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For those who may be wondering, Yin-Ying in Chinese means "shadow" and Guang-Si means "Light is dead".
Part 1
10 years later...
Yin-Ying stood expectantly in Koh's cavern, waiting for his master to return. After hours of waiting, he had expected a response by now. At long last, a faint skittering could be heard. Yin-Ying scarcely smiled, he knew what was coming. Although he could not see Koh, he could feel the air become suddenly cold.
My son," Koh whispered "It is time."
Yin-Ying smirked with satisfaction. After years of training, the time had finally come. "I am ready father."
Koh nodded. "I know you are." The cave started to fade, replaced by the ruins of a Water Tribe village. "It is time to unleash you unto the world." As he said this, he thought back to the words of Fire Lord Zuko, "...and begin a new era of love and peace." An era of love and peace? Thought Koh. Today begins an era of fear and domination.
Yin-Ying walked away not even bothering to look back. His mind was set on the domination of this world. He scanned his surroundings intensely. Nothing was left in the village except for a single pond in the center. As he approached it he saw there were two fish swimming inside of it. He recognized them from Koh's description. "In your birthplace there is a small oasis which houses two spirits. Tui and La. They are the opposing forces that keep balance in the world. Yin and Yang. Good and Evil. Light and Shadow." Yin-Ying looked at Tui the way a lion looks at its prey. "Tui has died once so I suppose it won't mind doing it once more." He waved his hand and immediately Tui was lifted up in a sphere of water. Tui frantically swam around, trying to escape. Yin-Ying smiled then closed his hand. The sphere around Tui started to shrink, increasing the pressure inside gradually. Tui continued to struggle, to no avail. The sphere became smaller and smaller, then ceased to exist.
Tui was no more.
The earth shook as the bright sky grew blood red. Yin-Ying glanced back at La, then snarled. "It seems you still have a part of your sister in you," he said noticing the white dot on his back. "We can't have that, now can we." He opened his palm and created a sphere of shadow, taken from his essence. He pushed the sphere forward, into the pond. La tried to swim away from it, but was engulfed by the darkness. As it did, the white spot on La was replaced with utter shadow.
"My task is complete. Now there is only evil and shadow in this land." His eyes glowed, but instead of the light blue that usually comes with the Avatar State, crimson beams of light flared. "I hereby name you Guang-Si. For now, all light has been extinguished."
Part 2
Word of this attack had spread throughout the four nations. The Council of Five was thrown into turmoil.
"We must find this disturbance and extinguish it as soon as possible! We cannot afford to wait any longer!" General Sung said.
"No! We need to learn more about them before we attack!" General Shili countered. "If we attack now, we may fall right into a trap!"
"I believe the destruction of this menace is well worth the risk." General How answered. "As soon as we get the Earth King's seal, we march-To the Northern Water Tribe!" Some of the other generals muttered their disagreement but slowly filed out of the room. How did it come to this? How wondered. Ever since Avatar Aang was murdered by the Dai Li, everything seemed to have turned for the worst. Another Avatar was born but it was killed in the explosion of the Northern Water Tribe. He sighed. What could possibly go wrong this time?
The process of getting the King's seal went rather quickly and 30 Fleets of Earth Kingdom Ships left for the once glorious Northern Water Tribe. The soldiers on these ships had mixed feelings about investigating this phenomenon. Many welcomed the excitement, but many more dreaded what they might find. Who could challenge a being with the power to kill Tui? Whatever their feelings, the entire Military was quite for the journey. But little did any know, they would meet their end in the land of snow and ice.
Part 3
Yin-Ying stood, facing the ocean, on a towering cliff. Through the water and ice, he could feel the presence of the Earth Kingdom Navy churning toward him. "My enemy is coming to me. Saves me a trip." It would be the first time he had seen his own kind in his entire life. Would he show mercy? He chuckled at the thought. Not in my lifetime.
The ships were full of confusion. They were coming up to the Northern Water Tribe ruins and had all seen just who they were here to attack. "Wait is that... a kid?"
"What's he doing here? This place has been deserted for years."
"He couldn't have caused this, could he?"
"Look at his skin! It's pale, as if he has never seen light!" How grimaced, not liking what he was about to do. "We have to assume he is the cause of this. Ready the missiles!" The missiles were spear-shaped chunks of rock, filled with a highly explosive substance that detonated on impact. "Ready, Aim..." he sighed, trying not to think about this. "Fire!"
The Earthbenders, stomped, lifting their missile into the air, and launched them. The Navy held their breaths, and watched as the missiles hurled toward their target. Surprisingly, the boy made no move to escape the barrage. Closer. Closer. They were just about to hit when the boy calmly held up his hand. The storm of rock stopped immediately, and hung suspended in midair. The sailors on board all gasped in wonder. Yin-Ying made a twirling motion with his hand, and all the missiles turned slowly toward the fleet.
Part 4
All was silent on board the ships. Many stared in disbelief at the child who they were sure would bring about their end. Yin-Ying pushed his hand forward sending a storm of rock headed toward the ships. The fleet exploded into a panic as soldiers all tried to hit the deck, all fearing the worst. They waited but nothing happened.
General How looked up, and saw nothing but the red sky. He stood, trying to see what had happened. At first, he saw nothing, and then he glanced behind. There they were, thousands of missiles speeding in the direction they had all come. Sadly, the general understood. "The Earth Kingdom..." But there was no time to dwell on that possible loss. For seconds after he stood, he heard the metal beneath him start to twist and bend. "What-"
He wasn't able to finish, for his ship had come to life. Metal hands erupted from the floor and started to stretch and tear his body. The same was happening all around him. The screams of hundreds of soldiers filled the air, as they were torn apart by their own ships. And all the while, Yin-Ying just smirked with satisfaction. True to his word, he didn't show mercy. It would have been a mercy to just kill them right then and there. Instead, he let the ships mangle and destroy the crew, just barely keeping them alive. Yin-Ying moved his hand down, and engulfed the soldiers in small cases in the metal, leaving them to starve to death.
My first victory. Yin-Ying thought. But hardly my last.
Part 5
Yin-Ying surveyed his surroundings with disgust. "I will need a fortress to reside in, in the days to come."
Suddenly Koh's voice could be heard in his ear. "The world is yours boy, do with it as you wish."
Usually with bending, all he needed was a slight motion, but with this he needed to focus all of his willpower. He stood in a stance, then painfully, thrust both hands skyward. The event that followed was, to say the least, astonishing. For as he continued to raise his hands, a monstrous chunk of metal slowly rose out of the water. It glowed bright red as if it had been taken out of a fire. It was a piece of the Earth's core. It was held in place by a multitude of metal strands that connected to the ocean floor. Slowly, Yin-Ying lowered his arms. He floated into the air by a twister of wind.
I do not have need of this and any further. he thought as he turned to face the North Pole ruins. He breathed in deeply and exhaled a mighty blast of flame, devouring every last inch of the glacier.
"Well done my son." Koh whispered.
A small portal appeared in front of Yin-Ying. As he looked into it he saw massive storms of sand billowing across an endless desert. Yin-Ying backed away, but was forced into it as if by invisible hands.
He snarled, "Why have you brought me here father? It's just a wasteland, nothing worth conquering."
"This is a journey of knowledge, not of conquest."
"Knowledge? From a place like this?"
"Yes... for beneath this exterior, is a vast library with every piece of knowledge on earth. Including... how to bend light and shadow."
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Lowell Gene Fields
Lowell Fields, 67, of Storm Lake, Ia. died Feb. 27, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2012, at the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer, Ia. Visitation will take place from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2012 at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Iowa Central Community College ESL program or the Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Hospice.
Lowell Gene Fields was born Dec. 22, 1944, in Spencer, Ia. the son of Bradley and Leona (Bauman) Fields. He was baptized at the United Methodist Church in Royal, Ia. where he was later confirmed.
Growing up, Lowell attended school in Royal where he graduated from Royal High School in 1962.
From 1966 to 1970, Lowell served in the Iowa National Guard.
Lowell was an active member of the United Methodist Church in Storm Lake. He was a member of the ARC Organization, Storm Lake Garden Club, and was a Salvation Army Bell Ringer. Lowell helped with the Justice To Our Neighbors and also helped organize the Free Legal Immigration Clinic, as well as other community activities.
Lowell was an ESL Teacher at Iowa Central Community College and owned and operated Storm Lake Roofing. He was a foster parent for 14 years and adopted two of the children. Lowell was proud of being a foster parent and received the Foster Parent of the Year Award in Iowa and the Dan Chavez Beyond the Horizons ESL Teacher of the Year Award.
Lowell loved gardening and camping. He enjoyed traveling, especially to Mexico. In his spare time, he attended different area churches where he spoke about the Justice To Our Neighbors Program.
Left to mourn his passing are his daughters: Angela Dawn Fields of Des Moines, Ia., Renee Ann (Mike) Drottz of Mitchellville, Ia., and Rachel Alice (Scott) Krier of Aurelia, Ia.; grandchildren: Isaiah, Jacob, and Jessica Drottz of Mitchellville, Ia.; Aaron, Alicia, and Anthony Krier of Aurelia, Ia.; step-grandson, Santiago Moral; sisters: Linda (Bob) Nelson of Webb, Ia., Elaine (friend, Bob Cuttsinger) Ullensvang of Sacramento, Calif., LaVonne (Jeff) Hallberg of Atlanta, Ga., and Lynette (Jeff) Whitacre of Estherville, Ia.; nieces and nephews: Brian (Stephanie DePrisco) Whitacre of Phoenix, Ariz., Brice Whitacre of Phoenix, Ariz., Jenny (Jason) Ommen of Estherville, Ia., Thomas (Christin) Ullensvang of Sacramento, Calif., Brad (Keri) Hallberg of Fort Mill, S.C., Stacey (Cade Calder) Nelson of Sioux Falls, S.D., Jason Hallberg of Jacksonville, Ala., Brooke (Craig) LaFarr of Omaha, Neb.; numerous extended family and many friends.
Lowell was preceded in death by his parents, Bradley E. and Leona G. Fields; nieces, Heather and Jill Nelson.
The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of the arrangements.

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Monday, 29 April 2002
VULNERABLE and TRANSPARENCY
As I grow older, I find myself afraid of being transparent with my friends as much as I used to. Of course I don�t tell everyone about my problems, only to one or two intimate friends. I am afraid because I fear that they judge me when they know my problems. I can understand people including myself, sometimes feel more comfortable sharing our problems with a total stranger or talking with counselor. One of the many reason I can think of now is that one feels secure talking it out to a stranger, since their lives do not revolve around each other.
It�s crucial to find the right friend to share problems. Find someone whom you can trust, who is compassion towards your mistake and your problems, someone who still think of you the same, love you the same, do not leave you in the dark, do not despise you, do not give advice as if they think they are superior than you, do not intimidate you with their suggestion, do not put salt into your wound, someone who laugh with you when you laugh and cry with you when you cry�� above all, someone who truly cares and loves you just as you are� knows the weaknesses in you and yet able to accept you and have faith in you that you will change for the better�.
I think using the word �find� is not very appropriate.. at times you just click, you just find yourself so comfortable talking to your buddy, you just don�t have the self-awareness while you are with her.. I don�t think one can find, in a way that you can�t go around searching� ; yes you can find, in other way that you can put effort, like a tree, giving fertilizer, sunshine and water to the friendship tree� I think it�s more of a gift bestowed from God�. And that�s why one does not usually has many soulmate�. One or two in life is indeed a blessing� especially when it can last for a lifetime�.
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Hp Hosted Anti-Counterfeiting Conference In Africa
Hp Hosted Anti-Counterfeiting Conference In Africa
2014-08-12 at 11:57:00 am #40263
Hp Hosted Anti-Counterfeiting Conference In Africa
Stakeholders Join HP to Address Counterfeiting at Summit
HP has hosted the Anti-Counterfeiting Abuja Conference, to help fight against fake products and fraudulent marketing while protecting customers from being cheated by illegal scheming.
As a leader in the high tech industry sector, and a company that places a priority on protecting customers and its brand, HP raised awareness on the impact and consequences of counterfeit trade during the one-day summit.
Discussants at the summit made reference to various reports, which show that as the global trade in counterfeit goods is growing, Africa, particularly Nigeria is increasingly being targeted as a market for counterfeit merchandise. African nations are therefore becoming increasingly aware of challenges that counterfeit trade represents to their economies and their citizens, and becoming active in the fight against it.
Multinational and national companies, government officials, representatives of ministries responsible for anti-counterfeiting in education, trade, economy, health were among the participants at the summit.
"False goods impact businesses and global trade through lost revenue, damage to brands and the negative effects on hard-earned reputation and consumer confidence," said Jeff Kwasny, Brand Protection Programme Manager for HP's Printing and Personal Systems group.
"At the 2014 Anti-Counterfeiting Summit, Abuja, we brought together those most affected by counterfeits in the region – from policy makers to brands like Unilever, Evans and Microsoft – so we can work towards tackling this criminal activity together."
He added that original HP supplies distinguish themselves by their superior quality and reliability at competitive prices. "Authentic HP LaserJet and HP inkjet print cartridges, unlike counterfeits, benefit from a history of investment and testing to provide superior performance and consistent results," he said.
A check on the activities of the global company towards addressing counterfeiting across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, over the last five years (2009 through 2013), indicated that HP has conducted around 1,600 investigations, resulting in about 1,300 enforcement actions (raids and seizures by authorities) and around 11 million units of counterfeit products and components seized, thus preventing them from being sold in the EMEA marketplace and beyond.
The Programme has also overseen around 4,000 unannounced inspections of HP products at the warehouses of HP Channel Partners across EMEA in the past five years (2009 through 2013), to verify that they are not selling counterfeit products to their customers.


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Project Manager
Uwaga: Ogłoszenie starsze niż 31 dni, może być nieaktualne
- Nazwa firmyLuxoft
- LokalizacjaKrakow, Poland
- Data publikacji2015-10-13
- Rodzaj pracyEtat
- KategoriaManager
- StanowiskoProject Manager
Opis stanowiska
About the Company
Luxoft Holding, Inc. (NYSE:LXFT US) is a leading provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions to a global client base consisting primarily of large multinational corporations. Luxoft's software development services consist of core and mission critical custom software development and support, product engineering and testing, and technology consulting. Luxoft's solutions are based on its proprietary products and platforms that directly impact its clients' business outcomes and efficiently deliver continuous innovation. The Company develops its solutions and delivers its services from 18 dedicated delivery centers worldwide. It has over 9000 employees across 27 offices in 15 countries in the North America, Mexico, Western and Eastern Europe, and Asia Pacific. Luxoft is incorporated in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, has its operating headquarters office in Zug, Switzerland and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit http://www.luxoft.com.
- Managing all aspects of an IT project, which includes project planning, execution, timing, quality, cost and early identification of potential issues / risks.
- Collaborating and aligning with program managers and client/stakeholder, providing clients / stakeholders with transparent, accurate and regular information regarding the project status
- Ensuring requirements are effectively analysed, assigned and efficiently delivered
- Overall responsibility for delivering functional and non-functional design in collaboration with our internal CTO organisation
- Functional management of the project team in a matrix organization, ensuring efficient use of resources
- Embedding Risk Awareness by designing and operating an effective control environment, proactively identifying and raising control deficiencies and driving diligent and sustainable risk remediation
Key Deliverables:
- End-to-end delivery of project objectives (scope, time, budget) within a predefined SDLC process
- Ensuring effective project scope and change management
- Frequent Reporting and Monitoring of project deliverables focusing on Risk identification and remediation
- Creation of Business Case development in collaboration with Program Managers, Account Managers, Business Stakeholder and Subject Matter Experts
- We seek candidates who think and act beyond their own areas of responsibility and will actively drive and support the organizational development (e.g. process improvements, working groups, etc.)
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree educated in a business or IT related field
- Experience as an IT Project or Program Manager for large scale or medium complex projects (approx. > 500k CHF investment) with end-to-end project scope, preferably in global organisations within the financial industry, from 2 up to 10 years of experience in the role
- Profound IT knowledge preferably in financial service organisations with expertise in application development. Hands-on experience in multiple project roles is a plus
- Sound financial services knowledge is a bonus, with deep understanding of business end-to-end processes
- Fluent English is a must, German is beneficial
- Dedication, agility, drive and commitment
Records Management IT (RMIT) is a global technology change and delivery organization comprising nearly 100 individuals located in Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and Singapore. RMIT provides archiving and retrieval solutions to all business divisions focusing on supporting Legal, Regulatory and Operational functions. Our team methodology includes Scrum / Agile and traditional Iterative / Waterfall models. The project teams consist of IT project managers, business analysts, developers and testers.
Successful candidate will be responsible for delivering the objectives of a number of end-to-end or application based projects. In this role you will be managing IT projects, addressing requirements of specific sets of business cases and programs. This includes responsibility for the timely implementation of defined project objectives in line with quality standards and budget. The IT projects are covering multiple technologies, methodologies with in- and external staff and global partners.
Submit resume for Project ManagerWe kindly inform you that we will contact only chosen candidates. If you are interested in the above position, please apply by submitting your CV in English
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The East Baton Rouge Parish park commission is slated to vote at a special meeting at noon on Wednesday on a non-profit group's proposal to build, staff and operate a large, air conditioned gymnasium at Perkins Road Community Park.
The effort to get the gym built is being led by the Baton Rouge Basketball and Volleyball Association, Inc. Jim Bernhard, president and chief executive officer of The Shaw Group, Inc., is a key member of the group seeking to build the gym.
Plans call for BREC to put $1.5 million up toward the $5 million cost of building an air conditioned gym large enough for three basketball courts or five volleyball courts.


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Philadelphia's most renowned husband-wife cocktail team has come up with a great excuse to have a drink: do it for charity. Phoebe Esmon and Christian Gaal run Northern Liberties speakeasy Emmannuelle, and their fall drink menu features three special cocktails that benefit three area nonprofits.
The Philadelphia Student Union will benefit when you put a bourbon and cider "Don't Fence Me In" to your lips. The ginger-vodka "Moscow on the Schuylkill" will kick in funds to the LUPUS Foundation of America, and the Tequila Interchange Project catches some dough when you order a "Butterfly Collector No. 2," made with (of course) blanco tequila and chocolate bitters.
The drinks go for $10 each, and fully half the proceeds from sales is earmarked for their respective causes. When you stop into the elegant little room tucked behind the Piazza on Hancock to do your good deed, also look for a new collection of warmed cocktails and a barrel-aged cocktail, both of which will quickly get rid of any evening chill.
Charity runs throughout the fall season. 1052 N Hancock St. http://drinkemmanuelle.com


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The US government has shut down 17 times before. The worst was in 1995 and the market only dropped 3%. So, a government shutdown is not seen as a market moving event. Failure to raise the debt ceiling, which allows the government to keep borrowing and potentially avoid default, is another matter
What is going on in the US? Has the entire government lost their minds? Not only is the government shut down, but there is a remote possibility that the US will default on its debts. How has this possibly happened? But what is more interesting is why hasn't the market reacted more dramatically?
Leader from Barak Obama to the Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have predicted a catastrophic melt down and no one seems to care. The US market is down only 2.5% from its all time high. Is it simply more political theatre like what just happened in Italy or is there a real possibility that the US could go over the cliff and take everyone else with it?
One reason that markets are so calm is that they have been through this before. The US government has shut down 17 times before. The worst was in 1995 and the market only dropped 3%. So a government shutdown is not seen as a market moving event. Failure to raise the debt ceiling, which allows the government to keep borrowing and potentially avoid default, is another matter. But the markets also have experience with a debt ceiling battle. On 2 August of 2011, the US was supposed to run out of money. But on 31st July, President Obama and the leader of the Republicans announced that they had an agreement raising the debt ceiling and the law was enacted by the 2nd August deadline. But it didn't help the market, which plunged 20%. Still even that trauma was short lived. By March of 2012 the market had reached new highs.
But is this time different? Possibly. The difference is the basis of the dispute. In 2011, it was all about money. The solution was the supposedly dreaded austerity package known as the Sequestration, which since has gone into effect without much fanfare. This time it is about the signature achievement of President Obama, a program of universal health care known as Obamacare. You normally can reach a deal with money, but getting rid of a law passed by Congress and approved by the Supreme Court is impossible, unless you have the votes. The Republicans don't have, at least in the Senate.
The difficulty of repealing Obamacare has not stopped the Republicans from trying. The lower house, the House of Representatives, which is controlled by the Republicans, has voted over 40 times to repeal the law. The repeal always dies in the Democrat controlled Senate. Even if repeal did get through Congress, it is the signature achievement of the President and he would veto it.
The reason why Obamacare is so important is that it was the reason why so many Republican got elected. Conservatives hate it. There are 435 seats in the House. The Republicans have 232 or 53%. The last time the government shut down, the Republicans also had a majority in the house, but then many of its members were from marginal districts. The success of the Republicans in the state legislatures has allowed them to redraw the voting districts.
The new districts are very safe for Republicans. Republican districts are overwhelmingly white and rural. The voters of a Republican Congressman are 72% white compared to 52% their Democrat colleagues. A Democratic district is usually urban with a population density of 4,385 people per square mile. Republican districts only have 567 per square mile. These white rural districts are very conservative. They are dead set against two things: government spending and Obamacare. So they vote in conservative Congressmen who win with bullet proof margins. 204 or almost 88% of the present Republicans won by margins of more than 10%, over 60% won with margins better than 20%. They are also new to their jobs. About half of the Republican Congressmen have less than three years experience and 30% less than two. They haven't been in long enough to be subject to normal political pressure. So as long as these legislators do everything possible to cut government spending and kill Obamacare they have no fear of being re-elected.
The result is that the normal fear that a legislator might feel by following an unpopular policy is simply not there. These people will not suffer any consequences if they shut down the government. It will take weeks for anyone but a government employee to actually notice. Most of their constituents will hardly complain during the next two weeks left before the money runs out. On the contrary, they are cheering them on. So their incentives are just the reverse of what one might expect. So the odds are quite favourable that the Republicans will take this fight to extremes.
In such an environment one would think that the market would be plummeting. Quite the reverse. As I write this on Friday, 4th October, the market is actually up slightly. The four days of government shut down has hardly affected markets at all. Why are they so complacent? The easy answer is that they are always complacent.
When Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, there were far too many articles on so called 'Black Swans'. In other words, the stock market collapse could not be foreseen because it was a rare event. This is simply foolish. Lehman's collapse was forewarned by the collapse of another brokerage, Bear Sterns. By September, the stock markets had been falling for 11 months and the housing market for over a year.
European markets were theoretically surprised by the sovereign debt crisis in the summer of 2011. But there was plenty of warning. Greece had had problems for over year. Presently there are plenty of enormous risks that are not priced in. For example, problems with the deteriorating municipal bond market in the US. China's corporate and household credit has risen from 120% to 170% in five years a level reached in the US in 2008. China has a massive housing bubble and Japan a massive sovereign debt. Other emerging markets are swimming in huge levels of consumer and corporate debt while their currencies continue to deteriorate.
It is not that markets do not know about these risks. They are more than aware of them. It is just that the market participants do not adjust their expectations to perceived extreme risks because it is expensive to do so. Hedging with options is expensive and if the risk does not materialize they can expire worthless. If you act too soon, your competitors who took greater risks may come out on top. This is especially true for political dramas as we just witnessed in Italy.
(William Gamble is president of Emerging Market Strategies. An international lawyer and economist, he developed his theories beginning with his first-hand experience and business dealings in the Russia starting in 1993. Mr Gamble holds two graduate law degrees. He was educated at Institute D'Etudes Politique, Trinity College, University of Miami School of Law, and University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. He was a member of the bar in three states, over four different federal courts and has spoken four languages.)
Moneylife Foundation held an exclusive, in-depth session which delved into different options for fixed income investments. Each investment option was discussed in detail for its advantages and disadvantages
Moneylife Foundation hosted its 184th seminar with the event titled "High Returns, Safe Capital" conducted by Debashis Basu, editor, Moneylife and Raj Pradhan, columnist at Moneylife, who writes on insurance and fixed income products . Mr Basu explained the different types of fixed income products available and the returns one can expect. He also explained how much should allocate to different kinds of fixed-income products such as bank fixed deposits (FDs), corporate bonds and corporate FDs. Mr Pradhan gave insights to the audience on different investment options to benefit from high rates regime.
Mr Basu explained how over different age groups from 21 to 60 years, one can invest in a mix of equity and fixed income products. Stocks and equity funds over the long run of 5-10 years have more often than not beaten inflation. Other products like bank FDs and other fixed income products may not deliver high returns but offer safety of capital.
For those who have retired, Mr Basu advised the audience to create a two-part portfolio.
One, containing 60% of the total corpus to be invested in fixed income securities such as bank and corporate fixed deposits and bonds to garner safety for the portfolio. And the second, containing 40% of the total corpus should be invested in safe equity mutual funds, which would work towards beating inflation. He illustrated this plan with an example, where he took an initial corpus of Rs1 crore and depicted its growth through graphs and charts, over a 20-year period.
For the fixed income part, one can choose from FD of banks, corporate bonds/non-convertible debentures, tax-free bonds, fixed maturity plans (FMP) of mutual funds and G-Secs. The different investment options needs to be evaluated for parameters such as safety, ease of investment, returns, liquidity, interest payment options and suitability based on your tax bracket. Each investment option was discussed in detail for its advantages and disadvantages. You can't get best of everything in one instrument and hence there are good reasons to understand all the options and allocate your money in different options based on your risk appetite.
Bank FD from scheduled commercial banks is safe and the most popular option for Indians. The main disadvantage of it is that the returns are taxable as per your tax slab. It is better to avoid corporate FD. Bonds/NCD is better option than corporate FD. Credit rating is mandatory for NCD, but not for corporate FD. NCDs are more liquid because they can be traded in the secondary market in demat form once they are listed in the stock exchange. However, corporate FDs cannot be liquidated as easily. Secured NCDs are protected against the company's assets while corporate fixed deposits are unsecured.
For those in 20% and especially 30% tax bracket an excellent option is tax-free bonds from Government companies. You have option for long-term investment as the bond terms are 10, 15 and 20 years. It helps with mitigation of reinvestment risks. Getting a near 9% pa tax free returns without reinvestment risk for 20 years from AAA rated government company should definitely be scooped by savers for their debt instrument portfolio.
FMP has a great tax advantage, but you need to choose carefully. Choose FMPs with high-rated securities investment. Make sure you don't need the money in the interim. Assume that your investment will be illiquid till the FMP matures. G-secs are rarely explored as an investment option by retail investors, due to numerous reasons. The current scenario of the bond market, however, offers a unique opportunity to savers to add G-secs to their portfolio. The good news is that you have the option to buy G-secs and get it added to your regular demat account, which holds other asset classes like equities/bonds. So, you don't have to buy gilt funds offered by fund houses, in case you want to directly invest in G-sec.
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A close below 5,750 may signify a sharp decline
The holiday shortened week ended in the positive. This week saw the US government facing partial shutdown and the news making rounds that this may lead to possible postponement of the cut back of the stimulus.
The BSE 30-share Sensex rose 189 points (or 0.96%) to close the week at 19,915.95, while the Nifty settled at 5,907.30, up 74 points (or 1.27%).
On Monday, the market opened weak and ended in the negative for the second consecutive session, ahead of the worries of a possibility of the US government being headed for a shutdown. The US Congress failed to agree on a new budget. Market awaited the data of current account deficit (CAD) on Monday anticipating it to widen to as high as 5.4% during the June quarter.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to infuse Rs10,000 crore into the system through open-market operations next week to ease liquidity constraints brought some relief on the bourses and the Sensex closed in the positive on Tuesday.
Wednesday markets were closed. On Thursday, the market opened with full optimism and edged higher gradually. It ended in the green for the second consecutive session. The possible postponement of the cut back on the stimulus helped the Sensex continue in the positive. Fitch Ratings has warned India that any slippage on its policy front would have negative implications for its ratings, currently at the lowest investment grade. It also cautioned India that there is much capital still left which could outflow from the country.
On Friday, the Sensex continued with the third day of upmove. Activity at Indian services companies shrank at the fastest pace in more than four years last month. The HSBC Services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), compiled by Markit, slipped from 47.6 in August to 44.6 in September, its weakest since April 2009.
Jobless claims rose to 308,000 in the week ended September 28, from a revised 307,000, the Labor Department said. US payrolls data won't be released as scheduled today because of the shutdown. The department said that an alternative date for the September payrolls report and jobless rate hasn't been scheduled.
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Have you read through this thread? HDD initialization Possibly post #2 and #5
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Both of those steps suggest a drive that's new or unformatted. This drive is already formatted, and half full of data. It works perfectly fine when connected by USB.
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OK, well then since I'm not familiar with the setup your using hopefully someone else can help you out.
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As an update, it worked just fine connected by eSATA to my laptop. At least I know now the problem is with the tower, and not the drive.
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I'm going to try another free port on the board today. I know it is connected to an SATA port internally, as Device Manager does detect the drive properly. I have also tried connecting it, powering the drive on and rebooting so it can be detected during the boot process.
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In recent weeks, "TRUMP" has been flying high over Oklahoma.
That's the flight identifier of a Navy E-6B command and control aircraft, which has broadcast the Republican front-runner's name on two flights in the run-up to the state's primaries.
Both missions were flown in March by the same E-6B Mercury, a converted Boeing 707 whose TACAMO aircrew relays messages to the fleet of ballistic missile submarines that lurk around the globe, ready to fire nuclear-armed missiles at the president's order. TACAMO stands for "take charge and move out."
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The E-6B flew missions March 8 and March 13 with flight identifier "TRUMP," which appears not to have swayed enough primary voters — Sen. Ted Cruz topped Donald Trump in the March 14 Republican primary; in the Democratic contest, Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton. In recent months, Donald Trump jetted to the Sooner State aboard his luxury Boeing 757.
"TRUMP" was labeled as the call sign on flight status tracker Planefinder.net, but a Naval Air Forces spokeswoman clarified to say that it was actually the plane's flight identifier and that its call sign on the missions was "ABNET 77." She said the flight ID had been set to "TRUMP" by an instructor in a training session and that the crew hadn't been aware of it and had not verbally answered to "TRUMP" on the mission.
"During the demonstration the instructor manually entered the text 'TRUMP' as an example to illustrate how to enter text on the numerical keypad," Cmdr. Jeannie Groeneveld said in an email. "After the training concluded, the crew zeroed the transponder but didn't realize the flight ID would remain even after zeroing the transponder. When the aircraft was later flown, the transponder broadcasted the last entered flight ID."
Aircrew pre-flight checks will be revised to verify flight IDs before every flight, Groeneveld added.
Two E-6B squadrons are based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma: the "Ironmen" of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 3 and the "Shadows" of VQ-4. The E-6B with flight ID "TRUMP" was with VQ-4 but it isn't clear who decided to pick the identifier, which was spotted by a Twitter user and reported by The Aviationist. The plane appears to have taken off from Oklahoma on March 8 and headed north to Omaha, Nebraska. On previous missions, the Navy E-6B was identified as "BIGDON3."
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Beyond its supportive clog collections, Dansko has expanded their inventory to include sandals, boots, and shoes in both women's and men's styles. Known for their incredible durability, outstanding stability, and an ergonomic, contoured footbed, Dansko's clogs have long been a favorite of doctors, teachers, and those in the hospitality industry. Best of all, their fashion-forward silhouettes prevent you from having to sacrifice style for all-day comfort and support.
Discover Dansko's latest collections here.
Happy Feet Plus and Dansko have similar views on the environment; in addition to their best business practices, Dansko is also a leader in environmental sustainability. The company's brick and mortar structures are LEED Gold Certified. Other environmental activism includes the B Corporation, "a group of like-minded companies that meet rigorous standards for social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency." As one of the founding members, Dansko was the first footwear company to join. Today, there are over 800 certified B Corporations around the world.
Other affiliations include the Sustainable Business Network of Philadelphia, the Delaware Valley chapter of United States Green Building Council (USGBC), the Two Ten Foundation, and the American Sustainable Business Council. You can read more about Dansko's active involvement with these organizations here.]]>
As people become increasingly aware of the products they use and eat, the sustainable sourcing and harvesting of those materials becomes the bottom line. As a demographic of Birkenstock customers falls into this category, many consumers have demanded an animal-free option.
Helping promote Birkenstock's latest release is PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), who stated: "Every day, PETA hears from shoppers who are looking for vegan-friendly retailers and Birkenstock now fits the bill," said Anne Brainard, director of corporate affairs. "These iconic styles meet the skyrocketing demand for footwear that's as trendy and comfortable as it is kind to animals and the environment."
This may be of little surprise, as the stereotype of the Birkenstock wearer remains associated with naturalists, vegetarians, and environmentalists. Vegan shoes are not new to the company, indeed, the collection has been offered in Europe for years. However, consumer demand has finally brought them to America.
Now, the lifestyle image of the brand can match their methodology; Birkenstock is walking the walk and talking the talk. In replacement of the typical vegetable-tanned suede footbed lining, microfiber – a durable, synthetic material – offers a leather-like finish and a soft synthetic lining.
Take a look at our whole collection of Birkenstock sandals for your comfort and supportive needs, now proudly including vegans and vegetarians.]]>
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To varying degrees, all of our manufacturers featured on the HFP website support the concept of being eco-friendly:
Nuts & Bolts
In 1997, as Happy Feet Plus was searching for a new headquarters, they came across a perfect candidate; located in Largo, Florida was a 50-year-old cement block building in desperate need of a make-over. Being of cement block construction, the building had the "bones" of an energy-efficient building, but needed renovation and rehabilitation. All toxic materials were removed from the building and the revitalization began.
Double-paned energy-saving windows were installed and a high-efficiency heating/cooling system was put into place. Non-volatile organic compound (VOC) flooring was installed, low-VOC interior paint, and full-spectrum/energy-saving florescent lighting were used to add environmentally-friendly sparkle and functionality to the new offices and flag-ship store.
Our investment in "living green" is further enacted by our Gold LEED-certified green building in Clearwater, Florida.
The 6,000 square foot retail facility was designed and constructed according to standards established by the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. The facility was the first retail structure nationwide to achieve LEED "Gold" certification.
Built using sustainable and recycled materials, the building features:
Making A Difference
Update 2009 – Since 2003 Happy Feet Plus has offset 14,805 kilos of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), the main element that's creating Global Warming. That represents 14,805 X 2.2 lbs / kilo = 32,571 lbs or 16.3 tons of CO2 that HFP has kept out of the atmosphere.
Over the past 6 years HFP has generated 26,952 kilowatts of power which is almost an entire year's worth of power consumption for the Clearwater property.
As new stores have been added, and existing stores updated, the non-VOC flooring and non-VOC paint have been further utilized. The full-spectrum/energy-saving florescent lighting is also in place in all eleven retail locations. All of our stores recycle paper, newsprint, cardboard, glass and plastics and are assiduous in their conservation of resources and limiting waste.
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HFP's environmental consciousness doesn't begin and end with our buildings. Owners Jacob Wurtz and Jane Strong are involved in the local Green efforts as confidants to builders such as Grady Pridgen and Greg Sembler. They have also provided insight to manufacturers like Dunkin' Brands, Inc. and to educators from the University of South Florida.
Jacob and Jane have been awarded for their efforts by the Pinellas Board of County Commissioners (Florida) and by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Tampa Chapter. The Clearwater "green" building has also hosted tours for the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) – Tampa Chapter; they were definitely pleased.
Our most recent update to our green living journey is our sponsorship of the 2017 Localtopia event in downtown St. Petersburg!]]>
The human foot is a marvel of biomechanical engineering that most of us take for granted until the system fails or breaks down. The average person will walk the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime, which is a long time on your feet.
Podiatrists who are part of the UCLA Medical Group offer the following tips for helping maintain healthy feet and avoiding complications. The physicians are board-certified, provide comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of all foot and ankle conditions, and also have expertise in the management of diabetic foot problems and sports injuries.
10 Tips to Maintain Healthy Feet
According to Podiatrist Dr. Emily Splichal, "Anything over the three-inch mark changes the biomechanics of how you walk — your strides are shortened, you can't walk as fast, your body weight shifts to the ball of the foot, which throws off your center of gravity and stresses the knees and lower back," she explains in an interview with Instyle magazine.
The most traditional sign of a hammer toe are toes that have been pushed upwards near the knuckle as it is squished against the inside of the shoe. This can be caused by years of wearing your shoes too small, regardless of heel height. As you walk, pressure builds and increases the bend in the toe. Eventually, the toe muscles become unable to straighten the toe, even when there is no confining shoe.
For those with narrow or low volume feet, orthotic inserts can help anchor the foot back into the heel counter and prevent excessive forward movement.
Treatment begins when you decide to stop wearing those high heel pointy-toe shoes. Instead look for shoes and sandals that have a soft and roomy, or open toe box for optimal "wiggle room."
Birkenstock is renowned for the raised lip in all of their sandals that protects the toes from stubbing and provides an extra source of grip. Dansko footwear offers stylish, healthy heels, clogs, and sandals that offer wide toe boxes and optimal arch support without sacrificing that fashion forward edge.
Women are much more likely to develop bunions and callouses due to, again, high heeled and narrow shoes, no matter your age. If a person has a foot anatomy that is prone to bunions, wearing footwear with a too-narrow toe box will accelerate its development. Wearing footwear with a wide toe box may help prevent or at least delay their formation.
Getting rid of a Bunion is almost impossible without surgery. Foot and toe exercises can help, while foam pads can reduce pressure on the joint. Ice packs and anti-inflammatory medication can also help reduce the swelling.
The progress of a bunion can be slowed or even halted, especially if it is caused by ill-fitting footwear. Brands like Finn Comfort offer a whole collection dedicated to soothing problem feet. The FinnStretch offers a highly elastic flexible material that accommodate ailments like bunions, swelling feet, deformed toes, or highly sensitive soles. Best of all, their footwear is highly adjustable, a unique ability to adapt to feet of all shapes and sizes.
Again, Birkenstock provides roomy toe boxes that allow the toes to stretch out naturally. Their footwear also provides excellent metatarsal and medial arch support which helps keep the musculoskeletal structure of the foot in the proper supportive position.
In addition, the Kenkoh is a great option simply for its instant, relaxing stimulation and ability to soothe tired, achy feet. The Kenkoh's unique natural rubber latex nodules increase circulation to problem areas, allowing them to heal more quickly.
Part of this extreme reaction stems from the fact that for those suffering from plantar fasciitis, the Kenkoh Massage Sandal provides immediate comfort and relief, thanks to its stimulating footbed. The sandal's significant medial arch both supports and stimulates the plantar fascia, maximizing healing.
We also know that the body's healing process is greatly aided and quickened by oxygen, carried in our blood via the circulatory system. The Kenkoh's natural latex nodules provide a stimulating massage, increasing blood flow to the damaged tissues on the bottom of the foot, ankles, and legs.
If you've had plantar fasciitis in the past and are now pain free, wearing Kenkohs on a daily basis helps to increase blood flow to the sensitive plantar fascia tissue and ensures against re-injury. Many of our customers wear Kenkohs around the house, guarding their bones, ligaments, and joints against har
d, man-made surfaces like wood flooring, concrete, and tile. The Kenkoh's contoured footbed offers the arch support necessary to keep our feet in neutral alignment, allowing our ankles, knees, hips, and spine to do the same.
As a local business, this is precisely what keeps Happy Feet Plus thriving and always pushing forward to do better. The signs of relief felt everyday in our stores offers a measure of gratitude rarely experienced in retail.
In fact, many other "massage sandals" have attempted to imitate the massaging nodules of a Kenkoh. While these imitators often use plastic and other hard synthetic compounds under the foot, the natural latex nodules of the Kenkoh remain soft and flexible over the lifetime of the shoe. This allows for a gentle massaging action on the feet as we walk, thus increasing circulation throughout the foot.
In addition, properly pressing and stimulating the soles of the feet promotes the flow of lymphatic fluid, supporting heart function. As the nodules massage and place gentle pressure on the nerve endings of the foot, toxins like lactic and uric acid, as well as calcium deposits, are broken up and circulated out of the body. This is why we always encourage our customers to drink plenty of water as they break in their new sandals.
These are just a few of hundreds of testimonials we've received at Happy Feet Plus. Looking for more information? Read about the exact science of the Kenkoh and how it provides relief from foot ailments like plantar fasciitis, metatarsalgia, and neuromas!
A neuroma is a thickening of nerve tissues and may occur in almost any part of the body. This thickening, or enlargement, is caused by compression and irritation of the nerve, resulting in pain and possible nerve damage.
Morton's Neuroma is the most common foot neuroma and develops between the third and fourth toes. In this area of the foot, part of the lateral plantar nerve combines with part of the medial plantar nerve, creating a larger diameter.
As a result, even a small amount of squeezing or irritation of the nerve can lead to the development of a neuroma. Pointy-toed shoes or high-heeled shoes are typically the cause of irritation, as this nerve lies so closely to the skin.
People with bunions, hammer toes, or flat feet are more likely to develop a neuroma, as their feet are out of alignment already and are more susceptible to addition injuries.
While Kenkohs are best known for their ability to treat plantar fasciitis and metatarsalgia, the sandal's unique design allows toes to spread freely, offers a well supported arch, and provides massaging stimulation that helps increase blood flow to the area, thus allowing the damage to heal faster. Many of our customers have reported on their personal experiences with the Kenkoh and their path to healing:
Visit one of our 11 store locations in the Tampa Bay and Fort Lauderdale area, or check out or whole collection online at HappyFeet.com.]]>
1774: In a small German village, Johann Adam Birkenstock is registered as "subject and shoemaker" in the church's archives.
Konrad designed the first shoe with a contoured insole to be used by shoemakers in the production of custom footwear.
Margot enjoyed immediate comfort with her first pair of Birkenstocks. Moreover, she finds that the chronic foot pain she had endured for years simply vanished within months after she returned home to California. Convinced of its health benefits, she begins importing Birkenstock footwear in America; Birkenstock USA is born.
Awards included the Ernst and Young 1997 Retail Entrepreneur of the Year, the Novato Chamber of Commerce 1997 Large Business of the Year, and induction into the Footwear News Hall of Fame.
Happy Feet Plus has compiled five of the latest shimmering arrivals for our Spring 2017 Collection, including embellishments from Birkenstock, Dansko, and Vionic. Shine on!
The Ashley combines a shiny metallic snakeskin texture with an adjustable ankle strap and classic toe post. A mild wedge combines with a shock absorbing, contoured footbed for a stylish yet comfortable sandal that pairs perfectly with denim, white linen, or even patterned bottoms.
The Gomera offers secure comfort, easy adjustability, and stylish stability. Cleverly concealed Velcro straps allow the Gomera to be custom fitted to any foot.
Old World craftsmanship provides the foundation of the Finn Comfort brand, with hand-stitched outsoles, premium raw materials, and unparalleled luxury.
Vionic footwear is renowned for its incredible arch support and the ability to provide chic style without sacrificing optimal foot health. An adjustable ankle strap adds extra security to prevent any slippage.
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Read the following excerpts from two books about the history of the number zero. Write an essay in which you explain how each excerpt focuses on a different aspect of the history of the number zero. Then explain how these aspects are connected. Use evidence from the excerpts to support your points.
by Denise Schmandt-Besserat
The most universal way of counting, the one the majority of people use today, is known as abstract counting, using abstract numbers. We separate, or abstract, the idea of "one," "two," "three," and so on, from the thing we are counting. This system is very convenient because:
• Abstract numbers count anything.
• Each abstract number is expressed by a word that remains the same no matter what is being counted. (This is not so with concrete counting. In that system, number words are limited counting small amounts of only certain types of common things in daily life.)
Another advantage is that abstract numbers are infinite. For example, our largest numbers are the googol (a 1 followed by one hundred zeros) and the googolplex (a 1 followed by a googol of zeros). But if ever needed to count beyond these numbers we could keep adding zeros like this: 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
Mathematicians think that abstract counting developed over a long period of time. Some suggest that the evolution of counting may have happened in three steps: 1. counting without numbers, 2. concrete counting, and 3. abstract counting. Ancient objects used for counting found in the Middle East support this idea.
The earliest counting devices are notched bones that were found among the remains of hunters and gatherers who lived about fifteen thousand years ago in what is now the Middle East. Although we do not know what these ancient people counted with the notched bones, these counting devices may tell how they counted. Because each notch is similar to the next one and because there never seems to be a total indicated on the bones, it is likely that the hunters and gatherers had not yet developed numbers. Each notch probably stood for "and one more."
The counters found in the villages and towns built by farmers between five thousand and ten thousand years ago were small tokens of many shapes. Each token shape was used to count only one type of thing. For example, sheep were counted with disks, but jars of oil were counted with egg-shaped tokens. (We know this because the signs for sheep and oil in early Sumerian writing pictures a disk and an egg shape.)
The fact that each different type of item was counted with a different-shaped token suggests that the early farmers had different sets of numbers to count various things. They counted concretely. They used the tokens by matching them with the number of things counted: One sheep was shown by one disk, two sheep by disks, and so on.
We owe the invention of abstract numbers to the Sumerians who lived in the first cities, in the region of present-day Iraq, about five thousand years ago. The Sumerian tablet in the man's hand shows an account of thirty-three jars of oil. The sign on the right stands for "jar of oil." The other signs represent numbers. Each circle is 10, and each long sign is 1.
Why is this counting system different from the others? For the first time, number and things counted were separated, or abstracted. Sheep and jars of oil were finally counted with the same numbers!
Why did it take thousands and thousands of years to invent abstract numbers? Why weren't they invented sooner? It was not a question of intelligence: The size of your brain is the same as that of a child who lived fifty thousand years ago. Probably it was a matter of need. The simple life of hunters and gatherers required little counting, since these people lived on the animals they caught or that plants and fruits they gathered daily. The fact that it was the first farmers who invented tokens suggests that domesticating animals and plants made counting necessary. It makes a lot of sense that counting became important when the life of a community depended on knowing how many bags of grain to keep for planting the next harvest and how many animals would feed the village during the winter season.
There can also be no doubt that abstract counting was invented to cope with the development of business, trade, and taxes in the first cities. A more precise method of counting became necessary once workshops produced quantities of pottery and tools. But it was the tax system that had the biggest impact on counting. Every month, each Sumerian had to deliver to the ruler specific amounts of fish, oil, grain, or animals. Because of this, the palace accountants had to come up with a way to keep track of large amounts of goods.
The three steps in counting, therefore, were responses to new demands brought about by the increased complexity of life.
Once abstract numbers were invented, they were used more and more widely in trade and in calculations needed for everyday life.
And with the greater use of numbers also came the need for larger and larger numbers. In the country of Sumer, the most common large number that was used in everyday life was 60. It was called "the big one," which suggests that, at some time, it had been the highest number. But by 2500 B.C., the Sumerians' largest number had grown up to 36,000. It was probably used very rarely and then only by palace accountants to calculate tax collections.
It was much the same for our large numbers today. The googol and the googolplex were invented in the 1950s by mathematicians who needed to do very large calculations. But we never use these large numbers in daily life. The largest numbers we read about in newspapers are in the trillions. One trillion is a 1 followed by twelve zeros.
"The History of Counting," by Denise Schmadnt-Besserat. Copyright © 1999.
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by Charles Seife
Life without Zero
The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the
operations of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish. It is in
a way the most civilized of all the cardinals, and its use is only
forced on us by the needs of cultivated modes of thought.
-Alfred North Whitehead
It's difficult for a modern person to imagine a life without zero, just as it's hard to imagine life without the number seven or the number 31. However, there was a time where there was no zero – just as there was no seven and 31. It was before the beginning of history, so paleontologists have had to piece together the tale of the birth of mathematics from bits of stone and bone. From these fragments, researchers discovered that Stone Age mathematicians were a bit more rugged than modern ones. Instead of blackboards, they used wolves.
A key clue to the nature of Stone Age mathematics was unearthed in the late 1930s when archeologist Karl Absolom, sifting through Czechoslovakian dirt, uncovered a 30,000-year-old wolf bone with a series of notches carved into it. Nobody knows whether Gog the caveman had used the bone to count the deer he killed, the paintings he drew, or the days he had gone without a bath, but it is pretty clear that early humans were counting something.
A wolf bone was the Stone Age equivalent of a supercomputer. Gog's ancestors couldn't even count up to two, and they certainly did not need zero. In the very beginning of mathematics, it seems that people could only distinguish between one and many. A caveman owned one spearhead or many spearheads; he had eaten one crushed lizard or many crushed lizards. There was no way to express any quantities other than one and many. Over time, primitive languages evolved to distinguish between one, two, and many, and eventually one, two, three, many, but didn't have terms for higher numbers. Some languages still have this shortcoming. The Siriona Indians of Bolivia and the Brazilian Yanoama people don't have words for anything larger than three; instead, these two tribes use the words for "many" or "much."
Thanks to the very nature of numbers – they can be added together to create new ones – the number system didn't stop at three. After a while, clever tribesmen began to string number-words in a row to yield more numbers. The languages currently used by the Bacairi and the Bororo peoples of Brazil show this process in action; they have number systems that go "one," "two," "two and one," "two and two," "two and two and one," and so forth. These people count by twos. Mathematicians call this a binary system.
Few people count by twos like the Bacairi and Bororo. The old wolf bone seems to be more typical of ancient counting systems. Gog's wolf bone had 55 little notches in it, arranged into groups of five; there was a second notch after the first 25 marks. It looks suspiciously as if Gog was counting by fives, and then tallied groups in bunches of five. This makes a lot of sense. It is a lot faster to tally the number of marks in groups than it is to count them one by one. Modern mathematicians would say that Gog, the wolf carver, used a five-based or quinary counting system.
But why five? Deep down, it's an arbitrary decision. If Gog put his tallies in groups of four, and counted in groups of four and 16, his number system would have worked just as well, as would groups of six and 36. The groupings don't affect the number of marks on the bone; they only affect the way that Gog tallies them up in the end – and he will always get the same answer no matter how he counts them. However, Gog preferred to count in groups of five rather than four, and people all over the world shared Gog's preference. It was an accident of nature that gave humans five fingers on each hand, and because of this accident, five seemed to be a favorite base system across many cultures. The early Greeks, for instance, used the word "fiving" to describe the process of tallying.
"Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea," by Charles Seife. Copyright © 2000.


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I apologize for yesterdays comment regarding the keygen. I posted it STRICTLY for educational purposes esp. in GNS3.
That said, again i apologize for any issues that came up because of it.
On another note, William and I spoke last night regarding setting up a lab for the CCNA and CCNP security route and the question of whether to use physical or virtual hardware came up. Hopefully the below can put you at ease and assist with your decision.
SECURE Exam
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So overall this exam is doable in GNS3, but be mindful that in GNS3 the firewall can be buggy and will lock up on you from time to time. So save your configs to text files frequently.
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Furthermore, for those starting in security, i recommend reading and taking the Comptia security+ and Comptia Linux+ books.
I am down for it all when my time permits. Trying the soak it all in. Thanks.
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