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If there is an entry in the Sidewiki on a page then the icon on the left, which turns yellow on hovering over it, will be seen at the top of the page. One can also use the Sidewiki icon on the Google Toolbar.
Visitors and webmasters may have different views as to the benefit, or otherwise, of this facility, and I am not going to enter into this discussion, but rather look at how by correct usage it can advantage both. However, it is initially necessary to look at some of the controversal aspects:
- Can a webmaster switch it off? No, although I understand it does not appear on secure sites
- Can a webmaster edit a visitor's entry? No
- Can a webmaster delete a visitor's entry: No
- Google says that it will check for inappropriate entries - if flagged
- Entries are entered in a priority list as determined by Google
Take part-ownership of the Sidewiki
It is necessary to first register your site with Google Webmasters, you will need to register yourself with Google for this. You will then be given the option of including a meta tag in your script (see my Web Creation Blogs) or uploading an html script to the root of your site. There is also an automatic link to Blogger. Once done your own entry can be permanently entered to the top of the list on every page - although I have not been able to get the "all pages" check box to appear on my sites using Firefox!
Check all entries
The entries which visitors make can also be read by the webmaster using either your Google Profile or from an RSS feed using the URL: http://www.google.com/sidewiki/feeds/entries/domainpath/www.MY DOMAIN.COM%2Ffergys%2F/default?includeLessUseful=true, replace "MY DOMAIN.COM with your own domain name and delete the "www." if not included in your URL. Using this is somewhat messy, so I suggest that you use a feed generator.
What use is it?
If used properly then the Sidewiki offers an opportunity for commenting on, and discussing, individual entries in a genealogy website, such as: whether Joe Blogs has the correct parents. This can be done in a most convenient way compared with having to go to a comments page or sending an email, and it is open for other interested parties to enter the debate.
And why do I title this piece the "Genealogists' Revenge"? Well, when we now see our research published on a website by someone else, and without attribution, we can now claim it back! If the cap fits I advise caution.
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Washington D.C., Oct 9, 2013 / 12:43 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A year-long initiative from the U.S. bishops is calling the faithful to respond to the needs of the unborn, supporting life in its most vulnerable stages.
"We are called to love and respect one another as Christ does," said Cardinal Séan P. O'Malley of Boston, who heads the pro-life committee for the U.S. bishops' conference, in an Oct. 4 video.
In the video, posted online, he delivered a message for Respect Life Sunday, which took place this year on Oct. 6 in dioceses across the country.
Respect Life Sunday kicks off Respect Life Month, the cardinal explained, as well as "a full year of programs devoted to promoting and upholding the dignity of every person's life, from the first moment of conception to the last moment of natural death."
The U.S. bishops' conference has said that Respect Life Month and the following year of pro-life activities will take place in parishes throughout the nation, focusing on prayer and education.
The theme for the 2013-2014 program is "Open Your Hearts to Life," the cardinal noted, "following the call given to us by Pope Francis."
"We are called to promote a culture of life where people are more important than possessions and where no child is denied the right to life," Cardinal O'Malley stressed.
"We are called to show understanding care and concern for women in a crisis pregnancy, and to help them choose life for their children," he continued.
At the center of the pro-life cause is a reflection of Christ's love for humanity, the cardinal observed.
"In all these ways we give witness to the presence of the Lord in our midst, and to the never-failing love of Jesus Christ, who loved us first, loved us last, and loves us always."
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While President Barack Obama spars with congressional Republicans over whether to raise taxes, advocates for the elderly have been girding for a fight that promises to be at least as intense: what to do about the rising cost of Medicare.
Excerpted from an editorial by the Los Angeles Times:
While President Barack Obama spars with congressional Republicans over whether to raise taxes, advocates for the elderly have been girding for a fight that promises to be at least as intense: what to do about the rising cost of Medicare.
The program is vital to its beneficiaries, but its expenses are growing far faster than federal revenues or the economy. In fact, it is the single biggest factor in the deficit over the long run. And with multiple forces driving up costs, there's no easy way to solve the budget problems it presents.
The government created Medicare in 1965 to cover the doctor and hospital bills faced by Americans age 65 and older, almost half of whom had previously gone uninsured. The program's benefits have become more generous over the years, with the government picking up a greater share of the cost and adding heavily subsidized coverage for prescription drugs.
Meanwhile, the cost of medical care in general has risen considerably faster than inflation, spurred by expensive new pharmaceuticals, diagnostic equipment, treatment regimes and medical devices. At the same time, the average lifespan of Medicare beneficiaries has increased by about eight years, ... and chronic diseases have become more prevalent, particularly those related to obesity. And as the baby boom generation reaches retirement age, the number of beneficiaries is climbing rapidly. Enrollment is projected to grow from 50 million today to 80 million in 2030. That's twice as many as in 2000. ...
The coming demographic changes darken Medicare's long-term outlook. In 2000, there were four times as many workers paying Medicare taxes as there were retirees receiving benefits. By 2030, there will be fewer than 2.5 workers per retiree. The trust fund that supports hospital coverage is projected to run out of money in 2024. And Medicare costs are expected to consume an ever-growing share of the federal budget, from $560 billion in 2011, or 15 percent of federal spending, to $1.1 trillion in 2022, or 19 percent.
In the face of these numbers, Republican budget negotiators have endorsed a plan to cut $600 billion from Medicare and other federal health-care programs. Obama has called for cutting about half that amount, even as many Democrats argue for no cuts at all to Medicare benefits.
The government simply cannot put its fiscal house in order without addressing Medicare's ballooning expenses. And there are only three ways to do so: reduce the cost of coverage, cover fewer people or collect more money.
Negotiators are considering all of the above, including increasing competition among providers, raising the minimum eligibility age from 65 to 66 or 67, boosting premiums for high-income seniors and hiking the Medicare portion of the payroll tax, which is already set to rise next year by 0.9 percentage points for wealthier households. ...
More fundamentally, the system rewards providers for treating the ill and injured, not for keeping the public hale and hearty. Its financial incentives encourage providers to deliver as much treatment as possible. And there's little or no connection between what providers are paid and how effective their care is. As a result, the industry has an incentive to deliver an increasing number of treatments of greater complexity — to build more capacity, then find a way to fill it. ...
That's not to suggest we can't do anything about the rising cost of Medicare. It's to say that the challenge is daunting. The 2010 health-care law included a host of initiatives to hold down the program's cost per beneficiary, including the provision of free preventive care and pilot projects testing various ways to deliver care more efficiently. But even if these efforts manage to keep the cost per enrollee steady, Washington still must deal with the enormous expansion in the rolls. As lawmakers grapple with the government's fiscal mess, they need to recognize that they can't devise a long-term solution without addressing Medicare. And sadly, the program's problems — like those in the health-care industry as a whole — defy easy solutions.
[ Note: Ledger editorials and Editorial Page Editor Glenn Marston are on vacation. Ledger editorials resume Dec. 27. ]


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Friday, May 11, 2012
Why You Need to Produce Email Newsletters by Jennifer Hudson Taylor
While people on social media sites have direct access to you by commenting on your posts and sending you direct messages, they often don't take advantage of it. Your news posts roll on and off their newsfeeds so fast that they may never see some of your news and announcements. You can't send all of them a direct message or it will be considered spam, and doing this could get your account suspended.
People use social media in varying ways. Some hop on and check it several times a day, while others once a day, and some may go several days between logging on. Just because you have a number of friends and likes doesn't mean they are interested in YOU and what you have to offer, instead many are hoping you are interested in THEM and what they have to offer. Others are looking for friends, but they may not have an interest in what you do or your marketing books to them.
Providing a newsletter, whether monthly or quarterly, gives you tangible names and emails of people who have an interest in what you're providing--the types of books you write. If they weren't interested, they would not opt-in to receive your email newsletters, or if they are already readers, they wouldn't be buying your books. This is your target audience. Your newsletter is delivered directly into their inbox and they aren't likely to miss it as they would on a social media site. It feels more personal when they have something delivered to them and they don't have to go looking for it or stumble upon it.
A social media post is only limited to 140 characters on Twitter and a bit more on Facebook. You can post 1,000 - 2,000 words in an email newsletter, including photos and videos. There are few limitations. It will sit in a person's inbox until they have time to read it in detail, after the kids go to bed, early in the morning when getting their coffee and checking their email, or after they return from vacation. The sense of urgency isn't as demanding as it is with social media. I hate it when I see something on someone's feed, and I don't have time to respond or read it. Later on, I'm forced to go digging for it on their timeline and by then I may not find it.
Blogging is a better advantage in being able to post as many words and images as you want, but people either have to remember to return to your site, bookmark it, or subscribe to it on a reader feed or have it delivered to their inbox. This is more like receiving an email newsletter, but some you don't necessarily know who they are or how often they read your blog posts.
If you use an email newsletter service, you have a general idea of who is receiving it--at least their name and email address. Also, you can see how many people click to view it, which links they click on, how many subscribe and unsubscribe each month. You can view an overall report on what topics and posts appeal to people the most and target future topics accordingly.
Next week, I'll compare and discuss the advantages and disadvantages between using email newsletter services such as Constant Contact, Vertical Response, and MailChimp.
In the meantime, do you already send out an email newsletter? What is your experience? What would you advise to someone who is considering starting an email newsletter?
6 comments:
- Amy Alessio said...
This is a great post, Jennifer.
I do have an email newsletter from YMLP and find it does result in more of my book sales, but mainly I do it to send out my presentation schedule and some bonus recipes and craft ideas. I have a sign up sheet at my vintage shows and have collected almost 600 names. I need to do it more often - I believe it's about quarterly right now.
- May 11, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- Patty Wysong said...
This is about the third or fourth time this is coming on my radar and I keep trying to ignore it. A newsletter is something that sends me running scared...my parents were missionaries so I know all about the dread that goes into a newsletter and trying to get one written.
I get what you mean about the social networking and the blogging but what are things to include in a newsletter?
Are they needed for unpubbed writers?
How about teaming up with a couple other like-minded writers for a joint newsletter, which is something a few of us have tossed around?
- May 11, 2012 at 11:10 AM
- Cecelia Dowdy said...
I have an email newsletter. However, I've found that only about 33% of the subscribers actually open it. I don't send it out often - the reason why I don't send it is that I blog so much that a regular newsletter seems unnecessary. I do make sure I send out the newsletter whenever I have a new release.
- May 11, 2012 at 3:20 PM
- Author Jennifer Hudson Taylor said...
Amy, I agree that it does help generate book sales when you have a new release and you drop it right into the mail boxes of your target audience. I think quarterly is a good frequency. Sending it too often can result in unscribes.
- May 11, 2012 at 3:53 PM
- Author Jennifer Hudson Taylor said...
Some people wait until they are published, but I think you're better off going ahead and building subscribers as it will be something positive on your proposal to agents and editors when you do try to get published.
If you're unpubbed right now, you could try to post new releases, and related content in the niche area you're writing and gain targeted readers that way.
I think teaming up with others is a great idea.
- May 11, 2012 at 4:10 PM
- Author Jennifer Hudson Taylor said...
A 33% open rate is about average. Try playing with the subject lines you're using. Something like Author Smith's Spring Newsletter isn't going to catch people's attention, so try diversifying it and see if it makes a difference.
I agree, you don't want to provide a newsletter that is a duplicate of what you have already blogged about. You could save a few posts for your quarterly newsletter and releases to be sure to give readers something extra that they can't get on your blog or social media pages. Sometimes you can hold a special contest just for newsletter subscribers.
- May 11, 2012 at 4:14 PM


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Team Chicago hosted a very successful first round of tryouts this past weekend. The 16U (2002) through 19U (1999) girls age groups kicked off tryout season and 140+ players tried out for our 7 teams.
Next up in the tryout sequence is the boys' 12U (2006) through 15U (2003) tryouts on Tuesday, May 16th followed by the same age groups for the girls and all the younger boys and girls on Saturday, May 20th. The tryout season finishes with the boys' H.S. aged teams on Tuesday, May 30th.
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Looking for something to do this weekend? We've got four things to do that will get you out of the house and enjoying a bit of what Dover has to offer. From live music and flavorful fare to a celebration of the first official day of Autumn. Whatever you want to do, you can do it in Dover.
There's something about the crisp fall weather that just makes it easier to get out and enjoy the city. We've got four ideas that will take you from Friday night to Sunday morning.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Montgomery Gentry
WHERE Dover Downs Hotel and Casino, 1131 N. Dupont Highway, Dover
WHEN 8 p.m., Friday
COST $49.50 to $100
INFO www.doverdowns.com
One of country music's biggest acts, Montgomery Gentry, will take the stage at Dover Downs Friday night in support of their latest album, "Rebels on the Run," that promises to take fans back to their rowdy roots with country anthems that highlight the working class backgrounds of both Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry.
Montgomery said the duo's fans, whom they refer to as friends, have certain expectations that the band will leave it all on the stage when they perform, and the new album will let them do just that.
"It feels just like when we started out in 1997 when we cut [the] 'Tattoos and Scars' [album]," Montgomery said. "We … just had a ball writing and cutting the CD."
Seats are still available across several price points, ranging from $49.50 to $100.
SATURDAY: Fifer Orchards Fall Fest
WHERE Fifer Orchards, 1919 Allabands Road, Camden-Wyoming
WHEN 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday*
COST Free**
INFO (302) 697-2141, http://www.fiferorchards.com/
*The Fall Fest started Monday and continues through Wednesday, Oct. 31.
**Admission to the festival is free but some amenities and activities require a fee.
Is there a better way to spend the first official day of autumn than frolicking through a pumpkin patch, picking apples or navigating a corn maze? Fifer Orchards is hoping you love fall as much as they do and will bring the family over to celebrate the cooler weather and crisp tastes of fall squash, sweet potatoes and the last of the tomatoes. Or, you can dive into a fresh bag of kettle corn or a hot mug of apple cider.
But, there's more than just food. Saturday will include a petting zoo, hay rides, face painting, live music and a pumpkin train for the little munchkins.
The party won't stop, either, until Halloween so you'll have a chance everyday (except Sundays) to revel in everyone's favorite transitional season.
SATURDAY NIGHT:Dinner and live music at The Green Stinger
WHERE The Green Stinger, 492 Walnut Shade Road, Dover
WHEN Saturday, Sept. 21
COST Dinner prices vary; no cover for the band
INFO website under construction, check out the Facebook page
Dover has more than its fair share of local flavors and hard-core carnivores who haven't yet been by The Green Stinger don't know what they're missing. The restaurant features more than 25 giant hand-stuffed burgers packed with artery-clogging ingredients like cheddar cheese, baked beans or even pulled pork. But, they also sneak veggies like jalapeños, black olives or mushrooms into some of the recipes. One burger even carries pineapple.
These mammoth meals can be made to order, too. Co-owner Michelle Stabley said that she welcomes suggestions and has even implemented a few for the menu.
"We can do just about anything anybody asks for," Stabley said.
This weekend (and every weekend) you can pair your burger with a little live music. Saturday night's entertainment will be Drink, Drank, Drunk, who according to Stabley, always brings an awesome energy that manages to get full bellies up and moving with both modern rock covers and solid classics, too.
SUNDAY: Brunch at McGlynn's Pub
WHERE 800 N. State St., Dover
WHEN 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday
COST varies
INFO www.mcglynnspub.com
As the weekend winds down, why not let somebody else cook and clean on Sunday while you spend the day recuperating from the weekend and gearing up for the week ahead? That's just what McGlynn's Pub wants you to do with their weekly Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Get out of your comfort zone with a seafood omelet or try something traditional like the ham and cheese version. If breakfast fare is just not your thing, you can also order something from the regular menu.
There's even a little hair of the dog available with a make-your-own Bloody Mary bar that features more than 50 hot sauces and more than three dozen juices, seasonings and garnishes.
Menu prices range from $1 for side items to $10.99 for entrees. No reservations are necessary but it's never a bad idea to call ahead.


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Artists revisit classic childhood nursery rhymes in Greenwich
Like the stories and nursery rhymes that inspire the theme, the works at the "Mother Goose Reimagined" exhibition at the Flinn Gallery in Greenwich are varied and colorful, humorous and serious, whimsical and full of character -- or, perhaps more accurately, full of characters.
For instance, Mike Herrod's protagonist in his take on "Jack Be Nimble" remains fleet perched atop a motorcycle. Diana Ting Delosh's "Three Blind Mice" appear to be in no particular hurry, other than to sing. And Brian Yanish's "Georgie Porgie" has a decidedly intergalactic look about him.
Twenty-four artists from the New York City-based Children's Book Illustrator Group have reinterpreted classic nursery rhymes, making for a show of 73 pieces, along with 70 prints.
The works vary in the material, with artists creating images out of watercolor, pen and ink, photography, collage, acrylic, digital and colored pencil.
"The compositions are all so different," said Linda Butler on a recent weekday morning. "That's what I love about them."
Butler is a show curator, along with Jamee Becker and Martha Deegan. They were assisted by illustrator Donna Miskend, who is president of the Children's Book Illustrator Group.
Over the years, the group has come together for other shows revolving around a theme, such as Aesop's Fables or the works of Charles Dickens.
About half of the group's members are participating in the Greenwich show, including area artist Clare Pernice, who is a Weston resident.
It's hard not to be taken by the Mother Goose character Pernice has created with her colored pencils on blackboard. With just a dab of lipstick and with her webbed feet strapped into some heels, this beloved and timeless fairy tale character becomes "Flapper Goose."
"This particular show sparked everyone's imagination," Pernice said of the group, which includes a spectrum of artists, from the aspiring to the established. There will be a demonstration, artist's talk and docent tour on Sunday, Jan. 6. The show runs through Wednesday, Jan. 16.
Pernice, who was born and raised in England, is a children's book author and illustrator. She studied art at London's Central Saint Martin's School of Art, before setting out for creative jobs around the world, including stops in Paris, Japan, New York and San Francisco.
She recently moved to Weston with her family and has been working on several book projects. "Circus Girl" (Simply Read Books) is expected to be out by the spring.
"Everyone knows Mother Goose ... and it really lends itself to some beautiful displays of art," she said.
The rich detail of the works requires some time to take in the full picture. For those wanting to take a break, or rest their feet for a spell, there are some comfortable seats and reading material focused on -- you guessed it -- Mother Goose fairy tales and rhymes. They come from the shelves of the Greenwich Library, within which the gallery is located.
For this first-time collaboration between the gallery and the illustrators, it appears the story has ended quite happily.
"This was a leap of faith for them, and a leap of faith for us, and it worked out so well," Butler said.
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Does anyone put their systems in hold luggage?
If you put it in hold luggage what protection do you apply.
I ask the question due to my camera system growing and it beginning to weigh more than the hand luggage limit, I dont really want to have to pay any extra if I can get away with it, just wanting to find out what others do.
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When we pulled into the parking lot at Jobing. com Arena (formerly Glendale Arena) just north of downtown Phoenix, it felt like home, except without the snow. Of the three vehicles parked in front of us, two sported Saskatchewan plates and one revealed Alberta's familiar Wild Rose tag. We were at the arena to watch the Flames take on the Phoenix Coyotes so we expected a taste of home, but maybe not this much.
Perhaps we should have. According to Arizona tourism stats, over 125,000 Albertans visit the desert state each year. The flights are quick - leave here in the morning and you're having lunch in the sun a few hours later - and plentiful. Many Albertans have purchased second homes in the desert and others simply like to warm up for a few days during winter. So, tempted by winter golf, good Mexican food and hockey, a group of friends and I ventured south to Phoenix.
We spent most of our four-day visit in Scottsdale but we wheeled our way around the immense city to indulge in the culinary and golfing pleasures of the area. And we saw many fellow Canucks soaking up the sun and the margaritas - the cheers were louder for the Flames than the Coyotes that night.
Where to Eat
Mexican cuisine is great in the Phoenix area; it's rich with the flavours of roasted chilies and corn. It also comes with tangy margaritas and usually a low price. And there are many different styles of it. We tried a few on our visit.
Frank & Lupes
4121 N. Marshall Way, Scottsdale, 480-990-9844
Carne adobada burritos and shrimp enchiladas filled our plates at this classic Scottsdale restaurant. We sipped margaritas under the warm winter sky and had our fill of smoky chilies, creamy guacamole and hot, deep-fried sopaipillas drenched in honey. One of the group declared his adobada burrito of slow-cooked pork to be the best thing he had eaten all year.
Gallo Blanco Cafe
401 W. Clarendon Avenue, Phoenix, 602-327-0880
Chef/owner Doug Robson puts his own spin on Mexican food featuring local ingredients in funky setting at the boutiqued Clarendon Hotel. Breakfast of chilaquiles verdes (chicken with two sunny-side-up eggs, fresh cheese, and chili verde salsa) is a treat, especially with freshly squeezed orange juice.
Pedros Mexican Restaurant
4938 W. Glendale Avenue, Glendale, 623-937-0807
As traditional as they come, Pedros has been serving burritos and enchiladas for decades. The plates are overloaded with well-prepared, saucy food. No surprises here except just how very cheap and filling it is.
Joes Real BBQ
301 N. Gilbert Road, Gilbert, 480-503-3805
One cannot live on enchiladas alone so we indulged in southern barbecue at Joes. The lineup to order is long but the pulled pork and saucy ribs smoked over pecan wood are worth the wait.
10600 East Crescent Moon Drive, Four Seasons Resort, Scottsdale, 480-515-5700
We took it up a few notches one night at Talavera, a contemporary steak house in the Four Seasons in Scottsdale. Much more comfortable and casual than it sounds - and with an outstanding view Talavera produced a memorable meal that included a veal porterhouse with lobster Bearnaise ($38) and a sparkling prawn cocktail ($14) after a great round of golf at Troon North.
Where to Stay
The Talking Stick Resort at 9800 East Indian Road, Scottsdale (talkingstickresort.com) made a great location for our golfing adventures. With easy access off Highway 101, it's a quick drive to the airport and to other Phoenix sites. Talking Stick also has two golf courses perfect to stretch out winter muscles on and offers good golfers breakfasts and lunches.
Where to Golf
The Phoenix area offers a mind-boggling array of golf options with almost 250 courses at all price ranges. Savvy visitors say the best time to golf is late spring, just as Phoenix starts to heat up.
Regardless, deals can be had year-round and the quality of courses is outstanding.
ASU Karsten
1125 East Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, 480-921-8070
Our favourite round was at Arizona States course, fitted out by Pete Dye with every challenge in the game. Used as a training ground for students and pros alike, its tricky but fair. (Good lunch too!)
Lookout Mountain
11111 North 7th Street, Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, 602-866-6356
Running through the granite bluffs of the Phoenix Mountain Reserve, Lookout Mountain incorporates desert, water and elevation to provide variety for the golfer.
Talking Stick
9998 East Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale, 450-860-2221
Re-shaped from Indian cotton fields, the two Talking Stick courses are open, flat, forgiving tracks to work off the winter golf rust.
Troon North
10320 East Dynamite Boulevard, Scottsdale, 480-585-7700
Spectacular cactus-and-rock scenery dots the landscape of the two Troon North courses designed by Tom Weiskopf. Golf here is a challenge at all levels, with the course rewarding both risk and caution.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 11th Aug 2012 17:22 UTC
Nobody needs a tablet, but many people still want a tablet. This is still the core differentiator between a 'real' computer and a tablet. At least in The Netherlands, you can't function in society without a desktop or laptop connected to the internet, so people need a computer. A tablet, though? Hence, the most common thing people have told me when they played with my iPad 2 is this: I'd love to have a tablet, but not for hundreds of euros. Enter Google's Nexus 7, the first 'cheap' tablet that doesn't just validate Android as a tablet platform, but also gives the iPad a run for its money.
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I agree with you. If I was into Android & smaller tablets, the Nexus 7 would be one of the top contenders, but in the end the small amount of storage would play against it.
My iPad 3 has the max storage (64 Gig) and I'm always borderline full. Having to deal with only 16 Gig would give me too much headache. To be honest, maybe I'm just an edge case and most people would be just fine with it.
Also if I was into Android/smaller tablets, I would probably wait and see what Amazon is planning for the next Kindle Fire, as I personally like more controlled eco-systems for my tablets/phones.


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NEW YORK -- It's time to load some new batteries in the clock: Jack is back!
Fox officially announced Monday that its reviving its high-octane drama "24" for a 12-episode limited run, which is set to roll out next summer.
"24: Live Another Day" will reunite executive producer Howard Gordon, who went on to find success with Showtime's "Homeland," with Mr. Jack Bauer himself, Kiefer Sutherland.
"It's great to have Jack back. '24' redefined the drama genre, and as we re-imagine the television miniseries, this iconic show will again break new ground for the network," network Chairman Kevin Reilly said in a statement. "The series remains a global sensation, and everyone at Fox is thrilled to be back at work with Kiefer, Howard and the incredibly creative '24' team."
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Fox said the 12 episodes will cover the show's well-known "24-hour" time period -- so get ready for some cuh-raziness. The series is said to pick up several years following the events of the final season -- so start the binge-watching to refresh your memory!
Then send a thank-you card to Gordon -- he's the reason it's all coming back.
"Jack Bauer has always been an exciting, thrilling character, and I confess that I've missed him. I think the audience has too," said Gordon, who served as showrunner for most of the series' run and won multiple Emmy Awards for his work. "The character has evolved through the years, and this new and exciting event series format is perfect to tell the next chapter of his story and continue to reflect how the world is changing. Fans can rest assured that the Jack they know and love will be back."
It seems his idea had 20th Century Fox TV, which produces the show, eager enough to bring it back.
"When Howard came to us saying he had an idea for a new chapter of '24,' he quite simply had us at 'hello,'" 20th Century Fox Television Chairs Gary Newman and Dana Walden said in a statement. "'24' is a signature series for this studio, beloved by critics and audiences worldwide. Howard's idea to revive the franchise as an event series couldn't be timelier, and with the brilliant Kiefer Sutherland on board to reprise his iconic role, we can't wait to get started."
And what about the Kief-man? Well, after Fox canceled "Touch," his follow-up to "24," we're sure he's just glad they gave him a backup plan.
"The response to '24' is unlike anything I have ever experienced as an actor before," Sutherland said in a statement. "To have the chance to reunite with the character, Jack Bauer, is like finding a lost friend. The story ideas from Howard Gordon are exciting and fresh, and will not disappoint. Great thanks to 20th Century Fox Television, Imagine Television and the Fox network for this opportunity. Make no mistake, my goal is to knock your socks off. See you soon."
The drama, which premiered in 2001, was nominated for a total of 73 Emmy Awards -- winning for outstanding drama in 2006 -- and became a touchstone in television with Sutherland's maverick portrayal of Bauer. The series wrapped its eight-season run in 2010.
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Man tells police in Norwich he's responsible for 1990 arson fire
Norwich - Victor D. Walka Jr. of Sherwood Lane apparently suffered from a guilty conscience.
The 51-year-old walked into Norwich police headquarters over the summer and told police he had set a fire 23 years earlier that leveled a house owned by his father, according to newly available police documents.
Walka Jr. says he committed the 1990 arson at 563 W. Thames St. in part to help his late father, Victor Walka Sr., a local business owner who was in some financial trouble at the time and hadn't paid his taxes in several years.
"Walka Jr. stated what he had done bothered him for many years and something inside of him has, for years, been telling him to tell what he did and to reimburse the insurance company the nearly $100,000 his father collected for the fire loss," according to an arrest warrant affidavit in the case.
The fire occurred on the afternoon of May 31, 1990 when members of the East Great Plain and Mohegan fire departments were called to the 1½ story building on the same property as Victor Walka Sr.'s business, Auto Showcase Inc. The building that burned was being used for storage.
Most of the building was in flames when firefighters arrived and one suffered a burn injury to his neck, records show. The building was later demolished.
The investigation found that the fire was intentionally set using an accelerant, likely gasoline.
Walka Jr. had been spotted at the home on the day of the fire, and investigators learned he had taken a trip to Pennsylvania shortly after. Walka Jr. was questioned by police at the time, but it does not appear they had enough evidence, until now, to charge him.
Walka Jr., in his recent admission to police, said he doused the building with gasoline, drove home to pick up his wife and immediately left for a pre-arranged business trip to Pennsylvania. He went on to tell police that his father, a controlling man, had off-handedly said "somebody should burn down the house," and he took it literally, according to police.
In the interview with police earlier this year, Walka said he thought if he burned the building down for his father he may have been able to settle his father's financial problems and back taxes. A police investigation spawned by Walka's admission verified Walka Sr. owed the city $13,929 in back taxes in 1990.
Walka Jr.'s former wife, who was also interviewed after this summer's admission, said that after she confronted Walka Sr. after the fire, he told her to "keep her mouth shut," police said. Police said Walka Jr.'s mother also admitted she knew her son started the fire.
It doesn't appear Walka Sr. knew who set the fire until Walka Jr. called him from Pennsylvania after the fire.
Walka Jr. said his father spent $50,000 of the insurance money settling debts and used most of the rest in another business venture. Walka Jr. said his father tried to give him $5,000 of the insurance money, but he refused.
Walka Jr. would later take over his father's businesses and properties when he died in 2005 at the age of 65.
Walka Jr. was charged earlier this month with first-degree arson, a Class A felony without a statute of limitations. He was released on bond and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Norwich Superior Court.
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TrueFit Pilates and Training Center moves
TrueFit Pilates and Training Center has moved to a larger building to offer a multitude of fitness classes and nutritional services.
The following classes are offered: Pilates, personal training, spinning, TRX, ballet barre, zumba, yoga, bootcamp, nutritional demos and will be adding more soon!
TrueFit has small group classes.
The 3,200-square-foot space is in Sheridan Park and will be open weekdays and Saturdays for group classes and private training sessions.
Hilton Garden Inn Beaufort selects director or sales
Susan Basile has joined the sales and marketing team as director of sales for the Hilton Garden Inn Beaufort.
Basile attended Miami University, where she received her B.S. in interior design. She has also completed additional training, including Marriott Sales Foundation, Sales Edge, Professional Presentation and Government training.
The Hilton Garden Inn Beaufort is located at 1500 Queen Street, Beaufort.
Bluffton financial planner joins elite group
Christopher Corkern, with The Prudential Insurance Co. and president of The Corkern Group, has qualified for the eighth year in a row for membership in the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT).
Corkern is a financial planner with The Prudential Insurance Co., located at 1278 May River Road, Suite 300 in Old Town Bluffton.
NBSC awards
2012 scholarships
NBSC, a division of Synovus Bank, announced its 2012 Jack Parker Scholarship recipients. This year, 91 scholarships totaling $85,000 were awarded to children of Synovus team members. Scholarship funds are generated each year through team member donations and internal fundraising activities.
Among the recipients, 10 students in South Carolina were awarded scholarships for 2012:
Victoria Anderson
Shelby Duke
Lee Herrington
Marian Matney
Brittany McCord
Madison McFarland
Wesley Phillips
Shiksha Sharma
Regina Skinner
Cassandra Staton
Bluffton Fire District receives achievement award
The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in financial reporting has been awarded to Bluffton Township Fire District by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial report. The certificate of achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting.
An Award of Financial Reporting Achievement has been awarded to the individual(s), department or agency designated by the government as primarily responsible for preparing the award-winning CAFR.
This has been presented to John Thompson, deputy chief administrative Division, Bluffton Township Fire District.
Palmetto Moon opens eighth store
Palmetto Moon opened its eighth South Carolina retail location, the second local store in the Bluffton area located at the Tanger 2 entrance next to Old Navy.
The existing Palmetto Moon Bluffton location in the Tanger Outlet Center 1 has transitioned into the company's first outlet store.
The company's first outlet store is open and features select, sale merchandise that is not found in other Palmetto Moon locations. Everything in the outlet store has been marked down including 50 percent off items, $9.99 Guy Harvey apparel and two for $20 T-shirts and other items.
For more information on Palmetto Moon, go to www.palmettomoononline.com.


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"When you've got kids, it's like you won the lottery," a man once said to me. When my first daughter, Enna, was born three years ago, I felt a shock of pure joy that hit me in the solar plexus, the same spot where crushing loneliness used to snatch my breath away in my single days. Each night I go to bed happy because I know I'll see her and her seven-month-old sister, Athena, in the morning (or, let's be honest—I'll see at least one of them sometime around 2:30AM). If the sky were falling, if the world were ending, this is what I would seek: the deep, oceanic pleasure of loving a kid, of being loved back.
It's just all those moments before the sky falls that I need to figure out. Because, as my husband will tell you, I have a gift for complaining, and it has only grown since I got the one thing I always truly wanted: kids.
I whine about my fourth-floor walkup, my lack of dishwasher, my sleep-striking three-year-old, the constant fountain of spit-up from the baby, the fatigue, the frustration, the continually regenerating pile of laundry, the heart disease I must surely be developing since I haven't exercised in 14 months, and the fear that I will pass on my gratitude-deficiency and my myriad other attitude problems to my kids. Right now, I'm complaining about how much I complain. And while I realize the incredible luxury of this litany of complaints—I've got a good roof over my head and enough money to pay the rent—my biggest grievance is about the thing my new and fortunate life is missing the most: me.
Before I had kids, I had the luxury of time, which I spent on creative pursuits, many of which I luckily got paid to do. I drew. I painted. I sewed. I wrote songs. I invented recipes and made yummy meals. I played guitar. I wrote—get this!—fiction. Also: I exercised regularly. I socialized on average five nights a week. I traveled for work to faraway lands, and I had at least 17 days a year when I didn't worry about money. In short, I had a fully formed identity that had nothing to do with children, a rich intellectual, creative and social life.
When I'd imagined motherhood, I saw myself continuing those creative pursuits, bestowing my love of friends and culture and nature on my kids, teaching them the joy of crafting, leading them on walks through the park, and inventing exotic, organic baby foods to expand their palates.
But this is the reality: most days my kids are eating foods from shiny, squeezy packages, and 87 percent of my time is spent trying to distract them so I can ferociously—but unsuccessfully—tidy our apartment. Then I shuffle them off to bed as quickly as possible so I can sit on the couch, drooling, eating takeout and watching Homeland. Suddenly I am a bad cook, a terrible craftsperson, a talentless musician. I can barely read a novel, let alone write one. I hardly recognize myself, and it's not just because I've had so little sleep in the last three-and-a-half years that I practically have a permanent tattoo of dark circles beneath my eyes. It's because I've gone missing, leaving in my stead this creativity-free zombie whiner.
Now, shedding my old self isn't all bad. There was plenty in my former identity that I longed to change, and I wouldn't trade my current married-with-children existence for my excruciatingly lonely but much more culturally satisfying former life for a second. My children are beautiful, snuggly, smart and smell like sunshine (and a little bit like spit-up). I recognize my good fortune in having them, and in the ways that they've allowed a more nurturing and patient person to emerge from within me (this person visits a few hours each week, in between episodes when I'm literally crying over spilt milk). But it's hard to feel grateful for mothering when I feel like I'm doing such a bad job at it much of the time, and when I feel like I've exchanged almost everything else in my life to do it.
While I admit that I'm naturally inclined to see the glass as half empty, I'm certainly not alone in feeling unmoored by motherhood. Most women I know, except the ones who are eerily indefatigable and relentlessly positive, undergo some version of an identity crisis when they become mothers, and feel like they fail at it somehow. And the predicament, I think, has cultural roots. Modern moms expect to excel at every aspect of womanhood: domestic goddess, creative force, monetary achiever and world's greatest parent, whose toddlers are raised on baby Mozart and are properly primed for the Ivy League. Our generation has been told that we can be anything we want to be. But we seem intent on being everything we want to be, all at once. And when we can't do that—because, ladies, there just aren't enough hours in the day—we feel disappointed in ourselves.
Lest you think this is all selfish whining, I'd gamble that losing all my creativity in exchange for procreativity isn't great for my kids, either. Imagine if President Obama's mother had been too depleted to pursue higher learning and drag her children to faraway lands? I want to help steer my kids into good citizens, but in order to do that, I have to be one myself. Which means I have to, at the very least, summon the energy to leave the couch.
Yes, I know, there are women with young children and vocational struggles and household appliance-deficiencies who still manage to cultivate gratitude. People unhampered by sleep deprivation, who exude patience and whose sunny disposition brightens the darkest days. Maybe they have more oxytocin, or serotonin, or religion than I do, or some other secret ingredient that allows them to be grateful while still molting the very core of their identity.
For the rest of us, though, I think we need to profoundly alter our self-expectations, to steel ourselves against a culture that suggests we achieve vocational success and mom-of-the-year at the same time, while prepping for the marathon and winning the laundry battle. We need to admit that the great gain of children comes with loss: loss of time, money, motivation, energy, identity and sleep, which is no small thing. To admit that parenting is distinctly unglamorous, that it can rob you of cherished parts of yourself, that is harder to do than most of us thought, and that it might make us crave things like dishwashers instead of literary fame. I think it's okay to disdain parts of it, to suffer through the strain of parenting, as long as that suffering doesn't color over the beautiful parts of it, too.
Because that, I think, is the key to getting back to gratitude: to allow those small and glitteringly beautiful times to shine. I don't think I've lost all gratitude since having kids. It's that the shape of gratitude has profoundly changed. It comes in these intense moments, punctuating the long daily slog of housework, tantrum management, fatigue and the eerie new reality in which I hardly recognize myself. On either side of the slog are the most concentrated and powerful of joys, from seeing my kid walk for the first time, or kick a goal, or slip her arms around my neck unbidden. In these moments, I know what that man meant about winning the lottery. If I luxuriate in those moments, they provide me with enough fuel to crawl from one to the next.
To be grateful for the good stuff—the 1.6 hours of snuggling I get every day, even if some of it is in the middle of the night when I'm desperate to sleep—I have to let myself off the hook about the bad. To on occasion leave the house a mess so I can spend more time playing with my daughters. To worry less about succeeding at some impossible ideal of womanhood and instead stay present in that moment of placing my cool hand on my daughter's forehead to see if she feels feverish. To stop and listen to her when she tells me that she'll only play Princess with the girls if she gets to be the police. To laugh when the hot slap of spit-up cascades down my new sweater. And to bid fond farewell to the old me and embrace the new one: an overachieving but continually failing part-time worker and part-time mom who does the best she can.
For I do realize that the great tragedy of life would be to get to the end and realize that I had it good all along, if only I'd stopped complaining long enough to realize it. And I know that I need to revel in how things are instead of rail about how I want them to be.
And I will do that, just as soon as I clean the kitchen, take a nap, throw together something vaguely nutritious for dinner, take a seven-second shower, earn a paycheck and, oh right—raise my kids. Because let's not forget that even though I'm almost too tired to rise each morning, my girls are the reason I get out of bed.


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10 Spooky (but Easy) Treats for Halloween
Happy Halloween! If you're still searching for that perfect treat to take to this year's party, might I suggest a dish of chocolate graveyard dirt cake? Or perhaps some pumpkin-spiced Rice Krispie treats? Crunchy caramel popcorn also makes the ultimate Halloween snack as you traipse through the darkness.
Whether you're headed out with the kids on trick-or-treat duty or headed to a party in your cleverest costume yet, you're going to need some treats to satisfy all the hungry spirits you meet on your way.
- 1 Peanut Butter and Chocolate Graveyard Dirt Cake
- 2 Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats
- 3 Chocolate Dipped Beer Marshmallows
- 4 The Jack-O-Lantern Cocktail
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Bavarian P.O.W.s
Von Klaus shoots the T.L.A. sergeant out of the mobile rocket launcher.
He climbs aboard. "Ach, zis iz fine engineering," he says. "Almost as good as my Volkswagen."
Meanwhile, the last remaining POW -- a stalwart and disciplined veteran of the Bavarian Shovel Brigades -- charges the sole remaining Britannian trooper, his weapon of choice held high.
The Britannian blocks the attack with his shield and shoves the Bavarian backwards; he ends up Disrupted.
Meanwhile, Von Klaus guns the engine, aiming for the distant guard tower.
There is some rocky terrain in the way, but the buggy is designed for treacherous lunar surfaces and negotiates it easily...
"Oh, bollocks."
Von Klaus lands safely on the far side of the tower.
Meanwhile, as the Hr-36 pilot circles around for another attack run...
He spots something in his path.
Bavarian Reinforcements have arrived!
"Heinrich, beißen!"
Obediently, the dinosaur crushes the Hr-36's cockpit in its jaws, and the now pilotless aircraft crashes behind it as it moves up.
Peach Raiders
Louisiana Jones pulls out the Megaphone of the Ordinary Skull and begins to sing jazz music.
His compatriots cannot stand his horrible singing, and drop their weapons to cover their ears.
The two Rebels are protected from his terrible music by their helmets, and move forward, killing the last T.L.A. jump trooper.
Peach Reinforcements have arrived!
The Peaches' shuttlecraft appears over the battlefield. It immediately launches both its missiles...
...bringing the Killdozer down to 3 SP.
It then rams itself into the Britannian Landship and drops both its heavy bombs, in an explosion so massive that I had nowhere near enough fire pieces to do it justice. As you can see, I resorted to simply pouring yellow, orange, and red pieces into the Landship's hull.
The shuttle is totaled, the landship's entire crew is killed, and it loses one rocket launcher and its Steam Gatling -- but amazingly, the hull itself survives with 3 SP remaining.
Rogue VoL
Bjorn charges Bob the Unbuilder, screaming in rage.
His first slash critfails and cuts the scope off his own rifle...
...but the second hits home and takes Bob down to one wound.
The other VoL troops move up to join the fray.
VoL reinforcements have arrived!
A squad of troops and a Salamander Tank Destroyer appear on the battlefield.
They advance, and the Salamander fires an incredibly accurate plasma shot into the Killdozer's rear. Its armor holds, but Bob's cabinet is wiped out.
Bob counter-attacks Bjorn, but is unable to land a blow.
"Welp, this isn't any fun." He hops back on the Killdozer...
Unable to turn around, it simply backs up towards the rocket launcher.
The howl of high-powered turbine engines echoes over the battlefield...
T.L.A. reinforcements have arrived!
... and a massive hover tank appears.
The SHDT moves up and opens its rear hatch, deploying a squad of Assault Commandos. Their sniper takes a shot at Von Klaus, but his vehicle is moving too fast and the attack misses.
A plasma gun rotates to aim at the Bavarian with the jetpack...
Unfortunately, it explodes due to a critfailed skill roll.
One of the tank's quad-MKII missile launchers opens up.
And fires all four missiles at the Britannian landship.
The landship loses the last of its health and explodes.
Britannian League
The sole remaining Britannian trooper moves up and exchanges his electro-musket for the Gyro Pistol. He shoots at the peaches, but misses.
"Admiral, the situation at the dig site is urgent. We've lost almost all our forces."
"Very well. We're almost there. Let's see if we can turn this battle around."
Britannian Reinforcements have arrived!
The HMLS Conqueror appears on the horizon.
As its primary guns scan the battlefield for threats, its portside sponson and AA guns fire on Bjorn. They both miss.
Its starboard guns take the dinosaur down to only 1 SP.
Overwatch of the ruins.
Bavarians (main/reinforcements)
Kills: 2/1
Deaths: 0/0
Victory Points: 2
Peaches (main/reinforcements)
Kills: 1/3
Deaths: 0/1
Victory Points: 0
VoL (main/reinforcements)
Kills: 0/4
Deaths: 0/0
Victory Points: 0
T.L.A. (main/reinforcements)
Kills: 0/0
Deaths: 6/0
Victory Points: 0
Britannians (main/reinforcements)
Kills: 0/0
Deaths: 1/0
Victory Points: 2
Gyro Pistol -- Britannians
Jetpack -- Bavarians
radar dish -- none
Booster -- none, probably buried under a ton of shuttle wreckage
Rocket Launcher -- Bavarians
Send in orders for turn 4.


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The congressional inaugural committee announced Wednesday that it is upgrading crowd-control efforts for January's swearing-in ceremony.
Aside from better signage, more metal detectors and more personnel to direct attendees, the Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee will be logged in to Twitter.
"[F]or the first time ever, JCCIC will have dedicated staff monitoring tweets and other social media outlets," the committee said. "If the monitors detect a large number of tweets regarding a log-jam or slow-moving lines in a certain area, officials will be directed to the area of concern to address the issue in real time."
In 2009, many inauguration-goers got stuck in hourslong lines and hundreds got stuck in the 3d Street Tunnel - or "purple tunnel of doom," as it came to be called. That tunnel will be closed to pedestrians this time.
"At our very first meeting, the members of the Joint Congressional Committee and I decided that we had to make crowd management a top priority for the upcoming ceremonies," committee chairman Sen. Chuck Schumer said in a statement.
"For many months, we've been developing a plan that will keep ticket lines moving and ensure that everyone who comes to Washington, DC to celebrate democracy enjoys their experience. I'm hopeful that our plan will solve the issues that plagued past ceremonies, and will contribute to a smooth day on January 21st."


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Linking girls education with healthier, safer transitions to adulthood
Governments, civil society and the private sector recognise that education can be a transformative force for individuals as well as societies. Decades of research support the associations between womens educational attainment and improved maternal health, child nutrition, economic growth and gender equality. Adolescent girls are the link between education and these positive outcomes. When girls stay in school through their adolescence, they delay marriage and pregnancy, and they acquire the skills and information needed to be healthy and productive adults.
However, adolescent girls are still underserved by the field of international development, including the education and population and reproductive health sectors. Despite their shared long-term vision of individual empowerment and collective social and economic development, the strategies used by these sectors are frequently disjointed. The education sector has primarily focused on improving access to school, and less on retention and quality of education that will make it safe and relevant to girls and their families. The population and reproductive health sector has developed girl-friendly strategies to provide girls with information and resources, but has not worked much through the educational system.
By working together, we can help to ensure that schools whether formal or non-formal are equipping girls for transitions to adult roles, including work, family life and citizenship. School provides the information, training, and services that are the building blocks of marketable skills and social capital. When schooling whether formal, informal, vocational or technical is linked to the opportunities in the labour market, it will be more attractive and beneficial to both girls and their parents. When school is safe, affordable, accessible and relevant, parents are more likely to keep girls in school rather than marrying them early. Through school, girls can acquire life skills that will help them delay marriage and pregnancy. Finally, schooling can provide the information, training, and exposure to increase the awareness and skills of girls to contribute to public life. When girls are more active in school and public life, family and community members will begin to see them as active and valued participants in society.
The education sector holds tremendous promise for adolescent girls and their futures. It provides the platform to reach girls at scale and to provide the basic building blocks for a healthier life. The population and reproductive health field can lend strategies and resources to make schools more girl-friendly and more empowering. To do that, we will need to reach across our sectors and form new partnerships that will give all girls the resources for healthier and safer transitions to empowered adulthood.


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An All-Zucchini Dinner Party
Are you overwhelmed with zucchini this time of year? You could freeze it or make zucchini butter ... or, if you're like Deena Prichep, you could throw an all-zucchini dinner party. Here's how she turned zucchini "from a burden to a bounty," even changing minds of guests who thought they didn't like the squash…
In an article for The Oregonian, Prichep writes:
Zucchini gets a bad rap. Although there are many people (like me) who appreciate its subtle beauty, there are others who leave them on unsuspecting doorsteps. You can see why people have been burned -- small and tender zucchinis quickly become mammoth mealy bats if you turn your back on them. And even if you pick them when they're small, their prolific yield means you have to keep picking and picking, until even the most zucchini-friendly palate gets a bit weary. It's no wonder home cooks run out of ideas, and people think that they don't like zucchini. But I aimed to change that with a single meal: the All-Zucchini Dinner Party.
It's a fun – and even brave! – idea. Whether you inform your guests that they're about to enter zucchini-land or let them figure it out as the meal progresses is up to you. From start to finish, here are the dishes she came up with:
Cocktail: Zucchini Pickles to garnish Bloody Marys
Appetizer: Zucchini Feta Pancakes topped with garlicky minted Greek yogurt
Salad: Zucchini Avocado Salad with roasted pumpkin seeds, lightly pickled red onions, and white cheese
Main dish: Stewed Zucchini With Coriander Cilantro and Pomegranate Molasses, paired with Vermicelli Rice Pilaf
Dessert: Zucchini-Ginger Cupcakes with Cream Cheese-White Chocolate Frosting
Yum! Read the article and get the recipes:
• From Z to Z: All-zucchini dinner party wins over squash skeptics (The Oregonian)
More on zucchini:
Zucchini At Your Door? 12 Recipes to Help Eat It Up
What Is Your Favorite Way to Use Up (A Lot Of) Zucchini?
Virtual CSA Box: Our Zucchini Overlords Have Arrived
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Meet at the contact station for a two mile guided hike through unbroken snow. A limited pairs of snowshoes are available to borrow.
Citizens of Michigan are encouraged to explore the data and information related to how their taxpayer dollars are spent.
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Rick Snyder became Michigan's 48th governor when he was sworn into office for a second term on Jan. 1, 2015. In his inaugural address, he described his vision for reinventing Michigan by creating more and better jobs, revitalizing the educational system, and revamping government to focus on providing excellent service to its customers, the state's 10 million people.
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As 2008 drew to a close, the good news for the producers of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed was that their creationist propaganda movie was getting a bit of press again. The bad news is that it was in the lists of the worst movies of 2008.
"15 Evolutionary Gems" (PDF) is a new resource summarizing fifteen lines of evidence for evolution by natural selection, provided by the journal Nature.
The Geological Society of Australia recently updated its policy statement (PDF) on science education and creationism.
The third draft of Texas's science standards is available — and the creationist catchphrase "strengths and weaknesses" is absent.
When the Michigan legislature ended its last voting session for 2007-2008 on December 19, 2008, two antievolution bills — House Bill 6027 and Senate Bill 1361 — died in committee.
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Piano Motivational Pack 1 includes 5 great positive, uplifting, and motivational tracks for a heavily discounted price.
Inspirational Pack 1 includes 5 great positive, uplifting, and inspirational tracks for a heavily discounted price.
Includes: 1. Reach the Top 2:58 (0:00 – 2:58 in preview) 2. Winds of Change Remix, 4:04 (2:59 – 7:02 in preview) 3. Winds of Change, 2:41 (7:03 – 9:43 in preview) 4. Positive Changes, 2:49(9:44 – 12:33 in preview) 5. A Beautiful World, 2:20 (12:34 – 14:55 in preview)
Song Descriptions "Reach the Top" is an uplifting motivational track with a long, gradual ascension. Driven by piano, strings, a strong beat and synth elements. Oozes with confidence and optimism.
"Winds of Change Remix" is a softer and extended version of my earlier work, Winds of Change.
"Winds of change" is an inspiring and uplifting piano driven track with a clear premise and direction. Perfect for media that needs to convey an idea of wonder, amazement, and positive change.
"Positive Changes" is a calm, cool, and confident piece driven by rolling piano, strings, and synths. Also features bells (glock), guitar, drums.
"A Beautiful World" is a beautiful, lush, and inspirational orchestral piece driven by rolling piano and a catchy melody. Very upbeat, but also perfect for heartfelt subject matter.
Music composed by Keith Merrill
You may also be interested in my other music pack, Inspirational Pack 1
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I just installed 4.2.0 and can't get PTS to work. I couldn't find a verbose flag or debugging options for understanding what is going wrong. Any tips?
My network does not require a proxy. wget has no problem fetching files, for example.
# phoronix-test-suite list-tests [NOTICE] Failed To Fetch OpenBenchmarking.org Repository Data: pts Phoronix Test Suite v4.2.0 Available Tests No tests found. Please check that you have Internet connectivity to download test profile data from OpenBenchmarking.org. The Phoronix Test Suite has documentation on configuring the network setup, proxy settings, and PHP network options. Please contact Phoronix Media if you continuing to experience problems.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Contract No. 50120.01.06
September 26, 2006
Key Processes Supporting Material Line Items
Identification of Controls
Control Design
EEOC Management Comments
This document reflects Kearney & Company's (Kearney) management report on the results of assessing the design and testing the operation of significant internal controls of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Kearney's review consisted of two areas (selected by EEOC's management), Payroll and State and Local activities. Kearney provides this report under Contract No. 50120.01.06.
Kearney's internal control testing approach mirrors the approach set forth in the Implementation Guide for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123, Appendix A, issued by the Chief Financial Officer's Council in July 2005 (Implementation Guide). The approach consists of planning activities and an evaluation of the internal controls for the above referenced cycles.
Planning activities consisted of determining significant accounting reports included in the review, materiality, and the key business processes that support the material financial statement line items.
First, Kearney evaluated the two cycles' internal controls using the Government Accountability Office (GAO) checklist. The evaluation included assessments of the effectiveness of implementing each of the following five standards of internal controls in the two areas:
Overall, EEOC's internal control structure for the two reviewed cycles is well designed; operationally effective, appropriately updated to meet changing conditions, and provides reasonable assurance that the objectives of the agency are being achieved.
Second, Kearney evaluated controls at the process-level for the reviewed areas. Key controls were identified and evaluated to determine their design effectiveness. The evaluation focused on the directness of the control technique in relation to the financial reporting assertion, the frequency of the control's application, the experience and skills of the personnel performing the control and control activity review, segregation of duties (to include asset safeguarding), procedural compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and best business practices, procedures followed when a control identifies an exception condition, and procedures documented to ensure continuity of operations.
Overall, although design deficiencies were noted, none were considered to be material weaknesses.
Lastly, Kearney tested key controls at the transaction-level to determine their operating effectiveness. Testing consisted of inquiry, observation, inspection, and re-performance. Although select controls were determined to be ineffective, Kearney identified no material weaknesses.
EEOC's management provided responses to Kearney's findings. In general, EEOC concurred with Kearney's findings and recommendations, and, its responses are included as Appendix A to this document.
Kearney identified key business processes. Business processes are the foundation of the internal control assessment and support significant material balances on the financial statements. Kearney reviewed desk manuals, other supporting documentation, and interviewed key employees to determine the key business processes at EEOC, validated the flow of information, and identified the internal controls inherent in each process. We identified the following key business processes for the EEOC selected areas:
The key business processes were then cross-walked to the material line items. The crosswalk ensured that there was at least one business process supporting each material line item.
From the business processes identified above, Kearney developed cycle memorandums, flowcharts, and internal control questionnaires for Payroll and State and Local Programs. Kearney prepared cycle memorandums through interviews with key personnel, reviews of supporting documentation (such as desk manuals and internal procedure documents), and by performing walkthroughs to determine that the control functioned as described. As part of the walkthrough process, Kearney gathered standard forms and other documentation utilized in the business process.
In addition, Kearney prepared internal control questionnaires for Payroll and State and Local Programs. Kearney validated its internal control questions by submitting them to management for review. After the management review and approval, the questionnaires were finalized. The State and Local Program questionnaires were sent to fourteen district offices and one field office. The Payroll questionnaires were sent to selected timekeepers, Human Resources personnel, ten headquarters offices, and nineteen field offices.
The cycle memorandums and internal control questionnaires were crucial to the internal control assessment process because they outlined the sequence of processes used to establish, identify, assemble, analyze, classify, and record a particular type (or group) of transaction(s). Within these processes are the controls utilized by EEOC to ensure that operations are effective and efficient, financial reports are reliable, and applicable laws and regulations are complied with. Kearney documented these controls in each business process cycle memorandum.
Kearney analyzed the controls identified in the Payroll and State and Local Programs cycle memorandums to determine which were key controls, and their design effectiveness. OMB Circular A-123 defines a key control as a control, or set of controls, that addresses the relevant assertion for a material activity or significant risk. The analysis focused on the following:
Kearney recommended an internal control operational effectiveness testing plan to the Office of the Inspector General. Since this effort represents the initial implementation of OMB Circular A-123, Kearney recommended testing the operation of all key controls to establish a baseline.
Currently, EEOC is not required to follow OMB Circular A-123, Management's Responsibility for Internal Control, but this review was designed to identify areas in Payroll and State and Local activities cycles which need to be improved before the Circular is implemented agency-wide. Kearney's sample population consisted of controls that occurred in FY 2006 (October 1, 2005 through August 24, 2006). However, there were certain annual controls (i.e., EEOC financial statements) and other infrequent controls (i.e., year-end procedures) that did not occur in FY 2006, where it was necessary to select samples from FY 2005. Kearney judgmentally selected a sample size based upon internal control questionnaire responses.
Key controls tested, along with their effectiveness and any recommended corrective actions, are summarized below.
State and Local Programs – Kearney tested the following key controls:
Overall, internal controls over the accounts payable and cash disbursements processes are operating effectively. However, the following issues were noted:
Voucher Processing:
Kearney recommends that EEOC formally standardize the voucher process. This process will ensure that State and Local District Offices are also responsible for the approval and reconciliation of vouchers. In addition, this policy will ensure that the amount paid is the correct amount approved for EEOC.
Unresolved Items:
Human Resources and Payroll Cycle – Kearney tested the following key controls:
Overall, internal controls over Human Resources and the Payroll Cycle are operating effectively. However, the following issues were noted during Kearney's testing and survey responses:
Kearney recommends that EEOC enforce the policy concerning the use of the EEOC Cost Accounting Bi-weekly Time Sheet. This policy will ensure that EEOC has adequate procedures in place to promote accurate and consistent coding of activity codes.
Unresolved Items:
Kearney received comments from EEOC's management on the above findings, and management concurred with Kearney's findings and recommendations.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Three tournaments and a road game against UAB highlight the 2012 Lipscomb men's soccer schedule, released by head coach Charles Morrow Thursday.
The preseason schedule kicks off with a home match against the University of Alabama-Huntsville at 7 p.m. Aug. 16. Lipscomb also travels to Louisville for an Aug. 20 match-up at 7 p.m. against a Cardinals squad that advanced to the quarterfinals of the College Cup in 2011.
"Louisville will be a huge test for us," Morrow said. "It will be good for our guys to see a talented team that early in the preseason."
The Bisons open the regular season on the road Aug. 24 against Evansville before the home opener Aug. 26 against EIU at 6 p.m.
The Bisons will be in tournament mode in late August and early September, traveling to Conway, Ark. for the UCA Classic Aug. 31-Sept. 2. Lipscomb will face the host Bears Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. and have a noon tilt scheduled against Missouri State Sept. 2.
Lipscomb hosts the Hyatt Place Select Lipscomb Invitational Sept. 7-9. This year's participants will be Belmont, Oral Roberts and Elon, with Lipscomb taking on Elon at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 and Oral Roberts at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 9.
The Bisons will also participate in the Belmont Tournament Sept. 14-16 at E.S. Rose Park. Lipscomb opens the tournament against Missouri Valley foe Bradley at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 14 and faces Central Connecticut State Sept. 16 at 12:05 p.m.
Lipscomb travels to Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 22 for a 7 p.m. kick-off against UAB, the 2011 Conference USA runners-up. The Bisons earned a draw against the Blazers in exhibition play last season.
"UAB and Bradley are big names in the soccer world," Morrow said. "We scheduled pretty similar to what we do every year. We want our guys to be pushed, so we try to play a wide variety of teams with different styles."
The annual "Battle of the Boulevard" match against Belmont will take place Thursday, Sept. 27 at Rose Park at 5 p.m.
Lipscomb opens the conference schedule at Mercer, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. Following that match, the Bisons have four straight home conference matches against Florida Gulf Coast (Oct. 6, 7 p.m.), ETSU (Oct. 13, 7 p.m.), Stetson (Oct. 19, 7 p.m.) and USC Upstate (Oct. 21, 4 p.m.)
The Bisons close out conference play with three road matches in a row at Jacksonville (Oct. 26, 7 p.m.), North Florida (Oct. 28, 1 p.m.) and A-Sun newcomer Northern Kentucky (Nov. 3, 1 p.m.).
"Those are three important games down the stretch," Morrow said. "We've got to do our job at home and get what we can on the road. It's going to be down to the wire next year in the conference."
The conference tournament will be Nov. 7-11 at a yet-to-be-determined location.
"We're looking forward to the season," Morrow said. "It's important for us to establish the things we want to establish with this new group coming in so we can be playing our best soccer at the end of the season."


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digital audio
Digital audio is the result of sound reproduction, using pulse-code modulation and digital signals. This includes analog-to-digital conversion (ADC), digital-to-analog conversion (DAC), storage, and transmission. While modern systems can be quite subtle in their methods, the primary usefulness of a digital system is the ability to store, retrieve and transmit signals without any loss of quality. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Digital audio)
digital curation
Digital curation is the selection, preservation, maintenance, collection and archiving of digital assets. Digital curation is the process of establishing and developing long term repositories of digital assets for current and future reference by researchers, scientists, and historians, and scholars generally. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Digital curation)
digital identity
Digital identity is the aspect of digital technology that is concerned with the mediation of people's experience of their own identity and the identity of other people and things. Digital identity also has another common usage as the digital representation of a set of claims made by one digital subject about itself or another digital subject. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Digital identity)
digital library
A digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats (as opposed to print, microform, or other media) and accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks. A digital library is a type of information retrieval system. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Digital library)
digital media
Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission (e.g. hard disk drives or computer networking) of information or to the "end product", such as digital video, augmented reality or digital art. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Digital media)
digital object identifier
A digital object identifier (DOI) is a character string used to uniquely identify an electronic document or other object. Metadata about the object is stored in association with the DOI name and this metadata may include a location, such as a URL, where the object can be found. The DOI for a document is permanent, whereas its location and other metadata may change. Referring to an online document by its DOI provides more stable linking than simply referring to it by its URL, because if its URL changes, the publisher need only update the metadata for the DOI to link to the new URL. However, unlike URLs, the DOI system is not open to all comers; only organizations that can meet the contractual obligations of the DOI system and that are willing to pay to become a member of the system can assign DOIs. The DOI system is implemented through a federation of registration agencies coordinated by the International DOI Foundation, which developed and controls the system. The DOI system has been developed and implemented in a range of publishing applications since 2000; by late 2009 approximately 43 million DOI names had been assigned by some 4,000 organizations. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: DOI)
digital preservation
Digital preservation is the active management of digital information over time to ensure its accessibility. Preservation of digital information is widely considered to require more constant and ongoing attention than preservation of other media. This constant input of effort, time, and money to handle rapid technological and organizational advance is considered a major stumbling block for preserving digital information. Indeed, while we are still able to read our written heritage from several thousand years ago, the digital information created merely a decade ago is in serious danger of being lost, creating a digital Dark Age. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Digital preservation)
digital record object identification
DROID (Digital Record Object Identification) is an automatic file format identification tool. It is the first in a planned series of tools developed by The National Archives under the umbrella of its PRONOM technical registry service. (Excerpt from this source)
digital repositories
A repository in publishing, and especially in academic publishing, is a real or virtual facility for the deposit of academic publications, such as academic journal articles. Deposit of material in such a site may be mandatory for a certain group, such as a particular university's doctoral graduates in a thesis repository, or published papers from those holding grants from a particular government agency in a subject repository, or, sometimes, in their own institutional repository. Or it may be voluntary, as usually the case for technical reports at a university. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Repository)
Digitising or digitisation is the representation of an object, image, sound, document or a signal (usually an analog signal) by a discrete set of its points or samples. The result is called digital representation or, more specifically, a digital image, for the object, and digital form, for the signal. Strictly speaking, digitizing means simply capturing an analog signal in digital form. For a document the term means to trace the document image or capture the "corners" where the lines end or change direction. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Digitisation)


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Endress+Hauser Conducta in Gerlingen
Headquarter of Endress+Hauser Conducta
The headquarter of Endress+Hauser is located in Gerlingen near Stuttgart. More than 350 employees work today in the fields of research and development, metal-cutting manufacturing, systems production and administration. On a production area of 6500 qm transmitters, measuring systems and assemblies are produced. In total, Endress+Hauser Conducta invested more than 20 million euros in buildings, machinery, plant and equipment over the last four years in Gerlingen.
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BC to fix Clausen's dam
Clausen Springs has one more hurdle to jump before the park can be returned to its former glory.
The Barnes County Park Board has hired Kadrmas Lee and Jackson to do the engineering for repairs to approximately 2 miles of road in the park from the entrance to the dam. The road was demolished during construction on the dam that wrapped up late last summer.
KLJ engineer Chad Peterson said the county has FEMA funding to cover most of the work, as long as it stays within the agency's assessment.
"FEMA funded removing two inches of pavement, putting down fabric and then putting 2 to 2.5 inches of new asphalt down," said Peterson. "In order to maintain that road better when they were doing construction, basically the existing asphalt that was there was ground up into gravel so they could blade it and have something a little more maintainable; broken-up asphalt is a little tougher to blade and maintain."
Peterson said he would have liked to see additional gravel between the fabric and the asphalt, with the asphalt having a 3-inch lift.
"FEMA would consider that an 'improve project,' which you can do, but once you do an improve project that's outside of the original scope from the PW (project worksheet, FEMA's write up of the assesed damage and project costs), then the funding is capped at what the original PW amount was. If you stay within the scope of work was that FEMA wrote the PW for, when the bids come in higher than what the estimates were, they'll pay at the same percentages as the existing PW has listed," said Peterson.
The emergency spillway on the Clausen Springs Dam began to erode in the early morning hours of Thursday, April 16, 2009, during the worst flood on record in the area. The National Guard had used helicopters to strengthen the dam with 1-ton sandbags, and the 55 residents of the city of Kathryn, downstream from the dam, were evacuated the day before after officials went door to door telling them to leave.
The task of repairing the dam fell to the Barnes County Water Resource District Board, who dealt with five different contractors to try to get the work done. The relationship with the water board and one contractor, Sellin Brothers, ended in a lawsuit that was settled out of court.
"I can't really say too much about the lawsuit," said water board secretary Jamie Smith on Thursday.
"For the spring emergency work to do the armament, there were three different contractors. Two other contractors were involved in the new construction."


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Hotel Leifur Eiríksson is set in a old respectable house right in the center of Reykjavík. The hotel is on Skólavörðustígur which is one of the most sought after streets in Reykjavík where you will find numerous galleries as well as designer and speciality shops. Across the street from the hotel is the magnificent Hallgrímskirkja, the most famous landmark of Reykjavík.
Hotel Leifur Eiríksson has 47 rooms. They are all equipped with a telephone, radio, satellite tv and a private bathroom. Roomservice is available 24 hours a day where you can order drinks and snacks. Breakfast is included.Read more about Hotel Leifur Eiriksson here.
A nature paradise complete with icecap, glaciers, geysers, volcanoes, and waterfalls, the climate is surprisingly mild (considering its northerly latitude) thanks to the Gulf Stream. Iceland boasts a modern infrastructure – in fact, it's just over 300,000 residents enjoy what is one of the most developed and egalitarian societies on the planet, where most of the energy is provided by renewable sources and virtually all of the electricity is generated from hydropower and geothermal energy.


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Kendrick Lamar Breaks Down "Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" Record
"One of the most personal and poignant songs on his debut album "Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City," here Kendrick Lamar decodes "Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" and tells the story behind the song."
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Convert from telnet to SSH (both OpenSSH and Dropbear)
1. Install the OpenSSH package. If prompted, select SSH version 2. Use the command:
apt-get install ssh
2. Reboot. Use the command:
3. From now on log in via SSH using the Putty client.
4. Uninstall telnet because it's a gaping security hole. Use the command:
apt-get remove telnetd
|Why disable root logins?
|You really shouldn't be logged in as root unless absolutely necessary. A screw up while logged in as root can trash your system. Also, an intruder needs to know 2 passwords (instead of just 1) in order to gain root access.
5. You can configure SSH through Webmin (see: Webmin to remotely administer your LinkStation). I highly recommend disabling root login and enabling session timeouts.
1. Dropbear comes preinstalled with the latest PPC Debian distribution. Otherwise you may install Dropbear with the command:
apt-get install dropbear
2. Debian will automatically create both DSS and RSA keys. If you used the PPC Debian distribution, please create new keys. First remove the old keys:
rm /etc/dropbear/*key
3. Then create new keys:
dropbearkey -t dss -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key dropbearkey -t rsa -f /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key
4. I recommend disabling direct root logins. Open up /etc/default/dropbear and add the following:
5. From now on log in via SSH using the Putty client.
6. Uninstall telnet because it's a gaping security hole. Use the command:
apt-get remove telnetd


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Topic: Unable to receive external mail. No record in logs.
==== Required information ====
- iRedMail version: 0.8.4
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL): MySQL
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: Ubuntu 12.04
- Related log if you're reporting an issue: ?
I am able to send/receive from internal accounts, send to external accounts, but not receive from external accounts (gmail, etc). I cannot find any log messages related to incoming mail. I have a feeling this may be DNS related, as I've tried numerous troubleshooting methods on this board, and DNS is the area I'm least confident with.
What steps should I take on Ubuntu 12.04 to verify that my DNS records are properly configured for iRedMail?