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Paul Harvey used to share this around Christmas.
As a cat owner I always liked this story.
I could not find Paul's version this one is longer.
There is a legend that says that the reason all cats have a very clear "M" on their foreheads is that a cat befriended the Holy Family and comforted the baby Jesus. And when The Blessed Virgin petted the cat on its head, an "M" formed in its fur, and it has been there ever since.
Judea, in Israel, is a desert region, but at night, even in the summer, the temperatures can drop quickly and it can get very cold. When the sky is clear, as it was on one special night some 2000 years ago, it can get even colder still. On this one night, the sky was so clear that three wise men traveling from their far off country were able to see a single massive star that guided them to the most unlikely place for them to seek. It was a night that would change lives forever.
On that night, a young couple was just arriving in Bethlehem after a journey of twelve long days of travel during which they had faced hunger and sleeping on the ground and avoiding robbers. The man's name was Joseph, and he was a carpenter. The woman's name was Mary, and in her womb she carried the King of Heaven.
The town was full to overflowing with thousands of people who, like them, had traveled to Bethlehem to pay the taxes levied by the Roman government. All the rooms and rooftops and places to set up tents on the ground were already taken. A kind innkeeper let the young couple take shelter in his stable for the night, because he saw that they were very tired. But more important, Mary was about to deliver her baby.
As in any place where lots of people live, there were also lots of pets, and whenever there are lots of pets, there will be some that go off to live on their own. As it happened, there was a large grey-striped tabby cat living in the stable where Mary and Joseph took shelter. The cat had gotten so large by eating rats and snakes that came into the barn to steal grain and chicken eggs. He didn't like people and would bite and scratch anyone who tried to touch him. The innkeeper offered to try to get rid of him, but Mary said, "He's cold, too, Please let him stay." And so he stayed.
Sometime after midnight, Mary delivered her baby, and dried him off with some clean straw and, having wrapped him in warm cloths, laid him in the hay manger on a bed of fresh hay. Even though she had wrapped the baby so warmly, though, he was still cold. The cat looked down at the family from his perch high on the loft, and pondered. He didn't like most humans, because they had always been mean to him and he had even been beaten many times by the people he used to live with. As he looked down at this family and at the small human in the manger, something in his heart told him that this family was different.
He climbed down from his loft and slowly walked towards the manger. He didn't go too close at first. He just walked back and forth making his way closer with each pass and sniffed to see what he could learn from the smells. He had lived in this barn for years, and he thought he knew every scent it held, but there was a new scent tonight. Tonight he could smell a clean fresh fragrance he remembered from the flower sellers in the market. He kept creeping closer.
As he got close to the manger, Joseph startled from his sleep and the cat jumped back, but Mary held out her hand to him, and he sensed no danger. He came to her and smelled her hand. Then he walked up to the manger and stuck his head over the edge to see the small human inside. This was where the beautiful scent was coming from. But the human was shivering as if he was cold. Without thinking, the cat climbed up into the manger and curled himself around the baby.
The baby was very small and the cat was very big, so he was able to wrap himself almost all around the baby's head and sides. The baby was warmed by the cat's body and fell asleep with a smile on his face. Mary petted the cat's head and he began to purr for the first time in years.
As the days passed the cat guarded the family fiercely from the rats and snakes that tried to take shelter in the barn, and every night he would curl up in the manger with the baby to keep him warm. One night he was called to guard his new family as he had never guarded them before.
Earlier in the day, three men in fine robes had come to pay their respects to the new baby and to leave gifts for him. They also brought a warning. The evil king of Judea wanted to kill the new baby and would stop at nothing to do this. The family must leave that night and go to Egypt or they would die.
As the family was packing their belongings for the long journey, they heard the king's soldiers sweep down into the city and begin their night of terror. They heard the screams of mothers as the soldiers murdered their sons. Joseph put Mary and the baby Jesus up on the back of the donkey, but as he reached for the cat, he ran from him and towards the sounds of horror coming from the heart of the city. It worried Joseph to leave the cat behind, but he had to look for his family's safety, and so he left by another street that led toward the edge of town.
The cat looked back towards his new family. He wanted to run with them, but he knew he had a very important job to do. As the soldiers came down the side street towards their barn, he jumped up and attacked their horses tearing at their legs with his powerful claws and teeth. Soon other street cats smelled the fight and joined in. The cats caused such turmoil with the horses that they brought the soldiers to a halt as they fought to regain control of their huge animals.
Soon, however, the soldiers did regain order and rode off down the alley. The cat's foot had been stepped on by one of the horses, and he had gotten some scratches and had lost a chunk off of one ear in the fight, but he was still alive. He only hoped that he had held them off long enough for his new family to escape.
As the street cleared, he began to make his way down the alley following the beautiful fragrance that he knew must be the small human. His foot was broken, and his whole body hurt from the effort of the fight, but he knew he must reach his family to make sure they had escaped.
Joseph and Mary could hear the terrible noise from the city for some miles as they made their way towards the border with Egypt. They had heard the soldiers heading towards their barn as they escaped, and they were sure that they would be over taken as the soldiers had powerful war-horses and they were traveling only on a donkey. As they traveled further on and realised that the soldiers were no longer following them, Mary looked back and a look of worry came across her face. Could that be why their cat had left them so suddenly?
When Joseph knew that they were far enough out-of-town on a back road where they would be safe, he stopped and set up camp for the night. As he and Mary sat down for their simple meal of smoked fish and bread given them by a lady at the inn, they gave thanks to God for their escape and prayed that their cat would be safe. And then they settled down to sleep.
Soon they heard a rustling in a rosemary bush near their camp. Mary awoke and saw their cat struggling to walk towards her. She ran to him and scooped him up in her arms crying to see him so bloodied and sore. She took one of the smaller cloths she had wrapped around the baby Jesus, and she poured some of their precious water on it and washed the cat's wounds clean. As she washed him the baby Jesus reached out and touched his head.
Suddenly the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers and incense, and as Mary and Joseph watched, the cat's wounds began to heal and the bones in his foot mended themselves. Even the chunk that had been bitten out of his ear by another cat grew back. But one thing was different about him now. Where before on his head their had just been striped fur, there was now an "M" from where Mary had been petting him and washing his wounds.
As Mary watched this miracle, she gave thanks to God and blessed the cat saying, "My dear and precious guardian, I name you Michael, for you have done battle for the Kingdom of God and for your Saviour." Michael rubbed against her purring loudly and then walked over to the baby and curled himself around him and went to sleep secure in the knowledge that he had done his job well.
And from that time forward, there is an "M" on the foreheads of all cats to remember the cat who fought for the Kingdom of God and protected the baby Jesus and his family.


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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Almond and Cornmeal Cake
I sliced, peeled, and froze a boat load of peaches while they were still in season a couple of months ago. I knew that at some point in the late summer or fall, I would want their sweet, juicy, peachy goodness. After I extracted the boat load from the freezer, cooked them down, and made these popsicles, I had a mason jar full of leftover cooked peaches. So they seemed like the perfect thing to pile atop this cake, what with its tender cornmeal crunch, subtle honeyed sweetness, and almond overtones. Of course October is not the time for fresh peaches, but no worries, any fruit or jam or cream or whatever you like will do as a topping to this beauty. Although, an unadorned slice of this cake is just as honest and delicious. Happy fall!
By the way, Meghan has been doing the most wonderful guest posting series over on her blog Stir and Scribble, featuring different Atlanta bloggers and their neighborhoods. I happen to be over there today talking about my neighborhood, Grant Park, and other favorite Atlanta places. Head over and show some love!
This cake is an all-season cake, pairing just as beautifully with peaches and cold cream (as here) as with warm spiced apples (as I am dreaming of for fall).
Almond and Cornmeal Cake
liberally adapted from The Sprouted Kitchen
100 g (3/4 cup) stone ground cornmeal
156 g (1 1/4 cup) almond meal
62 g (1/2 cup) stone ground whole wheat pastry flour (or gluten-free all purpose if necessary)
96 g (1/2 cup) raw sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
large pinch salt
3 eggs, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
80 g (1/4 cup) raw honey
150 g (2/3 cup) plain full fat yogurt, room temperature
42 g (3 Tbsp) cold pressed coconut oil, just barely melted*
crème fraîche
fruit (I used peaches leftover from this recipe)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch round cake pan, line the bottom with parchment, and grease the parchment.
In a large bowl, whisk all dry ingredients (cornmeal through salt). In a medium bowl, whisk eggs. Add extracts, honey, yogurt, and coconut oil, and whisk to combine. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredient with a wooden spoon or spatula until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan, smooth the top, and bake 35-40 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Take care not to open the oven too early, as this cake is prone to sinking a bit in the middle.
Let cool 20 minutes before removing from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. To serve, stir crème fraîcheto loosen and spoon over top of each slice. Feel free to sweeten the crème fraîche with honey if you like (I prefer it unsweetened). Top with fruit of your choosing.
Posted by Tartlet Sweets at 10:45 AM
3 comments:
- Stephanie @ Girl Versus DoughOctober 2, 2013 at 5:46 PM
Mmm, this cake looks just perfect. I'm all over the addition of creme fraiche and peaches, too!ReplyDelete
Yes, creme fraiche and peaches with everything!! Thanks.ReplyDelete
- Sara / Matchbox KitchenJanuary 27, 2014 at 5:01 PM
Sounds like a delicious marriage of flavors and textures! And of course, dollop of creme fraiche makes everything better.ReplyDelete
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Yesterday we had a visit from a town police officer. No. don't worry, he wasn't there to arrest us. He came as part of a community service program designed to help us make our home more secure from burglars and other uninvited persons.
This came about as a result of a neighborhood-wide car invasion recently. Several cars were broken into (some were unlocked) and two neighbors had damage to a window and a doorknob, but no home invasion occurred. However, several items were stolen from the cars, and some of the cars were damaged.
One of our neighbors, who had been victimized like this before, notified the police and set up a community meet with the police officers, who told us about their free program to come into our home and show where things could easily be changed to make it harder for such crimes to be committed.
We live in a town where there is not a lot of crime, but this incident shook us out of our complacency, and taught us that we needed to be aware of the fact that these crimes can be committed anywhere.
We began outside, examined our landscaping, and looked inside at doors and windows, talked about things to do when we are away on vacation, and discussed making a family plan should a home invasion take place. We learned that simple things like removing tree limbs, keeping bushes trimmed to below window level, adding deadbolts and motion detectors, and ways to reinforce windows and doors are all inexpensive ways to make our home more secure.
We realized that we've never really looked closely at home security when we bought our homes, aside from having a security system installed, which we do have. But simple additions and practices can help to augment the electronic alarms, and the harder we make it for intruders to get in, the more secure we will feel.
Which brings me to the title of my post. If you are like me, and you see a solicitor roaming the neighborhood, you stay out of sight as they ring the doorbell and move on. Not a good plan, Officer Jeremy informed us. Potential intruders will often ring the doorbell to see if anyone is home. If they do not get a response to the doorbell, they will likely try to get in, assuming no one is home. So what should we do? Answer it, don't open it. Just shout through the closed and locked door that we are not interested and invite them to leave our premises post haste. If they do not respond immediately, we can call a number the officer gave us. If they rattle the door or threaten us, we call 911 and initiate our family plan. Officer Jeremy assured us that if we have to call 911, they will stay on the phone with us until they arrive.
So we are in the process of being proactive and making our home more secure. This is a wonderful community program, and I urge you to contact your town police and see if such a program is available to you. If not, suggest they look into one. It helps them in their job. Having citizens living in more secure houses, and who are more aware and alert as to what is happening around their neighborhood, gives them aid in apprehending the intruders.
I hope this blog encourages everyone to stay aware and alert and be sure their house is as secure as they can make it. If your car is outside, do not leave valuables in it, and be sure to lock it. And pass the word: answer it, don't open it!


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Footsteps, Part 3
January 2011
As Dougal stumbled out of the hotel into the piercing, horizontal light of early evening, the misplaced feeling in his stomach returned. He ignored it. Across the street a tall, red-brick tower reared up in front of him, catching the light in every window on one side and reflecting a myriad of suns. Along the wide street there were more squat, brick buildings – evidence of an industrial past, renovated and polished for the neighbourhood's twenty-first century manifestation as a centre of expensive artistic chic. This was old New York made new – any mysterious, inherited memory of the place Dougal might have been hoping for had been removed, along with the erstwhile rotting beams and shattered windows.
The street was wide and, at this time, filled with impatiently hooting cars. The light reflected off the windscreens so he could not see the people inside. Up ahead was a crowded four-way intersection, with traffic lights suspended over the road and groups of people standing on the pavements, waiting for the illuminated man to instruct them to walk. Dougal wanted to cross, but at the last moment he changed his mind and instead followed the street as it bent away to the right. Now and again he looked back over his shoulder, memorising street signs and naked trees, like a trail of breadcrumbs, to help him find his way back to safety.
He scrutinised the faces of everybody who passed him. Some bustled past importantly wearing trim suits, all straight lines and acute angles. He imitated them by rolling back his shoulders, straightening his back and adopting a concentrated look; but they were all carrying their briefcases in the opposite direction, downtown, and before long his deliberate gait looked out of place in the faltering sunlight and outdoor cafés.
Dougal stopped at the window of an estate agency and examined the property advertisements. At first he perused them leisurely, letting his eyes wander from picture to picture, but he soon began reading avidly. He was on the brink of taking a pen from his pocket to note down the telephone number of the agency, when he saw a movement through the glass: a man caught his eye, smiled and began to get up from behind his desk. Dougal smiled back but, inwardly panicking, he hurried around the corner.
The further he walked from the hotel and the more people he encountered, the less comfortable Dougal felt. Everybody here seemed to know where they were going, while he was wandering aimlessly from block to block: the merciless layout of neat rectangles and straight roads felt like a deceptively simple labyrinth, designed to make him think he knew where he was going. But it was the persistent feeling that he was in a foreign city that most distressed him – where was the sense of homecoming? Why did nobody meet his eye, however briefly, in recognition that the Lynch family had returned? He thought that perhaps they were all strangers to the city as well.
At the corner of an intersection Dougal came across a restaurant emitting enticing smells into the air of early evening. Dark-green wooden panelling surrounded the square windows and cream-painted lettering boldly declared the establishment's fat, round name: Bubby's. Hunger overwhelmed his melancholy, but he lingered outside for a moment, looking through the window at the people eating inside, trying to see what was on their plates. An old man walked up the street, looked briefly at Dougal and went in. A few seconds later Dougal pushed open the heavy, wooden door and was engulfed in a delicious wave of cooking smells that drew him deep into the belly of the restaurant.
When his plane had finally touched down at JFK International Airport, Dougal's shrunken world had opened up again; horizons expanded and possibilities multiplied to infinity. The images of death that had dogged him in the air dissolved the minute his feet touched solid ground. Tragedy no longer breathed over his shoulder. It returned to its rightful place, comfortably distant, stalking the heels of people he would never know. Continents with connotations of suffering: Africa, the Middle East.
At the airport entrance he hailed a cab to the hotel. The driver had a strong accent which he could not identify; he asked Dougal's name and was delighted by the answer. He told Dougal that he was descended from Irish immigrants and had always wanted to visit their homeland; he asked him about Ireland in penetrating detail, but his expression fell when Dougal told him he had only ever been there for short holidays, visiting distant family. Nevertheless the man, whose name was Saul, was not disheartened and, no matter how unresponsive Dougal was, he did not stop talking for the entire journey.
From the driving seat Saul relentlessly narrated the history of some important landmarks in the city, including several points of interest relating to the Irish immigrants. He pointed out the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island; the Hunger Memorial and the city's oldest public park. They passed the World Trade Centre and a note of pride crept into Saul's voice, as he talked about the vast wealth and power contained within the two towers. Dougal's first thought – which had been more of a fleeting longing in his gut, that he had instantly suppressed – was that he would feel proud of them too, if this were his country.
When he emerged from Bubby's restaurant two hours later, Dougal was patting his swollen stomach and grinning stupidly, savouring the light haze induced by the two bottles of beer he had drunk. He ambled at a slow, luxuriant pace and muttered reassuringly to himself. How could he ever have expected to feel comfortable all at once? He thought – no, he knew – that belonging was not an immediate thing; it takes time to adjust to being at home when you have been away from it for a long time. Surely even the most self-assured people felt this way sometimes? Tiny raindrops fluttered on his bare forearms, so he rolled down his sleeves. Yes, this was where he was meant to be. And if tomorrow's meeting went well then all the better; it would be a definite sign that he was supposed to have come. Not that he really believed in that sort of thing, of course, but he thought that perhaps just occasionally people should take some notice of coincidences. The rain began to fall more heavily.
He passed the estate agency again and wrote down the telephone number on the back of his hand, but as he stood there he suddenly found himself submerged in the smothering deluge of a thunderstorm. Dougal ran through the downpour. Water streamed through his hair and into his eyes, splintered his vision and turned dull streetlights into long blades of light which reached from the ground to the sky. Welts of water ricocheted off the skeletal structures of scaffolding and fire escapes with a hollow, metallic sound. Shivering puddles reflected blurs of neon shop signs and illuminated window-displays, and broke into pieces under his feet. The whole city seemed to be shattering.
The streets were transformed by the storm and the night, and Dougal almost ran past his hotel, but as he ducked under the awning for shelter he realised where he was and went inside. Back in his room he towelled off; the number written on his hand had been smudged by the rain and was now an indecipherable blur. He switched off the light, closed the curtains against the pounding rain and turned on the television; an old film was starting, which the continuity announcer described as a Hollywood classic. Dougal had never seen it before. Lying on the bed, half propped up with his head in his hand and a pillow under his elbow he read and reread his presentation notes. As the characters on screen fell in love and were torn apart by circumstance, Dougal paced up and down the room gesturing and silently mouthing the words of his speech. The movie ended with a tearful departure down a misty path and, with a final triumphant flourish, Dougal collapsed onto the bed and watched the credits roll lazily up the screen.
He turned off the television and checked the time – 23:10. A perfectly acceptable American hour to go to bed. There was no hurry to get up early: there would be time to go through his notes again over lunch and he felt it best to be fully refreshed for the afternoon. The rain was still beating against the window, so he put in his ear plugs and found the eye mask they had given him on the plane. Setting his alarm for eleven in the morning (embrace the new time zone, your life is measured differently now), he climbed under the tight covers and was asleep within minutes. He did not know that jet lag can seep into the bones.
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Date: 2008 - 2010
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A couple of months ago I ordered this beautiful blouse from Anthropologie, it had great customer reviews on their site, and it was on SALE... which is my favorite kind of blouse from Anthro. Anything I can get from them for under $30 is a major score in my book, and this was marked down to $29. MINE. Which is all fine and good, except I got it home and could NOT figure out how to wear it. Really, dressing should not be that difficult... first world problems, I know.
Beautiful Blouse has languished in my closet, until I came across a couple of Pins that sparked some inspiration...
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Ok, wheels are turning (they turn SLOWER AND SLOWER these days)... so I put together this little collection on Polyvore.
Floral top, $60
Dorothy Perkins slouchy cardigan, $49
Dorothy Perkins slouchy cardigan, $49
LOFT stretchy jeans, $60
Sofft, $109
Ok... so I have these jeans, but I used a $20 off reward coupon on top of a 30% off sale, which made them around $22. Top was $29, my slouchy cardigan is $19.00 from Target, already had the jewelry (Kendra = LOVE), and the shoes I got ages ago at Burlington Coat Factory for $24 (EXACT same shoes, I might add). Since I am height challenged (and it was CHILLY), I was able to roll the jeans down and wear them ankle length. Just added a blingy chain Loft necklace I already owned, and here's it all came together for Date Night...
And from the other side... Hubs is patient, Thank God.
Time to go see what everyone else is wearing!


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Chelsi inspected the finish on her table. She reached underneath and pushed up on the particle board surface. It dried a little warped after the flooding, but it could have been a lot worse, Chelsi thought to herself. Not that it matters now. It was her last day calling it her table, her chair her house. She looked up and out the door from her seat at the table.
It was the same scene she had looked up to see a thousand times before. A few goats were scattered on the porch, the leaves on trees growing up the ant hill were beginning to yellow with the changing season. The path out to the road had been cleared and widened, the chinzanza to the left had totally collapsed. She stood up and padded outside, ducking deep to avoid the roofing beam. I certainly won't miss whacking my head on that. The goats caught notice of her presence but didn't move, they chewed their cud, watching. Chelsi held her head down until she cleared the roof of the porch.
The sun was starting to set. Three of the doves swooped in overhead, touching down gracefully on porches of the bird house. Mary Lou cooed from here perch in the pophole. It was quiet Chelsi noticed. It was rarely quiet. Usually babies cried, goats bleated, sound systems blared, roosters crowed, but not this evening. She turned around to the back of the house. Daringly she shook one of the poles propping up the rear roofing beam. What if? She thought, what if on this one last night? The pole reverberated when she let it go, but it held strong.
She walked past the lemon tree, and the cement pad that had once been a batha; once upon a time. She looked admiringly at the flowering purple tree she had planted last more than a year and a half ago now. It was taller than her now, having grown more than a foot a month throughout rainy season. Watching it grow had been satisfying, everyday a little taller, a little stronger. She had hoped to see it flower, but next time. Maybe next time I'll get to see it flowering.
The goats were watching her again. Chelsi could hear the nearest one smacking its lips. The chewing paused and the nanny called to her baby. Chelsi went to sit on the porch bench. The lip smacking nanny stood to move out of the way, and moved on to find her baby. The cement was cool on her legs, and a light dusting of lime fell to her shoulders as she leaned up against the house. Across the compound she saw a little white face poking out from the bushes. The face closer and a little black body was revealed.
Tulip trotted toward her. He paused to sniff the porch roofing poles before coming to rub up against her legs. Chelsi scratched to the top of his head and lifted him on to her lap. She stroked his fur and he purred, happy and content; the two of them, enjoying the evening air.


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Spring is around the corner, which means it's time to say goodbye to puffy parkas and switch to sleeker, more stylish options. We have the scoop on some of the best and brightest spring coats to choose from.
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Since trench coats so commonly come in beige, we were instantly intrigued by the sophisticated quality of this one in black (modcloth.com, $75). Not only is it budget-friendly, but we love the oversize belt and flattering flared fit — both of which make for a stylish way to say hello to spring.
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When searching for a new career, you will find that there is a lot of interest in the field of massage therapy. This allows you to help others relax. You will not become a good masseuse overnight, and it will take a devoted effort to gain the necessary skills. In this article, we will present some helpful tips to get you started.
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Nine retailers have signed up to open stores in the new Jubilee Place shopping mall extension later this year, it has been announced.
Fashion retailers Banana Republic and Cos will join the centre as well as retailers The White Company, Oliver Bonas, Emmett Shirts, Le Pain Quotidien, Orlebar Brown, bareMinerals and Rituals.
Opening in November, the 44,000 sq ft extension will see an additional 25 new stores added to the existing retail offer at Canary Wharf.
Adam Brown of swimwear brand Orlebar Brown said: "We are very excited about the new Jubilee Place development at Canary Wharf and we're sure it will become a natural home for Orlebar Brown.
"We are very happy to be part of it and roll on November when it opens."
A new walkway to the mall, offering public access to the existing centre and offices, opened in March and the extension combining the Canary Wharf Group's 115,000 sq ft development with the new Canary Wharf Crossrail Station is one of the largest retail expansions currently taking place in Britain.
Camille Waxer, Chief Administrative Officer for Canary Wharf Group, said: "With the office population at Canary Wharf growing and the needs of our shoppers increasing we felt it was the right time to expand our retail offer in Jubilee Place.
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Datamax - Honeywell
Honeywell offers one of the largest and most diverse lines of printers in the barcoding Industry! With a wide range of products from mobile printers, vehicle mounted printers, receipt printers, compact desktop to midrange printers, to high performance and specialty applications for RFID tracking. We have the barcode printer you need.
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The mobile app game that has thousand of players roaming streets, parks, and even workplaces—healthcare providers included—has health privacy experts concerned.
Pokémon Go is a smartphone app that uses a phone's GPS and camera to help players search for virtual characters in real life settings. While it's frequently touted as an engine for encouraging players to step out of their everyday settings and interact with their surroundings and neighbors, healthcare providers have noted an influx of users venturing into hospitals.
This has health officials worried that picture-taking players will inadvertently photograph patients receiving care or capture protected health information. The app includes an option for players to use the phone's camera to photograph the Pokémon they encounter within the context of their real-life surroundings via an "augmented reality" setting. As a result, several facilities have prohibited hospital employees from playing the game while on the job, while other facilities are directing the game-playing public to steer clear.
Officials at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, UT, are concerned about the safety of players, employees, and patients because the game directs players to the hospital's helipad, according to a report by The Advisory Board.
The game has also led officials at Covenant Healthcare in Michigan to ban Pokémon Go players from the facility. In a statement to The Advisory Board, Covenant spokesman Larry Daly said, "Covenant prohibits entry into the hospital to hunt for Pokémon… security department and the local police have been alerted to this situation."
Beyond the physical risks of adding civilians to an already chaotic provider environment, providers and privacy experts are concerned that patient privacy is at risk due to the increased use of smartphone cameras used by the game.
Chris Apgar, CISSP, CEO and president of Apgar & Associates, noted in Medicare Compliance Watch that the act of taking a picture does not amount to a HIPAA violation, however, "It only becomes a violation if the photo is posted on social media without patient authorization received first. If the employee loses the phone or the phone is stolen, that could become a breach of PHI, though, if the phone is not encrypted."
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Since 2004, Little's DC office has held an annual Virginia Wine Tasting and Open House to celebrate with our clients and consultants, and to thank everyone for the wonderful year we've had working with them. It's an awesome way to catch up in a non-meeting setting, and allows us to showcase the work we're doing across our practice groups. Personally, I also think it's an excellent way to make connections between projects and people, 'cause design-don't-happen-in-no-vacuum, and great relationships and good communication are key to the success of any undertaking.
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What is the next horizon for evangelical scholarship? Martin Hengel, one of the foremost experts on early Judaism and Christianity, explores one idea in this essay. He is professor emeritus of New Testament and early Judaism at the University of Tubingen, Germany. The most recent of his many books is The Four Gospels and the One Gospel of Jesus Christ (Trinity, 2000).
In a time of breathtaking progress in the fields of biophysics and biochemistry, astrophysics, nanotechnology and information technology, the acceleration of our knowledge is a hyperbola striving after infinity. Our ethical consciousness and human responsibility cannot keep abreast of it.
In contrast to this scorching speed of progress, the Bible remains always the same: the canon of the Hebrew Bible has not changed since the Pharisaic rabbis of Jamnia established it in about A.D. 100. Nor has the New Testament canon changed since the 39th Easter letter of Bishop Athanasius from Alexandria, written in A.D. 367. But, one may object, our understanding of the Bible has changed. The answer to that is yes and no.
The Bible's basic spiritual importance for our faith and the Christian church remains unchanged. We have at this time no better answer to the Lord's question ("You do not want to leave too, do you?") than did Peter: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life" (John 6:67-68). Yet it seems that now, more so than in former centuries, we must fight an intellectual battle to ensure with Paul "that the truth of the gospel might continue to be preserved" (Gal. 2:5).
In this battle, we've had many victories. Biblical scholars can be proud of breakthroughs that resulted in an explosion of our New Testament knowledge in the last 100 to 200 years. ...1


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A half the Bengals dominated moved us no closer to a result, as the Steelers took advantage of one mistake to tie it 14-14 at the break.
The Bengals were cruising along, nursing a 14-6 lead, when Andy Dalton pegged one of his offensive linemen in the back of the head with a pass, which was picked off by LaMarr Woodley.
The Steelers quickly scored, with Ben Roethlisberger drilling one to tight end Heath Miller, who amazingly didn't drop it.
The Steelers then went for the two-point conversion, hitting Miller again to tie it.
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I've resisted the siren call of DIY audio for far too long. Since my busy mind is always in need of some new project, I've decided to once again tackle a SE amplifier. For this undertaking, I'll go for a budget build, using easy to get tubes with a vintage flavor. With a total price of under $600, Tte 1625 immediately sprung to mind - this is the 12V filament version of the famed 807, the precursor to the 6L6GC. Instead of Ultralinear or Triode, I've also decided to try out true Pentode operation.
I'm normally a triode or ultra-linear guy, but way back in my college days, I was walking along the sidewalk in the nasty neighborhood I was living in at the time. Ahead I saw a Magnavox stereo console out on the curb. A peek at the back and I saw tubes. With a little determination out came a little 6BQ5 amplifier with a pair of tiny open-frame output transformers. A SE amplifier! I brought this little unit back home, installed some RCA jacks, and soon had the amplifier up and running. The sound, for only 5Ws of power, was amazing. Sure, the low bass wasn't there, but there was a rightness to the music - especially the critical midrange. Not bad for a hunk of roadside trash. I ended up selling the Maganvox unit off to a friend where it was dubbed the "5W wonder". Yes, at the time I got better results with 2A3s and 300Bs in single-ended mode, but they had the benefit of better iron and passive components. After all these years, I'm still curious to see how a pure pentode amplifier with good parts will sound.
Of course it will have my usual tricks and favorites: tube rectification with the vintage 5Z3, screen regulation using VR tubes, a pentode input tube - the 12J7GT, and DC on the filmanents. So far I'm leaning towards Edcor for the output transformer with Hammond and Triad power and choke iron. Other parts will be KOA resistors, Wima coupling caps, Nichicon electrolytics, and whatever else I can scare up from my depleted junk drawer.
The initial schematic is already done, but may not survive once I get the first prototype up and running. So stay tuned for further updates when I will make the parts list available, along with the Front Panel Express metal layout, and final schematic. I will also try to include a step-by-step construction guide, but I usually get a little carried away when building a new project!
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Alaska Sub-Lease Agreement
An Alaska Sub-Lease Agreement allows the tenant of a property (called the "Sub-lessor") to lease out the currently rented property to another potential tenant (called the "Sub-lessee"). The sub-lessee does not directly pay the landlord, but pays the sub-lessor, who then proceeds to pay the landlord. This situation is common for college students or for individuals that want to lessen the burden of their monthly payments. Very similar to what the landlord does to incoming tenants, it is highly recommended that the sub-lessor do a background check on the potential sub-lessee(s). As the sub-lessor, it is typically required to notify your landlord of your new sub-lessee to ensure everyone is on the same page. When the Sub-Lease Agreement is signed, everyone on the property must follow the rules that were instated when the original tenant began renting.
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The Varian® On-Board Imager® (OBI), standard on the Trilogy linear accelerator, makes Dynamic Targeting image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) more efficient and convenient.
Whether clinicians want to image the patient daily or weekly, the Varian OBI provides flexible imaging protocols that meet every need.
The OBI kV imaging system delivers improved tumor targeting using high resolution, low dose digital imaging in the treatment room. Users can confidently manage patients and target movementboth before and during treatments. A choice of imaging modalities is available on the system, including 2D radiographic, fluoroscopic, or 3D cone-beam CT imaging. The use of kV imaging can result in lower patient dose and better image quality than megavoltage imaging.
Clinicians need the best possible image information to make fast accurate decisions when comparing reference images to set-up images prior to treatment. This information is the basis for key decision making: whether to continue treatment as is or change course.
The planning and delivery of tightly defined dose distributions in 3D is a challenge that has been solved. Yet aligning the treatment beam to the target volume remains a key challenge to improving outcomes because patients, tumors, and normal tissues move.
OBI provides the tools to manage both Interfraction motion (changes in position caused by day-to day set-up conditions) and Intrafraction motion (changes in position during a treatment session because of normal respiratory and organ motion).
To minimize both types of motion, the OBI facilitates pretreatment, online imaging as an integral part of the clinical process.
The OBI identifies the patient's position at the time of treatment so that small couch adjustments ensure optimal positioning. All tasks in the patient repositioning process can be performed remotelysaving time and simplifying the process.
The system has two modes of operation: radiographic repositioning using fast reliable automated tools for anatomical registration or radio opaque marker registration, and cone-beam CT repositioning.
Tumors that move because of respiratory motion may be more effectively treated using the Real-time Position Management (RPM) system. Gating automatically turns the treatment beam on and off at intervals synchronized with the patients' respiratory pattern, effectively freezing the moving target.
Varian's OBI is mounted on the treatment machine via robotically controlled arms that operate along three axes of motion, for optimal tumor view. All positioning is automated. By using the robotic technology and control software to position the OBI and patient couch, the system offers the automation, speed, and flexibility necessary to make the IGRT process clinically practical for thousands of cancer patients.
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Ostrich Leather
Ostrich leather is very popular, particularly in the fashion industry where many sought after designs are created. Ostrich leather is strong, soft and very durable. It can also be successfully dyed to produce a large variety of colours. Many different products are manufactured using ostrich leather but it is mainly used for handbags, wallets, purses and belts.


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Forms and Application Designer
The forms and application designer allows the quick and effortless creation of web-based forms and applications using the core engine as a delivery platform. Using only a browser, designers can easily create powerful, dynamic data capture and review screens that incorporate validations, enforce required fields, auto generate pull-down menus, use custom appearance and formatting as well as intelligent, content-sensitive collection of data. The forms also support spell-check, save as draft, pagination and multi-language support, as well as a host of other display and control features.
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eXFORMA's business process automation platform is based on the powerful JEE-based platform – JBPM. Using our Java Graphical Process Designer, eXFORMA allows users to model their workflows using meaningful symbols and logic to define how information will flow between people and systems. The workflow engine manages the notifications and the completion of tasks necessary to complete the business process. All business processes are completed over the web, eliminating the need to "rollout" software to automate the process. The process is simply modeled with our modeling tool, and applied to a form or application. The system takes care of the notifying the users involved in the process and enforcing the completion of the workflow. The workflow also supports escalations and also can be used to ensure Service Level Agreements (SLA's) are being met.
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eXFORMA manages forms and applications and the flow of information between people and systems including traditional unstructured documents. Documents can be brought into eXFORMA and permissions for review and edit can be assigned. Versions are automatically managed with check-in, check-out capability. Users can optionally register to receive notifications when documents are checked-out, checked-in, unlocked and deleted.
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I've been studying recent breaches through the looking glass of the "Lockheed Martin Kill Chain". If you'd like a primer on the importance and background of the kill chain methodology you should read Rodrigo Bijou's fantastic analysis. The LM kill chain methodology for examination and defense from an attack is actually quite brilliant. It's not necessarily revolutionary - but enterprise security professionals now have a structured and documented way of trying to thwart attackers, and learn from breaches. So it's fair to say that this is something everyone in defense (and oddly enough, offense) should know like the back of their hand.
Chairman Rockefeller of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation commissioned this report to better help Senators, and laymen, better understand what exactly happened at Target - and how the attack could have possibly been thwarted against the backdrop of the Kill Chain. I've read and re-read this document a few times and here are my notes. I'm also posting a link to a grab the PDF with my highlights (my copy has highlights and notes in the left margin starting on page 7, you may have to actually download it to see the highlights).
- WR-1, WR-2 - This highlight is interesting, for me, in part because of the social engineering aspect. Many vendors (just look at your favorite security vendor website) tout their high-profile clients on their websites (sometimes without actually getting permission!) and like Target some enterprises disclose the vendors and various other 3rd parties that work with them - for example their audit firms. This is a big deal because we now know as a fact that 3rd parties are often the avenue into even the most sensitive networks. If you've done a good job with your network perimeter security, the attacker only has to find one of your vendors who has a drop "behind the firewall" and they're in. Often times these 3rd parties have little to know security of their own so owning them is, sadly, trivial. I'm not commenting on Fazio Mechanical Services' security - because I know nothing about them - but I'm willing to bet they don't have a large, full-time security organization and great awareness programs to keep their employees from clicking on links and downloading random PDFs from Nigerian Princes ...I'd be thrilled to be wrong. This isn't a commentary on that specific vendor - but on all 3rd parties which don't have security as a core requirement (at least until now?) of their business.
Fallout: Enterprises will be even more paranoid about sharing who they do business with and who they give access to their networks. Also - and this is even more likely - there will be a mad rush to audit all of the 3rd party vendors and providers who have access or do business with the company. What you're likely to see is a phenomenal uptick in 3rd party security assessments and organizations who do this sort of thing will have more work than they can handle for the next 2-3 years. The sad thing is most enterprises have somewhere around 10x the 3rd parties - which have access to their network in some fashion - than they can possibly audit in the course of a year. This does not bode well for enterprises which have failed to do proper network segmentation, separating their internal network from 3rd parties (semi-trusted) in a DMZ of some kind. There will likely be a mad rush to re-engineer many enterprise networks to remove as much 3rd party access, or at least restrict it, as possible. Also, you're about to see a major re-write in social media policies for many enterprises, attempting to limit what employees can disclose and share about the companies they work for.
Watch this space, 3rd party and vendor access is going to be the talk of security for a while.
- WR-3: Is anyone really surprised that Fazio used a free, non-commercial version of a basic anti-malware tool? They're a mechanical services company, they probably have "an IT guy" that's a part-timer who manages their outdated, unpatched, and poorly secured computers at the office. Yes, it's poor form to use a non-commercial product in a commercial setting - and I'm sure they'll rectify that - but I'm willing to bet that companies that fit Fazio Mechanical's profile all have similar issues.
Fallout: Various companies fitting that "industrial services" profile who would never otherwise give security a second though are going to be saddled, like it or not, with new requirements with a heavy focus on security come contract renewal time. Prepare for audits!
- WR-4: I won't comment much beyond what I already said in WR-3, except to say that if companies like RSA who make security their business have employees who can be tricked into opening malicious links and payloads - industrial services" companies like Fazio Mechanical have absolutely no prayer of thwarting a social engineering attack.
Fallout: "Train everyone" will be the battle cry as part of the new security requirements (see above) - this will last as long as it's on the forefront of everyone's mind which should be 1-2 months then fade away until it becomes an issue again. How fitting.
- WR-5: Two-factor authentication for external access, while no longer requiring an actual rocket scientist, is still not trivial. Nor is two-factor authentication, done right, cheap. I see a few different problems here with this bit of the paper. First and foremost this was likely an exercise in 'scope reduction' for the PCI-DSS audit. Like organizations I've been a part of in the past which needed to be PCI-DSS compliant (and knew it was going to be a monumental effort) there was clearly a conscious effort here at Target to reduce scope down to the systems and networks that directly interacted with cardholder data. The Ariba system (which is a spend management system for thing like generating POs and purchasing) was probably removed from scope for the PCI-DSS audit (thereby skirting the two-factor requirement there) and probably not seen as high risk enough to require two-factor authentication otherwise. So there it was, a username and password to get into their Ariba system... actually I've used the Ariba system a number of times at different companies and it's typically a browser-based app over https... so there should have been a single port from a range of IPs to a single (or range of) IP addresses like so: src [vendor IPs or vendor network] --> tcp/443 allow --> [Ariba system]. this probably wasn't the case here - so there was clearly a firewall policy and network segmentation failure. The two-factor authentication, I believe, in this case may be a bit of a red herring...
Fallout: Fire up the sales folks who are selling two-factor authentication...
- WR-6: Hold the phone. Somehow having a 3rd party vendor's credentials gave the attacker rights to upload code to the PoS systems?! There is either a massive, gaping hole in this story or this is the world's loosest system configuration. Stealing Fazio's credentials to access the Ariba system, heck even if there was a VPN involved, shouldn't get you anywhere near the access required to upload code onto PoS systems. Of course, unless these PoS systems were on a non-segmented network, with wide-open access. IF this is the case, there should be hell to pay as that would be an unforgivable sin. I suspect it's not quite this simple, and there is more to the story we simply don't know, at least for now that's what I'm going to tell myself.
Fallout: Rampant, uninformed speculation until someone actually (if ever) comes out with the real whole truth.
- WR-7: This, ladies and gentlemen, is a catastrophic failure in operational security. Sadly, and without being overly dramatic, this is probably "as good as it gets" across much of the enterprise space from the retail vertical, to industrial and manufacturing, to medical and pharma ... detection of malice on our networks is something we (collectively as security professionals) are abysmal at. There's a reason many of the breaches that have been exposed in the last year or so have gone undetected - some for years - and that is because we have failed the enterprise. We continue to spend money on prevention and completely forget (or willfully ignore?) the what-if scenario where the attacker is inside our network rooting around and we need to find them quickly. I'm disappointed, but not necessarily with Target (ok, not just with Target) at the collective abilities of enterprise security professionals for detecting malicious activity on our networks and infrastructures. We depend heavily, almost exclusively in many, many cases, on pattern-matching IPSes and such. Things that don't match patterns may as well be invisible. This is unforgivable as well.
It's time to get over ourselves, and adjust strategies - right now. We will be breached, all of us at some point, and the only thing that matters at that time is how quickly we can detect and shut down the breach... all the prevention in the world is worth crap if you don't have a what-then strategy.
Fallout: Maybe, finally, enterprise security organizations will start to give detection, response and resolution of malicious activity on their networks the time and resources they deserve. I'm not saying abandon prevention, just ... stop giving it 100% of your resources and focus proportionately on detection and response for the next decade or so. I'm probably wishful thinking again though.
- WR-8: One of two things happened here to allow C&C activity to go right out to the Internet. Either a) the attacker found a way out to the Internet Target's enterprise security organization didn't know about, or b) Target's enterprise security organization isn't egress filtering. In the year 2014, I'd like to believe (a) is more likely, but I wouldn't be my paycheck in a company the size and complexity of Target. It's easy to say do egress filtering but to actually do it, 100% of the time on 100% of the ingress/egress points is - quite frankly - operationally difficult.
Fallout: If your enterprise doesn't already have a firewall audit tool, now is the time to get one and use it...extensively. Also, maybe it's time to review your Internet access strategy and architecture? Maybe audit every once in a while to make sure one of your satellite offices, or some rogue business leader hasn't gotten a DSL connection running into his office. Most importantly - egress filter as if it was a matter of life and death. Seriously.
- WR-9: I read this, thought to myself - "Yup, absolutely" ... then read it again and laughed out loud. The reason I'm laughing out loud is two-fold. While there are literally gobs of tools which will readily profile a user ID for you, and tell you when that user is doing something out of the ordinary this is operationally difficult, and probably pretty expensive. Also, this requires you to profile your users, and actually do role-based access, with concepts like least-privilege ... you're doing all those, right? Not.
Fallout: I'd love to think that one day every enterprise will have a baseline profile for its network traffic and users. That day is not today. I don't even see that day on the near horizon. Nice thought though... and if you've got some cash and a few enterprise security people sitting around doing nothing it would be fantastic project to embark on right now.
- WR-10: So ... NGFW is a thing, since about ... 2008?. Also, firewalls. I don't feel the need to flog this corpse of a horse, right?
Fallout: I suspect nothing changes. Most of you out there probably don't even have an up-to-date and accurate network map, much less well-defined egress perimeters and layered filtering.
- WR-11: My head exploded right here. Somehow the attackers were able to FTP out to the Internet, to a dump servers. Who uses FTP still? And for those still forced to use FTP, please tell me you don't have an "ANY/FTP > ANY" rule in place on your egress firewalls. Come on, this is not advanced security people, this is remedial stuff they teach you on day 1 of network engineering. Ancient old protocols, when you have to use them - and I know many enterprises are stuck using them - need to be heavily source/destination filtered. Absolutely ridiculous...
Fallout: Firewall audits. Again, audit every rule, make sure you've locked down your egress from your network and that packets can't just leak out ... this stops many of these threats and forces them to get more creative.
- Target, much like countless other enterprises out there, failed at doing the basics of good network and security hygiene. Egress filtering, network segmentation, least-privilege - these are all fundamentals boys and girls ... and you're still doing them wrong.
- No matter how much cool technology you have (Target had Fireeye!) it won't save you if you've completely failed to operationalize it. The box won't save you. Buying the thing, installing, and turning it on is only the very beginning of how a security technology provides value. Getting value means operationalizing the kit - building workstreams, competencies, and learning to maintain properly.
- Detect. Respond. Resolve. If you're still focusing your resources and spending on prevention you're ... how do I put this delicately ... screwed. Please consider that the attacker will thwart (typically while laughing at you) your advanced prevention strategies as they send an email to your CEO with their foothold malware attached, and he/she readily opens it forgetting all training and common sense because it's a picture of a dancing monkey. Think beyond prevention and ask yourself if you've properly prepared your organization for the what-then.
Whew! Sorry this post is so long - but there's a lot to talk about. Sadly, and I feel like I'm a broken record here, it's the same old operational and basic failures over, and over, and over, and over, and over and ...
I welcome your comments, questions, and further analysis. Also snark, I love snark.


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The Automobiliac Proposes: Vol. #1
I am a frustrated car designer. I will admit it right now. When I started my design education, I had dreams of Pininfarina or Bertone spinning in my head. But over time, I realized I wasn't cut out for that and that my strengths lay in other aspects of the design profession. I have no regrets about my choices, but once in a while I get the urge to play armchair car designer when I see a detail that really bugs the hell out of me. In an onging series called "The Automobiliac Proposes" I will put my money where my mouth is and try to show how I might have done it differently. Feel free to hate on me, but sometimes I just gotta try...
For our first edition we have the spectacular new Ferrari 458 Italia. It has garnered a mixed reception for its unusual headlight clusters. I find them quite striking and in fact I think the front end is really well executed. The car has lithe, pleasing lines and athletic proportions. The detail that's an unmitigated disaster in my opinion is actually the tail light clusters. They look so stuck on and cartoonish. They look as if the real designer of the car at Pininfarina put his pen down, and a manager at Ferrari took out his Montblanc and said "don''t forget...at Ferrari we have round tail lights," and promptly drew them on. This sad treatment is also echoed on the California, which means it is someone''s idea of a "family look" for the Prancing Horse. I'll leave the California for another day when I am feeling ambitious because there is so much wrong with that car it looks like a GM concept car from the early 90s.
The 458 Italia on the other hand is near perfect, except for those round tail lights. For my proposal, I merely reconnected the taut lines the designer already created, which were previously interrupted by the round lights. Inside the rear vents, I have placed some slim LED tail lamps. I didn't go crazy detailing them to look real, but I think you get the idea.


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GOLDEN, Colo.—A 17-year-old boy charged with kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old Colorado girl and attacking a runner will be prosecuted as an adult and also moved to an adult jail cell, a judge said Tuesday.
Austin Sigg was charged as an adult last month, including a murder charge in the death of Jessica Ridgeway, who disappeared Oct. 5 as she was walking to school in the west Denver suburb of Westminster. His lawyers had the option of asking to move the case to juvenile court instead, but Judge Stephen Munsinger said that the defense had waived its right to do that.
If convicted as an adult, Sigg faces up to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years. A conviction in juvenile court also could have brought a stiff sentence. He faced a maximum of seven years there on each count, which could have put him in prison for decades if he were ordered to serve his sentences consecutively.
Defense attorneys have not said publicly why they did not seek to move the case to juvenile court. They declined to comment to the media, citing the judge's gag order.
During Tuesday's hearing, Munsinger also agreed to move Sigg from a juvenile detention facility to an adult jail at the request of state's juvenile justice system officials. They said Sigg is being held in an isolation cell that's not meant for long-term stays and requires full-time observation because the cell isn't monitored by video. The officials said he hasn't caused any problems, is respectful and spends most of his days playing Sudoku.
"I would describe him as very mature and very intelligent," said Dave Maynard, who oversees six juvenile detention centers in the Denver area, including Sigg's.
Sigg, also from Westminster, turns 18 in January, and Munsinger said he would have been moved to adult jail after that anyway.
His lawyers opposed the transfer.
"We very much oppose moving this child to an adult jail," defense lawyer Katherine Spengler said.
Sigg attended the hearing dressed in a green uniform jumpsuit and was shackled at his wrists and ankles. He had some whispered conversations with his lawyers, occasionally nodding.
Security was tight. Spectators were screened twice, and 10 deputies stood guard inside the courtroom.
Sigg also is accused of attacking a 22-year-old runner, who escaped, in May.
Sigg is charged with four counts of murder, two counts of kidnapping, and one count each of sexual assault on a child and robbery in Jessica's abduction and slaying. He's charged with attempted murder, attempted sexual assault and attempted second-degree kidnapping in the attack on the runner. He's also charged with six counts of crime of violence.
Prosecutors said he confessed to kidnapping and killing Jessica and attacking the jogger. It's not clear if he has made any comment on the charge of sexually assaulting the girl.
In charging documents, prosecutors said Sigg acted alone in kidnapping, robbing and sexually assaulting Jessica. The robbery charge involved the girl's backpack and water bottle, which were found in another suburb three days after she disappeared.
The 22-year-old woman said she was running in a Westminster park when a man grabbed her from behind and placed a rag with a chemical smell over her mouth. Investigators have not said whether the rag was soaked with a chemical meant to subdue her.
Police arrested Sigg on Oct. 23. His mother told The Associated Press she called police and her son turned himself in.
Sigg's next court appearance will be a motions hearing scheduled for Dec. 12. A preliminary hearing, where the judge will decide if the evidence is sufficient evidence to go to trial, is scheduled for Feb. 22.
Follow Dan Elliott at http://twitter.com/DanElliottAP.