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Central Congregational Church, Galesburg, Illinois
The Congregation
HomeHomeHistoryThe Congregation
Our history tells a compelling story of serving God through the pursuit of social justice, advocacy for the poor and service to the community. Throughout Galesburg's early years both of the merging congregations were unwavering abolitionists, with the Old First Church being a station on the Underground Railroad. The other congregation, First Congregational Church, had as its member Mary Ann Bickerdyke, famous as a firm and tireless advocate for persons suffering in poor living conditions, particularly Union Civil War soldiers. The pastor of that congregation was Edward Beecher, an abolitionist and a social justice advocate who helped establish the first anti-slavery society in Illinois. He was a member of the well-known Beecher family, sibling to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.
A Historical Sketch
Homer Zumwalt with Mary Jean Clark and Harvey Safford compiled this historical synopsis entitled "History of Central Congregational Church." This paper is an excerpt from a collective history entitled "150 Years of Memories 1837-1987" which was compiled for the 150th anniversary celebration of the founding of the church.
Central Congregational Church has a history that dates back nearly to the founding of Galesburg. It was in 1836 when the early settlers came to this area as a colony from the state of New York headed by the Rev. George Washington Gale, a Presbyterian missionary. The colony church was organized as fully Presbyterian to conform with the Rev. Gale's wish, although 24 members brought letters from Congregational churches, and both the Presbyterians and Congregationalists were familiar with the Plan of Union of 1801. The objective of the colonists was to found a college in addition to a church and city.
Thirty or forty families consisting of about 175 individuals, spent the winter of 1836-37 at "Log City," a temporary village three and a half miles northwest of the location where the city was to stand. On February 15, 1837, a meeting was held with Rev. John Waters presiding. At this meeting, it was resolved to form a church. More meetings were held on the 17th, 21st, and 25th of February. The date of February 25th, 1837 is regarded as the date of organization of the church. The ministers officiating at the February 25th meeting were Rev. George W. Gale, Rev. John Waters and Rev. Ephraim P. Noel. Rev. Noel was appointed by the Presbytery of Schuyler, Illinois. Elders and deacons were installed on April 9, and the church became fully organized with 81 members, 63 having united by letter of transfer and 18 on profession of faith. The first meetings were held in the home of Mr. Hugh Conger, but after several months, they moved to a two-room building in Log City, which served as both school and meeting house. By autumn of 1837, so many had completed homes in the new village of Galesburg that worship services were moved to a store building in Galesburg. Then in the fall of 1838, the first Knox Academy building was finished and, for several years, it was used for the religious meetings.
The frame of the first church building was made from white oak timbers, cut from around the area of Henderson Grove. The timbers were cut in 1843 and allowed to lie on the ground, exposed to the weather. Construction was stalled because the Congregationalist portion of the membership had grown faster than the Presbyterian, and they asked for a change in church polity. The demand was granted, a compromise arrived at and, in 1845, the church was reorganized along the lines of the Plan of Union. This was an agreement between the two denominations in New England to establish new churches cooperatively in New York and Pennsylvania that could worship as one group, in harmony, under one roof.
Construction was resumed and, although the building was incomplete, Knox College held its first Commencement exercises there in June of 1846. During this time, the church members had exhausted their resources. Therefore, Dr. Blanchard, President of Knox College, decided to make a trip back east to raise money to complete the project. At the time of its erection, it was said to be the second largest church building in Illinois. It was 60 by 80 feet with a ceiling height of 24 feet. The pews and inside finish were entirely of black walnut.
The Church was completed and formally dedicated in June of 1848, and for many years was the center of community life. However, circumstances did not remain as pleasant. Presbyterians and the Congregationalists differed in their concept of church structure and government. Almost from the beginning, there was a bitter sectarian conflict between the two denominations, which eventually resulted in a division of the church.
In response to a request written by Dr. Gale, 37 members were dismissed on May 29, 1851, for the purpose of organizing the "Second Presbyterian Church of Galesburg." On October 6, 1855, the old church "withdrew from the care of the Presbytery on account of slavery," and became essentially Congregational in its polity. On October 8, 1856, the name was changed to "The First Church of Christ," the word "Presbyterian" having been omitted. On January 1, 1885, the phrase "of Christ" was dropped, and the official name became "The First Church of Galesburg," although it was commonly known as the "Old First Church."
The Church was the focal point on the city square for 47 years. The last service to be held in the building was on June 16, 1895, when the ceiling gave way and the plaster fell to the floor. The building was considered unsafe for further use, and was sold to S. R. Swanson for $150.00, who tore it down and removed the materials. The church bell was not sold with the building.
Second Presbyterian Church had not been the only split from the mother church. By 1855, the membership had grown tremendously and the meeting house was crowded. Approximately 60 members organized themselves into a new church. They had the blessing of the mother church and the two were decidedly friendly.
This was the beginning of the First Congregational Church, later known as Beecher Chapel. The date of organization was November 9, 1855. Dr. Edward Beecher was called to the pastorate. The Church raised $15,000.00 in order to construct the church building. A site was chosen on south Broad Street across the street and south from the Old First Church. The plans were accepted in August, 1856, and the building was occupied in March, 1857. It was the first brick church in Galesburg.
Just one year after construction, tragedy struck. On Thursday, May 13, 1858, at approximately 2:00 p.m., a tornado almost leveled the building, throwing the side walls outward and breaking them off near the lower part of the windows. The congregation was discouraged, but by great effort and sacrifice, the church was rebuilt. To help rebuild, Dr. Beecher relinquished a part of his salary. He also went east to solicit donations from his friends and to raise additional money by lecturing. From that time until it was closed by a merger with Old First Church, it was a prosperous church.
Both, the Old First Church and The First Congregational Church, existed separately until 1895. The churches talked of building new houses of worship, and it soon became apparent that they had a common objective. With the conviction that the cause of the Redeemer would be better served by a union of the churches, it was voted by both churches to unite their effort and build one church. The declaration of union came on January 6, 1895, and with it, an agreement that the name of the new church would be "Central Congregational Church." It was also agreed that the site of construction would be on the site of Old First Church.
As word of the union of the two churches became known, and the prospect of a new building planned, architects became active. Eight architects submitted plans. The plan chosen was submitted by Charles E. Gottschalk, who had studied in Europe. The plans were submitted to bid in July of 1896, but when the bids were received, they were found to be too expensive. The plans were reworked and the size of the building was reduced. Even then, the cost was $75,000.00. The contract was signed with general contractor O. C. Housel. who sub-contracted some parts of the construction to other contractors.
The cornerstone was laid on June 10, 1897. It was almost a year and a half later that the first public service was held, which occurred on December 4, 1898. One week later, on December 11, the building was dedicated, and over 2,000 persons crowded into the church. The collection that day was to be applied to the building debt, and when counted, was just over $6,000.00.
For the next 15 years, the membership grew from 743, at the time of the construction, to 1,337. The finances made equal gains to the point where the debt was paid off and the mortgage was burned on March 3, 1908.
The Church is constructed of brown, raindrop sandstone, quarried in Marquette, Michigan. The huge stone blocks were of natural bed stone. The foundation is of vitrified brick. The building is 135 feet from east to west, and 133 feet, five inches from north to south. The Sanctuary is 69 feet by 76 feet, and is 46 feet from the floor to the top of the shallow dome. The truss ceiling and roof are made of wood, and the trusses in the attic span 80 feet from pier to pier. Eighty tons of iron and steel were used in the construction of Central Church. The seating capacity was 950 in the Sanctuary plus another 650 in the Sunday School room to the south. The wall between the Sanctuary and the Sunday School room divided horizontally in the center, half being raised into the ceiling and half lowered into the basement. This made an opening between the rooms 32 feet wide and 24 feet high.
The Sanctuary, shaped in the semi-circular style popular during the last quarter of the 19th century, reflects the emphasis placed on pulpit oratory and musical performance. Behind the minister's rostrum originally was a large choir loft facing the congregation. On the back wall of the choir loft and directly in the center was the organ console.
There are many beautiful stained glass windows in the church (see below.) The most impressive is the round, or Rose, window above the east entrance. It is 22 feet in diameter with a Greek cross in the center. Surrounding the center are 12 sections symbolizing the 12 tribes of Israel.
At the front of the building is a vestibule, which is 86 feet long. At the south end is the parlor, or social meeting room. It is 240 feet square and contains one of the four fireplaces in the building. High above the town, in the 137-foot tower, is the sole surviving symbol of unity between the two churches that united to form Central Congregational Church. It is the bell itself. It was recast from the bells of Old First Church and the First Congregational Church. There is also a small portion of the bell, which had hung at the top of the old frame Knox Academy building, in the new bell. The bell of the First Church was cast by the McShane Bell Foundry, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1889. It had the inscription: "In Memory of Deacon Geo. Avery, Presented by his wife in 1889. Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness." The bell of the First Congregational Church was cast by Menecly & Kimberly, Troy, N.Y. and bore the inscription: "First Congregational Church, Galesburg, Ill. Let Him That Heareth Say Come." The new bell repeated these two inscriptions and added: "These churches were United as the Central Congregational Church, A.D., 1895. There shall be One Shepherd and One Fold." These bells were recast into one by the McShane Manufacturing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, in 1898. The weight of the new bell is 3,400 pounds. For a number of years after World War II, it was thought that the bell was unsafe to ring. The pins had rotted and, under the heavy weight of the bell, it was feared that it might fall. So in 1959, steel beams were obtained from Butler Manufacturing Company to replace the wooden beams under the bell. For a period of time, the bell sounded its call again. Now, in the late 1980s, with the age of the building and the weakened mortar, the vibration of the ringing action would loosen the stone, so the bell is not rung. The church celebrated the centennial of the founding of the church, city and college in 1937. On February 7, 1937 a service of unity involving First Presbyterian and Central Congregational was held to signify the common roots of both institutions. On April 14, 1937, the church held a centennial dinner which was presided over by Dr. Carter Davidson, the President of Knox College. Guests spoke on events that occurred during the first fifty years including the furnishing of Old First Church, the raising of the Old First Church and the Underground Railroad. The second fifty years and the future were also addressed. Among the guest speakers were John West, Olmstead Ferris, Benton Weinberg, H.H. Kellogg, Hermann Muelder, John Winter Thompson, George Davis, Dr. Clarence A. Vincent, Dr. J. Percival Huget, Dr. Charles E. McKinley and Dr. Neil E. Hansen.
The only major remodeling projects to the Church occurred in 1962, at a cost of $250,000.00. Most of the renovation took place in the Sanctuary and the basement, with the remainder of the building having little or no change from the original plans. The Galesburg Construction Company was contracted for the structural changes, and Potente Studio of Kenosha, Wisconsin, a specialist in church renovation, was hired to do the decorating and painting of the Sanctuary. The entire front section of the Sanctuary was changed. The elevated pulpit area was lowered to the present level and, instead of one choir section across the entire chancel area, pews were erected on either side of the chancel with a pulpit on the left side and a lectern on the right (see above.) In the center of the chancel now hangs a brass cross, standing 15 feet high and 7 feet wide. Beneath it stands a Communion table (see below.) This replaced the exposed casework of the organ which had extended to the ceiling the full width of the chancel area. All of the pews were removed, refinished, and replaced as they were originally. The electric wiring, plumbing, and heating systems were brought up to date. The seating capacity was reduced to 900.
Major changes and improvements were made in the basement area of the church. A new kitchen was completed with all new stainless steel equipment. Where the old kitchen stood is now the youth room. Sliding doors were placed on tracks to divide the large dining room into Sunday School rooms, and two rooms were remodeled to serve as the kindergarten department and nursery. The dining room seats approximately 400 people for church dinners. Central Church is now a member of Midwest Association of Congregational Christian Churches and the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. In preparation for the sesquicentennial year, the current membership, under the leadership of the Rev. Paul D. Clark, planned to raise funds to renovate the building inclusive of painting the Sanctuary, repair of the organ, repair of outside steps, and tuckpointing on the bell tower. The two principle sesquicentennial events were the joint worship celebrations by Central Congregational Church, First Presbyterian Church and Knox College on Sundays, February 15 and 22, 1987.
Central Congregational Church
60 Public Square
Galesburg, Illinois 61401
Office hours: Mon-Fri
Tours by appointment
Concerts, Performances and Special Events


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Q: Circular menu with six equal divisions I am trying to achieve six divisions of circular menu in here

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I couldn't adjust the size of each pie, as you can see huge gap in between each pie.
Please let me know how to adjust the size of pie?

A: Here is another idea based on this previous answer where you have CSS variables to easily control the gap and the size of your elements:

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}

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Despite being Sunday, I had to go to work today, because there was a kind of open day for the parents of the schoolchildren. Still, it's not too bad, because I only had to work for a short time this morning, and I got away before midday. In return, I get a day off tomorrow. So I'm quite happy with the arrangement!


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Know What Would Make Jedi Even More Awesome? Parkour.
Between lightsabers and usage of the Force, Jedi are already pretty cool. Even so, watching the folks at ronniestreetstunts free-run as Jedi over the desert is effin' awesome.
No lightsaber battles here for us to watch, though, alas.


Up for sale is my 1969 Camaro RS/SS 396. It is equipped with automatic trans, power steering, power front disc brakes.
It has a 350 v8 around 475 to 500 hp. Trans is a 350 turbo with shift kit. Was a race car,, don't race any more.


This page describes an example of setting up Raspberry Pi for streaming videos from FingerVision cameras over Ethernet network by using MJPG Streamer.
Local computer: Raspberry Pi 3B or 3B+.
Purchase a Raspberry Pi 3B or 3B+ and peripheral (micro SD, power supply, etc.).
There is a Raspberry Pi 3 (B/B+), Pi 2 B, and Pi 1 B+ case on Thingiverse.
Connect a keyboard, a mouse, a display, and a network with Raspberry Pi. Insert the micro SD where the OS is installed.
Boot it by supplying power.
Resizing file system is automatically done at the initial boot.
Now you can work remotely via SSH.
Since some FingerVision-related scripts assume that the user on Raspberry Pi is ayg, we create a new user.
The second command configures the groups of the user ayg, which is similar to the default user pi. Make sure that dialout,adm,sudo are included.
Configure the network as you wish.
Spoofing (changing) MAC address of Raspberry Pi is sometimes useful.
We install MJPG Streamer and utility programs.
We could stream video from two USB cameras at more than 60 FPS in 320x240.
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30 diocesan consultations later: Church seeks new vision
"'Preparing the Way', the strategic planning process that will make recommendations to the next General Synod. consulted with all Canadian dioceses in the first half of this year [1994]. A remarkable degree of consensus around a number of key points emerged: We will be smaller and must focus our resources. - The way we understand leadership is changing ....". "The 'Beginners', the task group that oversees 'Preparing the Way', developed four options to place before the National Executive Council in May [1995]. They were not intended to represent proposals for action, but to outline some clear choices for NEC's discussion. Option 1: Continue to work at the same priorities but with reduced funding ... Option 2: Build on national strengths: world partnerships, social justice, information and financial development services ... Option 3: Address fundamental issues facing the church in Canada, in partnership with dioceses ... Option 4: Reduce to bare essentials ...". "NEC rejected Option 1 as 'status quo' and asked for further development on the other three. Options 2 and 3 present a clear by unpalatable choice between focusing on international mission or domestic mission -- each at the expense of the other. Members tried in various ways to combine the two, but realized this would put us back to the status quo -- as someone observed: 'two plus three equals one'. Option 4 received little enthusiasm, but members felt it should not be eliminated at this point. Dioceses and national committee members are now being asked for further comments. NEC is expected to select a single option (for recommendation to General Synod) when it meets in November [1994]".
The Beginners
Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
Anglican Church of Canada - Dioceses
List of upcoming program and conference events from September 10-11 [1993] up to and including June 23-26, 1994.
Anglican Church of Canada - Calendars
List of upcoming program and conference events from February 18-19, 1994 up to and including October 29-30, 1994.
Church needs 'radical transformation'
"Trend: In the next 10 to 15 years the largest portion of current active membership will be deceased. How does that grab you ? The trend is taken from a demographic analysis of the Anglican Church prepared for a set of diocesan consultations now underway. .... Is all the news that gloomy ? No, but unfortunately much of it is. 'It's clear evidence', says Robert Pynn, 'that God is issuing a call to the church. The ultimate message is not the death of the church, but its rebirth -- a radical transformation.' Pynn, the dean of Calgary, chairs a group which is helping the national executive council with the planning process. Between now and the end of April [1994], every diocese will have a consultation to determine what messages it wants to send to the national church". "These findings and others, along with the demographic analysis, have been collected in a 24-page booklet prepared for the diocesan consultations. ... The results of all the consultations will be brought together at a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in May [1994]. The NEC is responsible for developing a 'short list' of options for the church's future directions".
Anglican Church of Canada - Demographics - 20th century
Pynn, Robert T. (Robert Tilley), 1941-
Family week is October 2-9
"A poster, bulletin cover and resource list is available with this mailer (if not included with your package, please contact the Resource Centre). These resources support 1994 as the International Year of the Family. Celebration dates are intentionally left of the materials because different regions celebrate at different time. October 2 to 9 [1994] are the dates suggested for Canada". [Text of entire article.]
International Year of the Family (1994) - Canada
Family - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
A listing of the eight items in the November 1993 Ministry Mailer with a numerical rating of each and a selection of comments. Items included: Resource Centre Catalogue, Ministry Mailer Newsletter, People of God, PWRDF Pew Bulletin Announcements, Partnership News, PWRDF Call to Action, Making It Work poster and Family Week poster.
Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Information resources - Evaluation
A listing of the six items in the February 1994 Ministry Mailer with a numerical rating of each and a selection of comments. Items included: Ministry Mailer Newsletter, Resource Catalogue Update, PWRDF inserts, Stewardship Reflections, Partnership News and Ten Days material.
Fishing for hope: Churches confront despair over fishing decline
"An ecumenical coalition is playing a significant part in efforts to secure a future for the devastated Newfoundland fishery. Formed in October 1992, the Newfoundland and Labrador Interchurch Coalition for Fishing Communities includes representatives of all Christian denominations in the province. It works on the twin tasks of seeking the environmental recovery of the fishery, and the spiritual recovery of Newfoundlanders affected by the crisis. The goals of the coalition are to ensure the rebuilding of the fish stocks to sustainable levels, and to be present to the people in their communities during the moratorium on fishing, while calling them to respect the 'integrity of creation'". "The coalition's formation was preceded by months of careful work by many people, including the Anglican Church's national consultant on economic justice and peacemaking. David Pollock responded to an invitation from Archbishop Stewart Payne (Western Newfoundland). His work has included advocacy with government; examining alternative models of economic development; and participation in an inter-church delegation to Europe in 1992, to raise the issue of foreign overfishing with Christians, politicians, and environmental groups there".
Fisheries - Newfoundland
Fisheries - Canada
Fisheries - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Interchurch Coalition for Fishing Communities
Pollock, David, 1947-
Economic justice - Canada - Newfoundland
Economic justice - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
A flourishing, $15 million mega-church especially for those who don't like church
Longman, Robert
"Willow Creek Community Church, on the outskirts of Chicago, is a 'mega-church' that has been extensively written about and copied". "The founders of Willow Creek set out to build a church that would attract people who didn't want to go to church. They began building a mental picture of these people and their needs. They called them 'Unchurched Harry and Unchurched Mary'. Fifteen thousand now attend Sunday services weekly. Lee Strobel, a 'teaching pastor' at Willow Creek, has written a book called 'Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary'. The following comments, by Robert Longman, are taken from a discussion group on Ecunet, the computer network". "Observation #1: Harry/Mary has rejected church, but that doesn't necessarily mean a rejection of God". "Observation #6: Harry/Mary doesn't just ask 'Is Christianity true ?' Often, they're asking. 'Does Christianity work ?'"
Willow Creek Community Church (South Barrington, Ill.)
Church work with the unaffiliated
Evangelism - 20th century

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A few weeks ago I wrote a post inspired by an article published in 1918, in which the classicist Eugene S. McCartney described some of the votive objects and dedicatory activities that he had encountered at holy sites during the First World War. The sites he visited included the cathedral of St. Andre, Bordeaux (France) and the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Naples (Italy). At both he witnessed moving expressions of anxiety and thanksgiving associated with the Great War.
After reading this post Bruno de Martino went to visit the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine and has kindly shared a couple of the photographs that he took on his visit. Despite the area being bombed heavily during the Second World War, causing damage to parts of the church building, it appears that many of the votive offerings associated with the earlier conflict have survived and remain on display today. Alongside the photographs of soldiers and other items you can see the 'representations in silver of … fully equipped soldiers and sailors in miniature' which McCartney reported seeing (1918, p. 442), and which echo the soldier figurines of a much earlier period in Italian history.
Thanks very much to Bruno for taking the time to visit the church and for sending on these fascinating photographs!


Dana Hatic is a web journalist at WHDH-TV. She received an MS in Journalism from Boston University and a BS in political science and journalism from the University of Miami. She is also involved with the Team Fox Young Professionals of Boston.


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Lync 2013 Now Supported on Windows Server 2012 R2
By Kurt Mackie
Microsoft indicated this month that Lync Server 2013 is now supported on Windows Server 2012 R2.
Support is enabled by applying an update that was released this month, according to a Microsoft blog, posted late last week. However, the update, as described by Microsoft's Knowledge Base article 2809243, omits mentioning the new server support. It just describes 13 fixes to Lync Server 2013.
Lync Server 2013, which is Microsoft's unified communications solution, hit release-to-manufacturing status in October of last year, with Microsoft indicating that general availability release was planned for the first quarter of 2013. However, the general availability of the product actually happened shortly after the RTM release, according to a Microsoft spokesperson, via e-mail.
Lync Server emerged from Microsoft's earlier Office Communications Server product back in 2007. The idea back then was to offer "more capabilities at lower cost than PBX systems," according to B.J. Haberkorn, director of Lync product marketing for Microsoft, in a blog post. Since then, it's been a slow path toward that PBX rip-and-replace vision, but Microsoft has been making some inroads. Last month, Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating office, said that Lync is used by 90 of the Fortune 100 companies. In addition, Microsoft's fiscal-year 2014 Q1 financial report indicated that Lync sales grew "30 percent."
Microsoft's Lync Server and Lync Online products have slowly evolved. Most of the functionality is found on the server side. For instance, "enterprise voice," Microsoft's term for voice-over-IP telephony, requires support from a communications provider when using Microsoft's hosted Lync Online service. In the earlier part of this year, Microsoft had just one communications provider, Jahjah, signed on to enable enterprise voice through Lync Online, although the company suggested that additional carrier support would grow, according to a February interview with Haberkorn. Hosted Lync support is currently offered through a few carrier partners, according to the Microsoft spokesperson.
"Partners, including AT&T, BT and Verizon, are hosting Lync on their IP networks, offering businesses access to a complete hosted UC solution that is able to meet their performance, reliability and security needs," the spokesperson indicated via e-mail.
Enterprise Interest
A July study published by the T3IGroup (PDF) suggests that interest in using Lync among enterprises has been increasing. The study surveyed more than 300 IT and business leaders to gauge organizational interest in deploying Lync compared with a similar survey conducted a year ago. It found that 41 percent of U.S. enterprises with more than 500 employees had either conducted trials of Lync or had completed trials. That finding was up from the 28 percent saying so last year.
The T3IGroup study found high interest in deploying enterprise voice with Lync, with 76 percent of enterprise respondents indicating that they had either included enterprise voice in their Lync trials or planned to do so. That figure was up 10 percentage points compared with the survey conducted a year ago. Actual deployment was much lower, with 15 percent of respondents indicating that they had deployed enterprise voice, up from 11 percent saying so in last year's survey.
The study asked participants to identify their preferred IP PBX vendor. Oddly, Microsoft (which makes PBX replacement software) was listed as the third choice among the enterprise respondents, behind Cisco and Avaya.
Microsoft's future plans for Lync Server include a new version of the product, which is expected to arrive in the second quarter of 2014. The company also plans to add "enterprise voice" support to Lync Online sometime in the summer of 2014, according to past statements by Tony Bates, president of the Skype Division at Microsoft.
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that it had updated its Lync client apps for Windows Phone, as well as the Apple iPhone and iPad. This third client update makes it easier to join a Lync meeting for those users lacking a Lync account. It also facilitates setting up quick meetings with multiple participants from a mobile device. Specifically, Microsoft added the ability to enable Windows Phone and iOS users to connect without using Active Directory via certificates (or "passive authentication"), according to a Microsoft blog post explanation. Microsoft had earlier announced some Lync 2013 desktop client app updates back in July that included a few functional improvements.
Last month, Microsoft achieved government-grade accreditation for voice, video, and instant messaging and presence for Lync 2013. Microsoft worked with its partner Dell to achieve Joint Interoperability Testing Center certification for a U.S. Department of Defense implementation.
Kurt Mackie is senior news producer for 1105 Media's Converge360 group.


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CCIA To Release Economic Study Calculating Value of "Fair Use"
News & Events, White Papers & ReportsBy CCIA Staff April 26, 2010
Industries that rely on fair use exceptions to copyright law grew faster than the rest of the U.S. economy according to a new study to be released on Capitol Hill Tuesday. The 2010 economic study "Fair Use in the U.S. Economy" found that industries relying on fair use and other exceptions to copyright make up…
Upcoming Event: Fair Use in the U.S. Economy
CCIA, News & Events, Patent Reform & CopyrightBy Maggie Clark April 26, 2010
"Fair Use in the U.S. Economy" For the latest data on the economic value of balanced copyright Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Washington, DC Event Materials Now Available Featuring remarks from Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D – Calif.) House Judiciary Committee Speakers Include: Ed Black President & CEO, CCIA Thomas Rogers Principal, Capital Trade, Inc. Andrew Szamosszegi Principal,…
CCIA Files Comments at the FCC on Preserving the Open Internet Post Comcast
News & EventsBy CCIA Staff April 26, 2010
The Computer & Communications Industry filed comments today in the second round of responses to the FCC's rulemaking to preserve access to an open Internet. Protecting access to the public Internet is even more urgent now given the recent appeals court ruling, which overturned the way the previous FCC sought to enforce net neutrality rules,…


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'Asian unicorn' to get new Vietnam nature reserve
The Friday Poston 22 April, 2011 Leave a Comment on 'Asian unicorn' to get new Vietnam nature reserve
Vietnam is setting up a nature reserve to protect one of the world's rarest animals – an antelope-like creature called the saola.
It intends to create a 160sq/km (61 sq/mile) area in the central province of Quang Nam for the animal, which is also known as the Asian unicorn.
The existence of the saola was confirmed only two decades ago and sightings are very rare.
Wildlife experts say the reserve could be vital to its survival.
"This decision has brought new hope for the survival of the saola, an animal that is on the brink of extinction in the world," said Vu Ngoc Tram of conservation group WWF.
There are no saola in captivity and no scientist has ever reported seeing one in the wild. Photographs that do exist have been captured by local villagers and automatic cameras.
In August 2010, villagers across the border in the Laos province of Bolikhamxay caught an adult saola, but it died shortly afterwards.
Pham Thanh Lam, director of Quang Nam's forest bureau, said the reserve area was home to an estimated 50-60 of the animals.
He said that education campaigns would be carried out to prevent villagers hunting them. Jobs would also be created for local people in the reserve, he said.
"For ethnic minority people, hunting is a way of earning their living," he told the Associated Press news agency.
"They would not spare the saola, so it's necessary to create conditions for them to earn their living to minimise hunting for wild animals including saola."
The reserve is in the Annamite mountains along the Laos border.
source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13121598
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With the recent releases of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy it might be useful for readers of Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) records that form part of the released records, to better understand actually what they are reading. Thus this blog posting.
The National Archives holds a substantial quantity of FBI records relating to the Kennedy assassination. In the future it is likely additional FBI records relating to the assassination will be released. The FBI case files contain a variety of documentation, including FBI agent reports; teletype-messages; prosecutive summaries; accounts of interviews and physical surveillance; letters; memorandums; lab reports; informant reports; photographs; newspaper clippings and other public record material; and logs, transcripts, and summaries of electronic surveillance. They are a rich source for researchers. According to Judge Harold H. Greene, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in a lawsuit regarding FBI records, the records of the FBI "perhaps more than those of any other agency, constitute a significant repository of the record of the recent history of this nation, and they represent the work produce of an organization that has touched the lives of countless Americans." But, in using those records, challenges will be faced by researchers, including understanding FBI abbreviations and euphemisms.
On the surface the contents of the FBI files appear straightforward. Actually they are not so simple to understand. "Learning to find one's way through FBI files," according to one researcher, "is no easy chore." A Department of Justice senior attorney in the mid-1970s investigating illegal break-ins reported that his staff had been on the case for more than a year and "they still didn't know how to read an FBI file." Part of the problem is the language used in the files. Like any agency, the FBI has its own terminology and euphemisms that researchers will have to learn in order to understand what they are reading. There are scores of abbreviations throughout the files that researchers will have to decipher if the information in the file is to make sense. There are real simple ones, like OO meaning Office of Origin (the FBI office responsible for an investigation) and AO meaning Auxiliary Office (FBI office(s) assisting in the investigation). Then there are the abbreviations for FBI Field Office supervisors: SAC and ASAC, Special Agent in Charge and Assistant Special Agent in Charge. ELSUR means electronic surveillance, both telephone surveillance (wiretap or technical surveillance) and microphone surveillance (bug or electronic listening device).
Often individuals in FBI records are identified as FNU, LNU, or FNU LNU. When I began looking at records at FBI headquarters back in the 1980s I thought it strange that there were so many criminals named FNU LNU. I eventually asked Bureau personnel to explain it to me. I bet they really thought I was naïve. They smiled, chuckled and told me that those abbreviations stood for First Name Unknown and Last Name Unknown!!
My favorite abbreviation is UACB (Unless Advised to the Contrary by the Bureau). This is usually used in conjunction with an FBI Field Office notifying FBI Headquarters (i.e., the Bureau) that it planned to do something unless there was an objection. And, of course, there is "OK H," on tens of thousands of documents indicating that Director J. Edgar Hoover approved what was being recommended to him. Abbreviations are listed and discussed in Ann Mari Buitrago and Leon Andrew Immerman, Are You Now or Have You Even Been in the FBI Files: How to Secure and Interpret Your FBI Files (New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1981).
Then there are the euphemisms. Former Attorney General Nicholas Katenbach told Congress in 1975 that "the Bureau constantly resorted to terms of art, or euphemisms, without bothering to inform the Attorney General that they were terms of art. I don't think it is excessively naive to assume that 'a highly reliable informant' is precisely that, and not a microphone surveillance." For example, when reporting of break-ins, agents sometimes used such terms as "special techniques" or "sensitive investigative techniques." When included in the files, information from break-ins was reported often as having come from an "anonymous source," a "highly confidential source," a "highly confidential informant," or a "confidential informant." The term "confidential informant" also was used to disguise the source of illegally obtained information. According to former special agent G. Gordon Liddy, if a field office submitted a plan for headquarters approval and it contained the words "'security guaranteed,' it meant that we did it last night and got away clean—approve it so we can send you the results officially." Often in a report one will see "T-1, a usually reliable informant whose identity cannot be disclosed" or "T-2, a reliable informant who is not available for re-interview." These may relate to human informants, but occasionally they denote electronic eavesdropping.
So the word to the wise, before undertaking research in the FBI records, one should become familiar with the literature regarding the records and once research has begun to understand that certain words and terms may have some special meaning.
This is an update to a post written on October 10, 2012.
Click here to read more FBI related posts from the Text Message!
 Anthony Marro, "FBI Break-in Policy,"in Athan G. Theoharis, ed., Beyond the Hiss Case: The FBI, Congress, and the Cold War (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1982), p. 84.
After decades it is high time for the CIA, never mind the FBI, to come clean on elements of LBJ and Hoover architected the assassination. This blog is yet another bone thrown to the masses as if it could even be believable, even in Dorothy's Kansas.


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Ben Schreckinger
State GOP misses out on party's nationwide surge
By Ben Schreckinger | November 2
Correction appended.
Governor seat up for grabs
Ocean State voters will go to the polls today to choose a successor to Gov. Donald Carcieri '65 and determine the outcome of one of the most unconventional political races in the country this year.
McCormick claims witness intimidation in case
By Ben Schreckinger | October 18
William McCormick III's lawyer filed papers in court Monday claiming witness intimidation in his lawsuit against the University, a female member of the class of 2010 and her father.
Recent grad sues Brown; says U. 'not above the law'
A recent graduate filed a lawsuit Oct. 5 against the University, President Ruth Simmons and other senior administrators, stemming from the University's handling of disciplinary action against him.
McCormick lawyer failed to report U. connection
By Ben Schreckinger | September 15
After William McCormick III was accused of rape by a fellow student, his first lawyer represented and advised him in the Brown disciplinary process at the same time the lawyer's firm was representing the University in another matter, court records show.
Alum's father e-mailed U. officials
By Ben Schreckinger | July 25
E-mails disclosed by the University as part of William McCormick III's lawsuit against it show that his accuser's father was in contact with senior University officials in the days before and following the female alum's allegation in 2006 that McCormick had raped her.The University disclosed e-mails ...
Web update: Subpoenas hit campus in McCormick case
By Ben Schreckinger | May 11
Fifteen students have been subpoenaed to testify in William McCormick III's lawsuit against the University, a female student and her father, according to J. Scott Kilpatrick, McCormick's attorney.
Web update: Judge rules former student's case against U. can proceed
By Ben Schreckinger | May 1
A federal judge has denied Brown's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by William McCormick III against the University and top administrators, ruling that, if true, his complaint demonstrates actions that "could be considered outrageous, atrocious or utterly intolerable conduct on the part of Brown." ...
Brown faces dilemma with assault accusations
By Ben Schreckinger | April 28
After a federal judge expressed apprehension earlier this month over the University's decision to handle a rape allegation internally without notifying law enforcement, representatives from a students' rights organization and a sexual assault victims' advocacy group have both criticized universities' ...
Agreement between students disputed
A lawyer for William McCormick III — a former member of the class of 2010 who is suing the University, over a dozen employees, a female student and her father — said in federal court last week that a statement made by the lawyer for the female student and her father during that same ...


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The Martyr: Abdellatif Zeroual (1951 – 1974)
Posted on March 15, 2010 by Hisham
Me voici, tombant sur la place
Je porte mon coeur comme une fleur rouge
Qui goutte à goutte se vide de son sang
Me voici nu, rampant parmi les morts
Je rassemble la force en moi
Pour saisir le drapeau déchiré
J'attise avec mon sang
L'étincelle ardente parmi les cendres
Me voici, payant le prix du sacrifice
Bénis ma mort, ô mon amour.
"Le Martyr", a poem by Abdellatif Zeroual.
Born in 1951, in the small industrial city of Berrechid, some 30 kilometers east of Casablanca (Morocco), in a poor working class family, Adbellatif Zeroual was a frail little boy who grew up during the early years of Moroccan independence. He was immersed in politics at an early age. He spent his childhood listening to his father's passionate account of the epic achievements of the national movement for independence. His Father, Haj Abdelkader Zeroual, was a respected militant, who fought the French during the harshest years of occupation. Haj Abdelkader was determined and stubborn. Although Abdellatif lacked his father's stamina, he certainly didn't lack his courage nor his bullheadedness.
Abdellatif successfully completed his schooling in Berrechid and Casablanca and then entered University Mohammed V in Rabat where he graduated as a philosophy teacher. During his years of education, Abdellatif witnessed his country's backward journey from the early euphoria of independence to the failed attempts of establishing an institutional democracy, right until the complete takeover of the institutions by the palace. Hassan II and his oppressive regime constituted in the eyes of Abdellatif and his generation, the new colonizers. As did the French before it, the system encouraged a minority of wealthy landowners, businessman and some influential military to control most of the country, leaving nothing to the rest of the population but an immiserated wasteland, an economy in ruins and no public service worth a mention.
Like many young Moroccan men and women at the time, Abdellatif must have thought there was a revolution coming down the pipe. He had to join the movement. In the late sixties he was active within the student movement and then in 1970 was elected member of Ila Al Amam (Forward), an underground marxist group, advocating social change. His position forced Abdellatif to live in constant hiding. The regime mounted a brutal repression against the movement and many of Abdellatif's comrades were disappeared or tortured under obscure circumstances.
Abdellatif was condemned to life imprisonment in abstentia in September 1973 by a court in Casablanca. He knew he was hunted, but he refused to give up and he pursued his activities. In November 1974, while in his way to attend a clandestine meeting with a member of a marxist-leninist group called 23 Mars, Abdellatif was snatched by a group of men in plain clothes and was disappeared forever.
Reports say he was transported to the infamous Derb Moulay Sherif, a torture centre disguised as a police station in the heart of the city of Casablanca, where he was tortured. A week after Abdellatif was disappeared a dead body was registered in Avicenne hospital in Rabat under the name of El Baroudi Abdellatif Ben Abdelkader. Human rights organizations claim that this was in fact the body of Abdellatif Zeroual. The authorities have always refused (to this day) to confirm this claim or to disclose the location of the final resting place of Abellatif Zeroual.
Thirty five years after his assassination, Abdellatif's family is still waiting for answers to its legitimate demands. The Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH) together with the "Committee for the truth about the fate of Abdellatif Zeroual," are organizing a news conference in Rabat, today March 17, to shed some light on this affair.
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021    import java.util.HashSet;
022    import java.util.Set;
023
024    import org.apache.avro.Schema;
025    import org.apache.avro.io.DatumReader;
026    import org.apache.avro.io.DatumWriter;
027    import org.apache.avro.reflect.ReflectData;
028    import org.apache.avro.reflect.ReflectDatumReader;
029    import org.apache.avro.reflect.ReflectDatumWriter;
030    import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
031    import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
032
033    /**
034     * Serialization for Avro Reflect classes. For a class to be accepted by this
035     * serialization, it must either be in the package list configured via
036     * <code>avro.reflect.pkgs</code> or implement
037     * {@link AvroReflectSerializable} interface.
038     *
039     */
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041    @InterfaceAudience.Public
042    @InterfaceStability.Evolving
043    public class AvroReflectSerialization extends AvroSerialization<Object>{
044
045      /**
046       * Key to configure packages that contain classes to be serialized and
047       * deserialized using this class. Multiple packages can be specified using
048       * comma-separated list.
049       */
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051      public static final String AVRO_REFLECT_PACKAGES = "avro.reflect.pkgs";
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053      private Set<String> packages;
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055      @InterfaceAudience.Private
056      @Override
057      public synchronized boolean accept(Class<?> c) {
058        if (packages == null) {
059          getPackages();
060        }
061        return AvroReflectSerializable.class.isAssignableFrom(c) ||
062          (c.getPackage() != null && packages.contains(c.getPackage().getName()));
063      }
064
065      private void getPackages() {
066        String[] pkgList  = getConf().getStrings(AVRO_REFLECT_PACKAGES);
067        packages = new HashSet<String>();
068        if (pkgList != null) {
069          for (String pkg : pkgList) {
070            packages.add(pkg.trim());
071          }
072        }
073      }
074
075      @InterfaceAudience.Private
076      @Override
077      public DatumReader getReader(Class<Object> clazz) {
078        try {
079          return new ReflectDatumReader(clazz);
080        } catch (Exception e) {
081          throw new RuntimeException(e);
082        }
083      }
084
085      @InterfaceAudience.Private
086      @Override
087      public Schema getSchema(Object t) {
088        return ReflectData.get().getSchema(t.getClass());
089      }
090
091      @InterfaceAudience.Private
092      @Override
093      public DatumWriter getWriter(Class<Object> clazz) {
094        return new ReflectDatumWriter();
095      }
096
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"Well that certainly barks and bites, I love it!" said the chairman after he had seen and heard the talking metal dog.
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The dog thought a bit further.
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Nope, I am not going to mention John Block's ability to create a different writing style for each client, fast turnaround, availability or competitive rates, thought the metal dog and curled up resolutely.


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Francisco H Trexler of Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania was born on April 14, 1913, and died at age 76 years old in April 1989.
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In 1913, in the year that Francisco H Trexler was born, the Philippine–American War ended for good in June. While the official end of the war was in 1902, fighting continued for several years. An estimated 200,000 to 250,000 total Filipino civilians died and although the U.S. viewed its role as a colonial presence as one of preparing the Philippines for independence, American colonization drastically changed the character off the culture. The Catholic Church was no longer the state religion and English became the primary language of the government.
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Janet R Trexler
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Alden Trexler
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Terry A Trexler
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Anne M Trexler
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Catherine J Trexler
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Ima E Trexler
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Louis A Trexler
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William Trexler
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Margaret Trexler
Jun 8, 1903 - Aug 1978
Thomas A Trexler
Emma Trexler
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Roy E Trexler
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William A Trexler
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Kenneth A Trexler
Carrie Trexler
Betty Trexler
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Ethel Trexler
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Daniel Akenine presented why AI needs to be taken seriously in public sector. Thanks for all interest and signups to the initiative!
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EPSRC Reference: EP/L011700/1
Title: Equipment Account: Integrated Thin Film Deposition and Analysis System
Principal Investigator: Driscoll, Professor JL
Blamire, Professor M Ritchie, Professor D Gladden, Professor L
Barnes, Professor C
Department: Research Services Division
Scheme: Standard Research - NR1
Starts: 01 November 2013 Ends: 31 October 2017 Value (£): 46,894
20 Jun 2013 EPSRC Equipment Business Case - June 2013 Announced
During the past decade, there have been dramatic improvements in the techniques for epitaxial thin film growth, meaning that the qualities of some films are now approaching those of single crystals. Not only does this mean that it is possible to perform different types of measurements on highly complex materials (many devices are much more easily fabricated using thin films than with single crystals), but it is possible to create perfect interfaces between them by making artificial structures in which perfect single unit-cell layers with atomically-perfect surfaces are brought together in superlattice structures. For example, much recent interest has focused on the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 system in which a two-dimensional electron gas appears at the interface and can show both magnetic and superconducting properties.
The deposition system being applied for will predominantly be used to grow ultrahigh quality oxide thin films both for basic science and more applied studies.The basis of the equipment requested here is pulsed laser deposition (PLD) which material is ablated from a target onto the growing film in an ultra-high vacuum chamber. To transform PLD into a precision growth technique capable of reliably creating the perfect crystal structures needed to study these materials systems, other systems need to be designed and properly integrated into a principal growth chamber. Firstly, in order to count the number of unit-cells deposited, and to stop precisely at the point at which a complete layer has been grown, a reflective high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) is required which is capable of working in the high gas pressures used for deposition. Secondly, in order to minimise structural and chemical disorder, sample growth needs to occur at higher-than-normal temperatures, it must be very carefully controlled and changed precisely and rapidly when going from one layer to another. This requires a laser heater. Finally, we need to be able to perform chemical and electronic studies of the materials grown without exposing them to contamination from the atmosphere and hence the samples need to be transferred under vacuum to a photoelectron spectroscopy chamber. This chamber is to be integrated into the complete system.
Predominantly oxide materials and their interfaces will be studied for their huge range of potential novel science, but in a separate exploratory chamber some non-oxide intermetallic topological insulator compounds will be explored.
On the oxide side, there are huge numbers of complex oxides which have amazing potential for novel functional properties but which never been explored. The intricate crystal structure of complex oxides can give rise to an enormous range of properties: for example the materials system SrRuxOy encompasses a metal (RuO2), a ferromagnet (SrRuO3), an unconventional superconductor (Sr2RuO4) and a potentially nematic electronic liquid (Sr3Ru2O7). The flip-side of this wealth of properties is an often extreme sensitivity of those properties to slight distortions of the structure, and as a result many of the most exciting properties are currently only observable in very high quality bulk single crystals. Furthermore, there is an even greater range of possibilities if oxides of two different compositions are interfaced together. Here, novel two-dimensional structures which do not exist in nature can be created and precise modulation of charge, strain and structural reconstructions can be realised. With the right tools, there is a whole new world of atom-by-atom materials discovery waiting to be explored.
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Below is the latest designer denim jackets, feel free to Oooo and Ahh at the craftsmanship of the embroidery, shape and re-working of the simple denim jacket.
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I'm sure these are all stylish, but it just looks like they butchered my beloved classic!


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I have dreamed of working a basketball game at Madison Square Garden since I was six-years-old. Realistically, I had the dream of playing in the garden as well, but even six-year-old me had a proper understanding for my own physical limitations. Either way, I knew from the moment I first entered that historic building that it was the place where dreams were made of.
Growing up in New York, Madison Square Garden was always known as "The Mecca." The Garden defined everything about New York basketball and it will always be one of the most important sites in sports. The events that have transpired there have been miraculous and incredible. The aura of it all is enough to give you chills. To me, and many others from the East Coast, Madison Square Garden is the pinnacle.
With that said, nobody from the Midwest should really care.
Over the past decade, the Big Ten's attempt to expand and grow through the East Coast market has been evident and acknowledged. No move has made that attempt to expand more evident than the conference's decision to add Maryland and Rutgers to its competitive pool. Its a move that in its own right has received criticism, but ultimately, it's a move that was at least understandable.
There is financial logic to expansion and that is not what I'm here to question. Where the logic falters is when that thirst for expansion pushes you to completly alter the way in which you schedule, defy the basic needs of a student athlete, and place a regular season ending tournament a week early in a location that requires 12 out of 14 teams and fan-bases to travel by plane to attend.
The Big Ten Tournament quite clearly should not be held at Madison Square Garden. There was never a justified argument to put it there, and now the basic concept of supply and demand can show you that.
As of February 21st, any individual can now buy a ticket to attend the entirety of the Big Ten Tournament on Stubhub for $155. In a 13 game tournament, that means an individual can attend every game of the tournament at mere value of $11.90 per game.
In comparison, that is $60 less than the price to attend the entire Big 12 conference tournament, a tournament that only consists of nine games. If you look at the rest of the power five conferences and include the Big East, the Big Ten looks futile.
The value proposition here is nothing but atrocious. With only a week until the Big Ten tournament, these prices may even continue to plummet as they have over the past week. It's a value proposition that doesn't speak to the competitiveness of the games, rather it speaks directly to the relative location of the fans that would want to watch them.
Most New Yorkers don't care about Big Ten basketball. That's not much of a stretch. Before attending Indiana University, I didn't care about Big Ten basketball. I cared about Big East basketball. I grew up watching Kemba Walker and Johnny Flynn dominate the East Coast and create indescribable moments at "The Mecca." I grew up how I should have grown up, caring about the teams relative to my location.
This is how the Big Ten works too. The last time the Big Ten tournament was located in the Midwest was in 2016. In 2016, it cost $275 to attend the entire tournament in Indianapolis. That's $120 more to attend games because the demand was just that much higher. Indiana basketball fans didn't need to plan a full weekend itinerary to watch their favorite basketball team. Fans just needed to get in a car.
Just compare the Big Ten Tournament to everything else going on at Madison Square Garden. It doesn't take much investigating to realize what New Yorkers actually care about.
St. Johns is the worst team in the Big East.
The Knicks have seemingly no chance at the NBA playoffs and their best healthy player might be Michael Beasley.
I swear, Billy Joel performs in New York every two weeks.
I'm all for attending basketball games for cheap. As a college student, I'm always "Ballin' on a budget." With that said, a dollar value establishes the amount in which people are willing to pay to attend an event. The Big Ten's weak attempt to replicate the success of the Big East tournament from over a decade ago clearly appears to be falling on its face and a basic dollar sign can tell you that. The Big Ten tournament shouldn't be in New York and hopefully it never will be again.
This is great. East Coast is trash! Bring it back to the midwest!
Nice work. Jim Delany is obviously willing to go where no man goes. The best venue for fans, teams, mascots & cheerleaders is definitely in Indy. The fans have rated it the #1 location to hold the Big Ten Tourney year after year in several metrics. Incredibly that doesn't seem to matter to Jim.
If UConn were in the B10 prices would increase dramatically. MSG is UConn's second home.


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