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When does it start?
The mention of industry 4.0 first appeared in 2011 at the World Industry Forum in Hanover. This industry 4.0 term echoes the fourth industrial revolution after mechanization, industrialization and automation.
How to define it?
Industry 4.0 is the computerization of industrial manufacturing processes. Commonly referred to as an intelligent, connected factory, it is the synthesis of a convergence between computerization and the Internet. Hence the contraction of IT + OT (for Operational technology) in IOT, which means the Internet of Things.
What are its essentials?
The Internet of Things (iot) and big data comprise the nucleus of Industry 4.0. It brings the virtual world and the real world together. Data and connectivity being its two bases from which to grow and develop.
The connected objects produce large amounts of data including storage and processing that will feed the big data.
Big Data: technologies and means of storing and exchanging data have now reached a gigantic volume. This problem has led to the emergence of data science, which aggregates the data, making it palatable, presentable and usable by companies across industries.
The Internet of Things
According to Gartner's research firm in new technologies,"The Internet of Things is a network of dedicated physical objects that integrate technologies to detect or interact with their internal states or external environments. IoT is an ecosystem of objects, communications, applications and data analysis".
For the past 4 years, smartglasses seem to have integrated most of the major industrial groups. In Toshiba's recent report "Maximizing Mobility" revealed that 49% of companies believe that their industry could benefit from the hands-free features of smart glasses, while 47% expect them to optimize remote working and 41% expect improvements in collaboration, information sharing, productivity and employee safety.
What is the pivot of this revolution?
Growth in this world is driven on customer needs and therefore abandons the concept of a single product in favor of an almost tailor-made, personalized product in short, limited and above all scalable production. The client will therefore be his starting point and remain at the heart of the process. The customer becomes a full partner and is often consulted by the research and development department. It's really an innovation. The production teams will go into the field, there is indeed a notion of connection and interaction that takes place on a human scale and not only on a technological scale. This transformation is known as the digital transition.
A revolution in the business world or more broadly in society?
But this global revolution goes beyond technological change. This digital transition requires adaptability, changes in usage and a change in mentalities.
By its very nature, it will lead to a real organizational transformation at the human level in thinking, hierarchy, inter-team relationships in companies, relationships with customers, ecosystems and partners. The new generations born with a digital culture will find themselves confronted with a hierarchy that is sometimes lacking in digital knowledge and will naturally stimulate a new dynamic.
The fourth industrial revolution will transform everyone and every organization exponentially.
The business model is impacted and the commercial offer, the specifications will have to be flexible, modular and take into account external data specific to the user.
We go beyond the design of a product. We start from the experience and customer needs, so we work with our environment and in fact we arrive with a complementarity of service. Complexity will be in the understanding of use in its diversity. The customer does not have to adapt, we will have to collaborate with potential partners and processes specific to our customers. We are talking about integration at the level of solution developers. Gateways that interface with the customer's platform transform solution developers into integrators.
Recently, AMA and Proceedix* have combined their expertise to offer their customers the opportunity to innovate while integrating with their existing tools.
"More and more companies are interested in smartglasses as part of the implementation of business processes. Many situations lend themselves to the use of connected glasses on industrial sites. It is often required to have your hands free to perform a procedure accurately. With XpertEye's real-time support features, operators have a state-of-the-art solution at their disposal," said Peter Verstraeten, CEO of Proceedix.
"The Proceedix centralized SaaS business process management platform is a perfect complement to the advanced XpertEye remote assistance solutions developed by AMA. The combination of these advanced solutions allows both companies to provide customers with the keys to their future success," said Christian Guillemot, CEO of AMA XpertEye.
Production will have to be agile.
This requires a new thought, the act of production requires more interactions, connections and this in an optimal way. We are entering a collaborative era.
These new concepts require a reorganization of resources, involves training, changes in management that are often more horizontal, and leads to a global and not compartmentalized strategy. The whole company is impacted.
Beyond that, it is a societal issue driven at the political level. In France, the first secretary of state for digital technology was Fleur Pellerin and she set up the French Tech label with the help of business leaders. There was a real recognition of the issue to give back a place to the industry that was suffering from a deficit.
What is its degree of maturity (adoption)?
In reality, this 4.0 industry is still called the industry of the future because its adoption rate remains low. With the organizational upheavals that this revolution implies, its implementation is strategic and time-consuming.
The stakes are such that its adoption requires a pilot phase that allows companies to test solutions first and often at the initiative of their innovation director before large-scale deployment.
A recent Bain report has positioned more than 90% of companies in POC (proof of concept) mode. However, the adoption capacity seems real since by 2020, Bain expects a significant change with nearly 80% of pilots converted.
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What level of investment will be committed?
According to PwC's global industry 4.0* survey of more than 2,000 industrial companies in 26 countries, they are expected to invest $907 billion a year in digital business transformation by 2020.
This investment will be mainly dedicated to the development of digital technologies, such as sensors or connected objects, manufacturing execution systems, data analytics, horizontal communication and collaboration platforms, augmented reality and advanced production and logistics management techniques.
What are the expected benefits?
Still, according to Pwc, these investments will generate an average of 2.9% additional revenue per year and lead to a cost reduction of 3.6% per year.
More than half of them (55%) expect to make this investment profitable in just two years, and even 65% in France.
In addition, companies in the industry invest in the training of their employees so as to maximize the value of new technology adoption.
A global, societal challenge?
Considering that industry 4.0 is the fourth industrial revolution, it has already begun. Smart plants will require new skills. People will be a high added value in the management of these new technologies. Our HRDs are key people, their ability to find talent will make a difference. There is a real shortage of engineers and not yet much training in the new digital professions. How will society manage the real challenge of this transformation? Training and education are indeed the real challenge for a successful revolution.
Moreover, many professionals are opening schools to make up for their lack of applications. According to a report published by the World Economic Forum, The Future of Jobs 2016, 65 per cent of children currently in primary school will in the future be employed in jobs that do not yet exist. Computer skills will become essential.
*Proceedix develops and markets a SaaS platform that simplifies the remote management of business processes, tasks and quality controls with a 100% digital system optimized for mobile devices.
**AMA is developing Xperteye is an advanced remote assistance solution based on the use of different types of connected glasses and other videoconferencing devices.
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Safety has become a concern among students interested to be recruited by Maruti after 1 executive was killed and 80 were injured when violence broke out in Manesar. 50 out of 300 applicants have backed out from a test Maruti conducts every year in DTU to recruit freshers. Students at BITS (Pilani) are not as keen to work with Maruti like earlier and wariness about the working environment and conditions are the top reasons, as reported by students in placement committees at both DTU and BITS (Pilani). Maruti's management has however denied any such reasons and even state that the number of students applying has increased this year.
Source: www.economictimes.indiatimes.com, August 24, 2012. "Maruti Suzuki unrest may deter students from joining manufacturing sector"

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We see broken limbs, skull fractures and brain injuries that can cause life-long problems for children.
Children are especially vulnerable to falls because they are curious, they love to climb and often don't recognize when they are putting themselves at risk. Even small children are capable of pushing open an unlocked window and toddlers, who have a higher centre of gravity, can easily fall headfirst through a window screen if they lean against it.
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Aging Parents? Who's in Charge?
Here's a valuable piece I came across on Forbes.com on the subject of Aging Parents in fragile health and the decisions that have to be made for the best outcome.. I wanted to share it as a resource for anyone who may be in this situation with their own parents.
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Budgeting for University Life
If you have a son or daughter, perhaps a niece or nephew heading off to university this month, here's a great article to share with them from Practical Money Skills.
Making the transition from living at home where someone else buys groceries and pays essential bills to living on your own is a big step. How much can you afford to spend on groceries in a week? Are you going to need to work extra hours to pay for all of your books?
Create a Budget
This first step in financial planning will help you answer these questions and is absolutely essential in managing your personal finances. Read more
After death of spouse, CPP survivor's benefit can be a shock
Here's an important article I wanted to share from CBC News. It addresses some of the scenarios widows and widowers could face if they continue to be reliant on CPP after the death of a spouse.
Prepare Your Kids for the Real World by Turning Monthly Bills into Lessons
By, Carla Hindman, Director of Financial Education, Visa Canada
When you're a kid, a few dollars can seem like all the money in the world. It can take weeks, sometimes months, to save up your allowance. When you finally decide to spend it, you might realize that $10 or $20 isn't as much as it seems.
As a parent, you can help your children build important money management skills by providing experiences for them at a young age. Leading by example is a good way to start, and it can help instill good values and money habits. However, you'll also want your children to get their hands dirty. Read more
What does the New Year hold for mortgage rates?
Here's an article that I came across in the Globe and Mail that I wanted to share which talks about Bank of Canada trends and what it might mean for mortgage rates heading into 2019. Let me know your thoughts.
Click here to read the rest of the article on the Globe and Mail website.
Holiday Spending Survival Guide
Are you crazy for the holidays, spending thousands of dollars on holiday gifts, lights, entertaining, food and decorations each year? If so, you're not alone. Many Americans feel the sting of holiday spending well into the new year. If you love to celebrate the holidays but don't love the financial pinch you experience afterward, there are several great tricks for giving and celebrating, without breaking the bank. Read more


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rabbitmqctl add_user user pass
rabbitmqctl set_user_tags user administrator
rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p / user "." "." ".*"
just create some user if you want to access to an rabbitmq admin console
rabbitmqctl add_user user pass
rabbitmqctl set_user_tags user administrator
rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p / user "." "." ".*"
For Redis, I couldn't access to Redis from outside AWS, but can access it from EC2 or other platforms. #ReminderForMyself
by the way :
Please note that IP-range based access control is currently not enabled for Cache Clusters. All clients to a Cache Cluster must be within the EC2 network, and authorized via security groups as described above.
My friends warned me 'You don't become a scala developer by deleting return' , and they are right …. 😦
Global should be in root package or should be written in application.conf file with the package name 😉
I bumped into a meaningless error ( for me 🙂 ) when I try to build a project in xcode 6 with el capitan
Command /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/swiftc failed with exit code 11
Just clean and build again, it disappears 🙂
Avoid using any app icon including transparency as it will result with icon having a black backgroud which is ugly. The documentation actually states this here https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/mobilehig/AppIcons.html
Avoid transparency. An app icon should be opaque. If the icon's boundaries are smaller than the recommended sizes—or you use transparency to create "see-through" areas—the resulting icon can appear to float on a black background, which tends to look especially unattractive on the beautiful wallpapers that users choose.
If you have a Request Mapping like value ="/blabla", requests like "/blabla.extension" will be also mapped. It is explained here : https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-5636?focusedCommentId=44259&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-44259


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LumenRadio's award winning CRMX RDM wireless lighting control system played a crucial role at Pont du Gard
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LumenRadio's award winning CRMX RDM wireless lighting control system played a crucial role in the lighting refurbishment of UNESCO world heritage site Pont du Gard in the south of France. The installation represents the most comprehensive wireless system ever to take full advantage of RDM (Remote Device Management) for fixture configuration and monitoring in an outdoor architectural setting.
Palazzo Francesco Melzi d'Eril in Milan has been working successfully with HARVEY since 2018
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Berlin, 13.03.2019: In 2018 the palace Francesco Melzi d'Eril was completely renovated. The imposing neoclassical palace is home to the Fondazione Cariplo, the foundation of one of Italy's leading banks, Banca Intesa - Sanpaolo. Since its creation in Milan in June 1823, the Foundation, which at the time was still operating under the Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde, the then Savings Bank of the Lombard Provinces, has pursued the objective of promoting the growth of the local economy, culture and civil society. It is also home to some of the many works that form part of the Foundation's artistic heritage.


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|Saint Lo on market day
It can be very wet and windy in South West France, but when we were there at the tail end of this September, it was a beautiful warm late summer splurge of sunshine with just a light sprinkling of showers. We spent a day at Saint Lo market where I got very excited by the extraordinary array of delicious food on offer. I've never seen so many different varieties of tomatoes. Green Zebras were my favourite, but the orange and yellow ones were gorgeous too. The dark exotic Zulu tomatoes were also impressive. There were all kinds of squash and pumpkins just coming into season, black radishes and purple peppers.
|A herd of green Zebras
Every kind of cheese under the sun was for sale, including huge wheels of Comte.Comte is made from unpasteurised cow's milk and is one of the most popular varieties in France. It is made in huge circular discs and has a strong, slightly sweet taste. It also has its own distinctive aroma. If you open a fridge which is home to some Comte – your nose will know about it immediately.


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Dyspnea in Diabetics Is a Result of Restrictive Lung Pattern Rather Than Diastolic Dysfunction
1Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
2Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
3Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
4Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
5Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Meeting: Hospital Medicine 2008, April 3-5, San Diego, Calif.
Abstract number: 41
Although it is widely recognized that type II diabetes (DM) is associated with diastolic dysfunction (DD), and despite increasing evidence that diabetic lung disease is more prevalent than generally recognized, it is unknown which one of these factors contributes more to dyspnea in diabetic patients.
We reviewed medical records for all adult patients presenting with dyspnea and undergoing pulmonary function testing (PFT) and echocardiograms in our institution between January 2004 and December 2005. In a cross‐sectional analysis we used multivariable logistic regression to examine the association between DM and different ventilatory patterns. We defined restrictive pattern (RE) as FVC < 80% and FEV1/ FVC ≥ 70% and obstructive pattern (OB) as FEV1 < 80% and FEV1/ FVC < 70% of predicted values. Further, we selected all patients with DM who had undergone both PFT and echocardiogram, and we assessed the prevalence of RE and OB patterns and the presence of diastolic and systolic dysfunction.
Among 613 patients with dyspnea undergoing PFT, 288 (47%) had normal (NL), 214 (35%) had OB, and 111 patients (18%) had RE ventilatory pattern (Table 1). There were more diabetics in the RE than in the NL and OB groups (43% vs. 17% and 19%). After adjustment for age, BMI, sex, ethnicity and smoking, RE pattern was independently associated with DM (OR 3.5, 95% CI 1.85‐6.62), whereas OB pattern was not (OR 0.77, 95% CI 0.35‐1.66). Among 152 diabetics presenting with dyspnea in our study, 60 (39%) had RE only, 20 (13%) had DD only, 30 (20%) had both RE and DD, whereas the rest had either an NL (20%) or OB (8%) ventilatory pattern.
Restrictive ventilatory pattern is independently associated with diabetes. Dyspnea in diabetic patients is a result of a restrictive ventilatory pattern rather than diastolic dysfunction. In the new era of inhaled insulin, a better understanding of lung dysfunction in diabetics is needed in order to differentiate between lung toxicity due to chronic hypergly‐cemia and the potential side effects of inhaled insulin.
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O. Klein, none; F. Flores, none; M. Samee, none; J. Brenkley, none; D. Tate, none.
To cite this abstract:Klein O, Flores F, Samee M, Brenkley J, Tate D. Dyspnea in Diabetics Is a Result of Restrictive Lung Pattern Rather Than Diastolic Dysfunction. Abstract published at Hospital Medicine 2008, April 3-5, San Diego, Calif. Abstract 41. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2008; 3 (suppl 1). https://www.shmabstracts.com/abstract/dyspnea-in-diabetics-is-a-result-of-restrictive-lung-pattern-rather-than-diastolic-dysfunction/. Accessed April 3, 2020.
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Living Like You're Dead
The title of this blog might seem like an oxymoron, but I hope to convince you otherwise.
I have come close to death several times even before ALS entered my life 21 years ago. With each brush with death, the more I am able to identify with death and eternity and live my life accordingly.
You might think that viewing my life as having one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel would be a depressing way to live, but I've discovered just the opposite; it's a very liberating way to live, at least, from a Christian point of view. I think it's also the viewpoint that Christ intended us to have.
In the days leading up to Christmas every year, Mary and I always watch "It's a Wonderful Life" and the 1951 version (the best version) of "A Christmas Carol." After watching these movies this last Christmas, I was thinking about why I love these two holiday classics. I concluded that it was because, in each of these movies, the central character learns about what's really important in life after seeing themselves as dead.
Virtually every morning when I wake up, I remind myself that this might be my last day on earth. I am a long way from perfecting this, but I try to let this reality govern every aspect of my life. Before ALS, even though I was a Christian and was supposed to be "eternally minded," I'm ashamed to admit that I did not always allow my own mortality to influence my daily life. Even back then in 1996 when I was diagnosed, before smartphones, Facebook and so many other distractions and time-wasters, it was so easy to lose focus on the realities of life.
The Apostle Paul said, "I die daily." (1 Corinthians 15:31). It was miraculous that Paul lived to be an old man. He had come close to death so many times. Even after suffering through numerous trials and brushes with death, Paul lived his life with joy, peace, hope, contentment and so many other spiritual and emotional strengths we all long for. Yet, he seemed to go through a daily exercise of visualizing himself nailed to a cross:
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20).
Many well-meaning Christians have empathized with me by saying things like "ALS is a heavy cross (for you) to bear…" I'm thankful for everyone who empathizes with my having to go through this horrible trial that has cost me my career, my health and so much more. But this trial is not "my cross to bear." I took up my cross the 35 years ago when I made a commitment to follow Christ.
"If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. "For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own soul?" (Luke 9:23-25)
In today's narcissistic "selfie" culture, "Denying yourself" is a tough message to sell. Christianity, true Christianity, has always been a counter-cultural belief system. But in a society where just about anything goes, those who make a commitment to follow Christ, to live like they're dead, are today's ultimate rebels.
Buying into this living like you're dead life will cost you everything you're holding onto, but the benefits are joy, peace and unshakable hope; hope that will carry you through trials, temptation, and tribulation.
"Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God." (Colossians 3:2-3)
Thanks for taking the time to read,
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Even though I cannot eat (by mouth) anymore, I still love the Thanksgiving Holiday. (I no longer have to worry about that gluttony thing).
Over my 21 year journey with this horrible disease called ALS, I've become a more grateful person. I also seem to notice ingratitude in myself and in others more than I did before ALS entered my life.
Through my observations, I've concluded that ungratefulness and unhappiness go hand-in-hand. Think about it, have you ever known a happy ingrate? Yeah, neither have I.
"The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings." – Henry Ward Beecher
The Bible doesn't tell us to be happy, which leads me to believe that not even God could teach happiness. However, the Bible repeatedly tells us to be thankful:
"...let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are all called to live in peace. And always be thankful. Let the words of Christ, in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. And whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through him to God the Father." (Colossians 3:15-17)
I know some people believe that happiness is a choice, but I'm not one of those people. As the above passage shows, we can be intentional about being thankful, and if we succeed in this area, I am convinced that true and lasting joy will follow.
This Thanksgiving Holiday, I will renew my commitment to be more thankful to God for His many blessings and to the family and friends that He's used to bless us.
I'm especially thankful this Thanksgiving because I'll get to meet our beautiful new granddaughter, Claire Elizabeth.
Since 1863, when, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens," to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November.
"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." – Melody Beattie
The Man In The Mirror
Can you imagine going a whole month without seeing yourself in a mirror?
If you're a follower of my blog, you know that I've had ALS for almost 21 years, and that I'm totally paralyzed and home-bound. In addition to an excellent nurse visiting me once a month to confirm that I'm still alive, a very nice lady also comes to our home once a month to cut my hair. She came the other day to cut my hair so Mary maneuvered my wheelchair into the bathroom in front of the dreaded mirror (mirrors don't lie). "Who is that guy with gray hair and big bags under his eyes?" I asked myself.
You see, unless I ask Mary or my caregiver to place me in front of the mirror, which, for obvious reasons, I rarely do, haircut time is the only time I have to face this 56 year old man in a wheelchair (a really disturbing experience).
In some ways, my journey with ALS almost seems like a bad dream, a really long bad dream, even more so when I don't see myself in the mirror for long periods of time.
Except for the constant reminders of the wheelchair I'm sitting on and the eye-tracking (Look Ma, no hands) computer I'm using, I could close my eyes and almost imagine that I am still the healthy 36 year old man that I was before being diagnosed with this stinkin' disease.
"…we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal." (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
Can you imagine someone picking out the clothes you wear every day – for 20 years? On occasion, when we're having company, Mary will bring out three shirts and ask me which one I'd like to wear. But, other than those rare occasions, Mary or Sharlene, my caregiver and good friend for the last ten years, pick out the clothes I'm going to wear without any input from me.
As I was writing this post, I thought about an old black & white movie I've seen, titled "The Picture of Dorian Gray." It's about a narcissistic man, Dorian Gray, that, while examining his just-completed portrait, basically makes a pact with the devil that his physical appearance would remain just as it is in the portrait.
Over the period of several years, all of his friends age naturally, but Dorian's appearance remains the same as it was the day that he collaborated with evil. However, his now-hidden portrait reflects his soul, and this portrait becomes more hideous with every evil act he commits.
If there was such a thing as a mirror that reflected our soul, what would your reflection look like? (I have probably asked myself this question a thousand times since making a commitment to follow Christ some 35 years ago).
When looking into a mirror, we can see our physical imperfections, but for those who call themselves Christians, the Bible is the mirror of our soul. If we're open to making changes to our spiritual imperfections (if we have "eyes to see and ears to hear") the Bible will transform us.
"But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does."(James1:22-25)
"But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit." (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Are you being transformed by the Mirror of your Soul?
If not, I hope and pray you'll begin doing so today.
Becoming Perfect
I've learned so much about following Christ over the almost twenty years that I've been dealing with this frustrating disease known as ALS. It's been a long and, in every sense, a painful road to travel. But, from a Christian perspective, it's these difficult trials that are supposed to shape and perfect us:
"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." (James 1:2-4)
One word stands out to me when I read the above passage – perfect.
Perfect: being entirely without fault or defect: flawless b: satisfying all requirements: accurate.
Jesus did say that His followers were to be perfect (Matthew 5:48). That's a tough standard; the toughest of all standards. It's kind of funny to think about now, but before making a commitment to follow Christ, back when I was still committed to following myself, Matthew was the first book I read; I'm kind of surprised I didn't throw that Gideon Bible across the hotel room when I came to that part about being perfect.
I was so far from perfect back then, but I'm still so far away; "perfect" seems as far from me as a tiny star in the darkest of nights. But it was a tiny star that led the kings of east across the wilderness to Jesus. Like that tiny star, "Perfect" is unattainable for even the best of Christ's followers, but it should always be our focus. I think that's what Jesus meant.
Even late in his life, after suffering through many difficult trials, the Apostle Paul knew that he still wasn't perfect, but he still had perfection as his goal:
"Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead…" (Philippians 3:12-13)
If I asked for some examples of spiritual imperfections, most of us would give examples like gossiping, angry outbursts, impatience and so many other faults of our words and/or actions.
One would think, as I once naively thought, that if a person was unable to speak or move, it would be easier for him or her to become spirituality perfect. As someone who can't speak or move, I now know this isn't the case.
Religion is all about right and wrong actions, but Christianity is a lifelong journey of perfecting the spirit and the soul (mind, will and emotions) of man. Actions are important, of course, but only if done with the proper motives.
"But the fruit of the Spirit (Godly character) is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control." (Galatians 5:22-23)
Before ALS paralyzed my body and silenced my voice, I wrongly believed the above passage only applied to our actions. Now I know different. ALS (not being able to move or speak) has forced me to focus on my spirit and thought-patterns. This can be a frightening process, like confronting long-entrenched demons. But, on the road to becoming perfect, this is a process that we all must go through, and it shouldn't take a terminal diagnosis to force us into it.
Over these difficult years of struggling with this dreadful disease, I've discovered that the fruit of the Spirit, or lack thereof, is more about our inner man. Good actions can just be an act.
How do you know if your actions are directed from godly (perfect) motives?
The first and most important thing is to determine whether you're doing the act to please God or man.
A people-pleaser will never be viewed as perfect in the eyes of God. Christians motivated by a desire to please God will be viewed as perfect in His eyes. But, their words and actions will not be viewed favorably by all men. Jesus is proof of this.
Jesus is the only perfect (flawless, sinless, righteous…) being that's ever stepped foot on earth. He was despised by both secular and religious people. Keep that in mind when you're standing up for what you believe; this is the greatest and most difficult action of all.
"For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." (Philippians 1:6)
God Has Friends In Low Places
The other day I was sitting out in the backyard listening to an audio book and getting a much-needed dose of vitamin D. Two Mockingbirds were darting back and forth just feet in front of me and were making so much noise that it was becoming difficult to hear my audio book. I knew that they had a nearby nest and were only trying to protect their young from a potential threat (apparently Mockingbirds don't understand that paralyzed people in a wheelchair don't pose a threat).
Then I saw two beautiful Bluebirds sitting in a nearby live oak tree just minding their
own business. Like me, they seemed to be doing their best to ignore the noise and the antics of the paranoid Mockingbirds. Every five minutes or so, one of the Bluebirds would fly over and land on the roof of a dilapidated birdhouse that Mary's been meaning to replace. After observing this for almost an hour, Mary came outside and told me that the Bluebirds have a nest in that old birdhouse.
I was thinking that there must be a serious birdhouse shortage in our area for these beautiful Bluebirds to have chosen this run-down dwelling to build a nest. Then I remembered that Jesus was born in a smelly stable. Maybe there was a pair of Bluebirds nesting in that stable too.
I had somewhat of a revelation about the beautiful and holy taking up residence in dwellings that are far beneath them. It's the one thing that distinguishes genuine Christianity from every other belief-system that can be named; the Holy Spirit (literally) resides in the followers of Christ.
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?" (1 Corinthians 6:19)
It's not a coincidence that Jesus was born in a place that most homeless people would have avoided. But, even if Jesus would have been born in the greatest palace on earth, it would have been far beneath Him. It's as if God chose the lowest of places to emphasize this.
It's also not a coincidence that we see this same pattern with the birth of the Church (Acts chapter 2). The Church began with the Holy Spirit indwelling a bunch of very ordinary men and women that were gathered together in a room. From a Holy God's perspective, that "upper room" was a very "stable-like" scene. But even if the Holy Spirit began His work in the hearts of the holiest of men on earth, it would have been far beneath Him.
The disciples were grief-stricken after Jesus explained to them that He would have to die. He comforted them with the following words:
"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you." (John 1:16-17)
Later Jesus told the disciples that all of them would abandon Him. Peter stated emphatically that he would die with Jesus before denying Him. We now know that, out of fear of being arrested, Peter ended up denying Jesus three times within hours of making that vow.
But after being indwelt with the Holy Spirit (the "helper" and "Spirit of truth"), this same Peter stood before thousands of the very people he once cowered before and boldly declared that Jesus is "both Lord and Messiah."
This man that was so afraid of being associated with Jesus on the night that He was arrested that he denied even knowing Him, years later would ask to be crucified upside down because he didn't feel worthy to die in the same manner as his "Lord and Messiah."
Biblical knowledge is so important, but theological knowledge alone cannot transform a person the way Peter and the other disciples were transformed: only the Holy Spirit can do that. And this kind of radical transformation is the true and lasting message of the Easter story.
"But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you." (Romans 8:11)


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Soon all three are in Cambria, a fantastic world filled with bizarre people, wonderful food, real magic, and even dragons! There Calvin learns that his family has a secret history and he's swept up in the same dangerous mission that got his father killed thirteen years ago.
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In simple terms, trigonometry is the study of triangles. In programming, it is often used to determine the 2D coordinates of points which have been rotated a certain distance away from another point. You may have a mental image of a line being drawn from point A to point B, creating an angle. While calculating this angle is the objective we're trying to achieve, how we get there is by imagining not just a line, but a triangle instead—two flat lines following the X and Y axis like normal, while the angle is the triangle's hypotenuse.
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Hello Everyone!
I am in Washington loving life. I have got to visit with Austin (my son) since Sunday. I cherish every minute I get with him. Tomorrow night he is in an ASL concert (sign language) and I get to to watch him and his girlfriend. I am so excited.
I planned on coloring tons of things while Austin was in school, but forgot my markers! YES.. can you believe it.. that's what happens when you wake up at 4:35 and should have been at the airport at 4:30.. oh well.....
Here is an image I colored last week. I was going to make it into a card before I posted it, but feeling Dopey for leaving my markers at home, I thought I would post it today.
These pics are of me playing and being silly at the Artful Horizons event in Palm springs hosted by Donna Salazar, Jennifer Priest and Laura Miller. I had a grand ole time! The tea party was fun, and gave me time to do a few make and takes and act silly. The event was WONDERFUL. There were also some fun vendors from who I ordered fun stuff from... Scency and 31.. oh Yea... my wallet was empty when I left. LOL.... but lots I earned lots of raffle tickets and won a great prize... amazing prize that is.....a bag full of goods!
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The current health status of Michael Schumacher remains to be one of the unresolved mysteries in the field of sports today. Avid followers of the Formula 1 legend are still unaware of his condition after he hit his head on a rock while skiing in French Alps in December 2013. Though Schumi has been away from the limelight for approximately four years already, his came could still be seen in the headlines.
As a matter of fact, Toto Wolff recently declared that the records of Michael Schumacher might still be beaten. The Mercedes executive made the statement after getting the team gong at the Laureus 2018 World Sports Awards, Express reported. Toto also revealed that Lewis Hamilton is set to renew his contract with them.
"He is at the top of his career and it's clear we want to continue with Lewis and he wants to continue with us. He's the best driver and the best team so it is a true win-win situation."
The former Austrian racing driver even stated that, just like Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton could continue joining racing competitions up to his late 30s. Though previous reports claimed that the 33-year-old British racer is retiring very soon, Toto Wolff is confident that Lewis would stay on their team in the upcoming years. For starters, Lewis got his fourth F1 World Drivers' Championship after he beat Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari last year.
Earlier this year, ex-world champion Nigel Mansell told Skysports that Lewis Hamilton should take advantage of his dominance in racing. Nigel said that the British driver has what it takes to set new records and even beat the all the achievements of Michael Schumacher. He added that Lewis should replicate the strategies of the Formula 1 legend during the early 2000s.
"You're in the best team with the best car, there isn't the depth of competition there used to be. Make hay when the sun shines just like Michael Schumacher did for three or four years."
La semaine prochaine nous vous révélerons comment le réchauffement climatique et la disparition de Jean d'Ormesson devraient permettre à Valère Germain de remporter un Hot d'Or. #OMATHhttps://t.co/3OMa0Gbk5I— SO FOOT (@sofoot) March 8, 2018
Meanwhile, Mirror reported that avid followers of Michael Schumacher have paid him a tribute. The publication shared that fans unveiled a huge banner during the Formula 1 testing. The 30-meter long sign contains the phrase "Michael Forever," which is their way of showing support to the Formula 1 legend who is still recovering from his head injuries. Up until now, Schumi's family has remained mum about the details of his health.
Ferrari fans unfurl massive Michael Schumacher tribute banner as testing for new 2018 F1 season continues in Barcelonahttps://t.co/peshaY4jzT pic.twitter.com/QR4fguMiCy— Mirror Sport (@MirrorSport) March 8, 2018
However, it was previously learned that the Formula 1 legend continues receiving his medication and therapies in his Swiss mansion near Lake Geneva. It was also claimed that Schumi could still recover but his lawyer denied the claims saying that he can already walk and talk with the help of his therapies. Stay tuned for the latest news and updates about Michael Schumacher.


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While the world of programming and computing is extremely precise, sometimes the terminology we use to talk about IT is... not. Take the example of "backups" and "archives." Despite being used almost interchangeably by many, the terms refer to quite different concepts. We'll give you a hand telling them apart.
Data Backup: A backup is exactly what it sounds like. It's a duplicate of a piece or set of data created in case something happens to the original. The backup, which is typically stored separately, can be used to safely restore the file.
Data Archive: An archive is a collection of older information that is being stored long-term; think of the physical archives held by libraries and museums as an example. The data in an archive is usually not actively being used, though it may be relatively easy to access depending on the file archiving software involved.
A key distinction here is that a backup is a copy, whereas archived data is literally the original data moved from its original location to free up primary storage space. Archives tend to be hosted on cheaper deep storage, which takes advantage of the infrequency of access to offer more affordable rates.
Long-term Data Backups
Archived files are intended to last for business and regulatory reasons, but what about backup files? Backup software can be programmed to create backups on anything from an hourly to a yearly basis depending on the sensitivity and significance of the information involved.
Generally, when a backup file is no longer relevant it is simply deleted, often on an automated schedule. Backup software will typically create multiple point-in-time backup files, so when it comes time to restore from backup, it is usually an easy matter to select the backup closest to the last known good configuration. Then the others can be trashed as usual.
This is a lot trickier if you are using long-term backups instead of a proper archive. As we noted earlier, backups are only a copy of the original data, which means those original files are left where they are in primary storage. This means not only are you not saving space on your primary storage, but you're also actually doubling the volume you have to manage by housing a copy on your secondary storage.
Most backups today are performed incrementally—they only contain copies of those files which have been changed since the last full backup. Therefore, trying to pull a specific point-in-time copy of a file out of a long-term incremental backup sequence can be aggravating because capturing it requires accessing the previous full and daily backups it relies upon.
The Advantages of Archiving
The aggravation above doesn't really apply in an archive setting, so long as a said archive is well-organized and your file archiving software has good cataloging and search functions. Once you've located the file you want, all you have to do is to open it or move it to primary storage as needed.
Typical data archiving tools store metadata about items in their archives in a database which can be searched by the user as though the object still existed in primary storage. Once found, the object is retrieved from its current location. Search criteria can include file names, content, date of last access, type of data, size, duplication, ownership and more.
When such service moves files from primary to secondary storage, it can leave an optional "stub" in the original directory. Although this stub takes up no disk space, clicking on it instantly recalls the archived file from storage. In this way, the archive can be made an active resource as well as a static historical reserve.
Remember, just as backups and archives are different, so too are backup and archiving software. Both have their uses, but choose the right tool for your job at hand.


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Can I just start off by saying I feel so bad for first time parents? I've been researching and reading about the chemical BPA in plastics for months and I'm still having a hard time wrapping my mind around the terms and codes. Between this, toy recalls, vaccination controversy…my heart just goes out to you. If you are hearing the term 'BPA' for the first time, please read on and hopefully this article will help you.
BPA (Bisphenol A) is a component of epoxy resins that are used to line food cans and to make hard plastic polycarbonate bottles and containers. Why is this substance in the news? Many reports and studies are proving that BPA is leaching through plastic and this can lead to health concerns for your family. BPA is linked to breast and prostate cancer and neurobehavioral changes in offspring exposed in the womb. The Today Show describes the affects as being primarily reproductive and fertility in both male and female organisms.
The chances of this chemical leaching are higher if you are heating or storing food/liquid in the plastic for long periods of time. BPA raises special concerns because numerous studies have found it to be toxic at exposure levels equivalent to or even below the amounts detected in people.
Plastics to avoid:
#3 PVC – phthalates (hormone disruptor)
#7 polycarbonate – bisphenol-A (hormone disruptor)
#6 polystyrene – styrene – possible human carcinogen
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polypropylene (#5)
polyethylene (#1,#2,#4).
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Tired of working for the man? Got a great idea that you think will make you a ton of cash? There are a lot of reasons to start your own business. After all, being self-employed offers freedom in both hours and direction. It gives you the opportunity for large profits and financial stability, not to mention liberation from the office politics that plague the average working Joe. Yes, owning your own business can be an extremely fulfilling lifestyle. But before you kick back with a cold one counting your soon-to-be-earned cash, consider this. You've got to have a plan, man! A good one. And then some.
Building a successful business from the ground up is no easy task. Blood, sweat and tears go into getting any business off the ground – not to mention time, cash and the ability to keep getting up when you've been knocked down.
Does that mean you can't do it? Of course not. Just don't expect it to be easy. If you're serious about striking out on your own and starting a business, take these tips to help you succeed.
1. Do the research. Know the risk.
The bad news: a good percentage of start-up businesses fail within the first two to five years. The most frequent cause: lack of money. Though this might sound obvious, it doesn't necessarily mean they failed because they lacked a profitable product or had a poor business plan. Just like in any aspect of life, unforeseen things can go wrong. You have to be prepared for the risk involved in starting a business and you have to do the research to strengthen your odds of success.
For starters, a solid business plan takes into account where you'll be in six months, a year, two years and five years, and details how you'll get there as well as how you'll react to potential problems and possible successes.
Once you have that, compare the investment (time and money) with the end result. Will the amount of time you miss spending with your kids be okay with you if you hit your goals and can pay for their college educations? Will it be worth it if you fail? Only you can prioritize your life. Just remember that as a self-employed individual, you'll work more – not less – than you do someone else's employee.
Once you've created a viable business plan and weighed your priorities, if the potential pay-off is worth the time and money invested, then self-employment may be the gig for you!
2. Start small and work up
Now comes the good news: IBM wasn't built overnight. Many of the most successful corporations began as little more than operations out of somebody's garage. So, no matter how impossible the odds seem, you can make it happen.
One of the reasons people avoid starting a business is that they think too big to start. Striking out on your own doesn't mean you need to rent an office space and get employees – especially in the internet age (though there are instances where help is necessary, see below). That's stuff for down the road. While you're still in the early stages, think small.
If possible, ease into self-employment by keeping your day job and working on your company during your spare time. If you have a skill that's useful to someone who has skills you need (say you're a graphic designer but need a PR person), consider bartering. Look for ways to cut cost early on without cutting quality.
Be careful about refinancing your home or borrowing from your retirement funds without serious consideration. As you become more successful, make the transition to full-time, self-employment.
3. Learn how to network. Surround yourself with success.
Consider joining the Rotary Club, local Chamber of Commerce or other organizations where you can meet and mingle with other businesspeople. Not only will you find customers for your product or service, but you'll come into contact with people who have businesses that can help support yours. Even more, you'll be able to discuss your new business with people who have already succeeded at doing the same thing you're trying to do. If you're building an internet business, join social networking communities. Get your product out there and make friends. After all, most people choose to hire people they like — since they're going to be spending time together.
Likewise, when it comes to the things you don't know how to do, don't cut corners. You can clean your own workspace, but you might not be able to negotiate your own contracts – and even if you think you can, you might be wrong. Know when to take risks and when to outsource.
Too many people with new businesses try to save money by performing all of the tasks needed. This can take a lot of time and result in mistakes that wind up costing more than the fee would have been in the first place. If you need an attorney or an accountant, get one.
4. Learn to relax.
With all this talk of hard work, this may be a little tough to digest, but relaxation may be the element that sets you ahead of your competitors.
Sure, you have to work hard to reap rewards, but if you don't find time to collect your thoughts and re-energize, your work will suffer. Repeatedly extending work days will lead to mistakes and a feeling of being endlessly frazzled. You will not meet your goals – and then you'll beat yourself up for it because all you've been doing is working!
When you plan, be sure to build in time where you take care of you – whether it's golfing, chilling out by the pool or spending time with your family. All work and no play doesn't just make you dull, eventually it makes you dumb – and numb – two things no successful business person can afford to be!
5. Remember your goals
In the end, as you're working toward success, don't forget why you began your own business. Things may get hectic, or they may be interminably slow. Whatever happens, return to your original goals – and you may need to revise them. But if you're running into the sort of financial rough spot that makes striking out on your own so tough, think back to what brought you here. Making more money may not have been the only, or even the main, reason you chose this route. Perhaps you wanted to spend more time traveling. Maybe you have younger children who need a parent around during normal business hours. Or you might just have decided that after waking up at dawn for several years, you weren't much of a morning person after all.
Just because your business may not be making as much money as you'd hoped at first, doesn't mean that there aren't additional benefits to self-employment that make it a worthwhile endeavor in and of itself… Nor does it mean that you won't make more money down the road. Rome wasn't built in a day – and whether you work for someone or for yourself, you are the sole contractor of your own life.


text: Early on in sobriety, I was waiting on an important phone call. Minutes turned into hours and the phone did not ring. I was becoming more tense and anxious. Then came the "aha" moment. During my active drinking days, such a situation would have sent me straight to the bottle. Or with food, my mind would have been sedated and taken away from the phone call, perhaps I would have ended up reconciling away the importance of the phone call, leaving to go elsewhere, passing out, or a myriad of other possibilities. Instead, those years ago a thought came into my head. I need to just sit and wait. Previously, I never just sat and waited for anything. I had never been patient. In fact, this phone call was reasonably small potatoes in the scheme of things. I realized if I were to just sit and wait, or better yet, do something constructive, this could be an opportunity for growth. The event could teach me how to wait and be patient, something I had and still have little experience in doing. And here is where the aha comes in – if I do sit and wait without drinking, bingeing or practice some other addictive behavior, the next time I need to be patient and wait, the process will be easier. I will grow from this experience. I rank the simple "aha" I gained as part of being on a perpetual pink cloud. That event can never be taken away from me. Over the years, that need to wait for a simple phone call has been recollected in many forms as the opportunity for growth.


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The New York AG reported three cryptocurrency exchanges to the NYDFS; U.K. banks were hit with widespread outages; PNC joined Ripple's distributed ledger network to process international payments; California prepared the first legislation in the U.S. to govern IoT security; the U.K. parliament published a report calling for regulation of crypto assets; and Fannie Mae's general counsel joined Coinbase.
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New York AG reports crypto exchanges to DFS. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood reported Binance, Kraken, and Gate.io to the Department of Financial Services (DFS) for "possible violations of digital currency [laws]." Underwood noted "abusive trading practices" and lack of "'serious efforts' to restrict or monitor manipulative trading" among her concerns.
U.K. banks face widespread outages. Many of the U.K.'s leading high street banks have recently been hit with online banking glitches. In the past week, customers of Barclays, Natwest, and RBS have all reported being unable to access their online banking services. The banks have not yet provided explanations for the outages, leading to questions about the state of resilience in the industry.
Goldman to sell its fixed income app. The investment bank is selling Simon, which helps banks sell complex fixed income instruments to retail brokers with a focus on structured notes. The sale of the online tool, valued at $100 million, is only the most recent example of Goldman spinning off its internal technology. JPMorgan, HSBC, and other large banks have been listed as potential buyers.
Deploying AI to stop cyberattacks. The Wall Street Journal discusses corporations' increasing use of AI tools to "fight off hackers and contain data breaches . . . using machine learning to [analyze] malware files, searching for common characteristics that will help them identify new attacks." AI is not a "silver bullet," says IBM Security CTO Koos Lodewijkx, but is a "new tool in our toolbox."
Japanese crypto exchange hacked for $60M. Operators of Japan's Zaif exchange revealed that hackers stole $60 million worth of customers' assets, consisting of nearly 6,000 bitcoins and other currencies. The breach is "another black mark for Japan's Financial Services Agency . . . [as it] was one of seven exchanges sanctioned for its security measures in the wake of [last year's] Coincheck hack."
PNC to partner with Ripple. PNC has joined Ripple's distributed-ledger-based network, RippleNet, to process international payments, alongside other large financial institutions like Bank of America, American Express, Banco Santander, and Credit Agricole. PNC will go live with the service in Q4 2018.
California prepares IoT security bill. The bill, currently with Gov. Jerry Brown (D) for signature, sets baseline cybersecurity standards for internet-connected devices, requiring manufacturers to include security features, although some experts have criticised the bill's language as too broad to be effective. If passed, it would become the first legislation in the U.S. to govern security for the Internet of Things.
Companies are scrambling to meet data breach reporting requirements. Multinational corporations are taking steps to more quickly detect and report data breaches to avoid steep GDPR penalties. The regulation requires firms collecting data on EU citizens to report breaches within 72 hours of discovery. A survey found that 72% of companies are not highly confident in their ability to comply with the rules.
U.K. parliament report backs crypto asset regulation. The Treasury Select Committee report calls for anti-money-laundering regulations and consumer protection rules for crypto assets to address what it calls a "wild west" situation. It also views cryptocurrencies as speculative assets rather than currencies. Nevertheless, the report does not rule out the U.K. becoming a global financial center for the industry.
Abu Dhabi launches "digital sandbox." The emirate's new sandbox initiative will "offer banks, fintechs and regulators an open digital marketplace in which to collaborate on . . . new products." Abu Dhabi hopes its new approach will promote local fintech and attract new international investment, as it competes with Dubai and Saudi Arabia to be the "fintech hub of choice in the Middle East."
Fannie Mae GC joins Coinbase. Fannie Mae's general counsel, Brian Brooks, is leaving the mortgage giant to head the legal team at the digital currency exchange. "[Brian's] arrival is part of our effort to expand our legal, compliance and government affairs capabilities as we head into this next chapter for the company and the cryptocurrency industry as a whole," said Coinbase's CEO, Brian Armstrong.


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The flight to Shanghai has been delayed and the boarding gate changed. We will now depart at 12pm instead of 10:35am. I'm starting to get fairly sleepy from staying up most of the night. I decided to sleep for two hours last night. After a short nap and a shower at 4am, I felt wide awake and ready for my trip. I hope I can hold out until we board the plane to fall asleep. I would like to sleep as much as possible on the long flight to Shanghai so that I can switch over to Beijing time as quickly and easily as possible.


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With hindsight, his career path makes a certain kind of sense. Start out in a small francophone village in New Brunswick, develop a thirst for knowledge and insatiable curiosity, apply a healthy dose of self-discipline and openness to the world. What do you get? In the case of Herménégilde Chiasson, you get a poet, playwright, artist, editor, filmmaker and former Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. That's a bit of a tall order, but Chiasson, who received the honorary Doctor of Letters degree at Spring Convocation on May 30, doesn't take himself too seriously. He says, with characteristic modesty, that his life has just evolved that way.
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The School of Continuing Studies defines distinguished teachers as people who are passionate about helping students to learn, giving them a sense of accomplishment and setting an example, among other criteria. This Spring's winners, Maria Eduarda Nunes and Jocelyne Philie, both brim over with undimmed enthusiasm for their chosen calling. "I consider myself a very […]
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Sherry Romanado, a lecturer in the School of Continuing Studies' Public Relations program, knows exactly what her students are going through – and what they expect from their education. Before she began teaching at the School, Romanado was a learner there herself. She completed a Certificate in Public Relations Management in 2005 – all while […]
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Éric Dupont , a lecturer in the Translation Studies unit since 2003 and a novelist , was selected by the Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois to participate in the first writer-in-residence program established between Quebec and the German state of Bavaria . He will resume teaching at McGill CCE in January 2011.


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Frederick H. Borsch, who as the Episcopal bishop of Los Angeles crusaded for an inclusive social justice agenda that empowered women, gays and lesbians, blacks and Hispanics, and poor and low-wage workers, died on April 11 at his home in Philadelphia. He was 81.
The cause was myelodysplastic syndromes, a form of blood cancer, the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles said.
Between positions at Princeton and Yale, Bishop Borsch presided over the sprawling six-county Southern California diocese from 1988 to 2002, and there he elevated female and Hispanic clergy members in the church hierarchy.
Despite opposition from the world's Anglican bishops, he championed the ordination not only of celibate gay men and lesbians but also of those in committed monogamous relationships.
Bishop Borsch didn't just talk. He walked the picket line outside a Beverly Hills hotel with workers demanding what they called a living wage and helped convince Mayor Richard J. Riordan that minimum pay should be higher.
When a black priest was unjustly detained and handcuffed on church grounds while the police were pursuing a suspect, Bishop Borsch demanded, and received, a public apology from the Los Angeles Police Department.
His supporters were not the least bit surprised when he chose to build the diocesan headquarters, the Cathedral Center of St. Paul, in Echo Park, an ethnically diverse neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles. (Nor were they surprised when, characteristically modest, he initially resisted installing the bishop's ceremonial throne at the cathedral, although he later acknowledged with a grin, "It's incredibly comfortable.")
Frederick Houk Borsch was born on Sept. 13, 1935, in suburban Oak Park, Ill., to Reuben Borsch and the former Pearl Houk. His father played baseball with a St. Louis Cardinals farm club before becoming a Rhodes scholar and a lawyer.
Given Frederick Borsch's preference for scholarship and teaching (and only fanciful hopes of being recruited to the Dodger bullpen), he earned a bachelor's degree in English literature in 1957 from Princeton and expected that he would become a lawyer like his father or teach college English.
But although as a young acolyte he rejected a suggestion from his parish priest to enter the priesthood, the question lingered. His goal remained to somehow make the world a better place, and he began to gravitate to another calling.
"I began to feel more and more the real heart of that was related to faith," he told The Los Angeles Times in 1999, "to giving people hope in life."
Instead of entering law or teaching, he received a bachelor of sacred theology degree from the General Theological Seminary in New York, a bachelor's in theology from Oxford and a doctorate from the University of Birmingham in England.
He is survived by his wife, the former Barbara Edgeley Sampson; their sons, Benjamin, Matthew and Stuart; four grandchildren; and his sister, Jane Borsch Robbins.
Before being elected bishop, he was dean of the chapel and professor of religion at Princeton and dean, president and a professor at Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, Calif.
After his retirement in Los Angeles, he moved to New Haven to be interim dean of the Berkeley Divinity School — the Episcopal seminary at Yale — and associate dean of the Yale Divinity School.
At his death, he was a professor of New Testament studies and the chairman of Anglican studies at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He was the author of 20 books, including two novels.
When riots erupted in Los Angeles, fed by the acquittal of four police officers accused of beating a black taxi driver, Rodney King, in 1991, Bishop Borsch wrote, "In biblical terms, if the society fails to care for the poor, for the widows, the orphans and the strangers in their midst, that society will come to tragedy."
Bishop Borsch advocated the 1988 election of Barbara C. Harris as the first woman ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion. And he helped chart the defense strategy in the 1996 heresy trial in which Bishop Walter C. Righter of Iowa was exonerated for ordaining a partnered gay man as a deacon.
Bishop Borsch was forever seeking answers. In The Christian Century magazine in 1995, he asked, "Where Was God When the Plane Crashed?" — a meditation on his survival when a DC-10 skidded off the runway on a snowy evening in Boston in an accident that claimed two lives.
"The God who cannot be seen is yet present as the Spirit of all that is," he wrote, "willing to share in all the consequences of creation — including evil and suffering — and seeking to transform them through love."


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Warren Buffett's vote of no confidence in U.S. fiscal policies is up to $20 billion.The dollar has fallen savagely against the euro for the past three years, and the trade deficit is running $55 billion a month. Is the currency rout over? Can the trade deficit be fixed with a rise in interest rates or an upward revaluation of the Chinese currency? Warren Buffett, the world's most visible dollar bear, says the answer to both these questions is no. His bet against the dollar, reported at $12 billion in his last annual report (for Dec. 31, 2003), has gotten all the bigger. Now his Berkshire Hathaway has a $20 billion bet in favor of the euro, the pound and six other foreign currencies.
Buffett has for a long time been lecturing fellow Americans about their bad habit of borrowing from abroad to live well today. He made a big stink about his currency trades in his March 2004 letter to shareholders. FORBES phoned him recently for an update, hoping for the news that the Scold of Omaha had softened his views on the decline of the dollar. What we got was more doom and gloom, more than we have ever heard from the man. In other words, he is not about to cover his short position on the dollar.
Buffett said that he began buying foreign currency forward contracts when the euro was worth 86 U.S. cents, and kept buying until the price reached $1.20. It's now worth $1.33. Buffett said he is not adding new positions now but has been rolling over contracts as they mature. Berkshire lost $205 million on currency speculations in the first half of 2004, but more than made that back with a $412 million gain in the third quarter. It's likely that the December quarter report will show another huge gain.
Since January 2002 the dollar has fallen 33% against the euro. Buffett blames that on bad policy, coming from both the White House and Congress. It does appear that forex speculators are no big fans of George Bush or his Treasury secretary, John Snow. Since Nov. 2 the dollar has fallen 4.4% against the euro.
Says Buffett: "The rest of the world owns $10 trillion of us, or $3 trillion net." That is, U.S. claims on foreign assets run to only $7 trillion. "If lots of people try to leave the market, we'll have chaos because they won't get through the door." In a nutshell, the trade deficit is forcing foreign central banks to ingest U.S. currency at a rate approaching $2 billion a day. Buffett continues: "If we have the same policies, the dollar will go down."
The $20 billion bet has to be put in context. Berkshire has a huge portfolio of investments that includes $40 billion of Treasury securities. Budget and trade deficits are likely to make dollars worth less and bonds worth less. So the currency play is a partial hedge of a large position that can be read as bullish on the U.S.
Still, that Buffett is making a currency bet at all is striking given that this investor has, in his 74 years, rarely made macroeconomic bets. He built Berkshire to a $130 billion market value by acquiring parts or all of lots of businesses, primarily in the insurance sector and primarily in the U.S. Now some of those assets are antidollar assets. Example: In 2002 he bought bonds of Level 3, a telecom company, that were denominated in euros. In 2000 Berkshire picked up MidAmerican Energy, a gas pipeline company. By doing so, Berkshire indirectly acquired the assets of Northern Electric, a utility in England, at a time when the pound was worth $1.58. Now it's worth $1.94, so Berkshire has a paper gain irrespective of any appreciation in the electric company's pound-denominated earning power.
A continuing fall in the dollar "could cause major disruptions in financial markets. There could be unpredictable side effects. It could be precipitated by some exogenous event like a Long-Term Capital Management," Buffett says, referring to the 1998 collapse of a steeply leveraged hedge fund.
How about a soft landing for our deficit-addicted economy? Don't count on it. We're running $100 billion a year in the hole against China, but Buffett doesn't expect that an upward revaluation of the renminbi (stoutly resisted, in any event, by the Chinese government) would greatly reduce this number.
How about a rise in short-term interest rates? They used to say on Wall Street, "Six percent interest will draw money from the moon." Buffett is skeptical, though, that the recent tightening by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan will do much more than "put off the day of reckoning."
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