This is the Telecommunications Services Agreement for GlobalPhone's / PrimeVoiceonline Hosted PBX Business communications service ("Service"). This Agreement governs both the Service and any Equipment, such as an IP phone, Firewall, Multimedia Terminal Adapter, Analog Telephone Adapter or any other IP connection equipment, ("Equipment") used in conjunction with the Service. By activating the Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood, and you agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and you represent that you are of legal age to enter this Agreement and become bound by its terms.
Service is offered on a one or more year term which begins on the date that GlobalPhone activates your Service and ends on the day before the same date at the end of the term. Subsequent terms of this Agreement automatically renew on contract period basis without further action by you unless you give GlobalPhone written notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days before the end of the contract term in which the notice is given. Expiration of the term or termination of Service does not excuse the customer from paying all unpaid, accrued charges due in relation to the Agreement.
Pricing for PrimeVoice service is provided in the form of a separate quotation document which has been signed and accepted by Customer.
PrimeVoice offers a 30-day Money Back Guarantee for SMB PBX systems. Under terms of this Money Back Guarantee, PrimeVoice refunds the activation fee, first month of service, and shipping charges and waives the disconnect fee, provided the terms described below are satisfied.
In order to be entitled to this Money Back Guarantee, User (i) must cancel service within the first 30 days in the Warranty Period after the account activation; (ii) must return all Equipment within 14 days after cancellation pursuant to Sections 1.12 and 4.6. This warranty applies only to the first ten SIP phones. User remains responsible for any charges for domestic usage in excess of the amount included within the Plan to which User subscribes, international usage, payphone calls to GlobalPhone toll free numbers, directory assistance, ISP charges, access charges, and access multiyear terms for data connection.
In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 1.12, all returned Equipment must be in the original packaging with the UPC or bar code intact. All components, manuals and registration card(s) must be included. Equipment must be returned with a valid return authorization number obtained from GlobalPhone customer care. User is responsible for the cost and risk of return shipping of equipment. THE MONEY BACK GUARANTEE WILL NOT BE HONORED IF USER FAILS TO MEET ALL SUCH REQUIREMENTS.
To obtain a return authorization number, User must contact PrimeVoice support support@primevoiceonline.com or 1-866-731-9012.
PrimeVoice guarantees 99.99% PBX service availability. This guarantee protects against complete PBX system failure. It excludes failures caused by components not provided by PrimeVoice such as Internet service not provided by GlobalPhone, electrical power or LAN components (see para 1.6) as well as individual phones or conversations. If service availability is less than 99.99%in a given month, a credit shall be applied to the monthly recurring fees, prorated by the percentage of downtime. Service outages must be reported to PrimeVoice 's 24 hour call center during the outage in order to obtain credit. Failure to maintain the 99.99% service guarantee for three consecutive months shall entitle the customer to cancel service with no termination penalties.
PrimeVoice provides normal customer service during regular business hours 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday for the purpose of answering standard customer service requests and questions. PrimeVoice will assist the customer free of charge with up to five service requests per month after which PrimeVoice reserves the right to charge professional service fees and/or require that the customer buy additional paid training courses. System failures may be reported 24 hours a day 7 days a week to GlobalPhone's Network Operations Center (NOC) via telephone. Trouble diagnosis and repair for problems not due to the fault of PrimeVoice will be charged at $125 per hour, with a one hour minimum if the customer subscribes to PrimeVoice service Contract. If the customer does not subscribe to PrimeVoice service contract the charge will be $160 per hour with a one hour minimum. Site visits are charged at $230 per visit which includes 1 ½ hours with each additional hour charged at $125 per hour. With a service contract the charge is reduced to $75 per hour for a site visit. Problems that require PrimeVoice support effort may include local LAN network problems, customer owned equipment such as routers and firewalls, or Internet Service Provider (ISP) related problems if other than GlobalPhone Broadband connections. All LAN problems that require PrimeVoice support are charged at $160/hr.
You acknowledge and understand that the Service does not function in the event of power failure. You also acknowledge and understand that the Service requires a fully functional LAN and broadband connection to the Internet (which may not be provided by GlobalPhone) and that, accordingly, in the event of an outage of customer provided network components, or termination or failure of service with or by your Internet service provider ("ISP") and/or broadband provider, the Service will not function, but that you will continue to be billed for the Service unless and until you terminate the Service in accordance with this Agreement. Should there be an interruption in the power supply or ISP outage, the Service will not function until power is restored or the ISP outage is cured. A power failure or disruption may require the Customer to reset or reconfigure equipment prior to utilizing the Service. Power disruptions or failures or ISP outages will also prevent dialing to emergency service numbers including the 911 calling feature. Should PrimeVoice suspend or terminate your Service, the Service will not function until such time as PrimeVoice restores your Service (which may require payment of all invoices and reconnection fees owed by you and/or cure of any breach by you of this Agreement).
If you have subscribed to PrimeVoice's Business Services, the Service and Equipment are provided to you as a business user. This means that you are not to resell or transfer the service or Equipment to any other person for any purpose, without express written permission from GlobalPhone in advance. You agree that the GlobalPhone Business Plans do not confer the right to use the service for auto-dialing, continuous or extensive call forwarding, telemarketing (including without limitation charitable or political solicitation or polling), fax broadcasting or fax blasting. PrimeVoice reserves the right to immediately terminate or modify the Service, if PrimeVoice determines, in its sole discretion, that the Customer's Service is being used for any of the aforementioned activities.
You agree to use the Service and Equipment only for lawful purposes. Without limitation, you agree not to use the Service or Equipment for transmitting or receiving any communication or material of any kind which in GlobalPhone's sole judgment the transmission, receipt or possession of such communication or material: (i) would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to a civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law or (ii) encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to a civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law (the uses described in clauses (i) and (ii) above are collectively referred to as "Prohibited Uses"). GlobalPhone reserves the right to terminate your service immediately and without advance notice if GlobalPhone, in its sole discretion, believes that you are using the Service or Equipment for a Prohibited Use. Upon any such termination, you shall continue to be responsible for the full month's charges to the end of the current term, including without limitation unbilled charges, plus a disconnect fee, all of which immediately become due and payable and may at GlobalPhone's discretion be immediately charged to your credit card. You are liable for any and all use of the Service and/or Equipment by yourself and by any person making use of the Service or Equipment provided to you and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless GlobalPhone against any and all liability for any such use. If GlobalPhone, in its sole discretion believes that you have used the Service or Equipment for a Prohibited Use, GlobalPhone may forward the objectionable material, as well as your communications with GlobalPhone and your personally identifiable information to the appropriate authorities for investigation and prosecution and you hereby consent to such forwarding.
While we permit use of the Service within the United States to place and receive calls to and from other countries, GlobalPhone does not presently offer the Service to customers located in other countries. If you remove the Equipment to a country other than the United States and use the Service from there, you do so at your sole risk, including the risk that such activity violates local laws in the country where you do so. You are liable for any and all charges, fees, fines, taxes, regulatory charges or penalties resulting from use of the Service and/or Equipment outside the United States by yourself or any person making use of the Service or Equipment provided to you and agree to indemnify and hold harmless GlobalPhone against any and all liability for any such use. Should the removal from the United States of the Equipment violate any export control law or regulation, you will be solely liable for such violation and agree to indemnify and hold harmless GlobalPhone against any and all liability for such violation. GlobalPhone does not guarantee that the Service or Equipment will operate overseas. GlobalPhone does not provide 911 service overseas.
The Service, Equipment and all firmware and software used to provide the Service or provided to you in conjunction with providing the Service, or embedded in the Equipment, and all Services, information, documents and materials on PrimeVoice's website(s) are protected by trademark, copyright or other intellectual property laws and international treaty provisions. All websites, corporate names, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and domain names (collectively "marks") of PrimeVoice are and shall remain the exclusive property of GlobalPhone and nothing in this Agreement shall grant you the right or license to use any of such marks. You acknowledge that you are not given any license to use the firmware or software used to provide the Service or provided to you in conjunction with providing the Service, or embedded in the Equipment, other than a nontransferable, revocable license to use such firmware or software in object code form (without making any modification thereto) during the term of this Agreement strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You expressly agree that the Equipment is exclusively for use in connection with the Service and that GlobalPhone will not provide any passwords, codes or other information or assistance that would enable you to use the Equipment for any other purpose. If you decide to use the Service through interface Equipment not provided by GlobalPhone, which GlobalPhone reserves the right to prohibit in particular cases or generally, you warrant and represent that you possess all required rights, including software and/or firmware licenses, to use such interface Equipment with the Service and you will indemnify and hold harmless GlobalPhone against any and all liability arising out of your use of such interface Equipment with the Service. You shall not reverse compile, disassemble or reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive the source code from the binary code of the firmware or software.
You agree not to change the electronic serial number or equipment identifier of the Equipment, or to perform a factory reset of the Equipment, without express permission from GlobalPhone in each instance, which GlobalPhone may deny in its sole discretion. GlobalPhone reserves the right to terminate your Service should you tamper with the Equipment, in which case you shall be responsible for: (i) the full charges to the end of the current term, including without limitation unbilled charges; (ii) a disconnect fee, and (iii) the cost of all tampered Equipment, all of which immediately become due and payable. You agree not to hack or disrupt the service or to make any use of the Service that is inconsistent with its intended purpose or to attempt to do so.
You agree to notify GlobalPhone immediately, in writing or by calling the GlobalPhone customer support line, if the Equipment is stolen or if you become aware at any time that your Service is being stolen or fraudulently used. When you call or write, you must provide your account number and a detailed description of the circumstances of the Equipment theft or fraudulent use of Service. Failure to do so in a timely manner may result in the termination of your Service and additional charges to you. Until such time as GlobalPhone receives proper notice of the theft or fraudulent use, you will be liable for all use of the Service using Equipment stolen from you and any and all fraudulent use of the Service.
All hardware, such as telephones, firewalls and terminal adapters must be certified for GlobalPhone's network. The manufacturers' warranties apply to any equipment bought from GlobalPhone unless phone maintenance is purchased. Any equipment returned to GlobalPhone for replacement or credit, for any reason, must include (i) proof of purchase and original packaging; (ii) the contents are undamaged and in original condition, (iii) all parts, accessories, documentation and packaging materials are returned; and (iv) equipment is returned with a valid return authorization number obtained from GlobalPhone's customer care department. You are responsible for the cost and risk of return shipping of equipment. If you receive cartons and/or Equipment that is visibly damaged, you must note the damage on the carrier's freight bill or receipt and keep a copy. In such event, you must keep the original carton, all packing materials and parts intact in the same condition in which they were received from the carrier and contact GlobalPhone's customer care department immediately. To obtain a return authorization number, you must contact GlobalPhone's customer service department at (support@primevoiceonline.com) or (866-731-9012).
Upon termination of the Service, PrimeVoice will release a telephone number that was ported in from a previous service provider to PrimeVoice by you and used in connection with your Service provisioned by PrimeVoice to your new service provider, if such new service provider is able to accept such number, and provided that: (i) your account has been terminated; (ii) your PrimeVoice account is current including payment for all charges and disconnect fees; and (iii) you request the transfer upon terminating your account.
You acknowledge and understand that the Service is not a telephone service. Important distinctions (some, but not necessarily all, of which are described in this Agreement) exist between telephone service and the enhanced Service offering provided by PrimeVoice. The Service is subject to different regulatory treatment than telephone service. This treatment may limit or otherwise affect your rights of redress before federal, state or other telecommunications regulatory agencies.
You shall be deemed the owner of the Equipment, and bear all risk of loss of, theft of, casualty to or damage to the Equipment, from the time it is shipped to you until the time (if any) when it is returned by you pursuant to Section 1.12 and has been received by GlobalPhone.
PrimeVoice's Service does not support 0+ calling (including without limitation collect, third party billing or calling card calling). PrimeVoice's Service may not support 311, 511 and/or other x11 (other than 911 and 411, which are provided for elsewhere in this Agreement) services in one or more (or all) service areas.
PrimeVoice's Service does support 0- calling (usually called Operator Assistance) and 411 service (usually called directory assistance). There is a service charge of $0.99 cents for each call to the operator or 411 assistance.
PrimeVoice Unlimited calling is offered for normal Business usage and is not intended for call centers or unusually heavy call volume users. For Heavy calling users PrimeVoice offers Call Center pricing in increments of 5,000 min up to 100,000 min per month. Unlimited calling is defined as 1000 minutes per month per seat or trunk on average over the life of the contract. PrimeVoice reserves the right to charge for all calls over the 1000 minute average at a rate of 6¢ per min rounded to the nearest minute. Bundles of minutes in 5,000 minute increments are available and may be purchased if average calling volume exceeds the published maximums. Minutes will be added together and balanced across multiple seats or trunks within a single enterprise PBX. PrimeVoice reserves the right at its sole discretion, to renegotiate terms and pricing or terminate service for customers whose calling patterns are primarily to areas with unfavorable termination rates.
You acknowledge and understand that service outages or suspension or termination of service by your broadband provider and/or ISP or by PrimeVoice will prevent ALL Service including 911 dialing.
You acknowledge and understand that GlobalPhone's liability is limited for any Service outage and/or inability to dial 911 from your line or to access emergency service personnel, as set forth in this document. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless GlobalPhone, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates and agents and any other service provider who furnishes services to Customer in connection with this Agreement or the Service, from any and all claims, losses, damages, fines, penalties, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees) by, or on behalf of, Customer or any third party or user of Customer's Service relating to the absence, failure or outage of the Service, including 911 dialing and/or inability of Customer or any third person or party or user of Customer's Service to be able to dial 911 or to access emergency service personnel.
You acknowledge and understand that 911 dialing does not function unless you have successfully registered your phone location by designating the correct physical address of each phone by means of a signed customer order form. You acknowledge and understand that you cannot dial 911 from this line unless and until you have received a confirming email. You acknowledge that you are responsible for re-registering the phone's address if you move the phone to another location. This re-registration must be done via the specific toll free number provided by PrimeVoice for this purpose.
Failure to provide the current and correct physical address and location of your certified equipment will result in any 911 communications you may make being routed to the incorrect local emergency service provider. This must be the actual physical street address where you are located, not a post office box, mail drop or similar address.
You acknowledge and understand that 911 dialing does not function if you change your phone number or (for such newly added or ported numbers) if you add or port new numbers to your account, unless and until you have successfully registered the new location with PrimeVoice by means of a signed order form, and until such later date that such activation has been confirmed to you through a confirming email. Although you may have activated 911 dialing with your former PrimeVoice phone number, you must separately register for 911 dialing for any changed or newly added or ported number.
You acknowledge and understand that 911 dialing does not function properly or at all if you move or otherwise change the physical location of your Certified equipment to a different street address, unless and until you have successfully registered the new location with PrimeVoice by means of a signed order form, and until such later date that such activation has been confirmed to you through a confirming email. 911 dialing must be re-activated although you may have activated 911 dialing using your former address, and you must separately activate 911 dialing for any new physical address. Failure to provide the current and correct physical address and location of your Certified equipment will result in any 911 dialing you may make being routed to the incorrect local emergency service provider.
Due to the technical constraints on the manner in which it is possible to provide the 911 dialing feature for PrimeVoice Service at this time, you acknowledge and understand that there is a greater possibility of network congestion and/or reduced speed in the routing of a 911 communication made utilizing your certified equipment as compared to traditional 911 dialing over traditional public telephone networks. You acknowledge and understand that 911 dialing from your Certified equipment will be routed to the general telephone number for the local emergency service provider (which may not be answered outside business hours), and will not be routed to the 911 dispatcher(s) who are specifically designated to receive incoming 911 calls at such local provider's facilities when such calls are routed using traditional 911 dialing. You acknowledge and understand that there may be a greater possibility that the general telephone number for the local emergency service provider will produce a busy signal or will take longer to answer, as compared to those 911 calls routed to the 911 dispatcher(s) who are specifically designated to receive incoming 911 calls using traditional 911 dialing. You acknowledge and accept that GlobalPhone relies on third parties for the forwarding of information underlying such routing, and accordingly GlobalPhone disclaims any and all liability or responsibility in the event such information or routing is incorrect. GlobalPhone or its officers or employees, may not be held liable for any claim, damage, or loss, and you hereby waive any and all such claims or causes of action, arising from or relating to 911 dialing unless it is proven that the act or omission proximately causing the claim, damage, or loss constitutes gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct on the part of GlobalPhone.
PrimeVoice system is configured in most instances to send the automated number identification information; however, one or more telephone companies, not GlobalPhone, route the traffic to the PSAP and the PSAP itself must be able to receive the information and pass it along properly, and PSAPs are not yet always technically capable of doing so. You acknowledge and understand that PSAP and emergency personnel may or may not be able to identify your phone number in order to call you back if the call is unable to be completed, is dropped or disconnected, or if you are unable to speak to tell them your phone number and/or if the Service is not operational for any reason, including without limitation those listed elsewhere in this Agreement. Customers may dial 933 from their phone and the automated 911 verification system will identify the phone number that placed the call and the 911 physical address of the phone instrument. This test assures that emergency responders will arrive at the correct physical address.
You acknowledge that PrimeVoice does not offer primary line or lifeline services. You should always have an alternative means of accessing traditional E911 services.
PrimeVoice may change the terms and conditions of this Agreement from time to time. Notices will be considered given and effective on the date posted on to the "Service Announcements" section of PrimeVoice's website (currently located at http://www.primevoiceonline.com). Such changes will become binding on Customer, on the date posted to the PrimeVoice website and no further notice by PrimeVoice is required. This Agreement as posted supersedes all previously agreed to electronic and written terms of service, including without limitation any terms included with the packaging of the Equipment, including without limitation any written terms enclosed within the packaging of the Equipment.
You must give us a valid credit card number (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express or any other issuer accepted by GlobalPhone) when the Service is activated. GlobalPhone reserves the right to stop accepting credit cards from one or more issuers. If the card expires, you close your account, your billing address changes, or the card is cancelled and replaced owing to loss or theft, and you must advise GlobalPhone at once. We will bill all charges, applicable taxes and surcharges monthly in advance (except for usage-based charges, which will be billed monthly in arrears, and any other charges which GlobalPhone decides to bill in arrears) to your credit card, including but not limited to: activation fees, monthly Service fees, international usage charges, advanced feature charges, equipment purchases, disconnect fees and shipping and handling charges. GlobalPhone reserves the right to bill at more frequent intervals if the amount due at any time exceeds $50. Any usage charges will be billed in increments that are rounded up to the nearest minute except as otherwise set forth in the rate schedules found on GlobalPhone's website. Customers that are approved for credit may be invoiced by GlobalPhone at its sole discretion. Invoice payment are due within thirty days of the invoice date.
GlobalPhone accepts payments by credit card as set forth in Section 4.1. Your initial use of the Service authorizes GlobalPhone to charge the credit card account number on file with GlobalPhone, including any changed information given GlobalPhone if the card expires or is replaced, or if you substitute a different card, for GlobalPhone charges as set forth in Section 4.1. You authorize GlobalPhone to use your new credit card expiration date of the credit card on file in the event your credit card is renewed. This authorization will remain valid until 30 days after GlobalPhone receives your written notice terminating GlobalPhone's authority to charge your credit card, whereupon GlobalPhone will charge you the disconnect fee and any other outstanding charges and terminate the Service. GlobalPhone may terminate your Service at any time in its sole discretion, if any charge to your credit card on file with GlobalPhone is declined or reversed, your credit card expires and you have not provided GlobalPhone with a valid replacement credit card or in case of any other non-payment of account charges. Termination of Service for declined or expired card, reversed charges or non-payment leaves you FULLY LIABLE to GlobalPhone for ALL CHARGES ACCRUED BEFORE TERMINATION and for all costs incurred by GlobalPhone in collecting such amounts, such as (but not limited to) collection costs and attorney's fees.
GlobalPhone reserves the right to suspend or discontinue providing the Service for prohibited or unlawful use, abuse or failure to pay at any time in its sole discretion. If your Service is terminated for any stated reason, including without limitation violation of this Agreement, or because of any improper use of the Service or Equipment (such as, but not limited to, your attempts to hack, disrupt, or misuse the Service or your acts or omissions that violate any acceptable use policy of GlobalPhone or of a third party provider to which GlobalPhone is subject), you will be responsible for the full charges to the end of the current term, including without limitation unbilled charges, plus the disconnect fee set forth in Section 4.8, all of which immediately become due and payable. GlobalPhone may discontinue providing the Service generally due to reasons related to changes in service availability in which case, Customer will only be responsible for charges accrued through the date of termination, including a pro-rated portion of the final month's charges. Service is provided for full year terms, meaning that if you terminate Service prior to the end of a term, you will be responsible for the full charges to the end of the then-current term, including without limitation unbilled charges, plus a disconnect fee, all of which immediately become due and payable.
GlobalPhone reserves the right to suspend or discontinue providing the Service in the case of non-payment. If your Service is terminated for non-payment you are still responsible for all past due amounts and future charges up to the end of the current contract term, including without limitation unbilled charges, plus the disconnect fee set forth in Section 4.8, all of which immediately become due and payable upon Disconnection. You agree that GlobalPhone may undertake at your expense whatever means are necessary to collect all outstanding amounts and you agree to pay for all collections fees including but not limited to Attorney fees, Collection agency fees, staff preparation time, and accrued interest on debt.
4.6 Reconnection Deposit after non-payment disconnection.
If your service is disconnected due to non-payment and you request reconnection after payment in full of all past due amounts GlobalPhone will charge a reconnect deposit. The reconnect deposit is equal to two months normal service and will be due in addition to normal charges. The reconnect deposit will be kept as security against any future non-payment. The reconnect deposit will be forfeited on any subsequent non-payment. If the contract terminates normally the deposit will be returned less any outstanding amounts due GlobalPhone.
You are responsible for, and shall pay, any applicable federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or other governmental sales, use, excise, value-added, personal property, public utility or other taxes, fees or charges now in force or enacted in the future, that arise from or as a result of your subscription or use or payment for the Service or a Equipment. Such amounts are in addition to payment for the Service or Equipments and will be billed to your credit card as set forth in this Agreement. If you are exempt from payment of such taxes, you shall provide GlobalPhone with an original certificate that satisfies applicable legal requirement attesting to tax exempt status. Tax exemption will only apply from and after the date GlobalPhone receives such certificate.
Customer will be charged a disconnect fee of $30.00 per seat upon termination of Service for any reason other than normal termination at the end of the contract period or renewal in accordance with the terms of this agreement. The disconnect fee becomes due and payable immediately upon termination and will billed directly to Customer's credit card.
PrimeVoice will charge a FCC mandated payphone fee imposed on PrimeVoice by payphone owners in connection with toll free calls made to your toll free numbers. PrimeVoice may recover these amounts by means of a per-call charge, rounded up to the next cent, or in such other fashion as PrimeVoice deems appropriate for the recovery of these costs.
PrimeVoice will charge $0.99 for each call made to directory assistance.
10. Any other cause that is beyond GlobalPhone's control, including without limitation a failure of or defect in any Equipment, the failure of an incoming or outgoing communication, the inability of communications (including without limitation 911 dialing) to be connected or completed, or degradation of voice quality. GlobalPhone's aggregate liability for (i) any failure or mistake; (ii) any claim with respect to GlobalPhone's performance or nonperformance hereunder or (iii) any GlobalPhone act or omission in connection with the subject matter hereof shall in no event exceed Service charges with respect to the affected time period.
IN NO EVENT SHALL GlobalPhone [PRIMEVOICE] , ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS OR ANY OTHER SERVICE PROVIDER WHO FURNISHES SERVICES TO CUSTOMER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFITS, OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, INCLUDING INABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DIAL 911 OR TO ACCESS EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL THROUGH THE SERVICE. THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH HEREIN APPLY TO CLAIMS FOUNDED IN BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, PRODUCT LIABILITY, TORT AND ANY AND ALL OTHER THEORIES OF LIABILITY AND APPLY WHETHER OR NOT GlobalPhone WAS INFORMED OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF DAMAGES.
Customer agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless GlobalPhone, PrimeVoice, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates and agents and any other service provider who furnishes services to Customer in connection with this Agreement or the Service, from any and all claims, losses, damages, fines, penalties, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees) by, or on behalf of, Customer or any third party or user of Customer's Service, relating to this Agreement, the Services, including 911 dialing, or the Equipment. This paragraph shall survive termination of this Agreement.
GlobalPhone MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS OF THE SERVICE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT OR ANY WARRANTY ARISING BY USAGE OF TRADE, COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET CUSTOMER'S REQUIREMENTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, GlobalPhone DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE WITHOUT FAILURE, DELAY, INTERRUPTION, ERROR, AND DEGRADATION OF VOICE QUALITY OR LOSS OF CONTENT, DATA OR INFORMATION. NEITHER GlobalPhone NOR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS OR ANY OTHER SERVICE PROVIDER OR VENDOR WHO FURNISHES SERVICES OR PRODUCTS TO CUSTOMER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICE WILL BE LIABLE FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO GlobalPhone's OR CUSTOMER'S TRANSMISSION FACILITIES OR PREMISES EQUIPMENT OR FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, OR ALTERATION, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF, CUSTOMER'S DATA FILES, PROGRAMS, PROCEDURES OR INFORMATION THROUGH ACCIDENT, FRAUDULENT MEANS OR EQUIPMENTS OR ANY OTHER METHOD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGE OCCURS AS A RESULT OF GlobalPhone's OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDER'S OR VENDORS' NEGLIGENCE. STATEMENTS AND DESCRIPTIONS CONCERNING THE SERVICE OR EQUIPMENT, IF ANY, BY GlobalPhone OR GlobalPhone's AGENTS OR INSTALLERS ARE INFORMATIONAL AND ARE NOT GIVEN AS A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
If Customer received the Equipment new from GlobalPhone and the Equipment included a limited warranty at the time of receipt, Customer must refer to the separate limited warranty document provided with the Equipment for information on the limitation and disclaimer of certain warranties. Remedies for breach of any such warranties will be limited to those expressly set forth in such documentation. If Customer's Equipment did not include a limited warranty from GlobalPhone at the time of receipt, Customer agrees that it accepts its Equipment "as is" and that Customer is not entitled to replacement or refund in the event of any defect, except that for Retail Customers only, GlobalPhone will provide a limited warranty on the Equipment as to manufacturing defects only for a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase. This Retail Customer limited warranty shall not apply to any defect or failure other than a manufacturing defect, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not apply to any defect caused by damage in transit, retailer handling or Retail Customer handling. Retail Customer's sole remedy for any breach of this Retail Customer limited warranty is to obtain a repaired or replacement Equipment, by following the return procedures set forth in Section 1.12. Retail Customer must include with the returned Equipment a letter stating that the Retail Customer is returning the Equipment for warranty repair or replacement and stating the nature of the defect. This Retail Customer limited warranty shall also apply in lieu of the limited warranty included with the Equipment if such included limited warranty is less favorable to Retail Customer than that contained herein. OTHER THAN WARRANTIES AS TO THE EQUIPMENT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RETAIL CUSTOMER LIMITED WARRANTY EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, GlobalPhone MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT OR ANY WARRANTY ARISING BY USAGE OF TRADE, COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THE, EQUIPMENT OR ANY FIRMWARE OR SOFTWARE IS "ERROR FREE" OR WILL MEET CUSTOMER'S REQUIREMENTS. THE FOREGOING WILL NOT BE DEEMED TO LIMIT ANY DISCLAIMER OR LIMITATION OF WARRANTY SET FORTH IN THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED WITH THE EQUIPMENT.
You are liable for any and all liability that may arise out of the content transmitted by or to you or Users of the Services. You shall assure that your or User's use of the Services and content will at all times comply with all applicable laws, regulations and written and electronic instructions for use. GlobalPhone reserves the right to terminate or suspend affected Services, and/or remove your or Users' content from the Services, if GlobalPhone determines that such use or content does not conform with the requirements set forth in this Agreement or interferes with GlobalPhone's ability to provide Services to you or others or receives notice from anyone that your or Users' use or Content may violate any laws or regulations. GlobalPhone's actions or inaction under this Section shall not constitute review or approval of your or Users' use or Content. You will indemnify and hold GlobalPhone against any and all liability arising from the content transmitted by or to you or to Users using the Services. A "User" means any person, whether authorized or unauthorized, using the Service and/or Equipment provided to you.
Any dispute or claim between Customer and GlobalPhone arising out of or relating to the Service or Equipment provided in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration before a single arbitrator administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration. The arbitration shall take place in Fairfax, Virginia and shall be conducted in English. The arbitrator's decision shall follow the plain meaning of the relevant documents, and shall be final and binding. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties agree that no arbitrator has the authority to: (i) award relief in excess of what this Agreement provides; or (ii) award punitive or exemplary damages. Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. All claims shall be arbitrated individually and Customer will not bring, or join any class action of any kind in court or in arbitration or seek to consolidate or bring previously consolidated claims in arbitration. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.
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Q: Escape certain characters in shell script This is my below shell script which I am using to query the hive tables and I saved this file as test4.sh
#!/bin/bash

DATE_YEST_FORMAT1=`perl -e 'use POSIX qw(strftime); print strftime "%Y-%m-%d",localtime(time()- 3600*96);'`
echo $DATE_YEST_FORMAT1

QUERY1=`hive -e "
set mapred.job.queue.name=hdmi-technology;
SELECT split(ckey, '\\|') AS t1
                    ,created_time
                FROM (
                    SELECT CONCAT (
                            buyer_id
                            ,'|'
                            ,item_id
                            ) AS ckey
                        ,created_time
                    FROM dw_checkout_trans
                    WHERE to_date(from_unixtime(cast(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(created_time) AS BIGINT))) = '$DATE_YEST_FORMAT1' distribute BY ckey sort BY ckey
                        ,created_time DESC
                    ) a
                WHERE rank(ckey) < 1;"`

Problem Statement:-
I am running the above shell script as-
bash -x test4.sh

If you see this line in the above hive sql query:
**SELECT split(ckey, '\\|') AS t1**.

Do I need to escape slash sign to make it to work in shell script?

A: Inside backticks and double quotes, you basically need to double your backslashes, yes.  If a backslash is not a known escape sequence, it will be preserved, though.
bash$ echo "foo\bar"
foo\bar

bash$ echo "foo\\bar"
foo\bar

bash$ echo "split(ckey, '\\|')"
split(ckey, '\|')

So if you want hive to see a double backslash there, you will need to put four backslashes in the Bash script.
See further e.g. http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_03_03.html

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1 beef kidney about 1 lb.
Wash kidney; remove membrane and hard white parts and with sharp knife, cut into 1" chunks.
On waxed paper, coat kidney and beef chunks with flour. In 5-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat, heat 3 tablespoons oil. Cook kidney and beef chunks, several pieces at a time, until well browned. Remove pieces as they brown and add more oil, as needed.
Reduce heat to medium; add onion to drippings. Cook until onion is almost tender, about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in wine, ½ cup water, bouillon, Worcesterhire, and pepper, stirring to dissolve bouillon cubes. Add meat and heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 2 hours or until meat is fork-tender.
Spoon mixture into 2-quart round shallow casserole. Preheat oven to 400° F. Prepare pastry; roll into circle 1" larger than casserole.
Fit crust loosely over meat mixture; trim pastry overhang to about 1" and make a fluted edge. Beat egg yolk with 1 tsp. water. Brush pastry with egg-yolk mixture. With point of knife, make slits in crust.
Bake pie 40 minutes until browned and bubbly. Cover loosely with foil if crust browns too quickly.


The new Managing Director, Dr. Lars Richter holds a Doctorate Degree in Civil Engineering. He has vast operational experience , broad technical knowhow and a strong knowledge of Julius Berger, Nigeria-wide, garnered from 16 years of working with the Company, the last ten of which were spent in Nigeria managing the acquisition, operations and successful completion of major and challenging projects across the Company's operations.
The Board of Directors extend their utmost appreciation to the outgoing Managing Director, Engr. Wolfgang Goetsch, for his 27 years of faithful service and for his achievements in successfully turning around the business fortunes of Julius Berger in the past two years.


ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (October 15, 2017) – Giulio Castagnara shot a four-under 66, the low round of the tournament, to come from behind and win the 14th St. Augustine Amateur at St. Johns Golf Club.
It was a disappointing finish for Saccente, who didn't make many mistakes but couldn't really get anything going either. He only had two bogeys on the day, fewer than either of his opponents, but didn't make a single birdie on the day in a closing 72.


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Sustainability has long been an important aspect of corporate governance at the Hamburg-based ingredients specialist Bösch Boden Spies – for example in its selection of suppliers. Now the company intends to systematize and further expand its efforts.
Sustainability has long been an important aspect of corporate governance at the Hamburg-based ingredients specialist Bösch Boden Spies – for example in its selection of suppliers. Now the company intends to systematize and further expand its efforts. To this end, the raw materials expert has launched an inhouse sustainability initiative. Its cornerstones are membership in the ZNU (Centre for Sustainable Management) of the University of Witten/Herdecke, and the appointment of Dorota Kollien (32), Director Quality Management, as Sustainability Officer.
The Hamburg company already obtained an initial overview of its status quo in matters of sustainability in April by performing the "ZNU Sustainability Check" at company level. It evaluates existing activities and highlights potential for improvement and possible courses of action. Based on these findings, all business processes across the entire value chain will now be reviewed in detail in the months ahead, and optimized and systematized with a view to a more sustainable business management. The aim is to identify areas with optimisation potential and to stimulate a continuous improvement process there, also in dialog with customers, suppliers and service providers. As a trading agency, Bösch Boden Spies wishes to take responsibility and contribute to a more sustainable handling of social, economic and ecological issues.
This initiative is being managed and driven forward by Sustainability Officer Dorota Kollien in close coordination with Managing Director Dirk Schmidt, who oversees this area within the company. Kollien, who heads the Quality Management department at Bösch Boden Spies, is currently undergoing training at ZNU to become certified as a sustainability manager.
Approximately 60 companies in the German food industry are members of the ZNU sustainability network. Bösch Boden Spies joined the network in May 2018.


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Those wishing to get their hands on the latest piece of tech from Sony have only(?) 4 months to wait!
Silent Hill 2 and 3 are coming in HD this fall, but this collection is PS3 only.
Good news for fans of import titles and Europeans alike, it looks like PSVita is going to be a region free handheld.


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Q: Angular, electron, typescript and robotjs I'm trying to use Typescript together with Electron and RobotJS.
I'm a beginner with all of these technologies so I lack the deep understanding of what is happening behind the scenes so I cannot really connect the dots on this issue.
Electron and my app are working fine, everything compiles, but RobotJS won't work. The error I get is the following:
ERROR in ./node_modules/robotjs/build/Release/robotjs.node 1:0
Module parse failed: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type.
(Source code omitted for this binary file)

I tried rebuilding RobotJS for Electron but it still doesn't work.
Is this a native node module? I'm not sure, gotta read up on it first to figure out what I have to do with it if it indeed is.
Is this even achievable?
Thanks and have a lovely day!
LE: It would appear that I was trying to use robotjs that relies on node (main process) from angular (rendered process). When I moved what I was trying to do with robotjs from the angular component to main.ts that is ran by electron, it worked. I will try and find a way to use it from angular, I guess Inter-process Communication or something, since I couldn't find any other way for now.
Still waiting for ideas since I'm kind of in the dark right now.
Thanks!

A: Ok, figured this out.
Basically you cannot access Electron's Node.js API straight from Angular.
For that you need an awesome tool called ngx-electron. Read about it here or just Google it.
After you install this tool you can just DI its service as most guides instruct you and then use Electron remote to get access to robotjs.
Basically this:
const robot = this._electronService.remote.require('robotjs');
// The example supplied by robotjs
robot.setMouseDelay(2);

const twoPI = Math.PI * 2.0;
const screenSize = robot.getScreenSize();
const height = (screenSize.height / 2) - 10;
const width = screenSize.width;

for (let x = 0; x < width; x++) {
  const y = height * Math.sin((twoPI * x) / width) + height;
  robot.moveMouse(x, y);
}

Might not be the best solution but with my current limited knowledge about these technologies this will have to do.
I'm open to opinions tho.
Thanks for your time, have a nice one!


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I Felt a Conviction
Michelle Peach Author Interview
Gazelle in the Shadows follows Elizabeth as she navigates a dangerous web of lies, betrayal and murder. What was the inspiration for the setup to this intriguing novel?
The inspiration for this book came many years after the events happened in my life. Over the years, I rarely spoke about my former life as a diplomat in Yemen during the Iraq/Kuwait war nor my student life in Damascus but to those I opened up to, I was encouraged to write a book. Then in 2011, the civil war in Syria began and I felt a conviction to let readers know about the traditions and kindness of the Syrian people and the history and beauty of the country I had witnessed before the devastation.
Elizabeth is an interesting and well developed character. What were some driving ideals behind her character?
Elizabeth's driving ideals are to make her father proud by proving herself to him and to find love. Once a daddy's girl, her relationship with her father deteriorates in her teenage years as her father implements stricter rules on her than on her older brother. She had always been an avid reader, dreaming of traveling to foreign lands. Her travels help her to escape her father's harsh judgment and provide her with an opportunity to prove her worth to him and to herself. Because of her sheltered life, first with a Catholic upbringing and then in a diplomatic bubble, she is both emotionally and physically unprepared for her journey to Syria. She is remarkably naive and trusting of others and lacks rudimentary information about the country in a pre internet era. Her journey opens her up to the harsh realities of life where people are not always as they appear and after a series of innocuous and seemingly unconnected events, she not only discovers love but betrayal too. Facing many dangers, her strengths and courage are put to the test and ultimately she comes to appreciate her family and herself in new light.
You are a former employee of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. How has your experience helped you write this book?
I worked in the Foreign Office between 1986 and 1991, initially in London and then in the British Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen Arab Republic. My experiences undoubtedly helped me to write my novel as the genesis of the story was born from my three years serving in Yemen. As told in the book, I unwittingly met the infamous George Habash, the founder of the PFLP, in Aden. This actual encounter played a crucial part in the story. Other true stories from my service involving MI6, the British secret service and foreign diplomats helped to create the twists and turns in the story arc.
After graduating from Durham University, I went to work in Dubai, UAE for an oil shipping company. As I like to write fiction based on reality, the sequel is based in Dubai and my experiences working there. I am currently writing a story which follows Elizabeth who enters the ranks of the MI6. She is sent undercover to Dubai where she unearths an Iranian plot to undermine British and American interests in the region. The question is, will she meet Hussein again?
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In the mid 90s, Elizabeth Booth is a young British college student studying Arabic at Durham University. With some travel and work already under her belt, she excels at her studies and is sent to Damascus to immerse herself in the language. Taken aback by the generosity and kindness of the people there, she easy slips into a life in the ancient city. She has friends, her studies, and even a handsome boyfriend. But things aren't always what they seem. Soon, in a world where mistrust and disloyalty are commonplace, Elizabeth finds herself navigating a web of lies, betrayals, and even murder involving MI6, deadly terrorist factions, and the shadowy Syrian secret police.
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Dreaming on an Arabian Carpet
Dreaming on an Arabian Carpet, by Igor Martek, follows the trials and tribulations of Ricky, a man facing one dilemma after another in his life in the Middle East. Ricky is a Filipino man making his way in Kuwait and struggling to come to terms with his career demands while taming the turmoil that is his love life. When Breeze, his girlfriend from China, is not in the picture, Ricky is coping with a love lost with Leoni. The on-and-off love triangle that looms over Ricky leaves him contemplating his life choices and provides readers with a character who is philosophical, introspective, and, at times, a bit morbid.
Ricky often finds himself at odds with his own desires. As a character, he is trusting–far too trusting, in fact. Over the course of the book, he runs the gamut of emotions. He finds himself contemplating religious expectations, the course of his career, and the real reasons he may or may not belong with Breeze.
I found myself hard-pressed to like Breeze; it was a real struggle. As a reader, I wanted desperately for Ricky to find himself, find a way to cope with Breeze's flighty nature, and realize her true intentions. The author does a wonderful job of keeping frustration levels high in that respect. If anything, Breeze is true-to-life. There is no fairy tale resolution where she is concerned. The relationship between Ricky and Breeze runs hot and cold, and I felt myself quickly realizing that Ricky could do much better than Breeze. Her tendency to talk down to him and to leave him wondering where he stands left me disconcerted and hurting for him.
As much disdain as I held for Breeze, I may have disliked Leoni even more. She, too, comes in and out of Ricky's life with little or no warning and shakes up his emotions, his intentions, and his choices. Leoni seems to use Ricky to stroke her own ego and comfort herself following each of her subsequent divorces. Martek has created quite the triangle with Leoni, Breeze, and Ricky. Ricky spends a lot of time recounting his past experiences with both women, and the story tends to bounce back and forth fairly randomly.
Martek paints beautiful pictures of his settings. His vivid details in scenery and the cuisines of each of the cultures depicted are quite appealing and provide fantastic visuals as the reader watches the story unfold. In addition, the author includes history lessons throughout Ricky's story.
Martek is an eloquent writer of fiction and is more than capable of writing in the romance genre. While Martek has woven an intricate tale that immerses the reader in culture, drama, and clings to intense and realistic personal relationships, it does lack humor. The serious nature of the story doesn't lend itself well to overtly comedic moments, but the overall tone seems too sober. Well-placed, light-hearted moments would be a welcome addition to the story line.
Pages: 173 | ASIN: B0771PDS4G
Posted in Book Reviews, Four Stars
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Thomas Alva Edison the most prolific inventor since the first industrial revolution refused to go to school after the age of seven. In today's parlance he was uneducated and yet he was more educated than most. In more recent times Steve Jobs, who went to create one of the most valuable corporations in modern times, was a high school dropout. Closer home Rabindranath Tagore, India's lone Nobel laureate for literature despised classroom study; refused to go to school and was taught at home. And to add: if you have heard the contemporary Indian yogi Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev speak, he has often proclaimed that he has gone out of his way to remain uneducated. What do these cases tell us about education as a virtue?
A study of genius will reveal that true geniuses have, in the traditional sense of the word, been mostly uneducated. This can get confusing and I remind myself this piece is not on geniuses but on the larger section of humanity that is more commonplace. Given these vastly different attitudes towards education, we must therefore, first and foremost, ask ourselves this question "what is education and what are the end goals of education?" In a conventional sense, and the way United Nations addresses it, education refers to the process of learning from early childhood to primary, secondary, tertiary and even adult learning. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) # 4 also dwells on technical, vocational training and skills for work. More importantly, SDG # 4, dwells on the goals of education which include poverty alleviation; gender equity; sustainable development and global citizenship among others.
U.N. SDG #4, as laudatory as it might be, however, does not fully address the case for values in education. Anthony de Mello says it eloquently "There are two educations: the one that teaches how to make a living and the one that teaches how to live". I would say there is also a third, which brings both in balance. I have to admit that I stand most influenced by author E.F. Schumacher and I have periodically turned to his book "Small is Beautiful-A Study of Economics as if People Mattered". In his essay "The Greatest Resource- Education", Schumacher answers the question "What is Education?". He says "It is the transmission of ideas which enable Man to choose between one thing and another or to live a life which is something above meaningless tragedy or inward disgrace". Schumacher goes on to speak about how essential it is to have a metaphysical core in education and ensuring the light of consciousness falls on it. Observe the contrast in the above two descriptions of education.
But to even comprehend what Schumacher is saying in my view requires an advanced level of education. What about people who cannot read and write? What does Schumacher mean to them? Literacy and numeracy are essential and are a stepping stone to poverty alleviation but they remain just a starting point. It is hard to escape the anomalies we find in the educated person. Educated people are largely responsible for the abysmal state of our planet. For instance, they contribute more to pollution than uneducated people. If you study financial crises that have rocked the globe over the last three decades you will find most of them having been precipitated by highly educated people, some of them from the top universities in the world.
Educated people as the source of our problems stirs the issue of the role of ethics in education or more so the lack of it. Morality or ethics, in its raw form is unpalatable unless one is a student of Divinity or Philosophy. How do we then weave ethics into our education system without people raising their defences? For this we need to first understand the difference between convergent and divergent problems.
Convergent problems are those that rest on logic and analytical skills. They fundamentally manifest themselves in the natural sciences and mathematics. Convergent problems leverage our left brain and are such that each new generation can begin where the previous generation left off. Scientific education helps us address convergent problems. Divergent problems, on the other hand, are those that are centred around our daily lives and are prominently manifested in but not limited to the fields of economics and politics. They tap our right brain and are not typically solved through logic and reasoning. Divergent problems push us to strive for a higher level of love, beauty and goodness in our lives.
As a student, I loved learning but hated examinations. In India, we inherited the British system of education and despite many reforms the hangover still persists. This system focuses dominantly on academics and its biggest drawback is its overwhelmingly regimented approach and being short on divergent education. It is, in fact, a typical manifestation of convergent education. It fails when we try and address the aspirations of students who want to make a career in sports, music, drama, literature or the arts and it reminds me of Anthony de Mello who wrote "People don't need to be taught how to look. They merely need to be saved from schools that blind them".
Should education be liberal or scientific or vocational? I want to clear the air by asserting that am not opposed to education that helps us address convergent problems. In fact, personally speaking I topped my class in math in the Board exams and loved physics. I would say we need a combination of all kinds of education but proportions will vary from person to person and the imperative is one of choice being available. What is also clear is that education cannot afford to be short on building right-brain potential and for this we need a minimum dose of liberal education. For example, in choosing a core subject, wouldn't a course in preventive health or environmental rejuvenation provide greater value than say a class in physics or anatomy?
To give you some examples of divergent education or values-based education, the foremost one that comes to mind is the one initiated by A. S. Neill. Neill, interestingly of British origin, founded a novel way of education by making it democratic and giving the option of the student to attend classes or not. Neill set up his own school Summerhill along these lines. Tagore set up Santiniketan where students would be taught outdoors in the lap of nature. Sadhguru has set up IshaSamskriti which prepares children for the universe instead of the university. Whilst these examples are innovative they have one thing in common as in they have not been replicated in a widespread manner.
It is crucial to have an education system that demonstrates universal values and ethics. The more woven and integrated these are the more people will be receptive to them. Story telling is a great way of making this happen.
Education should promote natural learning and not be lopsidedly focused on academics and examinations. Classroom study should be at best half of the learning experience and the rest should be experiential. For example, learning from field visits and outdoors needs to be stepped-up.
It should bring out the creative potential of each child or adult. How come we see only a small set of scientists who are accomplished in say painting or playing the piano?
Education should raise consciousness about the environment and ecology and the imminent need to save the planet.
It should provide liberal doses of trial-and-error activities such as dismantling an automobile and then putting it back together.
It is essential that students be given a choice or a range of electives to pursue their natural preferences.
Just as we have Model U.N. in a few schools, we should introduce Model Panchayat sessions in all schools.
There is a need to encourage self-learning through access to libraries and e-books.
Education should leverage technology, but more significantly help bridge the digital divide. Although technology can play an enhanced role in pedagogy, we should make sure that tech is used as a tool and not an end-goal.
Systems need to be designed to keep our natural faculties alive. Have you heard of the term cow sense? It is the faculty to handle cows, or animals, by being able to anticipate their next move, something which most educated people will fail at.
All MBA students should be encouraged to take a case-study course on ethics.
Graduating medical doctors should be required to serve a one-year rural term.
Student exchanges, both physical and virtual need to be encouraged. This can be done through partnerships with NGOs and educational affiliates such that children in rural India can interact both virtually and physically say with counterparts in the U.S.
Students need to be motivated and incentivised to support social sector entities as part of summer internships.
Noam Chomsky, the noted American linguist, philosopher and scientist once said "education is a system of imposed ignorance". It doesn't matter if a person is a genius or not but education for a living and education to resolve divergent problems as vital as they may be still don't make a person complete. As Schumacher stresses, education in the final analysis needs to be a form of awakening and ought to lead to a higher level of Being and also be the vehicle for the transmission of values and ideas that lead to the inner development of Man. S N Goenka, who founded the Dhamma movement taught the imperative of self-responsibility and spreading of wisdom through Vipassana meditation. Goenka's mission is in synch with Schumacher's outlook on education but education is rarely seen the way Schumacher speaks about it. For most people, education conveys a blind paper chase; a chase of degrees and certificates. You should now understand why Sadhguru chooses to call himself uneducated.


The film looks slick and young, with a catchy track that captures the multiple situations from a youngster's life and all through this, how Oppo F7 fits in to make the virtual moments even better.
As part of the mandate, Happy mcgarrybowen will fuel the brand's aggressive growth plans through multi-dimensional communication campaigns across outdoor, digital and social media platforms.
Is Twitter pulling a one-eighty by introducing 280 characters?
Twitter has decided to double its character limit to 280. We spoke to a few experts to find out if this will attract more advertisers and marketers.


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Styles: Smooth Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Instrumental Pop.
Instruments: Trumpet
Though best known as a contemporary jazz performer, trumpeter Chris Botti made his initial splash on the pop music scene. A native of Oregon, he started playing at the age of ten, and while still in high school began performing professionally. After studying in the prestigious Indiana University music program under the noted jazz educator David Baker, Botti relocated to New York, where he served with saxophonist George Coleman and trumpet great Woody Shaw; under the guidance of producers including Hugh Padgham and Arif Mardin, he swiftly emerged as a highly regarded pop session player, lending his trumpet to recordings from figures including Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and Thomas Dolby. In 1990, Botti was asked to join Paul Simon's band, where he remained for the next five years; finally, in 1995, he recorded his solo debut First Wish, a record combining the sounds of contemporary pop-jazz with the textures of art-rock. After scoring the 1996 film Caught, Botti resurfaced in 1997 with his second LP, Midnight Without You, which was followed by Slowing Down The World two years later.
- Jason Ankeny (All Music Guide)
musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=5198 Biography & articles on 'All About Jazz'
www.chrisbotti.com Personal website. News, biography, tour dates, music
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Chris Botti - 'December' - 2002, Sony
Chris Botti - 'Impressions' - 2012, Columbia
Chris Botti - 'Night Sessions' - 2001, Sony
Chris Botti - 'Slowing Down The World' - 1999, Verve Forecast
Chris Botti - 'To Love Again: The Duets' - 2005, Columbia
Chris Botti - 'When I Fall In Love' - 2004, Sony
Bill Bruford - 'Upper Extremities' - 1998, Discipline Global Mobile, Oldis
David Benoit - 'Benoit & Freeman: Project 2' - 2004, Peak
George Benson - 'Givin' It Up' - 2006, Concord
Andrea Bocelli - 'Amor' - 2006, Universal Music Latino
Andrea Bocelli - 'Live In Tuscany. Vivere' - 2008, Decca
Michael Buble - 'It's Time' - 2005, 143 Reprise
Dave's True Story - 'Dave's True Story' - 1994, Bepop
Dave's True Story - 'Sex Without Bodies' - 1998, Chesky
Aretha Franklin - 'Through The Storm' - 1989, Arista
Russ Freeman {guitar} - 'Drive' - 2002, Peak
Brian Hughes - 'Along The Way' - 2003, A440 Music
Gladys Knight - 'Just For You' - 1994, MCA
Dave Koz - 'Saxophonic' - 2003, Capitol
Dave Koz - 'The Dance' - 1999, Capitol
Hubert Laws - 'Moondance' - 2004, Savoy Jazz
Yo-Yo Ma - 'Songs Of Joy & Peace' - 2008, Sony Classical
Eric Marienthal - 'Walk Tall' - 1998, Verve, Polygram
Dominic Miller - 'Shapes' - 2004, Decca
Lee Ritenour - 'Amparo' - 2008, Decca
Lee Ritenour - 'Overtime' - 2005, Concord Jazz
Arturo Sandoval - 'A Time For Love' - 2010, Concord Jazz
Paul Simon - 'Concert In The Park' - 1991, Legacy
Jimmy Sommers - 'Time Stands Still' - 2009, NuGroove
David Torn - 'Door X' - 1990, Windham Hill, G&P Music


Sweden has rescinded its arrest warrant for Mr. Assange, but prosecutors have stressed that the case has not been closed and could resume.
Video footage showed a bearded Mr. Assange being taken down the steps of the red brick embassy in the wealthy area of Knightsbridge in central London by several plainclothes police officers and put into a gray police truck that was waiting to take him away.
The United States Justice Department has charged Mr. Assange, 47, in relation to the publication of classified documents, a fact that prosecutors accidentally made public in November.


Camel cigarettes contain a blend of choice Turkish and American tobaccos to bring you a full smoking satisfaction with CAMEL quality. CHOICE QUALITY.
A product of JT International. 20 Class A Cigarettes.
These Camel cigarettes are a classic smoke. They have a strong yet pleasant flavor. The body is amazing and the tobacco have a really pleasant sugary smell, 5/5.
Brilliant cigarette. Good flavour, insanely smooth. Would recommend these to any smoker!
Most unfiltered smokes are pretty harsh, but damn these Camels are tasty, full bodied and smooth. Especially being non FSC, the difference is evident in the taste and way it burns, will buy again!
The costs of admission is definitely not in-line with the quality of this cigarette.
Inconsistent quality from cigarette to cigarette; the packing was too loose in greater than 50% of the cigarettes. The flavor, this may just be that I have never smoked a Camel before – was almost unpalatable. The lingering aftertaste and aroma had a very off-putting flavor.
Anyone that would like to try a true Turkish blend cigarette owes it to themselves to try Tor (Turkish blend); they also produce an Oriental and Virginian blend. Tor cigarettes are produced in Belgium – a much higher quality product than these.
Love this cig, beautiful! Just wish you could buy cartons.
They burned faster than I am used to but they're very very good cigarettes. These are very strong so if you can't handle anything more than a normal regular flavor these might be too harsh for you.
These had a really sweet taste, they burnt a bit faster than I'd like but they were still very good cigarettes. Only 4 stars because they were a bit crushed.
Absolutely perfect in every way. Exactly the same but a bit toned down from American Camel straights, which I found out I actually prefer. Great smoke all around. At this price it just doesn't get any better. Perfection!
I regularly smoke camel unfiltered USA version. These are Indonesian edition, the quality is far worse than here in USA. The cigarettes are very loose and not packed as tight. Overall they aren't bad but i would not reccomend.
Let me start by saying, no, these are not "American" Camels in the sense that they are not made in the USA. They are however the closest I've found in years!
They do burn fast as others have said but they are very smooth with little to no bite.
Being a soft pack, they did arrive a little crushed, but it was at least a bottom corner so it could've been much worse. Packing was top notch, couldn't have done it better myself and I pack orders for a living haha.
Overall would order again. In fact I already have!
Best non filter smoke out there. Unavailable in australia anymore.
I am not a regular cigarette smoker. These were not good. Tasted like chemicals to me. I think these must have whatever makes them continue burning, added to them. But I believe these were supposed to be free of that.?
American made would've been better.
Got my cigs in about a month shipped from Asia. Thank you!


There is a special place in my heart for the radio and TV sports announcers I grew up with. From ABC's Wide World of Sports to roller derby and wrestling, and everything in between, sports was a big part of my life growing up. At my house, we watched on TV whatever sport was 'in season,' especially on Saturday's. If there was a sports event on radio, we listened to it. I was very blessed to grow up with many now- legendary voices and characters. Today, I want to pay tribute to Curt Gowdy.
Curt Gowdy made his broadcasting debut in 1943 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, calling a 'six-man' high school football game from atop a wooden grocery crate in subzero weather with 15 people present. He later worked at the radio station and newspaper there. In 1946, he accepted an offer from KOMA radio in Oklahoma City to broadcast Oklahoma college football and Oklahoma State college basketball games.
Gowdy's distinctive play-by-play style earned him a national audition and then an opportunity with the New York Yankees in 1949, working with (and learning from) the legendary Mel Allen for two seasons.
Gowdy began his Major League Baseball broadcasting career working as the No. 2 announcer to Mel Allen for New York Yankees games on radio and television in 1949–50. In 1951, he became the voice of the Boston Red Sox for 15 seasons. It was there that he became America's premier sportscaster. He spent most of his career at NBC, but also broadcast for ABC and CBS Radio. The winner of 13 Emmy Awards, Gowdy was the first sportscaster to win a Peabody Award, a prestigious honor in broadcasting. He broadcast 16 World Series, nine Super Bowls, eight Olympics, 12 Rose Bowls and 24 NCAA Final Fours. He hosted ''The American Sportsman" on ABC for two decades.
Gowdy was present for some of American sports' storied moments, including Ted Williams' home run in his final at-bat in 1960, Super Bowl I and Hank Aaron's 715th home run in 1974.
Curt Gowdy died on February 20, 2006 at the age of aged 86.


(EPHEMERA.) Group of playbills and other ephemera relating to dramatic depictions of Lincoln.
(EPHEMERA.) Group of Stephen Douglas items in various media.
(EPHEMERA.) 3 pieces of random ephemera.
(PAINTINGS.) [Doubrava, Joseph; artist.] Early folk-art portrait of Lincoln.
(PAINTINGS.) Harper, F.R. Portrait of Lincoln delivering his first inaugural address.
(PAINTINGS.) Large primitive portrait of Lincoln.
(PAINTINGS.) Portrait of Lincoln in a brown top hat and cloak.
(PAINTINGS.) [Prior, William M.?] Reverse glass portrait of Lincoln.
(PAINTINGS.) Unsigned miniature portrait of Lincoln on glass.


An image of a Columbia space shuttle launch serves as the screensaver on a classroom computer as teacher Alex Koerger helps a student at the Brighton School in Lynnwood.
Alex Koerger, a teacher at the Brighton School, has applied to NASA for the "Educator Astronaut" program. Here he teaches a 6th grade class at the Lynnwood school.
Alex Koerger, a teacher at the Brighton School, helps sixth grader Nathan King, 12, with a question during math class at the Lynnwood school. Koerger has applied to NASA for the "Educator Astronaut" program.
The Yasudas listen to the final proposal for the playground during a meeting at Meadowbrook Community Center. The couple have studied designs, sold T-shirts, organized volunteers and written grant proposals.
Lauren and Glenn Yasuda push Sophie, 4, and Nate, 7, on the merry-go-round at Meadowbrook. The aging playground was a favorite of Annie, who died just before her third birthday.
Rep. Shirley Hankins, R-Richland, hugs Rep. Geoff Simpson, D-Covington, after the House passed the Flat License Plate Fee Bill, which Simpson opposed.
The old Seattle Times building at the corner of Second and Union in 1915.
A firefighter leaps over a ditch as a severed gas line spews fire in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on Monday. A six-inch natural gas line burst into flames and injured four workers.


Media courses that you may be interested in are now signing up for early 2015, Short and weekend courses; 1-week, 5-week, 8-week and 10-week courses. Click on the links in the listing headings to get full details of the course.
This course, focuses on the principles of directing drama, providing techniques for working with actors, capturing their performances and planning the most sympathetic coverage.
This is very much a hands-on interactive workshop, with real-time filming using multiple DSLRs and equipment, with an emphasis on making your footage look 'cinematic'.
Location Sound workshop focuses on both mixing and recording; it looks at a wide variety of microphones and techniques, and gives the theoretical background you need.
This enjoyable taster course is a hands-on basic introduction to using digital video cameras and editing. Sat/Sun, 28th February – 1st March, 10:00 – 4:30pm.
This course is designed for women wishing to make their first step into video production.
For those wishing to write their first screenplay or touch up on writing skills.
Create stop motion animations using different media and techniques, in this creative hands-on workshop. Sat/Sun, 11th – 12th April, 10am – 4pm.
Responsive Web Design creates websites for visitors equally from the smallest smartphone to the large desktop, without multiple versions of the site. We explore the issues and create websites that adapt to their environment by using fluid, proportion-based grids, flexible images and media queries. In addition we look at displaying only essential content when the viewing environment is limited on a small screen smartphone. 11 – 12 April, 9am – 5pm.
This new intro covers the whole process of video production from start to finish; over the 3 days you will produce an advert for a community group. Mon, Tue, Wed, 13th, 14th, 15th April, 9:30 – 2:45pm.
Advanced topics such as closure, scope, module patterns, hoisting, and working with a prototypal language, are introduced. We discuss strategies for managing scope and introduce encapsulation, namespaces, module patterns and closure. Saturday 20th June, 10am – 5pm.
In this practical hands-on course students are taught the main principles of Documentary Production before going on to research, develop, schedule and plan a short documentary.
19 January – 23 March, 5:30pm – 8pm.
This introductory course enables students to supplement their skills and experience of website design, offering hands-on practical knowledge of PHP and MySQL and providing experience of designing and building a Content Management System for a website, using a visual artist's online gallery as the example. 21 January – 25 March, 5:30pm – 8pm.


Is it June already!? Man, this year is flying by, isn't it? Well, another month means another chance to try some new salon marketing ideas out and see if we can drive a few more fans into your business to help them look great and feel fantastic!
If you wanted to go a little further with this perhaps you could offer cyclists a nice treat for the day (they are helping to reduce carbon emissions after all). What could this treat be? I'll leave that part to you. As an example, you could offer any client who cycles to your salon 100 Free TreatCard points!
This one should be more about fun – just a little something to engage with clients. One salon marketing idea for Drawing Day could be to hold a little drawing competition. Request clients online to draw something, take a photograph and send it in. Then you can choose a winner.
What could they draw? How about the classic fashionable cartoon character Betty Boop?
Best Friend Day is the perfect opportunity to introduce your business to client's friends. This might be too much, but let me try something out there: how about offering a free treatment to client's best friends? I know, that seems a bit big but what a great way to get a regular client back in for the week whilst also introducing your spa or salon to a brand new client?!
When the best friend is finished, it's the perfect chance to get their details and book them in for another session!
Here's a quick, cute salon marketing idea for Red Rose Day: Simply give out Red Roses to clients for the day. Maybe offer them extra TreatCard points if they take a selfie with the rose and tag your business on the same day.
The power of the smile is what this day is all about. If anything else, how about having a smiling photo with your staff and sharing it online. Go even further and make the whole day about spreading smiles with clients. The #SalonSelfie feature of the Phorest Salon Software is a perfect marketing companion for this day!
I'll keep this one short and sweet. If a client wears pink on this day, then they should probably be rewarded, right? The question is whether you'd like to give your Pink army TreatCard points, a gift basket, flowers or maybe even a special treatment of some kind. The choice is yours!
As salon marketing ideas go, this is definitely one you should try to avail of! This doesn't even have to be a celebration of your own salon – you could invite other beauticians into your business (maybe before or after work) and give them some pampering too!
Happy Social Media Day! What sort of salon marketing ideas can we do for Social Media Day? Well, how about sending new Facebook Fans and/or Twitter Followers a personalised thank you video? Just a quick video saying their name and thanking them for taking the time to follow your business?
Hope some of these salon marketing ideas help this month?


Filmed in King City with no dialogue, a young boy passes up Saturday morning cartoons to earn some money and endure ridicule and bullies, all for the sake of the "king." Drama. 7 min.
Director, Writer and Producer Freddy Gaitan will be in attendance on Wednesday.


Jayanta Chaudhuri, M.D., has been elected to a three-year term on the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center board of trustees.
A primary care physician who is board certified in internal medicine and specializes in gerontology, Chaudhuri recently completed a two-year term as president of the hospital's medical staff.
He has been a member of Memorial's medical staff for eight years.