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Location: 120-km From Udaipur, Rajasthan
Attractions: Gaib Sagar Lake, Govt. Archaeological Museum
Founded In: 1282 AD
Best Time To Visit: October-February

The Land of Varied Wonders
Udai-Bilas-Palace - Dungarpur, Dungarpur, RajasthanNestled in the foot hills of the Aravallis, Dungarpur has an interesting topography, ranging from wild and rugged terrain in the north-east to fertile plains of alluvial soil in the south-west. Two magnificent rivers - the Mahi and the Som flow through the area. While the former separates the district from Banswara, the latter draws a natural boundary between the district and Udaipur

Dungarpur was founded in 1282 AD by Rawal Veer Singh.- when he took over this part of the state from the Bhil Chieftain, Dungaria.
The area is rich in Teak, Mahua, Mango and Khajur trees. Dungarpur is also noted for its wildlife variety--Jackal, Jungle Cat, Indian Fox, Hyena, Black Faced Monkey, Porcupine, Common Mongoose are the common inhabitants. The commonly seen bird variety includes Partridges, Peafowls, Quails, Cuckoos, Eagles and Vultures. Various migratory birds also visit the area during the winters.

Dungarpur is famous for its unique style of architecture as seen in its palaces and noble residences. These royal residences are adorned by 'jharokhas' built in stone in a unique style typical of the area, developed during the reign of Maharawal Shiv Singh (1730-1785 A.D.) The district's gold and silver smiths are renowned for lacquer painted toys and picture framing.

Udai Bilas palace: The royal residence named after Maharawal Udai Singh II, a patron of art and architecture, the palace is a veritable example of the Rajput architecture ornate with intricately sculptured pillars and panels, impressive balconies, bracketed windows and marvellous arches.

Juna Mahal: The 13th century seven storeyed structure resembles a fortress with crenellated walls, turrets, narrow entrances and corridors to slow down the enemy. The splendid interiors embellished with beautiful frescoes, miniature paintings and glass and mirror work, make it an impressive creation.

One requires prior permission of the resident royal family to visit the Palace.

Gaib Sagar Lake: A famous shrine of Shrinathji lies along the lake. The shrine is a conglomeration of several exquisitely built temples with one main temple.

The Vijay Raj Rajeshwar Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva is an architectural splendour and a fine example of craftsmanship of the 'shilpis' of Dungarpur. more...

Govt. Archaeological Museum: The museum houses a fine collection of ancient statues. more...

Raj Rajeshwar Temple - Dungarpur, Dungarpur, RajasthanTEMPLES
Baneshwar (60-km): At the confluence of the Som and Mahi rivers, stands the Baneshwar Temple with 3 Shivlingas.

Nearby is the Vishnu temple, believed to be built on the spot where Mavji, an incarnation of Lord Krishna, meditated. Another noteworthy temple is the Brahma temple - a spacious two storeyed structure with exquisitely carved pillars and gateways.

The temple is the venue of an annual fair.

Deo Somnath (24-km): A splendid 12th century temple of Lord Shiva built in white stone, the temple has imposing turrets. The brilliant juxtaposition of huge stone slabs to create this impressive edifice epitomises the craftsmanship of the ancient time.

Bhuvaneshwar (9-km): A famous temple of Lord Shiva is situated here and is the venue of a colourful fair held on the fifth day after Holi. Gair dance by the Bhils is the major highlight of the fair.

Poonjpur (37-km): A beautiful temple dedicated to Mavji preserves the manuscript of 3 books - 'Chopra', written by Mavji and an idol of Nishkalank riding a horse.

Baroda (41-km): An erstwhile capital of Vagad, the village has some beautiful temples. Of particular note are the old Shiva temple in white stone and an ancient Jain temple whose black wall has exquisitely carved image of the 24 Tirthankaras.

Galiyakot (58-km): Once the capital of Parmars, this tiny village is renowned for its magnificient shrine of Sayed Fakhruddin. Thousands of devotees throng here during the Urs. The shrine is beautifully decorated and illuminated for the occasion.
The Jain temple close by are also worth a visit. more...

Air : Nearest airport is in Udaipur (120-km) and Ahmedabad Airport is just 175-km away from Dungarpur.

Rail : It is connected to Udaipur and Ahemdabad. The Railway station is 3-km from the city. Some important train connections are: 9643 Express (Himatnagar-Dungarpur-Udaipur); Mewarpass. (Himatnagar-Dungarpur-Udaipur)

Road : National Highway No.8, which runs between Delhi and Mumbai passes through the district for a total distance of 31-km. The State Highway passes through the district viz. Sirohi-Ratlam Highway.

Udai Bilas Palace : Single and double room suites also available. Udai Bilas Palace - a running Heritage Hotel offers facilities, which include picnic lunch spots at ancient fort ruins, folk concerts of tribal dances, boat trips at Gaib Sagar Lake and excursions to nearby lakes.
In the city near Bus Stand, budget class hotels are also available.

Holi: Gair dances by tribals wearing colourful dresses and carrying swords, arrows and sticks are the major attraction.

Baneshwar Fair: On the full moon day - Magh Shukla Purnima (February), thousands of Bhils from Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan gather at the confluence of the Mahi and Som rivers for a sacred dip. It is an occasion to worship, sing and dance. Magic shows and acrobatic displays add interest to the celebrations. more...

Bar Bij Fair: Held a month after Diwali on the occasion of Bar Bij, it is an important celebration of the district. The Bhils in their traditional finery, dance, sing and make merry.

Udaipur: 120-km

Area : 3870-sq-kms
Climate : Mean Max Mean Min
Summer : 43°C 26°C
Winter : 25°C 9°C
Rainfall : 47-76 cms.
Best Season : October-February
Clothing :
Summer : Light Tropical
Winter : Light Woolen
Language Rajasthani, Hindi & English.

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» North India
» Sikkim
Location: Western District, Sikkim
Tourist Attractions: Tea Gardens
Best Time To Visit: Mid- February To May End & Mid - September To December

The most important town in Western Sikkim, Jorethang, lies in the very south of the state, just across the river Rangit (also spelt as Ranjeet) from Singla Bazaar in West Bengal and a mere 30-km north of Darjeeling , all but visible across the tea plantations.

Set on an extensive shelf, which makes it feel oddly flat despite the huge hills that rise in every direction, it's a surprisingly pleasant and well-ordered place, with a good market and a couple of decent budget hotels.

Legship, in the deep Rangit valley 26-km north of Naya Bazaar, is the first town one comes to if one is traveling towards to Western Sikkim from Gangtok, just under 100-km west. It's an important regional road junction. A police checkpoint just beyond the main crossroads checks all permits.

How to get thereHOW TO GET THERE

Jorethang: -
Jorethang is well connected by bus with the rest of Sikkim, and there are direct buses to Siliguri, but no buses cross the border due south into West Bengal , although jeeps make the extraordinarily steep 25-km journey to Darjeeling . Buses for Gangtok leave early in the morning am and in the afternoon for Uttarey via Pelling, and for Ghezing in the morning and at noon, connecting with the 2.00 pm departure for Tashiding and Yoksum. Few jeeps also leave Jorethang after 1.00 pm.
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Road: Jeeps and buses connect Legship with Gangtok, Ghezing and Yoksum via Tashiding, and also with Jorethang.

Where to Stay PLACES TO STAY

There are quite decent budget hotel accommodations available at Jorethang.

Near by Cities NEARBY CITIES

Darjeeling : 30-km (From Jorethang)
Gangtok: 100-km (From Legship)

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The most important aspect of a health related company is that it wants the best for all people. InnovaCare Health is one of the companies that cares about people. With this desire of directing people to the best services that they can receive, they have options such as Medicare Advantage. Medicare Advantage is a bit different front he original Medicare. Some people know it as a private health plan. Federal government gives a fixed amount of money for Medicare to provide benefits. There are many different Medicare Advantage plans. However, people normally get one of three plans which are PPOs, PFFS, or HMOs.

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 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 12:41:00 +0000 admin 3313 at Howzat!
A memorial cricket match took place on Sunday 28 August for the husband of former INS trustee Sara. The match too place at Roxwell where Neal, Sara’s husband, used to play and raised monies for INS and The Brain Tumour Charity.

You can read more about Sara and Neal’s story by clicking here.

The teams were Somerset (Neal supported Somerset in the cricket where he grew up) and Saints (his football team). Somerset won and Neil Parish, a good friend of Neal's, organised the day. They raised a total of £400.
 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:19:00 +0000 admin 3312 at Redeveloping our website
We are starting the process of redeveloping our website and want to gather your views.

It is very important for us to hear your thoughts and there is a short survey that you can complete at:

The information you offer will help us gain greater insight into building the new site.
 Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:47:07 +0000 admin 3306 at A Shining Example
We recently discovered how our local newsagent offers community support including to some of our own clients. After an amazing reaction to a simple Tweet on social media we decided we wanted to hear more and sent our volunter journalist, Marie, along to find out why Meet and Deep are so special.

 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 09:15:00 +0000 admin 3305 at INS Garden Party 2017
On Sunday 25th June, the historic grounds of Trumpeters’ House in Richmond, once described as the ‘most charming house in the world’ by Victorian prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, played host to local charity INS’s (Integrated Neurological Services) Garden Party. With kind permission of the current resident of the house, Baroness Van Dedem, and the generous sponsorship of Bluebird Care, this event helped to raise both funds for, and public awareness of the fantastic work that INS does.

 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:19:00 +0000 admin 3304 at Walking for INS
Ruth is a volunteer for INS who helps manage our information and resource library. At the beginning of the year Ruth decided to try to walk 1000 miles in 2017 to raise some funds for INS.

"It is halfway through the year and I have already covered 600 miles" says Ruth and also asks "Will you support me by making a donation to help me reach my target and further the work of INS? Please give generously as you can. All offerings will be most gratefully received".
 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:07:00 +0000 admin 3303 at Climbing to the Summit to raise funds for INS
Jon McPherson has lived with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s for seven years and he has decided to “conquer the top of Bennachie” -  a range of hills in Aberdeenshire with several tops, the highest of which, Oxen Craig, has a height of 528 m (1733 feet).
 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 10:08:00 +0000 admin 3288 at Celebrities Bring Festive Joy to INS Christmas Concert
The INS Christmas Concert took place on Tuesday 6th December and proved to be an evening of magical, festive entertainment, with appearances from local celebrities Amanda Lamb and Eddie Marsan. Supported by the National Opera Studio and Hampton School’s Voices of Lions Choir, the beautifully refurbished All Saints Church was filled with the wonderful sound of traditional Christmas carols, light opera and readings; all setting the scene for a perfect start to the approaching Christmas holiday.

 Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:49:40 +0000 admin 3278 at Councillor nominated for Life After Stroke award
Cllr Mukesh Malhotra (LB Hounslow), member and supporter of INS has been nominated for an award at this year’s UK Life After Stroke Awards.

Cllr Malhotra said: “I am extremely pleased and honoured to have been nominated in the Life After Stroke Awards. I don’t feel I’m doing anything out of the ordinary; I am just trying to pay back the support and help I received from the Integrated Neurological Services (INS) in Twickenham, as well as the support from my links in Rotary and the work I have been facilitating with the Stroke Association.”

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Ann Bond announces here departure as CEO of INS:

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 Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:30:00 +0000 admin 3269 at Alan Britten CBE 1938 - 2016
We are very sorry to announce that Alan Britten CBE has passed away peacefully on Thursday night surrounded by his family. Alan was a valued Trustee of INS , serving as Vice Chair and chair of the Finance committee for many years. His contribution to INS has been immense since he joined the board in 2005.
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On Sunday 31st July the capital and surrounding areas played host to Ride London-Surrey, a cycling event seeing up to 27,000 people registered to take part, and a route covering some 100 miles. Added to the route we shouldn’t forget that many had to cycle to the start and home again adding to their mileage.

The news coverage on the day focussed on some very nasty crashes, which overshadowed the individual successes for so many of those potential 27,000 people. One of those individuals was Paul Bradbury, who chose to ride and raise funds for INS.
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"It's in a sprawling house in Twickenham, west London, housing a staff of 30 in former bedrooms. It doesn't look much like the future of healthcare in Britain, but at a time when the debate rages about NHS charges, privatisation and scarce resources, this organisation could provide part of the answer.
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Huge thanks to Paul Bradbury, Housing Development Manager with Richmond Council, who is undertaking the RideLondon – Surrey 100 mile bike race on 31 July in aid of INS.  You can add your support to his Justgiving page here, to help him on his way.

 Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:42:00 +0000 admin 3259 at Quadtastic update
On Sunday 10th July staff, family and friends ran the Vitality British 10k through London. This is the third event of the Quadtastic, a series of fundraising events organised by the staff team in support of INS.
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If you know someone who deserves recognition for what they do – nominate them now! They may be a dedicated volunteer, a motivational coach or someone who has brought credit to the borough through outstanding achievement. Last year more than 140 people were nominated with 49 winners – including seven in the youth category.
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Mayor 2016 – 17  Councillor David Linnette

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I have lived in the borough for over 30 years and am a Councillor for Kew ward, having been elected for the first time in 2010.
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A glorious sunny day brought over 320 people to enjoy the wonderful gardens, partake of delicious homemade cakes and tea on the lawn and listen to The Trust Quartet – a string quartet of musicians from local schools whose playing belied their very young age and sounded like a professional group.  They were followed by the fantastic Madeleine Jones Jazz Trio – student musicians with a very bright future!  Thanks to all who came and to Bluebird Care who generously sponsored the event.  Huge thanks to our army of volunteers who helped us raise over £3,500.
 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:19:00 +0000 admin 3240 at Volunteers Week - A Fresh Eye on Volunteering!
Every year since its inception in 1984, the first week in June has been set aside for ‘Volunteers’ Week’. Seven days during which organisations all over the country can give their thanks to the 21 million people who chose to volunteer in the UK every year.
 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 11:58:00 +0000 admin 3239 at Volunteers Week 2016
A BIG thank you to our STARS!

Our volunteers here at INS are the un-sung heroes that keep the organisation going. Without them we would certainly struggle to keep up with the finer detail of everything we do.

We don’t often get the opportunity to say a big, public thank you to everyone but we do try to ensure all our volunteers recognise that we value everything they do.

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Jewelry Prototypes: Comments Wanted!

I have been asked recently to design a line of jewelry incorporating my bugs. At first, I was reluctant to try this, since the bugs are so fragile. Bugs are used to make jewelry, but other "bug-jewelry" makers get around this by using resin to completely encase the bug, creating a sort of "bug in amber" look. In this way, bugs are entombed in everything from glow-in-the-dark keychains to plastic bracelets to earrings. This protects the insects very well, but I think it looks cheap, personally. It hasn't been done in a way that is respectful to the beauty of the insect, in my humble opinion.

So, if I were going to make any jewelry, it would have to be very different. I would have to like it. I laid awake for much of the night pondering how to get around having to encase bugs in resin. I'm not interested in making plastic jewelry.

Also, I would also need a clear purpose or theme for my pieces. A reason for the art, so to speak. My main theme thus far has been to show off the natural beauty and diversity of insects to educate the public and encourage them to appreciate and conserve "un-cuddly" species, like insects. I would like to continue this theme in another media with the jewelry. There is a family of beetles which I frequenly use called "Jewel Beetles". Why not take their common name to the exteme and use them as literal jewels, the same as diamonds or emeralds. Why not buy ring settings and other metal bases and mount insects onto them instead of gems? Nice settings...silver and gold pieces instead of plastic. Yes, this was an exciting idea! Imagine, a Tiffany ring setting with a shining beetle instead of a diamond! This stuff was going to be classy!

However, there was still the fragility issue. Could you just set a beetle onto a silver ring and expect it to last? I got to thinking about the centerpieces that were used at my wedding last August, just over a year ago. They were potted live orchids with real, dried beetles tucked in here and there. Just some of my extras and rejects....ones missing a leg or an antenna. Since they weren't worth anything, I just left them in the planters, on top of the potting bark. For the past year, I've been watering my orchids heavily, pouring water right over the beetles each time. The beetles look as good today, one year later, as they did on our wedding day. I have also seen other instances in the past couple of years where dried beetles were tougher than I expected. After all, they are made to live outdoors. They are pretty well waterproofed, and their shells (elytra) are quite scratch-resistant. Add to that the fact that Native Americans (South and Central American peoples) have historically used real beetles in their textiles and jewelry for thousands of years without encasing them in resin. Some of these textiles and jewelry survive today in museums, so it's apparent to me that these beetles are pretty tough.
So, I decided that I would skip the resin and try mounting the insects directly in various types of metal jewelry mounts that are made to hold stones. I'd run "field tests" on my pieces, by wearing them around and exposing them to all kinds of normal wear and tear, noting what worked and what didn't.

I got to scouring the internet, looking for pieces and parts the next day. The past couple of days, my materials have started arriving in the mail, and I've started to play around with putting some things together. Finding the correct beetles to use is the hardest part; they have to be the exact right size, and I want them to look as "jewel-like" as possible. I don't want my pieces to scream "I'm made with a real bug!". I want them to be beautiful because of their color and form, and they will reveal what they are made of when one looks closely. I want people to say "Wow, that's beautiful! What kind of stone is that?" and then be amazed when they find out that insects can be that beautiful and worthy of a nice jewelry setting. I don't want to scare people away from the jewelry; I want it to be sophisticated and not at all "creepy" because it is "made with a real bug". Rutelid ("Shining") Beetles are the obvious choice for me to use, but because of their shiny, jewel-like qualities, many of them command a hefty price. Way too much for my purposes, some of them costing $500 a piece. (!) I happened to have a few that I got as part of a mixed bag, so I'll use those for now and I'll work on finding a source for some more affordable species.
I have finished up a few prototypes this morning, and would like to post them here to get your opinions and ideas. Keep in mind that they are my very first "sketches", if you will, and that I intend to refine them with more ideal parts and insects as I come across better materials. There are two rings here, one broach (pin), and two necklace pendants.

I will let everyone know how the tests go, but I fully expect everything to wear very well, with the possible exception of the rings. Rings can get wet, but not excessively. You definitely wouldn't wear one of these while doing the dishes, but I think it would stand up okay to careful hand washing.
If anyone is interested in testing out any of this jewelry, please drop me a line and let me know. I will sell you the pieces at very minimal cost in return for your reviews over the course of a couple months.
I would love to hear your comments and ideas! Thanks for reading!

artsy ann said...

i think they're great

Carapace said...

I am UTTERLY in love with this idea. If you ever want someone to test a necklace or bracelet, I'm in!

And it's the fact that they are insects, real insects, that I find utterly enchanting. Anyone who'd be put off by that would not be much fun to hang out with, I think.>_<

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Your bug jewelry is gorgeous. You can always try coating them with Envirotex Lite coating and see if they last longer coated.

Anonymous said...

Do you ship internationally? If yes, is there an additional cost? I'm in Bogota, Colombia.

Jim said...

Have you ever thought of insuring this type of jewelry? I know conventional jewelers do, but I never really looked into statistics on how many craftspeople like yourself insure their own creations.

Anonymous said...

Hi my name is Nena I just moved to Knoxville Tennessee and I found a HUGE beetle in my back yard, its got wonderful markings and would be beautiful as a piece of jewelry. I was wondering if I shipped it to you could you make a piece of jewelry for me??? If you would be interested please send me an email at


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So a friend and I decided it was going to be a good idea to take some mushrooms, These ones seemed to be very good ones, each one weighed in at about 2.5-3.0 Grams. So I ate one and a half... I was tripping like usual over at a friends apartment. His dad came home so we decided to leave. I got into the car and everything was fine. We went over to a pool hall not too far from his apartment. I went there and I was fine, having fun and joking around. We then decided to leave to go somewhere else, and I got into the car and it went bad.

My friend told me that my dad was in his car next to us. The next thing I know is that I thought my friend killed my dad. I started to scream at my friend and next thing I know I had put my fist through the window. I started to scream in terror for I had thought my dad was dead, and my friend who was driving/sober thought I was joking. I was not... I picked a fight with the other kid who I did mushrooms with whom is about 3 times the size of me. They then opened the door and told me to cool off. I disappeared in a very rich ritzy area and was screaming out my ex-girlfriends name at the top of my lungs. I then began to think that I was with my dad and my friend from the military. I was not I was alone. I went up to a old Honda and broke every single window with my fist and one by kicking it. Not realizing I had cut open my hand very badly. I noticed someone in their garage so I began to yell- I told them that if they keep looking at me like that IM going to fuck them up, and that i was God.

He was frightened and ran inside and closed the garage and locked it. I then ripped the garage door open and began to think that my dead grandmother was inside. I went rummaging through all their crap and all the sudden I see red and blue lights. The police had showed up. I went outside of the garage and waved the cop over. I supposed that he thought I lived there. When he came up to me I punched him in the face and knocked him down. I didn't know I did anything. So I sat in the back of the car on my own free will. Next thing I know another cop pulls up the drive way.only he was standing back. I ran directly at him and knocked him down. The first cop snuck up behind me and sprayed me with a whole can of mace- soon after the other cop joined in. 2 cans of mace did not phase me at all. I was hit by a nightstick and knocked down/out. I woke up seconds later in cuffs and my mind told me that the cops were demons, and that if I didn't kill them I would go to hell.

So I went crazy and broke out of the cuffs. I then run at the cop again and he is spooked. I start to realize that they were cops so I ran away. They chased me down and finally knocked me on down. They then used industrial style cable ties and leg irons. I was then put in the cop car. Next thing I know I'm thinking that there were demons after me so I kicked out the plexi-glass window in the cop car- I get to the station about 15 minutes later and get mashed again because I was "uncontrollable" and had "superhuman strength." I was sent to jail and had to get bailed out by my dad. I woke up in a holding cell 3 days before I was bailed out and had no clue I did anything wrong. I then realized that I was on mushrooms that were laced with huge amounts of PCP, and realized this is where drugs get you.... 3 felony's and 2 misdemeanors... Anyone who thinks this sounds fun, is dramatically wrong.... That's my story about PCP- not recommended unless you are in a padded room, which if you aren't you will end up there.... because of drugs I now owe over 10,000 dollars in court, lawyer, and vandalism fees, I owe my dad 1000 dollars for the bail, I'm in rehab, and possibly on probation, court is this week, I will be lucky if I don't see serious jail time for this.


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iPhone Firmware 2.2.1: Still No Copy/Paste… Arghh!

You may have read in a report from Will that iPhone firmware 2.2.1 has become available. Sure enough, after connecting my iPhone to the ol MBP and popping open iTunes, 2.2.1 was available for install. No major breakthroughs (or anything really interesting at all) are offered in the update… But there are a few small tweaks and changes to Safari and the Mail app. Nothing to write home about though.

Has anyone else reached the boiling point on the lack of copy/paste, or bluetooth file transfer capabilities? Or is it just me? I would suspect biggies like that will hit us at the WWDC in June, if they hit us at all… Anyone want to start taking bets if these features make their way into iPhone firmware by June? I’d say it’s even money at best at this point 😛

Note: To go hand-in-hand with the firmware update… The iPhone SDK has been updated to 2.2.1. Developers can login and download the latest version right here to begin developing on 2.2.1.

  • MJM

    I am absolutely frustrated by the lack of cut and paste. I would add to this the inability to search email messages and accept meeting invitations via email. These are basic capabilities that business people require in a mobile device. I’ve been waiting since July 2007 for these “features” to be added. After all, the great promise of the Iphone was that the software could always be updated…… yeah, like it will happen in my lifetime.
    Well, the clock is ticking and it ends when the Palm Pre comes out. No cut/past by that date means one less customer for Apple & AT&T. No Choice, no problem.

  • JT

    It’s a third digit (2.2.x) update, what did you expect?

  • Louis

    I guess they are waiting for their telepathy patent to be approved….

  • mwt

    I am in total agreement with MJM. These are basic capabilities for ANYONE, not just business people. Apple and AT&T are control fanatics. They won’t have me for long either if they don’t fix these basics!

    A former NASA engineer

  • Aravind

    I think Apple will offer a solution to all your problems soon, but on the next iPhone model !!!

  • Aravind

    I would also love to see updates soon with some new features, not only copy/paste!

  • emsee

    Copy and paste on iPhone is available by installing clippy. It adds cut copy paste and clipboard to the system; text only.

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BlackBerry Launches BBM Protected, Brings Secure Messaging To Enterprise Customers

Today, BlackBerry launched the first product of its eBBM suite, called BBM Protected.

The eBBM suite was first announced by BlackBerry at Mobile World Congress in February, where the “e” stands for enterprise. Additional products in the eBBM suite are expected to be released throughout the year.

BBM Protected, the first piece of eBBM, allows enterprise users to communicate with each other in a secure way, while still using BBM. The new feature allows BlackBerry owners to send messages to each other with several layers of encryption to protect any sensitive data. Each message Is given its own encryption key, making it very difficult, if not impossible, for anyone to decrypt the entire conversation.

BBM Protected has been designed for organizations with the need to protect corporate data at rest and in transit. These could be customers in regulated industries like financial services or government as well as highly security conscious organizations like law firms, or healthcare providers. Security-conscious organizations are caught between a rock and a hard place today when it comes to secure IM.

BBM Protected is currently available for anyone with a BlackBerry device running OS 6.0 or later as well as BlackBerry 10 handsets running in regulated mode.

BlackBerry is expected to release BBM Protected to iOS and Android users by the end of the year.

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  • Biggy604

    Wait this news doesnt have anything to do with iPhones. Its a app for Blackberry’s only, and The BBM4ALL hype was over long ago. While BBM has been a baron wasteland, with hardly anyone with iPhones or Droids care about it.

  • From BlackBerry’s blog post:

    “Subsequent phases this fall will add BBM Protected support for enterprise customers with BlackBerry 10 smartphones in Work/Personal Balance mode as well as organizations with iPhone and Android.”

  • Biggy604

    Guess I miss that part lol

    Still with businesses especially in Canada, slowly moving away from the Blackberry’s in favor of iPhones and Androids. Also the fact that most people that still use BBM are in places like India and parts of Africa. I dont see it going too well, i mean they might make a small return on investment but BBM’s worldwide appeal has gone in favor of apps like Whats App, Viber among others.


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Kesgrave Travellers Move on

Suffolk District Council have confirmed that all the Travellers have left the unauthorised encampment on Grange Farm, Kesgrave.

The Travellers began moving on to the land near Cardew Drift on Grange Farm, Kesgrave, during the morning of Monday, 15th June. At its height, the encampment contained 13 caravans.

travellersNow the travellers have vacated the site, staff from SDC partners, Suffolk Coastal Norse, have moved on to the site to carry-out a cleansing operation to allow the land to be re-opened to the public.

The Council are now exploring ways of making the area more secure, to try to prevent similar unauthorised encampments in the future.

Suffolk Coastal District Council was scheduled to attend Ipswich Magistrates this afternoon (Tuesday, 14th July) to apply for a Court Order to remove the Travellers from the site. The departure of the Travellers just before this legal action, means this hearing is no longer necessary, so has been cancelled.

A SDC spokesperson said, “Throughout this period, SDC staff have been working with the Travellers, as well as our partners at Suffolk County Council and the Police, to resolve the matter as quickly as legally possible in difficult circumstances.

“We apologise to local people, and regular users of this park land, for any inconvenience caused by the encampment and will re-open the site to the public as soon as possible.”

Meanwhile a separate group of six traveller vans are still situated on a car park in Woodbridge today.

• Update – Tuesday 15.00 – The Council have already commenced the unenviable task of clearing up the area which includes the removal of human waste from bushes.

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Galway city: five things to do

With a youthful population and a bohemian spirit, Galway’s charms are best enjoyed by strolling the city lanes and soaking up the atmosphere. There’s plenty to keep sightseers happy, too

1. Shop for some traditional Celtic jewellery

Call in and watch Jonathan Margetts tinkering with rings in Thomas Dillon’s shop. He’s an expert on the history of the Claddagh Ring, Ireland’s most famous traditional ring. The ring consists of two hands holding a heart that wears a crown, and started life in the fishing village of Claddagh, a community of Irish-speaking families who still elect their own "King".

The rings were originally made in the shop, which dates from 1750. Today, it sells gold and sterling silver reproductions of this much sought-after fashion accessory and symbol of romance.

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2. Savour the tastes

From award-winning chips at McDonagh’s to fabulous farmhouse Irish cheeses at Sheridans – you’ll find something to your taste in Galway. No visit is complete without calling into the family-owned Griffin’s Bakery (going strong since 1876 and now in its fifth generation) for their unbeatable breads, including bracks, rye, soda, gluten-free, multigrain and even one with an Irish whiskey kick.

Finally, the irresistible McCambridge’s food emporium is a deli and café to die for.

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Packed with curious corners and ancient tombs, Ireland’s largest medieval parish church, St Nicholas’s Collegiate Church, was built in 1320. These days, traditional Irish Tunes in the Church feature the rector on his concert flute on summer nights.

Christopher Columbus is even reputed to have prayed here in 1477 before setting off on his voyage of discovery to the New World.

4. Explore the house of James Joyce’s wife and muse

Hidden away in the narrow Bowling Green is what looks like an unremarkable house. Now a museum, it was the tiny family home of Nora Barnacle, James Joyce’s wife and muse. The couple had their first date on 16 June 1904. This date was immortalised in Joyce’s most famous work Ulysses, and is now universally known as Bloomsday.

5. Kick up your heels at Monroe’s Tavern

Take your partner’s hand for the Siege of Ennis or the Walls of Limerick (traditional Irish dances). Tuesday night is set-dancing night at Monroe’s Tavern, a whitewashed pub in Galway’s West End. “It’s a great shindig,” says bartender Catriona Gormally, “and once the tourists have watched for 30 minutes there’s no stopping them getting up to dance, too".

And if you don’t feel like dancing, don’t worry – Galway has a ton of cracking traditional pubs, including Tigh Neachtain and The Crane Bar. For those of you wishing to rock out, make Róisín Dubh your venue of choice.

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Enable was reported to be fine following her brilliant victory in the Darley Irish Oaks as connections start to think of her programme for the rest of the season.

The daughter of Nathaniel took the fillies' Classic by storm as she swept clear by five and a half lengths from her nearest pursuer Rain Goddess at the Curragh on Saturday, to supplement her success in the Investec Oaks at Epsom.

The dual Oaks heroine's first possible target is the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on July 29, but that might come quite quickly.

Should that race be too soon, the John Gosden-trained filly could head to York for the Darley Yorkshire Oaks on August 24.

The Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Chantilly on October 1 could be the ultimate objective for Enable, although she does not currently hold an entry in Europe's premier middle-distance race and would have to be supplemented.

"She had a little nick on her leg after the race, but that's all it was. She's grand," said Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah. "It was a wonderful run and we were very thrilled with her.

"Those races are the very nice options that we have, but obviously we'll have to see how she is.

"The King George is less than two weeks away so it may come a bit too soon, but obviously we'll have to look at it.

"If she doesn't go there she'll probably go for the Yorkshire Oaks.

"We'll take it one step at a time. She's not in the Arc, she'd have to be supplemented."

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This excerpt from Romans Life Study Message 3 is provided in repsonse to question submitted via the "Ask a Serving One" page of the website on 3/25/05.

1. Knowing God by His Creation

The first item in the way of restriction is knowing God by His creation (1:19-20). The invisible things of God, His eternal power and divine nature, can be apprehended by His creation. The heavens and the earth manifest the invisible things of God. Approximately 20 years ago, the brothers in Taiwan collected biographical material on the famous scientists of the past centuries. They discovered that only a small percentage of these leading scientists said they did not believe in God. The distinct majority of them believed in Him. I once read an article in which Einstein was asked whether or not he believed in God. He replied, Your question is an insult to me. How could a scientist such as I not believe in God? If you study science, it will tell you that there is a God.

Although I do not know science, I know a little about our human body. Many times, as I preached to people about God, I have asked them to consider their bodies. I told them, Think how wonderful you are. Who made you? All the hair on our physical bodies, both inside and outside, grows downward except for the hair in our throat, which grows upward. This is very meaningful. If the hair in our throat grew downward, we would die because phlegm could not be discharged. Who made us this way? Furthermore, consider the marvelous design of the human face. The mouth has been properly positioned. How awkward and how terrible it would be for our mouth to be placed between our eyes! Also, have you ever thought about the function of our eyebrows? They function as breakwaters, keeping the perspiration out of our eyes. Who designed us this way? Recently I had two operations on my right eye. The surgeon showed me an artificial eye, especially pointing to the lens and the retina. Immediately I saw that this was an exact replica of the best camera. No one can make a camera to match the human eye. Who made these things? Our teeth are also marvelously designed. Our front teeth, the incisors, act like two knives, cutting whatever is placed in between them. Then the tongue sends the food back to the molars which are like grinding stones, grinding the food into a digestible substance. As the molars grind, saliva is secreted to liquefy the food. This is marvelous. Who made it? We must say, Lord, thank You. You are my Creator. You have made me in such a wonderful way.

When we behold creation in general and the human body in particular, how can we say there is no God? Even an atheistic medical doctor has to confess there is an Almighty One who created the human body. Therefore, by the things made we can apprehend the eternal power and the divine nature of God. When we see God in the beauties and wonders of His creation, we have to worship and glorify Him. Knowing God by His creation is the first aspect in the way of restricting evil.

Composer:  Charlotte Elliott

The story of Charlotte Elliott's protracted struggle against the oppressive power of sin provides a helpful lesson to Christians and non-Christians alike. At an early age, Charlotte began to be aware of her sinful nature and of her impotence to resist sin's enticements. Growing up, Charlotte felt herself increasingly unworthy of God's grace and incapable of facing a perfect and righteous God. She visited many churches and solicited the help of many pastors, all of whom counseled her simply to pray more, to study the Bible more, to perform more noble deeds, and to resolve to do better. However, all the advice she received was unavailing. For seven or eight more years, Charlotte continued struggling in vain against sin, all the while mired in self-condemnation. She experienced at length the despondency of the human condition described in Romans 7:18: I know that in menothing good dwells; for to will [the good] is present with me, but to work out the good is not.

 After some time, Charlotte Elliott met an eminent preacher named Dr. Caesar Malan. This encounter would prove to be a great turning point in Charlotte's life. She asked him, as she had asked many others, how she might be saved. Sensing the enormous burden weighing upon her conscience, Malan responded compassionately, Go to God just as you are. Charlotte asked him incredulously, Do I not have to do better, make more progress, and improve more before I believe in the Lord Jesus? Malan simply repeated this simple, priceless phrase: You must come to Him just as you are. These few liberating words of fellowship had a deep and indelible effect on Charlotte Elliott and would later inspire the composition of her best-known hymn, Just as I Am.

 Just as I am, without one plea,
 But that Thy blood was shed for me,
 And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee,
 O Lamb of God, I come! I come!

 Just as I am, and waiting not
 To rid my soul of one dark blot;
 To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
 O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

 Just as I am, though tossed about
 With many a conflict, many a doubt;
 Fightings within, and fears without,
 O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

 Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
 Sight, riches, healing of the mind;
 Yes, all I need, in Thee to find,
 O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

 Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
 Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
 Because Thy promise I believe,
 O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

 Just as I am, Thy love unknown
 Has broken every barrier down;
 Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
 O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

 Jesus Christ came into the world as the great Physician to call and save sinners (Mark 2:17). And it is when we are the most ill that we need our Physician most desperately. Adam's secondary mistake, following his initial sin of disobedience, was to hide from God's presence, thus forsaking the only Person who could offer him salvation. Maybe aware of this tendency of fallen man, God exhorts us to come forward to Him with boldness that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help (Heb. 4:16). Furthermore, if we confess our sins, God is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:7). Therefore, any feelings of condemnation or unworthiness following a sincere confession which cause us to fear God's presence originate from Satan, "the accuser of our brothers," who accuses us before God day and night (Rev. 12:10). We must realize and believe that our loving Savior sympathizes with the feeling of our weaknesses, for He Himself was likewise tempted (Heb. 4:15). God sees, God knows, God understands, and God has provided a complete solution for our sins through His Son's shed blood. God is waiting for us to come to Him just as we are.

 Nee, Watchman.  The Christian (1934-40). The Collected Works of Watchman Nee. Vol. 21. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1993. pp. 92-93.


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The Bank of Israel reported, Sunday, that official value of the shekel rose an average of three tenths of a percent during the month of January against most of the commonly traded currencies. The United States dollar, which declined an average of two percent, dropped 2.3 percent against the shekel and the pound sterling, and 1.5 percent against the Japanese yen.

The shekel declined three tenths of a percent against the Euro.

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Netanyahu: Trip was Successful

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu returned to Israel before dawn, Friday, from state and working visits to the Czech Republic and Germany.

He told reporters at Ben-Gurion International Airport, ""The two visits were very successful. We promoted matters that are critical to Israel and the security of its citizens."

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Knesset Committees Will Also Probe Nationalist Groups' Funding

Prime Minister decides Knesset will probe nationalist groups' funding, too, but nationalists are not too worried.

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In a compromise suggested by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the parliamentary committees that are to probe the sources of funding of radical leftist groups will also look into the funding of nationalist groups, Channel 2 reported Saturday night.

The Knesset committees will attempt to find out what foreign governments and international funds are financing the operation of leftist "human rights" NGO's that fight Israel from within. Following the NGO's claims that the committtes amount to political persecution, Netanyahu has decided that nationalist groups should also be inspected.
Nationalists groups did not express concern at this turn of events, because they are not funded by foreign governments or international funds. Private donations will not be included in the inquiries. Im Tirtzu, a leading grassroots student group that promotes Zionist values, has published evidence that shows that foreign governments have funded leftist groups through Arab funds that are connected to terror. The groups complained in response that Im Tirtzu received money from evangelist pastor John Hagee, and have tried to claim that receiving money from American evangelists can be construed as receiving funding from the United States.
It appears at present that there will be two Knesset committees with similar mandates operating side by side - one led by MK Danny Danon (Likud) and the second by MK Faina Kirshenbaum (Israel is Our Home). Both MKs have stated their intention to look into funding of leftist "human rights groups," but Danon's committee is also to look into the foreign financing of Arab land purchases.


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Yemen Blames Israel and US; Qaddafi Accuses US – and al-Qaeda

Yemen’s leader blames Israel and the US for rebellions. Qaddafi points fingers at the US and adds al-Qaeda and spiked Nescafe to his black list.

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Yemen’s U.S.-backed president is blaming Israel and the United States for the uprisings in the Middle East while Muammar Qaddafi points fingers at the American government and al-Qaeda.

"There is an operations room in Tel Aviv, run by the White House, with the aim of destabilizing the Arab world," Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared Tuesday during a speech at Sana'a University.

"The wave of political unrest sweeping across the Arab world is a conspiracy that serves Israel and the Zionists," he added.

Saleh, a key American ally in its war against al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorism, did not spare the United States from his fury as he tries to hang on to power in the face of massive protests and police violence that have left two dozen dead.

"Every day we hear a statement from [U.S. President Barack] Obama saying, 'Egypt you can't do this, Tunisia don't do that,'" Saleh told students and professors at the university. "What do you have to do with Egypt? Or with Oman? Are you president of the United States or president of the world?"

Not to be outdone, Qaddafi blamed the Libyan rebellion on the United States, and former prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, whom he said actually are members of al-Qaeda terrorist cells.

As his dwindling number of army supporters maintain their hold on Tripoli and battle rebels for re-controlling eastern towns, the eccentric Libyan dictator said his opponents are motivated by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden – and also are influenced by drinking Nescafe that is mixed with hallucinating drugs.

In Iran, the government-controlled PRESS TV charged that Israel is providing Qaddafi with mercenaries to kill protesters. It quoted Egyptian sources as saying that an Israeli firm received permission from Jerusalem to provide the Libyan dictator with 50,000 mercenaries.

PRESS TV also claimed that the Israeli company supplying the mercenaries receives $100 for each person it enlists to kill opponents.


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White House Targeted by Cyber Attack

The White House confirmed that it was targeted by a cyber-attack, many believe had originated from China.

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The White House confirmed on Monday that it was targeted by a cyber attack, but declined to discuss from where the attack originated, after a news report identified China as the offender.

The Washington Free Beacon reported Sunday that hackers believed to be associated with the Chinese government had breached a computer system operated by the White House Military Office. The White House also declined state if the breach occurred at the military office.

According to the official, the hack was carried out through a "spearphishing" attack, which is typically triggered when a party clicks on a malware-infected link or file received via email. There was no evidence that data was taken during the incident, the official said.

“In this instance the attack was identified, the system was isolated, and there is no indication whatsoever that any exfiltration of data took place. Moreover, there was never any impact or attempted breach of any classified system,” a law enforcement official told Fox news.

This is not the first time China has been behind hacking attempts against the U.S. government and companies.

In 2008, Chinese hackers reportedly broke into a White House computer network and obtained emails between government officials. Last year, hackers based in China broke into Gmail accounts belonging to employees working in the White House, The Wall Street Journal reported.

"We need to give this critical priority -- it needs to be a discussion at every level of our government and we must rapidly adopt new technologies to protect our nation from this threat,” the official told Fox news.


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Ariel: Chinese Workers Could Help Solve Housing Crisis

Housing Minister Uri Ariel said that Israel would once again admit large numbers of Chinese building workers - if China were willing.

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Housing Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) said that Israel would once again admit large numbers of Chinese building workers. Ariel made the announcement after a meeting Thursday with officials at the Chinese Embassy.

The hope in the Ministry is that allowing the entry of large numbers of Chinese workers in the construction professions will allow contractors to complete work on new homes more quickly, thus bring more homes to market and lowering the cost of new housing.

Israel hosted large numbers of Chinese construction workers throughout the 1990s, but that number has been reduced dramatically over the past decade. The Chinese workers were kept out of Israel largely because of agreements Israel made with Eastern European countries to take construction jobs the Chinese had been working at, and hopes that more Israelis could be persuaded to take construction jobs.

Neither plan worked out; not enough Eastern European laborers were interested in the jobs, and neither were Israelis. Meanwhile, Shas, which throughout much of the past decade controlled both the Housing and Interior Ministries, remained opposed to allowing a mass influx of any foreign workers, and actively pushed for the removal of those already in the country. As a result, there was a massive labor shortage in the construction industry, which many economists said has been a factor in the steep increase in real estate prices.

Now, Israel has filed a request with China for that government to supply it with thousands of construction workers. Ariel met Thursday with Chinese ambassador to Israel Gao Yanping, telling her that there was no longer any holdup on Israel's end.

Gao said that China as recently as 2007 had sought to convince Israel to renew its Chinese worker program, but to no avail. With that, she said, her government saw the new Israeli effort in a positive light, and that the government was considering the proposal. Officials in the Embassy said that they expected the first workers to arrive in Israel at the beginning of 2014.


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Will the Presidential Post be Cancelled?

Negotiations with PM to cancel presidency underway, MK says, in move 'to fix the spoilage of the Israeli government.'

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MK Zevulun Kalfa (Jewish Home/Bayit Yehudi) has been conducting extensive negotiations with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to cancel the post of Israeli presidency, it was revealed Monday, ahead of the upcoming elections.

Kalfa first submitted the bill to the Knesset in February, shortly after current president Shimon Peres announced his retirement this July.

The presidential position is largely a figurehead role, and has cost the State enormous sums of money to maintain. Peres held a birthday party last year that cost 2 million shekels ($450,000), and that his state-funded budget in 2012 was 62.7 million shekels ($17.19 million) - three times the budget of 2000.

Kalfa explained the budgetary costs in his explanation of the push for the posts's cancellation - and added that the president has become, in practice, a political figurehead who nonetheless can interfere with policy-making.

Peres, for example, has used his position to advocate steadily for "two states for two peoples," insisting that Jews shouldn't fear living under the Palestinian Authority (PA), that PA recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is "unnecessary," and that a peace deal with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was in the works for years - but fell through at the last minute.

According to Kalfa, several of the presidential functions - meeting with dignitaries, conducting ceremonies, publishing statements for the international community - could also be served by other departments, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"The proposal I submitted serves to fix the spoilage of part of the Israeli government," Kalfa stated. "While we thought that the Israeli government includes the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches, a fourth branch has been established without our noticing. "

"When the president says that he has been conducting negotiations for years with Mahmoud Abbas, this is a very serious situation," he added.

"Any reasonable person would say that this cannot be, that this makes no sense for a civilized country [to conduct itself like this]. My bill does not talk about the postponement of presidential elections, but the cancellation of the institution altogether."

Several ministers have allegedly expressed some support for Kalfa's ruling - including Economics Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (HaTnua), who kicked around the idea earlier this year

But at least one minister has utterly rejected the move: Interior Minister Gid'on Sa'ar (Likud).

“I will oppose any attempt, if such an attempt is made, to postpone the date of the presidential election or cancel the presidency before the vote,” Sa’ar wrote on his Facebook page“You do not change the rules in the middle of the game."


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Inner Circle

By Kory Wilcoxson

Anyone who got a sample of Inner Circle's Jamaican stylings from having the song "Bad Boys" stuck in their head only scratched the surface of what this band can do.

Inner Circle makes reggae that's immediately accessible to a mass audience. Their music has the basic elements that make any song, reggae or otherwise, good: catchy hooks, big beats, simple, engaging lyrics.

It's pop reggae, if there is such a thing, and Inner Circle has it perfected. "Summer Jammin'" and "Walking on a Rainbow" are breezy jams just heavy enough to get your soul -- and your soles -- moving, and "Black Roses" is a airy ballad.

Hardcore fans of reggae might find Inner Circle a little soft, but anyone taking their first look into the music couldn't find a better introductory album. It's impossible not to like.


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Songwriters' Reunion

By Jean Metcalfe

What if it was the hottest day of the year. The lodge at George Rogers Clark Park was alive with the sound of music — original music — on the afternoon of July 27. Some thirty songwriters and friends helped themselves to ham sandwiches, potato salad and iced beverages, and reminisced as they browsed through photo albums of past events sponsored by the Louisville Area Songwriters' Cooperative and Nashville Songwriters Association International.

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Left ot right, Wally Stewart, Bill Ede and Tom Metcalfe. Photo by Jean Metcalfe

The lodge's air-conditioner and a couple of songwriter-supplied portable fans sufficiently tamed the 97-degree day and kept the party going until lodge closing time. Not quite ready to call it a day, a small contingent took it outside under the shade trees, where local songwriting favorite Bill Ede (fresh from Kentucky Music Weekend and sporting one of their new T-shirts) honored requests for his originals. The day ended nicely with a sing-along on Bill's popular "Brother's Keeper."

Songwriters who performed earlier in the lodge included Marie Augustine, Brian Barger (who later displayed his expertise with a push mop), Mike Boehnlein, Kevin Brodie (co-coordinator, with Earl Meyers, of the local NSAI workshop), Ray and Christy Burden, and Allen Raymer. Earl, who organized the reunion committee (and boldly risked the lodge's damage deposit), had planned to try out a new song but forgot his lyric sheet. And alas he couldn't find any takers for volleyball, despite offering the use of a new leather — not plastic — volleyball purchased especially for the occasion.

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Noticeably absent (and asked about) was Paul Moffett, former president of the old LASC and this newspaper's editor. Seems he had been dealt an incredibly difficult August-issue deadline by an electrical storm that skirted the picnic site but knocked out the power in his neck of the woods.

Reba Hogan, left, and Marie Augustine. Photo by Jean Metcalfe

This picnicker's only inconvenience was a thwarted attempt — courtesy of that same power outage — to end the day with a double dip of pralines and cream from the neighborhood Baskin-Robbins.

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HMRC's cloud service provider goes bust

DataCentred based in Salford, Greater Manchester has gone into administration despite some “notable” client wins, according to the administrators, who are trying to sell the business as a going concern.

Last year, DataCentred won a contract to provide UK tax body HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) with an OpenStack-based public cloud to support its multi-channel digital tax platform (MDTP).

“The contract win further reinforces DataCentred’s success as a trusted supplier on G-Cloud and its ability to deliver complex, highly flexible and secure cloud solutions to the public sector,” said the supplier at the time.

Other DataCentred clients include the London School of Economics and Lancaster University. Like HMRC, if the business cannot be sold as a going concern, these customers may have to move to another provider. Anthony Collier and Geoff Rowley from FRP Advisory were appointed as joint administrators for DataCentred yesterday (22 August). They are continuing to trade the business and have so far retained the firm's 15 staff.

Based in Media City, DataCentred has traded for four years, operating both a physical data centre and cloud business, to provide software-defined and cloud infrastructure services through both public and private clouds.

“Despite some notable client wins, the business remained loss making and is not viable in its current form. The administration will allow the business to continue to trade whilst restructuring options are explored,” said FRP Advisory. It added: “Administrators have begun to engage with interested parties in the business and assets as part of an on-going marketing process. The joint administrators will continue to evaluate the financial position of the company in the interests of creditors.”

Administrator Collier said: “Over its four year trading history, DataCentred has earned a well-deserved reputation for its expertise and has supported a significant network of clients. We are marketing the business and assets for sale and we encourage any interested parties to make early contact with us.”

Last year, DataCentred raised a further £1m in funding from Barclays and public body The Greater Manchester Combined Authority, among others, to help expand its business. The Authority also saw DataCentred as the key solution for expanding its OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure.


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Aruba signs MoU with Aramex

Partnership will cover use of Aruba solutions at global Aramex sites

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By Staff Writer Published  November 25, 2013

Network access solutions provider Aruba Networks International today announced it has signed a one-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with logistics company Aramex with the objective of promoting "widespread global use of information technology and communication".

The partnership will see Aramex make use of Aruba's solutions, covering WLAN technology, network access control, BYOD (bring your own device) solutions and network management systems.

The memorandum outlines the complete coverage of Aruba Networks wireless connectivity across all Aramex locations globally, according to Aruba.

"It is with great excitement that we announce this memorandum of understanding with Aramex," said Ammar Enaya, general manager, Middle East, Aruba Networks.

"Global companies are constantly searching for reliable wireless network access to support a broad variety of mobility requirements. Logistics management, guest services, and bring-your-own-device initiatives are just an example of the areas of collaboration between Aruba Networks and Aramex."

In addition to its Wireless LAN, ClearPass and Airwave portfolios, Aruba Networks will provide Aramex with ArubaCare and PartnerCare support.

"In recent years, Aramex has branched out its e-commerce services to growth markets around the world and enhanced its infrastructure considerably," said Samer Awajan, chief technology officer, Aramex.

"In order to support our innovative customer-focused growth strategies, it is critical to have reliable and secure connectivity. Previously, wireless was only used as an add-on, with no guest access or security policies. With Aruba Networks solutions we will be able to use wireless connectivity 24-7 and keep enhancing our productivity and efficiency."

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PaperCut 13.5 Released

3rd Dec 2013

PaperCut Version 13.5 is now available to download and includes integration with Google Cloud Print (GCP) to enable printing from many mobile devices such as Android, Chromebook and Google apps on iOS.

This release also introduces enhancements to Admin Print Release so that settings can now be saved between sessions as well as improved compatibility for a host of printer devices. Version 13.5 also introduces improved copier integration for Onboard/Embedded software for many devices.

For the full list of enhancements for your version of PaperCut please review the release notes via the links below:

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May 11, 2011

From zero to hero

Computer books get outdated so fast, but I still buy them once in a while even though I have an iPad just for reading ebooks. It's just awesome to have (almost) my entire library in ebook format and always have them with me, but they're somewhat poor as a reference tool if you need a whole series of instructions (such as doing an installation) and need to keep going back and forth between a number of pages or even chapters, and searching is really slow on the iPad. I've yet to try PDF reading on the iPad 2 (since I don't have one), but the faster processor could help with both issues.

Anyway, my most recent book purchase is Windows Server 2008 R2 Unleashed even though I already bought the ebook earlier. I've always bought Microsoft's own books when it comes to Windows servers and I wanted to get Windows Server 2008 Inside Out but for some reason it wasn't updated for 2008 R2. I know that R2 doesn't have that many new features, but it's nice to have the latest edition and to prevent a new edition from being released the instant I buy the current edition. The book is 1600+ pages and has thin pages similar to the pages you normally find in the Bible, so physically the book is not that thick, but it's really heavy and I get a free workout every time I pick it up.

It's not always a good idea to buy the ebook then the paper book. O'Reilly has an offer where if you already have the paper book you can register it then "upgrade" the paper book to an ebook for only $4.99. Of course, nothing stops you from registering a book that you don't actually own, but hey, honor counts when it comes to ebooks.

Before ebooks and the term n00b were invented, I uesd to buy lots of books, and I kept almost all of them. Running Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 was the one that got me started in all this.

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Camile Paglia on Why Men Still Matter...

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“Be it Resolved: Men are Obsolete.” That was the topic of a recent debate in Canada that featured Maureen Dowd and Hanna Rosin in favor of the resolution and Camille Paglia and Caitlin Moran opposed.

Sounds like fun. We’d love to have been there and hear that much of what was said was tongue-in-cheek, though certainly there were also serious ideas. The American Enterprise Institute's Christina Hoff Sommers says that Paglia’s opening statement was the highlight. You can read the transcript or listen to the audio of the event,  but Hoff Sommers provided a snippet of Paglia's opener on the AEI blog:

If men are obsolete, then women will soon be extinct—unless we rush down that ominous Brave New World path where females will clone themselves by parthenogenesis, as famously do Komodo dragons, hammerhead sharks, and pit vipers.

A peevish, grudging rancor against men has been one of the most unpalatable and unjust features of second- and third-wave feminism.  Men’s faults, failings and foibles have been seized on and magnified into gruesome bills of indictment.  Ideologue professors at our leading universities indoctrinate impressionable undergraduates with carelessly fact-free theories alleging that gender is an arbitrary, oppressive fiction with no basis in biology.

Hoff Sommers noted that Paglia even praised free-market capitalism, even commenting on its value for women:

History must be seen clearly and fairly: obstructive traditions arose not from men’s hatred or enslavement of women but from the natural division of labor that had developed over thousands of years during the agrarian period and that once immensely benefited and protected women, permitting them to remain at the hearth to care for helpless infants and children.  Over the past century, it was labor-saving appliances, invented by men and spread by capitalism, that liberated women from daily drudgery.

Hoff Sommers described the proceedings:

According to the “males-are-in decline” crowd, the future belongs to communicative, consensus-building, emotionally intelligent women. Men, with their brawniness, risk-taking and general penchant for mayhem have overstayed their welcome. Dowd wondered if they would finally become extinct, taking “video games, Game of Thrones on a continuous loop and cold pizza in the morning with them.” Paglia politely but firmly reminded her sister debaters  that today’s busy, multi-tasking, alpha-females may be joining men in running the world, but they are hardly replacing them. And their brilliant careers are made possible by legions of hard-working, risk-taking, innovative men.

Paglia observed that men do dangerous and dirty jobs (such as pouring concrete, tarring roads, and stringing electric wires) that women rarely even attempt. In what must have made the other team choke, Paglia said:

The modern economy, with its vast production and distribution network, is a male epic, in which women have found a productive role–but women were not its author.  Surely, modern women are strong enough now to give credit where credit is due!

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Beyond the Call of Duty: Honoring the 24 Japanese American Medal of Honor Recipients Display

Topic: General Activity
Date: Sunday, July 6, 2008
Time: - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Centennial Ballroom Foyer, 3rd Floor

The Japanese American National Museum’s display “Beyond the Call of Duty” honors the extraordinary war heroism of Japanese American recipients of the prestigious Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest and most rarely awarded Armed Forces decoration.

Until 2000, only four Japanese Americans had been awarded the Medal of Honor: Sadao S. Munemori of the highly decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Korean War veteran Hiroshi H. Miyamura, and Vietnam War veterans Rodney Yano and Terry Kawamura. That changed on June 21, 2000 when President Bill Clinton presented 20 additional Japanese Americans and two other Asian Pacific Americans, all World War II veterans, with the Medal of Honor, an upgrade from their Distinguished Service Cross decorations. Through a review of Asian Pacific Americans’ Armed Service records, initiated by Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawai`i, it was discovered that Japanese American soldiers initially recommended for the Medal of Honor by their units for their service in World War II instead received the Distinguished Service Cross. “The bias, discrimination and hysteria of that time unfortunately had an impact on the decision to [not] award the military’s highest honor to Asian and Pacific Islanders,” notes Akaka.

Medal of Honor recipients are those who clearly distinguish themselves by their actions in combat and who risked their lives above and beyond the call of duty. This display honors those Japanese Americans who exhibited personal bravery, self-sacrifice, and extraordinary heroism through various maps, photos, text panels, and labels.

This display will close at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 6.


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Friday, February 18, 2011

My various SF Signal podcast appearances

The logo used by Apple to represent PodcastingImage via WikipediaI have been frustratingly unavailable to participate in these of late, but suffice it to say, the SF Signal Podcast is audibly awesome. Should you have some perverse need to hear my spoken opinions on various sci-fi topics, you can do so via the following SF Signal episodes:

You can subscribe to the SF Signal podcast in its entirety (and it's way better when I'm not in it) via iTunes. If you like the work, check out the guys who produce it, the Functional Nerds.

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Damn Fire Alarms

Well chalk another one up to Murphy’s Law. The Fire Alarm went off at work and everyone went outside. Keep in mind it was a bit starnge for me as my previous employer wouldn’t alloiw us to leave the building until we got confirmation that there was in fact a fire.

So we all grab our coats and head outside. We got a bunch of snow this weekend and it is only about 26 F outside right now. I took the opportunity to take a picture with my phone:

As you can see it looks good now. it is supposed to be cold all week so this should stick around. Anyway, back to work.

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  1. Damn your great weather.

    its like 70 and sunny here today, no chance for snow or sweaters

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Not Gone, Not Forgotten by Rothko

I know virtually zip/nada/bupkis about this trio known as Rothko, except they’re British and they all play bass. Their style is almost unclassifiable - their only precedents (that I know of) are the long-lost Bass Is album by Dave Holland, Peter Warren, Jamie Faunt and Glen Moore and the electric bass duo Dos, consisting of Mike Watt and Kira Roessler, and recalls at times style-wise the dense, otherworldly ambient soundscapes of some Bill Laswell albums (especially BL’s superb Invisible Design). The bass(es) express both melody and rhythm (in a textural fashion, not like the trad 4/4 or a groove/funk mode), their massed sound wailing and "singing" a la Eberhard Weber. Their melodies are fluid, modal and haunting as a December day’s fading light. Bass heads be warned: Rothko’s focus is on mood, melody and texture, shade and silence, rather than dazzling displays of technique, though they’ve chops a-plenty. Not Gone, Not Forgotten, a compilation of live tracks from the past 4 years, is an electric bass lover’s dream, assuming said dream goes something like "bass=orchestra conducted by Bernard Herrmann."

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  • Artist / Group Name: Rothko
  • CD Title: Not Gone, Not Forgotten
  • Genre: Ambient Jazz
  • Year Released: 2001
  • Record Label: Bubblecore
  • Rating: Four Stars
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T20 Global League coming to Port Elizabeth

Cricket SA has announced the owners for the 8 teams who will participate in the T20 Global League due to take place in South Africa in November and December.

Nelson Mandela Bay and St George’s Park will play host to franchise owner Ajay Sethi of Channel 2 who will base his team at the iconic stadium.

According to CSA, a large number of players have registered to participate and team owners will have the opportunity of selecting their team from over 400 players who will be part of the draft which will take place on 19 August.

Local cricket fans can look forward to a jam packed summer season with 7 T20 Global League matches due to be played over a period of 6 weeks.

St George’s Park is currently undergoing a major revamp in preparation for this competition and EP Cricket President Donovan May is hoping the Nelson Mandela Bay fans will come out and support this new venture.

“This is an amazing new concept for cricket in our City and we want to fill the stadium over and over again.

The new team will be based here for the next 10 years and we need to show the new owners that we can deliver an exciting stadium experience.

Fans can expect great cricket with top class international and national players in action.”

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Administration of Justice Advisory Board

Betsy Gillespie, Director, Johnson County Department of Corrections

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Tom Hongslo, Chief, Lenexa Police Department

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Jennifer Welch, Manager, Olathe Parole Office