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What have been some of the most momentous debates in human history, and how did they influence the lives of people both then and now? Why were these issues so controversial, and why did they matter so much to those involved? How have these debates changed the world—or have they? These first-year seminars will explore in depth one or more of these "great debates" (think evolution, geocentrism, empire, civil rights, and more) and their role in shaping how we see ourselves and the world. This course is open to all first-year students, but intended for those wanting to explore the Scholars Intersections program.
"Then and Now" courses take a historical and interdisciplinary approach to foundational topics in the liberal arts, focused on major questions that have emerged in the human quest for the common good. Their goal is to enrich students' liberal arts education by helping them understand major crossroads in the development of human responses to questions about the natural world, human society, and ultimate meaning and values. These courses will examine the major conceptual developments that have shaped the modern world.
"The Human Quest" seminars engage students in examining the challenges of defining and realizing "the common good." What do we mean by justice, by truth, by beauty, by freedom, by "good" (and more), and how can we bring knowledge from many disciplines and voices to bear on moving human society toward these goals? Each course focuses on one "ideal" or "idea"—a big concept in one word (signaling the simplicity yet complexity of the concept) that opens new worlds and possibilities for our shared future and our place in it. Human Quest seminars provide more focused study and reflection than the broader 200-level Intersections "Then and Now" courses. Although there is no specific prerequisite for this course, all work will require students to bring knowledge from various fields (their disciplines or interests) and to contribute their perspectives at a junior or senior level at Luther.
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Hi, this is Alan Sepinwall, posting in Matt's place for reasons you'll understand in a minute. He's asked that I keep the lights on here while he's away, and since I can't pretend to be as smart about the cinema as him, I'm going to be relying on suggestions from you in the comments about things to post.
Anyway, I have some very bad news to share: Matt's wife Jennifer Dawson died suddenly Thursday evening. This is Matt's account of what happened, which he's not up to writing about himself for obvious reasons:
Sometime between 4:30 and 5 p.m., she was home with their kids, Hannah, 8, and James, 2. Hannah was playing downstairs, James was watching a show on Noggin, and Jennifer was online looking up information for the family's next trip to Disney World. Around a quarter to 5, Hannah came upstairs to ask Jennifer a question and found her lying on the floor in the office. She wasn't moving or breathing. Hannah tried to wake her up—yelling at her, slapping her in the face, pushing her—but nothing worked, so she ran upstairs to the apartment of Matt's brother Richard. Richard came down, called 911 and began performing CPR for 15-20 minutes while waiting for the ambulance. He got no response, nor did the paramedics when they arrived, and Jennifer was taken to Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, where she was pronounced dead of causes unknown. (For now, the chart lists "cardio-pulmonary" as cause of death, which, as the doctor put it, "That's a fancy way of saying we don't have a fucking clue.") Jennifer was 35, in good health, didn't drink, smoke or take drugs, so there will be a medical examination to find out what happened.
While all this was going on, Matt was standing at the Washington St. bus stop by the Ledger newsroom, waiting to begin the long journey home. Richard called him and told him that Jennifer had fainted and that he should get home ASAP. As Matt traveled by bus, then PATH, then subway train, he kept calling for updates, but there weren't any. Finally, when he arrived in Brooklyn, Richard told him to come to the hospital, where they broke the bad news.
Jennifer didn't want a burial or a funeral, so she's going to be cremated, and once Matt figures out where to scatter the ashes, there will be a memorial service, probably a few weeks from now. When I have more details, I'll let you know. In lieu of flowers, he asked for donations to be made to the Red Cross, which was one of Jennifer's favorite charities.
Matt isn't doing well, as you can imagine, but as he put it, "We're very pragmatic people, emotionally at least, the two of us were. I'm not in any sort of mindset where I'm thinking about large mystical issues or the grieving process or blah blah blah. Right now I'm looking through the schedule and seeing what bills were paid when; a lot of the practical things were on her, and now they fall to me."
James is too young to understand what's happened (when he saw his mother on the floor, he started making a snoring sound, his way of saying, "Mommy's sleeping"), and Matt says Hannah is holding up okay: "Obviously, we're all devastated, but Hannah is her mother's daughter and is very tough."
If you want to send cards, the address is 343 State Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Matt's also on e-mail a lot, either his work address (email@example.com) or his home one (email@example.com).
Feel free to forward this news to anyone you think would want to know.

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Congrats. I love my 92FS.
Get a D spring to lighten the DA pull.
I picked up a police trade in Beretta 92fs about a month ago for just under $400. It has plenty of holster wear but was not shot much. This is the traditional DA/SA version not the DAO version that some departments issued.
I have about 200 rounds through it so far. I am extremely pleased, no malfunctions at all. I handles fmj and hollowpoint ammo well. Shoots to point of aim at 10-15 yards (I was using 115 grain bullets). DA/Sa double taps are not difficult. The DA pull is about 12lbs but is long but as long as I do not get impatient I have no problems making good hits with it. The single action pull is about 4-5lbs.
I purchased a lightly used Bianchi leather slide holster for the weapon and found it to be very comfortable to wear. I have also just received a Galco Scout IWB holster which I like but right now is very stiff, so a little break in is required.
I found new factory magazines from CDNN for $18. I also bought three flush fit 18 round magazines from Meg-Gar. I have been please with these 18 round mags.
In conclusion, these police trade in Berettas seem to be a good buy.
There is a IDPA competition this weeekend, and I plan to shoot the 92.
I really wish that I had purchased a 92 earlier, as this weapon is turning out to be a real joy to shoot and own.
Congrats. I love my 92FS.
Get a D spring to lighten the DA pull.
any suggestions on where you got the used holster..I have a 92FS and would definitely like to have a used holster for my mini IDPA shoots. Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the replies. NEO What is a D spring and where can I get one?
Jimmy, I picked up mine at the gun shop in a box filled with used holsters. Typically, what I have found is that a gunowner will trade in a weapon and its accessories. The gun shop owner will then split up the accessories and sell them seperately. So if I were looking for a good used holster I would go to gun or pawn shop that does a lot of used handgun business and look around. Most of these places have a grab box of used handgun holsters.
Best of luck to you.
Police turn-in's are pretty sick. I got a 96FS that way. Obvious wear and tear but nothing serious. I did however have some issues with various springs, a thorough cleaning and replacement of 8 springs fixed it right up, fires dead accurate now.
The D spring is the mainspring used on the 92/96 D model. I put one in mine and it does reduce the DA pull, not a hell of alot but theres a difference.
Thanks, Marcus.
Do you know if there is any advantage to keeping the plastic recoil guide rod?
Okay. The mainspring or "D" spring runs from the butt of the gun to the hammer inside the grip of the pistol. The recoil spring/guide rod combo is under the slide and barrel. They are two separate parts.
Now, I haven't replaced the mainspring in mine yet but I did replace the guiderod and recoil spring with an EFK Firedragon, and I'm keeping the factory piece just in case I need it for anything. It's definitely a nice replacement from the plastic stuff.
Congrats on the 92fs. I bought a police trade in 92fs after 9\11. I have loved shooting it. The only mod I made was putting a Hogan grip on it.
What is your thoughts on carrying it conceiled? It seems like I am carrying a brick sometimes. I work in a less then gun friendly enviroment. They don't forbid guns but it could be career ending. Any suggestions for conceil options for the 92fs?
Thanks for the information Drake. I haver ordered a D spring and I will install it when it comes in.
Cruiser, I just purchased the Galco Scout for my 92FS and so far I really like it. It is a IWB holster but it is comfortable and conceal the big gun very well. Here is the link to the holster http://www.usgalco.com/HolsterPG3.as...D=3792&GunID=3
Thanks for the tip..I went on eBay and located a used Safariland Holster for my 92FS for $9.99..It is all leather and with some wear but that's all what i need for my mini IDPA matches..Now I am on the sprint looking for similar deals for my other handguns to get used affordable holsters to use in these matches.
Good luck !
Love my Beretta! One of the best brands i ever shot!
I got my 96 through a police trade in, complete with the evil "for law enforcement only" mags. I've had it about 4 years now, and it has been flawless. Yeah, it's not the best looking pistol due to the bluing wear and such, but it has performed wonderfully. I have even neglected it at times (), and it has never failed. I'm now looking for a 92, just so I can practice with the same platform cheaper.
Shot the Beretta again this weekend. What a pleasure. I also find that the Galco Scout IWB is a comfortable way to carry this weapon.
I have purchased but not installed the D spring yet because one of the grip screws is stripped and it seems that one of the bushings in bad. So I have replacement parts are on order and once they come in I will make the necessary repairs/upgrades.
The Beretta 92 (I had an M9) is a very close second to my P226, I am seriously considering picking up another M9 (if I can find one)
My 92 is a police trade in originally from the Stockton Unified School District out of Ca. It doesn't have a lot of holster wear and seems to be in pretty good condition, I have only run one brand of ammo through it(115gr FMJ Blazer Brass) but after almost 600 rounds I have had zero issues. I paid right around $400 for it which I think was a good price. Mine has a steel guide rod and steel trigger, I don't know if anything has been replaced but, I'm guessing it is about 9 years old.
I installed Hogue "slightly soft" pebble-grained grip panels long, long ago.
And, my thumb has thanked the HKS Model 941 "magazine loader" for many, many years.
I've always kept 14 rnds in each factory mag for all the years I've owned it. Never any trouble with mag springs.
I don't know how many rounds I've put through it. Way more than a thousand or two.
I've never had any spring problems. And I've never had any feeding problems. It digests everything.
That big 'ol chunk of Beretta steel loaded with a LOT of Golden Sabers is still one of my favorite guns.
Even though I'm not a "DA/SA" fan. And it still shares "night duty" with my 8-shot Mossberg 500.
But now my CCW and hiking gun is a S&W 642 snubby, with CR laser grips. Only five Federal Hydra-Shoks.
I traded weight for a lot less go-power. Even with speed strips. Now, "speed strip" is a real misnomer.


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Back in pads Monday for the first time since his surgically repaired right knee acted up July 30, Gbaja-Biamila stayed away from making sharp cuts and tried to avoid heavy contact before shutting himself down with about 30 minutes to go.
The Packers were back working in shorts Tuesday morning, but "KGB" was back in the training room, if not at Square One.
"His knee is kind of sore," coach Mike McCarthy said. "It didn't respond very well to yesterday's practice."
Twelve days remain until the opener against Minnesota. Four of Gbaja-Biamila's 9 1/2 sacks in 2007 came against Vikings left tackle Bryant McKinnie.
"We need him," defensive tackle Ryan Pickett said. "I don't think you can replace him."
Gbaja-Biamila's right knee bothered him somewhat last season but he didn't miss any time. After experiencing additional problems during the off-season, "KGB" underwent arthroscopic surgery May 28 in which his meniscus cartilage was trimmed.
He participated fully in padded practices July 28 and 29, the first two days of camp. On the second day, he beat tackle Chad Clifton twice in one-on-ones, a rare feat.
But after failing to finish practice July 30, "KGB" didn't do anything on the field until returning to limited practice Sunday.
"We're hopeful everything will work out," general manager Ted Thompson said Tuesday. "He's a good player and it'd be nice to have him, sure."
If Gbaja-Biamila, whose cap salary of $7.727 million ranks No. 1 on the team, isn't ready for Minnesota, the Packers probably would be down to using Jason Hunter at right end on passing downs. Rookie Jeremy Thompson, a fourth-round draft choice, has been invisible. Michael Montgomery is another option.
"Kabeer has a little time before the regular season opens," Carl Hairston, the team's co-defensive line coach, said Monday. "If he stays mentally tough like he's doing right now and keeps working through it, yeah, he can (play Sept. 8)."
In some ways, Gbaja-Biamila could be compared to a thoroughbred. Almost always he has won or lost with speed, and when he isn't 100% there wasn't much giddy-up in his game.
When the Packers drafted him in the fifth round in 2000, "KGB" said he had never been operated on and his worst injury was a sprained ankle late in the 1999 season. It didn't cause him to miss a game.
In eight seasons for the Packers, Gbaja-Biamila has played 5,239 snaps from scrimmage in 125 games, counting playoffs. He missed two games, one in 2002 (rib) and one in '07 (ankle).
Both Hairston and Pickett said they were aware that dealing with a major injury was new for "KGB," who did not wear a brace Monday.
"That's what he's got to deal with," Hairston said. "I've been through that. People told me I just had to push myself in practice and keep doing more and more every day until it comes around. Once you mentally get over that, the pain just goes."
In terms of overall pressure, Gbaja-Biamila was having his finest statistical season in '07 before suffering an ankle injury in Week 11. When "KGB" returned in Week 13, Hairston said he wasn't the same player.
Neither was the Green Bay rush, and that still holds true.
The Packers had 32 sacks in the first 11 games, eight sacks in the last seven games and one sack in three exhibition games.
"I thought he had a hell of a year," Hairston said. "But when he hurt that ankle that movement was not there. He couldn't push off as much."
Pickett, whose locker adjoins Gbaja-Biamila's, said his pal had done everything possible to return.
"But it's aggravating and he's frustrated," Pickett said. "He feels kind of bad because he's really trying to get out there.
"I think Kabeer's been trying to push his way through it and it's slowly coming along. Anything in football, you have pain to deal with. With injuries, you do have to push yourself through."


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I'm 5.2 and So Far I've Lost 76 Lbs I Now Weigh 179 How Much Should I Lose Before Having a Tummy Tuck?
How Much More Weight Do I Need to Lose Before Having a Tummy Tuck?
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How much weight should I lose before my tummy tuck?????????????
Hi, congratulations on the weight loss. I hear this question often. My first question is always, what is your goal weight? If it is a reasonable number and you are within 10-15 pounds, I would say that you are at a good weight. The benefit of abdominoplasty is the improvement in contour that will be visible in the first few weeks following surgery but is much more realistic at 3 months. If you are within ten to fifteen pounds of your goal weight, your new contour could be the last impetus that you need to push you over the edge and achieve your goal. If you are 20 -30 pounds away from your goal and then lose this way after tummy tuck, you may have loose skin that will require additional surgery to remove. Best advice, get as close to your goal weight, make sure that you can maintain that weight, and then go and visit a board certified plastic surgeon for a consultation. Best wishes.
How much weight loss before a tummy tuck?
You should hold off having contouring surgery until you achieve your stable weight that you are able to MAINTAIN with your lifestyle. If you are having to workout excessively or limit your caloric intake severely, you will not be able to do this for the rest of your life. Find that lifestyle that you can life with easily and when you weight is stable, then it would be a good time to consider contouring.
No less than 70lbs to be considerated for surgery/ tendras que perder 30 kgrs para ser considerada candidata
you should loose no less than 70 lbs in order to be considerated a good candidate for any kind of surgery spetially this kind.
deberias de perder no menos de 30 kgrs para poder ser considerada buena candidata a este tipo de operacion
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Publication Acceptance Date: 11/11/2002
Publication Date: 11/11/2002
Citation: BOWEN, C.L., SCHUMAN, G.E., OLSON, R.A., INGRAM, L.J. EFFECTS OF TOPSOIL DEPTH REPLACEMENT ON SOIL AND PLANT COMMUNITY ATTRIBUTES ON A RECLAIMED MINE SITE. AGRONOMY ABSTRACTS. 2002. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: It has been hypothesized that variable topsoil replacement on reclaimed mine lands may enhance plant species richness and diversity. Using a research site established in 1977 in southcentral Wyoming, this study evaluated the effects of variable topsoil replacement depth (0, 200, 400, and 600mm) on plant community diversity, production, canopy cover and soil parameters after 24 years. Species diversity and richness were greater on the 0 mm treatment than on the 600 mm topsoil depth. Aboveground biomass and canopy cover were greatest for the 400 and 600 mm topsoil depths and lowest for the 0 and 200 mm replacement depths. Soil chemical and physical parameters also varied among topsoil depth treatments. Total N, available P, and organic C were greatest for the 600 mm depth and lowest at 0 mm. As topsoil depth increased soluble cation concentrations decreased. The average sand content was lower in the deeper topsoil depth treatments, while clay content was greatest in the shallow topsoil treatment profiles, reflecting the characteristics of the geologic materials. These results indicate variable topsoil replacment may be required to ensure adequate canopy/ground cover to protect against soil erosion but still enhance plant community diversity.


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I put an AEB 1.8t from an A4 in my Corrado with a K03s on it with a mk4 1.8t manifold. I have rigged up oil and coolant turbo lines on my car because stock ones didnt line up with anything when doing the swap. Especially since im running mk4 manifold and turbo and b5 engine.
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Loyola Announces Game Time Versus Bradley
Feb. 4, 2009
CHICAGO - Earlier this week, it was announced that Loyola University Chicago will host Bradley on Saturday, Feb. 21 in a game selected from a pool of teams in the ESPNU BracketBusters event. Game time for the non-conference showdown at the Gentile Center is set for 3 p.m., Central and the contest will be televised live in the Chicago area on Lakeshore Public Television, it was announced today.
The Ramblers and Braves will be meeting for the seventh straight season in a series that began in 1928.


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Our day in Finland. Tues. 23 July
Trip Start Jun 28, 2013
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I have a bacon and eggs and then pancakes and jam because it's so tasty. Kerst's tooth is causing her heaps of pain and she returns to the cabin to try and relieve the pressure. When she returns we all go and watch the ship dock in Helsinki. Brilliant piece of parking and we have landed.
We wait until most of the crowd has dispersed and we wander down and disembark. At the port we ask at information for the tourist attractions and so armed with a map and heaps of fortitude we set off to explore Helsinki
We first all walk to the market and have a look around but it's mostly fruit and vegetables but there is some lovely but very expensive jewellery.
We walk to the Russian Orthadox Church and it is beautiful. From there we walk to the Cathederal and square. Kerst and I climb the stairs but it is closed between 12.45 and 12.20. Precisely the time that we are there!
We decide to keep exploring and return later. We walk around the city centre and it is soon time for lunch. Again there is much discussion and collaboration before we find a place to eat. Kerst and I share a salad and Helga and Rolf have a savoury pastry and coffee.
Onwards and upwards and we continue to explore this lovely city. We head back and walk through the Cathederal which is now open .There is a huge organ and we listen for a while.It has a beautiful sound. We make our way back to the market where Rolf heads back to the ship and the girls walk around a little longer.
Back on ship the oldies have a rest while we take our champagne into the sun. We catch up with i pad friends while we sit in the sunshine. Rolf comes up and we sit and talk and then he goes off to find Helga. Yesterday we bought our drinks from the bar but we have since discovered the duty free shop and we buy drinks for every-one there. We spend a lovely couple of hours sitting in the sun as the ship sails away from Finland .
We return to our cabins to freshen up for dinner as the buffet for us starts at 8.00. Again we have a beautiful buffet. Lots of seafood and red wine on tap!!!!!!
We wander back to the karaoke where I leave the gang and head for bead. It's been a busy day!
We are strong confident women who have been to Finland!!!!!


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Melt butter in 6-quart pot over medium-high heat. Add flour and mustard and whisk constantly for 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Stir in milk, cream, onion, andouille, bay leaf, and paprika, and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes longer.
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It's ironic that just as Western societies, including our own, are becoming agitated over perceived threats to the freedom of the press and freedom of communication, the Washington Post newspaper has been acquired by Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos.
The Post's exposure of the Watergate scandal, spearheaded by reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, with the resolute backing of editor Ben Bradlee and publisher Katherine Graham, is perhaps the best and certainly the most influential example in modern times of the fourth estate fulfilling its role as a check on executive power and a bulwark of democracy.
It also changed the dynamics of media-government relations, ushering in an era of aggressive, sceptical scrutiny. Traditional principles of objectivity and even-handedness took a back seat to "keeping the bastards honest".
The Graham family had owned the Post for 80 years. As one observer put it, "They survived Nixon, but they couldn't survive the internet".
Bezos may be the saviour who comes up with the magic formula that enables newspapers to flourish in the internet age.
On the face of it, though, he's an unlikely white knight, as he has built his fortune on undercutting and marginalising traditional producers and deliverers of content.
Still, it's a timely reminder that there are other - possibly more pressing - threats to the press as we know it than those generated by the heavy-handed bumbling and paranoia of our elected representatives and their bureaucratic spear carriers.
Apart from giving rise to the tiresome gimmick of coining a neologism ending in "gate" for any contentious running story in which those in the media's crosshairs don't fall on their swords at the first time of asking, Watergate was a godsend for conspiracy theorists, the exception that, in their minds, proved the rule.
Thus this week we had Winston Peters - who else? - trying to breathe fresh life into "Teapotgate". With characteristic precision and restraint, he described communication between the police and John Key (aka the complainant) as the worst abuse of power he had seen in his years in Parliament: "This is corruption that goes to the core of this country's activities."
This year, the American political system was rocked to its foundations, as they say, by IRS-gate, the revelation that the Inland Revenue Service was targeting anti-Obama groups.
Republican politicians and pundits competed to see who could come up with the most hair-raising analogy. In the end they decided that they couldn't improve on Watergate 2, with Barack Obama channelling Richard Nixon by unleashing a politicised bureaucracy on his foes.
Obama supporters cringed with shame or joined in the outcry which went on for a few weeks, after which the greatest scandal to engulf Washington in four decades quietly subsided.
It turned out that there was no direction from the White House or, for that matter, any irregularity. No one was harassed or audited. Organisations on both sides of the political fence which had requested special tax status were simply asked to fill out a few forms. Business as usual, in other words; the IRS simply doing its job.
While there was nothing to it, the upshot of the media going into Watergate mode is that almost 50 per cent of Americans believe otherwise. The Tea Party got a boost, Obama's favourability rating nosedived, and no doubt, the fringe-dwellers who think the government is out to get them bought more assault rifles.
Unembarrassed by this exercise of power without responsibility, the US media blithely moved on to NSA-gate, the surveillance programme exposed by Edward Snowden. But now Snowden has accepted Russia's offer of asylum, it would be the height of hypocrisy for him and his cheerleaders to argue that freedom of the press is on their menu of causes.
A Federation of Journalists investigation published in 2009 found that 300 Russian journalists had disappeared or been killed over the previous 15 years.
An analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists found that during that period, only in post-invasion Iraq and Algeria at the height of its civil war were journalists more at risk and authorities less inclined to investigate their deaths and disappearances.
As George Bernard Shaw observed, assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
In the latest Reporters without Borders Press Freedom Index, released in January, Russia was 148th, behind the likes of Zimbabwe and Fiji.
Notwithstanding recent hiccups and the current debate, and mindful that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance, New Zealand came eighth, bettered only by the ultra-civilised - the likes of Finland and the Netherlands - and the immaterial - Andorra and Lichtenstein.


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Frienly, smiling, talkative... These words are useful to get to know me.
I am a musician. Composition is main part in my musical life.
I like nature, stars, cosmos, science, art, different cultures, history...
I choose just one word: Biophilia
Meeting new people and learning about different cultures and traditions are as much of a passion for me as seeing new places.
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Credit card fraud can be a scary proposition in which you and your hard-earned cash are separated from one another. This could be because your card has been lost or stolen, or it could mean that your card number has been stolen from a retailer. Either way, credit card fraud can be a big problem. Fortunately, with most financial institutions you have zero liability for fraudulent purchases.
We'll walk you through how to spot fraud and what to do if your credit card has been compromised.
How to spot credit card fraud
The best way to spot fraud is to pay a close attention to your account by checking your statements as soon as you get them, or review them regularly online.
Though your financial institution also monitors for potentially fraudulent transactions, there's just no substitute for paying attention. Checking your statement as frequently as possible ensures that there are no charges that you, or another authorized cardholder, have not made. Your financial institution may be able to send you alerts by email or text if a transaction looks suspicious or meets certain conditions; which is a great way to get an immediate notice of potential fraud. You should look in to whether your financial institution offers notifications and, if it does, take advantage of them.
For example, PenFed members can enroll in Card Security Text Alerts—a card security service that monitors PenFed cardholder activity to help quickly identify transactions that may be fraud.
For avoiding physical card theft, the best way is to make sure you know where your card is at all times. Don't leave it in your wallet, or lying around where it would be easy for someone else to snag. The more care you take with your card, the less likely it is to be lost or stolen.
What to do if you're the victim of fraud
Whether your card has been stolen or you've spotted a fraudulent transaction on your statement, the most important thing to do is report it immediately. Even if a charge is for a small dollar amount, if you don't recognize it you should be sure to report it, as it could mean your card information has been compromised. This may lead to bigger transactions in the future.
The faster you let your financial institution know about the problem, the faster you can get the card shut down, receive a replacement card, and remove fraudulent transactions from your statement. Immediate reporting is also crucial because there can be a limited time window for reporting fraud—so don't wait!
Most cards will have a phone number on the back to contact the issuer, but you should also be able to find contact information on your statement or your financial institution's website.
Typically, reporting fraud is as simple as speaking to an agent and identifying transactions you believe to be fraudulent. An investigation follows, but most card issuers won't hold you liable for charges, though it may take some time before the charges are removed from your account. Be sure to document your communication; such as recording dates, names, and other information—just in case you run into any problems.
In most cases, once you have reported fraudulent activity on your card, your old card will be canceled and a new one issued immediately, so be sure to keep an eye on the mail for it to arrive.
Any transactions that were pending when your card was canceled may be declined, so you'll have to arrange alternate methods of payment. Additionally, any accounts you had that billed to your card will need to be set up with a new card.
The difference between credit and debit cards
Though we often think of credit and debit cards as interchangeable, there's a key difference in how the two work where fraud is concerned. When you make a transaction with a credit card, you'll receive a bill at the end of your statement period. However, when you make a transaction on a debit card, the money is simply removed from your bank account.
Though many financial institutions offer similar protection from fraud with both credit and debit cards, you'll want to check to see what protections are offered for your debit card and, especially, how fast your money will be refunded in case of fraud. If your debit card number is stolen and someone empties your bank account, it doesn't help to have zero fraud liability when you have bills that need to be paid now.
If your financial institution doesn't offer the kind of protection you need, you may want to consider switching to a credit card—especially for online purchases, which can sometimes leave your card number vulnerable to thieves, even if your card itself is safe in your wallet.


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Palermo, Recoleta and La Boca
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Last night, I met up with Hector... a fellow RTW traveller whose, like Steve from Bath, UK, one of the best travelogues I relied upon in planning my own trip. Hector�s oustanding travelblog can be accessed at www.hectoryague.com and I highly recommend it for my readers planning RTW trips. In addition, I suggest RTW travellers get in touch with him for another perspective given that he, like me, loves to chat about all aspects of the pre-planning, during and after RTW travelling experience
Hector and I had drinks in Palermo... Plaza de Serrano to be exact. This is one of the most happening bar areas in Buenos Aires... hard work finding a table so I recommend getting there early. The nightlife starts late here... we met up for drinks at 11pm, after calling it a night at 3.30. Sleep is pretty much of a rare commodity at this time of my trip. I definitely want to make the most of my last night, being Saturday night here in Buenos Aires.
Today I visited two main touristy areas..
I�m glad I�ve got my own room to myself for this tour to Rio, but to tell you the truth, I don�t like the one-sided gender of the group. All of them are female except me. There is a group of three Norwegian girls, a group of two Irish women, one New Zealand girl (who is probably my favourite so far) and the leader from Ecuador. Makes me miss my last group even more... we�ll see how it goes!!!!!! I would of liked to have had a few guys to travel with.
Anyway, we are off to Colonia, Uruguay tomorrow for some scooting around the city.


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This semester come enjoy various projects directed by students! Some of the works are original but all are engaging and entertaining. The festival takes place in mid-April, starting on Thursday April 8th and runs until the final show on Saturday, April 17th. While some productions make use of the main-stage in Goodhart, others take a fresh approach to performance and are located in other locations throughout Goodhart Hall. Please check back for photos as they become available!
Shows featured this semester:
Week One (April 8-11)
Co-Directed by Jennifer Cook and Allison Keefe
Directed by Amy Stillwell (Friday performance is SOLD OUT)
The Night Nurse- a staged reading
Written by Lena Barnard
Week Two (April 15-17)
Directed by Jessica Rizzo
Directed by Kati Zaylor
Directed by Abby Wacker
Artist Showcase Cafe, Spring 2010


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Cecil Gant – the R&B singer
had a little fun this evening working on a request from an email I got today. Blogged about it on my Black Nashville blog…
had a little fun this evening working on a request from an email I got today. Blogged about it on my Black Nashville blog…
I just spent some time researching some of the white Koonce lineages I'm tracking for possible slaveholder relationships. Tonight, I found maps in Wikipedia of Lenoir, Craven and Jones counties of North Carolina and merged the three together. This helps me have a better visual for determining locations. Locations are important to me as I try and narrow down a possible Koonce slaveowner.
My Koonce ancestors are from the Dover area (Township 3) and Township 9 area of Craven County. In the 1860 slave census, there are only a handful of white Koonce slaveowners and the closest ones are JCB Koonce, Amos Koonce, Calvin Koonce and John S. Koonce — they owned plenty of slaves and were from the Beaver Creek area of Jones County. As you can see on the map, the areas are quite close. So, this was the impetus for me following these particular Koonce's more closely.
This map will also help me in my indexing project of an area newspaper, the Kinston Free Press. I'm going to love this!
I've got some new books over the past few days to add to my genealogy/history library. As my interest in genealogy has given me a new zeal for history information in general, I love to look for historical books. We are visiting my parents in Greensboro, NC and since I did live here for years growing up as a child, I'm going to also start reading to familiarize myself with some of the history of Greensboro. My new books include:
The past few days I have been occupying my time by working on several of my genealogy projects. Most notably, I continued to work on the Merry genealogy and then I've also added some content to my blog I keep for a newspaper of Plymouth, Washington County, NC. In light of this, I think I may have to brainstorm about how to rotate my time among all my projects so that I "touch" them more frequently and more systematically. Let me start by making a list…
Now that I list it out like this, it doesn't seem to bad… however, I feel that some of my projects get neglected. So, here's to me being more conscience and planning out my time distribution a little more evenly. 🙂
This must really be the week of the Merrys because I had another great find today! I received a notice in my email today that the Nashville Public Library posted an online index to a listing of more than 19,000 names of people buried in the Old Nashville Cemetery. The listings are drawn from a series of internment books held by the Metro Nashville Archives, 1846-1949. So, I decide to take a look and guess what I find – more Merrys.
It is difficult to be precisely sure of all the exact relationships, but I think it lists another four children of Nelson & his wife Mary, in addition to his mother. Also, there are some other Merrys that I think may be related as they are buried in Nelson's plot. I am confused though on precise locations, because, I have been to Nelson's grave and it is not in the Old Cemetery, but it is listed in this database. I may have to call the Metro Archives or go see the books in person to understand more about locations. Mt. Ararat, where Nelson is buried, does have an affiliation with the City Cemetery, but I think there is an issue with naming. But to summarize who is listed in this database…
Now, these dates may be actually burial dates and not dates of death – I need to check that in the source books. But, in addition to these whom I think the relationship is clear, there are others:
All of this gives me reason to really go back and research other Merrys in I can find them. How intriguing! Now, the fun is not over. I decided to visit the website of the city cemetery and was happy to see that they are very involved in genealogical causes. They have posted a list of people buried in the cemetery whose descendants have contacted the cemetery, and they have a volunteer looking up obituaries of people buried there and they are providing links to those obits. Very progressive! If only more cemeteries would do this!
I've been meaning to blog about this for awhile, but I wanted to share how I manage a problem that I was encountering. Towards the beginning of the year, I began to realize I needed a way to keep track of the published resources (mostly books), that I was using in my research. I didn't want to lose track of them just in case I needed to refer back to them. Fortunately, I live near the Tennessee State Library & Archives, but even researching their catalog began to be cumbersome as I was needing to do this each time I prepared to visit.
So, I turned to DabbleDB. I first came across DabbleD about 18 months ago I think, and given my preference for web 2.0 tools, the idea of an online database management system was highly appealing to me. At first, I felt limited, but then they opened it up so that you could have a free database as long as you had your information in the public domain. Fine by me.
So, I began to create my database and the current result is a database of all the books I consult, or want to make sure I consult, as I do my genealogy research. The fields I created are for tracking the county a resource covers, what topics it covers, which libraries hold it (not an exhaustive list, but some of my usual suspects), and a citation field so I can create bibliographies.
Then, I have an online link to my reports and then the list can be exported to PDF. Some examples:
So far, this is working out very well! Anytime I make a trip to a library, I document the books I've consulted in my database. Anytime I'm doing a web search and I find a book that I am interested in, I put it in my database.
What you don't see in those lists either is my link to Worldcat.org. Having a link in the database directly to the record helps me quickly check for other places to look. Also, Worldcat has an easy link to grab a properly formatted citation for any resource in the catalog so I capture that citation in case I need a formal printed list. Excellent resources and I highly recommend them for keeping track of your materials. If you're interested in seeing my other reports, I have a link to my overall database in my blogroll list on the side of this blog – "Taneya's Genealogy Books Database."
I next need to create a way to track journal articles as I'm starting to use more of these as well. Look for that enhancement in a later post.
I learned in an email I received today that Ancestry has added a new database that is of particular interest to me. The Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 database includes digitized images of the actual certificates! This is great news! So far, I've been able to get copies of the death certificates I needed from this time period for just $1 from a woman I've made contact with in Kentucky, but this is even better!
Kalonji, my stepmother's sister-in-law, and Kalonji's brother all have ancestry in KY, so I should be able to make great use of this. My friend RW also has some ancestry in parts of Kentucky so I should be able to use it for her as well. This is absolutely great!
I am just now getting around to posting this, but a couple of weeks ago, we went to Evansville during the week and I had an opportunity to spend a few hours visiting Willard Library in Evansville, Indiana. This library is the oldest public library in the state of Indiana. I'd begun to notice over the past several months that many of the resources I was interested in, are held at this library! They have a very extensive genealogy collection and the three hours I spent there seems like such a small amount of time!
So, here's a recap of what I ended up bringing home with me, though I looked at much more.
I also photocopied a few Kentucky death certificates in hope of finding more relationships. Overall, a good visit. I really need to get back!
This past week has been filled with a lot of fun hunting for relatives of my stepmother. Her family reunion was this past weekend and I connected with a few of her family members who are also into genealogy. Then, I had a chance to make a quick trip to the Tennessee State Archives and it was a VERY productive 45 minutes!
Some of what I gathered:
Amazing day! Now, to start analyzing all of this…
Also, I created a database of books that I want to keep track of. I found I was having difficulty managing what books I wanted to make sure I kept note of for future lookups, where they may be located etc. Once I get it more developed, I'll blog about it more in depth.
Since my last post, I've been spending the week looking for more information about Dred Wimberly, and doing some further analysis of the information that I do have. I posted that I think he is the brother to my 3rd great-grandmother, Mariah Wimberly. My connection is circumstantial at best, but let me share why I think this and I've love to hear any feedback from anyone who may be reading. Am I making too much of this?
Here is a list of reasons for my theory on why I think he is the son of Allen & Della and why I suspect Mariah to be his sister and also their child.
So – that's what I've gathered so far. Mariah died in 1910, and I've not been able to locate any death certificate for her. I also checked the newspaper for the city where she was living and did not find any notice. But, I have hand-searched the census for all of Edgecombe County in 1870 and the way the proximity of the three families (Rufus & Mariah, Allen & Della, Dred and his family), all make sense.
Now, apparently, Dred has a history which resonates with me as I received my library degree from the University of North Carolina. There seems to be a story from him and from the son and grandson of Kemp P. Battle (former president of the University of North Carolina), that during the time period when UNC was closed and they were seeking more appropriations to re-open the university, that Dred gave the deciding vote for the appropriations, thus the school was able to re-open. However, it seems that Dred's account, and Kemp's son's and grandson's account conflict with NC records and the history of the University that Kemp wrote. The documented records have the appropriations being decided and voted upon during a time when Dred was not in office. I will definitely be researching this further!
But, in the meantime, I continue to collect all that I can find about Dred. And, there have located several items:
I've been a busy bee haven't I? But, I now will proceed with ordering certificates for Dred's suspected family members and ordering microfilm of the newspapers of the county during his time in the General Assembly and State Senate to see what else I can find!


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Day 127 : Just around the corner from Liverpool
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Our first stop was in Korcula town itself, one which rivals any other town we've seen for beauty, and after a quick tour around and an ice-cream break, we made it across to the other side of the island.
Did you know? : Marco Polo who hails from Korcula brought ice-cream to Europe after visiting China (or so we are told).


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To tell someone where the bear shit in the buckwheat means to explain something to them that they are very likely to know already, especially because it is self-evident.
«I'm not that stupid that I actually need somebody to tell me where the bear shit in the buckwheat: I can see for myself who the bad guy in the film is. Ta!»
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This Gentian sets itself apart from the species by its intense blue violet flowers on compact, durable, drought resistant plants.
From midsummer into early fall, clusters of small, 4-petaled flowers open and bloom at the nodes. At each node, the spoon-shaped leaves meet at angles to form a cross, thus the name Cross Gentian.
This perennial looks great in rock gardens and also makes a nice cut flower.
Intro Year: 2009
Introducer: Jelitto Perennial Seeds
Origin: Not Native to North America
Gentians tend to grow best in cooler zones with mild summers. This variety is an alpine type, so it grows well in rock gardens sited in full sun to part shade. It is a durable, drought resistant plant once established. Plant it in well-drained, light soil with low to average moisture. If the soil stays wet, especially in winter, the plant may rot.
While every effort has been made to describe this plant accurately, please keep in mind that the height, bloom time, and color may differ in various climates throughout the country. The description of this plant was written based on our experience growing it in Michigan (USDA hardiness zone 5) and on numerous outside resources.


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Defective valves found in Kudankulam pre-commissioning tests
Officials said that the valves were in the Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) that removes heat from a nuclear reactor under extreme components.
Mumbai: India's nuclear regulator ordered replacement of four defective valves of the system that cools the reactor of Kudankulam nuclear power plant after the problem was detected during ongoing pre-commissioning tests. The defect in the components of the four valves--there are thousands of such devices in a nuclear reactor--was found during pre-commissioning tests early this year, officials said.
"During testing of thousands of valves installed in the plant, the performances of four valves of a particular type were found deficient," R Bhattacharya, Secretary, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) said in a statement in Mumbai on Friday evening. Officials said that the valves were in the Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) that removes heat from a nuclear reactor under extreme components. On finding the defective valves, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) had procured replacements through its Russian collaborators.
"These valves are requiring larger efforts to get corrected," another official said but added that this was not an unprecedented development. AERB Chairman SS Bajaj said the new components have been procured and were being assembled. "Once assembled, the entire systems would be put through a series of tests. Subsequent learances will be granted by AERB only after a satisfactory review," Bhattacharya told PTI. Elaborating on the multi-level tests which are carried out, he said a Quality Assurance Programme is adhered to.
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Twenty Insights Learned from Twenty-plus Years in the Classroom
by Sally Hermsdorfer
If today I worked across the hallway from myself, the newcomer, there are some things I'd take me aside to say.
I was a late vocation to the teaching profession. A 39-year-old brand-new teacher does have the advantage of some built-in credibility; education is probably not the only job where a little gray hair can do its own salesmanship. But if my first class assumed I'd been at it for a while, my gaffes and missteps soon revealed the truth. I'd felt ready to teach, but found out that I also had to be ready to learn. A veteran educator knows that the first few years in charge of a classroom are more profoundly enlightening to the teacher than anything from a university teacher-prep course. Twenty-three years later I'm still glad to have owned up to my inexperience. Twenty-three thousand classroom hours since that first day in Freshman English, I know that kids in classrooms from posh suburbia to the inner city require a lot of the same things from their teachers. I owe so much to the thousands of young people who taught me what they needed most at school. And if today I worked across the hallway from myself, the newcomer, there are some things I'd take me aside to say:
1. You chose this job out of a sense of mission. Your friends will tell you how lucky you are to get off work at 3 p.m., and to have "all summer off." They will never understand that your seven-hour work day takes 10 of every 24 hours and half of your weekend, so don't let it bother you.
2. Learn your kids' names as quickly as you can. And use their names often when you talk to them. Compliment them on the haircut, or the new shoes, or the almost-home-run at yesterday's game. Just use their names often.
3. Even the best-behaved of your students is going to have an occasional off day. So do you, now and then. Don't take it personally.
4. Don't take anything off-kilter that happens in the classroom personally, for that matter. Doctors don't take their patients' appendicitis attacks personally.
5. Don't ever fail to give an apology to a kid when you owe one. It will not cost you that kid's respect. It will not diminish you in any way. It will vastly elevate you in the child's eyes, and will teach that student something priceless about human relationships.
6. When you have the respect of your students, and treat them as if you have respect for them, they will behave well for you about 95% of the time. They will also work hard for you about 95% of the time. Yes, they have to earn your respect. But you have to earn their respect at the same time.
7. Forget what somebody once told you about not smiling until Christmas. That's baloney. When you smile, most of the time your students will smile back at you.
8. Prepare. Prepare for every day, every lesson. Tuck away a spare lesson for a bad day when you didn't have time to prepare. Don't fake your way through a class; even your slowest student will see through that in a heartbeat. Don't come unprepared and just call it a "free day." An idle mind truly is the devil's workshop, and you'll find that out the first time you give a free day. And here's how that day will be described at home: "My teacher never teaches us anything."
9. You can either be your students' new best friend, or you can be their teacher. You don't get to have it both ways. Remember which side of the desk is yours.
10. Don't read the newspaper at your desk, play solitaire, talk or text on your cell phone, or otherwise ignore your students while they're working at their desks. Ever. This is disrespectful to them. And they will misbehave while you're occupied with the crossword puzzle.
11. Students know when they're getting away with bad behavior. They will resent it when you can't control their classmates—or when you can't control them. Deal with bad behavior quickly, quietly, and move on immediately. And do it yourself; sending a kid to the office should always be a last resort.
12. Don't argue with students; arguing is done between equals.
13. Pray for the kid who is acting out in your class. That kid is hurting for some reason. Your prayers may not change the kid, but they will change the way you deal with the kid. And often that will be enough.
14. Resist the temptation to penalize the class for the misbehavior of a few. It may be emotionally satisfying, but only for a minute or so. And it's a rotten stunt that will very quickly make matters worse for you.
15. Make the heroic decision to leave your own bad day or troubles at home when you come to school. The students are bringing in their bad days and troubles at home, and somebody has to be the grown-up in your classroom. Things work better when the grown-up one is you.
16. Clean off your desktop before you have a parent meeting, especially
if it's going to be a bad news session. Parents will not look at stacks of paper on your desk and think, "Oh, that poor thing—so overworked." They will think, "This scatterbrain has the nerve to give my kid an F?" Cram the clutter in a drawer if you have to, but make your desktop tidy. Keep some wet wipes in your desk for a quick dusting job.
17. Parents find bad news about their children more frightening than just about anything else. They will react with panic and sometimes will lash out at you. There's a gut-level fear of what they see as your power over their kid's future; if you retaliate while the parent's adrenalin is surging, the situation will tank before you know it. React with quiet, listen to the rant until it's done, and take a deep breath before you answer: "Wow, that must have been hard for you to say. I'm so glad you told me. It's a good thing you came (or called) to talk." This defuses the tension they feel, and from then on you will be able to talk—about the student, not about the parent's anger.
18. Don't gossip about your colleagues. Not to parents, not to students, not to other teachers, not to anybody. Stay classy.
19. Be kind to the secretaries and the maintenance staff of your school. Learn their names, and be respectful of them and of their time. Thank them. They can make your work life wonderful, or they can make it miserable. The choice is pretty much yours.
20. Make your students work hard, and relish their complaints. They will admire you for making them be smarter, and some day they will tell you that.
Sally Hermsdorfer has been a teacher and a principal with the Diocese of Memphis schools for 23 years. She is currently principal at Immaculate Conception Cathedral School in Memphis, TN.
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Chris Pirillo captured a picture right around the same time that Maryam gave me her "talking Technorati" pickup line.
Dave Winer posts full text of Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie's memo
Just saw that Dave Winer just posted the full text of Bill Gates' "birthday memo/email" and Ray Ozzie's memo/email to the company.
These memos are two more reasons why I enjoy working at Microsoft.
Gaming Memeorandum, NOT!
Oh, boy, Memeorandum can be gamed? Um, sorta, but only by hacking the humans who participate in Memeorandum's link analysis. Just by linking to this article, which already is on Memeorandum, I am gaming it.
Pete Cashmore says that humans are better, because they can't be gamed. I say BS!!! We are gamed regularly and in many ways more transparently than an algorithm can be (an algorithm is just more consistent).
To game Memeorandum you must talk people who are on Memeorandum's seed list into gaming the system. It's NOT THE ALGORITHM THAT YOU ARE GAMING. It's the humans!!! Got it?
Guess what? Five of us could get together and game it. You can only do that a few times, though and if Gabe notices you are doing it you'll get pulled out of the database and where will that lead you then?
But, here's how Memeorandum works and why gaming it isn't very likely (and why there is almost zero spam on Memeorandum):
Gabe Rivera started with about 1,000 bloggers. He hand selected them. Then he built his algorithm to look at linking behavior. Depending on the day it might take as little as one link to get onto Memeorandum (I've noticed that sometimes as soon as I link to something it gets on there, but only rarely). So, to game it you should wait for a slow news day.
The real trick you should think about there? Write a sexy headline. That catches more blogger's eyes and gets them to link to you.
Here, what's sexier?
Yahoo's maps rock
Yahoo's new pretty maps doomed (and so are Microsoft's)
The second headline was at the top of Memeorandum for almost an entire day, so I know which one caught your eye.
Then, you need to write a bit of length. Oh, and stay on topic. Again, both things that a human would use to judge whether a post is worth reading. Short one-line posts don't make it onto Memeorandum (which is why Dave Winer rarely appears).
Other tips? Get other bloggers to link to your blog. Remember that bloggers, if they don't know you, don't like to be begged for links. Also, write original content that adds value to the world. I find that when I'm just being an echo chamber maiden, like now I'll only make it underneath a post in Memeorandum, but if I post an original idea or something new that I'll get on the top of Memeorandum.
All systems can be gamed, though, even human ones. Why do you think we have advertising?
Oh, and if Memeorandum is being gamed, why can't it be gamed on both of its sites at once? Ever think about that one?
Gates/Ozzie challenge Microsoft to "alter its business"
Well, the Ray Ozzie and Bill Gates series of memos that were sent around here are now breaking in the news (Dave Winer is linking to the important ones and has a picture of Bill Gates up on his blog to boot). Around here we call the Gates one "the birthday memo." In honor of BillG's 50th birthday.
They are important memos. I'm still reeling from their significance. I don't want to be the first one to break wind in public about them, but they are long memos. The longest I've received since becoming a Microsoft employee. They show clear understanding of how the world has changed. They answer a lot of the points I've been talking about here on my blog (and, in fact, have been influencing my thinking a lot).
Yes, the guys at top are now yelling "turn, turn, turn."
Like I said: this disruption game is fun!
Update: Dave Winer just posted the memos.
Live.com now supports Firefox
Thomas Hawk broke the story this afternoon that Live.com now supports Firefox, but Sanaz Ahari, PM on the Live.com team just told me the news officially minutes ago. She says there's a minor CSS bug in the search results which will be fixed soon too.
Cool map projects page
Someone posted this in my comments (it came from Digg). But this page which shows map projects and mashups is awesome. I can see this one will cause me hours of mapping fun. Lots of examples of usage of Internet Connected Components, er Web Service APIs. Anyway, Laurence Timms linked to the ProgrammableWeb.com and said that they have THE catalog of Web Service APIs to check in with. Totally agree.
Dave's iPaq morphs to Mobility Today
One of my favorite cell phone and PocketPC focused sites was renamed to Mobility Today. That makes a lot of sense.