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We are excited to announce the new release of Aurea Email Continuity 7.11 is now available. This release resolves issues for improved quality and security.
You can log-in to the Aurea Support Portal for all product documentation and release notes.
If you have any questions, please contact Aurea Support or your account manager for more information. We appreciate your continued partnership.
On the surface, archival solutions may not be as sexy as data security, but in reality, they're no less essential to the reality of modern business. How did we get here?
In the great migration to the cloud, some businesses thought their corporate memories were safe. But cloud providers rely on third-party solutions whose myriad weaknesses can still put you at risk without a sound archival strategy.
It's scary but true: Over 60% of a company's corporate knowledge lives only in email. Despite the advent of a range of collaboration and sophisticated storage tools, a tremendous amount of 'corporate memory' remains at risk and out of reach where it could do the most good within an organization. Much of it is inaccessible; locked up in inboxes. And, email systems are generally not even as safe as one might think.
Email is also not the only corporate asset that needs to be archived. So while archival protocols don't sound nearly as urgent as security protocols, organizations of all shapes and sizes need to start thinking about what their archive is capable of, if there is one in place at all. One thing's for certain: From law firms to healthcare companies to small businesses, for legal, regulatory or compliance reasons, email archival services have evolved from 'nice-to-have' to 'absolute necessity.'
A central repository
The best vision for the world we're facing is to enable the archiving not just of email, but of any form of object or content type, including simple object types like files all the way to more complex structures, like websites, chat, video and audio. There is no doubt that organizations need a central repository or archive platform that will store all types of data, while providing flexible and easy-to-manage retention policies, and simple ways to extract the required information.
Powerful search capability
One of the most important elements of any archive platform are the search capabilities, and they'll need to get stronger and offer more functionality to keep pace with the oncoming future. They should include semantic-based searching, where documents which refer to the same topic are also provided in a result set. (e.g. if one searches for AWS, documents without the term AWS but have the phrase Amazon Web Services are also present in the search results).
Complex file type management
The management of complex file types, like audio and video, will need to become commonplace. The challenge here is how to make it easy for the end users to search for such items. To accomplish this, video and audio files would first be transcribed based on the detected language, and then indexed. This makes it possible to search across archived video audio assets. Imagine having all your company meetings recorded and searchable on-demand.
Universal mobile access
Content---all kinds, in all different formats---needs to be accessible via mobile device. Native integration with Android and iOS via mobile app is no longer an option. Apps should make it simple to search and filter the result set. Result sets then can be exported/shared, viewed or bulk exported. This is what full flexibility looks like.
The landscape is changing, and we're paying attention. It's all influencing our work as we create Aurea's roadmap to archival solutions. Stay tuned for more on that as it develops.
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Watch the webinar recording to get key updates on:
- How we're improving scale, uptime, and integration
- New features like support for mobile and all major browsers, GDPR compliance, and more
- An exciting product roadmap, including a UI refresh
- More options for support, training, and education
- New product offers, like Platinum Support and a Propack for advanced deliverability, integration, and campaign management
Communications is the lifeline of your business. Organizations need to ensure safe and proper delivery of their communications and Aurea Messaging Solutions is designed with this in mind. Aurea wants to keep building on these strengths, bringing the platform into the new decade with added flexibility and functionality.
Customers using our Email Security service have been migrated to a new provider that will surely deliver more and give them better protection for their emails. Back in 2015 Aurea partnered with SpamTitan a leader in the email security business with over 18 years of experience to deliver a better security service for our customers.
Email Archival and Email Continuity have been through some structural changes in 2017 both at the architecture level and also in its functionality. Native Office 365 support is the biggest achievement, and now customers can archive directly from within an Office 365 environment without having Exchange on-premise components installed. A great plus point for customers migrating to Office 365.
In 2018 we are looking at addressing some crucial factors in Email Archival and Continuity primarily in the speed or searching/retrieval of items, stability/uptime and also scalability. Apart from this, we are currently building a newly revamped UI using modern web technologies enabling easier access from a wide range of devices.
Please continue to use the AureaWorks community to communicate and engage with us at Aurea. Ask questions, exchange information with us and other customers, bring in ideas and use the information here to stay aligned with the product vision and capabilities you can use from now on.
I'm looking forward to a great 2018 and for many years with you as an Aurea customer!
Ian Bugeja
Hello Messaging Solutions community!The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect in the European Union (EU) on 25 May 2018. As you may know, the regulation imposes broad data privacy protections for EU individuals and applies to any company that collects or handles EU personal data. At Aurea, data protection is of critical importance so we are committed not only to our own compliance, but also helping our customers address the GDPR requirements that are relevant to our products and services.To stay up to date on Aurea communications regarding GDPR, Email Continuity and Email Archival customers should follow the Aurea and GDPR Compliance space (Partners, please follow Aurea and GDPR Compliance - Partners). If you are unsure how to follow a place, please see How to Follow Places in AureaWorks.Just looking for the GDPR white paper for Jive customers? You can find them here:
If you have questions about GDPR, please reach out to your Account Manager.
**Note: this is the first blog in a short series where I'll write about the usage of this platform, the things we've achieved in the last year and especially the plan for 2018.**
At Aurea, we firmly believe that by delivering a better experience to you, you will be empowered to more effectively deliver a differentiated experience to your own customers. In that light, we are thrilled to announce the release of AureaWorks, our new collaborative customer community, for our Messaging Solutions customers.
Aurea Works is a place to engage with Aurea's team as well as other customers. We hope to achieve three key benefits through our AureaWorks customer community:
1. Better Support
2. Product Education
3. Collaboration with other users
Our Support process has not changed - we still have a separate support portal that we eventually hope to integrate into AureaWorks to create a "one stop shop" for all of your support needs. But in the meantime, we understand that you are busy and taking the time to create support tickets and wait on responses can be a hassle. With AureaWorks, we have provided an environment where our customers can self serve by searching for answers to their product questions or leverage the vast supply of training materials. We are always here for you and happy to receive your call or support case through traditional channels, but we also hope to find more convenient ways for you to engage with us and the broader community.
For Product education, we want to ensure we effectively share the exciting news around planned product innovations. But we also need to learn from you, our customer. AureaWorks provides a channel for you to give our team direct feedback on what's important to you to ensure that we integrate your product enhancements into our roadmap. Furthermore, we intend to share product release information and forward looking product innovation strategy on a regular basis so that you are never left wondering what it is that we are doing behind the scenes.
And finally, AureaWorks is a collaborative community where you have the opportunity to engage with Aurea personnel as well as other customers. AureaWorks is all about you - our customer - and we want to ensure that we provide the opportunity to engage with other users to learn about how others are leveraging our technology to create value for their own organizations and inspire creativity throughout our installed base.
Aurea understands that you are our most valuable asset and we are continuously exploring ways that we can improve customer experience and find new and creative ways to help you deliver value within your own organizations. We are excited about the possibilities that this new customer community has to offer and we hope that you share in our enthusiasm.
Welcome to the AureaWorks community!
Make sure to follow Messaging Solutions Community to your inbox and check back in for community updates! Not sure how to follow? Find out here: How to Follow Places in AureaWorks. Prefer to get updates to your email inbox? Find out how to change your email notifications here: Set-Up Email Notifications and Preferences.


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The 'Overview of Planning Enforcement Responsibilities' advice document provides an overview of planning enforcement responsibilities in Northern Ireland and seeks to inform users of the planning system that, following the transfer of most planning functions to district councils on 1 April 2015, a council has the primary responsibility for planning enforcement in its given administrative area.
It highlights the planning enforcement powers and responsibilities of a council and the reserve powers of the Department, strategic policy relevant to planning enforcement and the requirement to be in compliance with European Union legislation and associated regulations in relation to the planning enforcement process.
It also refers to the Planning Enforcement Strategy of individual councils, making a complaint about an alleged breach of planning control and the enforcement of planning permissions granted by the Department.
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Other education specialist jobs within a school system can be positions that are geared towards the teachers and other staff members. These specialists work with the teachers so they are using the most current academic curriculum and behavior management trends. Regular duties can include holding staff meetings, trainings, and seminars. The school's staff can meet with the specialists when they are working through problems in the classroom.
Some of the newer education specialist jobs are those that deal with technology in the schools. Many public or private schools will hire a specialist that has a college education or experience with integrating technology in the classroom. These specialists will work with teachers or students directly to show how teaching using new technology can be a helpful tool in daily education. The technology education specialist is on staff for teachers to use as a resource to learn more about new technology and how to incorporate it into classroom lessons.
Private companies also place advertisements for education specialist jobs. Companies are often looking for people with education and business backgrounds to lead their employees in trainings. The specialist will organize training groups, teach the curriculum provided by the company, and help the staff implement the new policies in the workplace. The education specialists in a private company also work with newly hired employees as well.
Clinical education specialist jobs are in a category by themselves. These positions are for people who have a medical background. Many clinical specialists already have their nursing degree and have worked in the nursing field for at least a few years. These specialists usually support other nurses and medical case managers to be sure that patients are being treated well and that all medical guidelines are being followed. They also will give medical training to staff as needed.
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A story about a girl named Julie Gunn, complete with a picture emblazoned with R.I.P Julie Gunn, purports that after Justin Bieber called her a "beached whale," she committed suicide.
There's one problem, though–the story is published on a fake news website, the National Report.
The site's disclaimer reads: "National Report is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways."
The story, "Justin Bieber's 'Beached Whale' Comment Leads To Teen Girl's Suicide," has been shared over 159,000 times on Facebook, undoubtedly by many people who believe that it is real.
The story alleges that "the pudgy sunbather who recently endured Justin Bieber's cruel taunts aimed at her husky physique has allegedly committed suicide." Her roomate supposedly found her dead in their apartment, after Bieber's comments led her to drinking nonstop and popping pills.
Julie was just living a normal, average life before Justin called her a beached whale, after that everything changed," the roommate supposedly said. "Everywhere she went after that, people just couldn't help themselves from taking a jab at the Justin Bieber whale girl. The insults were relentless."
A guest who was at the Hyatt Regency in Perth, Australia described the situation, wherein Beiber went over to Gunn and said that she looked like a beached whale while sunbathing, and that she should go on "The Biggest Loser."
The National Report's disclaimer also says: "All news articles contained within National Report are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental."
But people have been consistenly fooled into thinking the website's stories are real, such as one about an Indian rape festival, and another that recently purportedly named the Mega Millions lottery winner in San Jose, California.


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Rosewood Courte is a place where people with Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders live in a supportive environment throughout the aging process.
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Andrea Pirlo has released a statement saying how unhappy he is that his TV contracts are preventing him from becoming Roberto Mancini's assistant coach for Italy.
Pirlo, who retired from football last November, was lined up to work alongside Mancini in the new Italy setup. However, the Italian FA (FIGC) vetoed his appointment because he has been employed by Sky Sport Italia as a pundit for their coverage of the Champions League.
The 39-year-old has hit back at the FIGC, who are instead preparing to appoint Angelo Gregucci as Mancini's assistant, for not making it clear before that his other commitments caused them a problem.
"Throughout my whole career, and still today, I always had such respect for the national team and the value that it represented, for me and for Italians, that I felt the need to specify that the dialogue which had opened up in recent months between me and the Italian FA has always been characterised by the utmost clarity and transparency," he said in a statement, published by ANSA.
"Right from our first meeting, indeed, I had made it clear that I would give my maximum availability while at the same time respectfully making it clear that my commitments towards sponsors and partners outside of football, which I had built up over time, formed part of my professional obligations, including the agreement I was reaching with Sky.
"So if this could have been an obstacle to us reaching an agreement, I would certainly have understood. Instead, I was told that there was no problem at all and this is why we continued to tread a common path.
"To accommodate the federation's wishes, I took my coaching badge this summer. At a certain point, this path was interrupted, and not of my own free will. My passion for the Italy national team remains intact, however, and I will continue to follow them with affection and wish them all the possible best."
Gregucci worked with Mancini at Manchester City and was his assistant at Zenit St Petersburg. He was part of Mancini's backroom staff for his first three games in charge of Italy in May and June and is now set to be named officially as his assistant.


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Singer Neil Diamond gave an unexpected performance for firefighters battling a blaze near his Colorado home.
The 77-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer took to the stage Friday night (July 27) to play "Sweet Caroline" for dozens of firefighters gathered at the command post for a fire burning near Basalt in central Colorado.
Video of the event shows Diamond thanking firefighters for their efforts to save his community.
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The Great Gray Owl is the biggest owl in the world – and it hasn't been seen in Utah for 30 years.
Utah resident Amber Watkins-Olpin was driving through Mountain Green last week on her way to work when she saw a huddle of residents gathered on the side of the road. Curious as to what the commotion was about, she pulled over to find that the crowd was standing in awe of the enormous bird, who was perched calmly and unflinchingly on the ground.
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Amber went home, gathered her family, and returned to the owl's spot. Her husband, Chris Olpin of Dreamcastar Productions, brought his camera along with him too.
"I was lucky enough to capture this majestic great grey owl today," says Chris. "Owls are very symbolic to me. The last time this type of owl has been sighted in Utah was over 25 years ago."
And the Great Gray Owl is majestic indeed. Females and males typically range a little over two feet in length with a wingspan of up to five feet. Though they typically don't reside in Utah, harsh winter seasons can push them farther south during migration.
The footage that Chris captured was verified by Utah Division of Wildlife Resources biologist, Russell Norvell, program coordinator of the Avian Conservation, according to KSL.
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10 Ways to Go Green at Work
Be bright about light
Artificial lighting accounts for 44 percent of the electricity use in office buildings.
- Turn off lights when you're leaving any room for 15 minutes or more
- Utilize natural light when you can.
- Buy Energy Star-rated light bulbs and fixtures, which use at least two-thirds less energy than regular lighting.
- Install timers or motion sensors that automatically shut off lights when they're not needed.
Maximize computer efficiency
Computers in the business sector unnecessarily waste $1 billion worth of electricity a year.
Turn off your computer—and the power strip it's plugged into—when you leave for the day. Otherwise, you're still burning energy even if you're not burning the midnight oil. (Check with your IT department to make sure the computer doesn't need to be on to run backups or other maintenance.)
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I am writing this post from the Tampa Bay area where the spreading Gulf of Mexico oil spill, not surprisingly, dominates the news. Several acquaintances here have asked me if there is anything in advanced ceramics and other novel materials that might be useful in future spills. Unfortunately, this is not an area I have any degree of expertise in, but we have had several posts in which the oil absorbency of a novel material was emphasized:
Aerogel's potential to mop up oil spills
Nanogel, a branded aerogel made of modified, water-repellent silica, soaked up oil faster and in greater quantities than other materials that are typically used in wastewater filtration, according to a study published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. Boston-based Cabot Corp., which makes Nanogel, helped pay for the research and supplied the product.
Carbon nanotubes as super sponges
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Aeroclay is a patented foamlike and environmentally friendly clay-based polymer. Aeroclay materials feel and act like foam, without injection of gas bubbles or environmentally unfriendly CFCs.


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One of the most hallowed but overused and misapplied words in the world of technology is "disruption." Everybody says they're looking to embrace the latest "disruptive" technology to change their business. But the bigger the organization, the less that's true. Most of The Establishment doesn't really want disruption, because when true disruption occurs, it upsets the balance of economic power and control. If you're on top, disruption is very scary.
That's because a disruptive innovation or technology, by definition (or Wikipedia's definition, at least), creates a new market or value network that challenges and often replaces an established market or value network. That's not very popular when you're the established market or value network. Or, as one San Diego politician admitted to me in a moment of candor, "We want disruption we can manage."
Of course, "managed disruption" is an oxymoron. When you manage something, you control it. When you control something, it's not actually being disruptive. Probably the biggest disruptive technology has been the iPod, which nearly single-handedly destroyed the music industry's stranglehold on consumer consumption of music. Netflix is another, and has done it twice—first destroying rental chains like Blockbuster and its ilk, now taking on the broadcast model of television itself.
You don't have to look far across San Diego to find frustrating examples of this. Because, even as the San Diego Padres are now at least available across a much wider variety of cable and satellite television choices, you still can't stream games if you're a cord cutter (eschew cable service).
It's no secret that the only thing stemming a mass exodus from the traditional television model is live sports, and the Padres' MLB agreement with Fox Sports South is just absurd (in a fan-friendly sense) in its draconian limits for 21st century viewership. It's not fair to single out the Padres and FSS, though. No matter what city you live in, if you cut your cable or satellite service, there is literally no way legally to watch your home baseball team. Unlike the NFL, which requires home games be broadcast on an over-the-air channel like CBS or FOX, baseball strikes individual contracts with regional sports networks, which then sign separate contracts with the cable and satellite providers, where the most brutal of blackout rules apply.
That means even if you subscribe to MLB.tv, the streaming app that promises you access to every baseball game being played daily, the reality is that you're getting every game but one: The Padres game. There is not even an option to pay extra to see local games. "I don't know how you can be a Padres fan in San Diego—or a Dodgers fan in L.A., or a Yankees or Mets fan in New York—and cut the cord," laments Dexter Bustarde, co-founder and editor of Padres blog Gaslamp Ball. Ironically, he notes, "It's probably harder and more costly to block the game with firewalls and ISP checks," than it would be if the games were made more widely available.
Everybody knows the blackout rule is ridiculous, so nobody likes to talk about it. No one from the Padres would talk to me on the record, and the best I got from MLB.tv was a "We continue to have regular conversations and are hopeful to have a resolution soon," from an affable spokesperson.
Don't count on it. As Bustarde points out, "The sports leagues know who butters their bread, and right now it's still the cable companies."
The thing is, of course, genuinely disruptive technology doesn't wait around for the "dinosaur deals," as Bustarde called them, to either expire or get with the program. There are numerous pieces of cheap or free clandestine software that will mask your location to MLB.tv and allow you to stream Padres games.
We don't necessarily recommend doing that—it's against the law—but it's worth mentioning as an emblematic example of truly disruptive technology, and an unsettling harbinger for those legacy businesses that try to harness or control it: You can't.
So it's gratifying to see an organization like the San Diego International Airport admit that. When I was originally putting this column together, the centerpiece of the article was the absurd situation at our airport, where genuinely disruptive ride-sharing companies Lyft and Uber were still not welcome for arriving fliers.
But on July 1, the airport announced it had reached agreeable terms with the two popular mobile application transportation companies, just in time for Comic-Con, when you would think there would be no shortage of connected-generation riders looking for a cheaper trip than the confiscatory cabal of taxis that until now maintained a near-monopoly.
So two cheers for the San Diego International Airport and an embrace of disruption! Even if it meant I had to disrupt my Fourth of July holiday to make sure I got the facts right. But maybe there's something appropriately patriotic about that.


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Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in a recent interview with CNN has said the President Goodluck Jonathan administration had not been reaching out enough to the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram. He said that Jonathan should adopt a a dual-track approach, using more of dialogue rather than just cracking down on the group.
"To deal with a group like that, you need a carrot and stick. The carrot is finding out how to reach out to them. When you try to reach out to them and they are not amenable to being reached out to, you have to use the stick," he said during the interview.
Obasanjo said President Jonathan was "just using the stick" in his efforts. "He's doing one aspect of it well, but the other aspect must not be forgotten."
Obasanjo told the CNN that he had tried to reach out to Boko Haram about one- year-and- a-half ago through a lawyer who was acting as the group's proxy, and had asked if they had external backing. He said the lawyer told him that the group was receiving support from other Nigerians who have resources overseas or "other organizations from abroad".
"If they had 25 per cent support a year and a half ago, today that support must has doubled," Obasanjo said.
He also said that resolving the issue was central to the country's progress. "Boko Haram undermines security, and anything that undermines security undermines development, undermines education, undermines health, undermines agriculture and food and nutrition security," he said.
In response to Obasanjo's statement, Jonathan's spokesman, Reuben Abati, told Punch that it was surprising that the same Obasanjo who said recently that his presidency applied force when he was confronted with similar situation in Odi, Rives State, has now turned round to accuse Jonathan of applying only the stick against Boko Haram.
He said that contrary to what Obasanjo wanted the world to believe, the Federal Government's handling of the Boko Haram menace had been purposeful and that a lot of progress had been made.


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Weekly wire: The global forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
The Library's Global Future
Discussions of the future of libraries are often surprisingly nostalgic endeavors, producing laments for vanished card catalogs or shrinking book stacks rather than visions of what might be. Even at their most hopeful, such conversations sometimes lose track of the pragmatic functions that libraries serve. Imagined as unchanging archives, libraries become mere monuments to our analog past. But envisioning them as purely digital spaces also misses the mark, capturing neither what they can be nor the way their patrons use them.
The world's urban population is growing – so how can cities plan for migrants?
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The world's population is becoming increasingly urban. Sometime in 2007 is usually reckoned to be the turning point when city dwellers formed the majority of the global population for the first time in history. Today, the trend toward urbanisation continues: as of 2014, it's thought that 54% of the world's population lives in cities – and it's expected to reach 66% by 2050. Migration forms a significant, and often controversial, part of this urban population growth. In fact, cities grow in three ways, which can be difficult to distinguish: through migration (whether it's internal migration from rural to urban areas, or international migration between countries); the natural growth of the city's population; and the reclassification of nearby non-urban districts. Although migration is only responsible for one share of this growth, it varies widely from country to country.


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Like Bruce Almighty, like so many of us, we need to be reminded (very obviously) over and over again in order for us to understand the call. And then after we are aware of it, we must delve ever deeper into our own ability to discern the will of God as we start to tread into that new and challenging territory.
One of the signs that we are hearing the Spirit's call is that it doesn't come just once, but keeps reverberating within us like echoing thunder. It's like a voice deep inside keeps crying, "Home!" whenever we entertain a certain thought or direction. We yearn to follow in the direction of this voice just as a rubber ball held underwater strains to be set free to rise to the surface. Yet when we are being called to take a significant risk, we are also called to apply a higher degree of skepticism and discernment.
Elnes brings us full circle to the initial understanding that the Kingdom of God is built not on a fantastical vision of glory, but on a literally sinking Rock, the frustration of purpose – the inability of Simon Peter to walk on water.
It is a Rock that cannot stand alone upon the water, but can only be held up by a power much greater than itself; a Rock upon which all failure no matter how bitter may ultimately be redeemed and all fear is swallowed by the sea. A church built upon this Rock is not the church of the perfect, but the church of the misfits. Its saints find their place in this world in the heart of their struggles, not merely in their absence. This is a church born in the Dark Wood. It is a community that continues to thrive there, continuing to learn what it means to welcome and embrace those who have been excluded.
How has this journey into the Dark Wood helped you? What aspects of Elnes' description of the Dark Wood resonated the most with you?
Our Pastor Marisa Brown-Ludwig gave a powerful sermon testifying to her own journey in the Dark Wood as she stood in the face of a significant health crisis. The sermon is a powerful example of the Dark Wood church in action, and an appropriate way to complete this lenten exploration. As Pastor Marisa says, on the edge of the wilderness there is "…the energy of new light after darkness, new hope after darkness, and the sun coming out after the rain is over and gone."
Let us emerge from the wilderness together, and cherish every moment we have spent in the Dark Wood.


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I would say that this is the definition of irony, the firm you hire to keep you out of bankruptcy then sues you into default to pay for their original services. Shouldn't those fees have been rolled into the original amount, much like Mortgage closing costs? I'm sure that thought entered Annie Leibovitz's mind when she got the bill from Brunswick Capital Partners. They want around $800,000 in fees for helping Leibovitz raise about $40 million from investors.
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
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Happy new year to you too! What a great resolution. I'm going back to work this year after being home with the children for 2 and half years so my resolution is keep on with the small things that I enjoy - maintaining my blog, my creative writing and my card making. Here's to a fulfilling year!
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Performance Management: How to Create a Productive Team
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What would it mean if your employees functioned as an effective team and accomplished work consistently right by system, rather than by fighting fires and fixing mistakes?
If you know that you could achieve more, build the business you've always wanted, or take a vacation and actually forget about work — if only everybody else around you could be counted on more — then you'll want to join IMTS's resident Marketing Gunslinger when he interviews Keith Lee on Nov 19!
Keith Lee has made it his professional crusade to educate and provide strategies to keep independent business people ahead of the competition. Keith developed a management system that his employees loved and in fact, led to his company, American Retail Supply, being named "The Best Small Business to Work for in Washington State." He is the author of The Happy Customer Handbook, How to Control Your Business and Your Life, and Performance Reviews Suck.
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BC: This is an example of a cool hairstyle in the 1960's. This man shown in the picture is John Travolta, who would go on to become a great actor. This is one of many hairstyles in the 1960's, but this one was very popular. The hair we have now is not as wild as it was in the 1960's. coolmenshair.com
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1: John F. Kennedy, as president, brought a new spirit to the country. He promoted the Civil Rights Movement and ordered the blockade of Cuba. In November of 1963, he was assassinated in Texas while traveling with his wife and the governor of Texas. bztv.typepad.com
2: Lyndon B. Johnson took over as president in 1963 after John F. Kennedy's assassination. As president, he pushed for the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. He wasn't the most likable president, but he got the job done. sitemaker.umich.edu
3: Neil Armstrong was the Mission Commander on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and was the first man to set foot on it in 1969. He is known for his famous quote that he said after he stepped on the moon; "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." He is currently still living around Cincinnati, Ohio. cmgworldwide.com
4: Martin Luther King Jr. was the most famous civil rights leader who led many boycotts and protests against the segregation of blacks. In 1963, he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech which resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. King was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize for peace. In 1968, he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. | schema-root.org
5: The U.S. sent their first troops to Vietnam in March of 1965. President Johnson's purpose for entering the war was not win, but to cushion South Vietnam's defense until they could win the war themselves. After fighting many battles through the 1960's and the 1970's the Vietnam War ended in 1975, when South and North Vietnam united. vietvet.org
6: This car is a 1960 Chevrolet 2dht, which was a popular car back then. This is a car that many kids dreamed of having when they got a car. Its light blue color and shiny display make it a stylish car. It is said to have been used in movies. 1960impala.com
7: This popular TV show airing from 1966 to 1969 is about Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise, and how they explore and defend space. It features actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy as well as DeForest Kelley. This was one of the most watched shows at this time. scifi-movies.com
8: This is the Beatles, a band from England that was very popular in the 1960's. The band members are Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The band performed all around the country including an international tour in 1964. However, in 1970, the band disbanded, and they all had successful music careers. redriverpak.wordpress.com
9: Marilyn Monroe was the most popular actress of her time. She had a crazy personal life with 3 marriages including one to Yankee great Joe DiMaggio. She starred in the films How to Marry a Millionaire, Bus Stops, and The Misfits. In 1962, she was found dead due to an overdose of sleeping pills, which was ruled a probable suicide. projects.latimes.com


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It's very easy for User Experience researchers to get stuck in the rut of using your favorite research methods for gathering information and getting user feedback. But, are you really gathering the best information that you can? Or are there other methods that are better suited for your project's specific needs?
Don't stress – we'll walk you through the process of clarifying your research goals to make sure that you focus on the right problems. Then we'll discuss the strengths and weaknesses of several methods for initial information gathering and evaluation – ethnography, interviews, surveys, diary studies, collaging, card-sorting, focus groups, desirability testing, and what situations they are best suited for.
We'll then put it all together with a structured method to help you select the best methods for your particular project. We'll have plenty of discussion and real-world examples and exercises along the way. You'll leave with a good understanding of when to use which techniques, references to learn more about each of them, and a process you can use on your next project to select methods and provide a solid rationale to your stakeholders.
Design Psychology is a powerful tool to wield and can be used to the benefit or detriment of our users; motivating them to behave in ways that can be in their interest, or our own. Our panel of experienced professionals, each with an interest in different facets of design psychology, will choose a white hat or black hat - some taking the side of good and honest intentions, with others taking the dark side where manipulation and coercion reign. On which side will you fall?


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Historical Background:By late July the Russian 6th and 12th Armies are in full retreat, trying desperately to avoid encirclement by the German Seventeenth Army. General Tyulenev, the southern front commander, orders Musychenenko (6th Army) and Ponedelin (12th Army) to break through, but the German XLVIII Panzer Corps successfully cuts off their escape route.
Breakout attempts near Monastyryshche and Novo Archangel'sk both fail and Tyulenev blames the inexplicable slowness of his two commanders as the cause of failure. Many Soviet prisoners and much equipment are captured and only fragments of the Red army are able to escape to the southeast.
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Cirrus Unveils "The Jet"
On June 28, Cirrus Design Corporation finally lifted the veil on "the-jet," the much-anticipated clean-sheet design for its "personal jet."
"We're calling it a 'personal jet' not because of its size, but because it's a natural extension of our SR22 line," said Cirrus cofounder and CEO Alan Klapmeier. "Like the SR22, the-jet is designed to be owner flown, and it will be loaded with innovative features, including the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System. While it's technologically advanced, it's also designed to be exceptionally easy to fly, offering customers the opportunity to grow into yet another lifestyle change with Cirrus."
Cofounder and Vice Chairman Dale Klapmeier commented, "We're in the early design and development phase and don't want to limit ourselves in any way. It's also important that any data we release is absolutely accurate." There are many more details to be announced, and information will be released as it's finalized. "So far, we can confirm that the-jet will be powered by a quiet, efficient and lightweight Williams jet engine that will give the aircraft great utility, economy and simplicity never before seen in this market," Klapmeier concluded.
Vice President of Advanced Development Mike Van Staagen added, "The flexibility [of the-jet] is even more surprising given this airplane is designed specifically for a single owner/operator. The design is precisely configured to maximize flexibility for the owner. Mountain bikes, camping equipment, golf clubs, skis, bigger families, antique spinning wheel? No problem! The-jet will deliver more value because its cavernous interior accommodates very diverse usage, and while doing this all at about 300 knots." Jet on over to www.cirrusdesign.com for more information.
Cessna Delivers 5,000th Citation
Cessna Aircraft Company has rolled out its 5,000th Citation business jet—a Citation X. Citations now account for nearly half of all jets delivered by U.S. manufacturers. To celebrate this milestone, Cessna will display the aircraft at various air shows and events this year, including the annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) meeting (September 25–27). The 5,000th Citation will be delivered to one of Cessna's largest customers—XOJET—later this year.
"The 5,000th Citation is an exciting milestone to reach in our 80th year of business," said Chairman, President and CEO Jack J. Pelton. "The Citation line provides more business owners with the convenience of point-to-point travel than ever before. From the Mustang—providing a fast, efficient and cost-effective way to travel—to the fastest civil aircraft currently in production, the Citation X, our Citation line offers the widest range of business jets in the market today."
Cessna also delivered the 7,500th single-engine piston aircraft produced at their Independence, Kans., facility. The aircraft is one of 11 Model 172 Skyhawks being delivered over the next 14 months to Northwestern Michigan College. "This milestone is significant as a tribute to the timelessness of the Skyhawk's design, and to the consistent excellence of assembly that allows us to remain not just competitive but an industry leader," said Rod Holter, general manager of Cessna's Independence facility.
Recently, Cessna's Citation Mustang gained European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certification, making it the world's first entry-level business jet to gain both U.S. and European certification. The Mustang also gained approval to land at airports with instrument approaches steeper than a 4.5-degree approach angle. Steep Approach certification is the first step in the approval process at airports such as London City in England, which has a glideslope angle of 5.5 degrees, and requires special authorization through the airport administration for both aircraft and pilots landing there. Deliver yourself to www.cessna.com.
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Garmin has announced new savings programs on its popular panel-mount products. Customers will receive a $2,500 rebate off the new G600 retrofit avionics suite if two GNS 430Ws, two GNS 530Ws or a GNS 430W and 530W are purchased between March 1 and November 30, 2007. This savings is in addition to the "buy 2/buy 3" rebate, which allows customers to save $1,000 or $2,000, respectively, on the purchase of any combination of GNS 430W, 530W and GMX 200.
Garmin's G600 incorporates two individual displays—a PFD and MFD—in a customized package designed for easy retrofit installation. The G600 communicates and integrates with Garmin's WAAS-enabled panel-mount products, and provides essential information such as attitude, air data, weather, terrain and traffic. This critical information is displayed in a user-friendly presentation so that pilots can quickly and efficiently scan the data and stay ahead of the aircraft during all phases of flight.
The G600 replaces traditional mechanical gyroscopic flight instruments with a solid-state attitude heading reference system (AHRS) for superior reliability and accuracy. Garmin's AHRS features rapid alignment while moving, including in-flight dynamic restarts.
Garmin anticipates that the G600 will receive the FAA's Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certification (AML STC), which will simplify certification for approximately 400 different aircraft models. Garmin plans to roll out the G600 in phases to accommodate various autopilots on the market. The G600 will include a complete autopilot interface that will allow it to communicate with the autopilot, and display and control essential features such as flight director command bars, heading and course selection, altitude preselect and roll steering. In the initial phase, the G600 will support many popular autopilots including the Honeywell/Bendix-King KAP 100, KAP 140, KAP 150, KAP 200; Century Flight Systems Century II, Century III, Century 21, Century 31; Cessna/ARC 400B Nav-O-Matic; and S-TEC System 20, System 30, System 40, System 50, System 55, System 55X. Future phases will include autopilot support for the Honeywell/Bendix-King KFC 150, KFC 200, KFC 225, KFC 250, KFC 300, KFC 325; Century Flight Systems Century IV, Century 2000, Century 41; S-TEC System 60; Cessna/ARC 300 IFCS, 400 IFCS, 800 IFCS; Rockwell/Collins APS 65; and Sperry SPZ-500.
The G600 includes the GDU 620 display/control unit, GRS 77 AHRS, GDC 74A digital air data computer, GMU 44 triaxial magnetometer and GTP 59 temp probe. The G600 has a suggested retail price of $29,772; it should be available in mid-2008. Learn more at www.garmin.com.
Hawker Beechcraft Delivers 200th Beechcraft Premier
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation delivered the 200th Beechcraft Premier to Hannay Reels, which has owned and operated business aircraft since 1952. "We were so impressed with the Premier that we ordered one back in 2000, while it was still a 'paper' airplane," said Roger Hannay, president of Hannay Reels. "Our confidence in the airplane, its performance and large, comfortable cabin make owning the 200th aircraft built a very special occasion."
"The success of the Beechcraft Premier is all about speed and cabin comfort," said Brad Hatt, Hawker Beechcraft's president of commercial sales. "Cruising at 450 knots with a spacious cabin, the Premier enables customers to travel in comfort quickly and efficiently."
The Premier IA is the world's largest and fastest single-pilot business jet. It has a high-strength composite, carbon-fiber/epoxy/honeycomb fuselage, produced by computer-controlled, automated machines, which give the aircraft a medium-jet-sized cabin at low acquisition and operating costs. The Premier IA is powered by Williams FJ44-2A engines, which boast simplicity, low fuel consumption and good high-altitude thrust performance.
The Premier IA's Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics system includes Integrated Flight Information Systems (IFIS) with total system integration and instrument placement designed to make single-pilot operation easy, simple and safe.
And it's not just the Premier that's sporting the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics system. The new Beechcraft King Air C90GTi, the latest evolution of the popular twin-turbine Beechcraft King Air 90 series aircraft, now features a fully integrated Pro Line 21 avionics system. This is the same system at the heart of Hawker and Beechcraft airplanes, from the King Air B200 to the Hawker 900XP. This upgrade creates the lowest-priced, twin-turbine aircraft with midsized jet avionics. It will replace the current King Air C90GT.
"We're excited to announce the first new aircraft by Hawker Beechcraft Corporation," said Hatt. "The new King Air C90GTi is a logical step in creating a common avionics package across the King Air line, and continuing on up into the Hawkers. In conjunction with the airplane's Pratt and Whitney PT6A-135 engines, the C90GTi will deliver its passengers in a nearly 50% larger cabin and within minutes of even the closest competitive VLJ."
Certification and deliveries of the King Air C90GTi are on track for the fourth quarter of 2007. Pursuit of international certifications will immediately follow with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA); Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Venezuela and Guatemala are expected by the end of the year.
Built using the proven and reliable design of the Beechcraft King Air C90 series airframe, the Beechcraft King Air C90GTi seats up to seven in a roomy, squared-oval cabin that allows greater passenger headroom. It also has a heated and pressurized baggage storage area that's easily accessed during flight and a fully enclosed aft private lavatory. The rugged, performance-orientated C90GTi also provides operators with the versatility to land on short runways or unimproved strips, where most jets are unable to land. Being a turboprop, the Beechcraft King Air C90GTi is incredibly fuel-efficient with low operating costs. For more information, visit www.hawkerbeechcraft.com.
Chinese Enterprise Orders 50 Adam Aircraft A700s
Adam Aircraft announced that Hainan Zhong Hang Tai General Aviation Airlines, the Hainan, China-based operating entity of Ameritech Aerospace, has placed a firm order for 50 Adam Aircraft A700 VLJs. "The business plan of the Chinese company has been developed with the goal of capitalizing on China's fast-growing general aviation market, with fractional-share programs and air-taxi operations in mind," said Jason Fan, CEO of Hainan Zhong Hong Tai General Aviation Airlines Ltd. "Due to the immediate charter and air-taxi growth opportunities in China, we made the A700 our choice because it has the largest cabin space of all the VLJs. In addition, the aircraft combines prestige, luxury and speed with its innovative twin tails, which remind people of a Formula 1 race car."
Hainan Zhong Hang Tai General Airlines Ltd. plans to sell the A500 and A700 aircraft for Adam Aircraft and provide lease-back options to owners for air-taxi operations following delivery of the roomy, carbon-fiber A700 in 2008. For more information, log on to www.adamaircraft.com.
Mid-Continent Instruments Produces 4300 Series Electric Attitude Indicators For Best-Selling Helicopter In The World
Mid-Continent's 4300 Series Attitude Indicator is the latest in a list of key components the company has manufactured for Robinson Helicopter, the world's leading producer of civil helicopters. "The 4300 attitude indicator was designed specifically to survive demanding helicopter operations and high-vibration environments," said Todd Winter, president of Mid-Continent Instruments. "We've incorporated new technology to prevent premature wear and tear on critical parts, so that helicopter operators can realize a better value from this product and achieve much longer life."
The 4300 Series Attitude Indicators are perfect for use as primary or standby artificial horizon in helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The dual-voltage gyros offer 10-32 volt DC replacement for use in either 14- or 28-volt aircraft, have anti-reflective glass to enhance visibility and reduce pilot fatigue, and outlast the competition with a service life that's more than double the life of most electric gyros.
Mid-Continent Instruments also produces units for aftermarket installations. In many cases, the 4300 is a drop-in replacement for older units. The 4300s were originally designed as standby units for the aftermarket, but their design has been so popular that 10 OEMs are using them as standard equipment. To get the right attitude, see www.lifesavergyro.com.


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Bird populations are perhaps the most visible, and certainly amongst the most popular, component of biodiversity in Europe. They also provide an easily studied indicator of environmental and land-use change. However, an understanding of why their populations change, and the environmental reasons underlying such changes requires a knowledge of the demography of the population, i.e. birth and death rates, in addition to simple changes in numbers (Baillie 1990). Ringing, particularly under standard conditions, can provide a useful estimate of each of these parameters.
With this in mind, a pilot constant effort ringing project was initiated in Britain in 1981, by a volunteer. In 1986, this became a nationwide project, the Constant Effort Sites (CES) Scheme run by the British Trust for Ornithology (Baillie et al. 1986). Sites participating in the Scheme employ a constant number of nets in the same locations for a standard number of visits each year. Using such a protocol, it is possible to monitor, on an annual basis, changes in:
- adult and juvenile abundance
- productivity (proportion of young birds caught each year)
- adult survival rates (from between-year recaptures).
In Britain, the CES Scheme forms part of an Integrated Population Monitoring (IPM) Programme, which incorporates the Breeding Bird Survey, Nest Record Scheme and national Ringing Scheme, which aims to identify the causes (natural and anthropogenic) of population changes affecting breeding birds in Britain and Ireland.
Following the development of CES ringing in Britain and Ireland, other ringing schemes across Europe set up their own constant effort projects including Finland (commenced in 1987), France (1989), Spain (SYLVIA, 1991) and The Netherlands (1984).
The MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) program in North America was set up in 1989 and closely follows the BTO CES scheme protocols (De Sante et al. 1995, http://www.birdpop.org/nbii/ NBIIHome.asp).
Development of the EURO-CES project
A number of constant effort ringing schemes are now operated across Europe. At the EURING General Meeting on Helgoland in autumn 1999 there was considerable interest expressed by a number of Ringing Schemes in trying to standardise, as far as possible, such schemes across Europe. In addition to allowing schemes to learn from each other's experiences, this will lead, ultimately, to the possibility of comparing trends in population dynamics between countries, and monitoring populations at a European scale. This is important because many of the factors that influence bird population dynamics (e.g. the climate change and the Common Agricultural Policy) operate at this broad scale.
This project is being led by the British Trust for Ornithology, in collaboration with the French Centre de Recherches sur la Biologie des Populations d'Oiseaux. This project has two main aims:
- To assess the current state of CES-type schemes in Europe and develop agreed protocols for CES fieldwork methodology, data exchange and analysis.
- To assess the potential for producing combined European trends / comparative national trends for a common suite of species.
Guidelines for operating CES in Europe, taking into account its wide latitudinal range have now been developed and early analyses have provided encouraging signs that results from schemes in each country can be combined in a Europe-wide analysis.


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The undergraduate Chemical Engineering program at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology is designed to prepare its graduates to be able to:
1. Apply knowledge of Chemical Engineering, critical thinking, problem solving skills and an ability to work in a team in professional engineering practice.
2. Pursue careers in process design, manufacturing, marketing, consultancy and management.
3. Conduct themselves as ethical and responsible professionals as well as articulate the environmental, safety and economic impact of their work on society.
4. Pursue higher education and embrace life-long learning suitable for the needs of the profession and society.
A. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
B. An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
C. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
D. An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
E. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
F. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
G. An ability to communicate effectively.
H. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
I. A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
J. A knowledge of contemporary issues.
K. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.


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From CNN today:
Oysterman Vlaho Mjehovich said the damage to the local waters has long-term repercussions.
"I've seen areas go for 10 years without oysters coming back. This is not going to be done and fixed overnight. People have to understand, this will take years to come back," he said. "What do you do? I had a business. Now, I don't have a business. My business was taken from me overnight. I have to go look for a job now."
But despite the mounting frustrations, oysterman Stanley Enclade said he will not leave.
"I came back after Katrina, man. This is home. I'm born and raised here. We're the third generation of people that's born and raised together. You just can't walk away and live somewhere else and be happy," he said.


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Back in the day, the web used to be my hobby. Programming started as a hobby very late in life as well. Now it pays the rent. I wont pretend and say it was purely for fun. I thought it would be not only cool to bring my web ideas to life as well as get paid to do it or even score a hit. Now that I'm fully in the heart of it, it kinda makes you think. What happens when your hobby becomes a job?
It's really weird that I sit in an office with other people clacking away at a computer, getting toked up on gobs of coffee, while a bunch of other dudes get paid to do the same. It's weird that the thing paying our rent isn't much more than a popular web site. The program powering it is nothing more than a collection of words that follow a certain logical structure that can be translated into pictures and machine instructions that users can interact with and keep them coming back. I often think it's awesome that I can do almost the exact same thing I was doing at home on my own time getting paid.
The benefit of working is that there's a lot more at stake. When I came up against a difficult problem before, I'd lie down and think about it. Nine times out of ten I'd fall into a nap and just clack away on my own sweet time. Now, I don't have that luxury so I just keep typing, keep experimenting, keep banging my head against the wall until I come up with a solution or get bloodied up enough to think that I have at least made some progress.
There's a lot of opportunity for growth their but it comes at a price. I have to take better care of myself, be more aware. I suppose that's a post for another day or maybe like an hour later. It's definitely changed the way I look at the game. To tell you the truth I don't see all that much excitement in the web. I think the world agrees.
Microsoft making a bid for Yahoo! just drives home how much of a solid and ultimately dead industry traditional IT is. Apple as a company is starting to scare me. They're much more dangerous than Microsoft ever was in their prime because Microsoft was ultimately tied to the crappy products they wrote, just look at Vista. Their code base is so full of holes that there's no way to keep the momentum save a good solid rewrite and you know what a disaster that is going to be. It took OS X a good decade before it became what it is in terms of solidity and performance but look at the mess Apple is cleaning up after Leopard (10.5.2 will finally be the release that should have been if there are no further issues).
Apple scares me because they have all the technology in place to do all the things like IBM, Sony, Microsoft, and even Yahoo at one point tried to do and fail. They've got the whole spectrum of consumer experience under control with everything from music, movies, to computers. They've got it all wrapped up in one nice package that'll lock you in to their world and here's the scary part, we're all thankful for it (at least those of us that buy their stuff). It's only a matter of time before they get over ambitious and get bashed. Jobs is not a changed man, he's just older and still plotting his next move. He's still the same control freak with a little more new age sprinkle and a brush with death.
It's the only company that can really deliver a total experience that can wow the consumer while giving advanced users access to some amazing technology (at least when Apple engineers aren't busy screwing things up with various "hot fixes" to keep prying paws out). All the other software companies were busy leveraging closed source or building third-rate software products in house that fail to deliver on any level. I hate to admit it but playing with apple products like the iPod Touch is like holding the future in my hands right now. They just kill the competition. I can watch a movie on my MacBook, grab my iPod Touch and pick up exactly where I left the movie without fiddling with a thing.
Maybe it's paranoia but I can guarantee you that I'll be spending more and more time at the terminal, playing with the UNIX back end for my own personal growth and as insurance for some other day. I really wish Microsoft would just give up the ghost so some kind of UNIX collective can build an operating system to at least compete with Apple at a viable level. I guess I can dream.


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The commotion was to be expected at this time of year. Caesar had declared a census and weary travelers had come from all over. This particular day, however, was no ordinary day during the time of the census. The temple floor was cool under my feet. I padded down toward the main courtyard where my friend Simeon watched. Stopping, and peering out from a corner, I could see him just sitting. His old frame looked calm, as he hunched. A bony chin rested on mature hands, and he looked patient. Wise eyes looked to and fro. People came and went, passed him by and some even stopped to say to hello. He smiled and sat quiet. My own elderly body was creaking as I thought to sit and rest for a moment as I watched this scene. I found myself seated on an old wooden chair and continued to watch. All of the sudden, I saw Simeon jump up, which was an amazing site in itself. Further down the way I could see a couple approaching. The young girl was hunched over slightly and sort of shuffling. She had her arm looped through a man's, who was obviously her husband. He stood tall, and in his other arm, held a small bundle. Was this the day? So many families had come and gone through the years. How would we recognize God's chosen? Simeon met the family. I wanted a glimpse of this child. I would have to move closer.
"Lord, now I can die in peace! As you promised me, I have seen the Savior you have given to all people. He is a light to reveal God to the nations, and he is the glory of your people Israel!" Simeon was praising God as he took the baby into his arms. His face glowed as he gently rocked the bundle and worshiped the Lord. Praise be to the Lord God, for fulfilling your promise to the prophets of old. Praise the Lord, who shows wonderful miraculous events to your prophet Anna.