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Bring your own device is so 2012. The next big push in the consumerization of IT is bring your own cloud. And just as when consumer devices poured into the enterprise, many IT organizations have already responded with a list of do's and don'ts.
The standard approach has been to forbid the use of personal cloud applications for business use, by offering official alternatives -- the "use this, not that" approach -- and to carve out separate cloud storage workspaces for business documents that can be walled off, managed and audited. But personal cloud services are difficult to control, and users are adept at going around IT if the productivity tools in their personal cloud can do the job easier, faster and better. IT wants a bifurcated approach to consumer and professional cloud apps and storage. But users don't work that way anymore.
Getting Around IT
Scott Davis, CTO of end-user computing at VMware, originally began using a personal cloud app for business after the IT organization failed to offer a viable solution that met his needs. Davis, who has speaking engagements all over the world and needs to share large multimedia presentation files, asked for an exception to VMware's email attachment size quota. IT responded first by suggesting that he pare down the content and then followed up by suggesting that he buy "a bag full of USB drives" to send presentations by mail.
"That's when I started using Dropbox," he says. "IT has competition. People know what's out there and how to get the job done if IT doesn't help them."
Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg agrees. "IT has to deal not only with bring-your-own devices but bring-your-own services," he says. People will bypass even viable alternatives if they feel that the officially sanctioned professional cloud offering isn't equal to the task -- or if they have a personal cloud app they like better. "If it's digital and it's consumer, it's going to find its way into the office. People will come up with reasons for using it," he says.
At construction management firm Skanska USA Building, employees are mashing up business and personal work on a wide range of personal cloud services, including Dropbox and Evernote. Today, says senior enterprise engineer Jeff Roman, "We don't control that." But IT is actively reviewing its options. "What are we going to limit? What can they access at work and at home?" he asks. Right now that's controlled by use policies that employees must follow as to what types of documents need to stay out of the cloud and what's permissible. For example, financial data "should never touch a cloud service," he says, nor should some documents relating to government projects.
But Skanska is also looking for an officially sanctioned cloud storage option. It is considering Microsoft's SkyDrive Pro, using Citrix's ZenMobile to provide virtual access to files stored on back-end servers, or using niche services such as Autodesk Buzzsaw, which puts construction design tools and documents in the cloud. "We don't need people using all of these different tools," he says, but any solution must be as easy to use as the personal cloud tools employees rely on. Otherwise, users are likely to bypass the official alternative.
"It will be tough to find a one-size-fits-all solution," he says, "but we're working on it. I am hopeful that within the next year we will have one in place, whether that is on-premises or cloud or a hybrid of both."
Blurring the Lines
Organizations need to develop a three-pronged strategy for on-premises, off-premises and cloud, says Jim Guinn, managing director at consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers. "You really need to pay attention to how you secure documents that are in someone else's cloud-based service," he says.
Roman says some documents just don't belong in popular cloud storage services. "I've read the whitepapers on Dropbox and Box. I guess they're secure," he says. But for sensitive documents, he adds, "we don't want to risk it."
Even the issue of who owns business applications and how those applications are licensed is blurring. Evernote for Business, for example, adds a business services layer that includes policy-controlled business notebooks and adds business document libraries to the user's personal Evernote account. Personal and professional documents reside in different repositories but with a unified view.
"We're seeing a transition from two completely separate worlds to a world where there is no line between what's good for personal and what's good for business," says Andrew Sinkov, vice president of marketing at Evernote. And if the user leaves the organization, the account -- sans business documents -- goes with him. "This model is little understood but I think will have a profound impact," says Frank Gillett, an analyst at Forrester Research.
With Office 2013 and SkyDrive, Microsoft has taken a small step toward creating a unified view of the user's personal and professional worlds. It has created synchronized, local versions of the user's SkyDrive and SkyDrive Pro (SharePoint document library) storage repositories that exist as separate folders on the user's local desktop. In this way, Office 365 can create and modify documents in the cloud, Office 2013 can read and write to the same files in a local folder, and all changes will be synchronized. "There's a convergence happening from the user's point of view," says Microsoft storyteller Steve Clayton.
This strategy gets around the modal approach to personal and professional workflows -- the two-car-garage model where the user must back out of one account bay and enter another to view and edit documents. Office applications can save to either folder. And if the user copies a document from his personal SkyDrive folder into the SkyDrive Pro folder, that file will be copied back to the cloud, where the policies for that document library will apply.
But only in the cloud. While IT can control which files users can sync with SkyDrive Pro, the cloud service can't control what users do with the locally stored versions of those files. Users either must work with sensitive files in the cloud only or use Office 2013's Information Rights Management feature to control forwarding, copying or printing of specific documents.
"Clearly, there's a lot of change coming where IT has to integrate these [personal cloud services] into the current stack and figure out how it will work together," says Amit Singh, president of the enterprise unit at Google, which in recent years has added enterprise features to consumer-based cloud applications such as Google Docs. With the latter, individual documents can be shared between the controlled, auditable professional account and the user's personal account. But Docs offers no unified document view. On the other hand, Google Plus, Singh says, "was imagined as a semipermeable layer where we add controls for the enterprise from the bottom up."
Cloud Security
Ease of Use vs. Security: The DRM Dilemma
Like many financial services companies, The Blackstone Group must tread carefully when it comes to providing mobile access to its internal documents. The private equity firm uses MobileIron for mobile device management, has a data loss prevention program to control the flow of documents and added WatchDox's data rights management software to control and monitor the use of its most sensitive documents.
WatchDox encrypts documents uploaded into it by way of a local MyWatchDox sync folder. When the document creator drops a file into the folder, WatchDox uploads it, encrypts it and distributes it to all of the user's endpoint devices, as well as to other authorized users based on the policies that apply to that folder. Users can view the document only if they use a browser plug-in or app that authenticates the user and controls and monitors what to do with it.
Blackstone, which installed the software and then became an investor in WatchDox (and now has a seat on the WatchDox executive board), mostly uses the tool for its "crown jewels," as opposed to everyday documents, says CTO Bill Murphy. Wider usage will come, he explains, only when DRM tools are as easy to use as personal cloud apps like Dropbox. On the plus side, tablet and smartphone users are accustomed to downloading apps, so the experience isn't much different from using Dropbox or GoodReader apps, he says.
But it's not for everybody. "There has to be a real value to security in the firm for WatchDox to be the solution," Murphy says, including a need to know who's using those documents, and where.
Blackstone has policies against using personal cloud apps for business functions and blocks user access at work to a few popular ones, including Google Drive and Dropbox. But Murphy doesn't force staffers to use WatchDox. Rather, he touts WatchDox's ability to sync documents across all of a user's devices and points out that it's more convenient than having to use a proprietary application to access and manipulate content.
"Anyone who believes we can completely shut users off from creating their own content from a variety of [personal cloud apps], well, that's a fallacy," he says. Instead, Blackstone teaches employees about the firm's document use policy and offers WatchDox as an option. "We're just trying to make it easier for them to do the right thing," he says.
The Task at Hand for IT
But not all consumer-based cloud apps will necessarily be expanded to support enterprise security and compliance needs.
As the personal and professional worlds continue to blur, IT will have to adapt. Users will want to use some of their own personal cloud-based productivity tools, so for better or worse, IT will need to support mainstream personal cloud apps -- including Dropbox, says Gillett. Going forward, he says, "you need to look at integrating employees' personal cloud apps and data in the same way you connect with business partners today."
Ultimately, IT will have to stop worrying about how to control which applications people are using or where documents reside and focus on protecting the documents themselves, says Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney. "Companies will just have to permit these things and take a different look at security," he says, adding that IT will eventually embrace digital rights management schemes such as Microsoft's Information Rights Management service.
"We're working with Microsoft on ways to support that in a mobile context," says Nicko van Someren, CTO at enterprise mobile management vendor Good Technology. But the market for the use of rights management servers to track and control content is still embryonic, he adds.
While DRM has a bad reputation among consumers, the systems could work for business, Dulaney says. He sees an evolution of products similar to WatchDox, which encrypts files that move outside of the enterprise space and requires that users have an authenticated reader app to view them. To this, IT might also need to add public key infrastructure systems and certificates, Dulaney says.
But if the idea of DRM seems unpalatable -- and expensive -- the convergence of personal and professional clouds could leave IT organizations with few other options for protecting truly sensitive documents. IT departments will also be faced with the challenge of maximizing convenience while protecting those documents in a world where those assets need to exist on and move quickly between many different endpoint devices.
"These trends in consumer technology are so massive and supported by so many citizens that this is now the era of user-driven IT," says Dulaney. "It's not business-driven. The user gets to decide."
Skanska's Roman says he has no illusions that he can ever completely control all of the applications and data created and shared in the cloud even though the company plans to offer official cloud alternatives and has strong policies about the use of sensitive documents. Yes, you can put policies and tools in place. But ultimately, he says, "you have to trust your users."
Read more about consumerization of it in Computerworld's Consumerization of IT Topic Center.


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Jermichael Finley is determined to return to the field in 2014. His agent continues to paint a very optimistic picture it will happen.
Blake Baratz said the tight end's neurosurgeon told Finley that there's a "99.9 percent" chance his spinal fusion will fully heal. Baratz said once the healing is complete, Finley will be cleared for "full football activity."
"He wants to play because this is his livelihood and what he has worked so hard for his entire life," Baratz said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "He's only 26 years old and isn't ready for the next chapter of his life yet.
"If that decision is forced upon him, then he understands. We adjust and we move forward. He's working out and rehabbing almost six hours per day with a group of experts to ensure that he stays in the best shape possible."
Though the healing process of fused bones can take up to six months or even longer, Baratz said Finley has been told he'll be fully healed in 4-to-8 weeks. It's a convenient timetable with free agency set to begin on March 11.
Finley would like to return to the Green Bay Packers, but it's unclear if the team is willing to reinvest in a player who is coming off a serious injury. Finley is believed to have undergone the same C3/C4 fusion that former Packers safety Nick Collins underwent in 2011. Collins has been unable to find a job since the procedure.
That said, every case is different, and Finley has age and a solid resume on his side. Given a clean bill of health, he should be able to find a job.
On the latest edition of the "Around The League Podcast," the guys huddle with Seahawks trio Michael Robinson, Brandon Mebane and Red Bryant before unpacking Cleveland's week of chaos.

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Norma Barnum Lambson of 2211 West Rogers Ave. Apt. 109E, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22.
Mrs. Lambson was a retired Baltimore City public school teacher and devoted wife of Calvin G. Lambson, deceased. She was born on March 10, 1911 and departed this life 16 days before her 100th birthday. She leaves to cherish her memory two daughters, Evangeline Elliott-Mason and Annette Crawford-Miller; one son-in-law, David C. Miller; two grandchildren, Joel C. Carroll, and Kimya D. Crawford; two great-grandchildren, Kira D. Crawford and Elijah Watkins; one great-great granddaughter, Mackenzie Crawford; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Mrs. Lambson was laid to rest beside her husband, Calvin G. Lambson, at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery in a private ceremony.Arrangements were provided by The Cremation Society of Maryland Inc. and The MacNabb Funeral Home 301 Frederick Road Catonsville, Md. A memorial service took place March 5 at Forest Park Community Church where Mrs. Lambson was the eldest living member.


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Joliet officials are considering a plan to build a detention center for immigrants facing deportation, a proposal similar to one that collapsed this year under pressure from residents who didn't want the facility in south suburban Crete.
Joliet City Manager Tom Thanas attended a meeting with federal
and Customs Enforcement officials last week in Washington to discuss a proposal for a detention center, officials said. Thanas on Wednesday declined to comment on the meeting.
City Council members first heard about the proposal during a closed-door session last week, and few details were available, said Councilwoman Jan Quillman.
"I don't know enough about it at this point to offer an informed opinion," Quillman said. "My understanding is that this is all very preliminary."
City Councilman Bob O'Dekirk said council members had been briefed on the "very, very broad strokes" of the proposal.
During the City Council meeting a number of current and former industrial sites were mentioned — in vague, hypothetical terms — as possible locations, but the impact on tax revenues or jobs was not known, sources said.
ICE officials have been looking for a site near Chicago where a private company could build and operate a detention center to hold several hundred people awaiting deportation for immigration violations.
Amid outcry from skeptical residents, labor unions and immigration activists, the Crete Village Board in June unanimously voted down a proposal by Corrections Corp. of America to build a 700-bed facility on 70 acres of privately owned land.
ICE has attempted to build similar facilities, which are designed to provide more humane conditions than the local jails and prisons where deportees typically are lodged, at sites across the country.
A spokesman from the Tennessee-based corporation said the company is working with ICE and "discussions with ICE and other officials are a normal part of our ongoing due diligence."
activists rallied against the proposed Crete facility, saying federal officials need to devise an immigration policy not centered on mass deportations and that for-profit operators have less incentive to maintain humane conditions.
Similar protests are likely to follow any proposal in Joliet, said Fred Tsao, policy director for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
"We had concerns in Crete, and we would have those concerns anywhere in Illinois" that a detention center might open, Tsao said.
"I would hope city leaders in Joliet would find more creative ways to build their local economy."
Many residents in Crete were concerned that their semirural village of fewer than 9,000 residents would develop a reputation as a "prison town" if the detention center opened.
But that might be less of a concern for residents in Joliet, where Joliet Correctional Center was a major employer for more than 100 years before closing in 2002.
The Illinois Youth Center, a juvenile prison that has operated on the city's west side for more than 50 years, is slated to be shut down in a cost-cutting move later this year, idling more than 200 employees.
Even after Crete's Village Board unanimously voted down the proposed facility this spring, Corrections Corp. of America officials said they would continue to work with ICE to find a site in the Chicago area. ICE spokeswoman Gail Montenegro said Wednesday that the agency still is looking for a site near Chicago.
O'Dekirk acknowledged that any proposal is bound to cause controversy.
"If it makes sense for Joliet, we would have to look at it," O'Dekirk said. "If you don't like the immigration policy, don't march to Joliet. March to Hyde Park (in Chicago) and go talk to the president."


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Re: Wolfram|Alpha Lookup Tool for Mathematica
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg100093] Re: Wolfram|Alpha Lookup Tool for Mathematica
- From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 23:41:58 -0400 (EDT)
On 5/22/09 at 1:46 AM, dbreiss at gmail.com wrote: >On May 21, 12:05 am, Bill Rowe <readn... at sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>On 5/20/09 at 5:02 AM, mcmcc... at unca.edu (mark mcclure) wrote: >>Entry of search terms in the tool cause your default web browser to >>launch and send a query to Wolfram|Alpha. And the tool only allows one >>search at a time to be done. The only thing David's tool does is >>create a convenient means to start a query while using Mathematica. >>From the perspective of the Wolfram|Alpha server's the result is >>identical to a human entering a single query in a conventional web >>browser. >>Consequently, it is far from obvious this is against the terms of use. >>And since the query sent to the server is identical in both cases, >>there is no way to Wolfram to distinguish between the two cases. >This is an interesting point. I do think that the Terms of service >are slightly confusing on this point. They say on the one hand >"be used only by a human being using a conventional web browser to >manually enter queries one at a time" >but later on allow one to use hyperlinks from a web page (or I >assume, god forbid, a microsoft word document). So these two >things seem in conflict. >My tool would appear to violate the terms of service according to >the first principle, and would be on the borderline of the second >one. (Again, though, I cleared it with the WRI legal department). >One question that I want to further clarify is how one can, in fact, >use Mathematica to send queries to W|A. The functions behind my >tool (yes, you can reverse engineer it if you know what you are >doing... the code is not too deeply encoded) can be used more >generally. And I am thinking of how to extend it. For example to >open several W|A web pages at a time--perhaps you have a list of >chemical compounds that you need information of for your ongoing >work. Assuming Wolfram|Alpha becomes and remains a significant tool to get information, I would think WRI will at some point create a version of Mathematica with a built-in means to query Wolfram|Alpha directly. >Of course , from Mathematica, you could send a command to your >browser to open a hundred web pages at a time. This would be very >bad. And is undoubtedly one of the main reasons for stating searches need to be entered manually by a human. >And, in the case of W|A it would probably cause the W|A servers to >block your Internet IP address. So, anything that one creates needs to >be built with care. >For example in my tool, it limits the length of the query to 128 >characters, so that you don't accidentally paste the entire Bible >into the input-field and try to send that to W|A as a query. This >respects the rough actual size of the W|A website's input-field. Which is why I would argue your tool complies with the terms of service. Unless I modify your tool, as designed it only allows one query at a time which has to be manually entered. And by restricting the length of the input to be the same as the W|A query box, in effect, tool is no different whatever from entering the same query in a box displayed by a web browser. The only technical difference I see between your tool and entry into the box displayed by a web browser is that I don't literally enter the query into the box displayed by the web browser. And since the actual query sent to W|A is identical in both cases, there will be no way for WRI to determine what interface I used to enter the query on my machine. Nor is there any reason for them to care. The reality is for ordinary users the terms of service are essentially meaningless. It is not reasonable to think all or even most users of W|A will have read the terms of service and understood them in any significant way. And as you point out above, if a user creates problems there are ways of dealing with them regardless of the terms of service. Also, the process for dealing with an abusive user will not be significantly different whether the terms of service existed or not.


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Brooks received the American Film Institute's 41st Life Achievement Award on Thursday, and Freeman and De Niro were among a galaxy of stars who paid tribute to the man behind "Blazing Saddles," ''Young Frankenstein" and "The Producers."
Martin Short opened the program with a song-and-dance routine set to a medley of melodies from Brooks' films.
"The word genius is used a lot in Hollywood, so I might as well call Mel one," Short said.
Billy Crystal, Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Cloris Leachman, David Lynch, Larry David and Carl Reiner also honored the 86-year-old filmmaker at a private dinner at the Dolby Theatre that had the energy of a good-natured roast.
"We are going to miss you so much, Mel," Kimmel said. "You were one of the greats. Rest in peace, my friend."
David blamed Brooks for his idle years as an aspiring comedian.
"Mel Brooks didn't get me into comedy, he kept me away from it," David said, recalling how he was intimidated by Brooks' talent. "I spent years doing nothing because of him."
Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg and Gene Wilder were among those lauding Brooks via video.
"I don't think there's any man anywhere who's like you," Wilder said. "I love you, Mel."
Silverman and Reiner also pledged their love to Brooks.
"I hail you, king Kaminski," Reiner said, using Brooks' real surname.
Past recipients of the AFI honor include Elizabeth Taylor, Kirk Douglas, Eastwood, Spielberg, Lucas and Martin Scorsese, who presented Brooks with his award.
Scorsese put the Oscar- and Tony-winning talent in the same category as the Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy and Abbott & Costello.
"Mel has made his own tradition of greatness, and it's that tradition - drawing from the past, honoring it, toying with it, vamping on it, extending it to places wise men, very funny men previously feared to go - that's what we're celebrating here and honoring tonight," Scorsese said. "Mel has always made his own way, and he brought us all along for the joyride."
Brooks was almost all comedy as he claimed his prize. He directed an expletive at Kimmel, declaring, "I'm not gonna die."
But he dropped the funny stuff to thank the institute for recognizing him and to share his lifelong love of film.
"Movies saved my life," he said. "They rescued my soul. No matter what was bad or wrong, it could be wiped out on Saturday morning."
TNT will broadcast highlights from the ceremony as a TV special on June 15.


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Violence against women is a pervasive problem worldwide, causing the deaths of more women between the ages of 19 and 44 than wars, cancer, or car accidents. In South Asia, gender violence is widespread and persists in many forms, as the statistics below demonstrate:
- Every week in Bangladesh, more than ten women suffer from an acid attack
- In India, 22 women are killed every day in dowry-related murders
- In Sri Lanka, 60 percent of women report having suffered physical abuse
- In Pakistan, more than 450 women and girls die every year in so-called "honor killings"
- And in Nepal, the practice of enslaving young girls, whereby parents sell their young daughters – typically age 6-7 – to be girl servants is still widely practiced
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The gravity of violence against women in South Asia surged to global public attention in December 2012 following the horrific gang rape and subsequent death of a 23-year-old New Delhi student. The case sparked a movement called "1 Billion Rising," with rallies and events in India and throughout the world. Earlier in 2012, the shooting in Pakistan of Malala Yousafzai, a teenage advocate for girls' education, also spurred public outcry worldwide. For me, these tragic events created a renewed sense of purpose and greater urgency to tackle this critical human rights and development issue in South Asia.
While the World Bank is relatively new to the issue of gender violence, the 2012 World Development Report on Gender shed light on the prevalence of the problem and its relationship to women's role in development. In South Asia, the World Bank is launching a new program aimed at improving its response to violence against women in the region, deepening our understanding of the underlying causes of violence against women, and testing approaches for prevention. However, violence against women is a complex problem requiring action at all levels of society.
In the spring, we asked young people from across the region to share their ideas through mail, SMS, and email on what it will take to end gender based violence in their countries. We received over 1200 entries, including innovative ideas and impressive responses from both young women and young men. We subsequently held a panel discussion titled "Breaking the Silence," with experts speaking out and sharing their experience and expertise on practical and policy approaches to addressing the issue of gender violence.
We realize that engaging youth and tapping into their passion and creativity is critical for breaking out of the cycle of gender violence. Young people have the greatest potential to change their society and the future. With this in mind, we are hosting a Hackathon in Nepal on June 16th aimed at finding technological solutions to address violence against women. We encourage you to sign up for the hackathon through this link.
On June 17-18, in partnership with Oxfam International, the World Bank will convene policy makers, practitioners, researchers and opinion makers from across South Asia to discuss how to overcome violence against women in the region. We understand that no single actor is equipped to address this complex, multi-faceted and intractable problem. In light of this, the conference aims to bring together a diverse group of individuals and organizations and in doing so, heighten our response to gender violence in South Asia. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter over the next week for continuous updates and highlights as the conference and hackathon unfold.
We understand that the complexity, interconnectivity, scale and gravity of violence against women in South Asia and across the world will require efforts at all levels. So talk to us through your comments, share your ideas, and ask questions.
Together we can overcome gender violence.
Keep up the good work.
Violence against women is not just a third-country phenomenon. "Rape-culture" in developed world is also violence against women, "femicides" that have seen an important increase in Mediterranean countries is also violence against women.
More education and advocacy on that matter is necessary.
Have to create awareness in every sector of the society and make sure .. All remember they realize that a woman make it possible for them to see the beautiful world around them ... Women are mother, sister, wife, beloved and daughter of someone ...somewhere..
We are working in Bangladesh. We are ethically working violence against women in our community. If you advice us what can we do and how to way face and meetup this problem.
Should stop such poor attiude.......
Asian women are more suffereing from violence than as compared to other continents. This is a very hot topic to discuss about to which I feel very honoured to be part of it. I will be looking forward for any of the participation or volunteering.
Education is awareness. Communication needs to be tailored to both sexes to educate and prevent violence against women.
For international standards, good practices in prevention and protectio and minimum services to support victims of violence visit the website: www.coe.int/conventionviolence. The Istanbul Convention is becoming standard reference for action to prevent violence aganist women and domestic violence.
Various kinds of violence against women domestic violence
Violence against women in the family occurs in developed and developing countries alike. It has long been considered a private matter by bystanders including neighbors, the community and government. But such private matters have a tendency to become public tragedies.
In the United States, a woman is beaten every 18 minutes. Indeed, domestic violence is the leading cause of injury among women of reproductive age in the United States. Between 22 and 35 per cent of women who visit emergency rooms are there for that reason.
There is no excuse for such a behavior, message to all those who violate Islamic teachings and defy laws of the land with their inhuman treatment of women could not be tolerated.
As observed that many Governments now recognize the importance of protecting victims of domestic abuse and taking action to punish perpetrators. The establishment of structures allowing officials to deal with cases of domestic violence and its consequences is a significant step towards the elimination of violence against women in the family.
It's an importance of adopting legislation that provides for prosecution of the offender. It also stresses the importance of specialized training for law enforcement authorities as well as medical and legal professionals, and of the establishment of community support services for victims, including access to information and shelters.
These examples illustrate some steps taken at the national level towards the eradication of violence against women. Combating and eradicating this scourge require enhanced and concerted efforts to protect women at the local, national and international levels.
States have tended to adopt a passive attitude when confronted by cases of violations of women's rights by private actors. Most laws fail to protect victims or to punish perpetrators. Passing laws to criminalize violence against women is an important way to redefine the limits of acceptable behavior.
States should ensure that national legislation, once adopted, does not go unenforced. State responsibility is clearly underlined in article 4 of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, which stipulates that States should exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and, in accordance with national legislation, punish acts of violence against women, whether those acts are perpetrated by the State or by private persons.
Any approach designed to combat violence must be twofold, addressing the root causes of the problem and treating its manifestations. Society at large, including judges and police officers, must be educated to change the social attitudes and beliefs that encourage male violence.
Educate Women first, Empower them economically. Then Connect them with the success stories of Ladies as Anuradha Koirala from Nepal. Make Males aware about female right and create a situation in which male respects females. It is one of the best way to reduce violence.
Among suffering from the violence against women is related to the countinents; it's of course Asia. To be more concerned about the violence against women Nepal will lead the topic although we can not lead in development. In Nepal especially in Terai region with people belongings to communities of dum, chamar, mushar (dalit) are suffering from physical and mental violence from their own either father-in-laws and husbands and other relatives altogether.I have many ideas to lead ahead but not the support altogether.
Yes women empowerment means psychological empowerment from early childhood they should be taught to work on their dream, they should be force to accept every injustice practices that culture gives them, they should be taught to experiment the reality without accepting the blind culture. They should given knowlege that really empower their three faculties of develpment that is IQ, EQ and MQ that is Intelligent Quootient, emotional quotient and Moral quotient.
Time to take a stand.
have to create the awareness in every sector of the society. We should understand that the complexity, interconnectivity, scale and gravity of violence againstasian women.
By showing animated movies regading the life stlye and importance of life
Need to give education to the girls those who are not getting proper education due to the poverty so that they can form a resistance force in the worldwide.The process should be going on until the violence upon woman is stopped. Gathering should be arranged through a WEB site as & when necessity.
It's not about only giving education to the girls it's about the violence against the women so it better requires all the male dominated society to be made literate. Not education can only make people sophisticated;it depends upon the way of education provided to them. I have been searching organization that supports violence against women but not found yet in Terai Zone of Nepal where the sufferers are more.


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November 18, 2010
Google Search as an Interactive Web App
Today, Google's search engine has a lot of features that clutter the interface and advanced search features that can't be disabled. The focus has shifted from simplicity to interactivity. Google tries to anticipate your query after typing a few characters, you can filter the results by clicking on an option from the sidebar and you can even preview the results using annotated screenshots.
Until a few years ago, Google tried to find the best search results for your query. Now it helps you find the best query for your search. Google shows search suggestions, automatically corrects typos, ignores words from your query and fetches the list of search results as you type a query. Google search is now a web app that empowers users to adjust the results and to make decisions. It's not a decision search engine, it's just a search engine that lets you decide what are the best results.
Google's results are already personalized using signals like location or search history, but that's no longer enough to sift through billions of search results. The search box can't always capture user intent, so Google had to find ways to extend the search box to the entire search results page.
"As people get more sophisticated at search they are coming to us to solve more complex problems. To stay on top of this, we have spent a lot of time looking at how we can better understand the wide range of information that's on the web and quickly connect people to just the nuggets they need at that moment," explained a Google blog post from 2009 that announced the search options sidebar.
Google is all about reducing the friction of entering a query. You no longer have to "feel lucky" when you type something in the search box because the results are displayed instantly and you can quickly adjust them. Google's results don't have to be perfect because you can customize them until they're perfect for you.
There's one Google doodle that captures the essence of Google's transformation from a simple search engine to an interactive web app. It was used to promote Google Instant, but it's probably the best summary of this post:
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true words my friend!ReplyDelete
All is good and productive from Google except for annoying instant previews. I don't think instant previews are necessary for a user just to get what he want through search.ReplyDelete
I would disagree, I still think that Google provides good search results that match up to what you are searching without much work or tweaking. I have found search results on Google is still way better then any competitor (like bing). Image previews are slightly unnecessary though.ReplyDelete
@Venkat: I find instant previews to be very useful. When there are multiple similar results in the results page, the previews help me quickly find which page is more likely to be useful. They are not always required, but they are quite useful at times.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 18, 2010 at 6:26 AM
Here are some ideas:ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 18, 2010 at 6:37 AM
"The focus has shifted from simplicity to interactivity."ReplyDelete
What about those of us that prefer simplicity? Maybe another "simple" search engine will come along someday...
"Until a few years ago, Google tried to find the best search results for your query. Now it helps you find the best query for your search."
After Google finally helps me find the "best query for my search", the results usually aren't as good...
"Google's results don't have to be perfect because you can customize them until they're perfect for you."
It used to be that Google seemed to magically know what I wanted, now I have to search multiple times just to get something close...it's sad.
Alex, what exactly is it, that you can't turn off? Instant preview can be turned off by clicking the magnifying glass and query predictions can be turned off in settings.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 18, 2010 at 3:05 PM
Just give the text summary and one URL to click. That's all. None of this preview or predictive crap.ReplyDelete
One thing that is really helpful for me is the addition of "Discussions" where you can search your terms in forums and answers sites.ReplyDelete
But the rest of the improvements are just meh for me...
- AnonymousNovember 19, 2010 at 1:06 AM
Agree with the author.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this post about the new Google Search. I'm still not sure whether or not I like this feature.ReplyDelete


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The original print and web versions of this report contained an error in the narrative description of the "Child Recipients, 1974–2011" charts in the SSI Program section. The number of blind and disabled children receiving SSI payments in 1996 was incorrect. The correct number (955,000) now appears in the web versions of this report.
The original print and web PDF versions of this report contained an error in the column headings for the "Benefit payments as a percentage of gross domestic product" table in the General Information section. The column headings "OASDI" and "HI" should have been "OASI" and "DI" and have been corrected in the web PDF version of this report.
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Fast Facts & Figures answers the most frequently asked questions about the programs SSA administers. It highlights basic program data for the Social Security (retirement, survivors, and disability) and Supplemental Security Income programs. Most of the data come from the Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin, which contains more than 240 detailed tables. The information on the income of the aged is from the data series Income of the Population 55 or Older. Data on trust fund operations are from the 2012 Trustees Report.
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RALEIGH (AP) — The lead military prosecutor in the case against a U.S. Army general facing sexual assault charges has resigned shortly before a court martial is set to begin.
Fort Bragg spokesman Benjamin Able said Lt. Col. William Helixon left the case last week for "personal reasons." Base officials would provide no further explanation or comment on how that might impact the trial scheduled to start March 3.
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, 51, has pleaded not guilty to eight counts, including forcible sodomy, indecent acts and conduct unbecoming an officer. Sinclair faces life in prison if convicted on the most serious charges.
Helixon's departure comes after a pre-trial hearing in January where he appeared visibly frustrated with testimony from the female captain who is Sinclair's primary accuser. Defense lawyers say the woman perjured herself on the stand.
The married general, who was the deputy commander of the 82nd Airborne, admits he carried on a three-year affair with the junior officer under his direct command during war tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. But he denies the woman's accusations that he twice ended arguments by forcing her to perform oral sex and threatened to kill her and her parents if she ever told anyone of their illicit relationship.
The Associated Press generally does not identify those who say they were victims of sexual assault.
With the lack of any physical evidence to support the assault accusations, the success of the government's case rests largely in the woman's credibility in testifying about what she says Sinclair did to her.
Sinclair's lead defense lawyer, Rich Scheff, said that before Hexlion quit they had a conversation during which the prosecutor expressed concern about whether a jury would find the captain to be a credible witness.
"It's deplorable that the government continues to prosecute a case that rests solely on the credibility of a witness who lied to the chief prosecutor and then committed perjury in an open courtroom," Scheff said. "Lieutenant Colonel Helixon understood that going forward on this basis would cross an ethical and professional line, and we respect him for that."
The captain testified that on Dec. 9, shortly after what she described as a contentious meeting with prosecutors, she rediscovered an old iPhone stored in a box at her home that still contained saved text messages and voicemails from the general. After charging the phone, she testified she synced it with her computer to save photos before contacting her attorney.
However, a defense expert's examination of data military investigators later recovered from the phone suggests the captain powered up the device Nov. 24, more than two weeks before the meeting with prosecutors. She also tried to make a call and performed a number of other operations, according to the data.
The woman's immunity agreement with the Army requires her to testify truthfully. Adultery is a crime in the military.
Scheff said the new prosecutor assigned to the case, Lt. Col. Robert Stelle, had indicated that the woman's immunity agreement remains intact and that the case will proceed to trial.


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Coal plants aren't the only power generators coming under scrutiny for their greenhouse gas emissions these days. A new natural-gas-fired power plant in Massachusetts was cleared for construction last week, but only after agreeing to ratchet down its carbon output each year until it goes offline in 2050.
The agreement resolves a legal battle that began in 2012, when the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) challenged the construction of the Salem Harbor natural gas facility on the basis that it violated Massachusetts' climate policy.
The law in question, the Global Warming Solutions Act, mandates that the state lower its emissions to 25 percent below 1990s levels by 2020 and 80 percent below those levels by 2050. CLF says those goals would be impossible if the plant were to run indefinitely on a business-as-usual basis.
As the first court case to mandate annual emissions reductions at a natural gas plant, the event sets an important benchmark in the United States' transition toward the less carbon-heavy fuel, said Shanna Cleveland, senior attorney with the CLF.
"At this point, when so many people are looking at natural gas as a solution [to climate change], I think this hammers a stake in the ground," she said. "Natural gas is still a fossil fuel, and its unconstrained growth is not consistent with efforts to deal with climate change."
She added, "If [natural gas] infrastructure is going to be built, it will have to be conditioned. There have to be provisions built in to make sure it's only a temporary solution."
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Around the country, a fleet of new natural gas power plants have swept in on a wave of low prices. Most of them have replaced old, carbon-heavy coal plants, long the bête noire of the climate movement.
For this reason, President Obama and other high-level officials have touted gas as a "bridge fuel" to a low-carbon future dominated by renewable resources. Groups like the CLF urge caution, however, pointing to the possibility of methane leakage and the volatility of gas prices.
And although its carbon footprint at the smokestack may be only 50 to 60 percent that of coal, a gas-fired power plant still puts hundreds of pounds of carbon dioxide into the air every hour, Cleveland said.
"From a national perspective, we have to realize that natural gas is not a climate solution," she said. "It may play a role for a short time and provide benefits by displacing coal plants, but in order to be consistent with climate mandates, there need to be conditions that designate an end to a plant's useful life."
She added, "Gas can't just be a bridge to nowhere."
According to the settlement, which was accepted by the Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs board Thursday, the power plant must lower its carbon footprint by a little more each year and must be offline by Jan. 1, 2050.
By the time it shuts down, the plant must have dropped its emissions by 80 percent relative to its expected start date in 2016.
The plant will have some flexibility in achieving these reductions. It can implement carbon capture technology or purchase carbon credits or offsets from regional suppliers. Massachusetts is party to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade system involving nine states in the Northeast.
"This agreement is forward-thinking as it not only ensures electricity reliability for the region but requires GHG reductions," said Richard Sullivan, chairman of the state Energy Facilities Siting Board. "[Massachusetts] has some of the most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets in the nation, and today's decision will help us achieve those targets."
The new gas plant replaces an old coal-and-oil-powered plant located on the edge of Salem Harbor.
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A new company making a high-speed, accurate and user-friendly instrument that reveals the molecular structure of proteins, drugs, and other important materials is the latest spinoff from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry.
Spectrometers analyze the interaction between a sample and beams of light, and are widely used to identify atoms and molecular structure. The new device, about the size of a breadbox, will shape short pulses of infrared light produced by a laser, shine it on the sample, and analyze how the sample interacts with the light.
The instrument provides information about the vibrations of molecules better than any other commercially available device, says inventor Martin Zanni, a professor of chemistry. Vibrations are useful for studying the structure of a biological membrane protein or a solar cell.
"Molecules are like little balls connected by springs," Zanni says. "By measuring how they vibrate, one can deduce their three-dimensional arrangement, which is important for how molecules function."
The patent builds on Zanni's 10-year campaign to control the timing and phase of the waves in infrared light. In his research group at UW-Madison, Zanni has gone through a number of device prototypes as part of his research program while studying solar cells and diabetes.
A few years ago, he hit on the idea for a design that has a number of advantages in speed, accuracy, simplicity and the ability to monitor changing substances. The new spectrometer design is catching on, says Zanni.
"Over the last three years, we have helped a bunch of research groups build a device based on our prototype, but even with our help and our parts list, it's taken two years or more for them to get it going. By forming a company, we'll allow researchers to buy a full-blown spectrometer that they can start using the day it's installed," Zanni says.
For a decade, scientists have put considerable effort into inventing spectrometers to advance their own research, but Zanni says it's more efficient for a working scientist to buy a spectrometer rather than devote the time and money to perfecting a home-made instrument. "I think this device can be incorporated in lots of different types of research because it makes the technique more accessible."
"The conventional way of making these measurements could take hours, but we are able to collect a high-quality spectrum in minutes," says Chris Middleton, a post-doctoral fellow in Zanni's lab, and co-owner of the startup, called PhaseTech. "And it's more flexible: using Marty's pulse-shaping technology, we can change the parameters of the experiment easily, through software, instead of manually adjusting the optics."
Earlier this month, PhaseTech announced the signing of a licensing agreement with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation for the patents stemming from Zanni's research at the university. The price for the spectrometer has not been determined, but "will be somewhere between a Ford and a Ferrari," says Zanni.
The spectrometer can be used to study the activity inside a photovoltaic cell, Zanni says. "When a photon is absorbed in a solar cell, its energy is transmitted through the wires, and it's important to identify how the electrons move through the circuit. A place where an electron gets stuck is a bottleneck that reduces the cell's efficiency."
Zanni also uses the spectrometer to study diabetes. Beta cells in the pancreas secrete the hormone insulin, which regulates sugar metabolism. In type-2 diabetes, particular proteins gather in beta cells, forming a toxic clump that damages or kills the cell, reducing insulin output. The infrared spectrometer can see how these clumps form, and study how candidate drugs affect that clumping.
In 2011, the National Academy of Sciences selected Zanni for the Award for Initiatives in Research, which "recognizes innovative young scientists and encourages research likely to lead toward new capabilities for human benefit."
"Experts in the scientific community now understand this new type of spectroscopy and are using it to study many different applications," says Zanni. "Now, a turnkey device is available for non-experts. We think starting this company is good for the advancement of science, will improve our understanding of many important topics, and hopefully will be viable commercially."
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[This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.]
This blog entry is probably worth many pages of ranting, examining and dissecting the anatomy of a 0-day panic and the resulting fallout. Since this tends to happen more often than some of us care to stomach, I'll touch on the major points and be liberal in pointing fingers. If you receive the "wag of my finger", stop being part of the problem and wise up.
I blinked and missed someone disclosing that there was a dreaded 0-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player and that it was a big threat. Apparently Symantec noticed that evil Chinese sites were exploiting Flash and the current 188.8.131.52 could be successfully exploited. When pressed for details, Symantec backtracked and said that they were wrong and it appeared to be the same exploit as previously disclosed by Mark Dowd (CVE-2007-0071). Bad Symantec, poor research.
To make matters worse, Symantec then further claimed that even though it was an old issue, the "in-the-wild exploit was effective against stand-alone versions of Flash Player 18.104.22.168" and that not all versions had been patched correctly. Way to save face Ben Greenbaum of Symantec!! Oh wait, today he changed his mind and said that Symantec's claims were based on erroneous conclusions and that the behavior of Flash on Linux they were observing was indeed intended by Adobe and not proof it was vulnerable. To make matters worse, Symantec researchers downloaded the "latest" Flash and found it "vulnerable", which lead to their sky-is-falling panic. Shortly after, they realized that they didn't download all of the security patches and had been exploiting a known vulnerable version of Flash. Oops?
Two rounds of hype-driven 0-day threat warnings, and no real new threat. Whew, hopefully Symantec raised their THREATCON to blood red or whatever is appropriate for such 0-day threats. You do monitor that don't you?
This fiasco lead many news outlets and vendors to issue warnings about the new 0-day threat. Secunia, SecurityFocus/BID, SecurityTracker, CERT, and FrSIRT all released new warnings and created entries in their respective databases as a result. In the VDB world, this is a royal pain-in-the-ass to deal with. Secunia 'revoked' their entry, BID 'retired' their entry, SecurityTracker flaged theirs 'duplicate entry', FrSIRT 'revoked' their entry and CERT still has it listed.
Fortunately for OSVDB, we were a few hours behind the rest and noticed the discrepancies and waited for more information. Unfortunately, the rest of the world, including ALL of the VDBs and news outlets listed above (and others) failed miserably in using common sense and a government funded resource to better prevent this kind of problem. As of this posting, Secunia, BID, SecurityTracker, FrSIRT, CERT, Dancho, ComputerWorld and eWeek still don't link to the CVE ID for the vulnerability. Only Adobe's updated blog entry actually references CVE-2007-0071 (but doesn't link to it). Secunia links to a previous ID that has seven CVEs associated with it. The original CVE was assigned 2007-01-04 and published around 2008-04-08, a month and a half prior to this mess.
VDBs, shame on you for adding to the confusion. Symantec, shame on you for crying 0-day when your own engineers screwed up badly. Shame on everyone for not clearing it up fully by linking to the correct CVE entry or their own previous entries.
Before any of you receiving a "wave of the finger" bitch, consider the real world impact of your actions. In this case, only 12 MILLION people ended up seeing a vague warning when they loaded their favorite game. Blizzard included the correct fix information which was the same as a month or more before, but the sudden 'security alert' (that is extremely rare) only prompted their customers to wonder, possibly panic and definitely kill some demons as a result.


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The famous conductor (Vladas Bagdonas) goes with his orchestra to Jerusalem to perform the oratorio "St. Matthew Passion." The day before he receives a telegram, stating the suicide of his son, who lived in Israel. Conductor at the time denied the artist's son, believing that he is living right. It's suicide, especially suicide note flip soul maestro's son, forced him to reconsider all their attitudes.


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Acts xii. 23. Giving undue honours to men. xiv. 11. Sacrificing unto men.
1 Cor. x. 20. Sacrificing to devils. Lev. xvii. 7. Col. iii. 5. Covetousness is idolatry.
Phil. iii. 19. Whose god is their belly.
It is called going a whoring. Lev. xvii. 7. Ezek. xvi. 6, 28.-xx. 30. -xxiii. 8, 17, 43. And in many other places as may be observed from the scriptures in the foregoing sections.
CLXIII. Diviners, instances thereof. Numb. xxii. 7. The elders of Moab departed with the rewards of divination in their hand, and came to Balaam.
Ezek. xxi. 21. The king of Babylon stood to use divination.
Deut. xviii. 4. These nations hearkened to diviners. 1 Sam. vi. 2. Ver. 10. There shall not be found among you one that useth divination. Gen. xliv. 5. 1 Sam. xxviii. 8. Acts. xvi. 16.
CLXIV. They are deceivers and false prophets. Jer. xiv. 14. They prophesy unto you a false divination.
xxvii. 9. Hearken not to your diviners, your dreamers, your inchanters, your sorcerers.
Ver. 10. They prophesy a lie unto you.
xxix. 8. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, let not your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye cause to be dreamed.
Ver. 9. For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name, I have not sent them, saith the Lord. Ezek. xii. 24.-xxi. 29. Mic. iii. 7, 11. Zech. x. 2.-xxii. 28.
CLXV. Threatenings against them. Isa. xliv. 25. The Lord that frustrateth the tokens of liars and maketh diviners mad, that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolishness.
Ver. 26. That confirmeth the word of his servant and performeth the counsel of his messengers.
Ezek. xiii. 9. Mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and divine lies. Ver. 23.
CLXVI. Familiar spirits forbidden with threatenings against them, and those that consult them. Lev. xix. 31.-xx. 6, 27. Isa. viii. 19. They were put away by Saul. 1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 9. By Josiah. 2 Kings xxiii. 24. They were consulted by Saul. 1 Sam. xxviii. 7, 8. 1 Chron. x. 13. By Manasseh. 2 Kings xxi. 6. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 6. By the Egyptians. Isa. xix. 3. They mutter and peep out of the dust. Isa. xxix. 4.
CLXVII. Profaning the name of God. Exod. xx. 7. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Deut. v. 11.
Lev. xviii. 21. Neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God. Ch. xix. 12.-xx. 3.-xxi. 6.-xxii. 2, 32.
CLXVIII. Swearing falsely. Lev. xix. 12. Ye shall not swear by my name faiselv.
Jer. vii. 9. Will ye swear falsely, and come and stand before me
in this house.
Ver. 15. I will cast you out of my sight.
Ver. 23. Because of swearing the land mourneth.
Hos. iv. 2. By swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Ver. 3. Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, yea the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Zech. v. 3. This is the curse that goeth forth, every one that sweareth shall be cut off according to it.
Ver. 4. It shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely. And it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume the timber thereof, and the stones thereof. viii. 17. Love no false oath-It is an abomination to the Lord. Mal. iii. 5. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and adul terers, against false swearers, saith the Lord of hosts. Isa. xlviii. 1. Jer. v. 2, 9. Hos. x. 4. 1 Tim. i. 10. Instance. Matt. xxvi. 72, 74.
Lev. v. 1 to 6. False swearers enjoined to make confession, offer sacrifice, Ch. vi. 2 to 6. and to make restitution to those they had injured.
CLXIX. Swearing by the creatures. Matt. v. 33. Swear not at all, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by Jerusalem, nor by thy head. Ver. 34, 35, 36. Jam. v. 12. Matt. xxiii. 16 to 22. Instances. Gen. xlii. 15, 16. By the life of Pharaoh.
1 Sam. xx. 3. As thy soul liveth. Ch. xxvi. 26. 2 Sam. xi. 11. CLXX. Swearing by other gods. Jos. xxiii. 7. Neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them.
Jer. v. 7. How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have for saken me, and have sworn by them that are no gods. Hos. iv. 15. Amos viii. 14. Zeph. i. 4, 5.
CLXXI. Swearing in common conversation forbidden. Matt. v. 34. Swear not at all, neither by heaven, &c. Ver. 35, 36.
James v. 12. Above all things my brethren swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, but let your communication be yea, yea, nay, nay, &c.
CLXXII. Swearing to commit sin, or to encourage it. Instances. 1 Sam. xxviii. 10. Saul to the witch of Endor.
Ps. cii. 8. David's enemies.
Acts xxiii. 21. Paul's enemies.
CLXXIII. Rash, unnecessary swearing. Instances. Israel. Judg. xxi. 1 to 18. Saul. 1 Sam. xiv. 24, 39, 45. David. 1 Sam. xxv. 22. Joab. 2 Sam. xix. 7. Herod. Mark vi. 23.
CLXXIV. The positive part of this commandment, God only is to be sworn by. Deut. vi. 13. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him, and shall swear by his name. Ch. x. 20.
Isa. lxv. 16. He that sweareth shall swear by the God of truth. Jer. xii. 16. If they learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, &c. Then shall they be built, &c.
Heb. vi. 16. Men verily swear by the greater. 1 Kings viii. 31. Ps. lxiii. 11.
CLXXV. The nature and duty of an oath. Jer. v. 2. Thou shalt swear the Lord liveth in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness. Heb. vi. 16. An oath for confirmation is an end of all strife, 2 Chron. vi. 22.
CLXXVI. Such oaths to be carefully kept. Ps. xv. 1. Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle, who shall dwell in thy holy hill. Ver. 4. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. xxiv. 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, and who shall stand in his holy place?
Ver. 4. He that hath clean hands and a pure heart, who hath not lift up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
CLXXVII. The things to be sworn to, are truth and duty. Deut. xxix. 10. You stand this day all of you before the Lord your God.
Ver. 12. That thou shouldst enter into the covenant of the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day. Ver. 13, 14.
2 Chron. xv. 12. They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul.
Ver. 14. And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice. Ver. 15. And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, and the Lord gave them rest on every side.
Ezra x. 5. Ezra made the chief priest and Levites, and all Israel to swear to a covenant with God. Ver. 3.
Neh. x. 29. They entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law,
Isa. xix. 18. Five cities in the land of Egypt shall speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts.
xlv. 23. Unto me, every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear. See Neh. xiii. 25. Ps. cxix. 106.-cxxxii. 2. Ezek. xvi. 59. Dan. ix. 11. Hab. iii. 9.
CLXXVIII. Duty towards men sworn to. Articles of peace ratified by oath. Gen. xxi. 23. Abraham and Abimelech swear both. Ver. 24, 31.
xxvi. 31. Abimelech and Isaac sware one to another.
xxxi. 53. Jacob sware (to Laban) by the fear of his father Isaac. Jos. ii. 12. The spies sware to Rahab. Ch. vi. 22.
ix. 15. Joshua and the princes of the congregation, swear to the Gibconites. Ver. 19, 20. 2 Sam. xxi. 2.
1 Sam. xix. 6, 24, 21. Saul and David swear to each other. xx. 42. Jonathan and David sware. 2 Sam. xxi. 7. See also Judg. xv. 12.-xxx. 15. 2 Sam. xix. 23. 2 Kings xxv. 4. Jer. xxxviii. 16. -xl. 9.
CLXXIX. The breach of such oaths punished. 2 Sam. xxi. 1, 9. 2 Chron. xxvi. 13. Ezek. xvii. 16.
CLXXX. Private compacts ratified by oath. Gen. xxiv. 2, 9, 37, 41. Abraham takes an oath of his servant, concerning a wife to his son Isaac.
xxv. 33. Esau sells his birth-right upon oath.
xlvii. 29,30,31. Jacob takes an oath of Joseph concerning his burial. 1. 25. Joseph takes an oath of the children of Israel to carry his bones out of Egypt. Exod. xiii. 19.
1 Kings i. 13, 29. David by oath fixed Soloinon to be his successor. 2 Kings xi. 4. Jehoiada takes an oath of the rulers to conceal Joash from his enemies.
Neh. v. 12. Nehemiah takes an oath of the priests to do justice to injured persons.
CLXXXI. Oaths sworn to kings. Eccl. viii. 2. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Oaths exacted by kings from the people. See 1 Kings ii. 42.-xviii. 10. CLXXXII. The oath of a single person decides controversy. Exod. xxii. 10, 11. In cases of property where no other evidence can be had. Numb. v. 12 to 22. A woman's oath in case of jealousy without evidence against her.
CLXXXII. The duty and lawfulness of swearing upon proper occasions is urged not only from the foregoing scriptures, but also, from the following examples.
CLXXXIV. God promised upon oath to bless Abraham, and to multiply his offspring.
Gen. xxii. 15. The angel of the Lord called unto Abraham and said, Ver. 16. By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord,
Ver. 17. That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore. Exod. xxxii. 13. Deut. xiii. 17.
CLXXXV. To give the land of Canaan. Gen. xxiv. 7. Abraham said, the Lord God of heaven sware unto me, saying, unto thy seed will I give this land. Ch. xii. 7.
xxvi. 2. The Lord appeared unto Isaac, and said,
Ver. 3. I will be with thee and will bless thee, for unto thee and unto thy seed, will I give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swear unto Abraham thy father. Ch. xxii. 16.—l. 24.
CLXXXVI. To fulfil his covenant. Deu. vii. 12. If ye hearken to these judgments and keep and do them, the Lord thy God will keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy, which he sware unto thy fathers. Ch. iv. 31. vii. 8.-viii. 18.ix. 5.-xxviii. 9.
To continue the seed of David. Ps. lxxxix. 3. I have sworn unto David my servant.
Ver. 4. Thy seed will I establish for ever, and will build up thy throne to all generations. Ver. 35, 49.
CLXXXVII. The perpetuity of Christ's priesthood. Heb. vii. 21. The Lord sware and will not repent, thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedeck. Ps. cx. 4. See Isa. xlv. 92, 23.
CLXXXVIII. To fuiful his threatenings against the unbelieving and disobedient.
Heb. iii. 18. To whom sware he, that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not. See Numb. xiv. 23.-xxxii. 10, 11. Judg. ii. 15. Jer. xlix. 13.-li. 14. Amos vi. 8. also Lev. xxvi and Deut. xxviii. referred to in these threatenings.
CLXXXIX. Example 2d. Jesus Christ answers upon oath, Matt, xxvi. 63, 64, tendered to him by the high priest.
CXC. Example 3d. The angel. Rev. x. 5, 6. The angel lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, that there shall be time no longer, &c.
CXCI. Example 4th. Asseverations of sincerity which are equal to an oath among Christians.
Rom. i. 9. God is my witness. Phil. i. 8. God is my record.
1 Tim. v. 21. I charge thee before God. CXCII. Ancient forms of swearing among men were, by lifting up
the hand.
Gen. xiv. 22. Abraham said, I have lift up my hand to the Lord. See Deut. xxxii. 40. Rev. x. 5. By putting the hand under the thigh of him that administered the oath. Gen. xxiv. 2, 3, 9.
The usual expressions were. 1 Sam. xxv. 34. As the God of Israel liveth. 1 Kings xvii. 1.-xviii. 15. 2 Kings iii. 14. As the Lord of hosts liveth. Ch. v. 16. 2 Kings ii. 2. As the Lord iiveth, and as thy soul liveth. Ch. iv. 30. 1 Sam. xx. 3. As thy soul liveth. Ch. xxvi. 26. 2 Sam. xi. 11.
CXCIII. Of blasphemy forbidden. Col. iii. 8. Put off all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communications.
CXCIV. Occasions of it to be avoided. 2 Sam. xii. 14. Nathan said to David, because by this deed, thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme.
2 Sam. xii. 14. The child that is born unto thee, shall surely die. Isa. lii. 5. Ezek. xxxvi. 20. Mal. ii. 17. Rom. ii. 24.
1 Tim. vi. 1. Let as many servants as are under the yoke, count their masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. Tit. ii. 5.
CXCV. From whence it proceeds. Matt. xv. 19. Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, thefts, false-witness, blasphemies. Mark vii. 22. Gen. vi. 5.—viii. 21.
CXCVI. Instances of blasphemers and their punishments. Lev. xxiv. 10. The son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, and a man of Israel strove together.
Ver. 11. And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed.
Ver. 14. The Lord spake unto Moses saying, bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp, and let all the congregation stone him. Ver. 16. He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death.
2 Kings xviii. 32, 33. and xix. 10. The King of Assyria's blasphemy. xix. 35, 36, 37. His punishment.
Lord, shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for
Ps. lxxiv. 10. O ever?
Ver. 18. Remember, O Lord, that the foolish people have blasphemed thy naine.
Isa. Ixv. 7. Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burnt incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore will I measure their former works into their bosoms. Ezek. xx. 27.-xxxv. 12.
Luke xxii. 65. Many other things blasphemously spake they against Jesus.
Acts xxvi. 11. I (Paul) compelled them to blaspheme, I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious, but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly.
xviii 6. The Jews opposed and blasphered. Ch. xiii. 45.
1 Tim. i. 20. Of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus, whom I have delivered unto Satan. that they may learn not to blaspheme.


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Dir/scr: Eric Walter. US. 2012. 88mins
The spooky events that supposedly happened at a Dutch Colonial house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York, in 1975 have inspired scores of horror films and documentaries, but Eric Walter's fascinating documentary offers a new perspective on the much-told story.
My Amityville Horror is a seriously fascinating film, impressively structured and absolutely absorbing.
For the first time in 35 years Daniel Lutz – who was a child when events happened – recounts his version of the infamous Amityville haunting that terrified his family. Not only does it tackle what happened but also bears testimony to the psychological scars he still carries.
Filmmaker Eric Walter uses television footage of the happenings as well as offering perspectives from investigative reporters and eyewitnesses – though smartly avoids using footage from the many Amityville horror films – that offers one of the most personal accounts of the happenings to date.
My Amityville Horror – which premiered at Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival and is also set to screen at the London Film Festival – is at its chilling and disturbing best when now 45 year-old Daniel talks about what happened to him and his family (to a psychologist and to investigative journalist Laura DiDio, who reported on the events at the time)…and decidedly strange testimony it is for much of the time.
For the first time on film he describes what happened when the family moved into their new house – terrible smells, swarms of flies, a window that slammed onto his hands – but perhaps more interesting is his version of his ex-marine step-father George, who he described as a manipulative monster.
There are times when it feels too preposterous to believe – especially when it heads into exorcism, para-psychologists and psychic research – but what is powerful is the stress and strain that Daniel is going through as he tries to explain what happened to him and that impact on his life. My Amityville Horror is a seriously fascinating film, impressively structured and absolutely absorbing.
Production companies: Lost Witness Pictures LLC, Film Regions International
Domestic: Submarine, www.submarine.com
Producers: Andrea Adams, John Blythe, Eric Walter
Executive producers: Ronald Puleio, Michael S Russo
Associate producers: Rebecca Breighaupt, Matthew LaCurtis, Michelle Paster
Cinematography: Charlie Anderson
Editor: Eric Walter
Music: Herman Witkam
With: Daniel Lutz, Laura DiDio, Lorraine Warren


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