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Credit cards, road maps and chips
Funny thing, language, isn't it? For millennia, we had "road maps." These were… well, maps that showed roads. Then along came GPS satellite navigation, making road maps redundant for many, and the term immediately acquired a whole new meaning: "a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal," according to Merriam-Webster. The first time your blogger heard the phrase used in that way, it referred to the attempted peace negotiations in the Middle East. Maybe it's because that did such a bang-up job of bringing perfect and lasting peace to Israel and Palestine that every two-bit plan is now a road map.
Credit card road maps
Of course, not every road map is two-bit. Some are grand strategy documents. Back in August last year, Visa published its road map (it eschewed Merriam-Webster and spelled it "roadmap") for the introduction of new technologies for debit and credit cards in the United States, and, on Jan. 30, MasterCard unveiled a similar document. It too called it a "roadmap."
The nonstandard spelling is far from the only similarity between the two competitors' documents. In fact, they're virtually interchangeable. And at the heart of both are two innovations/abbreviations:
- EMV (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) -- additional layers of security provided by embedding a microprocessor in every debit and credit card.
- NFC (Near-Field Communications) -- the wireless technology that allows you to make a payment by waving your card, smartphone or similar device near an appropriately enabled terminal.
Paths and milestones
Of course, today NFC payment terminals exist in a limited number of outlets across the country, and a relatively few EMV-compliant credit cards have already been issued, mostly to help travelers avoid problems in overseas territories. What the road maps do is lay down for various interested parties within the industry a list of objectives and "milestones" (management consultant jargon for specific dates when something is anticipated to happen) -- defining a path that is supposed to see the foundations for both technologies fully in place within the next two or three years.
Neither EMV nor NFC is particularly controversial. People may question some of the more extravagant security claims made for them, but most experts agree that both are more secure than existing payment systems. And, even if they were to turn out not to be, it's the credit card companies rather than consumers who'd carry the can. By law, an innocent cardholder is liable only for the first $50 of any fraudulent loss on a credit card, and in practice nearly all issuers waive even that.
NOT Chip and PIN. No, really!
Visa seems to be obsessed by possible resistance to the introduction of the "chip and PIN" form of EMV. Chip and PIN, which is used in most existing EMV territories (and that's virtually the entire first world outside the United States), requires you to authorize transactions using a four-digit personal identification number (PIN) rather than a signature. Surely, Visa doesn't think that forward-looking Americans are more resistant to change than people in, say, Europe. MasterCard (see the quote below) seems much more confident in America's willingness to embrace innovation.
Anyway, Visa says that whether transactions are authorized by signature or PIN or either is going to be down to individual credit card companies, so which one you end up using may depend on your issuer.
MasterCard's ecosystem
Introducing a new payments system from sea to shining sea is a huge and complex operation. So perhaps all those metaphors (road map, path, foundations, milestones and so on) have a role in making it easier to understand for those who are going to implement it. However, MasterCard has gone one better. It uses the word "ecosystem" no fewer than five times in its press release. For example, one executive comments:
What it all means to you
But we simple consumers don't really need any metaphors or management-speak to understand what's going to happen:
- If you choose to use it, NFC may save you a few seconds each time a payment is made by avoiding having to swipe your card.
- NFC may be inherently more secure than the existing system, if only because you don't need to hand your credit card to a clerk who might secretly clone it.
- EMV is undoubtedly more secure than the current magnetic-strip technology, although some challenge just how much more secure.
- Depending on your choice of credit card companies, EMV may or may not require you to use a PIN rather than signature to authorize transactions.
There. You can save your road maps for when your GPS breaks down.
The original article can be found at IndexCreditCards.com:Credit cards, road maps and chips


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Kevin Floerke has been down this route before.
A student at Santa Rosa Junior College in Northern California, Floerke, 26 years old, already graduated in 2010 from UCLA, where he majored in archaeology.
This time, however, he's not after a degree. He's just trying to master a set of techniques and technologies that will help him verify the details he finds while doing fieldwork.
"I'm really there to learn the program itself and be able to use it in a professional setting," he said.
Floerke, who leads tours for the National Geographic Society, is part of a group of students known as "skill builders" who are using conventional colleges in an unconventional way: not to get degrees but simply to learn specific kinds of expertise, without spending time or money on courses they don't think they need.
It's a trend being driven by the rising price of higher education and a growing emphasis on paying for training in only the most marketable skills.
"They're looking for employment," said Keith Bird, chancellor emeritus of Kentucky's community college system and a fellow for the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, a policy group. "And that's the bottom line."
The popularity of seeking a higher education with no intention of graduating is a challenge for institutions that are increasingly focused on improving their graduation rates. Still, some institutions are responding by starting up programs for these students and considering creating new kinds of credentials to recognize the combinations of courses they're taking.
People who enroll in but do not earn degrees from community colleges mainly gravitate toward courses focused on career and technical education, according to a study of students in the California Community College System, which found that these students typically enroll for no more than four semesters and take six or fewer credits per semester.
Skill builders in California are concentrated in construction, real estate, computers, law enforcement, and early childhood education, according to Kathy Booth, co-author of the study. For most of them, the college credits led to wage increases. Students who took courses in information technology, for instance, saw their pay increase by 5 percent, and skill builders at California community colleges overall saw their median salaries go up from $49,800 in 2008-09 to $54,600 in 2011-12, the system reports.
This may help explain why students opt for taking classes instead of earning degrees: They can spend less time and money in school but still see economic returns.
"The workforce is changing so dramatically and the economy is changing so dramatically that people need to keep going back to school to get the skills they need to stay employed or seek new employment," Booth said.
According to research that followed students for up to eight years in the California Community College system, nearly one-third of students took an average of just two courses over about two years and overwhelmingly succeeded in these courses, but rarely attained a degree, certificate, or transferred to a four-year college. The research was co-authored by Peter Bahr.
Nationally, while the proportion of degree-seeking students at community colleges who graduate within six years is about 40 percent, the six-year completion rate for non-degree-seeking students is about 24 percent, according to the National Student Clearinghouse, which monitors this information.
The movement to keep track of skill-builder students is still in its infancy. This can be a problem for colleges that are increasingly evaluated based on their completion rates, which generally don't take into account students who show up to take a few Information Technology courses to get a raise or a promotion.
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"That's a success story for that student and for the overall economy and society, but it's hard to count," said Paul Feist, spokesman for the California Community Colleges System.
Colleges can respond by bundling together the kinds of courses skill builders take and creating new kinds of credentials for them, said Patrick Perry, vice chancellor of technology at the California system chancellor's office.
"Very short-term certificates — sometimes as low as two courses or six units — those are certificates that can be created pretty much on the fly," Perry said.
Some schools are developing noncredit programs geared toward specific jobs for unemployed people who need to get back to work quickly.
In Michigan, for instance, Macomb Community College has developed a roughly six-week noncredit program to prepare students for the state's certified nursing assistant exam.
"The issue there is, which credentials are powerful enough to say to people who are unemployed, 'If you take these things, you will then be able to get these jobs,'" said Macomb President James Jacobs.
There's yet another reason to go back to school without intending to get a degree, said Floerke, the archaeologist attending Santa Rosa Junior College.
"Going to school for a piece of paper is the worst reason to go to school," he said. "Go to school because you want to learn something."

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Major events in the last 100 years
By jac1997jac
The Sacco and Vanzetti CaseOn April 15, 1920, a guard named Alessandro Berardelli and paymaster Frederick A. Parmenter were robbed and killed by gunmen. The two, who were employees of Slater and Morrill, a South Braintree, Massachusetts, shoe factory, were holding two containers of payroll (around $15,773.59).
Women Gain RightsFemales advanced in the work force as more women began to get hired for office jobs. They also gained several rights and a freer lifestyle. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed in the United States, granting suffrage to women.
The Miss American PageantIn 1921, the first Miss America Pageant took place with a total of eight contestants in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The winner, a 16-year old girl from Washington, D.C., was Margaret Gorman.
ProhibitionProhibition of alcohol often referred to simply as prohibition. It means the legal act of prohibiting the manufacture from selling the alcohol and transporting it to people. The term can also apply to the periods in historic of countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced.
The Spirit of St. LouisOn May 20, 1927, twenty-five-year old airmail pilot Charles Augustus Lindbergh flew solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean to Paris. On May 20, 1927, at 7:52 a.m. and landed in Paris, France 33 1/2 hours later Lindbergh landed. His plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, a 220 horsepower monoplane, was named for the Missouri investors who had sponsored his flight.
The empire state buildingThe empire state building has 102 floors in it and it took 7,000,000 man hours to build it. Theirs 6,500 windows in the whole thing, that's a lot of windows to clean. I would hope I got paid a lot to clean those windows. It took 57,000 tons of steel to make the skeleton of the building. There was 17 million feet of wiring throughout the building.
The Great DepressionIt's almost perverse in a sense, but the more than 47 million people who look forward to their monthly Social Security checks owe it all to the greatest economic depression in U.S. history. Things turned ugly after the stock market crashed Oct. 29, 1929. The Great Depression of the 1930s ensued. Billions of dollars were lost as banks and businesses went belly up.
ProhibitionProhibition was a period of nearly fourteen years of U.S. history in which the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor was made illegal. It led to the first and only time an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was repealed.
The New DealThe New Deal was a series of economic programs brought to America in the 1930's. That is, Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression. It was also made to make more jobs.
The dust bowlThe Dust Bowl got its name after Black Sunday, April 14, 1935. In 1932, 14 dust storms were recorded on the Plains. In 1933, there were 38 storms. By 1934, it was estimated that 100 million acres of farmland had lost all or most of the topsoil to the winds. By April 1935, there had been weeks of dust storms, but the cloud that appeared on the horizon that Sunday was the worst. Winds were clocked at 60 mph. Then it hit. Dust storms are really destructive to homes and anything that was in its pat
The HolocaustThe Nazi's genocide of millions of other groups of people. Adolf Hitler was the leader of this group and they killed Jews, homo-sexuals, and many others that were not like them. It did not matter if they were German or not. The total victims amounted between 11-17 million.
Pearl HarborDecember 7th, 1941 353 Japanese fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes that came I two waves and attacked an American base. 2,402 Americans were killed and 1282 were wounded. This marked the start of WWII.
Women working in factoriesThis is a term that represents the women working in factories during WWII. They took the place of men since they were at the war. This term is commonly used as a symbol of feminism.
Jackie RobinsonThe first African-American to play professional baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He broke the color barrier and allowed African-Americans to play in the MLB. He wanted to quit but his wife made him stay to give these rights to the other African-Americans.
VE dayA celebration of the defeat of the Nazi war machine. Otherwise known as the end of WWII.
Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War stretched from November 1st, 1955-April 30th, 1975. As seen by the dates this was part of the Cold War era. The fight was basically between North Vietnam who was supported by the Vietnamese government and the South Vietnam who was supported by the United States. It was overall an anti-communist vs. communist battle.
First Man in SpaceSoviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, made history on April 12, 1961 when he became the first person in the world to enter space. He also became the first man to orbit the earth. They named his shuttle the Vostok 1. He made approximately a ten minute orbital flight. America matched the accomplishment less than a month later.
LA RiotsThe riots took place in a neighborhood called Watts, Los Angeles. It was a civil disturbance lasting from August 11th to August 15th. The death count was 34 for the incident with 1,032 injuries. The result of the riot was $40 million dollars. It goes down in history as the largest and costliest rebellion of the Civil Rights Era.
Civil Rights ActThe Civil Rights act became effective July 2nd, 1964. The legislation outlawed discrimination against African Americans and women including racial segregation. It ended racial segregation in public places and schools. It allowed women to vote in the United States. The bill changed American history forever.
First Super BowlOn January 15, 1967 Super Bowl I took place. It took place in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Packers came out on top, winning 35 to 10. An American tradition was born on this day in history. The name came from Lamar Hunt seeing his daughters Super Ball and decided to call the major game to Super Bowl. It didn't stick until a couple years later.
Crack cocaineCrack cocaine is the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It may also be termed rock, hard, iron, cavvy, base, or just crack; it is the most addictive form of cocaine.Crack rocks offer a short but intense high to smokers.
Three Mile IslandThe Three Mile Island accident was a partical nuclear meltdown which at the Three Mile Island power plant in Dauphin County, Pennsylannia, United State on March 28, 1979. This was the worstaccident that the U.S government had ever seen.
AIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. The illness interferes with the immune system, making people with AIDS much more likely to get infections, including opportunistic infections and tumors that do not affect people with working immune systems.
Pope John Paul II assassination attemptThe first attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II took place on Wednesday, 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City. The Pope was shot and critically wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck 4 times.
Deoxyribonucleic acidDeoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid containing the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. The DNA segments carrying this genetic information are called genes. Likewise, other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in regulating the use of this genetic information.
Bill ClintonThe 42nd president of the US. Bill served eight years in office (1993-2001). He was almost impeached twice as president for cheating on his wife. Most people say he was a bad president because of this but life was good when he was president.
Oklahoma BombingApril 19th, 1995 a terrorist bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The blast claimed 168 lives and killed 19 people under the age of six. This remained the biggest terrorist attack against America until 9/11.
columbineEric Harris had been plotting this massacre since 1996. He created a website for gaming with his friends and then they started to blog on the site. In late 1997 Harris really became a threat when he rambled about his rage against society. Two years later, when he was a senior, Harris and his friend Dylan Klebold ran into the school with guns. They killed 12 students and 1 teacher.
Y2KY2k was a major problem with digital and non-digital documentation storage. When most documents were created with two digit years and not four digit which was needed. Many people were afraid that the computers would not shift from 1999 to 2000. If this happened nearly every digital piece of equipment would have to be reset.
9/11The September 11 attacks were a series of suicide attacks that were committed in the United States on September 11, 2001. 19 terrorist from the al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally steered two planes in to the twin towers and one into the pentagon. There was also another plane headed towards the White House but I was wrecked into a field. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks.
DC SniperAlso known as the Beltway Sniper Attacks was part of a massive plan that took the lives of ten people in Washington DC. A man named John Allen Muhammad hired a teenager named Lee Boyd Malvo. He ordered him to kill people out of the back of his car. At first it was believed that the car involved was a white van, but it was later discovered to be a Chevrolet Caprice. The man cut a small hole above his license plate to conceal the barrel.
Iraq WarThe War on Iraq was a conflict that took place between 3/20/2003-12/15/2011. Violence is still going on even now. Prior to the war the US and UK claimed that Iraq had possession of weapons of mass destruction. The invasion led to the capturing of their leader Sadam Hussein. He was tried in court and led to execution. The start of the war was marked by the 9/11 attacks and the end was the execution.
Virginia Tech MassacreOn April 16, 2007 on the campus of Virginia Tech there was a school shooting. The shooter, Seung –Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded approximately 20. After all of the action the senior English Major committed suicide. There were two separate attacks approximately two hours apart. The event goes down in history as the deadliest shooting by a single gunman.
Plane in HudsonUS airways flight 1549 was a scheduled to fly from New York to Charlotte, North Carolina. The pilot successfully ditched the plane into the Hudson six minutes after takeoff. They struck a flock of geese causing internal problems to the plane. All of the 150 passengers survived the crash. They stood on the wings waiting for help. Lots of lives were saved in the process.


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It has been suggested to me that the use of a chroot might solve my problem of building an application that must run on an embedded device. I have inferred from this description that it is somehow similar to creating the embedded environment locally on my machine which I can then use to develop on from my desktop development machine. Is this the right way to look at the functionality or have I totally misunderstood?
In order to get some idea of how it works I read this https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebootstrapChroot which I will attempt to make a chroot for an old Ubuntu version on my machine. However, as I am a total linux novice, I am a bit concerned that as I do not entirely know what I am doing is there anyway that I could end up with an unusable system?? Is this something that a novice should even attempt???


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You already just sort of know, logically and instinctively, that Google's got a ridiculous number of servers working for them. That doesn't make it any less mind-boggling when visualized. Get ready for a lot of scrolling.
Of course, not all servers are created equal—so "more" is a problematic word here. And I'm betting this wouldn't look quite so lopsided if big hitters like Microsoft, Yahoo, and Amazon were represented. Regardless, though, such a massive difference of scale is incredibly impressive, even if not entirely surprising.
Note: Contrary to the graphic's description, iWeb is in fact a "worldwide provider of Internet hosting and IT infrastructure" based in Montreal, and not in any way affiliated with Apple. [Intac via Reddit; Data from Data Center Knowledge]


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Some Mass Effect fans protested the trilogy's conclusion with cupcakes; others used Internet petitions. Gerry Pugliese was a little more ambitious. The self-proclaimed "huge Mass Effect fan" wrote a 400-page script that he calls "a fan revision, and blueprint, for fixing Mass Effect 3."
Called Mass Effect 3: Vindication, the script is full of new dialogue and missions for the controversial third entry in BioWare's sci-fi series. It's a book, not a mod, so don't expect to play through Pugliese's changes, but if you're up for some heavy reading, you'll find a ton of new scenes, choices, descriptions, and revisions involving big plot points, character relationships, and that much-discussed ending.
"The endings are a third of ME3V and I've created more than ten new ending scenarios," Pugliese writes, "including having Shepard and friends survive, and going on to live happy lives; or Shepard succumbing to the Reapers' power, turning evil, and enslaving the Galaxy, and turning many major characters into Reaper minions to serve at his/her side."
Of course, Pugliese didn't just do this for fun. "Hellooooo, game companies!" he writes. "And miscellaneous people who might want to hire me. If you like what you're about to read, I'd love to discuss any opportunities you might have... So yes, part of why I wrote ME3V is because I think it'd be really cool to work in the video game industry, and I know I can do it."
You can read all of ME3V below. (Direct download here.)


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Lake Stevens sisters Brooke and Brittney Pahukoa did all they could to aggravate Arlington coach Joe Marsh in the three times the two teams faced each other this season, including Brittney's buzzer-beating 3-pointer that sent their state semifinal playoff game into overtime.
Saturday Marsh will be happy to have the twin sisters on his team.
Marsh has been tabbed to coach the 4A All-Stars, which includes both Pahukoa sisters and Arlington post Lindsay Brown, against the 3A All-Stars in the marquee game of the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-State games.
The 4A-3A game tips off at 6 p.m. at Seattle Christian School in SeaTac. Tickets for the game are $8 for adults and $6 for students with ASB. The 1B-2B game will be played at 2 p.m. with the 2A-1A game to follow. The WSGBCA Players of the Year for each classification and the WSGBCA Coaches of the Year will also be announced.
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Shorewood's Masha Shtikel leads the 3A team, which also includes Prairie's Cori Woodward and Megan Lindsley, Cleveland's Donniesha Webber and Seattle Prep's Michaela Carew.
Archbishop Murphy post and Herald All-Area first-teamer Beth Carlson highlights the 2A All-Stars team, which is coached by Renton's Tim White.
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Brittney Pahukoa, Lake Stevens
Brooke Pahukoa, Lake Stevens
Chalayia Fuller, Inglemoor
Emily Rowe, Union
Haley Smith, Skyline
Joelle Tampien, Lewis and Clark
Kim Frost, Woodinville
Lindsay Brown, Arlington
Raven Benton, Federal Way
Shantell Jackson, Auburn Riverside
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Cori Woodward, Prairie
Donniesha Webber, Cleveland
Katie Holland, Enumclaw
Kaycee Hert, Shadle Park
Kris Brackman, Mercer Island
Masha Shtikel, Shorewood
Megan Lindsley, Prairie
Michaela Carew, Seattle Prep
Mikayla Jones, Juanita
Rodricka Ware, Lakes
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Ashli Payne, Olympic
Beth Carlson, Archbishop Murphy
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Darian Gasseling, Wapato
Hope Mortenson, Black Hills
Jamika Parker, WF West
Kennedy Hobert, White River
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Madalyn Seidl, Castle Rock
Michelle Schultz, Connell
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Demi Sahlinger, Napavine
Hannah Dietzen, Northwest Christian Colbert
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Elizabeth Larrew, Columbia Hunters
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Pumpkin Pasties
- Yield: 6 servings
In chapter 6 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, Harry has money for the very first time buys everything off of the snacks witch's cart - Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, Cauldron Cakes and Pumpkin Pasties were just a few.
- Pasty Crust
- 1 1/4cups all-purpose flour
- 1tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1/4teaspoon salt
- 5tablespoons cold butter, cut into chunks
- 3tablespoons vegetable shortening, chilled and cut into chunks
- 4-6tablespoons ice water
- Filling
- 1cup canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling
- 1/4cup granulated sugar
- 1/8teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Place the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse a few times to combine. Scatter the butter and shortening over the flour mixture. Pulse about 15 times until the mixture resembles coarse yellow meal, with no white powdery bits remaining.
- Transfer the mixture into a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle 4 tablespoons of cold water over the moisture. Toss the mixture together with a spatula until it starts clumping together. If it's too dry, add more water 1 tablespoon at a time (better too wet than too dry). Gather the dough into a ball and pat it into a disk. Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for at least 1 hour.
- Combine the pumpkin, sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Mix well. Preheat the oven to 400F. Roll out the dough 1/8 inch think. Use a saucer to cur out 6-inch circles.
- Put 2 to 3 tablespoons of filling in the center of each circle of dough. Moisten the edges with water, fold the dough over the filling, and crimp with a fork to seal the edges. Cut slits to make vents. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 30 minutes or until browned.
—Recipe reprinted with permission from The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz (Adams Media, 2010).


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We preachers sometimes torture the faithful with our complaints about the unfaithful.
We don't mean to do that. It's just something that happens, usually as a result of our frustration.
Listen to the typical pastor or staffer addressing the congregation:
"A little rain never hurt anybody! And where is half our congregation? But oh no, they couldn't make it today. They had no trouble sitting through the ball game yesterday in freezing temperatures! Or playing a round of golf in the rain. But let a little sprinkle drop out of the heavens and they can't make it to church today!"
Or this one:
"People can stand in the stadium for hours and cheer their team until they are hoarse. But the same people come to church and want cushions on the pews and would die if they had to crack a smile or actually open a hymnbook and sing."
This sour song has countless verses….
"We can sit for hours in front of the television, but complain if the preacher goes five minutes overtime."
"We love a good comedian, but if the preacher tells a joke from the pulpit, he gets anonymous letters telling him he's profaning the Lord's house!"
Or, another common refrain….
It's Sunday night and only a handful have shown up. The preacher is fit to be tied. "Where is the dedication these days? People just aren't as committed as they used to be?"
You get the idea.
Of all the foolish things ministers do, this may be the least smart (I'm bending over backward to avoid using the word "stupid" here): Afflicting the faithful who made the effort to be in church with our frustrations over those who didn't.
There is a certain cartharsis in playing the blame game.
If as a pastor I blame the absentees for their failures (to show up, to worship, to pray, to give, etc), I can get by with it since they're not present to defend themselves and will not take this personally.
If I blame others for the low attendance, pitiful offerings, etc., it may look like the problem has nothing to do with my poor leadership or lousy preaching or our weak programs.
The preacher who is blaming the missing members for their shallowness is probably missing the point.
Ball games and golf and television shows and comedians are all about entertainment, excitement, recreation, and diversions. They present a game which is basically meaningless (that is, nothing that takes place on the field has anything to do with real life) in order to entertain us.
Such games have as much in common with a Spirit-anointed worship service as a game of hopscotch does with the Korean war.
Comparing the two is foolish.
Using our attendance at the first to shame us in our lack of support for the second is an insult to people's intelligence.
A Saturday football game can be a great deal of fun. It works on a hundred levels–the game itself, the fun of a daylong outing with family and friends, the sights and sounds (cheers, bands, crowd noise), the visit to one's alma mater, a relaxing drive, and such. Unless one overdoes it, this can be as healthy as a mini-vacation.
For most people, Saturday football games are sheer entertainment, are rare, and are a diversion from the day-to-day routine. For a couple of hours, we can holler and complain and laugh and slap-hands and hug friends without it costing anything expensive, meaning anything important, or committing us to anything permanent.
Church is different.
Church is every week–sometimes several times a week. Church is like home in that it's regular, it's the same people, and it's the same theme. Church is real life. Church is mostly all business, not fun and games.
My wife says church is like sitting through a high school history class–it's real, it's important, and can sometimes be difficult or even boring. But in no way should we dump guilt on the class because they don't cheer the professor, applaud right answers, or leave the classroom hyped up the way they do for ball games.
This is just one more reason why everyone who takes a leading part in worship services should plan in advance what they intend to say. We should not leave it to chance, not depend on the inspiration of the moment to supply the words, and not burden ourselves and our hearers with our rants on whatever is bothering us at the moment.
The preacher who counts on the inspiration of the moment to supply the content of his extra-sermonic pronouncements (what he says other than the main message) may find that instead of inspiration what he's feeling is frustration. And when a frustrated preacher vents before the congregation, nothing good comes of it.
Dumping guilt on a congregation is the easiest thing in the world to do. Since everyone in the room is a flawed sinner, the list of infractions could be endless.
Pastor who flesh out their sermons with condemnations of various sins will never lack for material. And, yes, plenty of members will consider this good preaching.
Whether the Lord does or not is another matter altogether.


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Illegal drugs
Drugs are any chemical substances that effect a physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral change in an individual. Drug abuse is the use of any licit or illicit chemical substance that results in physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral impairment in an individual. Illegal drugs are drugs whose possession and/or use is forbidden by law (in most jurisdictions) due to their harmfulness and, usually, lack of therapeutic use. The Bible generally prohibits the use of drugs such as these. The most common illegal drugs are:
- Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) is the common hemp plant, which provides hallucinogens with some varying psychoactive properties. Other names for the Cannabis plant prepared for use are: Marijuana, Pot, Acapulco gold, Grass, Weed and Reefer. The main psychoactive ingredient within Cannabis is Delta-9-Tetrahydroannabinol (THC). There are three different preparations of Cannabis: Marijuana (Ground flower buds and/or leaves), Hashish (Pressed Cannabis Trichomes) and Hashish Oil (Ethanol extracted Cannabinoids). Although marijuana is illegal there are many groups researching its therapeutic properties and painkilling properties for people with chronic pain or disease.
- Coca (mostly Erythroxylum coca) is a bush with leaves that contain cocaine. Coca is not to be confused with cocoa, which comes from cacao seeds and is used in making chocolate, cocoa, and cocoa butter.
- Cocaine is a stimulant derived from the leaves of the coca bush.
- Hallucinogen are drugs that affect sensation, thinking, self-awareness, and emotion. Hallucinogens include LSD (acid, microdot), mescaline, and the cacti that coatain it: peyote and san pedro (mexc, buttons, cactus), amphetamine variants (PMA, STP, DOB, DOM, 2C-I, 2C-E), phencyclidine (PCP, angel dust, hog), phencyclidine analogues (PCE, PCPy, TCP), and others (psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, ayahuasca).
- Heroin is a semisynthetic derivative of morphine.(diacetylmorphine)
- Opium is the brown, gummy exudate of the incised, unripe seedpod of the opium poppy. It contains over 20 different alkaloids, but the most important of these are morphine and codiene.
- Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is the source for the natural and semisynthetic opiates.
- Poppy straw is the entire cut and dried opium poppy-plant material, other than the seeds. Opium is extracted from poppy straw in commercial operations that produce the drug for medical use.
- Qat (kat, khat) is a stimulant from the buds or leaves of Catha edulis that is chewed or drunk as tea. It contains cathinone, a natural stimulant structurally similar to ephedrine.
Legal (pharmaceutical) drugs are also often used for recreational (i.e., non-therapeutic) purposes. Such use is usually illegal. Drugs often illegally abused in this manner include:
- Some cough suppressants, mainly any formulation which contains dextromethorphan (Robitussin, Delsym), are used in high doses to produce dissociative hallucinations, much like phencyclidine or ketamine. Althouth available over the counter in most states, frequent or long-term use of these high doses can lead to toxic psychosis.
- Depressants (sedatives) are drugs that reduce tension and anxiety and include chloral hydrate, barbiturates (Amytal, Nembutal, Seconal, phenobarbital), benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, Ativan), methaqualone (Quaalude or Mandrax), glutethimide (Doriden), and others (Equanil, Placidyl, Valmid).
- Narcotics are drugs that relieve pain, often induce sleep or a type of "euphoria," and refer to opium, opium derivatives, and synthetic substitutes. Natural narcotics include opium (paregoric, parepectolin), morphine (MS-Contin, Roxanol), codeine (Tylenol #3, Empirin with codeine), and thebaine. Semisynthetic narcotics include heroin (horse, smack), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Synthetic narcotics include meperidine or Pethidine (Demerol), methadone (Dolophine, Methadose, Actiq), and others (Darvon, Vicodin, Oxycontin).
- Stimulants are drugs that relieve mild depression, increase energy and activity, and include cocaine (coke, snow, crack), amphetamines (Methamphetamine, Desoxyn, Dexedrine), ephedrine, ecstasy (clarity, essence, doctor, Adam), phenmetrazine (Preludin), methylphenidate (Ritalin), and others (Cylert, Sanorex, Tenuate).
Arguments for legalization
Whilst there are undoubtedly arguments against legalizing particular or all recreational drugs, there are arguments to the contrary.
- Crime. Some argue that the primary immorality associated with illicit drugs is the resultant drug-related crime. The cocaine industry is notoriously immoral, whilst a legal industry would almost certainly be far less so. Celerino Castillo, a twenty-year veteran of law enforcement (including twelve years in the Drug Enforcement Administration), calls the drug war a "vile and despicable presence doing irreparable harm to all of the American landscape," and insists that legalization is the only real solution to eliminating drug cartels and gangs.[1]
- Human Rights. It has been suggested that it is a human right to have access to recreational drugs, and that it is immoral of the government to prevent this. However, this argument is not without criticism. Drug use may lead to a user negatively affecting the lives of others.
- Futility of criminalization. The laws on illicit drugs cannot be effectively enforced and drugs are easy to procure. When a law cannot be effectively enforced, it is of questionable merit. Also, since alcohol is a dangerous, legal alternative, people will frequently turn to it instead, which is arguably no better.
See also
- War on Drugs
- Drug testing
- Drug abuse
- Prohibition and Alcoholic drinks
- Liberal values and the "Drug Culture" of:
- ↑ Drug War Doing Irreparable Harm, Brownsville Herald, 3 March 2008.


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When You're Single at a Wedding, It's ALL About Finding a Hot Hookup
Being a wedding guest doesn't guarantee you'll have suitors falling over you left and right, but there's a reason wedding hookups are a stereotype. Receptions tend to be full of young, single people — mostly friends and friends of friends — who have romance on the brain and a dance floor nearby. Here are 10 rules to help you succeed at a quickie courtship and ensure you don't embarrass yourself in the process.
- Show up single. Even if your invitation welcomes a plus one, showing up without a date — even a friend date — makes it more likely you'll go home with one.
- Ask for help. Nudge in-the-know members of the wedding party to point out potential paramours or, better yet, seat you next to them.
- Be focused. Figure out who's single (one advantage of the dreaded singles table) and center your efforts on the one who strikes your fancy. Nothing says gauche like a girl flirting with every guy on the dance floor.
- Speaking of the dance floor, go there. You'll have more opportunity to mingle than if you park yourself by the food table, and even if you don't meet someone, at least you'll have fun.
- Know when to back off. If your flirtation isn't reciprocated, let it go. Being pushy is even more off-putting with a roomful of people watching.
- Get tipsy, but don't get drunk. If it loosens you up to knock back some bubbly, fine, but don't set yourself up for slurred speech and wardrobe malfunctions.
- Confirm single status. Before bedding down with anyone, please, confirm that he or she is single. This rule is essential when your pool of potential hookups includes the friends and family of the bride and groom.
- Get a room, or something. Even if the entire reception has watched you flirt doesn't mean they have to witness your PDA too. Keep it classy.
- Don't show up to the wedding brunch in your dress from the night before. Enough said.
- Also, save the kissing and telling for later. If you want to dish with your friends about your conquest, save it for after the wedding-related festivities.
Share your tips (and your juicy wedding hookup stories) below.


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Unique galaxy found
A unique example of some of the lowest surface brightness galaxies in the universe have been found by an international team of astronomers lead by the Niels Bohr Institute. The galaxy has lower amounts of heavier elements than other known galaxies of this type. The discovery means that small low surface brightness galaxies may have more in common with the first galaxies formed shortly after the Big Bang than previously thought. The results have been published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
As the name implies, the galaxies are faint and therefore difficult to find and challenging to observe. The galaxy called ESO 546-G34 is a nearly 20 year old observation that no one had previously taken much notice of. The observation has now been analysed using new methods and it is only now that astronomers have realised how special it is.
"The galaxy gives us an idea of how the galaxies must have looked before star formation really got going", explains Lars Mattsson, an astrophysicist at the Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. The discovery was made in collaboration with astronomers at Uppsala University and the Astronomical Observatory in Kiev.
The evolution of galaxies
A galaxy consists of many millions or billions of stars. Stars are formed when giant gas clouds condense and form a ball of glowing gas – a star. A star produces energy through the fusion of hydrogen into helium, which fuses into carbon and oxygen and further into heavier and heavier elements. The process of conversion from gases to heavier elements takes anywhere from hundreds of thousands of years to billions of years.
Most of the known galaxies that have only formed small amounts of the heavy elements are young galaxies that are undergoing gigantic outbursts of star formation. This makes them incredibly bright and easier to observe. One type of galaxy with bursts of star formation is called blue compact galaxies, as newly formed stars emit a bluish light.
'Unevolved' dwarf galaxy
The galaxy that has been observed is small and contains only extremely small amounts of the heavier elements. That it consists mostly of the gases hydrogen and helium and is so faint means that it has only just begun to form stars.
"Our analysis shows that while a large, mature galaxy like our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is comprised of around 15-20 percent gas, this faint little galaxy is comprised of up to 50 percent gas and is very poor in heavier elements. This means that it is very unevolved", explains Lars Mattsson.
The theory is that the very small faint galaxies collide with each other and the greater concentration of gas material and dynamical disturbance boosts star formation and thereby form the larger blue, compact galaxies.
"ESO 546-G34 is a left over dwarf galaxy that doesn't seem to have collided with other galaxies. This gives us unique insight into how the earliest galaxies in the universe may have looked", explains Lars Mattsson.
Article in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society >>


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- An insured individual disappeared during a storm while fishing on Lake Erie in a small rowboat. After a thorough investigation of the facts of the disappearance and continued absence, based upon all of the circumstances of this particular case, it is determined that the individual died on the date he disappeared.
W filed application in June 1957 for mother's insurance benefits for herself and child's benefits for her children on the social security account of her husband, H, who had disappeared on May 15, 1957, and who, she alleged, had perished in a boating accident.
Before he left home on May 15, 1957, H had told W that he was about to make some business calls and then was going fishing. After visiting the office of his employer, he attempted to rent a boat from X boat house in order to go fishing on Lake Erie. The operator of the boat house refused to rent him a boat because the Lake was rough, storm warnings having been posted. When H became insistent, the operator of X boat house suggested he try another boat house. A short time later, H did rent a small rowboat with an outboard motor from another boat house. The operator of that boat house had also advised H that it would be unsafe for him to go out of the river and into the lake because of the dangerous weather conditions.
H failed to return. The boat was later located on Lake Erie about 5½ miles from the boat house. The bottom was scraped, the propeller of the outboard motor was bent, the gas tank was empty, the boat was half full of water, and H's fishing equipment was strewn about in the bottom of the boat. An extensive investigation was conducted by the police, the U.S. Coast Guard, and several insurance companies; however, no trace of H was ever found.
Since there was a total of about $32,000 in insurance payable upon H's death, two of the four companies that insured H's life made an extensive investigation into H's habits, background, health, and character. The evidence they obtained indicated that H was a devoted husband and father of three children, that on the day of H's disappearance, Lake Erie was very rough and was running 3 foot swells, a 15 knot wind was blowing from the northeast, storm warnings were up, and small craft had been advised against going out into the lake. The four insurance companies paid the total of approximately $32,000 on policies insuring H's life.
It is well established by court decisions that one who files a claim with an administrative agency has the burden of establishing that the required conditions of eligibility have been met.
Regulations No. 4, § 404.704 provides, among other things, that an applicant for monthly benefits or a lump-sum death payment based upon the wages and self-employment income of a deceased individual shall file supporting evidence as to the death of such individual and as to the time and place of such death. The same section further provides that this may be in the nature of, among other things, a certified copy of a public record of death or a statement of the funeral director or attending physician, or similar evidence of death, and that when such evidence is not available, other evidence of probative value may be acceptable. Death may be proved by evidence showing such facts and circumstances connected with the absence of the individual as would reasonably warrant a conclusion of death.
A finding that death occurred at or about the time of his disappearance may be reasonable where the individual was exposed to some specific peril at or about the time of his disappearance, or in other cases where the evidence shows convincingly that it was improbable, under all the circumstances, that the missing individual survived long after his disappearance. In such cases, consideration must be given to the missing individual's domestic situation, his finances, his health, his mental outlook, whether he was bound by ties of affection to his family and had no apparent reason for leaving them, and whether he probably would have communicated with them had he long survived.
It appears to be well established that H was a devoted husband and father; that he was in good health; that he had no serious or unusual financial worries; that he left home in good spirits to attend a business matter with the announced intention of going on a fishing trip after he had attended to the business matter; that, in spite of being warned about the dangerous boating conditions, he did embark upon his fishing expedition; and that his battered boat was found the next day in Lake Erie unoccupied by H.
An individual operating a small boat in defiance of warnings from those familiar with both the lake and the weather conditions was in a position of potential peril. These circumstances lead to the reasonable conclusion that H was tossed out of the boat by the heavy weather and thus met his death by drowning. There is nothing to indicate any motive for H's voluntary disappearance, but on the other hand, the evidence supports the conclusion that H met his death on the day of his disappearance. Under these circumstances, it is held that the evidence submitted concerning the circumstances surrounding H's disappearance justifies a finding that H died on May 15, 1957.


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Soyuz Capsule Docks at Area Place with Worldwide Area Crew
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Three jet pilots arrive at the Worldwide Area Place beginning Wednesday (July 17) for a four-month remain, providing the large revolving about outpost returning to its complete supplement of six spaceflyers.
The Soyuz space pills holding the three new crewmembers — NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, European cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Japoneses spaceflyer Aki Hoshide — docked with the station at 12:51 a.m. EDT Wednesday (0451 GMT) after a two-day journey. The Soyuz released into orbit Weekend from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
"Everything is ideal," Malenchenko radioed Russia's Objective Management Middle in Korolev, just outside Moscow. Camcorders on the external of the place station taken amazing opinions of the Soyuz taking up to the revolving about lab with the shiny red World in the backdrop.
At docking time, the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft and area place were boating 251 kilometers (402 kilometers) over east Kazakhstan. The Soyuz left itself at an Earth-facing docking slot on the station's Russian-built Rassvet component, and the hatches linking the two spacecraft were started out at 3:23 a.m. EDT (0723 GMT).
The Russian-U.S.-Japanese team onboard the Soyuz arrive at the area place 37 decades ago to the day of the first truly worldwide area docking: the September 17 meet-up between a NASA Apollo spacecraft and European Soyuz 19 pills during the Apollo-Soyuz Analyze Venture in 1975. During that ancient test journey, NASA astronaut Tom Stafford shaken arms with Communist cosmonaut Alexei Leonov to concrete the groundwork of worldwide area collaboration that eventually led to the $100 million International Space Station in orbit these days.
Today, the area place is the biggest human-built framework in area and clearly noticeable to the unaided eye from the floor to experts who know when and where to look. Twelve to fifteen different nations and five area organizations comprising the Combined Declares, Italy, European nations, North america and Asia designed the large revolving about laboratory


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[Michael] got his hands on a refrigerator that he intended to store beer in but found that it ran constantly. Instead of buying a new thermostat he and his friend [Doug] set out to build an Arduino-based controller for the fridge.
The finished project will switch 240v so they've used a transformer to power the logic circuitry and a solid state relay to handle the load switching, with a Dallas 1820 for temperature data. Because the Arduino offers more capabilities than the average thermostat hack they also decided to tap into its potential by adding an Ethernet shield. We see the Arduino as a prototyping device and so do these folks. Once the bugs in their first PCB prototype are worked out the circuit will use the ATmega328 and do away with the Arduino.
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January 22, 2009
Downloading Files from an Archive
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Yea, excellent software, I'm using it almost 2 years now, and it's much better then other similar software.ReplyDelete
It almost looks like a coincidence. :PReplyDelete
I dont know if I may place a link to it, if not, remove :)
But lifehacker had a tool like this 6 days ago, before that I never saw or thought about anything like that :)
How does this software correlates with "Google's latest attempts to move your operating system online"? 0_oReplyDelete
That's an ongoing process and many of the posts from this blog aren't explicitly related to Google's online services. "Google OS" is just a metaphor for a platform that moves most of your data and applications online, while making your real OS irrelevant.
The platform is far from being finished, so no Google service handles archives well. You can't preview a ZIP attachment in Gmail or selectively download some of the files. FDM (Free Download Manager) adds this very useful feature, along with many others: integration with IE and Firefox, downloading from several mirrors, download acceleration, previewing videos and audio files etc.
That's cool and all, but while I use Google and love this blog, I don't use Windows. Less "other", more Google (or, well, the same as you've been doing).ReplyDelete
It strikes me that this kind of service could work great online (caching the zip file indexes for many users, and hoarding zip file popularity data). For protected links (cookie/ip/...) things would get more complicated, and a locally installed software like the one mentioned is needed. Ultimately file-handling should integrate better with the browser, I'm sure.ReplyDelete
You have made nice post but you can know more about 7-zip (compressor/extractor) it at:ReplyDelete


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8 Tasting Notes
You definitely don't want to steep this too long, because it goes a bit bitter. With the right water temperature and without steeping too long, this is delightful. Very nice rose scent, and I love the mix of jasmine flowers with the rose petals.
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Pumpkin Swirl Loaf
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Looks great- but then all of your recipes do!ReplyDelete
What a lovely looking loaf that is !ReplyDelete
interesting..... something new with pumpkin, love it!ReplyDelete
Nothing like pumpkin to remind you of the comforts of fall!ReplyDelete
My favorite pumpkin bread. MMMReplyDelete
The way I see it .. .I wouldn't feel good about continuing to eat pumpkin pie ALL week . ..it wouldnt' be healthy would it .. but a loaf is not pie and so I think I'll use up some pumpkin and "cheese" with this one.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2009 at 9:12 AM
There is nothing better than pumpkin but I've never tried anything like a loaf. I will soon try this! Yummy!! But, you say it does not freeze well which is too bad. I will eat too much otherwise. HahaReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Pumpkin is such a comfort food. Had never heard of making a loaf. Sounds delicious!!ReplyDelete
A slice of cheese and a cup of coffee would go well with this.ReplyDelete
I am drooling. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to make this later this week.ReplyDelete
I'm game to try anything pumpkin right about now. Looks great!ReplyDelete
I love pumpkin loaf and this recipeReplyDelete
looks extra delicious.I will definately be trying this one very soon.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Hi. Do you know of a site where I can find a chart that shows 'amounts needed to feed....'I will be cooking for a crowd when we have communion services and need to know how much stuff I need to feed the folksReplyDelete
Mmmmmm...I'm going to have to try this :) We have all the ingredients. It looks super yummy!ReplyDelete
Anything combining cream cheese and pumpkin must be delicious!ReplyDelete
Looks delicious! I made a "Pumpkin Ribbon Loaf" one time which was similar but this looks easier.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 13, 2009 at 6:18 PM
I definitely have to try this one! Thank you so much! Love your blog and generosity! Linda at email@example.com
Yum! That definitely looks like comfort food, Kathy!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to try this.ReplyDelete
I just made pumpkin bread! I love the cream cheese twist to this recipe! I'll want to make it again!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2009 at 2:06 PM
I just made this recipe and it is so good. Only one problem, I want to eat the whole loaf.ReplyDelete
This looks wonderful. I'm spending the day cooking and baking and this is at the top of my list!ReplyDelete
- Lori, FLOctober 31, 2009 at 1:26 PM
I've made this recipe since it was posted and it was simple and delicous! I've also passed it along to two friends who have also made it! Thanks for posting such a great fall recipe!ReplyDelete
I made this last night and brought it to work this morning---it was gone in no time. such a nice looking loaf and so easy too.ReplyDelete
- Maddie's momNovember 6, 2009 at 5:39 AM
I made this pumpkin loaf last night and wow....it is delicious!! Thanks for posting & sharing.ReplyDelete
I made it in a bread pan but I can't say that I baked it the full 1 1/2 hrs.
Fantastic bread!!! So moist and yummy! Made it a couple of weeks ago and it barely lasted the whole weekend :)ReplyDelete


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Electrical contractors (ECs) know that, first and foremost, the removal of abandoned cable is a National Electrical Code issue. But additional considerations make it even more crucial that unused, untagged cables be pulled out.
ECs also know cabling is heavy, especially where several generations of product are in place. If the cable plant isn't properly supported, the weight can lead to damaged ceiling tiles or a compromised grid. In some cases, even supported cabling can cause problems.
"It's sometimes zip-tied to the ceiling structure or to the fire sprinkler pipes," said Daniel Fosbinder, ITS Tech, CFOT, structured cabling systems project manager at Eaton McCaskill Electrical Contracting Inc. (EMEC), Cleveland, Tenn.
These kinds of complications not only present potential issues in a removal project, but also can cause a real hazard if these cables aren't completely freed from piping and other building systems prior to being pulled out. The weight alone could disrupt the water pipe or break the ceiling support structure, Fosbinder said.
On a project that has already commenced, the cost of removing abandoned cable may not have been included in the customer's original budget, but ECs can leverage another layer of harm avoidance when talking with customers who seem reluctant to part with yet more money on their project.
"Abandoned cable is a hazard because of the toxic smoke in case of a fire, and so, therefore, it should be removed," said Ron Kunkel, president of Signawest Systems Inc., Newark, Calif. "It's a life-safety issue."
A building's fire protection system is made of many theoretical layers, and the proper removal of unused cable is just one of them. It does not only concern ceiling spaces, where they impede pathways and fill up an already tight area. Unused cable that is left in place can also trigger operational issues when they get into the core communication closets and risers that feed through all the different floors, said Jason Howell, vice president of Mona Electric Group Inc., Clinton, Md.
Moreover, the problem can often be worse than a building owner assumes. Unless the building or property manager has been vigilant, there is a real potential that there are more abandoned cables between the various tenants than they think.
Customers can also run into problems when abandoned cables begin to overload the external plant. Todd Strand, RCDD, NTS, OSP, senior consultant at On Target Voice & Data Inc, in Orange, Calif., consulted on a job at the University of California, Irvine, where the 1960s-era conduit structure imposes some limitations on how much cable can be accommodated. He said it is more advantageous to remove old copper bundles to open up the conduit space than it is to try to trench.
"As you remove it, you put in a rope, and now you can go from point A to point B rather than trenching even more," Strand said.
Locations and methods
For ECs with a strong presence in the education sector, a fair number of abandoned-cable-removal projects are likely to come along. The frequent remodeling and upgrading that goes on in school districts and college campuses prompts the routine removal of large amounts of unused cabling.
"We don't actively go out and look for these opportunities. It's just something that happens," Strand said of most of his company's cable-abatement jobs.
Other times, cable-removal projects are add-ons to new system installations.
"The reason is because, at this point, they'll have you go into their telecommunications or equipment room, and they have all this cabling that's terminated to the back of their panels," Fosbinder said.
This is when, as they start figuring out how to get everything wired up to the new system, that building managers may start to realize how much abandoned cable they have.
"When you're designing a new layout for them, they see all this cabling coming down and terminating. It reminds them that they have a lot of infrastructure in the ceiling," Fosbinder said.
Cable-abatement projects are time- and labor-intensive, and there are not many ways to get around it. The trick is to make them as lean as possible and to minimize the impact on the customer. In some cases, the client's schedule may facilitate a process that is less disruptive.
"With the school district, they phase their schools," Strand said. "We'll go in when there aren't any teachers or students in the wings, and we can demo all the cables first."
When it is possible to remove cable without worrying about end-users running around, savvy ECs can take advantage of the circumstances to make the process relatively fast. But don't assume that an occupied building means the removal process will be significantly hampered. Staging activities and crews should be done on a per-project basis to ensure you're providing customers with the best services to meet their particular needs. And while running multiple crews simultaneously—some doing removal and others doing installation—seems like a good way to save time, few ECs find it efficient.
"Normally, we don't have two crews," Kunkel said. Instead, one crew handles both ends of the project. "The same crew takes the cable out after installing the new, or vice versa, if we're going to reuse the same raceway. Then we'll take the cable out first."
He said that it is often better to focus on streamlining each stage rather than trying to do both at the same time.
The good news is that cable-removal projects often have opportunities to provide the customer with additional services while increasing revenue for the EC. Installing or cleaning up cable pathways is one of the more common services that can often be added to a garden-variety removal job.
[SB]Selling the safety
Another potential revenue generator is to bring those pathways up-to-date in other ways. Cabling that goes through firewalls or concrete may not be fire-stopped correctly, and fixing these issues is a worthwhile avenue for ECs to explore (see "Hold It Right There" by Chuck Ross on page 78).
Mona Electric decided several years ago to take a proactive approach to the issue of abandoned cable. The firm teamed up with Systimax (now part of CommScope) to put together a one-hour presentation outlining the code requirements surrounding abandoned cable and what it means for customers.
"We did the first few with Systimax, and then we ended up providing it on our own to property managers," Howell said.
The lunch-and-learn sessions proved to be a hit. Customers were eager to bring their building engineers together to confirm they had the latest Code-requirement information. It also helped to generate additional revenue for Mona Electric.
"We put the effort into teaching the property management companies what the Code means and then what services we could provide based off of that," he said.
Howell's presentations regularly lead to discussions with property managers about a more comprehensive suite of needs.
"It's very eye-opening for a lot of them because they never worried about the telecommunications closets before," he said.
Some customers have subsequently asked them to create drawings that could be updated as the cable plant evolved. They also have been brought in to consult when new tenants move in, to ensure their cabling needs are addressed correctly.
Sometimes they have to see it
Mona Electric's access to the phone and electrical closets also provides an opportunity to involve other departments, such as its fire alarm group and the team that manages infrared scans.
"Once you're into those closets, there's a lot of core voice, data and electrical components that would lead to us managing all aspects of the building for the property management companies," Howell said.
Site surveys are another potential upsell that makes a lot of sense for the customer.
"Sometimes you can come in and document the existing cable plant," Fosbinder said.
Many companies still don't track their cabling, but a contractor that walks them through the benefits may be able to sell the service. It's also a good way to segue into discussing the advantages of an asset-management program, the next logical step for an EC that's already conducting a survey.
"While we're on-site documenting all these cables that need to be removed, we're also documenting the cables that are still in place," Fosbinder said. "You're doing both, and you can add all that information to the software, so the customer can physically track it."
Anticipating customer concerns may be one of the best ways to not only land abandoned-cable-removal projects, but also to gain the opportunity to provide additional—and perhaps more lucrative—services to clients. Catching the attention of building owners, a group that is often particularly difficult to win over, takes effort.
"They're always looking at the bottom line, and they don't like to spend the additional monies," Kunkel said.
Working with them on the advantages of a thorough removal project can help make a business case they'll support.
About The Author
Julie Knudson worked in facilities and telecom management before becoming a freelance business writer. She can be reached at www.julieknudson.com.


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Even though a state plan to add express toll lanes to I-95 in Harford County and to possibly build a new Park-and-Ride lot at Route 152 in Joppa is years in the future, state transportation officials are continuing their quest for environmental permits in connection with the project.
The permitting process already has raised flags with some property owners along I-95 who will be affected by the planned widening of the highway, notably the congregation of Trinity Church at 2907 Mountain Road near the interchange.
Of particular concern is the state's plan to reconfigure the Route 152 interchange and relocate the existing commuter park and ride lots.
About 20 people attended a public hearing in Abingdon late last month, held by the Maryland Department of the Environment regarding the MdTA's application for a Nontidal Wetlands and Waterways Permit.
Many residents said they thought what is known as the Section 200 project had been stopped around 2008, but they learned earlier this year officials are still pursuing permits. Property owners along the highway from Route 543 in Riverside south to Baltimore County were invited to attend last month's meeting.
Concerns are being raised about the impact the Section 200 project will have on surrounding woods and wetlands and, in particular, the potential for a large portion of Trinity Church's property to be taken for the new Park-and-Ride.
"Those woods are sacred to us; they are precious to us," said Vincent Rabenau, who lives in the area. "They are a buffer to us from the noise and the traffic of I-95 and the thought of them being destroyed is just heartbreaking."
Gloria Moon, also of Joppa, suggests officials "need to rethink the whole thing, I think." Moon is a member of the Joppa-Joppatowne Community Council and president of the Little Gunpowder Improvement Association, which serves residents living within an area bounded by the Little Gunpowder Falls, Route 7, Winters Run and Reckord Road.
"What they have planned, we just don't have the land for it," Moon continued. "The land on the north side of I-95 is fragile."
Trinity Church is in the 2900 block of Mountain Road, located about a quarter of a mile directly north of the interchange. The existing park and ride lots sit between the on- and off-ramps of the interchange in the area that would be used to accommodate the planned express lanes.
Officials with the Maryland Transportation Authority, which is responsible for I-95, have said negotiations with church leaders to purchase 13 acres of their property in 2005 were not successful and they are not interested in the church land.
Plans for Section 200 suggest otherwise, one church official said recently.
The church has about 300 members. Executive Pastor Brent Brewer said plans church leaders have seen all show the Trinity property as a "preferred site" for the Park-and-Ride.
Brewer said placing the lot on 13 acres of wooded land, "less than 50 feet" from the church building, could affect parking for church members on Sunday, especially when Harford County residents travel to Baltimore for Orioles or Ravens games. He also has concerns about the potential for problems with litter and runoff pollution from the asphalt.
He said the church was built at its location at Mountain Road and Jaycee Drive because of its accessibility to I-95 and convenience for people living in both Harford and Baltimore counties.
"And just the overall natural beauty of the property, I think, made it very appealing," Brewer said.
Maryland Department of the Environment spokesman Jay Apperson said environmental officials will take public comments into consideration when deciding whether to issue a permit.
"No decision has been made at this point, whether or not to issue the permit, but a decision is expected by mid-August," Apperson said.
No funding yet
John Sales, a spokesman with the Maryland Transportation Authority, said the improvements for Section 200, which covers the portion of I-95 north of Route 43 at White Marsh to north of Route 22 in Aberdeen, are not included in the Maryland Department of Transportation's most recent six-year Consolidated Transportation Plan.
Sales also said the funding is not in place for the Section 200 project, which has been in planning stages for nearly a decade and is currently estimated to cost $2 billion.
"The funding is not in place, or coming down the pipeline any time soon," Sales said.
The Consolidated Transportation Plan, known to transportation officials by its acronym CTP, lists the priority projects statewide for the 2012 fiscal year through the 2017 fiscal year.
"I can definitely say this project will not be moving forward in six years' time," Sales said.
Sales said the Section 200 project includes plans for two Park-and-Ride lots, one off Route 152 and the other off Route 24 near Bel Air, "but the actual location has yet to be determined."
Planning documents provided by Sales last week, however, show a large Park-and-Ride lot for Route 152 at the southern edge of the church building, and a Route 24 lot in the southeast quadrant of the intersection of Route 24 (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway) and Route 924 (Emmorton Road)
"As we do not have funding identified beyond planning for this project, no efforts are underway to purchase the property needed for the MD 152 Park & Ride," Sales wrote in an e-mail last week.
The MdTA operates and maintains toll roads, bridges and tunnels across the state, and has $2.17 billion worth of projects in its portion of the Transportation Department's 2012-2017 Consolidated Transportation Plan.
The agency's funding comes only from toll revenues; no money comes from the state's Transportation Trust Fund or general fund, Sales said.
Smaller jobs
Officials with the MdTA are seeking various federal and state permits to conduct system preservation projects to maintain Section 200 in its current eight-lane state, according to Sales.
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"It allow us to do any of those smaller system preservation projects without having to go through the permitting process for those," Sales explained.
"When we applied for [the Nontidal Wetlands and Waterways Permit] over two years ago, the intent was to focus it on the Section 200 ETLs [Express Toll Lanes] but it also does have an added benefit of allowing us to do these smaller system preservation projects on that stretch of I-95," Sales continued.
The agency is also overseeing construction of toll lanes for Section 100 of I-95, between the I-95/895 split north of the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore and just north of White Marsh. That project is expected to be completed in 2014.
Rabenau, who is also a member of the Joppa-Joppatowne Community Council, suggested the state create separate permits for the toll lanes and park and ride.
He works in Silver Spring and regularly commutes on I-95 and said the major traffic issues going toward Baltimore occur closer to the Beltway, on Section 100, south of White Marsh. He suggests waiting until Section 100 is complete and those toll lanes are in use before considering upgrades to Section 200.
"I believe that the MdTA would be wise to finish Section 100 and observe its benefits, observe its impact," Rabenau said.
Sales said the toll lanes for Section 200 were determined by MdTA planners to be the "most viable option" for relieving congestion on I-95 in Harford County, based on comments from the agency, the public and environmental and engineering analysts.


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CHICAGO (AP) — Earvin "Magic" Johnson is getting a little help from Chicago rapper Common for his newest off-court endeavor.
The former NBA star launched his "Friends of Magic" initiative Wednesday. The idea is to help at-risk students, including dropouts, graduate from high school.
Johnson, Common and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn attended the event at Magic Johnson Bridgescape Academy in Chicago, an education facility backed in part by Johnson's business enterprises.
An emotional Johnson spoke after listening to one of the students who has had success in the academy's education programs.
Wiping away tears, Johnson said he's trying to give back and felt gratified by his organization's work. Magic Johnson Bridgescape Academy contracts with Chicago Public Schools to help dropouts.
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Just like squirrels and boars in the wild, overbearing parents can now tag their own children with RFID wristbands. This amusement-park kiosk system is called SafeTzone and lets parents give their children RFID wristbands that can track the tyke's every movement. The wristbands also work as debit cards so you can load up the wristband with money and have the day to yourself. Isn't technology great? It's like a free babysitter!
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There never will be a perfect computer or network defense. Computer security is a constantly elevating game of cat-and-mouse. As quickly as you address the latest threat, attackers have already developed a new technique to access your network and compromise your PCs. But if you focus on the fundamentals, you can minimize your risk and defend against most attacks.
Small companies have limited IT resources, and can't possibly defend against every possible exploit or attack. How do you know what to prioritize? Start with the 20 Critical Security Controls report, written by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), the SANS Institute, and the National Security Agency (NSA). To help businesses and governments, they have defined the security controls that block the most frequent attacks.
Speaking recently at the RSA Security conference, Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO of Qualys, cautioned against mistaking compliance for security. He stressed that security should facilitate rather than impede business goals, naming the report as a valuable starting point.
John Pescatore, director of the SANS Institute, drew a comparison to the Pareto principle. The axiom commonly referred to as the "80/20 rule" says essentially that 20 percent of the effort or input results in 80 percent of the output.
It turns out that the top 20 priorities you should tackle to address 80 percent of the possible attacks against your network and PCs are common-sense fundamentals that have long been best security practices. However, even this relatively narrow list is too broad. To break it down further, here are the top four security controls you should put into practice immediately.
1. Inventory of authorized and unauthorized devices
You can't stay on top of every vulnerability and exploit for every device made, and you can't protect things if you don't even know they exist. Take an accurate inventory of both your physical and virtual servers, as well as the PCs, smartphones, tablets, and other devices connected to your network or in use in your environment.
Trying to keep track of every device on your network manually is impractical—and it wouldn't help you monitor the rogue, unauthorized devices. You should use an asset tracking tool like GFI MAX or QualysGuard to automate the process.
2. Inventory of authorized and unauthorized software
Similarly, you can't follow every flaw in every application ever written, either. Know what software is on the devices connected to your network in order to determine the risk and potential impact of any emerging threats.
Maintaining an accurate inventory of the hardware and software used on your network is difficult—especially without a tool to automate the process. However, the same tools used for taking an inventory of hardware can monitor applications as well.
3. Continuous vulnerability assessment and remediation
Most attacks exploit known vulnerabilities—publicly disclosed flaws that vendors have already developed patches for. Even if there is no active exploit in the wild, once a vendor releases a patch attackers can reverse-engineer it to create a new attack. A system of vulnerability assessment and patch management will help you plug those holes before attackers find them.
New vulnerabilities are discovered almost constantly, though, so almost as soon as you conduct a vulnerability scan the results are outdated. If you use a tool like QualysGuard, or nCircle PureCloud, you can set up automated vulnerability scans to be conducted on a regular basis.
4. Malware defenses
The vast majority of attacks come in the form of malware, including viruses, worms, Trojans, botnets, and rootkits. If you have antimalware protection in place—such as McAfee Internet Security 2013 or BitDefender Internet Secuirty 2013—and keep it updated regularly, it should be able to detect and block known malware threats. Most antimalware tools also include heuristic techniques capable of identifying suspicious or malicious behavior to defend against new, unknown attacks.
The 20 Critical Security Controls have been around for a few years, but they're periodically updated. This latest is version 4.0.


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Possibly of interest to Old Blues (and others) who direct or sing in choirs: Canasg Music publishes music for choirs and groups of singers, mostly a cappella. The music is almost all by living composers, and not available elsewhere.
Canasg is a small business with three partners, one China, one in America, and one (me) in the UK. We've been operating for very nearly fourteen years.
Our web site lists around 200 pieces, and lets you see the complete score for every one of them before you buy. You can even print off a perusal copy, free, if you like.
We've got a good Scottish section in our catalogue, and if you fancy getting up a song for Burns Night, there's still time to buy and rehearse it before the 25th.
We deliver the music in the form of PDF files, from which you may print as many copies as you want, as often as you like. We charge according to the number of singers in the group. The condition is that the copies are exclusively for the use of the group that buys the music, and we ask that you don't lend, hire, give or sell copies on paper or in digital form to anybody else. This is different from most other publishers, who will sell you a fixed number of copies, or a licence to print a fixed number, at a specific price per copy - and tell you that any further copying is illegal.
There's also information here on the deal that we offer to composers, which is more generous than conventional paper publishers. For example, we don't take over the copyright of the pieces that we publish, and we currently share 30% of the price of every sale between the composer and any other rights holders.
If anybody would like to submit something for us to consider publishing, I should mention that we don't publish recordings and we don't do pop music. To see what kind of thing we sell, just take a look at our site.
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At the time of this writing, the Oakland Athletics sit at a distant third in the American League West, 18 games behind the Texas Rangers managed by Ron Washington, once the first-base coach under A's wonderboy Billy Beane. The A's have not had a winning season since making the playoffs in '06, which is to say they are long removed from the summer of 2002 when they were revolutionaries who reinvented baseball by embracing the radical teachings of a pork-and-beans plant security guard who shed the sport of its myths, romanticism, and pageantry and turned it into a math equation.
Michael Lewis's book Moneyball was published in 2003, in the immediate wake of The Season That Shook Baseball. The story didn't look like much on the surface: Beane, a former ballplayer-turned-scout-turned-GM, and Paul DePodesta, an Ivy League wonk, took a measly $39 million salary budget, crunched the numbers, and turned overlooked, undervalued statistics into overachieving, undervalued ballplayers, and ended up . . . losing the American League Division Series to the Minnesota Twins, the second of four straight one-and-dones for the A's. Yet the book would serve as a bible for every baseball executive and stat-obsessed fan. The A's stink now only because all the other teams beat them at their own game.
Lewis's account serves solely as inspiration for its engaging big-screen counterpart; director Bennett Miller (Capote) and writers Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillian barely touch upon sabermetrics and the influential work of statistician Bill James. The filmmakers wisely boil down Beane and DePodesta's complex formulas to a single, simple thesis: Sign ballplayers who get on base more than anyone else. Then they hand over the movie to Brad Pitt as Beane, a former first-round draft pick by the New York Mets who exorcises his dashed-dream demons one trade, thrown chair, and turned-over watercooler at a time. Play ball.
Turns out that translating the numbers-heavy Moneyball for the multiplex was fairly straightforward after all: Like every other sports movie ever, it's the story of The Little Team That Could. The film begins at an ending: October 15, 2001, when the Yankees, with a payroll of $114 million, knock the low-budget A's out of the ALDS. Beane loses more than that game: Three of his best players are leaving, their price tags too high for Oakland. He can't afford to replace the brand names, only their on-base and slugging percentages, so he and Peter Brand (the DePodesta character played by Jonah Hill, terrific in his transition out of stoner comedy) stock their dugout with rejects and has-beens whose potential only they can see. Everyone else, including manager Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman, looking hangdog and emasculated) and scout Grady Fuson (Ken Medlock, a fastball of fury), believes they will destroy their team, their sport.
Fuson especially thinks Beane's a fool who has taken baseball's betrayal personally. In flashbacks, we see a young Billy (played by Reed Thompson) wooed by scouts impressed with his five-tool ability. He could have been great, but for whatever reason—too much head, not enough heart, who really knows—flamed out. Fuson tells Beane he has declared war on baseball just to get even. And he might have a point: Pitt stalks the clubhouse, spits out his orders, and gnaws on whatever tobacco plug or junk food is set before him, like he's trying to devour the world. Only when he's with his 12-year-old daughter does he seem at all at peace and at all sympathetic, which might be why the filmmakers wedged her into the plot. And that's another difference between Moneyball the movie and Moneyball the book—there's extra warmth radiating onscreen from beneath the cold, hard statistics.
I keep Lewis's book on a shelf next to North Dallas Forty, Peter Gent's tome about his playing days under Cowboys coach Tom Landry. The insider Gent and outsider Lewis tell essentially the same story: Computers do not lie, they do not romanticize, they do not judge. "None of you is as good as that computer"—that's what the coach tells his team in the film adaptation of North Dallas Forty, a line that just as easily could have come from Sorkin or Zaillian.
But North Dallas Forty on the big screen was mean, cold, brutal—a tale of betrayal and violence told from the perspective of the abused player left for dead meat. Moneyball's not like that at all. Perhaps that's because it's a baseball movie, and "it's hard not to be romantic about baseball," as Beane says during a rare moment of happiness as the A's become, for a few weeks, the greatest team in the history of the American League. That's thanks to the home-run heroics of a forgotten player given one last chance by Billy Beane. It really happened, it's really corny, and it's really great. Who needs Roy Hobbs? Hey, Dad? You wanna have a catch?


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Film: The 99 – Unbound
Director: Dave Osborne
Program: Special Events
Tickets: Oct. 2
Why you should see it:
The 99 is the first comic book with origins in Islamic lore and culture, and has enjoyed success because of its unique premise: a compelling story about good versus evil that comes with the added benefit of promoting cross-cultural cooperation. It introduces a positive view of the Muslim world in the West, and also gives Muslim children heroes of their own to look up to.
Since its first US publication in 2007, The 99 has garnered widespread acclaim as an exciting comic book with Muslim superheroes whose virtues have universal appeal. Serious press has been devoted to The 99, and it was named one of "20 Trends Sweeping the Globe" by Forbes in 2008. Its heroes joined forces with the Justice League of America for a crossover series with DC Comics in 2010 (including a fully-clothed Wonder Woman). President Obama even lauded its creator, Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, for creating "the most innovative response" for fostering interfaith dialogue and education. The first animated feature based on the comic books, directed by Dave Osborne, will premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 2 and is a great option for the whole family!
Track record:
The 99 – Unbound will have its world premiere at the 49th New York Film Festival!
What the critics are saying:
While the film will enjoy its first viewing at our festival, the comics and their creator have met with much praise. Its success and potential have been written about in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek, among others. Al-Mutawa was interviewed by the Atlantic Monthly last year, where The 99 was credited with having "everything a good comic book needs – evil in the world and superheroes to fight it."
About the creators:
Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa is Columbia Business School-educated Kuwaiti psychologist who, as the father of five sons, wanted to create a comic book that would speak to the ideals of children in the Islamic world. He came up with The 99, about superheroes that each embodied one of the 99 attributes of Allah, which went on to experience international success. Dr. Al-Mutawa has since become the subject of a documentary, Wham! Bam! Islam!, and was chosen to give a TED talk at the 2010 TED Global Conference in Oxford, England.
Director Dave Osborne has been involved in animation for British television for over 20 years, both as an animator and a director. His credits include The Animals of Farthing Wood (1993-1995), Wiggly Park (1998), Cubeez (2001-2006), Shadow of the Elves (2004) and Friends and Heroes (2007-2009).
What the NYFF programmers say:
"The 99 is a posse of super-powered heroes based on derivatives of the 99 attributes of Allah; there's Bari the Healer, Darr the Afflicter, Hadya the Guide, and Jabbar the Powerful—an international selection of young people each given their powers by the mysterious Noor Stones. The 99 can now be seen here in its first animated feature film, directed by Dave Osborne. Bring the kids! Afterwards, Dr. Al-Mutawa will be on hand to discuss the ideas behind the project and some of his plans for introducing The 99 to America."
For more information about The 99 – Unbound, check out the film's official website and Facebook, and Dr. Al-Matawa's Twitter page.