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Along with a review for Norton Internet Security 2012, Evebugs also asked me to review the Norton Mobile Security for Android App.
Initially, I installed the App to the SDCard, which is only possible if you have a rooted phone to begin with. I was surprised that the App detects that and gives out a warning that it must be moved to the phone memory. After moving the App, it started without any problems and asked me for my Norton Account and licence key. Once that is entered, the app offers Anti-Theft, Anti-Malware, Call & SMS Blocking and Web Protection.
The Anti-Theft module works by setting an unlock keyword and then setting up a buddy list that can actually use the keyword. It allows anyone that is on that list and has the password to remote wipe, lock or locate your phone. It will also trigger a password promt screen everytime the sim card is changed.
The remote locate feature will send back 2 sms, the first only containing the GPS coords and accuracy, the second containing a link to google maps. I tested this with GPS off and got a completely wrong result, several kilometers away where my wifi used to be a year ago (SSID never changed). I don't know if it's Googles' fault or Nortons' but it's extremely misleading to report an accuracy of 60 meters on a completely wrong location.
The remote lock worked good, sending back an SMS that it succeeded. However, with the taskswitcher and home button I could catch quick glances on other apps content, like the messages. It was not possible to remove the lockscreen without the password.
The malware Scan runs extremely fast, even when scanning the SSD along with it. I do not know about the quality, but I guess Norton knows how to find malware.
The call and SMS blocking works reliable as well. If called by a blocked number, the incoming call will appear for less than a second in the notification area and then be denied with a "busy" message. It did trigger my Tasker script for incoming calls, so it is not completely blocking everything. Still does an OK job tho.
The Web Protection should block fraudulent sites in the browser, but only works for the standard Android Browser. In my tests with Cyanogen Mod 7.0, I saw absolutely no evidence of the app doing anything in the browser. The Web Protection also proclaims it needs a "stable network connection to effectively block fraudulent Web sites" which makes me belive that the app either proxies all traffic through a Norton service, which would be a HUGE privacy problem, or it checks each Web request in paralell to my browsing, which will make browsing alot slower. Also, in the context of a mobile phone, how do you determine if you have a stable connectoin? When on EDGE/2/3/4G? WLAN? This feature has too many unknown implications for my taste.
I could not see any impact on my battery life while having it running, which is a very good thing since my battery is rather old and only lives for about 15 hours to begin with. In contrast to the desktop software, the interface of the Android App is clean and easy to use and generally does not leave any unanswered questions apart from the mentioned questions about web protection.
I personally will keep the app on my device, but for most of the features there are free alternatives around. I hope for some updates in the future that provide more features, like automatically enabling GPS when I want to locate my phone, making it ring and vibrate on a keyword or enabling me to locate the phone from a web browser instead of a 2nd cellphone.
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So apparently the guy who wrote this has been trying to ram it through for 7 sessions of Congress.
In each of 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009, Serrano introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd Amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as president. Each resolution, with the exception of the current one, died without ever getting past the committee.
I don't like him.
Originally posted by Wolf321
what kind of people would keep electing someone who would even propose something like this? Are they not paying attention or do they just really want a socialist/communist America?

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I probably wouldn't have noticed the "microaggression" if I hadn't just attended the Unitarian Universalist Allies for Racial Equity Annual Meeting in Rockford, Illinois and just had the third session of Mark Hicks "Beloved Conversations" facilitator's training Monday evening on "microagressions." A microagression (examples) is an act or communication to someone, particularly someone who is part of a marginalized group, that they experience as a slight, insult, invalidation or indignity. That everyday, marginalizing communication acts to express prejudice, bias and discrimination.
Derald Wing Sue writes in the book Microaggressions in Everyday Life:
The power of microaggressions lies in their invisibility to the perpetrator, who is unaware that he or she has engaged in a behavior that threatens and demeans the recipient of such a communication…the greatest harm to people of color, women and LGBTs does not come from [overt] perpetrators. It is not the White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan members or Skinheads, … but instead well-intentioned people, who are strongly motivated by egalitarian values, believe in their own morality, and experience themselves as fair-minded and decent people who would never consciously discriminate.
That description … would be me in this particular situation. I was organizing a meeting, looking for a time when several people could meet. Many of us lead very busy lives with lots of commitments. Trying to find a time to meet can be very unpleasant because of this, with lots of emails back and forth. I finally got just about everyone together on one date and time. One more person to go. This person was someone I hadn't yet reached out to in the date setting process. My intention had been to call and ask if this date would work. That isn't what came out of my mouth. Wanting agreement to the date, I said, "We've set this time and date for the meeting, can you come?" I encountered resistance to the date and time as it was short notice. Rather than asking for a better date and time, I said, "Well, could you come for some of the meeting? Or if you can't come, can I relay what you would have said if you were there?"
This didn't seem like a big deal … until I reflected on the unspoken, unintended message I was sending. By saying we'd already set the meeting date, I'd marginalized the participation of this person. I further marginalized the individual by minimizing participation, almost saying, "It isn't important whether you attend or not." That wasn't the intentional message I wanted to send. It was the unintended, invisible (to me) message I was sending. I felt it at the time because I heard hesitancy and resistance in the response. I didn't pay attention to those feelings, however, and got a reluctant agreement to attend.
And, the person in question is a person of color.
The next morning, it hit me. What I had done? As I sat quietly in meditation, I realized I'd been a perpetrator of a microaggression. Immediately I felt shame and guilt. Here I am striving to be a ally for people of color. I felt remorse for my behavior and regret for shifting my discomfort onto another person's shoulders.
Then I reflected on the experience of the person who has been the target of a microaggression. She (or he) has already experienced unpleasant feelings. She may be conflicted about having those feelings toward her minister even though normally having positive and appreciative feelings. Most importantly for me in this moment of self-judgment, she may be very relieved and open to be approached by me to resolve this situation, receive my apology, make my conscious intentions clear, and make amends.
We all are carriers of toxic relationship patterns that get acted out usually when we are under stress and not operating out of our best selves. When we see those behaviors, part of the shame and guilt come from identifying with those patterns as "mine." The path to freedom is to dis-identify with the pattern and renounce it. A great way to do that is to recognize it clearly, apologize for it, assert one's positive values that were transgressed and work to undo any harm it has caused. In this situation, I don't want to be disrespectful to anyone, nor do I want to manipulate others to fit into my agenda.
Microaggressions are just that, little. But add them up on a daily basis and they turn into a very big deal. My hope is that if we make a conscious commitment to make a habit of addressing them as we become aware of them, they will be much less of a big deal. Think of addressing them as a way of practicing kindness toward each other. We may not be able to eliminate all of them, but by making a habit of addressing them, they will lose their power. It can be one micro way to take one more burden of oppression away from those who have been historically marginalized.


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I'm thankful for that up there. ^^^
The husband who I don't deserve + who somehow splits his life between 2 very different worlds.
The children who are more loving + kind + full of sweet soul than I ever could have imagined.
How did I get this lucky?
I was standing in the laundry room on Sunday going through an entire stick of that Oxy gel stick stain remover on Maddox's grass-stained school uniform pants.
Usually when this happens I start to mentally tally up the money I'm spending on stain sticks (I go through about 2 a week) and how many new pair of pants I could buy instead with the money. And I start to get really annoyed that my son likes to slide on the ground all over the place whenever he plays with his buddies.
But on Sunday, I paused for a second and I think God was whispering in my ear.
I suddenly got a big smile on my face and some teary eyes and thought of how I am LUCKY to have to be cleaning the grass stains off of a 6 year old boy's khakis. He is healthy and active and able to run and play.
And he is here. With me. Alive + well.
Sadly, some parents can't say that and they would give anything to be cleaning their sweet child's play clothes each night.
That's all life is really, and so I spent the next 30 minutes JOYFULLY working on all of his clothes.
So, today I am thankful for them and all that they have made me. Thank you, Jesus, for blessing me with this family.
On another note : my blog has moved! (Obviously.)
At least for now. 😉
I've moved from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress and changed all names directing you here.
I had a sweet girl (Danielle Burkleo) do all of my blog + upcoming shop logo and designs for The Paper Arrow and I'm excited to start fresh over here. (I have transferred all of my old posts over, so if you are searching for something you should find it here.)
There are a few things that I'm still tweaking, but for now everything is usable.
And writable!
Lots of stuff coming up, and I hope you enjoy this new space.


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Agree. The anti-Christian bigotry by mormons on display is disgusting.
Bigotry? I don't think I'm any better than they are, nor would I mistreat or discriminate against them. I simply think they are engaging in false advertising.
See the many points in post #44 (thank you szonian) and tell me where in the teachings of Christianity all that came from.
Then there's the polygamy deal. Was that Christian?
I know!
EVERYone hates it when religious BIGOTRY is displayed!!
I believe Islam is a barbaric social and political system in religious drag.
How is this Christian?
Will you love your brothers and sisters likewise, when they have committed a sin that cannot be atoned for without the shedding of their blood? Will you love that man or woman well enough to shed their blood? That is what Jesus Christ meant. (Brigham Young, Deseret News, April 16th, 1856)
Suppose you found your brother in bed with your wife, and put a javelin through both of them. You would be justified, and they would atone for their sins, and be received into the Kingdom of God. I would at once do so, in such a case; and under the circumstances, I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.... There is not a man or woman, who violates the covenants made with their God, that will not be required to pay the debt. The blood of Christ will never wipe that out, your own blood must atone for it. (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, volume 1, pages 108-109)
When your own prophets say that the blood of Christ will never be enough, then they've just said they are not Christian. That is the truth.
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A expert on child psychiatry said the confession of a 14-year-old boy executed in South Carolina 70 years ago is "not reliable." WLTX-TV, Columbia, S.C.
SUMTER, S.C. — The decision on whether to grant a new trial to a 14-year-old boy who was executed in 1944 by South Carolina is now in the hands of a judge.
Circuit Judge Cameron Mullen did not immediately rule after a two-day hearing ended Wednesday. She is giving prosecutors and supporters of the boy, George Stinney Jr., 10 days to file briefs. It is not clear how long it will take after that for a decision to be made.
STORY: New trial sought for boy, 14, executed in 1944
In 1944, Stinney was convicted of killing 11-year-old Betty Binnicker and 7-year-old Mary Emma Thames in the Clarendon County town of Alcolu. He then was executed in the electric chair.
The girls were white, and Stinney was black.
Mullen said Tuesday that the hearing wasn't to determine whether Stinney was innocent or guilty. She is to decide whether the trial was fair.
For years, there have been questions whether the original trial was fair. Stinney's supporters say the young man was forced to confess, didn't have proper counsel, and wasn't allowed to have his parents around when he was questioned. Many of the records in the case, including the confession, have been lost.
Prosecutors say Stinney was not treated fairly by modern legal standards when he was executed three months after the killings. But they also say there is no evidence authorities did anything wrong at the time.
The confession Stinney gave to law enforcement was one of the key pieces of evidence used to convict him. That document no longer exists in any public records.
During Wednesday's hearing, a child psychiatry expert said the confession, no matter what it said, is "not reliable."
Dr. Amanda Salas, a defense witness, said she reviewed what few documents remained from the case and interviewed Stinney family members to make her evaluation.
Salas testified that Stinney was probably suggestible to the white prosecutors and law enforcement who were there for his confession. She also said Stinney grew up in a culture and in a family that encouraged strict compliance to whites, which may have caused Stinney to "cave" when questioned by the adults.
"The confession ... is best characterized as a coerced, compliant, false confession," said Salas. "It is not reliable."
Third District Solicitor Chip Finney, who has argued against a new trial, asked Salas why she did not consult media reports about the case over the years, school records on Stinney, or interview family members of the two victims in the case.
Frankie Dyches, Binnicker's niece, also testified Wednesday. She said she thinks the verdict rendered seven decades ago was fair and needs to be left "as is."
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How to install Virtualmin: http://www.webmin.com/vdownload.html
During the initial setup you can face some issues.
Error: No map sources were found in the Postfix configuration
Solution: Open the file "/etc/postfix/main.cf", add the following line "virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual" and save.
Error: The Suexec command on your system is configured to only run scripts under /var/www, but the Virtualmin base directory is /home. CGI and PHP scripts run as domain owners will not be executed.
Solution: In Virtualmin go to System Settings -> Server Templates -> Default Settings -> Apache website. Set "Automatically add appropriate SuExec directive?" to No.
Error: Multiple SSL websites on the same IP address have been enabled on the Virtualmin Configuration page, but your web server does not support this feature.
Solution: In Virtualmin go to System Settings -> Virtualmin Configuration -> SSL Settings. Set "Allow multiple SSL websites on the same IP?" to No.
How to create a virtual host.
Go to Create Virtual Server form and specify domain name, some description and password. Press Create Server.
How to import database.
If you already have a manually created databese and you want to assign it to some webserver you can use Edit Databases form.
Edit Databases -> Import Database (tab). Select the existing database and press Import Now.
How to backup/restore database.
1. Backup.
Edit Databases -> Databases -> (Select database) -> Manage
In the next screen press Backup Database.
Specify the name of the backup file (with path).
You also can define a scheduled backup policy here.
2. Restore.
Edit Databases -> Databases -> (Select database) -> Manage
In the next screen select Execute SQL
In the next screen select Run SQL from file (tab) and specify the path to the mysql backup file. Press Execute.
How to create mailbox
In Virtualmin choose the domain that you'd like to create the mailbox related to.
Use Add a user to this server form.
Specify mailbox user name, real (unix) user name, password and press Create.
You also can install phpMyAdmin (web interface for MySQL) and Roundcube (webmail) using Install Scripts in Virtualmin main menu.


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Valentine's Day is 1615 years old. Beyond the lame cheesy gestures Valentines Day offers the chance to acknowledge and affirm the importance of ones relationship. As a seeker of meaning and a maker of ritual, I see beyond the lame cheap sparkly stuff to Valentines Day being a day to foster an even stronger bond in my marriage.
Yeah, I get Dan some of his fave Lindt chocolates. How could I not? But we like to spend time on Feb 14th to talk about how we're doing in our quest to towards cultivating deeper meaning and emotional intimacy. We have lots of rituals in our couple life… from the hilariously mundane to those that are much more spiritual. Here are some areas that you can explore for your own love relationship:
- Couple time – What activities do you enjoy doing together? Sex, cooking/eating, sports, film etc.
- Daily routines and tasks – How do the two of you like to get up in the morning, come home, go to bed? These are your daily rituals.
- Communication rituals – Do you have satisfying means of sharing your feelings and experiences, supporting each other, and working through inevitable anger and frustration?
- Symbolic rituals – Big range here, from the nicknames you have for each other to the ways you enjoy marking birthdays and holidays.
- Intimacy rituals– What are the ways you connect emotionally and physically?
- Spiritual connection – Do you find being in nature together spiritual? Attend faith-based events? How do you connect with one another's spiritual self?
This Valentines Day, by all means get sappy! But also think about making it a day to build an even deeper and more meaningful relationship. This works if you are a fledgling couple, an engaged couple, or old married farts. (hehe I can say that!) Make time to be together and share what is important to YOU. Doesn't matter what society tells you should be important, or what your friends etc say. It's about what works for the two of you. Here's an example:
For a long time, Dan and I felt a tinge of shame that we like to sit on the couch and eat our dinner. And that we eat different things! Cultural norm is that the 'right' thing is to eat a shared meal at the table. But you know what? That just doesn't work for us most nights. We cook together once or twice a week, sometimes sitting at the table. But our bodies crave and need different kinds of food. So we do it our way now, and have made our own ritual out of the evening meal(s).
You will create your own meaningful rituals by sharing with each other what is important to you. Make time to sit down with your partner to explore what rituals you currently enjoy and share in your relationship and what new rituals you can create together. Listen to each other's needs and weave those needs into the ritual to make it fulfilling. Being specific helps:
- How do you envision the ritual?
- How will you actually do it?
- When will you do it?
Valentine's Day is just one day in a year. But you can use it as a catalyst to cultivate a meaningful connection all year long by practicing your very own couple rituals on a regular basis. Reading the paper on Saturday mornings together… making morning coffee for your partner… 10-second welcome home kisses… date nights… it's the little things that help us develop closeness and create shared meaning. Make Valentine's Day a year-long event!
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I Wish People Would Stop Having Dreams About Me Dying
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3 Times This WeekI am not dying ,i am sick and three times this week people have had dreams of me dying! I feel like hell already and telling me that Joel came to get me and my daddy is not helping!!!!! I am to awnry to die! Besides God likes to torcher me here in hell !
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La vie est belle!
Contact Bob Watrous at email@example.com with any questions.
A Bevin web site to help Bevin keep the bell making in Belltown:
Old Wood Toys has guides and a search feature to help with toy identification:
I'm a member of the American Bell Association:
American Bell Association International, Inc.
I'm a member of the Antique Toy Collectors of America:
Antique Toy Collectors of America
The Connecticut Historical Society Library holds many records of interest to bell and bell toy collectors:
Connecticut Historical Society
The Chatham Historical Society has a large collection of bell toys as well as many bell related exhibits: Chatham Historical Society East Hampton CT
Volunteers at the Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation have been working to archive the large collection of documents spanning over 100 years of toy drum making history. NCCHP
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I just dropped off some bell toys at the Morris Museum in Morristown, N.J. They are having an exhibition of Toys from Dec. 14th, 2017 through March 4th, 2018. http://morrismuseum.org/ There are some toys from my collection, and many from others that will be shown.
Posted by BellToyBoy on December 7, 2017 at 5:16pm
Ning.com just announced a substantial rate hike effective October 1, 2016. Due to this change we will be looking for a new home for this Watrous Bell Toys site. Hopefully we will be able to migrate the content from this site to the new one.
Life is good,
Posted by BellToyBoy on August 31, 2016 at 5:06pm — 1 Comment
Many of you in the rings that revolve around the antique toy world probably know of Noble & Cooley for their toy drums. Those that revolve around the Civil War history world know of their drums that kept the beat at so many bloody battles. Others in the rings revolving around the music world know of them for the custom drums they are still making today, some 150 years after they started making drums. For me I know of them for a little side line they made for a short while, chime…Continue
Posted by BellToyBoy on March 1, 2016 at 3:00pm
Here's an article about Bevin Bros. from Yankee magazine in 2010, before the fire.
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A recent article in the American Bell Association's Bell Tower by Rob Roy, titled "Donkey Mechanical Tap Bell - Original or Reproduction?" gave a great description of the differences between the original and the reproduction. I've seen a few of both. I have never seen one with the owl. I have a reproduction, but have yet to add an original to my collection. I don't collect tap bells. I collect bell toys, so why would I be interested in this tap bell? It's because it was made by Gong Bell…Continue
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Outlines ambitious new commitments that will drive environmental sustainability programming through to the end of 2018
TORONTO, June 23, 2014 /CNW/ - Climate change, water and sustainable communities - these are the top three environmental priorities to be addressed by RBC in the coming four years, as outlined in the new RBC Environmental Blueprint. Launched today, this new roadmap outlines how we will approach environmental sustainability globally from now until 2018. Every roadmap needs a destination, so this document not only sets out the corporate environmental policy, objectives and priorities; it includes aggressive targets and a new area of focus to work towards.
"Our Blueprint sets the direction for us to continue to do better: in the way we do business with clients, the way we procure goods and services, in how we operate our own premises, and in how we support environmental initiatives," said Gord Nixon, CEO of RBC. "These efforts make a real difference for our children, our communities and our planet. The ambitious targets we set in the Blueprint show how far we've come and how far we are willing to go."
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- Transient is defined as someone or something that is temporary or staying for a short amount of time.
An example of transient is the short duration of the hurricane season in Florida.
- The definition of a transient is someone who is just passing through somewhere or isn't staying long.
An example of transient is a honeymoon couple staying at a resort.
- passing away with time; not permanent; temporary; transitory
- passing quickly or soon; fleeting; ephemeral
- staying only for a short time: the transient population at resorts
Origin of transientClassical Latin transiens, present participle of transire: see transit
- a transient person or thing: transients at a hotel
- Elec. a temporary component of a current, resulting from a voltage surge, a change from one steady-state condition to another, etc.
- Passing with time; transitory: "the transient beauty of youth" ( Lydia M. Child )
- Remaining in a place only a brief time: transient laborers.
- Physics Decaying with time, especially as a simple exponential function of time.
- One that is transient, especially a hotel guest or boarder who stays for only a brief time.
- Physics A transient phenomenon or property, especially a transient electric current.
Origin of transientAlteration of Latin trānsiēns trānseunt- present participle of trānsīre to go over trāns- over ; see trans- . īre to go ; see ei- in Indo-European roots.
Related Forms:
- tran′si·ent·ly
(comparative more transient, superlative most transient)
- Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
- a transient pleasure
- Remaining for only a brief time.
- a transient view of a landscape
- (physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
- (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
- Occasional; isolated; one-off; individual.
- Passing through; passing from one person to another.
- (philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
(plural transients)
- Something which is transient.
- (physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
- (acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
- A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker
- An unhoused person
transient - Computer Definition
A malfunction that occurs at random intervals and lasts for a short duration such as a spike or surge in a power line or a memory cell that intermittently fails. See spike and power surge.


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Time is right for Texas Century bonds
Updated 5:09 pm, Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Texas is the nation's economic engine. Thanks to our business-friendly policies, the Lone Star State has led the U.S. in job creation over the past two decades, according to research from the Federal Reserve. This includes high-wage jobs and jobs for the middle class. Our major cities are the fastest growing in the nation, and five out of the top six cities on Forbes Magazine's 2013 list of Best Cities for Good Jobs are in Texas.
As we build on our success, Texans need to think long term about how to encourage future growth and fund necessary infrastructure. With growth comes the challenge to provide roads, water projects and high-quality advanced education options required for a mecca of job creation and income generation. Inevitably, these necessary long-term projects will be funded in part by some form of borrowing. Texas has the unique opportunity now to borrow at exceptionally low rates for the next 100 years. As policymakers work on growth plans during the current legislative session, they should consider allowing the state to fund part of the costs of these investments with a Texas Century Bond.
"Century" bonds are a type of "ultra-long-term" bonds, and are so named because they do not mature for 100 years. Due to the Federal Reserve's policy of Quantitative Easing and other economic factors, long-term interest rates are currently at historic lows. Pension funds and other institutional investors are eagerly seeking high-quality investments with yield, and demand for long-term bonds issued by highly rated entities such as Texas is very high.
Mexico, which has a much lower credit rating than Texas, recently issued century bonds denominated in dollars that were well received by investors. And some very clever institutions like M.I.T. have done the same. Sadly, the U.S. Treasury is likely incapable of doing so, because the federal deficit is so high and Washington's fiscal predicament is such a mess. But given our state's solid credit quality, underlying financial and economic strength, and superior growth prospects, I strongly believe there would be significant demand for a Texas Century Bond.
Predicting future interest rates is difficult, because markets can change faster than the Texas weather. If, however, interest rates return to historical averages from today's record-low levels, locking in ultra-low interest rates for a century will save taxpayers tens of millions in interest costs that would be incurred when rates rise. And in the event that sometime in the next 100 years, we experience an inflation scare similar to those in the past (a pretty sure bet), the interest savings will be far greater.
Regardless of the interest rates, it makes sense to fund long-term projects related to highways and water with long-term debt. A century bond would offer policymakers and taxpayers long-term certainty on annual financing costs, allowing for sound and consistent budgeting.
As too many Americans who had adjustable rate mortgages with low initial "teaser-rates" learned during the recent housing crisis, using what seems to be cheap short-term debt to finance long-term assets can lead to financial disaster. By using long-term debt to fund long-lived infrastructure projects, our lawmakers in Austin can ensure that Texas maintains the type of fiscal discipline currently missing in Washington.
Texas' current success is due in part to the fact that in the past, our policymakers were prudent about debt. We should all be grateful that Texas has one of the lower ratios of state debt per capita among the 50 states, and any borrowing always needs to be carefully considered.
Let's take advantage of our strong financial and economic standing as a state and the lowest interest rates in 217 years of American history to build the infrastructure needed for the next several generations of Texans. As we continue to demonstrate economic leadership to the nation, let's be the first state with the ability, discipline and foresight to responsibly plan for the future through a century bond.


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Whether you own a home or drive a vehicle, consumers will likely notice the high gas prices afflicting much of the globe. American motorists are paying more than $3 per gallon, while Canadians are doling out an average $1.30 per litre of gas. This can be attributed to international oil prices hanging around $100 per barrel.
T. Boone Pickens, well-known oil and gas entrepreneur, told CNBC international oil prices will remain above the $100 market in perpetuity because it simply "is not a free market." In other words, despite the slight drop in oil prices, it won't remain that way for very long.
Citing his recent speech at the Investools 4th Annual Investor Education Conference in Dallas, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) biggest producer, Saudi Arabia, reminded all members that oil prices need to stay high in order to maintain social spending. This will cause OPEC to reduce production whenever it pleases so it can keep prices high and government coffers loaded.
"Oil is not a free market. OPEC sets the price of oil," Pickens told the business news network. "They can set the price because they produce 30 million barrels a day out of 92 million for the world…those 30 million barrels can be the swing factor."
Although Pickens expects oil prices to eventually remain higher than $100 for a long period of time, he was surprised that crude prices declined considering that violence has engulfed the Middle East. Pickens argued that investors were initially concerned about war and its effects on oil, but now they realize that this is what is going to transpire for a while so it's fine as long as oil production isn't hurt.
In the immediate future, the U.S. could rely less on foreign oil and more on North American resources, says Pickens. In recent years, the U.S. has started to depend more on its own supply because of the technological advancements and domestic companies finding new ways to produce oil.
"We went to the Middle East because we thought that was where we were going to get oil, and it was a good decision…but what no one saw in the future was horizontal drilling. And there, you doubled your production. It was that simple," he said.
Analysts project that the U.S. could start producing 14 million barrels a day within the next 10 years.


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I'm going out to Australia by myself in November (flights booked now scary stuff!!) and I am planning to go to Adelaide to start (family there so free bed!) and then heading out to Sydney for NYE. By that point I will be alone and its quite daunting so figured would see if anyone here is doing the same and where they are planning to stay. I've been told that I would have to look at booking my accommodation now as it gets booked up quickly and gets more expensive the closer it gets to new years... even the hostels.
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Countdown to BristolCon
This coming Saturday is
There will be two packed programmes of panels and readings running throughout the day. My bits will include:
11. – 11.45 Kaffeklatsch – which is foreign for a cup of coffee and a natter (cake, too, if I can organise it). It's too late to book a space, apparently, but there are four available on the day, first come, first served.
16.00 – 16.45 I'll be interviewed by/in conversation with the brilliant Emma Newman (right) who is the author of the Split Worlds series among many other things. (I'm reading the first, Between Two Thorns at the moment, and it's excellent.)
16.50 – 16.55 Reading – I guess this crowd will be a bit too old for Oliver and the Seawigs, so I'll probably read from my story We Know Where We're Goin', which appears in the new Solaris Books anthology The End of the Road. (Editor Jonathan Oliver commissioned it at last year's BristolCon).
18.00 – 18.45 Panel event: Beyond Arthur: We continue to mine the Arthurian legends for fantasy novels, film and TV, but there's a wealth of more obscure myth and legend anchored in the landscapes and collective memories of Britain, including the South West. Our panel discusses some of the potential inspirations that lurk beyond the beaten paths, in the forests and lakes beyond Avalon.
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I haven't updated in a while but that's only because I've been busier than ever freelancing. I finished up the IUP intensive Chinese language program at the end of May and have been trying my hand as a full-time freelancer for the summer. It's been quite the adjustment from the very rigid schedule of the program, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. While it's touch and go financially, I've been able to make it work with that latest freelance check always seeming to show up just when I'm down to my last $20.
For those interested in my latest writings, you can find links to my story in Foreign Policy here and stories in Women's Wear Daily here.
One of the great things about it is I've been able to test out my newly honed Chinese ability. I'm kind of shocked that I can now look up maybe a couple new words in advance, jot down some rough questions in English and then launch into interviews fully in Chinese with very few issues. Sure, I get the person not from Beijing or Shanghai with a heavy regional accent, that can still be hard to understand. And technical terms I often need to stop them and clarify what they mean. But on the whole, I understand the vast majority and with the aid of a tape recorder can go back and translate the exact quotes I need.
This experience has bolstered my confidence for my next move. I start at Reuters in September as part of their graduate trainee program. After a couple weeks of training in Singapore, I'll spend nine months rotating between the various desks at Reuters, which each specialize in a subject area like politics & general, commodities & energy, Companies, Finance & Markets, Economics and video. I'm hoping to use my Chinese to both maintain my skills after investing so much time in them but also in hopes of coming up with some original stories and more nuanced reporting.
Until Reuters starts paying my bills though, I need to keep the stories coming in Women's Wear Daily and will be reading my share of SEC documents for my freelance research gig for footnoted.com. I've also picked up a few bar reviews for the local expat mag City Weekend. Here's the first and second one I did for them.


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91 purchases so far at $7. A very customizable jQuery Plugin, which will allow you to add a grid gallery, that can be edited from a HTML , JSON or XML files. The gallery is completely resizable and is compatible with all browsers and devices (compatible with iOS & Android).
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Victims of the devastating 2008 earthquake in China's southwestern Sichuan province say local officials have failed to hand out crucial subsidies to local people in spite of promises from leaders in Beijing.
Around 200 quake victims took to the streets of Suining city's Chuanshan district on Tuesday, marching to the local government office to complain, residents said on Wednesday.
"We began our action yesterday at 9:00 a.m.," said spokeswoman Luo Feixia. "More than 300 people went to the complaints office."
Luo said many of the people in her village had been left without government assistance since their farmland was cleared away in the relief effort.
"Ever since the military cleared away our land we have had no subsidies," she said. "They are supposed to give us 90 yuan a month as a subsidy for living expenses."
Luo said the villagers had received no assistance funds for nine months.
"All of us went to the city government to ask for the money from them, the money we need to exist on," she said.
"They gave us some document promising to pay up within the next five days but we don't know yet if this will work."
Failure to pay
According to the Sichuan-based rights website Tianwang64, the protesters say local authorities have failed to implement reconstruction promises made by President Hu Jintao on national television.
The government says it has poured 787.1 billion yuan (U.S $120 billion) in reconstruction funds into the region since the devastating earthquake killed more than 80,000 people on May 12, 2008.
But the protesters say that they have received only 30 yuan (U.S. $4.73) in subsidies, instead of 10 yuan (U.S. $1.57) per person, per day for the three-year reconstruction period.
Luo's village was surrounded by water after the local river was blocked up by landslides triggered by the earthquake, forming a huge lake.
"When Tangjia mountain blocked up the lake, we were stuck in the middle of the water for around two weeks," she said.
"Our entire village was surrounded by water, and all they gave us was 30 yuan."
Luo said villagers suspect that many of the relief food supplies have been sold off by local officials.
An official who answered the phone at the Suining municipal government complaints office said the matter had been resolved.
"It has all been dealt with," the official said. "It was dealt with on [Tuesday]."
Asked to confirm the details of the subsidy arrangements, the official said: "You had better ask the Chuanshan district government."
Calls to the local government went unanswered during office hours on Wednesday.
Underpaid in Sichuan
Meanwhile, in Sichuan's Mianzhu county, bereaved parent Sang Jun said local people's subsidies have also now been cut off.
"They are now forcing our relatives to take part in various community activities like acting as night-watchmen and sweeping the streets," he said.
"They are supposed to give us 1,650 yuan (U.S. $260) every three months: that's 550 yuan (U.S. $87) a month," Sang said. "They were supposed to give it to us for three years, but they only gave us three months' worth."
He said local people have taken part in road-building and other reconstruction work, but have yet to receive some of the funds allocated for the projects.
"They underpaid us," he said. "There is still some money owed to us ... three years later."
High-ranking officials visited petitioners in the worst-hit counties of Beichuan and Wenchuan in September, after local people had campaigned for years to be given new homes.
Deputy governor Wei Hong had pledged that all reconstruction work would be finished by the end of September.
Reported by Qiao Long for RFA's Mandarin service. Translated and written in English by Luisetta Mudie.


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"The Reem" is back, both figuratively and in video form.
Alistair Overeem's incredible self-titled documentary has released another episode as he prepares to face Frank Mir this Saturday night at UFC 169.
In this edition, we are taken back to 2013 as the former Strikeforce heavyweight champion prepares to face Travis Browne.
Many were unsure of what might happen with Overeem following a second consecutive defeat, but as the video shows, he has re-focused himself and looks to be in top shape heading into this bout.


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You are in the right place if you are looking for what all the hoopla about Wim Hof Method is. Wim Hof is the name of a person from Netherlands, and he is widely known as ice-man, because of his ability to withstand in freezing conditions. He holds more than 20 world records to date. He had demonstrated extreme breathing control skills which cannot even be imagined by rational human beings. He was able to achieve this feat by controlling his breath through meditation. This method is now called as wim hof method and many people have started to learn this technique to monitor their breath. There are more reports on wim hof method and its benefits at http://theguardian.com/ for your information.
Wim Hof Method Explained
· It has been identified after many types of research that Wim Hof could achieve these feats by controlling his breath through great meditation, but it is not so easy to monitor your breath for a long time. An active and physically fit person could be able to control his breath for about 2 minutes maximum, but Wim Hof can control his breath for about 6 minutes in frigid conditions.
· This incredible talent has mesmerized many scientists to do research on Wim Hof, to find out how he could control his breath for such a long time and what is exactly happening in his body while doing these kinds of tricks.
· The method used by Wim Hof to control his entire body and breath is the latest trend now and going viral on social media. He himself started many coaching classes for people who wanted to know about his unique method. He is continuously traveling around the world and giving training to many people about this wonderful technique.
Training Method Explained
· It is noticed that the minimum training period is around 10 weeks to have some control on your breath. Keep in mind that it is impossible to achieve Wim Hof feat immediately after the training period, but you can be able to achieve the feat to some extent.
· The ten weeks training period has ten levels. Before starting actual training, you will be informed about the complete course details, especially about breathing techniques and they will make you fit physically and mentally, for the training.
· You will be moving to the next stage after every week of training. It will become tougher week by week, but you will be allowed to move to the next stage only if you are fit mentally and physically. You can stay on the same stage again to make yourself comfortable to move to the next level.
· You can definitely feel something starting to happen inside your body after you reach some levels of training. You will feel so light and powerful. You will become a mentally and physically strong person once you finish your entire training period.
How this training will help you to prevent almost all kinds of diseases is that when you start doing a deep breath, your body cells will fill with oxygen.


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Nicely furnished , Great location near famous restaurants ,great shopping and tourist attractions.
Unit has been totally renovated and includes a washer and dryer . Great location in the heart of the city with easy access to major streets and public transportation.
Don't miss this one.
This VRBO partner has demonstrated and is committed to fast response times, the best rates, and a great traveler experience.
We had a wonderful experience. The accommodations were perfect, location , space, and ambience delightful. Very accommodating.
Sherman and his wife Carol were exceptionally gracious and accommodating hosts. The townhome was clean and so comfortable. The location can't be beat, within walking distance to so many great places to eat and play. The only regret we have is that we couldn't have stayed longer. I would highly recommend Sherman and Carol's townhome to anyone planning a trip to the Big Easy.
Great location. Easy walk to anywhere
We came down for Mardi Gras and stayed for five days. We had a group of 6 and it worked very well. The condo is very well maintained and in the perfect location. It is a few blocks off Bourbon Street so you don't have any of the noise, yet close enough to walk to everything! The pictures don't do it justice! It is much nicer!
Sherman was an absolute pleasure to work with and everything was great! I would highly recommend this condo on your next trip to NOLA!
Very nice house! Great location.
We enjoyed our stay in the townhouse. The pictures are accurate in depicting the place. There are two steep flights of stairs to get into it not an issue for us but be aware. A large well equipped kitchen (no toaster), a spacious comfortable living room good for conversation. A powder room downstairs. Upstairs a full bath and two large bedrooms. The ladder shown in the pictures goes another level to a closed off loft. This worked well for two couples even though we shared a bathroom. There is a smoke shop downstairs and the smell of smoke does filter up. The townhouse could use a good cleaning. The unit is at the corner of Conti and Decater, convenient to everything but it is very noisy from traffic on Dacatur, the train, etc. We would enjoyed our stay but would choose a quieter section of the French Quarter next time.
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Make use of Ted Talks
We sometimes run out of ideas of how to keep our students interested in classes. My advice? Show a clip from TED, a website of 20 minute lectures, discussing new ideas with regard to science, teaching and research. Please follow the link to view such a discussion.


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BOULDER — The Pac-12 football schedule has done Colorado no favors this week.
When the season began, the Buffs might have been hoping to sneak up on a UCLA team coming off a huge win at Oregon. Instead, the Buffs will encounter a frustrated bunch of Bruins at the Rose Bowl on Saturday.
Coach Jim Mora's 17th-ranked team has been demoralized the past two weeks by losing to Pac-12 North Division powers Oregon and Stanford.
Here is just a sample of Mora's pointed comments about the state of his program after a 42-14 loss to Oregon on Saturday. The score was 14-14 late in the third quarter.
"We're close, but it doesn't matter," Mora was quoted on ESPN.com. "We're not after being close. Heck with being close. Losers can be close. We want to get it. We want to win those games. The coulda, the woulda, the shoulda — all that crap, we don't want that. I'm tired of that. It's time for UCLA to turn the freaking page and be something different and win those games. That's what it's time to be." Footnotes. Three of the four Pac-12 quarterbacks who have played CU this season have been named offensive player of the week the following week. Arizona senior B.J. Denker became the latest Monday after producing 457 yards total offense Saturday night.


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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
MEKENI Food Corporation (MFC), undoubtedly the country's leading meat processing company has just concluded its "Masarap Na, May Papremyo Pa" raffle promo where it gave away over P5 million tax-free prizes.
MFC President Prudencio Garcia personally handed checks to winners in the "Masarap Na, May Papremyo Pa" at the company's factory in Barangay Balubad here. The winners were also also given a tour of the facilities inside the very first ISO-certified meat processing in the Philippines and in Asia.
Grand winner of P1 million pesos was 71-year old Flordeliza Castro from Magalang, Pampanga, while the partner store or Suking Tindahan was Flor and Louies' Store which will get half million pesos. It was represented by Lani De Jesus.
Castro said she is happy that her name was picked from thousands of raffle entries from all over the country. She said that part of the prize money will be used in their business.
Just in case one may be curious to ask if the lucky winner and the suking tindahan belong to the same family, business or trading, the answer is yes. This is also legal as this was contained in the contest rules approved by the government. There were also other winners of major and minor prizes whose own stores were also picked.
That was part of the contest rules. That was part of MFC's generosity to those who strive hard.
The promo which culminated with the raffling off of P1-million grand prize last January 18 was part of the company's expression of gratitude to the customers of the multi-awarded meat processing company.
"Being grateful is one virtue and learning that was imparted to us by our parents and this raffle is our way of saying thank you to our customers who have supported us for many years now," Garcia said in his speech during the program.
Mekeni was started by couple Felix and Meding Garcia, both public school teachers, as a backyard tocino business in 1986. It has since become a leading food company, achieving a grand slam feat as the Philippines' number one meat processing company conferred by the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS).
Garcia said that the support of customers was overwhelming "despite the entry of other players in the meat product business." He however said that they don't treat other companies as competitors.
"In each passing year, we try to become better. Better persons, better employees, better company. And we don't compete with other firms but we compete with our own selves so we become better than the past year," Garcia said.
During the awarding of checks to winners in Porac recently, Garcia also announced that Mekeni has penetrated the Japan market for pickled ginger, a common staple in the northeast Asian country.
Its initial shipment is set at 50 tons which is not much by commercial standards but the significance of this is the fact that MFC was picked over other numerous food processing companies. This is something to be proud of once again for Capampangans and even Filipinos in general as the Japanese market – especially for food items – is not easy to penetrate.
Pickled ginger is a popular side dish in Japan where the demand for the food item greatly exceeds available supply.
Garcia said that this could pave the way for the entry of MFC's core products, processed meat such as hot dog, ham as well as the popular Filipino delicacies, including pork tocino and longganisa, into the foreign market.
"More important than this, of course, is Mekeni's desire to provide a bigger outlet for local ginger farmers," he said during this writer's visit to the company's 24-hectare manufacturing complex in Barangay Balubad, Porac.
"We hope to hit a level of regularly shipping at least 40 kilos a month of pickled ginger to that country."
MFC is the first Philippine and Asian and second in the world meat processor to bag the highest and coveted ISO certification for food processing, beating established local and foreign institutions in this line of business.
The ISO certification is recognized worldwide as a seal of an institution's adherence to quality managements systems in its operations.
This certification hold particularly true in hotdog processing and marinated meat (especially tocino and longganisa) processing where MFC also lords it over all other companies not only in the Philippines but also internationally with its Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000.
This is the latest and integrated standard on food safety and quality. FSSC covers many of the most comprehensive existing food and safety standards and program requirements because of its full integration of ISO 22000.
MFC also bagged the "AAA" or best food processor award from a government committee chaired by the National Meat and Inspection Service for three consecutive awarding years, 2004, 2005 and 2006 and a Grand Slam winner in 2007.
Garcia said these awards clearly sent a message to consumers that the processed meat products of MFC are "produced with care and safety."
Published in the Sun.Star Pampanga newspaper on February 19, 2014.
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Appropriate for this festive time of the year, Charles Dickens (Paul Jacques) visited the High Desert California Writers Club today in Apple Valley.
Lots of Christmastime fashion of red, green, sweaters, and hats filled the meeting room at Apple Valley Library as the honored special guest greeted the club members with Dickens folklore.
Dickens festivals are celebrated around the country. One such event is Dickens On The Strand that is held annually in Galveston, Texas. Another is Dickens Festival in Riverside, California. If Dickens could somehow appear at one of these to observe, he might would think nothing much has changed as everyone dresses up for the occasion in Victorian era fashion.
Dickens' novels portrayed the life and conditions of poor society in Victorian England. His father had financial difficulties, and Dickens had to work at the young age of twelve. What would he think now I wonder? Did you know that A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens published in 1859 is one of the most recognized historical novels? It has sold over 200 million copies.
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His name's Bond, James Bond. You probably already knew that much about Britain's number one secret service agent. But with Skyfall, the latest installment in Daniel Craig's Bond franchise, hitting theaters today, there's probably plenty more you want to know about the 007 saga.
The cast—including Craig and his Bond Girls Naomie Harris and Bérénice Marlohe—sat down at this week's press junket for the film and discussed all things Skyfall, so we've compiled five burning questions whose answers are even hotter.
1. Is that really Daniel Craig doing the stunts? "I get a kick out of it," Daniel said of the action scenes in the film (of which there are plenty). "I don't do all my stunts—I'd be lying if I said that. But I like the fact that occasionally that you'll see on screen that it's my face and it's me. And I think audiences hopefully appreciate that. At least, I really hope they do."
If not the audience, at least his costars do: "I learned an incredible respect for action heroes," Harris, who plays Eve, revealed. "Daniel, for me, is extraordinary because he does a 15-hour day, then he will train for two hours afterwards. I don't know anyone else who works that hard."
2. Has Bond abandoned his womanizing ways? Bond has always been a love-'em-and-leave-'em kind of guy (just look at how many Bond Girls he's left in his romantic wake). But is Craig's Bond ready to fall in love? "I do hope," Marlohe, who plays Bond's latest conquest, Sévérine, pondered. "I do hope my destiny would have been a huge love story between him and I."
Harris—who insisted viewers can feel free to call them Bond Girls or Bond Women—continued. "You feel like he's open to it, but he's a Bond with issues. He needs to go through a bit of therapy before he's able to make deep, meaningful attachments...[But] you're seeing women who are an equal to him much more, so it's a much more interesting journey rather than have women who are arm candy."
3. Is Bond ready to order his martini shaken...not stirred? When Craig first started work on Casino Royale, he mentioned that he hadn't earned the right to signature Bond sayings, like his drink order or way he introduces himself. That's over now. "We couldn't just cram in the old gags. It would've felt wrong, and I was not trying to copy anybody who'd come before…But it's always been a plan," Craig explained of (finally) using the phrases."
"He can't say this, but he has earned it actually," director Sam Mendes chimed in. "What [Casino director] Martin Campbell did so brilliantly in that film was bring everything back down to sea level and take away pastiche and the assumption that there were going to be those moments. Now we're able to reintroduce them with a sense of fun and mischief."
4. Did James Bond really just (gasp) cry?! "He doesn't cry, he's sweating," Daniel Craig immediately quipped when asked about a particularly emotional scene in the film (of which there are a couple in the action-packed film).
But, if 007 is in need of a tissue to dry his eyes, did Skyfall break one of the 10 Commandments of Bond? "Of course we did, that's what we're supposed to do. We're supposed to mess around with it," Craig told reporters. "It's interesting: You said he cries, other people I know said he doesn't cry, it's open. But it's an emotional scene."
5. What's next? While we're promised the next two (at least) installments in the Daniel Craig Bond era will take us to "a new place," there are few details on where exactly that new place will be (or even who will be along for the ride).
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