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Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice.
Adam Smith had it basically right when he described the essential preconditions for widespread economic prosperity. But if the current financial upheaval teaches us anything, it should be how much market capitalism depends upon most people developing and adhering to some rather uncontroversial moral virtues.
Smith himself always understood this. That's why his Wealth of Nations of 1776 should always be read in light of his 1759 treatise, The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
Of course, numerous economic factors underlie the financial meltdown. These include loose monetary policy, massive bank overleveraging, and the subprime mortgage implosion, not to mention the social engineering programs pursued by the government-sponsored, New Deal-esque behemoths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
No matter that free markets have raised literally hundreds of millions of Indians and Chinese out of poverty in recent decades. Instead, continental Europeans such as Germany's finance minister, Peer Steinbrueck, loudly proclaim that "Anglo-Saxon capitalism" is "finished," while blithely ignoring the fact that many of the EU's dirigiste economies are presently lurching toward, or are already in, recession.
A little discussed fact, however, is that the financial crisis has also been driven by widespread moral lapses that have manifested themselves just as much on Main Street as on Wall Street. One example is the subprime mortgage fiasco. We now know that thousands of Main Street borrowers lied about their income, assets, and liabilities when applying for subprime loans. Likewise, many lenders failed to do even the most rudimentary checks on borrowers' credit history.
Recklessness also features among the sins underlying our present financial turmoil. On Main Street, thousands of investors mortgaged themselves to the hilt on the highly imprudent assumption that house prices could only continue to soar. Meanwhile on Wall Street, investment banks overleveraged themselves, sometimes at ratios of 30-to-1.
Then there is the rampant materialism that has apparently permeated Main Street and Wall Street to equal degrees. The thrifty, even parsimonious Adam Smith would have been appalled by the "I-want-it-all-now" mentality that has helped the personal savings rate in America to hover around zero percent since 2005 – the lowest rate since the Depression years of 1932 and 1933.
It's arguable that the same mindset encouraged many on Wall Street, anxious to enhance their bonus prospects, to sell securities they knew were based on collapsing subprime foundations to Main Street buyers blinded by the prospects of quick profits. Such actions aren't illegal. No-one, however, seems in a rush to ethically defend them.
None of these moral failures amount in themselves to conclusive arguments for re-regulation. They are, however, fueling populist demands for a return to failed interventionist policies of the past. So far, most free-marketers have tried to stem re-regulation pressures by reminding everyone of the powerful economic arguments against such policies. But relatively few, if any, have engaged the financial meltdown's moral dimension.
One explanation for this silence could be that some market-advocates have embraced – consciously or otherwise – the soft relativism so prevalent in Western societies but which renders coherent moral analysis impossible. It may also be that many free-marketers have long been incapable of articulating more-than-utilitarian arguments for markets in particular and liberty in general.
Make no mistake: The modern case for the market – so painstakingly developed against interventionists of all stripes since Smith's time – has been set back years by the disarray on financial markets. The very same calamity, however, should remind us that if we're going to loosen the political bonds imposed on economic liberty by assorted New Dealers and Keynesians since the 1930s, then society's moral bonds require constant renewal and strengthening.
In short, we're learning the hard way that virtues like prudence, temperance, thrift, promise-keeping, honesty, and humility – not to mention a willingness not to do to others what we wouldn't want them to do to us – can't be optional extras in communities that value economic freedom. If markets are going to work and appropriate limits on government power maintained, then society requires substantial reserves of moral capital.
At the end of his life, Adam Smith added an entirely new section – titled, "Of the Character of Virtue" – to the sixth and final edition of his Theory of Moral Sentiments. His reasons for doing so are much-debated. But perhaps Smith decided that, as he glimpsed a world in which the spread of free markets was already beginning to diminish poverty, he needed to re-emphasize the importance of sound moral habits for societies that aspired to be both commercial and civilized.
It's advice worth heeding today.


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Bellator 15 Trailer (2010)
21 April 2010
Bellator XV was a mixed martial arts event held by Bellator Fighting Championships. The event took take place on Thursday, April 22, 2010 in Uncasville, Connecticut.[1] The card featured quarter-final bouts in the Welterweight and Featherweight tournaments Bellator is holding in its second season. The event was distributed live in prime time by FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates.
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The Syndicate Trailer (2015)
10 July 2015 4 mins
Assassin's Creed Syndicate teams up with F. Gary Gray, award-winning director of the Universal Pictures biopic Straight Outta Compton. Illustrated by LucasFilm-Certified comic book artist Pop Mhan, this animated short follows the story of the Industrial Revolution in London, 1868 and the birth of organized crime, led by Assassin's Creed Syndicate protagonist, Jacob Frye and his sister, Evie.
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2014 Biographies
New Adults
|Chester was tagged on 21 April 2014 on Kent Island's Cox Neck, just across the Chesapeake Bay from Annapolis, MD.
|Crabby is a young female attempting to insinuate herself into a breeding pair on Crab Alley Bay, less than a mile from Chester's nest. She was trapped and tagged on 21 April 2014.
|Charlie is an adult male breeding on the western end of Fishers Island at the mouth of Long Island Sound, just 6 or so miles southeast of New London, CT. Charlie and his mate, a 19-yr old banded as a nestling about 14 miles away in Watertown, CT, had four eggs in the nest when we trapped the pair on 1 May 2014.
|Gerry is an adult male trapped on Griswold Pt at the mouth of the Connecticut River. We named him in honor of Gerry Mersereau who banded Ospreys from the 1960s through 2005 when he passed away. It came as no surprise when we found out that our "Gerry" had indeed been banded by Gerry Mersereau on 23 June 1998. There were four young in the nest. One was really small and was not present at the next nest visit about a week later. That's pretty typical.
|Roger Tory, an adult male, was trapped on Smith Neck on the eastern bank of the mouth of the Connecticut River on June 2nd. He was named in honor of Roger Tory Peterson, the renowned bird artist who lived nearby and prominently called our attention to the precipitous crash of the Osprey population in southern New England.
|Uncas is an adult male trapped on Smith Neck at the mouth of the Connecticut River on June 1st. He was named for a sachem of the Mohegan tribe in southern Connecticut. When we trapped Uncas, there were 2 young and an unhatched egg in the nest. A week later, the young had died. We don't know what happened. We can't rule out stress associated with the trapping and tagging. It's a reality that we accept, and having weighed the value of all the information we're collecting about the migration and foraging ecology of the birds against the chance of nest failures, we've decided that the balance leans in favor of continued tagging, although I'm definitely winding down the project.
New Juveniles
We tagged five young this year--two in New Hampshire, two on the north shore of Massachusetts and one on Long Island.
|"Clyde" is a young male trapped at his nest in Southold, NY, on the shores of Peconic Bay on 4 Aug 2014. He's wearing a transmitter that was originally on Tucker, an adult male who was killed when he flew into a bus near his nest in 2011. We then deployed that PTT on an adult who was killed in Colombia after successfully crossing the Caribbean. Cutch died when he dove into a pond and was impaled on a submerged snag. We got the transmitter back from Colombia and now have put it on Clyde, hoping that the third time's the charm with this one.
|North of Boston, in Essex County, I work with Dave Rimmer of the Essex County Greenbelt Association, the organization that sponsored two transmitters this year. Greenbelt, Essex County's Land Trust, has an Osprey nest-cam on the marsh right in front of their offices. On 11 August, we set our trap at the nest in the marshes of the Allyn Cox Reservation by 6:10 AM. We didn't have to wait long before we caught the adult female. While we were banding her, her young came in and landed on the nest and was quickly trapped. "Flow" is a really handsome youngster--another bird with a distinctively dark head. He weighed in at a pretty typical 1.28 kg--2.8 pounds.
|After tagging Flow, we headed up to the mouth of the Merrimack River in Salisbury State Beach Reservation. We set our trap on a nest atop an abandoned, rickety old duck blind along Black Rock Creek, which feeds into the Merrimack not far from the Massachusetts/New Hampshire border. There were 2 young perched on the nest as we boated up the creek.
It was a long day on the marsh, including an emergency run to get ice cream at one point. After 3 hours with little or no sign of the young, we caught an adult female--probably the female from this nest. She was a monster--weighing 2.2 kg, almost 5 pounds!--the biggest Osprey I've ever held.
After a couple more hours of no action on the nest, we moved the trap to a neighboring nest pole where we'd seen birds perched the whole day we were out there.
About an hour later, with the tide dropping fast and thus little time left, we caught both young at the new nest. Thus we had a choice of which bird to tag. I noticed a slight cut on the female's wing (it was an old injury--not one suffered during trapping), and so we chose to tag her brother. "Blackie" is quite dark, which, along with the location of his nest on Black Rock Creek, gave us the idea for his name.
He is a robust young male, weighing in at 1.38 kg, which translates to just over 3 pounds. Since he was trapped, he's rarely left his nest, which fits the behavior we witnessed out on his marsh.
|Up in New Hampshire, for the last trapping session of the year, I teamed up with my colleague Iain MacLeod, Director of the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, and we visited our two favorite nests in the Lakes District.
We began the day at the JJill distribution facility in Tilton at the nest where we tagged Donovan in 2013. In 2012 we tagged 2 fledglings, Jill and Chip, at this nest. Chip, you may remember, is the bird who rode ships east across the Atlantic until he was lost at sea.
We set the trap at 8:30 with both of the 2 young from the nest and their parents circling around and complaining about our invasion of their space.
It was a pretty long wait. At 11:30, a male landed on the perch above the nest and stared down at the herring we had left under the trap. About 10 minutes later, "Tilton" hopped down onto the trap and was caught.
We were hoping to trap Donovan and get his transmitter back, but he wasn't having anything to do with the nest after he saw us around it again. You know the old saying, "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me," Donovan lives by that and will keep the transmitter for at least another year.
Tilton has an interesting plumage. His head is rather dark and he has quite a dark chest band for a male.
He's a bit of a pipsqueak. He weighs only 1.06 kg (about 2.3 lbs), but didn't feel thin, so I was OK with deploying the transmitter on him. He's a healthy pipsqueak.
After tagging Tilton, we returned to our old faithful nest at the Bridgewater Power plant on the banks of the Pemigewasset River. (Oh, how I love the place names in New England!) As usual, when we arrived, there were plenty of Ospreys flying around the nest. We set our trap at 1:30 and 6 minutes later (a record) had a bird on the trap. "Bridget" is the 50th juvenile Osprey I have tagged. She's most likely a small female. She weighed 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs), which would be a big male or small female. Her wing length suggests she's a female, so that's our working hypothesis.
Bridget is the daughter of Art, who wore a radio from 2012-2013. She's also the sister of Artoo, who now is wearing the radio Art carried to Brazil and back. Artoo is down on the Amazon deep in Brazil. He'll come back in about 8 or 9 months.
She has 2 siblings. This is the second year in a row her very productive parents have fledged 3 young. In 2012 the nest blew off its pole in a violent storm. It was securely replaced, but the young couldn't be saved.


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Bishops in furious row over abortion conference
A FURIOUS row between the Catholic Church and a family-planning organisation has erupted over the staging of a conference for doctors on abortion.
Catholic bishops yesterday described the two-day event as undermining the rights of children in the womb and an affront to "the consistently pro-life position of the majority of people on this island".
However, the Family Planning Association (FPA) said the conference is aimed at providing the best care for women who have abortions and it is a reality that thousands of women from both north and south Ireland go through the procedure every year. The All-Ireland Conference on Abortion and Clinical Practice opened last night in the Slieve Donard Hotel in Newcastle, Co Down.
Some 60 medical practitioners -- about 20 of whom are from the south -- are taking part in the conference, which is organised by the UK-based FPA.
In a statement yesterday, the Catholic bishops of Northern Ireland said they deplored the staging of the conference.
"It is an attempt to normalise what is unacceptable. We appeal to all those who cherish the inherent dignity of human life in all its stages to join us in expressing opposition to this event," the statement said.
They said one of the objectives of the conference was for clinicians to be trained as to how abortion services are provided and questioned how the civil authorities should respond "to such an event in a jurisdiction where abortion is illegal in most circumstances".
Audrey Simpson, director of the FPA in Northern Ireland, said between 70 and 90 abortions are performed in Northern Ireland every year where the mother's physical and mental health is at grave risk.
Abortion is not legal in the Republic of Ireland except where there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother, including a risk arising from a threat of suicide.
The conference is aimed at giving clinicians the latest information on abortions, Ms Simpson said.
"The reality of it is that women in Ireland, north and south, have abortions. They are no different from women anywhere else in Europe and, like women in the rest of Europe, are entitled to the best healthcare and this conference will see that they receive the best healthcare," she said.
Substantial security is already in place at the hotel as it is also the site of the North-South Parliamentary Forum Conference.
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|29 Abr 2008
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|4 Sep 2002
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|Jeffrey T. Haley
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The problems of remote contracting and security authorization (e.g. bank payment and entry to a door or computer network) can be classified into four groups: identification of a person taking an action ("identification"), proof of intent to take the action ("intent"), proof that neither of these was falsely simulated or altered ("integrity"), and assurance that any promised finds will be paid ("assurance"). To explain aspects of these problems, we begin by explaining these issues with respect to remote contracting with credit cards, debit cards, and checks.
When a credit card, debit card, or check is used for contracting in place of money, a remote third party (or group of parties), for simplicity called a "bank", becomes involved. The buyer is instructing the remote bank to pay the merchant. The bank and merchant are concerned with all four problems identified above.
Checks provide no assurance that the funds will be paid, other than the buyer's promise, and offer no means of identification. Consequently, they are seldom accepted by merchants without additional reliable information. Credit cards and debit cards (authorization cards) allow banks to assure merchants that the funds will be paid, provided the merchant electronically queries the bank's computer before accepting the contract. Integrity of this query is maintained because a private electronic link to the bank's computer is used. Proof of intent is indicated by the act of signing, for a typical credit card, or entering a personal identification number ("PIN"), for a typical debit card. Identification is achieved by the facts that the person possesses the card and either can quickly generate a signature matching that on the back of the card or knows the proper PIN to go with the card (something you have plus something you know). Assuming the PIN is verified across a secure communications link, a PIN provides better identification than a signature because the signature could be false on the back of the card or the person signing might have learned to forge the signature. It is easy for a person to create a counterfeit copy of a credit or debit card but it is impossible to derive the PIN from the card.
Security authorization situations include the same problems as remote contracting except for payment assurance. Solutions include biometric detection, requiring that a PIN be entered on a keypad, and the use of contact-type or contact-less identity cards (something you have).
Until biometric systems are perfected that can unmistakably detect and distinguish each human, each person will have to carry one or more authorization devices. For high security, such authorization devices will require something you have (the device) plus something you know ("knowledge-type authentication devices"). Input of something you know (a "knowledge token") can be by PIN on a keyboard or by voice into a voice recognition circuit or other input method.
Universal, Wireless, Knowledge-Type Authorization Device
An improvement to a PIN type authorization device for contracting or security transactions provides a way to avoid the need for the buyer's device to be in contact with a reader and a way to avoid the need for the person to enter the knowledge token at the reader. Avoiding the need to contact the reader and entering a knowledge token at the reader allows quicker transactions such as when entering a secure area or a transit system or a place of entertainment. The present invention achieves this improvement by allowing people to enter a knowledge token on a device they have without approaching a contact-type reader. Essentially, a voice detection circuit or keyboard for PIN entry or other indication of intent is placed on this embodiment of the invented authorization device and the authorization device communicates by electro-magnetic radiation (radio) with a system maintained by the proprietor or bank. By use of a voice detection circuit rather than a keyboard, the device may have no moving parts. The device need be no larger than a chip card with embedded battery. So that the user understands the proposed transaction, the authorization device preferably includes a screen to display information about the proposed transaction.
A first embodiment of the invented methods using this authorization device might be called "wireless identification and proof of intent with knowledge token". Integrity and identification are assured by using a hack-proof smart chip in the device that is very difficult or impossible to duplicate and that uniquely identifies the device through bi-directional encrypted communication with a system maintained by the proprietor or bank. The system is coupled to a computer that looks up the unique identification for assurance of authorization. Use of encryption allows the communications to be carried across an insecure network without risk of loss of integrity. The user indicates their intent to agree to the transaction by entry at a keyboard or by voice input to the device or by passing a location while carrying the device.
For example, to pay for entry to an entertainment facility, the buyer holds their device as they approach the entrance. The screen displays information received by radio from the proprietor about the offered entertainment. The buyer enters the PIN or a voice sound to prove that he or she is the owner of the device and takes an action (which could be, for examples, the voice sound, entry of the PIN, pressing another key after entry of the PIN, or passing through a gate) to indicate intent to agree to the transaction, which intent is transmitted to the central system which then charges the buyer's account and may take a further action such as allowing the buyer (the buyer's authorization device) to pass through a gate.
As a further example, the authorization device can be used as a key to unlock any device or system that is designed to communicate by electromagnetic radiation (preferably radio) with the device, including a secure area or house or automobile or computer system. In this sense, the device is a "universal" knowledge-type authorization device.
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These critical problems of motivation and cost control are solved by combining the authorization device with a wireless telephone such as a cellular telephone. Increasingly, each cell phone has a one-to-one association with the person that carries it, thereby becoming an identifier of the person. Cell phones are becoming smaller and smaller. Soon, nearly everyone will carry a mobile telephone at all times when they might encounter a desire to prove an authorization, and people will provide to others only a mobile telephone number and no wired telephone number. People carry their cell phones in a manner that includes adequate attention to security for such an authorization device because a lost cell phone can cause considerable expense and inconvenience to its owner.
Mobile telephones include all of the necessary components for the invented authorization device other than a smart chip, which can be easily added to telephone circuitry. Mobile telephones each must have a unique identification chip to store a mobile telephone ID. The required smart chip can also store the mobile telephone ID, providing security against a thief programming a telephone to simulate another person's mobile telephone ID. By upgrading the mobile telephone's ID chip to a hack-proof smart chip and employing the invented methods, each person's mobile telephone becomes a universal, wireless, knowledge-type authorization device for use with any compatible system that requires authorization, including payment systems.
In the payment context, the mobile phone with smart chip replaces credit cards, debit cards, and proximity cards. The merchant enters charge information into a computer with a communications link to a central system; some of the charge information appears on the person's mobile telephone screen; and the person either enters a knowledge token or, having previously entered the knowledge token, presses another key to communicate an intention to accept the charge. The central system sends an assurance of payment to the merchant who then proceeds with the contract. The smart chip 1 provides security because the PIN or other knowledge token is entered only into the smart chip and never sent to a PC or on a network, and the smart chip can encrypt any information to be sent on a network such as a bank account number.
Optionally, a memory in the mobile phone, which might be in the smart chip 1, can keep a record of charges and thereby maintain a total of charges or a balance for presentation on the screen at any time.
Communications from the merchant's terminal to the mobile phone can pass by any of numerous methods. Preferably, it passes directly between them by short distance radio communications such as Bluetooth or 802.11. This avoids consuming resources of wide area networks such as cellular telephone networks or WAP or mobile internet radio networks; but these and others like them can also be used, the communications being passed through a central system.
Until most mobile phones include short distance radio capabilities, a centralized system would be employed. With the centralized system, the user can dial the centralized system from his or her mobile phone and the system can then match information provided with the call to information from the merchant, such as the mobile phone number, or the central system can call the mobile phone based on identifying information entered by the merchant, which might merely be the mobile phone number. Identification and integrity are provided by the use of a smart chip 1. As discussed below, if the central system places the call, identification and integrity can be assured without the use of a smart chip, provided the system calls a number previously established for the user with integrity rather than a number supplied by the user to the merchant at the time of sale.
As mentioned above, merchants can broadcast their offerings to all who come into proximity, such as people approaching a theater entrance, requiring each person to merely press a button to indicate acceptance or to have already authorized a charge from that merchant whenever they pass the entrance. Transmission of such offerings is preferably by short distance radio such as Bluetooth or 802.11. Alternatively, the mobile phone (or a nearby antenna with which it is in communication) can regularly broadcast its location and ID to a wide area network which sends the ID to selected merchants in the area who then direct their offerings to the ID of each nearby mobile phone. Each mobile phone can determine its location by GPS or by analysis of signals to or from local cellular antennas.
Use of Wireless Authorization Device for Global Network Transactions
Unlike credit cards, debit cards, and proximity identity cards, with this invention, by using a smart chip 1 and requiring entry 9 of a knowledge token, the mobile phone with smart chip can be used for electronic commerce on the global computer network (Internet) with low security risk. For e-commerce transactions from a user's personal computer (PC), the user's computer preferably has a Bluetooth or 802.11 or similar access point for direct communications with the mobile phone. Alternatively, the communications can pass indirectly from the personal computer, through the global computer network to the mobile phone.
Information about the proposed transaction is presented on the PC screen and either on the mobile phone screen 6, or on the phone speaker by voice announcement, or on both. To approve the transaction, the user enters 9 a knowledge token or, having previously entered the knowledge token, presses a key in the mobile phone, and an account designated by the user is charged. Identity is proved by possession of the mobile phone and knowledge of the token. Intent to agree to the transaction is proved by entry of the token or a subsequent key press. Integrity is provided by encrypted communications from the smart chip to the central system. Assurance is provided by the bank checking the user's account before approving the transaction.
Similar transactions can be conducted with only the mobile phone and no PC. Information from a merchant is presented only on the phone, by screen display or voice announcement or both.
E-Commerce Methods with Existing Phones and PCs
As mentioned above, identification and integrity can be assured without the use of a smart chip, provided the system calls on a telephone circuit a number previously established for the user rather than a number supplied by the user to the merchant at the time of sale. In most in-person situations, merchants and users will prefer to simply use existing credit card and debit card systems with merchant POS terminals. However, for e-commerce from a user's computer, there is no POS terminal and a variation of the invented methods solves problems for such e-commerce with existing installed hardware.
For e-commerce transactions from personal computers, the preferred hardware embodiments described above require a smart chip in each mobile phone and a short distance radio circuit in each mobile phone and in each PC. By using a variation in the methods, existing installed telephones, both wired and wireless, and existing installed PCs, none of which have short distance radio circuits or smart chips, can be used for e-commerce from PC's. This variation in the invented method relies on the facts that a call in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) will be directed only to a specific authorized device or location (in contrast to internet communications which can be spoofed), and a reply with a proper PIN number given in response to such a call must come from an authorized person. In other words, if a call is placed to an authorized telephone number, the call is answered, and a verbal or DTMF or digital data reply is given containing information that only an authorized person would know, such as a PIN, we can presume that the reply was authorized, with very low risk of false identification, intent, or integrity.
In this method, as shown in
The bank account number and information identifying the account owner are never sent over the telephone circuit. Only the knowledge token and perhaps signals indicating the user's agreement to a particular term are sent over the circuit. Consequently, it is difficult for a person that obtains the knowledge token to also obtain the account number or the name of the account owner.
Because the PIN or other knowledge token is transmitted only over telephone lines which are circuit connections rather than data packets on a bus, it is very difficult for a thief to intercept the knowledge token, in contrast to internet communications which can be easily intercepted at many locations. Being a circuit connection, a thief must physically tap the signals, which is only easy for people in the same building as the telephone with access to the wires (or in the same area for a wireless phone) or working in a telephone company switching center. Even if a thief learns the knowledge token, it can only be used by adding to the phone system a telephone that rings when a call is placed to the authorized number and can be answered before the authorized phone is answered. This is only achievable by telephone company employees and people in the same building as an authorized wired telephone with access to the telephone wires. Because people with such access are generally few and identifiable, the chances of catching such a thief are high. Because the signals are analog sound signals rather than digital data signals, it is very difficult to modify the signals on the fly and pass on a substituted knowledge token. Consequently, the risk of improper identification of the buyer is very low.
To avoid a customer's account from being high jacked, security measures must be used to prevent a thief from simulating the customer and instructing that the authorized telephone number or knowledge token be changed. Well known procedures used by financial institutions to control changes of addresses and PINs meet this need.
Because telephone companies identify the person responsible for charges to each telephone number and send regular bills, they are in a good position to act as the "bank" for this alternative method using existing telephone and PC hardware for e-commerce, whether by credit or debit methods. However, telephone companies need not be involved. A traditional bank can fill the role, programming their computer to make a call to whatever number has been properly previously designated by their customer for automated prior verification with a PIN of any proposed charges reported to the bank via the internet. All that is required of internet merchants is that their computer systems report to the bank sufficient details about the proposed transaction so that the bank's automated system can describe the transaction with synthesized voice adequately for the customer's satisfaction. As internet merchants already report such information for credit card charges, nothing need be changed at the merchant computer systems provided they are already set up to accept credit cards. Any bank can simply change its systems to start calling its customers for PIN verifications of each charge. This change can be implemented customer by customer. Because this method uses PIN verification with high integrity, debit methods can be employed without any change to the merchant systems. The PIN is never transmitted on the internet and the merchant never learns the PIN. Also nothing needs to be changed or added in the customer's computer.
This alternative method using existing PCs and telephones for e-commerce transactions provides a simple upgrade path to the preferred embodiments first described above which then allow the mobile phone to be used as a universal key and authorization device. Each customer can be migrated one at a time as they acquire the necessary hardware for other reasons.
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The core of the user experience with the preferred embodiment is use of a telephone identified with the user to enter an approval or confirmation of a transaction. The telephone communication can be initiated by the user or a merchant or a bank.
There are presently internet commerce transactions that are not undertaken or are charged with an extra fee because repudiation of credit card charges is frequent. Adequate security can be provided for these transactions with an invented method by having the user register a telephone number with the merchant or a "bank" which might be, for examples, a branch of the merchant, or an independent service organization (ISO), or a commercial bank, or a telephone company. The "bank" must have a way of assuring the identity of the person establishing an association with the telephone number as a person of worthy credit or with a positive balance in a bank account. The initial identity can be established at the initial use of the system by a customer service representative at the "bank" calling the designated telephone number and asking a question, such as the mother's maiden name, that identifies the person to the bank's satisfaction. A knowledge token is then given by the person over the telephone, not over the internet, to the bank where it is recorded as a sound file or as DTMF data or on paper or entered in a computer memory. Then, whenever the user seeks a subsequent internet transaction, the bank's computer system automatically calls the user and, if the knowledge token is received in response, approves the transaction after checking the user's account.
In any internet commerce market where there are identified customers with good credit or willingness to pay in advance and existing internet payment systems are inadequate, the method just described can be implemented for a few merchants or their banks or independent service organizations (ISOs) without requiring adoption by a large critical mass. It can then be expanded customer by customer, merchant by merchant, and ISO by ISO. It is indifferent to whether the customers have wired telephones or wireless telephones. When a large enough number of users have smart chips in their mobile telephones, the security for a portion of the customers can be changed to using the smart chip for authentication without a significant change in the user experience. When a large enough number of users have local radio communications circuits in their mobile telephones and their PCs, the communications with the mobile telephone for a portion of the customers can be changed to using local radio to the PC without a significant change in the user experience. Once mobile telephones with smart chips and local radio abilities become ubiquitous, the mobile telephones can become universal authentication devices for all applications as merchants and other proprietors add local radio communications circuits to their access control locations.
While particular embodiments of the invention have been disclosed, the scope of the invention is not to be limited by the above embodiments but only by the following claims:
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Shenzhen Pinpoint Technology Co., Ltd. is a hi-tech civilian-run company dedicated to the development, production, sales and service of security products (metal detectors and explosive / Walk Through Metal Detector Doors// Underground metal detector). Having amassed a bunch of hi-tech talents, marketing elites and management talents, we own 32 employees, including 1 technology expert, 3senior engineers and 8 development engineers, covering a workshop space of 1,800 square meters, and owning state-of-the-art production equipment.
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Nowadays, Shenzhen Pinpoint Technology Co., Ltd. is the first Chinese manufacturer of explosive / drug detectors and holds a leading position in this sector worldwide thanks to its industrial computer tomography technology and x-ray Compton Backscatter Scanning technology. The mini explosive / drug detectors released have been well received by foreign clients and are exported to the nuclear technology strong Russia.
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A girl, Lisa Burrows, and her sister are walking along the river when the younger girl stops to tie her shoes. When she looks up, Lisa has disappeared.
John is at the birthday part of Frank's son and is forced to fill in when the hired clown doesn't show up. Frank realizes he's to blame when he didn't show the deposit check and his wife Tania blows up at him. John quickly improvises a costume and steps in to do balloon animals and magic. Frank and his wife are going to court to determine visitation issues and are clearly on edge. Frank is interrupted when he gets a call about the kidnapping case, and he and John head to the scene. They hear from a homeless woman who reports Lisa was taken and they find her jewelry nearby. When asked to identify the kidnapper, all the woman can say is, "Death."
Mr. Burrows is concerned and Frank tries to reassure him, telling Frank he has no idea what it is to have a child taken away. John diagnoses the witness Madeleine as having autism and concludes she's cuing off an olfactory memory of chloroform. They also find an oil patch corresponding to the time of the kidnapping, and figure it's a serial kidnapper since Lisa is the fourth abduction – there was a woman and two other children as well. Stella and Frank break down the oil sample and find traces of sulphur.
They go to a nearby sulphur plant and John spots an area that's disturbed. The police dig up the ground and find four skeletons – two children, an older woman, and a teenage girl. They take the bones back to the lab where Frank is clearly upset at the familial nature of the crime. Avery tells him to take some personal time and he reluctantly does so. He and John play basketball while Frank admits his concerns about how he's afraid of losing his children at the custody hearing the next day. John manages to cheer him up and they take off when it starts to rain.
Back at the lab, Nance determines the bodies aren't of the recent kidnap victims and John reconstructs the skulls to show the faces of the dead people. When he's done he concludes that they were all members of the same family. They identify the family as the Murchisons, who died in a car accident. They check the photos of the kidnapped victims and determine the dead family members are close in appearance to the victims. Only the father, Gary Murchison, is still alive and took possession of the bodies. And Gary lives close to the sulphur plant and his license number matches the numbers that Madeleine was rambling about at the crime scene.
They confront Murchison with a warrant but find nothing at the home. Murchison is obsessed with his coin collection and seems to believe his family is still alive. They determine he was at a psychiatric hospital and Frank takes him into custody. In interrogation, Murchison tries to pass off his confusion and Frank pushes him hard. When Frank starts hitting Murchison, Avery pulls him off. Checking his shopping records, they find that Murchison has been buying large amounts of food, but there's nothing at his house. Avery goes to interrogate Murchison but John figures he's a disassociate personality and she won't get anything out of him.
Later Frank shows up at John's apartment – someone took all of his stuff from his hotel room. He then notices that John has his mug and clothing – John snuck in and moved Frank's stuff to his apartment. John also has some advice on what Frank should say to the judge to get custody. Frank relents and agrees to stay as John's roommate.
The next day Frank asks to address the judge during the hearing and starts rattling off facts and figures provided by John. When that doesn't work so well, he makes a heartfelt appeal to make more time and be a better father. Avery has had no luck with Murchison and John comes up with an idea. Avery has Murchison transferred but en route a car slams into the police van and Murchison makes a break for it. As he leaves, John reveals he was the driver of the car and the whole thing is a setup.
Frank and John follow Murchison, with John providing his unique insight to find Murchison when he gives them the slip. They follow Murchison to a warehouse where he has the kidnapped victims locked up and pretends they're his "family." John and Frank find the concealed door and try to open it. Murchison hears them and starts filling his room with chloroform to kill himself and his family. John triggers the sprinkler system to disperse the chloroform and Murchison uses a mask to get a direct dose. Frank shorts out the electromagnet lock and they get in to save the kidnap victims but it's too late for Murchison.
After the kidnap victims are reunited with their family, John plays digger in foosball at The Sea and Frank reveals he got custody and he'll be moving out of John's apartment. Franks points that Digger loosened the goalie's seating screw. After making a long-winded story up, Digger runs for it with the others in hot pursuit.


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Sally Hansen Wool Lite, this is probably my fave from the other colors, this is a soft baby pink bar glitter mix with white. the sight of this really remind me of a super fluffy sweater and made me want to snuggle with it. i used 1 coats for this but if you want the full coverage then you need about 3 - 4 coats.
Sally Hansen Wool Knot, this is a baby blue mix with white bar glitter, the formula and applicaton technique are the same for all this polish.
Sally Hansen Fuzz-Sea, this is my 2nd fave from this collection, just look at the color combination lime and blue, the perfect color combination! It does reminds me of ocean.
Sally Hansen Tight Knit, For this a mix of Deep blue bar glitter with a white glitter. almost look a like with Wool Knot, im not so happy with this because the color look so standart for me.
Sally Hansen Peach Fuzz, let's talk about the name of this one how come you can call this peach? this is a orange with white glitter bar, and i think it should called turkey fuzz. But i really like the color, reminds me of thanks giving moment.
all have the same formula, you have to be a little bit patient when applying this polish and wait about 5 minutes between layer are recommended so you didn't drag the previous layers.
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MINI calls it "Not Normal." We've been known to call it "creepy." Wherever it lands on your personal spectrum, MINI's ad flavour is definitely unusual. The latest, for the new Paceman, is called "Street Attitude".
Showing a guy that's in a hurry to grab some vinyl, pick up dinner, and flash his girlfriend--with his lights--as he pulls into his living room/garage, we're not entirely sure what's going on here. Par for the course with MINI.
Three versions of the ad are offered, with the primary ad featuring a run-in at an intersection with another Paceman--later revealed to be the first driver's bird-flipping girlfriend. Not that it's the first time MINI has flipped us the bird. The second version has a happier ending, and the third version ends with a much lonelier scene. Almost loser status.
So what do you think of these ad spots? Is MINI out in left field again, or do they resonate with you? If so, could you please tell us what sort of person you are, because we still can't figure out who the typical Paceman buyer is. Thanks.
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For many years, the Rotary Club has hosted a Dancing with the Brookline Stars event, which pairs local Brookline residents with professional dancers to perform ballroom dance routines to help raise money for both their designated charities and the rotary club. In November 2016, they hosted their fourth such annual event.
This year, Betsy Pollock--longtime president of the Brookline Senior Center--danced to raise money for innovative senior transportation support in the town.
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Rep. Baca Votes to Expand College Access, Lower Education Costs
Congressman Joe Baca (D-Rialto) today joined a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives to vote for final passage of legislation that continues this Congress' efforts to make college more affordable and accessible for all Americans. The College Opportunity and Affordability Act (H.R. 4137) passed by a vote of 354 - 58, and helps to reform our nation's higher education system so that it operates in the best interests of students, boosts American competitiveness, and strengthens our future.
"With today's legislation, Congress continues its historic investment in higher education for all Americans," said Rep. Baca. "Recent reports show that college tuitions and fees have skyrocketed by 31% in the last five years. This bill addresses these rising costs by strengthening college readiness programs, ensuring that our states maintain their higher education funding commitments, and holding colleges accountable for their price increases."
The College Opportunity and Affordability Act reauthorizes the Higher Education Act through the year 2012. It ensures more qualified students can attend college by simplifying the federal student aid application process. The legislation also begins to address the issue of rising college costs by encouraging colleges to use innovative strategies to rein in price increases. In addition, the bill provides need-based grant aid incentives to those colleges and universities that make a good faith effort to keep tuition costs low.
"A college education continues to be the best path to success in America," added Rep. Baca. "After years of rising education costs, our low and moderate income families deserve a helping hand to make sure the doors of opportunity remain open to them."
In addition to addressing rising college prices, the College Opportunity and Affordability Act also builds on this Congress' commitment to investing in minority students. The legislation focuses on expanding college access and preparing minority students for competitive and innovative jobs, a key part of strengthening our workforce and our economy. H.R. 4137 will:
-Expand need-based aid for minority students by making Pell Grant scholarships available year round;
- Strengthen work-study programs that help colleges and universities pay the wages of eligible undergraduate and graduate students who are willing to work part-time to pay for tuition;
- Expands authorization levels for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and creates a new graduate program for Hispanic-Serving Institutions; and
- Creates new partnership programs for Minority-Serving Institutions to help attract young students into science, engineering, technology, and mathematics fields.
"As our Inland economies continue to struggle, now more than ever it is important we commit ourselves to making college more affordable and accessible," concluded Rep. Baca. "I will continue to work so that every capable student has an equal chance at an education, no matter their income level or skin color."
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This months rain showers will bring more than just the prenienial buds, and a greener lawn. At the cottage we already have five-flurry-black kittens, and TEN! black puppies who were all born within the last few weeks (If you live in Ontario, Canada I will post more about how to adopt).
There is so much change in the air, we have been planning some major things and I couldnt be more excited. So here are some pictures from the past month.
Ive been treating myself to a few fresh flowers here and there, it is spring after all.
Since he's had some time off, we got to enjoy weeks at the cottage.
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I'm curious what the reasoning is, since I've been trying to convince some other OSS projects to have strong named assemblies at least available if not as the main distribution.
In short, strong names make package management/version resolving with indirect dependencies (A->(B,C)->D) very complicated, and on platforms without binding redirects (like Silverlight and Windows Phone) even impossible. To avoid breaking everything
on every new release we'd have to resort to dirty hacks like not changing the assembly version on new releases. At the same time, strong names don't really have any advantage.
IMO, the only reason to strong-name an application today is company policy, and the issue that they can then only reference strong-named assemblies in their projects. There might also be a few very special cases where you'd want to put it into the GAC (although
there's usually no point in adding application assemblies to the GAC).
For these cases we still provide strong named packages with the .Signed suffix - in the spirit of the liberal MIT/X11 license.
This is an opensource project, so I have to make sure that you can always fix issues yourself (if we're too slow, disagree, or whatever), rebuild and then replace all the assemblies in your projects. This is trivial without strong names, but very complicated
with strong names without rebuilding the whole application. Strong names bring no advantage regarding security, tampering protection and authenticity, at least for opensource projects.
Personally I'd recommend all NuGet package authors to either not strong-name at all, or to provide both with and without strong name, the former with a .Signed suffix. This is easy to provide with two different build profiles (e.g. in Math.NET Numerics
we have both "Release" and "Release - signed" profiles).
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This evening, Enrique Peña Nieto received the Statesman Award, conferred by the Foreign Policy Association during the World Leadership Forum 2016.
After receiving the award from Executive Director John Hess accompanied by Chairman of the Foreign Policy Association Jillian Sackler, the Mexican president declared that he received this award on behalf of a country that is now changing, and whose achievements are the result of Mexicans' collective effort.
In New York, where he is participating in the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the president noted that relations between the US and Mexico are essential for the progress and prosperity of both countries.
"It is a relationship forged over centuries, represented by thousands of bi-national families, and over one million legal, regular border crossings every day".
It is a relationship, he added, "Between two cultures that enrich each other through their affinity as regards artistic and cultural expressions".
The president noted that institutional links between Mexico and the United States, "Are above any situation". Regarding the US electoral process, the president confirmed his institutional commitment to working in a respectful and constructive manner with whoever US citizens elect on November 8.
"History shows that the United States and Mexico have always been stronger, safer and more prosperous when they work together; when both countries contribute to the success of the other," he declared.
He said that his priority as president, and that of his government, "Is to protect Mexicans wherever they are. It is to ensure that their rights are respected".
He said that Mexican migrants' contribution to the United States, "Is particularly noteworthy. It is estimated that there are 35.5 million people of Mexican origin in the United States, of which one third are migrants and over 20 million are second and third generation Mexicans".
"This large community contributes daily through its work and creativity to the development and well-being of the United States and Mexico," he declared.
The Mexican president said that, "The challenges of our era transcend physical boundaries and challenge cultural barriers. In short, no nation or society, however powerful, can meet the challenges of the 21st century on its own".
"In this context, for the US to maintain and increase its position as a leading global player, and continue growing and creating jobs, integration and cooperation with Mexico are a necessity of the first order," he said.
President Peña Nieto admitted that the information on Mexico received by broad sectors of American society is often sparse, inaccurate and distorted.
"These information gaps have been filled with myths, inaccuracies and prejudices, creating fertile ground for intolerance and discrimination," he said.
The good news, he said, "is that for every stereotype, there is a reality that belies it; for every prejudice, there is evidence to contradict it, and for critics of the relationship, there are friends and allies, like all of you. Today, thanks to this partnership, we are advancing against stereotypes, prejudice and misinformation".
The Mexican president said that, "The United States and Mexico are neighbors, friends and partners. In the next 50 years and beyond, we will remain neighbors, friends and partners. That is because the proximity and integration of our societies are a reality that cannot be reversed".
He went on to say: "For this process to be as positive as possible, we must act with intelligence and vision. I firmly believe we must encourage a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship that creates well-being for the present and future generations in our hemisphere, based on respect and cooperation, and rejecting any form of discrimination or exclusion".
President Peña Nieto pointed out that the history of the two nations gives us, "The opportunity to choose the path we will take: cooperation or confrontation, inclusion or exclusion. Do we wish to isolate and weaken ourselves, or integrate and become stronger, safer and more prosperous, all together".
The Mexican president said: "Let us make North America the world's most dynamic, competitive, safe and successful region; let's do all this together".
John Moore, Senior Vice President of Morgan Stanley, said that since the Statesman Award honors statesmen who have worked for peace and prosperity in their country and the world, it is important to honor President Peña Nieto at this unique moment in history for the reforms in Mexico, and the spirit of dialogue open to diplomacy he has fostered.
After stating that the Mexican president has created a new era of openness, economic and investment opportunities in Mexico, he said that the cornerstone of his government of transformation have been the structural reforms in energy, telecommunications and financial services, ending monopolies, opening up new opportunities for private investment, and laying the foundations for Mexico to be a model and a leader in the global economy.
He said that although there many challenges around the world, the historical mission continues its path and growth persists. He said there are many opportunities and that Mexico's place in the Americas and around the world is one of leadership, resilience and productivity.
John Hess, CEO of Hess Corporation, noted that President Enrique Peña Nieto's mandate has been one of transformations since he has laid the foundation for a more inclusive, just and prosperous society.
We recognize, he said, his vision and bravery; his courage, but more importantly, we recognize his great and substantial achievements, creating an unprecedented number of jobs, expanding trade and setting a new path for the world and also with a growing economy.
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A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been an honest and clean of drugs, but when he spends his days surrounded by riches and drugs, he cannot resist... and neither can his addict wife. Written by Rob Hartill
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Not much to say, just wanted to show-off my VERY FIRST COLORWORK! W00t!
I think I will reverse the colors in the other mitten, just for grins...
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Some of the toughest SOBs on the planet are no larger than your osteoporosis-ridden grandmother. Take, for instance, Jorge Babyface Lacierva, a super bantamweight fighter from Mexico. If the 112-pound, five-foot-four-inch Hobbit-like man hit on your girlfriend in a bar, youd probably feel pretty confident you could pound him. You, of course, would receive a very rude awakening (or more appropriately, a rude sleeping, since youd be unconscious). Though the term bantam derives from a species of diminutive chickens, Lacierva and his contemporaries are anything but. This Friday, Babyface (34-7) takes on Colombian Feider Viloria (21-3) for the WBC Latino Super Bantamweight title at Miccosukee Resort & Gaming (500 SW 177th Ave., Miami).
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Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, scoliosis, back problems, hypothyroidism.
Hey Danielle - Good for you! I need to get back on the wagon myself. I have "quit" sugar many times over the years. M&M's are still not allowed in my house! (I have no control - I swear there is a pharmaceutical of the addictive kind in them). I experienced exactly what you described. First the headache, then the cravings going away, and then feeling a whole lot better. My problem has always been at the point where I decide I can have just a bite or whatever small amount seems "harmless". Sugar must truly be addicting - because after that first bite - I don't care how small it is - or how long it's been -the cravings eventually returned for me.....and then I fall off the wagon.
I quit smoking 25 years ago. I tried many times before actually succeeding. I know without question if I smoked a cigarette now ( despite hating the smell, smoke, etc.) I would soon be looking for the next one. I guess I have a very "addictive personality" whatever that is. I say it's more about physiology. At any rate.....keep up the good work, and be wary of high carbs, alcohol, or anything containing sugar for as long as you possibly can. I think the longest I ever went was 2 mos. Then it was summer and ice cream suddenly seemed like a good idea.
You've inspired me...think I'll give it a go again. Just ate my last Hershey Nugget with almond anyway. Stay strong!
I had the same type of reactions that you have had while eliminating things from my body. I only allow myself to use the real sugar, not splenda or nutri sweet or anything. Even then, I try to not consume very much. I noticed that once I made an effort to cut out the aspartame, I felt SOO much better. Who knew that Crystal Light made me feel so bad. Once I found out about the Fibro, I read up on diets and what has helped people and I gave up coffee and just about all caffiene. The only time i get it is a little bit of chocolate. I also gave up carbonation. I have recently found out that I am gluten sensitive and have really worked at staying on the Gluten Free diet. It is challenging, but I feel so much better because of it.
Everything you have gone through with the headache and the decreased cravings sounds pretty normal. Keep up the good work!!
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