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In a new joint initiative for 2012 Hospice Isle of Man and Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club are introducing a “Penny For Your Thoughts” charity scheme.  The Hotel will place Guest Comments cards in all of their 103 bedrooms, Mallards and Murray’s Restaurants as well as the Golf Club. For every completed card they will donate 10p to the Children’s Hospice, Rebecca House.

Mike Marshall, General Manager for the Hotel commented: “We are very keen to be involved with the community and feel such a worthwhile charity like Rebecca House is the perfect way to do this, we will also gain invaluable information from our Guests as we strive to improve our standards and quality of customer service”.
Jason Hand, Operations Manager added “During 2012 we will be displaying information concerning the tremendous work Rebecca House carries out to raise their profile and, through a range of events such as a Super Hero ball on Friday 18th May 2012 as part of children’s Hospice week and a golf day to be held on Friday 29th June, we will be showing our support in monetary terms”.

PR and Marketing Manager for Hospice, Mary Doyle added: “We are delighted to be working with the team at Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club and look forward to a successful community partnership during 2012.” Over the last couple of years we have worked with the Hotel and Golf club but this is a step up that will make a huge difference in every way.”
Pictured left to right is Jason Hand, Operations Manager at the hotel with Mary Doyle, PR and Marketing Manager for Hospice Isle of Man and Rebecca House and Mike Marshall, general manager at Mount Murray.

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By: Douglas French | Guest columnist
Published: February 20, 2012 Updated: February 20, 2012 - 6:00 AM

Alabama’s primaries are March 13, and this year the race is competitive, and it will matter.

When the talking heads on TV wanted to anoint Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee, Newt Gingrich won in South Carolina. When it looked like Gingrich had the upper hand, Romney won Florida and Nevada. When it’s declared a two-man race, Rick Santorum ran the table, winning Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado. In the meantime, Ron Paul continues to quietly pick up delegates.

So while many voters don’t want to “waste their vote,” who can properly judge whether a vote for this one or that one is a waste? The Opelika-Auburn News recently ran a Doonesbury comic strip concerning Ron Paul’s campaign. Paul is famous for wanting to end the Fed, return to gold, and bring home the troops. His preferred income tax rate is zero.

“The fact is your philosophy is pure utopianism,” says Gary Trudeau’s cartoon TV talking head. “No modern society could function under a libertarian government, which is why none exists.”

But as far out as the mainstream media wants to make Paul’s ideas, all Dr. Paul advocates is a return to the Constitution. No war has been declared in the Middle East, so in Paul’s view these current wars are illegal. Money coined by the United States government is to be gold and silver. The Constitution makes no provision for a central bank and fiat money.

Modern political commentators make the founding fathers out to be lunatics or maybe just naïve country bumpkins who didn’t know any better. But Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are said to have both had IQs of 160. The idea of personal freedom, property rights and sound money wasn’t crazy to them but something to fight for.

The founders viewed government with suspicion for good reason. But now it is individuals who believe in freedom that are viewed with suspicion. Reuters reports that the FBI is keeping its eyes on “extremists, sometimes known as ‘sovereign citizens,’ (who) believe they can live outside any type of government authority. “The extremists may refuse to pay taxes, defy government environmental regulations and believe the United States went bankrupt by going off the gold standard.”

These individuals who believe that nobody has the right to take their property and that money should be gold and silver are considered dangerous by the FBI. "We are being inundated right now with requests for training from state and local law enforcement on sovereign-related matters," said Casey Carty, an FBI supervisory special agent.

“Sovereign members often express particular outrage at tax collection, putting Internal Revenue Service employees at risk,” reports Reuters.

The founders of this nation weren’t utopians, but they weren’t keen on forming a government that would confiscate their property via taxation. Thus, there was no income tax until much later — 1913, the same year the Federal Reserve came into being.

When you think about it in light of the facts, a vote for Paul is not a waste, but sends a message that freedom is to be celebrated and encouraged, not viewed with suspicion and stifled.

Douglas French is president of the Mises Institute in Auburn.

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Q: I just wanted to write to you because I have a few questions regarding the online "traffic cams" around the Capital District.

Question No. 1: Why is it that every time there is a traffic accident on, say, the Northway or 787, when I try to view the camera nearest the accident, almost without fail that particular camera feed says: "Camera Temporarily Unavailable?" Is it that the DOT or whoever controls the cameras is trying to protect us from seeing the "carnage" on our Capital District highways? (I'm half-joking with this question, of course.) However, on numerous occasions, for example, I'd be listening to a radio or TV traffic report, and then immediately I'd check the camera closest to that incident, but the "Camera Temporarily Unavailable" picture is shown. What gives here?

Question No. 2: In most other metropolitan cities such as Philadelphia, NYC, etc ... the Internet traffic cams show real-time streaming (or close to real-time) video of the traffic cam feeds. However, here in the Capital District, we only get one still image every few minutes. Why is this the case? On local TV stations they show streaming video from those exact same traffic cam feeds; why do all the Internet feeds only show a still picture? This just doesn't make any sense to me.

Question No. 3: Why are there no traffic cams between exits 23 and 24 of the Thruway? I should hope that with the new widening of the Thruway to six lanes, that cameras will be installed near the more heavily traveled sections, such as near the Delaware Avenue overpass or at the overpass of Route 85.

— Anthony B. Martino, Cohoes

A: We'll tackle your questions as you asked them, one at a time.

As to the first question, the camera angles may change for police purposes or to protect privacy.

"Typically, during an incident involving an accident our camera operators will work with State Police to determine the severity of the accident and to evaluate if injuries are present," she said. "This may involve moving the camera from its wide-angle view and zooming in close to the accident scene. Operators may at this point restrict the camera to the NYSDOT 511 website because they are prohibited from transmitting any personal identifier information. For privacy reasons, traffic cameras cannot show images that: identify an individual, driver or passenger; identify license plates of vehicles; identify contents of the enclosed interior of passenger vehicles; or track the individual travel pattern of a specific vehicle."

Once an assessment has been made, Breen said, the camera operator will zoom back out to the original wide angle view so no identifying information can be seen. The image would then return to unrestricted.

"If an image is deemed disturbing, or inappropriate for public view, the camera image will be restricted until the incident is cleared," she said.

R.W. Groneman, spokesman for the Thruway Authority, agreed the main purpose of the camera is not for public consumption.

"The reason we put the cameras up is for traffic control and management," he said.

The camera shots are provided on the web as a public benefit, he said, but the chosen angles and views are meant to help control traffic. The views shown are for the benefit of traffic engineers and may differ from what the public might want to see at any moment.

As for your second question, Breen said, the reason for the still images on the 511 site is that the technology is old.

"The video system for the Capital Region was first installed more than a decade ago before many of the advances in streaming video were available," she said. "Recently, we have upgraded the roadside traffic system with fiber-optic cabling and network cameras, reducing maintenance costs and increasing stability. An added advantage has been high-quality video that is easily delivered to local TV stations on their video network. Getting video to the 511 system on the NYSDOT network is a bit more complex due to information security concerns. We are reviewing the 511 feeds as part of our total system upgrade, and plan a system update later this year."

And to answer your final question, Groneman said a new camera will be added on the Thruway.

"As part of the reconstruction of the Thruway between Exit 23 and Exit 24 in Albany, a new traffic camera will be installed near the Delaware Avenue overpass," he said. "It should be operational in the near future."

"Getting There" is compiled by staff writer Tim O'Brien. Do you have a question about transportation? Call 454-5020 or email gettingthere@timesunion.com. Please include your name, town and telephone number.

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Miomni Ltd "No Longer the Best Kept Secret in Digital Media" has worked closely with Paddy Power's Sports Betting Digital Team to apply a similar user experience that they developed for their highly successful iPhone and iPad applications to the Smart TV environment. This entailed writing a Functional and Design Specification, agreeing design wireframes and artwork, project management, application build and managing the QA process with Yahoo in the US.

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The Paddy Power Smart TV Application enables consumers using a TV Remote Control to browse available bets today and in the future for a comprehensive range of Betting Types (Horse Racing, Soccer, Rugby, Cricket, Basketball, American Football, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Snooker, Darts as well as Social and Political events to name but a few). Betting odds are updated in real time in this fast moving environment. Bets can also be placed into a Betting Slip prior to Registration and Card Account Setup.

Registered users can deposit potentially unlimited funds into their accounts and place single and multiple bets. They also have access to their account details where they can view their Betting History (pending, won and lost bets) and their Transaction History (deposits, Free Bet balance, withdrawals, bet placement amounts and bet winning amounts). The user's overall funds balance is displayed throughout a signed in users session. In addition user's have generic access to Help and Customer Care as well as standard information (Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, Responsible Gaming, Gaming Rules and About Paddy Power).

As well as Ante-Post betting (i.e. before the event starts) the application will provide in a second iteration incorporating 'In Running' / Live betting enabling users to modify bets and place new bets whilst an event is in progress.

The application is currently available via the Yahoo Smart TV Widget on Samsung, LG, Sony and (US) Smart TVs in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Miomni is working on a Samsung specific application which is due to launch in January 2012 also in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Miomni has worked closely with Paddy Power's Digital Team to apply a similar user experience that they developed for their highly successful iPhone and iPad applications to the Smart TV environment. This entailed writing a Functional and Design Specification, agreeing design wireframes and artwork, project management, application build and managing the QA process with Yahoo in the US.

In addition to building the user application Miomni has built a sophisticated server side middleware 'engine' that processes all incoming bet types, merges them with other data and rich media, like Racing Silks images, and then outputs standard files that the user application uses to build its views. The Miomni Platform handles User registration, sign in and out as well as account information which is then passed securely via this middleware service taking the entire load away from the Paddy Power infrastructure. This service can be used to provide data to any number of device types in the future for example Smart Phones and Tablets.

This middleware service is hosted on the Miomni Global Delivery Platform which can support a potentially unlimited number of users with its proven security model protecting Paddy Powers underlying systems.

Stephen Lovell, Online Product & Business Development Manager, Paddy Power said: "We have created a close working relationship with Miomni that has enabled Paddy Power to produce arguably the best and most comprehensive Smart TV sports betting application currently on offer. They have delivered on all aspects of the project requirement to budget and to the agreed timescales. This relationship coupled with the technical foundation we now have in place will enable us to create and launch innovative digital services in 2012 and beyond."

With Offices in London and the US Miomni provide a Multi Platform digital Media Solution delivering user Interface, high quality video content, Interactive applications and e-commerce, to multiple platforms with full advertising capabilities. Miomni uses a proprietary content & asset management system. Incorporating a single integrated database for "over the top" global digital video delivery.

Miomni also has the advantage of in-house creative services for advanced multi-platform User Interface (UI) design and navigation solutions, covering all viewing experiences

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EastEnders' Polly Perkins is proud to be representing older women on TV.

The former Eldorado star has joined Albert Square as Dot Branning's sister Rose Cotton and told Inside Soap magazine why she thinks it's important to have more mature actresses in the show.

Polly said: "It's about time there were more older women on television. These people do have a life and it's not represented terribly often.

"I think it's really brilliant that EastEnders is bucking the trend with Rose, Dot and Cora. There's no way any of them think they'll end up with a Zimmer frame. They all think they're going to live forever!"

The 68-year-old actress revealed she gets letters from fans telling her glamorous gran Rose reminds them of their own grandmothers.

She said: "Can you imagine all these grandmas walking around looking like Rose? Mind you, I do know a few of them myself. Rose is totally deluded, in fact , she thinks she's still 37!"

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