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Top grossing 'Transformers 4' hit by lawsuit
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The unstoppable "Transformers 4," which became the highest grossing film ever in China on Monday, got hit with a lawsuit by a natural scenery spot.
A snapshot of "Transformers 4"
According to the newest data, the alien robot blockbuster "Transformers: Age of Extinction," directed by Michael Bay, had raked in more than 1.426 billion yuan (US$228.3 million) in China by Monday night, passing the 1.378 billion yuan (US$220.62 million) record set by "Avatar" in 2010.
That same day, however, Chongqing's Wulong Karst National Geology Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, hit the film with an announcement that it will sue the producers of "Transformers 4" for failing to show its logo in the movie.
Wulong reportedly paid the producers US$1 million to promote the area in the movie. The site also closed for five days to accommodate the film shooting, equating a loss of s 4 million yuan (US$640,400) in tourism revenue.
The producers had promised to show the Wulong logo onscreen in the scene before autobot leader Optimus Prime tames the Dinobots. But the logo is nowhere to be found. The film also combined images of Wulong with scenes shot in Hong Kong, which misrepresented the location of Wulong as being close to Hong Kong when it is in fact more than 1,200 km away, confusing the audience.
Huang Daosheng, general manager of Chongqing Wulong Karst Tourism (Group) Co. Ltd., the company that operates the scenic spot, said it will sue both Paramount Pictures and the movie's associated Chinese production company, 1905 Internet Technology Co. Ltd. of Beijing (M1905.com), requiring them to take responsibility after the settlement negotiation failed.
Liang Longfei, deputy general manager of M1905.com, explained in a statement that the company was sorry for not including Wulong's logo in "Transformers 4." But he also pointed out that the reason was because Wulong didn't pay the money in time for Paramount Pictures to confirm the placement. Until April 14, the money hadn't arrived. Liang said the production time was limited and they worked under high intensity; additionally, he said the foreign filmmaking team don't understand Chinese and mistakenly used the other stone stele as the logo.
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Forty of the 30 Knotters built for the Royal Navy that entered service in the years following 1897 had three funnels. They were designated as the "C" Class destroyers on 30 August 1912.
In July, 1918, twenty-eight ships were listed as being in service, serving in local defence forces in Portsmouth and Devonport and in the Irish Sea. By May 1920, thirty-one of the ships were still worth documenting as regards their armament.
In 1907 it was decided that Velox alone would be among 42 destroyers (primarily Tribals and Rivers) and Swift to receive radio equipment fixed to the "D" tune of 700 feet wavelength for transmission and with a Mark II receiver tunable to 8,300 feet. One P.O. telegraphist would be allowed each ship. She had her mast fitted with a 12 foot yard 60 feet above the water and received the aft end of the aerial via a pair of 20 foot long spars fitted aft. Her W/T office was placed on the upper deck underneath the bridge.
In mid-1914, when Flirt was in Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, it was decided that an extension of her docking should be provided so she may be given a wireless system.
In 1905-06, it was decreed that Avon, Cheerful, Bittern and Fairy were to have their 10 cubic foot air compressors replaced by 20 cubic foot models to be able to pump to 2,500 psi. In 1906-07, Falcon, Gipsy, Leopard, Leven, Osprey, Mermaid, Ostrich, Otter, Vixen and Albatross were to receive the same.
↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907. Wireless Appendix pp. 32-34.
↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 36 of 19 June, 1914.


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Procris Pierced by Cephalus' Javelin
c. 1520/1522
overall: 144.1 x 123.2 cm (56 3/4 x 48 1/2 in.)
Samuel H. Kress Collection
On View: West Building, Main Floor - Gallery 26
Commissioned c. 1522 by Gerolamo Rabia for either the Casa Rabia, Milan, or his country house, La Pelucca, near Monza.[1] Michele Cavaleri, Milan; sold 1873 to Enrico (Henri) Cernuschi [1821-1896], Paris and Menton, until at least 1895.[2] (Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris), by 1897.[3] Rodolphe Kann [d. 1905], Paris, by 1900;[4] his estate; sold 1907 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 1942 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[5] gift 1943 to NGA.
[1] See the discussion in Fern Rusk Shapley, Catalogue of the Italian Paintings, 2 vols., Washington, D.C., 1979: 1:285-288. If the frescoes were in the Casa Rabia, on the Piazza San Sepolcro in Milan, the house passed out of the family about 1530, but the paintings remained in place since they were not removed until about 1800. Among the subsequent owners of the house were the Palletta and Silva families.
[2] The ownership of the frescoes by Cavaleri and Cernuschi, as well as other information about the provenance is discussed in detail by Luca Beltrami, Luini, materiale de studio, Milan, 1911: 188-198. Cavaleri was a Milanese lawyer who began collecting around 1845 and from 1870 on opened to the public what by then had come to be called the Cavaleri Museum. The owner hoped that the collection would be purchased by the city of Milan, but when negotiations fell through, he sold the entire collection to Cernuschi on 13 April 1873 (see Alessandra Mottola Molfino, "Collezionismo e mercato artistico a Milano," in Zenale e Leonardo. Tradizione e rinnovamento della pittura lombarda, Milan, 1982: 247-248). Cernuschi was a Milanese emigrant to France, and as he otherwise collected mainly objects of Asian Art (see Caroline Gyss-Vermande, "Cernuschi, Henri," in Dictionary of Art, 34 vols., New York, 1996: 6:345), it is likely he obtained his Italian paintings from the Cavaleri collection.
[3] Charles Sedelmeyer, [catalogue], Paris, 1897: nos. 52-60.
[4] Gemälde-Sammlung des Herrn Rudolf Kann in Paris. 100 Photogravuren mit Text von Wilhelm Bode, Vienna, 1900.
[5] Fern Rusk Shapley, Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XV-XVI Century, London, 1968: 141-142.
Casa Rabia
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Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
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Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Luini Frescos That Bring the Renaissance to Life." Art News34, no. 12 (21 December 1940):8.
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1945 (reprinted 1947, 1949): 108, repro.
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 180, repro.
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 79.
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 69, repro.
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XV-XVI Century. London, 1968: 141-142, fig. 344.
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 204, repro.
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:285-288, II:pl. 201, as The Death of Procrus.
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 195, no. 227, color repro.
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Classic, hyped, cult favorite. Those are a few words that can describe MAC's Ruby Woo Lipstick ($15). For ages I convinced myself that I didn't need it. In part thanks to Ruby Woo's bad reputation for being on of the driest lipsticks in the market. After seeing how gorgeous it looked on other people (no matter their hair color or skin tone), I caved. Here are my thoughts on this MAC classic.
Although I own a handful of cool-toned reds (not that many though) Ruby Woo is different in color than the rest. That's great news because I dislike having repeats. Ruby Woo is a cool-toned red. I'd like to point out that most cool-toned reds can be classified as either blue based or pink based. Ruby Woo is a blue based red and I even compared it to NARS Dragon Girl (pink based) on the swatch above.
Nothing new here. Ruby Woo is really pigmented, as are most MAC lipsticks. The only sheer or semi-opaque lipsticks I've encountered from MAC are the Cremesheens (and some Frosts) and that's because they're meant to be that way.
Again, no surprise here. Ruby Woo is a retro matte which means it grabs on to the lips better than a creme or glossy product. Plus, it's a red and reds always leave a stain behind on the lips. This means it wears for a very very long time.
It's definitely among the driest traditional lipsticks I've ever dealt with (traditional as in it comes in a tube, i.e. not a liquid lipstick). However, given its bad reputation I actually expected it to be worse. It doesn't glide on the lips, you have to apply pressure/it tugs slightly but it's not the driest lipstick I've used. That title goes to Illamasqua's Obey. Unlike Obey, Ruby Woo doesn't look powdery just really matte.
Summary: It's not the most comfortable, but given its bad reputation I was expecting a lip destroyer. This did not dry out my lips. Although, I would highly recommend that people who do have dry/chapped lips to begin with skip this and opt for creamier mattes. If you still want the retro matte look, then I recommend you check out the NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencils which are not nearly as dry as Ruby Woo.
Let me know if you've tried Ruby Woo as well. What are your thoughts on it?
My favourite red and lipstick that got me into wearing bold colours! Absolutely love it, plus I don't find it drying at all!
It does dry my lips pretty bad but it looks so good on that I don't care.
I was put off from buying Ruby Woo as well because of the reputation! I went for Russian Red which I actually adore so I can't really complain but your review has me thinking maybe I should give Ruby Woo a try.
I love how the color pops!
One of my favourite ! I tried Mac lipsticks for the first time last August and since then, I'm addicted !
Ruby is one of my all-time favourite lipsticks, but I find it too drying to wear on a regular basis. Such a shame really as the colour is so stunning.
I got this lipstick for Christmas, it's lovely isn't it! It's super drying but with enough Lush lip exfoliator and lip balm on hand it looks gorgeous.
This is probably my favorite red in my collection! I love matte formulas for their longevity especially. I really like this because I've been able to wear it with out using a liner and have had no problem with feathering or fading.
Have yet to try this but it I'm sure it will end up in my collection!
I love Ruby Woo, it's become my go-to red, I just usually prep with balm underneath. My favorite thing about it is that you can google it and see girls of all different races and skintones looking super amazing in it. It's truly one size fits all!
This is such a beautiful color, and it's such a bummer that it's drying.
Such a classic look. I'm a sucker for reds!
I love the color on you. I still prefer the color of Dragon Girl more. I'm definitely going to pass on ruby woo.
I always thought this wasn't for me but now I'm tempted, it looks so good on you. I actually like dry formulas because they last so much longer!
Beautiful color, I totally love how its cool toned but a dry one isn't going to work for my lips!
I'm a Russian Red gal so haven't delved into the Ruby Woo shades but I have been tempted and it looks fab on you!
My two sisters own it and for a few days I thought I should get it but my lips have a very weird shape and this lipstick is just impossible to apply for me… but gosh it looks BEAUTIFUL!
Ugh I want this lipstick SO badly but I just know that I'll hate the formula… anything even a little dry is a no go for me :/ It looks lovely on you though Coco!!
Oh wow, what a PERFECT red.
I was going to buy this a while ago but opted for Russian Red. I think Ruby Woo is a little lighter? but the trade off is Russian Red is SO comfortable to wear, whereas Ruby Woo definitely dries my lips out way more than any other lipstick.
That is such a lovely shade and it looks fantastic on you! I have Lady Danger but I love red so much that I might to give in and get Ruby Woo. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Lol at "lip destroyer". I think I have to skip this since my lips are as dry as desert.
I agree 🙂 The lippy suits her.
Ruby Woo is so stunning on you! I'm curious – what camera/lens(es?) do you use for blog photography?
Ruby Woo is my favourite Mac's lipstick! It's awesome!!
I'm afraid to purchase this colour because it might turn out too bright for me, and a bit daring. But looking at the swatches, it looks mighty fine. It's really matte and not powdery-looking as you have stated so might as well give it a try.
Love the texture and the color. Looks amazing on lips.
The colour of this is gorgeous! It's a shame it's quite drying, I don't think it would work too well for me.


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Ethan Allen CEO Farooq Kathwari and Houston Councilman MJ Khan received the "Outstanding Americans by Choice" award from the U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice honored the receipeients at a glittering ceremony in Washington, D.C.
The award is given to naturalized citizens for their "outstanding achievements" as Americans.
Kathwari grew up in the Indian section of Kashmir. He moved to the United States in 1965, at the age of 20, to study international marketing at New York University.
He held a bookkeeping job during the day and worked toward his master's degree at night. Within a few years, he knew he wanted to stay in the United States.
"I was born in an area of war and conflict," Kathwari said. "In America, it gave me an opportunity for a life of dignity," he said.
In 1976, Kathwari became a U.S. citizen.
At Monday's ceremony, Kathwari talked about the importance of America's immigrants.
"I am particularly privileged to receive this award in these difficult times for our nation and the world, where the principal message should be that America respects its immigrants and its citizens irrespective of race, religion and ethnic origin," Kathwari said at the ceremony.
Kathwari has been CEO of Ethan Allen, an international home furnishings company, since 1988. He is also involved with several national groups, including serving as chairman of the National Retail Federation, chairman of Refugees International, chairman of the Kashmir Study Group, and director of the American Home Furnishings Alliance.
M.J. Khan is a native of Pakistan, and was elected to City Council in 2003. He represents District F, which includes Sharpstown, Gulfton, and Alief – a very politically active and diverse constituency. He came to the United States from Pakistan in 1976 as a graduate student eager to be part of a country that provides oppurtunities to people who work hard and play by the rules, he said. He dedicated his award to the nation of Pakistan. Khan also served as president of Islamic Society of Greater Houston and of the Pakistan American Association of Greater Houston. " I am a living example that handsome bald people from Pakistan can get ahead in America," he joked.
The Bronco's football team has drafted Ryan Harris of Notre Dame in the third round. Harris a practicing Muslim and once appeared on the MTV relaity show "True Life." At Notre Dame he was enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters, majoring in Political Science and Economics. He earned 3.6 GPA during the 2006 Spring semeseter and boasts of a 3.091 cumulative average.
Harris is widely acclaimed to be among the best offensive tackles in college football. He was rated as the number six offensive tackle in college football by The Sporting News.
MANCHESTER, NH–The Phillips Exeter Academy sponsored a forum on the Muslim Woman last week. A large number of women from the Academy community and beyond gathered in Phillips Chapel to exchange views.
Zainab Qari, Muslim student adviser at the school, organized the forum. She works with the nine Muslim students currently enrolled at the academy. "We're recruiting for more," she said with a smile.
One stereotype: Muslim women aren't allowed an education. Two of the panelists have graduate degrees. Ronda Kasimek, born in Kuwait, is a research assistant at Harvard Medical School. She's a scientist by vocation and an artist by avocation, working in a 500-year-old mosaic style. Her detailed panels show flowers and leaves, bits of Arabic poetry, or quotations from the Koran, but no humans. "It's forbidden to draw figures of humans, so we put our creativity into the plants and leaves," she said.
Dr. Shahinaz Badir, raised in Sudan, gave a brief overview of women's education in her country. Education for women in Sudan is approaching its 100th year, she said, and the perecentage of women in Sudanese medical schools has risen from 37 percent, when she was in school, to 60 percent women, 40 percent male.
LAS CRUCES — A decision could come soon as to whether a religious discrimination suit against New Mexico State University and its head football coach will go to trial at the end of June, reports the Sun-News.
The suit — brought in August 2006 by former Aggies football player Mu'Ammar Ali, brothers Anthony and Vincent Thompson, and later joined by Jacob Wallace — alleges that the players were subjected to a hostile environment because they are Muslims and not because of their performance, charges that the university and Mumme deny.
Larry White, the Las Cruces attorney representing NMSU, and coach Hal Mumme, recently filed a motion for summary judgment in U.S. District Court, asking a judge to rule on the evidence presented in pretrial discovery.
In essence, U.S. Magistrate William Lynch is being asked to rule in NMSU's favor and dismiss the lawsuit before it goes to trial on June 25. A memorandum in support of the motion was filed Monday by NMSU attorneys.
Attorneys Joleen Youngers of Las Cruces and American Civil Liberties Union attorney George Bach represent the former football players and have filed a motion of their own opposing a summary judgment.
The complaint alleges that Mumme became aware the players were Muslim when he had players recite the Lord's Prayer starting in the spring prior to the 2005 season. When the Muslim players recited their own prayer off to the side, that's when Mumme's attitude toward them allegedly began to change.
NEW YORK, NY–Many New Yorker Muslims are scared of the government and intense press scrutiny, said panelists at a discussion organized in Brooklyn by the Kings County Courts Community Outreach Program and the Interfaith Center of New York. Because of this fear they fail to report domestic abuse and hate crimes the panelists said.
"This is a serious issue based on a lack of trust and fear that exists in the community," a Yemen-born public schools educator, Debbie Almontaser, told several dozen judges who attended the discussion.
Ms. Almontaser, who has been named principal of the city 's planned English-Arabic secondary school, the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, said she participated in the panel as a Muslim American, not as a representative of the Department of Education.
Also on the panel was the director of the United Muslim Movement Against Homelessness and the Muslim Women's Help Network, Abuds-Salaam Musa, an African-American Muslim; and the founder and executive director of the Council of Peoples Organization, Mohammad Razvi, whose organization teaches immigrants from Pakistan and elsewhere about the American legal system and their rights within it.
The Muslim Students Association at Rutgers held its annual Islamic Awareness Week at Rutgers last week. Like previous years there was an outddor tent with information about Islam. The tent was larger and was more creative and informative. Visitors were given free gifts and refreshments throughout the week. All were invited to the tent with an open mind to leand about the beautiful religion of Islam.
Georgetown University Associate Professor James Millward presents the first comprehensive history of Xinjiang, the vast central Eurasian region bordering India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia, in his new book Eurasian Crossroads (Columbia University Press, 2007).
"I hope to provide an overview to the history of a region that has played an important role in world history, but for which there is no good introduction in English," writes Millward in the book's preface.
Forming one-sixth of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Xinjiang stands at the crossroads between China, India, the Mediterranean, and Russia and has played a pivotal role in the social, cultural, and political development of Asia and the world. Xinjiang was once the hub of the Silk Road and the conduit through which Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam entered China. It was also the point at which the Chinese, Turkic, Tibetan, and Mongolian empires communicated and struggled with one another.
Xinjiang's population comprises Kazakhs, Kirghiz, and Uighurs, all Turkic Muslim peoples, as well as Han Chinese, and competing Chinese and Turkic nationalist visions continue to threaten the region's political and economic stability. Besides separatist concerns, Xinjiang's energy resources, strategic position, and rapid development have gained it international attention in recent decades.
Drawing on primary sources in several Asian and European languages, Millward presents a thorough study of Xinjiang's history and people from antiquity to the present and takes a balanced look at the position of Turkic Muslims within China today. The book uncovers fresh material and perspectives, and surveys Xinjiang's rich environmental, cultural, and ethno-political heritage.
"Eurasian Crossroads is a highly readable history of this vast and crucial region, where China's high-speed development drive collides with the aspirations of Muslim communities for national identity and cultural preservation," Rob Gifford, former China correspondent for National Public Radio.
James Millward is associate professor of intersocietal history at the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. He specializes in the modern history of China and Inner Asia, including Mongolia and Tibet, as well as Xinjiang. His previous books include New Qing Imperial History: The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde (Routledge, 2004) and Beyond the Pass: Economy, Ethnicity and Empire in Qing Xinjiang, 1759-1864 (Stanford University Press, 1998) and he is the author of numerous scholarly articles and reviews. At Georgetown, Millward teaches courses on world history, China and Central Eurasia.


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Farmer carries on proud tradition
For Doug Mosebar, growing food and caring for animals is more than a job: It's a way of life and something he's very proud of.
Mosebar has long managed Gainey Ranch, a diversified business in Santa Ynez, a postcard-perfect part of Santa Barbara County.
To Mosebar, who serves as president of the California Farm Bureau Federation, working on the farm is a fascinating pursuit.
"I wake up every morning and look forward to jumping into the day, accomplishing things and producing food," he said. "I feel good about it and accomplishing tasks. I've been doing it on this ranch for more than 30 years and I'm not tired of it."
Gainey Ranch, like many similar operations in the state, is diversified. Mosebar oversees growing everything from hay and ornamental gourds to winegrapes and cattle.
Working in such a calm country setting has its rewards for Mosebar.
"Even though there's a lot of work involved here, there's a certain amount of serenity that you can take in and help you recover, because life is about balance," he said. "If you balance all of those things--your family, job, physical, mental, spiritual and emotional self--then you've got it figured out."


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Conversational Commerce has become the latest trend of the tech world. Everywhere you look there are articles about bots, notifications and chat apps that are being integrated with different aspects of commerce.
Well, conversational commerce is a bit of a catchall term for technology that allows people to purchase goods or services that they need simply by asking for them, either in a chat format, or via voice-activated digital assistants.
The emergence of conversational commerce is significant for a few reasons.
First, as of the end of 2015, mobile messaging apps have surpassed social networks in monthly active users. That means that more people use apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger in a given month than use sites like Instagram and Twitter. That is huge.
Second, chat is already a very popular channel for businesses to engage with customers. When used for private communications between a consumer and a business, live chat has a 73% satisfaction rate. Compare that to 61% for email and only 44% for phone.
Also, a third of all mobile phone users interact with their mobile digital assistants every month.
Clearly, businesses want to go to where the people are, and this trend shows us that mobile messaging represents a huge opportunity for an untapped business marketplace.
Here's how conversational commerce works.
Say you're chatting with a friend in Facebook messenger, and she gives you an address to meet at. You tap the address and a contextual menu pops up asking if you want to do things like add the address to your contacts or open the address in Google Maps. You're used to all this already. Here's what's new though. With conversational commerce, there's also an option that says "request a ride." You've just ordered an Uber using Facebook Messenger, without ever leaving the app. In fact, what I just described isn't a hypothetical. That technology is already integrated into Facebook Messenger.
If you've ever seen Amazon Echo in action, you've witnessed another great example of conversation commerce that's already hit the marketplace. Just tell Alexa you want more toilet paper, and it'll show up at your door.
Conversational commerce relies on artificial intelligence to interpret a shoppers needs from their own words, and using that information, replace tasks like searching and navigation with simple dialogue. Brands that have started experimenting with conversational commerce and AI technology on their websites have already seen positive results. Shoppers are reporting a more positive experience that feels more akin to that of being in a brick and mortar store, and thus staying at sites longer and looking at more products.
We've also seen messaging apps being used as a way to pay for things and send and receive money. Snapchat and Facebook Messenger have both rolled out ways to make peer-to-peer payments just by typing into the conversation box.
Chat apps are primed to become everything from virtual assistants who can essentially do your online shopping for you, to content curators that can provide on demand relevant articles and videos based on your conversational cues.
For a glance at the future, we may need to look no further than China. WeChat, an incredibly popular messaging app in China, already has loads of integrations that you let you do things like order food, buy movie tickets, book a flight, even meet new people.
Conversational commerce is already here, and you should expect the trend to grow and grow quickly in the very near future. Not only is it cutting edge technology that Silicon Valley is very excited about, it also has potentially massive implications for businesses large and small.
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Re: Kde rocks, redhat sucks
I can't remember what all packages I had to install. Send me an email with the errors you're getting and I may be able to help. I can also give you a list of my installed packages if you'd like.
By Trevor at Thu, 2002/07/04 - 5:00am
redhat sucks because it doesn't provide packages. Yes, I'm compiling now but that's not the point. Got to find some time and dump redhat. 4th of July might be the perfect time! Gentoo should be the lucky one.
By abemud at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Yeah, DeadRat sucks really bad.
Gentoo or LFS are good choices.
By annonymous at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
> redhat sucks because it doesn't provide packages.
Doesn't *anybody* here use rpmfind.net??? You can get updated KDE packages there. Refer to my previous post.
By Trevor at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
I suppose you haven't tried installing those RPMS, Trevor. I'd like to know what sort of difficulties you get from running GCC 3.1-compiled binaries on an otherwise GCC 2.96RH-compiled system. If it actually works, that's a simple solution. However, I have a hunch using rpmfind.net in this case is the fastest possible route to an unusable system.
I've done it already. All I know is that it works for me. Refer to my other messages for an explanation of why.
I'a a rawhide user... and kdebase-3.0.2-0.cvs20020627.1.i386.rpm and kdelibs-3.0.2-0.cvs20020625.1.i386.rpm are available for at least a week.... let's see the final 3.0.2
I don't think I'll wait too long...
By Marcos Tolentino at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
I *DUMPED* RedHat yesterday. These guys are operating in a "corporate level". I just been to a job interview for computer technician vacancy where they cleared that they don't do work for home users because they're just time consuming and non profit. Companies like that.
I now use Conectiva Linux 8.0
I am a proud brazilian. Also 5 times World Cup champion.
By DBArros at Thu, 2002/07/04 - 5:00am
> I am a proud brazilian. Also 5 times World Cup champion.
You are a soccer professional and played in Japan?
>> I am a proud brazilian. Also 5 times World Cup champion.
>You are a soccer professional and played in Japan?
You would never understand what that means...
another proud brazilian
By Marcos Tolentino at Thu, 2002/07/04 - 5:00am
> Also 5 times World Cup champion.
Really? I thought that the last few winners were UK, France and Belgium. I don't recall Brazil entering the Tiddilywinks World Cup at all.
Unless you meant a different 'World Cup'.. you should really specify which game.
By Damocles at Thu, 2002/07/04 - 5:00am
Dude, what the hell is Tiddilywinks?
By Carg at Fri, 2002/07/05 - 5:00am
It involves men in bars wearing skirts and eye contact. I think Mosfet has a page about it.
:-P (And Mosfet is cool by me - I've been doing Rocky Horror for long enough I didn't bat an eye when I saw his pics. Otherwise, that would have been tiddilywinking, I think.)
Oh, and... Alt-F2 and typing gg:tiddilywinks will get you the answer.
By Evan "JabberWok... at Fri, 2002/07/05 - 5:00am
> Dude, what the hell is Tiddilywinks?
Players take it in terms to push the edge of one plastic disc onto the edge of another and 'ping' the latter disc into a cup. The winner is the first to ping an agreed number into the cup.
See http://directory.google.com/Top/Games/Hand-Eye_Coordination/Tiddlywinks/... for details.
By Damocles at Fri, 2002/07/05 - 5:00am
: I am a proud brazilian. Also 5 times World Cup champion.
Y'know, if you're a sports star, you might think about using your name to promote KDE. Even if you just mention it in interviews, it would look good.
Evan "Who is less dense and more ironic here"
By Evan "JabberWok... at Thu, 2002/07/04 - 5:00am
Every single Brazilian in the world are PENTA!
I have used redhat since 5.2 days and I have seen it get progressively worse.
My main gripe is there changing of packages and abandoment of others
change is good, yes but why get rid of basics....pine, mc...for a few. KDE is my preference, but redhat kde is no good. I use suse now and do not regret the switch.
By JAS at Fri, 2004/10/29 - 5:00am
The SuSE "SORRY" file is amusing, but which game are they referring to? Wimbledon, I'd guess...
By Evan "JabberWok... at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Re: Which Game?
They refer to the world champinship soccer final. I would guess yul live in the U.S.A?
By Anony Mouse at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Silly me, I thought it was finished, and Brazil won. Maybe I'm underestimating how long it takes to get these packaged or overestimating how long they have the source before they have to have it done. :)
While I played football when I was a young kid (forward, mostly), I got much more into cricket in my teens, and now I don't really follow any sports.
I guess that's the whole point. If you live outside the USA you dont have to follow sports in order to know the football results. If there is a goal you HEAR it (unless you dont have any neighbours). If your countries team or one of the larger ethnic minorities in your country wins, you can see it on the street because of the cars that drive through the streets, blowing their horns and waiving their countries flag out of the window, for at least one day. Just after the final even germanies most staid TV news magazine only reported about the world cup in the first 10 mins of the 15 min show. Heck, after Italy lost even their parliament debated whether they should fire the coach...
:: If you live outside the USA
Ahem. Who said I live in the US?
For that matter, I have no idea when the SuperBowl is, or the World Pennant or whatever for baseball, and I lived in Florida, USA for quite a long time. Nor did I ever know the winners, although I did see plenty of people flying flags on their cars and such.
People watching around the world:
SuperBowl - 100 million
FIFA World Cup final - almost 2 billion
By Carg at Sun, 2002/07/07 - 5:00am
Or, when your team loses, your car parked outside is doused in gasoline and several maltov (sp) cocktails are thrown on it just for kicks. Or, better yet, if one of your players make a mistake, you hear about the murder in the morning newspaper.
International sports is just that, international. There's always politics involved, it sucks. Oh my god, Americans made it to the 8th place, "Yeah! We'll show them we're good at every sport!" Or, "American sucks!" "Die America!" Blah blah blah blah blah... whatever...
The fact is that we're all on the same boat: Earth. Okay? I'm so sick of all the pain and suffering that goes on, just because of someone's political agenda. Or, worse, to save face from a publically made comment. And don't tell me that China/Asia is solely afflicted with this, it's all over...
By Bill at Thu, 2002/07/04 - 5:00am
I guess you do to? You do know the game is called football everywhere else, right?
By Rob Kaper at Thu, 2002/07/04 - 5:00am
Downloading packages
I notice from the changelog that only arts, kdelibs and kdebase have changes.
Does this mean that I can get away with just upgrading these 3 packages or do I have to download and reload the whole lot again?
By Charles Gauder at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Re: Downloading packages
> I notice from the changelog that only arts, kdelibs and kdebase have changes.
Changelog is wrong. Developers are missing discipline to log everything, every package has changes.
> or do I have to download and reload the whole lot again?
Perhaps the same dot reader as usual will create and offer diff files?
Simply take the diffs (3.0.1-3.0.2). They are in experimential state, but feel free to try them. http://devel-home.kde.org/~danimo/diffs/.
By Daniel Molkentin at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
What I'd like to see...
.. is a unified way for KDE, GNOME (and Wine?) apps to add things to the traybar.
If I run korganizer in GNOME or gnomeicu in KDE, just to make two examples, the traybar-icons doesn't show up in the traybar, or they open in a separate small window..
By Wigren at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Re: What I'd like to see...
We've already discussed an extension to the NET WM spec for exactly this. Expect the problem to disappear RSN.
By Richard Moore at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
strange, when i used everybuddy it put'd its tray icon just fine in my kde tray..
By kervel at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Finally, they 've been killed (those pesky bugs)!!
Waouw, this release is such an improvement over the previous one(3.0.1).
The ksplash crash... disappeared
Noatun... finally working (first time on my machine)
An annoying Ark bug when closing .tar.gz opened via konki... disappeared
Konki... faster when opening a new windows with the middle button
Kghostview crash when PgDowning too fast... disappeared
and this gives the ultimate desktop experience on linux...
1000 TX for all this worK to KDEckers
By Seb at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Yes, kde is great and many bugs are gone.
Now I will wait for 3.0.3 and I hope it fixes the save file in kate over fish/ssh bug :(
halux
By halux at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Re: Great
I can do that with current cvs release, so it seems to be fixed.
beutelin
By beutelin at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
What cvs branch are you using. I am using KDE_3_0_BRANCH.
Updated today.
Do you mean the error message that says "This file could not be saved. Please check if you have write permission ?" when you attempt to save file using fish ? If so, it has been annoying me as well ; so I will see if I can take care of it.
Dawit A.
By Dawit A. at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Yes, that is the message.
Someone already beat me to it :) It is fixed in the current
development branch for KDE 3.1.
By Dawit A. at Fri, 2002/07/05 - 5:00am
Cool, it works, thanks.
Will there be a backport ?
By hal at Sun, 2002/07/07 - 5:00am
Source diffs
For those that want them, source diffs will shortly be available at http://www.hmallett.co.uk
Hywel Mallett
By Hywel Mallett at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Searching in KDE help center
What has happened to the useful htdig search of documentation using the helpcenter?
I seem to remember it was available back in the KDE 2 days.
I find the current help center hard to use. I hate hierarchical menus---especially the default Mandrake ones---as its never clear which category something should be in.
I think one of the best features in kcontrol is the way you can type in keywords to find the relevant options.
Anyway, this isn't a particular criticism - I think KDE3 has been excellent and am looking forward to installing this new release.
By James Marsh at Wed, 2002/07/03 - 5:00am
Re: Searching in KDE help center
1'st of all I like KDE, and it's getting better all the time. But, if you are ever gonna beat Microschaft, you must develop a context sensitive help system?
Because dummies like me need it.
It's way too hard to find anything with your current menu system.
People like me need help with simple things like finding files, a simple way to install programs, and having the programs that are installed appear on the menu bar. I struggled to get the program installed, and now I can't find it.
Sure you probably think I'm stupid, but I'm one of thousands or more who want to leave Windows, but I don't have the time to hack my way thru every obstacle that Linux presents.
When you people have a Linux question, (and I know all of you do from time to time,) you just ask the person in the next room or wherever.
But people like me are alone in our quest......
No one to ask.......
And after a weekend of frustration, it's time to give up and go back to Windows again......
This is the 6'th time I have tried to get Linux to work for me...
By Gene A. at Sun, 2003/03/30 - 6:00am
***AWSOME! A Solution for Redhat Users!!!***
http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/
This guy kindly has compiled and uploaded rpm packages of kde 3.0.2 for redhat.
If you run apt-get (check freshrpms.net if you don't)
just add
rpm http://www.math.unl.edu/linux/redhat/apt 7.2/$(ARCH) kde3
to your sources.list, then apt-get update/upgrade
enjoy! *TONS* of thanks to Rex Dieter!
By john at Thu, 2002/07/04 - 5:00am
I love smart people. They make everything so easy for me.
And it works, too!
I just installed the RedHat RPMS and they work great! Plus, two of my most hated bugs are gone! (documents saved to the desktop were positioned below the bottom of the screen and dropdown menu arrow click area was way too small)
The only odd thing is that my Keramik theme titlebar now looks more drab than it used to.
Thanks Rex Dieter! I wanna have your babies!
Re: And it works, too!
You're welcome. (-:
Many thanks to Rex Dieter for the 3.0.2 binary RPMs from another RedHat user! I was beginning to think that switching to another distribution was the only way of getting the latest KDE made as binaries. I don't have the time to sit waiting while my system wades through compiling megabytes of source code, so binary RPMs are really important. There were some bugs in 3.0.0 like https not working in Konqueror and some cut and paste problems in the kmail editor which were annoying and had me looking out for an update.
By David Herbert at Sat, 2002/07/06 - 5:00am
God Bless you :)
Dear Rex Dieter,
Thank you very much. it's people like you who make us feel good by helping others. thanks.
Thank you very much from Germany!
By Cliff at Sat, 2002/07/13 - 5:00am


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Kyushu J7W Shinden (Magnificent Lightning)
Single-Seat, Single-Engine Interceptor Prototype Aircraft
The Kyushu J7W Shinden was specifically developed to combat the destructive Boeing B-29 Superfortresses wreaking havoc on Japanese infrastructure.
ORIGIN: Imperial Japan
MANUFACTURER(S): Kyushu Hikoki K.K. - Japan
PRODUCTION: 2
OPERATORS: Imperial Japan (cancelled)
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the Kyushu J7W1 Shinden (Magnificent Lightning) model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
POWER: 1 x Mitsubishi Ha-43 12 inline piston engine of 2,130 horsepower driving a four- or six-bladed propeller unit at the rear of the fuselage in "pusher" configuration.
WIDTH / SPAN
EMPTY WGT
M.T.O.W.
SPEED (MAX)
nautical miles
CLIMB RATE
ft/min
meters-per-minute
STANDARD, PROPOSED:
4 x 30mm Type 5 automatic cannons.
OPTIONAL, PROPOSED:
4 x 66lb bombs OR 2 x 132lb bombs.
Up to 264lb of external drop ordnance.
Variants / Models
• J7W - Base Series Designation
• J7W1 - Prototype Designation; only two constructed.
• J7W2 (Shinden Kai) - Proposed jet-powered variant; never developed nor produced.
Detailing the development and operational history of the Kyushu J7W Shinden (Magnificent Lightning) Single-Seat, Single-Engine Interceptor Prototype Aircraft . Entry last updated on 5/7/2019. Authored by Dan Alex. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com.
The unorthodox Kyushu J7W Shinden ("Magnificent Lightning") was a "wonder-weapon" of the Empire of Japan in the closing months of World War 2. It utilized a "canard configuration" and was intended as a high-speed, high-agility interceptor developed specifically to counter the B-29 Superfortress scourge devastating Japanese infrastructure and manufacturing capabilities. Though flown, only two were ever constructed before the end of the war signified the end of the Shinden legacy. As such, the little interceptor was never made operational for the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was, however, the only canard configuration aircraft to be ordered in quantity production during the war.
The Canard Concept - Nothing New Under the Sun
The canard concept was trialled by a variety of manufacturers around the globe during the war. Most notably was perhaps the American Curtiss XP-55 Ascender first flying in 1943. Like the Shinden, the Curtiss design fitted the powerplant to the rear of the short and slim fuselage, had swept-back wings and was built in a handful of examples (3) before the project was cancelled. Only one of the three Ascenders survived without accident. Regardless, the two aircraft essentially shared many common design principles.
The J7W idea was devised by Captain Massaoki Tsuruno and, from the outset, envisioned as a jet-powered interceptor to be its culminating form. As turbojet technology everywhere was trying to progress under wartime constraints, the idea would have to wait. Nevertheless, Tsuruno's idea was presented to the First Naval Air Technical Arsenal in April of 1943 and accepted for development. Three evaluation glider models were developed and constructed under the collective designation of MXY6. These systems proved vital in validating the handling capabilities of a canard-based design and one was even fitted with a single Ha-90 series 4-cylinder 22 horsepower air-cooled engine. Testing started sometime in 1943 and proved the design sound. In June of 1944, the construction of the first JW1 prototype began at Kyushu Aircraft Company facilities. Within a short 10 month period, the Shinden prototype was completed in April of 1945 and first flight was achieved on August 3rd, 1945. A second prototype entered construction but was never to fly. The first prototype took to the air two more times and netted a total of just 45 minutes flight time. A quantitative production contract was signed with high expectations. However, the deteriorating condition in the Japanese mainland and the American atomic bombs dropping on two major Japanese cities - Hiroshima and Nagasaki - on August 6th and August 9th - ended all hope for the Shinden. The Empire's war effort concluded on August 28th, the Allied occupation of the Japanese mainland.
Kyushu J7W1 Shinden Walk-Around
The fuselage was relatively conventional, featuring a long nose assembly and the cockpit fitted at center mass. The forward fuselage held a pair of small canard wings acting as the airframe's stabilizers. The engine was fitted to the extreme aft of the fuselage housing as a "pusher" arrangement and powered a four-bladed propeller system. The engine was aspirated via intakes immediately aft and to the sides of the cockpit. The wings were low-mounted assemblies with swept-back features while containing vertical surfaces acting as the airplane's rudders. Diminutive wheels were added to the rudder bases to protect them during ground actions. Armament was contained in a central battery fitted to the long nose housing. Armament would have been an arrangement of 4 x 30mm Type 5 series cannons. The undercarriage was something of a conventional tricycle design albeit with very tall landing gear legs. The front was supported by a single-wheeled leg retracting forwards into the fuselage while the main body was support by a pair of single-wheeled landing gear legs retracting inwards towards fuselage centerline. In all, the Shinden maintained a most unique design with promising specifications to back it up.
Kyushu J7W Shinden (Magnificent Lightning) (Cont'd)
The 4 x 30mm cannon armament would have made an imprint on the invading B-29 Superfortress crews for the British, Germans, Soviets and Japanese were quick to find out the importance of cannon armament in their fighter aircraft in respect to bringing down larger aircraft. A concentrated blast from these four Type 5 cannons would have surely caused significant damage to the internal workings of the four-engined, wholly-pressurized and technologically-advanced bombers of the United States Army Air Force.
Estimated performance specifications placed the J7W1 in the upper registers of fighter performance during the war. Top speed would have been 469 miles per hour while range was a respectable 531 miles. Service ceiling was reported to be in the vicinity of 39,360 feet. As a quick responding interceptor, the J7W1 would have made use of its 2,460 feet-per-minute climb rate. Power was to be supplied from a single Mitsubishi Ha-43 12 series engine delivering some 2,130 horsepower to the 8,019lb frame and powering a unique six-bladed propelled system. When fully-loaded, the J7W1 weighed in at 11,663lbs.
As an aside, the Imperial Japanese Navy made use of the letter "J" in their designations while the letter "W" stood for the Watanabe factory. A jet-powered version of the J7W existed as a "paper" airplane but never acted upon. This model would have fallen under the designation of "J7W2 Shinden Kai" and fitted an Ne-130 series axial-flow turbojet providing 1,984lbs of thrust.
Like the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender, one J7W1 prototype was shipped to storage at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. while the second one was known to be scrapped. The Ascender, however, now remains on long-term loan to the Air Zoo of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Credit: Front left side view of the Kyushu J7W1 Shinden fighter
Credit: Rear view of the Kyushu J7W1 Shinden fighter
General Assessment
Values are derrived from a variety of categories related to the design, overall function, and historical influence of this aircraft in aviation history.
MF Power Rating
The MF Power Rating takes into account over 60 individual factors related to this aircraft entry. The rating is out of 100 total possible points.
Relative Maximum Speed
Hi: 500mph
Lo: 250mph
This entry's maximum listed speed (466mph).
Graph average of 375 miles-per-hour.
City-to-City Ranges
TKY
Graph showcases the Kyushu J7W1 Shinden (Magnificent Lightning)'s operational range (on internal fuel) when compared to distances between major cities.
Aviation Era
Useful in showcasing the era cross-over of particular aircraft/aerospace designs.
Unit Production (2)
Comm. Market HI*: 44,000 units
Military Market HI**: 36,183 units
* Commercial Market High belongs to Cessna 172.
** Military Market High belongs to Ilyushin Il-2.
Altitude Visualization
Supported Roles
Interception
Ground Attack
Anti-Ship
MEDEVAC
Maritime/Navy
Aerial Tanker
Utility/Transport
SPECOPS
X-Plane/Development
A2A=Air-to-Air; UAV=Unmanned; CAS=Close Support; ASW=Anti-Submarine; AEW=Airborne Early Warning; MEDEVAC=Medical Evac; EW=Electronic Warfare; SAR=Search-Rescue
Commitments / Honors
* Ribbons not necessarily indicative of actual historical campaign ribbons. Ribbons are clickable to their respective campaigns/operations.
Aircraft Anatomy
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The day I gave my talk about Video as Urban Condition at Burundi in Bratislava, President Bush decided to give a talk in the main square of the city. Of course, elaborate security precautions were in effect. However, except for 'VIP's, none of the people that came to the square to hear the speech got to see Bush because the media podium was in the way, or if not that, a giant TV screen. So the people who showed up in the centre of the city in the snow, only got to watch TV and the VIPs had the pleasure of seeing themselves on TV. A small protest on the other side of the securtiy barrier made a noise (unheard on the podium) and attracted a little attention from TV crews and from a policeman with camcorder.


The controller's office is responsible for all accounting functions of the Association, including the banking and recording of all income and expenses of the Association. The Controller is responsible for the production of periodic financial reports, maintenance of an adequate system of accounting records, responsible for cash management and risk management, and maintaining a comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the Association's reported financial results, and ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles standards. Position reports to the General Manager of the Association.
The financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting and in conformity with professional standards applicable to not for-profit entities whereby revenues are recognized when earned and expenses are recognized when incurred.
The Association's governing documents provide certain guidelines for its financial activities. To ensure the observance of limitations and restrictions on the use of financial resources, the Association maintains its accounts using fund accounting. Financial resources are classified for accounting and reporting purposes in two funds established according to their nature and purpose. The operations fund is used to account for the financial resources available for the general day-to day operations of the Association. The replacement fund is used to accumulate financial resources designated for future major repairs and replacements.
Membership in the Association is mandatory by virtue of unit ownership. Association members are subject to annual assessments, usually payable in equal quarterly installments, to provide funds for operating expenses and major repairs and replacements. In addition to regular annual assessments, special and/or emergency assessments may be imposed by the Association's Board of Directors, under certain circumstances without member approval. Any excess assessments at year end are retained by the Association for use in the succeeding year.
Assessments receivable at the balance sheet date represents the aggregate amount of assessments due from unit owners. The Association's policy is to retain a collection service and/or legal counsel and place liens on the properties of owners whose assessments are delinquent. In certain instances, foreclosure may be necessary. The collection process is explained in greater detail in the annually distributed delinquent assessment collection policy. Because of these collection procedures, the Board believes that, subject to a reasonable allowance for doubtful accounts, if any, all assessments are collectible.
The Association maintains cash in bank deposit accounts that, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Association has not experienced any losses in such accounts. Property and equipment maintained in the operations of the Association are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives of 2 to 20 years. The Association's policy is to capitalize such items with a cost of $2,500 or more.


Looks smart and sophisticated in this fall season filled with structured wool-felt and a pair of tough-luxe Zeus mule. Wear a bustier top to keep the feminine look in focus. Complement with a drawstring culottes for a mix of casual and formal look. The dandling earring will create a sparkle to this cold tone outfit. We love it with a padded clutch to give an instant change of a day to night look. Highlight with an oversize round frames for a bit of retro look.


Summer is about to begin and that means lots of time by the pool. While summer is a great time to relax and have fun, it's also important that everyone stays safe. Sadly drowning is the leading cause of unintentional death for children between 1-4. 700 children under 14 die every year because of drowning and most of the time lack of proper adult supervision played a roll. Here are some important tips in regards to pool safety.
*Pools should be fenced off completely. Enclose pools with a self-locking and self-closing fence at least four feet high. Over half of all swimming pool drownings among children could be prevented by four sided fencing.
*Keep an inexperienced swimmer within arm's length at all times even in shallow water. Also be sure to use life jackets that are approved by the Coast Guard. Do not use air filled or foam toys in place of life jackets for floatation support.
*If you are having a party by the pool, always have a designated adult in charge of watching the kids in and around the pool. That person should not take breaks to use the bathroom, get a snack, or get distracted in conversation unless someone else is taking over for them. Since this is the case it is always great to take turns and rotate out supervisors so everyone gets a chance to enjoy the party while also ensuring the kids are safe. Little kids drown quickly and quietly…they aren't going to be screaming out for help. That is why constant supervision is key.
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MLB Game Picks - Monday: June 9, 2014
It would have been an 11-4 day if the Tigers could close out a ninth inning. But once again, they couldn't. It wasn't Joe Nathan this time, but Joba Chamberlain. Gosh, New York Yankee fans knows how that feels. And so it was a 10-5 day. Nothing to sneeze at with even a Game of the Day correct pick to add to the party. If only the Tigers could finish a win.
As for the Manny Machado thing...what a pure punk move, eh? He should be suspended for a long time and get drug tests every day for three years. That was pathetic and bush and has no place in the game. I believe those back swings against the catcher's head was intentional too. Gosh, that's so out of control, it is breathtaking.
Monday's picks:
The Rays over the Mariners: The Rays finish up their series with Seattle today in the afternoon. They are now sixteen games under .500. Unbelievable. David Price should be better than Erasmo Ramirez, right? Right!?
The Red Sox over the Orioles: What could the rest of the Orioles be thinking? Stick up for their guy? Be mad and all get out? I would think the latter. In either case, the Red Sox should score against Bud Norris and Jake Peavy take the win.
The Pirates over the Cubs: Edwin Jackson is all over the place. How can you predict what he is going to do? You can't. I hate when he pitches. Because of that, I am going to go with Charlie Morton, which just goes to show you how messed up Jackson makes me.
The Reds over the Dodgers: Tony Cingrani seemed to gather himself a bit in his last start. If so, his arm could shut down the Dodgers and be better than Dan Haren. This could go either way though, to be honest.
The Rangers over the Indians: T.J. House is a lefty. The Rangers have killed lefties this season. T.J. House is inexperienced. I don't think he lasts long today. I'm a little concerned about the Rangers starting Nick Martinez though.
The Tigers over the White Sox: Hector Noesi has been pitching well. I am still confounded by that. So I want to pick him here, especially since the Tigers can't close out wins. But I cannot do it. I cannot pull the trigger. I have to go with Rick Porcello.
The Royals over the Yankees: Words cannot describe how depressed I am about the Yankees. They can't do anything right these days. They can't hit. They don't have enough starters. The defense leaks. I can't even watch anymore. Jason Vargas over Vidal Nuno.
The Rockies over the Braves: I think the Rockies will score big off of Gavin Floyd. That said, how well with the Rockies' pitcher pitch? I have no idea because an unheralded rookie is making his MLB debut. His name is Christian Bergman and he is not a power arm, but he has excellent control. He has survived pitching at Colorado Springs and if he can pitch there, perhaps he can pitch at Coors.
The Diamondbacks over the Astros: The Astros have been killing the ball. But they lose the DH, and perhaps they have an off day against Josh Collmenter. I don't think Jarred Cosart will pitch badly and will keep his team in the game.
The Angels over the Athletics: Garrett Richards was shelled his last time facing the A's. But that seemed more flukish than anything and he was terrific in his next game. I like him over Jesse Chavez.
The Nationals over the Giants: Stephen Strasburg has pitched very well at AT&T Park and his last couple of starts have been totally dominant. The Giants are very good, however, and Ryan Vogelsong has been pitching much better.
And the Game of the Day:
The Blue Jays over the Twins: It is unfathomable that the Blue Jays got only seven hits and no runs against the Cardinals in the last two games of that series. But they are back to having a DH and back against familiar foes. R.A. Dickey should be okay and better than Ricky Nolasco.
Yesterday: 10-5, June: 60-49, Games of the Day: 32-33, Season: 516-427
Labels: Christian Bergman, David Price, Garrett Richards, Jake Peavy, Jason Vargas, MLB Game Picks, R.A. Dickey, Stephen Strasburg, Tony Cingrani
forged said...
The Yankees remind me of the lean years in the mid-80s.
The Tigers have lost patience
MLB Game Picks - Saturday: June 14, 2014
Tim Hudson and wins
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The bullpen is your home, Wade Davis
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Garrett Godwin Go Now: Fast & Furious Finished First - It was high-octane this weekend, as Fast & Furious finished first in the box office race.
Garrett Godwin Wolverine and the X-Men - Vivendi Entertainment Canada has announced the release of Wolverine and the X-Men, the fourth animated series of the popular Marvel mutant superhero franchise.
Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor) Who will stay? Who will go? American Idol Predictions - Who will stay? Who will go? With Predictify, you can give your viewers a credible peek into the psyche of those fans who are likely to cast their votes tonight.
Garrett Godwin Go Now: Jack Bauer Lives to Survive Another Day in 24 - Jack Bauer lives to survive another day, as Kiefer Sutherland will continue to save the world for 24's eighth season.
Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor) Parker Barrile and The Italian American Oprah Make Their American Idol Predictions - Parker Barrile drives company strategy and leads strategic partnerships and business operations at Predictify.
Garrett Godwin Universal Action Pack's 15th Anniversary with Hercules - After five successful films, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys also became a series that same year.
Garrett Godwin A Revival Attempt with Knight Rider 2010 - The film was part of the weekend syndicated Universal Action Pack.
Garrett Godwin Quantum Leap's 20th Anniversary - Before traveling in space and exploring new worlds in the Enterprise, Scott Bakula was traveling through time as Dr. Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap.
Garrett Godwin Knight Rider Festival Lives it Up in Vegas - What happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas, as fans came to Sin City over the weekend for The Knight Rider Festival downtown at the Fremont Street Experience.
Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor) Judyth Piazza and Parker Barrile From Predictify Make American Idol Predictions on the AP - Parker Barrile drives company strategy and leads strategic partnerships and business operations at Predictify.
Garrett Godwin Go Now: Nightly TV Listings - At 10pm on USA Network is the finale of the hit action-comedy series Burn Notice, which has been renewed for next season.
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Garrett Godwin Hardcastle & McCormick Complete Series DVD Review - Hardcastle & McCormick was the latest from creator, writer, and executive producer Stephen J. Cannell that aired on ABC from 1983-86.
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Garrett Godwin Airwolf Hits 25 Years - Sunday was the 25th anniversary of the cult action series Airwolf, which premiered on CBS as a two-hour movie.
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Garrett Godwin 24: Redemption - The country is under attack by a warlord - 24: Redemption is the middle ground between the end of season six and the start of the long-awaited seventh season, which airs January on FOX.
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Deep trouble that's what Owen Russell is in. In order to save his aunt from poverty due to his uncle's bad gambling debts, he wins back all of the money from the gamblers and returns it to her. Conscious of the fact that they now want to killhim, Owen takes flight from Louisiana to Nebraska where he encounters the sheriff, who mistakes him for Irving Spencer who recently signed up to be his deputy.
Owen decides that this is far better than being killed. Wanted posters appear all over town seeking his arrest. Of course he decides to play along and pretend to be Irving the expected deputy. What he doesn't appreciate is that Irving had agreed to marry local girl, Jenny Larson. He marries her, but then guess who shows up? The real Irving Spencer!
-The courthouse is right up ahead.
Owen dug his heels into the dirt, but the sheriff lifted him by the shoulders and dragged him along, making him stumble a couple of steps before he found his footing and walked with him.
-What a joyous day this will be! Now Jenny can rest assured that her little boy will be safe.
-Little boy? She has a child?
-Don't act so surprised. That's why you two are getting married.
They stopped in front of the imposing building and the older man set his hands on Owen's shoulders. -Now, I know you've never been a family man before, but you're about to become one. I feel responsible for you, what with you being so young and all, but I know your ma raised you right. You'll do right by Jenny and Jeremy. They need you.
-Oh, here she comes. She's the one in the pretty white dress. She even sewed it herself.
Owen grabbed the sheriff's vest. -You don't understand. I can't marry her! It was bad enough he stole Irving's clothes and money. He didn't need to add this to his list of sins.
Meyer chuckled and shook his head. -The jokes just never stop with you, do they? Look behind you.
He reluctantly obeyed and straightened as soon as he saw her. Whoa! She was...She was...He rubbed his eyes and looked again, just in case they were playing tricks on him. But they weren't. She was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. He blinked several times. She was still there...and looking very appealing.
"I said I'm here to see my son, Clyde Jenkins said, standing firm in the doorway.
Jenny Larson tried to slam the door on his face, but he stopped her by putting his foot out so she couldn't shut it. Her heart hammered in her ears. No. He couldn't. He wouldn't! She pressed on the door with all of her weight but it wouldn't budge.
-You didn't want to have anything to do with him when you found out I was expecting. Why are you interested now? she finally snapped.
-He's my son. He shoved the door open and stormed past her.
She ran after him as he strode down the hallway of the boarding house. -You can't do this!
He ignored her and opened the kitchen door.
-Get out of here! Jenny demanded.
-You can't keep me from him, Jen, he said as he paced toward the four-year-old boy who stopped eating his soup.
Jenny shot Mrs. Jones an apologetic look as she raced to the small round kitchen table and put her hands protectively on her son's shoulders. -You're not taking him, Clyde. I won't let you!
Jeremy looked at Clyde but didn't say anything.
Smiling at the boy, Clyde knelt in front of him. -Good morning, Jeremy. I'm your pa.
Jenny's gaze shifted from Clyde to Mrs. Jones who set down the stack of newspapers and gave her a questioning look. Jenny silently pleaded with her landlady to help her. Turning back to Clyde, she said, -You can't do this.
His cold brown eyes met hers. -Jen, I believe I have a right to my own flesh and blood. He pulled out a chair and sat on it so he could be eye level with the boy. -Now, Jeremy, I hope your ma told you something about me.
Jeremy looked up at her. -Is he my pa?
Taking a deep breath, she debated how to answer his question. All Clyde did was make it possible for her to conceive the child. She hardly considered him a real father. Who would have thought five minutes could change everything?
-Yes. The confirmation tore at her heart. She knew the day might come when she'd have to reveal the truth of his lineage but hoped it would be when he was older, when he could fully understand the situation.
Clyde shook his head at her. -You didn't mention me at all?
She gritted her teeth. -You weren't around.
He smiled at Jeremy. -Your pa had some important business to do. I'm done now, and you and your ma will come with me to St. Louis.
-We will not! Out of the corner of her eye, she watched as Mrs. Jones quietly left the room. Her grip on Jeremy's shoulders tightened.
-Come on, Jen, Clyde argued. -Be reasonable.
-Our home is here. We're not leaving, and we're certainly not leaving with you.
-You didn't think so five years ago.
-And I was wrong. He attempted to rest his hand on hers, but she pulled away from him as if his touch burned her.
-People make mistakes, and I made a horrible one. I intend to be a part of your life.
-No! Scared, she grabbed Jeremy from his chair and picked him up. Holding him close to her, she rushed toward the kitchen door.
Clyde blocked her exit. -You're not going anywhere.
He's my son and I have every right to talk to him.
Despite her shaky hands, she refused to back down. -You gave up those rights when you abandoned us.
He threw his hands up in the air. -I had to get settled. I didn't have the money to support you and a child.
-You hopped on the first train out of here. You said it was my fault I got in the family way. You even said someone else could be his father.
Shrugging, he stepped toward them. -How could I tell that you weren't sleeping around with other men?
Indignation swept through her. How dare he! Could he easily forget that he took her virginity? Used goods. That's all I am and that's all I'll ever be. However, it wasn't time for regrets. She had to protect her son.
-I know Jeremy is mine. He took another step closer to her. -I want to do right by you and him.


In centuries past, human beings lived difficult, labor-intensive lives in deferment to monarchs and landowners, paying dues to these rulers for the simple privilege of having a roof to sleep under. Well, lucky for us, we've come a long way since feudalism (for the most part). Many of us can now expect to have a roof over our heads without being entirely indentured to another individual.
Unfortunately we are still indentured now, but in a different way. Due to the catastrophic effects of major energy–producing industries, we suffer from diseases ranging from asthma to cancer, accidental malfunctions like Fukushima's nuclear disaster and the Gulf of Mexico Oil spill, and even, as some research indicates, earthquakes caused by fracking.
You may think hydropower is somewhat less devastating on a global scale, but try telling that to the millions of poor people in India and China summarily displaced from their ancestral lands to make way for huge tracts of water stored by mega-dams. And as for wind-generated energy: It is clean, but somewhat inefficient when you think of the amount of effort, land, and capital it takes to generate energy from wind turbines.
Severe weather is the number one cause of power outages in the United States. John Mulcahy-Morgan from Solar Maximum informed me that these outages cost the economy between $18 and $33 billion every year in lost output and wages, spoiled inventory, delayed production and damage to grid infrastructure. And, even though the electric grid is an engineering marvel, its aging infrastructure requires extensive upgrades to effectively meet the nation's energy demands. Through the Recovery Act, the government invested about $4.5 billion in grid modernization to enhance the reliability of the nation's grid. Long story short, we're losing huge amounts of money and efficiency to the grid.
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Get this- because of our overburdened electrical grid, the government actually wants you to get Solar Power. Through a number of government Incentives, you can easily buy and install solar panels on your roof without spending a dime of your own money. This means a great many grants, loans, rebates, tax credits and tax exemptions are just waiting to be put towards residential solar panels.
This graphic from costofsolar.com says it all: Monthly bills for solar power are way cheaper. To give you a little more perspective, the average projected savings for Americans with solar panels after 20 years is $20,080. That's a lot of cash! You even get money when your extra solar-generated energy is fed into the Grid!
We must bear in mind the costs of energy brought to us through oil, coal, and electrical companies. The lives lost, the damage to the planet, and the billions spent on government subsidies and lobbying make one wonder why these other means of energy production are still even legal!
So let's go solar. It's comparatively cheap, the planet can recover, and guess what? Nobody gets hurt!


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Russia's FSB Detained Ukrainian Spies Who Plotted Terrorist Attacks (Video) 4.5 out of 5 based on 16 ratings. 16 user reviews.
Russia's FSB Detained Ukrainian Spies Who Plotted Terrorist Attacks (Video)
On December 2, the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) reported that several employees of the Ukrainian intelligence services were detained in different Russian regions, including in Crimea. Two of them were collecting information about the Russian strategic objects, and the third was preparing a terrorist attack.
The FSB announced that it had thwarted "intelligence and sabotage activities on the territory of three Russian regions."
Two of the detainees were identified as Zinoviy Koval and his 22-year-old-son, Igor Koval. They both confessed that after being recruited by a member of Ukraine's SBU security service, they were asked to gather information about sensitive sites. They were promised a $10,000 reward. Short-barreled and automatic weapons were reportedly found in their car.
The third detainee was claimed to be Shvidenko Sergey, officer of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence "sent to Russia with the task to commit a terrorist act," namely to detonate two IEDs.
https://southfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Ukr.mp4
In his turn, a spokesman for the Security Service of Ukraine denounced the FSB statement as fake.
"Such statements from the Russian FSB should be considered exclusively through the prism of hybrid war, in which information propaganda and the spread of fakes play an important role." Artem Dekhtyarenko commented on the issue.
However, these are not the first Ukrainian terrorists arrested on the Russian territory. Today, FSB claimed that Sergey Shvidenko, a senior officer in the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, was convicted of overseeing a group plotting to corry out sabotage attacks in Crimea, including at the facilities of the Russian navy's Black Sea Fleet.
Earlier, the FSB detained Ukrainian diplomate Alexander Sosonyuk, who served in the Ukrainian consulate in Saint Petersburg, and was gathering secret data from law enforcement and FSB databases.
In 2020, a Russian officer from the Strategic Missile Forces was also detained on charges for passing highly classified information on the county's strategic forces to Ukrainian intelligence officers.
Military SItuation In Ukraine On December 1, 2021 (Map Update)
Ukraine Promises More Blood For Globalist Throne
In Video: Ukrainian Soldiers Shoot Group Of Migrants On Border With Belarus
Ukropnazis will cry and rage 🤗
Reply to Lone Ranger
Rope them over the keel…
Dick Von Dast'Ard
Can't go without a strong response. I'd send a couple of land attack cruise missiles down the SBU's way.
jens holm
Reply to Dick Von Dast'Ard
Chocoalate might be better. If they eat a lot none can move.
Ukraine has massed over 100,000 troops plus equipment ready too attack the Donbass/ Lugansk . Russia has two choices. Either stay out of internal Ukrainian affairs and let the mostly Russian people be annihilated by people who are hell bent on retribution for their defeats without mercy. Past events show how cruel and without pity they can be. Or Russia can be sucked into the bear trap and support the people of the Donbass and be accused of invading Ukraine against all international conventions which makes them illegal, thus giving the US and NATO the " Right " to go too Ukraine's aid and attack Russia with the support of the world who have been blindfolded and led by the nose into this conflict.
Reply to Peter Wallace
The fallout from this will reverberate and have ramifications all around the world. The US has been manipulating this situation and preparing for a long time. There will be no winner other than the elites , banksters and the military industrial corporations who will all be safely ensconced in deep bunkers where they will be able to survive for years while they wait for the smoke to clear.
Florian Geyer
When 'the smoke clears after a long period in their bunkers' the oligarch's wealth will be worth nothing in a post armageddon desolated world. LOL.
Lazy Gamer
I wonder if Ukrainians realize they are only used to cancel nordstream. They wont really be supported militarily. How many casualties will it take before they decide the costs outweigh any possible gas transit fees that they used to get? lol It is hard to imagine a scenario where they are successful in taking back the breakaway regions with overt Russian support
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SnowCatzor
Does Ukraine even have 100,000 troops. I mean actual troops ready for combat?


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There are a few key things we can do to help include others.
There are so many scenarios that could easily be mitigated by simply understanding.
Various tools are also used by people. A simple one that may be overlooked is a keyboard. Any website should be accessible simply by keyboard input. When this is taken into consideration and the website is fully accessible through the keyboard we include those that may have decreased dexterity or even visual disability.
Screen readers are another tool that many use. Two common ones are JAWS and VoiceOver. Screen readers do not only read out what is on the screen; they also describe the experience of the website. When a screen reader comes across an image it can read off the alt text for an image describing what's there.
There are many different tools that are available for evaluating your website. For the Chrome browser you can find NoCoffee and Accessibility Development Tool in the extensions library.
NoCoffee is a tool that provides you with different visibility traits. It allows you to view a page with a variations of color blindness, partial blindness, low vision, etc. It is a good tool when manually trying to assess if the website is usable to someone with a visual disability.
The Accessibility Developer Tool is a simple auditing tool that will go through and compare your website to various known accessibility issues. This is helpful to determine whether or not your page may have some text that is not easy to read. It may also help you quickly identify images that are missing an alt text.
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Here I select my preferred Rotherham United side which I believe would be best suited to face Aston Villa in the Sky Bet Championship this Saturday at Villa Park. I feel a 4-4-2 formation would be appropriate.
o Lee Camp (Goalkeeper) – The Derby-born shot stopper is a crucial player for Rotherham and will need to be at his best against the Villans.
o Darnell Fisher (Right Back) – I feel that the 22 year old, recently signed from Celtic, should make his debut and replace Stephen Kelly who is normally the Millers' first choice RB. Kelly was fairly disappointing against Wolves and made some defensive errors hence my choice to replace him.
o Richard Wood (Centre Back) – A solid defender and sensible choice, especially taking into consideration the other possible CB option Greg Halford. Halford had a very poor performance against Morecambe in the EFL Cup where he showed a seemingly poor attitude despite scoring a penalty.
o Kirk Broadfoot (Centre Back) – The Scotsman is the heart of the defence, his superb strength and ball control is a key asset to Rotherham. He will need to be at his best to deal with the likes of Jordan Ayew.
o Joe Mattock (Left Back) – The only natural left back in the Rotherham side. A player who is competent when defending and attacking.
o Jon Taylor (Left Midfielder) – His keenness and ability to take players on will surely see him keep his first team spot after a fantastic debut against Wolves. He was also one of the few players who performed well in Rotherham's 5-4 defeat to Morecambe.
o Lee Frecklington (Central Midfielder©) – *should he be deemed fit* The captain who leads by example. Confident when attacking and defending.
o Will Vaulks (Central Midfielder) – The new signing from Falkirk demonstrated what he has in his locker when he scored a fantastic long shot against Wolves.
o Anthony Forde (Right Midfielder) – Another new signing who has performed well in his first two Rotherham appearances.
o Danny Ward (Striker) – Rotherham's key first team striker. He also scored against Wolves.
o Jerry Yates (Striker) – I feel the 19 year old should make his full first-team, Championship debut. He has showed a keen ability to score goals and confidence when making runs. He netted once in a friendly against Sunderland and twice against Morecambe. With many tipping Rotherham to concede defeat in this fixture it may lessen the pressure on the young striker and I feel it is a sensible option worth exploring.
How do you think Rotherham will fair against Villa? Leave a comment with your thoughts!


What is VoIP and How Can it Work for You?
VoIP is a technology that has changed the way in which people and businesses communicate. Scroll down to learn about VoIP and how it can work for your needs.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology has been embraced by businesses of all sizes. When you use VoIP, you are able to send your calls and other types of communication over the Internet by using your broadband connection. With VoIP, your voice data is converted so that it can be transmitted digitally instead of using an analog or conventional phone system.
If you are thinking about replacing your traditional phone system, there are several reasons why you should consider making the transition to VoIP technology instead of purchasing a new traditional phone system.
A primary advantage of choosing VoIP instead of a traditional landline phone is the savings that you will enjoy when you make long-distance phone calls. When you use VoIP to place calls, your voice is converted to data and sent via the Internet. Sending voice data over the Internet using your local area network and your broadband connection costs significantly less than it does to send the information over the copper lines of legacy systems. If your company has multiple locations that are all equipped with VoIP phones, you can avoid the long-distance costs that come with having traditional phones.
If you regularly have to make international phone calls, VoIP will save you even more. The costs of making international calls are very high when you use traditional phone lines. Even with international call plans on traditional phones, the connection costs and the per-minute charges are very high. Since VoIP allows you to send your voice over the Internet, international calling is much cheaper. Some VoIP providers also offer plans with unlimited international calls for a low monthly price.
If you intend to use VoIP to send calls using your computer, you will only need to add a microphone, speakers, and a good soundcard. All this hardware is quite inexpensive. There are also VoIP handsets that can be purchased for an affordable price.
Traditional phone lines only allow one call to be made at the same time. VoIP phones have lines that are assigned by username, and most of these phones allow you to make up to eight calls per username simultaneously. You may also place limits on a username so that there are fewer simultaneous calls if you wish.
This means that if you have a single VoIP line activated on your phone, the phone can receive as many as eight calls simultaneously before the callers will get a busy signal. If you are on a call when a new one comes in, you will be able to see the incoming call and choose to place your current call on hold to answer it, ignore it, or reject it and send it to the busy signal. As the state of the incoming call changes, your phone's interface will also change.
You are also able to have multiple usernames on a VoIP phone system. This can allow you to have a general line for incoming calls while also having simultaneous personal lines so that callers can contact the individual users directly. This feature can allow you to route general and direct calls differently.
With a legacy phone system, you can perform basic calling functions to communicate by voice. VoIP offers much more than traditional landline phones, however. With VoIP, you can also enjoy the ability to communicate via video from wherever you are. Since VoIP is portable, you can participate in a video conference from wherever you might be. This feature also allows you to hold video conferences with participants who are in multiple locations at once.
VoIP web conferencing allows you to hold face-to-face meetings and to save money on travel costs for staff members who work in other locations. Businesses of all sizes are using VoIP web conferencing to hold meetings with partners and clients, as well as to keep in contact with their employees. Web conferencing with VoIP is also an effective way to hold training sessions, so that your employees may participate without having to travel. If you are overseas or somewhere else, you can also attend meetings in your home office by video conferencing without having to worry about being physically present in the building.
The many benefits that are offered by VoIP technology have led to its widespread adoption by companies of all sizes. You can save money while benefitting from the numerous features that VoIP offers, allowing your business to operate more efficiently.