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2. Not to be a curmudgeon, but I have to ask: Isn't it about time that our public officials started talking about how deeply unwise it would be to rebuild a city that is 1) below sea level, 2) built on swampland, and 3) sandwiched between the sea and a really big lake? One might as well build a city on the summit of Mt. St. Helens.


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Greenlands Ice Is Melting Faster
Greenland, the enormous island the worlds largest- that sits between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, is almost entirely covered with ice. A massive ice sheet blankets about 80% of the land surface. As our planet warms, Greenlands ice is melting. The ice sheet is getting thinner and the slowly flowing ice is moving towards the ocean. Recent research has found that the rate of the ice melt has been speeding up.
Earths warming climate means that overall Greenland looses more ice than it gains each year. The amount of ice melt during the summer of 2007 was the largest since scientists first started making satellite measurements of the ice in 1979. According to climate scientist Konrad Steffen, the amount of ice Greenland lost in 2007 was the equivalent of two times all the ice in the Alps, or a layer of water more than one-half mile deep covering Washington, D.C." The rate of ice melt in the western part of Greenland has sped up by about 30% since 1979.
Konrad Steffen and his research team at the University of Colorado monitor Greenlands ice in a variety of ways. From far above, satellites equipped with microwave sensors collect data that allow the team to chart the area of melt, understand how the ice sheet is thinning, and to figure out how fast the ice is moving towards the ocean. On Greenlands ice, monitoring stations collect data every hour about ice sheet processes. Plus the team investigates the top of the ice sheet through helicopter surveys. Sophisticated cameras and a rotating laser helps the team map the volume and shape of tunnels called moulins.
Better understanding moulins, vertical tunnels through the ice that drain melt water down below the ice sheet, may be key to understanding the rate at which Greenlands ice is diminishing. "We know the number of moulins is increasing," said Steffen. "The bigger question is how much water is reaching the bed of the ice sheet, and how quickly it gets there."
Why is the amount of water at the bottom of the ice sheet important? The melt water draining to the bottom of the ice through moulins causes the ice to slip more quickly towards the ocean - a bit like slipping on a banana peel. Outlet glaciers, the routes that ice takes towards the sea, are moving more quickly now than they were in the past. For example, a large outlet glacier on the west side of Greenland, called the Jacobshavn Glacier, has nearly doubled its speed in the last decade. The flow velocity of other glaciers has increased by up to 50% during the summer melt period.
The Arctic is warming more rapidly than other regions. For example, while Earths average temperature has increased by 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past century, air temperatures in Greenland have increased by about 7 degrees Fahrenheit since 1991. Because warming is more rapid in the Arctic, the impacts are much more pronounced. Greenlands accelerating rate of ice melt is one of many major changes in the region. The amount of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has been decreasing in recent decades, with an especially steep decline in 2007. Permafrost in Arctic tundra has been thawing rapidly too. And warming is causing changes to Arctic ecosystems.
When Greenlands ice melts, the water is added to the ocean, causing sea level to rise. Sea level also rises when icebergs calve off a glacier into the ocean. If all the ice that is on Greenland were to melt or calve into the ocean, global sea level would rise 7.2 meters (21 feet.) Currently, melting Greenland ice increases global sea level by about 0.5 millimeters each year. If the ice melts faster, then sea level will rise faster. A better understanding of how Greenlands ice is changing will help us understand more about how sea level will change in the future.

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Gold Trader: "With Last Week's Confirmed Reversal—Gold Is Now Ready To Test September 2011 Highs"
Following a week of explosive precious metals and mining share prices, Gary Savage, technical gold trader and publisher of the Smart Money Tracker, was kind enough to share his comments. Gary's trading calls have outperformed most of the world's hedge funds during 2011 and 2012.
Here are his interview comments with Bull Market Thinking's Tekoa Da Silva:
Tekoa Da Silva: Gary in your writings you've indicated that as of last week, the metals and miners have now completed what you call a "1-2-3 reversal", which I'm wondering if you can talk about and explain the gravity to people reading.
Gary Savage: Sure. A 1-2-3 reversal or some people call it an A-B-C reversal, it's just a change from a pattern of lower lows and lower highs to a pattern of higher highs and higher lows, and silver, platinum, palladium and the miners have all completed that 1-2-3 reversal within the last week. We were just waiting on gold to do the same thing and confirm that the cyclical driver of the sector was also in line with the rest of the metals and gold did that last Thursday.
TD: Gary, a popular question over the past week, is if there will be another pullback for people to add positions after this explosive move. What are your thoughts there?
GS: Well, it has been my opinion that the last eight months was not a completely natural move. I think the precious metals were manipulated to a great extent into an artificial bear market. But I think the manipulation for the most part is done, other than maybe a little short term stuff around options expirations.
So I think the big money is now trying to get in on the long side and I think this move up out of this bear market bottom probably isn't going to behave like a normal rally. The market is breaking the manipulation and it's going to have a violent regression to the mean for the secular trend to slam back into control. My earlier theory was that we were going to see a pretty strong V-shaped rally out of this bottom and if you look at a five-year chart of gold that appears to be what's going on.
So it's very possible we could see gold retesting the September 2011 highs in the next three or four months depending on how hard the dollar falls. If the dollar is testing the 2011 lows, I think gold is going to be testing the all-time highs.
TD: Gary, what were your thoughts last Thursday when we saw the explosion take place in the metals and miners and at the same time the general equities market moved down strongly? Further, if the equities markets collapsed 10%, 20%, 30%---how would you expect the miners to perform?
GS: I don't think the stock market is ready to collapse yet, but we've got a big problem in the bond market. The bond market is starting to come unraveled and the Fed in my opinion is going to have to increase QE to try and reclaim control. It's puncturing the eco bubble in housing.
So I think the Fed, at the very least, is going to continue to flood the market with $85 billion a month. That $85 billion has to go somewhere. I suspect the decline in stocks is pretty close to being over with. Maybe a few more days but I think we're going to go back up. We're going to make at least marginal new highs. If not, maybe a push to 1800.
But I also think that stocks are in the last leg of this cyclical bull market and I believe that once we top, I believe probably later this fall, that stocks are going to enter a really volatile trading range for the next year and as that process progresses and as liquidity comes out of the bond market and the eco bubble in housing, I think that liquidity is going to find its way into the commodity markets.
So I think the big trending moves from here until late 2014 or late 2015 are no longer going to be in stocks, bonds or real estate. I think it's going to be in the commodity markets. Specifically I believe it's going to be in the precious metals markets. It's where the really big gains are going to be made.
TD: Gary, is there a point in your opinion where the traders and funds will catch the scent of blood in the dollar and begin piling on shorts or looking to make money with its potential currency crisis?
GS: Yeah. I think there is. We've been in this megaphone topping pattern for about four, five months now in the dollar index and that is an expanding volatility pattern. It's a sign of extreme stress. So I believe when the dollar breaks below the lower trend line of that megaphone topping pattern, the route will become very aggressive and we may even see the 2011 lows tested by October, November of this year.
TD: What's the most common psychological mindset you're seeing right now from people looking at the precious metals space?
GS: Well, I think the psychology right now is that people are still nervous. They've watched for eight months while this thing has dropped and bounced and then dropped again and on and on and on.
So a lot of people don't believe the move yet and I believe they're going to get left behind. In my opinion it's pretty clear that we've put in a yearly cycle low and we've begun an intermediate degree rally, and I don't think this is the time to be trading in and out of the metals market. I think you need to get in and stay in at least until this intermediate cycle tops and I don't expect that to happen until the dollar cycle bottoms and that isn't due until the end of October or early part of November at the earliest.
So I think people need to enter and then sit tight until later this fall at a very minimum. We will get some sense after the next intermediate correction as to whether or not the bull market is ready to continue or whether we're going to continue chopping sideways.
TD: Is this mental challenge typical of major long term bottoms where maybe a lot of people say, "Well, I will just wait for the next low," and then it simply comes and goes and never returns, leaving the person behind, so to speak?
GS: Very typical. When you have a bear market like we did, people are very nervous and as we come up off that bottom, they're afraid to buy because they're nervous and then they get into this mentality of, "Well, I'll buy the dip." Well when the dip comes, it looks like the bear market is resuming. So they can't buy and they wait until we start going up again and exactly like what has happened this time, we go up very aggressively so we get overbought very quickly and then they can't buy because it's overbought.
So they're back into that mentality. "Well, I'll wait for a dip". Again, as soon as the dip comes, it looks like the bear market is starting. They can't buy again and so they continually miss the move, and then what happens is they start to become convinced that they're buying at tops and they end up selling at bottoms.
So that's how the bull continues to knock people off even as it goes up and that's what produces these very aggressive moves. All of these people are chasing at the wrong time and then getting knocked off in corrections.
Like I said, I think at this point, it's pretty clear we have at least a yearly cycle low and an intermediate degree rally. We need to get in, not worry about daily wiggles and just sit tight until later this fall.
TD: Gary, what kind of timeframe do you think big pools of capital (tens or hundreds of millions)---How much time does that money need in order to get positioned? Can they do that in just a couple of days or do they need weeks or months to fully accumulate whatever it is that they're buying?
GS: I think they positioned themselves during the bear raid. I think that was the purpose of the bear raid, for big money to not only knock the sector down, but to get a better entry. Let's say if the next leg of the bull was to start at $1600 and go to – I'm picking a number out of the air but let's say $3200. That would be about a typical leg up in the secular bull, about 100%.
So if you entered at $1600 and got out at $3200, you made about 100%. Well if you can manufacture a bear raid to move the market down and enter at $1200, and get out at $3200, now you're not making 100%. You're making 200% and you've knocked a lot of people off and allowed yourself an entry into big positions at a much lower starting point. I think that's what happened over the last eight months.
TD: So Gary, what are your thoughts here on performance going forward for mining shares, as well as silver? The mining industry faced a borderline extinction event over the last year. What are your thoughts when you look at those two groups?
GS: I believe that both of those are going to be the biggest gainers over the next two years, simply because they got beaten up so badly, much more so than what the fundamentals were calling for. So I think the regression to the mean is going to be most violent in those two sectors.
TD: To further ask you a speculative question---what kind of numerical expectation do you have for those two groups?
GS: If gold tests $1900, I think silver could get to $40. In the miners, that one is kind of a toss-up. If gold is testing at $1900, the HUI could be testing between 500 and 600.
TD: Well Gary, as a final question for people reading, over the next couple of weeks is there anything that people should be doing or thinking about?
GS: I think the best trading strategy at the moment is just to buy and sit on your positions until we get some signal that the intermediate cycle is approaching a top and we're not even close to that at the moment.
TD: Gary Savage, gold trader and publisher of the Smart Money Tracker daily commentary, thanks for sharing your comments.
GS: Anytime Tekoa.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in his traditional Easter Sunday address denounced as "scandalous" how armed conflicts continue to rage even as the coronavirus pandemic has triggered severe social and economic suffering and swollen the ranks of the poor.
Francis tempered his "Urbi et Orbi″ address (Latin for "To the city and to the world") wishes of joy on the Christian feast day along with accounts of pain from the globe's many armed conflicts in Africa, the Mideast, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe.
Describing vaccines as an "essential tool" in the pandemic battle, Francis called for a "spirit of global responsibility" as he encouraged nations to overcome "delays in the distribution of vaccines" and ensure that the shots reach the poorest nations.
"Everyone, especially the most vulnerable among us, requires assistance and has the right to have access to necessary care." the pontiff said.
He sounded a note of indignation at the start of his address, decrying that there has been no shortage of war and conflict during the world's worst health crisis in a century.
"The pandemic is still spreading, while the social and economic crisis remains severe, especially for the poor. Nevertheless — and this is scandalous — armed conflicts have not ended, and military arsenals are being strengthened,″ Francis said, sounding angry. "That is today's scandal."
The pontiff prayed that public authorities would see to it that those needing assistance have a "decent standard of living. Sadly, the pandemic has dramatically increased the number of the poor and the despair of thousands of people."
He lamented the plight of people afflicted by war and other conflicts, citing Haiti, one of the world's poorest countries and which has been wracked by violent protests and political strife including an alleged coup. Francis urged Haitians "not to be overwhelmed by difficulties, but to look to the future with confidence and hope."
Francis offered encouragement to young people in Myanmar who are "committed to supporting democracy and making their voices heard peacefully." Demonstrators in Myanmar took to the streets holding painted eggs in a reference to Easter. Myanmar's military has violently sought to quash those opposed to a Feb. 1 coup that ousted a democratically elected government.
Francis thanked Lebanon and Jordan for taking in refugees from war in Syria, praying that peace finally comes to "millions are living in inhumane conditions." He also prayed for ends to conflicts in Yemen and Libya.
Citing suffering of people in Africa, he decried "internal violence and international terrorism, especially in the Sahel and Nigeria." Other troubled areas he mentioned were Ethiopia's Tigray province and Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, which has been blooded by days of fighting with rebels for control of a town.
Francis prayed for the safe return home of prisoners of long conflicts in Europe, in eastern Ukraine and in Nagorno-Karabkh.
Earlier in the day, Francis celebrated Easter Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, where the faithful in the pews barely numbered 200 in keeping with pandemic protocols, compared to the usual thousands.
Normally, Francis would give his Easter speech about world affairs is delivered from the central balcony of the basilica overlooking St. Peter's Square. Instead, for the second consecutive Easter, he read it indoors to discourage crowds from gathering.
"Dear brothers and sisters, once again this year, in various places, many Christians have celebrated Easter under severe restrictions and, at times, without being able to attend liturgical celebrations," Francis said, before offering a special Apostolic blessing to faithful worldwide.
"We pray that those restrictions, as well as all restrictions on freedom of worship and religion worldwide, may be lifted and everyone be allowed to pray and praise God freely,″ the pontiff said.


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A Minister's Obstaclesby Ralph G. Turnbull1959Fleming H. Revell Company New York~ out of print and in the public domain ~No Evidence of a Current Copyright for the Printed Book FoundDuring online Internet searches of the Library of Congress database in Washington D.C., performed on 06-05-2005, no evidence of a current copyright was found for this publication.
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PREFACETHERE IS A COMMON supposition that men in the ministry are exempt from the manifold temptations of Christian living and bear a charmed life. But retiring from much of the common round of life does not give immunity from the snares of sin as the onlooker imagines. Those who are engaged in the ministry of CHRIST's Gospel know full well that instead of finding safety, we are the target for the insidious attack of evil. We are men among men and CHRIST's representatives in the world, and therefore open to every gust of temptation. In reality we are more susceptible to the common temptations of life than others because our specialized life is under intense scrutiny all the time. It is right and fitting that we should understand the nature of these temptations in order to face them with the whole armour of GOD."With mercy and with judgment My web of time He wove,"suggests the fitting spirit of those who speak or write concerning these vital and intimate things of the inner life. The Church waits not for the impatience of the parson, but for the penitence of the preacher. It is Amos with his burning, penetrating speech rather than the priests of Bethel we need to hear. It is Hosea, suffering and broken, who calls us to return unto the Lord, rather than the wisdom of this world we need to heed.Perhaps someone at the end of a long life and ministry would be the fitting person to speak about these matters, but one who must face them in the exacting demands of life at the flood may be permitted to think aloud as he has wrestled within his own heart.If any warrant is necessary to add another book to the large number in circulation concerning the ministerial order, it is that little, if anything, has been written with reference to this particular aspect of the Christian minister's life. Much there is about Homiletics, Methods of Preaching, the Problem of the Work, and Pastoral Theology, but there is a strange omission about the wrestlings and trial of the intricacies of the heart. The minister, whether he be preacher or teacher, missionary or leader, is the key to the strategy of the divine enterprise, and the Church rises and moves forward according to the ideals, standards, and victories of those who are set apart for this office.That this message may stimulate and challenge, even stab afresh the conscience, is the prayer of him who now sends it forth. May it revive those who are losing heart. May it remind us of the dignity, the glory, the wonder, and the magnificence of our GOD - given vocation! The book is for all Christians, and those who read it may help their minister by a new understanding of our common temptations.I am grateful to Professor F. D. Coggan, formerly Dean of Wycliffe Episcopal College, Toronto, now Principal, The London College of Divinity; President C. W. Koller, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Chicago; Professor A. W. Blackwood, Princeton Presbyterian Theological Seminary, New Jersey; and Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer, editor of The Moslem World, New York, for reading the manuscript, and for their generous commendations of this study to their brethren in the ministry. The substance of Chapters VI and XIV appeared in The Union Seminary Review, Richmond, Va.R.C.T.Philadelphia, Pa.
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At this time Amazon has expanded their hardware offerings to include three types of Kindle. The Kindle eReader is still going strong, while the Kindle Fire HD and new Kindle Fire HDX justifiably occupy their space atop the Android tablet market. The release of the HDX also beings in a lot of great features that users have been requesting since Amazon's first foray into tablets.
Improvements added to the Kindle Fire HDX over the Kindle Fire HD go beyond the incremental changes that we would take as a matter of course. There is the expected power increase, bumping it up to a 2.2 GHz Quad-Core CPU, as well as slightly improved battery life, but that is only the start of things. The HDX is also lighter, has more cameras (Front-facing added to the 7" model, Front- and Rear-facing now included on the 8.9"), and features a higher resolution screen with greater pixel density than the iPad 3.
The biggest benefits aren't available from hardware specs, though. Fire OS brings a lot to the table. The most-hyped addition is the Mayday button. This will connect you instantly with tech support and allow they to walk you through any problem you might have, giving them access to your screen and the ability to highlight various portions of it to point out important functions.
Perhaps most important to device adoption is the expanded enterprise support that Amazon has put in place. A lot of people have been using the Kindle Fire at work and Amazon has taken steps to make it more useful for that purpose. There is now VPN support and MDM available through companies like Citrix. It makes for a much friendlier BYOD offering.
The existing Kindle Fire HD remains an excellent tablet in its own right, despite not measuring up on paper to its successor. The fact that the HD remains only $139 (8.9" – $229) compared to the HDX's $229 (8.9" – $379) helps to assume that it isn't going to be abandoned right away. Still, if you have the money and the inclination then the HDX is definitely the superior product.
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Words cannot express the sadness I felt in reading the post below – posted, I may add, by one of the great South African anti-apartheid and AIDS activists, Zackie Achmet.
What has happened to our people? Why are we doomed every so often to follow mindlessly the latest false messiah, perverting thereby our sense of decency, morality, and our adherence to the ideals of Torah?
As sad as I feel for Judge Goldstone and his family, I feel sadder for the "heresy" hunters and pusillanimous cowards who caved in to them.
This is a dark day for the South African synagogue, South African Jewry – and all Jews. I wait for the liberal critics of Judge Goldstone to stand up and say, "Enough" to the persecution of him and his family.
It is not clear from the article precisely what caused Judge Goldstone to decide to spare the family the uproar. Was the issue his attendance, or his receiving an honor (such as an aliyah)? There probably was no formal banning – just the insinuation that were he to attend, there would be a scene.
What is clear is that the South African Zionist Federation and the craven figure who calls himself a rabbi are the villains.
Here is the article.
Judge Goldstone has been banned by the South African Zionist Federation from attending his grandson's bar mitzvah. The Chief Rabbi a neo-conservative who has betrayed the tolerant tradition of the late former Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris has blessed this travesty.
Silencing critics of Israel's war crimes is not enough; they have to infringe Goldstone's equal right to practice his religion and his family life. Every decent person will sign a protest against this injustice. The tactics of the Israeli neo-fascists should not be allowed to dictate policy in South Africa. These were the people who supported apartheid and now they support the apartheid state of Israel.
How many people would be prepared to join legal action in the Equality Court against the South African Zionist Federation?
Zackie Achmat
THE AFTER-SHOCKS of the Goldstone Commission into the Gaza conflict continue, this time reaching into the heart of a family simcha. Mr. Justice Richard Goldstone is effectively being barred from attending his grandson's bar mitzvah, due to be held in Johannesburg early next month.
Following negotiations between the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) and the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol in Sandton, where the event is due to take place, an agreement has been reached with the family. As a result, Justice Goldstone will not be attending the synagogue service.
Some of the role-players were tight-lipped. Avrom Krengel, chairman of the SAZF, said: "We understand there's a barmitzvah boy involved – we're very sensitive to the issues; at this stage there's nothing further to say." While Krengel said the SAZF had "interacted" on the matter with the chief rabbi, the Beth Din and others, his organisation was "coming across most forcefully because we represent Israel".
Rosh Beth Din Rabbi Moshe Kurtstag confirmed that the Beth Din had not been officially involved – though there had been "private talks" – and had not been asked by the synagogue to give a ruling on the matter. "But I know that there was a very strong feeling in the shul, a lot of anger (around the issue of Justice Goldstone attending).
"I heard also that the SAZF wanted to organise a protest outside the shul – (there were) all kinds of plans. But I think reason prevailed."
Signalling his agreement with the turn of events, Rabbi Kurtstag said he believed Justice Goldstone had done "a tremendous disservice not only to Israel but to the Jewish world. His name is used by hostile elements in the world against Israel and this can increase anti-Semitic waves.
"I understand that he is a judge, but he should have had the sense to understand that whatever he said wouldn't be good and he should have just recused himself. People have got feelings about it, they believe he put Israel in danger and they wouldn't like him to be getting honour (in synagogue).
"I think (the agreement) was quite a sensible thing to avert all this unpleasantness."
Reached in Washington where he is currently based, Justice Goldstone was reluctant to comment save to say: "In the interests of my grandson, I've decided not to attend the ceremony at the synagogue."
Mr Justice Dennis Davis said that while he respected Justice Goldstone's decision, he assumed that pressure had been brought to bear on the family. "If that assumption is correct, then it is outrageous because it seeks to place a ban on somebody participating in his grandson's barmitzvah.
"Have we now got to the point that because we don't like what somebody says or does, we place a 'cherem' on them? What right do we have to do that? I would like to add that people who are gleeful about it must remember what Pastor Niemoller said: 'Who will speak up for them when they are finally excommunicated for some misdemeanor?'"
Retired president of the Constitutional Court, Mr Justice Arthur Chaskalson said it was "disgraceful" to put pressure on a grandfather not to attend his grandson's barmitzvah.
"If it is correct that this has the blessing of the leadership of the Jewish community in South Africa, it reflects on them rather than on Justice Goldstone. They should hang their heads in shame."


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Mobile and Wireless Update: Predictions for 2011
As 2010 draws to a close and interest in mobile technology and mobile commerce reaches a fever pitch (mobile is expected to be among the NRF Show's biggest themes), Juniper Research has drawn up a list of predictions for the mobile and wireless industry for 2011. Here is the firm's Top 5 predictions:
1. Surging Mobile Data Traffic Will Continue to Test 3G Network Capacity: As we predicted at the end of last year, 2010 was the year in which the surge in mobile data traffic, driven by the consumer smartphone boom, began to place the 3G networks under severe strain. A number of network operators have responded by introducing tiered data pricing -- a trend, which will undoubtedly increase -- but as smartphone adoption continues apace, network capacity will be sorely tested in 2011. Tiered pricing (and the use of WiFi as capacity relief) may serve to alleviate the problem to a certain extent, but until we see mass deployments of LTE networks (and, equally important, devices that are LTE-capable), then operators face a nervous period of attempting to manage the transition.
2. Augmented Reality to Enhance Mobile Games and Retail: Augmented Reality, or AR, has largely been used in local search and reference applications thus far, but is now attracting the attention of the retail industry. Given its potential to geotag products or locations with brand/campaign-specific information, as we near the end of 2010 a raft of major retailers and brands (including eBay, H&M and Carlsberg) are releasing apps with an AR element.
3. Cloud-Based Operating Systems are Launched: So far, mobile operating systems have followed their PC-based cousins, the structure for which was formulated when the web was in its infancy. Consequently, with the web having taken-off, for some time now industry figures have been talking about the potential for applications to run from a "cloud." Google announced the start of new project, the Chrome cloud OS in 2009; and the latest is that it will be launched in early 2011. With network reach and reliability reaching a point where cloud-based solutions can be considered viable, and remote servers already being used to allow the mobile Internet and e-mail, we believe 2011 will see the launch of the first cloud OS for mobile.
4. Mobile Banking will Become a "Must-Have" When Opening a New Account: Banks in developed countries will harness the power of the app and the smartphone to provide their customers with a much improved and personalized service experience.
5. Mobile Devices Begin to Replace Credit Cards: 2011 looks like the year when, in some countries at least, using your phone as a credit card for lower value purchases will become a reality. Nokia's C7 handset has an NFC chip included, which will be activated in 2011, and rumors of Apple's next iPhone including NFC refuse to die down. A word of caution: it won't all happen at once as stores need to deploy contactless readers, and more problematically, it is dependent on user preference. However, as with Bluetooth and cameras, we will see NFC in new devices whether we want it or not.


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The #1 New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Book of the Year, now a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt.
The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives, from the author of Into the Water and A Slow Fire Burning.
"Nothing is more addicting than The Girl on the Train."—Vanity Fair
"The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl. . . . [It] is liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership."—The New York Times
"Marries movie noir with novelistic trickery. . . hang on tight. You'll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend."—USA Today
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"Gone Girl fans will devour this psychological thriller."—People
Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?


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Please, take a good look at the graphic truth about public education in America.
National leaders and much of the media repeatedly call the system "failed." That is their version of the graphic truth. They point to test scores as "evidence." President Trump described the institution as an …
"education system flush with cash but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge."
That's disturbing. Also disturbing is this reporters response to Trump's "facts" in Trump's vision of education begins and ends with schools being bad.
"… it's true that the United States spends quite a bit, relatively speaking, on education, and test results are fairly disappointing."
But let's dig deeper into the Trump/DeVos "facts."
Look closer at the Graphic Truth About Spending and Outcomes
Total costs DID rise dramatically. So did employees. But why?
Blame the teacher's union? Not so fast.Look closer at "The Other Half."
"America now spends a greater percentage of its education funding on non-teachers than any other country in the world besides Denmark." CBS News
And the Graphic Truth About Our Education "Outcomes"?
In the news article previously referenced, the reporter states that…
"…tests that try to measure how American students stack up to their peers show that the US is far from No. 1. On the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). … American 15-year-olds scored as average in science and reading and were below average in math."
Below average in math is what makes the headlines. But to this reporter's credit, she also stated that…
"Another test with different methodology found American students fared better but still scored below Singapore, Japan, Korea, and Russia."
That other "test" she referred to is TIMSS (Trends in Math and Science Study). It is a study with test results being ONLY one portion of the study —the only portion that makes the news. How about progress on our own national test (NAEP – National Assessment of Educational Progress)?
We made huge progress — until we stalled.
And now, the public education system must defend itself against its current education secretary, Betsy DeVos, who sees traditional public schools as "a dead end." She, and our other political leaders, need to see the graphic truth about our national progress in a broader historic perspective.
A dead end system? Hardly.
Ending illiteracy was a primary reason for developing the public education system. Progress was most definitely made …. until it wasn't!
*Now, here's a MUST KNOW Small but Essential Piece of Education Reform History*
During the 60's, the nation began making universal efforts (through the force of law) to offer educational opportunity to ALL of America's children.
To help monitor our progress towards that goal, NAEP was designed to provide a randomized sample of education-related information. NAEP provided statistics for researchers to monitor and help guide the nation's schools towards equal access to quality education. It was not a tool for ENFORCING accountability where it matters most. Unfortunately, the scores have become a weapon.
So if you look back at the colored NAEP charts, you can see that the country was indeed showing MARKED improvement in basic reading and mathematics skills for groups of children that typically were being under-served (disadvantaged groups). And we were making this progress without detriment to the majority group. That was exactly what we wanted to be doing.
Given what was happening in schools and society at the time, a "flat-line" in the early years of NAEP was perfectly acceptable. But yes, we believe it isn't good enough to remain educationally stagnant especially with such dramatically increasing costs. However, that is why the public needs to understand a bit more of the politics behind the statistics.
Where Congress Took A Wrong Turn
In 1976, Congress began the policy change FROM federal funding focused on meeting the needs of disadvantaged children TO funding achievement in "basic academic subjects." That took the public's focus off indicators of educational equity and quality and put it on the simplistic (and misleading) measure of higher test scores.
By 1992, standards-based (Outcome-Based) education had taken over the states. Education reform plans were "built solely around achievement tests."
And it didn't take long for the money-making predators in the education industry to see where profits were to be made. The public was told the restructuring of schools was for our own good — to remain economically competitive internationally. The reality: those selling "education products" benefited most.
The quest for higher "scores" in basic subjects cost the nation in multiple ways.
Truth Be Told: Education is more than a score!
Before political and corporate leaders pushed their reforms on this nation, we led the world in higher educational attainment.
And after the federalization (NCLB) of Outcome-Based Education Reform???? Look at the graphic truth. From 2000 to 2017, we went FROM being second only to Canada (U.S. 36% to their 40%) TO having three other countries surpass us and two others that have caught up to us!
We were TOLD we needed "higher standards" and they must be "benchmarked" internationally (Common Core).
Yet, we had cultivated educational excellence in our best and brightest —in this country— without common national standards.
So why would we want to "benchmark" basic academic standards to these other countries? … ?
We are a productive people.
And before No Child Left Behind (2001) and Common Core (2010) wreaked tyranny upon the local control of education, most PARENTS were satisfied with their local public schools.
Politicians and other leaders —with political and monetary agendas— disrupted our educational progress, upset parents and teachers, and decreased the quality of education for many children. They restructured our schools into a standardized, outcome-focused gutted version of what was a great system.
That is what we have allowed.
A Call To Action is Overdue
If this country now wishes to stop the destruction of public schools, we have to take action. The current leadership has no intention of preserving and improving public schools.
To save this system from the current destructive forces of federal law and those administering their wrath upon this nation's public schools, a wide-reaching Congressional Oversight Hearing concerning the actions of Secretary DeVos are warranted and necessary as a first step.
Then Congress needs to go back to the drawing board on federal education law and MAKE IT RIGHT this time. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) did not fix what was wrong with No Child Left Behind.


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Mount Torment is located just west of Forbidden Peak and is an excellent one-day outing from Boston Basin. The rock climbing sections on Mount Torment's Southeast Face are much easier than those found on Forbidden, but Torment is not without its obstacles. A great climb if done by itself, and a much bigger adventure if combined with an ascent of Forbidden Peak's West Ridge as part of the Torment-Forbidden Traverse.
For climbs of Mount Torment we typically approach via the Boston Basin Climber's trail, and then hike to the higher of the two climbers camps (this is the one under the Unnamed Glacier on Forbidden Peak). From this camp we traverse west under the spur ridge coming off the Torment-Forbidden Traverse and then ascend rock slabs and finally the glacier before reaching the base of the route. The climbing route follows the path of least resistance to the notch on the east corner of Mount Torment. While not overly difficult, the climbing is interesting and at times steep as we work our way to the summit of Mount Torment.
This is a good outing to combine with ascents of Sahale Peak and Sharkfin Tower as part of a moderate tour of Boston Basin. This is also the usual start of the Torment-Forbidden Traverse. For climbers looking for a more challenging line to the summit of Mt. Torment, we recommend the SE Ridge or climbing Torment in combination with Forbidden Peak via the Torment-Forbidden Traverse (grade IV, 5.7).


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His books are heavily referenced, but the layperson finds little difficulty in understanding his presentation of medical topics. For many years Dr. Sircus has been researching into the human condition and into the causes of disease; he has distilled many of the divergent medical systems into a new form of medicine that he has coined Natural Allopathic Medicine.
Natural Allopathic Medicine represents a new therapeutic principle that revolutionizes both allopathic and naturopathic medicine offering a radical shift in medical thought and practice. Dr. Sircus's protocol addresses foundational physiology. It focuses on pH management, cell voltage, magnesium and iodine medicine, cannabinoid medicine, carbon dioxide medicine, re-mineralization of the body, increasing oxygen transport and oxygenation of the tissues, opening up of blood vessels, saturation and healing of cells with concentrated nutrition via superfoods, breathing retraining, emotional transformation processing, detoxification and removal of heavy metals and radioactive particles.
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Defeating cyberattacks on 3-D printers
With cyberattacks on 3D printers likely to threaten health and safety, researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Georgia Institute of Technology have developed novel methods to combat them, according to a groundbreaking study.
"They will be attractive targets because 3D-printed objects and parts are used in critical infrastructures around the world, and cyberattacks may cause failures in health care, transportation, robotics, aviation and space," said Saman Aliari Zonouz, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
He co-authored a peer-reviewed study - "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Feel No Evil, Print No Evil? Malicious Fill Pattern Detection in Additive Manufacturing" - that was published today at the 26th USENIX Security Symposium in Vancouver, Canada. It's the security community's flagship event, highlighting the latest advances in protecting computer systems and networks. Among several unique techniques, the Rutgers and Georgia Tech researchers are using cancer imaging techniques to detect intrusions and hacking of 3D printer controllers.
"Imagine outsourcing the manufacturing of an object to a 3D printing facility and you have no access to their printers and no way of verifying whether small defects, invisible to the naked eye, have been inserted into your object," said Mehdi Javanmard, study co-author and assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. "The results could be devastating and you would have no way of tracing where the problem came from."
3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, plays an increasingly important role in industrial manufacturing. But health- and safety-related products such as medical prostheses and aerospace and auto parts are being printed with no standard way to verify them for accuracy, the study says. Even houses and buildings are being manufactured by 3D printers, noted Javanmard.
Instead of spending up to $100,000 or more to buy a 3D printer, many companies and organizations send software-designed products to outside facilities for printing, Zonouz said. But the firmware in printers may be hacked.
For their study, the researchers bought several 3D printers and showed that it's possible to hack into a computer's firmware and print defective objects. The defects were undetectable on the outside but the objects had holes or fractures inside them.
Other researchers have shown in a YouTube video how hacking can lead to a defective propeller in a drone, causing it to crash, Zonouz noted.
While anti-hacking software is essential, it's never 100 percent safe against cyberattacks. So the Rutgers and Georgia Tech researchers looked at the physical aspects of 3D printers.
In 3D printing, the software controls the printer, which fulfills the virtual design of an object. The physical part includes an extruder or "arm" through which filament (plastic, metal wire or other material) is pushed to form an object.
The researchers observed the motion of the extruder, using sensors, and monitored sounds made by the printer via microphones.
"Just looking at the noise and the extruder's motion, we can figure out if the print process is following the design or a malicious defect is being introduced," Zonouz said.
A third method they developed is examining an object to see if it was printed correctly. Tiny gold nanoparticles, acting as contrast agents, are injected into the filament and sent with the 3D print design to the printing facility. Once the object is printed and shipped back, high-tech scanning reveals whether the nanoparticles - a few microns in diameter - have shifted in the object or have holes or other defects.
"This idea is kind of similar to the way contrast agents or dyes are used for more accurate imaging of tumors as we see in MRIs or CT scans," Javanmard said.
The next steps in their research include investigating other possible ways to attack 3D printers, proposing defenses and transferring methods to industry, Zonouz said.
"You'll see more types of attacks as well as proposed defenses in the 3D printing industry within about five years," he said.
More information: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Feel No Evil, Print No Evil? Malicious Fill Pattern Detection in Additive Manufacturing, www.usenix.org/biblio-123


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20 Oct 2016
The hidden self and the Holy Spirit
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For 20 October 2016, Thursday of 29th Week, based on Ephesians 3:14-21
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


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Surrounded by the wondrous beauty of some of the most fertile land in the country, Moccasin Bend Golf Club greets its guests with a warm Southern smile and hospitality to spare.
Historic Lookout Mountain overlooking the 13th hole is a symbol of not only the challenges you will face on the golf course but also of the achievements that lay ahead. Come on out for the day and visit with the warm and friendly staff of Moccasin Bend Golf Club.
We invite all to come play and enjoy one of the most naturally beautiful spots in all of Chattanooga!
Effective May 1st, all golfers are required to utilize a golf cart until the 2:00 pm Tee Time, after which walking will be permitted.


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People normally doubt the methods launched to assist traders explore the stock market. Yet The Market Mastery Program has brought new hopes by providing better services. While reading materials tend to be loaded with difficult-to-understand principles, this six-module program comes with 12 CDs. Every CD features tutorials, enhanced with true to life stories and coloured charts. Also, transcripts, synopses and a user manual are also included in the package for easy orientation.
The course itself comprise of eight group-tutoring sessions facilitated once every week for less than half an hour every day. Since it concentrates on end-of-day stock exchange, you can use the steps at night once the market closes. That means you can spend the rest of your hours after work on more relaxed and less demanding works.
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In 2018, the machine builder Meiko won the coveted 'Catering Star' industry award again. For the second time, the expert readers of the trade magazine ´Catering inside´ have honoured the M-iClean H hood type dishwashing machine, this time the XL version. With this machine, Meiko has placed the focus on the subject of ´ergonomics in the workplace´ and contributed to the inclusion of severely disabled people within the food service industry.
Each year, a multitude of new products are showcased at the communal catering and catering market trade fairs for the entire industry. Whether purchasing these is worthwhile or not is not always easy to answer, due to the abundance of subjects. Therefore, investment decision-making aids are worth their weight in gold; the Catering Star is such an aid. The coveted award is presented by the trade magazine ´Catering inside´, which sees itself as a platform for decision-makers.
Every year, the most promising new launches in a total 27 product groups, including warewashing technology, are awarded. The decision is preceded by a nationwide survey of 1,000 catering managers and buyers. Last year, Meiko was award the coveted Catering Star Gold Award for the M-iClean H hood type dishwashing machine. This year, the experts for hygiene technology based in Baden have been awarded the Silver Award for its M-iClean HXL – the large version of the successful model. It is twice the size, such that two racks can be accommodated at the same time. Even the large hood can be opened and closed without effort thanks to the reliable automatic hood system.
The industry experts were impressed by the savings in resources and working time that result from a well thought-out rinsing process. In addition, the focus is placed on ergonomics in the workplace: not only the environment, but also people shouldn't be over-exploited.
In terms of the loads in the dishwashing area, the Meiko specialists wanted to find a solution that would be of benefit. Furthermore, with the hood type dishwashing machine, it is possible to include severely handicapped people within the food service and hotel trade, because handicapped accessible workplaces have been created, financed by the integration offices.
Michael Mayer, Managing Director of the MEIKO Germany GmbH also recognizes this, and emphasizes: "This second Catering Star award for the M-iClean H machine series demonstrates how important the actual use for people and the environment is, in addition to real innovative strength. If all of this is brought together and the operator can also reduce costs at the same time, then it is a great enrichment for the industry as a whole."


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text: Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call. The house was very, very dark, so the paramedic asked Kathleen, a 3-year-old girl, to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby. Very diligently Kathleen did as she was asked. Her mother Heidi pushed and pushed, and after a little while Connor was born. The paramedic lifted him by his little feet and spanked him on his bottom. Connor began to cry. The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for her help and asked the wide-eyed 3-year-old what she thought about what she had just witnessed. Kathleen quickly responded, "He shouldn't have crawled in there in the first place. Smack his ass again."


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Let's see, haven't posted here in a while… what to say…
Lorelle invited me to make some guest posts this month on her blog. I wrote a short little technical ditty about how to integrate Microformats and WordPress Themes. If you're into WordPress, or CMS's in general, it's worth a look. Since I use this site as a sort of test bed, I might also mention that it's currently showing nine, count 'em, nine different microformats. And a few other things that aren't microformats as well.
Went to the Art on Tap beer festival this last weekend. Had a hell of a good time, but was rather disappointed in the food selection. Also, it was one of the only beer festivals I've ever seen where all the beer was poured out of bottles. The exception was the homebrews poured by The Bluff City Brewers, which were all really good. I recall getting back to the Saucer, I don't quite recall going home. So clearly, I had a good time. Paul posted some shots of the fest, some of which include yours truly.
The Rapscallions won at Trivia tonight, amazingly enough. Pete has clearly been making the questions harder, as we only scored 79 out of a possible 160-something. Still, that was enough for a tie, and we won the tie-breaker. $50 in the pot for the next party!
I received an invitation to the wedding of Chris, a friend of mine currently living in Atlanta. I kinda wonder about it, the wedding reception is at a beach resort in Alabama, but it's in November. Anybody know what the weather is like at Gulf Shores in November?
Along with the invite, I received a summons from Zach for the Bachelor Party in October. Unfortunately, I'm told that it's the same day as the Great Decatur Beer Tasting Festival. That's just poor planning, man. Although, a beer tasting in the afternoon, followed by a Bachelor Party all evening… I'm not sure I'm capable of that anymore. I'm not as young as I used to be. Still, it's doable, and damnit, I think I'm going to have to try. And then this weekend, I have the Cooper-Young festival to cope with. Along with a keg party a block away from the festivities.
Oh yeah, and Raiford's is reopening, with Raiford back at the turntables. Now that I live about 2 blocks away from that point, I can see many 40's in my future.
So, the fall is looking busy.


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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has $1 million available for municipalities to enforce the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act.
Any takers?
There weren't any the last time CPSC rolled out a grant program to incentivize states to enforce the nation's first federal swimming pool safety law.
So the commission is rejuvenating the initiative, this time with a focus on local jurisdictions. Smaller and more legislatively nimble, municipalities may be better positioned to meet the grant program's minimum requirements.
At least that is CPSC's hope.
The grant program has been an integral part of the VGBA since the law was passed in 2007. In 2010, CPSC and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made $2 million available to states that enact pool and spa safety laws that meet certain criteria.
One of the biggest roadblocks, however, was that states would have to enforce these laws on new and existing pools. "We found that there were really no states that had made legislative changes to their pool code to align with the federal law and thus qualify for the grants," said Scott Wolfson, CPSC's director of communications.
Two years ago, the agency made the requirements less stringent. Only pools built since June 2012 would be subject to code. But, still, the money had gone untouched.
Now with a renewed effort, the agency once again has revised the statutory language to make it easier for grant recipients to administer an enforcement program. Earlier this year, the government struck a line from the statute which would have required enforcement on pools built since 2012. In other words, if a city received a grant today, pools built two years ago would have to be brought up to code.
The law is simpler now. Any pool built since the city applied for the grant would fall under the new code.
"This change appears to recognize the difficulties that exist for a city or state to have the ability to enforce such a retroactive requirement," said Jennifer Hatfield, a government relations consultant with the Florida Swimming Pool Association.
CPSC is currently hiring a project manager to oversee the distribution of grants. Recipients will have to spend half the money on enforcement and half on safety education.
Municipalities wouldn't have to build a new education program from scratch.
"We would like awardees to benefit from the Pool Safely education campaign that already exists," he said of the commission's awareness program. "What we're not necessarily looking for is a jurisdiction to do recreate the wheel."
Wolfson said he'll appoint a grant manager in the coming weeks. Application guidelines have not yet been established.


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Jmac got his tax return back this week and had some extra cash to spend. We went to get him a new phone and liked the the hottie we saw behind the counter. She wanted to kick us out at first because of the camera but then warmed up when the cash came out. We convinced her to show us her juicy tits and ass for some cash. We wanted to take it a step further and offered all of it for an all access pass. We took her to the back room and she really went off on Jmac. This hot latina nympho will drive you crazy.


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Colton, CA, June 20, 2017 –(PR.com)– A-Z Bus Sales, Inc., a leading provider of transportation solutions, announces that Brandon Bluhm has joined A-Z Bus Sales as Director of New School Bus Sales. Brandon's role includes the full responsibility for the department's strategic planning and sales execution.
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