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Lake Powell

You can hike, camp, climb and rappel in southern Utah’s canyons — and, at Lake Powell, you can waterski in them, too. Fake lake, real fun.

Lake Powell is counterintuitive. First of all, it looks like veins. (Aren’t lakes supposed to look like blobs?) Second, it isn’t a “lake” at all. It’s a reservoir.

But you (and the other 2,999,999 annual visitors) can do so many lakey things in it you won’t care about Lake Powell’s unorthodoxies. Head toward the Arizona border for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area’s otherworldly boating, beaches and endless network of canyons. Read more...

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Who knew “stringy-dandelion-root” was the ideal lake-shape for picturesque water sports? Lake Powell’s placid blue water runs right into sandy beaches, adding swimming and boating to the hiking, camping and sandstone dynamism you’ve come to expect from southern Utah. It’s been called “America’s lost national park” because the flooded canyons look so much like the federal designations that surround it, meaning travelers get to enjoy the same amber-/tangerine-/red-rock views by boat. It’s the desert without all the dryness.

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From the floor of Glen Canyon, the good people of the 1950s looked at a spot 200 feet overhead and said, “I’d really like to float on an inner tube up there.” So they built a dam where God had built a canyon to make a reservoir where He’d put a river. (That Glen Canyon Dam still stands suggests His tacit approval of houseboating.)

The dam was authorized in 1956 and blasting for the diversion tunnels began the same year. Lake Powell — named for one-armed Civil-War-veteran-turned-explorer John Wesley Powell — began to fill up behind the completed Glen Canyon Dam in 1963 and visitors have been swimming unnaturally ever since.

Glen Canyon Dam was built to regulate water availability for the seven states of the Colorado River Compact: Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Nevada. Hydroelectricity and rad spring breaks are its other obvious benefits.

But since it was a sketch in an engineer’s notebook, environmentalists have been fighting the dam. The phrase “America’s lost national park” contains more regret than romance. Besides arguments about drowned beauty, Glen Canyon Institute, which advocates draining Lake Powell, commissioned studies that have investigated the disruption of local flora and fauna, and even asserted the dam’s justifying purpose — water moderation for dry western states — is undermined by the amount of water lost to evaporation and seepage.

The debate rages on, and you gotta think it might not be so fiery if Lake Powell weren’t so much dam fun.

Access to various points at Lake Powell can vary dramatically according to water level. Check with the National Park Service for current conditions, marina availability, etc.

And finally, a message to all you mussel-bound boaters: Treat your boat like a protein-shake bottle and CLEAN, DRAIN and DRY it after every use. Don’t exacerbate the recent infestation of nefarious quagga-mussels.

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    From Salt Lake City to Lake Powell- Wahweap Marina is 381 miles.

    From Las Vegas, NV to Lake Powell- Wahweap Marina is 270 miles.

    From Phoenix, AZ to Lake Powell- Wahweap Marina is 283 miles.

    From Salt Lake City to Lake Powell- Bullfrog Marina is 398 miles.

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This particular model is in excellent condition, no notabe flaws, just general wear.
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Special Features: rear pocket! VERY rare color.

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If you’re a 34 in Levis, you’re a 34 in Utilikilts. Done.

If you haven’t put on a pair pants since 2004 and have been living under a rock since 2015, first of all: Welcome back!

We did away with the “Honest Inch” System awhile ago. Cool as it was, 95% of all returns were due to sizing issues. After the advent of the Switchback, our adjustability feature–made with Military Grade 2″ Velcro combined with a flexible shock cord ‘asset’ (like a corset for your ass)–Utilikilts are now sized within a range of inches, up to 15% of the waistband measurement so now you can wear it out before you grow out of it.

Still not clear? Wrap a tape around your beltline where you plan to wear your kilt.  No, not a metal tape measure, Silly. A seamstress tape.  What’s it say? Put that number in the middle of one of the size ranges below.  The number on your pants does not accurately reflect the measurement in INCHES around your beltline. And now you know.

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Behind the Scenes!!, Vol. 5

Behind the Scenes!!, Vol. 5

by Bisco Hatori

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Love is in the air at Shichikoku University, until it plummets to the ground to be trampled into the dirt by uncaring feet! Ranmaru, Ruka and Soh are all suffering from various levels of unrequited interests, and all three deal with their painful affections in different ways. Will any of their strategies succeed, or will they just get further tangled in the tortuous net of love?

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ISBN-13: 9781974701902
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Publication date: 02/06/2018
Series: Behind the Scenes!! Series , #5
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Bisco Hatori made her manga debut with Isshun kan no Romance (A Moment of Romance) in LaLa DX magazine. The comedy Ouran High School Host Club was her breakout hit and was published in English by VIZ Media. Her other works include Detarame Mousouryoku Opera (Sloppy Vaporous Opera), Petite Pêche! and the vampire romance Millennium Snow, which was also published in English by VIZ Media.

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George Takei might be better known for his political activism than his seminal turn on “Star Trek” these days, but the original small-screen Sulu considers “Allegiance” his true legacy.

The actor helped develop the Broadway musical about Japanese-American internment camps during World War II and made his Great White Way debut in it. That turned into “George Takei’s Allegiance,” which will close the Asian World Film Festival on Nov. 2.

Takei will also receive a lifetime achievement award that evening.

“Allegiance” addresses a very personal subject for the actor, who spent most of WWII as a prisoner in his own country.

L.A.-born Takei was 5 when his family was stripped of its possessions and squeezed into a horse stall at Santa Anita Park for relocation under decree by President Franklin Roosevelt. From there, they were sent to a camp in Arkansas and later the Tule Lake camp in Northern California.

“I was called an enemy alien and I was neither,” Takei says.

That wrenching experience would forever change Takei, who became politically active before graduating from high school. Over the years, he has worked with activists including the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on various social causes.

Much to his chagrin, he discovered over the years that some of his fellow citizens were unaware of what happened to Japanese-Americans during WWII.

“I was always amazed how little people, especially in the Midwest, knew about this absolutely dark chapter in American history, and these were people that I considered well read,” Takei says.

“Allegiance” attempts to remedy that.

It grapples with the family fallout from internment. Sam Kimera enlists to prove his patriotism while his sister Kei protests the government’s treatment of Japanese-Americans. This causes a lifelong rift between the siblings that Sam must come to terms with upon Kei’s death. Takei played the elder Sam and grandpa in flashback portions to WWII years on Broadway. Lea Salonga played Kei.

Their performances were captured in the film version, showing at AWFF following Takei’s lifetime achievement honor.

AWFF exec director Georges Chamchoum cites Takei’s work as an actor, on human rights and to further Japanese-American relations as ample reasons for the lifetime tribute.

“But above all [he is] an amazing human being, which is why we consider him the perfect candidate for our Lifetime Achievement Award,” he adds.

Like his character, Takei has been dealing with reverberations from internment for decades. The racism didn’t end upon his return to L.A.: a grade school teacher refused to look at him and called him “Jap boy,” Takei recalls.

As a teenager, he struggled to understand how his father could have acquiesced to forced relocation. His father guided him to channel his outrage into politics, a message that really stuck with the actor.

Takei will next travel to Tokyo for a three-night showing of “George Takei’s Allegiance” Nov. 10-12. On Dec. 7, the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, Fathom Events will once again screen it at theaters around the country.

“I was amazed at how little people, especially in the Midwest, knew about this dark chapter.”
George Takei

And in February, the musical will get its L.A. premiere at the Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo, with Takei reprising his Broadway role.

“This is absolutely my life mission,” Takei says.

In between, he will continue to lobby for marriage equality, traveling from Tokyo to Australia with husband Brad to campaign for it there. He also appeared on ABC’s “Fresh off the Boat” this week.

At 80, he has no plans to retire any time soon.

He got into acting after doing voiceover work for Japanese films in the mid-1950s. Takei received a degree at UCLA and studied Shakespeare in England then landed roles on “Playhouse 90” and “Perry Mason.”

In 1966 he was cast as Sulu in the original “Star Trek,” a pivotal role for Takei, who speaks warmly about creator Gene Roddenberry’s utopian vision of diversity and ability to use sci-fi stories to tackle pressing issues of the period.

“I’m very proud of it,” he says.

Takei has appeared in various “Star Trek” movies and done a lot of vocal work over the years. But of all the media, he considers theater his favorite.

“It’s so immediate and so visceral,” he says, rhapsodizing about the roar of laughter and tears performances can elicit. “Television goes very fast,” he says, while film takes much longer to do.

His only regret: That his father did not live to receive government reparations for the internment that upended his life. Takei testified for it during the long congressional battle seeking government redress. President Reagan signed the act granting internees $20,000, but payments were not sent until President George H.W. Bush was in office. “As my father would say, the wheels of democracy turn slowly.”


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Philips Fidelio DS9000 Primo

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Philips Fidelio DS9000 Primo review: specs and price

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Why is Philips Fidelio DS9000 Primo better than the average?

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There is a control panel on the device body, so you can easily access the volume control or remote without having to interact with a cable or another device it's connected to.
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The width represents the horizontal dimension of the product. We consider a smaller width better because it assures easy maneuverability.
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We consider a thinner chassis better because it makes the product more compact and portable. Thinness is a feature highlighted by many manufacturers of mobile devices, but it is essential for a wide range of products.

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New Potain due

Potain has announced plans to launch a new top-slewing tower crane at the end of the month.

Details or complete images of the new crane have yet to be released however the two teaser videos below claim the new crane will offer ‘easy servicing, compact transport, fast assembly and easy connection’.
Potain will launch its new top-slewing crane at the end of the month

The cab of Potain's new top-slewing tower crane

The crane will be launched on the company's YouTube channel on 30th April. We will of course provide further details as soon as we are able.

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University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna - Research portal

Selected Publication:

Type of publication: PhD Thesis
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Year: 2010

Authors: Kuzmany, Anna

Title: Interaction of early pre-implantation embryos and disturbances in the cultivation environment.

Source: PhD-Arbeit, Vet. Med. Univ. Wien, pp. 100.

Besenfelder Urban
Walter Ingrid

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Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Influences of environmental conditions, such as changes in media compositions or different embryo production methods, have great impact on the susceptible stages of the preimplantative embryo. Various studies have shown that assessed embryo characteristics (morphology, metabolism, gene expression, survival rate after freezing, transfer to recipient animal) can be used as sensitive indicators for the embryos quality and developmental competence, and therefore of the appropriateness of the culture condition used. Aim of this thesis was to investigate the effects of different culture techniques (purely in vitro, stepwise in vitro-to-in vivo, or purely in vivo) (i) on the amount of cell organelles (nuclear material and actin-cytoskeleton), and (ii) on the relative abundance of mRNA expression of specific genes before and after freezing of bovine blastocysts. (i) Selected blastocysts were differentially dyed, for nuclear material and for actincytoskeleton, with fluorescent stains, and a novel computer programme (ColorAnalyzer) made a differential count of the pixels of two colours. Blastocysts developed purely in vivo showed significantly more nuclear material than did blastocysts produced by any other technique. In terms of actin-cytoskeleton quantity, blastocysts derived mainly or purely in vitro (IVP; Day 27) did not differ significantly from each other, but embryos produced mainly or purely in vivo (GIFT; MOET) showed a significantly larger amount as compared with any other group, and differed significantly from each other. (ii) To assess levels of mRNA expression in bovine blastocysts, RT-qPCR was used. No significant influence of the culture method on the blastocysts mRNA expression before freezing was found, the only exception being DSC2. Regardless of the production method used, the mRNA expression level of all but two (AQP3, and DNMT1A) of the transcripts was found to be significantly upregulated after freezing. In conclusion, (i) a novel software was employed, which, in association with a laser scanning microscope, may be useful for an objective, fast, repeatable assessment of embryo structures that would allow an evaluation of the culture environment in which the embryo was derived. (ii) The RT-qPCR findings suggest that after freezing, re-expanded embryos are prepared for further development. Further studies to evaluate environmental influences on early embryo development are planned. However, it should be kept in mind that the early embryo can adjust to culture conditions very rapidly, and any observation represents only a snapshot in the embryos development.

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Travelling Abroad with your pet – Protect your pet, Protect yourself.

Travelling Abroad with your pet – Protect your pet, Protect yourself.

Zoonotic Potential is not a phrase you’d expect to use everyday – unless you’re a vet, but it’s one that’s set to have a greater impact on you, your health and your pet’s health, especially if you enjoy the company of your pet when you travel abroad.

Since July 2004 it’s been relatively easy to travel to and from the UK without leaving your pet at home or enduring the long separation of enforced quarantine. Now all you need is to have your pet microchipped, vaccinated against rabies, treated for tapeworm – if your pet’s a dog, and have all this recorded in your pet’s passport.

Thanks to advances in electronic and medical technology, it’s now simple and straightforward to safely take your pet with you on holidays and even business trips abroad. But it’s what your pet might bring back from its travels – and might, potentially pass on to you and your family, that’s starting to worry UK vets.

Pets and their owners travelling further afield

Zoonotic Potential is how your vet describes the chance that your pet might pick up a disease and then pass it on to you. Compared to many countries, the UK is exceptionally free from serious and life-threatening diseases of both humans and their pets. But as pets and their owners travel further afield, the chance of encountering and bringing home such a disease can only increase.

Of special concern to vets are so called ‘vector-borne’ diseases. These are parasites and infections transmitted between animals by intermediaries such as fleas, mites, ticks and biting insects. This means that even though you might think you’ve kept your pet away from other, possibly infected, animals and food, you can’t be sure your pet hasn’t picked up a disease-carrying vector.

Diagnostic Test Kits for Insect Borne Diseases

As usual, prevention is better than cure. Your vet can provide you with the best applications and treatments to stop nasty, disease infested, hitchhikers getting a free ride on your pet. Your vet will also advise you on the precautions you and your pet should take while you’re abroad.

But if, when you get home, your pet shows symptoms of being less than 100%, then visit your vet right away. Early testing of your pet with Vetlab Supplies Diagnostic Kits for insect borne diseases including Leishmaniasis and the tick borne Anaplasmosis will not only give a prompt diagnosis and the right treatment for your pet, it will also reduce any Zoonotic Potential risk to you and your family.

To find out more about our large range of veterinary diagnostic test kits visit our website: or Telephone: 01798 874567

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By putting the safety of our employees first, we have reduced our on-site staff to a minimum and we will endeavour to maintain our business operations to the highest standard possible.

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Commedia 2.0

Tickets are now on sale for our brand new show, Commedia 2.0!

Buy Tickets Here

What is Commedia 2.0? (pronounced ka-me′dē-ah).

Friday night, the VHS Players actors will put on an improv show, in the style of Who’s Line Is It Anyway?. Meanwhile, we will have 1 or 2 playwrights sitting in the audience (with you!) watching the show, and getting inspired. After the show, the playwrights will go home and write a one-act script that is based on characters, situations and stories that were developed during the improv show.

Saturday morning, the actors and playwrights will return and will cast and rehearse the written shows. Saturday evening, you, our audience, come back and watch the shows!

If you only choose to come one night, that is okay, and tickets are only $5.00

If you decide to attend both nights of entertainment, tickets are only $7.00

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Understanding The Sexual Mind of A Single Woman or Man

One of the major mistakes that most single men and women make when trying to understand other single men and women is underestimating just how important sex is to both genders. The tables have turned. For years men got away with thinking about sex. It was socially accepted for men to desire sex without any negative perceptions of them. For many years it was frowned upon for women to speak of sex or even let it be know that they wanted or desired sex openly. A woman that lusted for sex was considered a tramp or a woman with low standards of cleanliness. Single women were even afraid to admit to themselves that they had sexual desires because of feelings of guilt that society piled upon them.

What people don’t understand about the genders nowadays is that there aren’t anymore barriers between the two genders. Single men and women alike can speak openly and discuss their wants, needs, and sexual desires openly without anyone passing judgement on them.

The fact of the matter is that male and female sexual desires do exist, and they strongly exist in both male and female genders. Women now have the freedom just as men do to express their sexual desires. Not the freedom to have sex necessarily, but that it is OK for women to admit that they enjoy it, and want it, and have it with more than one partner if they wish to. The cat is out the bag. Women want the world to know that they enjoy sex just as much as men do and shouldn’t feel like it is a sin. Men and women should now realize that it is open game for both genders. Sex is something that both men and women can enjoy.

Now, since you know that women enjoy sex just as much as men do, you should also know that women are not just looking for someone special as previously thought. Single women today don’t just want sex, they want good sex. And as far as single women are concerned, whether or not the sex they have is good is the responsibility of the man. We, as men, are the first ones to point out that this is unfair, for you are only as good as your participating partner, but this is a reality that we all must live with. Such is life!

The next time you try to figure out a single man or woman’s actions you may want to come to this reality that I am about to share with you. Time and time again, men have asked me why did he or she go for a certain person? He or she doesn’t have nearly as much going for them as I do. “The answer is simple: He or she was more sexually attracted to them than you. And that is it in a nutshell. It is quite clear that both men and women choose their partners by sexual attraction. If a man or woman is interested in you it is your sex appeal that got your foot in the door and performing good sexually will keep you there.

For those of you that don’t know, sex is a very powerful facet to relationships. This is not to say that sex is the only important thing regarding relationships, but what I am saying is that it plays a larger role than people would like to admit. Single women, just like men, will want to meet someone or start a relationship with someone if they find that person sexually attractive. And as the relationship continues, good sex is often what holds the relationship together.

If an objective survey was taken today, I wouldn’t be surprised at all of the results that would come to light. Researchers have concluded that many break-ups today stem from sexual dissatisfaction or sexual boredom, and that sexual partners leave a relationship because they are looking for something more stimulating. More single women are leaving relationships because of this more and more today than ever before. And what does all of this mean? It means that if you want to be successful with a single man or woman, you’d better know how to keep them sexually satisfied.

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Beautiful porcelain china rose bowl with exotic bird decoration

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  • Imperial garland and green rim decoration
  • 5.5-inch rim diameter
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The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog              101 Park Avenue                  New York, NY 10178

The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog 101 Park Avenue New York, NY 10178

The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog

101 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10178

(212) 696-8360

Open: Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm/Monday-Thursday Closed/Friday-Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm

Fee: Adults $15.00/Seniors (65+), Students (13-24) & Active Military/Veterans $10.00/Children under 12 $5.00/Members Free

My review on TripAdvisor:

The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog at 101 Park Avenue

When I was walking the neighborhood of Murray Hill for my blog, “MywalkinManhattan.com, I came across on one of the side streets tucked into a new office building on Park Avenue, The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog at 101 Park Avenue. This unique little museum is two floors of art dedicated to the story of the dog.

The first floor features small fossils that show the early domestication of dogs during prehistoric times with humans. They may have used them for hunting and companionship. You could see this in the burials and in the wall paintings found all over the world that they partnered with early man and helped shape their world.

The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog collection

Most of the paintings were from the Victorian Age (post Civil War to WWI) where the romanticized view of nature and of pet companions was emphasized. One both the first and second floor there were all sorts of paintings of various breeds of dog in all sorts of playful and working environments. There were dogs for hunting and sport, dogs as pets and dogs in playful position reacting with their masters and each other.

The Victorian approach to pets

The was also porcelain figurines of dogs, statuary and trophies from various Canine Clubs all over the country. It shows the history of the dog as show with breeding and disposition counting of the way the animal was raised and trained.

The second floor had another series of paintings, a lot from the same time period and some contemporary artist’s take on modern dog owners and their relationship with their pets.

Canine Porcelains line the staircase

Also on the second floor was exhibition on ‘Presidential Dogs”, with the first families relationship with their dogs (and cats too) and the role that they played in White House politics. Truthfully outside of “Socks”, the Clinton’s cat, I never knew of any of the White House pets. I knew the both the Roosevelts and Kennedy’s had lots of pets in the White House, I never heard of their names or seen their pictures. So that was an eye opener.

White House pets tell their own story

Also in a special case was small fancy dog houses and dog holders for travel which was interesting to see how small dogs could travel with their masters and the expense to create a way for them to travel. These were very elaborate. I thought of some of the items I used to see at Bergdorf-Goodman when I worked there with the Ralph Lauren tote bags and fur lined sweaters and thinking this was a little much.

The museum also has a small gift shop on the first floor near the entrance that you should check out. There is all sorts of books and art work to look through and knick-knacks to buy with a dog them. The staff is also very nice and very welcoming.

The entrance to the museum and gift shop has a nice contemporary feel to it

History of the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog:

The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog preserves, interprets and celebrates the role of the dogs in society and educates the public about the human-canine bond through its collection of art and exhibits that inspire engagement with dogs.

The Museum logo

Founded in 1982, the AKC Museum of the Dog was originally located in the New York Life Building at 51 Madison Avenue as a part of the AKC headquarters. In 1987, the Museum of the Dog was moved to a new location in Queeny Park, West St. Louis County, Missouri. After over 30 great years at Queeny Park, the decision was made to bring the Museum back to its original home and reunite it with the AKC headquarters and collection.

Combining fine art with high-tech interpretive displays, the Museum of the Dog’s new home at 101 Park Avenue hopes to capture the hearts and minds of visitors. Located in the iconic Kalikow Building, the Museum will offer rotating exhibits featuring objects from its 1,700 piece collection and 4,000 volume library.

We hope to see you soon.

(From the AKC Museum of Dog website)

Barnegat Light Museum     501 Central Avenue   Barnegat Light, NJ 08006

Barnegat Light Museum 501 Central Avenue Barnegat Light, NJ 08006

Barnegat Light Museum

501 Central Avenue

Barnegat Light, NJ 08006

(609) 494-8578

Open: July and August Sunday-Saturday 10:00am-4:00pm/June-October 10:00am-4:00pm

Fee: Donation to the museum

My review on TripAdvisor:

I was on Long Beach Island for the afternoon and had wanted to visit the Barnegat Light Museum on my last trip to the island but it was closed for the afternoon. When I checked the site to see if it was open this weekend, I found that it was and since I had to be in Beach Haven that afternoon I made it my first trip.

The museum is now open ‘by appointment only’ in the off season, so I called the number provided and the President of the Museum Board opened the museum up for me and gave me a personal tour. What an interesting little museum packed with information and artifacts.

The Barnegat Light Museum at 501 Central Avenue

The museum is a former one room school house that was built in 1903 and used by island school children until 1954. The building still houses the original heating unit, a coal burning furnace and books of the children’s notes from school that had been handwritten (now typed) of current events and school notes.

The main attraction is the original light, a 1052 prism lens, for the Barnegat Lighthouse on display since 1927. The glass panels and sheer size and beauty of light shows how it was once the beacon for ships along the New Jersey coast. It had been brought to museum after moving around to various places over the years.

The original Barnegat Light for the Lighthouse

Along the walls are all sorts of local artifacts such as dinosaur bones that had been found in the bay and donated to the museum (the president of the museum said today there are certain laws on this), local housewares from families that lived on the island and various types of fishing equipment.

Display cases filled with local artifacts

There is even a mini display of ‘Pound Fishing”, which is a series of poles and nets are used to catch the fisherman’s prey. This small display shows how it is constructed and used to catch the fish.

There is an extensive display of Duck decoys, showing the island’s past and present as a hunting ground for water fowl. The displays come in all colors and types of ducks.

There is an extensive history of the resort hotels that used to be on this part of the island that had been effected by the changing tides of the island. Like the old lighthouse and lighthouse keepers home, one of the hotels just gave way to erosion. This part of the island just keeps shifting.

Hotels disappeared because of shifting tides

There is a picture display of “Sinbad”, stowaway dog during WWII that became famous from stories written about him.

One beautiful benefit of the museum is the beautiful gardens that surround the museum. The pathways of flowers and decorative bushes are maintained by the Long Beach Island Garden Club. These wondering paths surround the property and especially elegant looking in the back of the building.

The gardens that surround the museum are maintained by the Long Beach Island Garden Club.

In the off season, you can visit the museum by calling ahead and you can schedule an appointment with the staff of volunteers that work at the museum.

I arranged a trip at the last minute and the president of the museum gave me a personal tour and history of the museum that was so interesting. It was nice to see the museum on a one on one basis.

It is such an interesting piece of Jersey Shore history.

National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum 25 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326

National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum 25 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326

National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum

25 Main Street

Cooperstown, NY 13326

(607) 547-7200

Open: Sunday-Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm

Fee: Adults $25.00/Seniors (65+) $20.00/Veterans $18.00/Children 7-12 $15.00/Active Military-Children under 6-Members Free

My review on TripAdvisor:

When visiting the National Baseball Hall of Fame be prepared to spend over two hours in the museum because there is so much to see. When I visited the museum recently they had just inducted Derek Jeter as one of its newer members so a lot of Yankee fans were swarming around the picture and the display.

Derek “The Captain” Jeter being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

The museum can be overwhelming if you don’t break it down to the part of the visit. I wanted to see the Hall of Fame plaques so I started there. All the players of the past were memorialized by the pictures on plaques with a small blurb about their careers and what team they wanted to be remembered by when they were inducted in. I was looking for Reggie Jackson, because I remember when “Mr. October” entered he said with pride that he was coming in as a Yankee.

The Hall of Fame Plaque Wall

The second floor is loaded with all sorts of baseball memorabilia from Hank Aaron’s uniforms, pictures and stats to a complete display of all of Babe Ruth’s career history from uniforms, stats, recordings, pictures and even his locker.

Each display case represented the history of baseball and how it has progressed over the years. From the early Egyptians playing a similar sport with a bat and ball to the progression of cricket in the British Territories to modern day stickball in the cities, baseball keeps morphing and changing to modern times.

The lockers of famous players

Many famous players have donated their entire collections to the museum so it was interesting to see their progression from the time they were young to the time of their retirement.

There are also collections of baseball cards, recordings and films, modern day artworks and even Hollywood’s take on baseball with posters like the “Field of Dreams” and “The Bad News Bears”. I was surprised how the lines between reality and the truth begin to blur in a museum like this.

What I was grateful to was the amount of items donated by the fans, wanting to part with something so valuable to them to share it with other fans.

I have to say that the museum can be a little overwhelming at time since there is so much to see so plan on spending at least over two hours and break the visit into two days to really experience the museum especially if you are a true baseball fan at heart.

It is an amazing experience.

History of the National Baseball Hall of Fame:

The Village is pure Americana, a one-stoplight town nestled between the Adirondacks and the Catskills in Central New York. It drew from the family of James Fenimore Cooper, whose father, William, founded the village, whose works of literature have become American standards.

And yet Cooperstown has become a synonym for “baseball”, thanks to a story about a Civil War general and the country’s love for a timeless game. By the last half of the 19th Century, baseball had become the National Pastime. The United States was a little more than 100 years old and baseball had evolved with the country. But there was no definitive answer as to the birth of the game.

Enter the Spalding Commission, a board created by sporting goods magnate and former player A. G. Spalding to establish the genesis of baseball. And after a few years of searching, they found their answer.

A plaque commemorating Major General Abner Doubleday was installed prior to the Hall of Fame’s opening on June 12th, 1939.(Homer Osterhoudt/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum).

Abner Graves, a mining engineer, proclaimed that Abner Doubleday, a decorated Union Army officer who fired the first shot of defense of Fort Sumter at the start of the Civil War and later served at the Battle of Gettysburg, invented baseball in 1839 in Cooperstown. That was good enough for the Spalding Commission, which came to its conclusion in 1907.

Three decades later, Cooperstown philanthropist Stephen C. Clark, seeking a way to celebrate and protect the National Pastime as well as an economic engine for Cooperstown, asked National League president Ford C. Frick if he would support the establishment of a Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The idea was welcomed and in 1936 the inaugural Hall of Fame class of Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner was elected.

Three years later, the Hall of Fame building officially opened in Cooperstown as all of baseball paused to honor what was called “Baseball’s Centennial” and as the first four Hall of Fame classes were inducted.

To mark the occasion, Time Magazine wrote: “The world will little note nor long remember what (Doubleday) did at Gettysburg but it can never forget what he did at Cooperstown.”

In the years since, The Doubleday Myth has been refuted. Doubleday himself was at West Point in 1839. Yet the Myth has become strong enough that the facts alone do not deter the spirit of Cooperstown.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum surely the most well-known sports shrine in the world, continues to thrive in the town where baseball’s pulse beats the strongest.

But in the following the opening of the Hall of Fame on June 12th, 1939, the Museum has become much more than just home to baseball’s biggest stars. The Hall of Fame is the keeper of the game.

The Hall of Fame’s collections contain more than 40,000 three demensional artifacts, such as bats, balls, gloves and uniforms donated by players and fans who want to see history preserved. The museum’s curators use the artifacts, whose number grows by about 400 a year, to tell the story of the National Pastime through exhibits.

The Museum itself is a melding of five buildings sewn together via several renovation and expansion programs. Today, the Museum easily accommodates more than 3000 visitors per day during the peak season.

The artifact collection is housed in climate-controlled rooms to protect the delicate, fabric and wood materials used in baseball. The Museum promises, in exchange for the donation of an artifact, to care for an item in perpetuity, which means the effects of temperature and humidity must be constantly regulated. The Museum’s first accessioned item was the “Doubleday Baseball”, which was discovered in a farmhouse in nearby Fly Creek, NY in 1935 and dates to the 19th Century.

Then in 1937, Cy Young, elected to the Hall of Fame that year in the second year of voting, generously donated several artifacts, including the 1908 ball from his 500th win and the 1911 uniform he wore with the Boston Braves. Young’s donations generated new offers from other players as well as fans.

Thousands of fans attended the opening of the Hall of Fame on June 12th, 1939 and that same year another Cooperstown tradition was started with the launch of the annual Hall of Fame game. For 70 years, the Hall of Fame game became an annual celebration of the game as two Major League Baseball teams played an annual exhibition contest at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown. Though the game was discontinued in 2008, the legends live on with the advent of the Hall of Fame Classic, an annual event over Memorial Day Weekend featuring Hall of Famers and former major leaguers at historic Doubleday Field.

The field itself dates back to 1920 and the first grandstand was built in 1924. Thanks to Works Progress Administration money during the Great Depression, Doubleday Field was expanded again in 1934. Today, the field is occupied non-stop during the spring, summer and fall as high school athletes, collegiate summer league stars and recreational players savor the chance to play on hallowed ground.

The A. Bartlett Giamatti research Center is also part of the Museum experience and the Center’s Library contains more than three million documents on the history of baseball, ranging from reference books to the “Green Light Letter” sent by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis in January of 1942, urging Landis to keep baseball going during World War II. The National Baseball Hall of Fame Library also contains more than 250,00 baseball photographs and images.

As an educational institution, the Museum offers outreach programs for audiences of all ages. Through virtual classroom technology, Cooperstown is transported to school across the country with video-conference lessons featuring any one of 16 learning modules.

Mission of the Museum:

Preserving History, Honoring Excellence and Connecting Generations.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an independent, non-profit educational institution dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the historical development of baseball and its impact on our culture by collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting its collection for a global audience as well as honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to our national pastime.

The Hall of Fame’s mission is to preserve the sport’s history, honor excellence within the game and make a connection between the generations of people who enjoy baseball. Likewise the institution functions as three entities under one roof with a museum, the actual Hall of Fame and a research library. With these parts working together, the Museum is committed to fulfilling its mission by:

Collecting, through donations, baseball artifacts, works of art, literature, photgraphs, memorabilia and related materials which focus on the history of the game over time, its players and those elected to the Hall of Fame.

Preserving the collections by adhering to professional museum standards with respect to conservation and maintaining a permanent record of holdings through documentation, study, research, cataloging and publication.

Exhibiting material in permanent gallery space, organizing on-site changing exhibitions on various themes, with works from the Hall of Fame collectins or other sources, working with other individuals or organizations to exhibit loaned material of significance to baseball and providing related research facilities.

Interpreting artifacts its exhibition and education programs to enhance awareness, understanding and appreciation of the game fora diverse audience.

Honoring, by enshrinement, those individuals who had exceptional careers and recognizing others for their significant achievements.

Fenimore Art Museum             5798 NY-80           Cooperstown, NY 13326

Fenimore Art Museum 5798 NY-80 Cooperstown, NY 13326

Fenimore Museum

5798 NY-80

Cooperstown, NY 13326

(607) 547-1400

Open: Sunday-Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm

Fee: Adults (13+) $10.00/Children (12 and under) Free

My review on TripAdvisor:

I was in Upstate New York visiting Cooperstown to see the Baseball Hall of Fame and when I finished, I travelled up the road to see the Fenimore Art Museum. What an unique museum packed with interesting art from all aspects of the medium.

The middle level of the museum specialized in early American works and paintings from the Hudson River School. Across the hall was the history of the Cooper family who once owned all the land in the area, developed it to the town known as Cooperstown as a planned community.

The collection dedicated to the Cooper family

The lower level was dedicated to the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art which was pretty extensive. I liked the collection of spiritual masks that could scare away any evil spirit. The collection of small dolls and icons makes you wonder how they if ever captured any spirits. Their collection of clothing was interesting too.

The Thaw Collection

The upper floor was dedicated to a visiting exhibition of block printing by artist ‘Albrecht Durer’ and the lower level featured the photos of the ‘Blue Garden’ by photographers Gross and Daley. ‘Peter Souza’, the photographer of President Obama and President Reagan, showed the contrasts and comparisons of the two presidents. There was a lot to see in one day.

One of the photo’s from the “Blue Gardens” exhibition

The History of the Fenimore Art Museum:

The Fenimore Art Museum originated as the New York State Historical Association, founded in 1899 by New Yorkers who were interested in promoting greater knowledge of the early of the state. They hoped to encourage original research, to educate general audiences by means of lectures and publications to mark places of historic interest with tablets or signs and to start a library and museum to hold manuscripts, paintings and objects associated with the history of the state.

The Fenimore Art Museum

In 1939, Stephen Carlton Clark, offered the organization a new home in the village of Cooperstown, NY. Clark, an avid collector, took an active interest in expanding the holdings of the Association and in 1944 donated Fenimore House, one of his family’s properties, to be used as a new headquarters and museum. The impressive neo-Georgian structure was built in the 1930’s on the site of James Fenimore Cooper’s early 19th century farmhouse on the shore of Otsego Lake, Coopers Glimmerglass.

Fenimore House was large enough to have both extensive galleries as well as an office and library space. The collections and programs continued to expand and a separate library building was constructed in 1968. In 1995, a new 18,000 square foot wing was added to the Fenimore House to accommodate the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection, which is one of the nation’s premier collections of American Indian Art. In 1999 in recognition of our world class collections, we renamed the Fenimore House to the Fenimore Art Museum.

The Collection includes The Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, Fine Art & Folk Art, Photography and the Research Library.

Fenimore Art Museum is dedicated to welcoming and connecting people to our shared cultural heritage through exhibitions and programs that engage that engage, delight and inspire.

(This information comes from the Fenimore Art Museum’s website and I give them full credit for it)


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The Music School

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At the very entrance to the historic Karlovac Star, the old town, through the open windows of the Neo-Renaissance palace, you’ll hear the sounds of a piano etude blending with the guitar scales played by some small, still a bit ungainly, but eager fingers. The playful sounds produced by the Music School young pupils are draped in the cloak of serious symphonies. This is the building where Bach, Vivaldi, Brahms and Chopin live. The slightly forgotten sophistication, culture and heritage of the old Viennese school, of ladies and cavaliers, also have their place in this building.

This is the oldest music school in Croatia and also the only art school in the Karlovac County. It was founded even before Wagner or Verdi were born and soon became one of the town’s most important institutions, the centre of its musical and cultural life.

The park in front of the school contains a very special tree, a forlorn beech. It is somewhat lonely, since it is the only such tree in the town, and its only consolation are the violin sounds from the school windows. Be a nice and considerate and take a seat on the bench in its shade. The soft yellowish façade of the old building is going to turn into a singing backdrop, while the only sign of the time passing by will be the sundial on one of its sides.

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Gold hits eight-month high, stocks mixed amid trade caution, results

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gold hit an eight-month high while world stock markets were mixed ahead of further U.S.-Sino trade talks, a raft of technology company results starting with Apple later on Tuesday and an impending Federal Reserve decision on interest rates.

FILE PHOTO: An employee stores newly cast ingots of 99.99 percent pure gold at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant, one of the world’s largest producers in the precious metals industry, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia November 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin/File Photo

The U.S. dollar was little changed and oil prices rose after Washington slapped sanctions on Venezuela’ state-owned oil firm in a bid to curb its crude exports as traders prepared for major events such as a key Brexit vote later in the day.

Investors expect the U.S. central bank to show a more cautious stance when policymakers release a statement on Wednesday after a two-day meeting. U.S. economic data in December that was softer than expected and a sharp downturn in financial markets are likely to keep the Fed from raising rates.

Equity markets in Europe rose as investors bid up stocks considered safer during times of economic uncertainty, such as utilities. However, a gauge of global stock performance edged lower as stocks on Wall Street fell amid a ream of mixed earnings reports and caution due to the U.S.-China trade spat.

MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe rose 0.06 percent, while the FTSEurofirst 300 index of leading regional shares closed 0.8 percent higher.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 50.47 points, or 0.21 percent, to 24,578.69. The S&P 500 lost 4.28 points, or 0.16 percent, to 2,639.57 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 51.83 points, or 0.73 percent, to 7,033.85.

The information glut this week will make it hard for people to reach a conclusion but the trade talks with China, which begin Wednesday, are the overriding issue for the world economy, said David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Funds in New York.

What Washington, and possibly Beijing, fail to understand is that the uncertainty about trade is slowing the global economy, which will show up in East Asian PMI manufacturing data for January to be released on Thursday, Kelly said.

“The biggest tax levy by Washington is an uncertainty tax, and it’s the biggest threat to the markets and the economy this year,” Kelly said.

Tensions were high after U.S. officials announced criminal charges against China’s telecom giant Huawei for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.

For Asia, the blow was cushioned by promises of more Chinese stimulus but Beijing had berated Washington for blocking tactics in its World Trade Organization appeal against U.S. tariffs.

Amid the uncertainty, safe-haven gold broke through $1,310 an ounce in spot prices to reach its highest since last May.

U.S. gold futures settled up 0.4 percent at $1,308.90 per ounce.

Oil price gains were capped by abundant supply and signs of a slowing Chinese economy. Brent crude oil futures rose $1.39 to settle at $61.32 a barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained $1.32 to settle at $53.31.

Market participants will have catalysts for trading all week, with more than one-fifth of companies on the benchmark S&P 500 index reporting results, including Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook.

Apple, which issued a profit warning this month due to weak demand from China, is due to report after the market closes.

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U.S. Treasury yields fell across maturities as investors anticipated strong demand for $78 billion of new issues on sale later in the day and on data showing U.S. consumer confidence at its lowest since July 2017.

Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury notes rose 8/32 in price to push their yield down to 2.717 percent.

The dollar index rose 0.02 percent, while the euro fell 0.05 percent to $1.1427. The Japanese yen weakened 0.02 percent versus the greenback at 109.38 per dollar.

Reporting by Herbert Lash; Editing by Bernadette Baum and Diane Craft

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Thursday, July 9, 2015

[Android] New "Distance and Bearing" feature in Planimeter v4.3 - adding points on the map via length and angle inputs.

Distance and Bearing dialog
Planimeter v4.3.0 for Android introduces new way of adding points to Google Maps for measurements.

Planimeter users have been asking for an option to add points via length and angle inputs (like in Autocad). Now this feature is available from location provider list (green button) under "Distance & Brg".

With this feature you can quickly lay out any shape on the map with exact dimensions and orientation; measure regular polygons on a map surface with couple clicks.

How it works

- select "Distance & Brg" using green button

- add start point,  otherwise last point will be used as a start point

- make a SHORT /  LONG touch on "My location" button to call input dialog

- enter exact distance and angle / bearing

- CHECK, if you want to use relative angle (calculated  from the direction to the last point, opposite to the direction to the North.

- use +/- buttons to add or remove points

Please watch the video below that demonstrates key moments of using the new feature:

We are looking forward to your feedback, comments and suggestions.
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By Jessica Davis

– Ivanti has released software To update to resolve a critical zero-day authentication bypass vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure (PCS) Virtual Private Network (PCS) software recently established by the Department of Homeland Security’s Department of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure warned was actively attacked.

The software update addresses the recently released CVE-2021-22893, which is one of a group of four vulnerabilities currently targeted in an ongoing malicious campaign. Mitigation measures revealed the extremely critical bug as Ivanti continued to work on a patch.

The three other deficiencies, CVE-2019-11510, CVE-2020-8260, and CVE-2020-8243, were fixed in 2019 and 2020, but some companies did not apply the update.

Hackers have been actively combating these shortcomings since June 2020 and …

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35 percent of Tim Hortons customers say their opinion of company is worsening

A brewing conflict between Tim Hortons franchisees and its foreign owned parent company Restaurant Brands International (RBI) appears to be one of a number of factors driving opinions of the iconic coffee chain downward.

The federal government recently announced it will investigate claims from local owners that cost cutting measures by RBI have led to diminished quality, service and safety at their restaurants. The concerns of franchisees are echoed in a new public opinion study from the Angus Reid Institute, which finds significant portions of Tim Hortons’ double-double drinkers – and customers at large – saying their opinion of the restaurant, including their assessment of its quality and prices, has worsened over the past few years.

Tim Hortons, nonetheless, remains a carbs, sugar and caffeine-fueled force in this country: seven-in-ten (70%) Canadians still say that Tim Hortons plays a part when they think of Canadian culture, and six-in-ten (62%) still regularly patronize the company.

More Key Findings:

  • Canadians are more likely to hold a favourable view of Tim Hortons, rather than an unfavourable one, by a ratio of more than two-to-one (55% to 25%).
  • When considering changes to Tim Hortons over the past five years, Canadians are more likely to say that the quality of food, coffee and service, as well as the prices have worsened rather than improved.
  • While Canadians may be feeling more negative about Tim Hortons, they haven’t necessarily switched morning coffee shops. One-in-three Canadians (33%) are weekly customers, while a similar number (29%) stop by at least once a month.


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VoIP Technology || VoIPTech Solutions

Have you ever thought about how VoIP Technology Has proved to be the traditional methods of communication? And how VoIP Technology has become one of the beneficial technologies of the 21st century? Well, being the most important form of communication it is very fast and offers a lot of great features compared to its counterparts in the industry. However, VoIP Technology is not only a better option but also increases the level of choices for the users. Isn’t it great?

However, in order to make and receive Phone calls VoIP Phone Technology uses an internet connection.

What Exactly is VoIP calls?

Well, to make local and international calls at low cost VoIP calls are the most convenient and easy way. And VoIP offers a low calling cost which is why the reason behind the use of internet protocol for transmission of call. On the contrary, VoIP calls cost only a fraction of what traditional calls cost and usually per call charges offered by regular telecommunication providers are quite high. You can make free VoIP calls, generally, the app to App calls are free VoIP calls only if you meet the necessary conditions. However,  on both ends of the call the major requirement for VoIP is a strong internet network and the VoIP application or a mobile dialer. Further, the internet connection and mobile dialer are a necessity just on the dialing end if VoIP calls are made through VoIP credit.

Unified Features:

Always keep in mind that the advancement course of VoIP phone Technology is a continuous one whose progression is undoubtedly commendable. However, to make this technology user-friendly which is the ultimate growth of its feature aims by making it’s features a popular choice among everyone.

Below are the features listed for your VoIP business:

  • Hosted cloud PBX: It is nothing but a third-party provider sets up, provides and manages a hosted cloud PBX is a telephone exchange system. And through the internet this system belongs to VoIP and it is accessed completely. To store data, the cloud has become the best place. Well, this data can be reachable from anywhere in the world since it remains on the Internet network cloud hosting or virtual hosting can save manual labor of data storing and. However, in making adjustments as needed this VoIP feature can help businesses and organisations.
  • United Communication: Through the help of a webRTC, United communication refers to a telephone system which unifies multiple communication means within a business. However, acting as an alternative to email unifying UC and VoIP services turns into practical apps. And in order to bring out features such as instant, video conference, messaging, chatting and much more these apps utilise the VoIP technology features and UC. Moreover, for internal Business Communications Solutions these applications are very useful.
  • Integration with the Cloud and Cloud-based tools: Always remember that a significant part of the technical world is the cloud. However,  to integrate with each other cloud technology makes it possible for several platforms. And the integration of the VoIP technology is possible with several other systems due to the cloud-based  products, platforms and tools. The cloud enhances business-client communication integration of VoIP Phone Technology along with increasing the competency of the customer support system.
  • Auto attendant:  Without going through a phone operator or receptionist auto attendant is described as a VoIP menu system which transfers calls to an extension. However, being the best feature of VoIP technology it allows systems to handle call management efficiently by decreasing the cost of call processing. Isn’t it great? And according to the caller and the time of the call this feature can help users in creating their own custom greetings.
  • Follow Me OR Find Me:  Never forget about the features in which users can just add a list of phone numbers for people to reach VoIP service providers to denote them only through this. To make the caller reach their user just make sure every number can ring sequentially or simultaneously. And regardless of their location or device this feature is very helpful in connecting the user. Furthermore, whenever important this feature when joined with call screening can ensure that just some specific phone numbers reach specific devices. And through the device which is closest to them at times when every phone rings at the same time the user can answer it.
  • Integration with the Internet of Things: However, the internet connectivity and the communication which occurs among these objects and other internet enabled systems and devices. And it makes the integration of both Technologies possible since IoT and VoIP technology work on the same standard internet protocol. Through analogue phones and managing smart objects through VoIP Phone Integration of IoT and VoIP is helpful for auto-dialing a phone number in an emergency situation, controlling the IoT devices.
  • VoIP call features: Always remember that the most recognized element of VoIP technology are VoIP Calls. And both individual or business usage VoIP calls are significant. As compared to the available alternatives these calls are cost effective and convenient. There are some other features which are exclusive only for VoIP calls even though features of VoIP relate to regular phone calls. Including call waiting, Redial, call forward, call transfer and 3-way call, caller ID, Web integration, an attachment containing the caller’s message to email and sending it to any computer these features have cheap international call rates.

As of now VoIP Technology is improving day by day and is unique in its nature and. And because of several factors there are still a lot of regions in this world where there is VoIP blockage.  Furthermore, there are many regions out which are backward in technology. But the VoIP technology can actually become a phenomenon worldwide by overcoming such issues and a lot of other problems in its path.

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Name any sales executives who are successful in their niche market would tell you, their work is all about convincing people that they are the best in the market. That sense of trustworthiness is a result of the connection they make and the relationship they build on an individual level. And, the connection is only possible when two individuals can hear & understand each other. Here, VoIP Business Phone System plays the role of a deal maker. How do VoIP Business Phone Systems help?

If you talk about 2021 in particular, the data shows that the success rate of sales executives is directly proportional to the online tools they have. Their activities have become 100% online-based, as a result of almost 80% of the global workforce are working from remote locations, and it has become the new face-to-face.

With 95% of interactions taking place online, the virtual has become the new mantra for success. The definition of sales has certainly changed, the change is for sole good reasons. Salespeople who are well versed with cloud-based tools are the biggest superstars in their respective organizations, they can now expand their horizons by reaching the unreachables while sitting at home. This is only possible because of the unique sales skills they possess and the power of VoIP business phone systems.

What propels remote sales agents to build a good rapport?

Learning new skills and command over communication are the two deciding factors of deal maker & deal breaker. However, the virtual atmosphere possesses a major challenge for the salespeople to keep going. Thanks to the video calling tools that help connect the team working from different locations to interact and meet to prepare a sales strategy. It is also helpful for individuals as they can record the sessions for learning purpose

Here are a few tips that will help connect with your clients and team:

  • No matter what, always try to start with video calling if possible. The available bandwidth or network connectivity may vary with locations, but starting with video at least for a minute does highlight your prospects.
  • A short & quirky video message, along with a screen sharing option, even sending an audio clip, can turn the tide in your favor. It would be a warm and more personalized one than the email.
  • Don’t forget to use the screen-sharing tools. They allow people on the other side to see what you want to show them and understand your point. The result is, you are not losing a prospect’s engagement.
  • Bringing in the key takeaways from the past conversations can be a real help. If your business phone system is integrated with your CRM, then you can have the client data on your fingertips that are on your computer screen.
  • Be a pro-active listener. No matter whether you are on a video call or audio call, listening to the conversation and understanding key points shows how deeply you are involved in the project. It gives your clients a sense of reliability that you are the right person for the job.
  • Deals should not be limited to the professional level only. Do try to make connections outside the phone calls. You can follow your prospective clients on social media and wish them on special occasions. By doing this you can win their trust and expect a long-term collaboration, which is good for your profession.

Why is the VoIP business phone system good for both managers & teams alike?

Managing the workforce working from remote locations is not an easy job at all. You need to make sure everyone feels empowered and finds support on time. With the help of a robust VoIP phone system, you can definitely boost their technical prowess and get the best out of their working hours.

The advantages, including:

  • With CRM integration, your lead management & follow-up becomes robust. You can easily share the inbound inquiries and monitor the exact outcome.
  • With the IVR system in place, you can make sure not a single inbound call goes unanswered.
  • With a user-friendly app integration, your agents can log in from their computer or smartphone without having to worry about the endpoint connection and hardware installation. They can start working from anywhere, anytime.
  • You are powered with the metrics to monitor the outcome of the entire sale irrespective of the location. This way you can know what is working fine and the things that need to be done in order to improve the ROI.
  • More savings. No more telephone bills, the extra burden of travel expenses that usually come from meeting the prospective clients on-site.
  • Instantly scalable solutions such as; obtaining virtual numbers and adding new extensions on-demand in a quick session of time. The cost per user is very transparent.
  • You can maximize the potential of sales agents with the powerful auto-dialer software. The software will take care of the numbers to be dialers so that your agents can focus on something more productive.
  • With a centralized call recording storage system integrated with the CRM — you can access all the information for quality and training purposes. With the help of this client conversation reading, a salesperson can find out the competitive verticals that help him/her get into the skin of clients’ business objectives. It helps secure a long-term association with the clients.

Why are remote sales executives the biggest gainers?

The cloud-based business phone system empowers people in many ways and virtual sales agents are not the exception. In fact, the phone is the best weapon to have in your armor. Advanced features powered by intelligent cloud telephony empower you to have a deep understanding of your target audience and hopefully convert them into potential clients.

By having all the client information at the fingertips, agents can answer their queries in no time, leaving no stone unturned to give them the best experience. Thanks to the CRM integration, this is such a powerful & useful asset to have. Another thing is the flexibility that cloud telephony offers is second to none. You can make calls and calls can find you, wherever you are, on the device of your choice. The smart IVR system ensures that incoming callers reach you fast. With all these benefits, you are not going to miss the office premises, while at the same time enjoying the work from home.

The VoIP phone system is the biggest asset when you’re remote selling. Do make sure you hire the right VoIP provider to get the job done. Are you a service-based business, looking for affordable VoIP Providers that can provide you with advanced VoIP phone systems and the required software to support remote sales teams? You couldn’t have a better choice than VoIPTech Solutions. We offer you VoIP phones with call center software that not only empower your sales team but also make sales more fun. Save big with our paid VoIP MInutes plan, starting from only $10. For further queries, please call: +91-6746828203.


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So in this week’s open source adventures, I decided to tackle some bugs in the Kubernetes Website GitHub repository. This repository can be accessed here. So before I begin discussing the bug fixes that I made in this repository, I would like to highlight the reason I chose this repository specifically. If you have read one of my previous blog posts titled, “Kubernetes”, you will have already known that I am deeply fascinated in Kubernetes as well as other DevOps platforms. …

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For the first bug in the GitHubCity repository, I decided to tackle a bug regarding an if else statement. The bug can be seen here. What the bug is about is the code used for the if else statement of a function is overly repetitive and needs a cleaner way of doing this. There was a person who previously did this change and the admin was asking for someone to fix the bug similiar to this person.

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CyberChef and GitHubCity Contributions

For the first bug in the GitHubCity repository, I decided to tackle a bug regarding an if else statement. The bug can be seen here. What the bug is about is the code used for the if else statement of a function is overly repetitive and needs a cleaner way of doing this. There was a person who previously did this change and the admin was asking for someone to fix the bug similiar to this person.

As you can see in the code sample above, this code is written in Python. Also the if else statement is checking the values of order, and based on that will perform sorting operations with different parameters. The solution to reduce the amount of code provided to less than 20 lines is to use a built in Python function called getattr(). What getattr() does is it takes in 2 arguments, an object and a string name, and it will check if this string is a key in the object since the object is a list of key-value pairs.

If the name is a key in the object, then it will access the value of that key, and return that value. So using this getattr() function, the if else statement above was reduced to the code sample below.

So as you can see this try catch is used to ensure any exceptions can be handled by the getattr() function since it returns an AttributeError if the string name does not exist as a key in the object. Steps by which I used to actually implement this bug fix was I first had to fork the repository, clone it locally, create my own branch, and commit the changes to this branch. I made my Pull Request for this change and it can be seen here. I also noticed some of my changes were refused by and this is regarding the tests that the admin had beforehand. I will continue to explore this issue and communicate with the admin regarding whether I am allowed to change his tests, or if he would make a recommendation to change my solution.

Onto my next bug and that is in the CyberChef Repository. If you are wondering what CyberChef does, I discussed it in my previous blog post however here is a link if you are curious. Below is a demo of how the web app actually works.

So the bug I decided to tackle in this repository revolves around implementing a new functionality. So currently the CyberChef can handle many different input types and formatting them, but it cannot handle CSV parsing. This issue was raised by an admin and it can be seen here. So the first step I did was to get some clarity about the actual purpose of the operation and whether it needs to work along with an existing CSV parser or if its completely new. So I decided to reach out to in the issue as a comment.

As you can see his answer wasn’t exactly what I wanted but based on my code research later on, I realized it was standalone and not going to be dependent on any other operation. The next step was to find an npm module to handle CSV parsing. The reason why I had to use npm is because the entire project is written in Node.js. After a quick search on Google, I found the package that I wanted to use. The npm page can be seen here.

Before I added the functionality to the repository, I decided to test it on one of my Node.js projects. This way I can easily run and debug the functions in a smaller repository without requiring the entire CyberChef repository to be frequently built. I decided to use my API application that was built for the 0.1 release. After reading the documentation for the functions in this csv-string library, I identified 3 functions that I was going to use. These 3 functions are parse, stringify, and detect.

First on the list, parse is a function used to parse an input string into an array format. It takes in 2 other optional parameters which are the seperators and the quotes. Seperators are what is used to seperate each column in a csv, however the default value is a comma as expected. The quotes is the ASCII character which is used to enclose string or other data inside of one column. Default value is double quotes. So I decided to pass in the input into this parse function to parse it to an array. The admin asked in the issue for either JSON or array of arrays so I decided to do array of arrays.

Stringify is used to convert an input string to a CSV string. I decided to add this functionality just to support converting to AND from a CSV string. It takes in an input, which can also be an array of arrays, and a seperator which has a default value of comma.

Detect is the last function I used to help automatically detect the seperator used in the input string. I decided to use this in case a user passes in a seperator such as a semicolon into the parse function, and the actual seperator detected in the input is a comma. This way the parsing will not break since it will then use the comma that was detected as the seperator instead of the semicolon.

After testing my function calls and making sure they work, I decided to fork, clone, create a new branch, and add my changes to my fork of the CyberChef repository. I also had to add some tests which will be shown a little later.

Now the most interesting part of this entire contributing process to CyberChef without a doubt is the files that need to be updated in order to implement a new operation. The documentation for how to do this can be seen here. The documentation is very hard to follow so I will summarize it.

  1. The first step was to add the functions into its own file named WhateverMyOperationNameIs.js within the src/core/operations folder.

2. After this I needed to create another file also called WhateverMyOperationNameIs.jsin the src/core/config/modules/ folder. The code in here was simply importing the code from the file above and referencing these functions with different names.

3. .Then I needed to find a file called OpModules.js located in the src/core/config/modules/ folder. In here I had to import the module I wrote in the file above.

4. Then I needed to find a file called OperationsConfig.js in the src/core/config file to add a description of the parameters, return types, function purpose of the functions I added.

5. After that I needed to add my functions to the menu portion of the CyberChef interface. This was done via the src/core/config/Categories.js file.

6. After this I needed to add my tests to the repository so I created my own file in the src/test/tests/operations folder named the same as step 1 and 2.

All of these steps were new to me because I haven’t been asked to create modules, add modules to a module builder, add my operations, add it to an operation caller, and etc. These were definitely learning curves that I was able to overcome because of observing the code done by the previous contributors. I used a lot of their files to understand the syntax and the purpose of these files wherever I stumbled onto in the repository.

After doing all these steps then I finally ran the grunt dev and the grunt test commands. They were successful meaning I can submit my Pull Request. :) I then submitted my pull request and the next step from here was waiting for the admins to get back to me on my code.

Then I quickly realized my job wasn’t done and it was because of quickly went from being someone that knew a little about to being someone who avidly hates it in the matter of 30 minutes. is used to make small code reviews on github pull requests to identify errors that humans don’t need to. In this case travis was executing eslint and this identified several styling errors I had by using tab instead of spaces for code indentation.

This led to me making several commits to solve these errors, just to be greeted with another set of styling errors. After the 6th commit, identified two major errors that I made and that was not including my changes to the package.json and package.lock.json file for installing the csv-string library, and my test results were not correct. After fixing these errors, on the 8th commit travis decided to give me the green checkmark and my Pull Request was finally ready. Although I do not like because of how annoying it was, I can see that is definitely useful and is crucial in repositories to help screen pull requests before the admins invest any time into reviewing them.

These bug fixes thought me a lot about how different open source repositories contributions work as well as different formats for submitting pull requests. Behind these two successful bugs were numerous other bugs that I could not fix simply because my environment could not be set up properly or the issue was very daunting after digging into it a little.

One thing I did learn from both bugs is that small bug fixes are just as impactful as big bug fixes since you are usually improving an existing functionality or fixing a broken one. Handling minor bug fixes requires digging into the code much deeper than just scanning the face of the project, which is what I have done before while casually scrolling through GitHub, and this has built up a lot of curiosity in me to do more of it in the future.

All in all these bug fixes thought me a lot about how to contribute to the open source community and now its time for me to do much much more. See you on my next blog post!

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