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All-in-one ecommerce solution
Setting up an ecommerce website has never been easier!
Spiffy Stores is popular with small businesses for its easy-to-use interface, reliable 256 bit SSL security and low entry cost. You can start your own online store for less than a dollar a day, with no hidden extra fees such as Apps for providing shipping calculations, or bandwidth charges.
Spiffy Stores includes essential features included in the monthly fee on all plans. Our competitors usually charge extra for these features, which include...
- Full integration with Australia Post, New Zealand Post, Fastway Couriers and FedEx to calculate shipping costs in real time
- Compatible with 60+ payment gateways including PayPal to process payments
- Fully customisable design templates
- Use of your own domain name
- Email accounts on your own domain
- 24/7 web hosting on high performance secure servers
- Product feeds to shopping portals and pricing sites
Continue the tour to find out more about our features and design.
"Thank you Shawn and Spiffy Stores. I asked and you delivered! I am thrilled with the result, and can't thank you enough for the friendly advice and assistance along the way."more feedback »
Example stores.
Just a few of our happy store owners.
FLOC Store
FLOC is a coastal concept store that brings you the best quality function brands from around the world. Between all night star watching to easy mornings gliding through the surf, FLOC is the kind of place that inspires you to live better yourself.
Delightfully Turkish
Delightfully Turkish is a family business, based in Sydney. Their online store showcases the cultures and traditions of Turkey .. a region so full of tradition and history and how it can be enjoyed here in Australia.
Worry Dolls
The worry dolls from Guatemala featured in the Worry Dolls store are all produced by co-operatives from various villages, earning much needed funds for basic necessities and small scale infrastructure projects within their communities.
Remarkable Imagery Photo Tours
Remarkable Imagery shares the incredible beauty of Queenstown and the surrounding areas through guided photography tours. Their expert guides help you to extend your creativity, and get the best out of your digital camera.
Jewellery Co.
The Jewellery Co. offers custom in-house designs as well as essential jewellery products sourced from leading manufacturers for beautiful fashion trending jewellery.
Honeysuckle Fashion
Honeysuckle is a fun and friendly fashion destination located in Benalla, Victoria. They offer a fantastic range of unique, stylish, comfortable and affordable fashion and accessories for every kind of woman!
Baby Birth & Beyond
Merilyn from Baby Birth & Beyond gets so much satisfaction out of creating gorgeous birth prints for babies and children. These beautiful customised Birth Prints are the perfect way to treasure your baby's arrival for years to come. We hope you can find a design you love!.
Pink Dirt
An excavation company with a difference! Pink Dirt are based in Auckland, New Zealand. Their store was custom designed for them, to make it easy for them to update content on an ongoing basis.
4 Corners Clothing Co.
They were sick of paying ridiculous amounts of money for clothes of average quality, so they thought they'd do it themselves. A startup brand in Brisbane, 4 Corners' goal is to repair streetwear by offering a product that fits well, complimented by simple designs.
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Square accepts payments from anywhere, now including Spiffy Stores
We're very happy to announce that Spiffy Stores are now accepting payments using the Square ecommerce payments gateway. You can now process your payments instantly in your online store, working alongside your existing mobile or point of sale systems using Square's card reader.
Using Spiffy Stores and Square's payment processing APIs, you can sell online and seamlessly integrate your online and offline sales. Track all your reporting and payments in one place using Square's free app.
Afterpay Now Available
We're delighted to announce that all Australian retailers using Spiffy Stores can now offer lay-by type payments in their store using Afterpay... the latest craze in buy now, pay later services.
Afterpay joins a suite of over 60 payments options already available on the Spiffy Stores commerce platform including PayPal, as well as instant credit card payment gateways such as BPoint, eWay, Fat Zebra, Merchant Warrior, Payment Express, Pin Payments, SecurePay, and Stripe to name a handful. These services are all ready and available for use in all Spiffy Stores, allowing merchants to set them up effortlessly.
All Spiffy Stores now use SSL encryption everywhere.
Today we're moving forward with our plans for a more secure, safer Internet for everyone. We've decided that it's time for an upgrade to the security on all Spiffy Stores, so we're issuing free SSL certificates for every Spiffy Store.
In case you missed that... every page, every image, all content... everything on all ecommerce stores powered by Spiffy Stores can now be accessed using SSL encryption for free!
Melbourne Ecommerce Theme
We're delighted to announce the release of a new theme for Spiffy Stores. We love it, and we're sure you will too!
Melbourne, our most feature-rich theme yet, is a fully responsive theme, that will automatically adapt to the screen size it's viewed on, whether that's a smart phone, a tablet or a laptop. In fact, it will always look its best on any screen width from 320 pixels to over 2500.
And we've included loads of customisable features...
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Frequently asked questions.Ask us a question
Getting started
- What is Spiffy Stores?
- Do I need to install any special software?
- Do I need any technical or programming skills?
- What do I need in order to start selling?
- Something to sell
- One of our supported payment gateways to accept payments from your customers
- A modern web browser like Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer (8 or above) or Safari to use your ecommerce store's administration interface
- What do I need to set up a store?
- What do I need to accept credit card payments?
- Can I use my own domain name with my store?
- How long does it take to set up my store?
- Can I use Spiffy Stores if I live outside Australia or New Zealand?
- Are there any limitations on the trial plan?
- What happens at the end of the trial period?
Spiffy Stores is an all-in-one fully hosted e-commerce sofware solution that allows you to easily set up an online store to sell your stuff.
Using Spiffy Stores lets you add and organise products, accept payments, track orders and customise the design of your store... all for a fraction of the cost of having an online store designed and built for you.
No you don't. Spiffy Stores is a hosted ecommerce software solution, so there's no software to install. This makes it really easy to create your online store or add a shopping cart to your existing site.
There are no SSL certificates or API's to install either. All you need is a modern web browser like Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari and you're ready to go!
If you don't want to learn the code... you don't have to!
All of our themes can be customised in a simple "point and click" editor. You can also add and edit products, pages, blog articles, menus etc. and manage your orders without seeing any code.
Menus can be also customised using our drag and drop interface, which is super-easy to use!
You will need the following…
To set up a store, you just need to choose plan below, and complete the signup form. You will then be asked to verify your email address before your store is set up.
It takes just a few minutes to get going, and then your store is set up and you can start customising the look of your store by adding your logo, adding your products, creating collections (or categories) for your products, and then adding them to your menus.
There are several ways to accept credit card payments from customers when they order from your online store.
Spiffy Stores is fully integrated with PayPal, which is the easiest way to accept payments. We also integrate with over 60 different payment gateways. A full list of all of the payment gateways we support is available in our knowledge base.
If you already have your own merchant account, you can also accept all major credit cards directly, by processing payments using your own facilities.
You sure can! To add your own domain name, you just log in to our toolbox, and add your domain name there. There are a few other things you may need to do. These are all detailed in our knowledge base.
Unlike most online store builders, Spiffy Stores are created instantly - as soon as you complete the signup form. You can then start customising the look of your store by adding your logo, adding your products, creating collections (or categories) for your products, and then adding them to your menus.
Depending on how much preparation you've done (such as taking photos of your products and writing product descriptions), you can set up your store and start receiving orders within a day or two.
Yes! Spiffy Stores is available to anyone anywhere in world.
There are a few limitations on our trial plans. This is so that we can avoid abuse of our systems by unscrupulous people that have no intention of starting an online store.
Our trial plans currently restrict the amount of orders that you can receive to 10 orders, so you can test your store's checkout. You also can't set up email addresses or use your own domain name until you've activated your store.
At the end of the trial period, we send you an email asking you if you want to activate it. If you don't respond after 7 days, or don't activate your store, it is then closed down.
We don't keep your contact details either... and don't harass you. Our free trial is totally obligation free!
" Hi there! I set up my new store in 2 days - and I'm extremely happy with the result and ease of use - wow! I have another baby store on magento - but this was by far easier.... by faaaaaaaaar! It has everything I need - so very happy! Thanks Spiffy! "more feedback »
About Spiffy Stores.
100% Australian owned and built ecommerce software
Spiffy Stores was created by online specialists Shawn Finlay and Brian Kenn. Together, Shawn (the creative one) and Brian (the technical one) have many years of experience working on web solutions for clients such as Time Warner, Rip Curl, Toyota, Toshiba, Fujitsu, PWC, ANZ Bank, Mars, Australian Stock Exchange, National Australia Bank, BankWest, Telstra and Macquarie University.
In 2001 we formed Spiffy Internet, which was originally conceived as a design studio providing a range of services to small businesses... including working with them to establish business plans, developing their identity and even hosting their web sites. E-commerce was then just starting up, and we had a number of clients wanting to sell online. We started working with "E-commerce in a box" type solutions, but soon found they they were difficult to customise for Australian businesses, and also that many of them were bloated, resource-hungry monsters that were difficult to use and set up.
In 2004, we began building our own online store software. We had the experience with our existing customers, and the creative and technical expertise to do so. We already had several customers using the the base code, but their stores were heavily customised.
After a lot of work, and a complete code re-write, we opened a Beta program in 2007 and invited a few small businesses to work with us. Their feedback was essential for us to know what's most important for a wider range of small businesses when selling on the web. We launched Spiffy Stores in early 2010, and we've grown substantially since then. Spiffy Stores is now used by hundreds of small businesses in Australia and New Zealand who have found it a safe, easy and reliable way to sell online.
The story doesn't end there though. We're constantly adding new features and improving the software, so if you have any suggestions for us... please let us know!
To find out more about Spiffy Stores, send us an email, or call 1300 727 334 and speak with Brian or Shawn directly.
"We'd like to sincerely thank you for your amazing work. You've helped us transform our little business into something that is so much easier for our customers to connect with us and save us time."Susan Obradovic - herbs2home.com.aumore feedback »
New Unlimited Plans! Try Spiffy Stores free for 14 days.
There are no setup fees, no contracts and you can cancel anytime. Choose a plan below to get started.
Startup (Unlimited)
Value for small stores
$19 per month
Plus (Unlimited)
Our most popular plan
$59 per month
Pro (Unlimited)
For larger stores
$129 per month
|Setup fee
No setup fees!
There are no setup fees on any of our plans!
|Free setup
|Free setup
|Free setup
|Transaction fee
Transaction fee
Transaction fees are charged as a percentage of the total orders in your online store. If you're on a Plus Plan, and you receive an order of $100 including shipping, the transaction fee for this order is just $1.50
Transaction fee
Transaction fees are charged as a percentage of the total orders in your online store. If you're on a Startup Plan, and you receive an order of $100 including shipping, the transaction fee for this order is just $2.00
Transaction fee
Transaction fees are charged as a percentage of the total orders in your online store.
If you're on a Plus Plan, and you receive an order of $100 including shipping, the transaction fee for this order is just $1.50
Transaction fee
Transaction fees are charged as a percentage of the total orders in your online store.
If you're on an Pro Plan, and you receive an order of $100 including shipping, the transaction fee for this order is just $1.00
|Maximum SKU's
Maximum SKU's
This is the amount of products that are included in your plan. .
Maximum SKU's
The Basic Unlimited Plan allows you to have unlimited products in your online store.
Maximum SKU's
The Plus Unlimited Plan allows you to have unlimited products in your online store.
Maximum SKU's
The Pro Unlimited Plan allows you to have unlimited products in your online store.
This is the amount of space you have available for your product photos, content and email in your online store.
Generally, this amount of space allows you to have about 10 large images per product if you're using the maximum number of products in your plan. There's also plenty of space left over for your email and blog.
This is the amount of traffic that visitors to your online store use when they view pages in your store.
All Spiffy Stores have unlimited bandwidth, so you don't need to worry about going over any quotas and getting billed for extra things that are outside of your control.
Your success is our success, so we won't penalise you for being popular!
|Unlimited bandwidth
|Unlimited bandwidth
|Unlimited bandwidth
|Free Email accounts
Get email accounts on your own domain name.
You don't need to pay for email services with a different provider. It also means it's far easier to get your email up and running quickly with no fuss!
You can also add email accounts to your plan at a cost of $5.00 for 5 extra email accounts!
|5 free email accounts
|25 free email accounts
|Phone support
Call us for help setting up your store. Small design tweaks are free!
|Statistics and integration with
Google Analytics & Adwords
Spiffy Stores has statistics built-in that allow you to see how people are finding you, allowing you to track your online store's progress over time.
In addition to the built-in statistics, Spiffy Stores also integrates beautifully with Google Analytics!
With just a few clicks, you have access to detailed statistics including e-commerce reporting that allows you to drive your advertising dollar further!
|Integrations: Built-in and via Zapier
Connect your store to Xero and Saasu, or use Zapier to send data to any source.
|Use your own domain name
Yes! You can use any domain name (as long as you own it of course!).
All plans allow you to use your own domain name, or have your store on a sub-domain of your main domain.
|Integration with shopping
comparison sites
All of our plans other than our Startup plan provide the ability to create feeds for popular shopping comparison site like shopping.com and Google Merchant Center.
|Automatic Inventory management
Spiffy Stores can track the amount that you have in stock on a per-product or per-sku basis.
We also warn you if an item is close to being out of stock, and you can set an item to stop selling if it's no longer available.
|Automatic shipping calculation
Spiffy Stores connects to Australia Post, New Zealand Post, Fastway Couriers and FedEx to automatically calculate the cost of shipping to your customers anywhere in the world. This is based on the address that the customer enters in the checkout.
You can also set up your own fixed price shipping rates based on price or on weight.
|Free SSL Certificates
A Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate provides a layer of security on your site to help encrypt sensitive data, such as credit card numbers.
Every store includes free SSL certificates on your own domain names.
|Coupon codes
Create coupon & discount codes to help convert visitors to buyers.
Set discounts with start and end dates, limit them by quantity or amount, allow or disallow specific products, specify the number of uses and set the discount amount to be either a percentage or flat rate amount.
|Automatic cart discounts
Create automatic shopping cart discounts that don't require your visitors to enter a coupon code.
This is especially useful when you want to offer discounts such as buy two get one free discounts, or even offer discount wholesale prices.
|Bulk product import
Spiffy Stores allows you to import your products from a CSV file or excel spreadsheet.
This makes switching to Spiffy Stores very easy!
|eParcel integration
Submit your parcels to Australia Post easily. Print labels right inside your store admin.
Support for real-time and batch fulfilment services such as Australia Post's eParcel, Shipwire and Webgistix.
Included in our Pro Plan. $35.00 a month on other plans.
|Advanced Fraud Check
Add real-time fraud checking to your checkout. Each order is given a risk score and customer details are matched for any fraudulent information.
Included in our Pro Plan. $5.00 a month on other plans.
|All prices in US dollars
Billed in Australian dollars
14 day free trial
No credit card required
14 day free trial
No credit card required
14 day free trial
No credit card required
All plans include a 14 day free trial.
If you need help choosing a plan, call us on 1300 727 334. You can also change your plan at any time.
Commonly answered signup questions
- How long does it take to set up a store?
- Is there a contract?
- Can I cancel my account at any time?
- Do I need a credit card to sign up?
- How do I pay for my Spiffy Store?
- Can I change my plan later on?
Spiffy Stores are created instantly - as soon as you complete the signup form. You can then start adding your products to your store.
No, Spiffy Stores are billed on a month-to-month basis. If your store isn't working out for you, you can close it at any time from within your store's admin area.
Yes, you can cancel your account at any time from within your Spiffy Store Toolbox.
No, you don't need a credit card to sign up, but you will need to activate your store with a credit card if you want to set up email accounts or use your own domain name.
Invoices are generated each month. They are then due 7 days after they have been created.
We accept most major credit cards including Visa, Mastercard and American Express.
Absolutely! You can upgrade or downgrade your plan at any time in your store's Toolbox with no additional charges.
- Can I use my own domain name?
- What is an SSL certificate?
- How can I check my email?
- How often is my store backed up?
- Do you charge for bandwidth?
Yes, you can use your own domain name. If you have not purchased a domain name, you can order one through us at very competitive rates.
A Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate provides a layer of security on your site to help encrypt sensitive data, such as credit card numbers.
Every Spiffy Store comes with a 256 Bit SSL certificate on your own domain name, which is available when you have activated your store.
You can use most email programs such as Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird to check your email.
You can also use the built-in webmail to read & reply to emails from any computer with an internet connection and modern web browser.
Your store database is backed up daily. Store images (including all template customisations) are backed up on a weekly basis.
No! Unlimited bandwidth is included in all plans. Your success is our success, so we won't penalise you for being popular!


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Unicode in Distributed Environments
Michael McKenna - Sybase, Inc.
Standards are finally becoming consistent with the desired level of internationalization for distributed computing. But most implementations do a poor job of providing intuitive solutions for heterogeneous multinational interconnectivity. Current research and the directions being taken by international and industry standards bodies are addressing the problems of global systems. They are either seriously investigating or have already adopted Unicode.
Unicode is a potential solution for most of the current problems in global distributed systems development and management. Many common distributed applications can benefit from Unicode now. There are several methods for implementing robust global distributed systems using Unicode within the framework of existing standards for distributed computing.
This tutorial begins with an overview of current conditions:
Phases of implementing Unicode use are identified:
New, Unicode-enabled technologies will be discussed as to their role in helping legacy enterprises solve their global issues. Specifically, Java, and XML will be looked at from a systems-level view as tools for portability and universal data transmission. The Internet and the WWW will be inspected briefly, with respect to Unicode, as to their role in globalizing user interfaces and increasing application and data accessibility.
Various Unicode-based implementations will be discussed as case-studies for how different organizations have adopted Unicode to solve their distributed application and communication problems.
|When the world wants to talk, it speaks Unicode
International Unicode Conferences are organized by Global Meeting Services, Inc., (GMS).
GMS is pleased to be able to offer the International Unicode Conferences under an exclusive
license granted by the Unicode Consortium. All responsibility for conference finances and
operations is borne by GMS. The independent conference board serves solely at the pleasure
of GMS and is composed of volunteers active in Unicode and in international software
development. All inquiries regarding International Unicode Conferences should be addressed
to email@example.com.
Unicode and the Unicode logo are registered trademarks of Unicode, Inc. Used with permission.
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A starting LEO.
Sure, Clem is injured and recovering from major knee surgery, but we've got this guy we spent a first round pick on as a pass rusher who, oh yeah, led all rookies in sacks this year.
Sure he didn't get any sacks in his one start . . . Playing without Clemons or Jones and with an injured Bryant and Mebane . . . Very few pass rushers can do it on their own.
Irvin will be fine at LEO. What we need a complimentary pieces to make his job easier until Clemons returns, and you don't spend 5 million or a first round pick on a complimentary temporary piece. So we can scratch Freeney, Osi, Spencer, Dummerville, Avril, etc.off the list. OT only can we not afford them, we don't need them, and they won't want to come to a team offering a temporary role player position.
What we need is a starting DT who can crush or penetrate the pocket, and a rotational LDE who can put pressure from the other side.
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Charlotte A. Stott, Age 72
Charlotte A. Stott, 72, of Spencer, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2009 at Bloomington Hospital. She was born September 10, 1936 in Rockport, Indiana to William Estal and Ida Geneva (Kemp) Waters. Charlotte was a graduate of Evansville Bosse High School. She retired from RCAThompson Electronics after 33 years and was a member of the Mt. Olivet Church and the Spencer VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Mrs. Stott is survived by her two sons, Nelson G. (Karen) Greenwell of Cloverdale and Ricky G. Barr of Spencer; a brother, Marion Waters of Spencer; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a nephew, Gary Waters of Edinburg; and a niece, Sharleen Wall of Spencer.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin "Bob" Stott in August 2008 and a brother, William J. Waters.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 16, 2009 at West & Parrish & Pedigo Funeral Home in Spencer. Pastor Don Dwyer will officiate. Burial will follow at Chambersville Cemetery in Owen County. Visitation will be Wednesday, 3:00-8:00 p.m., and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. until service time.
Online condolences may be made to the family at: www.westparrishpedigo. com.
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Geordie Shore lads pull no punches in battle to be top dog
IN the blue corner, we have a serial swordsman with 500 notches on his bedpost.
The show speaks for itself. I bang the most birds. It's hard to put a number on it but I would say I must be nearing at least 500 by now
In the red corner, two new lads ready to steal his lady-loving crown.
Whey-aye man, it's going to be one hell of a punch-up!
MTV's Geordie Shore burst back on to our screens this week and scooped its highest TV rating figures ever. It was even competing with the US election as the top-trending topic on Twitter.
But this time it's the lads doing the fighting.
Episode one saw two new fellas descend on the infamous Newcastle party pad.
As original housemate and top dog Jay Gardner, 25, left at the end of the last series, the blokes are fighting it out for the title of head of the house.
Ladies' man Gaz Beadle reckons he is the show's No 1 pulling machine, but with newbie Daniel Thomas-Tuck, 19, challenging him to tally their conquests and hunk Scott Timlin, 24, already catching the attention of the ladies, who'll come out fighting and who'll be left nursing a hangover alone?
Gaz, 23 laughs: "The show speaks for itself. I bang the most birds. It's hard to put a number on it but I would say I must be nearing at least 500 by now.
"It's easy. I turn up at a nightclub and they come running. They put it on a plate every night. Even lads love me. They come up to me like I'm a hero."
That's some fighting talk. But new man Scott reckons his pulling technique also packs a punch.
"You've got to talk to the lass like you care and ask her questions," he laughs.
"Then move in for the kill. Dan reckons he can match Gaz and me but he just gets it all wrong. He might tash on with a few different birds in the club but he rarely brings any back."
If anyone doubts these guys are sex and booze mad, they only need to tune into the new series.
The hit show follows nine of Newcastle's finest party-loving lads and lasses sharing a house. They get drunk, tash-on, dance all night and unashamedly have sex on TV.
No wonder it's the most successful MTV show ever. It's usually the girls – Vicky Pattison, 25, Holly Hagan, 19, Charlotte Crosby, 21, and Sophie Kasai, 20 – doing the scrapping. But with a shake-up in the boys' camp it's bound to cause friction.
Dan says: "I do cause quite a storm when I come in. The other housemates don't like me too much and suggest maybe I don't fit in. I was nervous so I drank a lot and then got in the hot tub with Charlotte. Obviously that caused trouble as she has always been Gaz's bird."
Ricci, 25, newly engaged to housemate Vicky, reveals: "We weren't expecting two new lads so it did throw a curve ball into the show. We were expecting new girls after Rebecca left. Dan did rub people up the wrong way. He's young and probably a bit too cocky."
But Dan is determined to prove his place in the house. "I do pull birds. I want to be a player and I definitely don't want a girlfriend. I don't need a wingman like Gaz. Watch the series and see me in action."
Scott says: "Gaz probably is threatened by me. I'm fit, cheeky and good with the lasses. But we decide our best bet is to team up as we can't rival each other. That would be a real battle."
Gaz says: "Dan shouldn't have come into the show all guns blazing. He's a small fish in a big pond. He's no match for me. I've never had a fight before Geordie Shore ever but it has brought it out of me.
"When it comes to Charlotte I will kick off. We aren't together but we have been and I care about her. Dan was wrong to head straight to her on his first night.
"When it comes to girls, Scott and I teamed up and we wingman each other just like Jay and I did in Magaluf. We don't fight over lasses, though. I always take my pick and he takes their mate."
Ding-ding! It's a knock-out.
Watch the new series of Geordie Shore every Tuesday on MTV – it's mint! Find out more at mtv.co.uk/geordieshore.


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MUMBAI, India (AP) — India's stock market has hit several new highs in the last month and the once-struggling rupee has strengthened on signs that the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party will win the largest bloc of seats in parliamentary elections that began this week and run until May 12.
The Hindu nationalist BJP has been emphasizing its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's pro-business credentials and economic success as leader of Gujarat state.
India's once-impressive growth slowed to a decade low of 4.5 percent in the 2012-13 fiscal year and investors are frustrated with the Congress party-led government.
Here are some of the economic and business issues at stake in the election.
— STABLE GOVERNMENT: No single party has won a majority in India's parliament for three decades, and with many regional parties involved, coalitions are a fact of life. How well the BJP does in the elections will affect how much of its pro-business agenda can be implemented. It takes 272 seats to form a government, but analysts say the magic number for BJP is about 200 which would give it strong leadership of a coalition. Anything above 200 is likely to send markets surging higher, while anything below 180 BJP seats could signal another weak coalition and continued policy paralysis.
— INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUS: India's crumbling roads and ports, plus lack of adequate electricity supply are high on the list of problems that make business projects hard to get off the ground. In Gujarat, BJP leader Modi made infrastructure improvements a priority, building thousands of kilometers of highways and attracting investment to build up the country's largest modern port. He promises to bring the same focus if elected prime minister.
— FOREIGN INVESTMENT: The BJP dismayed some investors with a vow to reverse the Congress-led government's opening of India's vast retail industry to foreign investors. Liberalizing access to India's $400 billion retail market is seen as one of the fastest paths to attracting investment. However, Modi's party said it will open other industries now mostly reserved for Indian companies. That could include insurance, real estate and defense.
— PROJECT CLEARANCES: The BJP has vowed to break the bottlenecks that are keeping hundreds of business and infrastructure projects in limbo because of environmental and other regulations or land acquisition issues. But it's unclear whether even a strong Modi-led government would have the power to do that. A recent report by Credit Suisse estimated that 75 percent of the projects that are stuck are due to state regulations, which the central government can do little to solve.
— LABOR LAWS: Modi's party has promised to change tough labor laws that make foreign manufacturers reluctant to set up factories in India. Manufacturing makes up only 15 percent of India's economy, compared to 31 percent in China. Attracting manufacturing investment is key to creating jobs for the 13 million young Indians entering the workforce each year.
— TAX CLARITY: Several international companies including Vodafone, Nokia and IBM are embroiled in tax disputes with India's government which is claiming taxes totaling several billion dollars. Investors were rattled in 2012 when, after India's Supreme Court ruled a $2 billion tax bill for Vodafone invalid, parliament changed the law and applied the tax retroactively. It's unclear how those cases might change under a new government, but Modi has criticized the current aggressive stance as hurting India's image. The BJP has promised a "clear tax policy to remove uncertainty and create investor confidence."


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Jane Carolyn Grenier, 72
Jane Carolyn (Houlihan) Grenier, 72, died peacefully Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 at her home. She was the loving companion of the late Walter B. "Bunky" Johnson, Jr. for 32 years.
Born in Pawtucket, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary (Milson) Houlihan. She worked at the NavalUndersea Warfare Center for many years before retiring. She loved the ocean, living in Jamestown and spending time with her grandchildren.
She leaves two children, Robin Wilkinson of Jamestown and Robert A. Grenier, Jr. of Coventry; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Her funeral service will be held Friday, Oct. 31, at 10 am in the Fagan-Quinn Funeral Home, 825 Boston Neck Rd., North Kingstown. Burial will be in Cedar Cemetery, Jamestown. Visiting hours are tonight from 5 to 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Odyssey Healthcare of RI, 100 Quaker Lane, Suite 2, Warwick, RI 02886 will be appreciated.


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These playful sets of Placemats and Coasters designed by British designer Jane Foster, feature one of each of her favourite illustrations; Cat, Panda, Fox & Lion.
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Reintegration Protocol
Change of Gears, RY-766
Change of Gears, RY-766
Click click click, heavy hydraulic doors slowly open upon the ruling Tripartite of Sova. A firey woman of late years stands as she speaks, her luminous robes chasing her rapidly moving arms.
"…this is madness, Olya booms, the Great Maker needs not aid from the outside! To open the seals is to invite destruction to all patropolis, now is not the time to lose hope, peace and trade with Yugash is the answer."
A huddled council of powerfully built men and women confer for a moment before a young man in the stately browns of the Pious Harvesters steps forward.
"To those who do not know me, I am Eilym of the Harvesters. I speak for all of the Sodalities when I say this – the Nation of Yugash is not the problem or the solution. We have seen the gifts of the Great Maker dwindle, many in the council chamber gasp and whisper as Eilym continues, and the time that passes between blessed years becomes ever greater. Nutrient demands are exceeding our patroplis ability to produce and some even go without work for lack of material to ply their trade. It is our belief that we need to take drastic action or die a slow death of starvation and energy failure."
At that the whispered cries of heresy abate and are replaced by an intense worry. Even the rage of Olya quiets and she grows still, the flames in her eyes becoming embers. The lights flicker a moment, akin to a herald of dark times to come – as if on cue, Daria moves to the stage.
"It is true, our great nation of Sova is in decline. Our stores grow meager and we could not afford another war with any of the Great Nations, even our ability to produce goods is beginning to flag. The Sodalities have strained their minds for a solution and have worked closely with the Olgotary for some months. In some three generations it is calculated that our resources will no longer be able to maintain our population even on constant rationing. It will not be long after that before our lights dim and our factories fall silent. Great Maker forgive me, but we must find another way."
From the shadows of the chamber a misshapen figure, dull broken pipes and shattered glass, ambles into the room. As those in attendance take notice they drop to their knees and then to their bellies. A sickening terror sweeps the chamber as the Minister shambles into the center of the meeting and begins to speak in the hiss of strained pipes and the grind of broken bones.
"Rise children of the Maker, your words have found my ears and their meaning is of no harm. It is true, the Great Maker's flesh falters about you, the cancerous afflictions of the Gremlins take from the maker what was for his children, and he can not maintain both. He is dying, providing for his children as these abominations devour his processes is too much for his divine body to bear. Ixut is the answer, a great wealth is there, do not squander it. Turn the loss of your countrymen into hope for Autochthonia, break the seals and bring succor to the Maker as he has done for all of you for five millennium."
When the Divine Minster had melted away, the bickering and arguing had vanished, to be replaced with the clamor of progress.


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Never-ending riding fun.
Increased comfort for a greater sense of thrill. A motorcycle that defined the classic touring bike segment has now reached the next stage of evolution: the new BMW R 1200 RT. With its light handling, the R 1200 RT makes it possible to enjoy what is most important: riding through the landscape. Whether on your own or with a passenger: the new R 1200 RT is all about comfortable, relaxed riding on every tour.
More dynamic performance. More control.
The new RT has a new air/water-cooled BMW boxer engine with even more torque and 125 bhp for powerful propulsion. Thanks to the highly active electronically controlled suspension system ASC, the machine is still very easy to control and offers stability on every country road. The standard modes "Rain" and "Road" can also be activated at the press of a button, adapting the motorcycle perfectly to the weather conditions and road surface as required. The Board Computer Pro and the familiar heated grips round off the range of basic equipment.
More optional extras. More comfort.
The special equipment for the new RT enables even simpler handling of the machine while still offering an increased level of comfort. For example, the electronic suspension BMW Dynamic ESA responds within a fraction of a second to changing surfaces. Shift Assistant Pro allows the rider to shift up and down without using the clutch or throttle valve. Another option available is "Dynamic" mode, which guarantees maximum riding fun for sporty, dynamic motorcyclists. Also available as an optional extra: a central locking system which also locks both cases by remote control, a cruise control system and lots more besides.
More design. More impressions.
A supreme touring bike with a persuasive design: the use of transparent materials conveys lightness and agility. The R 1200 RT is available in the new elegant paint finishes Quartz blue metallic, Ebony metallic and Callisto grey metallic matt.
The new R 1200 RT – more impressions per kilometre.
Available in Alpine White, Mars Red Metallic/ Dark Slate Metallic Matt, Carbon Black Metallic, Sparkling Storm Metallic or Carbon Black Metallic.
|Air/liquid-cooled, twin-cylinder four-stroke boxer engine with double overhead spur-gear-driven camshaft and balance shaft.
|Bore x stroke
|101 mm x 73 mm
|1,170 cc
|Rated output
|92 kW (125 bhp) at 7,750 rpm
|Max. torque
|125 Nm at 6,500 rpm
|Compression ratio
|12.5 : 1
|Mixture control / engine management
|Electric fuel injection
|Emission control
|Regulated three-way catalytic converter, compliant with EU4 emission standard
|Performance / fuel consumption
|Maximum speed
|Over 200 km/h
|Fuel type
|95-octane (RON) premium unleaded
|Electrical system
|540-W three-phase generator
|12 V / 16 Ah maintenance-free
|Power transmission
|Wet clutch with an anti-hopping function, hydraulic activation
|Six-speed helical synchromesh gearbox
|Shaft drive
|Chassis / brakes
|Two-section frame consisting of front and rear sections, load-bearing engine-gearbox unit
|Front wheel location / suspension
|BMW Motorrad Telelever; stanchion diameter 35 mm, central spring strut
|Rear wheel location / suspension
|Cast aluminium single-sided swing-arm with BMW Motorrad Paralever; WAD travel-related damping strut, spring pre-load steplessly and hydraulically adjustable via handwheel, adjustable rebound damping
|Suspension travel front / rear
|120 mm / 136 mm
|1,485 mm
|116 mm
|Steering head angle
|Cast aluminium wheels
|Rim, front
|3.50 x 17"
|Rim, rear
|5.50 x 17"
|Tyres, front
|Tyres, rear
|Brake, front
|Twin disc brake, floating discs, diameter 320 mm, four-piston fixed calipers
|Brake, rear
|Single disc brake, diameter 276 mm, double-piston floating caliper
|BMW Motorrad Integral ABS (partially integral)
|Dimensions / weights
|2,222 mm
|Width (incl. mirrors)
|982.8 mm (above case: 984.5 mm)
|Height (excl. mirrors)
|1,415.6 mm
|Seat height, unladen weight
|805 / 825 mm (SE high seat: 830 / 850 mm; SE low seat: 760 / 780 mm)
|Inner leg curve, unladen weight
|1,810 / 1,850 mm (SE high seat: 1875 / 1915 mm; SE low seat: 1,740 / 1,780 mm)
|Unladen weight, road ready, fully fuelled
|276 kg
|Permitted total weight
|495 kg
|Payload (with standard equipment)
|219 kg
|Usable tank volume
|25 l
|approx. 4 l
The WATERPROOF moisture-protection chamber is free-breathing, the GORE-TEX membrane renders it windproof and watertight.
Winter glove affording excellent insulation in a mix of leather and fabric.
Whatever your ride has in store for you, the BMW StreetGuard suit will be ready for it.
The new and updated version of the BMW large softbag. A high-quality rear bag made of flexible material, with large reflective areas on the front and sides.
The perfect summer touring glove.
Whether spring or fall – with the ProTouring boot you're always on the safe side.
Entry-level touring boot for year-round wear.
A sporty touring suit, suitable for all weathers.


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Traveler Help
- How do I add/change my profile photo?
- What are Travel Journals and Travel Journal Entries? How do I create one?
- How do I add pictures or videos to my journals?
- How do I share my journals with family and friends back home?
- How do I make my journals appear on my Facebook page?
- How do I bring my traveler profile to Facebook, MySpace, Orkut or hi5?
- How do I send messages to other Travelers?
- What are SubGroups?
- What are Tags?
- I can't see the photo upload tool.
- I can't select my photos on the upload tool.
- I am unable to find my iPhoto or Aperture images.
- I am unable to see the tool or my photo previews.
How do I add/change my profile photo?
To personalize and enhance your profile, you can upload a photo to appear along with your profile information. To add or change your photo, you will find the option to Manage Profile Photos at the top of your page, right below your profile name and information.
What are Travel Journals and Travel Journal Entries? How do I create one?
Travel Journals are like diaries detailing a summary of experiences from a trip. Your Journal is like a book where you record your experiences and trip photos, and the blog entries are like pages of this book. You may add any number of blog entries to every Journal, and add any number of photos to each entry. Your blog entries are sorted by date; this will allow readers to read about your trip - from when you start it until you end it.
To create a Travel Journal, just click on +Create a New Journal. This button can be found on your Passport Page, under your Profile and Journals tabs. If you already have journals, you can find this button after the list of all your journals.
Travel Journal Entries are like journal sections or installments describing a certain leg of a trip. These are like pages of your Travel Journal. To create a travel journal entry, you first need to add a Travel Journal (see What are Travel Journals? in the previous section). After adding a Travel Journal book, you will get a page that lets you add your first entry. To add your succeeding entries, you will find the button to Add an Entry right above the list of your entries for that journal. If you are viewing a journal entry, you can Add a Journal Entry to the journal you are viewing by clicking on the button right above the list of your entries.
How do I add pictures or videos to my journals?
After writing your journal entry and saving it, you will see your saved entry as it would appear on your GeoVisions page. There is a link to Upload Photos right beside your entry title and details. You may add captions and rotate your photos after they have been uploaded. To add more photos, click Manage entry photos, which is right below your photos for that journal.
To add videos to your journal, you will find the link to Add a Video on the right side of your journal entry, after the Photos and Highlights. You may embed your Google Video or YouTube videos in your journal entries. These are the two video accounts we support at the moment and if you don't have a Google Video or YouTube account, you will need to create one separately.
How do I share my journals with family and friends back home?There are two ways to make sure your family and friends do not miss out on any of your posts:
- Send them E-postcards or
- Have them subscribe to your RSS feeds.
Sending Journals as E-postcards
It is easy and simple to send every new entry as a Postcard to your family and friends. When you finish your journal entry, you will find the link to Send as a Postcard on the right side of your journal page, right below the map. Creating your postcard is simple:
- Add recipients
- Select your postcard photo
- Write your postcard message
- Click Send
TIP: Adding the email addresses of your family and friends to your Address Book saves you from having to type each address every time you send a postcard. It's also a nifty way to make sure you don't miss to send your update to anyone!
The recipients will get your postcard via email. You may send postcards to anyone - your friends on GeoVisions, your Address Book contacts or you can type the email addresses of the people you want to send it to. We will send the postcard individually to protect your recipient list. They do not need to have GeoVisions accounts to get your postcards or view your journals and photos.
Also, anyone can leave shout-outs on your journals and let you know they are following your journey. (View the GeoVisions Shout-Out Policy)
RSS Feeds
Your family and friends can subscribe to RSS feeds that will keep them posted with your new journal entries. The RSS icon to subscribe to your journals can be found at the top of your page, right along with your profile information.
How do I make my journals appear on my Facebook page?
On your My Passport page, go to the Journals tab; you will find the button Sync with Facebook. Clicking on this will take you to the MyTravelJournals application page on Facebook. You may be asked to log in to your Facebook account. You will need to add the application if you have not previously done so. Afterwards you will be able to sync your GeoVisions account with your MyTravelJournals application on Facebook. The application shows your journals and links to these travel journals on GeoVisions. You can add MyTravelJournals to your Wall, to your Boxes tab, or as another tab on your Profile page.
How do I bring my traveler profile to Facebook, MySpace, Orkut or hi5?
GeoVisions has four applications that you can add to your profile on Facebook, MySpace, Orkut and hi5. We know most of your friends are on these social networks, but GeoVisions has the cool tools that let you share your travel experiences best. By adding our applications on your Facebook, MySpace, Orkut or hi5 profile, you can keep journalling on GeoVisions and be confident that your journals are instantly shared with your friends on these sites.
This application lets you share your most memorable travel experiences. Share the highlights of your travels and show your traveler personality by synchronizing the application with your Facebook, MySpace, Orkut or hi5 profile.
Mark the countries you've been to and show your travel map on your profile. If you have travel journals, this app will show how many journals, photos and tips you have for every country. Bring this map to Facebook, MySpace, Orkut or hi5 by adding the application and synchronizing it with your GeoVisions account.
Connect with people traveling to the same places as you are. Share your travel plans and find out who could be traveling your way! Bring this app to Facebook, MySpace, Orkut or hi5 and synchronize to update on either site and have your changes show on both.
This application lets you bring your travel journals to Facebook, MySpace, Orkut or hi5. Share your travels with your friends - now they don't have to remember your traveler page to follow your journeys. Simply synchronize and refresh to keep the links current on your profile on these sites.
To synchronize, click on the icon Sync with Facebook. Clicking on this will take you to the application page on Facebook. You may be asked to log in to your Facebook account. You will need to add the applications if you have not previously done so. Afterwards you will be able to sync your GeoVisions account with the applications on Facebook. You can add these applications to your Wall, to your Boxes tab, or as another tab on your Profile page.
How do I send messages to other Travelers?
To send a message to another traveler, simply go to their page, where you will find the link Send Message right below their profile information. You will be directed to a form that will let you compose and send your message. The messages you sent will be stored in your Outbox.
What are SubGroups?
SubGroups are useful for creating smaller and thus more manageable groups. Each SubGroup functions as a complete independent group with it's own messaging functions, discussion boards, and management tools.
We recommend creating a unique SubGroup for every physical group of participants you manage. For instance, "Study in Barcelona - Spring 2010".
You can group your members into smaller, more manageable subgroups. Each subgroup can be its own community within your group, with their own private messaging and discussion boards.
Not sure you need subgroups? Consider the guide below:
- Will you be sending out targeted and specific communication to batches of members at a time?
- Will some of your members share a common experience and feel the need to connect exclusively with a group?
If you answered Yes to any of the questions above, you may need to create subgroups for more efficient management of your members. We recommend that you build these groups first before adding or inviting members.
What are Tags?
Assigning Tags to your SubGroups will assist in two ways. First, is to organize the SubGroups into meaningful categories and second to create easy navigation for your users to find the groups on the web site.
Start by creating a Tag simply by typing a keyword in the Tag Manager. Tags should be logical single keywords that apply to your types of programs such as "Study", "Volunteer", "Spain", "Summer", "Peru". Notice that Tags are single words. Phrases like "Summer Study in Barcelona 2010" will be broken down into 5 separate tags "Summer", "Study", "in","Barcelona" and "2010". The word "in" however is not a useful tag and should be removed. Once tags have been created, you may then assign multiple tags to your SubGroups or batches of SubGroups all at once.
The list of all the tags on your web site is called the 'tag cloud'. A bigger font size indicates that more subgroups are tagged with that word. When a visitor clicks on a tag in the tag cloud the page will display all SubGroups that are tagged with the word selected. The tag cloud then narrows to show a list of all the secondary tags within the group of selected SubGroups. Clicking further on the tags that remain will further narrow down the search to the SubGroups that have both tags selected and so on.
I can't see the photo upload tool.
The photo uploader may take a few moments to load. A prompt will pop up. Depending on what computer you are on, you may see the buttons Trust, Run or OK, please click on it to enable the uploader to work. This popup may no longer appear unless you quit and restart your browser.
I can't select my photos on the upload tool.
Your photos may be too large. We currently have a 2MB/photo limit. To reduce the size of your photos, you can export them from your photo managing application and set new dimensions during the export process in order to reduce the file size.To export from iPhoto or Aperture, please follow these steps:
On your iPhoto or Aperture gallery, select all the photos that you want to upload by holding down Ctrl or Apple ⌘ while clicking on each photo.
When you have selected all the photos that you want to upload, go to File » Export.
On the pop-up:
- Click on the File Export tab
- Under Kind, select JPEG
- Under JPEG Quality, select High
- Under Size. select, Large
- Click Export.
- You will be asked to select the location that you want to save the photo to. After selecting a folder, click OK.
- Go back to your GeoVisions page and open the photo uploader again. Select the folder that you saved your exported images to and select the images you want to upload.
I am unable to find my iPhoto or Aperture images.
Just drag and drop!
- Simply drag your photos from your photo managing application and drop them onto the lower right box of the uploader - we strongly recommend this for iPhoto and Aperture users.
- You can also drag your photos from your Windows Explorer or Finder window.
- If you are unable to drop a photo, please check if the photo is within the 2 MB limit per image.
Add photos to your album.
- On the right, select your Pictures or Photos folder, or the folder that contains the photos that you want to upload.
- On the photo preview, click on the green plus or drag the image to the lower right box to select it.
- If you are unable to drop a photo, or you do not see the green plus icon, please check if the photo is within the 2 MB limit per image.
- After selecting photos, click on the green arrow button to start uploading.
Need more help? Email us
I am unable to see the tool or my photo previews.
You will need Java™ for the uploader to work. You can get a quick and free Java download here. If you are on Windows and you see a Java™ icon on the lower right corner of your screen, simply click it and it will guide you through the installation in a few clicks.
Need more help? Contact us


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House OKs plan for cameras to identify toll evadersBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
May 07. 2014 8:55PM
CONCORD — Vehicles going through the cash-only lanes at tollbooths will be photographed, and those not paying will receive a bill, after the House voted 252-96 Wednesday to approve the plan.
The plan is designed to address the growing problem of people telling toll attendants they do not have any cash to pay the toll. They are given a slip of paper to pay the toll, but many never do.
"A growing number of people have figured out you can get away without paying a toll using the 'no funds' honor system," said House Transportation Committee member Rep. George Sykes, D-Lebanon.
Under the bill, cameras in the cash only lanes at the tollbooth will take a picture of the vehicle's license plate, which will be destroyed in three seconds if the driver pays the toll.
If the driver does not pay, the photo is retained and the person will be sent a bill for the toll. The same system is used in E-ZPass lanes.
All tollbooth lanes are equipped with cameras but state law currently forbids using the cameras at cash-only lanes.
The bill, Senate Bill 245, goes back to the Senate because it has not seen the cash lane camera system.
Pot provisions rejected
The House rejected an attempt to add provisions of bills decriminalizing marijuana and allowing patients qualifying for the state's new medical marijuana to a Senate bill.
The Senate has refused to consider the decriminalization bill because it killed it last year, and earlier this session killed a bill to allow homegrown marijuana.
Rep. Joel Winters, D-Manchester, proposed adding the provisions to Senate Bill 327, which would extend the deadline for the economic revitalization zone tax credits program from July 1, 2015, to July 1, 2020.
He noted the homegrown bill passed the House with 75 percent support and the decriminalization with 70 percent.
But opponents warned the Senate will let the bill die and add the provisions of SB 327 to another bill.
"We are in the funny season," said Rep. Susan Almy, D-Lebanon.
The House refused to add the amendment on a 245-99 vote, before passing the bill on a 314-30 vote.
Energy bill tabled
The House decided a bill directing the Site Evaluation Committee to begin the rule making process for new guidelines for energy facility applications.
Under the new guidelines, the committee would have to consider such things as setback requirements, noise, shadow flicker, ice throw, sound, impacts on plants and wildlife, fire protection and decommissioning.
House Science, Technology and Energy Committee chairman Rep. David Borden, D-New Castle, said the bill needs additional work and asked the House to table the measure, which it did.
The bill is likely dead for this session.
Over 100 = reckless
The House approved Senate Bill 246 allowing law enforcement to charge anyone driving over 100 miles an hour with reckless driving. Some charged with three counts of reckless driving would have his or her license suspended.
The bill goes to the governor.


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Campaigns plan battleground blitz for final weekend
With time running out to change minds, win hearts -- and gain critical votes -- President Obama and Mitt Romney mapped out a four-day sprint to the finish that appeared to focus more on no stumbles rather than new scripts.
Romney on Friday described himself as the candidate of "real change," reiterating a slogan he's been hitting for days.
"Candidate Obama promised change, but he couldn't deliver it," Romney said in Wisconsin, before heading to Ohio, the veritable center of the presidential campaign universe.
The Obama campaign called the claim laughable. "We know what change looks like, and what the governor's offering ain't it," Obama said on the stump in Ohio Friday morning.
As both candidates reprise the "change" theme from 2008 in the final days of the race, their schedules offered clues to where they hope to tilt the electoral-vote count come Election Day. On the final weekend before the vote, the campaigns were planning a packed schedule of rallies through a host of battleground states.
Obama is planning a series of stops across Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Virginia, New Hampshire, Colorado and Florida over the weekend. The president plans to hit Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin again on Monday.
Romney was planning a swing through New Hampshire, Iowa, Colorado, Ohio and reportedly Pennsylvania over the weekend. He planned to close out the race with visits to Ohio and New Hampshire on Monday.
The play for Pennsylvania, which has voted Democrat in recent presidential races, is significant. Paul Ryan is also set to campaign there on Saturday. Winning Pennsylvania would allow Romney to potentially lose Ohio and still have a path to the 270 electoral votes it takes to win. But the polls still show the Keystone State leaning in Obama's favor, and Democrats have described the Pennsylvania appeal as a sign of desperation.
No matter how one carves up the map, the margin in the race is razor-thin and the campaigns -- and voters -- could be in for a long election night. The latest RealClearPolitics average of national polls has Obama up by less than 1 percentage point. Obama is leading in Ohio and Wisconsin, while Romney is leading in Virginia and Florida.
The candidates seemed to be settling into a rhythm with their closing appeal to voters, as the October jobs report released Friday morning gave the campaigns their final piece of economic evidence to weave into the stump speeches. That report was a mixed bag, showing the jobless rate ticking up to 7.9 percent -- and employers adding 171,000 jobs, while the number of unemployed increased by roughly the same amount.
Romney described the numbers as the picture of a "virtual standstill" on the economy.
"Unless we change course, we may well be looking at another recession," Romney said Friday.
Romney argued that he can bring "real change" by bringing in a pro-business administration.
"Every entrepreneur, every small-business person, every job creator will know that for the first time in four years, the government of the United States likes business and loves the jobs and higher wages businesses can bring," he said.
Romney said that the job market would "still be stagnant" at the outset, "but I won't waste any time complaining about my predecessor."
Obama, though, who spent the bulk of the past week dealing with the preparation for and response to monster storm Sandy, said Romney is just "repackaging" the policies of the George W. Bush administration and selling them as change.
"We have made real progress," Obama told Ohio voters.
The president said, as he has before, that Romney is offering an agenda that favors the biggest banks and the wealthiest Americans, and would serve to "rubber stamp" what he described as the "Tea Party agenda" in Congress.


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Executive Summary:
Many organizations are using Microsoft's SharePoint platform as a crucial document management system and collaboration tool. Unfortunately, SharePoint provides no native item-level recovery of documents or list items stored within SharePoint. However, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 gives administrators a rich set of recovery tools that offer advanced snapshot-based recovery of item-level SharePoint content as well as the entire SharePoint infrastructure.
Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies have become a crucial component of the infrastructure in many organizations, with the platform serving as a mission-critical document repository and collaboration tool. Unfortunately, the platform's built-in backup and restore capabilities have never really delivered the type of enterprise capabilities that organizations have come to expect. Of particular note is the fact that there's no native way to provide for item-level recovery of documents or list items stored within SharePoint. With the release of Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007, however, administrators have access to a rich set of recovery tools for Share- Point, allowing for advanced snapshot-based recovery of SharePoint content from within a simple but powerful interface. As with any new technology, there are tips and tricks involved with DPM's deployment and caveats that you need to take into account. Read on to learn what it takes to deploy DPM into a Windows SharePoint Server (WSS) 3.0 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 environment, including best-practice architectures and maintenance requirements of the application.
Introducing System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
In the past, organizations that required robust enterprise backup and restore capabilities for SharePoint either purchased third-party software or constructed an elaborate process of invoking command-line utilities such as Stsadm that performed site-collection-level backups. Although many of these third-party products offer great functionality for SharePoint, they can be expensive and cumbersome to use. Microsoft was on the line to produce a utility that could easily manage and back up SharePoint on its own terms, allowing both for dayto- day recovery of individual items within SharePoint and for full-scale disaster recovery of the entire SharePoint infrastructure.
System Center DPM is Microsoft's foray into the enterprise backup space. It's the second generation of a product that was designed to provide simple but powerful backup capabilities for Microsoft infrastructures, including the Windows OS, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server, and SharePoint. Microsoft developed DPM to integrate directly with Windows' Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), allowing the product to create snapshots of data on a protected system as frequently as every 15 minutes. This means you could potentially configure DPM to recover a failed server to a point in time no more than 15 minutes in the past.
DPM offers two distinct benefits for SharePoint administrators. The first is the ability to take a VSS snapshot, back up the SharePoint SQL databases, and provide upto- the minute restoration capabilities. The second benefit is DPM's SharePoint-aware item-level recovery capabilities, which allow administrators to restore items from the moment of the last recovery point. It's important to note that SharePoint content databases and SharePoint content, although the most critical components to backup in a SharePoint environment, don't provide for restores of the SharePoint indexes, Web part binaries, or the IIS metabase on Web front ends. These components should be backed up using SharePoint's XML-based backup that is included in the product.
DPM also allows for other advanced functionality such as Exchange database and mailbox-level recovery capabilities, bare-metal recovery of servers, and the ability for end users to restore earlier file versions directly from protected file servers simply by using Windows Explorer. In addition, Microsoft makes DPM administration robust and simple using either a PowerShell console or the standard GUIbased DPM Administrator console, which Figure 1 shows. To keep managers happy, the console also includes a series of built-in reports, such as the ones shown in Figure 2. These capabilities position DPM as a powerful tool not only for SharePoint, but for any Microsoft-focused organization.
Designing a SharePoint
DPM Solution
DPM performs backups from a central console server. This server is directly attached to any disk volumes or tape backup libraries to which data will be backed up. DPM performs both short-term (backup to disk) and long-term (backup to tape) content protection, and you can configure it to "expire" content from the disk-based storage and archive that content to tape.
I highly recommend DPM's short-term backup-to-disk capabilities. They allow an organization to perform backups quickly, without the need to spool to tape. To use this option, you need to allocate a large chunk of disk space to the DPM console. Typically, the types of disks presented to DPM are slower, cheaper disks such as 7200rpm Serial ATA (SATA) drives on a SAN, or a large DAS storage enclosure. The amount of space required will vary depending on how much data DPM is backing up, how frequently it takes snapshots of the data, and how often it performs Express Full Backups. (DPM defines Express Full Backups as backups that include all data from the target, but transfer only changed files, reducing the amount of time and bandwidth that the backups take.) In addition, a SharePoint item-level recovery backup is a separate type of backup from a SharePoint SQL database backup, so you might need to allocate more disk space for this type of backup to have the most flexibility with the SharePoint restores.
To illustrate, let's say you have 500GB of data stored in SharePoint content databases. Because the backup-to-disk volumes used must be larger than the size of the data, you would need approximately 700GB to 800GB of space on the backup-to-disk volume just for the SharePoint SQL database backups and the snapshots associated with them. In addition, you need to set aside 600GB to 800GB of space for backups of SharePoint items, as these types of backups are stored on different volumes than the SQL backups are stored. Total amount of space consumed to back up 500GB of SharePoint content could easily eclipse 1.5TB on the DPM console in this scenario. Therefore, it's important to plan out the disk infrastructure required for DPM's backup-to-disk capabilities.
Incidentally, one common mistake administrators make when allocating disk space to DPM is that they create or format volumes before presenting them to DPM through the Management tab of the console. However, DPM prefers unformatted, raw disk space, because it creates a large number of smaller volumes as part of its provisioning process. You should simply add raw disk space to the server and add the disks to the console as needed.
Using the DPM System
Recovery Tool
It's not immediately obvious how to back up the DPM console, but it's highly crucial to do so to prevent the backup infrastructure from collapsing. Microsoft provides a separate tool, known as the DPM System Recovery Tool (SRT), which Figure 3 shows, for backing up the DPM console. The tool lets you create a boot disk and provides bare-metal recovery of any server it backs up. This essentially lets you recreate the exact running state of any server, even if the original server no longer exists.
There are a few key points that are important to understand about the DPM SRT. First, the tool is completely independent from the standard DPM product. It installs from separate media, uses its own agents, and operates independently. Second, by default, the SRT keeps all system backups indefinitely, which could cause the server to quickly run out of disk space. Be sure to configure the server to keep only a specified number of backups. Finally, remember that without SRT, a DPM infrastructure has a major Achilles heel: If the DPM console goes down, all backup history and logs will be lost, and recovering the data would be a challenge.
Preparing Servers for Backup
There are several prerequisites you need to satisfy before you install DPM and before it can protect managed servers. First, the DPM console must have access to its own SQL Server database for storing DPM-specific configuration and job information. Best practice would be to use a local SQL Server Express database on the DPM console server, as storing the database on a protected server could be catastrophic if that server went down.
You should also install both Microsoft IIS and Windows Deployment Services (WDS) on the machine before you install the DPM software. From experience, I can tell you that if you forget to install IIS and WDS in advance, DPM installation will likely fail, particularly if the server you are installing DPM on is running Windows Server 2003 SP2. You must also install PowerShell 1.0 and the VSS patch referenced in the Microsoft article "Availability of a Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) update rollup package for Windows Server 2003 to resolve some VSS snapshot issues," at support.microsoft.com/kb/940349.Continue to page 2
The DPM console must be installed with Windows Server 2003 SP1 or R2, as Windows Server 2008 is not yet supported. I also recommend that you install the 64-bit version of both Windows and DPM 2007, because memory support is better, and the system will scale much better than a 32-bit version will. As a side benefit for Exchange Server 2007 administrators, installing the 64-bit version of DPM lets you run the native version of Eseutil against backed up copies of Exchange databases.
All managed servers must be running Windows 2003 SP1 or later and have the KB940349 patch installed. SQL servers must be either SQL Server 2005 SP1/SP2 or SQL Server 2000 SP4, and must have the VSS Writer service running.
To perform an item-level backup of SharePoint, the SharePoint Web front-end servers must satisfy their own specific requirements. This involves installing a SharePoint-specific patch referenced in the Microsoft article "Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 31, 2008," (support.microsoft.com/kb/941422), starting the VSS Writer service, and providing the protection agent with the credentials for the MOSS/WSS farm. This last step is a bit more involved, but essentially involves running the ConfigureSharePoint.exe tool from the SharePoint Web front-end server. This tool, located in the \bin subfolder of the DPM installation directory on the DPM server, prompts you to enter the farm administrator credentials for SharePoint. You must re-run the tool whenever the farm administrator credentials change.
And, of course, before any backups can take place from the console, you must deploy specialized DPM agents to any system that will be backed up. These agents, deployed and administered from the console, as Figure 4 shows, can be pushed out to systems using an account with local admin rights on the servers. After you've satisfied all prerequisites and pushed out the agents, you create the initial backup replicas via the use of Protection Groups.
Creating a Protection Group
DPM uses the concept of a Protection Group, such as the ones that Figure 1 shows. Each Protection Group provides for different schedules, snapshot frequencies, and retention ranges, which you configure when you create the Protection Group. For each Protection Group, a replica volume and a recovery point volume is created for each protected resource. For SharePoint content databases, this means that each protection group will create two volumes for every content database. The recommended sizes for the replica and recovery point volumes will change based on criteria you specify when creating the group, so it's not a bad idea to play around with those numbers to see how performing additional Express Full Backups or taking snapshots of data more often increases or decreases recommended volume size. Bear in mind that the recommended size for each of these volumes is determined according to the current size of the database, so you should increase the volume sizes if you anticipate that content database size will increase.
It's crucial that you understand the difference between a SQL content database backup and a SharePoint item-level backup. The SQL content backup is based on VSS snapshots, but an entire database would need to be recovered in the event of data loss. These types of backups are geared toward scenarios involving disaster recovery. The SharePoint item-level backups, which are performed against a SharePoint Web front-end server, aren't snapshot-based, so items can be recovered only at the point of the last Express Full Backup, but this type of backup lets you recover individual items without initiating a full database restore.
Restoring Content
The Recovery tab of the DPM console is where administrators can initiate restores of individual SharePoint items or of entire SharePoint content databases. You can restore SharePoint SQL content databases from SQL backups—either by overwriting an existing database or recovering it to a different SQL Server instance or even a flat network folder.
SharePoint item-level recovery using the DPM console simply requires navigating through a folder hierarchy to find the individual document or list item and restoring it to the SharePoint site. Assuming the item hasn't been archived to tape, it's immediately restored to the site.
DPM Licensing
DPM licensing costs are calculated according to the type of server being backed up. Standard Windows servers, such as file servers, require a DPM standard license; application servers such as Exchange, SQL Server, and Share- Point servers require an enterprise license. Your organization might already own DPM licenses, particularly if you're invested in other System Center products such as Operations Manager 2007 or Configuration Manager 2007. It's best to check with Microsoft to see what type of deal you can obtain.
Not Perfect, But...
For those organizations heavily invested in SharePoint and without a current itemlevel recovery product in place, DPM is an excellent choice. DPM is an impressive product, and there's something quite magical about how simple it is to restore an entire environment painlessly with a few mouse clicks. It's not perfect—I'd personally like to see the ability to install multiple redundant primary consoles, for example—but all in all, it's an excellent tool to provide for enhanced recovery and protection capabilities for a SharePoint 2007 environment.


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The speaker at the annual meeting of the Friends of the Jamestown Library will be Curt Columbus, the artistic director of Trinity Repertory Company.
The program will be held Wednesday, June 14, at 7 p.m. in the library meeting room. A short business meeting will precede the program and the friends want to extend an invitation to the entire community to hear and meet Columbus, who joined Trinity Rep this January.
The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Musical performance planned for children
Musician and author Mifflin Lowe will perform a show at the
Jamestown library called "Beasts by the Bunches," based on his latest children's book published recently by Doubleday.
The musical performance will be on Tuesday, June 20, at 7 p.m. in the library's meeting room.
Lecture on how Colonists destroyed the land June 14
Nearly 400 years ago, European colonists arrived in New England, and with backbreaking labor, set about transforming a bountiful land into one of scarcity.
In his talk, "Life on Coastal Lands in Colonial New England," John McNiff, National Park Service ranger at Roger Williams National Memorial, describes how Southeastern New England Native Americans' low-intensity farming, fishing, hunting, and managing the landscape produced an abundance of food, while Europeans' high-intensity farming and other land-use practices usually ended up with a shortage, wreaking havoc on deer and bear habitat, destroying salmon runs, and setting the stage for forest fires.
McNiff will present his program at the North Kingstown Free Library, 100 Boone St., on Wednesday, June 14, at 7 p.m. The presentation is free, but seating is limited, so reservations are required. Contact the North Kingstown Free Library at (401) 294-3306.
The talk is sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant, the URI Cooperative Extension/Nutrition and Food Sciences Department, and the North Kingstown Free Library.
Preservation society plans annual meeting
The Preservation Society of Newport County invites all members to attend its annual meeting on Thursday, June 15. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Ave., in Newport.
The agenda will include reports on the recently-completed fiscal year from the president, CEO and treasurer, election of trustees, presentation of annual awards, and a reception following the meeting.
All preservation society members are welcome.
Secret gardens on tour this month
Newport's annual Secret Garden Tour will take place June 16 to 18 in gardens around the historic Point District.
Hours are Friday and Sunday from noon to 5 and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine.
Participants will receive a selfguided tour map and tickets are available at the desk at 33 Washington St. Aticket, at $20 in advance or $25 on tour days, is good for all three days. Parking is available at the Newport Visitors Center.
Visit www.secretgardentours. org for tickets or more information.
Proceeds will benefit arts education.
Book group takes on Wilde's portrait of Dorian Gray
The Evening Book Discussion at the Jamestown library will be held on Thursday, June 22 at 7 p.m. with the book "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde.
Published in an early form in Lippincott's Magazine in 1890, Wilde's novel had six additional chapters when it appeared in book form in 1891.
According to the MerriamWebster Encyclopedia of Literature, Dorian Gray is a wealthy Englishman who gradually sinks into a life of dissipation and crime. Despite his unhealthy behavior, his physical appearance remains youthful and unmarked by dissolution. Instead, a portrait of him catalogues every evil deed by turning his once handsome features into a hideous mask. When Gray destroys the painting, his face turns into a human replica of the portrait, and he dies. Gray's final negation, "ugliness is the only reality," neatly summarizes Wilde's aestheticism, both his love of the beautiful and his fascination with the profane. Publication of the novel scandalized Victorian England, and "The Picture of Dorian Gray" was used as evidence against Wilde in his 1895 trial for homosexuality. The novel became a classic of English literature.
Copies of the book may be obtained by placing reserves on the books owned by CLAN libraries throughout the state. The discussion will led by Richard Tyre.
The meetings are free and open to the public.
Storyteller performs for children June 10
Musical storyteller Christopher Kavi Carbone will offer a celebration of music and song for children and their families, which will take place at the Jamestown library on Saturday, June 10, from 11 to 11:45 a.m.
This free program is for children of all ages and their families and will take place outside, weather permitting. Bring a blanket to enjoy this al fresco performance.
In the case of bad weather, the program will be held in the library meeting hall.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Jamestown Library.


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Thursday Morning News Roundup: Robots, Solar, Schleswig-Holstein, And Edina's Vanished African-Americans
Posted by Phoenix Woman on January 3, 2013
— William Lazonick: If robots really stole jobs as Paul Krugman thinks, Japan's unemployment rate (currently at 4.1%, which is just over half of ours at 7.7%) would be much higher than ours. Don't blame robots, blame greedy CEOs and boards of directors.
— Siemens has installed a solar-powered cooling system in its offices in Bangalore, India. I suspect one reason for this, beyond being green, is the fact that India's power infrastructure is very flimsy and only a fool would depend on that infrastructure without having a backup plan.
— The German province of Schleswig-Holstein is about one-eighth the size of Iowa in terms of land mass, yet it has nearly as much electrical power coming from its land-based wind installations as Iowa does from its own installations — and it is poised to double its existing land-based wind power capacity. And Schleswig-Holstein already gets nearly half its total energy from its wind farms. (Meanwhile, the cost of "too cheap to meter" nuclear plants just keeps going up.)
— The ritzy Minneapolis suburb of Edina was once a place where black settlers like Beverly Claiborne Yancey played prominent roles. But by the early 20th century their numbers were on the decline, leaving Edina to be lily-white for decades afterward. What happened and why?
So what's going on in your neck of the woods?
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This video seems to be everywhere. It needs to be everywhere.
If you're wondering about the validity of the numbers cited — if the situation is as massively skewed as the video portrays, then let me assure you the numbers check out. The facts are factual. The video is true.
"This viral video is right," Ezra Klein writes, giving it the Wonk Seal of Approval. "We need to worry about wealth inequality," Klein says.
Well, yes, we need to "worry" about this. But worry isn't really a substantial response, and a substantial response is what is needed here.
Just consider all the breath and ink and time wasted fretting over budget deficits and the clumsy, crude responses to deficit-panic, like "sequestration." Then watch that video again, or look at the graph below. The massive concentration of wealth they illustrate tells you all you need to know about those deficits — that most of the wealth is piling up beyond the reach of taxation. More and more of our allegedly "runaway spending" is flowing to the 1 percent, while less and less of our revenue is being supplied by the 1 percent.
That's an unsustainable situation and an unsustainable trend. It calls for a response.
It requires a policy response — steps that citizens must demand and elected officials must implement. It also calls for a moral response — this is something that prophets, preachers and pundits need to be condemning. And it calls for a cultural response — from storytellers, artists, songwriters, jesters and clowns.
We'll return to this later, but here let's just make this an open thread to discuss potential responses — "if … then" responses. Consider that video above to be the "whereas" of our resolution. Given what that "whereas" clause tells us, what should be included in the "therefore be it resolved" section of our resolution?
Worry is appropriate but inadequate. What should we try to do about this? What can be done?


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I am doing a research paper on "The five most important decisions made by the WV Supreme Court of Appeals" for my Business Law class in college. The topic was given to me by my professor - not one that I chose. How do I find out what the five top decisions that were made without having to read every decision that was made. Are there any websites that discusses the WV Supreme Courts decisions? I'm not a law student so researching law information is new to me. Any help would really be appreciated. Thank You!


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We sprinkled this with a really nice dose of Primo27 Original Blend and were very happy with the results! When you use a low sodium or salt free spice, you can really spice up the fish without worrying too much about it being overpowered by the salty and losing the flavor of the spice. In this case, you can see that the rub formed a nice crust when grilled, and this really added the flavorful crunch I love on my salmon.
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Retailers are getting stricter with their return policies this year. If you're not hot about the Marshmallow Shooter or Toshiba SD-4990 DVD Player grams got you, keep the receipt and don't take it out of the package. Here's the return policies of some of the major retailers. — BEN POPKEN
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Let's hope someone at the Pentagon — and the White House — is listening:
The day after the U.S. Air Force agreed to temporarily block the discharge of Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, Rep. Barney Frank is asking [pdf] the U.S. Air Force secretary to put an end to discharge proceedings altogether.
Frank writes, "Under any circumstances, the decision to discharge Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach would be not only completely unfair, but a distortion of The Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. Now that we have agreement among The President, The House and the Senate Armed Services Committee that the policy should be abolished, it would be an unbelievable travesty of justice to discharge him. I strongly urge you to end the proceedings against Lt. Col. Fehrenbach."
End the proceedings against Fehrenbach and every other servicemember facing discharge under DADT.
Here's an idea: Instead of bitching about bloggers, the White House LGBT liaison Brian Bond should be working to prevent this "unbelievable travesty." That would be a productive use of his time. And, at this point, if Fehrenbach gets discharged, it's Obama's responsibility.


text: We've been doing BLW for about a month now, my LO is 7 months 1 week but I just came from the Dr. 'cause he is having trouble passing stool, it's been a week now and last time it took him 5 days to go. Before BLW he was exclusively BF and was having 3 to 4 stools a day!! so it is a big change, and the thing is that he is tasting food but not swallowing that much but Dr. said that he might be swallowing large pieces without chewing that much (I think he is right, I saw him once eat a large piece of chicken without much chewing) and that is giving him trouble to digest. We mostly give him fruits and vegetables and some yogurt so it is not that constipating, but at this stage I'm wondering if I should give puree food with more water in it like Dr. suggested... he still BFs a lot like he used to do before solids. I have tried water and prunes, any other advice? My DH is starting to think this whole BLW is silly and is making our LO sick Thanks!!


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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's military says a series of Syrian mortar shells have landed in the Israeli-held Golan Heights.
A military spokesman says the shells landed on Saturday afternoon in an open area, causing no damage. He says they were likely stray fire from the civil war.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military policy.
He says Israeli troops were searching the area and were not immediately sure how many shells had landed. Israeli media reported at least three exploded in the area.
Stray fire from Syria's conflict has occasionally landed in Israeli-controlled territory and there are concerns the fighting could spill over the border.
Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Mideast war and annexed the territory, a move the international community doesn't recognize.