."
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Fulham boss Rene Meulensteen salutes his young guns in Norwich City FA Cup tie
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Fulham boss Rene Meulensteen had to diffuse his own transfer sub-plot after striker Dimitar Berbatov was left out for the Cottagers' 1-1 FA Cup third round draw at Carrow Road.
The experienced Bulgarian has been touted with a January move to Arsenal, although Arsene Wenger distanced himself from reports he is set for an Emirates' switch prior to the weekend. Barbatov returned on New Year's Day to inspire Fulham to a vital Premier League win over West Ham and Meulensteen is taking no risks with his talisman. Former Ipswich striker Darren Bent opened the scoring in his absence before Robert Snodgrass levelled in first half stoppage time.
"Berba was not injured but he had just come back from that niggling injury. We were so happy that he was able to play the 90 minutes against West Ham and we thought it was better he recuperates in a good fashion to be ready for the Sunderland (league) game," said Meulensteen. "You ask me about transfers and there is nothing more to report. It was a good goal from Darren and that is what he is all about in the penalty box. We didn't want a replay and I don't think Chris (Hughton) wanted it either but that's how it turned out. We still had one or two little opportunities, but a draw's a good result away from home. We've got the home advantage now so hopefully we can turn a draw into a win. The FA Cup is a great competition to be in and it is a competition where you want to utilise the squad."
Meulensteen was indebted to David Stockdale who denied Ricky van Wolfswinkel in either half. The Dutchman drew parallels between his keeper's second half reaction stop to deny van Wolfswinkel and England World Cup winner Gordon Banks' iconic save from Pele in the 1970 World Cup.
"We needed him to make a Gordon Banks-like save to keep us in the game. It really reminded me of the Pele effort on the line," said Meulensteen. "David was very good throughout because the first half he kept us in the game, he was very solid, he dealt with everything that he had to deal with.
"It's definitely up there. If you look at it and watch it back, it was a fantastic cross for a start and it was a great header from van Wolfswinkel, and I thought it was in to be perfectly honest. It was a fantastic save and that's what makes football so exciting. At the moment Maarten (Stekelenburg) is injured and David's stepped into his place and he's done really well."
Fulham fielded four young debutants and a familiar old head in Clint Dempsey who has re-joined the club from Seattle Sounders during the MLS off-season.
"I'm very pleased with him," said Meulensteen. "We wanted to see how he got through the first 45 minutes and I asked him and he felt good. Clint was good and, like I've said, I'm glad he's part of our squad now. You look at the game and it gives you opportunities to bring other people into the fold. Four players made their debuts, four young players, which in my opinion is the biggest bonus. It's a breath of fresh air in that respect so that was a big positive for us.
"It was a great assist from Chrissy David for our goal. Dan Burn was on loan to Birmingham and has done a fantastic job there, and it was a good opportunity to have a look and see how he's progressing. I thought he was excellent, absolutely excellent - it was like he'd played many more games for us before. He's calm, he dealt with everything, he reads the game well, his timing was good and I'm very pleased with him."


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Strong winds peel roof off of two classrooms at Columbiana Middle School
A Shelby County thunderstorm ripped the roof off parts of Columbiana Middle School Tuesday afternoon. It happened while students were in the building.
Pictures taken by the National Weather Service.. from inside Columbiana Middle School show water and debris on a classroom floor.. and a missing roof.
"I had some concerns when I found out." Columbiana Fire Chief, Johnny Howard, says wind peeled back the roof over two classrooms during a thunderstorm around 2:00. School was still going on. "We got the call this afternoon, came up to inspect the building and found maintenance workers on the scene repairing the school so it will be back up tomorrow."
Even Queen Rope, who lives across the street, says her home received some minor damage. "I didn't know what to think when I pulled up. I thought what's going on and a finally saw some guy at the school on top of the building."
Cindy Warner with Shelby County Schools says winds caused a 40 by 15 foot section of the roof to peel back. Students were evacuated to a safety zone and evaluated by a registered nurse. She says no child required emergency medical attention. A structural engineer has inspected the area.. and reported no structural damage. Warner says repair work should be completed in two to three weeks.
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Here's a brand of notebooks I'd never heard of: Oh Boy Notebooks. And oh, boy, do they look nice! I love the colors and subtle patterns and the rounded corners, and they seem to have some loyal fans. They are available at Jenni Bick Bookbinding, which also stocks quite a few other brands of journals […]


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By Jennie Zeitler, Staff Writer
Sheriff Michel Wetzel's salary appeal, allowed for under Minnesota Statutes, was settled Tuesday by the Morrison County Commissioners for less than half of the amount Wetzel requested.
The County Board approved a resolution setting Wetzel's salary at $98,118 for 2012, retroactive to Jan. 1. This is a 3.15 percent increase from 2011. Commissioners Don Meyer and Duane Johnson voted against the settlement.
The County Board felt that it was in the best interests of the public to save taxpayer funds, and to help maintain a good working relationship between the County Board and the County Sheriff, said Administrator Deb Gruber.
The commissioners agreed in 2006 to add the four elected county department heads — sheriff, county attorney, auditor/treasurer and recorder — to the step system of compensation used for other county employees, rather than using statutory criteria to set salaries. The reason for doing this was to promote uniformity and continuity within the compensation system, according to Resolution 2010-0059.
Wetzel figured that after about four or five years, that would allow his salary to catch up with the other two large department heads — social services and public works — whose salaries were more than his.
"But, in 2009 and 2010, the step increases were frozen for myself and County Attorney Brian Middendorf, even while everyone else who was due a step increase received their increase," said Wetzel.
In 2011, Wetzel and all other employees who were eligible received their step increases. The Board had determined that the continued application of the county's pay plan provided greater savings to the citizens of Morrison County than using statutory criteria, according to Resolution 2010-001.
Then in 2012, Wetzel's and Middendorf's steps were again frozen, while everyone else who was due a step increase received it.
Abiding by a labor agreement with county employees, those employees who had been at the top of their eight-step plan and had not been receiving increases were given an additional step increase for 2012 as the county moved into a new nine-step plan.
As stated in Resolution 2012-001 regarding the four elected officials' salaries, the Board chose in January of this year to return to the process of setting the salary of elected officials utilizing the statutory elements, removing them from the step system.
According to Resolution 2010-0059, this means that the Board is now required to make salary comparisons with elected officials in other counties when setting elected officials' salaries.
"The commissioners ignored the agreement they made with me. At that point, my salary was 8 percent behind where it should have been, and that was the starting point for my appeal," said Wetzel.
"The salary set for me was still 15 percent behind the average of the sheriff salaries in two of our surrounding counties, Mille Lacs and Stearns, where the sheriffs have similar tenure to mine," he said.
"I didn't say anything in 2009 or in 2010 when only my step and the county attorney's were frozen, but this pattern of setting elected officials' salaries based upon the political considerations of the commissioners has to stop," Wetzel said.
Wetzel pointed out that the four elected department heads' salaries are printed in the paper, whereas the salaries of all other department heads, who are appointed, are not publicized.
"Those appointed heads move up the pay scale without causing political heat for the Board," said Wetzel.
"We went along with [former county administrator] Tim Houle on the step program," said Meyer. "I think it was a mistake to do that for elected department heads."
The economy changed so much that the sheriff's and county attorney's steps were frozen, said Meyer.
"When considering the sheriff's salary this year, we noted that it had gone up $30,000 in 10 years; $95,500 was not a shabby wage," he said.
Johnson voted against Wetzel's salary increase for 2012, after having voted for an increase in 2011. "The county doesn't have the money to give everyone a 4 percent raise every year," he said. "This year we gave it to the auditor/treasurer and the recorder."
"The step agreement with the elected officials happened before I came on the Board, and it's now officially gone," said Johnson. "That agreement meant that the elected officials automatically got their step increases and we didn't think that was right when tough times came. That's why we froze the steps. Taxes are high and we don't want them to go higher."
"Morrison County is getting maxed out on its ability to pay," said Meyer. "I'm getting a tremendous amount of pressure from people, saying that we need to hold the line."
"Tenure or not, people are telling me that the government spends too much money," he said.
"There have never been any complaints about my performance or budget, but I was told I make a lot of money," said Wetzel. "Pay increases were given to people who make more money than me."
County Administrator Deb Gruber confirmed that pay raises were given in 2012 to county employees with higher salaries than Wetzel's.
"If they'd given me the same raise they gave the other 235 county employees except the county attorney, it would have cost $3,800. Instead it cost the county $3,000 for my raise plus $3,000 – 5,000 in attorney fees," said Wetzel. "That contradicts the assertion by the Board that they were most concerned with saving taxpayer money."
"At the end of the day, I agreed to less than the 4 percent everyone else got in order not to have this thing dragging on," Wetzel said.
"It's all about trying to find a balance between what's a fair salary for either an elected official or an employee, and what's fair for the taxpayer," said Commissioner Jeff Schilling. "I voted to settle on the recommendation of our legal counsel."
Middendorf would like to see some consistency and predictability return to this process. "A person never knows where they stand from year to year," he said.
"It's always a delicate balancing act," said Schilling.


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There's lots of smoke in the countryside this time of year. However, it's rarely generated by wildfire.
There's lots of smoke in the countryside this time of year. However, it's rarely generated by wildfire. Rather, foresters and wildlife professionals are setting controlled burns now to prevent wildfires later.
A few weeks ago, I received a call from the North Carolina Forest Service's Pender County Ranger, Hagan Blake. I had begun controlled burning pine plantations on my Pender County farm several years ago under the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (WHIP). Most of the pines were planted with forest service assistance nearly three decades ago. Others were volunteers, following a logging operation to remove diseased trees. This would be the third prescribed burn of planted pines and the second for volunteer pines.
"Last year, you performed a thinning operation, so we kept it out of the burn program for a year," Blake said. "Do you want to have another burn this year?"
Of course, I agreed. The controlled burns are done on a three-year schedule. However, a thinning operation in the fall of 2011 had left too much fuel on the ground and the fire would have been hot enough to kill some remaining trees stressed by the logging activities. Last year would have been a third year in rotation, but we deferred it. In the mail, I received a burn contract from the forest service. I signed it and dropped it off at the Forest Service's Pender County office.
"We might be able to burn it today," Blake said. "The wind direction is supposed to switch to the south, which is called for in your burn plan."
He explained that many tracts cannot be burned because of smoke that could drift across roadways, or organic soils that were not safe to burn because of the risk of ground fire or other reasons. The only way to find out if a property would benefit from controlled burning is to contact a county ranger or wildlife professional to perform an assessment.
Sometimes landowners benefit from government cost-share programs that help defray the costs of burning. Blake suggested I contact the NRCS for a new program, with the acronym EQUIP, that would help pay now that the WHIP program was no longer in effect.
Costs to the landowner include $102 per tachometer hour for equipment to cut firebreaks, $3.45 per mile for hauling equipment and $15 per acre for personnel to conduct the burn. The minimum charge is $350. I was able to reduce the cost by re-cutting the firebreaks previously created by the forest service with a farm tractor and disk.
"The burn on your property is for wildlife habitat improvement and hazard reduction," Blake said as a half-dozen workers showed up to complete the project. "We have burned nearly 450 acres of private property this season and will burn 1,500 acres if conditions are appropriate."
The burn process took an afternoon, and I returned the next morning to see if any problems occurred. Everything went smoothly, and the woods were cleared of fuel and underbrush. Benefits of the burn include green plant growth and early succession grasses and forbs that will furnish food and cover for upland game, turkeys and deer. Benefits also include faster production of quality pine timber and a reduction in the risk of wildfire to everyone who has property nearby.
"I don't have to worry about this tract. Even though it's small, it's important because it fireproofs your timber stand," Blake said. "In 2008, an 18-acre controlled burn like this one stopped a 2,000-acre wildfire."
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"Yes, yes AugustusGloop, but how do you LEVEL?", you ask, eager beaver that you are. Well, I'm glad you asked.
DFRPG has a unique advancement system called Milestones.
Instead of earning incremental points after every single encounter or puzzle solved, the adventure is broken up into plot resolution achievements. They come based on how the narrative is progressing, not how well you've demolished the enemies, or if you've had to run away from every fight all day. Generally the GM and Players should ask themselves if anything significant has changed in the story, and that is probably an appropriate place for a Milestone. The frequency of Milestones is what sets the tone for the game. If they come quickly, characters will become epic quickly. If they come slowly, then characters have a chance to really embed themselves in the tapestry of the world in which they live. As with everything else, balance is important. Characters need time to feel lived in, but Players need a sense of progression.
Milestones come in three flavors, with a variety of options that a player can pick for their character.
Minor Milestones happen about once a "session", or every time a plot significant thing happens. You might discover that your dog is actually your evil nemesis, or that werewolves have overrun your favorite baseball stadium. Maybe you break up with your girlfriend, or you get back together. Minor Milestones are the steps on the way to the overarching plot of the adventure being solved.
Significant Milestones usually occur at the end of a scenario, or at the conclusion of a relatively major plotline. You might defeat a Lieutenant in the local crime family, giving an entire district a few weeks of violence free breathing room. Maybe you recover the stolen ancient Indian burial, totem so the spirits can rest once again.
Major Milestones are the culmination of a long, large-scale plotline, or a few unconnected scenarios, or when something shakes up the city a massive amount. They represent a really significant advancement in power for the characters, and shouldn't be given out lightly.
- Minor Milestones allow one of the following:
- Switch the rank values of any two skills, or replace one Average skill with one that isn't on your sheet.
- Change any single stunt for another stunt.
- Purchase stunts or powers, provided you have the refresh to do so.
- Rename one aspect.
- Significant Milestones allow you one of the benefits granted by Minor Milestones, and in addition you may add one rank to a skill you possess, provided that doesn't break the skill pyramid, or add a skill you didn't possess at rank 1.
- Major Milestones grant all of the following:
- You can "clear out" an extreme consequence slot, allowing it to be used again.
- Gain an additional point of refresh.
- Purchase new stunts and/or powers.
- All the benefits of a significant milestone.


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Cisco Unified Communications System Overview
Intelligent Information Network
Business Productivity Applications
Cisco Unified Communications System Overview
The Cisco Unified Communications 8.0(2) system securely integrates voice, video, and other collaborative data applications into intelligent network communications solutions. This system, which includes IP telephony, unified communications, rich-media conferencing, IP video broadcasting, and customer contact solutions, takes full advantage of the power, resiliency, and flexibility of an IP network. The elements of this system were designed, developed, documented, and tested as part of a comprehensive, end-to-end Unified Communications System.
The Cisco Unified Communications system reduces the cost and complexity associated with managing multiple and remote sites, meets stringent quality of service (QoS) requirements, and provides optimal availability and security when deployed as part of a converged network. In addition, the solution interoperates with existing time-division multiplexing (TDM)-based systems and enterprise business applications, allowing organizations to migrate to full-featured IP Communications while maintaining existing technology investments.
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System Definition
The Cisco Unified Communications system is designed for a single, secure, converged network. Part of an integrated, comprehensive Cisco architecture, the communications applications reside "in" the network, not "on" the network, and can easily incorporate emerging business processes, applications, and new devices. Applications can be deployed in a single instance, rather than in multiple instances, and managed services offerings further increase deployment flexibility. Standards-based Cisco Unified Communications products let organizations migrate based on business needs, not technical limitations, to keep pace with new technology.
The Cisco Unified Communications system offers the following solutions:
•Enterprise solution for large businesses, which supports 30,000 users with Cisco Unified Communications Manager as the call processing component.
•Mid-market solution, which supports up to 500 users with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition as the call processing component.
•Small and Medium solution with:
–Cisco Unified Communications Express suitable for businesses with 50 to 250 users
–Unified Communications 500 Series which is an integral component of Smart Business Communication System (SBCS) suitable for businesses with less than 50 users.
The Cisco Unified Communications System also includes a suite of network management applications that allow you to monitor, manage, and troubleshoot your system. It also includes tools that allow you to analyze the readiness of your infrastructure to support the Unified Communications system.
System Release Strategy
The Cisco Unified Communications system includes the following types of releases:
•Major release—Marks the beginning of a major new release version. This release type typically is based on a major release of at least one of these components: Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unity, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, or Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (previously called as Cisco Customer Response Solutions).
•Minor release—Adds features and fixes to an existing major release. This release type can consist of revisions to existing components and new versions of components.
Service Offerings
Using the Cisco Lifecycle Services approach, Cisco Systems and its partners offer a broad portfolio of end-to-end services. These services are based on proven methodologies for deploying, operating, and optimizing Unified Communications solutions. Planning and design services, for example, can help you meet aggressive deployment schedules and minimize network disruption during implementation. Operate services reduce the risk of communications downtime with expert technical support. Optimize services enhance solution performance for operational excellence. Cisco and its partners offer a system-level service and support approach that can help you create and maintain a resilient, converged network that meets your business needs.
Service offerings include:
•Cisco Unified Communications Software Subscription, which allows you to purchase major software version upgrades of various Cisco Unified Communications products at a reduced cost through a one-, two-, or three-year subscription.
•Cisco Unified Communications Essential Operate Service, which provides 24-hour, 365-day-a-year access to Cisco Systems engineers and certified partners who are highly trained and have a deep understanding of Cisco Unified Communications products and technologies.
•Cisco Unified Communications Select Operate Service, which provides a proactive support solution that combines 24-hour, 365-day-a-year access to technical support representatives plus a simple-to-install monitoring solution designed for Cisco Unified Communications.
•Cisco Unified Communications SMB Network Operate & Optimize Service, is a partner-led service offering (designed specifically for the medium-sized businesses) that enables the delivery of affordable, ongoing, high-availability network support.
Career Certifications
The Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP) certification and related certifications are designed for IT professionals who are responsible for integrating voice technology into underlying network architectures. Individuals who earn a CCVP certification can help create a telephony solution that is transparent, scalable, and manageable. Earning a CCVP certification validates a robust set of skills in implementing, operating, configuring, and troubleshooting a converged IP network. The certification content focuses on many components of the Cisco Unified Communications system, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager, quality of service (QoS), gateways, gatekeepers, IP phones, voice applications, and utilities on Cisco routers and Cisco Catalyst switches.
Solution Bundling
In addition to providing traditional solution ordering, where you choose the individual components and quantities that you require, the Cisco Unified Communications system provides flexible bundling options. A bundled solution simplifies the way in which you order applications and services and makes it easy to add options.
Intelligent Information Network
The Cisco Intelligent Information Network facilitates the evolution of networking to systems. It allows the network to be used as a strategic asset and provides capabilities that include:
•Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)—A simple broadcast protocol that devices use to advertise their presence, it operates in the background and facilitates communication between a Cisco Unified IP Phone plugged into a network and the network switch.
•QoS—Cisco provides an end-to-end solution to ensure quality of service. QoS starts at the phone and LAN distribution layer, where packets are classified and marked as high priority traffic. Traffic markings originating from Cisco Unified IP Phones are automatically trusted by the Cisco switch infrastructure, which typically remarks traffic from nontrusted end user workstations. Configuration is made easier through Cisco AutoQoS, which automatically handles a range of tasks traditionally done manually, including classifying applications, generating policies, configuring the proper QoS configurations, monitoring and reporting to test QoS effectiveness, and enforcing service-level consistency.
As traffic flows through the access layer, priority queuing and buffer management ensure that real-time traffic is prioritized over less time-critical data. Where bandwidth is most restricted, across the WAN, the Cisco solution provides RSVP for reserving the bandwidth needed for voice. Fragmentation and interleaving of large blocks of data ensure a steady stream of voice traffic, and voice packet header compression minimizes bandwidth consumed.
•VLAN—When a Cisco Unified IP Phone boots up on the IP network, it advertises its presence using CDP, and it requests an IP address lease from a DHCP server. The Cisco LAN switch learns of the new phones via CDP and automatically reconfigures to add that port to the VLAN used for voice.
With this feature, the LAN infrastructure can distinguish a phone from a PC and does not require manual configuration every time a phone is added, moved, or removed.
•Wireless—Cisco wireless access points allow Cisco wireless phone users to roam a campus without losing voice connectivity. If a user roams to a different site, the system will discover the new physical location for emergency 911 information purposes.
•Power over Ethernet (POE)—Eliminates the need for local power connections for every phone. Cisco switches can be configured with redundant power supplies connected to uninterruptible power supplies in a data center to ensure that the power to the phone is preserved, even when local power for other equipment at the desk is lost. Most Cisco Unified IP Phone models support the industry-standard 802.3af power and the Cisco pre-standard inline power.
•Gigabit Ethernet (GigE)—Allows certain Cisco Unified IP Phone models to take advantage of the emerging Gigabit Ethernet LAN infrastructure.
Business Productivity Applications
The Cisco Unified Communications system provides a wide array of applications that enhance business and organizational productivity and efficiency. These applications offer capabilities that include:
•Rich-media conferencing—Cisco Unified MeetingPlace provides intuitive interfaces for setting up, attending, and managing meetings. Extensive voice, video using Cisco Unified Videoconferencing, and web conferencing capabilities enable a range of meeting applications, including highly-collaborative meetings, training sessions, and presentations.
•Messaging—Cisco Unity provides users with access to voice, e-mail, and fax messages from a Cisco Unified IP Phone or from a PC. These solutions combine unified messaging with personal productivity tools to help manage communications quickly and conveniently. For midsize organizations, Cisco Unity Connection provides voice messaging, speech recognition, call routing rules, and desktop PC message access in a system that is easy to manage and deploy. For small organizations, Cisco Unity Express offers a voice messaging solution that integrates with your router.
•Common interface—Cisco Unified Personal Communicator is a presence-based desktop application that provides a focal point for phone services, directory services, video, call management, presence, messaging, and web conferencing. The integrated applications include Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Presence, Cisco Unity, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Cisco Unified Videoconferencing and MeetingPlace Express VT, and the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) version 3 (v3) server.
•Cisco Unified Presence—The focal point of all status processing, including attributes and capabilities. It links the various knowledge within each application to provide a ubiquitous and broad view of a defined user within the Cisco Unified Communications system.
Customer Interaction Network
The Cisco Customer Interaction Network component provides a single, integrated platform for all contact center locations. It is a distributed, IP-based customer-service infrastructure that easily integrates with legacy contact center platforms and networks, providing multi-channel services and integration with customer relationship management applications.
•Intelligent contact routing and multi-channel automatic call distribution (ACD)—Enables interaction with customers via phone (inbound or outbound), video, web, e-mail or chat. The application provides call handling tailored to different classes of customers and to individual customers, providing flexible contact center operational profiles based on varying business needs.
•Voice, Video, and web self-service—Extracts and parses web content and presents this data to customers through a telephony interface, allowing simple transactional requests to be handled by the interactive voice response (IVR) system instead of by agents. This application provides self-service automation with automatic speech recognition (ASR) and TTS. It also performs prompt-and-collect functions to obtain user data such as passwords or account identification that it can then pass to contact center agents, and it delivers proactive notification users through e-mail, fax, pager, and short message service (SMS).
•Agent and supervisor options—Provide full support for agent or supervisor interaction using chat capabilities. Instant messaging offers the capability to communicate with any or all the agents on a supervisor's team. Other options include:
–Agent status monitoring (agent types such as mobile agents, remote agents, and expert adviser)
–Silent monitoring
–Real-time and historical reporting
IP Communications
IP communications provides powerful and efficient voice, data, and video communications, and related capabilities. Key features include:
•Video telephony—Allows video calls to be placed and received over an IP telephony network using the familiar phone interface. Video endpoints support common call features such as forward, transfer, conference, and hold. Use of a single infrastructure also enables a unified dial plan and user directory for voice and video calls. This release of the Cisco Unified Communications system also includes Cisco Unified Conferencing for TelePresence, which is a new technology that combines rich audio, high-definition video, and interactive elements to deliver a unique in-person experience.
•Mobility—Provides for several forms of user mobility, including:
–Extension Mobility—Allows users to access any phone within a single Cisco Unified Communications cluster as their own, by simply logging in to the phone. After log in, the phone assumes all of the user profile information, including line numbers, speed dials and service links.
–Site/campus mobility—Allows users to access the Cisco Unified Communications network through the wireless Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phones 7920G and 7921G. In addition, this release includes enhanced mobile IP phone applications that allow users to:
Dynamically manage how and when mobile calls take place
Intelligently screen calls based on urgency, subject matter, and caller identity
Identify which users are available to talk and which users choose not to be disturbed
Increase accessibility of corporate calendar and contact information from mobile phones.
•Emergency caller response/safety and security—Enables emergency calls in an IP network to be directed to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). In this way, emergency agencies can identify the location of 911 callers without a system administrator needing to keep location information current.
The Cisco Unified Communications system takes a layered approach to protecting against various attacks, including denial of service (DOS), privacy, and toll fraud. Security features include:
•Encryption of signaling and media—Ensures that the signaling and the actual phone conversations are protected against unintended interception by third parties.
•Catalyst Integrated Security Features (CISF)—Includes private VLANs, port security, DHCP snooping, IPSource Guard, secure Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) detection, and dynamic ARP inspection. These features protect the network against attacks such as man-in-the-middle attacks and other spoofing.
•Integration with firewalls—Ensures that system platforms are accessible only by authorized devices. The firewall acts as a guardian between all IP devices and the Cisco Unified Communications system platforms, ensuring that only specific transactions are allowed.
•Secure platforms—Provides features, such as host-based intrusion detection, optional security scripts, and anti-virus software, that ensure that the platform is hardened against intruders and malicious code.
•Enhanced phone security features—Provides configurable levels of security. Options include configuring the phone to ignore Gratuitous Address Resolution Protocol (GARP) requests, disabling the PC port on the phone, disabling access to network configuration settings on a phone, and configuring a phone to accept only digitally signed firmware images.
Network Management
The Cisco Unified Communications system uses the following network management products to monitor the various devices deployed in the Unified Communications system:
•Cisco Unified Operations Manager
•Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager
•Cisco Unified Service Statistics Manager
•Cisco Unified Service Monitor
Deployment and Migration
The Cisco Unified Communications system is designed to be deployed efficiently and effectively. The solution offers:
•Flexible deployment models—Cisco Unified Communications supports LAN and WAN connectivity and can be configured for single-site or multi-site networks. Headquarters, contact centers, branch offices, and telecommuter configurations can be interconnected without geographic constraints. Call processing and administration can be centralized or distributed.
•Integration with existing equipment and networks—Cisco Unified Communications provides gateway support to enable integration and interoperability with existing call processing equipment, phones, and TDM networks. This capability ensures compatibility with and migration from legacy systems, and supports:
–Integration with PBXs through QSIG, Digital Private Network Signaling System (DPNSS), and PRI links
–Integration with ACD platforms via CTI interface
–Integration with legacy phones through gateways
–Integration with TDM networks through gateways via T1, E1, and PRI links
•Open IP connectivity through SIP—Cisco Unified Communications provides enhanced support for SIP trunking and to a variety of SIP endpoints. An integrated Cisco Unified Presence provides user information and status and enables interconnection to popular messaging networks.
•High availability—Cisco Unified Communications networks can be built to meet high availability requirements as business needs dictate. Networks can be designed to ensure no single point of failure in either network topology or applications. Cisco Unified Survivable Remote Site Telephony (Unified SRST) allows remote branch offices to remain in service even when the WAN access link is lost.


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The Puerto Rico Senate confirmed Associate Justice Maite Oronoz Rodriguez as chief justice of the commonwealth's highest court yesterday, Monday, Feb. 22, making her the first out lesbian chief justice in the United States.
According to the Associated Press, Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced the nomination Friday, Feb. 12. Her called her nomination a "new time" for Puerto Rico's judicial branch.
The 39-year-old was first appointed to the high court in June 2014. She previously served as the commonwealth's deputy solicitor general and chief legal counselor for the city of San Juan.
In accepting the nomination, Oronoz Rodriguez said it was time for her to "step down from the podium and receive with open arms a citizenry that demands human justice."
"The confirmation of Maite Oronoz Rodríguez as the first openly LGBT Chief Justice in Puerto Rico and the United States makes history, breaks barriers, and marks a momentous step towards achieving a judiciary that reflects full and rich diversity of our country. A diverse judiciary serves not only to improve the quality of justice, it boosts public confidence in the courts," said Lambda Legal staff attorney Omar Gonzalez-Pagan in a statement.


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A 2,000-year-old sphinx uncovered in a greenhouse near an ancient Etruscan necropolis in Rome. Sounds like the opening scene of a murder mystery, doesn't it?
Nope, it's just a day in the life of the Italian city's police force, who found the ancient cat after a routine search of a vehicle turned up photos of Egyptian artifacts. The photos led the officials to the sphinx, which had been boxed up in a old greenhouse, BBC News reported.
The statue stands roughly two feet tall and four feet long, and was most likely adornment for a 1st century B.C. villa in ancient Rome, according to the Associated Press.
"Aside from its possible economic value, the presence of the sphinx is, according to experts, an indicator of the thriving trade that took place among Mediterranean countries," wrote Italian newspaper Gazzetta del Sud.
It was reportedly stolen from an Etruscan cemetery called the Montem Rossulum necropolis.
The sphinx will make its new home close by, at Villa Giulia museum, which focuses on Etruscan antiquities, the AP reported.
More from GlobalPost: Ancient Roman ship found off Italy's coast


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A video of a robotic "devil baby" in a remote-controlled stroller terrifying strangers along the streets of New York has been viewed more than 4 million times in just 24 hours after it was posted on YouTube.
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Sioux Center, Iowa team to be led by renewables pioneer, Bernie Punt. Mansfield Renewable Energy has opened a new renewable energy operations office in Sioux Center, Iowa. Sioux Center native and distillers grains pioneer Bernie Punt has been tapped to lead the Sioux Center team as Field Services Manager. This renewable energy location places Mansfield
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Mansfield Designing First Beverly Hills CNG Fueling Station
"This station will allow the city to continue environmentally-sound initiatives while lowering its annual fuel costs," says Mansfield president. Mansfield Gas Equipment Systems (MGES) has been awarded a contract to design, construct and service a new compressed natural gas (CNG) station for the City of Beverly Hills. The station will be utilized by city vehicles
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MIAMI, Fla. - One person was shot and killed in a police involved shooting Saturday evening.
The Miami-Dade Police Department says several officers were dispatched to a residence at Southwest 197th Avenue near 160th Street, in regards to a dispute call.
When the officers arrived, a man pulled a knife on them and that's when they say they were forced to fire.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were injured in the incident.
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Fugitive Finder: Man wanted for sexual assault of a child
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:40:00 GMT —
UPDATE: Ronnie Lynn Millsap is no longer wanted by Randall County. Millsap turned himself in to the Randall County Sheriff's Office today.
Amarillo Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in locating this week's Fugitive of the Week: Ricky Lynn Millsap.
51-year-old Millsap is wanted by Randall County for sexual assault of a child.
If you have any information about Millsap's whereabouts contact Amarillo Police Department or Amarillo Crime Stoppers at 374-4400. You can also submit a tip online at amapolice.org. All tips will remain anonymous.
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In my youth we called condoms, rubbers. They were cheap, came in gold foil and were not on display in stores. No one spoke of them. Contraception has a long way, baby! And, since the '80s, we are cautioned to not use them when we have sex. And, I mean, ALL OF US! In 2012 contraception is an integral part of our lives. Today there are a plethora of contraceptives.
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- Romney Condoms Launch Just In Time For The Birth Control Debate (businessinsider.com)
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- Carry Your Contraception in Style (fabsugar.com)
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THE ENQUIRER has busted Julia Louis-Dreyfus – on her TV series VEEP!
In the April 21 episode of the hit HBO comedy, The ENQUIRER exposes a secret about Julia's character, Vice President Selina Meyer.
After an aide breaks the news on Air Force Two that The ENQUIRER revealed Selina's hush-hush "secret signals", the lady politico blasts her director of communications, played by Matt Walsh, for the leak.
It's no wonder "Veep" writers tabbed The ENQUIRER for the scoop.
After all, we've ripped the lid off political scandals for years, ranging from Gary Hart's "Monkey Business" to John Edwards' love child!
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Professor Placed on Leave Amid Inquiry Into Past Sex-Offense Conviction
A professor at the University of Wisconsin at Superior has been placed on paid leave while the institution investigates a report it received about his decades-old conviction on charges of attempted child sexual abuse. Matthew Faerber, a professor of vocal music education at Superior, pleaded guilty in 1991 to two counts of attempted sexual abuse of a child when he was the choir director at a Utah high school. He was sentenced to six months in jail. A university spokeswoman said Mr. Faerber was hired in 1998, before background checks on new employees were required. Such a requirement was put in place in 2007. The Duluth News-Tribune reported that no complaints had been filed against Mr. Faerber at the university, and no disciplinary action had led to his being placed on leave. The spokeswoman said the inquiry was not related to anything that had happened on the Superior campus, and was meant to ensure the safety of students while respecting Mr. Faerber's rights.Return to Top


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After being in the taxi industry for 24 years, Andrew Grant knew that he could make a difference by reducing the amount of emissions he put out as a taxi driver. In one month the typical cab driver puts out roughly the same amount of emissions as the average driver does in an entire year. And so Andrew took a risk by being the first taxi driver in the world to put a hybrid car on the road in hopes that it would be both environmentally friendly and a cost-effective business model.
By thinking outside of the box, Andrew helped to influence cab companies in Vancouver and slowly in other cities across Canada. The City of Vancouver even created a mandate to ensure that all new taxis are hybrid models by 2010. By doing our small part, whether it's one car or one choice, one person can truly make a difference.


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If you're on our blog, or checking out our Mayo Clinic Twitter and Facebook pages, you might be interested to know more about apps that can make your life easier as a cancer survivor.
Did you know that Mayo Clinic has a patient app? Check out the new free patient app that gives you access to Mayo Clinic wherever and whenever you like. The app provides you with:
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