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At the supermarket recently, I had the opportunity to chat with the manager. I noticed that the store, part of a regional chain with a huge corporate owner, had not yet installed readers for the increasingly ubiquitous chip-cards, so I asked him why not.
After all, chip cards are meant to protect consumers from fraud. And there's plenty of evidence that they're working as intended.
The manager's response surprised me. He told me the chain wasn't worried about the cost of upgrading, but about the prospect of losing business. He explained that transactions take longer with chip card readers. And he worried they'd lose customers if they force people to do that.
My view is that they're much more likely to lose customers if they don't upgrade (more on that in a moment), but the store is far from alone. According to the business management consultants at the Strawhecker Group, only about 29 percent of American merchants were ready for chip cards — also known as EMV cards, which stands for Europay, MasterCard®, and Visa® — as of September.
That's disappointing. Chip cards are our best defense against card fraud. According to the trade newsletter The Nilson Report, U.S. card losses for banks and retailers reached $8.4 billion in 2015. And that number is expected to reach $12 billion by 2020.
That's why a consortium of card issuers, banks, and others developed the EMV standard for cards and readers. These chip-enabled cards, which customers "dip" instead of "swipe," provide greater security from fraud. That's because swipe cards create a record that crooks can grab and use to make purchases. "Dipped" cards, on the other hand, create a one-time code that can't be reused.
Europe has been using this technology for a while now, but it really got going in the United States last year. So far, banks have issued about 600 million chip cards to U.S. consumers, according to the U.S. Payments Forum. And starting Oct. 1, 2015, the liability for card fraud at most merchants without chip-card readers shifted from the card's issuer to the retailers. And many more U.S. merchants will start accepting chip cards by October 2017, when gas stations will start facing those same liabilities.
However, many retailers still resist purchasing the upgraded reader. That's why I want to share with you three reasons why just about every merchant should be chip card-ready:
A store clerk recently told me that she didn't understand the "hassle" behind chip cards. So I put my banker hat on and explained that the chip-card machine takes the liability off the merchant (her boss) and puts it on Visa® and MasterCard® if there is fraud. It's as simple as that.
For those merchants who say, "I never had fraud before," well, how do you know that? MasterCard® and Visa® were taking it on the nose for you before. They're not doing that anymore. So if you're a merchant that hasn't installed the new card readers, you're doing yourself a disservice. It's an easy, inexpensive upgrade that will protect you financially.
Your customers know that card fraud is happening. They're seeing odd charges pop up on their credit card statements — and then spending hours on the phone cleaning those messes up. Chip cards reduce the likelihood of fraud significantly — and your customers are learning this.
You don't want them to be afraid to use their credit cards in your store. So, being up to date on your POS technology will give them peace of mind as well. You'll gain their trust.
Staying on top of chip card equipment now means you'll be more comfortable with the next rounds of payments technology — including chip-and-PIN cards (which allow customers to input a number instead of signing), "tap" cards (which allow them to simply tap their card against the reader), and mobile payments. The more forms of technology you're familiar with and ready for, the more potential customers you'll have. And that translates into more dollars coming in.
Card fraud rates are already down thanks to EMV. According to Visa®, chip card-friendly merchants recorded a 47 percent drop in card fraud from May 2015 to May 2016. That shows why every merchant should be installing EMV technology if they haven't already. Your customers will soon be expecting it — and may choose to patronize someone else if you don't have it.
Most community banks, including 1st Mariner Bank, provide merchant processing services. That means they can get you access to industry-leading chip card POS equipment and solutions. To set a retailer up to take EMV cards, we gather information, fill out applications, get everything through the approval process and order and install equipment. And if our equipment doesn't fit your budget, we can even help you find better deals.
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It's funny how sometimes a myth can be taken as fact if it's repeated often enough. It can even gain "conventional wisdom" status.
Sometimes it doesn't matter much. It's pretty harmless to think a tooth will dissolve overnight in a glass of Coca-Cola, and it may do some good if it keeps you away from the sugary drinks. But believing banking myths can hurt your personal finances – and there's nothing good about that.
For example, a number of myths swirl around home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), and many of these misrepresent what is actually a safe and secure way to borrow money. With a HELOC, you can access a line of low-interest credit secured by your home's equity – much like you would with a credit card, only the interest payments are tax-deductible and the interest rate is much lower. You should consult a tax advisor regarding the deductibility of interest and charges under the plan.
So today we want to take a few minutes to bust a few HELOC myths – and let you know the truth…
It's true that HELOCs were initially created with home improvements in mind. However, the fact is that you are allowed to use your HELOC to pay for just about anything – from debt consolidation to your children's college tuition. That said, most advisors think homeowners should use their HELOCs for expenses that add value to your finances. For a list of our own suggestions, click here.
With a home equity loan, your lender will provide you with a one-time lump sum. You pay that fixed-interest loan off over time, month by month. With a HELOC, however, the bank extends to you a line of credit that you can draw upon whenever and as often as you like, within your draw period. While the interest rate is generally low (much lower than that of a credit card), it fluctuates along with the prevailing rate.
On its own, a HELOC won't do anything to your credit score. It shows up to credit scorers no differently than a credit card. But just as with any other debt you incur, late payments on your loan or maxing out your HELOC may affect your credit score. It's wise to ensure that you do not advance your line over the approved credit limit as this also would reflect on your credit report.
With most HELOCs, if you make only the minimum payment each month, you'll only cover the interest. Once the "draw period" – the five- to 10-year stretch of time when you can use your HELOC – ends, the principal starts becoming due. Depending on how much you've used, that can be a lot of money. So the best strategy, much like with a traditional credit card, is to make much more than the minimum payment each month.
Taking out a HELOC is not risk-free. But if you use your HELOC conservatively and pay more than the minimum due each month, it is among the best loan options out there.
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Whenever you seek input on how to better your business – whether you're looking to increase profits, improve cash flow, or make yourself attractive to lenders – you'll get this bit of advice:
Cut your overhead.
A business that controls its overhead costs is one that's well positioned to weather lean times while boosting its margins all the time. But cutting deeply into service costs or product development threatens to undermine the very things that make your business unique.
So here are 12 ideas that any business can pursue to reduce its operating costs without sacrificing quality.
Most businesses budget are chock full of waste and fat, and it's incumbent upon owners to look at every line-item carefully. Consider these areas:
Your employees are full of ideas on how to cut overhead you'd never come up with on your own. They're closest to the action and, therefore, the most likely to see waste and redundancies first. Of course, getting workers involved can be tough — or even backfire if it's seen as an effort to cut staff.
Here, then, are several strategies to help you encourage a culture of employee engagement.
Salary freezes, shorter hours, pay cuts, and targeted layoffs should never be taken off the table, especially in lean times. In fact, you need to always be examining your payroll, which is likely your largest expense.
No doubt, you're proud of being able to provide meaningful employment for your workers while also making money for yourself. So if you do have to trim staff, you'll want to do so thoughtfully and smartly.
Outsourcing or automation? Engaging employees or eliminating perks? Using the cheapest vendor or the one with the best reputation? These are tough questions. Don't try do it on your own. Your mentors, peers, lender, and banker are all valuable advisors. Use them.
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Will there be people who will be left behind in the rapture? Can Christians be left behind?The Rapture Not every theologian and Bible scholar believes in the secret rapture because they point to the verse where it says "Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen" (Rev 1:7) so if every eye will see Him, that seems to contradict a so-called secret rapture. Jesus said "I wil … [Read more...]
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QUOTE SEC. 149. REASONABLE PENALTY FEES ON OPEN END CONSUMER CREDIT PLANS. (a) In General- The amount of any penalty fee or charge that a card issuer may impose with respect to a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan in connection with any omission with respect to, or violation of, the cardholder agreement, including any late payment fee , over-the-limit fee, or any other penalty fee or charge, shall be reasonable and proportional to such omission or violation.
By your own posting this section of the law is NOT APPLICABLE to your CITKO account for TWO reasons.
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there is a way to put a Device into a ticket (when i create or modify a ticket) ?
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open your ticket, scroll down and type the device name in the field "Related to"
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I think you have logged this question twice Stefano.
In order to answer your question, if the device has been scanned and is in the Inventory, then all you need to do is add it in to the box "Related to" and S/W will find it.


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Disney and Marvel's comic book adventure has made $312.9 million domestically since debuting stateside ten days ago. That massive figure makes it the second fastest film to clear $300 million domestically, and its sophomore weekend is the second biggest in movie history, surpassing "Avatar's" $75.6 million haul.
The film "Avengers: Age of Ultron" trails on both counts? Its predecessor, 2012's "Marvel's The Avengers," which had earned $373 million at a similar point in its run.
Internationally, the film picked up $68 million, pushing the film to $875.3 million globally. With major markets such as China and Japan still left to open and domestic audiences continuing to embrace the film, "Avengers: Age of Ultron" should have no trouble becoming the second 2015 release to clear $1 billion globally, behind "Furious 7."
With Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, and the rest of the super team dominating ticket sales, Warner Bros.' "Hot Pursuit" landed with a thud, picking up a frosty $13.3 million opening from 3,003 locations. The Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara retread of "The Heat" was crippled by withering reviews, with its debut falling short of projections that pegged an opening of $18 million or higher. It's also on the low-end of Witherspoon's recent bows for more commercial fare such as "Water for Elephants" ($16.8 million debut) and "This Means War" ($17.4 million debut).
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - September 10, 1999, New Braunfels, Texas .jfik New (fetaifcnNFELS 20332 MOO9 10/22/00 7 b SO-UEST MICROPUBLISHING 2627 E YANDELL DR EL PASO, TX 79903-Herald-Zeitung ......... -- Vol. 148, No. 211 20 pages in 2 sections September IO, 1999 Friday Serving Comal County since 1852 50 centsTax dollars will pay for defenseJudge says Hartwig is eligible for aid By Heather Todd Staff Writer Taxpayer dollars will help pay for the defense of capital murder suspect Adele Hartwig, accused of deliberately trying to kill her husband by setting fire to their home earlier this year. Judge Jack Robison of the 22nd Judicial District ruled Thursday Hartwig was eligible for indigent aid after she testified she did not have sufficient income to afford hiring an attorney. State law requires counties to provide for the defease of persons financially unable to provide an adequate defense. Comal County District Attorney HARTWIG Dib Waldrip said counties determined a person's eligibility for indigent aid by examining income and assets. Hartwig, 61, was arrested on June 3 after she was indicted for the May 4 death of her husband, 72-year-old Harold Hartwig. She is accused of killing Harold Hartwig by setting fire to the log cabin they shared on Hueco Springs Loop Road in the early morning hours of May 4.See DEFENSED Man indicted for June murder By Heather Todd Staff Writer A Comal County grand jury indicted a 35-year-old West Texas man Wednesday on a capital murder charge for the death of a New Braunfels man found strangled in his apartment in June. Douglas Edward Joumeay of Mel van is accused of killing 62-year-old Ted McReynolds, whose body was found in his apartment on June 9 in the I OOO block of Sanger Avenue. Family members found McReynolds' body at his home in the Mill Bridge Apartments after he failed to appear at a family function and did not respond to phone calls. McReynolds probably died sometime in the early morning hours of June 6, investigators said. Comal County District Attorney Dib Waldrip said the grand jury also indicted Joumeay on a charge of indecency with a child by contact, which is second degree felony, and unauthorized use of a vehicle, which is a state jail felony. Waldrip said the charge of indecency with a child stemmed from a separate incident rnSee MAN INDICTED/3A JOURNEAY United kickoff NBISD bonds bring increase in tax bills By Heather Todd Staff Writer A district-wide plan to renovate school campuses could mean more modem facilities and better educational opportunities for students — but not without a price. lf voters approve the $75 million bond package proposed by New Braunfels school district, the average homeowner's tax bill would go up $270 by 2003. Patrons will go to the polls on Oct. 2. Early voting begins Wednesday at the Education Center, 430 West Mill St. Early voting runs until Sept. 28. Voting hours at the Education Center are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Lone Star Primary. The $75 million package includes recommended expansion and renovation projects at all district campuses and auxiliary facilities. More than $35 million w ill fund campus improvements; $4.8 million will be used to repair and renovate maintenance, kitchen and business office facilities; and $12.7 million will be used for technology needs. No new campuses are being proposed in the bond package. Duane Westerman with Southwest Securities said district patrons could see a total increase of $270 on their tax bills during a four-year period. The average homeow ner w ill pay $1,127 in school taxes for the 1999-2000 school year. Westerman said the district planned to sell the bonds in $25 million increments beginning in 2(XX) and ending in 2003. During years when the bonds are sold, the debt service tax rate would increase, which would, in turn, increase taxpayers' property tax bills. But Westerman said a fluctuation in the debt service tax rate would result because the bonds would not be sold in 2002. The years bonds Superintendent outlines plan at forum — Page 3A are not bought, the debt service tax rate would decrease, he said. Westerman estimated the debt service tax rate would increase 12.8 cents in 2000, followed by an increase of 15.5 cents in 2001. But the rate would decrease 1.3 cents in 2002 w hen no bonds would be sold. In 2003, the debt service tax rate would increase 12.7 cents. The tax rate would drop by 1.6 cents every year thereafter until the bonds are paid back in 2023, he said. The average home in New Braunfels has an estimated value of $83,000, Comal Appraisal District reports. The average tax bill currently is $ 1, 176. The ow ner of an average home in New Braunfels would see an increase of $87 per year, during the first year the bonds are sold. The second year the bond are sold, in 2001, will see the average taxpayer paying $105 more on his annual tax bill. In 2002, when the bonds are not sold a 1.3-cent decrease in the tax rate would mean a decrease of $8.84 on the average tax bill. In 2003, taxpayers w ill see another increase on the tax bill. The 12.7-cent increase on the debt service rate will mean an increase of $86 on the average homeowner's tax bill. A I 6-cent decrease on the tax rate in 2004 w ould mean a decrease of $10.88 on the average homeowner's annual tax bill. Taxpayers then would see a decrease on their tax bills for every year until the bonds are paid oft' in 2023. Superintendent Ron Reaves said the $75 million package included enough funding for inflation or See TAX BILLS/3A CISD trustees lend support to battle for pregame prayer By Heather Todd Staff Writer BULVERDE: — Comal Independent School District trustees took a stand on the issue of pregame prayer Thursday night by publicly supporting one Texas school district's fight to allow student-led prayers before football games. CISD trustees voted 6-0, w ith trustee Dora Gonzales abstaining, to support the Santa Fe Independent School Dis trict's appeal of a recent court ruling against prayer at high school games. Superintendent Jerry Major said CISD would be joining in a grass-roots movement with a number of other school districts across Texas and the country to get a decision by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. "A number of districts have jumped in to say they support the Santa Fe effort. And if we do this, we will put aSee PREGAME PR AYER/4 AInside Abby...................................7A Classifieds.....................5-1 OB Comics...............................8A Crossword..........................7A Forum.................................6A Local/Metro........................4A Movies................................7A Religion.........................9-10A Sports..............................1-3B Today.................................2A Television...........................8A www.herald-zeltung.com Key code 76Pilot makes emergency landing near airport; no injuries reported From staff reports A flight student from San Antonio was forced to land his plane in a field near the New Braunfels Municipal Airport on Thursday. The student was not injured and the plane, which experienced engine problems, was not damaged, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Max Sink said. "The pilot took precautionary action and landed," Sink said. Airport manager Darrell Phillips said the plane, a Cessna 150, started to lose altitude WAI Ll/Herakj-Zeitung City officials tow an airplane from a field where it made an emergency landing. about I p.m. Thursday during a touch and go exercise. City stall members were working in the field northwest of the airport at 5 p.m., trying toSee LANDINGS WAI Ll/Herald-Zeitung United Way of Comal County president James Dunks gives the opening presentation Thursday night at the organization's kickoff at the Comal County Senior Citizen Center. United Way begins 1999 fund drive with $425,000 goal By Erin Magruder Staff Writer United they met. Volunteers, directors and committee members of United Way of Comal County gathered Thursday evening to celebrate the kick off of their annual fund-raising drive. United Way president James Dunks began by thanking all of the volunteers who helped raise $400,000 last year through floods, fires and drought. This year, United Way lias a fund goal to raise $425,(HK) by the end of November. Dunks said the United Way could easily surpass that amount w ith the help of the community. "Every year, we set our goal higher," Dunks said. "We feel we can exceed our goal and raise close to a half a million dollars." WAI Ll/Heraid-Zettung Leah Dunks, 7, daughter of United Way of Comal County president James Dunks, listens to her father's presentation. And with 98 cents of every dollar staying in the county, that is a lot of bang for the buck, Dunks said. United Way is a national charitable organization that raises money for children, the elderly and the disadvantaged. In Comal County, United Way supports 29 local agencies including Adult Literacy See UNITED WAY/5A ;
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I DID authorize an ad to be run with this magazine which was supposed to be distributed into a local Stop & Shop supermarket. I have been receiving invoices over the past several months but not paying them, because I quickly realized the magazines were not being placed on the rack at the Stop & Shop.
The only reason I chose to advertise in this manner was the fact that the salesman was promising incredible numbers like 40-50,000 copies per month/issue. As soon as the rack was depleted another load of magazines would arrive to refill. I even questioned him about the distribution and he told me "we've done this for years all over the country, we know how to do it". Fool I was to not follow my instincts.
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2013 Lexus RX 450h offers new sport driving mode and driving assist features
With the new Sport Mode, Lexus RX 450h owners can "fully exploit power train capabilities" while enjoying up to 30 miles/gallon fuel economy in this full hybrid luxury SUV. Toyota released, on Friday, details of the Lexus RX 450h revealing a luxury SUV that's better than ever, with new safety and driver assist features that should make for a safer driving experience.
"In 2005, the RX 400h was the world's first luxury hybrid vehicle," said Mark Templin, Lexus group vice president and general manager. "The new 2013 RX 450h will continue to be the segment leader as it has all the benefits of the industry's most popular luxury utility vehicle, and Lexus Hybrid Drive."
Engine, Transmission, Hybrid Drivetrain and Performance
The RX 450h is equipped with the Lexus Hybrid Drive system, with a 3.5-liter V6 Atkinson-cycle engine, offering 295 total system horsepower. The company claims that even though it is a V6 engine, it offers V8-like performance. The hybrid side of the vehicle has a 288V DC Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) battery pack, and a 123-kW electric motor-generator. That powerful of an electric motor surely plays a role in creating that "V8-like performance."
The vehicle carries the Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (SULEV) certification in California, meaning that it's pretty darn clean in terms of emissions. The Front Wheel Drive (FWD) RX 450h offers 32 mpg city, 28 mpg highway, 30 mpg combined fuel efficiency, while for the All-Wheel Drive (AWD) model it is 30 mpg city, 28 mpg highway, 29 mpg combined.
To assist in maintaining optimum fuel efficiency, an Eco driving indicator displays current fuel economy and alerts the driver when fuel efficiency falls off.
Acceleration is a respectable 7.8 seconds 0-60 mph for the front wheel drive RX 450h, and 7.4 seconds for the all wheel drive model.
The all wheel drive system uses a separate 50 kilwatt electric motor on the rear to provide power to the rear wheels when road conditions or throttle response dictates. The AWD system responds to road conditions by increasing rear-wheel torque when the front tires start to lose traction and vice versa. Additionally a SNOW mode slows the throttle response to reduce the chance of wheel spin.
Driving assist and safety features
Adding to the AWD system is a Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) system which adds steering assist torque for improved handling on surfaces with varying amounts of friction. The VSC is part of a Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) that includes the Anti-lock Braking System, Brake Assist (BA), Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and Traction Control (TRAC). The VDIM coordinates these systems seamlessly to to make corrections in vehicle control in tricky driving situations.
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Hi Thomas, BLOBs/CLOBs are a difficult issue. In the Track+ application we have gotten around the problems with BLOBS by not using them. Particularly the Oracle JDBC drivers used to give a lot of problems when trying to use BLOBs. Please allow me to point out some issues in this context: we have used VARCHAR for our description fields. The maximum size of VARCHAR depends on the DBMS used. For example, in MySQL a VARCHAR may be up to 255 characters long, in Oracle 4000 and in Interbase/Firebird 32000, to name just a few. So how do you define your database scheme such that it works on all supported database systems? Actually you really can't and you have to patch your output. Using BLOBs instead may not always work since BLOBs behave differently on some database systems when trying to include them in the where or sort clause of select statements. So BLOBs and CLOBs are nice, but from what I have seen they are the least portable datatype in the DBMS world. How could you get around this? I think the only way is to be able to define user data types and let the user do the mapping. For example, I could define a type <Description> and map it to TEXT in MySQL, VARCHAR2(4000) in Oracle, and VARCHAR(32000) for Firebird. The definition could be part of the schema.xml file, which would then have to include mapping information (beyond the default mapping which can work as is) for the database systems you care about in your project. With regard to mapping, there is another problem with date, datetime and timestamp, particularly with newer versions of MySQL which have a very peculiar handling of these types. Even though there is no DATETIME data type in the JDBC interface we may have to provide the possibility to define such in the schema.xml file, since some DBMS use it and clearly distinguish between timestamp, date, and datetime. Regards, Joerg -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Thomas Fischer [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Gesendet: Sonntag, 8. Mai 2005 21:47 An: firstname.lastname@example.com Betreff: BLOB and CLOB Torque datatypes Hi, I am pondering about which datatypes should be mapped to the Torque BLOB and CLOB types, and which should not. Background is that "real" Blob and CLOB data types are handled differently by the jdbc drivers than other types, in the sense that for a CLOB or BLOB column, one does not get the value directly, but a stream from which one can read (or into which one can write). So, in a sense, for "normal" datatypes, you get the value directly, for BLOB/CLOB, you get a reference. Torque hides this different behaviour from the user. So I would suggest that we define a minimum length for which we assume that a column is a "large object". For the columns that I have in mind to change (Postgresql BYTEA-> Blob, HSQLDB LONGVARBINARY -> BLOB, HSQLDB LONGVARCHAR -> CLOB) these objects can be up to 2^32 bytes/characters long. But if a data type in a database meets this length criterium, we do not care whether it can be accessed in a blob-scpecific way or not, we just map the BLOB/CLOB Torque types to these values. Any comments, objections etc ? Thomas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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It made Elizabeth a bit nervous that they were attempting their escape across an open area, in plain sight. But Murali seemed confident, and she felt she could trust him.
Even so, it didn't feel like they were getting any closer to the door. It's like light, she thought. No matter where you observe it from, it's still moving away three-hundred million meters per second relative to the observer, regardless of how fast the observer's moving.
Perhaps it was the nature of their circumstances, but Elizabeth just couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched. Or worse, followed. She glanced to Anya, who bit her lip and nodded: she felt the same way. They looked back at Murali for a moment; if he was at all apprehensive, he was very good at hiding it. His face stayed set in a determined expression, his eyes locked on his target.
After what seemed to be an eternity (Elizabeth was convinced she'd lost all conception of time by now), they reached the door. Murali worked his way around the gurney to the door.
"Don't touch anything," he warned in a low whisper. "Everything has a fingerprint scanner on here." Elizabeth and Anya nodded. He began to punch a string of numbers into a keypad by the knob.
"Access denied," a tinny, artificial voice said coldly.
"Try it again," Elizabeth suggested. "Maybe you made a mistake." He tried once more, going a bit more slowly.
"Access denied," the voice said again. Elizabeth could've sworn it was mocking them. There was something about it that seemed oddly familiar, too...
Anya's brow furrowed in frustration. "I thought you said you could get us out," she hissed.
"I did too," Murali hissed back, clearly distraught. "They must've changed the passcode or something."
"And by 'they' you mean Jason?"
"Most likely."
"It is more than likely," an all-too-familiar voice said from a distance, "that's exactly what happened."
The three froze as the ruffled sound of multiple sets of feet crossing the grass met Elizabeth's ears. She didn't dare turn around just yet; visual confirmation of discovery would just frighten her more.
The feet stopped very close by.
"Turn around, you three," Jason's voice calmly instructed. "It's rude to not face your speaker, you know."
Slowly, begrudgedly, they turned. A group of six students, with Jason in the middle, had formed a semi-circle blockade around them. Elizabeth swallowed nervously.
"What kind of fool do you think I am? Murali was right in saying there aren't sensors in the exam rooms, but he missed one detail. What he should've said, had he known, was that he wasn't detecting any sensors that were in the main system. The audio sensors I have in there are directly wired to speakers, so there's no detectable interface which they can go through. Just wires."
Murali was shocked. A thin, mocking smirk curled Jason's lips. "But I digress. We have other matters to deal with at the moment. An escape plot is bad enough, but attempting to modify an out-of-commission android to spy and enlist help for escape?" He shook his head, taking a step forward. "This won't do, this just simply won't do. I expected better of my assistant and top student."
"I believe there are rules in place to deal with matters like these?" the student closest to Elizabeth asked coldly.
Jason's sneer widened. "There are indeed rules in place. Harsh rules. And violation of such rules require equally weighty punishment."
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This is a new series we have started running on Thursdays. Examining some of the questions involving long held Quiverfull theology and life.Today's question comes out of a discussion I recently had with a journalist about Quiverfull. She wanted to know if I thought it was geared more toward whites and not other races. Told her while there are some of other races that take part, such as Voddie Baucham, for the most part there does seem to be a tendency towards racism. … [Read more...]
NLQ Question of the Week: Is Quiverfull Inherently Racist?
News: Steven L. Anderson Hate Group Targeting Arabs in Dearborn, Michigan?
Everyone's favorite 'let's kill all the Gays' pastor who is also a Holocaust-Denier is going to be in Dearborn, Michigan at the end of the month. Why Dearborn? Because they have a 41% population group that happens to be Middle Eastern. Anderson is exporting his hatred of everyone, Jews, Arabs, Muslims, Catholics and all other religions that aren't a handful of his approved Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Throwing Shade on Korea, ISIS and Abortion Because Jesus?
by Colin Campbell from Meat For Men - Mourning Over What Grieves ChristEditor's note: Colin is in rare form in this post. He manages to order others to mourn for things, claims to know what makes Jesus mourn and manages to be racist, paranoid anti-government and blaming of others in four short paragraphs. That takes talent! (/sarcasm). Seriously, there a whole lot of judging, blaming and shaming in his words. Is it really necessary to say those things to ask others to do more intercessory prayer? … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Young Girls Going to ISIS Because of 'Feminism'?
by Mrs. Jessi L. from Ladies Against Feminism - Western Culture, ISIS and the Longings of the HeartWARNING!!! If you go to Ladies Against Feminism and click on their link to ISIS. NSA, Homeland Security and law enforcement routinely monitor visitors to sites linked with terrorist ties!Editor's note: One of the most awkward segues from 'ISIS Evil Muslim Terrorists' to 'They just need Jesus' seen in a long time. Reads like the author feels compelled to point out things in Islam that are considered good in Quiverfull and Fundamentalist Christianity, yet condemns the girls for not doing it for Christ. Everyone does need to feel as though they have a purpose in life, but who is to say … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: So What's The Different Again Between Christian And Muslim Men?
by Bojidar Marinov as quoted by Ladies Against Feminism and cross posted from his blog Navigating History - Civilization & Self ControlEditor's note: In light of all the recent pearl clutching in the world of Evangelical Christianity about modesty and yoga pants Marinov's assertions about how self controlled Evangelical Christian men are seems like a ridiculous lie! How many times in our old lives in Fundigelicalism and Quiverfull were we told to never defraud a man by dressing immodestly? No difference at all from what Marinov is claiming about Islamic men. Bonus points for historical revision, racism and Islamaphobia as well. … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Homeschool Because Gays and Muslims?
by Nancy Campbell of Above Rubies - Do We Have Our Heads In The Sand?Notice that Nancy does not once bring up the word 'homeschooling' yet every point she brings up seems to lead right to homeschooling as the only way. Coded language. Heaven forfend some Arab or Gay teach her children!She also doesn't mention if she feels the same way about educating her abandoned adopted African children. Where are those kids now? … [Read more...]


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It is amazing how the value of freedom of speech and freedom of conscience has fallen since the 1960s.
The judicial cheapening of conscience.
It used to be that those two things were the most important rights around.
Ask a potential public employee to sign a statement that said he wouldn't join an organization committed to the armed overthrow of Democracy and that was simply intolerable because of Freedom of Conscience. Pass a law that criminalized the offense to others involved in burning the American flag and that was an intolerable abridgment of Freedom of Speech.
Now, all that is so ho-hum.
Everyone must conform.
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The University of Arizona football team opens their 2014 road schedule against an up and coming Texas-San Antonio squad. Both the Wildcats and their Roadrunners are coming off of impressive first week performances.
The Wildcats crushed UNLV 58-13 in Tucson, setting a school record for most yards in a game, while UTSA pulled off a road upset of Houston, beating the Cougars 27-7.
It appears to be a match-up of strength on strength, as the Wildcats' high-powered offense will go against a defense that shut down a good Houston offense.
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DISH Free Previews Through October 2013
If you love the love the great outdoors, this is a great time to be a DISH Network subscriber.
Right now, DISH is offering previews of four channels normally available in the Outdoor Sports Package. And for good measure, DISH is throwing in the NFL Network for free, too!
Here are the free preview channels on DISH, which are available until Oct. 8, 2013 (NFL Network is available until Oct. 10, 2013):
NFL Network
All football, all day. Need we say more? NFL Network is also the exclusive broadcaster of Thursday night football – will Colin Kaepernick live up to the hype when the 49ers take on the Rams tonight?
NFL Network (Channel 154) is always available in America's Top 200 and the Multi-Sport Pack.
Outdoor Channel
The longtime TV home of hunters and anglers, Outdoor Channel also features quality lifestyle and conservation programming. Plus, learn about a variety of outdoor activities that the whole family can enjoy.
Outdoor Channel (Channel 396) is always available in America's Top 250 and the Outdoor Sports Package.
Sportsman Channel
Entertaining and educational shows covering food, adventure, survival and more for the sportsman in all of us.
Sportsman Channel (Channel 395) is always available in America's Top 250 and the Outdoor Sports Package.
Motorsports, automotive-based reality shows, original programming, mixed martial arts, movies – MAVTV is American-made entertainment.
MAVTV (Channel 248) is always available in the Outdoor Sports Package.
World Fishing Network
World Fishing Network is the only network exclusively dedicated to fishing, and also covers boating, cooking and much more.
World Fishing Network (Channel 394) is always available in the Outdoor Sports Package.


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Highlights: Facebook unveils the new look for News Feed
The concept of multiple feeds is believed to give users more control over the stories and posts appearing on their News Feed.
New Delhi: Facebook on Thursday unveiled the new look for its New Feed. The new News Feed looks clean, but it will be interesting to see the reactions of users. Facebook has announced the rollout of the new Facebook News Feed starting today. Here are some highlights of the event:
- "We wish to give everyone in the world the best personalised newspaper," said Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook. Zuckerberg showed the evolution of the Facebook News Feed during the event.
- Rich stories (visual and engaging), your choice of any feed and a mobile-inspired Facebook UI. These are the three things that define the new Facebook News Feed, Zuckerberg said.
- In the new Facebook redesign photos take the centrestage. Photo albums also get a major facelift.
- The new News Feed has content-specific feeds based on various categories such as photos, music and others.
- The concept of multiple feeds is believed to give users more control over the stories and posts appearing on their News Feed.
- The inspiration behind the new Facebook redesign is the print medium - newspapers and magazines.
- Your profile picture becomes bigger in the new Facebook redesign.
- In the new News Feed, the number of mutual friends will be visible on the cover image.
- New Facebook redesign gives more prominence to places. Your friends will be less likely to miss where you have been.
- The profile picture of all your friends sharing a particular post will appear to the left of that particular post.
- "Take all these stories and you get a richer and simpler Facebook News Feed," said a Facebook executive.
- 35 per cent of users on the web cannot view the chat bar because their displays are not wide enough. Now they will be able to.
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Water Splitter Runs on AAA Battery
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As a high school student at a study program in Japan, Brian Trease would fold wrappers from fast-food cheeseburgers into cranes. He loved discovering different origami techniques in library books.Today, Trease, a mechanical engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, thinks about how the principles of origami could be used for space-bound devices.Researchers say origami could be useful one day in utilizing space solar power for Earth-based purposes. Imagine an orbiting power plant that wirelessly beams power down to Earth using microwaves. Sending the solar arrays up to space would be easy, Trease said, because they could all be folded and packed into a single rocket launch, with "no astronaut assembly required."Panels used in space missions already incorporate simple folds, collapsing like a fan or an accordion. But Trease and colleagues are interested in using more intricate folds that simplify the overall mechanical structure and make for easier deployment.Last year, Zirbel and Trease collaborated with origami expert Robert Lang and BYU professor Larry Howell to develop a solar array that folds up to be 8.9 feet (2.7 meters) in diameter. Unfold it, and you've got a structure 82 feet (25 meters) across.SourceAlso: Learn about Origami-Inspired Folding of Thick, Rigid Panels.
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Melanin — and specifically, the form called eumelanin — is the primary pigment that gives humans the coloring of their skin, hair, and eyes. It protects the body from the hazards of ultraviolet and other radiation that can damage cells and lead to skin cancer. But the exact reason why the compound is so effective at blocking such a broad spectrum of sunlight has remained something of a mystery. Now, however, researchers at MIT and other institutions have solved that mystery, potentially opening the way for the development of synthetic materials that could have similar light-blocking properties.
Students Learn On-the-Fly Engineering in Solar Car Competition
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'Active' Surfaces Control How Particles Move
Researchers at MIT and in Saudi Arabia have developed a new way of making surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move across them. The work might enable new kinds of biomedical or microfluidic devices, or solar panels that could automatically clean themselves of dust and grit.The system makes use of a microtextured surface, with bumps or ridges just a few micrometers across, that is then impregnated with a fluid that can be manipulated — for example, an oil infused with tiny magnetic particles, or ferrofluid, which can be pushed and pulled by applying a magnetic field to the surface. When droplets of water or tiny particles are placed on the surface, a thin coating of the fluid covers them, forming a magnetic cloak.The thin magnetized cloak can then actually pull the droplet or particle along as the layer itself is drawn magnetically across the surface. Tiny ferromagnetic particles, approximately 10 nanometers in diameter, in the ferrofluid could allow precision control when it's needed — such as in a microfluidic device used to test biological or chemical samples by mixing them with a variety of reagents. Unlike the fixed channels of conventional microfluidics, such surfaces could have "virtual" channels that could be reconfigured at will.The new approach could be useful for a range of applications: For example, solar panels and the mirrors used in solar-concentrating systems can quickly lose a significant percentage of their efficiency when dust, moisture, or other materials accumulate on their surfaces. But if coated with such an active surface material, a brief magnetic pulse could be used to sweep the material away.Source
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Solar Refrigerators Store Life-Saving Vaccines
NASA's battery-free solar technology powers vaccine refrigerators in hot, rural communities.
NASA's photovoltaic (PV) technology has advanced many of its missions. This renewable source of energy is produced when certain photo-emissive materials, such as silicon, eject electrons upon absorbing photons from sunlight. These free electrons can be captured, and the resulting current can be used as electricity. NASA first used solar power in 1958 when Vanguard 1 was successfully launched into space.
Spongelike Structure Converts Solar Energy into Steam
A new material structure developed at MIT generates steam by soaking up the sun.The structure — a layer of graphite flakes and an underlying carbon foam — is a porous, insulating material structure that floats on water. When sunlight hits the structure's surface, it creates a hotspot in the graphite, drawing water up through the material's pores, where it evaporates as steam. The brighter the light, the more steam is generated.The new material is able to convert 85 percent of incoming solar energy into steam — a significant improvement over recent approaches to solar-powered steam generation."Steam is important for desalination, hygiene systems, and sterilization," says Hadi Ghasemi, a postdoc in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering, who led the development of the structure. "Especially in remote areas where the sun is the only source of energy, if you can generate steam with solar energy, it would be very useful."SourceAlso: See other Energy tech briefs.
Hurricane-Tracking Unmanned Systems Win NASA Challenge
NASA has selected three winning designs solicited to address the technological limitations of the uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) currently used to track and collect data on hurricanes. Engineering teams at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Purdue University, and the University of Virginia were named first- through third-place winners, respectively, of the agency's 2013-2014 University Aeronautics Engineering Design Challenge.
New Fuel Cells Increase Airplane Efficiency
Washington State University researchers have developed the first fuel cell that can directly convert fuels, such as jet fuel or gasoline, to electricity, providing a dramatically more energy-efficient way to create electric power for planes or cars.
New Study Uses Blizzard to Measure Wind Turbine Airflow
A study by researchers at the University of Minnesota using snow during a Minnesota blizzard is giving researchers new insight into the airflow around large wind turbines. This research is essential to improving wind energy efficiency, especially in wind farms where airflows from many large wind turbines interact with each other. As wind turbines have grown to more than 100 meters tall, field research in real-world settings has become more difficult.


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