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Dakhinpat Satra is located at Majuli Island
in Jorhat District
. Basically a monastery, it is a unique feature of Vaishnavism in the state.
The satra was established by Banamalidev, a great exponent of Raasleela. Once it was the centre for education and dissemination of the art of harmonious living.
Thousand of devotees visit this monastery during Rasotsava, one of the national festivals of Assam.
Majuli can be reached by Dhokuakhana from Dhemaji and Luit-Khabolughat from North Lakhimpur.
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Software giant SAP is likely to move away from relational databases in the future and focus on its in-memory offering, HANA, according to SAP's CIO, Oliver Bussmann, who spoke to Computing at the SAP User Group Conference this week in Birmingham.
HANA uses in-memory software to analyse huge volumes of data in real time.
"My prediction is that in the next five to ten years relational databases will disappear and all SAP products will be using HANA," said Bussmann.
"In-memory allows companies to improve the speed of their data analytics by a factor of 100,000 [compared with relational databases]. This means that analytics that took hours can now take a second."
SAP began looking at in-memory capabilities three years ago and started developing the technology in early 2010.
Bussmann's team conducted a proof of concept in October of 2010, which saw SAP's data analytics improve by a factor of 14,000: a request now takes one second where it previously took five hours.
SAP then delivered a roadmap for companies to utilise HANA, and 100 of its customers have now implemented the technology.
"The first step is for companies to put the HANA appliance alongside an ERP system. Then you should extract as much data as possible, put it inside the HANA appliance, and run analytics on top of that in real time," said Bussmann.
"Companies should build applications that are 100 per cent optimised on the HANA software. There are many examples of this already, and these include liquidity and risk-planning for banks."
Bussmann argues that many more companies are now looking at in-memory data analytics because the technology has become cheaper in recent years.
"We realised that memory has become very inexpensive. You can get a 2 terabyte machine for £85,000, with 64 processers, so it is now pretty cheap to own the hardware," he said.
"However, you need software to optimise the hardware, which HANA does. If you move data into the main memory, you will have a factor-of-ten performance improvement. But if you leverage multiple core processors and get the software to spread the work efficiently, you see more drastic improvements in speed."
Despite the optimism and the fact that SAP now has more than 100 customers using HANA, Bussmann still believes that there is room for improvement with the product.
"We need to improve the modelling of the data – we need to make this more stable," said Bussmann.
"We also need to scale up our development for new applications and allow the ecosystem to establish itself. These things take time."
Does Google know too much about you?
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The enterprise mobility summit will examine how organisations can manage the increasing array of endpoints which are enabling mobile computing in business....
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§ 18. Mr. G. LOCKER-LAMPSON
asked whether, under the official Table G, issued by the Insurance Commissioners, an alien, with dependants, aged nineteen next birthday, at entry into insurance, is entitled to sickness benefit at the rate of 10s. per week and disablement benefit at the rate of 5s. per week, whereas, under the official Table D, a British subject now entering into insurance at the same age and under the same conditions is entitled to only 9s. per week sickness benefit and 5s. per week disablement benefit?
The answer is in the affirmative. In neither of the cases taken by the hon. Member is any reserve value provided, and in both cases the benefits are equivalent in value to the contributions paid. The maternity benefit payable from the alien's insurance is, however, at a reduced rate, whereas maternity benefits payable from British subjects' insurance are required under the Acts to be at the full rate of 30s. This results, in the particular case selected by the hon. Member, in a corresponding reduction in the latter's sickness benefit.
§ Mr. G. LOCKER-LAMPSON
Cannot the hon. Member do something so that a British subject shall not receive less sick pay for the same contribution than an alien?
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Study sustainable enterprise in Brisbane, with world experts, during the Australian summer, and be half way to a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Enterprise. The two 5 day intensive courses are taught from November 28th and January 16th, by Dr Jem Bendell and Professor Malcolm McIntosh at Griffith Business School. Sign up by October 23rd, using the course links below.
The summer school is offered by the new Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise and comprises:
Stakeholder Management (7507GBS)
28 November – 2 December 2009 (inclusive)
This course provides students with a greater understanding of the business-society relations that shape sustainable enterprise and finance. Participants explore the various organisations constituting the business environment and the different ways of engaging them. The latest challenges in investor relations, consumer relations, government relations, and relations with non-governmental organisations are explored, covering topics such as sustainable marketing and responsible investment. More on the course is at http://www3.griffith.edu.au/03/STIP4/app?page=CourseEntry&service=external&sp=S7507GBS
Sustainable Enterprise, Leadership and Change (7508GBS)
16 January – 20 January 2010 (inclusive)
This course enables students to integrate their understanding of, and invigorate their commitment to, the generation of sustainable enterprise. Students will explore enterprise solutions to societal challenges, such as social disadvantage and biodiversity conservation. With visits to relevant organisations and communities, and development of sustainable enterprise plans, students will learn concepts, styles and skills of leadership that are relevant to sustainable enterprise. More on the course is at http://www3.griffith.edu.au/03/STIP4/app?page=CourseEntry&service=external&sp=S7508GBStgraduate-courses.
Stakeholder Management is taught by Dr Jem Bendell, who has been promoting and supporting responsible business as a consultant, academic and entrepreneur for 14 years. As a director of the progressive professional services firm, Lifeworth, he has worked with corporations, NGOs and United Nations agencies on corporate responsibility issues in over a dozen countries. He is a leading international commentator on corporate responsibility, with over 50 publications on this subject, including three books, a column and four United Nations reports. He has helped create a number of innovative responsible enterprise initiatives, such as the Marine Stewardship Council, and his work has been credited with inspiring the formation of the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative. He is an expert in cross-sector partnering, and in recent years has become a specialist in sustainable luxury, appearing at conferences and on television about the future of the industry.
Sustainable Enterprise, Leadership and Change is taught by Professor Malcolm McIntosh, a writer, broadcaster and teacher on corporate citizenship, sustainability and accountability. Professor McIntosh has pioneered teaching corporate responsibility and sustainability in universities in the UK, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and been involved in publishing over ten books in this area and producing films for BBC TV. He has been a Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General’s Global Compact, and has worked for UNEP, the ILO and UNDP and many global corporations, including Shell, BP, Pfizer and ABB and a number of INGOs. He has been an adviser to the governments of the UK, Norway and Canada on CSR strategy. He was Founding-Editor of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship. He is the Founding Director of Griffith’s new Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise.
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(From India Business Insight)
The Indian retail industry is witnessing growth as a result of disposable incomes, decline in real estate prices and increase in number of customers.
Investment in retail real estate continues to yield the highest returns when compared to residential and office segments, according to Knight Frank's latest report in its annual India Retail Review.
The office and residential segments yield returns of 13-16 percent, according to the study. India ranks fifth among 30 emerging retail markets in developing countries. Consumer spending on an average in the country has grown by 11.5 …
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The practical import of all this is, that we sin not, keeping the body under subjection to the law of the spirit, the new nature in Christ Jesus, and so bring forth fruit unto holiness. This kind of dying is indeed a painful process, but it is a voluntary sacrifice which is required…. “Ye are not your own, ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are His.” He is Lord and Master we are called upon to admit his claims, and thus be at agreement with God. “Be ye reconciled to God,” may be applicable to the unconverted, but it was addressed to Christians. See 2 Cor. 5:20
Posts Tagged ‘ Christian Character ’
The Lord and the Apostles take special care to point out to the church the serious significance of her present position, upon which the weighty considerations of her eternal welfare depend. They mark out the specially perilous times, and forewarn us what to expect in the way of persecution and fiery trials of faith and patience, and then minister to us beforehand all the words of counsel, warning, encouragement, hope and promise that are necessary to enable us to war a good warfare and lay hold upon eternal life.
WHILE the Apostle Paul was a wonderful logician, and in his writings has set forth the elements of Christian faith along doctrinal lines more than has any other Apostle, yet we notice that he is in pursuit of a certain object. He is not beating the air, not discussing theological points for the sake of making an argument or of showing his own ability. His arguments along doctrinal lines lead the reader in every instance onward and upward, as a stairway, to a grand upper room of perfected Christian character.
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Image courtesy of Vine, via
Last week I wrote about how Vine, Twitter’s new “Instagram of video”, offers an impeccably designed user experience backed up by engineering that delivers the only thing that matters in mobile: speed.
I asked Twitter to comment on the technology solutions that let Vine’s 6-second videos load as fast as photos on a smartphone–or close enough. Here’s what Colin Kroll, leader of Vine’s engineering team, said:
- Compress early, compress often. “We begin the [video] encoding process in Vine as soon as you start recording [a clip]. Since we’re encoding to h.264, we also benefit from hardware acceleration in the iPhone and iPod Touch chipsets. Videos that are uploaded to Vine are transcoded to different bit rates on our servers for different connectivity scenarios.
- Forget HD. “Videos on Vine are recorded at 480x480 using the H264 codec. The frame rate is variable, depending on your device and lighting conditions, but generally clocks in around 22-30FPS.”
- Stay two steps ahead of the user. “Vine keeps a running estimate of a device’s connectivity, and loads videos with the appropriate bit rate. We do have an algorithm in place that will preload up to two subsequent posts [in the app], based on the activity of the person using it.”
None of this sounds like rocket science, but solving the “Instagram of video” problem was never about a achieving a technological moon shot. It was about identifying which part of the problem actually mattered – what is the primary experience that people want out of social video on their phones? – and aiming Twitter’s highly-scaled technology squarely at that target. This synergy of design strategy and engineering tactics is what creates successful technology experiences that seem “obvious” in hindsight.
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The Internet of ThingsPosted by John Bowles on January 21, 2013 Share
This is a fascinating video from Bassett & Partners that offers insights from the best in the industry on the future of interaction design. It's inspiring for anyone but most of all designers as we try to set the stage for the best user experiences. It stresses the importance of designing around patterns of desired outcomes and behaviors as opposed to moving a user through one choreographed movement that they almost never follow. You can only set the stage and not always foresee what will happen.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Facing off against some of his toughest critics on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers they need a "credible program" to reduce the nation's growing deficit.
"Even after economic and financial conditions return to normal, the federal budget will remain on an unsustainable path... unless the Congress enacts significant changes in fiscal programs," Bernanke told the House Budget Committee.
In his first appearance before the new Republican-controlled House Wednesday morning, Bernanke addressed questions about the state of the economy and fiscal and monetary policy.
Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin who heads the committee, has been a vocal opponent of the Fed's recent stimulus policy, which pumps $600 billion into the economy through purchases of long-term Treasuries.
He said he fears the policy, known as quantitative easing, will cause inflation to accelerate rapidly, forming asset bubbles and crushing the dollar.
"There is nothing more insidious that a country can do to its citizens than debase its currency," Ryan said.
After opening remarks, Ryan jumped right into questions about the controversial policy, accusing Bernanke of using quantitative easing to "monetize" the soaring debt by printing more money to finance government spending.
But Bernanke countered that quantitative easing would not permanently increase the money supply, since the Fed plans to reverse the policy once the economy recovers.
Bernanke repeated that point several times throughout the Q&A session, constantly reassuring representatives that the Fed fully intends to increase interest rates ahead of a rapid rise in inflation.
"If the economy begins to grow very quickly, and inflation begins to rise, then we would reverse it," he said.
Holding up Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, Ryan pointed to a front page headline saying "Inflation worries spread" and confronted Bernanke about a recent surge in commodities affecting food and energy prices.
Bernanke echoed comments he gave last week, shrugging off food and energy inflation as an issue confined mostly to emerging economies.
"Monetary policy can't do anything about, say, bad weather in Russia or increases in demand for oil in Brazil and China," Bernanke said. "What we can do is try to get stable prices and growth here in the United States."
Bernanke has been on the defensive about quantitative easing, arguing that inflation in the U.S. remains weak and is far from a threat. And with unemployment at 9%, the economic recovery still has a long way to go, he said.
"It will be several years before the unemployment rate has returned to a more normal level," he said. "Until we see a sustained period of stronger job creation, we cannot consider the recovery to be truly established."
He told lawmakers it will take years to bring the unemployment rate down to a more normal level of 5% to 6%. It takes economic growth of at least 2.5% for the job market to keep up with new workers entering the labor force, and the U.S. is currently growing at a rate of 3.2%.
Bernanke pushed lawmakers to focus on cutting the national debt, while still investing in education and infrastructure.
He also advocated for reforming the corporate tax code, to encourage businesses to create jobs.
Corporate tax rates in the U.S. are currently some of the highest in the industrialized world at 35%, but many businesses use tax breaks to reduce their rates. Bernanke suggested reducing corporate tax rates, while cutting back on the loopholes available to businesses.
The fuss over Apple's complex strategies to avoid taxes put the corporate tax code on display in all its convoluted glory this week. More
The 79 tornadoes that hit over three days in 10 states caused billions in losses, with most of damage concentrated in Moore, Oklahoma. More
Users are flocking to a new email program. More
Vermont, a patent-rich state, is cracking down on so-called "patent trolling," a growing problem for entrepreneurs nationwide. More
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Maltese Falcon, The A
Based on an outstanding detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon is John Huston's first film as a director; he began his career as a screenwriter.
Preceding Casablanca by two years, the film offers Humphrey Bogart his first great staring performance as Sam Spade. Rest of the excellent ensemble includes Mary Astor as Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo, and Sydney Greenstreet as Caspar Gutman.
Private investigator Sam Spade learns that his partner is murdered, and discovers a conspiracy to steal the Maltese Falcon, which is worth a fortune because it is encrusted with jewels. Spade doesn't allow his personal feelings, and temptations for Brigid O'Shaughnessy, to sway his professional commitment. When Spade deduces that it was Brigid herself who killed his partner, he says in a cold cynical tone that he "won't play the sap" for her, and he grimly hands her over to the police.
An obsessed professional, Spade is a proud man who will adhere to a principle unto death. His moral code is superior to that of the legitimate order and its representative detectives; society itself is shown to be full of corruption. Yet, at the end, Spade's code coincides with the law and he turns in the murderess he loves.
Critics continue to hold The Maltese Falcon in high regard, not only because it's the movie that catapulted Bogart into stardom, but also for the high standards of technical filming that director John Huston brought to Hollywood.
The Maltese Falcon was the directorial debut of John Huston. In this picture, Huston boldly explored his style of framing, setting up the shots like canvases of painting. Thus, the characters often face fill half the screen while they are listening, not talking. To Huston, the reactions of the person listening was more important than the one speaking or moving.
The astute mise-en-scene of Huston, who would become one of Bogart's most favorite and frequent directors, helped placed Bogart among the top rank of Hollywood stars. Huston was able to show Bogart as a fine, well-rounded actor, instead of just a gangster-villain type that he played in many Warner pictures in the 1930s.
Running Time: 100 minutes
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Fishing report for southeastern Utah
Although fishing conditions in Utah are generally slow at present, anglers can expect improvements as the fall season approaches.
Benches Reservoir - According to Todd Munford of Big Pine Sports in Fairview, fishing has been slow to fair. Fly fishermen in float tubes and pontoon boats have had the best success with sinking line and brown and olive leech patterns. Spincasters have had luck by quickly retrieving a gold Jake's from the dam. Shoreline bait fishermen have experienced some success, using PowerBait behind a full bubble and long leader.
Cleveland Reservoir - Fishing has been fair from shore with corn PowerBait. Fly fishermen from tubes or pontoon boats have had fair success with red crystal buggers on sinking line.
Duck Fork Reservoir - Duck Fork will be replanted with Colorado River cutthroat trout and fingerling tiger trout this fall. Duck Fork regulations will protect the Colorado River cutthroat population for future egg collection and fish transplant operations. The DWR hopes that this measure will help keep the Colorado River cutthroat from being listed as threatened or endangered. If that were to happen, traditional fishing in southeastern Utah could be dramatically impacted. Tiger trout are being planted to provide for sport fishing at this water.
Electric Lake - Fishing success has been sporadic, but is generally slow to fair. Fishing from small watercraft has been better than from the bank. The limit at Electric Lake is four trout which may be taken on any type of bait, lure or fly. In the tributaries, the limit is two trout, which must be caught with artificial flies or lures.
Fairview Lakes - Munford reports that shoreline fishing has been fair from the rocks on the west end, using PowerBait behind a full bubble with four feet of leader. Fly fishing has been best in the late evening with a black leech pattern. Spincasters have had luck with a gold Jake's.
Ferron Reservoir - Shoreline fishing has ranged from fair to good with a salmon egg and worm combination for brookies on the northeast end. Fly fishermen have done fairly well from boats using olive leeches or chartreuse/red crystal buggers. The trout limit is four. However, anglers may take a bonus limit of four brook trout in addition to the normal trout limit.
Gigliotti Pond - The water level is low, and trout fishing has been poor. Bass and bluegill anglers are encouraged to use artificial baits and lures, and exercise caution when releasing a bass or bluegill. If ever a hook is swallowed deeply, cut the line and release the fish. Most fish will survive until the hook becomes dislodged, dissolved, or passes through the digestive system.
Gooseberry Reservoir - Munford reports generally slow fishing. Anglers, on the west shoreline south of the campground, have had some luck with a night crawler, tipped with a floating Power Egg behind a full bubble and four feet of leader. Fly fishing has been best in the channel on the south end. Olive or brown leeches stripped quickly with sinking line have been effective.
Grassy Trail Reservoir - The reservoir is closed to fishing in 2003.
Green River Golf Course Ponds - The limit is four fish in the aggregate for all species.
Huntington Creek - Low flows continue. Fish early or late for best results. Munford reports success on the right fork with a 14 royal wulff or an 18 griffiths gnat pattern. For left fork anglers, willing to hike several miles down from Millers Flat dam, good surface action can be had with a 14 elk hair caddis or tan/yellow hopper pattern. Good below-surface action can be had with a 14 beadhead pheasant tail/prince nymph or a 14 lil brassy. Special regulations on Huntington Creek are as follows: On the right fork (from Flood and Engineer's Canyon upstream to Electric Lake) only artificial flies may be used and the trout limit is two. On the left fork, only artificial flies and lures may be used, and the harvest of brown trout is encouraged.
Huntington North Reservoir - Trout fishing continues to be slow. More trout will be stocked in October as other water recreation subsides. The bass limit is two; all largemouth bass over 12 inches must be immediately released.
Huntington Reservoir - Munford reports slow fishing. Best results have been had by boaters, trolling gold Jake's or brown/tan roostertails on leaded line. Shoreline fishermen have had best luck with a straight night crawler behind a full bubble, cast out as far as possible. Fly fishermen have had fair success from tubes or pontoon boats, using black/brown crystal buggers or double renegades. The reservoir is closed to the possession of cutthroat trout or trout with cutthroat markings.
Joes Valley Reservoir - The boat ramp is now out of the water. Only hand-launched water craft can be used. Fishing success has been slow. The splake are holding in deep water. In 2003, the trout limit is two. No more than one trout may be over 22 inches. All trout 15-22 inches must be immediately released.
Lake Powell - The Lake Powell fishing report home page is: http://www.wayneswords.com. DWR Biologist and Project Leader, Wayne Gustaveson, updates fishing conditions at this website weekly.
Miller Flat Reservoir - Shoreline fishing has been good with red salmon eggs behind a full bubble with 3-4 feet of leader. Fly fishermen have had fair success with a brown leech or red crystal bugger.
Potter's Pond - Shoreline fishing has been good with PowerBait behind a full bubble with 3-4 feet of leader.
Fly fishermen have had luck with a brown leech or red crystal bugger.
Price River/Lower Fish Creek - Heavy flows from the reservoir continue. From the railroad bridge approximately one mile below the Scofield Reservoir dam downstream to the confluence with the White River only artificial flies and lures may be used.
Scofield Reservoir - Fishing has generally been slow. Trollers near the boy scout camp have had some success with leaded line and rainbow needlefish or silver triple teasers. Shoreline anglers have had success in the early morning with dead red shiner minnows. Fly fishing has been fair from tubes or pontoon boats slow-trolling black/red wooly buggers or olive leech patterns. There are no special regulations on the tributaries.
Willow Lake - Fishing has been slow to fair. Cheese and dough baits have not been very effective.
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Has President Bush decided with finality to invade Iraq and destroy Saddam Hussein, even if it will require 200,000 U.S. troops? Most pundits believe the decision has been made, that D-Day will come as soon as U.S. forces are in place, perhaps January.
Yet, there remains a deep division in this city over the wisdom of an invasion.
The War Party offers us a vision of a U.S.-occupied Iraq, like Germany and Japan after World War II, as a new democracy and U.S. ally in the Middle East, whose attractiveness will persuade the Iranian people to rise up and overthrow the mullahs.
But there is another view: that a U.S. invasion will inflame the Mideast, bring down pro-American Arab regimes, perhaps ignite the war of civilizations President Bush is desperate to avoid and leave the U.S occupying its own gigantic West Bank, subject to murderous nightly assaults from the Iraqi version of the Al Aksa Brigades.
No one, of course, knows for certain what the outcome of an invasion of Iraq would be. But what is certain is that the decision is a momentous one, with far-reaching consequences for America. And such a decision must be taken together as a people.
Korea and Vietnam, both undeclared wars, horribly divided us. Let us not repeat those mistakes of yesterday. If America is going to invade Iraq, let us go to war the right way, the constitutional way, by having the elected representatives of the American people vote up or down on it, so that all may be held accountable.
Let me put my cards on the table: I do not believe the War Party has made its case. Why, after all, must we invade Iraq?
Comes the response: Saddam is working feverishly on WMD, the weapons of mass destruction. When he gets them, he will use them on us. Therefore, to avert another 9-11, we must launch a preventive war to kill him and his regime.
Now the evidence is conclusive that Saddam has sought WMD. But where is the evidence he intends to take the insane and suicidal risk of launching such a weapon at the mightiest nation on earth, ensuring the total destruction of him, his dynasty, his regime, his army and his country?
The contention that Saddam would fire a chemical or nuclear weapon at America, if he acquired it, contradicts history, common sense and his own past conduct. Looking back, no nation ever actively sought a war with America. The lone exception might be Mexico, whose hotheads thought that a military foray against the Gringos in 1846 would recapture all the disputed land north of the Rio Grande.
In 1812, the Brits did not want war, they had their hands full with Napoleon. We declared war. The Confederate states did not want to fight the Union, they only wanted only to be free of the Union. In 1898, Spain was desperate to avoid war if a way could be found to cede Cuba without dishonor. After the sinking of the Lusitania, the Kaiser curtailed submarine warfare for two years to avoid bringing America into World War I. Even Hitler ordered his U-boats to avoid clashes with U.S. ships. It was FDR who was hot for war. Japan did not attack Pearl Harbor until our oil embargo and ultimatum to get out of China left it no other way to avert a dishonorable retreat.
North Korea would never have attacked had it known America would throw in a third of a million troops and fight for three years. Hanoi did not want war with the United States, but it accepted it rather than lose the South forever.
Why would Iraq -- with no air force, no navy, no defense against U.S. air power or smart bombs and an economy not 1 percent of our own -- launch a suicidal strike on the United States?
Because, we are told, Saddam thirsts for revenge for Desert Storm. But does such lunacy sound plausible in light of the man's own record?
It is said he used chemical weapons on the Kurds in 1988, so he is surely prepared to use them on us. But it is one thing to gas defenseless Kurds, another to gas Americans. Why did Saddam not use his gas bombs in Desert Storm? Simple: He knew that might invite nuclear retaliation. Saddam is not a suicide bomber, he is a survivor.
Consider: Saddam would be the lion of the Arab world today if he fired a few Scuds at Israel in support of the Palestinians. Why doesn't he? Because that would risk Israeli retaliation and the end of Saddam. So instead, he timidly sends $25,000 checks to the families of suicide bombers.
In 1981, Israel -- fearing Iraq's nuclear reactor at Osirak would be used to build atomic weapons -- attacked and destroyed it. If Israel thought Iraq was close to having atomic weapons today, it would attack again. Yet, Israel does not. Why is Sharon less worried about Saddam than our own War Party? Is it possible our War Party, like its hero FDR, is deliberately deceiving us -- to start the all-out Arab-Islamic-American war they crave?
There is a way to learn the truth. Demand that the War Party make its case to Congress, which alone has the power to declare war. No more Koreas, no more Vietnams, no more undeclared wars. Let us follow the Constitution in which all true conservatives believe.
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A marriage bill came within a whisker of passage in 2011, but was shelved in the House of Delegates at the last minute when leaders determined they were a few votes shy. Securing those "few votes" this year took up much of the first 45 days of Maryland's General Assembly's legislative session.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Port Mann Bridge planners insist it was the weather, not the design that led to the ice-fall that damaged several cars yesterday. But at least one expert is questioning the placement of the cables that are directly above the bridge deck.
Christos Georgakis, a structural engineering expert from Denmark, says the designers should have done a risk assessment before the bridge was built to determine whether icefall was going to be a problem.
“If they found that the level was very low, they probably wouldn’t do anything about it,” says Georgakis. “But if they found the level was high, then I would say this not the best choice for the cable planes. They should have chosen vertical cable planes or outwardly-lying cable planes.”
He adds he doesn’t know whether the designers were forced to work with a preliminary design that they weren’t allowed to deviate from.
Mike Proudfoot, CEO of the Transportation Investment Corporation, says specialists are reviewing whether a heating system would prevent snow and ice from accumulating on the cables.
Georgakis, who has researched various de-icing methods, says he hasn’t seen anything on the market that would make sense for the Port Mann Bridge.
“None of them are fail-proof and some of them are probably not worth implementing due to cost,” he explains. “In other places around the world, normally… instead of de-icing, the bridge is shut down until it is safe.”
Earlier this year, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was also shut down for several hours because ice was falling onto the bridge deck from the cables above. No one was hurt.
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|The Cook Islands were special in many ways. Anchoring was a bit of a
challenge since the Harbor of Avarua is wide open to the north and any strong
northerly wind could blow a boat right onto the wharf. When we read and planned
this trip we noted that northerlies are not all that common, so we really
weren't worried!!! We only started to worry when we arrived at Aitutaki Atoll
(about 100nm north of Rarotonga) and found the prevailing north west wind had
created an impossible anchorage on the west side of the atoll. That is to say,
the only anchorage at Aitutaki was hopeless and we had to change our plans and
NOT stop there. We were definitely disappointed, but then started to worry about
the only anchorage in Rarotonga which was north facing.
This is the small boat harbor next to the main north-facing all purpose
green roofed warehouses are landmarks, without which one could NOT
get their boat to the right entry area for Rarotonga. Our usually reliable
charts did NOT give us an accurate entrance to Avaura Harbor.
You can see that The Quest is directly exposed to the open harbor. What you
can't see is that her anchor chain is bolted to a huge cement block on the
bottom of the bay. We were advised to do this by the harbormaster - and so, a
local cruiser offered to do this for us. It meant that we didn't have to worry
about our boat while we toured the island of Rarotonga. However, it also meant
that our friend Jim had a significant diving job the day we planned to leave the
The other thing you see in the photo to the right is that we have four stern
ties to the shore. Three of these are on the starboard side as we have a
prevailing easterly wind that wants to blow us down on the (undoubtedly) only
navy ship of the Cook Islands. You can also wee that we are using our dinghy as
a means to get back and forth to the big boat.
And, speaking of getting back and forth, here's Scott riding the most popular
(and probably most perilous means of traveling around Rarotonga.
You're probably wondering just what there is to do in the Cook Islands. Well,
it's certainly nice just to ride around and see the sights.
There's a road that circumnavigates the island and the sights are those of a
rural island. On the right is a small private beach that we all enjoyed. And,
you can stop and have coffee if you wish. The
most enjoyable thing is to live on "island time."
We did have a favorite restaurant and that was Trader Jack's. The restaurant
balcony overlooks an opening in the reef. This is an area where the local
paddlers and small boat sailors like to launch their craft. It's also an area
that can be mistaken for a larger, deeper boat harbor. In fact, as we were
approaching Rarotonga, because our charts were not as accurate as we hoped we
were confusing this area for the "real" harbor until we scoped out the
green warehouse roofs
that were mentioned in the cruising
These are some of the paddlers in the red canoe. It's remarkable how
very fast they move and the distances they travel. Remember, the canoes were the
of transportation between the islands not that long ago. It's also interesting
to note that the dark object above the canoe's bow is the wreck of a big ship
that undoubtedly had a hard time identifying where they were supposed to come
in. Sometimes it's hard to identify landmarks until you're quite close to shore.
Our time in the harbor of Avarua was pretty interesting also. I'm told that
in "high" season it's wall-to-wall yachts. I'm glad we didn't have that
experience. (Though we plan to return, so we'll have our chance.) What we did
have a chance to watch was the fishermen coming into the harbor and unloading
The fish that are taken off these two fishing boats are quite large. You can
see they need a crane to manage them. We observed that the local restaurants
take their fish right off the boats to their kitchens. The boats then load up on
ice and go out again. "Gypsy Trader" seems to have a permanent list to port, but
that doesn't seem to bother anyone. The heavy load of ice and a subsequent heavy
load of fish certainly exacerbates the situation.
We were actually thinking that a smaller boat (Gypsy Trader right) such as she is would probably
have an easier time getting into some of the small islands that are inaccessible
for sailboats and other boats with a deeper draft. At any rate, the whole
operation was quite fascinating.
Another boat that came into the harbor was equally fascinating and we were
grateful that they came in in daylight (as most boats do). This larger
inter-island supply ship kept our attention because
of its size. You can see that I put the bright bouncy balls on our bow so we
couldn't be missed. This ship came in, tied its bow to the dock and swung its
stern around 180 degrees. So it ended up pointing out and against the harbor
wall on the other side.
With our boat chained to the harbor floor we wouldn't want to try to move it
in any hurry, but we were fairly confident that she wouldn't go anywhere. And so
we were able to
go out and see a show and enjoy some "fru fru" drinks. So, here
Marilyn, Libby, Scott & myself. Tony took
was fun to go out and act like a real tourist. It's pretty neat that our time
here is not limited to a few days. We were lucky to be in the Cooks for two
weeks and plan to return in 2006.
is an important part of the culture of all the Pacific islands. These people are
NOT observers. They are participants. You can see this in the enthusiasm in
We spent a lot of time in the Cook Islands and I suppose it looks like I want
to share every moment here on this page. It probably goes without saying that if
we plan to return we had a great time there. Other art forms besides music and
dancing are important to the Cook Islanders. The visual arts were displayed in
the form of murals, art galleries and displayed in restaurants and churches.
Tapa cloth is a dying skill and we were happy to see these beautiful
depictions in a local restaurant. Additionally, wood carving is a prominent
cultural art form in all the islands. It is often displayed in the Churches.
This carving is seen at St. Joseph's Church.
This lady is demonstrating a common practice - weaving flowers into head
dresses. Wearing flowers in the hair is one of the things that adds to the
beauty of the men and the women.
The black and white designs seen on this building (left) in the harbor are
the kinds of designs that one might see in tattoos, paper and fabric design.
I'm afraid I'm in trouble here with this never-ending page on the Cook
Islands. I should probably close with a mention of the warm and generous
hospitality of a church which invited all visitors to lunch after
And, as a closer - besides removing all the shore lines and diving down to
unshackle our anchor chain from the bottom of the harbor we needed to take
diesel. We ordered it in advance and they came in a big truck to deliver it to
the boat. We brought the boat as close as we dared and loaded up! We then took
off for The Bay of Islands, New Zealand with Jim & Libby (not related) as crew.
Here's an aerial view of Avarua Harbor (right) - Libby's photo. The Quest's
anchor chain is bolted to the bottom of the harbor. So, before we left we had to
send Jim down with his dive tanks to unbolt the chain before we could bring in
our anchor. It's always amazing to me how large a body of water looks from afar.
When we're maneuvering in this small harbor it seems small. And when that big
freighter came in and turned around inside the harbor it seemed quite small. But
from the air it looks like there's plenty of room!
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Hey guys, long time no post.
Anyway, I have a bunch of old rechargeable alkaline batteries. What is the correct way to charge them? I doubt they're still good, but it'd be cool none the less if I could get them charged for small things (remote controls etc) around the house.
I have a triton 2 charger that I use for my NiCds and NiMHs, but I REALLY don't want to try to charge these since I'm not sure if it'd hurt the charger or not.
I know that when recharging NiMHs, the triton 2 detects a voltage "peak" when the battery is fully charged, and this peak doesn't happen with rechargeable alkaline batteries. So, could I charge them but set the safety timer really low so they only get 80% of their capacity? (You generally set the safety timer to turn off when the charger has delivered 150% of the battery's rated capacity.) Or, could I charge them but sit and watch them? Or should I stop being cheap and just go throw them away and buy actual NiMHs? (I know that's the best option obviously)
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I recently held a contest for residents of the LBC who are looking to transform themselves through our new program, Project 2012. And in that contest, participants were asked to give their New Years Resolution and to explain how attaining it would make their life better.
Now, I personally thought twice about asking for New Years Resolutions. I mean, the resolution is a tradition that truly has become trendy and pointless. It’s as if people make up any goal because it’s the thing you’re “supposed to do” at this time of year.
Look at any newspaper, magazine, online resource or entertainment news show throughout the month of December, and you won’t be able to miss a flimsy story about top ten resolutions, how to make and keep your resolutions, and fun resolution ideas. It’s all become a trivial, silly thing. Not many folks keep the resolutions that they make.
But some do.
And because of that fact, I will never shun New Years Resolutions. (Plus, I have nothing against traditions and cultural customs!)
If you think about it, the turnover period from one year to the next really is a great time to reevaluate and set new goals. It’s a time for introspection… A time for realizing how much time has passed and how close (or far) you are from where you want to be. And as you slow down to celebrate life for just a short while with your friends and family, you often feel that bubbling of motivation to change for the better.
The beginning of the year is not the only time to change habits and set lofty goals. There are plenty of other seasons, time frames and milestones that will serve as a fabulous time for change.
But if you’re ready to work toward a new goal… I say go ahead and set one. Sing out to all those around you that you’ve set a rockin’ New Years Resolution! And go for it wholeheartedly.
Here’s to your success in 2012!!
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$1M Donation Buys Second Home for Historical Society
An anonymous donation of up to $1 million will allow the Port Washington Historical Society to purchase and renovate the former Business Men’s Club building for use a museum; the society will also occupy the building at 205 N. Franklin Street for use as a
The Port Washington Historical Society is moving, and thanks to a $1 million anonymous donation, the transition will include quite the upgrade.
The society is leaving its former home — a small, temporary spot on Grande Avenue — to move in downtown, where it will occupy two historic locations.
Historical Society Board President Jackie Oleson called the donation "a transformational gift."
"The gift was directed to save another historic building from demolition and devote it to showcasing the history of Port Washington," Oleson said in a press release. "Through the considerable generosity and vision of this family, the Port Washington Historical Society will acquire and renovate the former Business Men’s Club building located at 118 N. Franklin Street, a structure the Society hoped would be saved from the wrecking ball."
Over the past several months, the Port Washington Historical Society has also been raising funds to acquire the building at 205 N. Franklin Street. (This structure was built in 1852 by businessman Barnum Blake).
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This donation does not mean the society will abandon that adventure, however. Instead, the society plans to use the the former Business Men’s Club building as a museum, and dedicate the building at 205 N. Franklin Street to its collections and archives as well as the society's office to form what the group has labeled its "Resource Center."
"This building will facilitate the management of the Business Men’s Club building and will provide the 3,000 square feet needed at this time to carry on the business and archival work of the Society," Oleson said.
The former Men's Club building will then house a museum, with anticipated exhibits to include: the Wisconsin Chair Company; shipwrecks; Dan Muller art collection; Civil War draft riots; history of Port Washington; harbor development; commercial fishing; early explorers; Native Americans; Paramount Records; the breweries of Port Washington; and more.
"Thirty-five hundred square feet of space will be devoted to interpretative exhibits highlighting the history of the community and the maritime history of the area, an exhibit area far greater than would be possible at 205 N. Franklin St.," Oleson said. "Restoration will begin later this year with completion of the work projected for late 2013."
The Historical Society is hopeful the addition of this attraction will draw more tourists to Port.
"The 1860 lighthouse, maintained and managed by the Society, draws between 2,000 and 3,000 visitors on weekends during the five months it is open to the public," Oleson said. "The Business Men’s Club museum of local history will draw visitors and residents, giving greater exposure to the 1860 lighthouse, broadening the historical focus and increasing the number of visitors to both the lighthouse and the museum."
The Business Men’s Club was built in 1907 by Henry & Hill, and began as a social gathering place for the businessmen of Port Washington, offering billiards and bowling, Oleson said. At one point it was home to a five and dime and a grocery store, and eventually became a part of the First National Bank.
Port resident Gertjan Van Den Broek purchased the former M&I Buildings earlier this year, with plans to develop the building into apartment and retail space; work to restore this building has already begun.
"The downtown of any community needs to remain vibrant and appealing to a variety of people," Oleson said. "A museum within the historic setting of the Business Men’s Club will serve to complement the restaurants, businesses, and retail venues in the downtown area. A community as rich in history as Port Washington can draw on its past to offer another reason for visitors to linger and return time and time again."
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Inez Powell Dade walked grandly through the entrance of the U.S. Navy Yard Conference and Catering Center, leaning elegantly on a cane and the arm of an escort. As she entered the room, with Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” playing in the background, hundreds of family members and friends rose in a standing ovation.
When she got to her seat, she removed her coat to reveal a beautiful silver gown with sparkly accents. Joining her at the head table were her younger sisters, Margaret Powell Harris, 97, and Vanilla Powell Beane, 93. Dade’s best friend, Sadie Harris, of Annapolis, who is 102, was also there for the milestone celebration.
Dade drew accolades from Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Mayor Vincent Gray and City Councilwoman Muriel Bowser. She also received a commendation from President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama which was announced to a rousing applause.
The sisters Powell have been celebrating birthdays together since they were children growing up on a farm in Wilson, N.C. The last of seven children, each of the sisters has buried a husband; two have seen their children’s children have children. They attend church each Sunday and see each other regularly.
The sisters attribute their health and longevity to good genes and hard work. “We grew up working and we kept working and still work,” Beane said in a previous interview. “We have never been ones to sit around. There is always something to do.”
Harris was a seamstress and dressmaker for Washington’s well-heeled before arthritis forced her to retire a few years ago. Well into her 90s, she could no longer work with a needle and thread and she had never liked sewing machines. Dade worked until a few months ago when she retired from the Tiny Tots nursery and preschool on Rock Creek Church Road NW, which she founded 40 years ago. Beane still works at Bené Millinery, the hat shop she opened on Third Street NW four decades ago. Bene` is where she created the hats famously worn by civil rights icon Dorothy Height, the longtime head of the National Council of Negro Women who was 98 when she died two years ago.
When asked how it feels to be 100, Dade told the audience, “I don’t have any different feeling. All I want to do now is keep on cooking.”
Dade was born on Nov. 7, 1912, the same year the Titanic sank and Woodrow Wilson was elected the 28th president of the United States. Three years later, in 1915, little sister Margaret was born. The House of Representatives voted that year to deny women the right to vote, transcontinental telephone service started and World War I had started in Europe. Vanilla, the baby sister, made her debut in 1919, the year the Treaty of Versailles ended the war and the inaugural passenger flight took to the sky.
The sisters are the daughters of James Powell and Martha Hageans Powell. He was born in 1877, she in 1882. Dade, Harris and Beane were the fourth, fifth and sixth of the Powell’s seven children in birth order. James Powell farmed and worked as a carpenter, a craft he taught himself. Martha worked as a domestic and doted on her children. The sisters said life was happy in the Powell home, even though there wasn’t much money.
They milked cows and picked cotton and tobacco. They went to church on Sunday and attended a single-room school. Harris and Beane were the only ones to complete high school; the others had to help with the work.
Dade’s moved to Washington, D.C. in 1936, not long after her husband, John Battle, settled there.
“I did not like all the noise. It was too busy,” she said of the city. She went back home twice, but her father sent her back to her husband. She later married James Dade, a World War II veteran who later worked for the federal government.
Harris joined her older sister in the District in 1938 and Beane moved north in 1940. Harris worked as a maid and took classes in dressmaking at night. In 1942, she married Hugo Frizell Harris a barber and preacher. They had been married for 51 years when he died in 1993.
Beane worked in government, as well. Her husband was World War II vet Willie Beane, who worked as a butcher after leaving the service. They had three children. Beane has seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
During the 1950s, she worked at a hat and bridal supply shop. When the owner decided to devote his business solely to brides, Beane took over the business and has been going ever since.
“It’s something that I always enjoyed,” she said. “It wasn’t like a job because I liked what I was doing.”
Longevity Has Its Place
The Powell Sisters are part of a growing trend in the United States, officials said—Americans who are living past the age of 85. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 1950, 589,612 Americans were 85 or older. By 2010, the last year census data was collected, the number of Americans over 85 had skyrocketed to 5.5 million. There were so many people who were over 85 that the census in 2000 added a 90-and-over category for the first time. In 2000, there were 1.4 million Americans in their 90s. In 2010, there were 1.8 million.
People are also living longer in other countries. Last fall, the world’s population reached past 7 billion people, according to United Nations estimates, more because of people living longer than the birth rate. Improvements and access to health care, increased wealth and more positive attitudes about aging are the reasons why our population is aging, experts said.
Dade, the matriarch of a family that includes four daughters, 12 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and three great, great-grandchildren, opened her daycare center after retiring from the federal government.
Ann Morgan, whose children are now 15 and 18, said she cherished the loving environment Dade’s nursery provided.
“You felt comfortable leaving your child there,” Morgan said. “My children couldn’t wait to get to Tiny Tot. It was such a close-knit family feeling.”
The hard work kept her active, Dade said. “I don’t understand these young folks talking about being tired. What is tired?”
Her daughter, Rose Marie Osborne, said now that her mother is turning 100, she has to work harder to keep up with her.
“All she wants to do now is run around town,” Osborne said. “We have to fulfill the goal of keeping her going where she wants to go. That’s anywhere and everywhere.”
The importance of having a 100-year old matriarch is not lost on the younger generation of Dade’s family.
“I spent my high school volunteer hours at the daycare, my college application was on my Grandma and I’ve written a few papers about her,” said Anaka Osborne, 18, Dade’s great-granddaughter. “It’s so inspiring to have someone so close to you to look up to.”
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Held captive for 3,080 days during the Iran-Iraq war, Emad Nimah‘s “grief was made worse due to total ignorance of how Tottenham were getting on.”
Category: Middle East
Looking beyond imbroglios in the changing room, Palestinian media group Ma’an in The Team creates a football-based “soap opera for social change.”
In Itay Meirson‘s first novel, Milchemet Tisheem Hadakot (The 90-Minute War), the intractable Middle Eastern dispute over Palestine is decided in one football match. The winning team keeps the Holy Land. The losers get eastern Oregon.
As part of a broader cultural exchange, Israel hosts an international Writers’ League tournament, including England and Germany, from Dec 14–16. A side of Israeli authors reprises a May friendly against Germany in Berlin, during which novelist Assaf Gavron confirmed his intuition that Germans do not miss penalties. (Dec 12)
The second installment, from Jerusalem, from Gwendolyn Oxenham‘s diaries supporting an in-process documentary film, The Soccer Project, about four recent college graduates and their pursuit of improvisational soccer matches around the world.
Using red-clad players and supporters from local side Hapoel Tel Aviv as leitmotif, artist and autodidact Ido Shemi shows how benevolent objectives might be achieved through humor, creativity and football.
In an interview Jan 11 with the Jewish Chronicle of London, Meir Granat—father of Chelsea manager Avram Grant—details the displacement and death that met the Hasidic family in wartime Europe (Simon Griver, “Shoah Horrors That Haunt Avram Grant”). (Jan 11)
Bethlehem, West Bank, Jan 11 | The statement of the biblical Ruth, the Moabite, a poor woman gleaning in Bethlehem (“house of bread”) behind reapers of barley strikes a parallel with the women’s football team from Palestine, taking its passion and pleasure from scraps left by a patriarchal culture and occupying authorities.
In conversation on the Charlie Rose Show on PBS on Dec 31, Ha’aretz columnist Akiva Eldar notes the rising popularity of Yigal Amir, the assassin in 1995 of former Israel prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Television viewers and spectators at the Maccabi Haifa–Beitar Jerusalem match on 4 Nov 07 heard the evidence loud and clear. (Jan 5)
A small Arab Israeli town of 25,000 residents, nestled in a lower Galilee valley among fig and olive orchards, with an illustrious history and a difficult present, has become world famous within the past three years—all thanks to its soccer team.
A new documentary film, Sons of Sakhnin United, examines Bnei Sakhnin’s place as a bridge builder in divided Israel.
Baghdad, Aug 9 | A triumphant march through the Asian Cup tournament in July contributed to the resurgence of the Arabic phrase Assood al-Rafidain (Lions of Mesopotamia) to refer to the Iraqi national football team.
“It’s a way of labeling them with this unifying and historic cultural icon,” says Newsweek Baghdad correspondent Larry Kaplow, who appeared on our Aug 7 podcast. Rising above divisions by ethnicity and sect, the Iraqi team, which trains and plays matches in Jordan, defeated Saudi Arabia 1–0 on Jul 29 to lift the Asian Cup for the first time.
Articles on the Palestinian Territories national women’s soccer team, on tensions at Heart of Midlothian in Edinburgh, on the run on £5 notes depicting George Best, and on the assassination of a Sunni Arab soccer official in Baghdad.
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Category: Relationships Published on Tuesday, 17 July 2012 15:10 Written by Aaliya Imtiaz
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There is something telling about the fact that footage of Saddam Hussein’s execution should appear on bit torrent sites before CNN, BBC, or even al-Jazeera. On one level it’s just another death in Iraq, and as such is nothing more than the sniper shots, roadside bombs, and rocket attacks that already proliferate web 2.0. But still, when the moment of death of one of the most notorious men on Earth ends up not as the centrepiece of a structured news item but as another piece of user-generated content, the world of media has changed.
I’m writing this at 3.05am, 31 December, exactly 24 hours since Saddam was hung, and I’m actually surprised that it took me this long to find the footage.
(I’ve noticed now that someone has just added the footage to Google video.)
The execution was filmed with a cell phone and is shot from below the scaffold. Saddam is clearly shown with the noose around his neck. A chant goes out , and moments later Saddam drops. There is a scurry of activity and the cell phone finally gets a clear look at Saddam, his neck at a ninety degree angle to his body.
In days of old (ie., last year) this footage would have ended up with Al-Jazeera, who may or may not have shown it, and with the BBC/FOX/CNN/ITV etc, who definitely would not have shown it. Yet now, anyone who wants to take a look at the execution of a mass murderer, can, and for free. A sea-change in how we watch events.
Much the same occurred with the Tsunami, in that the footage came from cell phones and digital cameras. Its broadcast, however, pretty much remained with traditional media.
Saddam’s death, though, filmed on a cell phone. Watched on the internet. No ironic detachment. Just the way the world gets its news these days.
A final note. Fine Gael’s Justice spokesman, Bernard Allen, criticised Saddam’s death, stating that the party does not agree with capital punishment and execution. Quite right. Saddam Hussein did many things, including attempted genocide, but he never walked onto a farmer’s land without permission. Or stole a farmer’s chainsaw. Sure why would you kill him?
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Why Did Weight Watchers Change Its Points Program?
330 January 14, 2011
You probably all know by now that Weight Watchers revamped its famous "Points" program into "Points Plus".
Snack Girl tried Weight Watchers about 5 years ago. I found it helpful because it woke me up to the amount of calories in my favorite treats. A donut was counted as 6 points and I only had 24 points to eat in a day!
It became much easier to avoid donuts when I realized that 25% of my daily calories were going to go to that donut.
But, one thing mystified me about the program.
Weight Watchers would allow me to eat 4 donuts for my 24 points. As long as I remained below their calorie limit for the day, it didn't matter what I ate.
I was lucky enough to get a chance to interview Karen Miller-Kovach, MBA, MS, RD about the new program. She is the chief scientist and general manager of research & development for Weight Watchers.
Snack Girl: Why did you change the POINTS Weight-Loss System?
Karen Miller-Kovach: We’ve learned so much more in terms of weight management since the original POINTS system was developed 13 years ago.
It was critically important looking at 2010 and beyond, that are our current methodology reflect the latest research.
Snack Girl: One change that I noticed is that a banana (100 calories) is now zero points. A 2 ounce Deep Chocolate VitaMuffin is now 3 points (also 100 calories). How are the calories in a banana different than the calories in the Vitamuffin?
Karen Miller-Kovach: Most adults don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables. So our strategy was to assign these foods a PointsPlus value of 0 to encourage more consumption of these very nutritious foods that are also very filling.
That being said, these foods do contain calories so we’ve factored that into the calculation of a member’s daily Target (the number of PointsPlus values they are assigned per day), so that a PointsPlus value of 0 can be assigned and member’s will still successfully lose weight.
Snack Girl: Is this program going to help people lose weight AND eat healthier?
Karen Miller-Kovach: PointsPlus is a guidance system that makes the healthy, satisfying choice the easy choice.
While the environment today makes it hard to make the right food choices, the new PointsPlus program guides people towards making smart, healthful and satisfying choices to lose weight without having to think a whole lot about it.
Snack Girl: What is the Weight Watcher's philosophy about snacking?
Karen Miller-Kovach: The Weight Watchers approach does not say what you can or can't eat but provides information, knowledge and tools to help people make healthy eating and activity decisions that are right for them.
The PointsPlus program leaves room for indulgence, making the program livable and flexible to ensure members do not feel deprived.
Snack Girl: What is your favorite snack?
Karen-Miller Kovach: Sliced apples with peanut butter
I decided to check out a couple of the snacks on Snack Girl to get their Points Plus value:
Homemade Kettle Corn - 2 PointsPlus per serving
Fudgsicle - 2 PointsPlus per popsicle
Pickled Carrots - 1 PointsPlus per serving
Apple and Peanut Butter Oatmeal - 7 PointsPlus per serving
If you want to learn still more about Points Plus, my pal Danica of Danica's Daily does a great job summarizing the new program here: Weight Watchers Points Plus - The New Program.
Have you tried the new Weight Watchers? Please share. Do you want me to include the Points Plus number on my snacks?
Other posts you might like:
|Weight Watchers PointsPlus Values on Snack Girl|
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|Weight Watchers PointsPlus and Snack Girl - Success? |
Snack Girl has had a free subscription to Weight Watchers for a couple of months now, and she is ready to tell her story... read more
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The massive corporate wave of crime, fraud and abuse rolls on, is
undeterred by regular exposes in the business media itself. My favorite
corporate crime journal (aka the Wall Street Journal) is a daily
newspaper that never runs out of material.
Daily Journal headlines recently alerted readers to: (1) “Lucent Faces
Bribery Allegations,” (2) “Companies Sue Union Retirees to Cut Promised
Health Benefits,” (3) “How Drug’s Rebirth as Treatment for Cancer Fueled
Price Rises,” reporting one capsule for $29 compared to a price of seven
cents in Brazil, (4) “A Retired Maid’s Questions About her ATM Card Led
Lawyer to Georgia Scandal,” (5) “At Cigna, Some Patients Found Conflict
of Interest in System,” (6) “As Corporate Fines Grow, SEC Debates How
Much Good They do.” (7) From the Associated Press – “Calif. Insurance
Chief Sues Four Insurance Giants in Kickback Probe.”
Also in the headlines are the pharmaceutical companies led by Merck’s
deadly fiasco with Vioxx.
In the midst of the daily revelations – most of which produce no
corrective behavior – the Congress and state legislatures are paid to
sleep through it all. Aside from a modest new law called Sarbanes/Oxley
designed to deter some of the big accounting firm scandals, there is no
corporate reform drive on Capitol Hill, and no demands for larger
prosecution budgets for the Justice Department. During the recent
political campaigns by the two major parties, there was no focus on a
continuing pattern of corporate outlaws damaging the health and safety
of the people and draining trillions of dollars from investors, worker
pensions and 401Ks.
There is, however, activity among business lobbies, like the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, to water down law enforcement, weaken the Sarbanes
law, block the Securities and Exchange Commission’s efforts to protect
investors, and make it harder for the defrauded to have their full day
The political and legal systems are not just crumbling before these
business lobbies; they are even failing to articulate a comprehensive
‘law and order’ philosophy toward large multinational corporations
playing one national jurisdiction off of another one across the globe. To demonstrate the untapped potential for prosecution, note that New
York state attorney general Eliot Spitzer is accomplishing his moves
against Wall Street with fewer than 85 attorneys in his corporate crime
division. There are corporate law firms defending these culprits that
each have over 1000 attorneys in their offices.
Inside the government’s law enforcement agencies are officials and
commissioners who can barely serve out their few years before accepting
lucrative offers to join the other side. Even in office they concoct
excuses for voting against significant corporate fines on the grounds
that such penalties would punish shareholders and diminish the value of
corporate shares. (SEC Commissioners Paul Atkins and Cynthia Glassman
tried this absurdity recently).
All this, along with the corporate domination of our government, argues
for a more comprehensive approach to “controlling corporations and
restoring democracy.” These words comprise the subtitle of a new book
called The People’s Business – the report of the Citizen Works Corporate
Having founded Citizen Works, I am pleased to trumpet this endeavor
written by Lee Drutman and Charlie Cray as a long overdue, timely and
fundamental challenge to the judicial usurpation of our Constitution
which have given these companies – that are artificial entities and not
human beings or voters – almost all the rights possessed by real people.
There can be no equal justice under the law between you and Pfizer or
General Motors under such equivalence.
The steady and accelerating erosion of democracy by the corporate
supremacists was not envisioned by the framers of our constitution.
There is no mention of the “Corporation” in that founding document
ratified well before the emergence of the modern corporation in the 19th
century. The framers were far more worried about too much governmental
power and could not foresee the many uses of that very power by
corporations against the interests of “we the people.”
Even the owners of the large corporation – the shareholders – do not
control their company. It is a highly autocratic structure controlled by
the officers and their rubber stamp boards of directors. Making
corporations into the servants of people, not their masters, is the
challenge of The People’s Business (Berrett-Koehler Publishers
The many-splendored ways that this work meets this challenge can open up
a major public debate. An exciting public inquiry is needed by the
workers, consumers, small taxpayers, voters and various communities of
citizens who are now being driven backwards despite the overall
conventional economic growth that has enriched the few against the well
being of these people.
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Alternative Activities That Burn Calories
More Calorie-Burning ActivitiesGolf (using a power cart) vs. Fishing (in a stream)
I know something that even sounds like it might be a critique of the beloved game of golf is risky, but I'll take my chances. I was chatting with an old friend who had taken up golf to try to get into shape. He figured he could walk, enjoy the weather, socialize, and lose weight. Boy, was he wrong.
After a few years of golfing, he ended up gaining weight. Why? Well, for a few reasons. First of all, the course he plays doesn't allow walking because it slows down the game. Second, all that clubhouse socializing, which included lots of drinking and eating, packed on more pounds instead of removing them. Plus, he had stopped his other forms of exercise when he took up golf. He would have been better off fishing. Golfing with a cart burns 245 calories an hour (about 1/2 cup Baskin-Robbins Cherries Jubilee Ice Cream), whereas fly-fishing in a stream (including walking in the water wearing waders) burns as much as 420 calories (one slice of Papa John's Pan Crust The Meats). However, if you ditch the cart (and the clubhouse snacks) you'd be looking at a wonderful exercise burning 315 calories per hour (a Wendy's Jr. Cheeseburger). Also, keep in mind that miniature golf and hitting balls at a driving range burn about 210 calories in an hour (one Kellogg's Pop-Tart Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon).Sexual Activity (vigorous) vs. Vacuuming vs. Mopping
Sexual activity burns calories, but not nearly as many as you might believe. You're looking at 105 calories (about 1 tablespoon of butter) per hour, and with the average encounter lasting only 12 minutes, including foreplay, there's not much of a burn there. In terms of calories, you might be better off vacuuming or mopping the house, which can burn as many as 245 calories (about 61 Reese's Pieces candies) but probably won't be as much fun.Badminton vs. Archery (non-hunting) vs. Pool
With a net, a birdie (that's the thing you hit), and a racquet, you can play badminton right in your backyard, burning 315 calories (one serving of steamed shrimp dumplings) per hour. You can get a complete set for about $49.95 (Carlton Badminton Recreational Set at www.amazon.com). Archery burns a bit less at 245 calories (about one McDonald's Hamburger) and costs a bit more to get started. Playing pool is as simple as going to your neighborhood bar or pool hall, and will burn as much as 175 calories (about two Pizza Hut Cinnamon Sticks) per hour.Frisbee vs. Darts vs. Bowling
Believe it or not, bowling burns as many calories as Frisbee -- about 210 calories (two light beers) per hour. But if you really want to get a workout, try playing Ultimate Frisbee (sort of like soccer, football, and rugby with a flying disc), which burns 560 calories per hour (3 1/3 ounces of Planters Mixed Nuts). And good old-fashioned darts burns about 175 calories per hour (about 14 Almond Joy Bites).Horseshoes vs. Shuffleboard
Both of these common activities for retirees, cruise ship voyagers, and kids in camp burn 210 calories (three Aunt Jemima pancakes) per hour.
Also try adding one of these rockin' playlists to spice up your workout session!
Charles Stuart Platkin is a nutrition and public health advocate, author of The Diet Detective's Calorie Bargain Bible (Simon & Schuster, 2007), and founder of DietDetective.com, the health and fitness network. Copyright 2007 by Charles Stuart Platkin.
Reprinted with permission from www.dietdetective.com, July 2007.
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Astronomy Public Viewing
Join us at the TAMUK Observatory for the Astronomy Open House on Thursday, November 3rd beginning at 7:00 PM. We will be viewing our close neighbor, the Moon, and remembering the 41st anniversary of Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the Moon.
In addition to the Moon we will have several other things to view in the telescope, too. We will view Jupiter, which is known as the King of the Planets, along with Uranus and Neptune.
The observatory is located on the third floor of Hill Hall (the physics building) on the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Campus. Hill Hall is East of the Memorial Student Union Building (MSUB) located at the North-East corner of University Boulevard and Santa Gertrudis Avenue in Kingsville. Parking is available in Lot 4 located between the MSUB and Hill Hall, Lot A located at the corner of Santa Gertrudis and Armstrong Street, and street side along Santa Gertrudis Avenue.
For more information about the public viewing or the astronomy program at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, contact Mr. Charles Allison.
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If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
-Barack Obama, At the Lincolm Memorial concert on National Mall in Washington, January 18, 2009, two days before his inauguration as US President.
America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone. At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise - that American promise - and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.
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2007 Gilbert Strang
Gilbert Strang has made great contributions in many areas of pure and applied mathematics, including finite-element methods, linear algebra and matrix theory, wavelet analysis, signal and image processing, geodesy and telecommunications. He has also made remarkable contributions to the promotion of mathematical research and education in developing countries, and has had significant impact on human development in the area of mathematics. He has visited China eight times, and during these visits has spent much time in discussing mathematics and sharing teaching experiences with many Chinese students, researchers and teachers. His book An Analysis of the Finite Element Method (with George Fix, Prentice-Hall, 1973) has been very popular in China since it was published, and is still influential now. He has visited many other developing countries, including Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore (5 trips), Brazil, Mexico (4 trips), Tunisia, South Africa, Egypt, India, Korea and Cyprus etc. As President of SIAM from 1999 to 2000 he made efforts to extend SIAM membership in Asia, and helped to plan, arrange and organize visits by US-based mathematicians to Vietnam and to Africa. He also made significant contributions to the National Academy of Sciences document Report on Advanced Mathematics in Africa: Opportunities for Capacity Building. Through MIT's OpenCourseWare his educational materials are available on the web, free-of-charge to any user anywhere in the world. In this way Gilbert Strang's dream to effectively promote mathematics and its education in developing countries, in particular in regions that are hard to reach, becomes true. He has devoted much time on creating, improving and promoting his popular web course on Linear Algebra in an effort to better serve his audience.
In summary, Gilbert Strang has made himself one of the most recognized mathematicians in the developing countries. His great contribution in mathematics, and his dedication to advancing public awareness of the power and potential of mathematics, have made outstanding contributions to human development, which have benefited many students, teachers and mathematicians. Gilbert Strang well deserves the ICIAM Su Buchin Prize.
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A Call to Transform Politics
Someone asked me recently what I thought of something “as a member of the Christian Left.” My insides tightened and screeched into a ball. It was as if Freddy Krueger had run his sharpened fingernails across the black board in history class. Christian Left? Left of what? When did I sign that membership card?
Maybe it’s the title of my last book, Left, Right and Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics, which was co-written with a Tea-Partier who is also an evangelical Christian. The book does frame me as the one on the left, but if you read my chapters you’ll see that is not my mind or my heart.
In times like these, when politicians are sweating to sway voters to their side, or frame their opponents as the polar opposite—the enemy—it is tempting to begin to define ourselves and each other through the frame of politics. We place each other in convenient little political boxes—boxes not made by scripture or the church, but by politicians and the media.
The political “left” and “right," Dems and GOPers, Progressives and Conservatives claim to stand on fixed points of impervious truth on a linear spectrum that stretches across a horizontal plane from pole to pole. The spectrum’s fixed middle marks the permanent philosophical and political “center.” And, politicians conveniently cry that political party is synonymous with political philosophy. It does not work this way and has never worked this way. Rather politics’ center point is mercurial and its far left and right philosophical boundaries move with the ages. Parties and platforms flip philosophies and shape-shift to match the ethos of the age.
Let’s consider history: In President Abraham Lincoln’s day the Republicans were the economic and social progressives while the Democrats fought to conserve the economic and social status quo. Republican President, Teddy Roosevelt, was a leader in the progressive movement at the turn of the 20th century. A believer in more regulation for business and the conservation of our natural resources for the benefit of the general public, Roosevelt coined the phrase “Square Deal" — a symbol of his domestic agenda, which promised every citizen a fair shake at access to the American Dream.
Likewise, conservative Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower expanded Social Security, continued Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “New Deal,” instituted the interstate highway system, and sent federal troops into the south for the first time since Reconstruction to enforce desegregation policies. His conservative Vice President, Richard Nixon, gained the distinction of becoming only the second president in U.S. history to press for a National Universal Health Care plan.
Democratic President Barack Obama took National Universal Health Care off the table and would not allow it to be considered from the start of his legislative health care battle in 2009. Even the “public option” (a historic middle point) became a political lightning rod and was taken off the table by President Obama. President Jimmy Carter, the hawk in dove’s feathers, escalated the American naval presence in the Persian Gulf and established the Carter Doctrine, which laid the foundation for the last 30+ years of U.S. foreign policy in the Gulf—policy that has prioritized middle east oil reserves as an American interest worthy of military engagement.
And, finally, consider immigration policy. In 1882 the Republicans tried to block legislation that barred Chinese immigrants from entering the country, but the Democratic congress pressed for and passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. It was the first time in U.S. history that legislation blocked a group from immigrating solely based on their race or nation of origin.
The sands of politics and political philosophy shift with the ages. One can anchor herself to political philosophy and find herself in the party of “the enemy” within one generation. Conversely, one can anchor himself to a political party and find his philosophical and theological convictions compromised within one election cycle.
So, I reject the moniker “Christian Left." It is drawn in hasty response to the “Religious Right” a political movement (not a theological one). I do not set the standards of my political engagement in response to some random political point on a line. No. Rather than anchoring my politics on the shifting sand of a linear continuum, I ask a higher question: “What is my axis?” What does my political engagement revolve around? Is it political ideology? Is it political party? Is it biblical theology? I choose the later.
I am a Kingdom Christian, not a leftist Christian, a conservative Christian, nor any other political brand of Christian. I have even moved away from the term progressive Christian. It is too closely associated with that linear political spectrum. No. I am called to be a prophetic Christian. The axis of my political engagement is scripture and the biblical theology of shalom: It sets the standards of my political engagement.
Shalom is what the reign of God smells like. It is what the Kingdom of God looks like. Grounded in the story of creation in Genesis 1-14 and woven through every book of the Bible, the concept of shalom teaches us that we were created in relationship with God, with our selves, with each other, with the rest of creation, and with the systems that govern us. What it means to be one who lives under the reign of God is to be connected with a forceful bond of love in all these relationships. Genesis 3 offers a picture of the consequences of humanity’s grab at its own peace, in its own way (not the Jesus way). When we say to God, “You don’t know what you’re talking about” or “Your word is good for church, but not for real life” or “You are not out for my good,” and we take matters into our own hands, then shalom is shattered. Every relationship in creation is broken.
Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection bring us the ministry of reconciliation. Reconciliation to God, to self, to each other, to the rest of creation, and to the systems that govern us is now possible because Jesus beat death—the one power we all must face. If Jesus beat death, then can he beat the division between races in the U.S.? Yes! If Jesus beat death, then can he beat the record levels of poverty that our nation is experiencing right now? Yes! If Jesus beat death, then can he beat our world’s propensity toward war and domination? Yes! If Jesus beat death, then can he beat our broken immigration system, which is dividing Christian families and holding 11 million immigrants hostage between the signs “No Trespass” and “Help Wanted" at the U.S. border? Yes!
When thinking politics, some Christians say, “Faith! Schmaith! My faith has nothing to do with my politics. The Bible is for church, family, friendships, and personal growth. To know what we’re doing in politics, we must go to the great political philosophers like Adam Smith and Edmond Burke or Thomas Payne and Thomas Jefferson. We must align with the party that most closely affiliates with the philosophers’ admonitions.”
If this is how we set the standards of our political engagement then its axis is not Christ, but culture and we should take the word “Christian” out of the moniker all together. We should call ourselves what we have actually become: political operatives masquerading under the cloak of Christianity. Or worse: pawns.
In its purest form, politics is simply how we organize our life together in society. The polis (the people) works together to determine policies for the common good. Those policies are turned into laws and structures that guide the daily course of life in society. In autocracies a single ruler is responsible for dictating the politics of the day. What the ruler says goes and the daily course of life is structured by the will of one human being. In plutocracies the wealthy and powerful rule (especially those with inherited wealth and power). But in a Democratic Republic like our own, the polis is ultimately responsible for the policies, laws, and structures that guide daily life. As we vote for candidates and ballot measures, we shape our society.
So, here’s the rub: Jesus said the greatest commandment was to “Love God and love your neighbor as you love yourself.” (Mark 12:30-31). In a Democratic Republic our politics have the power to love, hurt, or even oppress our neighbor.
Paul explains that God’s call to humanity is to be reconciled to God and to become ministers of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:17-20) In other words, allow God to do the work of reconciliation in all those relationships broken by our original sin in Genesis 3! Be reconciled to God, be reconciled to our selves, be reconciled within our families, be reconciled to our enemies, be reconciled across ethnic boundaries, be reconciled across economic boundaries, be reconciled across geographic and national boundaries, be reconciled to the rest of creation, and work to reconcile systems (politics, laws, and structures) to their polis. Then partner with God in bringing about the reconciliation of all these relationships in our world!
This is the call of the gospel! And the good news is that Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection makes it possible; not Adam Smith, not Thomas Paine, not William Buckley, not Ayn Rand or even Thomas Jefferson. Jesus and the Jesus “Way” (Acts 19:23) makes the high call of reconciliation possible.
Paul exhorts us: “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2)
The Evangelical church preaches the transformation of our own private morality. We believe God for the transformation of our families and churches. What could it look like if everyone who called themselves Jesus followers allowed their politics to be transformed by the words and ways of Jesus?
This is what it looked like for the first Evangelicals: William Wilberforce stood in the face of an economic system that secured the well-being of the British Empire and Wilberforce called his nation to be transformed—to renew their minds and imagine a world where the Slave Trade is no more.
Charles Finney, Pheobe Palmer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Beecher Stowe called American Evangelicals to be transformed by the renewing of their minds and imagine a New World where the laws of our land were reconciled to the realities of the Kingdom of God and everyone is equal.
And Evangelicals in mid-19th century New York City looked around at the turn of the Industrial Revolution and saw that men, women, and children were being worked to the bone—crushed under the weight of unregulated industries, slave wages, and unsafe workplace environments. And the workforce could not organize. These Evangelical pastors recognized that this system was not serving the wellbeing of their congregants or the general polis. So, they organized the first labor unions.
And when the Democrats pressed to exclude the Chinese from being able to immigrate to America, Evangelical pastors stood up and called us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds! Scripture tells us we are all made in the image of God. Our policies, laws, and structures should reflect that truth!
Where does transformation begin today? Well, here is where it begins for me: I pray. Then I get the hard facts on the ground from multiple sources (think tanks and those affected directly by the problem). Then I ask Jesus to talk to me through scripture and listening prayer about the issues of our day.
Lately when Jesus whispers back this is often what I hear …
“Whatever you do in the polis to the least deserving of the hungry, the least deserving of the thirsty, the least deserving of the sick, the least deserving immigrant, the least deserving prisoner, and the least of the abject poor you did this to me.”
Lisa Sharon Harper is the director of mobilizing at Sojourners. She is also co-author ofLeft, Right and Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politicsand author of Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican ... or Democrat
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The 1997 Fire
This page brings together all of the articles previously presented on this website that reported on the 1997 Chapel fire in Turin. Each article is dated to indicate when it first appeared on the website and has been updated with newer information wherever available. The links to the initial articles on the "Late Breaking Website News" page have been deleted and replaced with new links to this page. All future updates on the fire and chapel reconstruction will be included on this page. The articles appear in the order in which they were first presented, with the most recent one at the bottom of the page. You may scroll through this page in the conventional manner, or use the links included below to go directly to the article of your choice.Link to YouTube Video of the Shroud's Rescue by Mario Trematore
Article 1 - April 12, 1997 - "Special Report on the 1997 Fire"
Articulo 1 - Abril 12, 1997 - "Reporte Especial sobre el Incendio de 1997" - EN ESPAÑOL
Article 2 - April 15, 1997 - "Latest Update on the 1997 Fire" (New Photos Added June 15, 1997)
Article 3 - April 27, 1997 - "Another Update on the 1997 Fire" (New Photos Added May 17, 1997)
April 12, 1997
All Frames Taken From Original Footage Courtesy RAI Italian Television
The view from the front of the Cathedral, as flames engulf the Chapel dome and the west wing of the Royal Palace
The Fire and Rescue
For no less than the third time in its recorded history, the Shroud of Turin has faced a dangerous trial by fire and survived. This is an account of the event and its immediate aftermath, taken from a number of sources (see credits at bottom of this page).
At approximately 11:45 p.m., Friday, April 11, 1997, Guido Principe, a citizen of Turin who saw the fire from his home, called in the first alarm. The fire began in either the Dome of the Chapel, which was currently undergoing renovation for the upcoming public exhibitions, or in the west wing of the Royal Palace, which immediately adjoins the back area of the Chapel. In either case, the fire quickly spread to the Guarini Chapel, situated between the Cathedral and the Palace, and engulfed it in flames.
Palace custodian, Giuseppe Ivano said, "We smelled smoke, and then we saw the flames raging from the dome."
Fortunately, on February 24, 1993, the Shroud was moved from the altar of the Chapel to a safer place inside the Cathedral itself while the renovation was undertaken (see map below). Still sealed in the silver reliquary in which it is always stored, it was placed in a special case made of bulletproof glass to protect it. Authorities agree that if it had been in its normal resting place in the altar, it would have been completely consumed by the flames.
The Turin Fire Department responded almost immediately, and one fireman, Mario Trematore, knowing the important relic was at risk inside, grabbed a large sledge hammer and ran into the Cathedral to effect a rescue. He approached the bulletproof glass and began striking it with the hammer, eventually causing the 39mm thick material to shatter. At that moment, other fireman arrived to assist Trematore and actually helped smash the remaining glass with their gloved hands.
Then, the team grabbed the silver casket from the shattered case and quickly took it out the front of the Cathedral, where it was promptly taken to the apartment of Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini, Archbishop of Turin and Custodian of the Shroud, for safekeeping. Although the flames had not yet reached the area of the Shroud, large pieces of the dome were breaking away and falling to the floor of the Cathedral, putting the firemen at great risk. (Pieces of glass and masonry from the dome and a shattered wall can be seen on top of the case in several of the photographs above). When asked where he found the strength to break the "bulletproof" glass, Trematore replied, "The bulletproof glass can stop bullets, but it cannot stop the strength of values represented by the symbol inside it. With only a hammer and our hands (still bleeding), we broke the glass. This is extraordinary!"
At 1:36 a.m., as the Shroud was carried from the Cathedral by the team of fireman, hundreds of onlookers applauded the rescue effort while many others wept at the sight of the seriously damaged dome. Around 200 firemen continued to fight the blaze for more than four hours, until 4:30 a.m., when it was finally brought under control.
As authorities sift through the ashes and rubble left behind by the fire, they must now try and determine the extent of the damages and the possible cause of the blaze. First reports indicate that the interior of the Cathedral and the neighboring Royal Palace, which contains valuable 18th and 19th century furniture and art, sustained extensive damage. The glass wall separating the cathedral and chapel was shattered. The altar, designed by the famous artist Bertola, sustained less damage than originally anticipated. Fortunately, it appears that the scaffolding in place for the renovation of the dome acted to protect the altar from flames and falling debris. However, the chapel seemed to sustain the most serious damage, with two thirds of its marble coating damaged by the heat. It is unclear how much structural damage occured to the building, but reports noted that the stone itself was damaged in places. The cathedral itself received little serious fire or structural damage, but water and smoke damage was evident.
The fire also reached the upper floor of the Royal Palace, where a tower collapsed in flames. Just shortly before the blaze was discovered, an affair attended by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini had just ended.
''I was struck by the tragic events in Turin last night that seriously damaged places that are dear to the nation's cultural heritage,'' Dini said in a message to Turin mayor Valentino Castellani, noting his ''relief'' that the shroud was saved. The corridor that links the church with the west wing of the Royal Palace burned throughout the night. It was in this same area of the palace that part of the 1978 examination took place. First cost estimates of the damages to the various structures was in the tens of billions of liras and many more billions for the destroyed furniture and art in the Royal Palace.
© 1978 Barrie M. Schwortz
In the above photograph, taken in 1978, the Shroud is brought from the Chapel (through the doorway at right) into the west wing of the Royal Palace and down a long hallway to the rooms in which the examination took place. It is unknown at this moment if the actual rooms used by STURP in 1978 were damaged, but the area shown in the photo above (#4 on map below) was definitely destroyed. Reports say that the entire floor in this area is gone.
Key To Map
- Front entrance of Cathedral
- Temporary location of Shroud since February 24, 1993
- Altar inside Guarini Chapel where Shroud is normally stored
- Hallway into west wing of Royal Palace (this area burned throughout the night)
- Swiss Hall, where U.N. Secretary-General affair was held
- The 1978 examination took place in rooms at this end of the hallway
In an effort to provide the highest degree of protection and security for the Shroud and to allow for a thorough examination of the cloth for any new water or smoke damage, the cloth was moved on Saturday to a monastery near Turin, although the exact location has not been disclosed. Only once before in its 420 year residence in Turin has the cloth left the city, and that occurred during World War II, when it was also moved to a monastery to protect it from possible damage from Allied bombing.
The Turin Chief of Police has formed a special commission to investigate the fire and determine its origin and a number of theories are being examined. Among them are the possibility that the chafing dishes set up in the "Swiss Hall" to heat the food for the U.N. Secretary-General's affair, overloaded the palace circuits and caused a short circuit leading to the fire. Another report stated that a burnt cigarette end was found that might have started the blaze. Turin officials also intend to investigate the restoration work to ensure it was being done according to safety regulations. Saturday, experts from Turin and Rome were taking samples from the wreckage for further analysis. The site was off-limits to all except investigators, although personnel from the fine arts service inspected the dome to see if it was stable.
Courtesy "Il Giorno" - ANSA Photo
Heroic Fireman Mario Trematore:
"God gave me the strength to break the glass"
On Sunday it was announced that the Pope planned to confer a Papal Honor on the firemen who risked their lives and heroically effected the rescue of the Shroud. Cardinal Saldarini said a mass of thanksgiving on Sunday, in the Sanctuary of Consolata, the most ancient in Turin. The following is the text of his official press release:
The fire which broke out during the night in Chapel of Guarini, next to the Cathedral of Turin, has damaged all the structure and the ornaments of the Chapel itself, but - thanks to God - the reliquary of the Sindon has not been damaged in any way. The building of the Cathedral itself has been entirely saved from the flames, while unfortunately the most serious damage is to be found in the Chapel and in the contiguous building of the Royal Palace. Here, I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to all those who, starting with the firemen, the Civil Authorities, soldiers and police, did everything in their power during this emergency. The reliquary with the Shroud, immediately removed from the Cathedral, is being kept in a safe place.
This serious episode has happened during the time in which our Church is preparing, in the anticipation of the Great Jubilee of the Third Millenium, for the solemn ostension of the Sindon, in the month of April 1998. The destructive fire, the very serious material damage to a monument of faith and Art, represents however, for all of us Turinese - and for all the world that in these hours - have looked at Turin, a test, an appeal, a Grace. A test of our faith and, also of our capacity as believers and as citizens, attached to those treasures which are out at the roots of our culture and of our combined way of life. Those flames are also an appeal: a precise appeal to the responsibility which we all have, to defend and protect the religious, artistic and historic heritage so closely linked to all our experience as a Church and City. Why did it happen? In today's Gospel Jesus told us "Don't be afraid", something that He can say and that we can hear Him say to us when something terrible happens. The Cathedral, and the Sindon of which I am guardian, have been touched by disaster and saved. It is the way worthy of the measure of God when he says "Don't be afraid". Now we are really assured that he walks on the water, climbs on our boat and leads us to the shore. In faith I give thanks for this sign.+ Giovanni Card. Saldarini
Pontifical Custodian of the Holy Shroud
Turin, April 12th, 1997
The best news to come out of this tragedy was a statement by Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini, who said that he had received messages of support and thanks from the Pope and other Church leaders. "The 1998 exhibit of the Shroud would go on as planned", Saldarini said, although no immediate announcement was made of a possible location.
Rebuilding the Chapel
With the ashes of the fire barely cool, plans have already been set into motion on many levels to fund and complete repairs to the damaged Chapel, Royal Palace and Cathedral. Regional leaders, meeting in an emergency session on Saturday, earmarked ten billion lire (5.9 million dollars) to repair the damage caused by the fire. The European Parliament is expected to meet Tuesday in Brussels to decide how much it would set aside for the restoration effort. Italian Deputy Prime Minister Walter Veltroni, who also has a mandate for cultural affairs, said the government would also help out. Veltroni plans to meet with Turin authorities and firemen. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, saying he was "struck and sorrowful," promised he would ask UNESCO to help Turin financially as well.
On another front, Giovanni Battista Judica Cordiglia, the official Shroud photographer in 1969 and 1973, has recently completed a video which will immediately be updated to include images of the fire. He has pledged to donate part of the profits from its sale for the reconstruction of the Chapel. More information about the video, including ordering information, will be posted on this website as soon as it becomes available.
In spite of this near tragedy, it seems that once again, the Shroud of Turin will endure. For anyone who knows its history, this is not a surprise. As mentioned at the beginning of this article, the Shroud has had previous "trials by fire". The most significant was on December 4, 1532. While stored in the Sainte Chapelle in Chambery, the cloth itself was damaged when that cathedral also caught fire, causing such extreme heat that the silver casket or reliquary in which it was stored began to melt. When this was discovered, water was poured over the reliquary, quenching the fire, but not before hot, molten silver dropped onto the folded cloth inside, damaging it and causing the now familiar pattern of burns extending along both sides of the image. In 1534 these burn holes were repaired by the Poor Clare Nuns, who sewed patches into the largest holes and attached a full size backing cloth to the Shroud (known as the Holland Cloth) to strengthen it. Also apparent on the Shroud are four sets of four burn holes in an "L" shape. Historians generally agree these were not caused by the 1532 fire but by an earlier undocumented event. An illuminated Hungarian text from 1204, called the Pray Manuscript, includes an illustration of the Shroud and shows these unique burn holes.
Please check the "Late Breaking Website News" page often. It will be updated as soon as any new information becomes available.
I wish to thank everyone who took the time to provide me with information for this article. Most notably is Maurizio Marinelli, who sent me many late night e-mails over this weekend with the current news from Turin. I also wish to thank Pietro Di Pasquale, of RAI Italian Television for calling me on several occasions with updated information from his excellent sources and for getting me permission to use my "off the air" videotape to grab frames from the incredible RAI Italian Television footage to use as the illustrations in this article. My thanks to RAI for their gracious permission. Also, my thanks to ANSA Italian news service, the newspaper "Il Giorno" and the CNN Interactive website for their great coverage which provided me with several additional sources of information.
April 15, 1997
Verification of the Shroud cloth on April 14, 1997. One can note the Pontifical Custodian,
Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini, the Superintendent, Dr. Carlaenrica Spantigati (Turin) and
Dr. Rosalia Varoli Plaza of the Central Institute of the Restoration (Rome) (Archiepiscopal Curia of Turin)
© 1997 A. Guerreschi
The Shroud was unfolded and examined at 9:20 a.m. today, Monday, April 14, in the premises of the Metropolitan Curia of Turin, in the Bishop’s Hall of the Metropolitan Curia in the presence of the Palatine Chaplains of the Cathedral, of the Archiepiscopal Chancellor Giacomo Martinacci and of the Cardinal Archbishop Giovanni Saldarini. Also present were Pierluigi Baima Bollone (University of Turin), Bruno Barberis (President of the International Shroud Center of Turin), Carla Enrica Spantigati (Superintendent of Artistic and Historical Domains of Piedmont) and other members of the Conservation Team of the Shroud. At 11:00 a.m. the Shroud was again folded around a wooden cylinder and placed in the silver and wood casket. The private exhibition took two hours and 30 minutes. At 12:30 p.m. the procedure ended.
The Shroud is prepared for rewinding onto wooden cylinder. One can note, beyond the
Pontifical Custodian, Dr. Mechtild Flury-Lemberg, Director of the Abegg Museum of Riggisberg-Berna
and Prof. Peter Savarino, Scientific Assistant of the Custodian (Archiepiscopal Curia of Turin)
© 1997 A. Guerreschi
THE SHROUD SUFFERED NO DAMAGE from the fire that broke out Friday night in Turin Cathedral. The Archiepiscopal Curia makes it known in an official press note of 1:08 p.m.:"The results of the inspection realized on the relic have shown a situation completely regular and in conformity with that verified in the previous exhibitions, from the 1978 on. Harmful effects of any kind are excluded."
The casket containing the Shroud had already been opened during the night between last Friday and Saturday to verify possible water infiltrations, but the cloth (that moreover was cold) was not unfolded, since the integrity of the casket and of the seals had already been verified. One wanted to do this further control to remove any doubt in answer to the hundreds of calls to the Archiepiscopal Curia.
The Shroud is still in the Archiepiscopal Curia, contrary to what was stated about a transfer to an unnamed Monastery, although this doesn't mean that it won't be transferred during next hours. However, Cardinal Saldarini stated, "Be calm: as long as I am here the Shroud won't ever leave Turin, not even temporarily. Don't worry: it is here and here it will remain". This declaration dissipates the fears of a transfer of the Shroud outside Turin, both during the restoration of the Cathedral and during the Exhibitions in 1998 and 2000.
Some subscriptions have already been opened to collect funds to reconstruct the Shroud Chapel. In the first 48 hours, 632 million liras have already been collected. Many institutions and organizations that link up with the "Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino" have opened a bank account, number 115759, to which payments can be made. The newspaper "La Stampa - Fondazione Specchio dei Tempi", has a postal account, number 7104, to which payments can be made, with the specification "RICOSTRUZIONE CAPPELLA SINDONE"
The initiative of Giovanni Battista Judica Cordiglia, official photographer of the Shroud in 1969 and 1973, who completed a video with the title "SINDONE: ODISSEA DI UN CONDANNATO (SHROUD: ODYSSEY OF A CONVICT)", including images of the fire, is linked to this last chain of solidarity. He has decided to give part of the profits from its sale to the reconstruction of the Chapel. The minimum cost of the video (available both in Italian and in English), is $20.00 US + $2.00 US for postage. Being an operation with charitable purposes, the proposed amount is only relative to the costs necessary for the production. It is possible to order the tape directly by contacting Judica Cordiglia (email@example.com) or the Collegamento pro Sindone (firstname.lastname@example.org) who will forward the orders to Giovanni Battista Judica Cordiglia. For the payments, an international postal order should be made to "Judica Cordiglia" and sent to:Judica Cordiglia s.a.s.
Via Arcivescovado, 25/D
10121 Turin - Italy
The author will keep a rigorous list of the payments that will be furnished on request.
In related news, the Italian Government has appropriated 12 billion liras for the urgent temporary covering to the damaged premises and has decided to set aside 100 billion liras of the estimated funds for the 2000 Jubilee for the reconstruction of the Shroud Chapel.
April 27, 1997
The experts investigating the fire in Turin declared they would need as long as three months to complete their examination to determine the cause and origin of the fire. Also, estimates of the time necessary to complete the restoration of the Chapel have varied, but the consensus is that it will not be completed until at least the year 2002.
Included below are two illustrations of the bulletproof glass strongbox in which the Shroud has been kept since February 24, 1993. Designed by architect Andrea Bruno at a cost of 300 million liras, the opening of the strongbox was regulated by a complex mechanism requiring the use of four special handles in a synchronized manner. The complete opening operation normally took about 30 minutes. These handles were provided to the first firemen on the scene who tried to open the strongbox, but the heat and falling debris had damaged the mechanism and it would not work properly. At that point, with debris falling around them and the great heat from the fire, the firemen decided to use a sledge hammer to break the glass and remove the relic.
Based On Original Illustration © "Sindon", Issue 5/6, December 1993
Key to Diagram
- The Shroud
- The Silver and Wooden Casket
- Bulletproof Glass Box
- 39mm Thick Openable Bulletproof Glass Sheets
- Tempered Glass Sheet
- Base containing the opening mechanism for the external bulletproof glass sheets
© Patrizia Mussa
Location of the Shroud behind the High Altar prior to the fire
This area was completely destroyed by heat from the fire and the Shroud's rescue
On the morning of April 16th, "La Stampa", a Turin newspaper, published six photographs taken by an amateur during the first minutes of the fire. The photographs indicate that the fire started in the wooden and aluminum scaffolding on the exterior of the dome, although investigators believe the fire started inside the chapel. However, every hypothesis will be thoroughly investigated.
On April 17th, the newspaper "Il Corriere della Sera" published an article describing a new structure in which the Shroud will be kept. It will cost 1 billion lire and the funds are being provided by "ITALGAS", a major Italian utility company. In this new 4 meter by 2 meter bulletproof crystal and stone case, the Shroud will be kept unfolded and monitored by electronic circuitry. An automatic system has been designed for the cloth's easy removal whenever necessary (it will pull out in a shallow drawer). However, it is unclear if Shroud scientists had any hand in the design of this new structure and whether the design can provide adequate protection for the cloth from a conservation standpoint (protection from air pollution, light, etc.).
By April 21st, investigators had excluded an overloading of the electrical circuits in the Palace as the cause of the fire, although all other hypotheses remained valid. The dome itself has been deemed unsafe in its current state. There was no immediate danger of collapse, but the dome has been slung with large wire ropes and its condition is being monitored constantly. The structural damage to the buildings has been estimated at 60 billion lire, but this does not include the many works of art and antique furnishings that were also damaged or destroyed.
In other news, the Piedmont Region approved the assignment of 10 billion lire for the reconstruction work and European Commissioner Marcelino Oreja said he will propose the assignment of 100 thousand ECU. Individual donations have already raised about 830 million lire.
On April 24th, Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini, on the occasion of his visit to the Vatican, stated during a press conference that the Shroud will remain in Turin (contrary to the rumors of it being transferred to Rome). The present location of the cloth will remain secret for security reasons. He also stated that, at the moment, no further scientific examination is foreseen. After the restoration work is completed, the Archbishop said that the Shroud would be permanently stored unfolded, to minimize any damage caused by such folding and unfolding. He also restated that the 1998 and 2000 exhibitions will take place in Turin as originally scheduled.
On another note, the Centro Español de Sindonologia, the major Shroud organization in Spain, has encapsulated this website's April 12th article about the fire (at top of this page), translated it into Spanish and put it on their website. You can now read about the fire En Español by clicking on "Linteum". Also, the Archdiocese of Turin Website now has articles about the fire in Italian, French and English and each contains excellent photographs. Remember, these links take you to different websites. You will need to use your browser's "back" button to return to this page.
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Election Day in America is just one day away. President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney know it, too, as they prepared to visit several states Monday (November 5).
The race is still labeled as too close too call, with one leading electoral vote map saying as many as 89 electoral votes are in the toss-up category.
In New York and New Jersey, ravaged last week by Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy, officials were scrambling with last-minute measures to hold the election.
And in Florida, a crucial swing state, there were reports of confusion at voting sites -- shades of the 2000 election.
Here's a look at online news accounts of some leading last-minute developments.
- Obama's early-voting lead smaller than in 2008 -- USA TODAY
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Improved Wind Energy Tax Credit Extension Passes with Fiscal Cliff Deal
Offshore Wind Farm photo via Bigstock.
On January 1, 2013, Congress passed legislation that included the long-sought extension of wind energy tax credits in a bill to avert the "fiscal cliff" that now moves to President Obama for his expected signature.
The extension of the production tax credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC) is expected to save up to 37,000 jobs and create far more over time, and to revive business at nearly 500 manufacturing facilities across the country. Wind energy PTC, and ITC for community and offshore projects, will allow continued growth of the energy source that installed the most new electrical generating capacity in America last year, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
The version included in the deal would cover all wind projects that start construction in 2013. Companies that manufacture wind turbines and install them sought that definition to allow for the 18-24 months it takes to develop a new wind farm.
Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee included that version in a "tax extenders" package they assembled in August, which made it into the overall fiscal cliff deal that passed the Senate early Tuesday morning and the House Tuesday night. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law swiftly.
The Energy Information Administration said that wind set a new record in 2012 by installing 44 percent of all new electrical generating capacity in America, leading the electric sector compared with 30 percent for natural gas, and lesser amounts for coal and other sources.
However, America's wind energy workers have been living under threat of the PTC's expiration for over a year and layoffs had already begun, as companies idled factories because of a lack of orders for 2013. Uncertain federal policies have caused a "boom-bust" cycle in U.S. wind energy development for over a decade.
Half the American jobs in wind energy – 37,000 out of 75,000 – and hundreds of U.S. factories in the supply chain would have been at stake had the PTC been allowed to expire, according to a study by Navigant Consulting.
"On behalf of all the people working in wind energy manufacturing facilities, their families, and all the communities that benefit, we thank President Obama and all the Members of the House and Senate who had the foresight to extend this successful policy, so wind projects can continue to be developed in 2013 and 2014," said Denise Bode, CEO of AWEA for the past four years who recently announced that she is stepping down.
"Now we can continue to provide America with more clean,
affordable, homegrown energy, and keep growing a new manufacturing
sector that's now making nearly 70 percent of our wind turbines in
the U.S.A.," said Rob Gramlich, who took over as AWEA's interim
About the authors: Renewable Energy World's network editors help deliver the most comprehensive news coverage of the renewable energy industries. Based in the U.S. and the UK, the team is comprised of editors from Pennwell Corporation's myriad of publications that cover renewable energy.This article was first published on RenewableenergyWorld.com and is reprinted with permission.
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A new generation of Willits residents did their part to raise about $500 for a charitable organization Wednesday morning, riding a Trike-A-Thon to benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
Eight students from the First Baptist Church's Daycare Preschool did laps around a track at the church's parking lot on Wood Street, some of them zooming and some moving quite a bit more slowly, but all having fun despite the hot, bright sun.
Teacher Barbara Anderson encouraged the kids by counting the number of laps as the kids came around the northwest corner: "29 laps," she called out. "One more, and it's time for a pit stop."
After refueling with water during their second pit stop, some of the kids started jogging around the track, instead of resting. "They've got so much energy," Anderson said.
After a third round of laps, it was time for a snack in the shade, before heading back to class.
Doing a Trike-A-Thon was pre-school director Becky Lyon's idea. Learning Roots Preschool and Child Care had planned to join in, but those kids were unable to walk over for the fundraiser due to a couple of staffers being out sick Wednesday. Learning Roots kids did help get pledges for the Trike-A-Thon, which raised funds to help with cancer research and free treatment for kids with cancer for St. Jude's.
St. Jude's Trike-A-Thon program comes complete with materials that teach riding toy safety lessons as well as the power of volunteerism. St. Jude's free Trike-A-Thon event
Daycare and preschool programs or other organizations interested in sponsoring a Trike-A-Thon can call 1-800-626-BIKE for more information, or check the Trike-A-Thon page at the St. Jude's website, www.stjude.org.
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Ron Molen's well written "LDS and gun morality" (Forum, Jan. 6), regarding The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and gun control, brings up an important question: What indeed is the proper role of any organized religion in speaking out on societal issues.
Whenever the LDS leadership has lobbied or spoken out on issues such as same-sex marriage, liquor laws or immigration, there is often an immediate backlash from those who feel the LDS Church is violating the Constitution's separation of church and state. Sometimes this is followed by petition drives and protests demanding the church remain silent or face government sanction.
At the same time, however, when LDS leadership chooses not to get directly involved on issues such as gun control or similar hot-button topics (climate change or health care reform), they are attacked for not being Christian enough or for ignoring urgent moral matters that some feel the church has the power to change.
When should churches speak out and when should they not? If speaking out on one issue is a violation of the separation of church and state, while speaking out on another issue is not, who ultimately gets to decide?
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President Obama on Wednesday at the White House. / Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images
Whenever talk turns to the federal deficit, activists on the political left have a common refrain: Don't touch our benefits! Since Nov. 6, they've been trying out a variant that goes something like this: Because our side won the election, definitely don't touch our benefits!
This argument, being made by labor and seniors groups in an advertising and grass-roots campaign, is as nonsensical as it is mistaken. It rivals Republican intransigence on taxes as an obstacle to taming the deficit and averting the year-end "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax hikes.
Yes, taxes need to go up, and not just for the wealthiest Americans. And yes, there's room for cuts in the Pentagon and other federal departments. But changes in these areas, as needed as they may be, would still be overwhelmed by the burst in spending on Social Security and Medicare as the Baby Boom generation retires and lifespans increase.
Of the two programs, Social Security is by far the easier to fix. In 1983, a bipartisan agreement shored up the program for decades. It can be rescued again, much as it was then, by gradually raising the retirement age for able-bodied workers and bumping up the payroll tax. Other options include slowly reducing the rate of benefit growth, raising the wage cap and tightening eligibility requirements for disability
The more urgent and difficult issue is the surge in spending on Medicare, Medicaid and related programs. The numbers tell the story. In 1990, Washington spent $180 billion on health care, accounting for 14% of federal spending. In 2017, the expected tab is $1.4 trillion, or 30% of federal spending. As President Obama said at his news conference Wednesday, "Health care costs continue to be the biggest driver of our deficits."
One obvious place to start is bringing the Medicare eligibility age in line with that of Social Security. In their failed budget negotiations in 2011, Obama and House Speaker John Boehner tentatively agreed to raise it from 65 to 67. Such a rise would cut the government's bill while increasing the share of the population in market-based health care.
A major argument against raising the age has been that people near retirement often can't find health coverage if they don't get it through an employer. But with ObamaCare set to take effect in 2014, Americans will have access to affordable insurance no matter their age or medical history. Some of these people would have to be subsidized, but under Medicare they all are.
Additional health care savings could be achieved by having the government pay for the quality of results, not for the quantity of services rendered. ObamaCare moves in that direction, but only gingerly. Asking wealthy seniors to pay higher Medicare premiums and co-pays than they do now is another worthwhile idea. And so is charging veterans more than the $45 a month they pay for family coverage as part of the military's Tricare program.
Beyond these are a number of Republican ideas for saving money and reducing waste in the health care system. Lawsuit reform would reduce unnecessary tests and other forms of "defensive" medicine. Ending the unlimited tax exemption for insurance premiums would put downward pressure on health costs. And if ObamaCare's cost-control experiments don't work, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan's Medicare voucher idea merits another look. Interestingly, RyanCare has striking similarities with ObamaCare.
These are the types of changes that would turn the fiscal cliff from a crisis into an opportunity. It won't be comfortable. Budget-cutting never is. Nor is change. But the aging of the Baby Boom, combined with runaway medical inflation, makes both unavoidable. Now is not the time to take anything off the table.
Copyright 2013 USATODAY.com
Read the original story: Editorial: Cut entitlements to control debt
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Find out which states have the proportion of people who have made it to 100 years old, according to a U.S. News and World Report analysis of U.S. Census data. Find the original article here.
Take a look at which states have the largest proportion of people who are 100 or older, according to a U.S. News and World Report analysis of U.S. Census data.
Chokwe Lumumba heads to the general election for Jackson mayor after defeating Jonathan Lee in the Democratic runoff.
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When you volunteer, you help transform lives by sharing your talents and skills. You'll help individuals reach their career goals, benefit the community, and bless your own life. Wondering what to expect? When you volunteer, you may:
- Teach life skills.
- Mentor individuals.
- Help individuals learn work skills.
- Participate in community service projects.
- Participate in humanitarian service projects.
Individuals may volunteer at a Deseret Industries facility provided they meet age and other risk requirements. Youth groups between ages 8 to 16 may volunteer only when accompanied by an adult. Children under 7 years of age are not able to volunteer. Contact your local Deseret Industries for more information and to find out what opportunities may be available to you.
Partnering with the Community
We strive to reach out to local communities by partnering with community agencies to help assist those whom they serve and to provide opportunities for groups and individuals to serve those in need.
Missionaries are needed in a variety of ways. If you're interested, talk to your bishop about missionary service opportunities. Missionaries help by:
- Mentoring individuals.
- Teaching life and work skills.
- Teaching English.
- Helping individuals find a job.
- Developing community resources.
- Coordinating community service projects.
Become a Caring Professional
We are able to assist individuals because of our caring professionals and mentors. Small acts of kindness are what transform lives. Watch lives change for the better by working with associates and helping them learn new skills and gain their independence.
If you are passionate about helping people reach their potential and you enjoy a fast-paced work environment, Deseret Industries is for you!
Our caring professionals help thousands of individuals each year achieve their career goals. There are many ways and opportunities to help in this great work. Learn more about how you can become involved by contacting your local Deseret Industries or visiting the LDS Church Employment site.
How Do I Get Started?
If you're interested in volunteering, contact your local D.I. store to find out about service opportunities. Talk to your bishop if you're interested in being a service missionary. We appreciate your desire to serve in your community.
For the Leaders
Groups and individuals can volunteer at D.I. Giving your time to your local store is a great way for individuals and a ward to bless the lives of others.
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New rule may help Nashville songwriters
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Songwriters in Nashville and elsewhere are about to get added royalties thanks to a 1976 copyright act whose provisions are kicking in.
The act allows songwriters broader publishing rights to songs, but it could set up battles against corporate song publishers who have owned the music and controlled who could use it commercially and at what price.
Generally speaking, the domestic publishing rights to songs granted to publishers starting in 1978 are eligible to be recaptured 35 years after the date of the grant. If the song rights were granted before 1978, they will take 56 years to recapture.
“It already is changing the face of how publishing works these days,” said Brent McBride, the son of songwriter Jim McBride and owner with brother Wes of Copyright Recapture in Nashville.
Their business was started about six years ago with the sole purpose of helping songwriters get the rights to their songs back.
“For families, it can mean a tremendous amount” of money, McBride told The Tennessean newspaper. “You’re not doubling their income, but you’re increasing it substantially.”
He said some old country tunes still earn $100,000 to $200,000 annually.
Others could earn as little as a few thousand dollars a year, up to tens of thousands of dollars, depending on the song, said Bart Herbison, executive director of the Nashville Songwriters Association International.
“It’s a needed shot in the arm,” Herbison said of the copyright rules.
“Songwriting is a lot like being a professional athlete. You’re hot for a certain period of time. A lot of people that are recapturing songs from 1978 haven’t had a hit since 1978.”
“Eye of the Tiger,” which was “granted” in 1982, will be eligible for recapture in 2017. Songs granted to record labels or publishers in 1978 become eligible in 2013, and so on.
Because the actual recapture of rights can get complicated – and take years to resolve – many songwriters or their heirs are already starting the process of reclaiming 35-year-old songs.
Information from: The Tennessean, http://www.tennessean.com
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They couldn't get Worst Case Scenario to take off, perhaps Frankenstein's Army will do the trick?
Richard Raaphorst has revealed a promotional piece for his latest effort over at Twitch Film (the editor there is producing in some capacity, I believe). Frankenstein's Army posits the question: What if the journal of Victor Frankenstein fell into Adolf Hitler's hands?
Raaphorst has a distinct fascination for World War II and Nazis. His previous endeavor Worst Case Scenario - which spanned two trailers, but never became a feature film - was about Nazi zombies. The filmmaker is utilizing strong internet buzz to try and generate funds for Frankenstein's Army. We'll see if this one comes to fruition!
Source: Twitch Film
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What Are Greek braids?
I love a polished ponytail or a sleek chignon, but sometimes the same old hairstyle just doesn't work. In come these braids. They're romantic and elegant, inspired directly by ancient depictions of Greek women. Sported by a number of celebrities, such as Anne Hathaway and Gwen Stefani, these braids are thick and worn wrapped around the sides of the head.
How to Create Greek Braids
Usually this style requires meticulous French braids, but this simplified version is less difficult and just as cute.
1. If you have straight hair, it's best not to try this style when you've just shampooed. You want your hair to have a nice amount of oil. Wavy or curly hair is ready to go.
2. Create a center part.
3. On the right side, make a two-inch section of hair from along the hairline (pretend like you're brushing hair back into a ponytail). With hair pulling towards the side of your head rather than forward, create a standard braid. Repeat on the left, making sure braids are level.
4. For a moment, leave the braids alone, and pull the rest of your hair into a low bun. Secure loose pieces with bobby pins for a polished look, or leave loose for a more casual style.
5. Take the right braid and coil it around the bun, pinning as you go. Repeat with the left braid.
6. Finish with a strong hold hairspray.
Create Greek braids whenever you want to channel your inner Greek goddess!
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© 2005-2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). All rights reserved worldwide.
Because the results of HER2 testing make a difference in a patient's treatment and outcome, it is important that HER2 testing produces accurate results. This guideline was developed to enhance the accuracy of HER2 testing for patients with breast cancer. Use this guideline to talk with your doctor about the accuracy of your test results for HER2 in the laboratory that he or she uses.
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Bloomberg News – South Korea warned that North Korea may test a nuclear weapon after a planned missile launch this month that has raised regional tensions and drawn U.S. warnings on the eve of parliamentary elections tomorrow in the South.
North Korean activity at the Punggye-ri atomic testing site is consistent with preparations for previous detonations in 2006 and 2009, a South Korean intelligence report obtained yesterday by Bloomberg News said. Korean Air (003490) said it will divert flights serving Indonesia, Philippines and Beijing from April 12-16 because of the launch planned for then, according to an e-mailed statement today.
China, South Korea and Japan expressed concern over North Korea’s plan to put a satellite into orbit with a long-range rocket, which the U.S. says would scuttle a food aid deal. The launch, which will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung, comes less than four months since Kim Jong Un succeeded his father as head of the totalitarian state.
“The timing is impeccable,” said Park Young Ho, senior research fellow and director at Korea Institute for National Unification. “Kim Jong Un is taking advantage of the domestic North Korean celebrations of Kim Il Sung to aggressively influence South Korean elections.”
South Korea’s benchmark Kospi Index rose as much as 0.7 percent after yesterday falling the most in a month. Defense- related shares fell after rising yesterday by the daily limit of 15 percent.
Filing bankruptcy does not discharge your debts like student loan alimony, child support and so on. Your IRS tax debt might not discharge even after filing bankruptcy. If you have an option to get relief from tax obligation then avoid filing bankruptcy. You can successful discharge your IRS tax debt if you meet certain requirements. You can read further to know the eligibility requirement to file bankruptcy in order to discharge debt.
Know the chapter under which you can file:
When you plan to discharge your IRS tax debts through bankruptcy then you are required to qualify under chapter 7 Bankruptcy in order to clear your debts. In case you are unable to qualify for chapter 7 bankruptcy then file under chapter 13 to eliminate your financial woes. You are required to undergo strict eligibility criteria despite you qualify for chapter 7 bankruptcy.
What are the requirements of the filing procedure?
Before you file under chapter 7 bankruptcy the IRS requires you to fulfill five requirements.
1. You are eligible to file bankruptcy if your IRS debt is a result of an underpayment of personal income taxes. Remember that other debts like delinquent payroll taxes, estate, gift, sales or fuel taxes, penalties or a federal tax lien will not be discharged under chapter 7 bankruptcy.
2. If you avoid paying IRS taxes by providing a false Social Security number then you might not qualify filing under chapter 7 bankruptcy to discharge your IRS tax debt.
3. In case your debts are not more than 3 years old then you might not qualify for discharging your IRS debt through chapter 7 bankruptcy.
4. If you have incurred debt on your tax return then remember that the debt must be a minimum of 2 years old.
5. Make sure that you maintain a gap of 240 days between the day the IRS first issued a bill for the debt and the day you file for bankruptcy.
What are the alternative options you have?
If you are unable to file your IRS under chapter 7 bankruptcy then you can propose for Offer in Compromise. Remember that this option will not discharge your debts but if your offer is approved by the IRS then it will help to lower the amount you owe. You can pay off the owed amount through a lump sum payment. If you are unable to make a lump sum payment then a 24 monthly installment payment plan can be beneficial for you. You can also opt for a deferred periodic payment plan by extending the repayment plan from the date IRS approves your application till the statute of limitations for collection ends.
Make sure you hire the services of a bankruptcy lawyer in order to know whether your IRS debts will be discharged through bankruptcy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday: U.S economic actions kept growing moderately in the late winter months, however, the rising energy prices makes the manufacturers be anxious as well as the retailers across the country
In the reports showed in Eldridge Financial Blog the economy continued rapidly make an expansion at a self-effacing from mid of February through the late March.
It is said that some of the positive signs are the stronger manufacturing activity, steady hiring and improves retail business in most of the country. Yet, there still a sense of threat specifically to the costlier energy and the increasing gasoline prices.
On the other side, the near -term outlook for household spending was encouraging, More than a few districts articulated their concerns that the staid increase of gas prices could limit the unrestricted costs in the coming months.
On the Eldridge Financial Blog report, on the collected data before April2 comes from business contacts in each of the 12 districts that have regional Fed banks and is thus seen as a real-life set off to the supplementary academic speeches and analyses that flow from the central bank.
The reserved to reasonable pace description of growth was unchanged from the preceding rundown issued at the end of February.
The 120,000 jobs created in March was heard a bit more upbeat about the job market after having the last week’sEldridge Financial Blog government report. It was said that Employment was firm but there is still a difficulty in looking for qualified employees most specifically for the high skilled positions. This information will be used by the Fed policymakers in order for them to assess the economy when they reach April 23-24 regard as whether to change interest-rate policy
Atlanta Fed Bank President Dennis Lockhart, a voting member of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee, said on Wednesday he would be “somewhat reticent to consider another round of quantitative easing” at this time.
The Eldridge Financial BlogBeige Book’s concern about the rising energy prices seemed to be borne out in separate Labor Department data showing imported petroleum costs were still on the rise. Labor Department said that the import prices in March scaled by the most in nearly a year on sharply higher petroleum costs in which was increased 4.3 percent that also marked as the biggest gain since April 2011.
Economists polled by Eldridge Financial Blog had expected import prices to go up 0.8 percent last month. February’s data was revised to show a 0.1 percent decline instead of the previously reported 0.4 percent increase. The data emphasize the size of the price shock that is cutting the Americans when they refuel their cars. U.S. data scheduled for release on Thursday is expected to present a reclaimed price pressures at a wholesale level, with producer prices seen mounting 0.2 percent in March when stripping out food and energy.
One day after Lawrence Township voters defeated both the school budget and a municipal budget referendum to exceed the 2 percent state budget cap, 50 aggrieved voters confronted the Lawrence Township Council to demand tax relief without “arrogant threats” that their trash collection would be cut.
They called for a review of the $43.3 million municipal budget and suggested more “belt-tightening,” even if it means laying off municipal employees, at Wednesday’s public hearing on the budget.
And they got swift action. The council agreed to meet with three local residents with financial backgrounds who stood up and volunteered their expertise free of charge to assess and cut the budget.
Ira Marks, a certified public accountant and certified financial planner, got the ball rolling by suggesting a financial committee of volunteers and offering his free services. He was joined by Max Ramos, a sales manager, and Marvin Van Hise, an attorney with banking experience as a state employee.
Councilman Michael Powers initiated the formation of the financial review committee after noting the audience was still, waiting for the council’s response, following the close of the 40-minute public session, where they aired their tax concerns.
Earlier, Municipal Manager Richard S. Krawczun said the municipal budget is being reviewed by the state and would likely be acted upon at the council’s next meeting on May 1. Had the electorate approved hiking the budget above the 2 percent cap, it would have added 14 cents to the municipal tax to close a $2.2 million budget gap.
The school budget will also be reviewed by the township council for appropriate cuts, which drew the ire of resident Andrea Pennington, who raised four children in local schools and works as a realtor.
“The school budget prepared by Tom Eldridge (school business administrator) was under the 2 percent cap, but it was defeated because voters were angry about the municipal budget and the threat that they would have to pay for private trash pickup if they didn’t agree to raise the municipal budget and tax rate,” she said. “Maybe you should you should take your municipal budget to him.”
The school budget, which was defeated 1,982 to 1,770, required a 3-cent school tax hike to compensate for the township’s loss of $38.3 million in tax ratables due to successful 2011 tax appeals.
Designed for graduates, the Finance MSc program prepares participants for a successful career in the finance industry. It provides a unique learning experience where the theoretical knowledge of technical concepts is deeply rooted in business practice. The Finance MSc is an intensive English taught program for those with a degree and/or equivalent work experience, as well as an adequate working knowledge of the English language. The program provides advanced knowledge and skills to managers or financial consultants wishing to develop their career in various fields of finance. The program comprises seven core modules of the University MBA and a further thirteen specialist finance modules ranging from Financial Institutions, Dynamic Portfolio Strategies, International Financial Management, as well as effective application of analysis to business practices.
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WASHINGTON – The current strong gains in hiring makes the Federal Reserve policymakers worried that it could buzz if the economic growth of the US doesn’t go up.
According to the Fed’s minutes on Tuesday, members were first stated their concerns before they make a plan to keep interest rates at record lows until at least late year 2014. However, some of the members want to take further procedures to improve the economy current status if a condition gets worse or inflation remains reclaimed.
After the meeting, Fed presented the somewhat current view of the economy mainly because of the three consecutive months of hiring in two years. It was concluded that there have been similar raptures of hiring in the previous two years which ended up fading.
On the speech echoed by the Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke last week in the economists gathering, the decline of the economy recovery was the main concern of Fed as it did last year.
Americans aren’t receiving meaningful pay augmentation. Gas prices are high. Additionally, Europe’s debt crisis could reflect on the U.S economy. Provided that the inflation will remain on its current position, analysts think that the Fed will likely give interest rates down in order for them to give the economy an additional support. Most of the economists don’t think that Fed officials will alter their interest-rate policy at their following meeting on April 24-25 and will only relieve credits if the economy gradually moves from its current status.
The economy outlook is going up. Employers added an average of 245,000 jobs a month from December through February. On the other side, the rate of unemployed dropped nearly to 8.3%. The government will report Friday on the job market in March. Most of the economists supposed that the report will give a better month of job creation with a net gain of 210,000 jobs. They also expect that the unemployment rate will remain at 8.3%.
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Coming to Frankfurt - but not a dealership near you - is Hyundai's i-Blue Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle. This hydrogen-powered vehicle was developed at Hyundai's Design and Technical Center in Chiba, Japan, is Hyundai's first-ever model designed from day one to run on fuel cell technology.
Unlike previous fuel-cell concepts, the i-Blue isn't built on an SUV platform. Instead, it's a 2+2 crossover, which Hyundai says signifies a huge step towards the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles.
Fair enough - but we hope the next fuel-cell concept has a catchier name. i-Blue my nose? i-Blue my engine? C'mon.
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When it comes to playground safety, New York isn’t taking any chances. In June, police ticketed two women eating doughnuts on a bench inside one of the city’s public playgrounds; another doughnut-eating pair on a nearby bench also received tickets. The quartet, who had bought their snacks from a cramped doughnut shop across the street, had broken the same municipal law as a group of seven men who were ticketed last winter while playing chess at another playground. They disobeyed a sign posted at the entrance, forbidding adults from entering—part of the city’s measures to safeguard kids. “It’s pedophile panic,” says New York writer Lenore Skenazy, author of Free-Range Kids and host of new reality show Bubble Wrap Kids, which will debut this winter. “We think everyone is a pedophile until proven otherwise.”
While the doughnut eaters will have to appear in court this summer to learn their punishment, other U.S. cities, including Miami Beach and San Francisco, also have measures in place banning adults from entering public playgrounds unless they are accompanied by a child. Though Pocatello, Idaho, doesn’t have such measures, it shares in the spirit: in July, after witnessing an older man snapping pictures at a playground, a mother angrily confronted him and chased him away. The police were alerted along with the local news, which issued a detailed description of a “suspicious man spotted taking pictures of children,” driving a “tan/brown van.” Shortly after, the man in question called the police and identified himself. He had been photographing his grandson; the only reason he left, he added, was because a woman was yelling at him.
The playground restrictions mirror similar measures instituted at other children’s venues, including libraries, some of which bar unaccompanied adults from entering the children’s book sections. At one Pennsylvania library, even parents face constraints: it prohibits adults “unaccompanied by their children” from using the restroom. And last year, an elderly Florida couple drove 160 km to visit the Miami Children’s Museum, but without kids, they weren’t allowed in. Some museums do allow adults to enter, but only under certain conditions: the Boston Children’s Museum states that “adults unaccompanied by children must provide proper photo identification (i.e., driver’s licence or passport).” That’s even for events likely to interest mostly adults, like this summer’s Wizard of Oz exhibit.
These sweeping anti-pedophile measures are occurring at a time when U.S. violent crime is falling rapidly, including crimes against children. Between 1990 and 2005, sex crimes against children dropped 51 per cent, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. A recent Gallup poll, however, revealed that 74 per cent of Americans believe crime is getting worse, suggesting, perhaps, a reason for the panic. That’s bad news for doughnut eaters, chess players and, some might argue, children. “When you start treating everyone as evil, you can’t have community,” says Skenazy. “I for one would want a couple of women sitting in a playground. That’s an extra set of eyes.”
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Reviews for Territorial Pissings LyricsPerformed by Nirvana
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IT`S ALL RIGHT | Reviewer: laureano | 9/30/12
HELLO my name is lau and I´m from argentina a country in south america
I HAVE BEEN nirvana lover SINCE I was a child and I was thinking about this lyric and my point of view is that:
territorial pissings is not only the limit of a country but each ones mental limit. when we are in a certain culture we go through good and bad experiences and each ones mental limits are created by this.
when nirvana´s writers say " gotta find a way, find a way , when i´m there Gotta find a way, a better way, I'd better wait" I think they mean that whenever each ones mental limits are interacting in a new good or bad experience we have to try to find a better way to get a good experience
"when i´m there".
my point of view bloomed from "Come on people now smile on your brother everybody get together, try TO love one another right now". really a nice idea. there is a lot of nirvana´s lyrics with this message.
I hope I was clear and not confussing and remember it´s just my point of view.
Kurt | Reviewer: Cristian | 9/25/12
Kurt didn't like talking about the meaning of his songs as you can see in various interviews, I think the lyrics have been left without explanation because that takes the magic away in a sense, for me when I listen to nirvana especially, the lyrics mean whatever I make them out to
Mean, they paint a picture in my head and make me feel a certain way, I think that's how his music should be left
Hmm, | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/11/12
Perhaps, even Kurt Cobain didn't know the meaning to his songs. I'd like to think that Kurt was an Alien and sent here to change the world - like Jesus; however, when he got here, he found it to be impossible; and thusly, found the best way to at least make an attempt; for instance, the song On a Plain, in some way, supports this theory, and this song adds to that.
Opinion | Reviewer: Nicholas | 5/26/12
A songs title is always ignored. Animals piss on there land to tell others its there's. With this in mind this song is about immigration and specifically who owns the south (the part that used to be Mexico) America metaphorically pissed on it and now Mexicans can't go on what was originally there land.
territorial pissings :) | Reviewer: BOO! | 5/22/12
okay first of all how can you guy's who submitted these lyrics accually tell what Kurt Cobain was saying i mean he is completly incomprhendable (Oops, spelled that wronge :p) not dissing people but KURT IS GOD (and so is Ozzy Osbourne)
Why argue bout the meaning? | Reviewer: chrillidill | 5/10/12
Maybe the songs have a meaning, maybe not. Hard to directly ask Kurt since he's dead(may him rest in peace). But whatever the song means to the songwriter, the song can have a different meaning to the listener, and the meaning can differ depending on who is listening, almost all Nirvana songs give me deep but different feelings, probably very different to what Kurt thought or felt. What I want to say is that the writers meaning with the song is less important, the important thing is what the song means to you, when you hear it. This applies to all songs, not just Nirvana's.
Nirvana rocks, wish they could make more great songs, but that would probably be too good for this world. Keep rockin folks! Nirvana! <3
Alien | Reviewer: Barrett | 4/2/12
I used to imaging that humans were a sort of aliens ,before being born, and that they would leave their peaceful universe to come to our planet as a baby.And when they were born they would be given what to hate and what to love,which cultures to respect...
Dino Valenti/Chet Powers: the only other songwriting credit on 'Nevermind' | Reviewer: Tom | 1/8/12
Interesting fact: the only other songwriter to have credit on 'Nevermind' besides members of NIRVANA is Chet Powers aka Dino Valenti/Valente. The 'Come on people, now..." intro to TERRITORIAL PISSINGS is from the classic 60s hit 'Get Together' made popular by the YOUNGBLOODS. Obviously, NIRVANA is deriding this hippy-dippy sentiment, but Chet Powers/Dino Valenti/Dino Valente is quite a fascinating character in rock music. Quite the rebel himself. A true Dionysian artist, not unlike Kurt.
Wipers are good! Nirvana too ofcourse! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/30/11
Hey person below my comment, right ye are! The Wipers have many songs that I said, after listenning: Hey, this must've influenced Kurt alot! They're good:) But still Nirvana's the king of everything. Punk rock means freedom!
Check out the WIPERS for more insight | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/18/11
KURT was a huge WIPERS/GREG SAGE fan. WIPERS songs had many allusions to aliens and alienation. Check out 'No One Wants An Alien' by the WIPERS for more insight into Kurt awesome writing style.
Wow | Reviewer: Cewldude | 12/5/11
Youre all wrong but the last guy with "hey guess what? youre wrong." is the closest. Kurt mainly focused on the melodies, not the lyrics. most lyrics were usually written 1 or 2 weeks before they would record the song. Kurt has meaning to the songs, its that they dont have meaning to anyone but him. and its controversial idiots like you that are doing what he hated: trying to find a deeper meaning to the songs. fuck the meaning, the musics there to enjoy, not to find out why. so sit back, shut the hell up, and listen to Nirvana for what it is. A great contribution to the world.
hey guess what? your wrong. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/10/11
alright im sick of looking up nirvana lyrics and seeing people debate the meaning. kurt said himself. "music comes first, then lyrics." he also expressed that he used a lot of lyrics, just because of the way the sylables sound with the other words. not for some deeper meaning. kurt was a musician first, lyricist last.
What..??! | Reviewer: a man | 9/25/11
Come on people, have any of you ever written a song, found a hook, a guitar line, riff, or a lyrical couplet..??
Kurt/Curt/Kurdt was one of many masters of a Schwitters-like, dada-ist approach to art. Things that are good beget other good things, follow the work, not the plan. Can you imagine him sitting down thinking, "okay, I gotta write a song about the alien of my being, of culture etc...?" Certain things sound great and open up new areas of meaning purely because they sound great and are not hindered due to their ambiguity... art is a skill that happens more in the moment than by pure design. Open up a little, don't get so bogged down in any sort of "meaning". Certain words sound great because of how they sound and that is that, or how you think they sound. Take, for example, Lithium's line "I'm so horny / That's okay / My will is good" and then follow its syllables and re-imagine it as "My willy's good"... That's a class use of language to take words out of context and put into another context...it's Jarry's 'pataphysics writ large...enjoy Kurt's humour and manipulation of language... he means nothing by it, just uses it to his own ends, and well done him.
Obvious really | Reviewer: Ed | 9/11/11
Listen to the intro "Everybody try to love one another". Cultures aren't just other nationalities, that is such a superficial intrepretation, and not the obvious, what's in your face reality.
Culture is an idea, an opinion. It's like our society, it isn't a society, but lots of little societies competing with one another.
So we have conflicting opinions within what is supposed to be a fixed culture, but it's total contradiction.
It's like when we were kids and being told not to use violence, but all we'd see was violence.. mum and dad arguing, fighting, school bullies, wars everywhere. So they try to preach a message of love, but fail to understand what love actually is. That failure is due to it being just an idea, just another opinion.
Our culture is so unnecessary, life isn't fixed in anyway, it's a flow of flux. Get into reality, not a reality.
Jamhrl | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/8/11
"When i was an alien, cultures werent opinions"
So, whats Kurt saying... segregation is the way forward? Because hes talking about confrontation steming from cultures colliding isnt he?
"Gotta find a way, a better way"... What exactly? Keeping cultures seperate to prevent violence and inequality?
Or is he speaking from the protagonists point of view? I.E. -
"Everything in my own culture was fine, until that other culture came along and now we have to fight them to protect our opinions!"
I dont know, maybe Im getting the wrong idea here!!
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Before you enter any triathlon:
• Always consult a physician before beginning any fitness program.
• Start training slowly. Try a sprint event first and build from there.
• If participating in an event with an open-water swim, practice in a similar body of water.
• If participating in an event that involves wet suits, practice swimming in a wet suit.
Source: USA Triathlon
The death of a 42-year-old Ladera Ranch man in the Dina La Vigna Breath of Life triathlon last month at the Ventura Harbor apparently was at least the fifth such incident nationwide this year, underscoring questions about the safety of the growing sport.
Jason S. Kirshner died during the swimming portion of the June 24 triathlon, which has been held for 14 years to benefit hospitals treating children with primary immunodeficiency. The death was not publicly reported at the time.
Kirshner died of asphyxia by drowning due to ischemic heart disease, said Armando Chavez, a Ventura County senior deputy medical examiner. He had an enlarged heart, and cardiac arrhythmia might have caused him to become unresponsive, Chavez said.
Race coordinators had about 30 lifeguards, two Ventura Harbor Patrol boats and ambulances standing by that day as about 900 participants splashed into the water for the swimming portion of the triathlon. Many lifeguards were on paddleboards.
"He actually made his way to one of the paddleboarders," said Senior Harbor Patrol Officer Pat Hummer. "He indicated to one of the paddleboarders he wasn't feeling well. Then he had his heart attack."
Kirshner was pulled onshore and CPR was administered by emergency personnel. He was rushed by ambulance to Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, where he was pronounced dead.
Kirshner entered the "sprint" triathlon, which began with a 750-meter swim, followed by a 20-kilometer bike ride and 5K run. The event also had an "olympic" course that was about twice as long.
His sister, Ronit Kirshner Gerard, 36, and her husband, Craig Gerard, both of Washington, D.C., were also in the triathlon. Ronit Gerard said the family knew nothing about a pre-existing heart condition.
"He was strong, he exercised," she said. "He had a bit of a weight problem. ... I truly believe if he thought anything was wrong, he wouldn't have done it. My brother loved an adventure, but he was also smart."
CHAOS AND COLD WATER
According to Minneapolis Heart Institute cardiologist Dr. Kevin Harris, Kirshner fit the profile of most triathlon deaths. Harris was the lead author of a study published in 2010 in the Journal of the American Medical Association called "Sudden Death During the Triathlon."
"It's usually a male in their 40s dying during the swim portion," Harris said.
Media reports indicate five people have died in U.S. triathlons this year, all men and all but one in their 40s. All the deaths were during or just after an open-water swim.
The 2010 study analyzed 959,214 triathlon participants between January 2006 and September 2008. Fourteen died — 13 during the swimming part.
"Because triathlons begin with chaotic, highly dense, mass-starts involving up to 2,000 largely novice competitors entering the water simultaneously, there is opportunity for bodily contact and exposure to cold, turbulent water," the study said.
Ronit said it was the first triathlon she, her brother and her husband had undertaken, and she was surprised at her own body's response to the cold water in Ventura Harbor, even though she was wearing a wet suit. The water was in the low 60s that day.
"Getting into the water, my heart was beating so hard," Ronit said. "I couldn't feel it through my wet suit, but I could feel it on my face. I couldn't even put my face in the water for the first 500 yards. Your adrenaline is going."
Thousand Oaks cardiologist Dr. Vishva Dev said the cold can be a problem for those who already have a heart condition.
"When we exercise, the body and heart require more blood flow," Dev said. "The coronary arteries dilate. That is the way the body adapts to exercise. In cold water, it's harder to dilate. The cold water causes a spasm of the coronary arteries."
Ventura cardiologist Dr. Jeff Brackett was in the emergency room the day Kirshner was rushed in. Brackett didn't comment specifically on Kirshner but agreed underlying heart disease is often the culprit in triathlon deaths.
He said triathletes should train in a body of water similar to the one in the race. Brackett also cautioned people to get a checkup beforehand.
"For sudden cardiac death, all you have to do is put your heart under more stress than it can handle," Brackett said. "You get your heart rate up to the maximum and hit the water and that can be enough."
KEEPING IT PRIVATE
According to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, there were 1.69 million triathletes in the United States last year — a 47 percent increase from 2009. The Breath of Life is one of about 3,500 races sanctioned by USA Triathlon, the official governing body of U.S. triathlons.
USA Triathlon keeps track of the number of deaths but considers the information proprietary and won't release it. In response to concerns about the deaths, however, USA Triathlon last fall formed a panel of three physicians and two race directors to examine them.
USA Triathlon spokesman John Martin said the report is finished and will be presented to other professionals in the industry before it is released to the public.
Martin said the Breath of Life organizers reported Kirshner's death to USA Triathlon.
But Grant LaVigna of Camarillo, who organizes the event with his family, said he did not let the general public know.
"We were focused on not wanting anything on the incident to come out for the family's sake," La Vigna said.
Local public agencies also did not report the death. Harbor Patrol officer Hummer said it probably should have been reported but could not say why it wasn't.
La Vigna said he and his family have done all they can to promote safety. "We are heartbroken over it," he said. "We put a lot of love and care into the event to try to make it a good experience for the participants in honor of my sister and what she wanted to build. ... We would not want anything like this to happen again."
His sister, Dina LaVigna, died in 1997 at age 33 after a battle with primary immunodeficiency, which compromised her lungs.
Ronit Gerard said her family wants people to remember Kirshner as the generous, adventurous soul he was. The world traveler owned a public relations company and a beloved cat named Baci.
"He was everyone's best friend," she said. "He took care of everyone. He went on adventures. He probably lived more in 42 years than most people live in 80."
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Last week, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled (for the second time) that a CGL policy issued to AES Corporation did not require Steadfast Insurance to provide a defense to AES for claims brought again AES in Kivalina v. Exxon Mobil. The decision, in AES Corporation v. Steadfast Insurance, held simply that, based on the “eight corners” of the complaint and the insurance policy, the claims against AES did not allege an “occurrence" under the CGL policies at issue.
Obviously, if climate change is real, and at least unless and until courts of last resort dismiss all actions such as Kivalina, these kinds of cases are going to proliferate, and the question of who pays such potentially massive claims will continue to be of interest to power generators, oil companies, insurance companies, and their shareholders.
The complaint in the underlying action alleged that AES “intentionally” emits carbon dioxide and “knew or should have known of the impacts” of those emissions. In disposing of AES’s claim, the court noted that, under Virginia law, an “occurrence” basically means an “accident.” Moreover, an accident is
"An event which creates an effect which is not the natural or probable consequence of the means employed… If a result is the natural or probable consequence of an insured’s intentional act, it is not an accident."
AES asserted that it was still entitled to coverage, because the complaint alleged that AES “intentionally or negligently” created the nuisance. If it was negligent, argued AES, then the claim was related to an “accident.” However, the court noted that AES’s underlying actions in emitting carbon dioxide were intentional, not negligent. It is only, at best, AES’s alleged failure to realize that carbon dioxide emissions would cause climate change that was negligent. To the court, that was not enough. If the underlying acts were intentional, it does not matter that AES may have been negligent in failing to foresee the consequences.
"Under the CGL policies, Steadfast would not be liable because AES’s acts as alleged in the complaint were intentional and the consequences of those acts are alleged by Kivalina to be not merely foreseeable, but natural or probable. Where the harmful consequences of an act are alleged to have been not just possible, but the natural or probable consequences of an intentional act, choosing to perform the act deliberately, even if in ignorance of that fact, does not make the resulting injury an “accident” even when the complaint alleges that such action was negligent."
It will be interesting to see how this issue plays out in other states. The decision here seems reasonable, but I can see other courts, depending on the language in underlying complaints and insurance policies, reaching contrary results.
It will be similarly interesting to see whether, as in Superfund litigation, the decision in here affects pleading in underlying cases. In Superfund, plaintiffs learned how to draft complaints that would maximize the likelihood of coverage, in order to bring in deep-pocket insurers. Here, I don’t know whether the plaintiffs will want to bring in insurers so that there is another deep pocket at the table (power generators are often seen to have fairly deep pockets as well) or whether they will want to minimize the likelihood of coverage, because the their goal may not simply be to maximize their cash recovery, but may instead be to cause maximum financial distress to fossil fuel generators.
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Washington: President Barack Obama said on Thursday that Americans needed more than just his word to be assured he was not misusing his powers in waging a secret drone war overseas.
The president was asked about the debate over the deadly tactic, a backbone of the US campaign against Al Qaeda, and whether the Constitution allows the use of drones against Americans who have turned against their country.
"It is not sufficient for citizens to just take my word for it that we are doing the right thing," Obama told an online forum sponsored by Google.
The president, who has said he is working with Congress to provide more oversight of the clandestine drone war against Al Qaeda, was also asked what was to stop the US government from using unmanned aerial vehicles at home.
"There has never been a drone used on an American citizen on American soil," Obama said in the Google Plus "Fireside Hangout."
"The rules outside the United States are going to be different than the rules inside of the United States in part because our capacity, for example, to capture terrorists in the United States is going to be very different than in the foothills or mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan.
Debate about the use of drones has slowly been mounting following the September 2011 killing in Yemen of cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a senior Al-Qaeda operative who was an American citizen.
The president said that he was working with Congress to ensure that the public was also able to understand the constraints and legal rationales of the US drone war.
"I am not somebody who believes that the president has the authority to do whatever he wants, or whatever she wants, whenever they want, just under the guise of counter terrorism," he added.
"There have to be checks and balances on it."
Some observers, including prominent senators, are considering whether a special court should monitor the secret drone war.
Missiles fired from unmanned aircraft have become the Obama administration's weapons of choice in its war against Al Qaeda.
The administration's legal rationale for the targeted killings was leaked to the media ahead of Senate hearings last week on the nomination of Obama's top counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to head the CIA.
The guidelines allow the use of drone strikes against US citizens suspected of being senior Al Qaeda operatives, even if there is no evidence they are actively plotting an attack.
Some administration critics have questioned the legality of drone strikes against US citizens, while others fear that raining death from the skies may do more harm than good in increasing anti-US sentiment.
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Parents who are looking for ways to get modeling jobs for teen models and kids can do so by looking for these jobs when they are posted by clients at online modeling forums. There are many people who are looking for modeling talent today, especially with advertising on the internet, as well as cable television, booming. Young models are especially in demand as there is a great deal of marketing directed towards them.
Young models who are looking for jobs should do so along with their parents. They should have professional photographs taken of them so that they can create their own modeling portfolio. This can include face shots as well as shots that are full length. You can also include black and white photos as well as colors. Formal attire as well as casual attire should be shown. It is important for young models to be versatile in their appearance so that they can find more modeling jobs.
Clients who are looking for models will usually try to find models by hiring them through ads or using agencies, including online agencies. It pays for the model to have their portfolio posted through an agency as this is the first place that most clients look when they want to hire talent for advertising purposes. They will often place ads when they are looking for particular talent, or talent that is local.
In some cases, clients may just be looking for some fresh faces of young models that they can post on their website instead of using stock photos. Parents of models who are underage can work with those clients and arrange for a price to be paid in exchange for use of the photo. Often, the client will purchase the rights of the photo for the use on their website or other type of media promotion. This is an easy way for young models to make money and an easy way for advertisers to get authenticity in their marketing material.
In other cases, modeling jobs are on site. Young models can find jobs that are in their own area for commercials as well as online work and even magazine work when they sign up for an online agency. It is important for anyone who is seeking to start in this career field to understand that they do need to have a professional portfolio comprised so clients can see how well they photograph and need to be signed up with an agency so that clients can find them. This is easier than ever before thanks to online modeling agencies that bring together clients who are looking for talent and young models who are looking for work. Clients will be able to take a look at the portfolios as well as place ads. Models can wait for a client to approach them with a job or they can take a look at the job boards and apply for jobs in this exciting career field where they can get paid for posing for photographs.
Teenagers now turn to online jobs
whenever they need to earn a little extra cash. It’s way better than going out and job hunting in a place where they don’t even want to work in. It’s simple, convenient, and high paying. The most common thing you have to do is just click your mouse away. One of the easiest and most high paying of these jobs is doing paid surveys.
Doing paid surveys is one of the most popular jobs to do online because (1) it does not require any work experience and (2) its unlimited. You can answer as many as you want in a day because the more you answer, the more you earn. This is usually a job for teens under 16 years of age for the reason that its easy to accomplish. Doing paid surveys is not only paid in cash but also paid in other benefits like points in applications found in free social networks online. Some applications in these websites need points to unlock certain benefits. One way of gaining these points is answering surveys. By doing this, the user gains a big amount of points (usually ranges at about 1000 points and above) which benefits their accounts in these applications greatly.
These jobs for teens under 16 years old also teach these kids the value of money and hard work. This also helps them establish relations online that might be of good help to them in the future. These paid surveys allows them to learn about different businesses or topics that are being circulated in the internet today. This is why teens under 16 prefer these types of jobs now.
Out of all of the paid survey sites I have tried, cash-crate is definitely the highest paying with the most surveys. I highly recommend it to my friends and family, if you’re interested you can sign up here.
Jobs aren’t easy to find when it comes to attending school, and even more so because of age, however, what if I told you that there are part time jobs out there that can pay well even though you are a student with chores, school, etc. All it takes is a little bit of expertise, then a little bit of utilizing that expertise to make the most out of that talent. Sort of like a part time job. Haven’t your parents once told you that if your good at something, keep doing it? Well, do just that in this case because it will help you a lot.
Repairing & Fixing Computers
To put it mildly, a lot of people are with slow, snail speed or even dismantled computers that simply wasn’t as fast as it was when they first purchased their computer. They would pay someone to fix it for them, and if you know your stuff, they are willing to pay well, and maybe even recommend you to friends and family members of your little service. Fixing computers has a broad category. From reformatting a computer to downloading Anti-Virus scanners, to building a computer from raw pieces, to even installing their Internet, they are willing to pay, and they are willing to pay well. If do a little research and know your stuff, you can be having a part time job that pays well going by your schedule.
If your a person who loves education, why not share your knowledge? Have an expertise in math, English, or science? You could be paid from $10.00 to $20.00 just for tutoring depending on your expertise on the subject; even better if your a student from a reputable school. Your an expert on Algebra? Good, now you can use that knowledge, and you can be making money just by tutoring on your schedule.
Babysitting is probably one of the most basic jobs out there with a decent amount of pay. Although, I cannot say that babysitting is a great job that can pay well, I’ve heard of stories where if you are a reputable babysitter, parents are willing to pay up to the twenties for each hour. You can’t count babysitting out nor can you really count it in. It all depends on how well you communicate with the kids and the parents.
Being an Assistant
This can be from writing mail and sending them out, to simply taking out the trash. Although being an assistant isn’t really a common job to find, you can’t really count it out either. Assistants can get paid from $8.00 a hour to $15.00 a hour depending on whose assistant you are of course. Most times assistants get easy jobs such as printing out papers or simply taking out the garbage.
Good at designing or drawing? Logo designing can be an open option for you. Better yet, pay from logo designing can come with cash rewards of up to $100.00 to even $1,000.00 per contest. Some webmasters are willing to pay hundreds or even thousands for a good graphic designer as well. If you believe you have talent in logo designing or graphic designing, head your way to 99designs and compete with other designers to win cash rewards that may make you set for weeks.
Establishing a work at home industry appears like a fantastic venture for several individuals, yet there is a small number who really acquire their own home-based business and succeed in it. Simple as it appears, there are some crucial aspects to me remembered while in the preliminary level of this undertaking and to thrive. Sad to say, the main concept of having a home-based business may look lucrative to a lot of individuals who deem that dollars would begin flowing once they sit in front of their computer. To this, most industry responsibilities from home end up in pure aggravation of not being able to attain this impractical dream.
The inquiry that a beginner is stranded with is that what kind of home-based business or work they should engage in. It is excellent as always to start in the position where you stand out and have some dedication for. It is alright to try out something until you see that it fits you excellently. Among the most well known means of creating money online is through working for web employers.
Programming, copywriting, academic research, online research, data entry and compilation are among the home-based career opportunities to choose from though the list could go on. Even the online world is conflicted with bogus corporations to press free work and funds from people, there still are several organizations out there that deal particularly with web hiring and allotment for work. It takes a while to find an employer and set up a suitable working relationship.
Many people think that making money online is something which doesn’t happen on this earth. Well this is not true at all. I agree that when you are on internet nobody knows you are dog and no one can be trusted. But, there are hundreds of ways to make money online. You just need to keep aware of the different marketing trends. Following are one of the most popular ways to earn extra cash from internet.
Blogging – Turn your blog into a money making machine. The foremost thing to do is taking your own domain and hosting. This is to ensure that, you would be able to keep ads and affiliate marketing advertisements without any inconvenience. In a self hosted blog you are the owner of your own fate. Write anything, review of any product. Put on the advertisements and earn commission from merchants when someone buys their product after visiting your blog.
Selling a product – In order to sell your own product, it is not that you are having a huge brand. Means, it is not that you are having a hosting company of big software to sell something. Your product could be even as small as a simple eBook. Choose the area of your expertise and write some valuable information for your audience. Pour your unique knowledge in the write up. Do not convert it into a thick book but a simple manual of 10-20 pages. Keep the price affordable around $10 – $15.
Website – If you have products to sell or services to serve, simply popularize them via a website. Create an eye catchy design and pay much focus on search engine optimization and internet marketing techniques to make it search engine friendly. Target good keywords relevant to your business and target market. Hence a SEO optimized website acquire hire potential to attract more customers and hence more sales.
These are one of the widely used ways to money online with a little investment. After all in the world of globalization, internet can be used to create nice regular income online, then why not make the best use of it.
It is not difficult to find online work at home jobs today. The internet itself is a vast resource for the opportunities that need to be tapped. Even a single click of a mouse can give you many results that show business and income opportunities which can provide you with your needs about online employment. However, most of the online jobs that are found on the web are just temporary ones and the sustainability of the income that may be generated from them cannot be guaranteed to last for long. A person should continually seek for opportunities that may entitle him or her to earn extra if a primary job is present on hand. Some very successful online workers have found out that even when you do not look for these jobs, they may come directly to you. This is better compared to searching for hours and days in the internet for offers on jobs that really fits into your category of specialization.
The most sensible thing is to build up your reputation. When you are involved in data entry jobs, make sure that every piece of work that leaves your hand is a picture of excellence in every aspect. This way, you are able to attract referrals coming from customers or clients that have been satisfied with your work. Remember that the best advertising you can do for yourself is to create masterpieces or high quality outputs that clients will find joy in receiving.
When advertising is spoken of, you can do the same for yourself. There is nothing wrong in announcing to the whole world that you are offering your services for online jobs that they may require. The cost of advertising in the internet costs lesser today in comparison to previous times. It will also be practical to advertise online because you are assured of a larger viewing audience. Your exposure can be maximized on sites that are attracting heavy internet traffic. Online jobs will flow into your door if you will follow these tips.
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Long gone are the days when you had to toil hard for someone else to make a luxurious living. Today, it is easy to make money from within the four walls of your home without reporting in to anybody you don’t like. There are a number of unique, but lucrative, work from home jobs that you can consider in order to make you life comfortable beyond imagination. All you need to put in is a few hours each day and you are well on your way to turning your fortunes around.
There are some easy jobs that you can consider opting for. One such job is opting to become a wedding consultant. If you have a flair for dressing up the brides to be on their most important day of their life, then, this is surely the type of job you should consider. In addition to helping her choose here wedding gown and deciding on the wedding cake, you will also be in charge of deciding the venue and getting it decorated. You will have to co-ordinate with the catering company, flower suppliers and others to ensure that the entire day proceed without any hitches.
While you can consider opting for this as a part time work from home job, there are many who have opted for it as their full time profession and don’t have any regrets. The money you will get paid is also on the higher side. So, you can earn enough money for a month by just working for a few days of the month. Isn’t this what all of us are looking for?
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I was an X-ray away from having my right hand in a cast.
Thankfully, it was just pulled tendons and I had to rest it for a few days.
No driving. No typing. No brushing my teeth properly, washing the dishes or any of the other daily activities I take for granted.
Do we realize how much we need something while we have it… or while we don't?
My injury occurred during the Three Weeks, the saddest period of the Jewish Year, in which we mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and all it represents.
And I recalled the famous verse, "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill]." (Psalms, 137:5)
I'd never really thought about it before, but what does "let my right hand forget [its skill]" mean?
I saw a number of interesting explanations.
No one can imagine functioning without a right hand, and it is inconceivable we could forget it. It is equally impossible for us to forget Jerusalem, a concept inextricably attached to who we are as Jews.
Indeed, for the Jew to forget Jerusalem is tantamount to forgetting God, for God is always at our right hand -- "I have always set God before me; I shall not falter because He is at my right hand." (Psalms, 16:8)
Another explanation is that God is saying this to the Jewish people, i.e. He vows never to permanently forsake Jerusalem. For Him to do so would be equivalent to a human being giving up his right hand.
The Jewish people are God's right-hand man.
Jerusalem is the Jew's right hand.
There is a natural, innate connection.
Yes, people do make do with one hand or the loss of other limbs, but it is not the ideal.
And yes, Jews are living in physical and spiritual abundance today without the Holy Temple in a rebuilt Jerusalem.
But it is not the ideal. It is not natural.
My right hand shakes a client's hand… Moves the words on this page… Raises my cup to drink…
When we realize Jerusalem can also shake us, move us and raise us even higher than we are now, chances are we could merit a return to the Holy Temple speedily in our days.
For the speedy recovery of Miriam bas Leah, my dear mother-in-law, who broke her right hand two weeks ago!
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Date: February 12 2013
AGL Energy shares are higher after the company received approval for the first stage of a new coal seam gas (CSG) project in NSW.
Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke on Monday granted conditional approval for the coal seam methane gas project at Gloucester on the state's mid-north coast.
The approval remains subject to 36 conditions protecting natural fauna and flora, and local groundwater supplies.
AGL's group general manager of upstream gas Mike Moraza said the company would now work on satisfying environmental conditions and securing planning approval from the NSW government.
"Coal seam gas is one of the most stringently-regulated industries in Australia," he said in a statement.
"AGL will continue to use the best available science and technology to explore for and extract natural gas safely and without harm to the surrounding environment."
AGL shares were up nine cents, or 0.6 per cent, at $15.34 at 1020 AEDT.
Stage one of the Gloucester project will include up to 110 gas wells and associated infrastructure, AGL said.
Construction and operation of the project would create significant local employment opportunities, it said.
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Design dreams come true in Shanghai
February 10, 2011
Northeastern University senior Kyle Jonasen dreams of designing custom-built homes and showrooms.
His co-op job with Zero Lab Office, an architectural studio and design lab in Shanghai, China, helped prepared him for this future and inspired his career outlook: After he graduates in May, Jonasen plans to earn a master’s degree in architecture from Northeastern, find a job at an architecture firm in China or Korea, and then start a small studio with a team of young colleagues.
"Working at Zero Lab definitely clarified how I want to approach my education and my future," said Jonasen, an architecture major who grew up in Milwaukee. "The experience has been so much more valuable than anything I could possibly learn in a classroom and has taught me the power of practicing in your actual profession."
From August through December, he developed 3-D computer models and drew design diagrams for museums, furniture factories and schools. He and his team also pitched their ideas to city officials, developers and building owners. Each of their proposals was accepted, he said.
"Part of what we learn at Northeastern is how to create a very strong central idea for our designs as well as a very clear presentation," said Jonasen. "I think all of the clients in Shanghai understood our team’s idea a lot better than the other designs."
Jonasen, who described his experience in Northeastern’s architecture program as "very intense," noted his "competitive nature to always want to do the best work and have the best project." He’s proud to learn from teachers who practice their craft on a daily basis.
"Instead of learning from full-time studio instructors, we’re getting many different perspectives and theories from a heavy rotation of practicing architects throughout the city," he said.
Jonasen, who counts Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as one of his favorite architects for his simple, yet scrupulously detailed designs, completed his first co-op with Rim Architects, in Honolulu.
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[ EDITORIAL ]
Florida Funding Provisions: Keep Counties Afloat
Published: Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 8:28 p.m.
Money is tight. As true as that is for so many individuals and families these days, it also applies to the county government overseen by the Polk County Commission.
If one funding element of any substance is removed or one requirement is added to take over a governmental function without funding, the county budget and the operations it makes possible will tilt. The resulting scramble to restore equilibrium might curtail or cancel some other service upon which Polk County residents rely.
This applies not just to county government, but to government at all levels.
One might say: “Who needs it? It's all a waste of money. We can't afford it.”
Yes, with a good bit of work to detach itself from requirements and agreements modern and many, the commission probably could return to its roots.
By so doing, the County Commission would be limited to deciding whether a road grader may be sent out to smooth over one back road or another, or whether enough money can be scraped together to lay a thin line of asphalt over the rutted trail.
Lost along the way would be services that many of the 609,000 residents of Polk County find valuable, even essential.
They include firefighting, emergency medical services, indigent health care, land planning and zoning, building regulation, code enforcement, public transit, mosquito control, parks and recreation, road maintenance and the library cooperative, among many others.
That's not to mention Polk County's constitutional officers — portions of county government that fall under these officials who are elected every four years — sheriff, clerk of courts, tax collector, property appraiser and supervisor of elections. The Polk County School District operates separately, under the School Board, with other funding sources.
In short, a primitive approach to county government would have little attraction beyond a cynical sliver of the Polk population.
As government stands, from top to bottom, the most basic elements of funding boil down to this for Floridians: Federal government relies on income tax, state government relies on sales tax, and county and city government rely on property tax.
Patched onto that core financial building are innumerable rooms, floors and annexes that have been added over the years with no architectural plan. This has been done in annual congressional and legislative sessions, and semimonthly or weekly meetings of county and city commissions.
From these add-ons come complications. Pull out one piece of framing and a connected section may lurch. Tweak another support, and lurch may lead to collapse.
The Florida Association of Counties represents the collective interests of all 67 Florida counties, from Tallahassee, with a focus on state legislation.
The counties' “needs are very different,” Craigin Mosteller told the Editorial Board on Thursday. She is the association's communications adviser and policy director. As such, the group leaves local policy alone but works to find three priorities that “will have the largest impact to their communities.”
As a result, the Association of Counties has produced this trio of legislative priorities, which fits the role of critical financial framework:
■ Updates that may be made to the Communications Services Tax should not reduce revenue to the counties. The tax is levied on service for telephones; cellphones, except for prepaid cellphones; and cable. Internet and satellite services are excluded.
■ The state should not shift costs for juvenile-justice programs to the counties.
■ State Medicaid billing to counties should be reformed so the counties can verify the bills prior to paying them.
These priorities make sense, and deserve support of legislators representing Polk County and all of Florida, including Rep. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
[ Note: A podcast accompanies this editorial at TheLedger.com/podcast. Listen to the Editorial Board's full interview with Cragin Mosteller and Melony Bell, chairman of the Polk County Commission. The podcast will play on a personal computer. Or download it free at the iTunes Store for use on an iPod or similar player; search: Ledger Editorial. ]
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Linux Foundation chief dubs MeeGo 'unstoppable force'
Nokialess mobile Linux rages on
MeeGo, the Linux-based open source operating system born from the February 2010 shotgun marriage of Nokia's Maemo and Intel's Moblin and left at the altar when Nokia hooked up with Windows Phone 7, is an "unstoppable force" that speeds device-developers' time-to-market, and it stands for "love, courage, and change."
That was the message delivered at the MeeGo Conference in San Francisco on Monday by the executive director of The Linux Foundation Jim Zemlin and his supporting keynote cast.
"Companies come and go, people come and go, and things change, and one year it's this, one year it's that, but the fundamental principles remain the same," Zemlin told the crowd, explaining the value of open source projects such as Linux and MeeGo.
"Over a period of time you can just see how large Linux has become," he said, "and how projects like MeeGo become these unstoppable forces that no single entity controls, that no single entity dominates, and that really is the benefit of this collaborative development model."
Demonstrating the ubiquitousness of Linux, Zemlin pointed to its use in air-traffic control systems – "so your life is literally in Linux's hands" – and nuclear submarines – "so your death is in Linux's hands, as well, potentially" – plus other applications such as the CERN supercollider, the digital effects in Avatar, and its role in powering the majority of the world's equity trading markets.
"So it's you life, your death, and your money," he surmised.
Money – the making of it, that is – is fundmental to MeeGo's advanatge as an open source operating system. If you base your product development on MeeGo, Zemlin said, "As a device maker you're dramatically expanding your opportunities. You own the platform, right? You can create your own app stores. You don't have to pay royalties to anyone for it," he said.
"You're in a totally new game, and you're in a much better game – a game where you can control your future. And that is the fundamental advantage that projects like MeeGo have."
And that, Zemlin said, "is why MeeGo will be successful over long periods of time, just like Linux has been successful over very long periods of time."
How long a period of time? "We're really in the first five minutes of a very, very long game with MeeGo," he said, adding that "the fundamentals fundamentally favor open source."
Speaking of time, Meego's time-to-market advantage was hammered home repeatedly not only by Zemlin, but also by a series of presenters who shared his two-hour keynote.
Danielle Levitas of IDC's consumer, broadband, and digital marketplace research group stressed that MeeGo's open source availability gives small developers a leg up on getting products to market quickly without having to start coding their device OS from scratch.
"Who can realistically get to market [with breakthrough technologies] except for a couple of really big companies that own the stack?" she asked. Zemlin echoed that theme, saying, "Unless your name is Apple, Microsoft, or RIM the only way you're going to bring a successful product to market is Linux."
Tsuguo Nobe, General Manager of Nissan Motor Company – who lent big-company cachet to the proceedings – said that a major reason for his company's embrace of MeeGo was its head start in developing the five million lines of code that go into Nissan's automotive software. "The most important thing is time-to-market," he said.
Tore Meyer of the German developer 4tiitoo, publisher of the MeeGo-based WeTab OS for tablets, stressed time-to-market, as well. After giving a demo of a WeTab GmbH's WeTab tablet running his company's WeTab OS, he said: "We launched this device, after deciding for MeeGo, in five months."
Meyer also took a dig at Google's Android operating system for not being truly open source, saying that he was worried about "companies dominating the market" for tablet operating systems. "And we're seeing this in the market already. Suddenly you don't get access to all the code base anymore."
Describing his company's work with a "western Euopean operator", he said that Amino got an order from them in early February, and managed to deliver a product beforee Christmas of the same year. "That is a fantastically fast development," he said, "and was helped in no small part by choosing MeeGo as the platform."
Levitas agreed, saying that "10 months is actually really great time-to-market when there's a service provider involved. Usually its more like, 'don't hold your breath' if it's anything less than 18 months, and it can be even more than that for them to test set-top boxes."
If this all sounds like a MeeGo love-fest, well, that's because it was. Julien Fourgeaud, who Zemlin introduced as the newly hired "Bad Piggy Bank Manager" of Rovio who's building a "virtual economy" for that developer of the astronomically successful game, Angry Birds, specifically cited San Francisco's peace, love, and beads history when he provided a David Letterman–style Top Ten countdown of definitions of MeeGo that he had heard from the MeeGo community during pre-conference workshops.
In Fourgeaud's countdown, after a predictable run of descriptions such as "mobile", "open", "exciting", "flexible", "super-cool", "empowering", and the like, his number one definition of MeeGo was "love, courage, and change". ®
Although most every moment of the MeeGo Conference keynote was sweetness and light, Zemlin did allow himself one pointed poke at the head of the mobile market's most-closed company. After a brief hesitation in a wireless-syncing demo by Collabora engineer Robin Burchell, Zemlin quipped: "I was about to pull a Steve Jobs and just blame the Wi-Fi, like 'All right, if you want to see this, everybody turn the Wi-Fi off'," a reference to Jobs' embarrassing demo glitch when launching the iPhone 4.
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India has sought an assurance from the United States over the safety of the Indian community there in the wake of the shooting at a Wisconsin gurudwara that left seven people, including the gunman, dead.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, who had a telephonic conversation with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last night, today said that he has conveyed India’s concerns over the “heinous crime’’.
“I had the chance to talk to Secretary Clinton who is touring South Africa and I have conveyed our concerns about the attack and loss of previous lives in this heinous crime against the place of religious worship,” he said.
Krishna said that “an assurance to the Indian community has to come out from the Obama administration that their interests are going to be safe’’.
The Minister said he also suggested to Clinton that the places of worship in the US cutting across religious denominations must be given full protection.
“On both accounts, I found Secretary Clinton more than willing to do it. And she is as disturbed as anyone of us in India,” he said.
Krishna said FBI has already swung into action and Clinton is waiting for the preliminary report. “Once they are in possession of the report, they will convey it to the Government of India,” he said.
US Ambassador Nirupama Rao is also in touch with the White House and the State Department, he said.
On August 5, six persons were killed and three critically injured when a gunman opened fire inside a gurudwara in Wisconsin. The gunman was shot and killed by a police officer.
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Meet this week’s vegetables: (Newberg veggies may differ)
- Summer squash & broccoli
- Fava beans — As Rusty would say: “oh MY!” These are some big fava beans. In our culinary trials this week, we found that they’re really better suited for shucking (and possibly peeling) and then cooking — they’re just a little too big for roasting at this point. The beans themselves are still in the tender green stage, but they are big and definitely worth the effort to get out. Another quick preparation to try: after peeling, gently sauté until tender and then puree and spread on fresh bread.
- Arugula, spinach, and/or beet greens — Oh, how beautiful are the greens right now? So beautiful! The combination of the mild weather and growing crops on our new (so far) less weedy ground has given us what feels like true gifts — rows upon rows of beautiful, almost completely weed free, pest free, tender greens. The crew is picking a little of everything with the idea that you can mix and match to make your own perfect salad mix this week.
- Dinosaur kale & collard greens
- Garlic scapes
Casey and I are not born machine lovers. When we first started the farm back in 2006, our initial impulse was to avoid buying a traditional tractor at all. We schemed about ways to make do with other, seemingly more approachable, solutions. We were intimidated and unsure of exactly how various technologies (especially BIG ones) would fit into our dreams of a small-scale veggie farm.
It only took us a few weeks to realize exactly why we needed a tractor. To be clear, we already owned one, but it was a small restored cultivating tractor from the ‘40s — perfect for weeding, but not intended for much else. But before we could weed, we desperately needed to mow thigh high grass and then somehow do primary tillage on our ground (which had been left in a sod for several years).
So, we bought a tractor. The wrong one at first. We underestimated how much horsepower and heft we needed. When we put our new (small) disk on the incredibly small Massey Ferguson we bought, it could barely lift it off the ground without tipping backwards! But we fixed that mistake quickly, thanks to an accommodating and understanding tractor vendor, and sized “up” to a slightly larger all around (still very small!) tractor that was suitable for pulling a mower or a disk.
We recognized a need for an appropriate technology, bought it, and learned how to use it. This is a seemingly simple formula that has become a trademark of our working style here on the farm. Again, I wouldn’t say that we’re machine lovers — we don’t drool over catalogs of shiny implements and we definitely don’t buy tools before we perceive a present or future need. But we have come to love these machines for what they can do on our farm. (We even own a much bigger tractor now.)
It is breathtaking to watch the right tool at work and consider all the hours and hours of frustrating labor that is being saved. The borrowing of our neighbor’s hay tedder (as told in last week’s newsletter) was a great example — a task that was literally impossible to achieve with our existing tools was made into a quick afternoon project. Hoorah!
This last week was marked by the arrival of several new exciting machines on our farm — all of which immediately open new doors of possibility for our future ventures. First, we got our “new” refurbished bucket milker up and running and immediately brought our milking time down from 30-40 minutes to 1-2 minutes. Willa the cow is happy about the change too, because frequently milking sessions were cut short by her lack of patience rather than her lack of milk. She has more than enough patience for the new milking routine.
(As a fun aside, Annie calved this week too! So, we’ve begun working her into the milking routine too!)
We also received our new hammermill — a beautiful and powerful piece of machinery that was custom built for us in Ohio. It is a red cast iron beast that can process corn or greens (or pretty much anything) in no time. Since we have been making our own animal food, this is another huge time saver. Prior to the mill’s arrival, we were taking turns making our daily rounds of chick, hog and cow feed in a makeshift “kitchen” set up on our porch, using kitchen appliances (a countertop homegrade burr mill, a food processor, a knife and cutting board). It worked and was a good way to learn about what foods seemed to be working for the different animals, but ultimately our time was the limiting factor.
Now we can make more food in less time, and we are looking forward to experimenting over the season with the many crops we have planted specifically for animal feed. The forage radishes will soon be ready and we are scything down some mature hull-less oats and putting them through the mill stalk and all.
Yes, we are scything. (If you can’t immediately picture a scythe, it is the classic farm implement carried by the grim reaper figure.) What a stark contrast to some of the other tools of our farm — amidst the growing collection of very loved and useful engine-powered tools, we still have two quiet, man-powered scythes that get lots of use. We have found that this ancient simple technology is still appropriate — it is gentle on the body and effective (especially when sharpened). So, we scythed around trees in the orchard this spring, and we scythe down strips of pasture before setting up new lines of electric fencing.
Even though we still love simple non-mechanical tools like scythes and harvest knives, we have certainly come to embrace the place for other appropriate technologies too. We are still constantly learning how to best use these tools (and maintain and fix them), but in our seventh year of farming we’re getting increasingly competent at tinkering and problem solving. There’s always the issue of safety, something we take very seriously when using powered equipment, but we’ve realized the key to safety is staying aware, moving intentionally, and making good choices at every step. I hope this safety trend continues!
Having some new machines to play with this week was a fun activity during what was often a quite rainy period again. Summer arrived last week with two days of sunny weather, but otherwise it has continued to feel like another “June-uary.”
Nevertheless, summer is here — school is out; our neighbors to the south are harvesting their cherries; and the fields are truly starting to look abundant (albeit still mostly with spring green crops). It’s possible that some of our corn might even be “knee high” by the Fourth of July. We’ll have to wait and see.
Either way, Casey, Rusty and I have our first beach trip planned for this weekend. With a baby due to arrive at the end of August, we’re going to try to fit in as much summer as we can in the next two months! We hope you too are enjoying the season and its pleasures!
Enjoy this week’s vegetables!
Your farmers, Katie & Casey Kulla
… and the rest of the farm crew!
P.S. Big thanks to the many people who made it out to the new land for our open house last weekend! It was so fun to see all of you, some of whom I was meeting for the first time (since I haven’t been at pick-up regularly since Rusty was little).
Our next farm gathering will be a series of presentations/Q&A sessions in Mac and Newberg in July to talk about how the CSA is going to evolve in 2012. We’ll try to have details by next week.
Then our next gathering will probably be the fall pumpkin patch open house — typically we have an event in August, but we might pass on that one this year because of the timing of baby #2’s arrival!
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Next week’s veggies (probably!):
Beets • Broccoli • Lettuce • Spinach • Mizuna/tatsoi • Kale • Chard • Fava beans • Summer squash • Green onions
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Oh I'm certain of it too - if God were truly JUST, then NONE of us would stand - it's God's MERCY in Christ that we need - are you certain of THAT?!?One thing I am certain of is God's judgment. It will always be just...always.
But we don't EARN it! It's the gracious outworking of all that GOD has worked in and through believers! "Without me you can do NOTHING" says King Jesus.Those who seek glory and honor will receive eternal life and those that don't won't.
1. krima (κρίμα, 2917) denotes (a) “the sentence pronounced, a verdict, a condemnation, the decision resulting from an investigation,” e.g., Mark 12:40; Luke 23:40; 1 Tim. 3:6; Jude 4; (b) “the process of judgment leading to a decision,” 1 Pet. 4:17 (“judgment”)
OK - what's your understanding of the difference between krima and krisis?
Is it not the visible church, made up of sheep and goats, wise and foolish builders/virgins, good and bad fish/servants, wheat and tares?House of God is exactly what it is. You could say that it is the "temple" of the body. Since Peter is speaking of suffering.
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The first Friday of March is Employee Appreciation Day. Employee Appreciation Day 2012 is March 2. It is perfect time to tell your colleagues, co-workers and employees how much you appreciate them and their contribution to the company.
Showing your appreciation to employees will make them feel good about themselves and about their job. Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day can improve staff performance and company profitability. Such holiday programs can motivate employees and encourage them to achieve their goals.
You can do this anytime of the year, there are no occasions required. As a matter of fact, small presents and tokens of employee appreciation that are given all year round will make the people at work feel valued all year round as well. But considering several recent studies show many employees may not feel very appreciated.
Employee Appreciation Day: Employee Can Feel Appreciation or Not?
Employee Appreciation Day has taken place on the first Friday of every March since 1995 but recent studies show many employees may not feel very appreciated. Nearly 50 percent of employees surveyed by MarketTools, Inc., have considered leaving their current jobs, and 21 percent have applied for another job in the past six months.
Why? Letting your employees know they are appreciated and respected is a small, but important aspect of effective management. When deadlines are looming or when customers are unhappy, employee morale can nosedive. Why didn’t employers use Employee Appreciation Day to thank employees for their hard work and let them know the company would suffer if it were not for their individual contribution?
Celebrate Employee Appreciation Day
Celebrating Employee Appreciation Day should be create and executed by your company. Recognitions vary widely, and may include a lunch, snack, cakes, or other munchies, and small recognition gifts. Don’t expect a day off. But your heartwarming action will touch your staffs.
- You can let your employees come to work one hour later or leave work one hour earlier. Or it is perfect that give them a day off of work to allow everyone to attend or you can schedule a day when the business is closed
- When your employees arrive at work have bagels, cream cheese and butter available for them to eat for breakfast. Your employees will appreciate the gesture as many people run out the door without eating breakfast.
- As most companies, you don’t end their fiscal year near Employee Appreciation Day, you can reserve a percentage of the profits and hand it out on this day. This is one very tangible way to give back to employees for the excellent service they provide that enables the company to make a profit.
- Reward your employees with a party on Employee Appreciation Day is great. The party can be a company outing for recreation, a nice dinner out for employees and their significant others or an in-house party with a catered meal.
- Plan an awards ceremony for your employees, with award categories that are similar to what you would see at a real show.
- Plan a family day picnic in a park and invite your employees and their family and recognize an employee’s hard work in front of her/his loved ones. Include games and entertainment that would appeal to the kids and have a barbecue.
- Create a recognition wall is interesting. In a school, a picture of the teacher is placed on a bulletin board outside the classroom. Follow this, in your office; you could make an event of creating a recognition hallway. Line a hallway with red construction paper, have each employee take a stroll down the red carpet to a point where they can pose and have a picture take.
One idea for employee appreciation day is to surprise workers with special gifts throughout the day. Don’t go away, next article we will share the “Employee Appreciation Day Gifts Ideas“.
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Center for Global Engagement
Connecting you to the world!
Student Health Insurance
Health insurance in the United States is essential. Unlike many countries around the world, medicine is not socialized, so the government does not pay for doctor’s visits, visits to the hospital, or any other type of medical care. Since an accident or illness can be very expensive, adequate insurance coverage is required. North Georgia requires all international students on an F-1 or J-1 visa to carry medical insurance through United Healthcare. Payment is due along with your tuition and fees each term that you are enrolled.
You will be issued an insurance card at the time of enrollment. You must carry this card with you at all times in case you encounter an emergency and need to see a doctor. For the 2012-2013 academic year, the insurance premium will be $531.00 for the fall term and $697.00 for the spring and summer terms. The Untied Healthcare North Georgia insurance homepage is available for you to set-up your student account, print a temporary ID card, waive coverage, and do a network provider search.
To view the United Healthcare Brochure click here.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Buffalo Trace Demonstrates Another Way To Sour A Mash.
The repositioned brand’s first release is Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. Old Fashioned Sour Mash Bourbon Whiskey. It will be 9-years-old, 50% alcohol, bottled-in-bond, and $70 per 750ml cork-finished bottle. The bottle comes in a tubular canister similar to those sported by many single malt scotches.
But the product’s raison d’etre is the ‘Old Fashioned Sour Mash’ claim.
At this time I must issue a Geek Alert. This is about to get very geeky. Geeky and long. You have been warned. Continue reading at your own risk.
Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. (1830-1923) was a major figure in American whiskey history. Among his long list of accomplishments was ownership of the distillery now known as Buffalo Trace. It was under Taylor’s leadership that it became a major whiskey producer.
The Taylor name was disconnected from the distillery during his lifetime, by him, and only restored to it in 2009.
By coincidence, that distillery in 2002 conducted an experiment inspired by one of Taylor’s practices. In barrels ever since, that experiment has now been deemed a success and bottled.
Sadly, the history of American whiskey-making has been not well preserved nor very much studied. We have very little detailed information about distillery practices in Taylor’s day, which spanned the 1850s to Prohibition.
Taylor was a distillery owner and financier, not a day-to-day distiller, but he worked with people such as James Crow and other top distillers, and he had his own strong opinions about the best ways to make whiskey.
Normally, the term ‘sour mash’ refers to the use of spent mash to condition new mash by lowering its pH. Spent mash is what comes out of the still after distillation. It contains no alcohol, no fermentable sugar, and no yeast or other micro-organisms, but it does have other nutrients yeast can use and is more acidic than new mash. All of today’s major American whiskey distilleries use this technique, mixing old mash with new in a 1:3 to 1:4 ratio.
There are some obscure references in old literature to a ‘sour mash’ technique that doesn't use spent mash. Something else sours the mash. Mike Veach has noted references to this by Taylor himself in the Taylor-Hay papers, which Veach archived for Louisville’s Filson Historical Society. This confuses modern readers who equate sour mash with spent mash.
This subject has also come up with micro-distillers because some of them refer to the introduction of lactobacillus during mashing as 'sour mash,' even though no spent mash is used. Lactobacillus produce lactic acid, which has an effect similar to spent mash in lowering the pH of new mash to an appropriate level. Lactobacillus are used in the production of yogurt, cheese, sourdough bread, and other foods. They are also used in brewing. Before Buffalo Trace switched to dry yeast they used to add lactobacillus to their yeast mash, as some distilleries still do.
At Buffalo Trace, mash goes from the cooker into what they call a drop tub, where they can hold it before sending it to the fermenters. Usually this is just for timing, where a batch of mash might sit there for a couple of hours. In 2002, Buffalo Trace decided to deliberately let a batch of rye-recipe bourbon mash sit in the drop tub for several days, monitoring the pH level but otherwise leaving it alone.
Would the mash sour naturally? Is time just as good as spent mash at neutralizing new mash? Would the mash then ferment well and make good whiskey?
Because they were concerned about spontaneous fermentation and other possible contamination they planned the experiment for the end of a run so nothing else could be affected and they could clean up afterwards if it went wrong.
One difference from Taylor’s day was that back then they mashed in barrels, not the large mash cookers they use today.
To learn more they interviewed six different old-time employees, all then in their 80s and 90s. One was Al Geiser, who was the first master distiller there after Prohibition. Another was Ralph Dupps, who died in 2007 at age 90.
None of them had lived in Taylor’s time, but they all had heard stories about how the distillery didn’t use spent mash then but instead allowed their mash to sour ‘naturally.’ Dupps was the only one who really looked into it. A mechanical engineer by training, Dupps worked for Schenley at both Buffalo Trace in Frankfort and Bernheim in Louisville before going to Tennessee in 1956 to build the George Dickel Distillery. He considered using this technique at Dickel.
After a few days the pH was right and the mash was otherwise as it should be so they piped it to the fermenters, pitched their yeast, and everything after that was done in the usual way. They liked the taste of the distillate, even though it was different, so they decided to barrel it up. Nine years later, that is the whiskey they are releasing as Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. Old Fashioned Sour Mash Bourbon Whiskey.
This is similar to Woodford Reserve’s sweet mash experiment, which was released in 2008. They didn’t sour their mash in any way. Their yeast were able to adapt but produced a very different set of flavors due to the different environment.
In both the Woodford and Buffalo Trace cases, it’s a good experiment from a scientific standpoint because they changed one variable only, no mash conditioning in Woodford’s case and the use of time instead of spent mash to condition it in Buffalo Trace’s case.
The experiment doesn’t show us how Taylor soured his mash, but it demonstrates that it is possible to sour mash ‘naturally,’ without spent mash.
As for the Taylor name, in January 2009, Buffalo Trace parent company Sazerac acquired some assets from Constellation Brands which included the Effen Vodka brand. Beam Global, which owned the Old Taylor brand, wanted Effen so a deal was made. Buffalo Trace announced then that they would continue the existing Old Taylor product but expected to re-launch the line, up-market, sometime in 2010 using extra-aged rye recipe bourbon from existing stocks. (See my article in Malt Advocate, the Winter 2009 issue.) They are slightly late but this is the fulfillment of that promise.
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Draft Security Plans for the World Trade Center Modeled Off London's Ring of Steel
Critics say the plan will create a traffic nightmare.
The New York Daily News reported yesterday that draft security proposals for the new World Trade Center (WTC) site would create a traffic nightmare for lower Manhattan.
Some 25 impregnable barriers and 13 guard booths would encircle the World Trade Center footprint under a draft plan circulated in late February.
At least 24 blocks on eight major streets would be closed or restricted to traffic under the proposal, which has been reviewed in City Hall and at 1 Police Plaza and is still being revised .... The draft plan is modeled after London's Ring of Steel, a maze of narrowed roads in the city's financial district with limited entry points that force vehicles into chokepoints that cops can easily cordon off.
According to the report, anyone needing to drive a vehicle into the WTC complex will have to register with the police and be awarded "trusted driver" status. Nevertheless, trusted drivers, says the Daily News, will find themselves constantly tracked.
Electronic transponders would be attached to their vehicles to allow constant monitoring - and they'd have access to "trusted vehicle lanes" on Church St. separated from other traffic by "raised island dividers," the draft shows.
Traffic moving north up one of the city's busiest streets that runs next to the WTC site will have to stop first at a "credentialing zone" and then at a "sally port," an enclosure which allows officers to check underneath and inside of vehicles for explosives and other dangerous materials. (To see what a sally port looks like, click here .)
City officials quoted in the story told the Daily News that New York City is committed to securing the new WTC site as openly as possible.
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Cisco slip puts hardware at risk
Borg announces weak password feature
Cisco has issued a security advisory revealing that it mis-coded the implementation of a new password hashing algorithm.
Its “Type 4” password implementation was supposed to salt passwords and then run them through 1,000 iterations of SHA-256 for storage, following the Password-Based Key Derivation Function (PBKDF) version 2 described in RFC 2898.
In what Cisco calls an “implementation issue”, its engineers forgot to salt passwords, and set the SHA-256 iteration count to 1. As its advisory states: “This approach causes a Type 4 password to be less resilient to brute-force attacks than a Type 5 password of equivalent complexity.”
The problem was discovered by Philipp Schmidt and Jens Steube from the Hashcat project. Because of the weak protection, they were able to decode a hash that had been posted to inetpro.org, and as noted by Ars, enough information has leaked to permit “millions” of hashes to be cracked in hours, if anyone gets their hands on the stored hashes.
The vulnerability affects kit running Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE releases based on the Cisco IOS 15 code base, the advisory says, along with instructions for determining whether a user is running vulnerable code.
Adding insult to injury, the implementation of the broken Type 4 password also disabled the Type 5 hashing it replaced. From the advisory:
“A device running a Cisco IOS or IOS XE release with support for Type 4 passwords lost the capability to create a Type 5 password from a user-provided plaintext password.
“Backward compatibility problems may arise when downgrading from a device running a Cisco IOS or IOS XE release with Type 4 password support and Type 4 passwords configured to a Cisco IOS or Cisco IOS XE release that does not support Type 4 passwords. Depending on the specific device configuration, the administrator may not be able to log in to the device or to change into privileged EXEC mode, requiring a password recovery process to be performed.”
Cisco says a new password type will be introduced. “This will allow Cisco customers to gradually migrate to the new password type, while allowing them to use the existing syntax to preserve backward compatibility. The exact syntax for the new commands is yet to be determined.” ®
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I enjoy making charity quilts when I can. Especially close to my heart are those tiny preemies. My grandson was born 3 months prematurely, and an experience like that certainly changes your perspective. Those parents are frightened, the mother is often not in good health, and those tiny little ones have left the comfort of the womb to a cruel world. (You would never know today, almost 5 years later, that my grandson had such a shaky start!)
This little quilt could be made large enough to serve as a crib quilt by enlarging the sizes given here, or by adding more to the borders.
The bee in the center block of this little "preemie" quilt has been pieced, not appliqued. It is based on the simple "Bow Tie" block except for the little wings and embroidered antennae.although I added two borders and a little embroidery so that I could use this as a donated quilt for the Preemie ward, it could be used as a block in a larger quilt or as a decoration on a bag.
You will need: 3 squares each 1 1/2", bee body fabric
2 squares each 1 1/2", background fabric
2 squares each 3", background fabric
2 rectangles each 3" x 8 1/2", background
scrap of white - enough to double and cut wings from, I used two 3" squares
Sew two sets, each with a 1 1/2" bee body and a 1 1/2" background. Press the seams open.
Sew the two sets together, making sure the fabrics are opposite one another. Press.
Sew the 3" squares on each side of the bee block. Press, then sew the rectangles to the top and bottom. Press.
You now have a bow tie block surrounded by your background fabric. To make it look like a bee, you need a middle body and wings.
Turn the edges under about 1/4" on the remaining 1 1/2" square of bee body fabric. I use a glue stick to make them stay down.This will be appliqued or machine sewn over the ends of the wings.
Draw a petal shape about 2" long by 1 1/2" wide. Cut out on the line. Stack your two pieces of white fabric right sides together, and trace around the wing. You will need two of these. Leave enough room between the two wings to have a seam allowance on each. Sew around the outside of the wing, but leave the bottom open for turning. Cut out AFTER sewing. (It is much easier this way!) Turn each right side out. Press.
Applique or machine sew the square over the ends of the wings and lining it up with the center of the bee body. Embroider eyes and antennae.
I happened to have some yellow 3" wide strips and some blue 5" wide strips left over from a different project, so I used these as borders. You can change the size of the borders if you choose. You could also add another pieced border around this. As it is, it comes out 22" square, a perfect size for a preemie incubator cover. I chose to write "My little honey is as sweet as can be!" around the yellow border. You might come up with something cuter than that or choose to not add wording at all.
I used the blue floral background fabric as a backing and used a piece of bamboo batting (because of its silky feel and other properties). I bound it with the yellow.
I think this little bee could be useful for other purposes besides a crib quilt. How about using it in a bag, as a journal cover, on a pocket or apron, or as a block in a larger quilt?
Have fun and keep on buzzing!
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John Kerry will depart shortly on his first overseas trip as secretary of state, a major focus of which, he has said, will be the conflict in Syria. There is no crisis more deserving of the attention of America's top diplomat, and Kerry deserves credit for immediately throwing himself into the fray.
In previewing his trip, however, Kerry has suggested that the key to ending the bloodshed in Syria is to change Bashar al-Assad's “calculations” — a formulation he has invoked repeatedly in recent weeks — and that the path for doing so may run through Moscow.
This raises the specter that, rather than forging a new direction on Syria policy, the Obama administration is poised to repeat mistakes of the past.
The first of these has been to vest unrealistic hopes in the Russians. If the past two years should have taught anything, it is that the Kremlin is unlikely to help the United States orchestrate Assad's exit.
This is not because of Russian arms sales or naval facilities in Syria, nor for any lack of U.S. engagement with Moscow. Rather, the Kremlin believes it has a broader interest in thwarting another U.S.-engineered regime change — seeing such interventions, stretching from Serbia to Libya, as a threat to international stability and as a precedent that could someday be used against itself.
More important, the Russians have less confidence than Washington does in their influence over Damascus. Even if Moscow were to pressure Assad, it is far from clear that would prompt him to consider leaving when countless other diplomatic and military setbacks haven't, including the loss of Assad's Turkish allies and the northern third of his country to rebels.
This points to a second, deeper problem with Kerry's formulation. The United States has long staked its strategy on the hope that persuading Assad and the worst of his cronies to go would pave the way for a negotiated settlement between a unified Syrian opposition and remnants of the regime — avoiding an Iraq-like state collapse. But this notion of a “peaceful political transition” is increasingly questionable.
Rather than regime change without state collapse, the inverse is unfolding in Syria: the emergence
Such a regime is less likely to be willing or able to negotiate its own end — regardless of whether Assad is its leader — and more likely to keep fighting, even if this means abandoning Damascus and establishing an Alawite rump state on the Mediterranean coast, protected by chemical weapons and militias sponsored by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the conflict, al-Qaeda-linked extremists continue to gain influence by providing the help the West won't — likewise dimming the chances of a negotiated peace.
Washington can, of course, keep hoping that Russia will flip, Assad will go and a deal will follow that saves the Syrian state — but we cannot count on it. Just as Assad and the Iranians have their Plan B, so must we.
The first element of such a strategy should be to recognize that, if any prospect remains to change the calculations of Assad and his gang, it will be because of bold leadership from Washington, not Moscow — specifically, the use of limited military force, such as airstrikes, to neutralize Assad's airpower, protect civilians in liberated areas and underscore that the Syrian leader's cause is hopeless.
Just as a diplomatic settlement was impossible in Bosnia until NATO airstrikes pushed Slobodan Milosevic to the negotiating table, the same may prove true for Syria.
Second, we need to accept the possibility that a negotiated settlement won't be achievable and start working to mitigate the most sinister consequences of state collapse.
This leads to the question of U.S. support for the Syrian opposition. Proponents of arming the rebels — who, as of last fall, we now know, included Obama's last secretary of state, defense secretary, CIA director and chairman of the Joint Chiefs — have argued that doing so could help tip the balance against Assad, empower moderates and build leverage with the opposition.
These arguments still hold. But there is another, more compelling reason now: Lethal assistance is our last, best tool to help determine whether the post-Assad vacuum is filled by a unified, military opposition that can maintain something resembling order — or a patchwork of ethnic and sectarian militias over which we have no influence.
Any hope for the former will require not just funneling weapons to guerrilla groups in the shadows but also a large-scale, transparent U.S.-sponsored effort to train, equip and mentor a new Syrian army.
Such a shift in strategy would run against the instincts of the Obama administration — its aversion to nation-building and military intervention, and its preference for letting others lead.
If John Kerry hopes to save Syria, the leader whose calculations he will need to change is not Vladimir Putin nor even Bashar al-Assad but the president of the United States.
Vance Serchuk, a former foreign policy adviser to Sen. Joseph Lieberman, is a Council on Foreign Relations international affairs fellow, based in Tokyo. This is his first monthly column for The Post.
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New York lawmakers pushing for more aid for Sandy cleanup
New York's senators and congressional representatives are making the case for the state to get billions of dollars in federal aid after Superstorm Sandy. Both Senator Schumer and Senator Gillibrand delivered heartfelt testimony Thursday. Our Erin Billups was at the hearing in Washington, D.C. and has more.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It was the story of a Staten Island mother's loss that captivated lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday.
"A ten foot wave came across the road. Her vehicle stalled, she took her children out of the car. She tried to get them to higher land and they were taken from her arms. These children were two years old and four years old and the mother could do nothing about it. Because the storm was so strong. Now she's just one story of many," said Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
About 20 Senators and House members recounted stories of loss and devastation resulting from Hurricane Sandy during the lawmakers’ first hearing examining the storm.
"We cleaned up the surface rather quickly, but there are still much deeper and continuing challenges that remain," said Representative Michael Grimm.
The focus of the hearing was the need for preventative measures, like building better flood infrastructure.
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez said, "The urgency of now is critical, because if we get a Nor’easter, based on what we've suffered after Superstorm Sandy, then the effects would be devastating for us."
New York's Senior Senator Charles Schumer called for an acceleration of funding for already approved Army Corps of Engineer projects to shore up the state's coastlines. He also hopes to get a provision authorizing a comprehensive study of the New York Harbor into the supplemental disaster aid bill currently being drafted.
"We need the Army Corps to start right away and do a study. They did that in New Orleans and then they build a series of levees, and barriers and sea walls," Schumer said.
Lawmakers repeatedly cited this "new normal:" Massive storms, causing tremendous damage. Democrats say they hope Sandy will finally compel action on climate change legislation.
"The science is clear: Cutting carbon emission over the long term is key to reducing the risks of extreme weather," said Representative Eliot Engel.
Initial estimates of the storm damage for New York and New Jersey total more than $70 billion.
Lawmakers say they expect the supplemental bill from the White House sometime next week.
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Since coming to power, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has faced numerous problems and restrictions in using his legal powers. This led him to issue a controversial decree recently, which was harshly criticized by a significant segment of the population, with many calling it a clear sign of Morsi’s lust for power.
However, the decree, which was annulled on Saturday, was more a tool to facilitate the prosecution of remnants of the former regime than a simple power grab. Morsi’s appointment of a new prosecutor general was a measure to exert more influence in the judiciary and also to prevent the Supreme Court from dissolving the democratically elected parliament. Thus, the decree was welcomed by the revolutionaries since it really helped the efforts to realize the objectives of the revolution.
Over the past few months, there has been great dissatisfaction, among both secular and religious Egyptians, about the performance of the judiciary. The verdicts issued by the court for former dictator Hosni Mubarak and his family are still regarded as completely unfair. Most of the army commanders who were accused of ordering the camel attack, in which a number of people were killed in Tahrir Square, were acquitted, and this frustrated the revolutionaries.
However, the opponents of Morsi’s decision had their own arguments. Morsi issued the decree days after his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and this led to speculation that U.S. officials gave him the green light to make such a controversial decision. Others said that Morsi’s success in mediating between Hamas and Israel made his position more stable and this allowed him to issue the extra-constitutional decree. But neither of these views can be proven because Morsi’s opponents and the critics of his party, the Muslim Brotherhood, have been looking for an excuse to undermine his position since the day he was elected president, and the recent decree provided them a good opportunity.
Morsi’s decree was only issued to improve Egypt’s system of governance. Thus, there shouldn’t be any fear of a new dictatorship arising.
Seyyed Mohyeddin Sajedi is a Middle East expert at the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies in Tehran.
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DR. MILTON FRIEDMANíS EDUCATION REFORM IDEAS TO BE DISCUSSED AT JULY 31 CONWAY FORUM
(July 2012) The 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Milton Friedman (1912-2006), the 1976 Nobel Economics laureate will be commemorated at a July 31 forum hosted by the Policy Foundation in Conway.
The forum will start at Noon at the Faulkner County Library (1900 Tyler).
Dr. Friedman, a 1928 graduate of Rahway, N.J. Public High School, later earned economics degrees from Rutgers before teaching at the Univ. of Chicago until his 1977 retirement.† He later served as a member of President Reaganís Economic Policy Advisory Board, a group of non-government experts named by the president.
Dr. Friedman is closely associated with the idea of competition in the delivery of education services.† He supported educational competition in books like Free To Choose (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980), written with his wife, Rose (1911-2009).† The Friedmanís noted spending on education has increased, yet its quality has declined in many areas.† They advanced a market-based approach to education, and proposed ideas to increase competition.† These ideas will be discussed at the July 31 forum.
The event is free, informal and open to the public.
Please contact the Policy Foundation at (501) 537-0825 for further information or to make a reservation.
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Trainz is a series of 3D train simulator computer games developed by Australian game developer N3V Games. First released in 2001, the series has a large online community that creates and shares user-created content. The game has been released in several versions, including localized versions. Trainz Simulator 12 is the latest Windows installment in the franchise, which was released in April 2011.
The game is divided into modules: Surveyor, Driver, and Railyard, and in some versions, Scenarios.
- Surveyor is the route editor. Here, the user can shape and “paint” the landscape with ground textures, lay tracks, and place buildings and other scenery to create a virtual world. Users can create Driver sessions (introduced in Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004) for running trains in the Driver module, both for their own routes, and for routes that were included with the game or downloaded.
- Driver takes the route created in Surveyor and allows the user to operate the trains. There are two methods of manual control: DCC mode, which simulates the simple stop-and-go of a model railway, and Cabin mode, which simulates real-world physics and working cab controls. Alternatively, the trains can be given instructions and driven by the computer (Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 and later only). This is known as “scheduling”. In the Ultimate Trainz Collection and earlier versions of the game, trains (“consists”) are assembled by the user and placed on the route at specific locations on the track marked in Surveyor, called trackmarks, in Driver’s step-by-step setup screens, along with the weather conditions and changeability, time-of-day, train control method, etc. Starting with Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004, all of this is instead set up in Driver sessions, which are created and edited for routes in Surveyor, and Driver was changed to simply allow the user to pick a session for running. Sessions can also contain schedules for computer-driven trains, also set up by the user in Surveyor.
- Routes: Since the release of Trainz Simulator 2010, the Surveyor and Driver modes were merged into the Routes section. The list of routes which are locally installed is first shown before the list of sessions which are associated with the selected route.
- Railyard (known as My Collection in the Ultimate Trainz Collection and earlier versions of the game) is a virtual engine shed where the user can view locomotives and rolling stock, use some functions of the locomotives, and view the trains’ descriptions.
- Scenarios are pre-scripted activities in which the user plays through a specific set of challenges, such as transporting passengers to their destinations on schedule, or switching rail cars in a rail yard without damaging the cargo.
- PaintShed is a simple program for recolouring Trainz locomotives and other rolling stock. PaintShed was included with Ultimate Trainz Collection and Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006, and was available as a separate program for Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 and versions of Trainz prior to the Ultimate Trainz Collection.
- Content Manager is a program that allows management of the in-game files, including full descriptions, a photo, the last date modified, and its current state. It also makes downloads easier by placing objects in their proper files. It also made it easier for content creators, by making imports easier. Trainz Railroad Simulator 2006 and Trainz Classics included Content Manager Plus, the first version, Trainz Simulator 2009 included Content Manager 2.0, and Trainz Simulator 2010 included Content Manager 3.2, which has proven to be a more stable version than previous versions.
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Mining rules exceed congressional intent (surprise)
By Vin Suprynowicz
It's interesting to watch how a senator who usually play mouthpiece to the interests of Big Government can suddenly transform himself into Hank the Backhoe Rebel when those bureaucratic sage hens come home to roost.
Perhaps sensing the cool winds of public disenchantment with extremist policies which place the convenience of bugs and weeds above the nation's need for natural resources (and above the jobs created by such industries), after a decade of work the Bureau of Land Management finally rushed out its proposed new hard-rock mining regulations last week, apparently hoping to get them into effect in January, before a new and more sensible Republican administration may (just possibly) get sworn into office and find its feet.
On the surface, proposed revisions to the 20-year-old Rule 3809 -- which governs surface mining on BLM property -- sound sensible.
Mine operators would be required to file a plan of operation for all hard-rock mining on BLM-managed land, as well as a "notice of intent" in cases where exploration will "disturb" an area of five acres or less. Companies would also be held liable for the cost of restoring the site after a mine is closed.
But the new regulations would also allow the BLM to reject a plan of operation -- that is, to bar mining on otherwise legally filed and proved-up claims -- if the agency determines mining would cause "substantial irreparable harm to land and resources" which cannot be "effectively mitigated."
Let us ponder for a moment the startling breadth of this provision. What is the most valuable "resource" on any land being mined? By definition, it is the stuff being dug out. (No one with a franchise to sell hotdogs to the tourists at Yellowstone would be likely to give it up in exchange for the rights to dig up the geyser fields in search of a few dumptrucks full of calcium. If there is a more valuable "resource" present, mining never occurs in the first place.)
And what does a miner intend to do with a metal or mineral "resource"? Why, to break it up, smelt it down, load it into box cars, and haul it away, of course. Mining by its very nature does "irreparable harm" to the most valuable resource present. Gold does not grow back.
But even if the BLM potentates show common sense (which would be a first), and the only "resource" taken under consideration is the future availability of the land for the grazing activities of our precious coyote, jackrabbit, and three-fingered fruit bat, in what version of reality outside the ravings of shopping-cart outpatients does a nation deprive itself of gold, copper, titanium, uranium, and who know what other vital components of a modern industrial economy, to preserve in pristine condition 5 acres at a time amidst millions of square miles of the most God-forsaken mesquite shrub even created?
"This is terrible news for the state of Nevada," and could cost the Silver State as many as 3,200 mining-related jobs, warns U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev.
Sen. Harry Reid agrees, stating he was "quite disappointed" with Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, who directed the BLM to release the new regulations.
"He's had this -- almost a fetish -- since he started to try to do something on 3809," the senator said last week, putting on his "champion of the home-state miners" hat.
"We've stopped him time and time again. There's no question these regulations go beyond the scope of congressional intent," Sen. Reid continued.
The senator is right. Of course they do.
But what's bitterly ironic here is that Washington has become a veritable ant farm of self-willed bureaucrats taking broad and ill-considered "laws" as authorization to craft regulations of demonic intricacy and Draconian effect. They do it every day. And while Republicans have been better opponents of this loosening of the legislative bowels in word than in deed -- that is to say, while there's plenty of bipartisan blame to go around -- it is the bureaucratic enablers among Sen. Reid's Democratic cohorts who have done the most to create this mess over the past 65 years.
Just as his opposite number, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, loves the FDA and the straightjacket it applies to American medical innovation ... except in the one and only case where it threatens to over-regulate the purveyors of natural herbal remedies, firms which happen to be predominantly headquartered in, um, that would be ... Utah, so does our Sen. Reid remain blissfully silent as Washington's busy bureaucratic beavers set about crippling industry and commerce in any of the other 49 states.
But let them play their usual game with our own hard-rock miners, and suddenly the senator is shocked -- shocked! -- to find the regulators "going beyond the scope of congressional intent"!
A 1999 report from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences concluded most current mining regulations are sufficient to protect the environment, providing they are equitably enforced. The "revised" Rule 3809 should indeed be nipped in the bud.
Now, if only Minority Whip Harry Reid could see his way clear to similarly champion the cause of the thousands of overtaxed and overregulated industries located ... elsewhere.
Vin Suprynowicz is assistant editorial page editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and editor of Financial Privacy Report (subscribe by calling Ned at 952-895-8757.)
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GROWING UP, I had trouble seeing the women around me as role models. I loved my mother, but I saw her mostly as a woman with a diaper thrown over one shoulder, white mottled with pale yellow, her working clothes. Some girls saw that diaper as the shape of their own inevitable future; I found it an inevitable divide.
We ambitious, discontented girls of 30 years ago had a hard time imagining how to imagine ourselves. There was the occasional inspirational teacher, the Miss Jean Brodie of Glen Oaks Elementary, and the fictional and historical women, the Molly Pitchers and Jo Marches.
I was enamored of the two Dorothys, Thompson and Parker, the columnist and the wit, although neither had a happy life. But happy was not what I was seeking in the wilderness of male writers, doctors, world leaders and explorers. It was something harder to name, restless and self-involved.
Into this vacuum stepped Katharine Hepburn, or at least what Katharine Hepburn appeared to be. It's hard for me to remember now the first impression, I've seen the movies so often.
I think it was the imperious chin, a set of the head and crossing of the legs that, taken together, seemed to say: Attention must be paid. It was not just the cinema jobs as columnist or lawyer, although they seemed strange and grand to me, living with the vision of the diaper. It was the attitude, the aren't I grand? That was the role. That was the model.
In her new book about her life, entitled "Me," Miss Hepburn insists that that woman in the movies was not her at all. "I'm not going to hide behind you anymore," she says. "Who are you anyway? You're not me."
Sure she is. The woman in the book is cocky, fearless, smart, capable and human, on screen and off. "I posed with total confidence, as I rather fancied myself," she writes of being photographed nude.
And describing her efforts to work with Leslie Howard, who disliked her, she sketches a familiar female attempt at transformation: "Try as hard as I could to be subservient . . . sweet . . . feminine . . . anything which would tame down my too vivid personality."
She writes of an early appearance on the stage: "I leapt down the steps, three or more steps at a time . . . rounded the corner . . . one jump for the last four steps . . . threw the stag on the ground and landed on one knee, paying obeisance to Hippolyta, my sister, queen of the Amazons.
"The audience, of course, burst into applause. They could hardly do anything else. I had all but asked for it. But I was unaware. I was just full of the joy of life and opportunity and a wild desire to be absolutely fascinating."
It's such a perfect description of egocentric youth, that leaps down the stairs and jumps over -- or kicks -- anything in its way. It's the same sort of impulse that leads Jimmy Breslin to recall, in his irresistible new book about the writer Damon Runyon, how as a young reporter Breslin was determined to out-Runyon Runyon, to Breslin.
That plays differently in the two books, the two lives, the actress and the newspaperman. Growing up, it seemed unseemly to think of myself as a verb. What in boys is called confidence, in girls is labeled conceit.
Hepburn made confidence palpable, vivid, above all female. My daughter can look to those of my friends who review movies and write stories and run colleges and paint pictures and treat her strep throat as examples of women who radiate capability and self-worth.
She will know that it is possible to choose the diaper and the stethoscope, to embrace both, although if she thinks this is easy I will have raised a fool. The hard choices are clear in the Hepburn book, the desolation when she finds her beloved Spencer Tracy dead on her kitchen floor and the dreadful moment when Tracy's widow tells her, "I thought you were only a rumor."
That's not me, she says of the movies. But movies weren't all there was to it. The word icon has been done to death. Image is better.
There was something deeply self-involved about the image, the sterling silver ego to be transmogrified unconvincingly by the end of the movies for all those audiences who wanted her to be their idea of femininity. The selfless self has always been the rage in women. Hepburn was something else again, with her bold and unapologetic self-center. Growing up, self-center was a good place to start when you weren't sure you had a self at all.
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Sens. Thomas Eagleton (left) and George McGovern celebrate their candidacy for vice president and president, respectively, at the Democratic National Convention in 1972.
Sometime before the end of the month, when Republicans hold their convention in Tampa, Fla., Mitt Romney will announce his vice presidential running mate.
There's a good chance the finalists for that spot are wading through mountains of paperwork, and answering deeply personal questions about finances, past statements, friendships — and medical history.
A lot of that tedious process stems from something that happened 40 years ago this summer, when presidential candidate George McGovern decided to place Thomas Eagleton on the Democratic ticket. Joshua Glasser tells the story of that fateful decision in his new book, The Eighteen-Day Running Mate.
In the middle of July 1972, thousands of delegates arrived in Miami for the Democratic convention. Today, conventions are scripted and choreographed events, but back then, that wasn't the case.
"We went to the convention very uncertain as to whether or not we could sustain our delegations," former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart, who served as McGovern's campaign manager, tells weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz.
McGovern was the insurgent candidate, and on his road to the nomination, he managed to alienate the party's old guard. So McGovern needed a running mate who could unite the Democrats.
"All their polling told them that Ted Kennedy was the guy they needed on their ticket," Glasser says. "If they had him on the ticket, they would have a reasonable shot at actually beating Nixon come the fall."
Kennedy was the party's torch-bearer, an unapologetic liberal who railed against the Vietnam War. When McGovern's team arrived in Miami for the convention, McGovern's nomination wasn't assured. That meant the campaign hadn't even started looking for a running mate. All along, Hart says, McGovern assumed Kennedy would be that man.
"He thought he could persuade Sen. Kennedy to do it up until the very, very last moment," he says.
But Kennedy kept saying no. On the day the convention began, McGovern reached out to Senate colleagues like Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin and Abe Ribicoff of Connecticut. They also said no. But the nominating process was set to begin that evening, and McGovern had to pick a vice presidential nominee by that point.
"I think under the pressure of time, he called Sen. Kennedy back and said, 'Look, Ted, I've got to make a decision, are you going to be with me?' Sen. Kennedy said, 'No, I don't think so.' That's when we went to Eagleton," Hart says.
Hart says Thomas Eagleton wasn't even on the initial shortlist, but he was an up-and-comer. He was elected the youngest-ever attorney general in Missouri history, and by 1972, the then-senator made a name for himself as a fiery opponent of the war.
NPR's Ken Rudin says that on the campaign trail, McGovern had alienated big labor and working-class Catholics. Eagleton was a devout Catholic and a strong opponent of abortion.
"McGovern, with real big trouble with Catholic voters, with labor support, looked at Tom Eagleton as almost like the perfect kind of candidate," Rudin says.
On that first day of the convention, McGovern called Eagleton to offer him the spot. They spoke for about two minutes over the phone.
"We went over names casually, didn't do any 'background checking,' " Hart says. "It wasn't mandated in those days as it is now. Certainly after '72 it came to be mandated. But the people trusted other people's word."
Rudin says back then, it was beneath a presidential nominee to ask about health issues or personal problems like alcoholism. That turned out to be George McGovern's biggest mistake.
Joshua M. Glasser is a researcher for Bloomberg Television in New York.
Joshua M. Glasser is a researcher for Bloomberg Television in New York.
Finger On The Button
Within a few days, rumors started to circulate, beginning with a call to McGovern's headquarters in South Dakota.
"The anonymous caller had said, 'Check into Sen. Eagleton's background; he has a complicated medical background,' " Hart says.
Hart says neither he nor McGovern's top aide, Frank Mankiewicz, knew anything.
"Then calls were made to the Eagleton staff to say, 'We got this call; what does it mean?' " Hart says. "The response was 'We'll check it into it and let you know.' "
Within hours, the McGovern campaign was getting those details. On three occasions in the 1960s, Eagleton was hospitalized for depression and had undergone electroshock treatment.
"This was the height of the Cold War," Hart says. "The key here wasn't how do we feel about mental illness or therapy or anything like that. The key was — finger on the button."
That phrase, "finger on the button" began to dog the McGovern campaign once the revelations about Eagleton's mental health became public.
The initial strategy was to address what happened, and Eagleton was forthcoming.
"On three occasions in my life, I have voluntarily gone into hospitals as a result of nervous exhaustion and fatigue," Eagleton told reporters at the time. "As a younger man, I must say that I drove myself too far, and I pushed myself terribly, terribly hard, long hours, day and night."
Despite his best efforts to address what happened in an honest way, the pressure began to mount. Democratic Party stalwarts called on Eagleton to step down.
At first, McGovern stood by his running mate. At one campaign stop he told a crowd, "It's hot here tonight, but I'll tell you one thing: I can take the heat and I'm going to stay in the kitchen."
At every campaign stop, Eagleton was asked whether he'd remain on the ticket and each time he was defiant. In a stop in Hawaii, he told reporters, "I'm not quitting, I'm not getting out, we're going to win this election, and I'm going to be the next vice president of the United States."
But as the story dragged on, the polls began to look ominous for McGovern, and many people on the campaign staff, including Hart, were frustrated.
"The hard part was we couldn't get the data, we couldn't get the medical reports, we couldn't talk to his doctors," he says.
McGovern, under increasing pressure, asked to speak to Eagleton's psychiatrists. Eagleton agreed to have McGovern speak with two of his doctors.
"McGovern, based on those conversations, makes the medical decision that Eagleton was too much of a risk to have his finger potentially on the metaphorical button," Glasser says.
Withdrawal And Aftermath
Eighteen days after he was picked to run with McGovern, Eagleton arrived in Washington to hold a press conference.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I will not divide the Democratic Party," Eagleton announced. "Therefore, tomorrow morning I will write to the chairman of the Democratic Party withdrawing my candidacy."
The election was held 99 days later. Richard Nixon would defeat George McGovern in a landslide — the widest margin of victory in the popular vote in presidential history.
McGovern spent another decade in the Senate. Eagleton went on to serve two more terms as Missouri's senator. He died in 2007.
"The way Eagleton handled himself during those 18 days was very admirable," Glasser says. "It earned him tremendous respect from the people of Missouri. They didn't like the way he seemed to appear to be treated by McGovern, and he was a very, very able and respected public servant."
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Public Finance in China: The Lurking Costs of GrowthMar 16th, 2010 | By Rob | Category: Asia, Global Slice, Macro Analysis, Market Synopsis
As the ill-effects of a global financial crisis became evident to world leaders in late fall 2008, export driven economies with surplussed coffers of U.S. dollars did the obvious. They used the cash to stimulate their economies. In one specific nation, the Premier’s words fell like heavy boots on an ant hill, as decrees began to waterfall down from superiors to the next in command. Calls for growth began reverberating through the ranks of the quasi-communist Eastern leader, as China’s Communist Party (CCP), headed by Wen Jiabao, deployed a two pronged stimulus in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Step one was to simply spend a tangible magnitude of cash, $600 billion USD worth of yuan, equal to 13% of 2008 GDP. The spending was mainly split between direct investment in infrastructure and financial assistance to consumers through rebates and vouchers for consumer purchases of specifically targeted industry goods. Step two came in the form of quantitative easing, where governors set record low interest rates and lax loan requirements with PRC guarantees to back the underwriting. This pure recipe for growth has worked in the short term as real estate appraisals in the gentrified sister state of Hong Kong are 30% higher than last year, and China’s money supply rose by 27.7% in 2009.
At face value China’s economy saw GDP growth above 10% in 2009. Until recently, asset bubble fears in China have been footnotes to the apparent success of the country, as global equity markets have recovered. Unfortunately, it is the activity on the ground floor of the public sector that may house discrete risks facing China’s recovery. Public finance in China has for years been a troubling issue among academics in World Bank discussions, but the argument has proved too flimsy, given the absence of tangible negative externalities.
For all of it’s size, voracious growth, and absolute authoritarian government, China remains a very un-united place. To contrast widespread belief that a growing middle class in China will sustain absent foreign demand for Chinese goods in an immediate future void of Western consumer strength, the following points warrant attention:
1. There are no nationally universal social programs where the rubber meets the road. The central government leaves the design, planning, and implementation of most social services such as education, health care, and infrastructure up to the lower tiers of government.
2. The wealthiest Chinese province has 13 times the per capita GDP and 8 times the per capita spending magnitude of the poorest province. Likewise, the richest county has approximately 40 times the per capita spending of the poorest county. (World Bank 2008)
3. At the rural level, where 607 million citizens (46% of the population) live, it is common for education and health care to be the burden of the family if it is available at all. In 2004, urban areas housed 80% of health care facilities, where only 40% of the population lived. (World Bank 2008)
4. As of 2004, spending expenditures for education were borne 78% by townships and 2% by the central government, while the schools were nearly unregulated by the central government. (World Bank 2008)
5. From 1993 to 2003, the top tiers of government in China have greatly increased revenues through new tax programs, yet lower tiers of government are receiving a 5% lesser share of expenditures. (World Bank 2008)
These conditions are synonymous with a developing nation, and are to be expected in China, but regional wealth disparities and the organizational structure of public finance in the PRC have set the stage for problems in years ahead.
Similar to organizational structure in much of Asia, age is considered directly congruent with wisdom and rank trumps all. Evidenced by the World Bank report “Public Finance in China”, decrees from top Chinese leaders and World Bank representatives for higher outlays in education, health care, and infrastructure projects have been announced. Unfortunately, as orders funnel down from Beijing to provincial directors, county offices, and villages, more is asked of the lower tier while less funds are given. The townships are left with beleaguered budgets, lead by individuals focused on promotions rather than sustainability. As a result, the prospects of each town in china are directly dependent on industry or natural resources at their disposal, which they can then use to leverage financing for basic social services.
Path of Least Resistance
The methods, by which towns fill the gaps between revenues and expenditures, are referred to as “off budget sheet” endeavors. These sort of activities are highlighted by Northwestern University Professor Victor Shih’s book, Factions and Finance in China, as he relays firsthand accounts of openly abused relations between private enterprises and public financial policies in the PRC. Simply put, the “private sector” is forcedly co-dependent on the absolute authority of the central government, while the central government regularly turns a blind eye to unjust activities.
One method of off balance sheet financing is where local governments trade loan guarantees for kick backs or invest in private projects with government funds to meet their required levels of economic growth or social expenditures.
On March 8, 2010, China announced they would “nullify all guarantees [that] local governments have provided loans taken for their finance vehicles”. These “vehicles”, Professor Shih claims, amount to approximately 11.4 trillion Yuan (1.7 trillion USD) in 2009. According to Chinese official Zhou Xiaochuan, land guarantees made by local governments as a form of capital down payment for off balance sheet private loan agreements “may pose risks for the nations banks”. In a country where average real estate prices rose in 70 major cities by 10.7% year over year in February 2010, it would appear that appraisals of land collateral may propose serious risks to the financial system.
Regardless of obvious parallels to the housing bubble in the United States from 2004 to 2007, the real concern with a Chinese led global recovery, is the uncertainty tied to a centrally planned economy that remains exceedingly opaque. Behind the “red veil” economic data is inconsistent, interest rates are manually set, and currency exchanges are pegged or de-pegged, given the best interest of the state. Many have far too tamely to relied on the Chinese led recovery, yet simple assessments of the U.K. and Japan yield debt ridden economies with retreating consumers.
Memories are short and profits idle fear. It seems impossible that China could fail because they have yet to do so in this crisis. Does this make it any less probable? Does it make it more probable?
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Q: What hard drive is in the Z1?
A: The drive in the Z1 is a Toshiba MK3029GACE. This is an automotive quality drive and is little more than a laptop drive enhanced to handle the additional shock of being installed in a moving vehicle.
This is from the Toshiba Website:
The MK3029GACE can withstand operational shock of 200g and non-operational shock of 800g, providing a rugged and dependable option for cars and SUVs as they travel through extreme temperatures and terrains across the globe. The MK3029GACE is ATA-6 compliant, supporting high transfer rates of up to 100 megabytes per second.
Q: What is on the Z1 HDD?
A: The HDD contains 4 partitions. These partitions are named:
At this time we do not know fully what the partitions contain as there are thousands of files and folders to dig through. Here are some brief descriptions:
LDATA: This contains the mapping data, voices, Gracenote database and much more. This partition, although not read only, does not appear to be changed when you perform user functions to your Z1. Navi background images are here but not the ones you upload. This is where the opening “Pioneer” splash screen is located.
SDATA: There are some programs here such as the Navi and AV core files. Graphic images for XMBackups of these programs are also here. I assume the Z1 compares files or file signatures and attempts to “fix” itself if needed.
MSV: This is where uploaded music is stored. There is the folder structure to store 1000 different CD’s.
USER: The database for your music and custom changes you have done to your Z1 are stored here. Uploaded wallpaper is here too.
Q: I’ve heard the Z1 runs on Windows. Can’t we just load our own windows programs on it?
The operating system in the Z1 is Windows Automotive and is not on the system HDD it is embedded within the Z1. It is likely on flash memory. The drive is used for data. Mostly maps, uploaded music and the Gracenote database. Windows Automotive is a version of Windows CE. In theory if you can write a program for this OS and processor, load it to the HDD and get the Z1 to run it then Z1 will behave like a low powered computer or PDA.
Q:Can I connect my Z1 drive to my PC?
A:Yes and no. To connect the Z1 HDD to your PC you will need a 2.5” to standard IDE adapter or a USB to 2.5” adapter. Here is an example of the 2.5" to IDE adapter: http://www.mycablesh...5.htm?x=18&y=28. This one has brackets but any of this type of adapter should work. Both this and the USB adapters have their purpose when working with this drive. You can do everything with the NON-USB adapter but this becomes a pain since you must reboot your PC often. The USB adapter can read and write to the HDD and is hot swappable. That is the Yes part.
The No part is more complicated:
The drive is protected by using the ATA lock standard that has been around for many years. As of the writing of this FAQ the drive can only be unlocked by a drive unlocking service. There is an untested method of swapping the drives while the drive is attached to power which has been discussed elsewhere on this board. I will only be outlining what has been tested to work here.
ATA locking is common in laptops and was very secure until recently. It uses a 32bit password to lock out the user from accessing the drive platters. The password is contained on both the board and the drive platters so drive “surgery” does not work to gain access.
There has been one report of a drive being unlocked from the factory and several reports of the drives being locked. I will assume all drives are locked and the one that wasn’t was the odd case.
Q:How does the Z1 use this lock?
A:The Z1 sends the unlock command with a password to the drive at boot up. This is done before you see the “Pioneer” blue startup screen. We know this because the graphic for startup is located on the hard drive.
The Z1 also does something nasty. It sends the change user password command to the drive also. This has the effect of locking any drive inserted in the Z1 that supports ATA locking. I speculate this is done so that if somebody is sent a replacement drive it will become locked after it is installed. I also speculate this is so each Z1 can have a different ATA password thus preventing the password from being discovered and used elsewhere.
Q: How can I unlock my drive?
A:Power up your Z1, power tilt your screen all the way down like you are going to insert a CD then turn off the power to the unit (turn off the key in your car). The hard drive is located beneath the CD slot. The screw size it T8 torx. Lay a soft cloth on the touch screen to protect it from you. Loosen the 2 torx screws and remove the plastic cover trying not to drop it on the screen. Don’t drop your screwdriver either. Set this aside. The screws are locked into the cover so you should not have a problem with losing them but don’t take chances. The hard drive sits in a metal tray that slides in/out of the opening you just revealed. There is a flexible plastic tab that you can grab with your fingers and pull. The drive will slide out. It fits snuggly but doesn’t require much effort to remove. Turn the drive over and set it on your desk, counter, whatever but use one of those soft cloths (I believe in being nice to this drive since without it I have a very expensive doorstop). There are 4 #1 phillips head screws. Remove them carefully. Do not crush the drive. Do not squeeze the drive with your fingers in the center; you can kill it this way. These are fragile to physical pressure (all laptop drives are). Always handle the drive from the sides.
If you have done everything correctly you should have a 2.5” laptop style drive ready to connect to an adapter to connect to your PC using the NON-USB adapter type specified above.
You will need to connect the drive to your PC (use something like this http://www.hdd-tools.com/products/rrs/ Do not use their cheaper HDD unlock wizard service. This will erase your drive. The repair station will unlock it and leave it intact. You can load up their free drive info tool to verify you have connected the drive to your PC correctly.
The repair station program will check the drive to verify they can unlock before you pay anything.
You will be connecting the drive as a master drive on the second IDE channel. Make sure it is the only device connected to this channel.
If all goes well you will now be able to reboot your computer and see 4 new drive letters.
DO NOT PUT YOUR Z1 DRIVE BACK IN YOUR Z1 AT THIS TIME OR IT WILL BE RELOCKED INSTANTLY
Q: How do I disable the lock on my HDD
A: You need to use a drive editing program. I prefer to use MHDD http://hddguru.com/c...nt/en/software/. Download the Magic boot disk and create a boot floppy. You can do this to any hard drive that supports drive locking. If you are increasing the size of your HDD do this to the replacement drive as well or the Z1 will lock it for you. Yes, even a drive you paid for seperately will be locked if inserted in the Z1. The drive doesn't even have to be setup to work in the Z1 to be locked. Connect your HDD to your PC using the IDE adapter (not USB). Connect it to the secondary IDE channel. Disconnect all other drives in your PC just to be safe (you want to be sure you are modifying the correct drive). Boot from the magic boot disk you downloaded. The only drive in your system should be displayed. In my case it is drive number 3. Press 3 and enter.
If no drives are displayed press shift F3 and the list should come up. Now press the number next to your drive.
You should be at a command prompt named MHDD>
Type MHDD and press enter.
Now type EID and press enter.
This should display a log of information about your drive.
Here is the info from the stock drive.
TOSHIBA MK3029GACE LBA:58,605,120
Supports HPA LBA MS16 DMA (UDMA5,MWDMA2)
SMART: Enabled Selftest: Suported ErrorLog:Supported
Security: high, OFF. Size = 28615MB
You should be back at the MHDD> prompt.
Type config and press enter
If the drive you have is configurable you will see the "CHANGEABLE PARAMETERS" list.
The item in the list you want to see is "Security feature set is supported"
First question: Do you want to apply any changes to your drive? y/N Press Y and Enter
The next set of steps will be different depending on what features your drive supports. Each question defaults to the current setting. Just press Enter at each question (you do not want to make changes to anything else or you will HURT your drive).
Do you want to switch SECURITY support off? y/N Press Y and Enter
Continue to press enter until you are finished with config.
You should see:
Calculating new checksum...
Writing changes to the drive...
Type EID at the MHDD> prompt and you should no longer see the security settings.
Type Exit and press enter.
Leave everything hooked up the way it is and shutdown your computer completely. Power off and then restart it. Let it go back into MHDD.
This is just to remove power from your drive and force it to do a complete reset just to be sure.
Get to your drive again as above to the point where you type EID and press enter. Verify the security settings are gone.
Now we will double check that security is disabled.
Type PWD and press enter. You should receive a message that says "This drive does not support security features"
You can now type exit and press enter. Your drivelocking is now disabled.
Special notes reported by users:
One user has reported his HP computers do not work well with MHDD.
I personally have had an issue changing the settings on a Fujitsu MHV2080AH drive. It reported an error when saving the config settings and failed to save them. This was on an Intel dual core P4 running on an Intel motherboard. The same drive running on an X-PC generic P4 system worked fine when I tried to config it. The motherboard seems to make a difference. If you have issues on your PC try another if you have the resources. This is a freeware utility we are using so it may not work for everybody on every computer.
For those interested in the ATA security features here is a basic doc explaining them. Ironically, had I found this earlier it would have saved countless hours of searching and learning. LOL
I have delayed writing up the partitioning instructions as another member has unlocked his drive and is having problems with the replacement drive crashing. We have been working offline to resolve the problem and see if it is drive related, PC related or procedure. Hopefully I do not just happen to have a "lucky" combination working here. I have imaged and reimaged my drive a couple of times so it wasn't a one time thing but to be responsible I want to be sure.[/b]
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The Olympics and life without the First Amendment
I can't wait until the Olympics as I'm a sports nut and love watching international competition. I'll also be tuned into what should be an interesting back story of how the Chinese government will treat international journalists there. If tidbits passed along to me in the last two days are any indication, we'll get a very good glimpse into what life would be like without freedom of speech or the press.
From a story on the AFP wire this week:
China will censor the Internet used by foreign media during the Olympics, an organising committee official confirmed Wednesday, reversing a pledge to offer complete media freedom at the games.
"During the Olympic Games we will provide sufficient access to the Internet for reporters," said Sun Weide, spokesman for the organising committee.
He confirmed, however, that journalists would not be able to access information or websites connected to the Falungong spiritual movement which is banned in China.
Other sites were also unavailable to journalists, he said, without specifying which ones.
This followed a story first reported in the Asian Wall Street Journal last Friday that several accredited foreign journalists and television camera crews were assaulted or detained when they attempted to cover a small "riot" that broke out among 30,000 people lined up to buy Olympic event tickets. There were other reports that police demanded they delete the footage of the fracas.
Once the full media contingent is in force by the time the Games start a week from tomorrow, the question is whether police and the government are going to continue their crack down, or provide the media freedom we all expect. It will be interesting to see.
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The charts that follow are some of the fasting growing companies in America. Finding a promising stock in a hot sector is only half the battle. The other half is knowing when to hold onto the big winners, knowing what to do when the stock’s price action flashes a yellow warning and maybe most important of all, knowing when to buy back in when the light turns green.
This is the essence of a successful trend following trading system. It is what has made billions of dollars in gains for some of the most heralded fund managers on Wall Street and it is the heart and soul of AllanTrends.
Below is a sample of how Weekly Trend Models can be used to navigate in and out of a sampling of high flying stocks over the past few years. All of these stocks were hitting all time highs soon after the 2008 bear market that cut the legs out of the stock market with a 50% decline. Coming out of a major stock market bottom at the head of the pack is a highly reliable tell that there is something special about this stock. The trend line generated by our algorithm determines when the stock should be held, when caution is warranted and when it’s time to get back in.
This is the essence of trend following and trend following is the essence of AllanTrends.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The trend line shown on these charts is the same one generated on all of Allantrends’s portfolio stocks, indexes and etf’s, while the stocks chosen above are merely illustrations of how the algorithm and trend line interact with dynamic trending stocks. Stock trading/investing involves risk and you can lose some or all of your investment. Hypothetical or backtested results may not always be duplicated in the real world. Backtesting can at times produce an unintended look-ahead bias. In addition, hypothetical trading does not involve financial risk, and no hypothetical trading record can completely account for the impact of financial risk in actual trading, not the least of which is the ability to withstand losses or to adhere to a particular trading strategy in spite of trading losses. These are material points which can also adversely affect actual trading results.
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Fukuoka, 10 Dec 09
UN agencies this week said they were concerned at the lack of progress in addressing planning, housing, sanitation, waste management and environmental pollution in urban areas of countries in the Pacific. They raised the alarm after a series of fact-finding missions.
Seoul, 19 May 09
UN-HABITAT's Executive Director and former US President Bill Clinton on Tuesday joined delegates from cities around the world to press home the message that action on climate change has to be implemented in cities.
Dubai, UAE, 24 Nov 08
An independent international jury, chaired by Ms. Banashree Banerjee of India, has announced the winners of the 2008 Dubai International Awards for Best Pactices to improve the Living Environment.
Nairobi, 10 Jun 08
The new Permanent Representatives of Indonesia and Bangladesh to UN-HABITAT this week presented their credentials to UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka. They are Mr. Budi Bowoleksono of Indonesia and Mr. A.K.M. Shamsuddin of Bangladesh.
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Three under 18 team also received special commendation
A husband and wife team have won the UK’s first 24-hour Raspberry Pi hack competition with their creation of a virtual board game.
The winning team, Spooks, developed a board game offering customisation abilities, which encourages players to experiment with programming, a concept ideal for educational use in schools.
The software was designed by husband and wife team Shi and Kriss Blanks (pictured) alongside Chris Armitage and Rebecca Brannum, and included original artwork and music.
Runners up were three Yorkshire-based teams of under-18s, with an average age of 15, who worked independently of adult help.
Castleford-based Chris Leake, Adam Burnett, Scott Glossop and Ross Fletcher created a Pi operated synthesizer which used mathematical algorithms to generate music; Luke Horwell, Billy Beacroft and award-winning hacker 13-year-old Harry Merckel collaborated on a custom-built game in Java aimed at children under-11s; and Leeds-based duo, Yas Karunatissa and Jaspreet Dhajan, developed a Pi operating system to replace its standard Linux.
More than 50 hackers began creating new hardware and software hacks for the Raspberry Pi on December 1st from 12 noon, with 12 teams presenting their submissions 24 hours later to a panel of technology experts.
The judging panel consisted of Gareth Halfacree, co-author of Raspberry Pi User Guide; Alex Hudson, BBC Click interactive producer; Dr Simon Monk, author of Programming the Raspberry Pi; Barbara MacManus, associate head of the School of Computing, Engineering & Physical Sciences; Dominic Hodgson, founder of LeedsHack and David Deventer, head of marketing at CPC.
Here are the six category winners:
• Best Overall Hack: Virtual computerized games master (Spooks aka Shi Blanks, Kriss Blanks, Chris Armitage and Rebecca Brannum)
• Best Hardware Hack: Semaphore to twitter converter (Martyn Ranyard, Paul Brook and Neil Pilgrim, all from Leeds Hack Space)
• Best Software Hack: Web-enabled grab machine (Jon Davies and Chris Dick from Maker Space, Newcastle)
• Best Game: Custom built game in Java (Under 18 team - Luke Horwell, Billy Beacroft and Harry Merckel)
• Best Team: Spooks - Shi Blanks, Kriss Blanks, Chris Armitage and Rebecca Brannum)
• Best Individual: Wi-Fi remote controlled car with webcam (Lee Barker)
Teams at the hack day were made up of various ages, from 13 to 60, with teams from the University of Leeds, LeedsHack and the University of Newcastle.
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Two Others With Horse Industry Ties Identified as Crash Victims
Updated: Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:34 AM
Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:11 PM
As the investigation continued into the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington, Ky., two more individuals connected with the Thoroughbred industry have been identified as victims of the crash.
The plane, which went down in a field about a mile from Lexington's Blue Grass Airport the morning of Aug. 27, included Anne Marie Bailey, a Canadian veterinary technician, and Dr. Larry Turner, associate dean for extension and director of the cooperative extension service at the University of Kentucky's college of agriculture.
A resident of Lexington, Turner had worked closely with Gene Clabes, equine director of the Kentucky Equine Education Project, on an assignment called the UK Equine Initiative. Forming a partnership between the college of agriculture and the horse industry, Turner built a strong business relationship with Clabes while conducting listening sessions and formulating new strategies for academics, research, and service at the University of Kentucky.
"Larry had been very instrumental in trying to work with extension agents to broaden the extension program for the equine industry," said Clabes. "We deeply appreciated his involvement in that. We were concerned in the beginning that the extension service equine programs were lacking and (Turner) was willing to listen to us and try and make some changes. For that, we at KEEP and the horse industry in the state owe a deep debt of gratitude."
Turner is also the author of over 240 journal articles, papers, extension publications, and other publications and materials. He formerly worked on his family farm in Indiana, where he began a private consulting engineering practice. With his father, Turner shared management for overall operations for the 1500-acre Ohio River bottom farm including row crop, alfalfa, beef cattle, hog, and tobacco operations.
A native of Rising Sun, Ind., Larry is survived by his wife, Lois; and three children: Molly, Amy, and Clay.
Bailey, 49, of Langley was one of three Canadians to die in the crash. Spending six years as part of a three person medical team at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver, Bailey was flying back from a conference specializing in horse care.
Her employer, veterinarian Ed Wiebe, had received a call from colleagues in Kentucky confirming Bailey was on the plane, according to the Canadian TV Web site. Her husband, Michael Simard, went to Lexington to handle arrangements.
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OPEN YOUR OWN DOOR TO SUCCESS..
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I came across a very interesting article yesterday written by Janice Kapp Perry. I read it online at Meridian Magazine but it was also published in the Deseret News. Take some time to go to that link and read the story behind one of my new favorite hymns: "What Is This Thing That Men Call Death?". The words, which I love, were written by President Hinckley. The music, which I love, was written by Janice Kapp Perry. It's kind of miraculous how it all came together, and just in time to be sung by the Tabernacle Choir at President Hinckley's funeral.
I've since downloaded it into my iTunes and can't get enough of it. It's simple, yet profound; moving, and memorable. You can download the mp3 file for free (both the song and the instrumental version) at this link. If you simply want the sheet music, you can get that here. Some of the most tender and testimony-building times are those in which I've either been witness to, or contemplate, the death of a loved one. This poem, written by Gordon B. Hinckley, speaks of the heart of the gospel:
What is this thing that men call death, This quiet passing in the night? 'Tis not the end but genesis--Of better worlds and greater light. O God, touch Thou my aching heart--And calm my troubled, haunting fears. Let hope and faith, transcendent, pure, Give strength and peace beyond my tears. There is no death, but only change, With recompense for victory won. The gift of Him who loved all men, The Son of God, the Holy One.
The following is a perfect story to demonstrate the importance of treating people in a Christ-like way regardless of their circumstances. I read it in the new "Mormon Times" column by Orson Scott Card. (Update--the link is now broken, but the column was originally published as "Parable: Acting part results in reflection" Published: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:00 am MST) I can't help but think of the 13th article of faith: "We believe...in doing good to all men". One of the ways to "do good" unto others is simply not judging them. Here's the thought-provoking story:
"Sandy Brown was a keeper and maker of gardens. With his many workers he tended the lawns and shrubs and flowers of businesses and homes. Sandy loved the feel of his hands plunging into loamy soil, the suppleness and strength of young wood and tender greens, so he was often out with his laborers, working as hard as any. No job was too hard or menial for him to do. One of his customers, a rich man and a Christian, told him one day: "I'm paying for the making of a film about the Savior. I want you to play the part of the Lord."
"I'm no actor," Sandy said. "It's a silent film," said the producer. "It's in black and white. You'll act out the things that Jesus did, and now and then a different actor will speak some of the words of Christ." "Why me?" Sandy asked. "When I see you tending the garden, feeling the leaves and stems to judge the strength of the plants, your face seems to me like the Savior's face, looking at his fallen brothers and sisters with love and care, sorrow and hope." "I'm not a man to portray the Lord," Sandy said. "You'll play the Savior or no one will. I won't make this film without you."
Sandy went home and told his wife. "I'd have to grow my hair and beard," he said. "I've always wondered what your beard would look like," she said. "If people know I'm playing Jesus in a film, they'll judge me unfit to do it." "They're more likely to treat you like a movie star," she said. "That would be worse," Sandy said. "A celebrity because I portray the Lord? Unbearable." "I think this movie should exist," his wife said. "I know of no better man to stand in Jesus' place."
With her encouragement, and a promise from the producer that his name would not be given out and no one would be told, he gave consent. For six months he let his hair and beard grow, uncut. When he looked in the mirror, he searched for the face of Christ, but did not find him. Nor, behind the beard, did he see himself.
A strange thing happened at church. People no longer chose to sit on the same bench with Sandy and his family. They no longer let their children go to the Browns' house to play with their children. Sandy was released from his calling as a Primary teacher, and no other calling was found for him.
"Today Sister Evans took my hand and told me she was praying for us," said Sandy's wife one day. "I think that she believes you're using drugs." "No," said Sandy said, "you may not tell her or anyone why my hair and beard are growing."
Many of Sandy's customers and many on his waiting list no longer wished him to tend their gardens. "Tell them what you're doing," his wife said. "You have employees who depend on you." "I'm tending gardens as well as I ever did," Sandy said. "There is nothing else to tell. And there's still work enough to keep us all."
When filming began, Sandy no longer tended gardens, and while some of the crews worked as hard as ever, others did not. Therefore he lost more customers, and, sadly, Sandy dismissed the workers who had not done well in his absence. With his business shrinking and his family isolated in their neighborhood and ward, Sandy faced the days of filming full of worry. Each day he performed the actions of the Savior, lifting up the man with palsy, anointing with mud the eyes of the blind man, turning when the woman touched the hem of his robe and blessing her, raising Lazarus from the dead.
Finally he knelt in the garden and bore the scourges and hung upon the cross, then stepped forth from the tomb led by the hand of an angel. He stood before Mary in the garden and let his apostles touch the wounds in his hands and feet and side.
He went home at night and listened to his children, and taught them the words of Jesus, never telling them what he had done that day, but trying to fill them with the love that he had felt while acting as the Lord. In the mirror he thought that now he saw himself, though still he did not see the Lord.
At last the filming ended, and Sandy went home and without a word cut off his beard. His wife wept as she cut his hair. "I will miss the presence of the Savior in our home," she said. "It was always only me," Sandy said. "You walked in his footsteps every day," she answered him, "and brought him home to us."
At church, people looked at him with surprise. Some were relieved, others still suspicious, but gradually the family's isolation ended. Sandy was made assistant financial clerk. Children once more visited their home. The filmmakers added the computer effects that made the miracles look real. They recorded the words of Christ and added music and at last, two years later, the film was finished.
Sandy and his wife and children attended a private screening. She held his hand throughout, and at the end she wept. "Oh, Sandy," she said, "it was worth it." Their oldest daughter looked at her father in awe. "Daddy, that was you," she whispered. "I never did those things," he told her. "Jesus did."
The film did not do very well at the box office. In previews, people saw that it was black and white, and did not come. Many who came were bored when none of the actors spoke, and left. Some stayed because they loved the things they saw and heard. Among these was Sandy's bishop. After he saw the film, he embraced Sandy, saying, "Why didn't you tell us?" "I didn't want the way people would treat me if they knew what I was doing." "We judged you wrongly," the bishop said, "but you judged us first, thinking we could not be trusted with the truth."
"I hope that you'll forgive me for not speaking up."
"Please forgive us for not trusting what we already knew of you, the man you were before the long hair and beard."
"I knew you didn't know what I was doing and I forgave you from the start," Sandy said.
And in that moment, with no mirror and only another man's face before him — with no beard, and with close-cropped hair — Sandy thought he caught a glimpse of the Savior, somewhere between forgivenesses."
I thought it about time to update this blog. After all, it has almost been a week. That seems like an eternity in the blogging world. It's been a busy week finishing up my FASFA and scholarship applications. Deadlines were this past week for the fall. But I begin classes for my master's program in June. I'm really excited about it. If any of you know someone who has gone into Public Administration/Public Policy--I'd love to hear about your experience/advice. This is the view of downtown San Antonio from the UTSA downtown campus:
And just for kicks, here is a picture of Downtown San Antonio along the world famous Riverwalk: What a place to live, work, and go to school, huh? We're enjoying it here. But we're so busy! There is always so much to get done. I'm feeling all kinds of pressures right now. (Hence the week delay in a blog update.) Life gets busy. But life is good.
I'm reminded of one of my favorite quotes from President Hinckley. It's definitely worth sharing. I haven't been able to find it published (at least the whole thing) on the internet, so I'm going to hand type it out. It comes from the end of an address to religious educators. I only have a faded copy of the last page of the talk, but I hope you enjoy too. It seems so fitting for my life right now:
"And now, finally, Enjoy your work. Be happy. I meet so many people who constantly complain about the burden of their responsibilities. Of course the pressures are great. There is much, too much, to do. There are financial burdens to add to all of these pressures, and with all of this we are prone to complain, frequently at home, often in public. Turn your thinking around. The gospel is good news. Man is that he might have joy. Be happy! Let that happiness shine through your faces and speak through your testimonies. You can expect problems. There may be occasional tragedies. But shinning through all of this is the plea of the Lord:
'Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.' (Matthew 11:28-30.)
"I enjoy these words of Jenkins Lloyd Jones which I clipped from a column in the Deseret News some years ago. I pass them on to you as I conclude my remarks. Said he:
'Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he has been robbed. Most putts don’t drop. Most beef is tough. Most children grow up to be just people. Most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration. Most jobs are more often dull than otherwise… Life is like an old-time rail journey — delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.'
"I repeat, my brothers and sisters, the trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride; and really, isn't it a wonderful ride? Enjoy it! Laugh about it! Sing about it! Remember the words of the writer of Proverbs:
'A merry heart doeth good like medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.' (Proverbs 17:22)
"God bless you, my beloved associates, in this great and sacred work. May you grow in strength and power and capacity and understanding with each passing day. May you cultivate constantly a saving balance in your life. May you speak from hearts filled with love for the Lord, for his children, for your own dear ones. And may there be gladness in your hearts as you reflect upon your great and sacred opportunity to touch for everlasting good those who daily come under your direction.
"God bless each of you that there may be love and peace in your homes, and in your hearts that satisfaction which comes of work well done in so great a cause. I humbly pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen."
Anybody who has been around me since I got my first Gmail account knows that I'm a big Google fan. They come out with some pretty cool things. I love Gmail. I'm still giddy every time I use Google Earth--it's simply amazing. But I especially love Google Maps. I use this all the time. I can get directions, estimated time and distance, find businesses, get street map views, satellite views, or a combination of the two. I could go on and on and explain all the ways I use these programs. (I seriously can't stand that people still use Mapquest anymore!) Add the new Google "Street View" for Google Maps to the list of really cool Google features.
At first glance the Google Maps page may look the same but in a few select cities you will notice a new little icon near the “satellite”, “Map” and “Hybrid” links called “Street View”. It was introduced in 2007 and provides 360° panoramic street-level views--almost as if you were there in person! They've gradually expanded to 23 mostly major cities including Salt Lake/Provo and San Antonio as of February 12th, 2008--just two days ago.
I'm amazed that I can locate the house we lived in while we were in Provo and with "Street View" feel like I am standing right out front! As for our current Texas abode, they haven't quite photographed our street yet (even though a majority of the city has already been done), but you can see the entrance to our neighborhood off the major street. That's still pretty cool to me. Even more fun than that is to zoom in downtown and look at the Alamo as if you were a tourist on the street. So cool! Even all the trees are clearly visible! If you can't tell, I get excited over these things.
So check it out. Have fun. Go exploring.
Thanks Google. Keep up the good work.
Now if only I could get paid to do all of this Google promoting. They could really use me in a commercial or something. If only they did commercials...
So I came across a funny and clever discussion that is pretty hilarious to read. A "unique" photo from the Ensign is posted, along with one word: "discuss". Discuss they did, and I thought you'd get a kick out of all the comments like I didl
I went out to lunch the other day with a group of five co-workers. Somehow the discussion turned to my faith. I knew that one of them is married to a Baptist preacher. I also knew that of all the things she has heard about my faith, most of it has probably not been either A) positive, B) true, or C) important. I assume her husband probably doesn't believe that I am a Christian, but belong to a "cult" (this sure gets old). So I was pleased at the openness and common ground we were able to find, as well as the friendliness and the level of interest. I tried to anticipate questions that they might have and explain things in a non-threatening, non-defensive way. (I'm inspired by Richard Bushman and the way he conversed with national media at the Pew Forum's biannual faith conference).
They all had comments or questions, and I did my best to answer them, even though I've never even thought about some of the things they asked. For example, all three of them had at least learned at some time in their lives that my Church "owns Coca-Cola." Have any of you heard this rumor before? Apparently it's common here. Since setting the rumor straight, I've joked with them about this a couple times since. I found it interesting that they didn't seem to know much about the main points of the restored gospel, but were mostly familiar with trivial things. But I was happy about the level of comfort and openness in which the conversation took place. And I've been pleased that since that experience a number of them have comfortably asked me about my take on some thing or another pertaining to my faith.
I've come a long way since I was just a kid who attended my friends non-denominational church one day and ended up sitting through a Sunday school lecture about Mormons--at his church! I felt like standing up and saying something to correct the things being said, or at least say "hey, can't we talk about Jesus like we do in my church?", but I was too shy and too insecure in my beliefs. Now days I wish they would invite me back to speak in their church about my faith. I think they'd find someone who is a lot more sympathetic than they would expect. I'm much more into building bridges than I am into trying to convert people. We all have so much to gain from each other. It behooves us to be so very respectful and neighborly.
President Hinckley has said: "The true gospel of Jesus Christ never led to bigotry. It never led to self-righteousness. It never led to arrogance. The true gospel of Jesus Christ leads to brotherhood, to friendship, to appreciation of others, to respect and kindness and love."("The BYU Experience") With this in mind, and in the most humble way possible, we should be saying "bring all the good you have and let us see if we can add to it".
I must note the irony, however, in the fact that some of the most odious attacks against my faith come from those who have at some point left the faith. These are the kind of people who leave the Church but can't leave the Church alone. It has always been so. My wife and I recently came across some of their blogs. I was very impressed with her response in an open letter "To Those Who Fight My Mormon Faith", and I'll simply suggest that you link to it and read it for yourself.
With Romney out of the race, I wonder how much the media attention on our faith will die down. So far, it has been fascinating to reflect on all the perceptions, or misperceptions, that we have had about our "image" and now to be confronted with a surprising wake-up call. Here are some "must reads" that have put us in the spotlight recently. You're welcome to leave behind links in the comments section if you come across other articles you feel are worth reading.
Romney, Mormons, and Me -- I love the thought provoking reflection and the final question: "In this the 21st century, how do we strike a balance between melting pot and assimilation on the one hand and the maintenance of ethnic or religious identity on the other?"
How to Bury a Prophet -- Great insite into the importance of family in our faith by writing about President Hinckley's funeral. Written by Kathleen Flake, an LDS associate professor of American Religious History at Vanderbilt University. (She was interviewed extensively in PBS's "The Mormons"). "Though the requisite list of Hinckley's ecclesiastical accomplishments was given, it was subordinated to his success as a courageous and amusing friend and a successful husband and father." Just like my dad always said: There are no wards and stakes in heaven--just families.
What is it about Mormonism? -- very insightful, sympathetic, and reflective piece printed in the New York times by a Jewish professor at Harvard, Noah Feldman
Mormons Confront Negative Ideas About Their Faith -- "Mormons had come to the conclusion that their religion was pretty much accepted," says Richard Bushman, a visiting professor of Mormon studies at Claremont Graduate University in California. "But these horrendous poll results that indicate that Mormons are not first-class citizens because of their religion were terribly shocking."
Mormons and Idiosyncrasy--Religious scholar and historian Martin E. Marty provides a "retrospective" on some of the extreme statements directed at the Church, asking "what went wrong, what goes wrong, when in a United States where so many good things are happening on the inter-religious, racial, ethnic, and gender front, this underground of ‘anti’s so frequently emerges.” I love the common sense in this article; it rings so true.
I had an epiphany after sitting through sacrament meeting today. We ought to have a suggestions/comments box outside the chapel. Just keep little comment cards next to the tithing envelops or something. Either way, don't you think there ought to be a way to give feedback? Don't you think those participating in the meetings would also appreciate a little feedback, or perhaps simple "thank you notes"? Sometimes I get an idea or suggestion and it's nice just to be heard. Suggestions could range from "we need more hymnals in the back of the chapel so we can all sing back there" to "Loved so and so's talk about _______. The Spirit really pricked my heart!"
And then there are days like today where I would perhaps want to leave anonymous feedback about how the tone of the meeting left something to be desired. The speaker went into lecture mode about how there were certain people who had committed to do a certain project and not a single one did it, and she ended up doing it herself, followed by a lecture about being on time to our meetings. (We just switched to having sacrament last--something that as a father with young kids I do not prefer). She also lectured us about how there was a world-wide satellite broadcast featuring the "new" prophet and "between two wards only 43, I counted, only 43 people showed up". (Another comment card suggestion--Put important announcements in the bulletin!) I don't think I'm the only one who doesn't respond well to negativity. I think it actually tends to have an adverse effect and pushes people further away.
There needs to be true love expressed--not a guilt trip. And I don't mean to dwell on the negative because I don't want to be a hypocrite. But as I left the meeting today I felt a little bit disappointed and sad--not just for me--but for anyone not of our faith who happened to be there today. I think they would have come across with the wrong impression of what we expect our meetings to be: Christ-centered and filled with the Spirit. If a suggestions box doesn't seem practical, perhaps a simple survey from time to time would suffice. "Strongly agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly disagree: I was edified as a result of my experience in this meeting today".
That ought to be the number one question, because the goal is "he that preacheth and he that receiveth, understand one another, and both are edified and rejoice together" (Doctrine & Covenants 50:22).
I'm noticing that my wife gets a lot more traffic to her blog. I'm not surprised. She's a really inspiring person. She's also funny, and she's got a great perspective about mothering and life in general. She's smart, and she's also a really great writer. And she's a good critic when she needs to be. She told me that my blog isn't "easy reading". That's not to say she doesn't appreciate what I have to say, but I can see her point. Long posts can be intimidating. It's nice to have something short to read and comment about every now and then. So I'm going to keep it brief and spare you my grief (and disapointment) over the announcement today that Romney is "suspending" his campaign. I wasn't surprised. The writting was on the wall after Super Tuesday and after John McCain and Mike Huckabee (I'm being polite by not calling them names) teamed up on Mitt. He's still great, and who knows, maybe this is just the beginning...
We had a pleasant time "spending the day" yesterday with President Hinckley, his moving funeral, and the extended coverage about him on BYU-TV. President Monson hit the nail on the head when he quoted an unnamed poet and said: "'Here and there, and now and then, God makes a giant among men.' President Hinckley was such a giant--a giant of knowledge, of faith, of testimony, of compassion, of vision."
President Hinckley had so much knowledge. He was always learning. He was always advocating getting more education and doing our best--in short, being smart. The theme of his life was one of faith--building faith in the hearts of the people, faith in God and in His Son, faith in this restored gospel, faith in our ability to "not just be good, but to be good for something." His testimony will always be remembered as one who was a special witness of the living Christ. His compassion--his love for all peoples of the world, both in the Church and outside of the Church. His love and desire to bless was so evident. And finally, his vision. He was a visionary and he shared an inspired vision with all the rest of us, making us feel that our contribution in our sphere was every bit as important as his contribution in his sphere. He envisioned temples dotting the world, and that has come to pass. He had a vision for us all, from the youth to the most senior member of the Church, that has inspired us all to be a little better, rise a litter higher, and to do the very best we can.
Last week we had the pleasure of visiting one on one with my Uncle Con and Aunt Carolyn when they came out to visit Sally, Brad, and Tyler. We haven't had a lot of one on one time--almost none--since he was called first as a mission president, then to the Second Quorum of the Seventy, and now as president of the Portland Oregon Temple. So it was delightful to attend our ward together and have lunch together Sunday afternoon and hear of some of their funny and memorable experiences. My favorite was having a family home evening with all of us together at our house the day after President Hinckley passed away. We shared our thoughts and feelings about him. Then we got to hear Carolyn talk about Grandpa Lake as she was growing up. I think I'll cherish that memory for a long time.
Con has always been big on obedience. I remember when he gave his talk in General Conference entitled "Faith Obedience". It is a talk I've referred back to multiple times when the topic of "blind obedience" has come up from time to time. It was recently re-printed in the Novemeber 2007 New Era magazine. One of my favorite parts of the talk demonstrates that by obeying because of our faith, we'll be safe. It makes me grateful that Heavenly Father loves us so much to give us a prophet to guide us and help keep us safe. After sharing the story of experiencing a dangerous "sneaker wave" first hand, he taught:
"One of the sneaky ploys of the adversary is to have us believe that unquestioning obedience to the principles and commandments of God is blind obedience. His goal is to have us believe that we should be following our own worldly ways and selfish ambitions. This he does by persuading us that "blindly" following the prophets and obeying the commandments is not thinking for ourselves. He teaches that it is not intelligent to do something just because we are told to do so by a living prophet or by prophets who speak to us from the scriptures.
Our unquestioning obedience to the Lord's commandments is not blind obedience. President Boyd K. Packer in the April conference of 1983 taught us about this: "Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . . We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see" ("Agency and Control," Ensign, May 1983, 66).
We might call this "faith obedience." With faith, Abraham was obedient in preparing Isaac for sacrifice; with faith, Nephi was obedient in obtaining the brass plates; with faith, a little child obediently jumps from a height into the strong arms of his father. "Faith obedience" is a matter of trust. The question is simple: Do we trust our Heavenly Father? Do we trust our prophets?"
Our prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley, made it easy to trust him. He loved us. A card that his grandchildren made him at his viewing said: "Dear Grandpa: We will always be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful because we love you." I too want to pledge to always be grateful, smart, clean, true, humble, and prayerful because I love President Hinckley. Goodbye to an awesome friend.
Stephen E. Robinson was a very influential mentor to me. He wouldn’t remember me, but I can never forget him.
While on my mission in Ecuador (1999-2001) I was able to borrow my mission presidents’ copies of “Believing Christ” and “Following Christ”, and I’ve never been the same since. I had always had a testimony, but after reading those books my understanding of the gospel just “clicked”, and everything in the scriptures suddenly made so much more sense. My faith in and relationship to our Savior was deepened, and it was also a liberating and enlightening experience to understand my covenant relationship to Him. I became not only a better missionary, but also a better person. It has made me a better disciple, friend, husband, father—you name it. I have since given away many more copies of those books. If you haven’t already done so, I invite you to read or re-read “Believing Christ” and the sequel “Following Christ.” Or if you want to read or listen to the talk that led to the book, it’s on the BYU speeches website. Here’s the link to the text version: “Believing Christ: A Practical Approach to the Atonement.” You can also download and listen to it as an mp3 file. To not just believe in Christ, but to believe Christ, turns on the power that faith in Christ can have on one's life. This concept is explained much more eloquently by him in the book "Believing Christ".
I feel great satisfaction in knowing that I was able to come back from my mission and take classes from him at BYU. That was an added bonus and more enjoyable than I would have ever expected. I was never one to miss classes, but I especially made sure never to miss one of his. I still have the class notes. I took New Testament and then The Doctrine and Covenants from him. Those were my favorite days as a student at BYU.
He was always very kind to let me visit with him one on one in his office and never made me feel rushed as I thirsted for more and asked questions and received insightful answers. His personality is one of a kind. I miss that time and hope life is treating him well.
When I took those classes, it was shortly after he was coming out of his own personal experience with depression, and the sun was just beginning to rise back up over the horizon of what was a very dark experience. He was so open and personal with us about that awful experience that chemical depression must be. He told us that they struggled to find the right meds to get his chemical balance right, and he had to go into drug detox to get off the meds he’d become addicted to. He found humor in the fact that he was probably the only BYU religious professor to have been a drug addict. He said that was the most humbling/humiliating experience of his life. I have been so much more understanding and sensitive with friends and family affected by depression ever since.
His gift, talent, skill, knowledge, frankness, and humor as a teacher has meant so much to me and always will. And his teaching opened up the scriptures to me in a way no other has—in a way that has made me think back so very often to the things I learned from him when I study the scriptures, teach, or participate in any gospel discussion. I can’t say that about any other religion class I ever took at BYU, or any other teacher. Then again, he wasn't our typical BYU professor. I remember him bringing in his 32 ounce soda pop to class (obviously from some mini-mart off campus). One day some student finally asked him what he was drinking. (Remember, BYU doesn't sell caffeinated drinks on campus.) He looked up with a sly look and said "Root Beer, and unless you taste it you wouldn't know any different." He taught without any pretense—he was the only BYU professor that would occasionally swear in class (mildly), and I even loved him more for it. He was a breath of fresh air. He got us to think about the gospel in a way very few can. Whether it was “stomping like an elephant” or “walking as if on egg shells”, the doctrines he taught have sunk deep into my soul and enriched my personal testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ-- the greatest source of peace, hope, comfort, assurance, and joy.
I love reading blogs. Not only is it a great way to stay in touch with family, but it's fascinating to see how other people think. I've found an LDS blog that usually is pretty fascinating reading. Not just because of what the main blogger says, but because the people who leave comments begin entirely new conversations. Those are sometimes just as fascinating as the original post. They get you to evaluate your beliefs and the way you communicate them to others. Your eyes are opened to other people's viewpoints, and sometimes you come away more informed because of an electronic social interaction with them, whether you agree completely or not. It's usually an enlightening experience.
Link to this post from the blog Mormanity and take some time to read through all the comments and the discussion that takes place between members of the "bloggernacle" (LDS bloggers) as well as those not of our faith on the theme of whether Mormons have a monopoly on truth, and then shooting off in other directions. They're interesting reading and they demonstrate what I love most about blogging--the conversation that can take place between commenters. It's fascinating to observe--and very seldom does Jeff Lindsay (the creator of Mormanity) even jump in, if at all. I think he too appreciates that his blog can provide a forum to an interactive discussion and as a place to share views, ideas, and information.
This would be the result of my ideal blogging world; having prolonged discussions about whatever topics come to mind. Of course, I would have to choose a specific theme to blog about to get as many readers as Mormanity, and that's not something I'm interested in doing just yet on my blog. Nor do I care about the quantity of visitors, but the quality of the conversation. Whether as an outside observer or sometimes as a contributer, whether on mine or on other blogs-I just enjoy the blogging experience. It has stimulated thought-provoking questions as well as answers. It's a great way to stay in touch with family and share all kinds of experiences, as well as benefit from the wisdom, humor, and experiences of complete strangers. I just enjoy a good written conversation from time to time. Sometimes the "voice" that comes out through the writing process is as interesting as the things that are said. So here's to blogging! The more people that join the "conversation" the better!
"The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it."
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Perhaps the struggles we endure in trying to live for Christ are due to our faulty understanding of Christianity
All the defects of the faith of many people in our day can be traced to a misunderstanding or lack of understanding of the foundational doctrines of the faith they profess: the true state of human nature, the truth of what Christ accomplished on the cross and the transforming influence of the Holy Spirit. Here is the watershed between nominal Christians and those who truly practice the faith that Christ came to make possible. The difference is so critical that I will attempt to further illustrate the problem.
Many people give no serious consideration to Christ and spend their lives drifting along with the culture's ideas of the good life. Then, through some circumstance, these people experience a wake-up call about their faith.
Maybe they have contracted a serious illness or experienced the sense of loss that comes when a friend or loved one dies. It could be that they experienced a reversal of fortune that awakened them to the reality of the precarious nature of life.
Whatever the reason, they begin to look for some source of meaning in their lives that will give them a more stable foundation. In their search, they become aware that they have offended God by the way they have lived. With this sense in their minds, they set out on a course of personal reformation.
The issue of Cultural religion Right at this point we see the tragedy of the common understanding of cultural Christianity. These men and women might desire to change, but they don't have any understanding of what their real problem is or of the only solution that is able to address it.
They might be aware that they need to make some changes in their behavior and give up something they are doing, and they might even have the idea that they should get involved in religion.
But lacking a sense of the radical problem of spiritual death and the knowledge of the solution for this condition, which only the work of Christ provides, they attempt to fix things by means that never work.
It is not unusual for these men and women to fall back into the habits they were previously enslaved by and to deceive themselves into thinking that the small changes in behavior they have made have fixed the problem. They might even assume that what they have done makes them Christians.
It doesn't take long for them to realize, however, that at some level their performance does not match the standard Christ has set for His followers. Unable to hit the mark, they tend to lower the standard. Once they have reached a place where their behavior meets the new requirements or vice versa, they settle into a state of contented complacency regarding the issues of authentic faith.
Others go further than this. If they have come to grips with some sense of the coming judgment and the serious business of sin, they strive with all their effort to correct their behavior. Over and over, they fail to meet the standard that they sense they must reach.
Finally, in total frustration they simply give up and quit trying. Sometimes in their despair, they give in to the former temptations, seeking some kind of comfort from the very actions that have led to their sense of defeat.
Or, again out of despair, they might attempt to change their thinking and argue against the demands of authentic faith, never really believing what they are arguing about. These are men and women who are pursuing the right goal but have mistaken the way it can be accomplished. The path they are now pursuing is not the one made possible by the work of Christ and will not lead them to the life they are desiring nor the peace they crave.
They may turn to ministers and counselors for help with their spiritual instruction. If these helpers have embraced the prevailing religious system in our country, they will lead those in need astray by assuring them that as long as they try to do the right thing, they have nothing to worry about.
These ministers and counselors might even teach those in need of instruction that they don't need to worry because Christ has died for their sins. They actually reinforce the faulty thinking that all their counselees need to do is give it their best effort and trust that everything will come out all right in the end.
But what they really need is to take seriously what the Bible and the church say to those who find themselves in this dilemma. They need to study and grasp the entire foundation of their confessed faith.
This would include recognizing that the awareness of their problem and their desire to do something about it are gifts from God to get them started on their spiritual journeys. In response to this awareness, they are instructed to bow before the cross of Christ in true repentance and, turning from sin, place all their hope and confidence in the grace of God and the work of Christ to get them on the right track.
Believing in Jesus means we personally accept His work on our behalf and open our lives to His indwelling presence by the Holy Spirit. Those who are not familiar with the teachings of the Bible must come to terms with the statement that they are required to "believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31, NKJV).
Submission and dependence are the appropriate responses to the teaching of Jesus: "'Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me'" (John 15:4, NIV).
All of it is a gift. As Paul says in the letter to the church in Ephesus, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God" (Eph. 2:8).
This is the central truth on which all authentic Christianity rests. You cannot work your way to heaven. You cannot do anything to earn the grace or forgiveness of God. Your good behavior does not balance out the guilt of your sin.
The great distinction between Christianity and cultural religion is that cultural religion believes all these things can be obtained by our own efforts. True Christianity is looking for something much greater.
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A few days ago I re-heard the story of how the game-theory course in the Technion was graded. I’ve heard versions where the professor was Ran Smorodinsky and other versions with Dov Monderer, but I haven’t checked out what “really” happened. (Anyone with the real facts is welcome to send in a comment…) Here is the story.
In the last day of class, the Professor gathered all the students and made the following offer: He wants to have an average grade of X (say 80) in the course with a standard deviation of Y (say 15). If all students agree upon everybody’s grades in a way that conforms to these constraints, then this is how they will be graded, and the exam will be canceled. Otherwise, the scheduled exam will take place as usual and will determine the grades. The professor then left the class and let the students try to reach a joint decision.
Some versions of the story continue thus: the best student in class immediately got up; said that she will not accept anything less than 100; and immediately left the room too.
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NEW DELHI: With markets abroad tumbling as the fate of US bailout package hangs in balance, a key finance ministry official today said the global financial crisis will hurt capital inflows in India.
"The situation is staring on the face of huge mind-boggling crisis in the western world, especially the US. There will be shortage of money in the country, that is the financial crisis is to hurt capital inflows in India," Economic Affairs Secretary Ashok Chawla said in a seminar here.
At the same seminar, stock market regulator C B Bhave said once the crisis is over, India will come stronger and the balance would be in the country's favour. He also said in the future, there will be more open market in the recently-launched currency futures.
Former chairman of PM economic advisory panel C Rangarajan said, "We are going through an international crisis which we cannot ignore."
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives had rejected around 700 billion dollar bailout package, sending stock markets around the world into a tailspin.
After coming into major selling pressure yesterday and in the early morning trade today, Indian markets recovered after Bhave's statement that there is no panic and no settlement issues in the markets.
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A fraud scam costing banks hundreds of millions of dollars annually cropped up in the Chattanooga area this month.
U.S. Secret Service agents believe on Oct.13, two men placed devices that record information on bank cards’ magnetic strips — a skimmer — over normal Regions Bank ATM card readers in East Ridge and Dalton.
The skimmers also contained small cameras to record customers entering their PIN numbers. That information allows thieves to create fake cards that can be used anywhere cards are accepted.
Atanas G. Georgiev, 28, of Atlanta, and Chris Svetlinov Dragiev, 27, of Kennisaw, Ga., were arrested in Nashville on Oct. 19 in connection with the skimming incidents.
Donna Job, resident agent in charge of the Chattanooga Secret Service office, said many card skimmer scams have connections outside the United States. Criminals often move through areas collecting card information from several ATMs, then sell that data or use it to withdraw money from ATMs themselves.
Chattanooga police spokeswoman Jerri Weary said the department has never dealt with any skimming, and Dalton and East Ridge police said these were their first encounter with skimming.
Georgiev and Dragiev were picked up by police in Nashville after Regions Bank officials saw the two covering a Regions ATM camera with a sticky note.
It is unclear whether any local accounts were compromised, but police and bank officials recommend anyone worried they could be a victim regularly monitor their accounts.
Most every bank covers consumer losses in fraud cases, so the average victim only has the hassle of filing a claim. There are no specific numbers available, but the growing prevalence of the scam is easily costing banks hundreds of millions of dollars, according to Kurt Helwig, president and chief executive officer of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association which studies skimmers.
“Crime rings who develop these are very diligent and very creative in where they put the devices and how they move them about, and unfortunately they can really wreak havoc,” said John Hall, spokesman for the American Bankers Association.
In one of the largest skimming cases, four individuals were charged with using card skimmers to steal nearly $2 million with information gleaned from New York ATMs in 2009.
Police and bank industry officials worry this scheme, which is increasingly common in major metropolitan areas such as New York and Atlanta, may be moving to smaller towns.
“It’s spread all over,” Helwig said. “You’ll see situations sometimes where a skimmer will be put in on a machine and it might get $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 or more sometimes before someone picks it up.”
Those numbers are huge to individuals, but hundreds of millions of dollars account for just a fraction of yearly ATM transactions. There are about 400,000 ATMs in the United States that dispense roughly $1 trillion into the hands of consumers each year, Hartwig said. That means skimming costs just a fraction of a percent of total transactions.
Convenience Trumps Security
“It’s probably growing, but I wouldn’t say it’s a significant problem,” Helwig said.
Of course, no bank likes to lose money, and Helwig said banks will spend millions to combat skimming.
“We watch what kind of attacks are made, new devices, how do they install them, when they install them, duration of instillation,” said Bill Burch, head of corporate security for Regions. “We spend a lot of time on anti-skimming technology.”
But consumer advocates say banks aren’t doing enough. When debit card users lose money to fraud, banks guarantee customers will be reimbursed. But some customers have trouble getting by while they wait for their money to return, said Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director for the national federation of state public interest research groups.
“Banks make more money when you use your card than they lose from fraud. They look at fraud as a cost of doing business, so they don’t do anything to protect consumers. They simply reimburse them begrudgingly after they complain,” he said. “They make kabillions of dollars on the transactions. They haven’t cared about fraud.”
Mierzwinski said banks don’t do more to prevent fraud because it would make ATMs less usable. The more a person swipes his card, the more money banks make, so Mierzwinski said the banks are willing to sacrifice security for convenience.
But Hall said everyone he’s talked to in the American Bankers Association is concerned with fraud.
“It’s always something they’re diligent in trying to protect,” he said. “I’ve never met a banker who ever likes losing a penny in fraud.”
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Why Housing Will Fall as Hard as Silver But Take Longer to Recover
“The rise in house prices is driven by the fact that households were able, due to financial deregulation, to access almost unlimited amounts of credit if they wanted to and, probably even more importantly, the fact that interest rates came down to much lower levels through the 1990s than they had been in the ‘70s and the ‘80s, and that just gave households much more borrowing capacity.”
That’s something your editor could have written.
But we didn’t.
Instead, it was spoken by Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor, Ric Battellino.
He was speaking at the annual stockbrokers bash. This year it was held at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.
All we can say is this: it’s nice of the RBA to admit rising house prices were the result of a credit-fuelled boom.
Perhaps he’d like to send his colleague, Dr. Luci Ellis a copy of his presentation. Last year she told a property conference – no surprise there – that Australia does “not have a credit-fuelled speculative boom…”
But despite his admission that easy credit fuelled growth, the deputy guv refuses to accept an Aussie housing bubble.
In another answer, the depooty said:
“But, people have been forecasting a decline in Australian house prices for a long time, mainly on the back of the fact that house prices have fallen in most other countries around the world, but I think that sort of forecast doesn’t really take into account the factors that are at work here in Australia, particularly the population growth and the fact that incomes are still rising. So house prices are adjusting relative to income here, not because house prices are falling, but because incomes are rising.”
Deny, deny, deny…
But let’s be even-handed here.
It’s not just housing where your editor fears a bubble. We’ve got our bubble alert turned to high in the commodities sector too.
Commodity prices haven’t peaked
But depooty Ric doesn’t. He sees no bubble:
“From all the work we’ve done, most of what we see in commodity prices today is driven by fundamental demand/supply factors. There’s no doubt there’s a bit of speculative activity as well, but, fundamentally, it’s very strong demand that’s driving this… I mean, most people have been forecasting for the past year at least that commodity prices are going to come down; they keep going up. It’s not clear they’ve even peaked yet.”
Hmmm… we’re not so convinced.
In our weekly update to Australian Small-Cap Investigator subscribers, we printed two charts. This one:
And this one:
The first is the RBA’s Index of Commodity Prices. As you can see, the price has spiked sharply since early 2009.
The index is now about 20% higher than before the economic meltdown in 2008.
The second chart is from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARE). It shows the value of forecasted new capital expenditure for the resources industry.
Interestingly, the two charts are almost identical.
That much isn’t surprising.
You’d expect higher capital expenditure in the resources sector as commodity prices rise. Simply because higher prices make more projects viable.
And it also makes existing projects more profitable. Encouraging mining companies to increase investment in capital.
Twin Aussie bubbles
In our view, both housing and the resources sector are in bubble territory.
Although in fairness, they’re in different phases of the bubble – with the housing market slightly more advanced.
They both attracted huge amounts of capital… in the belief prices will continue to climb… and the higher they climb, the greater the belief that others will pay higher prices.
This is when you get the kind of talk you hear from depooty Battellino. He believes the price rise is fundamentally driven and so prices could go higher.
But what about the gold and silver price, you may ask?
We’ll cop that one. It shows even your editor is human. We got caught up in the short-term ridiculous silver price rally.
That’s what price bubbles do. They draw in even the sane.
But we’re happy holding gold and silver. And we’re happy adding to our position on a regular basis. Simply because we’re not leveraged to it. Because we’re not leveraged, we can’t lose more than we’ve invested.
If we’d borrowed for our silver investments, we’d be in big trouble. But we didn’t, so we’re not.
That’s not the case for leveraged home buyers, resources companies and silver buyers. They’ve all taken a big punt on prices going higher.
That’s why leverage is important. Without it, buyers or holders can survive short-term volatility – that’s the same for housing, resources shares and silver.
But those using leverage are more affected by rapid price moves and interest rate moves.
Bubbles follow same pattern
You see, bubbles are the same in any asset class. The only difference is the time taken for the bubble to burst. In stock and commodity markets the reaction is quick.
For example, you’ve seen the silver price soar. Then it collapsed. And now it’s recovered. Although it’s still below the peak.
In the housing market the action is much slower due to low liquidity. But it’ll follow the same pattern.
Don’t forget, the U.S. housing bubble burst in 2006. Five years later, prices are still falling. And there’s no near-term chance of recovery. But one day… someday… it will recover.
That’s worth remembering when you read in the mainstream press about it being a buyers’ market for housing.
It’s not. It’s still a sellers’ market. Because if a seller can con you into buying now, they’ll be laughing twelve months from now as prices fall further.
Like an unexploded bomb, we’d suggest house buyers continue to keep their distance.
Money Morning Australia
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The Beatles performed two shows at this venue, which they visited for the first time on this occasion.
Located on Barker's Pool opposite City Hall, the venue was built by William Edward Trent and opened as the Regent Theatre in December 1927. It became the Gaumont Theatre in July 1946, and was later used for live music events.
It closed in 1985 and was demolished, to be replaced by an Odeon Cinema on the same site. It later reopened as a nightclub.
The Beatles played the usual 11 songs of their final UK tour: I Feel Fine, She's A Woman, If I Needed Someone, Act Naturally, Nowhere Man, Baby's In Black, Help!, We Can Work It Out, Yesterday, Day Tripper and I'm Down.
After the show the were joined for dinner at their hotel by The Moody Blues.
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An artist’s rendering of a proposed 625-foot Ferris wheel planned for the Staten Island waterfront in New York is shown. Developers plan to push ahead with the project, which would include an outlet mall and hotel, in spite of questions by some residents.
NEW YORK — As the city grapples with rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, developers are pressing ahead with plans for an ambitious addition to the shoreline of storm-torn Staten Island: the world’s largest Ferris wheel.
Sandy’s flooding spurred some changes to the nearly $500 million project, which includes an outlet mall and hotel. But developers haven’t slowed it or scaled it back. Supporters say Staten Island needs the boost now more than ever.
Yet some residents, a city watchdog and a planning group have asked whether it makes sense to push ahead with a 625-foot-tall tourist attraction, set partly in a flood zone, before officials take a comprehensive look at how to build smarter after Sandy. And some say it’s unseemly to talk about amusement rides when Sandy has left a trail of loss.
The storm gave wheel developer Richard Marin “momentary pause,” he said. But he quickly decided to keep going on a project he considers a one-of-a-kind boon for the city’s oft-dubbed “forgotten borough.”
“We’re providing some things for the city and for the local community that they would have no other way of getting right now,” said Marin, the chief executive of New York Wheel LLC. “Quite frankly, this borough is extremely lucky that this kind of project is under way.”
The company is looking to line up a multimillion-dollar sponsor by April, with serious interest from a half-dozen companies at the moment, as the project works its way through various government reviews, Marin said.
The city Economic Development Corp., which is playing a leading role in the reviews, says it’s “as committed as ever” to the plan. Private money will pay for the project, and the city would get $2.5 million a year in rent for two parking lots where the wheel, mall and hotel would be.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg envisions the attraction becoming one of the city’s premier draws, offering vistas of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty to as many as 30,000 riders a day. Sen. Charles Schumer has called the wheel “Staten Island’s Eiffel Tower.” Developers aim to get it going by the end of 2015.
The project is several miles from the Staten Island communities Sandy struck hardest. Still, the storm pushed 3 to 4 feet of seawater onto the wheel and mall sites, developers said.
The project was already planned so ground floors would sit above what the federal government has, at least to this point, considered a once-in-100-year flood. But the 100-shop outlet center and 200-room hotel are already being raised another 2 feet. The wheel’s terminal building may also be moved up.
Nonetheless, since Sandy, the developers have been making sure the buildings can withstand flooding, Marin said. Surfaces on the wheel terminal’s ground floor are now being planned in marble or other materials that can withstand seawater. Marin said developers are ensuring that electrical and mechanical equipment will be 30 feet above sea level, and the wheel itself will be designed to withstand sustained winds up to 129 mph, far stronger than Sandy’s.
Mall and hotel developer BFC Partners is also elevating key equipment and looking at stone or a water-resistant wall material for the most vulnerable store spaces, partner Joseph Ferrara said. After residents expressed concerns that the mall’s four finger-like buildings could channel a storm surge into the neighborhood, the company is thinking about designing the garages to serve as massive retention pools if needed, said Ferrara, who lives on Staten Island.
“Obviously, my heart goes out to the people who did lose what they lost, but we have to just forge ahead,” he said, pointing to the amenities, 1,200 construction jobs and 1,250 permanent jobs the combined development is expected to create. “To me, that’s an incredible opportunity that Staten Island should not lose out on.”
The developers’ stormproofing plans have addressed some residents’ concerns, said David Goldfarb, an officer in a nearby neighborhood group. While some residents have misgivings, particularly about traffic, there’s also an appetite for seeing something rise on a property where development plans have been broached and shelved for decades, he said.
But in Sandy’s wake, some Staten Island residents are questioning whether it’s the right time and place for the attraction.
Nancy Rooney, a nurse who lives and works on the island, went to a public meeting about the project last month and left with a rueful feeling about it.
“It was in poor taste to be discussing a Ferris wheel and all this glamor — it was very hard to embrace this when you knew that your colleagues and their family members were devastated, and there were people who don’t have heat or electricity or homes,” she said later.
Several City Council members and state legislators said in a letter they were aghast that the meeting was held little more than two weeks after the Oct. 29 storm, though they remained “generally supportive” of the project.
Marin said that developers were aware of the concerns, but that the meeting would have taken months to reschedule because of public-notice requirements.
Others say the wheel should wait until the city thinks through what Sandy will mean for waterfront building.
“Before the storm, I don’t think that anyone had really given much consideration to the fact that these projects are being built in a flood plain,” said Beryl Thurman, a Staten Island environmental activist. She thinks the attraction “should be put on a back burner until the city of New York can come up with real answers.”
The city Independent Budget Office, a watchdog agency, and the Municipal Arts Society, a nonprofit urban planning group, both spotlighted the Ferris wheel plan in separate blog posts wondering what development lessons the city will learn from Sandy.
Building the Ferris wheel and other waterfront projects without a citywide look at coastal building “increases the risk that the next ‘superstorm’ will exact an even higher price tag,” IBO spokesman Doug Turetsky wrote.
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Supreme Court considers Obama health care overhaul
During the hearing, the questions came so quickly at times that the justices interrupted each other.
At one point, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Sotomayor started speaking at the same time.Chief Justice John Roberts, acting as traffic cop, signaled Ginsburg to go first, perhaps in a nod to her seniority.
Only Justice Clarence Thomas, as is his custom, stayed out of the fray.
Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi were in the crowd that filled the courtroom's 400 seats.
Outside the court building, about 100 supporters of the law walked in a circle holding signs that read, "Protect my healthcare," and chanting, "Care for you, care for me, care for every family."
A half-dozen opponents shouted, "We love the Constitution!"
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was there, too, declaring anew that GOP front-runner Mitt Romney has no standing to challenge Obama on the law since Massachusetts passed a somewhat similar version when Romney was governor.
Santorum said, "If you really want Obamacare repealed there's only one person who can make that happen."
A four-person student band from Howard University was part of the group favoring the law, playing New Orleans-style jazz tunes.
The law, much of which has still to take effect, would require almost all Americans to obtain health insurance and would extend coverage to more than 30 million people who now lack it.
The law would be the largest expansion in the nation's social safety net in more than four decades.
People hoping for a glimpse of the action had waited in line all weekend for the relatively few seats open to the public.
The justices allotted the case six hours of argument time, the most since the mid-1960s.
Nurses Lauri Lineweaver and Laura Brennaman, who are completing doctoral degrees, had been waiting since noon Sunday and got tickets to see arguments.
"It's an honor to be in the court," said Lineweaver, 35.
The court will release audio recordings of the arguments on the same day they take place.
The first time that happened was when the court heard argument in the Bush v. Gore case that settled the 2000 presidential election.
The last occasion was the argument in the Citizens United case that wound up freeing businesses from longstanding limits on political spending.
Outside groups filed a record 136 briefs on various aspects of the court case.
The first arguments Monday concern whether the challenge is premature under a 19th century tax law because the insurance requirement doesn't kick in until 2014 and people who remain uninsured wouldn't have to pay a penalty until they file their 2014 income taxes in early 2015.
Taking this way out of the case would relieve the justices of rendering a decision in political high season, just months before the presidential election.
The biggest issue before the court is Tuesday's argument over the constitutionality of the individual insurance requirement.
The states and the National Federation of Independent Business say Congress lacked authority under the Constitution for its unprecedented step of forcing Americans to buy insurance whether they want it or not.
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NY, local governments butt heads over next crisis
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's Legislature refused urgent pleas for help during its 2012 session from local governments now faced with another year of dwindling options for shoring up shaky finances that include raising taxes, again.
The Legislature refused "home rule" requests - which it typically grants automatically - from local governments including Rockland County, the City of Long Beach, Suffolk and Nassau counties, Buffalo and Newburgh. Those requests sought permission for a variety of breaks, including permission to spread debt payments and increase local sales taxes.
Nationwide, Stockton, Calif., recently joined 13 cities, counties and other local governments that have filed for bankruptcy protection in the last two years, the highest level in nearly two decades.
"It's the step before bankruptcy," said Richard Brodsky, a former New York Democratic assemblyman and now a senior fellow at the Wagner School at New York University. "This is everybody turning their back on this problem ... that's going to be impossible."
In New York, local governments are operating on flat state aid at $714.7 million for the last two years following annual cuts from almost $750 million in 2009-10. Meanwhile, they are struggling to pay rising pensions, wages and other costs on a shrinking and overburdened local property tax base already limited by Albany to 2 percent growth.
In Albany, the Senate's Republican majority said it's time for government fiscal crises to be solved by cutting spending, not raising taxes.
"We understand the plight of many local governments across the state," said Scott Reif, spokesman for the Senate's Republican majority. "Whether it's raising property taxes, sales taxes or borrowing, Senate Republicans agree with New Yorkers who have had enough. The answer to the fiscal challenges facing governments at every level is reducing spending, not fiscal gimmicks or more tax hikes."
"Our position is we need to put our fiscal house in order by reducing spending, and not tax increases."
In Rockland County, however, the government has already cut 400 jobs and another 120 jobs mid-year, while underspending its budgets. Savings from its nursing home are still being worked out, however.
In June, Moody's Investors Service gave Rockland County a negative outlook as the county faces an $18 million budget gap, a deficit driven by rising expenses of its nursing home. The county had hoped the state Legislature would provide relief of $21 million from its current budget, and the county has budgeted $18 million from union concessions, which it hasn't secured in negotiations. Continued...
The deficit is projected to grow to $95 million by end of the fiscal year on a $710 million budget.
"We've done exactly what folks tell you to do," said Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, who voluntarily cut his $7,700, or 5 percent of his $155,087 salary. "We have done it and we've done it here on a bipartisan basis ... we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and we were just looking to close this balance so we can start fresh."
Rockland needed the Legislature's approval to borrow $80 million by issuing deficit-reduction bonds. That would spread the cost of replenishing a reserve fund and pay off some debt over 10 years.
Instead of a fixed cost and what Vanderhoef calls "a clean slate" to rebuild with a safe reserve fund, the county will have to juggle spending each year on essential services while replenishing the reserve fund.
The Legislature's rejections of "home rule" requests specific to a county or municipal government surprised local officials, who saw the beginning of the end of more than three years of recession and plummeting tax revenue as they faced the first year of a state-imposed 2-percent cap on property tax growth. The cap was supposed to be paired with a promise to remove costly state mandated services and construction rules, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature haven't fulfilled most of that promise yet.
"The counties are under tremendous fiscal pressure," said Mark LaVigne of the New York State Association of Counties. "We are hopeful that the Legislature comes back to Albany this year and enacts a package of mandate relief proposals."
A return to Albany during the legislative election campaigns, however, is rare and not expected this year until after the November elections.
"It's getting more serious every day," said Peter Baynes of the New York Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials. "The taxpayer is the last resort for resolving these fiscal problems," Baynes said. "Going into the fall, there will be no place to go other than to raise taxes, and that just perpetuates the cycle."
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[erlang-questions] benchmarks game harsh criticism (was Learning Erlang from the scratch)
Fri Nov 23 19:50:42 CET 2007
--- Joe Armstrong <> wrote:
> I've been following various discussions about
> benchmarks, and must say
> that I am not impressed.
> The general arguments seems to go like this:
> language A is good at X
> language B is good at Y
> language B is bad at X
> Therefore hack language B so that it is good at X
> This argument has appeared many times with
> different values of A B
> X and Y - usually by a proponent of
> A who because A solves X better than B assumes that
> A is in some sense
> better than B.
> The problem is that this argument is just plain
> If A is good at solving X then use it to solve
> X. If B is good at
> solving Y then use it to solve Y.
On the other hand, we could also look at it from the
point of the language community. If A is useless for
doing the jobs we need to do, we can't use A.
(It can be worse than that; if A is perceived to be
useless in one area, it runs the risk of being
perceived to be a toy, not suitable for serious use,
etc. Possibly quite unfairly, but there you are.)
Likewise, if A does not solve problems relevant to a
larger community of users, then A will be restricted
to use in its niche of competence.
> Suppose we change B to make it good at solving
> X, what have we done? - make
> yet another variant of A.
Not if B solves X in a better way than does A.
> Scanning log files efficiently (for
> example) would
> be very important If it has to be done every few
> seconds - but if it
> is done one a year the performance is totally
Actually, that single run can still be time critical.
> - the
> only interesting question is "is this time within my
> time budget"
It can indeed be quite sufficient to be good enough.
And your other points about systems thinking, which I
have deleted, are well taken.
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I highly recommend that you get a university degree. For many countries, the field matters not, but if you wish to be respected in the TEFL field, you need to have credentials that back up your teaching abilities. You could be the best teacher in the world, but without a degree, you will not be able for advancement in your chosen career field.
In my experience, I have seen many English language training and bilingual schools that will accept you as long as you are a native speaker. If you have any training whatsoever, you would be even more welcome to teach with them. However, you would have visa issues and problems with the local police if your extended stay abroad is not official. Your local school should be able to extend your visa though up to three times and there should be various ways to extend your stay outside of academic reasons.
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Uchiha Itachi [Bio]
"You are weak. Why are you so weak? Because you lack... hatred."
Name: Uchiha Itachi
Despite his status as an infamous shinobi, Itachi's appearance was not the most intimidating, apart from the intensity of his gaze. While living in Konoha, he would regularly have a gentle look in his eyes, especially directed towards his younger brother. After joining Akatsuki, they would regularly have a stern look to them.
Itachi was a fairly tall young man with onyx eyes, black hair with bangs that framed his face and a low ponytail that reached into his upper back. The ponytail was, however, later obscured by the high collar of the Akatsuki cloak he wore after joining the organisation. Being brothers, Itachi and Sasuke had a similar appearance.
When he lived in Konoha, his casual clothes consisted of a black shirt with a large Uchiha clan symbol on the back, and pants with a weapons pouch strapped to his back. When on duty, he would wear the traditional ANBU uniform complete with arm guards, a flak jacket and a mask, which resembled a weasel with a dark, triangular marking on top. As a member of Akatsuki, he wore a slashed Konoha forehead protector and the traditional Akatsuki cloak. Sometimes, he would unbutton his cloak to mid-chest and rest his left arm there, rather than in the sleeve.
Ever since his first appearance, Itachi had always been inscrutable. Flashbacks showed that he used to be a compassionate brother, but his initial appearances depicted him as an Akatsuki criminal only interested in the organisation's success and secrecy before all else. Later his interest in Akatsuki was revealed to be an act, and his true intentions for joining the organisation were to spy on it from within. Nonetheless, Itachi and his partner, Kisame, cooperated better than most Akatsuki partners, and despite the differences in personalities, appeared to have mutual respect for one another.
While a member of Akatsuki, he possessed incredible control of his emotions, constantly displaying an emotionless personality. He only showed surprise when opponents proved more powerful or skilled than expected, and even then didn't lose his composure. After his death, he has also been shown to have a sense of humour, such as questioning Naruto's claim that no one could survive Nagato's attack when Naruto clearly did, and calling his younger brother a "snake expert" while fighting Kabuto Yakushi.
Itachi had equally impressive intelligence, and was shown to be very wise, something even Tobi acknowledged. He was exceedingly sharp, observant, and intuitive, as he was rarely caught off guard or deceived. This intelligence could also be seen through Itachi's immense foresight; his foreknowledge of Sasuke's defeat of Deidara and simultaneous survival, his own pre-meditated death by Sasuke's hand, and most recently, the implantation of his own Kotoamatsukami-imbued crow inside Naruto were only some examples seen. However, while Itachi was an extremely powerful shinobi, he was not arrogant, and even complimented his opponents at times on their abilities. After his death, Itachi realised that he shouldn't have tried to deal with Sasuke on his own and encouraged Naruto to never forget his friends. Likewise, Itachi took no enjoyment in violence or combat, instead preferring to avoid battle or, if not possible, end it as quickly as he could.
As Kabuto noted, Itachi also lived in deception. On top of his pretence in promoting Akatsuki's goals, he also pretended to seek the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. During a genjutsu fight with Sasuke, he claimed to have only let Sasuke live to take his eyes, and that the Uchiha clan had been tainted and corrupt, since many members would kill their friends to gain the Mangekyō Sharingan and transplant another Uchiha clan members' eyes to make the power permanent. Once the genjutsu was released, he called it his true self, implying his calm, emotionless personality was also a façade. This persona was later revealed to be only an act to ensure that he would die by Sasuke's hands. After learning Sasuke refused to go back to Konoha postmortem, Itachi placed all his faith in Naruto, who he noted has inherited Shisui's will and was most determined to save and protect Sasuke. Despite all his treacherous actions, Itachi only did them all to protect Sasuke and Konoha. Finally, even while knowing full-well the dark sides of the village, he still considered himself a shinobi of Konoha. Along with Sasuke, Itachi also dearly loved his parents, Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha, as can be seen in his shaking and crying heavily before he was about to kill them and in the fact that he put off killing them until last out of the Uchiha clan on the night of the massacre.
Village of Birth: konohagakure
Village of Alliance: konohagakure
Ninja Rank: Sannin
Elements: Water | Lightning | Fire
Your ninjutsu: C-Rank Water| A-Rank Lightning | B-Rank Fire
And All E-Rank.
Itachi was born into the Uchiha clan as the eldest son of Mikoto and Fugaku Uchiha and was praised by all as the best of his generation, a genius above all others, even by the standards of the battle-adept Uchiha clan, Itachi's prowess far outshone their own. However, few could understand him. When he was only four, Itachi had already witnessed countless lives lost due to the Third Shinobi World War, which emotionally traumatised him and turned him into a pacifist. During the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha, Itachi was left alone to take care of his infant brother Sasuke and promised to protect him no matter what. In the anime, it was shown that during their childhood, Itachi made a game of collecting paw prints of cats with his brother. The last paw print to be collected was Nekomata's, who Itachi had defeated and asked him to fight Sasuke with all his might when Sasuke got older. At age 7, Itachi graduated from the Academy at the top of his class after only one year, mastered the Sharingan at age 8, passed the Chūnin Exams at age 10, enrolled in ANBU half a year late and became captain by 13. At some point in time in their childhood, Sasuke helped Itachi on one of his missions to capture a giant boar. Itachi told Sasuke to avoid his vital points. He then threw kunai with explosive tags around the boar, to confuse it and to give Sasuke an opportunity to shoot the boar. Sasuke, however, missed completely. After Sasuke apologised, Itachi told him he needs to train more.
Itachi was praised highly by his father, who saw the family's future in Itachi and hence inadvertently neglected his younger son. However, during this time Itachi showed great affection towards his little brother and even encouraged his father to come to the Academy enrolment ceremony for Sasuke, something their father had otherwise forgotten, caught up an important mission that would establish Itachi a place in the ANBU ranks. hen the Uchiha clan began planning to overthrow Konoha, Itachi, as an ANBU, was tasked with spying on the village. Knowing that a coup d'état would only escalate to the beginning of another ninja-world war, Itachi began spying on the Uchiha instead, passing on information to the Third Hokage and Konoha elders. Though the Third Hokage ultimately decided to reason with the Uchiha in order to dissuade them from their actions, Danzō Shimura met secretly with Itachi Uchiha and inveigled him into choosing the lives of his clansmen or that of his little brother. During this time he began to act strangely, not attending the clan meetings, speaking out against the clan, and becoming the prime suspect for the murder of his best friend Shisui Uchiha, who was drowned in the Naka River. In reality, Shisui died after he entrusted his left eye to Itachi, the other having been taken by Danzō. Due to this the clan lost hope in Itachi, and his father began shifting his focus to Sasuke instead. Meanwhile, the Third's attempts to negotiate a bloodless end to hostilities between the two parties were proving ineffective, so against Hiruzen's wishes, Danzō Shimura and the Konoha Council ordered Itachi to wipe out the Uchiha clan.
Before the fateful night arrived, Itachi discovered the existence of Tobi — under the guise of a vengeful Madara Uchiha — who was attempting to rekindle the flames of war in Konoha. In return for not attacking Konoha, Itachi offered to help him claim vengeance against the Uchiha for turning their backs on him decades earlier to which Tobi agreed. Itachi slaughtered his entire clan overnight, including his friends, superiors, family, and lover; prior to killing his parents, the two people whom he was most hesitant to kill, they stated that they were still proud of their eldest son, and requested that he took care of Sasuke before allowing a tearful Itachi to kill them. When Sasuke returned late from a training session, Itachi spared Sasuke because he loved his little brother, and as per the agreement between him and Danzō, did not want to take the life of the person most important to him. He lied to his brother, making himself out as a villain who had killed their innocent family only to test his capacity, and told Sasuke he was not even worth killing. In addition, Itachi told him, "You've always wanted to surpass me. That's why I'm going to let you live… if you wish to kill me, then hate me, despise me… and by all means flee, cling to your wretched life". Itachi also revealed to Sasuke the secret meeting place of the Uchiha, where Sasuke can learn the true history and purpose of the Sharingan. Itachi told him that in order to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, Sasuke had to kill the person closest to him, and that when they met again, they should have the same eyes.
Sasuke managed to stand back up, awaken his Sharingan, and pursue Itachi. Upon reaching Itachi, he managed to knock off his forehead protector. Itachi shed a tear as he was picking up his forehead protector, then proceeded to incapacitate Sasuke, who awoke in the hospital, only remembering up to Itachi's speech. By doing all this, Itachi hoped Sasuke would take vengeance on him and become a hero to Konoha, thus redeeming the Uchiha name. Hoping that his little brother would someday be powerful enough to kill him, Itachi left the village as a traitor. Knowing that Konoha would still want to eliminate Sasuke, Itachi pleaded with the Third Hokage to keep Sasuke safe and threatened Danzō not to harm Sasuke or else he would reveal everything he knew about Konoha's secrets to enemy nations. Itachi joined Akatsuki in order to keep an eye on the organisation, along with Tobi, in case either ever acted against Konoha, all the while planning for his death at Sasuke's hands. During his time in Akatsuki, Orochimaru tried to steal his body to gain the Sharingan, but Itachi trapped him in a genjutsu and severed his left hand. Itachi was further partnered with Kisame Hoshigaki, who initially tried to intimidate him. However, they eventually became good partners. Sometime after Orochimaru fled, Itachi helped recruit Deidara by beating him in battle using only genjutsu, to which Deidara swore vengeance. At some point in time, Itachi contracted a fatal illness. He kept himself alive through the intake of various medicines and sheer "willpower", in the hopes of living long enough to die by Sasuke's hands.
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Like many, I learned of Steve Jobs’ passing last night on an Apple device. While absentmindedly looking through my Twitter feed on my iPhone, I saw that every single tweet mourned the loss of one of the world’s great visionaries. And while Jobs changed the way we look at technology, his life’s journey has also inspired us to strive for greatness, to be happy and more than anything to really just be true to ourselves.
Jobs had quite a way with words and through the years his frequently quoted speeches and quips have caused Apple fans, journalists, business executives, politicians and more to smile. Many of these bon mots come from his famed commencement address at Stanford University in June 2005:
We've collected a few of Jobs' most inspiring quotes (including a few from the Stanford graduation) to share on this sad morning:
“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.” [Mac Stories]
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ... Stay hungry. Stay foolish." [2005 Stanford commencement address]
“I want to put a ding in the universe.” [Mac Stories]
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful that’s what matters to me.” [The Wall Street Journal]
"I was in the parking lot [after the lecture], with the key in the car," Jobs said of meeting his wife Laurene Powell. "I thought to myself, If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman? I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she'd have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town and we've been together ever since." [Wired]
Do you have a favorite Steve Jobs quote? How has he inspired you?
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Lighting & Posing: The Artist's Language
"Lighting is the language we have to use as artists, and it will separate us from the masses when executed properly," Walden says. "It's like a magic formula. With proper lighting, we can set mood, slim subjects, draw specific emotions and flex our muscles as artists."
But Walden knows that you cannot grow your lighting skills without also growing your posing techniques--they are both critical image components.
When it comes to posing, Walden emphasizes the need to remember that as a photographer, you are in the business of flattery (another part of the artist's language, you might say). "Our goal is to flatter those in front of our camera and to capture images that reflect the way loved ones see that person...instead of the camera," he explains about how he selects poses for a shoot.
How Walden Uses the "Artist's Language"
In his own work, Walden takes a "capture, adjust and refine" approach to slowly build an image with perfect lighting, posing and emotion. To get it right, you also have to really know your clients. That will help you make the necessary adjustments.
"We apply lighting to each subject based on what best suits them and what type of lighting will carry our style and the message we want to capture in the image," he explains. "Daily, I appreciate the great importance of connecting with every subject. This allows you, as the artist, to draw out the needed pose and capture the image that carries a natural look for each subject."
If you want to learn more of Walden's tips for growing your lighting and posing skills, don't miss his Kodak-sponsored session at the 2011 PPA Tour stop in Cincinnati, OH (September 19). He promises that you'll walk away from his session with a greater understanding of lighting and how you can use it more effectively and artistically. He'll also share tips on poses that will help you capture the emotion of your subject.
So, if you're ready to grow your fluency with the "artist's language" and learn to use lighting and posing more effectively than ever, register for to see Tim Walden (and others) during the PPA Tour!
In addition to his competition excellence, Walden is a member of the Society of XXV, a qualified National Juror, an accomplished lecturer both in the US and internationally, and has earned his ASP Fellowship Degree. At Imaging USA in 2007, both Tim and his wife, Beverly, were awarded the coveted Gerhard Bakker Award for outstanding photographic education. He is also the Vice President of PPA's board of directors. Read more about Walden here.
The PPA Tour 2011: One to Grow On is an eight-city slate of daylong workshops, starting August 15 in Atlanta. Each event--designed for those just getting into photography or those needing a refresher--is focused on helping photographers make more money, while finding new ways to differentiate their studios in a highly competitive industry. Read more about the PPA Tour 2011 here, and see more of the cities and speakers here.
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Inverse Radon transform based image reconstruction is of prime importance in various areas of science and engineering. Over the years, many techniques have emerged as possible alternative to exact analytical solution including back-projection (BP) and filtered back-projection (FBP). In FBP various filters are applied namely Ram-Lak (ramp), Shepp-Logan, Cosine, Hamming and Hanning filters. These techniques are applied to the head phantom and the lung phantom. Best results as reconstructed image are obtained by FBP technique using Hanning filter, which is in agreement with findings of other researchers. Additionally, FBP technique using Hamming filter has been found as effective as FBP Hanning filter technique in both cases.
Date of Conference: 27-27 Aug. 2005
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[cross-posted with permission from the Los Feliz Ledger]
By Diane Kanner, Los Feliz Ledger Columnist
Glen Dawson is the quintessential Californian. The Sierra Club was brand new when he joined, the same year photographer Ansel Adams took his portrait. In his younger days, Dawson scaled bald peaks like Mount Whitney. His career as a bookseller was preordained after his father Ernest established a bookshop downtown. Later located on Larchmont Boulevard, Dawson’s was a meeting place of western states antiquarian book collectors and Dawson hung out with bibliophiles like W.W. Robinson, Ward Ritchie and Lawrence Powell.
Dawson’s centennial birthday celebration at the University Club in Pasadena on June 2nd brought together his friends. Among guests was 92-year-old Eddy Feldman, an attorney who lives in Park LaBrea. Nibbling on a Cobb salad before leaving for another engagement, Feldman recounted the story of how Dawson changed his life.
Feldman was Chair of the Board of Municipal Arts Commissioners when Mayor Sam Yorty called him to the Central Library to help create a “friends of the library” support group. Feldman had travelled to Europe where he photographed local streetlights. As a commissioner, he was called upon to evaluate proposals for streetlights, and he was developing an eye in the public works genre.
Feldman offered his photos towards the library effort but found no takers. Dawson was in the room, and he told Feldman he wanted to see the photos. The upshot was the publication of Feldman’s text, “The Art of Street Lighting in Los Angeles” in 1972 by Dawson’s Book Store. Listed for $46 on Amazon.com, copies hold photos of lights throughout the city, including one inspired by the hollyhock flower on the hillside of Barnsdall Park.
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Photo by Chris Heur I just finished the first part of a Webinar series on tagging for Extension. What I have really enjoyed about teaching (and learning) with Extension professionals is their willingness to experiment.
A few weeks back Nancy White, Steve Song, and I traded some emails about workshop curriculum to teach tagging nonprofit and development professionals. Some notes are on the KM4Dev Wiki. So, its been on my mind how to translate some of the off activities to an online environment in light of the Webinar.
When doing the icebreaker face-to-face, I ask people to “tag themselves” with actual tags and then walk around the room and find someone they want to have a conversation with based on their tag. So, I wanted to port this online. The Extension initiative using Adobe Breeze with has a chat function that is has private chat. I had about 20 people on the call. Here were the instructions:
- Pick three words or tags that describe your work focus that you are most passionate about
- Something you would love to have a conversation about it
- Type those three words into the chat
- Take a minute to scan the chat transcript (full screen of that window)
- Find someone based on their keyword to have a private chat
- Have a conversation
- Ask them to share an important web resources on that topic
In the physical room or face-to-face, people can see whether or not someone is talking with another person. So, I was a little afraid that some people would get pinged by two others. I got some questions about how to use the private chat and I was able to guide them through that. What I didn't realize was that Breeze has color coding for the chat that indicates whether your chat is being shared with the group or another person.
As the instructor, in the physical space, I say three minutes, but it may be slightly shorter or longer because I use the noise level in the room to determine when to stop and debrief. With the chat, I had not idea whether people were engaged in a meaningful chat or not. If I had everyone chat to one another at once, that might have been too chaotic.
The point of the exercise was to be able to say:
Tagging allows you to connect with other people who are interested in the topics you care about – to share or discover resources.
We didn't get a chance to verbally debrief or via chat - what was the experience like. So, I'm hoping some of the participants will offer that in the comments.
One of the questions that came up was "How do get a tagging community - does it start on its own or is there some guidance or facilitation?" A little bit of both.
With the reflection exercise - I decided to create it by pointing to exciting instructional materials - both videos and text instructions.
Now, I have figure out jabber ...
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The Jerusalem Post stated that the Israeli army is considering parachuting food into Gaza since they will not interact with Hamas to coordinate border crossing coordination. If borders stay closed as this suggests, it means that food may fall from the sky but nothing will exit from Gaza, no fruit, vegetables, clothes, no furniture, no nothing, trade with the outside world would come to an end.
This prospect would mean a slow death for Palestinians. Today Gazans are becoming ever more like animals in a zoo, their cage remains closed, but enough food and water is provided to keep them alive and the many commentators, journalists and analysts coming visiting constantly. The UN has explained that if the main economic border crossing is not opened within 2-4 weeks a humanitarian crisis will break out in Gaza. I believe Israel will be forced to open the border somehow, because like animals in a zoo, you can’t let them starve.
In the past number of days, one of the most common headlines related to Gaza was something along the lines of a “desecrated church,” when in reality it was a case concerning the looting of a Christian school.
A friend of mine living near the school, himself a Fatah security member told me that members of the Preventative Security Force would often station themselves on the roof of the school building during attacks on their headquarters just behind the school. This was the case last week as well, as Hamas forces carried out an attack on the building from three directions.
Like many buildings that were used as strongholds the doors were blown open with an RPG to secure no resistance coming from inside it. Succeeding the attack the building was then vandalized, crosses were broken and much was stolen. It is highly unlikely that Hamas carried out this vandalism; they were after all fighting a war.
Within days Hamas had identified some of the thieves and returned six stolen computers. Gaza’s Catholic priest, Emanuel Mussalam was interviewed on Hamas radio yesterday calling for the man to be put on trial who had ordered the forced entry into the school.
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