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Alan D. Strange
The General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church meets yearly to deal with matters that concern the whole denomination. Since the founding of the denomination in 1936, there has been a general gathering of Orthodox Presbyterian ministers and ruling elders every year (and twice in two early years). This year the 69th GA met in Wenham, Massachusetts, from June 12 to June 18 at the campus of Gordon College on the beautiful North Shore. There were cool and rainy days, as well as warm and sunny ones. The surrounding countryside was lush and green from the rain, and some of the commissioners enjoyed their first view of the Atlantic Ocean.
We read in Acts 15 of the first recorded general assembly of the apostles and elders of the burgeoning new covenant church. Such rule by apostles and elders was not new to the church. It had its genesis in the Old Testament. To be sure, the church in the Old Testament did not have the office of apostle, but it did have a like office of blessing and proclamationthe Levitical priesthood. The Levitical priestssometimes called eldersjoined together with elders of the people in the rule of the assembly of God's people. We find a New Testament analogy to this Old Testament rule of clergy and elders of the people: after the extraordinary office of apostle gave way to the ordinary office of minister of the Word and sacrament, ministers (as counterparts to the Levites) also joined together with elders of the people in the rule of Christ's church.
This was the understanding of the primitive church. In our context, it came to expression most specifically at the Westminster Assembly. The Assembly's 1645 Form of Presbyterial Church Government and its Directory for the Publick Worship of God both identify the minister as the New Testament counterpart to the Old Testament priest (with certain differences): "under the names of Priests and Levites, [as] continued under the Gospel, are meant evangelical pastors." In fact, the Assembly's Form of Presbyterial Church Government identifies ministers (or pastors) as the New Testament analogue to priests and Levites no less than four times. In addition to ministers, the Form also speaks of "other church governors," or ruling elders: "As there were in the Jewish church elders of the people joined with the priests and Levites in the government of the church; so Christ, who hath instituted government, and governors ecclesiastical in the church, hath furnished some in his church, besides the Ministers of the Word, with gifts for government, and with commission to execute the same when called thereunto, who are to join with the minister in the government of the church. Which officers Reformed churches commonly call Elders."
It is in this joint rule that we see the genius of presbyterianism: ministers and elders of the people (called "lay elders" in older presbyterian terminology) join together in a biblical rule that avoids the twin errors of episcopacy and congregationalism. Yes, God does still distinctly call men to minister the Word and sacraments. These men, though, do not rule alone in the church, as in episcopacy. Rather, such ministers join with the ruling elders whom God has raised up from among the people, men who are not preachers, but who pursue various callings like the rest of the congregation. Ruling elders are those recognized as mature and gifted, called from among the people to exercise gifts of governance and spiritual oversight. This is presbyterianism as biblically mandated and as historically practiced. And this is exactly what we witness at our General Assembly: the ministers and elders of the church serve together, seeking by the Holy Spirit to declare what God's Word teaches about the matters which are brought before her.
The primary purpose of the GA is to do the business of the whole church, or, as our Form of Government puts it, "to advance the worship, edification, and witness of the whole church" (XV:6). But the GA is more than just a weeklong business meeting. In fact, the GA always has an eye to worship, the highest calling of the church.
Ordinarily, the moderator of the previous assembly calls the new assembly to order. But since the moderator of the 68th GA, the Rev. David J. O'Leary, was stranded in Connecticut with car trouble, the immediately preceding moderator, Dr. James S. Gidley, called the Assembly to order at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12. He introduced the Rev. Ross W. Graham, general secretary of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension, who led the Assembly in worship. Joining Mr. Graham were the Rev. Gregory E. Reynolds, who led in prayer; the Rev. Gregory A. Hills, who preached on "A Kingdom Vision" from Matthew 9:35-38; and the Rev. John D. Van Meerbeke, who administered the sacrament of Holy Communion.
Worship did not only open the Assembly, though. It pervaded the Assembly. Every session (even after every break for coffee or meals) was opened with song and prayer and closed with prayer. Also, prayer was offered after the report of every committee. Every day at 11:55 a.m. the Assembly was led in devotionals by commissioners appointed by their presbyteries. Thus, the whole time at the Assembly was bounded by the means of grace.
The Assembly is led in its work by a moderator, and this year the GA elected as its moderator the Rev. Douglas B. Clawson, then pastor of Grace OPC in Hanover Park, Illinois, and as of July 1 the associate general secretary of the Committee on Foreign Missions. Mr. Clawson steered the Assembly through its labors with grace, ability, and good humor to an early adjournment, just shy of 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18.
Of the approximately 136 commissioners elected by the presbyteries, 37 were attending their first GA, an unusually high number of first-time commissioners. A poll of the commissioners revealed that 10 had been ordained since 2000, 36 in the decade of the 1990s, 30 in the 1980s, 33 in the 1970s, 16 in the 1960s, 10 in the 1950s, and only 1 in the 1940s.
The work of the Assembly was carried on, first of all, by temporary advisory committees that met on Thursday, June 13 (and as needed later in the Assembly). The thirteen advisory committees set to work to review overtures, communications, appeals and complaints, and the work of the program committees (Foreign Missions, Christian Education, and Home Missions) and the other standing committees of the General Assembly.
The Assembly has several officersa stated clerk, a statistician, and a historianwho make a yearly report. The stated clerk, the Rev. Donald J. Duff, answers to the Trustees of the General Assembly. They reported that, due to some lawsuits against certain OP judicatories and officers, they are in the process of purchasing a liability policy to cover such situations. The clerk also noted the liquidity of the General Assembly Operations Fund and the corresponding cut in requested support from $16 per communicant member to $14.
The report of the statistician, Mr. Luke Brown, showed that as of December 31, 2001, membership in the OPC totaled 26,290an increase of nearly 1 percent, despite the loss of two rather large congregations. Giving totaled $34.2 million, a slight increase over the previous yeara blessing in our post-9/11 world. The number of local congregations stood at 224, plus 65 unorganized mission works.
Mr. John R. Muether, who had been the acting historian for the previous three years, was elected as the historian of the OPC for a three-year term. A new set of rules was put in place to provide a better accountability structure for the work of the historian.
Among the highlights of this GA were the tributes paid to retiring medical missionary Dr. Grietje Rietkerk and missionary Dr. Young Son. Dr. Rietkerk and Dr. and Mrs. Son were honored Thursday evening at a reception given by the Committee on Foreign Missions. Before the reception, both missionaries received plaques heralding their years of faithful service to our King and heard remembrances of events that occurred during that service. Dr. Rietkerk also addressed the Assembly on Friday afternoon and recalled her many years of service in various African nations. She testified how God had led her all the way, and she thanked him for his faithfulness to her. She also reminded the Assembly that while it is fitting that we pray frequently for the missionaries on the field, it is also quite important that we remember to pray for the new believers who are the fruit of mission work.
The reports of the three program committees are always a highlight at any Assembly. We heard first from the Committee on Foreign Missions in a report presented by its president, the Rev. Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, and its general secretary, Mr. Mark Bube. Mr. Bube pointed the commissioners to various pictures on the walls about the room that highlighted the work that is being done by our missionaries. There are encouraging reports from Africa: growth in the Ethiopian Reformed Church, in Kenya, in Uganda (as seen in the picture of the new medical clinic in Karamoja), and especially the invitation to OP missionaries to return to Eritrea. The Rev. Dr. Brian T. Wingard and the Rev. Jonathan B. Falk will be going to Eritrea to work in the church there. Dr. Wingard spoke very movingly of the work that he has been doing in Uganda, telling us, among other things, of a young man to whom God gave the grace to overcome his fear of being cursed by a witch doctor and who publicly professed his faith and was baptized along with thirty-eight others.
The Rev. Karl A. Hubenthal also addressed the Assembly concerning his work in Suriname. Because of the health of his wife Rheta, he will not be able to return at this time to the field. He spoke warmly of the "two and one-half" congregations that have been formed there, and said that laborers are needed to continue that work. Mr. Bube pointed out the need for more missionaries several times, noting particularly the needs in Eritrea, Suriname, Japan, and Ethiopia.
Dr. Son also addressed the Assembly on the work that the Lord has done over the years throughout the world through the graduates of the Missionary Training Institute in Seoul, Korea. Korea has sent out over 6,000 missionaries to over 100 countries; more than 700 of these missionaries have been trained by MTI. He testified, as have so many others, to the formative influence that the Rev. Bruce Hunt had upon him. Only eternity will tell how far-reaching the influence of Mr. Hunt was in the Far East and reveal the souls brought to Christ through the work that he did there. Continue to pray for opportunities to preach the gospel in the Far East, even in places that are closed to Christian missions.
A Special Committee on the Work of Foreign Missions, erected at last year's GA, reported that it needed more time to do the work that the Assembly had asked it to do. The Assembly gave the Committee another year to fulfill its mandate. This committee had been given the task of reviewing the practices of the Committee on Foreign Missions in its dealing with missionaries on the field, with a particular focus on the question of whether or not a committee could, as a committee, bring a judicial charge against an individual. The Committee reported that it had interviewed a number of former and current missionaries, and that it needed more time to do its work, apart from studying the question of whether a committee could bring a judicial charge against an individual. The Assembly, after some debate, determined to put the question about committees bringing charges in the hands of the standing Committee on Appeals and Complaints, thus enabling this special committee to focus on its other work.
The Rev. Larry E. Wilson, general secretary of the Committee on Christian Education, presented the work of that committee. Mr. Wilson's report covered a number of areas, including New Horizons, Ordained Servant, the OPC.org website and Internet ministries, the pastoral internship program, and the Ministerial Training Institute of the OPC. Mr. Wilson reported that the Committee is undergoing a significant internal reorganization, in which all of the previous subcommittees are being subsumed under four subcommittees: Ministerial Training (SMT), Resources for the Church (SRC), Great Commission Publications, and Finance. The Committee on Christian Education has adopted a statement to clarify its understanding of the purpose, principles, and objectives of its ministry, and it will use the SMT and the SRC to carry them out in the coming years.
The joint publishing venture of the OPC and the Presbyterian Church in America, Great Commission Publications, produces resources for use both in worship (such as the original and revised Trinity Hymnal) and in teaching (a full range of Sunday school materials for all ages, as well as VBS material).
The report of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension has been thrilling in recent years. The Rev. Ross W. Graham, general secretary of the Committee, reported that "in spite of the necessity to cut back on the number of new mission works that [the Committee] was able to assist with denominational financial aid [six new works this past year], God continues to build and grow the OPC." The Committee said, in its written report, "The maturity of the OPC is such that her divine expansion no longer relies on the expertise and resources of a central denominational committee. Rather, a robust attitude that hastens church planting endeavors has permeated the presbyteries of the OPC. Now the sixteen Regional Churches expect and substantially help to fund the start of an ever-increasing number of new mission works."
In the previous year, five regional home missionaries labored in the presbyteries, and two new RHMs have recently come on board: the Rev. DeLacy Andrews in the Presbytery of the Southeast and the Rev. Danny Olinger in the Presbytery of Ohio. Both of these men addressed the Assembly about the challenges and opportunities that face them in their respective regional churches. Additionally, several other home missionaries addressed the Assembly, detailing blessings and difficulties in their ministries.
The Rev. Richard R. Gerber, associate general secretary of the Committee, also reported on the recent Home Missions conference at which the Revs. Robert W. Eckardt, Lawrence R. Eyres, John P. Galbraith, and Wendell L. Rockey spoke, each from many years of experienceseeking to encourage the church planters and doing so splendidly. Mr. Eyres especially recalled how he was encouraged as a young man by Dr. J. Gresham Machen.
Mr. Graham introduced to the Assembly a church-planting manual that the Committee has published to provide guidance in the planting of Orthodox Presbyterian churches.
The Committee on Coordination presents a unified budget for the work of the three program committees. The Committee reported that in 2001 the Church was blessed with a 1.51 percent increase in giving to Worldwide Outreach, with total receipts for the year up from $2,104,868 in 2000 to $2,136,711 in 2001. These 2001 receipts, however, still fell 7.8 percent short of the approved 2001 budget of $2,318,475.
The Assembly adopted a Worldwide Outreach budget for 2003 of $2.4 million, an increase of 2.13 percent over the 2002 approved budget and yet 7 percent less than the amount requested by the three program committees (Foreign Missions, Christian Education, and Home Missions). This $2.4 million budget represents an increase of 12.3 percent over 2001 actual receipts. We should all be encouraged to do all that we can to support this budget. While there was a shortfall here in 2001, we should be thankful that Worldwide Outreach received as much as it did in light of the events of last year, particularly following September 11.
The Committee on Diaconal Ministries reported disbursements of $218,978 for 2001, with 7 percent for administration, 22 percent for ministry abroad, and 71 percent for ministry in the U.S. (including disbursements from the Aged and Infirm Ministers', Widows', and Orphans' Fund). The Committee is quite involved with foreign ministries. For example, it gave $9,000 to help in Kenya (in cooperation with the Presbyterian Church in America) and $20,000 in special relief aid through the Middle East Reformed Fellowship earmarked for the Sudan.
The Assembly approved the request of the Committee that the congregations be asked to give at least half of their contributions by the end of May. The Assembly also approved a reminder to presbyteries that the words "free from worldly care" should not be contained in a call to a minister if he will need to pursue other employment to supplement his income. Additionally, the Assembly reminded the presbyteries that adequate health insurance is to be provided for ministers, and that they ought to look into whether ministers have adequate insurance coverage.
The Committee is willing to recommend where help is most needed, remembering that as we minister in word and deed, we are to do good to all men, "especially to those who are of the household of faith" (Gal. 6:10 nkjv), and that the first line of aid in the church is in the diaconate of the local congregation and the presbytery.
The Assembly requested the Committee on Diaconal Ministries to publish its guidelines for responding to requests in its report to the 70th GA. The Assembly requests $29.00 per communicant member for the General Fund and for the Aged and Infirm Ministers' Fund for the year 2003, unchanged from 2002.
Mr. Roger Huibregtse reported for the Committee on Pensions. There are 258 people in the pension plan, with 58 currently drawing a pension (and 4 receiving an annuity). After several years of double-digit increases, the pension fund lost over 4 percent of its value in 2001, due to a difficult year for the stock market. Many other pension funds, however, suffered double-digit losses.
This committee also oversees the hospitalization coverage of some of our ministers, as well as other church officers, there being 128 participants in the plan. Extensive discussion followed about the rising costs of insurance. The hospitalization plan struggles to remain solvent in the face of huge increases in the cost of insurance in the last few years.
The Assembly approved a request from the Committee for a contribution of $15 per communicant member for hospitalization deficit reduction. In addition, the Committee asked for help from the Committee on Diaconal Ministries at the rate of $75,000 per year for the next three years. The Assembly instead approved assistance only for the next year, to allow time to consider alternatives without doing damage to the diaconal reserve fund.
Additionally, the Assembly asked this committee to study the insurance problem more thoroughly and report back next year, recommending solutions. Given the crisis in the health insurance industry and the no-end-in-sight increases, it seems that more and more money will be needed from the people of God to make sure that the ministers of the church are properly insured.
The Rev. Jack Peterson, Chairman of the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations (CEIR), reported on the work of that committee. We have ecclesiastical relations of some sort with twenty-six other denominations in the U.S. and around the world. There is much encouragement in this area.
The Bible Presbyterian Church, which withdrew from our church in 1937, has expressed regret over its departure and has been meeting with us to explore ways to increase the level of fellowship with the ultimate goal of formal union.
Members of the Committee have also been meeting with representatives of the United Reformed Churches in North America to see how we might come into closer fellowship with them.
The Committee recommended closer ties with the Presbyterian Church of Japan and the Reformed Church of Québec. The Assembly heartily approved these recommendations. It also sent a congratulatory letter to the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Kosin) for its fifty years of ministry.
In 2001, the OPC sent fraternal representation to the highest assemblies of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of England and Wales, the Korean American Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Church in America, the Reformed Church in Japan, the Reformed Church in the United States, the Bible Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Church of Japan, and the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. Observers were also sent to a number of other Reformed and Presbyterian bodies.
Those churches with whom we have the closest ties are those with whom we have "ecclesiastical fellowship" (such as the PCA, the RPCNA, and the RCUS). With some other Reformed and Presbyterian churches, we have "corresponding relations." At various points in the Assembly, fraternal delegates from churches with whom we have either ecclesiastical fellowship or corresponding relations addressed the Assembly.
The Committee seeks to maintain an active fellowship with churches abroad, especially through our membership in the International Conference of Reformed Churches, though not limited to that. Relations with churches in North America are maintained in large part by our involvement in the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC). The General Assembly adopted the following resolution regarding one of the members of NAPARC: "That membership of the Christian Reformed Church of North America in NAPARC be terminated no later than the 2004 meeting of NAPARC," and then reasons followed. This resolution was adopted with great sadness, for the Christian Reformed Church had, from the very beginning of our history, been one of our best friends. We pray earnestly for her repentance and restoration.
The Rev. John P. Galbraith, who has served the CEIR since 1971 (as chairman for many years), had informed the Committee of his request that, his term of service having expired, he did not wish to have his name placed in nomination for reelection. The CEIR expressed its thanks to him for his faithful service. But more than this, the General Assembly as a whole passed a resolution, without dissent, in gratitude for all of Mr. Galbraith's service (see the sidebar on the next page).
The Assembly then heard the report of the Committee on Appeals and Complaints. One complaint was against certain actions of the Presbytery of Southern California in its dealings with one of its ministerial members in the aftermath of his being censured for an unconstitutional view of continuing revelation. The Presbytery had expressed satisfaction with the modified and clarified views of the minister. But another member of the Presbytery alleged that the censured minister had not materially changed his views and that the Presbytery was in error to regard his views as now acceptable. The Assembly denied the complaint, however, and upheld the Presbytery.
In an appeal taken in the Presbytery of Ohio, a man in a divorce case alleged that certain actions of a local session were wrong. The General Assembly found the appeal, for several reasons, not to be in order and therefore not properly before it.
In a case remanded back to the Presbytery of Northern California, in which the General Assembly retained jurisdiction, the General Assembly found that certain actions taken by the Presbytery to remedy earlier problems were themselves problematic, giving the impression of amending the constitution without doing so, and thus were null and void.
The Assembly also passed a modified version of an amendment to the Book of Discipline recommended by the Committee on Appeals and Complaints that involved clarification of certain judicial procedures. If approved by a majority of the presbyteries before the next GA, it will become effective in 2005.
The General Assembly then heard the report of the Committee on Chaplains. We have seventeen chaplains serving on active duty, in the reserves, or in other capacities outside the Department of Defense. These men serve as missionaries to the agencies of which they are a part. OP chaplains played important roles both at the Pentagon and at Ground Zero (the site of the wreckage of the World Trade Center) in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11. The Committee recommended regular prayer for the chaplains, calling on congregations to "adopt" chaplains and their families for prayer sponsorship and quarterly communication.
The Committee on Revisions to the Directory for Public Worship, which has been working (with changing personnel) for at least thirteen years, presented a Proposed Revised Version of the Directory for Public Worship. The General Assembly agreed to send the Proposed Revised Version, with minor amendment, to all presbyteries and sessions for study. The plan is to present the Proposed Revised Version (with any changes made by the Committee as a result of interaction with the sessions and presbyteries) to the 70th GA for approval. If approved, it will then be sent down to the presbyteries for their consideration. If a majority of the presbyteries approve the new directory before the 71st GA in 2004, it will become effective in 2005.
It was clear from some of the debate that the two-office/three-office question continues to occupy us as a church, and that it will concern us as we address matters having to do with the Directory for Public Worship. The question is whether ministers and ruling elders occupy separate offices (along with deacons) or the same office of elder. We have men strongly on one side or the other and a number in the middle (a "two-and-one-half-office" position).
A recommendation of a minority of the Committee that would have amended the Proposed Revised Version to state explicitly that ruling elders may "read" a salutation or benediction in the absence of a minister was defeated.
The Committee on Views of Creation gave a progress report with a view to giving its final report at the 70th GA. The Committee had done extensive work on the questions put to it by the 68th GA, and it reported that its members had been working well together as a committee.
Another matter came up that had to do with the qualifications for ministers. Several presbyteries sought the advice of the GA in cases where men seeking licensure or ordination had not completed all the formal requirements of university or seminary education. There was a concern expressed that presbyteries should exercise great care in granting exceptions to the formal educational requirements set forth in the Form of Government. It was agreed that even in the cases where such exceptions are granted, presbyteries should assure themselves that everything that a university and seminary education is calculated to achieve is present in the men being examined.
Even as the Assembly serves as the highest body of appeal in complaints or judicial appeals, so it is the body that must examine the minutes of all the presbyteries and the standing committees of the GA. There was an attempt, defeated by the Assembly, to flag a presbytery for having a commission do what some alleged that only a presbytery itself could do.
The Committee on Date, Place, and Travel recommended that the next Assembly meet at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, from June 25 to July 2. The recommendation was approved. There was a general agreement among the commissioners that this Assembly was able to adjourn early, in no small measure, because many matters await resolution at the next Assemblynot the least among them being the Proposed Revised Version of the Directory for Public Worship and the report of the Committee on Views of Creation. Thus, this Assembly served as a prelude for next year's Assembly, for which we all ought to be in earnest prayer.
The author is associate pastor of New Covenant Community OPC in New Lenox, Ill., and a teacher at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. Reprinted from New Horizons, August/September 2002.
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How To Install an Electric Fan In Your Mustang
The Spal Electric Fan Is A Low-Profile Powerhouse
Whenever a Mustang's engine is modified to make more power, the demand on the cooling system increases. More power means more heat, and the limitations of the stock Mustang cooling system can soon become apparent. Marlon Mitchell from Marlo's Frame and Alignment has a '66 Mustang coupe with a built 308-inch small-block. During the summer he runs into some serious heat in So-Cal's San Fernando Valley. Problems can arise with the limitation of the stock radiator capacity and the limited ability of the original cooling fan to move enough air.
The OE radiator has been replaced in Marlon's '66 with a high-performance aluminum unit, so that aspect of the cooling quandary has been addressed. It's 4 inches thick, so it has pretty much reached the limit for core thickness before air travel is impeded. At idle, a mechanically driven cooling fan only turns as fast as the engine, so when heat circumstances conspire against the car, there's no reserve air movement to fall back on. Revving the engine to increase fan speed in an attempt to cool the engine just makes more heat. What's needed to complement the radiator is a powerful electric fan that works at full speed, regardless of engine speed.
The SPAL electric fan we installed on Marlon's car fits this description perfectly. It's a low-profile unit, so interference with pulleys isn't a problem. The SPAL unit includes a complete electrical harness with a relay and detailed instructions. While the fan is thermostatically controlled, it can also be equipped with a manual override. For air-conditioned cars, the fan turns on anytime the A/C is activated.
The SPAL fan also has a closely fitted built-in shroud to channel airflow. This will be a considerable improvement for those with an open radiator on all sides. Furthermore, an electric fan frees up the power used to drive the mechanical fan. Make sure your battery and alternator is up to the task and you'll enjoy the peace of mind that comes with the extra cooling protection of SPAL's electric fan.

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Fender Rhodes Mark II stage piano;
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Mobile shopping is getting even more mobile.
No longer just about using your smartphone to make purchases, mobile payment options are now popping up in transit systems in metropolitan areas, as companies look to gauge consumers' appetites for buying products while truly on the go.
EBay-owned PayPal has just launched a pilot in Singapore's subway stations for commuters to buy goods while en route. The experiment, through which eight merchants will offer Valentine's Day gifts at reduced prices, is being conducted across 15 subway stations across Singapore.
Commuters can make purchases by using their smartphone to scan a QR code on a billboard or poster, and can then pay through a PayPal account. (For those wondering how cell service might work while riding a subway, Singapore has long boasted complete underground coverage, in addition to being one of the most Wi-Fi-friendly cities in the world.)
Earlier this week, New Yorkers learned that they would be able to purchase beauty products while riding in some taxicabs, with just a swipe of their smartphones.
Launched by Glamour magazine as part of a Fashion Week experiment, 50 Manhattan cabs will be equipped with SnapTags from technology company SpyderLynk; according to a Wall Street Journal report, VeriFone, which handles payments for New York City cabs, will power the beauty product purchases, as well.
The experiment was inspired by the virtual stores launched in the Seoul subway system by the Tesco supermarket chain, the Journal says.
While mobile payments are becoming increasingly popular — even the Obama campaign has hopped on board — the companies pushing mobile payments forward are divided on their approach to the technology. Square, for example, uses a dongle that plugs into the iPhone to accept mobile credit card payments; it also offers an app that uses geo-fencing to allow a customer to pay when he or she is within a certain distance from a store. Google's mobile payments app, Google Wallet, uses near field communication technology to transmit payments.
For PayPal, which recently doubled its mobile payments predictions for 2012 to $7 billion, the emphasis has been on options that don't require near field communication; which, as my AllThingsD colleague Tricia Duryee points out, can be a limiting factor for adoption.
PayPal says that, aside from a smartphone and an app with bar-code scanning capability, no additional infrastructure — such as an NFC-equipped terminal — is required for merchants, retailers and consumers to participate in the Singapore pilot.
Late last year, PayPal began testing point-of-sale purchasing at Home Depot retail stores, in which a select group of PayPal employees can purchase items by using a PayPal-issued credit card or by entering an account number at the register.


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LOS ANGELES -- Rockies manager Walt Weiss said righty reliever Matt Belisle, who has been an up-and-down 0-2 with a 6.30 ERA, simply needs sharper command.
Belisle, 33, who gave up an eighth-inning leadoff home run to the Giants' Hector Sanchez in Wednesday afternoon's 12-10 loss, is learning to pitch with top fastball velocity that has dipped -- possibly because of his 313 appearances in the last four-plus seasons, including 11 this season. But the key is whether it's the fastball, sinker, changeup or slider, keeping it in a good location, Weiss said.
"Most of the time, it comes down to command," Weiss said. "You can't throw balls in the middle of the plate. I don't care who you are. If you throw 95 or above you can get a little more breathing room, but it's about command.
"I think the slider can be a put-away pitch for Matty. I've seen him get that slider to the back foot of left-handed hitters this year. I've seen him throw some real good ones. It's about consistency, and fastball command is a very good key for Matty, pitching to both sides of the plate. Pitching in with his fastball is key, too."


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The next time you consider defaming someone by labeling him or her a Neanderthal, you might want to choose different terminology, based on findings by a researcher at the University of Colorado and his colleague.
An extensive review of recent Neanderthal research by CU's Paola Villa and co-author Wil Roebroeks, an archaeologist at Leiden University in the Netherlands, argues that the available evidence does not support a long-held perception by many that Neanderthals were less advanced than anatomically modern humans, or that their supposed inferiority contributed to their demise.
Neanderthals thrived in a large area across Europe and Asia between about 350,000 and 40,000 years ago and vanished after our ancestors, a group referred to as "anatomically modern humans," entered Europe from Africa.
"The evidence for cognitive inferiority is simply not there," Villa, a curator at the CU Museum of Natural History, said in a news release. "What we are saying is that the conventional view of Neanderthals is not true."
The paper by Villa and Roebroeks was published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE.
Villa and Roebroeks studied nearly a dozen common explanations for the Neanderthals' extinction, which relied largely on the notion that the Neanderthals were inferior to anatomically modern humans.
They found that none of the hypotheses examined was supported by the available research. For example, evidence from multiple archaeological sites in Europe suggests that Neanderthals hunted as a group, even exploiting their landscape as an ally.
This included evidence that Neanderthals likely herded hundreds of bison to their death by steering them into a sinkhole in southwestern France. At a site used by Neanderthals in the Channel Islands, fossilized remains of 18 mammoths and five woolly rhinoceroses were found at the bottom of a ravine. This suggested to the researchers that Neanderthals were capable of both advance planning and group communication.
Villa and Roebroeks say that the past misrepresentation of Neanderthals' cognitive ability could be tied to researchers' tendency to compare Neanderthals, who lived in the Middle Paleolithic era, to modern humans living during the more recent Upper Paleolithic period, a time of great technological advancements.


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The race for the Republican nomination is neck-and-neck once again, with Rick Santorum now pulling into a statistical tie with Mitt Romney, according to two new national surveys released today.
The latest Gallup tracking shows Santorum has surged 14 points over the past week and now captures 30 percent support among likely Republican voters. Romney, meanwhile, has dropped seven points to 32 percent.
A Pew Research Center poll also puts Santorum with 30 percent support, slightly ahead of Romney's 28 percent (but still well within the sampling error).
According to that poll, Santorum's rise over the past few weeks has been fueled by Tea Party supporters and white evangelicals — the bread-and-butter of the GOP base.
It also indicates that Santorum is stealing voters from Romney — not from Newt Gingrich, as the political world continues to assume. Support for Gingrich and perennial outsider candidate Ron Paul has remained relatively stagnant for the past few weeks, at 17 percent and 12 percent, respectively.
The numbers underscore a strange fact about the Republican race, one that has been largely overlooked by both the campaigns and the pundits/media handicappers.
Santorum is actually the biggest threat to Romney's inevitability as the Republican nominee. The latest polls indicate that Santorum's new supporters were initially inclined to support the presumptive frontrunner, but that questions about Romney's record have now led them to support a candidate they perceive to be more conservative.
This undercuts conventional wisdom that says hard-core conservative voters are split between Santorum and Gingrich. That line of thinking has led both candidates to call for the other one to drop out of the race. (It's also behind today's scathing National Review editorial telling Gingrich to get out of Santorum's way.)
In reality, Santorum is the Establishment alternative to Romney. Gingrich, despite his lengthy career in Washington, has carved out a place for himself as an anti-Establishment candidate.
That Santorum's supporters are actually more naturally aligned with Romney than they are with Gingrich is undoubtedly an obstacle for the former Massachusetts Governor. But the stagnant support for Gingrich and Paul underscores a much bigger problem for the Republican Party.
According to the new polls, Gingrich and Paul hold about one-third of Republican support — a sizable bloc of GOP voters who remain disillusioned with the Party Establishment, and by extension, with Romney.
Conversations with Republican voters and volunteers on the campaign trail bear out this thesis. Gingrich's support and Paul's broadening coalition were borne from the rise of the Tea Party, which enfranchised a new class of voters and activists — many of them young — who blame the Establishment and the Elite for the country's Economic and Moral Crises.
While Paul's appeal to the young is well-known, Gingrich has also cultivated surprisingly strong support among youth voters and Tea Party activists, many of whom see Paul as an ideologue. The former House Speaker's campaign team is staffed by a number of 20-something operatives who got their start with groups like the Tea Party Express and Freedom Works, and like Paul, Gingrich has been able to generate a lot of enthusiasm on college campuses.
This is both good and bad news for Romney.
The good news is that these anti-Establishmenters still represent a relatively small wing of the Republican party. Assuming Santorum drops out, the numbers indicate that Romney would still have a lock on the nomination.
The bad news is that neither Gingrich nor Paul has anything to gain by dropping out of the race – and both candidates have said they plan on sticking it out until the bitter end. That means that Paul, Gingrich, and their very vocal fans will be a thorn in Romney's side through the convention. It also means that some of the party's youngest and most savvy activists are never going to get behind the likely nominee.
The upshot of all of this is that the knock-down-drag-out Republican primary will hurt, not help, the GOP. Unlike the 2008 Democratic race, this year is already exposing deep divisions in the Republican party that will likely be irreconcilable by the time November rolls around.
Luckily for Republicans, there are two candidates on the horizon upon whom they can all agree — Rand Paul and Marco Rubio should be able to patch the party back together by 2016.


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Gov. Mitch Daniels proved himself worthy of the Man of Achievement Award he received last month from Indiana's Anti-Defamation League. Daniels spoke out forcefully against growing anti-Semitism from "very new and strange quarters" and "the astonishing virulence and widespread nature of anti-Semitism" in accepting the award. Daniels expressed dismay that former allies of the Jewish people have gone astray. He cited the United Nations, the academic left and some in the African-American community, such as Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan, as examples of former allies against anti-Semitism who now regularly engage in "vigorous attacks" on the state of Israel. Daniels quipped that when he was a child, he and his friends went out on Halloween to collect candy while young Jewish children collected money for UNICEF, a U.N. relief organization. Now, the U.N. has become a hotbed of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiments he observes.
In listening to Gov. Daniels' remarks, I was particularly impressed by his disregard for political correctness in this moment and willingness to speak out about what needs to be said about the problem of Muslim anti-Semitism and terrorism in this world. "And then most dangerously, a very large sector of one of the great religions of this world openly and unapologetically commit to the threatening and hoping for extinction of the state of Israel, not a fringe movement of that religion but a mainstream portion," Daniels said. "It must be called for what it is." Note that he goes out of his way to disabuse us of the notion spoken by so many in the mainstream media and on the Left that anti-Semitism is "not a fringe movement" but is represented by a "mainstream portion" of the Muslim community.
Gov. Daniels' singled out Indiana's Muslim Alliance for praise because of their immediate response condemning the terrorist attack by Maj. Hasan on his fellow Army soldiers at Ft. Hood. Daniels was less generous in his comments towards Indiana U.S. Rep. Andre Carson, one of two Muslim members of Congress. Noting the lack of universal condemnation of the attacks within the Muslim community, Daniels said, "The congressman from this district in which we are meeting dismissed [Hasan's terrorist attack] as a matter of mental illness, ignoring the fact that there was once a theory called Nazism that encouraged openly hatred of the Jewish people, and encouraged violence against the Jewish people."
Daniels told the audience that the loss of old allies means that it is all the more important that we reach out to find new allies. Daniels expressed disappointment that so many seem willing to turn a blind eye to the growing anti-Semitism in the world today. He lauded Indiana University for its recent announcement that it is establishing the Institute for the Contemporary Study of Anti-Semitism. Indeed, about 67% of documented hate crimes in the U.S. have been committed against Americans because of their Jewish faith according to the most recent federal hate crimes statistics. There were at least 10 times as many anti-Jewish hate crime incidents or offenses in the U.S. last year compared to the number of anti-Muslim hate crime incidents or offenses. Many of the anti-Jewish hate crimes in the U.S. and elsewhere are committed by persons of Muslim faith. This past weekend, a rabbi in Vienna, Austria was savagely attacked by a Muslim man following a menorah lighting ceremony.


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Exist to Inspire
Think back to the glorious 2009 season for a second. On May 15, Brett Gardner hit an inside-the-park home run, starting what would be a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the Minnesota Twins – a win which this author attended.
What most people didn't know (until after the game) was that he had visited a hospital during the day and met with Alyssa Esposito, a young lady who was set to undergo a heart transplant. She had given Gardner a bracelet, telling him that if he held onto it he would hit a home run.
God must have been working his will that night. It was an incredible story.
I caught up with Esposito in June of last year, conducting an interview with her. Since then I have kept in touch, and so has she, as she is a fan of Yankee Yapping on Facebook.
Apparently she caught my last two video blog posts and sent me something that warmed my heart; something that convinced me that I really am as good as I said I was in the first video I posted.
Here is what she had to say to me:
I watched both of your videos and I just want to say that you inspire me to be just as confident as you are.
I can finally write my book now that both brain tumors are gone. You inspire me to write and be more confident in myself that I can accomplish anything. You do what you need to do and do what makes you happy.
I love that you put your all into your work and make it your best. And I love how honest you are.
No one expects you to be perfect. You are original and stay that way. You have such passion for what you do, if only everyone was like that. I've grown to love baseball. It's all I think about. It makes me calm and happy.
There is no other feeling like being in a stadium and soaking in every second. I want to learn everything there is to know about baseball.
This really made me feel wonderful. In reality I am only writing and doing what I love to do, but for someone who has been through so much – a heart transplant and multiple surgeries – I can't help but think about my problems (and yes, recently I have been going through some stuff, nothing as serious as a heart transplant, however).
My problems (and trying to overcome them) don't even measure up to the challenges Alyssa has faced and triumphed over. It really made me think and put some of my feelings (lately) into perspective. For her to say such nice words and go as far as calling me an inspiration really touched my heart.
I never thought when I began this journey called "Yankee Yapping" in July of 2009 that it would make such an impact on so many people; that it would evolve into what it is today.
Since I have started this blog, it has been featured on MLB.com twice. Yeah, twice guys…twice! If you're going to feature me why not hire me to work for you? Oh sorry. I forgot. You're more interested in the Fan Cave and paying guys to do nothing…
But I digress.
I made my aunt smile when my uncle passed away, ESPN's Buster Olney re-tweeted my little investigation from back in February, I was able to publish an interview with a major leaguer, and now I am an inspiration to a young lady who has gone head-to-head with unbelievable obstacles – obstacles that I could never even fathom.
At this time I would just like to thank Alyssa for her kind words.
Most people look at their parents, their heroes, and their friends for inspiration. I never would have guessed I could have inspired someone with my attitude and my work – much less a person who has been through as much as Alyssa.
And I think I learned something, too: you don't have to be rich and famous to inspire someone. You just have to have an attitude that someone admires and looks up to.
Me an inspiration? It's the first time I have ever heard it. I just hope it won't be the last.
Funny Story About Last Night…
I went to the Yankee game with my good friend Micheal Robinson last night. The Bombers nearly capped a huge comeback in the bottom of the ninth. Down 6-3 entering the last frame the Yanks pulled the Oakland Athletics to within one run, a 6-5 game.
With the bases loaded and two outs, Nick Swisher skied a long fly ball deep to center, nearly crushing what would have been a game-winning grand slam to win it.
Unfortunately the ball died on the warning track and the game ended. A loss for the Yanks.
Along with thanking Alyssa for her kind words, I want to thank Micheal for taking me to the game and getting such great seats behind the left field wall.
Thanks buddy. Now for the funny story…
I met Micheal at the stadium, as I took the train down. While I was waiting for him to get to 161st St., I sat on a bench outside the Metro North station. A group of kids, probably in their first years of college, congregated around the bench and began talking about the tremor (or earthquake) that occurred yesterday afternoon.
"Did you feel it," one of them asked his friend.
"No, I was in Rockland and I didn't feel anything," his friend replied.
I subconsciously started nodding my head, because I had felt it. I had been napping in the afternoon when all of a sudden my bed started to shake. I had no idea what was happening, because I knew I wasn't dreaming. I thought back to the scene in the movie "The Exorcist" when the girl's bed started to violently joggle up and down.
Was the movie coming to life? That was my best guess.
One of the kids asked me where I was, so I told him.
"Westchester County – Yorktown Heights," I said.
A young lady who was with them said, "Yorktown? Do you know the Scott sisters?"
Unbelievable. The Scott sisters are two young ladies from Yorktown High School that play lacrosse – I covered them several times over the course of the last few months working for the local newspaper. Both of them were seniors this past year and are playing lacrosse at UNC next year.
It turns out the young lady who asked me if I knew them played lacrosse with them.
I love how even at Yankee Stadium they find me; random people that know people I know.
Life is funny. That is my conjecture.


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Rick Steves advocates smart, independent travel. As host of the popular public television series, "Rick Steves' Europe," and author of 22 European travel books, he encourages Americans to dive deep into Europe and become "temporary locals." His readers discover not just great cities, but cozy "Back Door" villages away from the tourist-trampled routes. He helps American travelers connect more intimately with Europeans — often for a fraction of what mainstream tourists pay.
Rick took his first trip to Europe in 1969, visiting piano factories with his father, a piano importer. By the time he reached 18, Rick jokes, "I realized I didn't need my parents." He began traveling on his own or with a friend, funding his trips by teaching piano.
In 1976, Rick started a business called Europe Through the Back Door (ETBD). His tour program has grown since then from a couple of minivan tours each year to 200 annual bus tours that escort more than 5,000 Americans through Europe.
ETBD is also one of America's top railpass sellers. It has grown from a one-man operation to a company with a well-traveled staff of more than 60 full-time employees. ETBD offers free travel information through a website (www.ricksteves.com), travel center, European Railpass Guide, and free quarterly newsletter.
Rick self-published the first edition of his travel skills book, "Europe Through the Back Door," in 1980. It has since become a best-seller. He has also written eight country guidebooks, five city guides and five phrasebooks, and co-authored "Europe 101" and "Mona Winks." In 1999, he tackled a new genre of travel writing with his anecdotal "Postcards from Europe," recounting his favorite moments from 25 years of travel. Rick's books are published by Avalon Travel Publishing in Emeryville, California. In 2002 his Italy guidebook was the topselling guidebook to any foreign destination.
In addition to his guidebooks, Rick writes columns for newspapers and magazines. He also appears frequently on television and radio talk shows and online travel chats as a leading authority on independent European travel.
Rick is one of public television's top pledge drive hosts, raising more than a million dollars annually for stations across the United States. His newest TV series, "Rick Steves' Europe," premiered in 2002 with 14 episodes about European travel. Rick is now producing his 7th season of travel shows for PBS.
Rick writes and co-produces the programs at his production company, Back Door Productions. Prior to these programs, he co-wrote 52 episodes of "Travels in Europe with Rick Steves." These earlier shows still air nationwide on public television and the Travel Channel.
Rick also travels throughout the US teaching travel classes. He is known for his lively and irreverent sense of humor.[For more information about Europe Through the Back Door, please see About Rick's Company.]
Europe Through the Back Door and Back Door Productions are both located in Rick's hometown, Edmonds, Washington. His office window overlooks his old junior high school.
Rick Steves is a recognized authority on European travel. He's candid, funny, and quotable.
- To arrange an interview or request a free copy of Europe Through the Back Door's fun and informative travel newsletter, please e-mail Brooke Burdick at email@example.com, or phone 425/608-4233.
- If you are a reporter or program host interested in reviewing Rick's books, please call Avalon Travel Publishing (510/595-3664, ext. 324) for review copies.
Rick Cares About Those Who Can't Travel
Through his Europe Through the Back Door business, Rick Steves donates the use of four duplexes to Seattle's Pathways for Women / YWCA, which provides emergency housing to eight local homeless single mothers and their children. Rick has helped house the homeless this way for more than 10 years.
Rick also assists his church with educational videos. He has written and hosted videos about Martin Luther and the European Reformation (in Germany) and filmed videos explaining development initiatives in Papua New Guinea and in south Los Angeles.
Rick and co-author Bob Effertz donated 100 percent of their royalties from the sale of their "Asia Through the Back Door" guidebook (through the eight year life of that guidebook) to charities working to help developing countries become self sufficient.
For several years, Rick's tour company has hosted an annual charity tour. All proceeds from the tour (about $50,000) are paid directly by tour members to Bread for the World Institute, a citizens' lobby organization that works toward eliminating world hunger. One year, rather than boycotting Turkey for its human rights abuses, Turkey tour members could direct their tour payments to a group that works to defend the separation of mosque and state in that country.
Rick's public television programs also provide Bread for the World with national exposure by including a 12-second announcement about the organization before and after each show. Rick is considered one of the most energetic and productive fundraisers for public television stations. He spends about 20 days a year visiting stations during pledge season.
Rick used full page ads in his guidebooks in 1999 and 2000 to raise awareness of the Jubilee 2000 campaign. The campaign encouraged the rich world to forgive the debt owed by developing nations.
Why I care about the decriminalization of marijuana.
With my support of NORML (a group working to decriminalize marijuana in the USA) and talks at Seattle's Hempfest as well as at other events, some people are wondering what's motivating me. Let me explain:
I support the decriminalization of marijuana among responsible adult users in the USA. ("Decriminalization" does not mean unfettered use — it simply means NOT mandating that use is a criminally punishable offense.)
I do NOT support the legalization of hard drugs.
Like most of Europe, I believe marijuana is a soft drug (like alcohol and tobacco), not a hard drug. Like alcohol and tobacco, there is no reason why it shouldn't be taxed and regulated. Crime should only enter the equation if it is abused to the point where innocent people are harmed.
I do not support children using marijuana (or alcohol or tobacco). In fact I don't advocate smoking marijuana at all. I believe, however, that if mature adults want to smoke marijuana recreationally in the privacy of their own homes that is their own decision. That's why the president of the ACLU and I serve together on the board of directors of NORML.
Why do I care?
Last year over 750,000 Americans were arrested on marijuana charges. Many of them were sentenced to mandatory prison time. Our courts and prisons are clogged with non-violent people whose only offense is smoking, buying or selling marijuana. While our nation is in a serious financial crisis, it spends literally billions of dollar annually chasing down responsible adults who are good, tax-paying citizens in all regards except for the occasional use of marijuana. Arresting people for marijuana use is laughable now in most of Europe. Canada is now following the European model. After ten years of treating marijuana as a medical issue rather than a criminal one in the Netherlands, law enforcement officials there report no increase in the use of pot. They also report that by decriminalizing marijuana, the crime related to it simply evaporates. The propaganda war our government wages against the use of marijuana is not only expensive in terms of money but it erodes its credibility among young people in regards to other more serious drugs. The White House even runs ads during the Super Bowl claiming (between all the beer ads) the marijuana causes teen pregnancies. As it has politicized science and medicine and so much else in our society, the White House has recently sent a summary of the evils of marijuana to all prosecutors in the USA with a litany of entirely false claims. These are refuted one by one at www.norml.org.
We've been there.
Prohibition on alcohol (1920-1933) finally fell apart in our grandparents' age because Americans came to realize that the criminalizing of alcohol did not reduce its consumption. But did succeed brilliantly in: filling jails with unlucky drinkers who got caught; creating a stubborn network of "underground distribution" crime where none had existed before; and diverting enormous government resources to violate people's personal privacy. It was Big Government at its worst. And our grandparents stood up and said, "stop this waste!" In the name of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we'll all be better off when we let our police officers, courts and prisons deal with real criminals and start taxing marijuana rather than arresting those who enjoy using it.


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Without the care provided by essential lawn and garden tools, your yard will have a shaggy appearance and be overrun by weeds in short order. Beautifying your land means going a step beyond mere yard maintenance and adding features like flowers and shrubs. While it seems like there's a new tool being advertised on TV every day, you can accomplish a lot with the basic hand garden tools, including:
Some may think of these as antique garden tools, but they're as functional today as they ever have been. Stainless steel versions of these tools can last for years and years. Shovels, rakes and hoes come in multiple variations; each is suited to specific tasks. You may find that you need a round-mouth shovel or a long-handled shovel, depending on whether you're working in your garden or digging a large hole to plant a tree.
Even the classics can get a facelift, though, and you can now find common items rebranded as ergonomic garden tools; these have a slightly different look and shape, making it easier to garden for prolonged periods. There are even Japanese garden tools that have a more distinctive look but serve the same purpose; the Japanese three-prong rake is a good example. If you want gardening tools that look a little different than the norm, Japanese garden tools may be just what you're looking for.
Most people today couldn't imagine tackling lawn care tasks without the help of a lawn mower, and it's often among the first purchases that a new homeowner makes. Using a grass trimmer or weed whacker takes things even further, allowing you to get into those precision areas where the lawn mower just can't reach. You can complete your arsenal of power tools for the yard with powered hedge trimmers, leaf blowers or leaf vacuums. Power tools for the garden may include mulching machines, soil tillers and cultivators. While the majority of power tools are powered by gas, there are more and more electric- or battery-operated versions for those seeking a more eco-friendly alternative.


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Julia Roberts reunited with her "Steel Magnolias" co-star Shirley MacLaine on the red carpet Monday night at the LA premiere of their latest film, "Valentine's Day," and the two reminisced about working together again, sort of.
"[We] didn't have enough [scenes together]," Julia told Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson, about her "Valentine's Day" time with Shirley.
As the women exchanged knowing glances, Shaun asked Shirley if she knew Julia would be where she is today, back when they filmed the touching 1989 film about a group of close female friends in the South who supported each other through hardship and struggle.
"I did," Shirley said confidently. "We lived next store to each other when we were shooting 'Steel Magnolias.'"
"She's my savior," Julia said touchingly.
"Really?" Shaun asked. "How?"
"She's my confidant in everything," Julia said.
Shirley explained the two became close on the "Steel Magnolias" set because she thought someone on the crew was unkind to Julia.
"We had a [crew member] who was not sensitive… a pain in the butt is what he was and he was mean to her," Shirley said. "And so I… I would hear and see the meanness and she would come over to my house and we would talk about it."
"Talk me off the ledge," Julia recounted.
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I was watching CNN this morning when the new—and "very good"— jobs numbers (as Mark Zandi characterized them later on MSNBC) came out. Guess who CNN, the network that tries hard at times to be a watered down version of Fox "News," had on to comment on the numbers? No, come on, guess.
Oh, I knew you couldn't guess. It was, uh, Grover Norquist. I'll spare you what Grover had to say (that is something you could guess), but the point is there was no one on the panel of guests to counter the nonsense he spouted. I guess all the good guys were busy congratulating those conspirators at the Bureau of Labor Statistics for another job well done making Obama look good.
In any case, the numbers for October signal a continuing improvement. There were 184,000 private sector jobs added—32 months of consecutive growth—which represents the largest gain in eight months (government jobs continue to decline, as 13,000 more were lost, split fairly evenly between federal and state). Because of the increased number of folks entering the job market (always a good sign), the unemployment rate rose to 7.9, from last month's 7.8 (which, of course, the right-wing labeled a conspiracy).
What often gets lost in the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report are the revised numbers for the last two months:
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for August was revised from +142,000 to +192,000, and the change for September was revised from +114,000 to +148,000.
That revision represents 84,000 more jobs added over the previous two months than previously reported.
So, although there is still a lot of Republican economics to fix, things are, indisputably, getting better and better.
Before I go, let's play the guessing game again. What would you guess Fox "News" was doing after these "very good" numbers came out at around 7:30 C.S.T.?
Oh, I know, this one was easy, given what Fox has been doing for the past three weeks:
You gotta hand it to those guys. They are not ashamed of what they do.
By the way, in case you can't quite figure out what that graphic in the right hand corner says, here is a better look:
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Tokyo, Japan, 6 June 2006 Today, Sony launched what was arguably the most anticipated camera of this year - the Sony Alpha A100 Digital SLR (DSLR) camera. This new camera is very significant in these ways: Firstly, it was built by combining and improving technologies that Sony had to offer with those from the now-defunct Konica Minolta whose DSLR arm was acquired by Sony earlier this year when Konica Minolta retired from the camera market. Secondly, and more importantly, the A100 is Sony's very first attempt at marketing a DSLR. This also makes Sony the only company that never had a significant film camera history to do so as well. The name "Alpha" is derived from the first letter of the Greek alphabet "α" and has an auspicious meaning since this is Sony's first DSLR.
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In Release 30 of the Digital Publishing Suite, Adobe introduced a feature for Enterprise customers that lets a publisher encrypt folios. This feature arose out of many requests from Corporate customers who wanted to use DPS for sensitive content but believed that the DPS Service did not offer robust content protection for folios in the Distribution Service or in flight between the Service and a Custom Viewer. While Device Content Protection is an effective method of protecting content on the device, it does not offer protection for content in the DPS Service. In Release 30, a publisher can now opt to publish encrypted folios to the Distribution Service, which satisfies many customers' requirements for using DPS to deliver sensitive content to their tablet-enabled workforces. Enabling encryption impacts the content creation, publishing, and reading experiences, however. This article will explore the changes to each of those experiences.
Enabling Secure Content
The DPS Help Document for Secure Content provides instructions on how to enable encrypted folios. It's not just about folios, as you'll discover when you read that article. Your app must be built to enable the device's Secure Content mechanism, which means that you will need to rebuild your existing app. My Protecting content on an iOS Device with DPS article in DevNet outlines the hows and whys of enabling secure content on your iOS device. Of course, your custom Viewer needs to be at R30 or higher to use encrypted folios, so you can use this as an opportunity to update your Push Notification tokens as well as add in some other App features like the Welcome Screen.
In conjunction with updating your Viewer to R30, you also need to enable Secure Content in your Application Account. This requires administrative access to the Account Administration tool.
Once enabled, the account will now have some limits applied to it, which we will explore in some detail.
Limits enhance security for content creators
Secure content has some important implications for workflow. From the content creation side, customers expect that it should be hard for content to escape the control of the Enterprise. For content creators, it means that they will be restricted in how they can proof or share secure articles.
Proofing folios in a Secure Content account is limited to either desktop or tethered proofing. This means that in order to proof a folio, you need to either test it on the desktop from InDesign or connect your iPad to your Mac and turn on the Content Viewer. Once connected, you can click on the Preview… menu in the Folio Builder panel and choose your iPad. For customers using the Media Publisher in Adobe Experience Manager or another Web CMS for managing folio content, this presents a unique challenge.
When publishers use Media Publisher or other CMS, the expectation is that all folio creation is done in a browser and that InDesign is not usually part of the workflow. It is not uncommon for there to be hundreds of contributors in a large organization, and those contributors tend to be business users or knowledge workers with no access to InDesign. For accounts without Secure Content enabled, this presents no problem, since content creators can always push their content to the Folio Producer, turn on their iPad, open Content Viewer, and sign in with the Application Account credentials to proof content.
One potential workaround is to create content using a "dummy" account that does not have Secure Content enabled. This "dummy" or staging account can be an Application account or an individual contributor account that will never have an App associated with it and will only be used as a staging account for the Secure Content. As a best practice, the Enterprise should develop a policy around these staging accounts so that content will be auditable by appropriate regulatory or brand authorities within the Enterprise. In addition, the Enterprise should establish review and approval workflows within these staging accounts and a workflow for migrating content from the staging account to the deployment (Secure Content) account. Authors will create and proof their content in the staging account. Once ready for review and approval, the author would start the review and approval workflow and reviewers can review content on their iPads with Content Viewer. In cases where the Enterprise does not want any content to be viewable unless on a tethered iPad, then authors and reviewers will need access to InDesign on their desktop machines in order to proof their folios.
Article Sharing
All article sharing from a Secure Content account will be disabled. This means that if you currently share content between accounts, you will need to consider the flow of that content. It is possible to share an article from an account that does not have Secure Content enabled to a Secure Content account, though, as described in the previous paragraph in the staging account workflow. The expectation is that content in a secure account should remain in the secure account, and limiting sharing from that account reduces risk. As stated above, customers may need to adjust their workflows to consider the secure account as an endpoint for content rather than a source of content in situations where folio sharing is common.
In order to publish shared content in the secure account, a person with appropriate authority will need to log into Folio Producer and copy the shared article. Once copied, the original folio can be deleted from the Secure Content account, which will break the sharing relationship with the staging account. Unless there is a reason to keep the original shared folio in place, it may be best to remove the shared folio to reduce confusion and clutter in the Folio Producer.
Publishing encrypted folios
Once approved, it's time to publish the folio. Once all of the required metadata is in place, you can push the Publish button in Folio Producer. You will notice a new checkbox: Encrypt Folio. This needs to be enabled for your folio to be encrypted in the Distribution Service.
In addition, there is an expectation among Enterprise customers that secure content needs to reside behind authentication. As a result, readers need to be entitled to any secure folios in order to view them in a Custom Viewer. This means that all encrypted folios need to be Retail folios, and the Custom Viewer needs to leverage Direct Entitlement or, more granularly, Restricted Distribution. The Enterprise will need to manage the relationship between the authenticated reader and published folios in its Entitlement solution. Once you configure the folio as Retail and enable Encrypt Folio, you can Publish the folio.
Reader experience for Secure Content
Having reviewed how Secure Content constrains the content creation workflow, let's turn to the reader experience. From the reader's standpoint, they should not be able to tell the difference between an encrypted folio and an non-encrypted folio. While this is generally true, there are a few differences that readers may notice when using Secure Content.
Complete download required
In a traditional workflow, DPS offers progressive downloads for content. This feature allows a reader to begin reading an article while other articles are loading. In a Secure Content workflow, the entire folio needs to be present on the device in order for it to be decrypted. As a result, secure folios may appear to take longer to download. You may want to adjust your strategy with respect to folio organization if you routinely make very large folios if the download experience is disruptive. For most Enterprise customers implementing Content Protection, this delay should be communicated to users so that they are prepared for longer wait times when they first download a folio.
Once downloaded, the folio is ready for reading and will behave like any other folio, with the exception of Social Sharing.
Mitigating social sharing risk
One of the ways that content can escape the control of the Enterprise is through a reader socially sharing the article. When you enable Secure Content, any encrypted articles will not be able to be socially shared, regardless of the settings in the Application Account. This also means that no Web renditions will be created from any articles in encrypted folios, regardless of whether they are Protected, Metered or Free. It is a best practice, therefore, to disable Social Sharing in App Builder when making apps for Secure Content accounts. For many Corporate use cases, social sharing is inappropriate, since the content in the app is usually intended to be viewed in the secure context of the Custom Viewer. If it is necessary to mix Socially Shareable articles with encrypted articles, then the user may be able to generate a "dead" URL for the encrypted article by tapping on the Social Share button, which would be a jarring user experience. In that instance, it is best to warn the reader that an article is protected and that it is not intended to be Socially Shared.
Use cases for Secure Content
Secure Content is inappropriate for most traditional publishing use cases, and it was not designed as a Digital Rights Management (DRM) scheme for folios. It is intended to offer Corporate publishers a method of protecting sensitive content while that content is in the Folio Distribution service and to limit the pathways for that content to escape the control of the Enterprise.
Common use cases for Secure Content include manuals, Board of Directors packages, regulated content, proprietary documentation, sales material, and other sensitive materials. Knowing that all encryption is susceptible to attack, Adobe uses very powerful encryption technology to protect the folios in the Distribution Service. Nevertheless, each Enterprise needs to evaluate whether its content requires this level of protection. For many customers, unencrypted folios are perfectly acceptable. For others, encryption will be a requirement. Encrypted content expands the reach of the DPS service for Enterprises and offers those customers a pathway to distribute sensitive content to tablets.


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