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Beyond BYOD: 2013 Mobile Security Survey Results
At a time of unprecedented mobile device adoption - and evolving mobile security threats - 72% of organizations rate their state of mobile security as poor-to-adequate. This is the key point to emerge from the results of the Beyond BYOD: 2013 Mobile Security Strategies Survey, produced by Information Security Media Group and Accellion.
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Issue # 7 – Christianity vs Religion
Why is the New Ager a New Ager?
New Agers rejects God's simple salvation by faith in Christ and choose instead to make it on their own, to create their own world, heal their own bodies and minds, determine their own destiny. There is a certain thrill, a pride, in independence from God.
Perhaps they are disillusioned. Science and materialism never brought their promised bliss. Now what? Where does one turn? Perhaps the NAM has the answer. One can discover within himself the power and ability to do great exploits, it is said. Simply learn to tap that world within and come to discover your own potential.
New Agers wants to do what science and materialism and (other) religions fail to do. They want to bring soundness to our troubled planet. They seek peace, and even joy, for mankind. They are tired of international strife and bickering, tension and suffering. They seek a new age of discovery and human endeavors. They want to maximize human potential, individually and collectively.
But the NAM, in fact, is a product of the "god of this world." Why is the NAM here? The bottom line is this: the NAM is here because the spiritual underworld brought it here. It is their baby. The NAM is a counterfeit to Christianity. Christians have power to heal and bring deliverance, and also have purpose and joy and happiness. Well, so does the New Ager. Or so he thinks.
The New Ager is a New Ager because he/she is deceived by "the god of this world." He has fallen into deception because he has thus far resisted the gentle tugging of the Holy Spirit, drawing him to Christ. If it wasn't the NAM, it would be something else, one of satan's many other counterfeits, some of which are discussed elsewhere in this paper.


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Today I'm linking this edition of Quilts From My Past to Krista's Throwback Thursday post.
This quilt was started in the November 2004 on-line virtual retreat hosted by Wonder Cut Ruler. I'm not sure when I purchased the Wonder Cut Ruler, but I know this is the first quilt I made with it. As part of the 'retreat' we simply made the 9-patch blocks. The final layout was up to the individual quilter.
My husband and I jointly worked on the layout. He'd tell me which block to turn and I was crawling on the floor flipping the blocks around. Once I we had the layout worked out I got the center sewn together. It was probably 18 months before I got the borders on the quilt and got it quilted and bound.
The outer border and backing is a cool looking fabric. I originally bought some to make a reindeer on my Christmas Block of the Month.
Once I decided the fabric was perfect of my quilt, I raided a friend's stash as she bought the rest of the bolt!
The quilting is simple. Straight lines through the "arrows". flying geese in the light border and a diamond cable in the outer border which I found in a Georgia Bonesteel book.
The quilt measures 69″ x 86″. Warm and Natural batting.
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Daily Devotional for Monday December 24, 2012
Joy to the World
(Luke 2:20)
***ASK BILL: Pastor Bill, is it a sin to go under hypnosis?
ANSWER: There are MANY reasons a Christian should run from hypnosis. It is the Holy Spirit who gives us the power to control ourselves. Hypnosis involves a transfer of control away from ourselves. We are to yield ourselves to the power of the Holy Spirit, NOT to another human. Hypnosis involves an altered state of consciousness when we are told in the Bible to be self controlled. Lastly, the techniques used in hypnosis are shared by mystical, philosophical, and religious systems, including the occult. In short, stay away from it!
This is the time of year when the word joy is everywhere. Joy to the world. I have joy in my heart. Joy, joy, joy, joy. Let me just take a minute today and tell you the reason we can even say the word joy.
God, our Creator, has opened our eyes and showed us His plan. He has shown us His Son being born of a virgin in a manger. He has showed us the example of the perfect life as we read about Christ's life in the Gospels. He has given us the one and only perfect sacrifice for our sins in Christ's death on the cross. He, then, verified it all in the Resurrection of our Lord on that 3rd day-assuring us of everlasting life when we put our faith and hope in Jesus. I don't know about you, but if that isn't reason for joy, I don't know what is.
I know many of you are struggling with your finances. You can still have joy today because God said you have riches beyond anything this world can offer! I know many of you are depressed because you are alone. You can still have joy today because God promised He would never leave you nor forsake you! I know many of you are having marriage problems. You can still have joy today because God can mend your broken heart and restore your marriage!
I know many of you are fighting addictions to sex, drugs, alcohol, food, or tobacco. You can still have joy today because God can deliver you and set you free! I know many of you are facing battles at work or school. You can still have joy today because God said He would fight for you! I know many of you are dealing with health issues. You can still have joy today because God is still in the healing business!
It doesn't matter what the battle is, what the problem is, you can still have joy today because Jesus Christ was born, lived, died, and rose on the 3rd day giving you the assurance that if you have put your faith and trust in Jesus, when this short time here on earth is over you will spend eternity with Him! THAT IS WHERE OUR JOY COMES FROM!
Don't let the cares of the world steal your joy on this Christmas Eve. God is still on the throne and still hearing and answering the prayers of His children. He is still working miracles in the lives of people today!
I love you, care about you deeply, and want you to know the joy this Christmas that those shepherds knew on that first Christmas because of all that God had shown them. Because of His birth, because of His life, because of His death, and because of His resurrection, we can have true JOY in our lives today if we will invite Christ into our hearts and lives.
If you want to know that Joy today, the true joy that only comes from having a relationship with Jesus Christ, pray and ask God to open your heart, then read the words at: http://www.liveprayer.com/plan.cfm Give your heart and life to Christ today and not only receive everlasting life but JOY!!!
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller


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5. NAO Briefing Note for Public Accounts Committee, Governance SIG Spring newsletter 2016
5. NAO Briefing Note for Public Accounts Committee
A recent briefing to the Committee of Public Accounts (January 2016) by the National Audit Office (NAO) has implications for the governance and assurance of projects, programmes and portfolios within the public sector.
The briefing notes that in June 2015, 149 projects with a whole-life cost of £511 billion were held within the government's Major Projects Portfolio; and that of these 34% assessed successful delivery as being 'in doubt or unachievable unless action is taken'. The briefing goes on to report that it is not possible to estimate how much of the government's business is delivered through projects, although it suggests that nearly twice as much is being spent on capital projects outside the portfolio – to bring the total to a possible £1.5 trillion.
The briefing observes that 'the track record in delivering government projects has been poor', and identifies recurring issues contributing to this poor performance, including: an absence of portfolio management at both departmental and government level; lack of clear, consistent data with which to measure performance; and lack of clear accountability for leadership of a project.
'Welcome developments' to address identified issues include: greater clarity as to the role of senior responsible officers; improvements in staff capability; and increased assurance and recognition of the role of assurance.
It notes that it is difficult to state whether performance is improving without reliable and consistent measure of project success; that it is 'worrying' that delivery confidence shows a mixed picture, of high risks to delivery of projects; and that progress in improving portfolio management is 'disappointing'. The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) has taken 'positive' steps to develop capability and provide greater assurance.
The three key challenges for the IPA have been identified by the NAO as:
- Preventing departments from making firm commitments on cost and timescales before plans have been properly tested
- Effective prioritisation of projects according to strategic importance
- The need for systems and data which will allow proper performance measurement
The analysis in the NAO briefing reflects the four main components of effective governance of project management, recorded in Directing Change (2011):
- Portfolio direction
- Project sponsorship
- Project management and efficiency
- Disclosure and reporting
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In a trade between teams in rebuilding mode, the Houston Astros acquired center fielder Dexter Fowler from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for starting pitcher Jordan Lyles and outfielder Brandon Barnes. While the trio's combined 3.6 fWAR in 2013 aren't really a drop in the bucket, it is the continued allure of Fowler's raw talent and tools that is the focus of this deal, with Fowler's ability to remain healthy and live up to his skill set that will determine who 'wins' the trade in the long run.
And what tools Fowler has. Physically and from a scouting perspective, he has a tall, lean, sinewy frame that speaks to his oodles of athleticism -- athleticism that brought much attention in high school as a basketball player, garnering multiple scholarship offers before being drafted in the first round of the 2004 MLB draft. Quick and rangy, Fowler covers a lot of ground in the outfield in a gracefully economic fashion; however, his legs have yet to really blossom to the point that Fowler is a real base stealing threat thus far at the major league level. Offensively, he is a powerful package, with quick hands and the added benefit of being a switch hitter, showing reasonable power from both sides of the plate.
From this raw talent perspective, Fowler appears to be the real deal. However, fulfilling this prodigious talent has been a point of contention for Fowler and the Rockies. From a defensive perspective, Fowler has never posted a season with positive UZR and only once has posted a positive DRS, his 50.2 innings of +2 DRS in his rookie season notwithstanding. With the bat, Fowler's numbers aren't quite as egregious, but are erratic, accumulating a 1.4 fWAR season on average, with a 104 wRC+ season being par for the course in his career. His power comes in flashes, the most recent flash being seen early last year before he was sidelined with wrist and knee injuries. Fowler is not a high average hitter, either, but does display good patience, averaging a 12% walk rate over his career.
In short, Fowler's tenure with the Rockies could be described as frustrating. All of the tools needed to play at an All-Star level fortify him, yet little or inconsistent production has been seen up to this point. Included in this trend has been Fowler's unfortunate propensity to be frequently hampered in part by nagging injuries throughout a season. While one must stop short of calling him injury prone, Fowler does fall victim to a number of dings, as the table below, showing the games lost due to injury over his career, separated by general body part, describes:
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*denotes 15-day DL stint included
While a total of 78 games lost to injury over a span 667 career games and three trips to the disabled list isn't that egregious, Fowler's inability to bounce back soon after returning to health and contributing immediately did appear to be an issue.
With these difficulties on hopping back on the proverbial horse post injury comes the question of maturity -- while Fowler is a highly intelligent player and one with plenty of self awareness, there has been a question of whether Fowler will ever continue to properly develop and grow as a player, one with the ability to overcome the many lows can come with a 162-game season.
Yet, Fowler does have one aspect of his game that is a double edged sword in his development -- his ability to switch hit. While injuries can and do happen, Fowler's misgivings may not be so much a matter of a full return to health more so than a psychological one, and one that is predicated upon the perfect timing and groove that he feels with both of his swings. Simply put, Fowler may just need additional plate appearances and repetitions to be feel completely in tune with both swings; considering he is also relatively new to baseball and is just hitting his athletic prime, it may simply be a matter of practice making perfect more so than injurious misgivings.
While on the subject, let's take a look at how Fowler's last five years have fared compared to all other switch hitters, using OPS:
Fowler, in comparison to the average switch hitter brethren, is above average, even with the quirks and roadblocks that arise due to his raw talents still a little undercooked and the occasional injury throwing off his timing.
So what does this portend for the Astros?
With a reasonable assumption that Fowler will remain healthy and continue to hone his mental and physical hitting mechanics from both sides of the plate as he enters his peak years physically, the Astros very well may have plucked Fowler at a great time. While the incorporation of all of his baseball skills into a cohesive product in the form of a high WAR season might still be another year away given the change of teams and leagues, the trade for Fowler does smile favorably upon the Astros.
All data courtesy of FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus.
Stuart Wallace is a writer at Beyond The Box Score. You can follow him on Twitter at @TClippardsSpecs.


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Mr. Huntington planted just a few avocado seeds (a gift from the chef of Los Angeles' Jonathan Club) that became a grove in what's now the principle car parking zone. Learn on as I share the straightforward steps for implementing the Lasagna Gardening Method and hopefully you can see as I did that it's a lot easier than traditional gardening. Let's check out some of the extremely environment friendly assassins out there for hire to bump off the enemies of your garden.
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Gardening is done on a smaller scale, primarily for pleasure and to produce goods for the gardener's family or group. Mice ate my candy peas before they might develop, sheep have just taken the tops off my daffodils within the wild garden despite the farmer telling me they do not eat daffodils, and the deer will eat almost something!
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Product groups' carbon footprint
We wish to create a basis for the development of products with a small climate footprint
Products' CO2e emissions are highly dependent on the individual product's value chain.
A previous internal study has shown that the value chain for single-frozen prawns from Greenland, gives total emissions of 5.07 kg of CO2e per kg of finished product. Of this, fisheries account for 62% of consumption in total. For products based on double-frozen prawns, emissions are higher, due to the extra freezing and thawing process.
We will determine a method to calculate product groups' CO2e emissions and thereby create a basis to develop products with a small climate footprint.
Status 2020
Procedure to be determined to calculate product groups' carbon footprint. Method screened for iced prawns.
Goal 2022
Develop and test a scientifically based method to calculate product groups' carbon footprint. The method must have third-party approval and be comparable with other equivalent industries.
- Set a clear definition, delineation and method for the calculation of CO2e emissions for product groups.
- Engage in a partnership for a model to calculate the carbon footprint for seafood-based product chains.
- Compare own product groups with other food product groups.
- Assessment of the customer requirement for climate labelling.
Ambition 2030
In 2030, we will know the carbon footprint of various product groups, based on transparent scientific calculations. This will make it possible for us to reduce CO2e emissions within specific product groups. Consumers will also be able to take climate footprint into account when selecting products.


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This post is dedicated in memory of Shlomo ben Aryeh Zalman. May it be an aliyah for his neshama.
Shoshana Rosa
What is it about a mussar schmooze (a scolding) that makes people want to clamp their hands over their ears?
When does it become just a lot of white noise?
Some adults would say that they still harbor memories of parents and school figures who alternated between shrugging cold shoulders and yelling their ears off at them for dancing to the beat of a different drum. Many of these adults were disillusioned as kids that all grown ups want is to advance their personal agendas.
So they stopped listening.
Today's youth might already be muttering: why are you foisting your temper on me? Or, aren't I fine just the way I am?
Over the years, leadership titles of every shape and brand gave tochacha (Hebrew for rebuke) a bad name by using it as a smokescreen for telling saplings they weren't good enough.
Rebuke's not something to suffer through; it's not toughing out moments with people who consistently word vomit all over you.
It's healthier.
When properly administered, reproof is a mirror that shows a person where he went wrong and how he can fix it. But since the pill is so bitter, its potency is often, albeit accidentally, overdone. If you can't handle the person you rebuke with care, and if you do not feel an all encompassing love for him or her, your advice (unsolicited or not) will probably backfire.
Since rebuke is showing someone where their characters are flawed, it does the act of tearing a person away from his false self image. Therefore, it is essential to show people who already have a healthy sense of self where they need fixing so they can do the fixing without needing ten years of therapy. It goes without saying that the one giving the rebuke also has to have the ability to stitch whoever s/he's rebuking back up again.
That probably cuts out like 95% of today's population. And that 95% probably includes mom and dad.
Just kidding... By virtue of their job description, parents are always in the clear.
In all seriousness, one of the reasons giving rebuke has gone out of fashion is because we ourselves are so raw, we lack the wherewithal to give rebuke that has a lasting good affect. For whatever reason, regardless of age, one can only stomach critique from a person radiating with love and understanding. That means that that person's got to be a real prince.
Another reason we discourage shooting people down is because, nowadays, everyone's already so fragile that it's much easier to knock them down. While a society with a lot of broken pieces might make for good music, it doesn't make for functioning, happy human beings. At this point, most of us just need a lot of TLC (tender loving care) and shoulder pats. We just can't handle being told off, especially by people who don't have our best interests at heart.
But there was a time, not long ago, when a self aware and brutally honest person could handle being told off.
Just to give an idea of mussar - rebuke at its finest - there is a story about a student who learned in Mir, Poland. Since he'd been there for a number of years, he'd won the nickname alter bachor (old timer). This also meant that he'd earned the right toward the best aliyot (calls up to the Torah) on Shabbot. One Shabbot morning, however, Rav Yerucham Levovitz, the spiritual leader of the yeshivah (and an incredible human being in his own right), called him up for one of the less important ones. Surprised the bachor approached the Rav after shacharit (morning prayers) to see if he'd done something wrong. "Oh, you?" the rabbi replied coldly, "Yes, you, the ba'al ga'avah (arrogant man). This week, I gave you something less prominent because you need to work on your humility."
"Rabbi, what did I do?" the bachor cried, totally thrown. "I'm willing to do teshuvah and correct my wrongs but please tell me what I did."
"Ten years ago," the Rav told him, "there was an elderly talmid chacham (Torah scholar) who, in his old age, forgot that one does not don tefillin on Shabbot since it is forbidden. When I asked you to help him take them off, you approached him with a smirk on your face. You, whom this Torah genius could have walked circles around had his mind been younger and keener, you, who had the audacity to smile when you approached to help him. You're such a ba'al ga'avah."
At this point, even if the bachor wasn't in tears, I would've been. "Rabbi, Rabbi, I want to fix myself. I'm so sorry." Clearly, the bochar was devastated. After reflecting for a moment, though, he continued, "But why didn't the Rav tell me when this thing occurred?"
"Ah," Rav Yerucham replied. "It took me ten years to build you so that the mussar I am giving you now would have a lasting positive effect."
Parshat Devarim begins with Moshe rebuking the Jews, "These are the words that Moshe spoke to all Israel... (Deuteronomy 1:1)" The rest of this verse, as well as the second one, continues with Moshe's mentioning the exact location in which he spoke to the Jews. Then, the story line suddenly jumps to some future point, "It came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, that Moshe spoke..." (Deuteronomy 1:3). The parshah then continues with Moshe's giving a repetition of the last four books, some last minute instructions about entering Israel and some helpful tidbits about how to stay on G-d's good side.
Where's the rebuke from the first verse?
Rashi tells us that the words "אלה הדברים - These words" are the rebuke that Moshe gave to Bnei Yisrael. Not only that, but his rebuke touched upon all the places in which the Jews angered Hashem (G-d) in the desert. These places are mentioned at the end of verse one, "These are the words that Moshe spoke...in the plain opposite the Red Sea, between Paran and Tofel and Lavan and Hazeroth and Di Zahav." There seems to be a bit of a discrepancy here: Moshe never had an issue laying into Bnei Yisrael before. When they sinned, he let them have it and the Torah lets us know. So why the sudden secrecy? There's nothing here that we haven't seen already...
At this point, Rashi mentions Moshe's sensitivity toward Bnei Bisrael's honor. Even though we are already aware of Bnei Yisrael's challenges as well as their need for a good, old fashioned finger shakedown, Moshe acted with discretion. The nation had low moments yes, and they most definitely deserved a dressing down. Coming from history's greatest prophet, the famed Moses, I would know. Even so, he never forgot the importance of their self image as a means toward ultimate growth.
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There are some crucial pointers that determines an NRI Retirement Plan's success and failure. Key to that is whether the retirement plan is Retiree (NRI) centric or not. Especially NRI retirees need a unique way of planning.
As an NRI, are you completely satisfied in the way you have been planning for your retirement? If not, this article will tell you the most important points to know while planning for a soothing and safe retirement of an NRI.
As an NRI, it becomes more important to have a dipstick of various possible safer investments for when you retire and/or return back home. But what use does it serve to safe gurard a not sufficient corpus which is not going to be really useful?
A perfect retirement life is not comprehensible, but the best retirement plan for an NRI can be prepared with the following factors into consideration.
1. Have a Customized Retirement Plan
For example, you may choose to invest in the 'NRI Pension Plan' by Bajaj Alliance now and after a couple of years, you could find a better plan like the 'Premium Pension Plan for NRI' by LIC. In that case, you may not be able to exit from the previous plan.
If you want to exit from such a pension plan, then you must tolerate a big cut as exit load and most of
the times your payments will not be returned to you in whole but will be annuitised.
As discussed earlier, any ready-made pension plan will never be Retiree Centric. Also, a better plan could sprout every now and then, so it is always better to avoid such pre-cooked NRI pension plans. Instead, the best choice would be to create a customized retirement plan for yourself that can take care of all your requirements.
An NRI Retirement Plan must be completely created on the basis of your requirements and circumstance like – the time of your retirement, your preferred place of settlement after retirement, future goals and etc. In short, you need a Customized Retirement Plan. So it is advisable to design your own retirement plan along with the aid of a right Financial Planner.
2. The Right Time to Retire
As an NRI, it would be better for you to choose your retirement time as early as possible, because it can make you aware of the time-frame you are left with to generate money efficiently through work.
Some NRIs prefer to work till their retirement age, while others choose to retire early. It is important to decide when you will retire and what you would do post-retirement.
Targeting a retirement point allows you to work towards a timeline and plan your investments to meet that timeline. When you know the time left for your retirement, you will get a clear picture of how your retirement plan should be structured.
Most of the NRIs plan for early retirement when compared to Resident Indians.
The essence is that it is advisable to predict your retirement time and simultaneously start planning for your retirement as early as possible.
3. Homecoming
As an NRI you should have an idea about the appropriate place for you to settle after your retirement. You have to choose between settling in a foreign country or in India; your native village or a new city; urban or rural area and more.
While very few NRIs choose to settle down in the foreign country after retirement, most of the NRIs prefer to come back home on retirement where the roots are. Your finances and retirement plans are going to be affected largely by your homecoming.
Most NRIs opt to come back to their home bases or closest urban centres to their native as this suits their familial and comfort needs. Going back to your ancestral village or to an urban city will have different implications and costs for everyday living. In most instances, NRIs leave behind their children who plan to build their own careers.
So, it is essential to make decisions on your preferable relocation place after retirement site and how you see yourself supporting your children during their formative years and their life plans.
Apart from choosing the place to settle down, another most important factor to consider is the housing itself. If you own a house property in the locality where you wish to settle down, then it's all fine. If not, then you have to make decisions on purchasing a house property or occupying a rented house. You may have to manage your finances accordingly.
4. Future Goals & Commitments
An NRI's retirement plan must have mapped out financial strategies for
- Buying assets
- Saving for your children's education and marriage
- Maintaining a post-retirement lifestyle
- Building an Emergency Funds
- Medical Insurance
- Planning for holidays
- Other future desires for things you always wanted to do.
This will give you a careful understanding of how much to spend today; where, when, and what to save for your future plans. Retirement Investments aren't just about savings but are also means to make your finances grow for a time when you aren't earning as much. Envisage that future and begin today.
An NRI should choose the currency in which he makes the investment depending on where the goals are to be achieved, in India or abroad If the goal to be achieved is in India after retirement, then he can invest in Indian Rupees, so that maturity proceeds will help him meet the goal in Indian Rupees.
If the goal to be achieved is in the US after retirement, then he can invest in USD, so that the maturity proceeds will help him meet the goal in USD.
This way, the currency fluctuations will not affect the NRI from meeting his retirement goals and other goals.
The effect of Inflation should also be seriously considered, since it can bring a huge impact to the purchasing power of your money.
5. Understanding your Investment Options
Earning is hard – saving the earnings is even harder – and most of all investing the savings is the hardest. To make the optimal investment choices, you first need to have a precise set of your needs to be served from those investments and before that a keen understanding of the investments is a mandate.
You must have flexible retirement investment plans to suit your retirement requirements. There is a huge array of investment options in the market like NRI Pension Plans and the challenge is to choose wisely for what works best for you as an NRI.
You should consider exchange rates, the stability of returns and longevity of your investment options. Your investments should allow for the best possible tax benefits now and ideally tax-free income in future.
Do remember that for an NRI, the NRE accounts work better for remittances and investment planning in foreign currency. Also, it is better to decide in advance about 'do you need to repatriate the redemption proceeds or not?'.
Always aggregate your investments over a broad range of investments in such a way that the returns are spread over a period of time and do not result in lean patches, as critical moments like illnesses, eventualities, marriage, and birth of grand children often come unannounced.
6. Consult a Financial Advisor having online presence
It is advisable to consult a professional financial planner before making the decision since a piece of advice from the expert would always be valuable and can make a solid difference. As an NRI you need to choose a financial advisor who has got an online presence and flexibile ways to contact. The financial advisor should be in a position to advise you through exchange of emails, calls or video-calls whenever you need.
Facilitating the transactions online and online access to the investment portfolio will really add value to NRI investors.
The best retirement plan for an NRI must be prepared with all the aforementioned points into consideration. Also the retirement plan should avoid making the following mistakes especially in case of NRI retirees.
7. An NRI's Common Mistake to Avoid
Never make an investment without comprehending its pros and cons. There could be a plan that works in a specific way in a foreign country, and works completely different when chosen in India. Such are common retirement planning mistakes but can make a potential change to your finances and needs to be certainly avoided.
In most cases, these mistakes could only be foreseen by expert Financial Planners. That is why we suggested earlier to take assistance from a Professional Financial Advisors for the best possible NRI Retirement Plan.
Final verse
"The essence of planning is to choose what to do & what not to do".
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Vol 11 No 2
May 2000
Graham Crackers and Apricot Pits
by Gerald C. Zumwalt, M.D
Board Secretary
Case Medical School in Cleveland, Ohio offers a one-hour medical school course entitled "Graham Crackers and Apricot Pits." One surmises that this is a history of medical quackery since the fruit reference undoubtedly refers to laetrile. It is a bit of a stretch to realize that the whole wheat cracker was supposedly a product of Sylvester Graham (1794-1851) and intended as a guaranteed pathway to good health and clean bowels.
Gazing backward with sophisticated retroscope vision allows us the comforting feeling of mental superiority over such naiveté. But creeping in around our smugness is a still, small voice asking the question, "How will the next medical generation view our beliefs and actions?"
What will be the opinion of dicta pushed and practiced recently? Over the course of only a few years we have been told to avoid shrimp like the plague only to be advised the following year that the cholesterol in shrimp is protective. Fat is an ugly word with noxious odors and repellant visualizations but olive oil rolls off the tongue with silky smoothness and lubricates the system to near eternal life. Alcohol raises the blood pressure and cooks the brain but red wine transforms us into long lived Charles Boyers. We are instructed to eat nothing but complex carbohydrates to avoid obesity, atherosclerosis, diabetes, and baldness but Atkins followers eschew any starch or sugar and push proteins and fat. Health food advocates _ including apparently well-educated MD's _ encapsulate and recommend every weed known to mankind.
How will the future look at a profession that expends millions treating premature neonates, some of whom weigh less than the fetuses we abort? And, a profession that extends life far beyond any capacity for knowing or caring? How will all-knowing posterity appraise our current craze for transplanting any organ harvested from any patient? Our developing and using multiple new antibiotics and thereby stimulating the appearance of resistant pathologic organisms?
Will our efforts to preserve all the inhabitants of the earth turn out to be gallant and productive, or be viewed as a failure to allow the survival of the fittest and production of a weakened population?
Simmelweiss and Holmes were widely regarded as compulsive old maid cranks in their time. Brinkley was rewarded with vast wealth and political acclaim for his goat gland planting (although not among the society of Billys). Some of our sneer energy expenditure might better be utilized for millennium introspection.
But perhaps it is more mentally soothing to cruise along with all current thought rather than buck the tide and risk ridicule by insisting that thought, processes, and procedures be examined in rational studied method.
Health food advocates - including apparently well-educated MD's- encapsulate
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Good Doctor, Bad Doctor
by Gerald C. Zumwalt, M.D.
Board Secretary
In Volume 86, #2 issue of the Federation Bulletin, there is an article from the New York Board of Professional Conduct in which various members of that Board express opinion on "What Makes a Good Doctor Turn Bad."
There are the obvious examples of greed, ego and sickness (physical, mental, and degenerative). Some cited a failure to maintain competency through education. And one pointed out that the bad doctor might have been bad from the beginning.
This entire article is available for perusal at our office.
Several recent cases heard at our Board raise serious questions about the selection and education of students and residents in medical schools. One resident who had engaged in a sexual relationship with a patient stated he knew it was wrong but had never been told it was unethical or illegal. He further said that although he knew it was against the law to write prescriptions for CDS using another doctor's name, signature and DEA number, no one had told him such actions were felonies. One applicant had been granted a residency slot who had an outstanding arrest warrant in another state and a past history of multiple lawsuits involving arson and embezzlement. A recent case involved a resident who had been accepted into medical school and then residency despite previously being convicted of illegal controlled substance use.
The point is that given these foundations, what other result is possible? Violation of professional behavior is inevitable.
Universities spend much time and effort evaluating MCAT scores and grade averages then scrimp on discovering criminal records and behavior. It is more important to teach medical ethics and law than to define the piston stroke of Jennet.
I would suggest that the Oklahoma Medical Practice Act and the AMA Code of Medical Ethics should be as required as Gray's Anatomy and that courses on these text should be taught in all four years of medical school as requirements, not electives. Residents should be held to and judged by standards of moral conduct, not by how helpful they are to faculty.
It isn't just that as the twig is bent so it will grow but that there are some twigs that should be left out to dry, not planted.
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"The Eyes have it!"
Permanent Cosmetics are legal in Oklahoma effective April 28, 2000 when Governor Keating signed House Bill 1872 into law. The legal term for the process of applying any color pigmentation by needle or electronic means to areas of the face or other part of the body as a result of cosmetic surgery or trauma is called Medical Micropigmentation. Artistic tattooing is specifically excluded from this definition and is still illegal in Oklahoma.
1. A Registered Nurse (RN) licensed in Oklahoma can provide medical micropigmentation under supervision of an Oklahoma licensed Medical Doctor (MD), Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) or a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS).
2. A licensed or unlicensed technician under the direct supervision of a MD, DO or DDS and who is certified by an approved program by the Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education may also provide medical micropigmentation. Those technicians seeking certification and currently working under the direct supervision of a doctor have 12 months from the implementation of the program by the Vo-Tech to successfully complete the program.
1. In certain circumstances, medical micropigmentation may require the administration of sedating agents (anesthetics) by an Oklahoma licensed RN, MD, DO, or DDS.
2. This law is not intended to sanction or circumvent the unlawful practice of artistic tattooing.
3. Violation of any provision of this law is a misdemeanor with a punishment of up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
This law was the product of several legislators: Representatives Lindley, Paulk, Coleman and Sullivan and Senator Weedn working together with the medical, nursing, osteopathic and dental professions. Their goal was to protect the public by ensuring that qualified individuals practice medical micropigmentation in a safe and supervised environment. If you are involved in this practice, it is imperative that you obtain a copy of this law to make sure you are familiar with its requirements.
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The 1999-2000 Exchange containing current medical licensing requirements has been received in our office. There do not appear to be any revolutionary changes in policies and requirements from the various states.
All states require postgraduate training after graduation. For domestic graduates, 42 states require one year, ten states require two years and one state (Nevada) requires three. For international graduates, 13 states require one year, 12 states require two years and 24 states require three.
Information required to obtain an initial license varies markedly. New York queries only to the National Practitioner Data Bank while most other states query the AMA, Federation of State Medical Board Data Bank, educational databases and other agencies.
Oklahoma is one of only seven states that requires a jurisprudence exam on original application.
Cost of a first time application runs from a high of $1108+ in Florida to a low of $20 in Pennsylvania. Late fees for reregistration are the thorns on the rose of licensure. Most states impose the fee for any time past the stated expiration, although seven charge no late fee. Arizona charges $350, North Dakota $450 if late by thirty days, and Nevada $600. Oklahoma's late fee of $125 is about the medium.
Board Meeting March 9, 10, 2000
Results of the regularly scheduled Board meeting in the field of licensing included issuance of one full license after personal appearance. One applicant was issued a license with agreement to continue anger management counseling. One application was tabled until the SPEX exam was successfully completed. One application was tabled pending evaluation at a recognized center for sexual addiction and misconduct. One application was denied due to multiple failures on licensing exams.
Licensing results for allied professionals included approving one PA but giving him a reprimand for practicing prior to issuance of his license. Another PA license was approved but the application to practice that included administering general anesthesia was denied.
Three licenses were issued with agreement for continued treatment for alcohol and/or drug abuse. One license was denied due to long-term practice without a license. One license was suspended for thirty days due to misrepresentation to the public as a licensed therapist rather than a therapy assistant.
Disciplinary hearings on M.D.s resulted in one surrender of license due to violation of probation terms involving chemical abuse. Two licenses were suspended for sixty days based on charges of chemical abuse followed by a five-year probation for one and an indefinite term of probation for the other. One doctor was suspended for at least six months and required to undergo a multifaceted evaluation after soliciting nude photographs of patients.
Online Prescribing
North Carolina and Texas medical boards have recently addressed Internet prescribing by adopting policy statements. North Carolina's position is that prescribing drugs based solely on answers to a set of questions without meeting the patient is inappropriate and unprofessional. The full statement may be obtained at www.docboard.org/nc.
Texas likewise notes that an online or telephonic evaluation by questionnaire is inadequate and lists criteria to establish a proper relationship. The web site for this policy is www.tsbme.state.tx.us.
Although the Oklahoma Board has not adopted a policy, present law and rules adequately address the subject. Unprofessional conduct is defined in Title 59 §509 and includes "13. Prescribing or administering a drug or treatment without sufficient examination and the establishment of a valid physician-patient relationship."
Further, in OAC Title 435:10-7-4, it states as unprofessional "41. Failure to provide a proper setting . . . for medical acts . . . . Adequate medical records to support treatment or prescribed medications must be produced and maintained."
The Board has consistently maintained that convenience and cost must not take precedence over patient safety.
Office Based Anesthesia
The American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) has recently issued a comprehensive set of medical guidelines for the delivery and monitoring of anesthesia in office-based settings, according to the March 2000 issue of Anesthesiology News.
Although this Board has not adopted these specific guidelines, as well as not specifically adopting other treatment guidelines, the issuance and wide spread acceptance of any such rules does indicate that these procedures are now the medical profession's standard of care. As such, failure to follow these recommendations could be interpreted as unprofessional conduct as defined in the Oklahoma Administrative Code, Title 435:10-7-4(41) "Failure to provide a proper setting and assistive personnel for medical act, including but not limited to examination, surgery or other treatment. Adequate medical records to support treatment or prescribed medications must be produced and maintained."
It would be prudent for any doctor or clinic using office-based anesthesia to obtain and follow the ASA guidelines.


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First Match: Alberto Del Rio (c) w/Ricardo Rodriguez vs. Big Show in a Last Man Standing Match For The WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Show starts things off with clubbing haymakers to Del Rio. Show slaps Del Rio in the chest. Del Rio responds with haymakers of his own. Show clotheslines Del Rio. Show follows that with a BodySlam. Del Rio SuperKicks Show. Del Rio goes for a Flying Double Axe Handle Strike, but Show counters with an Open Hand Chop. Show HeadButts Del Rio. Show delivers a Leaping Hip Attack. Del Rio dropkicks the right knee of Show. Del Rio is wearing Show down with multiple thrust kicks. Del Rio connects with a Hurricanrana. Del Rio follows that with a Seated Senton.
Del Rio goes for a Cross ArmBreaker, but Show counters with a Reverse FlapJack. Del Rio heads to the outside. Show grabs a steel chair. Del Rio dropkicks Show. Del Rio repeatedly hits Show with the chair. Show drops Del Rio with The ChokeSlam. Del Rio gets back on his feet at the count of nine. Show bodyslams Del Rio on the floor. Del Rio regains momentum with a low blow. Del Rio decks Show with a Leg Lariat. Show whips Del Rio back first across one of the LED Boards. Show hits Del Rio in the back with a Fluorescent Light Tube. Show slaps Del Rio in the chest for the fourth time in this match. Show and Del Rio are trading back and forth shots on the LED Board.
Show ChokeSlams Del Rio through the table. Del Rio somehow avoids the referee's ten count. Show rolls Del Rio back into the ring. Show sets up for the Knockout Punch. Show throws a steel ring step at Del Rio. Show launches Ricardo Rodriguez back first across the ringside barricade. Del Rio sends Show crashing through the time keepers area. Del Rio fires up with seven chair shots. Del Rio blinds Show with the fire extinguisher. Del Rio locks in the Cross Arm Breaker. Rodriguez wraps Show legs with duck tape which allows Del Rio to pickup the victory.
Winner: Still WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Alberto Del Rio
Second Match: Team Hell No (c) vs. Team Rhodes Scholars For The WWE Tag Team Championship
Bryan and Rhodes will start things off. Rhodes kicks Bryan in the gut. Rhodes with a clubbing blow to the back of Bryan. Rhodes applies a wrist lock. Bryan uses the athleticism to break out of the hold. Bryan dropkicks Rhodes. Bryan applies a side headlock. Rhodes goes for a Leapfrog, but Bryan counters with a SurfBoard Submission Hold. Bryan tags in Kane. Kane with a Basement Dropkick for a two count. Kane uppercuts Rhodes. Rhodes dodges a spinning back fist from Kane. Rhodes dropkicks Kane. Rhodes drives Kane back first into the turnbuckles. Rhodes tags in Sandow. Kane bodyslams Sandow. Kane follows that with a Running Elbow Drop for a two count. Kane tags in Bryan.
Bryan with a Corner Dropkick to Sandow. Bryan delivers a series of buzzsaw kicks. Team Hell No are cutting the ring in half. Sandow uppercuts Kane. Kane responds with a Big Boot. Kane tosses Rhodes out of the ring. Bryan lands a Double Suicide Dive. Bryan rolls Sandow back into the ring. Rhodes lowers the middle rope which sends Bryan tumbling to the outside. Sandow is ramming Bryan's back into the ring apron. Team Rhodes Scholars are double teaming Bryan in the corner.
Rhodes with a knee lift to Bryan. Rhodes bodyslams Bryan. Rhodes applies a Single Leg Boston Crab. Sandow with a Leg Drop for a two count. Sandow connects with The Elbow of Disdain for a two count. Sandow is wearing down Bryan in the center of the ring. Bryan kicks Rhodes in the jaw. Bryan decks Rhodes with a Heel Kick. TRS are now cutting the ring in half. Bryan fights out of the Dominator Position. Bryan drops Rhodes with a DDT. Bryan tags in Kane. Kane goes for a ChokeSlam, but Sandow lands back on his feet.
Kane dishes out a vicious right hand. Kane with a Corner Clothesline to Sandow. Kane follows that with a Side Walk Slam for a two count. Rhodes distracts Kane. Kane sends Sandow crashing to the canvas. Kane misses on the Flying Clothesline. Sandow with a Swinging NeckBreaker for a two count. Bryan makes a blind tag. Kane goes for a Double ChokeSlam, but Team Rhodes Scholars counters with a Double Vertical Suplex. Bryan hits Sandow with the Missile Dropkick. Kane ChokeSlams Rhodes. Bryan applies the NO! Lock which forces Sandow to tap out.
Winner: Still WWE Tag Team Champions, Team Hell No via Submission
Third Match: 2013 Royal Rumble Match
1.) Dolph Ziggler eliminated by Sheamus
2.) Chris Jericho eliminated by Dolph Ziggler
3.) Cody Rhodes eliminated by John Cena
4.) Kofi Kingston eliminated by Cody Rhodes
5.) Santino Marella eliminated by Cody Rhodes
6.) Drew McIntyre eliminated by Chris Jericho
7.) Titus O'Neil eliminated by Sheamus
8.) Goldust eliminated by Cody Rhodes
9.) David Otunga eliminated by Sheamus
10.) Heath Slater eliminated by John Cena
11.) Sheamus eliminated by Ryback
12.) Tensai eliminated by Kofi Kingston
13.) Brodus Clay eliminated by Chris Jericho, Heath Slater, Cody Rhodes, Sheamus and Darren Young
14.) Rey Mysterio eliminated by Wade Barrett
15.) Darren Young eliminated by Kofi Kingston
16.) Bo Dallas eliminated by Wade Barrett
17.) The Godfather eliminated by Dolph Ziggler
18.) Wade Barrett eliminated by Bo Dallas
19.) John Cena
20.) Damien Sandow eliminated by Ryback
21.) Daniel Bryan eliminated by Antonio Cesaro & Kane
22.) Antonio Cesaro eliminated by John Cena
23.) The Great Khali eliminated by Team Hell No
24.) Kane eliminated by Daniel Bryan
25.) Zack Ryder eliminated by Randy Orton
26.) Randy Orton eliminated by Ryback
27.) Jinder Mahal eliminated by Sheamus
28.) The Miz eliminated by Ryback
29.) Sin Cara eliminated by Ryback
30.) Ryback eliminated by John Cena
Winner: John Cena
Fourth Match: CM Punk (c) w/Paul Heyman vs. The Rock For The WWE Championship
Punk and Rock engages in rockers punches. Punk repeatedly stomps on Rock's chest. Rock explodes out of the corner with a Running Lariat. Rock goes for a Rock Bottom, but Punk blocks it. Punk with a back elbow strike to Rock. Rock clotheslines Punk over the top rope. Rock bounces Punk head on the ringside barricade. Rock drops Punk with a straight right hand. Rock clears the spanish announce table. Punk rolls Rock back into the ring. More right hands from Rock. Rock sends Punk back first to the barricade. Heyman attacks Rock behind the referee's back. Punk clotheslines Rock on the floor.
Punk dumps Rock ribs first on the barricade. Punk delivers multiple Muay Thai Knee Strikes. Following a snap mare takeover, Punk kicks Rock in the back. Punk applies a Body Scissors Hold. Punk connects with a knee lift for a two count. Punk locks in the Koji Clutch. Rock with an Inverted Atomic Drop to Punk. Punk responds with a Single Leg Dropkick. Punk is wearing Rock down in the corner. Punk with the lateral press for a two count. Heyman delivers another cheap shot from the outside. Punk with a SpringBoard Dropkick that knocks Rock off the ring apron.
Punk lands a Flying Clothesline. Rock is targeting the injured knee of Punk. Punk tosses Rock out of the ring. Punk with a Suicide Dive to Rock. Punk misses on a SpringBoard Clothesline. Rock is putting the boots to Punk. Rock with a Side Russian Leg Sweep for a two count. Punk fights out of the Rock Bottom. Punk goes for the GTS, but Rock counters with a SharpShooter. Punk transitions into the Anaconda Vice. Rock rolls Punk over for a two count. Rock decks Punk with a DDT. Rock goes for the Rock Bottom, but Punk counters with a rolling crucifix. Rock reapplies The SharpShooter. Punk crawls to the bottom rope to create separation.
The Spanish Announce Table collapses. Rock hits The Rock Bottom on the floor. Rock rolls Punk back into the ring. Punk kicks Rock in the hamstring. Punk and Rock are trading back and forth shots. Rock with a Leaping Clothesline to Punk. Rock follows that with a SpineBuster. Rock goes for The People's Elbow, but The Shield drags Rock out of the ring. The lights went out in the US Airways Center.
The Shield connects with the Cerberus PowerBomb that sends Rock crashing through the english announce table. Punk goes on to score the pinfall for the moment as Vince McMahon comes out to restart the match. Punk with a Running Double Knee Strike to Rock. Punk clotheslines Rock. Punk with The Flying Elbow Drop for a two count. Punk goes for the GTS, but Rock counters with a SpineBuster. Rock connects with The People's Elbow to pickup the victory.
Winner: New WWE Champion, The Rock via Pinfall


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Learn About Website Navigation Structure to Design a User Friendly Website
A website navigation structure can be broken into three parts: home page, primary sections, and secondary sections. By learning the importance of these separate sections you can make your web site easier for users to navigate. Keep website navigation the same on all pages, and make sure all pages link to each other, to make it easy.
Home Page
The home page of your web site needs to load quickly and tell your visitors its purpose as quickly as possible so they can determine if they are where they need to be. If the visitor has been to your site before you want him or her to be able to quickly be able to get to the section of the web site they want but at the same time you want any new information to be easily identifiable. Finally, you want them to be able to easily discern where the navigational controls are so they will be able to navigate this part of your web site as well as any other pages they visit.
Your homepage will link to the primary sections of your web site.
Primary Sections
The primary sections of your web site are essentially the site index. This allows your visitors to quickly find the topic they are most interested in. For example, if you have a web site dedicated to books your primary sections would break the books into genres such as fiction, science fiction, and religion.
These primary sections will lead to pages that discuss the topic and break it down further into secondary sections.
Secondary Sections
Secondary sections allow you to focus attention on certain aspects of a broader topic. Again, using the book site as an example, you would use secondary sections to list authors of the specific genre highlighted on the primary section page. For example, if the secondary section was fiction one of the secondary section tabs could be John Grisham. That secondary section would allow you to focus only on his books and information about him.
If you tried to link all of the information about different authors from the homepage you would overwhelm your viewer and make it impossible for him or her to find the exact book he or she desired.
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"Men Get Pregnant, Too
(despite never pushing a watermelon through a pigeonhole)"
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Men Get Pregnant, Too (despite never pushing a watermelon through a pigeonhole):
They received an Early Pregnancy Test as a wedding gift. Subtle. But, this couple wasn't even sure they wanted to be parents. How to tell their mothers and fathers they may never become grandmas and grandpas was just the first of many hurdles on the journey towards eventual parenthood.
Once the baby was on its way (after an 18-month long attempt at conception), the father-to-be quickly becomes a secondary player in the process. While his wife is experiencing morning sickness, medical scares and migraines, the dad-in-waiting wrestles to find his own voice.
Are these phantom symptoms real, or imagined? Can he express his own worries about whether he will be a good father? Or voice his concerns about the surprising results of a genetic test? Does he HAVE to help organize his own baby shower?
Men Get Pregnant, Too is a rare gem. It treats both motherhood and fatherhood with equal respect, while challenging couples to re-examine a father-to-be's role and his voice throughout pregnancy.
It is a must-read for any couple who has--or is planning on having--children (and having to deal with their relatives, too!).
From intimate conversations about infertility, health, in-laws, medical emergencies, and balancing a full-time job with a role as butler to visitors, MGPT is guaranteed to start a new debate among a new generation of parents.


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I'm starting a blog. I'm starting a blog!? I never saw myself here. I love reading blogs and admire those that can keep them going, but I certainly never thought a blog would be in my path. It wasn't until just last week that I started toying with the idea. Why, you ask? I need an outlet. I think we all do! There's only so many times I can complain to my husband or friends about my lack of sleep and demanding job. Only so many mom friends that truly understand the absolute joy and downright struggle children bring. My goal for this blog is to share those joys and struggles surrounding being a breastfeeding, working, police wife, Christian mom and to hopefully connect with other moms out there to share in their joys and struggles.
My name is Tristina and I'm a wife to Connor, my own personal hero, detective husband. We have two kids – Ella who is a 2-year old, spunky, fiercely independent girly girl. And Cole, the sweetest, easy going, cuddly six month old. I turn 30 this year and it's really forcing me to take a hard look at the important things in life. I'm excited for this new mindset! But, more on this later… 😊


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We recently announced our sponsorship of EMF Camp 2014, were ready to go Portcullis flags in tow and will be heading on over to Milton Keynes to help get EMF ready.
While there we will not only be sponsoring the Lounge where people can come and enjoy a space to relax and drink beer and setting up Portcullis Village where people can visit us and exchange ideas but we will be having members of Portcullis hosting talks throughout the weekend.
How Many Bugs Can A Time Server Have? Friday 29th @ 14:00PM Stage B
Portcullis members Tim Brown and Mike Emery will be talking about a number of new advisories to be released by Portcullis during the event including remote root in a network device. The attack surface area will be broken down, with the bugs in each area exposed. The impact of the finding as a whole will then be discussed, with the consequences potentially reaching far beyond the compromised device itself!
Minimal Effort Web Application Security (a.k.a. how to make my job harder) Sunday 31st @ 12:00 Stage C
Portcullis member Graham Sutherland will be presenting his quick tips on making your web applications more resistant to common attack vectors, without putting a lot of effort in. Graham says "In some cases, simply adding a like to a configuration file can completely prevent entire classes of attack from being viable". Graham will take a look at hardening against XSS, SQL injection, click jacking, password cracking, and a few other bits if there's time. "With any luck, you'll make my job a lot harder!"
For those spoilt for choice both talks will be featured in our EMF blog to be posted after the event.


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It's awards season, and if you're a movie buff, you're probably spending all your spare time checking out the top nominees. Of course, after a while, it's easy for even your favorite films to start blending together. If only there was some sort of dramatic twist you didn't see coming!
Spoiler alert: MyndPlay is that dramatic twist.
Whether you're a fan of comedy, mystery, action, or any other film genre, MyndPlay is a revolutionary new experience that allows you to become the director of the movie you're watching using only your mind and an EEG headset!
What is MyndPlay?
Simply put, MyndPlay is a mind controlled media player that works in conjunction with an EEG headset (such as our MindWave Mobile). When in use, MyndPlay gives you the ability to interact with the content you're watching—changing the direction of a scene and even the entire outcome. Remember last month when we talked about EEG headsets giving you superpowers? The MyndPlay app takes things to a whole new level!
MyndPlay Makes You The Director!
Have you ever thought you could write a better ending for the movie you're watching? With MyndPlay, you can make it happen. MyndPlay makes you an active participant in the plot of the movie on your screen. Will the hero get their happy ending? Will the bad guy get away? Who will still be standing when the credits roll? With MyndPlay, the decision is yours.
Using MyndPlay With Your EEG Headset
To take advantage of MyndPlay, you need a MindWave EEG headset. MindWave can safely monitor and interpret your brainwaves using EEG biosensor technology, and then use the information gathered to interact with the MyndPlay app. Once connected, your MindWave headset monitors your brainwaves to determine what state of mind you're in and uses that information to guide the direction of the movie you're watching accordingly. If you're relaxed, the outcome will be different than if you're focused, and different even still if you're stressed. It might sound like the plot of a classic science fiction movie, but it's 100% reality.
Myndplay is Your First Step Toward a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
MyndPlay is like nothing you've ever seen before at the movies and is something every casual or serious film fan should experience. Luckily, thanks to NeuroSky, you can! That's because MyndPlay is now available as part of our MyndPlay Bundle. This bundle includes a MindWave Mobile EEG Headset, the MyndPlay Brainwave Movie Player, and a great assortment of interactive content designed specifically for your next movie night.
The lights have gone down, the popcorn is popped, and the movie is about to begin. What happens next? That's up to you and MyndPlay. Grab the app here, or the entire MyndPlay Bundle here.
To learn more about how EEG headsets are completely changing the way we think about entertainment, be sure to get your copy of our free whitepaper, The Introductory Guide to EEG & BCI for Entertainment.


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Bel Punto, woooooooooooow what a wonderful restaurant. I really don't have much to say about this amazing gem in Umdloti Village. The service was the friendliest I have ever received in KZN, the views are as my friends would say very POWERFUL (take your girl on a date here in summer). The decor gives the place a liveliness and great sense of festivity while still maintaining it's simplistic sleekness. When it comes to the food I must admit I wasn't expecting it to be as delicious as it was. Generally places that serve big portions of food tend to over cook it but that wasn't the case at Bel Punto. Their food as simple as it was, when it came to the flavours it was mind blowing. Awesome place, delicious food, beautiful service and great value for money.
Reasons to dine here:
Stunning views
Friendly staff
Delicious food
Big portions at low prices
Did we mention the food is divine!
Sometimes I get lost in the moment and forget that I have a blog and forget to take lots of pictures for the post 🙁