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Shane Byciuk, a local political blogger, has helped organize two inspirational events in Calgary: #Polibowl and #Poliwings. And because we are so impressed with these events and with the importance of political conversations supporting a healthy democracy, we asked him to share his story.
Q: What inspired you to create #Polibowl and #Poliwings? And when did you decide to just do it (and make it more than just a good idea)?
#Polibowl was the brain child of a group of political bloggers I had collaborated with prior to the 2010 Civic election. (Calgarypolitics.com) This group consisted of 4-5 political bloggers from different political spectrums that worked together to write non-partisan posts on the civic election campaign. From that group, we decided to hold an impromptu bowling fundraiser with a political theme, in an attempt to create a fun, unique event. To our surprise, it quickly sold out and became a huge success.
I organized this event again in 2013 and 2014 and this September to continue to raise funds for an amazing local charity: Brown Bagging For Calgary's Kids.
#Poliwings was created in much the same way. It was the brainchild of one of the CalgaryPolitics.com members, Joey Oberhoffner, in 2012. Poliwings is a casual, open group of politically engaged local social media people. During the year, people from all political beliefs get together to have some wings and discuss local issues, all in a friendly, open invite, non-partisan environment. It is refreshing to see people in a heated political debate on twitter one night then sitting next to each other and having some laughs at Poliwings the next day. All discussions at poliwings are always respectful and fun. The fun in poliwings rests in that there is no "formal" organization to the dates and times that they are held. Often, one of the attendees will randomly post a tweet or Facebook message asking if anyone is interested in getting together (usually within a few days/week of the post) for some drinks and wings. This is an entirely open group and everyone is welcome to show up and attend. (No RSVP required… you just show up.) The night results in fun and informal political and civic issue discussions. This group has grown from a handful of people to over 140 members on the Facebook page!
The Poliwings members have also taken part in some unique fundraisers over the years! A few examples of these impromptu events are #WingaPalooza and #FoodaPalooza which we usually hold in November to support Inn From The Cold. These events group a few representatives from different political parties to reach out and challenge their social media followers to "sponsor" them in their attempts to individually devour wings, tacos, or perogies. Each eater gets pledges from their contacts based on each food item they eat ($.25-$1.00). This adds up quickly when you have over a hundred people pledging you! Last November, we raised over $10,000 in pledges doing this! (We raised the same amount in 2012 at the first event!)
Q: #Polibowl and #Poliwings has struck a chord with us and has successfully attracted involvement. Why do you think that is?
I think that Calgarians are the most generous people in Canada and they are always looking to help raise money for local charities. PoliBowl is unique because it is a hilarious fundraiser that allows people to see local politicians "out of their element" on the bowling lanes! Most fundraisers tend to be stuffy affairs, whereas Polibowl and FoodAPalooza are nights filled with fun and laughter. There are not many events that you can mix politics, social media, and charity all in one night!
It also seems to be unique in the fact that anyone can join in and take part in the event. It has a unique inclusiveness that appeals to most people, I believe. Many people that attend would never go to a typical political fundraiser or gala feel at home with a fun event like PoliBowl. Also, it is a stereotype that politicans are always asking for donations to their campaigns…and yet at Polibowl the politicians are making donations themselves to support local charities.
Q: In the interests of inspiring others to take action in support of making Calgary even better:
What was/is easy about your project?
The PoliBowl and Poliwings/Foodapalooza events are really low-key events to host and run, which is refreshing. That was part of the appeal of organizing these events. They are an easy sell to the public and local politicians as everyone wants to help raise money for BB4CK as it is an amazing organization that helps local kids.
What was/is challenging?
The most challenging part was the initial logistics set up for the event. (Finding the right location to host the fundraiser, sourcing the best ticketing options etc.) This is always evolving to meet the attendees needs.
Q What's your advice for people who might want to do a similar project for Calgary?
The best advice I have is to just brainstorm an idea and run with it! I believed that fundraisers needed to be these huge, stuffy/formal events, which was incorrect. It's becoming increasingly difficult for charities to raise money and these events, no matter how big or small, can have a huge impact by raising much needed money for local non-profit/charity groups.
I use social media (Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Instagram) exclusively to market and sell tickets to Polibowl. I would urge people to use social media to promote their events and get people engaged. In addition, I would urge people to use technology and emerging apps to help make the collection of the money raised/pledged easier.
Q: Have you had enough of #Polibowl and #FoodaPalooza? What's next?
These events are so much fun to hold and attend. I will continue to host these events as long as people are still engaged. We are always looking for new types of events to add over the year, which is exciting!
In Samara's Democracy 360 Report Card we learned, among a host of many 'things' that "39% say they haven't had a single political conversation -online or offline- in a year long period". We would like to challenge you to engage with others, no matter their political stripe or lack of stripe, to have a conversation about the importance of politics and what 'politics' means to you.


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Zunesis joins with Zadara Storage to offer storage-as-a-service housed in the FORTRUST data center in Denver.
Denver, CO (PRWEB) October 06, 2015
Last month, Zunesis announced their new partnership with Zadara Storage, a provider of enterprise-class storage-as-a-service (STaaS). They are now excited to reveal that they are setting up Zadara Storage in the FORTRUST data center located in Denver, Colorado.
The value of Zadara's offering is vast in today's IT world of constantly increasing demands and decreasing budgets. This is a true enterprise-class STaaS on an operating expense (OpEx) basis. Clients are charged only for consumed capacity, which is metered hourly and billed monthly. This eliminates, or at least reduces, the need for purchasing large storage arrays on a capital expense (CapEx) basis.
Placing Zadara storage into the FORTRUST data center offers many benefits to both current and potential clients. Primarily, the idea of STaaS is difficult for many clients to swallow; but by placing Zadara in the data center at FORTRUST, Zunesis will have the ability to perform live demonstrations for clients, allowing clients to see the functionality of the service firsthand.
Mitch Ross, VP of Sales at Zunesis, commented, "Zadara Storage is the perfect solution for many of our clients. Its flexibility allows them to be as hands-on or hands-off as they wish to be, and the OpEx model allows for a seamless online migration to increased or decreased capacity as the client's needs evolve."
On October 21, 2015, Zunesis and Zadara will be co-hosting a webinar that will explore in detail the benefits and capabilities of the Zadara cloud that is housed in Denver. For details or to register, please follow this link. All webinar attendees will receive a free power bank.
Interested companies are also encouraged to engage in a free 7-day trial. Whether the interest is to use Zadara for primary storage, DR target, backup capacity, or bursting capacity, Zunesis can help set up the trial in the FORTRUST data center so that clients can test drive the offering for themselves.
About Zunesis
Zunesis is a leading IT solution provider with locations in Colorado and Nevada. Our vision centers around an intense focus on serving our customers and bringing value to their business through strategic IT solutions. In April 2015, Zunesis was named to the CRN TechElite 250 for the 6th consecutive year as a best-of-breed solution provider with deep technical expertise and premier certifications. Later in 2015, they were also added to the CRN Next-Gen 250 list, recognizing them for their innovation and forward-thinking in the industry. For more information visit https://www.zunesis.com, the Zunesis Blog; or follow us on LinkedIn.
About Zadara Storage
Zadara Storage is a pioneer provider of enterprise storage-as-a-service, delivering high-performance, highly available and predictable (QoS) for both file and block storage. The company's patented, software-defined Virtual Private Storage Arrays™ (VPSA™) deliver flexible, multi-tenant enterprise SAN and NAS technology for peta-scale primary and secondary storage. With isolated resources, exceptional data security, management control and predictable performance, VPSAs meet the most stringent Service Level Agreements (SLAs), even in public cloud deployments. Its as-a-service model offers enterprises, SMBs and startups a flexible, agile and cost-efficient storage infrastructure; available on-premises via the groundbreaking OPaaS (On-Premise as a Service) offering, delivering fully managed local storage with consumption pricing. VPSA is also available via a wide range of worldwide cloud and colocation providers, including a value-added relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Dimension Data, CloudSigma, and others. For more information visit http://www.zadarastorage.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
About FORTRUST
FORTRUST is one of the most progressive high-availability data center services providers in North America, serving clients across the globe who depend on colocation services for a critical lifeline of their business. FORTRUST Denver is the largest data center in the region with over 300,000 square feet and 34 megawatts of data center capacity. FORTRUST offers agile, reliable, sustainable and secure raised floor and modular data center capacity for any-size enterprise supported by optimal power infrastructure and connectivity to safeguard mission-critical business services. In addition to the national headquarters in Denver, FORTRUST has data center locations in Phoenix, Arizona and Edison, New Jersey. http://www.ftdc.com


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Milk from dairy cows has been regarded as nature's perfect food, providing an important source of nutrients including high quality proteins, carbohydrates and selected micronutrients. More than 95% of the cow milk proteins are constituted by caseins and whey proteins. Among the caseins, beta casein is the second most abundant protein and has excellent nutritional balance of amino acids. Different mutations in bovine beta casein gene have led to 12 genetic variants and out of these A1 and A2 are the most common. The A1 and A2 variants of beta casein differ at amino acid position 67 with histidine (CAT) in A1 and proline (CCT) in A2 milk as a result of single nucleotide difference. This polymorphism leads to a key conformational change in the secondary structure of expressed β-casein protein. Gastrointestinal proteolytic digestion of A1 variant of β-casein (raw/processed milk) leads to generation of bioactive peptide, beta casomorphin 7 (BCM7).[1] Infants may absorb BCM-7 due to an immature gastrointestinal tract whereas adults gather the biological activity locally on the intestinal brush boarder. In hydrolysed milk with variant A1 of beta-casein, BCM-7 level is 4-fold higher than in A2 milk. Initial studies on indigenous cow (Zebu type), buffalo and exotic cows (taurine type) have revealed that A1 allele is more frequent in exotic cattle while Indian native dairy cow and buffalo have only A2 allele,[2] and hence are a source for safe milk.
Prominent food researcher Dr. Thomas Cowan has been involved in thinking about the medicinal aspects of cow's milk virtually his entire career.
His studies on the subject started in earnest when he read the book The Milk of Human Kindness Is Not Pasteurized, by maverick physician, William Campbell Douglass, MD.
Cowan became convinced that a large part of the disease in this country is related to the way we handle, or rather mishandle, milk and milk products.
Raw and cultured dairy products from healthy grass-fed cows are one of the healthiest foods people have ever eaten. However, pasteurized milk products have caused more disease than perhaps any other substance people are generally in contact with.
However, he still felt that a piece of the puzzle was missing. Many of his patients, in spite of eating only the proper dairy products, still had illness and still seemed not to tolerate milk. Recently, he was asked to consider writing the foreword to a book called The Devil in the Milk, written by Dr. Keith Woodford, which was again an eye-opener for him.
This review outlines a hypothesis that A1 one of the common variants of beta-casein, a major protein in cows milk could facilitate the immunological processes that lead to type I diabetes (DM-I). It was subsequently suggested that A1 beta-casein may also be a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), based on between-country correlations of CHD mortality with estimated national consumption of A1 beta-casein in a selected number of developed countries. A company, A2 Corporation was set up in New Zealand in the late 1990s to test cows and market milk in several countries with only the A2 variant of beta-casein, which appeared not to have the disadvantages of A1 beta-casein. The A1/A2 milk hypothesis was ingenious. If the scientific evidence had worked out it would have required huge adjustments in the world's dairy industries.
"We've got a huge amount of observational evidence that a lot of people can digest the A2 but not the A1," says Keith Woodford, a professor of farm management and agribusiness at New Zealand's Lincoln University who wrote the 2007 book Devil in the Milk: Illness, Health, and the Politics of A1 and A2 Milk. "More than 100 studies suggest links between the A1 protein and a whole range of health conditions"—everything from heart disease to diabetes to autism, Woodford says, though the evidence is far from conclusive.
The A1 milk hypothesis was devised in 1993 by Bob Elliott, a professor of child health research at the University of Auckland. Elliott believed that consumption of A1 milk could account for the unusually high incidence of type-1 diabetes among Samoan children growing up in New Zealand. He and a colleague, Corran McLachlan, later compared the per capita consumption of A1 milk to the prevalence of diabetes and heart disease in 20 countries and came up with strong correlations. Critics argued that the relationships could be explained away by other factors, such as diet, lifestyle, and latitude-dependent exposure to vitamin D in sunlight—and in any case started to fall apart when more countries were included.
While it is clear that cow genetics plays a role in how a herd responds to environmental conditions and can be used to select the most appropriate breed for a given locale, it is far less certain whether cow genetics plays a role in production of the best milk from a nutritional point of view.
The most important thing for the consumer at the present time is to ensure that the farm they purchase their milk from has a healthy herd which grazes on well kept, unsprayed green pasture. In addition, visual examination of the milk to assess the size and color of the creamline indicating the presence of fat soluble vitamins and co-factors is most important.
Some people who have turned to raw milk (milk that hasn't been pasteurized to kill harmful germs) have said they made that choice because drinking pasteurized milk upsets their digestive system. The company believes that its a2 Milk, which is pasteurized, will offer those people an option — one that bypasses the risk of becoming ill with a foodborne illnesses such as E. coli, Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Listeria, pathogens which can contaminate raw milk. Statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveal that from 1998 through 2011, 148 outbreaks due to consumption of raw milk or raw milk products were reported to the agency. These resulted in 2,384 illnesses, 284 hospitalizations, and 2 deaths. The bacteria in raw milk can be especially dangerous to people with weakened immune systems, older adults, pregnant women, and children. A CDC analysis also found that foodborne illness from raw milk especially affected children and teenagers.
The company's a2 Milk (whole milk, 2 percent milk, 1 percent milk, and fat-free milk) will be sold in half-gallon containers for $4 to $4.50 Nathan said the company has perfected a patented testing process for A2, and that farmers would need to get permission to market and sell a2 Milk.
According to the company's website, testing is done by using a simple and non-invasive DNA test that analyzes a strand of hair from the tail of each dairy cow. The A2-certified cows are then segregated and milked separately to produce a2 Milk. For consumers in other states who want to get a higher-than-average A2 content in the milk they buy, the best route is to get it from a dairy whose cows are A2-dominant breeds such as Jersey, Guernsey, Normande, and Brown Swiss.
At this time, there are plenty of A2/A2 sires available especially in full-sized breeds; therefore, we see no reason not to breed only A2. If you breed an A1/A1 dam to an A2/A2 sire, you will throw an A1/A2 as they get one from each side. If you breed an A1/A2 dam to an A2/A2 sire, you have a 50% chance of throwing A2/A2. What can you do? You can ask your source for local milk if they are breeding for A2/A2 milk. If they do not understand it, you can refer them to me or this article. Real Milk.com is one resource to find a local herd share program. Your local farmers market or CSA, which can be found at Local Harvest org would be another. Please do not contact them to ask if you can buy milk unless it is legal in your state. You can sometimes find farms that let you buy a share of the herd and pay the farmer to care for your cow. In exchange, you get to enjoy all the benefits of co-owning a cow such as milk (obviously) and manure for your garden. You could also consider purchasing your own milk goat (they do not carry the A1 gene), buy a cow with A2 genetics, or buy a cow with the plan to breed A2 genetics and select future heifers.


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By Hannah Howard and Aaron Shelley
Driven by bandwidth-intensive services and streaming, Internet traffic has continued on a dramatic growth trajectory. According to a recent Cisco report, global IP traffic should reach 2 zettabytes by 2019.
As more people adopt streaming and real-time entertainment in their personal lives, and rely on connectivity, file sharing, and big data in their professional lives, businesses are upgrading their communications infrastructure to provide fast, high-quality services.
In addition to high-capacity connectivity, businesses are increasingly adopting colocation and Cloud services, which provide greater capacity at less cost than traditional, in-house hardware and software platforms. When it comes to data centers, many businesses are adding capacity in both traditional Tier 1 markets and, increasingly, to Tier 2 markets which has created growing population centers like Nashville, Minneapolis, and Denver.
In large part, it's to improve quality of high-bandwidth Internet services to users outside of the top metro areas. Providers are caching their content and services in these Tier 2 data centers, which are extending the "edge" of the Internet further from the Tier 1 hubs of New York, Silicon Valley, Chicago, Dallas, and Miami. This approach improves speed and latency, requirements for high-def streaming, fast twitch gaming, and a host of Cloud-based services for businesses.
Service providers of all stripes, along with enterprise organizations and SMBs are pushing the Internet expansion across a broader geographical base. According to a recent report by Ovum, the global analyst firm (www.ovum.com), the enterprise migration to the Cloud is not the only factor affecting data centers and the associated demand for colocation services. The explosive growth of video is fundamentally changing how networks are constructed.
In a related fashion, IT infrastructure has undergone a dramatic makeover in the past decade, as bleeding-edge infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions ratchet up the speed, power, and capacity of enterprise IT.
Now that we're in the second half of the decade, it's hard to imagine how dramatically the business technology landscape will change by 2020. A number of IaaS trends are making us excited about the possibilities.
Here are 7 IaaS trends we're watching right now.
Trend #1
The evolution of hybrid Cloud solutions
By combining public and private Cloud services, colocation, and managed hosting, hybrid Cloud models offer the flexibility, scalability, and performance today's businesses demand. That's why Gartner (http://www.gartner.com/) predicts that half of all enterprises will adopt a hybrid IaaS solution by 2017.
Companies that may have held off on updating their IT infrastructure due to the performance and security limits of the public Cloud or the scalability limits of the private Cloud are seeing the possibilities of hybrid IT and hybrid Cloud infrastructures, which right-size business workloads to the IaaS environments they best fit.
Trend #2
The possibilities of the multicloud
By allowing businesses to take advantage of Cloud hosting across multiple data centers, the multicloud builds redundancy and resilience into IaaS while mitigating latency due to geographic location. Providers that perfect a centralized strategy to streamline the management and security of multiple Cloud hosting environments will win big.
Trend #3
The Cloud takes up Big Data
While Big Data was the buzz word du jour only a few years ago, it's rapidly becoming mainstream. IaaS has moved to accommodate today's Big Data demands, with Cloud solutions providing the compute, network, and storage resources needed to make data analytics available and accessible on demand.
Trend #4
BYOD steps aside for liquid computing
The consumerization of IT is continuing its occupation of the workplace. As more CIOs grapple with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) initiatives, liquid computing — that is, seamlessly accessing data and applications across multiple devices — is further blurring the line between consumer and enterprise technology.
Trend #5
Storage takes a major step up
Along with Big Data analytics, business is demanding greater performance and capacity from IaaS. Autonomic storage tiering is making it happen. By analyzing data, placing it on the appropriate storage tier within the same volume, and enabling the migration of data from tier to tier, autonomic storage tiering (aka hybrid storage) improves the performance and flexibility of storage infrastructure.
Trend #6
Business continuity and shrinking CapEx budgets drive IaaS growth.
A recent study by Infiniti Research (https://www.infinitiresearch.com/) predicts growth of infrastructure as a service to reach as much as 42% over the next 5 years. What's motivating this growth? It's the benefits achieved by converting capital expenditures (CapEx) to operating expenses (OpEx), combined with a focus on business continuity.
By building redundancy into enterprise IT and combining hosting strategies, today's hybrid IaaS solutions can help streamline businesses' continuity and disaster recovery programs. And with high-density data centers, Cloud hosting, private Cloud infrastructure, and managed hosting, IaaS reduces the amount of CapEx businesses need to invest into on-premises hardware and data center space, converting more budget to OpEx.
Trend #7
Technology is enabling better security
One of the biggest IaaS trends we've noticed in our business is that more customers are adding managed IT security services to their IaaS solutions. While high-profile data breaches and cyber-attacks are alerting businesses to the importance of high-quality data security, outsourcing is helping them bolster their security profiles.
About the Authors: Hannah Howard is Publisher and Managing Director of zColo, The Magazine. This content was adapted from the article "7 Exciting Trends in Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas)" by Aaron Shelly in the Winter 2016 issue of the magazine. For more information, please visit http://pub.lucidpress.com/zcolo_issue1/#ZJSLcJI2~qri, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Customers tackle digital inclusion issues
Our first every digital inclusion was a big success with a full house engaged in discussion designed to help customers take advantage of online services.
Working in partnership with O2, the workshop brought together customers and staff to think about answers to the big questions around digital exclusion: what are the barriers for people not using the internet and how can we overcome them?
We know that there are 12.6m adults in Britain that do not have the basic digital skills they need to benefit from the online world – and nearly 6 million people have never used the internet. Worryingly, it is those that are already disadvantage through, age, education, income, disability or unemployment who are most likely to be missing out.
Attendees worked on these issues in groups and have been asked to come up with some answered before the next workshop on 5 February. If you want to come along, email email@example.com


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Donovan Presentation Centre
Client: Cressey Development Corp.
With a marketing tag line of "Get intimate with Donovan", a typical minimal design direction did not suit this presentation centre for a small Yaletown highrise with a chic boutique feel. Dark finishes, black walls, a brass plated feature panel in the reception and the chandelier fixture gave the space an opulent and luxurious atmosphere. Donovan's finishes and design not only set apart from other presentation centres but it was cohesive with the luxe finishes and details of the homes being marketed.


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The Age: Gunmen have blasted their way into a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital, killing at least seven people, sending workers diving under desks and leaving body parts strewn in the street.
The attack sent people fleeing in panic as explosions and heavy gunfire reverberated through the complex on Tuesday. A witness said he saw five bodies at the entrance alone.
Al-Shabab – the Somalia-based Islamic group… – claimed responsibility.
"It is terrible. What I have seen is terrible," said Charles Njenga, who ran from a scene of blood, broken glass, burning vehicles and pillars of black smoke.
"The main door of the hotel was blown open and there was a human arm in the street severed from the shoulder," said Serge Medic, the Swiss owner of a security company who ran to the scene to help when he heard of the attack from his taxi driver.
The coordinated assault began with an explosion that targeted three vehicles outside a bank, and a suicide bombing in the hotel lobby that severely wounded a number of guests, said Kenya's national police chief, Joseph Boinnet.
Survivors reported hearing a shattering blast and saw people mowed down by gunmen as they sat at a cafe. Victims were left lying on tables, bleeding.
"We were changing our shifts, and that is when I heard a loud blast and people were screaming," said Enoch Kibet, who works as a cleaner at the cafe and managed to crawl out a basement gate. "I couldn't believe I was alive. The blast was so loud and shook the whole complex."
Authorities sent special forces into the hotel, which is near the Australian consulate, to flush out the gunmen believed holed up inside.
Well after nightfall, Kenya's interior minister said 'the situation is under control' and all buildings were secure after the deadly attack.
It was not clear how many attackers laid siege to the complex, which includes the DusitD2 hotel, along with bars, restaurants, banks and offices and is in a well-to-do neighbourhood with large numbers of American, European and Indian expatriates.
A police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the media said that bodies were seen in restaurants downstairs and in offices upstairs, but "there was no time to count the dead."
Also, a witness who gave his name only as Ken said he saw five bodies at the entrance. He said that other people were shouting for help and "when we rushed back to try to rescue them, gunshots started coming from upstairs, and we had to duck because they were targeting us and we could see two guys shooting."
Kenyan hospitals appealed for blood donations even as the number of wounded remained unclear.
Associated Press video from inside the hotel showed Kenyan security officers searching the building and scared workers emerging from hiding while gunfire could still be heard. Some women climbed out of windows. One man got up from the floor where he appeared to be trying to hide under a piece of wood panelling, then showed his ID.
Like al-Shabab's Westgate Mall attack, this one appeared aimed at wealthy Kenyans and foreigners living in the country. It came a day after a magistrate ruled that three men must stand trial in connection with the Westgate Mall siege. A fourth suspect was freed for lack of evidence.
Al-Shabab has vowed retribution against Kenya for sending troops to Somalia since 2011. The al-Qaida-linked group has killed hundreds of people in Kenya.
A Kenyan intelligence official said the country had been on high alert since November, with information about potential attacks on high-profile targets in Nairobi. The official was not authorised to talk to the media and spoke on condition of anonymity…
Despite the years of bloodshed, the Kenya-Somalia border remains porous, with al-Shabab extremists able to easily bribe their way across, according to a U.N. panel of experts.
The hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands neighbourhood is about two kilometres [from] Westgate Mall on a relatively quiet, tree-lined road in what is considered one of the most secure parts of the city. The hotel's website says it is "cocooned away from the hustle and bustle in a secure and peaceful haven."
Our Comment:
The Bible predicts terrorism in the last days. It also predicts that God's people who are in Christ will not fear them.
Prophetic Link:
"Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day." Psalm 91:5


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Monday, March 1, 2010
Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 1997
Fairly average, or even a bit less than average issue.
Finder's Fee • novelette by David M. Alexander and Hayford Peirce
A negotiator of interstellar deals has had some bad luck. and has ended up running a less than successful cargo ship. He gets a shipload of strange crystals, and ends up by mistake to the very same planet the crystals originate. Some very strange, previously unknown, aliens have also turned up, and they demand the possession of all those crystals, and also instantaneous cessation on all mining operations of those crystals. The trouble is that their language is next to impossible to understand, and the reasons for their demands are unknown. Fairly nice story. ***½
This Old Rock • novelette by G. David Nordley
A young family has moved on a asteroid which is in fairly bad repair. Before they really can settle, they must face a "building inspection". The inspector seems to be very tough, so tough that the head of the family starts to suspect foul play. Pretty good story as such, attitudes of some characters were a bit irritating. ***½
Warrior's Honor • shortstory by Uncle River
Video game design which takes [strange] ethics to consideration in the game-play (it is so much more ethical to murder someone so that he knows who did the deed, than the make the killing so that the victims doesn't notice anything) interspaced with preaching about urban development. Strange, boring, pointless and stupid story. *½
The Dream of Castles • shortstory by Wil McCarthy
An another part of the series with independent, self-sufficient houses. I have read at least one later installment. This story is mainly about the phase wherethe houses were getting their "independence". The story seemed to start from nowhere, there was fairly little background, and not too much happened, and it didn't seem to work very well as a separate piece. Clearly worse than the later story I have read earlier. **½
The Mendelian Lamp Case • novelette by Paul Levinson
Amishes, or Amish-like faction have developed widespread allergens and are using them to kill people. The real amishes have developed several kind of biotechnology, among others fireflies which not only give enough light for illumination, but also are able to warmth to houses, and also countermeasures for those deadly allergens . Writing is ok, but there are some problems with the story line. The bad guys seem to doing bad things just because they are bad – or at least I didn't notice any other motivation. Also, the energy requirements for the fire-flies described in the story would by totally ridiculous – far beyond any plausibility. ***
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College is one of the best investments that students can make during their lives, but can be a costly one. With proper planning, you can make sure that college doesn't derail your financial health and you can still spend along the way.
Consider our 7 tips below to learn how you can manage your expenses, minimize your debt, and enjoy your college experience with limited financial worry.
1. Discuss Tuition Bills with Your Parents
Have an open discussion with your parents about paying for college before going to school. This will keep everyone's expectations clear. Talk with them about how much they are able to contribute toward college and how much of the bill you are expected to pick up. This will ensure you are all aware of how to break down the payments, the number of student loans that will be in your name, and how much you are expected to pay out-of-pocket after the loans are applied.
Knowing these factors will help you prepare to set a budget for your time in school and see what your financial situation will be after school when repayment begins.
2. Borrow Only What You Need
It may be tempting to borrow the max amount available or take out extra loans for spending money, car payments, or housing upgrades. Before doing so, consider how much extra you will pay per month during repayment after school and interest that accumulates on the loan.
Discuss your loan needs with your parents, your school's financial aid office, guidance counselor, or a financial expert. It is more than likely they will tell you to borrow only the amount you need to cover tuition bills. Find other ways of covering your extraneous expenses as you don't want to rack up your debt.
3. Look for Student Discounts
Many businesses will offer student discounts, but you often need to ask for them. Always be on the lookout for these deals when you are shopping, going out to eat, or going out for an activity. This can save you a small chunk of change if you use the discounts frequently.
4. Save on Textbooks
We all know textbooks can get expensive, so shop around a bit. The school bookstore typically charges far above what you can find online. Look for used books or rentals to save a bit of cash.
5. Set a Budget and Stick to it
Having a fixed amount to spend each semester or month will keep you accountable. Track your typical monthly expenses before setting your budget and separate them into two categories:
Essential Fixed Expenses
- Groceries
- Housing
- Clothing
- Gas
- Insurance
Extraneous Variable Expenses
- Going out to eat
- Shopping
- Entertainment and activities
Use this information to create an ambitious but realistic budget for yourself. Continue to track your expenses each month to assess if you are meeting your determined budget. If need be, find a way to reward yourself when you do keep your budget.
6. Find Fun, Free Activities
You don't need to pay anything to have a good time. Your campus likely offers free activities nearly every day. Be on the lookout for workout classes, movies, or on-campus events for a bit of free fun with your friends. The surrounding community will likely have free events as well if you keep your eye out.
7. Earn Money Through Part-time Work or Student Employment
To cover your variable expenses, consider taking up part-time work or a student employment position on your campus. Not only is this a good way of earning extra money, it'll also give your resume a big boost when looking for jobs when you graduate.
It doesn't have to be painful to keep a budget and save money, you just need to be creative and mindful of your spending. These tips will go a long way toward maintaining your future financial health.
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Tarragona in Spain the ancient Roman amphitheatre stands silhouetted against the Mediterranean, and white wavelets hiss on to the sand.
A little church, dating from Visigothic days, stood in the arena until 1915, when it collapsed from neglect. The church had been built to house the relics of the local bishop Fructuosus. He and two deacons, Augurius and Eulogius (pictured here in an icon, flanking the bishop), were the first martyrs of the city, burnt at the stake in AD 259.
The Acta recounting their martyrdom are the earliest from Hispania that survive. An apparently verbatim extract from court records includes this exchange between Aemilianus, the procurator, and the prisoner.
Aemilianus: Are you the bishop?
Fructuosus: I am.
Aemilianus: You were.
The bitter joke typifies relations between rulers and their victims in any era.
Prudentius, who in the next century wrote a Latin poem on the martyrdom, picked from the contemporary account a detail of the Christians present pouring wine on the saints' remains to cool them among the embers so that they could rescue them as relics.
Remembering martyrs did not entail resentment of the rule of the Romans, whose walls and nearby aqueduct ornament the agreeable little city of Tarragona. There, last Sunday, 522 martyrs from the 20th century were declared blessed, among them a bishop and 147 clergy from the city.
These were all killed in the Spanish Civil War, when many terrible things happened. These priests and friars could hardly be seen as fair game. They were non-combatants and only the most dogmatic Marxists would regard them as class enemies deserving death.
Among those beatified on Sunday were 24 brothers of the order of St John of God. This remarkable man had begun looking after the sick and poor in Granada in 1539, and that was the task of his followers 400 years later. One of those was Feliciano Martínez, who worked at a hospital in Valencia and was know for his big-heartedness and simplicity. He had fallen off a horse once, which left him with a limp, and he gained the nickname Cojito, "Hopalong". On October 4 1936 he was taken to the shore and shot. He was 73.
Of those beatified, 74 were Brothers of Christian Schools, as they are known in Spain for their provision of education for the poor. In Britain they are called De la Salle Brothers, after their French founder (1651-1719).
Someone who had benefited from the education they offered was Modesto Pamplona, born in Berga, Catalonia, in 1907. He decided to devote his life to the same teaching vocation, and underwent religious training, until, under the Republic, he was obliged to do his military service, which he completed in 1934. In July 1936 he was arrested and imprisoned in the ship Rio Segre. On August 28 he was taken from the ship, and someone asked him if he was to be set free, since he looked so cheerful. "Why shouldn't I look happy," he replied, "when I'll be in heaven so soon?" He and his companions were killed by firing squad. He was 29.
There is no point multiplying examples, but there should be mention of the 27 Daughters of Charity (of St Vincent de Paul) expelled from their convents and killed wherever they were discovered, in Madrid, Valencia or Barcelona.
The beatification is nothing to do with refighting the Civil War. As with Fructuosus, the martyrs' prayers to God are sought and their example prized. Some groups had demanded the Pope should stop the beatification as giving succour to the Francoist cause. But in a video message for the event, Pope Francis, who knows about civil strife from his years in Argentina, spoke of these martyrs' "total love". "When one loves," he said, "one loves until the end."
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EXUDING a Strangelovian calm, Al Gore declared to the media yesterday that he would commit the political equivalent of bombing Florida back to the Stone Age.
With skin-crawling unctuousness, Gore mewled that this election wasn't about him, but about "our democracy."
And he said he wouldn't want to win "by a few votes cast in error or misinterpreted or not counted."
MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews heard in the veep's deceptively mild words a declaration of total war.
"He has escalated this thing all the way," a stunned Matthews said, explaining that Gore appears prepared to fight for an extraordinary revote in Palm Beach County.
Will the Republicans at long last realize that they're battling extremely clever berserkers who will do anything – anything – to win? Haven't they been paying attention for the past eight years?
Ex-radical-turned-neoconservative David Horowitz, a Bush adviser whose most recent book is "The Art of Political War," is sickened and astonished by what he's seeing unfold in Florida.
"What Al Gore has done by unleashing the dogs of political war here is the most irresponsible act of a political leader in my lifetime," Horowitz said.
"What they're doing is delegitimating the next government. Once the traditional order has broken down, it's all against all."
Conservatives have waged the Florida war less well than the left, said Horowitz, because they are temperamentally ill-suited for scorched-earth political combat.
Believing, "If only one side is shooting, the other side will soon be dead," Horowitz is trying to teach the guerrilla warfare he learned on the ramparts of the radical left to his new allies on the right.
"I always feel ambivalent as an ex-leftist teaching Republicans bad manners," Horowitz said. "But the reality is, when there is no referee, when the gloves are off, you have to beat them back by similar methods."
The left took the propaganda initiative yesterday, organizing "nonpartisan" demonstrations around the country. Yesterday's relatively small event in downtown New York was a pro-Gore media bonanza, thanks largely to a brief appearance by Hollywood liberal Alec Baldwin.
With the cameras rolling, unreconstructed Sixties radical Todd Gitlin, see-no-evil Clinton loyalist Rep. Jerrold Nadler and others upchucked the most fraudulent oratory since the last time Gore opened his mouth.
They quoted the Declaration of Independence. They invoked patriots of yore. They recalled the civil-rights movement. A rabbi even likened their struggle to that of the Israelites escaping Pharaoh, headed to the Promised Land.
Meanwhile, in an attempt to present a neutral face to the viewers at home, an organizer tried to get people hoisting openly pro-Gore signs (including a lovely one calling for the decapitation of Gov. Bush) to stifle it.
The demo was a sparsely attended crock, but it made for effective TV. Once again, clueless conservatives are allowing themselves to get clobbered on the propaganda front.
"We should have had demonstrations in the streets saying this is a political coup d'etat, and we have to defend the Constitution," said Horowitz. "And we should have been doing it first. But Republicans don't go into the streets. We're not about mob rule."
True. But the ruthless Democrats aren't giving them a choice. So far, it looks like Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, who is holding Democrats to the letter of the law by forcing counties to have all their votes certified by today at 5 p.m., is the only Republican willing to play hardball by the Dems' rules.
Team Gore is screaming bloody murder.
Harris is doing her job.
"Politically, it is better to be seen as a peacemaker than as a warmonger," Horowitz writes in his book.
"But it is not always possible. If forced to fight, then fight to win."
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Louis Murphy was arrested Wednesday morning at Tampa International Airport for carrying a loaded gun in a backpack, ESPN has learned.
According to airport police, at approximately 8:12 a.m. local time, airport security discovered a Glock 23 pistol inside a backpack belonging to Murphy at the Airside C security checkpoint. The gun was loaded with 11 rounds of ammunition.
Murphy did not have a concealed weapons permit, according to airport police. He was arrested at 9:10 a.m. and was released on $2,000 cash bond at 2:45 that afternoon, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department.
Carrying a concealed firearm is a third-degree felony in the state of Florida, which carries a maximum prison sentence of up to five years and a fine of up to $5,000.
Also Wednesday, Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Senquez Golson was released after security at the Mobile Regional Airport found an unloaded Glock .45-caliber pistol in his carry-on bag.
After stints with the Oakland Raiders, Carolina Panthers and New York Giants, Murphy signed in 2014 with the Bucs; he spent the past three seasons with the organization. He did not see action in 2016 because of a knee injury. He began the season on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list and was released Nov. 29.
Murphy made headlines last offseason when he found himself locked inside a Palm Beach museum after a friend's wedding reception and had to break a glass door to call police for help. He was not charged in that incident.


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Gautam Hegdegrills the lead pair of the 1942-based love story Mohe Rang Deon names, events and dates...
Gavie Chahal'sreal name is Navdeepak Singh Chahal. He arrived in Mumbai three years ago. After a brief stint in
Kyunki Saas bhi Kabhi Bahu thi, Gavie returned to Punjab to try his luck in Punjabi films. He took up Mohe Rang De because it promised to be a clutter breaker. A self-confessed "hot-blooded guy who loves action scenes," Gavie was to shoot his introduction scene in a two-seater aircraft which didn't materialise. The actor is nervous about scenes in which he barely has lines. His car rammed into co-star Prabhleen Sandhu during one sequence. Gavie says that since it was a vintage car, it took a while to brake it to a halt. Prabhleen's leg was injured. Did she scold him? "Marna hai usko mujhe daant ke?" he mock-growls.
Prabhleen Sandhuis a Punjabi film actress. She didn't want to work on TV despite being coaxed by her mother and friends. She tested for Mohe Rang De though. After the test, she backed out. It was only when her hero Gavie Chahal and producer Deepti Bhatnagar convinced her, that she took it on. Now the 24-year-old is thrilled that she gets to climb walls and do action sequences involving fire.
Prabhleen's introduction in the show involved a bomb blast. The actress didn't realise the seriousness of the shoot until she saw that 60 litres of petrol were used for the blast. "I asked the unit guys if the sound would be like crackers at Diwali," she giggles. The shot was okayed in one take.
Who said,"Give me blood and I shall give you freedom!"
Gavie: Subhash Chandra Bose.
Prabhleen: (Confirms with make-up man) Subhash Chandra Bose.
Correct answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
Who were popularly known as Lal Bal Pal?
Gavie: Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Pal.. hmm.. grace mark dijiye.
Prabhleen: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bal Gangadhar Tilak… Pal I don't know.
Correct answer: Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
Who shot Mahatma Gandhi?
Gavie: Nathuram Godse
Prabhleen: Nathuram Godse
Correct answer: Nathuram Godse
Which freedom fighter, a poetess was the first woman governor of UP in independent India?
Gavie: Can't recollect.
Prabhleen: (Cuts in before the question is completed) Sarojini Naidu.
Correct answer: Sarojini Naidu
The first Prime Minister of India, he also wrote Discovery of India. Whom am I talking about?
Gavie: Jawaharlal Nehru.
Prabhleen: Nehruji.
Correct answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Which freedom fighter was also called the Iron Man Of India?
Gavie: Don't know.
Prabhleen: Lal Bahadur Shastri?
Correct answer: Sardar Vallabbhai Patel
When was Bhagat Singh hanged till death?
Gavie: He was 23 when he died and was born in March 1907.. so.. (calculates) 23 March 1931.
Prabhleen: 23 March 1931.
Correct answer: 23 March 1931
Which gruesome incident occured on April 13, 1919 in Amritsar?
Gavie: Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Prabhleen: Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Correct answer: Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Who is referred to as the Father of the Nation in Pakistan?
Gavie: Jinnah
Prabhleen: Jinnah
Correct answer: Mohammed Ali Jinnah
In which year did the Quit India Movement begin?
Gavie: 1857? No, no that was the first revolt. It is 1942.. how can I forget? Our show is based in that period!
Prabhleen: 1941?
Correct answer: 1942
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How to Update Mirrored Closet Doors
Mirrored closet doors are often a design challenge when updating your room. Although it may seem like there is little you can do to update the doors, you can apply a variety of treatments to them to make them work within your overall makeover. One effective option for updating mirrored doors is to apply a grid of frosted window film over the doors. This will create a contemporary and fresh look that will work well with any room design. You'll tone down the overwhelming mirrored effect with the refined frosted look of the film.
Measure the mirrored closet doors to determine the overall dimensions of each door panel. Subtract an inch from the length and width measurements for each panel. This will be the size that you will cut each frosted window film panel so that there will be a 1-inch mirrored border around the frosted panel on each door.
Roll out the frosted window film onto a cutting mat.
Cut the frosted window film to the required dimensions for each door panel using a rotary cutter and a straight edge as a guide.
Remove the backing from the frosted window film.
Align the frosted window film in the center of the door panel with the sticky side facing the mirrored surface of the door. Press the frosted window film against the mirrored surface with your hands. Smooth out any bubbles and make sure you've applied it evenly.
Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to apply the film to each door panel.
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The new goalposts on Buddy Bufford Field are set and ready for their first real action this Friday night when the Thomson Bulldogs make their appearance for a pre-season scrimmage.
The two teams were frequent opponents in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, but haven't played a varsity football game since October 26, 1951. Maybe they remember the first meeting, some 28 years earlier to the day in 1923, then Lincolnton whipped Thomson 58-0 in Lincolnton. That game remains one of the Bulldogs worst defeats ever.
You can find out much more about Thomson's proud gridiron history at www.thomsonfootball.com.
Reportedly Thomson has changed to the spread offense for 2009, replacing the running offense that Coach Luther Welsh has always favored. The Bulldogs best player is running back Dontavis Brown, with Thomson returning 5 on offense and 3 on defense. For a more detailed preview, check out this edition of the GHSFDaily newsletter.
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Want a smart suitcase that can automatically follow you around? Or an underwater robot that can snap photos of you swimming? What about a portable Wi-Fi that can get you connected wherever you travel? This year, several young entrepreneurs making Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list are turning these cool tech ideas into a reality, achieving their early success by bringing high-tech gadgets to consumers across the region.
In China, Liu Liyuan, Liao Wenlong and Tommie He Tao (who at 35 missed the cutoff for the 30 Under 30 list) had been aiming to develop autonomous cars at COWAROBOT, the Shanghai-based startup they cofounded in 2015. While they're still figuring out that technology, they're forging ahead with basic self-driving technologies to create other products they can market now. Their innovations so far have helped them raise $50 million in funding from investors, including Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son's Softbank and Beijing-based China Creation Ventures. One product that caught investors' eyes was COWAROBOT's Rover suitcase, which can automatically follow its owner around, avoiding obstacles it encounters. With each Rover suitcase priced at $800 in China and $899 in other markets, COWAROBOT managed to sell 12,000 last year. The company has also developed self-driving street cleaners and delivery vans. COWAROBOT has already deployed 50 such trucks in the Chinese cities of Changsha, Chengdu and Wuhu.
Meanwhile, Zhang Daoning, Zhang Jianing and Xu Chen are working to make virtual reality technologies more accessible to mass market consumers. Founded in 2015 in Beijing, NOLO VR is best known for its $200 NOLO CV1 toolkit. It comes with two handheld controllers and a wearable tracker, which are embedded with 6DoF interaction technologies. Such technologies track objects at more degrees, enabling a more immersive VR experience where users can interact with their surroundings. By wearing the NOLO CV1 gadgets, consumers can get an experience that is comparable to the more expensive Oculus Rift ($349) and HTC Vive ($499). Last year, NOLO VR raised $10 million in its series A round of financing led by BlueRun Ventures.
Another cool tech idea from China is Xiong Minglei's ROBOSEA. Founded also in 2015, the Beijing-based robotics startup seeks to differentiate itself by focusing on underwater scenarios. Its fish-shaped robot, called BIKI, has a two-hour battery life and sports a 1,600-pixel camera for underwater photography, a consumer-oriented product that has helped the company become profitable. ROBOSEA is also catering to more professional markets: The company's Robo-Shark model is equipped with autonomous navigating systems and can help to map underwater environments, while the Robo-Run model is an amphibious device that can detect flaws in both underwater and underground pipelines through a high-precision sensor and mapping system. To date, ROBOSEA claims to have raised more than 100 million yuan ($15 million) in venture capital funding, with the latest round in June 2018 from China's Lianshi Capital and 1898 VC.
Outside China, India is another country where innovative gadgets are increasingly taking hold. For instance, Bangalore-based Ethereal Machines, a startup founded by Kaushik Mudda and Navin Jain, develops 5D printers. The Ethereal Halo differs from traditional 3D printers by adding two axes to enable the printing of more complicated shapes. Thanks to a revamped design that the founders claim can make the device a lot more portable and sell at about $22,000, which is about one-third of the price of similar devices, the startup won the Best of Innovation Award at 2018's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Another Indian company, Eventuate Innovation is using technology to solve an urgent social problem on hygiene in the world's second most-populous country. EzySpit, the brain child of cofounders Prateek Malhotra, Pratik Harde and Ritu Malhotra, is a portable spittoon that claims to be able to solidify and disinfect spit in 10 seconds, thus helping to address the public health concerns caused by public spitting across India. So far, the Mumbai-based startup is selling the product through partnerships with the municipal corporations of the Indian cities of Nagpur and Indore, as well as with the Fortis Hospitals.
Last but not least is Kazakhstan, home to another cool tech idea by local startup Nommi that appeared on this year's list. Founded by Alyona Tkachenko, Nommi makes mobile broadband internet routers that run on eSim and can provide fast 4G hotspot access in over 100 countries, saving users from purchasing data plans when they travel overseas. The device also serves as a power bank and a wireless mobile charger. It is one of the most successfully crowdfunded projects in Kazakhstan, followed up by a $435,000 seed round in December 2018 with a $142,000 crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.


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Customers Distressed as Coinbase Pro Halts BTC/USD Trading Services
Coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchange platforms in the world, on 10th August announced that Coinbase Pro has recognized a problem in the BTC/USD order book. this led to the pair being unavailable for trading on the platform for long hours at a stretch.
The customers of the platform are left distressed because of this halt in trading of the pair. It might also be possible that the customers have suffered losses because of this halt as it affects the Bitcoin market.
There was an announcement made on Twitter by Coinbase Pro which stated:
"[status] Investigating: We are currently investigating issues with trading on the BTC-USD order book."
There was split in the Coinbase Global Digital Asset Exchange [GDAX] product leading to Coinbase Pro and Coinbase Prime. The primary focus of Coinbase Pro is individual traders whereas the focus of Coinbase Prime is on institutional investors.
The order book of Coinbase Pro refers to the present orders on the trading platform. The users sell and buy orders for a particular cryptocurrency along with its respective pair. Customers can also view the value at which currency is being purchased and sold on a real-time basis.
As per the exchange platform, the problem which stopped the customers from trading on BTC/USD was identified and they were working on resolving the issue. The platform then went on to say that they had eared the BTC/USD in order to solve the problem. Furthermore, the platform said that all the resting orders had been cleared by them in order to solve the problem. They went on to say that the cleared order will be in cancel mode until they finish investigating the problem.
According to Coinbase, the BTC/USD order book did not have the required liquidity which was needed to enter the limit-only mode. Hence, the clearance of the book and the platform is being done in order to re-open the book at post-only mode at 4:00 p.m UTC. The post-only mode is set to remain for a minimum of 10 minutes.
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What we know so far is that earlier this week Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (fresh from calling for a New Ultra-Keynsian World Order) proposed the biggest spending increase in Australia's history.
- Building a new building (apparently if needed or not) in every one of Australia's schools (even though constitutionally a state responsibility)
- $950 Welfare Check to "eligible families, single workers, students"
- "Local community funding" – up to $650 million
- Build 20,000 "new social housing dwellings" – ie government housing ($6.6 billion)
- Free ceiling insulation for 2.2 million households. And a $1000 rebate for 500,000 others.
- $3.9 billion in "green incentives"
This bill – equivalent to 4% of Australia's ENTIRE national output and will turn a forecast budget surplus of $21.7 into a $22.5 billion deficit.
Yet all we have is a media release. They have not put up for public scrutiny the actual legislation. Yet they want to rush it through parliament in ONE DAY. Having given legislators the bills THE SAME DAY THEY ARE TO BE VOTED ON! (Update: the first of the bills as just been introduced at about 9:30am AEST. Update 2: As of now – 10:00am AEST Coalition staff still havn't received copies, so it will be some time)
I repeat Rudd wants to push through the biggest spending increase in our nation's history in one day. With no consultation. This is just farcical. No other words can describe this affront to democracy.
I am sure when we go through this bill in detail, we will find out why he is refusing transparency and where this money is going.
In the interests of transparency and good governance we CAN NOT pass the greatest spending increase in our history with no consultation. Without expert analysis. Even if you support Keynsian economics, surely you must realise that rushing this through without any proper debate or examination can't be good.
This bill needs a senate majority to pass. PLEASE contact Senators Xenophon and Fielding and tell them to vote against this bill. We can not pass the biggest spending increase in our nation's history in one day – heck not even a week would be enough. Please contact them and tell them to vote no. We don't have much time.
Update: From the ALS Blog
"It [the Government] estimates the plan will support up to 90,000 jobs over the next two years."
$42b/90,000 = $466,667 per job. Wow!
Of course, they claim that two thirds of the money was on "long-term investments to generate future growth," so it's really only $155,556 per job. That's better."
Update 2: The gov is moving a bill to lift the borrowing limit the government is authorized to borrow from 75 billion to 200 billion. Wow. I mean. Wow.
Update 3: Bipartisan pressure has forced the Bill to be delayed. Thank God. "Independent Senator Nick Xenophon and Family First's Senator Fielding have reached agreement with the Opposition to vote to refer the legislation to a Senate committee this afternoon". Word on the street is the immense public pressure on them forced them to do so. Good. Let's now just keep it up!


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Climates of the Past: An Introduction to Paleoclimatology
Climates of the Past: An Introduction to Paleoclimatology
This book deals with the earth's climatic history over the last thousand million years. The translation follows closely the second German edition, in which the text had been completely revised and rewritten, most of the figures replaced by new ones, and their number increased from 70 to 134. Thus, the result is, virtually, a completely new book.
The alterations were due partly to my desire to present the large volume of material relevant to Paleoclimatology more clearly than before, and -- partly to the enormous advances which have been made in the science in the past decade or so. During this period, there have appeared techniques for temperature determination using oxygen isotopes, and the application of paleomagnetism to paleoclimatology -- both opening up undreamt-of vistas. Deep-sea research and C14 dating have been developed during this time to play a paramount role in the investigation of the climates of the past. It is still true, however, that we cannot put forward a completely satisfactory explanation of the development of paleoclimates, and though some of the new climatic hypotheses are indeed interesting, and though their number is still increasing, the emphasis in this book rests more on the facts (or more correctly, on what the geologist regards as such); in short, on climatic indicators.
I wish to compliment Dr. Richard O. Muir on his success in translating faithfully, but not pedantically, my original ideas concerning this exceedingly complex field of science. Dr. Muir, himself an able and thoughtful geologist, has enhanced the value of this first English edition by introducing some slight additions and amendments based on the findings of recent conferences and publications. The bibliography has been somewhat enlarged to include these recent papers, and its format has been altered to conform with standard American practise. The Russian translation of the first edition of this work was criticized for containing relatively little reference to new Russian discoveries. A determined effort has now been made to overcome this weakness, thanks in part to helpful personal contacts, though it must be admitted that formidable difficulties still remain. These stem partly from the linguistic barrier, and partly from the difficulty of obtaining the original publications.
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