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MILWAUKEE - Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family's dairy farm that could kill you: 1,000 gallons of diesel, 500 gallons of gas, cleaning chemicals in the milking parlor, oil and lubricant for repair work and a 6-foot-deep manure pond in which you could drown.
He pauses and adds three bulls to the list.
Agriculture remains one of the nation's most dangerous professions. Accidents on farms kill hundreds and injure thousands each year. While the deadly blast at a Texas fertilizer plant last month was a sharp reminder of the risks posed by agricultural chemicals, other threats include tractors, stored grain, animals and power lines.
To help rescuers reach people quickly and safely, a handful of Wisconsin farmers - Ortner included - have been working with researchers and firefighters on an online program that maps farm hazards. The recently completed pilot project built upon earlier work done with paper maps, and researchers at the National Farm Medicine Center hope the project can expand, with the online program eventually being used nationwide.
The concept is simple: Farmers enter information into a password-protected database. A Quick Response, or QR, code is posted on the farm's mailbox or in another prominent location. Arriving firefighters scan the code with their smartphones or tablets and receive information about stored chemicals and other hazards, where to disconnect power and potential sources of water.
Firefighters responding to emergencies face the same risks as farmers themselves, said Jerry Minor, chief of the Pittsville Fire Department in central Wisconsin. His department has worked for decades with the nearby National Farm Medicine Center to train rural firefighters.
"We don't have a lot of incidents on farms," Minor said. "But when we do, they pose a real high threat to rescue personnel because of unfamiliarity with farms and all the hazards that are present."
State law requires many industries and public places to let firefighters in for inspections, but most farms are not part of that list. The program that Minor's department is developing with the National Farm Medicine Center helps bridge that gap.
Farm mapping projects aren't new. An Illinois program creates paper maps of farms and places them in tubes secured to power poles. Similar projects exist in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
"The downside to that is, it's readable to anyone who comes along," said Matt Keifer, director of the National Farm Medicine Center. "But we can secure the QR code."
Another advantage to having the information in a database is that firefighters can access it before they reach the farm. They might scan a farm's QR code from a manual kept in their truck, or eventually, tie the information into the dispatch system, so they receive it as soon as a call comes in, Keifer said.
Ortner, 50, is one of about a half-dozen farmers who have used the program so far. He said it would have been helpful for firefighters to have that kind of quick access to information in 1989, when the house on his 700-acre farm outside Pittsville caught fire. The line carrying power to the house burned and fell away from the building, but remained live. Firefighters had to figure out how to shut off the power before tackling the blaze.
The house was a complete loss, Ortner said, but he also knows he was lucky the fire didn't spread to fuel barrels sitting 60 to 70 feet away.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, which collects data for farms with 11 or more workers, said between 430 and 560 workers in crop and livestock production and support services for those industries were killed on the job each year from 2003 to 2011. But the bureau said those numbers are likely on the low end, since many farms are family-run or have only a few employees.
Bruce Wayerski, another Pittsville dairy farmer who helped test the mapping program, knows that seconds can count in saving a life. His 16-year-old nephew was overcome by gas in a grain silo on Wayerski's brother-in-law's farm and died before rescuers could get to him.
Wayerski, 59, listed numerous hazards on his map for firefighters, but noted that one of the things that can make their job tougher is the size of his farm. The buildings are spread out over 10 of the 800 acres where he milks 195 cows and grows crops.
"I live in a small community here, a lot of people know where my farm is," he said. "But they don't know where the shop is, or where the storage is for chemicals or gasoline, diesel fuel."
Tractor rollovers have long been the leading cause of deaths on farms and many more farmworkers are caught in equipment than killed by fires or explosions, so the National Farm Medicine Center has asked some farmers to start entering their tractors and other implements into the database as well.
Minor said the tools used to extricate people from car accidents don't work on heavier farm machinery. The fastest way to free someone can be to take the equipment apart. Keifer said he'd like to eventually see firefighters scan QR codes on tractors and other equipment and immediately receive directions for disassembly. The information could be added to the database later, but right now, anything beyond the pilot project is on hold while the federal budget is worked out.
President Barack Obama eliminated money for the center and eight similar programs overseen by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in his budget plan. It's unclear what Congress will do, but the centers have been previously threatened with budget cuts and saw the money restored.
Wayerski said he believes the mapping program is important because it saves firefighters time.
"Especially if there's somebody's life involved, if you could add a few seconds here or there, that would be real helpful," he said. "I think it's a good program."


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Rose Cipriano moved to rehabilitation center following baseball bat beating
Farmingston Hills mom slowly recovering, son Sal remains in critical condition
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – A member of the Cipriano family has been moved from the hospital to a private rehabilitation facility which specializes in closed head injuries.
Rose Cipriano was moved from Botsford Hospital Tuesday, following an attack at her Farmington Hills home.\
Rose Cipriano's condition
The hospital released the following statement:
Rehabilitation for closed head injury patients, once they are medically stable, is critical to the process of recovery. The Critical Care team at Botsford wishes her and her family all the best. Watching her progress these last three weeks has been a rewarding experience for the staff and of course, her family. The Cipriano family has asked that we do not release the name of the rehabilitation facility.
Sal Cipriano remains listed in critical condition at Botsford Hospital, where he has been hospitalized since April 16.
About the attacks
On the morning of April 16, Bob Cipriano, Rose's husband and Sal's father, was beaten to death inside the family's home.
Tucker Cipriano, 19, and his friend, 20-year-old Mitchell Young, are charged with murder in Tucker's father's death. Police say the duo are responsible for breaking into the home and beating the three family members with baseball bats.
Tucker's young sister and brother, Sal's twin, were also at the home during the attack. Police said the boy called 911 from a closet and his sister allowed police into the home where they reported finding a gruesome murder scene.
-- Tucker Cipriano and Mitchell Young
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The Holocaust is widely considered the defining genocide of modern times. It prompted the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, forcing the world to fully consider how human beings ought to treat each other. Despite the vows of "never again," ethnic and religious cleansing, state-ordered mass killings, and gendered forms of violence continue—from the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia to the atrocities in Darfur. It is clear that there are lessons gone unlearned and wounds that remain unhealed.
Fund for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
The purpose of the Fund for Holocaust and Genocide Studies is provide support to the Portland Center for Public Humanities (PCPH) and accompanying activities to engage students, faculty, and the Portland community in the study of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide. Furthermore, PCPH programming aims to highlight the local dimensions of the global impact of genocide through collaborations with local organizations that work with survivors of genocide.
The historic and systemic genocide of the Jewish People has established a cultural tradition that is attentive to social justice and anti-genocide movements. And in many ways, the Holocaust remains a cultural touchstone for us all, an indelible mark in our collective history. Using that moment in history and building on common cultural understanding, the Fund for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will create opportunities for Portland State and the surrounding community to be empowered to engage difficult issues.
You might also be interested in the profile of Nathan Cogan, donor of the Fund for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.


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'Twilight' Star Arrested For Urinating In Airport A Week After Meth Arrest
Bronson Pelletier, who played Jared in the 'Twilight Saga', was arrested at LAX on Dec. 17 for public intoxication after urinating in a terminal. It's also been revealed that the troubled actor was previously arrested on Dec. 8 in West Hollywood for possession of meth and cocaine! Read on for all the details.
It hasn't been the easiest week for Bronson Pelletier, the actor who played Jared, a member of the wolfpack, in the Twilight Saga. It was revealed that he had been arrested on Monday, Dec 17 at LAX airport for public intoxication after urinating in public. Shortly after that arrest was made public, news broke that Bronson had been arrested some days earlier, on Dec. 8, for felony cocaine and meth possession!
Arrested At LAX After Public Urination
TMZ reports that LAX police were called about an unruly passenger on an airplane at 11:30 am on Dec. 17. When the arrived, it was the 25-year-old Bronson who they were told was causing the disturbance. He was removed from the plane, deemed too intoxicated to fly, so he was made to wait in the terminal for another flight.
Two hours after leaving Bronson in the terminal, they received another phone call saying that he was urinating in public by the gate. It was at this point that he was put under arrest for public intoxication. He was taken to jail, booked for a misdemeanor, and released after a short time.
Dec. 8 Arrest In West Hollywood For Drugs
This wasn't Bronson's first brush with the law this month, however. On Dec. 8, he was arrested at Gym Bar in West Hollywood for felony possession of cocaine and meth. TMZ reports that the bar's staff called police because Jordan appeared too intoxicated and refused to leave the premises. Sources at the bar tell the website that the actor was going from person to person in the bar, making everyone feel very uncomfortable.
When police arrived he was initially put under arrest for public intoxication, but while searching him, the found the drugs in his possession.
Are you surprised by all of Bronson's legal trouble, HollywoodLifers?
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More Celebrities Arrested For Drunken Behavior:
- 'Twilight' Werewolf Arrested — Kiowa Gordon DUI
- Shaun White Arrested For Public Intoxication & Trashing Hotel Room
- 'Kony 2012' Leader Jason Russell Arrested While Naked In Public


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We specifically developed the innovative ZAmid® high performance composite material for the extremely demanding requirements of our bionically modelled fans. The specific combination of raw materials used for the high performance composite material is key to this. The newly developed ZAmid® material is incredibly lightweight while exhibiting extremely high metallic strength. This helps to reduce the overall weight while ensuring maximum rigidity when the fans are operating at high speed and are subject to large centrifugal forces.


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The Southern Cross Award is especially designed for organisations which, like individual inductees, have made an outstanding contribution to civil aviation. They may be foreign organisations which have made an outstanding contribution in Australia or Australian organisations which have made their outstanding contribution overseas.
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Accepting a job offer ethically obligates you to cease job search efforts. Remember to notify other prospective employers that you wish to withdraw your name from their applicant pool.
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Thank you for your offer of employment as a grower at your Fruitville, Florida site. I am delighted to accept your offer and look forward to beginning work with Summers Fruit Company. You indicated that I will be receiving a salary of $35,000 per year, and will have initial duties reporting to Ms. Sarah Davis. As your offer stated, I will begin work on September 1st. In mid-August, after relocating to the area, I will call you to see what information or materials I may need before September 1. In the meantime, please let me know if I can provide you with any information. Again, thank you for offering me this exciting opportunity.
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Instead of computing a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of an entire message with a traditional linear method, we use a faster method to split the data buffer into a number of smaller fixed-size segments, compute the CRC on these segments in parallel, then execute a recombination step of computing the effective CRC using the partial CRCs of the segments. Parallelized CRC computation is used to maximize the throughput of the CRC32 instruction and results in excellent performance.
A CRC is the remainder, or residue (typically 32 bits), of binary division of a potentially long message, by a CRC polynomial. There is an ever-increasing need for very high-speed CRC computations on processors for end-to-end integrity checks. In this article, we show how Intel processors can accelerate CRC computation with a fixed CRC polynomial of degree 32 — the iSCSI CRC (0x11EDC6F41) using the CRC32 instruction introduced in the Intel Core i7 Processor.
The instruction definition can be found in the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual Volume 2A [1]. The instruction operates on two operands, the accumulated CRC value and the new data, and updates the accumulated CRC with computations based on the new data. The instruction can operate on a maximum data size of 64 bits (a Qword). In the Intel Core i7 processors, the instruction is implemented with a latency of three cycles and a throughput of one cycle.
Detecting the CRC32 Instruction
CRC32 belongs to the SSE4.2 family of instructions. To test for its presence, a programmer executes the CPUID instruction with EAX = 1, and then tests bit 20 of ECX on the output.
Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 and GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) both provide easy mechanisms to query the CPUID instruction from C. In Visual Studio, this is provided by an intrinsic from <intrin.h>. Sample code is available from Microsoft [3]. In the gcc, <cpuid.h> includes code to query the CPUID instruction. On gcc version 4.3.4, the following code sequence could be used to test for the presence of SSE 4.2:
#include <cpuid.h> #include <stdio.h> void main () { unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx; __get_cpuid(1, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx); if (ecx & bit_SSE4_2) printf ("SSE4.2 is supported\n"); return; }
Basic Idea: Perform CRC of Multiple Parts of a Buffer
The basic concepts in this article are derived from and explained in detail in the patents and pending applications [4][5][6] as well as the whitepaper Fast CRC Computation for iSCSI Polynomial Using CRC32 Instruction (PDF) [2]. If we divide the buffer into three non-overlapping parts, we can perform three CRC calculations in parallel. Since the calculation for each part is independent of the calculations for the other parts, each set of three CRC32 instructions is no longer dependent and can execute at the throughput rate.
At the end of this process, we have three separate CRC values. These need to be merged into a single value. This is the recombination "overhead" that we need to pay in order to process the buffer in parallel. On the Intel Core i7 Processor, the recombination can be done using lookup tables. In this article, we focus on the case of computing the CRC of a fixed-size buffer of length 1024 bytes.
Detailed Implementation: CRC of a 1024-Byte Buffer
A 1024-byte (128 Qword) buffer can be broken into a (most-significant) segment of 43 Qwords, followed by two segments of 42 Qwords each, followed by a final (least-significant) Qword. Each of the three segments can be processed in parallel, resulting in three partial CRCs. We'll call the three values (from most-significant to least-significant) crc0, crc1, and crc2.
The crc2 value is in the correct bit position with respect to the final Qword. The other two partial CRCs need to be "shifted" to the right, so that their new CRC values appear at the correct bit positions with respect to the final Qword. Since crc0 can be handled in the exact same way as crc1, we only describe crc1 in the rest of this section. The "shifting" of a partial CRC value is done using a single lookup table. To keep the table size reasonable, the table only contains 256 entries, so that each byte of crc1 needs to be processed separately. Each table entry corresponding to a byte b, is the 32-bit result of applying CRC to a data buffer containing b shifted a fixed distance to the left. The table effectively moves the contribution of the byte, to the right by a fixed number of bits. Since the 4 bytes are staggered by 1 byte, the results of the lookup operation are also staggered by 1 byte.
The details of the recombination of a partial CRC value are shown in Figure 1.
Doing the table lookup for 1 byte of crc1 gives crc1a, which is in the same bit position as crc2. However, the lookups for the other 3 bytes give results that are shifted (crc1b…crc1d). The 4 crc1x values are xor'd to the final Qword, then a final CRC32 operation combines the modified final Qword with crc2 to give the final CRC value. The trade-off here is that we use just one table at the cost of doing some bit-shift operations to align the crc1x values correctly.
Another approach would be to use four different tables for the 4 bytes of crc1, each of which shifts the original byte down by 8 bits less than the previous table (e.g., crc1b would be shifted 1 byte less than crc1a). This results in four CRC values, each of which is in the same position. These can just be xor'd together without requiring any aligning shift operations. However, to reduce the data size, we just use one table (for crc1) in our implementation.
The C code for the function can be found in Listing One. The two tables of constants have been omitted, however they can be found in the aforementioned whitepaper [2].
LISTING ONE #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <intrin.h> #include "types.h" // buffer size is 1024 (= 336 * 3 + 16) #define BLOCKSIZE 336 #define BLOCKSIZE8 (BLOCKSIZE / 8) extern UINT32 mul_table1_336[256]; extern UINT32 mul_table1_672[256]; UINT32 crc_1024_c(UINT8 *buffer, UINT32 initval){ UINT64 crc0, crc1, crc2, tmp; UINT64 *p_buffer; p_buffer = (UINT64*)buffer; crc1 = crc2 = 0; // Do first 8 bytes here for better pipelining crc0 = _mm_crc32_u64(initval, p_buffer[0]); for(int i = 0; i < 42; i++){ crc1 = _mm_crc32_u64(crc1, p_buffer[1 + 1*BLOCKSIZE8 + i]); crc2 = _mm_crc32_u64(crc2, p_buffer[1 + 2*BLOCKSIZE8 + i]); crc0 = _mm_crc32_u64(crc0, p_buffer[1 + 0*BLOCKSIZE8 + i]); } // merge in crc1 tmp = p_buffer[127]; tmp ^= mul_table1_336[crc1 & 0xFF]; tmp ^= ((UINT64)mul_table1_336[(crc1 >> 8) & 0xFF]) << 8; tmp ^= ((UINT64)mul_table1_336[(crc1 >> 16) & 0xFF]) << 16; tmp ^= ((UINT64)mul_table1_336[(crc1 >> 24) & 0xFF]) << 24; // merge in crc0 tmp ^= mul_table1_672[crc0 & 0xFF]; tmp ^= ((UINT64)mul_table1_672[(crc0 >> 8) & 0xFF]) << 8; tmp ^= ((UINT64)mul_table1_672[(crc0 >> 16) & 0xFF]) << 16; tmp ^= ((UINT64)mul_table1_672[(crc0 >> 24) & 0xFF]) << 24; return (UINT32) _mm_crc32_u64(crc2, tmp); }


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A major BMX competition will be held next June at Burlington�s Fairchild Park.
The Tar Heel Nationals will return for the first time since 2011, though the event falls under a different governing name.
�That�s what we strive for, to get those every year,� said Brad Kincheloe, track operator for weekly Burlington BMX racing. �It doesn�t happen every year, but it is a big thing.�
Robert Cox of Burlington / Alamance County Convention & Visitors Bureau said Wednesday that up to 1,100 entrants could be on hand to compete across youth and adult age groups.
Kincheloe said national sanctioning bodies combined since the 2011 competition in Burlington, so the consolidated group often attracts larger fields of participants.
The July 2011 event drew about 700 entrants in the bicycle motocross, Cox said. Other than that, it should bring a similar impact. Cox said a sub-committee has held an initial meeting to review details and renew planning now that the bid has been awarded to Burlington.
�We�ve done it before and not much has changed,� Cox said.
Kincheloe said, �It helps out locally (with visibility for our group) and, of course, it helps out the city also because it brings in revenue to the city.�
A Burlington BMX parents group is involved in the organization of the event, Tony Laws, director of the Burlington Recreation and Parks Department, said. The track is part of a city-owned facility.
The Burlington BMX group regularly holds its meets Friday nights with 50 to 70 entrants ranging from age 4 to 55, Kincheloe said.
The national schedule for USA BMX races includes 33 events in 2014. The Burlington event comes between June stops in Severn, Md., and Rockford, Ill.
Cox and Kincheloe said the earlier dates for the 2014 competition in Burlington might help reduce some of the heat-related stress that participants and organizers braved during 2011.
Burlington Royals general manager Ryan Keur said the Appalachian League baseball team, which plays at adjacent Burlington Athletic Stadium, will request that the team plays on the road during the dates of the Tar Heel Nationals. That would be necessary in order to accommodate the parking and logistics associated with the bike racing.


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Lauren Alaina Readies for Major 2012 Tour Announcement
To say that Lauren Alaina has been having a pretty great year would be putting it lightly. Besides winning over America on 'American Idol,' the country cutie released her debut album, 'Wildflower,' last month, which has already spawned two hit singles. Now, 2012 is already shaping up to be an amazing year for the soon-to-be 17-year-old. While she remains tight-lipped about the details, Alaina can promise that there's be some exciting tour news to come.
"Some time next year, I'm going to go out on tour opening up for someone [big]," Alaina reveals to Taste of Country. "We'll be announcing that some time coming up, but right now I'm doing a lot of promotion for my new album. I'm just trying to get my name out there a little bit more and be able to perform as much as I can."
Plenty of music fans all around the world are getting to know Alaina and her music — so many, in fact, that her album debuted on Billboard's Top 200 chart at No. 5 and at the top of the iTunes chart. "I was at 'Good Morning America' [when I found out the chart positions]," recalls Alaina. "My mom came into the room when I was getting my makeup done. She was so excited. She was like, 'You're album's No. 1 on iTunes!' I just had a fit! I was crying, and they had to redo my makeup."
"That was really cool, especially for a new artist," she continues. "I have to thank 'American Idol' for all of that publicity because a lot of people know who I am from being on that show. Things in the past year have really been going great for me. I've been super blessed. I am just very thankful to all my fans and my family and everybody who's been supporting me."
Alaina's latest single from 'Wildflower' is 'Georgia Peaches,' which is the follow-up single to her Top 40 hit 'Like My Mother Does.' Her 'Idol' co-star, Scotty McCreery, will be hitting the road with Brad Paisley in 2012.


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Trust A Well-Reputable SEO Company
Having a business in Ottawa can be difficult especially when you are going to deal with companies who have been long established or have a team of marketing gurus who know how to penetrate the market. As a new player to the market, you need to know how to draw your cards with limited resources. This is the reason why you should take a look at ottawa seo companies. They will help you optimize your website and make it go up the ranks in various search engines. This enables your site to be visible and generate potential loyal customers who come visit.
One thing, you should not just go with any other ottawa seo companies. Go for a well-renowned one, who has been in the business for years and have helped quite a number of clients rank their sites. To give you an idea as to why you should go for a trusted seo company in ottawa, read on.
Here are the reasons why you should hire a well-reputable SEO company:
Your site is in good hands.
Your site is your money site. This is where people come and visit. They do check what you are offering and then, make a purchase later. What you want to have is make your site be visible but not to the point Google will penalize your website. This is going to be detrimental to your business. This is where a trusted SEO company in Ottawa takes in. Why? They know how to do to things right.
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The next thing you need to do will be to go out there and start searching which of the many ottawa seo companies you are going to go for. Do have criteria. Ask for a free consultation and quotation. Then, you can start comparing one company from the other. From there, you decide which one based on your preference and budget. Do make sure the terms are clear with regard to sending your reports. When are you going to get a report? How will you know what's the performance of your site? How the SEO campaign is going so to speak? These are very vital. Do remember these.
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Having a business in Ottawa implicates a great challenge. This is so to those who have just started out. Yes, it seems there is a need to fight against the giants or the big ones. In reality, this is not the case. All it takes, is to have a slice of the pie in the marketplace. When you tap into that, you will get your own fans who will patronize your product or service.
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When it comes to the Internet whatever you do will leave footprints. Yes, whether it is a bad publicity, comment, bashing, or positive reviews, they are all right there. The most important thing you want to happen is for the good points to emerge and the bad ones if any be submerged or sandboxed. This can be made possible if you deal with the right SEO company.
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The key here why you want to optimize your site is for you to have more visitors coming in. Not just any visitors, but those who would have a good potential of becoming your loyal customer in the future. How does that sound? You would surely be enjoying an increase in your sales revenue. This would be only a matter of time.
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First, SEO is all about doing techniques (in ethical means) that will help your website go up in page one of Google and other search engines.
Second, SEO is hitting two things. One is to capture the eyes of the search engines and saying "hello, I am here. I am doing all good." Then, Google through it's algorithm is going to move your site up to the ladder according to their terms and conditions of course. With regard to your target market, they will be able to see you. Yes, you have increased your website's visibility. This is great especially when you are new to the market and want to penetrate and make it happen.
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Do remember to take care of your customers. One wrong move and you might lose a lot of money. Your customers can easily to go to another provider or supplier other than you. When they are with you, as your customer, let them hook up with you, and get their loyalty. Give them customer satisfaction. This is the only way you can beat competition and stay in the ball game so to speak.
- Save On Marketing Cost With SEO
How's your business doing in Ottawa? Have you generated more income than before? Or, are you slowly losing money month after month because not much sales are coming in? Can you afford to spend more money on marketing? If not, then consider the idea of hiring someone to do SEO in Ottawa for your website. You are paying for one campaign yet it has the same benefits of the traditional marketing.
How are you able to save marketing cost with SEO, here's how:
You can reach your target market online.
What's the purpose of marketing? It is to reach a portion of the market who will then become your potential customers, right? This holds true with SEO. When your site is being optimized, one of it's benefits is that you are able to reach your target market without even doing those expensive billboard, magazine, radio and TV ads. Everything is done online and you simply wait and see the results.
Your visitors are targeted.
Which do you prefer? Thousands of people visiting your website and only 1 will become your potential customer, and there is no guarantee that person will even buy from you. Or, do you prefer to have 1,000 potential customers and 20-30 will become your customers? The latter is one of the effects of optimizing your website. Your visitors are targeted. They are not random.
You are more visible than before.
With the tight competition, there will always be companies who go broke and close down. Do you want to be one of the statistic? Why they went down the road? One thing is not keeping up with the changing of time of shifting from using traditional marketing to digital marketing. Plus, there is not much visibility going on with the companies. What do is meant by visible? It means how many people are talking about you on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram? With SEO, this is easily achieved. Your site, your business, will be more visible than what is used to be.
If you want to minimize cost, you should always take a look for alternative or means on how you can cut down your expenses. Imagine, how much money you will be able to save if you go for SEO in Ottawa and have your website go to page one of Google. You need not spend thousands of dollars on marketing campaigns like billboard, TV and radio. You can generate sale by paying a fraction of the total cost of the traditional marketing strategies.
So, do think about it. See if you can hire an expert in SEO in Ottawa. Be sure you are dealing with one who knows what he is talking about and not a self-proclaimed guru. You can check out reviews, testimonials and even talk to the provider. This will help you decide even better if you have found the right provider to help you in optimizing your website. Then, generate more sales revenue for you in the months to come.
- Increase Sales Revenue With SEO
How are your sales lately in Ottawa? Have you been generating enough to sustain your business? If not, then you should do something now before your company will go broke. One thing you can do is to have Ottawa search engine marketing. This is by far one of the most effective marketing strategies you can make use of to get an increase in your sales.
To give you an idea as to how you will be increase your revenues through SEO, read on:
- Your business is going to be more visible.
Let's face it even if you are offering the best product or service in town if nobody knows your business existed, then you will just lose the ball game to someone who is more visible in the Internet world. Ottawa search engine marketing will help your business to gain more visibility, this in return will help you be on the same playing field against your competitors. Thus, you are able to get a share of the pie so to speak.
- Your website will generate targeted traffic.
One of the major mistakes of most businesses is that they have a website, have it launched, and pay the hosting on a monthly basis, that's it. They do not do anything to the site. They simply wait for people to come by and visit. With optimizing your website, what it does is to make your website generate targeted traffic. This means that those who are indeed interested in your product or service will come by and visit. Then, a percentage of these unique visitors are going to become your customers. Now, this is better off than parking your website online, isn't it?
- More people will know your business.
There are different strategies involve in SEO. With these entire techniques combine it will yield to having people who are interested into you product or service or not be able to know your business. Who knows those people who are interested in you, will soon be converted and become your customer? This is the beauty of having your website be optimized. The best part of it all, you are hiring one company or person to do Ottawa search engine marketing campaign, that's it! You do not need to talk to one person to do this, another person to do another thing, etc. It will be one person or company, and one company. That's how simple it is.
With this being said, it is safe to say that when times are tough and you are on a budget and want to generate more sales, going for Ottawa search engine marketing would be ideal. It is cost-efficient. Yet, it delivers results. Who does not want to have an increase in sales for 10 percent, 20 percent or 30 percent? That's already a big leap from being stagnant or having a net loss each month, isn't it? So, take your pick. Are you going to go for optimizing your website and see your sales increase or wait until you can not cope up with your monthly expenses and close business?
- Let Your Site Be Visible In Search Engines
How's your website doing? Is it visible? Is it found on page one of Google and other search engines? If not, then you might be losing money every single month thanks to the ever growing competition that you have in your industry. You should take into account the importance of having your website be visible. People who are interested in your product or service should be able to find your website on page one. If this happens, you will see a huge difference in terms of sales revenue.
Here are the reasons as to why you should have your website be visible to the search engines:
First is to keep up with the competition.
We all know competition is very tight nowadays. Thanks to the ever changing technology. Few established businesses went down and broke. One of the main reasons as to why they are all gone is that they were not able to keep up with their competition. As a newly established business in Ottawa, what you can do to stay in the competition is to have your website optimized. The more it is visible to the eye of the search engines, the more it is beneficial for you. When people will search for a product or service that you are offering, they will go to your site and take a look. This is what optimizing is all about. Thus, making it on page one of various search engines is very important.
Second is to get a share of the market.
What would you feel if you have atleast 1 percent share of the market of 100,000 people? With that percentage, 20 percent generates 80 percent of your total gross sales? Now, that sounds wonderful, right? The question is how to get that share? One of which is when you go for Ottawa search engine optimization of your website. You will be able to get a share of the market without having to spend too much on traditional marketing techniques.
Third is to generate more sales for your business.
This is in relation to the second reason. When you already have a market share of 1 percent, this will equate to sales, sales, and more sales for you. As we very well know, sales is one of the important aspects of a business. For without it, how can you generate income for your business. This is what Ottawa search engine optimization can do to your company.
The tricky part here is for you to hire the right provider who can optimize your website. You want to go for who has years of experience under his sleeves, have a long list of satisfied and recurring clients, and do know what he is talking about. You want to trust the future of your website and sales revenue to an expert and not just a self-proclaimed guru. At the end of the day, you want results and not just promises that can not even come to fulfillment.
- Content Is King For Optimizing Your Website
Have you updated your Ottawa website? The update being talked about here is not having cool features to your site that is graphically stimulating. It's more about the content of your website. How's your blog page? Maybe you have not posted ever since the site has been launched. Or worst, you have not had a blog page on your site at all.
Do you know that Google loves a website that has fresh content on a regular basis? This means that you are giving away information to your visitors while at the same time establishing yourself as an authority in the niche you are in. The question that might linger in your mind now, is how to go about updating the content of my site? There are two ways to do it.
One is for you to write the content yourself on a weekly basis. You can write your opinions, thoughts, or experiences in relation to the niche that you are in. Be sure that the topic you are about to write creates curiousity or interest out of your readers or visitors.
Two is to hire an SEO service Ottawa. You are going to hire a third party have the content prepared for you, upload it to your website, optimize the page and promote it online. You have updated your website on a weekly basis while at the same time increases the number of visitors coming to your website who will soon become your customers.
If you have all the time in the world, and is cutting down on cost, you can update your website on your own. However, if you are always busy and the cost of hiring someone to do SEO service Ottawa for you does not bother, then go hire one. Between the two, it is the latter that will help you generate more audience for your blog and targeted traffic which help boost the ranking of your site. This means your site will slowly but surely make it to page one of Google and other search engines. Then, later on, generate more sales in the process.
If you opt to hire a third party, always go for one that offers the service for years and have a portfolio to show to you about their past work. Or better yet, you can ask if they can provide you a list of their recurring clients. This means that such provider have built a good working relationship towards their clients and in return creates more business for them.
It does help if you do ask for a free consultation and quotation. This will give you a rough idea as to how much you are expected to pay and what the campaign will consists of. Most of these companies are very much willing to provide you with such. When you have the quotations, you can start comparing which one offers the best deal for your money. Remember, you are up for quality service at a price that you can afford.
- Pros and Cons Of Optimizing Your Site
Have you considered having your website optimized? Well, before you do, you need to know what are it's pros and cons.
- Visibility.
Do you have any idea whether or not people know your business exist? One thing that SEO can do to your website is that it helps increase it's visibility. People will be able to know your business exist. This can be done through performing certain techniques in optimizing your website. Remember, the more visible you are on the net, the more beneficial it is for your business. More people know your business, the more probability you will generate new and recurring customers for you.
- Increase Ranking.
Try to search your website online. What page is it on Google? Is it on page 10? If that's the case, then you need to have it on page 1 as much as possible. Research had shown that when your website is on page 1 particulary, on the number one spot, your sales increases compared to being on page 10. That's how powerful SEO service Ottawa is and what it can do to your business.
- Increase Sales.
Who does not want to have increase sales into their business? Who does not want to have an increase in their net profits on a monthly basis? Every business does. This can be done with the help of SEO service Ottawa. You will be able to see an increase in your sales revenue as the SEO campaign goes on. Plus, as the months go by, your sales will move up, and up.
- Additional cost.
This can be an additional cost to your business especially if you are not spending much on marketing or do have traditional marketing on the side. The cost might be minimal compared to an entire billboard ad or radio ad. But definitely, it is a cost that is worth spending for. See it as an investment. As the ROI, will be in matter of months, and sales will increase as well.
- Results may vary.
One thing about SEO is that the results may vary. Do not expect that your website which falls on page 10 of Google will go to page 1 in a matter of one month. It may take months. It depends on the campaign and how knowledgeable your SEO service Ottawa provider is.
Bottom line, do go for a provider who have offered such service to long-term and recurring clients. This says something about the provider – the service is good. What you need to do is go hunt for that one SEO provider who can make your website go from page 10 of Google and make it move up all the way to page 1 in months' time.
Be sure to have an additional budget every month if you choose to have your website optimize. In this way, you will be able to keep up with your costs as you wait for your sales to increase over a period of time. The fee to pay for a provider to do an SEO campaign does vary. It depends on what you are looking for.
- 3 Benefits Of Ranking Your Site In Google
Do you have any idea what page on Google is your site right now on specific terms or keywords? If you don't, try to search. If your site is on page 10 expect that you do not get a lot of sales on a monthly sales. But when you are on 1 expect that you are enjoying the perks of generating more sales revenues against your competitors. This is the reason why most companies aim to go on page 1 of Google and possible be on the top spot. When you are on the top, your site will receive quite a number of targeted visitors that will be converted into a customer. Before you even attempt to go have your site optimized to rank well, on Google you need to know what the benefits of having a good ranking are. Read on.
The following are the benefits of ranking your site in Google:
- Be in the game.
How many times have you thought of a good marketing strategy to stay in the game and not be beaten by your competition? For sure, a lot of times, isn't it? If you want to stay in the game and not lose, having a good rank in Google is one. When you are up there, and on page one, you are at an advantage compared to those at on pages 2-onwards. Do take note of that.
- More people visiting your website.
Do you have the figures on how many visitors you got on a daily, weekly and monthly basis? For sure, the figures are not that astonishing. If you want to generate more traffic to your website, optimizing your site will be the key. Hiring a provider who can do Ottawa SEO is what you need. When your site is on page 1 of Google expect the influx of visitors will increase. You will be totally amazed on how the figures doubled or even tripled.
- Conversion rate is higher.
What's the beauty of having visitors when you can not convert them and turn to customers? If you rank well in Google and be on page 1, conversion rate is higher. You can turn those visitors into customers. Why is this so? Well, for one, you are getting targeted traffic and not just random visitors who do not care on what you are selling on your site. This will in return increase your sales revenue. What a good benefit, right?
Are you now more convinced to have your site rank well on Google? If you do, then now is the time to start the search of an Ottawa SEO service provider. Take note not just any provider but the best who offer such service at a price you can afford. In this way, you can get value out of what you have paid for. Remember, the goal here is for your site to have a good ranking on Google and then, in return, your sales will increase.
- 3 Reasons Why You Should Optimize Your Website
The word SEO has been overly used or synonymous to having a website. What does it mean to a person who has no knowledge about the term but has a business and a website? This means a lot. Why? This holds one of the keys for your business sustainability. When your site is being optimized, expect that sales will start to pour in. Therefore, you got more money coming into your business which in turn you can make use of to pay salaries, expenses, and have as a net profit at the end of the month.
When you do have a business and website in Ottawa, then you should go hire an Ottawa SEO service provider. This will help you big time. Before you do that, do read below so that you have an idea as to what you will be getting if you have your site optimized.
The following are the reasons as to why you should optimize your website:
- Have your site increase it's targeted visitors.
The more number of targeted visitors going to your website on a daily basis, the more beneficial it is for you. This means, you have a lot of people interested into what you are selling. It would be a matter of time for you to see your visitors converted into customers, eventually, loyal customers later on.
- Have your site increase it's ranking in search engines.
What's with increasing my site's ranking in search engines mean to my business? You may ask. It means a lot. This means that when people are going to search for something of which you are selling and your site pops up on the first page, then you are a winner. You are outwit your competitors who do happen to be on page 2 onwards. It is even much better when you dominate first page of Google. It means the first 10 searches are all linked into your website.
- Have your site increase it's conversion rate.
What good your visitors are if they do not convert into sales? This is what going for Ottawa SEO takes into the picture. Expect that the conversion rate is much higher. Why? The visitors going to your site are targeted and not random. This means they are there on your website because they are looking for what you are selling and are interested. Although, it does not mean they will buy right away it is still a good thing. Why? What if you have 100 people interested? Then, 5 out of them purchase. It is much better compared to 100 random people visiting to your site and not interested in buying.
Are you now ready to move your business up a notch? Do take the leap. Hire an Ottawa SEO service provider. You will see a huge difference from your sales this month and the coming months that's for sure. All it takes is for you to hire the right one to do the service for you.


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Where satire ends and politics begins
The line between comedy and politics grows hazier.
In Italy, a populist movement led by longtime standup comedian Beppe Grillo suddenly emerged last month as a major power broker in the nation's parliament, amusing some and alarming others.
In Minnesota, longtime comic satirist Al Franken, formerly of "Saturday Night Live," now serves his fifth year as a Democratic U.S. senator. In 2008 he unseated Republican Norman Coleman -- who, bear in mind, lost an earlier bid for governor to former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura.
In New York City, libertarian agitator-comic Randy Credico makes the rounds again, this time in the role of mayoral candidate. Dressed up as the Greek philosopher "Diogenes the Cynic," he toured Albany in 2009 "in search of an honest man."
None of this is new. In 1994, radio celebrity Howard Stern "ran" for governor, and in 1968, television humorist Pat Paulsen "ran" for president, just as Stephen Colbert did in 2012.
And even today, political pros mostly contract out the comic work. In that vein, term-limited Mayor Michael Bloomberg late Saturday performed his final response skit to the annual "Inner Circle" press revue in Manhattan -- aided, as usual, by top-notch ringers from Broadway.
OUT-OF-TOWN ASSIST: Last week, State Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre endorsed billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis for New York City mayor. For whatever it may matter to voters in the five boroughs, Skelos said: "He'll stand up for our forgotten middle class and fight for safe streets and schools that educate."
Catsimatidis has financially backed the state GOP and a bipartisan mix of candidates. In the autumn of 2008, for example, he contributed $50,000 to Skelos' Republican Senate campaign committee.
REMEMBRANCE OF SPATS PAST: For longtime City Hall denizens, there's a bit of a familiar echo to the clash between Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn over an election-year bill to create an inspector general for the NYPD. Around this time 12 years ago, another Democratic mayoral candidate, under fire from primary rivals over alleged coziness with the departing Republican mayor, created a similar stir. The candidate, then-Comptroller Alan Hevesi, aired a commercial vowing to "increase accountability" and "stop profiling" by police. Then-mayor Rudy Giuliani denounced the ad as divisive and unfair.
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It's official. The Internet has decided today, October 14, 2011, is "Steve Jobs Day."
Over the past week, people around the world have been memorializing Steve Jobs, and now a group has created a whole day in his honor.
On the website, "Steve Jobs Day 2011" fans can post photos of themselves wearing black turtlenecks and jeans, posing in typical Steve poses, and leave comments about the Apple co-founder.
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"We admire his work. We've embraced his vision. And we love what he's brought to the world. Let's take a day to celebrate the life and work of Steve Jobs and say thank you. Everyone around the world is invited to participate — in real life and in person and on Facebook, Twitter and here."
The site, which was launched Sept. 23, 2011, also offers links to leave comments directly to Apple, as well as donate to cancer research.


text: Covering Libya's first post-Gaddafi elections As Libyans head to the polls, what are the challenges facing the country's fledgling independent media? 16 Jul 2012 12:53 GMT | Politics, Arts & Culture, Latin America, India, Libya When Libyans vote in the country's first free elections in almost five decades, will they have had the benefit of a free and independent media to help them make an informed decision? Since Muammar Gaddafi's downfall, the country has seen a proliferation of news outlets, from print, broadcast and online. But after decades under Gaddafi's state-run media machine, the transition to a free and open press has not been easy and for these relatively inexperienced journalists, the election will be their biggest challenge to date. There are 142 registered political parties, more than 3,000 candidates on the ballot, and more than 100 media outlets that did not exist under Gaddafi, doing the reporting in a country with no modern tradition of critical journalism, to an electorate that has not cast a vote in a meaningful election in generations. So what could possibly go wrong? In this week's News Divide, we look at the difficulties facing the country's burgeoning media scene as the country takes part in a landmark election. This week's Newsbytes: Syria's media war claims its first high-profile defector; in Venezuela, a TV network critical of Hugo Chavez's government bows down to pressure and pays a huge fine to stay on air; Sri Lankan authorities raid the premises of two major opposition news outlets - and one Twitter court case that could have implications for civil liberties in the age of new media. The rise of Kashmir's mediaThe dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir has been a flashpoint on the sub-continent for more than six decades. It is a heavily militarised zone, with more than half a million troops stationed there. Despite the ongoing conflict, it receives little or no media attention. The climate for local journalists is poor: they work under strict curfews, internet access is sporadic and text messaging services are regularly cut off. But anti-Indian protests in 2010 sparked a change in the media landscape. For the first time, a host of new voices were heard and since then Kashmiri bloggers, filmmakers and authors have taken their stories to India, Pakistan and beyond. In this week's feature, the Listening Post's Meenakshi Ravi looks at the rise of Kashmir's alternative media voices. Up until a few years ago, who even knew what that hashtag symbol on the computer keyboard actually was? Times have changed. When micro-blogging site Twitter exploded online, the symbol underwent its own revolution. Whether they were joining Iran's Green Movement, or spreading the word about protests on Tahrier Square, or fanning the flames of anti-capitalist dissent in the Occupy movement – people connected through that one symbol. Now producer/songwriter Paul Nowell has penned a song that charts the once lowly key's rise to stardom. His song is our web video of the week. We hope you enjoy the show. Listening Post can be seen each week at the following times GMT: Saturday: 0830, 1930; Sunday: 1430; Monday: 0430.Click here for more Listening Post. Source: Al Jazeera


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The National Institute on Genealogical Research Alumni Association (NIGRAA) announces the Richard S. Lackey Memorial Scholarship for 2014. This scholarship is awarded to an experienced researcher employed in a paid or volunteer position in the services of the genealogical community. The amount of the Scholarship is $500, which covers full tuition for the National Institute on Genealogical Research, attendance at the Alumni Association Dinner, and will partly defray hotel and/or meal costs.
Applications must be submitted in PDF or Word format. The completed application form and attachments should be e-mailed to Beverly Rice at and received by 15 January 2014. The application form can be found at the bottom of the NIGRAA website at http://www.rootsweb.
The winner will be notified no later than 15 February 2013. The scholarship winner will automatically be accepted for the National Institute on Genealogical Research (NIGR), to be held at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., from Monday, July 14 through Friday, July 18, 2013. NIGR is an intensive program offering on-site examination of federal records and is intended for experienced genealogical researchers. Note: an application to attend in 2014 must also be submitted to NIGR.
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Prodigy Disc, launched in 2013 by a team of professional disc golf World Champions, has quickly established itself as a "players" company. The Prodigy team aims to create quality and professional discs for players of all skill levels to enjoy.
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App-V "Application is not working as expected" Troubleshooting Check List
Hello everyone, John Behneman here again. The purpose of the article is to highlight some very simple OSD file edits/tweaks that can potentially fix a large number of most common issues we see here in product support. Chances are you can save yourself a lot of time and money if you try these simple troubleshooting techniques before calling us for support.
As a test you should always edit the OSD file in the App-V client cache on the App-V client, not on the original package until you know which parameter is causing the problem. It is always a good policy to backup the OSD cache file before you start editing so you can return it to its original configuration should none of the edits resolve your issue. If you corrupt the cached OSD file and you did not make a backup, you can always redeploy the package or do a DC refresh if you are using an App-V Management Server.
NOTE Before doing anything else, be sure you have the latest version of the App-V client. That alone can fix a lot of issues.
How to launch App-V Application OSD in Notepad from the Client Cache
To find the cached OSD for an App-V application, launch the Application Virtualization Client Admin console, highlight the Application node of in the left hand pane, find the desired application in the right hand pane and double-click on it. Find the Local OSD File: parameter on the General Tab and copy the parameter. Type Notepad <space> in the Start -> Run and then paste the Local OSD File: parameter after the space in Notepad so you have something similar to following string:
notepad C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Application Virtualization Client\SoftGrid Client\OSD Cache\3277aa21-2d5c-4bc4-a396-8f20c7953fec.osd
Now, click OK and Notepad will open the cached OSD of the application you wish to modify so you can add tags or modify existing tag in the appropriate section of the OSD. The following is a graphical representation of the process:
Figure 1 - Copy the Local OSD File parameter.
Figure 2 - Type notepad plus a space and then paste the Local OSD File parameter.
Figure 3 -The Cached OSD is presented for editing.
Editing tags 1-5 in the OSD
Figure 4 - Snippet of an App-V OSD file
Test items 1,3,4 in Figure 4 should be tested on every Application that exhibits a problem when virtualize with App-V, items 2 & 5 should be done only in specific situations to be explained in more detail below.
Test item 1:
For more information:
A Look Under the Covers - The LOCAL_INTERACTION_ALLOWED Tag : http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2007/09/20/a-look-under-the-covers-the-local-interaction-allowed-tag.aspx
Test item 2:
If an App-V application fails to shutdown properly or causes anomalies with the OS when the application is shutdown, try setting the following value to TRUE.
For more information:
An application may not shut down completely when you exit the application in Microsoft SoftGrid : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931589
Test item 3:
<SUBSYSTEM VALUE="windows"/>
<SUBSYSTEM VALUE="console"/>
For more information:
When launching an application virtualized using Microsoft App-V, the application hangs for 10 minutes and then terminates : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2195120
A known good App-V virtual application package may fail with error 19-00001003 after adding a pre-launch script : http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2011/10/20/a-known-good-app-v-virtual-application-package-may-fail-with-error-19-00001003-after-adding-a-pre-launch-script.aspx
Test item 4:
On rare occasions the working directory parameter can cause problems , as a test tryremoving the value altogether.
<WORKINGDIR >%CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES%\Microsoft Host Integration Server 2010\system\ <WORKINGDIR>
For more information:
<WORKINGDIR> Examples - Specifying a Working Directory : http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualworld/archive/2007/11/07/workingdir-examples-specifying-a-working-directory.aspx
Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.6 SP1 Sequencing Guide : http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/7/8/F784A197-73BE-48FF-83DA-4102C05A6D44/App-V/App-V%204.6%20Service%20Pack%201%20Sequencing%20Guide.docx
Test item 5:
Typically the problem these tags cause is that short-cuts for a particular application may not be available to users that have been granted access to the application. You may see the following entry in the sftlog.txt on the App-V client:
The app manager could not create an application from '\\softgriddc\content\DefaultApp.osd' (rc 07708A44-00000007)
Removing these entries altogether will deploy this application to any Operating System, even to Operating Systems for which the application may not be designed. In this situation the cached OSD will not exist on the client and you must edit the OSD from the content share on the App-V Management server or in the original package before deployment.
<OS VALUE="Win7"/>
<OS VALUE="Win764"/>
For more information:
Error xxxxxx44-00001007 in the SFTLOG.TXT file : http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2008/10/29/error-xxxxxx44-00001007-in-the-sftlog-txt-file.aspx
Updated OS VALUE XML Tag Reference and Supported Client Versions : http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2009/10/29/updated-os-value-xml-tag-reference-and-supported-client-versions.aspx
If your package is still not working properly after the aforementioned tweaks, grab a cup of coffee and startup Process Monitor in the bubble.
NOTE For more information on how to use Process Monitor please see How to run Process Monitor (ProcMon) inside the App-V virtual environment - http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2012/04/24/how-to-run-process-monitor-procmon-inside-the-app-v-virtual-environment.aspx
Please be sure to return all the OSD tag values back to the original settings, I would advise doing this after each test item so you know exactly what fixed the issue. It is possible that you may need to tweak more than one value to get some applications working. If you are editing the OSD in the App-V Client Cache, and you deploy your App-V Applications using an App-V Management Server you can always do a DC refresh to return the OSD to its original configuration.
DC Refresh:
For suffering through all the steps above here is an additional couple of nuggets of information.
Bonus Test 1:
There are 2 types of packages a MNT, which is the preferred method, where the application is installed to directory on the Q: drive during sequencing, and VFS where the application is installed to the C: drive.
Some applications have to be installed to the C: drive to work correctly when virtualized. If the application fails to launch correctly when you sequence it to Q: (MNT), please re-sequence the application by installing it to the C: drive. In some situations the inverse is true, I have had situations where sequencing an application to the Q: drive fixed a problem. The bottom line is you may need to experiment to determine which install type (MNT or VFS) works best for the application. For more information please see the following references:
For more information:
The VFS versus MNT Install : http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2007/07/16/the-vfs-versus-mnt-install.aspx
Best practices to use for sequencing in Microsoft App-V (SoftGrid) : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932137/en-us
Bonus Test 2:
By default "Enforce Security Descriptors" is enabled on the Sequencer, sometimes this feature can cause problems, try disabling it by unchecking it. To do this start the sequencer, choose "Modify an Existing Virtual Application Package", then "Edit Package" and browse to the *.sprj file in the package and select it and click Open then Edit. This will load the following screen, select the Deployment tab and uncheck "Enforce Security Descriptors", now go to File and Save and it will update the package. You will need to redeploy the package for testing.
Figure 6 – Sequencer Package edit console
For more information:
Improving Security During App-V Sequencing : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662362.aspx
Bonus Test 3:
If you suspect that System-Guard (protective App-V bubble) is causing your issue you can use the following registry tweak to determine for certain if it is the cause, please only do this as a test, leaving this in production is not recommended. To gain a complete understanding of this tweak please read the following blog post before implementing it.
Allowing Better Interaction to App-V Virtual Applications : http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2011/07/05/allowing-better-interaction-to-app-v-virtual-applications.aspx
Find the following registry hive and add a string value of N+1 where N is the highest number listed in the ObjExclusions registry hive, in most cases the next value will be 94 (on my machine the highest number is 93) and give it a data value of *. After making this change either reboot the test machine or restart the Application Virtualization Client service.
For X86:
For X64:
For more information:
Error message when you try to sequence Abra Suite in Microsoft SoftGrid: "The procedure entry point GetFileVersionInfoA could not be located in the dynamic link library VERSION.DLL" : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931979
Error: HP Universal Printing | Invalid Address when using the Hewlett-Packard Universal Printer Drivers with Microsoft Application Virtualization : http://blogs.technet.com/b/appv/archive/2011/10/13/error-hp-universal-printing-invalid-address-when-using-the-hewlett-packard-universal-printer-drivers-with-microsoft-application-virtualization.aspx
I want to thank Alvin Morales, Mark Stanfill and J.C. Hornbeck for their assistance and guidance during the process of creating this post.
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The Christopher Cutler Rich – Cape Ann Animal Shelter, held their 2nd annual Golf Tournament and auction at Bass Rocks Golf Club.
Bruce Tarr – Auctioneer Extraordinaire and State Senator
Auctioned Trips to the Bahamas, signed Bruins Hockey pucks, shirts and Lobster Trap chairs and much more, all donated to help support the Animal Shelter.
The Mike Fpnzo Phenomenal Volunteer Award presented to Peter and Diana Porper. (photo below)
Winners of the Golf Tournament with a score of 58, photo below.
Andrew and Rick Southgate, Nick Carleton and Chris Mason


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Following the team's fourth-straight NCAA Regional appearance, LFSN reporter Alan York had a chance to catch up with Flames Head Golf Coach Jeff Thomas to reflect on the 2013-14 season.
Liberty won its third Big South title in the last four years. The Flames claimed a five-stroke victory over Charleston Southern, and finished 11 shots ahead of defending champion Coastal Carolina at The Patriot Golf Club in Ninety Six, S.C., in April.
The victory earned the Flames their fourth-straight NCAA Regional appearance and the program's sixth NCAA postseason berth overall. Liberty was the No. 6 seed at the NCAA Eugene Regional where the Flames finished tied for eighth place in the 13-team field at the Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore., in May.
Niklas Lindstrom led the Flames at the NCAA Regionals with a third-place finished with a two-over par 212 (70-72-70). The senior missed individually advancing to the NCAA Men's Golf National Championship when he lost to Chattanooga's Chris Robb in a one-hole playoff.
The Flames' 2013-14 season saw Liberty post a pair of tournament victories, including a win at the Sea Best Invitational at TPC Sawgrass – The Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., in February.
Liberty had three players earn GCAA All-Region honors following the 2013-14 season. Seniors Chase Marinell and Lindstrom and junior Mathieu Fenasse were each selected for the all-region listing.
Marinell, who was named the Big South Men's Golfer of the Year, finished his career at Liberty with the second-best career stroke average in program history (73.04).
Liberty finished the year ranked No. 35 in the country by Golfstat and No. 38 by Golfweek. Liberty's highest team national ranking during the 2013-14 season was at No. 24 by Golfstat following the conclusion of play of the fall schedule.
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After reshaping roster, Padres poised to make run
San Diego bringing plenty of fresh faces to Spring Training in Arizona
SAN DIEGO -- This will be the eighth Padres team manager Bud Black has presided over, and he can tell you that, on paper, this has the potential to be one of the best.
"I think the balance of our club is probably as good as it's been," he said.
Pitchers and catchers report for the start of Spring Training on Thursday in Peoria, Ariz., with high hopes after a busy offseason that saw general manager Josh Byrnes essentially reshape the roster.
The team spent in free agency (signing pitchers Josh Johnson and Joaquin Benoit) and was also active on the trade front, acquiring outfielder Seth Smith and lefty reliever Alex Torres, among others.
The rotation has some big arms who can miss bats -- like Andrew Cashner, Tyson Ross and now Johnson -- which is something all managers like having on their roster. The bullpen, particularly the back end with Torres, Benoit and closer Huston Street, is stronger than it was a year ago.
To be sure, there's a lot to like, Black said.
"I think on the pitching side, the upside and potential of some big powerful arms is very exciting," Black said. "And there's a balance throughout the roster of youth, experience, speed and some power."
To move upward in the National League West, the Padres will need to stay healthy, as Carlos Quentin, Chase Headley and Cameron Maybin all had surgeries toward the end of or at the end of the season.
Pitchers and catchers report
Full squad reports
Feb. 18
First Spring Training game
At Mariners, Feb. 27, Peoria Sports Complex, 12:05 p.m. PT
Opening Day
Vs. Dodgers, March 30, Petco Park, 5:05 p.m. PT
Triple play: Three questions that need answers
1. Is the starting rotation as clear-cut as it appears?
For now, yes. This has the making to be the best starting-pitching depth Black has presided over since becoming manager in 2007. The five candidates who are likely to win spots are Johnson, Ross, Cashner, Eric Stults and Ian Kennedy. Joe Wieland, who missed all of last season while working his way back from 2012 Tommy John surgery, could push for a spot. That also applies to two young pitchers, Burch Smith and Robbie Erlin, who impressed at times in 2013. Prospect Matt Wisler isn't far off. Unlike years past, there's quality depth here.
2. What will be seen from Chase Headley this season?
Is Headley the player who led the league in RBIs (115) in 2012? Or is he the one who scuffled the first five months of the season in '13? The Padres want to know that as well. Headley struggled with a left thumb injury and then a left knee injury that eventually required surgery after the season. For his struggles, he still produced a 3.4 WAR season and could be a candidate for a rebound year. Headley can take a walk, has pop from both sides of the plate and offers plus-defense. The Padres hope his 2014 looks much more like his '12 than his '13, when he chased many pitches outside the strike zone.
3. The pitching is better, but can the Padres score some runs?
The addition of Seth Smith gives the lineup a little more balance and gives the Padres a left-handed bat to help combat their woes against right-handed pitching a year ago. Headley, Quentin, Yonder Alonso, Maybin and Yasmani Grandal all missed time a year ago with injuries, and Everth Cabrera was out for the last 50 games due to a suspension. Cabrera was a catalyst in the first half, Quentin's new stance produced nice results before he was shut down and Alonso got off to a fast start before a right hand injury. Keep all of them (or most of them) healthy and the offense should be better.
2013 record
76-86, tied for third in the NL West
Projected batting order
1. SS Everth Cabrera:
.283 BA, .355 OBP, .381 SLG, 4 HR, 31 RBIs in 2013
2. CF Will Venable:
.268 BA, .312 OBP, .484 SLG, 22 HR, 53 RBIs in 2013
3. 3B Chase Headley:
.250 BA, .347 OBP, .400 SLG, 13 HR, 50 RBIs in 2013
4. LF Carlos Quentin:
.275 BA, .363 OBP, .493 SLG, 13 HR, 44 RBIs in 2013
5. 2B Jedd Gyorko:
.249 BA, .301 OBP, .444 SLG, 23 HR, 63 RBIs in 2013
6. 1B Yonder Alonso:
.281 BA, .341 OBP, .368 SLG, 6 HR, 45 RBIs in 2013
7. RF Chris Denorfia:
.279 BA, .337 OBP, .395 SLG, 10 HR, 47 RBIs in 2013
8. C Nick Hundley:
.233 BA, .290 OBP, .389 SLG, 13 HR, 44 RBIs in 2013
Projected rotation
1. Andrew Cashner, 10-9, 3.09 ERA in 2013
2. Ian Kennedy, 7-10, 4.91 ERA in 2013
3. Tyson Ross, 3-8, 3.17 ERA in 2013
4. Josh Johnson, 2-8, 6.20 ERA in 2013
5. Eric Stults, 11-13, 3.93 ERA in 2013
Projected bullpen
Closer: Huston Street, 33/35 saves, 2.70 ERA in 2013
RH setup man: Joaquin Benoit, 2.01 ERA in 2013
LH setup man: Alex Torres, 1.71 ERA in 2013
The new guys
OF Seth Smith: Smith was obtained from the A's for reliever Luke Gregerson in order to give the offense a boost against right-handed pitching. Smith is a career .279 hitter against righties and can play left or right field. He's coming from a big ballpark in Oakland, so there's no chance he'll be scared off by spacious Petco Park.
LHP Torres: The Padres looked for a left-handed reliever all winter and finally landed one in Torres, who is much more than a specialist. Righties actually fared worse (.149 average) against him last season than lefties (.175). The Padres like his arm and feel he can be a nice fit for the back end of the bullpen, helping set up Benoit and closer Street.
RHP Johnson: Johnson returns to the NL after an injury-filled, miserable 2013 with the Blue Jays. The Padres hope he can return to his 2010 form, when he led the NL in ERA (2.30) while he was with the Marlins. He averaged 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings last year, which shows he can still miss bats, and he was probably a little unlucky (.361 batting average on balls in play).
SS Ryan Jackson: Obtained from the Astros for Jesus Guzman, Jackson provides the Padres with a plus-defender at a critical position. The team was left scrambling last season when Cabrera was suspended for the final 50 games, and the organization didn't want to have to go through that again. And with no Major League-ready shortstop in the Minors, the Padres traded for Jackson.
LHP Patrick Schuster: The Padres acquired Schuster from the Astros after the Rule 5 Draft after Schuster was plucked by the Astros from the D-backs. The Padres liked his arm and upside, but the team has since acquired Torres and signed Minor League free agent Tony Sipp, which means Schuster could be a long shot to make the team, especially since Rule 5 rules apply to him.
RHP Benoit: In a somewhat surprise move, the Padres inked Benoit to a two-year deal not long after parting with reliever Gregerson. The Padres liked how Benoit has shown no signs of slowing down despite being 36 years old and that he has closer experience, in case Street lands on the disabled list, as he has three times in the last two seasons. He's a plus-arm for the back end of the bullpen and is someone who has had success against righties and lefties.
Prospects to watch
C Austin Hedges: Regarded as the top defensive catcher in the Minor Leagues, Hedges will start the season in Double-A San Antonio, but he won't be far off from making his big league debut. He impressed during the Arizona Fall League, and his bat continues to play well each step he takes through the Padres' system. "He's getting really close just to, mechanically, catching in the big leagues," said Black. "He's checking off some boxes."
RHP Wisler: Wisler landed squarely on the Padres' radar last season, when he went a combined 10-6 with a 2.78 ERA for Class A Advanced Lake Elsinore and San Antonio. Wisler offers plus-command, a mid-90s fastball and the ability to throw four pitches for strikes. He also has a high aptitude, and his makeup is off the charts, which excites the organization. He could start in San Antonio, where he finished 2013, or even in Triple-A. But he's not far off from contending for a spot in the big league rotation.
OF Rymer Liriano: Liriano, one of the top position players in the organization, missed all of last season while recovering from reconstructive surgery on his right elbow in March. Before the injury, he was coming fast, having posted a .280/.350/.417 line in 2012 between Lake Elsinore and San Antonio. He had 44 extra-base hits, 61 RBIs and 32 stolen bases in 127 games that year.
On the rebound
OF Maybin: Nagging knee and wrist injuries limited Maybin to 14 games last season. But after having surgery on his right wrist in September, his recovery has gone smoothly, and he'll be ready for the start of Spring Training. This is a critical season for Maybin, who struggled in 2012 before missing nearly all of last season. He'll need to win the center-field job back.
C Grandal: Grandal suffered a gruesome injury to his right knee last season blocking the plate on a play at home, which required ACL surgery on Aug. 6. Normally it would be safe to assume he would miss at least the first half the season, but his recovery has gone well, and there's a small chance he could be ready for Opening Day.
1B Alonso: Alonso got off to a good start last season before suffering an injury to his right hand, one that troubled him for the rest of the season. He had trouble regaining strength in the hand, and the injury clearly affected his ability to drive the ball. Alonso hit 39 doubles during his first season with the Padres and would certainly like to return to that form in 2014 now that his hand is healed.
Long gone
INF Logan Forsythe: The Padres parted with Forsythe as a means to land left-handed reliever Torres from the Rays in a January deal. Forsythe never got to play his natural position (third base) much with the Padres because of Headley, but he offered infield versatility. Forsythe was slowed during his time in San Diego by foot surgery in 2012 and plantar fasciitis last season.
INF/OF Guzman: Guzman posted a 2.8 oWAR in parts of three seasons with the Padres -- not a bad return for a player who originally signed with the team as a Minor League free agent. He became a little redundant when the team acquired Seth Smith from the A's since he and Kyle Blanks both can play first base and the outfield.
OF Mark Kotsay: Kotsay hit .194 last year in his final season in the big leagues. He announced his retirement in the final month of the season and then accepted a job in the Padres' front office as a special assistant. Trevor Hoffman, Brad Ausmus and Mark Loretta followed a similar route after they stepped away from the game.
RP Gregerson: The Padres parted with Gregerson to land Seth Smith from the A's, which at the time seemed like a big blow to the bullpen (the team later signed Benoit to a two-year deal, which alleviated some fan concerns). Gregerson was a 3.9 WAR performer over five seasons with the team and a critical cog in the team's late-inning bullpen mix.


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Shabbat Morning Service
November 30, 2019 –
Join us as we spend time in worship of the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. Join us as we give thanks for the salvation we have through the shed blood of Messiah Yeshua. Join us as we spend time in the scriptures. Join us as we have an oneg after service along with a sweet time of fellowship


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Courts Can't Ignore Free Speech Concerns Just Because Someone Claims Copyright Infringement
from the free-speech-is-important deptA couple months ago, we wrote about a troubling ruling by a magistrate judge in California, ordering the identification of an anonymous internet user, who had spoken out against a cult. As we've noted, many courts have recognized that anonymity is protected by the First Amendment. And, while not universally accepted, many courts have adopted the so-called Dendrite rule for determining when its appropriate to identify an anonymous speaker. This test is a good one, which requires the party seeking to identify an anonymous speaker to both give the speaker sufficient notification to protest being identified, but also to present significant evidence to prove that the speaker broke the law.
Unfortunately, thanks to the RIAA, there's a "competing" ruling when it comes to copyright. Some users had tried to be kept anonymous in a file sharing case, and the court there rejected that attempt, but by using a much lower standard that almost guarantees anonymous speakers would be identified (known as the "Sony Music" standard, since Sony was the lead plaintiff in the case that set the standard). In this case, the plaintiffs pushed to use the much lower standard to identify the anonymous speakers, by claiming that part of the problem was copyright infringement in their blog posts. The magistrate judge agreed. However, thanks to a rapid attempt to get the court to reconsider (via both the anonymous plaintiff and Public Citizen, the ACLU and EFF), district court judge Lucy Koh reversed the ruling by the magistrate judge, and made it clear that even in copyright cases, we shouldn't just throw out the right to be anonymous.
The ruling by Judge Koh is quite good, detailing the right to be anonymous and the First Amendment concerns that must be taken into account, even in copyright cases. The court seems to correctly recognize that the kind of "speech" here is different than just someone downloading a song. Most people would agree that there's no First Amendment right to be anonymous for downloading. But when the "infringement" is done as part of an effort to speak out publicly about an issue, it seems much more reasonable to use the much higher bar to identify the speaker, and that's exactly what the court said. For purely consumptive infringement, perhaps it's reasonable to have a lower barrier to identification. But in cases of expression, the courts should be careful not to just toss out one's right to be anonymous. The court recognized this, pointing out that there are real First Amendment concerns when the use is expressive:
Contrary to Plaintiff's assertions, evidence of copyright infringement does not automatically remove the speech at issue from the scope of the First Amendment. While "the First Amendment does not shield copyright infringement," Harper, 471 U.S. at 555-56, "copyright law contains built-in First Amendment accommodations." Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186, 219-20 (2003). Perhaps the most important is the doctrine of fair use, which allows the public to use copyrighted works "for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching ... and scholarship." .... In this case, the Court has acknowledged that "Skywalker appears to have published the [protected materials] ... as part of a larger effort to debunk the notion that the Art of Living Foundation and Ravi Shankar possess some 'secret higher knowledge.'" Id. Although the Court need not determine at this stage if Skywalker's conduct is protected by fair use, the circumstances here create a substantial question as to whether the doctrine applies.... The Court therefore finds that even if Skywalker's speech is not "political" or "religious," as he has argued, it at least raises significant constitutional issues.Judge Koh didn't just stop there. She also went on to discuss the serious potential chilling effects of identifying anonymous speakers using claims of copyright infringement:
Conversely, Sony Music made no mention of the chilling effect of disclosure. Of course, this makes sense, given that the conduct at issue had little First Amendment value. However, because disclosure of Skywalker's identity here could discourage other bloggers from engaging in lawful, critical speech, the Highfields/Perry analysis is more likely than Sony Music to focus the Court on striking the proper balance between competing interests.It's nice to see at least some judges recognizing that while infringement is not protected speech, there's all sorts of legitimate speech that can be stopped by copyright law, and we shouldn't just ignore the First Amendment when copyright and the First Amendment come into conflict.
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NYC Resistor member Holly Hudson built an alarm clock that wakes you up with light instead of sound:
I've been wanting a sunrise lamp for a long time, but I've never found the perfect one. Having a free summer, and the knowledge that I would be starting my first full time job in many years in the fall motivated me to actually make something happen. I'm glad I had the whole summer because this project had several learning curves for me — it was my very first electronics project, my first chance to learn how to use a laser cutter, and my first foray back into programming in many years. It turned out to be a lot of fun, and I'm looking forward to doing more projects like this!
The way it works is that an Adafruit Monochron clock keeps track of time and activates a RGB LED strip when it's time to wake up. It begins with a dim blue light at first, increasing in intensity, before triggering a regular floor lamp via a powertail switch.


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A guest student is one who is regularly enrolled at, and eligible to return to, another college or university, but wishes to earn credit from NMU.
You may be picking up an online class during a fall or winter semester, or you could be getting ahead by registering for a Summer College course while you're home for the semester break.
To apply, you'll need to complete a Michigan Uniform Undergraduate Guest Application and submit the $35 application fee.