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"The Path to Peace," Ensign, May 1994, 60
Sunday Morning Session
3 April 1994
The Path to Peace
On this beautiful Easter morning, prayers of gratitude for the life and mission of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, fill the Sabbath air while strains of inspiring music comfort our hearts and whisper to our souls the ageless salutation, "Peace be unto you."
In a world where peace is such a universal quest, we sometimes wonder why violence walks our streets, accounts of murder and senseless killings fill the columns of our newspapers, and family quarrels and disputes mar the sanctity of the home and smother the tranquillity of so many lives.
Perhaps we stray from the path which leads to peace and find it necessary to pause, to ponder, and to reflect on the teachings of the Prince of Peace and determine to incorporate them in our thoughts and actions and to live a higher law, walk a more elevated road, and be a better disciple of Christ.
The ravages of hunger in Somalia, the brutality of hate in Bosnia, and the ethnic struggles across the globe remind us that the peace we seek will not come without effort and determination. Anger, hatred, and contention are foes not easily subdued. These enemies inevitably leave in their destructive wake tears of sorrow, the pain of conflict, and the shattered hopes of what could have been. Their sphere of influence is not restricted to the battlefields of war but can be observed altogether too frequently in the home, around the hearth, and within the heart. So soon do many forget and so late do they remember the counsel of the Lord: "There shall be no disputations among you, …
"For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another.
"Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another; but this is my doctrine, that such things should be done away."1
As we turn backward the clock of time, we recall that some fifty-five years ago a desperately arranged peace, a conference of peace, convened in the Bavarian city of Munich. Leaders of the European powers assembled even as the world tottered on the brink of war. Their purpose, openly stated, was to pursue a course which they felt would avert war and maintain peace. Mistrust, intrigue, a quest for power doomed to failure that conference. The outcome was not "peace in our time" but rather war and destruction to a degree not previously experienced. Overlooked, or at least set aside, was the hauntingly touching appeal of one who had fallen in an earlier war. He seemed to be writing in behalf of millions of comrades—friend and foe alike:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.2
Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past? After such a brief interval of peace following World War I came the cataclysm of World War II. In fact, this June will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the famed landings of Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy. Tens of thousands of dignitaries and veterans will flock to the scene as the landings are reenacted. One writer observed:
"Lower Normandy has more than its share of [hallowed dead. Their bodies] lie in graves from Falaise to Cherbourg: 13,796 Americans, 17,958 British, 8,658 Canadian, 650 Polish, and around 65,000 Germans—more than 106,000 dead in all, and that is just the military, all killed in the space of a summer holiday."3 Similar accounts could be written describing the terrible losses in other theaters of combat in that same conflict.
The famed statesman, William Gladstone, described the formula for peace when he declared: "We look forward to the time when the power of love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace."
World peace, though a lofty goal, is but an outgrowth of the personal peace each individual seeks to attain. I speak not of the peace promoted by man, but peace as promised of God. I speak of peace in our homes, peace in our hearts, even peace in our lives. Peace after the way of man is perishable. Peace after the manner of God will prevail.
We are reminded that "anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything."4 The consequences of conflict are so devastating that we yearn for guidance—even a way to insure our success as we seek the path to peace. What is the way to obtain such a universal blessing? Are there prerequisites? Let us remember that to obtain God's blessings, one must do God's bidding. May I suggest three ideas to prompt our thinking and guide our footsteps:
Search inward;
Reach outward; and
Look heavenward.
First: Search inward. Self-evaluation is always a difficult procedure. We are so frequently tempted to gloss over areas which demand correction and dwell endlessly on our individual strengths. President Ezra Taft Benson counsels us:
"The price of peace is righteousness. Men and nations may loudly proclaim, 'Peace, peace,' but there shall be no peace until individuals nurture in their souls those principles of personal purity, integrity, and character which foster the development of peace. Peace cannot be imposed. It must come from the lives and hearts of men. There is no other way."5
Elder Richard L. Evans observed: "To find peace—the peace within, the peace that passeth understanding—men must live in honesty, honoring each other, honoring obligations, working willingly, loving and cherishing loved ones, serving and considering others, with patience, with virtue, with faith and forbearance, with the assurance that life is for learning, for serving, for repenting, and improving. And God be thanked for the blessed principle of repenting and improving, which is a way that is open to us all."6
The place of parents in the home and family is of vital importance as we examine our personal responsibilities in this regard. Recently, a distinguished group met in conference to examine the increase of violence in the lives of individuals, particularly the young. Some observations from their deliberations are helpful to us as we examine our priorities:
"A society that views graphic violence as entertainment … should not be surprised when senseless violence shatters the dreams of its youngest and brightest. …
"Unemployment and despair can lead to desperation. But most people will not commit desperate acts if they have been taught that dignity, honesty and integrity are more important than revenge or rage; if they understand that respect and kindness ultimately give one a better chance at success. …
"The women of the anti-violence summit have hit on the solution—the only one that can reverse a downward spiral of destructive behavior and senseless pain. A return to old-fashioned family values will work wonders."7
So frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time. The accumulation of wealth or the multiplication of assets belies the Master's teaching:
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."8
The other evening I saw large masses of parents and children crossing an intersection in Salt Lake City en route to the Delta Center to see the Disney on Ice production of Beauty and the Beast. I actually pulled my car over to the curb to watch the gleeful throng. Fathers, who I am certain were cajoled into going to the event, held tightly in their hands the small and clutching hands of their precious children. Here was love in action. Here was an unspoken sermon of caring. Here was a rearranging of time as a God-given priority.
Truly peace will reign triumphant when we improve ourselves after the pattern taught by the Lord. Then we will appreciate the deep spirituality hidden behind the simple words of a familiar song: "There is beauty all around when there's love at home."9
Second: Reach outward. Though exaltation is a personal matter, and while individuals are saved not as a group but indeed as individuals, yet one cannot live in a vacuum. Membership in the Church calls forth a determination to serve. A position of responsibility may not be of recognized importance, nor may the reward be broadly known. Service, to be acceptable to the Savior, must come from willing minds, ready hands, and pledged hearts.
Occasionally discouragement may darken our pathway; frustration may be a constant companion. In our ears there may sound the sophistry of Satan as he whispers, "You cannot save the world; your small efforts are meaningless. You haven't time to be concerned for others." Trusting in the Lord, let us turn our heads from such falsehoods and make certain our feet are firmly planted in the path of service and our hearts and souls dedicated to follow the example of the Lord. In moments when the light of resolution dims and when the heart grows faint, we can take comfort from His promise: "Be not weary in well-doing. … Out of small things proceedeth that which is great.
"Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind."10
During the past year, the Primary organization has conducted an effort to have the children become better acquainted with the holy temples of God. Frequently this has entailed a visit to the temple grounds. The laughter of small children, the joy of unfettered youth, and the exuberance of energy displayed by them gladdened the heart of this observer. As a loving teacher guided a boy or girl to the large door of the Salt Lake Temple and the little one reached out and up to touch the temple, I could almost see the Master welcoming the little children to His side and could almost hear His comforting words: "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God."11
Number three: Look heavenward. As we do, we find it comforting and satisfying to communicate with our Heavenly Father through prayer, that path to spiritual power—even a passport to peace. We are reminded of His beloved Son, the Prince of Peace, that pioneer who literally showed the way for others to follow. His divine plan can save us from the Babylons of sin, complacency, and error. His example points the way. When faced with temptation, He shunned it. When offered the world, He declined it. When asked for His life, He gave it.
On one significant occasion, Jesus took a text from Isaiah: "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound"12—a clear pronouncement of the peace that passeth all understanding.
Frequently, death comes as an intruder. It is an enemy that suddenly appears in the midst of life's feast, putting out its lights and its gaiety. Death lays its heavy hand upon those dear to us and, at times, leaves us baffled and wondering. In certain situations, as in great suffering and illness, death comes as an angel of mercy. But to those bereaved, the Master's promise of peace is the comforting balm which heals: "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."13 "I go to prepare a place for you … ; that where I am, there ye may be also."14
How I pray that all who have loved then lost might know the reality of the Resurrection and have the unshakable knowledge that families can be forever. One such was a Major Sullivan Ballou, who, during the time of the American Civil War, wrote a touching letter to his wife—just one week before he was killed in the Battle of Bull Run. With me, feel the love of his soul, his trust in God, his courage, his faith.
"July 14, 1861
"Camp Clark, Washington
"My very dear Sarah,
"The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days—perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write again, I feel impelled to write a few lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more.
"I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in, the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. … I am … perfectly willing … to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this Government. …
"Sarah, my love for you is deathless; it seems to bind me with mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break; and yet my love of Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me unresistibly on with all these chains to the battle field.
"The memories of the blissful moments I have spent with you come creeping over me, and I feel most gratified to God and to you that I have enjoyed them so long. And hard it is for me to give them up and burn to ashes the hopes of future years, when, God willing, we might still have lived and loved together, and seen our sons grown up to honorable manhood around us. I have, I know, but few and small claims upon Divine Providence, but something whispers to me—perhaps it is the wafted prayer of my little Edgar, that I shall return to my loved ones unharmed. If I do not, my dear Sarah, never forget how much I love you, and when my last breath escapes me on the battle field, it will whisper your name. Forgive [me] my … faults, and the many pains I have caused you. How thoughtless and foolish I have oftentimes been! How gladly would I wash out with my tears every little spot upon your happiness. …
"But, O Sarah! If the dead can come back to this earth and the unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the gladdest days and in the darkest nights … always, always, and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath, as the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by. Sarah, do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait for thee, for we shall meet again."15
The darkness of death can ever be dispelled by the light of revealed truth. "I am the resurrection, and the life," spoke the Master. "He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."16
Added to His own words are those of the angels, spoken to the weeping Mary Magdalene and the other Mary as they approached the tomb to care for the body of their Lord: "Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen."17
Such is the message of Easter morn. He lives! And because He lives all shall indeed live again. This knowledge provides the peace for loved ones of those whose graves are marked by the crosses of Normandy, those hallowed resting places in Flanders fields where the poppies blow in springtime, and for those who rest in countless other locations, including the depths of the sea. "Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives: 'I know that my Redeemer lives!'"18 In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.


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On 11th October 2011, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa paid an official visit to His Excellency the Ambassador of Egypt in Zimbabwe, Mr Basem Halil,who hosted an official lunch in his honour at the Ambassadorial residence in Harare.
Welcoming the Venerable Primate of the Orthodox Church of Africa, the Ambassador spoke of the centuries old fraternal relations between the Greek and Egyptian people, while also praising the contribution made by the Patriarchate of Alexandria to the traditionally harmonious co-existence between Christians and Muslims in the Land of the Nile. He also expressed the belief that Greece will be able ti overcome the present financially difficult situation.
In his turn His Beatitude praised the virtues of the Egyptian people and thanked Egypt for its assistance to the Second Throne Church, which in its turn always prays for the progress and prosperity of the pure and noble Egyptian people whom he always "keeps in his heart". His Beatitude then gave a silver tray bearing the emblem of the Patriarchate to the Ambassador and his wife.
Present at the lunch were His Eminence Seraphim, Metropolitan of Zimbabwe and Angola,His Grace Nikodimos Bishop of Nitria and Patriarchal Vicar of Cairo, His Eminence the Ambassador of Zimbabwe in Russia Mr Kusakov, the Chargeesd' Affaires of Greece and Egypt Messrs. Stephanos Ioannides and Hotsam Basari, the lady of the Churches mrs Ariadne Psillos and Mrs Helen Koumides,Chairlady of the Federation of Hellenic Communites of Zimbabwe.

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It spoke to me as I strolled down the check out aisle of Marshalls that day. The wall art that was featured on an impulse-buy rack.
Amen! I thought.
The message? Simple: "Don't Stumble On Things That Are Behind You."
My mind reeled, and I thought hard about this seemingly simple directive that points to a habit that trips so many of us up: looking back. Allowing the past to deter and diminish our present and our future.
The Apostle Paul had a difficult past to contend with. His early years were spent learning laws and tormenting Chris followers. Then he met Jesus and everything changed for him. He chose to move forward as the new man he'd become.
Instead of wallowing in the muck of condemnation, he stepped into the grace of Christ with determination. With a fresh mission. He wrote a heart-felt message similar to the wall art in his New Testament letter to the believers in the church of Philippi. That familiar, challenging passage…
I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:10-14, NIV)
Many of us know this section of scripture, but it's important for us to realize that the conversation doesn't end there. What Paul says next is a game-changing statement:
Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained. (Philippians 3:15-16)
I want to be mature. I want to think this way. Don't you?
I want to hold true to what I've attained in Christ.
It's the way of life!
I read this and I begin to realize that what Paul is really saying is something to this effect: Let it go, people! Move on. Greater things await you. Don't look back. It's no good for you. You won't gain any traction on the plans that God has for you. If you choose to look back then you need to grow up because that is not where your promise lies. If you are mature in your faith you will believe the gospel. When you are forgiven … You. Are. Forgiven. Believe it. What Jesus did for you and me covers anything that we lay at His feet. Fully.
I'm reminded that it's time to move forward. That it's time to fix my eyes on what is ahead, not on what is behind. That God's mercies are new every day.
Clearly this press-on message is not about sweeping un-confessed sins under a rug and pretending they don't exist. When we stumble – when we sin – we can't just forget it and move on. We are to confess it to the Lord, and ask Him for forgiveness.
Grace meets us in the asking and settles it with God. Because of this we can move forward in His grace. Even when life is complicated and messy.
And it's not about locking deep heart wounds in a secret compartment of your heart. The Bible invites us to take our aching, angry, abused, or offended hearts to Jesus so that He can give us the rest we long for. Healing for our heart wounds.
The reward of faith is freedom in Christ. The past has no hold on us.
Grace fixes the gaze of the believer forward.
So the next time I'm tempted to look back at a failure or an old heart wound, I will remember the wall art wisdom from Marshalls and choose not to beat myself up, not to re-hash that painful conversation, not to blame that person … not to stumble on things that are behind me.
Instead I will reach for grace. I will reach for Jesus and call to Him for help.
And in the reaching I begin to take my place among the mature-in-faith.
Holy Lord,
Thank You for grace. Please help me move beyond the hurdles that trip me up and give me the strength and wisdom to look up and see the hope I run toward in Christ.
In Jesus' Name, Amen
FOR YOUR REFLECTION and RESPONSE
Struggling with this? Let me ask you a few direct questions {in love}. Do you really think that living in the past and letting it loom large in your now is helping you? Is it empowering you to grow in strength, dignity and joy? Is it fueling you toward the prize that awaits you in Christ? No? Then be done with it in Jesus' name. Spend a few moments in prayer and write about this in your journal.
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On the Blue Parabola blog Matthew Turland has written up a post about working with the CDC, the Ceres Document Checker - a project he's developed to check documents based on the Ceres document format.
If you've written or done editing for php|architect before, you're probably familiar with the custom markup format they use called Ceres, which looks a bit like Markdown. Both articles and books use it, though each has slightly different formatting requirements. Some of these requirements can be tedious to check for and easy to miss. As much as I've been working with documents in the format, I decided to write a tool to help me out.
He outlines the requirements he wanted to follow including that it could be run from the command line, that it could detect code blocks, it could perform lint checks on the code samples and it could give a rough word count excluding code. He also includes his three methods for processing - finding a file and checking it, recursing through a directory and finding files matching a regular expression.
Files are pulled in and processed line-by-line until a code block is reached. This is processed via a regular expression and the script continues on. If you're interested in the code, you can check out the latest version from the project's github page. There's also a TextMate bundle (written by Davey Shafik) for those users of the TextMate editor.


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Phishing and spear phishing have long been thought to be mutually exclusive hacking tricks, but cybercrooks have found a way to combine the two in a technique called longline phishing.
"The technique allows you to hit a lot of people very quickly and largely go undetected," Dave Jevans, founder and CTO of Marble Security and founder of the Anti-Phishing Work Group, told TechNewsWorld.
With spear phishing, which is typically used as a vehicle for advanced persistent threat attacks like the recent one on The New York Times, a select group of connected people are targeted with a highly credible email message based on extensive research of the targets' backgrounds.
"With longlining, you can get hundreds of people exposed to a website that will infect their computers," Jevans noted.
He explained that longliners — named after commercial fishermen who use long lines of hooks to catch fish — might send 100,000 emails from 50,000 IP addresses, which makes it difficult to identify an email from a particular server as hacking bait.
Evading Detection
In a typical spam attack, thousands of emails can be connected to a single IP address, Jevans said. With a longline attack, only one or two messages will be associated with an IP address.
"That makes it impossible to detect that IP address as bad," he said.
The content of each individual message is also different, making it hard to identify the message as spam from its content.
"All the messages are in perfect English, too," Jevans added.
By camouflaging their attacks behind customized messages and many IP addresses, the longliners can evade detection and extend the life of their campaign, according to Limor Kessem, a cybercrime specialist with RSA.
"When they limit exposure, the attack won't be taken down easily," she told TechNewsWorld. "A typical phishing attack is taken down momentarily these days."
Bad Apps on the Rise
A number of surveys released last week painted a grim picture of web and mobile apps, as well as data breach notification compliance among small businesses.
A report from F-Secure did nothing to change the reputation of Google's Android operating system as a magnet for bad apps.
The Finnish-based security firm reported that 79 percent of all mobile malware in 2012 could be found on the platform. That was a jump from 2011 when 66.7 percent of all mobile malware was found on Android.
If the Android app scene is bad, the web app scene is even worse, according to Cenzic, makers of a security platform for cloud apps.
In a study it released last week, it found that 99 percent of all web apps it tested in 2012 had one of more serious vulnerabilities. What's worse, the median number of vulnerabilities in their app sample was 13.
"What I am a bit surprised by, is the quantity and severity of vulnerabilities we are seeing in mobile apps," Cenzic CEO Scott Parcel told TechNewsWorld.
"The fact that normal web application vulnerabilities and risks have not changed substantially is frustrating, but not a surprise," he said.
"We are all too aware that organizations still do not give web application security the priority that it is due, and are often unaware of more effective solutions."
Customer Alerts Lacking
In another study released last week, it was revealed that 55 percent of small businesses have experienced at least one data breach, and almost as many — 53 percent — have been hit by multiple data breaches.
While many small businesses are experiencing data breaches, however, only about a third notified people affected by the breaches, according to the survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute for Hartford Steam Boiler.
"We were surprised to discover that only 33 percent of small businesses notified the people affected that their personal information had been lost or stolen," Eric Cernak, a vice president at Hartford Steam Boiler told TechNewsWorld.
"It's as if smaller firms are unaware of their legal obligations when the reality is that there is no 'safe harbor' for smaller enterprises," he added.
Data Breach Diary
- Mar. 4. Symantec and FireEye link attack on security vendor Bit9 was part of a larger cyberespionage campaign targeting a number of industrial targets.
- Mar. 5. Evernote, a cloud notebook application, discloses it will be implementing two-factor authentication later this year. On March 2, the company reset the passwords of some 50 million users after discovering a data breach.
- Mar. 6. California federal court dismisses lawsuit seeking damages from LinkedIn for data breach last year that compromised 6.5 million user accounts. Judge ruled plaintiffs could not show they suffered actual damages from the breach.
- Mar. 6. Saudi Aramco Twitter account compromised.
- Mar. 6. South African State Security Ministry Twitter account reported compromised.
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Thank you, Robert, for that kind introduction. And thank you for giving me the honor of closing out an event that has had such distinguished speakers, including Senator Jay Rockefeller—who has been a leader in keeping cyber security atop the national agenda.
I've had the privilege of working with the Business Software Alliance since my days as the governor of Washington State.
For 20 years, you have been at the forefront of addressing key policy issues, on innovation, global trade, e-commerce and of course copyright protection and patent reform.
Today's topic—cyber security—is among the most important issues you have engaged on yet. Because trust and security in our IT system is a prerequisite. Without it, you cannot thrive. And neither can America.
Software companies have generated a continuous stream of good jobs in America for at least a generation—some, for two generations or more.
As America looks to boost our economic security, it is important that we in the U.S. government create the right conditions to ensure your continued success.
As President Obama said 11 months ago, "America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity. . . . [It is] a matter of public safety and national security [as well]."
It's easy to understand why.
According to private researchers, global online transactions are currently estimated to total $10 trillion. Almost any transaction you can think of can now be done online—from consumers paying their utility bills and people buying books and movies from Amazon, to major corporations paying their vendors and selling to their customers. And these same researchers predict that by 2020, global online transactions will exceed $24 trillion. This is transformational not only in terms of size, but in the evolving way in which we use the Internet.
In the coming years, we will continue to see rapid growth in the diversity of applications, services and devices.
- Single purpose "smart appliances"—like smart air conditioners—will connect to the smart grid.
- Several companies are creating global "cloud computing" systems, which will offer on-demand, super-computing capacity.
- And of course, data will increasingly need to move across jurisdictional borders in order to reduce costs, to improve efficiencies and to help consumers find the products they want.
In short, the Internet has evolved into a national and international nervous system for the global economy.
Given this reality, we need to take a fresh look at the policy framework that underpins the Internet Economy.
We need to ask: are there policy "nudges" that can reduce impediments to e-commerce or that can spread its benefits more broadly?
To answer these questions, last week I announced the Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force.
The task force is made up of senior staff from across different parts of the Department of Commerce, including leadership from my office. It includes experts in standards, intellectual property, trade, technology and Internet communications.
Last week, the task force released a formal request for public comment on data privacy issues.
The goal is to determine the impact of domestic and international privacy laws on the pace of innovation as well as on real privacy protection that protects essential trust in our IT system.
The task force will analyze stakeholders' views, and in the coming months, will provide the entire Obama administration with sound policymaking advice.
The task force has also established three working groups on other important topics, including:
- Non-tariff trade challenges to the free flow of information-based services;
- Online copyright protection issues; and
- Measures to help small and medium sized businesses become successful exporters online.
And of course, the taskforce is looking into how public policy or other government action can improve America's cybersecurity profile.
I am sure some of you have seen Symantec's just published 15th Internet Security Threat Repor—which identifies some disturbing trends:
- First, malicious activity is increasingly flowing out of countries where broadband and information technology penetration is growing the fastest.
- Second, so-called "advanced persistent threats" focused on large enterprises are becoming more common as thieves seek customer data, financial information and intellectual property assets.
- And third, mass-market attacks—those that small businesses and consumers usually fall prey to—continue to evolve in their sophistication. This underscores the reality that wherever we encounter a computer attached to the Internet, we will always have to be aware of cyber threats.
The department's task force will take a close look at these latest realities, and it will ask for your policy input. I do not want to prejudge their work, but I can give you an idea of the areas they are looking at. For instance:
- What are the marketplace incentives and disincentives for better cybersecurity practices? Shopkeepers know to lock up their store and to secure valuables in the safe before they head home for the night. Why aren't they regularly locking up and safeguarding their digital assets?
- By presidential directive, the Department of Homeland Security has responsibility for coordinating cybersecurity initiatives with those who operate critical infrastructure and those who provide other key resources. For the rest of the private sector, what are the most effective ways to share best practices?
- How can policymakers prevent balkanization of the global legal framework?
- Earlier today, you heard from NIST's Pat Gallagher. NIST engages in cybersecurity research and it is constantly developing key standards. We want feedback on what, if anything, NIST should do to enhance its contribution to cybersecurity.
- Finally, it's often said that you cannot manage a problem unless you can measure it. How can the government's data gathering capability be put to better use in this space?
In raising these questions, I want to be clear on a fundamental point.
Too often, when this topic is raised by government officials, it is perceived as adversarial; the government versus business—the government looking to force the private sector to do something.
To be clear, the focus of our inquiry is on how the government and the private sector can better address our shared responsibility.
I know, of course, that when it came to cyber security over the last decade, many in the private sector felt the conversation was largely one sided. . . and government was doing most of the talking.
But almost a year ago, the president put out the challenge that the U.S. government collaborate more closely with industry to find solutions that ensure our security and promote our prosperity. In the months since, we have made some good progress. Together, we need to continue to step up our game.
Because the private sector owns and operates the vast majority of the Internet's infrastructure, and develops the applications and services that move commerce through it, the government is not in a position to prescribe engineering technology solutions.
I look forward to your ongoing engagement with us and with other policymakers on these issues.
To that end, I want to announce today that after a round of increased collaboration and conversation within the federal government, NIST has been asked to coordinate the new interagency National Initiative for Cyber Education.
This initiative will call on the strengths of several U.S. government departments in order to address the education, training, and public awareness recommendations laid out by the president in the 2009 Cyberspace Policy Review. The initiative has four main components:
- Number one—the administration will promote cybersecurity risk awareness for all citizens. This will require a comprehensive communications strategy focused on awareness of fraud, identity theft, cyber predators, piracy and cyber ethics. The Department of Homeland Security will lead this line of work.
- Second, the administration will ensure that our education system allows the United States to retain and expand its scientific, engineering, and market leadership in cybersecurity technology. The Department of Education and the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House will lead this area.
- Third, we need to define new strategies to ensure federal agencies can attract, recruit and retain skilled employees to accomplish cybersecurity missions. The Office of Personnel Management is the lead actor here.
- Finally, across multiple departments, we will intensify our ongoing training and professional development of the existing federal cybersecurity workforce.
I am confident in NIST's ability to play the role of coordinator across the federal space and to address these challenges. NIST has both deep subject matter knowledge and a proven ability to work cooperatively in multi-stakeholder efforts.
And as always, NIST will rely heavily on the support it receives from you and others in the private sector.
In the end, all cyber security stakeholders need to "pull together"—to define roles and responsibilities more clearly—and to deliver on those responsibilities.
The cybersecurity landscape is complex, and can seem opaque to the general public.
Our task is to pull the pieces together into a coherent whole—to help ordinary citizens and Main Street businesses understand that improving cyber security is of paramount public and personal interest to everyone in America.
This is what we need to do to ensure that the promise of tomorrow's digital economy becomes reality. Thank you for continuing on that journey with us. Keep up the great work!


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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $6 million to fund 22 federal-state partnerships that will create innovative initiatives to increase energy savings in residential and commercial buildings. These state partnership grants will help implement training programs and provide technical assistance and education that will ultimately result in the construction energy-efficient buildings. Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner made the announcement to the of more U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 19.
"This $6 million dollars ... will help reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources, increase energy efficiency and help implement alternative methods of changing ways to power our homes and businesses, an integral part of President Bush's Advanced Energy Initiative," Karsner said. "The Energy Department is eager to assist with increasing energy efficiency throughout states as well as contributing to the construction of more state-of-the-art energy-efficient facilities."
DOE's Building Technologies Program, within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, will oversee funding for these partnerships. DOE anticipates providing $3.9 million for these projects in fiscal year 2006, with the remainder funded in 2007 and 2008.
The selection process for state projects to receive awards was based on an evaluation of the merits of their applications, submitted in response to the funding opportunity announcement on March 21, 2006.
The state partnerships selected, subject to negotiation, are:
- California Energy Commission
- Connecticut Office of Policy and Management
- Florida Energy Office
- Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority
- Kentucky Office of Energy Policy
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
- Maryland Energy Administration
- Maine State Energy Program, ME Public Utilities Commission
- Mississippi Development Authority, Energy Division
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
- Michigan
- Minnesota Department of Commerce
- Montana Department of Environmental Quality
- Rhode Island
- Texas State Energy Conservation Office
- Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Vermont Department of Public Service
- Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development
Leading Distributor Hits Growth Spurt
Graybar, a distributor of electrical and communications products and related supply chain management and logistics services, posted 19.7 percent growth in the first half of 2006, to $2.45 billion compared to the same period last year. The company also reported an operating income increase of 68 percent over the first half of 2005.
"Our revenues are up nearly 20 percent, and we only increased head count 5 percent, mostly in customer-facing roles," said Robert A. Reynolds Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer of Graybar. "This is truly smart growth, driven by new systems that give us a deeper view of our business and allow us to increase productivity and react faster to market changes. Our performance demonstrates how Graybar's leading-edge information technology and logistics capabilities are continuing to raise the bar on performance and value for our customers."
According to Reynolds, the growth was completely organic. He credits the company's dedicated employee-owners, a successful ERP implementation, the expansion of the electrical and telecommunications sectors, and an improved corporate-accounts program.
"Graybar employees worked incredibly hard during the recent economic downturn, preparing for the opportunities now in front of us," Reynolds said. "Our SAP system now links our branch, zone and district facilities nationwide, increasing our ability to react faster and anticipate changes in the market."
In 2004, Graybar completed its installation of the SAP system. "This investment is now paying off with unprecedented asset and supply chain management," commented Reynolds. "It allows us to focus our efforts more directly on customer satisfaction and achieving healthy growth."
With its broad product offering, quality service, advanced technology and dedicated employees, Graybar looks forward to continued expansion within its core market segments.
North Carolina Contributes to Solar Energy
As consumers face increasingly expensive fossil fuels with diminishing reserves, the photovoltaic industry is experiencing rapid worldwide growth. DuPont, a player in the solar energy industry, announced it will expand its Fayetteville, N.C., factory. It's true the company does not manufacture photovoltaic modules, but it is the leading supplier of eight products that are used to make crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules.
The Fayetteville factory produces Tedlar, a product that is used in the protective backsheets of photovoltaic solar panels to increase stability and efficiency, and DuPont estimates demand for the product has shown a 30 percent increase every year for the last few years, meaning the installation of photovoltaic solar panels has increased.
The expansion comes as a result of a $50 million grant from the One North Carolina Fund. North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley said, "DuPont's expansion confirms that we are reaping the benefits from our investments in education and infrastructure."
This support will allow the company to create 15 skilled manufacturing jobs with pay rates well above the county average for the Fayetteville factory.
The One North Carolina Fund was created in 1993 to help North Carolina achieve its stated goal of economic growth through uniform regional prosperity. The fund currently consists of nonrecurring appropriations made by the General Assembly, intended to be immediately available for companies seeking to undertake new expansion or locate new operations in the state. The immediacy of the fund allows the governor to distribute grants on an "as-needed" basis, which ensures the fund's flexible application and speedy distribution.
In this case, Easley felt the money was well spent on expanding the factory to create more jobs in support of the solar power technology. State Sen. Tony Rand, said, "North Carolina's emphasis on education and a business-friendly climate makes companies such as DuPont want to grow and expand here."
Clearly, the governor is planning for the long-term development of not only clean solar technology but also for the financial welfare of his state.SBC Communications' Project Lightspeed Receives Criticism
In 2004, SBC Communications (formerly AT&T) announced it was going to spend $4 billion to $6 billion to add approximately 40,000 miles of fiber optics to its network, reaching more than 18 million homes in 13 states with an advanced form of DSL Internet, voice and video services, which was dubbed Project Lightspeed.
DSL and Internet service have been limited by copper wiring. It is too slow to keep up with the data-transfer speeds that the hardware is producing. This has always been a problem, but a newly feasible option is available.
Fiber optic technology has been around since the mid-20th century. SBC's plan was to extend their fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) architecture to meet the existing copper wiring 5,000 feet from the home. Due to the recent FCC ruling clarifying broadband rules, and the recent drop in fiber optic prices to below the cost of copper wiring, SBC's goal seemed possible. Through the newly extended fiber network, SBC Communications expects to deliver 15 to 20 Mbps of downstream to every home.
However, critics claim Project Lightspeed is just hype. Adjunct Northwestern professor James Carlini, who writes a column for MidwestBusiness.com called "Carlini's Comments," recently wrote, "Project Lightspeed offers data speeds that are nothing out of the ordinary and are not being well received by those in the know."
So far, SBC has only been able to deliver 1.5 to 6 Mbps of downstream, running from typical DSL speeds to typical cable Internet speeds.
With the project unfinished, Carlini comments that SBC should not stop with running FTTN. He wrote, "Staying with copper to the door (CTTD) instead of upgrading to fiber to the premise (FTTP, which is also referred to as fiber-to-the-home or FTTH) is like saying you're going to put in a stagecoach to run a 500-mile NASCAR race. They may slap all the fancy decals on your wagon and even give you a silver buggy whip, but in the long run, you will be far behind the competition if you even finish the race at all."
The problem with leaving 5,000 feet of copper wiring is that it is 5,000 feet of brakes and traffic jams.
Considering states such as California have set a goal of 1 gigabit of downstream by 2010, Carlini notes that he expected Project Lightspeed to offer 500 Mbps to 2 Gbps. The concern he and the rest of the technical critic community to share is that SBC may be improving DSL speeds, but it may not be enough to compete with other advancing technologies. They are concerned that Project Lightspeed will only catch DSL technology up to the rest of the crowd instead of surpass them, creating a short period of competition for such a great investment before time once again outdates it.


text: Owners of more than 800 diesel-powered Diamond aircraft are collectively holding their breath to find out how-or even if-their expensive engines will be supported following the disastrous financial meltdown and bankruptcy of Thielert last month. One question gnawing at these owners and owners of Cessnas and Pipers converted to Thielert diesels is whether the engine is technically and financially viable.That answer came swiftly and certainly this week from the legal firm overseeing the Thielert insolvency: The engine doesn't have a prayer of surviving in the market and is effectively flat lined. Kuebler-the bankruptcy company-didn't say this in plain language, of course, but following a surprisingly quick audit of the company, it published a list of parts and replacement prices that are so absurdly high as to make the engine unsustainable. Given Kuebler's proposed economics, it would almost be cheaper to operate a Lycoming by having the avgas shipped in via FedEx to those parts of the world where only Jet A is available.To appreciate Kuebler's off-the-mark grasp of the potential market, you need to understand Thielert's original business model, which is itself still unproven but appeared to be at least affordable. Approaching diesel technology cautiously, Thielert's cost structure was based on a 1000-hour TBR or time between replacement. But the engine and parts prices were-somewhat confusingly to everyone involved-pro-rated on a 2400-hour model. During the 1000-hour run, several key and expensive components had to be inspected and/or replaced at intervals, including the gear reduction box, the clutch, high pressure feed pump and the alternator. The gear box, for instance, was a 300-hour inspect/replace item, but the cost of doing this maintenance was built into the warranty structure. That means that when a Diamond DA42 owner came up on the 300-hour requirement, it was already built into the purchase price. The owner suffered downtime, but the majority of the costs were theoretically covered.Now comes Kuebler to revise the rules in such a way as to leave owners not just in the cold, but with virtually no financial support of any kind. We're told that as of mid-May, a Thielert 2.0 diesel still costs about 33,000 Euros or just over $52,000. That sounds like a huge sum and it is– twice the cost of a Lycoming overhaul for equivalent horsepower. But the diesel's fuel specifics are favorable enough to offset the higher cost over an avgas engine on a lifecycle basis. Or at least they used to be.Now, Thielert no longer warrants the engines or parts. When you come up on the 300-hour gearbox requirement, they'll sell you a new one at $16,000 or an inspected one for $7800-if you wire the money to Germany upfront and arrange for your own shipping. On your Maalox-powered run to the 1000-hour TBR, you get to do that three times, plus the cost of the pumps, alternator, shipping and who knows what else. If you go to 2400 hours on the new 2.0 engine, do it seven times. The gearboxes alone have the potential of more than doubling the cost of the engine to nearly $100 an hour-and that's before you buy fuel. What this means, in my view, is that Thielert's management needed help in killing the company for good, Kuebler seems to be providing it. The part about no warranty support for anything is especially galling to owners."Does this mean that if I buy a $16,000 gearbox that's no good, my only recourse is to buy another one?" one angry owner asked me this week. It evidently means exactly that, which is why Diamond, in a bulletin to owners, accused the bankruptcy firm of being more interested in short term cash flow than long term survival of Thielert and making its customers reasonably whole.The economic impact of this, if it continues, will be widespread, stunning and terminal, in my view. First, the basic numbers are simply untenable. Thielert's Centurion 1.7 engine is maintenance hungry when everything is going right. With Thielert's bankruptcy, the pro-ration dissolved so now owners are on their own for support.The bankruptcy overseer may assume the high prices will fly because a captive market means no one else can provide the parts and engines. Thielert, unfortunately, retains an iron-grip on the type certificates and there is thus far no aftermarket parts manufacturing authority, as there is with Lycoming and Continental. Kuebler seems to assume that this means owners will pay anything to keep their airplanes flying. In this, the bankruptcy administrator may be proven disastrously wrong. Owners probably won't pay these prices because they are profoundly uneconomic."I'm not paying another dollar," says Stan Fetter, who operates a pair of Thielert-converted Cessna 172s in Maryland. He's coming up on a timed out engine on one of the Skyhawks and a gearbox replacement on another. Like other owners, Fetter says the bankruptcy administrator is mistaken if it assumes owners will wire money to Germany to pay for parts upfront that are then not warranted. Some owners might, out of desperation, but probably not enough to turn Thielert around.What they will do-and one told us he intends to do just this-is seek legal remedies. Since Thielert is insolvent, the most likely target will be Diamond Aircraft and its distributors, which sold the diesel-equipped airplanes in the first place. But this promises to be a blind alley with a high price tag, since aircraft sales contracts specifically assign warranty support for engines and avionics to the manufacturers. Yes, we all know it doesn't work that way with cars, but airplane sales exist in their own little cu de sac in the village of the damned and in the euphoria of buying a new airplane, owners often overlook this.What's puzzling is why Kuebler is pursuing a strategy which is almost certain to quench the very sales they need to bring the company back from the dead. Presumably, Kuebler profits if the company recovers or if new investment Euros are found. Or does Kuebler think liquidation is the best strategy? If so, they seem to be on the fast track to get there. (And by the way, I asked-e-mails and phone calls to Kuebler weren't answered.)And captive market or not, Kuebler doesn't have forever to sort this out. Driving up aggressively from the rear is Diamond principal Christian Dries and the Austro engine project, which is now in full swing. Austro plans to offer certified engines based on technology related to the same Mercedes-Benz engines Thielert used. Approval in the European market is planned for this summer. Austro now has new urgency to move this project forward at the fastest possible pace.The longer Thielert/Kuebler dither around with this absurd price structure, the more erosion it will suffer on its installed base, if the base even represents a large enough market to be worth resurrecting given Austro overhanging the largest share-the 800-plus Diamond airframes already out there. Cessna represents an unknown here, but I don't think it can be counted on to represent long-term steady sales for Thielert, at least at Kuebler's fantasy prices. Who wants to own a 172 with no engine warranty and the requirement for a $100-an-hour engine reserve? (For an equivalent Lycoming, $12 is generous.)Besides, if the Austro engines are more powerful, have better fuel specifics and affordable prices, as Diamond thinks they might, the Thielert engines will look like also rans. In some ways, Cessna dodged the bullet here. Its diesel project was immature enough to represent little exposure, so it's throttled back and announced no deliveries this year. (Not that it had a choice, in my opinion.)What should owners do? Realistically, all they can do is sit tight and see what develops. Legal action against Diamond is an option, but it will be slow going, expensive and won't get engines and parts flowing any faster. Diamond has already been rebuffed by Kuebler after it offered to buy a large stock of engines and parts upfront to support owners-just what the struggling Thielert really needs to get back to solvency, you'd think."This is just the first inning of a very long ballgame," Fred Ahles, owner of Premier Aircraft, told me earlier this week. Ahles is a Diamond dealer, but with years in the industry, he has been through Piper's bankruptcy, Cessna's retraction and the Lycoming crankshaft fiasco. He believes the Thielert diesel crisis will also be sorted out, but not quickly. With so many high-priced airframes out there, there's too much value to simply walk away from.And although owners might wish to do exactly that, the best strategy is to simply wait it out. We expect more developments next week at the Berlin Airshow.


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This is a manual page for an old and unsupported version of CHICKEN. If you are still using it, please consider migrating to the latest version. You can find the manual for the latest release here.
Unit extras
This unit contains a collection of useful utility definitions. The unit is used in csi by default.
Random numbers
[procedure] (randomize [SEED])Set random-number seed. If SEED (an exact integer) is not supplied, the current time is used. On startup (when Unit extras is initialized), the random number generator is initialized with the current time.
[procedure] (random N)Returns a pseudo-random integer in [0, N-1]. N is an integer.
On Windows, N and the random value are exact integer.
Warning: This procedure uses rand(3) internally and exhibits its deficiencies, including low quality pseudo-randomness:
- On Windows and Solaris, only 32768 unique random values can be generated in the range [0, N-1]. If N >= 32768, there will be gaps in the result set.
- On Mac OS X, Windows and some other platforms, little variance in output is seen with nearby seeds. Since the random generator is seeded with current-seconds at startup, new processes may see similar or identical random sequences for up to a minute.
- On Linux, rand(3) is an alias to random(3), which provides output of reasonable quality.
Formatted output
[procedure] (fprintf PORT FORMATSTRING [ARG...])[procedure] (printf FORMATSTRING [ARG...])
[procedure] (sprintf FORMATSTRING [ARG...])
Simple formatted output to a given port (fprintf), the value of (current-output-port) (printf), or a string (sprintf). The FORMATSTRING can contain any sequence of characters. There must be at least as many ARG arguments given as there are format directives that require an argument in FORMATSTRING. Extra ARG arguments are ignored. The character `~' prefixes special formatting directives:
~% | write newline character |
~N | the same as ~% |
~S | write the next argument |
~A | display the next argument |
~\n | skip all whitespace in the format-string until the next non-whitespace character |
~B | write the next argument as a binary number |
~O | write the next argument as an octal number |
~X | write the next argument as a hexadecimal number |
~C | write the next argument as a character |
~~ | display `~' |
~! | flush all pending output |
~? | invoke formatted output routine recursively with the next two arguments as format-string and list of parameters |
[procedure] (format [DESTINATION] FORMATSTRING [ARG...])The parameters FORMATSTRING and ARG... are as for printf.
The optional DESTINATION, when supplied, performs:
- #f
- sprintf
- #t
- printf
- output-port
- fprintf
[procedure] (pretty-print EXP [PORT])[procedure] (pp EXP [PORT])
Print expression nicely formatted. PORT defaults to the value of (current-output-port).
[parameter] pretty-print-widthSpecifies the maximal line-width for pretty printing, after which line wrap will occur.
Input/Output extensions
[procedure] (read-byte [PORT])[procedure] (write-byte BYTE [PORT])
Read/write a byte to the port given in PORT, which default to the values of (current-input-port) and (current-output-port), respectively.
[procedure] (read-file [FILE-OR-PORT [READER [MAXCOUNT]]])Returns a list containing all toplevel expressions read from the file or port FILE-OR-PORT. If no argument is given, input is read from the port that is the current value of (current-input-port). After all expressions are read, and if the argument is a port, then the port will not be closed. The READER argument specifies the procedure used to read expressions from the given file or port and defaults to read. The reader procedure will be called with a single argument (an input port). If MAXCOUNT is given then only up to MAXCOUNT expressions will be read in.
[procedure] (read-line [PORT [LIMIT]])[procedure] (write-line STRING [PORT])
Line-input and -output. PORT defaults to the value of (current-input-port) and (current-output-port), respectively. If the optional argument LIMIT is given and not #f, then read-line reads at most LIMIT characters per line. read-line returns a string without the terminating newline and write-line adds a terminating newline before outputting.
[procedure] (read-lines [PORT [MAX]])Read MAX or fewer lines from PORT. PORT defaults to the value of (current-input-port). PORT may optionally be a string naming a file. Returns a list of strings, each string representing a line read, not including any line separation character(s).
[procedure] (read-string [NUM [PORT]])[procedure] (read-string! NUM STRING [PORT [START]])
[procedure] (write-string STRING [NUM [PORT]])
Read or write NUM characters from/to PORT, which defaults to the value of (current-input-port) or (current-output-port), respectively. If NUM is #f or not given, then all data up to the end-of-file is read, or, in the case of write-string the whole string is written. If no more input is available, read-string returns the empty string. read-string! reads destructively into the given STRING argument, but never more characters than would fit into STRING. If START is given, then the read characters are stored starting at that position. read-string! returns the actual number of characters read.
[procedure] (read-token PREDICATE [PORT])Reads characters from PORT (which defaults to the value of (current-input-port)) and calls the procedure PREDICATE with each character until PREDICATE returns false. Returns a string with the accumulated characters.
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I use Google site search in a IFrame for my sites search engine. When I search for something in Chrome/FireFox "Flight" I get the results page. When I do the same search in IE8 I get 404 error.
Site: www.everydayfiction.com Search box is on the right hand side in the sidebar.
The strange thing is that in IE8 when I do the search I get the following URL:
But when I do the same search in Chrome/Firefox I get this URL:
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text: Red Curry Paste from Mae Ploy is the most popular Thai curry. Made from all authentic ingredients contains no MSG, no preservative and no artificial color. Red curry paste gives a true taste of curry. Red curry paste from Mae Ploy is easy to cook with cooking instruction on the package. Ingredients: Dried red chili, garlic, lemon grass, salt, shallot, galanga, shrimp paste, kaffir lime peel, pepper. Net weight: 14.00oz. Product of Thailand. Saving more with Red Curry Mar Ploy (6 pks).


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Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume was married to the Belgian countess Stéphanie de Lannoy at the City Hall in Luxembourg on Friday 19 October 2012. A gala dinner took place at the Grand Ducal palace in the evening.
The religious ceremony took place in the Notre-Dame Cathedral today at 11 p.m., followed by a reception at the Grand Ducal palace. I was only able to follow the events on the Norwegian TV channel NRK1 up to bride's arrival at the cathedral. The weather was great and the crowd was impressive. The TV commentators could have been more informative when commenting on all the royals arriving for the wedding, though.
More details about the wedding and photos can be found at the official website, Gouvernement.lu and the local newspaper Wort.lu (German and English versions). See also NettyRoyal and Luxarazzi.
Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy became Princess of Luxembourg upon the civil wedding on Friday. The Grand Duke will soon issue a decree making her Hereditary Grand Duchess. As mentioned earlier, the new member of the Grand Ducal family has obtained Luxembourgian nationality by act 10 October 2012, published in Mémorial 15 October 2012 (no. 221, p. 3014). The preparatory works can be read here.
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FedEx Seems To Think Any Front Door Will Do For Package Delivery
Clayton was waiting at home for a very important package to arrive — his passport via a travel visa service — for which he had paid FedEx for overnight delivery. So when he his package was instead dropped off at a front door nearby, and not his own, he was a bit unnerved.
He says he heard a knock at the door, but by the time he got there, he saw someone who may have been a FedEx delivery driver walking away. According to Clayton she turned and saw him, but kept walking. Okay, he figured, that must have been for someone else in the building since there were no packages at the door. So where was his passport?
I checked online a few times in the next hour and noticed that my package had been marked as delivered and "Left at Front Door." After walking around a bit I finally found my package delivered next door in a mailbox clearly marked with the wrong address with a list of names of the residents (none of which was mine).
I called FedEx to let them know what had happened, and mostly to politely ask whether there was anything that we could do to prevent future misdelivery, since being worried about a lost passport two weeks before travelling wasn't a feeling I'm eager to repeat. The FedEx customer service agent dutifully informed me that leaving the doorway of the correct house (with a name labeled mailbox) to walk over and deliver to the house next door instead was "within the terms of the service I had paid for," and let me know that in the future if I wanted things delivered to the right address, I should pay for signature receipt service.
When I expressed that in the future I wouldn't be comfortable shipping with FedEx if this was the extent of the effort they make on expensive deliveries, he continued to remind me that I could pay more to have FedEx do their job correctly.
Clayton adds that it's pretty impressive of FedEx to turn a call from a non-upset person into one that results in customer anger and frustration.
"Next time you've got an option with who delivers your packages, keep in mind that as far as FedEx is concerned 'Left at front door' means "Could see your house from where the package was delivered.' "
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LAKE FOREST, Calif., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Western Digital® (NYSE: WDC), the world's leader in external storage solutions, today announced the addition of several entertainment and social sites to the popular WD TV® media player family. WD TV Live™ (photo) and WD TV Live Plus media player (photo) customers will now be able to connect with their friends and family through Facebook® – including uploading photos and videos, sharing their status, viewing their wall and getting the latest updates from their News Feed – among other entertainment choices, all from their HDTV. Meanwhile, WD TV Live Plus media player customers in the U.S. can now instantly rent or purchase the newest movie releases the same day they become available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc™ through the Blockbuster® On Demand service.
In addition, new features for the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Plus media players include:
- Deezer™: a personalized on-demand music service for listening to 7 million tracks anytime, anywhere and one of the most popular Internet and mobile music offerings in Europe;
- Flingo®: free Internet television from leading studios, TV networks, and video websites;
- AccuWeather.com®: a worldwide weather forecasting service; and,
- USB wireless keyboard support: use any popular wireless keyboard with USB dongle to easily update Facebook status and conduct YouTube® searches.
"The WD TV family of media players lets our customers enjoy all of their personal media plus the best of the Internet on the biggest screen in the house," said Brian Miller, director of business development for WD. "We listen to our user community and integrate their feedback to continuously improve the experience with our products. That includes working with our content partners to curate the best set of Internet services to meet customers' needs."
For more information on the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Plus media players, please visit the WD TV media player family website.
Price and Availability
The WD TV Live media player is available worldwide, and the WD TV Live Plus media player is available in the U.S. and Canada (1). Products can be purchased at select U.S. and Canadian retailers and online at wdstore.com. MSRP for the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Plus media players is $129.99 USD.
About WD
WD, one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company designs and produces reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid state drives that keep users' data accessible and secure from loss. Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and media products.
WD was founded in 1970. The company's storage products are marketed to leading OEMs, systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital® and WD® brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company's website (http://www.westerndigital.com/) to access a variety of financial and investor information.
WD, Western Digital and WD TV are registered trademarks and WD TV Live is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc in the U.S. and other countries. Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual products. Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging specifications subject to change without notice.
(1) Netflix, Blockbuster On Demand and Pandora services are available only in the U.S. For Netflix, unlimited membership is required. For Blockbuster On Demand, membership is required. For all services: Availability varies by country. These streaming services may be changed, terminated, or interrupted at any time.