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This section gives details of special selected events taking place within Edinburgh and Glasgow and around the Central Belt this fortnight. Listin s are compiled by date. place and en event. Extra tme listings compiled by Brian Donaldson.
The Vimto Christmas and New Year Carnival SECC. Finnieston Quay. info: 2040123. Until Jan 18. 1.45—10.45pm. £1. Europe's biggest indoor festive funfair gets underway today for a month of thrills. spills. chills and anything else you can think of that rhymes with that lot. See photo caption.
30/20 Craft and Design Fair Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4349. until Sun 21 Dec. 10.30am—5.30pm. 60p (40p). Plenty of original pressie ideas here with the country's leading craftworkers displaying their wares in ceramics. textiles. glass. toys. pyrography. hatmaking. silk and lots. lots more. Most items are one-offs or very limited. with prices comparable to the High Street bigwigs.
Christmas Tree Sale Graffiti Venue. Mansfield Place Church. 557 8330. until Wed 24 Dec. 9am-9pm. Your chance to make the neighbours jealous by getting your hands on a Scottish or Norwegian tree while also giving to the Children lst charity. The foyer will be decorated with trees. candelabras and art works from leading Scottish artists. while a live fairy will be swooping down from heaven from time to time.
Maltman Tour Royal Mile Whiskies. opposite St Giles Cathedral. info: 624 7624. 7pm. £7.50 with two whiskies. £6 with one. In the wake of the recent international festival. Scotch Whisky
Connoisseur Tours proudly presents tutored nosings and tastings every Thursday. Friday. Saturday and Sunday until the end of the year. Your guide will let you in on the history and methods used to create the potent orangey stuff while you get tore in to the samples.
Original Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour The Beehive lnn. Grassmarket. info: 226 6665. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). A great excuse to educate yourself through alcohol as the tour follows in the footsteps of Rabbie. Sir Walter. Robert Louis and Irvine across the ale houses of the city. The tour is now running Fridays only.
Renfrew 600 Various venues. info: 0141 886 1997. Until Wed 31 Dec. The concluding moments to Renfrew's frenzy of events commemorating their big year is dominated by the Hogmanay celebrations at Renfrew Town Hall with live beats provided by the Renfrew Royal Burgh Pipe Band and ceilidh impresarios Na Seanachaidh.
The Big Issue Benefit Weekend Ramshorn Theatre. lngratn Street. 552 3489. until Sun 21 Dec. noon. £3 (£1.50). Kids stuff. ceilidhs and club sounds are on the menu with all proceeds going to The Big Issue in Scotland. See Folk and Kids listings.
Shine On Glasgow George Square. info: 553 1937. 2pm. The run-up to Glasgow's Christmas reaches its climax with festive tunes from the Glasgow Philharmonic Male Voice Choir. the Gay Men's Chorus and the Linwood Caledonian Pipes.
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AVIEMORE MIDWINTER FESTIVAL The Big Top. Aviemore. info: 01479 810363. Sat 27-Tue 30 Dec. Various times and prices. If northern climes appeal to you this New Year, you could do a hell of a lot worse than payinga visa to The Bt Top in Aviemore to sample the delights of their first Midwmter Festiva . There is everything from non-animal circuses to Egyptian Belly Dancing workshops and a performance of Pinocchio from the Statc'ytellers Theatre Com any. Music plays a large part, naturall , with I
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THE VIMTO CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARNIVAL SECC. Finnieston Quay, Glasgow, info: 204 0123. Until Jan 18. 1.45-10.45pm. £1. Those good people at Vimto are sponsoring this year's Christmas and New Year Carnival so there will be lashings of the mixed-fruit liquid for the kids. As ever, the rides make the event what it is and new innovations include the Seastorm, based on a nautical theme. Old favourite the Wild Mouse, the 30ft high rollercoaster with its scary hairpin bends, is there. Look out too for the return of the Big Wheel, one of Europe's biggest travelling Ferris
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Aviemore Midwinter Festival The Big Top. Aviemore. info: 01479 810363. Until Tue 30 Dec. Various times and prices. More people are heading north in search of New Year delights. so this festival of theatre. belly dancing. music and so forth provides an alternative to the Central Belt mayhem. See photo caption.
SUNDAY 28 Edinburgh Futurama 97/98 Riddles Court. Lawnmarket. info: 443 7486. Until Thu 1 Jan. Sun—Wed 11am—5pm; Thu noon—5pm. Free (various prices for readings). If you want to know exactly what the next twelve months hold for you. this is the place to go. Readers versed in the ancient arts of divination. from aura reading to tarot cards. will be on hand and. should you be traumatised by their predictions. experts in Reflexology and Reiki will aid your recovery.
Edinburgh Edinburgh's Hogmanay Various venues. info: 473 1998. Until Thu 1 Jan.
10am. Various prices. Not only does Christmas stan earlier every year. so does Hogmanay. Yet this is no ordinary celebration billed as it is 'The world's new year festival.' See Edinburgh's Hogmanay guide.
Glasgow's Hogmanay Merchant City. George Square. info: 553 1937. 9pm. 10pm. Free. Glasgow's contribution to the biggest hangover of the year is an across-the-board music-led affair with two stages in George Square and four in the Merchant City aiming to attract around 50.000 revellers. See feature. page 14.
WEDNESDAY 7 Edinburgh The Scottish Esoteric Network Holyrood Tavern. Holyrood Road. info: 225 9931. 8pm. Free. This group is designed to raise awareness of Paganism and Esoteric beliefs and to offer an alternative to mainstream spirituality — Judaism. Christianity. lslam. that kind of thing. Meetings occur on the first Wednesday of each month while lectures are held on the third Wednesday at the Toolbooth Tavern. Canongate at 7.30pm.


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Children seeking treatment from the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital's (MTRH) Shoe4Africa children hospital in Eldoret town will now have a place to conduct their studies following ongoing plans to construct two classrooms at the facility.
Toby Tanser decided to construct two classrooms for them.
According to Shoe4Africa Chief Executive OfficerToby Tanser, his aim is to ensure children continue their education while in hospital.
"The two classes of 5 by 10 meters will be used to teach children who are admitted for a longer period at the Shoe4Africa Children Hospital to ensure that they don't lag behind in their education," Tanser said during the groundbreaking ceremony, Tuesday.
"The classrooms are expected to be completed by July 2018," he added.
The project which is dubbed 'Kuunga mkono' is sponsored by the Shoe4Africa CEO and his friends from Hong Kong.
MTRH CEO Dr. Wilson K. Aruasa who was also present thanked Toby Tanser for the noble course and urged other people of good will to chip in and help the children.
"I want to thank my friend Toby for coming up with this idea since it will really benefit children under medication," noted Aruasa.

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I was astonished to read that "UAH's Dr Vincent Magombe says he ran away to exile from Uganda in 1980 after an Amin soldier had pointed a gun at him" as quoted by our resourceful Corporal Otto. I stand to be corrected but I think this is the same Magombe who was Deputy Head Prefect at St Mary's College Kisubi in 1977.
I think it is the same Magombe whose father was a powerful Uganda People's Congress Member of Parliament from Mbale, right from 1980 until 1985, when the UPC's military wing (UNLA) overthrew Dr. Obote's government.
I think this is the same Magombe who was one of the moving forces behind a play they named THE RISE & FALL OF IDI AMIN, which featured several times, if not exclusively, at former Norman Cinema. They acquired it in 1979 and there could be no question of Amin's soldiers chasing Dr. Magombe away, except if he was in their guerilla camps in the Sudan.
Norman Cinema? I think it is the same Magombe and others who had forcibly taken over Norman Cinema and re-named it THE CENTRE. It was here and at other areas in Kampala that Dr. Obote's heroic return was planned. Dr. Magombe might remember pseudonyms like Dr. Mulondo or Dr. Obel Maktim Olero
During Obote II, this CENTRE was also a base for covert intelligence-gathering missions and it is suspected that part of it was a dungeon, where suspected 'anti-government' elements were 'processed'.
It is allegedly from THE CENTRE that covert UPC operations at Makerere University were conducted by, among others, Peter Wangima and Kasajja Byakika Jr, who were both at campus then and whom Magombe must remember very well.
The Centre? The Centre, which is now Kampala Pentecostal Church had Mr. Francis Odida as part of management and he and Magombe must remember those days very well. Odida has retired from politics into philantrophy, but he was the proprietor of UGANDA REVIEW publications, which died shortly after Museveni came to power.
Dr. Vincent Magombe is a respected consultant on Africa and on Museveni's Uganda in particular as hell on earth. I wish he could tell
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Pre-Existing Conditions: A Trans-Party, National Health Priority
Pre-existing conditions impact Americans north, south, east and west, the Kaiser Family Foundation maps. But those maladies aren't evenly distributed across the U.S.: the highest incidences of people with pre-existing conditions are generally dotted in the eastern half of the U.S., in diverse metropolitan areas. This study looks at non-elderly adults, people between 18 and 64 years of age. That is, working-age U.S. adults who would be prospects for private health insurance coverage, whether through employers or on the individual insurance market. A striking aspect of this map is that one metro that has a higher rate of people with
The Digital Health Consumer According to Rock Health
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More U.S. Companies Offering Health Insurance After 8 Years of Decline
After eight years of decline, more U.S. employers offered health insurance to workers in 2017, EBRI reports in its latest Issue Brief. In 2017, 46.9% of U.S. companies offered health insurance to their employees, up by 1.6 percentage points from a low of 45.3% in 2016. For perspective, ten years earlier in 2008, 56.4% of employers offered health insurance, shown in the first bar chart (Figure 1 from the EBRI report). The largest percentage point increase in health plan offer-rates came from the smallest companies, those with less than 10 employees: while 21.7% of those companies offered health insurance in
Multimorbidity In the US – Obesity As A Key Driver of Health Spending
In the U.S., the growing prevalence of multi-morbidity is contributing to increased mortality and healthcare cost growth in America. Underlying this clinical and economic phenomenon is obesity, which primary care doctors are challenged to deal with as a chronic condition along with typically co-occurring comorbidities of hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. The line chart come from a new study into Multimorbidity Trends in United States Adults, 1988-2014, published in the July-August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. The authors, affiliated with the West Virginia University Department of Family Medicine, call out that obesity (the pink-red line)
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Healthcare's Profits Will Be Dramatically Redistributed as Care Shifts to Consumers: Accenture
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How Emotions and "Nocebos" Get in the Way of Preventive Healthcare
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A Breakthrough, Sobering Report on Teens and Young Adults, Digital Health and Social Media Use: Implications for Mental Health
There's a load of anecdotal data about teens and young adults (TYAs) and their always-on relationship with mobile phones and social networks. There are also hundreds of stories written in both mass media outlets and professional journals on the topic of TYAs and mental health: especially relative to depression and suicidality. In a breakthrough study, Hopelab and the Well Being Trust have sponsored the first deep-dive into the many dimensions of young people, their relationship with social media, and depression in Digital Health Practices, Social Media Use, and Mental Well-Being Among Teens and Young Adults in the U.S., The report was


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On a day that the world celebrates this year's World Kidney Day which falls on March 14th, the World Kidney Day sets out to raise awareness of the high and increasing burdens of kidney diseases worldwide and the need for strategies for the disease prevention and management.
This year's World Kidney Day theme is, "Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere." The theme calls for the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) whose policy is to promote health by ensuring universal, sustainable and equitable access to essential healthcare for prevention and early treatment of kidney disease.
Since more than a decade ago, World Kidney Day (WKD) has turned into a global phenomenon. Today, World Kidney Day invites medical practitioners, government officials, celebrities, the general public, and patients to take action locally to help fight the menace of kidney infections.
Past World Kidney Days have seen more than 1000 events in over 90 countries participating in the World Kidney Day celebrations. Frantic efforts to create awareness on the kidney problems - the fastest growing cause of death, have continued to rise.
World Kidney Day calls for everyone to: encourage and adopt a healthy lifestyle (access to clean water, exercise, healthy diet, and tobacco control.), ensure kidney patients receive essential health services they need for example blood pressure and cholesterol control and to make screening for kidney diseases a primary healthcare.


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Giggling Squid Thai Restaurant Chain, Big on Tapas
The Longer Read The Giggling Squid started life as a highly successful Brighton Thai restaurant. Hats off to the owners, who mortgaged their home to kick off the original. It was a popular restaurant. Since then, they've expanded to restaurants another locations. It would be wrong to say that they have been lucky. On the other hand, they did, famously, find a £20,000 stash of vintage wines in a cellar when they opened up in Windsor.
The basic concept is Thai. Lunch features tapas sets, the regular, evening menu includes soup, skin-on duck, stir fries, noodles and curries. Sample prices: Duck Confit £15.50, Sticky Chicken Stir Fry £9.95. Tapas around the £4.50-£.95 mark.
The restaurant is now a chain, aiming to grow to 30 or so sites around the UK. Giggling Squid joins Cote and The Ivy as chain restaurants in the Montpellier area of Cheltenham.
Lunch at the Giggling Squid
On our visit we found it to be a bright, cheerful and busy restaurant. There are seats downstairs and up. Decor is no Thai required (ie not plastered in Thai artefacts in the way that some restaurants feel they must). Tapas set lunches were tasty, with especially good duck dishes and a pleasing lime and chilli beef dish. Vegetable stir fries were spot on too, crunchy and fresh.
We thought the wines were basically sound, but also that the wine mark-ups were a bit cheeky. You can always settle for a bottle of the amusingly named Chang (beer).
Industry articles about Giggling Squid these days are more likely to mention Grant Thornton or branding than the food, so make no mistake, it's your cash they're after, but there is some tasty food to be had along the way. You can see why the restaurants have been successful.


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Even as I write these words, it is not clear whether Volkswagen will survive its self-inflicted scandal caused by lying and cheating on emissions of its diesel cars. The problem goes back to 2008, according to the New York Times, and many Volkswagen executives and engineers reportedly have been involved in the subterfuge.
VW owners around the world are furious at the company … not to mention VW dealers, vendors, suppliers and others. Volkswagen customers, however, are most important because their cars have fallen drastically in value due to years of criminal behavior condoned at many levels in the company.
So, as tens of thousands of brand-new VWs sit idle and unsold, what can the company do today to begin repairing all the damage it did to itself, its relationship with customers, and its legendary brand … if anything?
- VW needs to acknowledge publicly and to itself that it has one of the worst self-inflicted problems in modern day corporate history. Self-inflicted because no one did this to VW but Volkswagen. The company must make such an acknowledgement regardless of consequences in order to have any chance at rebuilding trust. VW needs to take responsibility and admit — beyond what executives have already stated — that it knowingly caused the problem and hid the problem from customers for years.
- VW must stop announcing "sweeping restructuring of its global operations" because such old-fashioned PR card-shuffling of highly paid executives further reveals a massive company in complete confusion, disarray and teetering on sinking. To be frank, no one gives a damn over a team of new executives because new people only signals delay in righting wrongs. VW today needs one single visible "face and voice of the company" to establish any blush of trust with audiences. Moreover, VW needs to rally all the expertise already in the company to fix the problems … as quickly as possible.
- VW must clearly explain how the company will make things right with its customers … millions of them … around the world. Making things right means detailed and specific action steps, a timeline for solutions. And making things right with customers may range from immediate, free repairs paid-for by the company to outright replacement of a vehicle. Volkswagen can begin by giving every VW owner with a vehicle made in the last three years free oil changes, routine maintenance and tire rotation for however long they own the car. That gets customers in the doors at dealerships.
- The company needs to say that regardless of legal consequences it faces, it will be open and transparent in all communications with its customers.
- VW must start behaving with honesty and integrity, and that begins by not hiding behind press releases and statements prepared by lawyers but rather through open and instantaneous interaction with customers. That can be done overnight. Customers need a channel to vent anger at the company, and that is easily and quickly achieved through online. Such a moderated forum would signal that VW is listening to its publics.
- VW must openly communicate in the digital environment that dominates our world today. It's not difficult but it mandates being brutally honest. VW should create a special news channel (not a PR "newsroom") to detail through credible news-style stories, photos and video what it is doing right now to fix things. Such a bold move will show audiences globally what the company is doing.
Delay by the corporation will put the fate of VW further at risk. The clock is ticking for Volkswagen.


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- Handmade Soft Nappa Leather Credit Card Holder
- Concertina Style
- 10 Credit Card Slots (each slot can hold more than one card)
- Zip Round Fastening
- Presented In A Tumble and Hide Gift Box
- Dimensions Closed: W10.5 x H7 x D3cm
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Very beautiful Divine Elegant Crystal Cross Pendant Necklace
The Cross is love,The Cross is personal,The Cross is willful humility,The Cross is prophetic,The Cross is final
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- Necklace Type: Pendant Necklaces
- Material: Copper, Crystal
- Chain Type: Link Chain
- Pendant Size: 1.7 x 2.7 cm
- Features: Crystal Cross, Cross Pendant Necklace, Women's Cross Jewelry, Men's Cross Jewelry
This is classified as spiritual and wellness product as crystals are used in this.very powerful and energetic. Please contact once you receive this for tip and technique to give energy to crystals.The Cross is a great contradiction. Death and life, hate and love, violence and peace, accusation and forgiveness, sin and purity, brokenness and wholeness, all is lost yet everything is gained, destruction and restoration, defeat and victory. Once the cruelest form of execution, yet now it is a symbol of abundant life.The Cross means many things to many people. Some have it displayed on their mantel, others wear it around their neck.


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* Ideal CU Implements Better Lobby from Better Branches
* Thirteen CUs Commit to Fiserv's Portico
* Raddon Financial Group Adds 40 CUs
* Security Compliance Associates Signs Washington State DCU
Better Branches Technology, a provider of branch visitor queuing, appointment handling and workforce management software for credit unions, announced that Ideal Credit Union has deployed Better Lobby. The $605M asset credit union said that they are using the Sales & Service Queue, Self Check-in KIOSK, Branch Appointments Calendar, and Mobile Appointment Booking Tool modules with great success.
Fiserv, a leading provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that thirteen credit unions have implemented their Portico core account-processing platform, along with ancillary solutions so far this year. Nearly 400 credit unions are currently using Portico.
Raddon Financial Group, a provider of financial industry research and trends data, said in 2015 it added 40 new credit union clients. Some of the Raddon products include: its relationship survey program, CEO Strategies Group, "Integrator" business intelligence, and strategic consulting services.
Security Compliance Associates (SCA) announced that the company has recently been awarded as the primary vendor to assist in the completion of IT examinations for credit unions regulated by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Credit Unions. Examinations will be performed from November 2015 through June 2017.
The SmartSource Professional Elite Scanners from Burroughs are now certified to be compatible with the ID scanning solution from Acuant, a provider of credential management solutions. The Professional Elite scans and captures images of a driver's license or other government-issued ID using Acuant idScan which allows the automatic transfer of information to a credit union's systems. The Acuant software provides a proven process for information verification in order to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and Red Flag Rules.
WTI's NPS series network power switch PDUs allow IT Departments to remotely control the powering on/off and rebooting of switches, routers, firewalls or any other network device. The NPS includes a wide selection of security and monitoring features, including event and temperature alarms, to help minimize support calls and accidental shutdowns. The NPS-4HS15-2 gives you the ability to remote reboot and remote power cycle equipment from anywhere by simply pointing your browser to the IP address of any NPS unit and entering the secure user name and password. The NPS-4HS15-2 features four different levels of user accounts: Administrator Level, Super User Level, User Level and View Only Level.
Splunk captures, indexes and correlates real-time data in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards and visualizations. Prelert offers their Anomaly Detective App for Splunk that extends the power of Splunk with Prelert`s behavioral analytics platform. It analyzes your search results, finding anomalies in the data and linking them together, letting your data tell the story behind both cyber threats and IT performance problems. Using the combination of Splunk and the Prelert Anomaly Detective App, one small FI was able to stop a reported 250 fraudulent transactions in three months thereby reducing losses by approximately $75,000.
SQL Server is Microsoft's flagship database product and has been in use for more than a decade. SQL Server 2016 will include these new features:
- Always Encrypted Data
- The Always On feature (first introduced in SQL Server 2012) has been enhanced to facilitate high availability and disaster recovery of data
- Native JSON support
- Support for in-database analytics with R-integration
NCR has come out with an optional security upgrade for many NCR and multivendor ATMs: Secure Hard Disk Encryption. They are working with WinMagic, a Canadian provider of encryption and intelligent key management solutions, to deliver the solution that uses WinMagic PBConnex preboot network authentication to ensure that the ATM is authenticated before its OS decrypts and loads. In addition to protecting ATMs, NCR Secure Hard Disk Encryption provides centralized monitoring capabilities and real-time network status updates to provide early warning of a potential attacks at any given ATM.
A new study by RBR finds that cashless payments are increasing at a rate only slightly faster than ATM cash withdrawals, suggesting that cash is still favored as a means of payment by a significant portion of the world`s population. While cashless payments have increased 7.6 percent annually since 2010, RBR found that ATM cash withdrawals during the period have been rising almost as quickly, at 7.1 percent. Checks are the least common form of cashless payments, while credit and debit cards have achieved the fastest growth rate of any cashless payment instrument, at 12 percent per year since 2010.
Here is a chance to learn about real life credit union success stories from various technology vendors through the words of their clients. This week's vendor is:
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According to market research firm Gartner, half of consumers in mature markets are likely to be tapping smartphones or wearables to make mobile payments by 2018. They note that mobile wallets from Apple, Samsung, and Google may not gain as much traction as those from retailers and FIs because the NFC technology on which they operate lacks widespread partnerships with retailers, financial institutions, and consumers. They also conclude that cloud-based solutions will have a better chance to succeed because they can reach a wider audience and can support many use cases.
Rumors are abounding that Target will launch their own mobile wallet just a week or so after Walmart Pay was announced. A Target spokesman said that the retailer is testing CurrentC, which is being developed by the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), in a few stores but it is also exploring additional mobile wallet solutions. MCX, which was announced back in 2012, promises to bring in loyalty, rewards, and lower costs for merchants by relying on ACH rather than the card networks.
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Celent has released a new report titled "Banking in the Cloud: Between Rogues and Regulators" that notes that the obvious reasons that FIs are not moving to the cloud are data security concerns and the fear of regulatory scrutiny. Yet the report's author counters that "Capital One's recent announcement that it is moving most of its IT infrastructure to Amazon Web Services points to the schism between banks that are embracing cloud services and those that are not. While many banks and most banking IT services vendors have eschewed the cloud over concerns regarding security and regulatory scrutiny, it has become clear that yesterday's questions and concerns are becoming tomorrow's thin excuses."
A startup with the unusual name of Secret Double Octopus has come out with an encryption solution that helps with: mobile banking; protecting communications from employee laptops and mobile devices; and branch communications. Their keyless Multi-Route Traffic Protection protects from Man in the Middle and eavesdropping issues. The solution does not require encryption keys or certificate authorities. Instead, data – morphed into random bits of information – travels via multiple routes across the Internet and gets reassembled at its destination.
The NCUA has launched a consumer-oriented Fraud Prevention Center. Users can access a number of resources from NCUA and other federal partners. The Fraud Prevention Center has sections covering a variety of topics, including:
- Frauds and Scams: learn about the newest and most common types of frauds or scams, what to do if you become a victim of fraud and how to report a scam
- Identity Theft: discover what steps you can take to prevent and report identity theft
- Online Security: get tips for staying safe online
- Fraud Alerts: stay a step ahead with the latest information and practical tips about recent frauds and scams
- Fraud Resources: visit other NCUA partners for additional fraud prevention resources
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Many marketing experts believe that your website can provide you with valuable information on how to better serve existing members and attract new members. One reporting and analytics tool that is no cost is Google Analytics. The tool can answer these questions:
- How do visitors arrive at your site?
- Where do they live?
- How many visitors use desktop vs. tablet vs. mobile?
- What product pages are visited the most?
They also offer a paid version with more features and technical support called Google Analytics Premium.
As part of the UpGrade Athens County program, Ohio University Credit Union is offering 0% "green loans" for zero-emission electric vehicles. The EV Loan Program will be in place for a full year until December 2016, and the no-interest loan can cover up to 100% financing.
Online Banking/E-Commerce/Website Design
Digital Insight has released Business Banking, a SaaS-based online banking solution that targets the 28 million small businesses in the United States. The NCR company says that the platform provides flexible entitlements, security and control; single sign-on; integration with best-in-class vendors for business bill pay, mobile remote deposit capture and online statements and more features to help meet business needs from small business to mid-market enterprises.
Pangea is an international money transfer platform that allows users to send money through a mobile app using only debit card numbers, not FI account details. They claim that you can complete a transfer in less than 60 seconds for a fixed fee of $3.95, and that their direct debit-to-debit product is the first to provide a way to transfer funds to Mexico in real time using the 16-digit primary account number (PAN) on a debit card.
AT&T's Switched Ethernet on Demand service is part of their Network on Demand platform and designed to dramatically speed up provisioning and adding new services. The next service that will launch is Managed Internet Service on Demand. That is designed to give customers more control of their network and the ability to rapidly scale up or scale down their network. For example, customers can go into the portal and go from a two-location network to a three-location or a four-location network in a matter of days without having to talk to AT&T.
VOSS Solutions has released a new Analytics module that helps address the challenge of gathering data about service usage and adoption, user trends and license consumption, in a multi-application UC environment. Administrators are able to access critical information about their UC services from the Analytics portal, and drill down to the detail or export the data for external use, such as billing and analysis. The Analytics Module is offered as an optional add-on for the VOSS-4-UC management platform and Cisco Unified Communication Domain Manager (CUCDM).
Interactive Teller Machines (ITMs) provide audio and video back to contact centers versus live om premise tellers. This means that credit unions using ITMs must rethink the hiring, training, and staffing models for the call center. They need to be comfortable "on camera" conducting video sessions and maintaining eye contact with the member. ITM agents will also need a different work environment - one that limits both background noise and any distracting visual background activities. Because ITMs often operate during extended hours, you will have to take into account agent safety considerations. Plus preliminary and ongoing training will be more in-depth for ITM agents as well.


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Fri, 28 December 2018
Wrapping up the holiday season here and coming to the end of 2018, I'm bringing back another of my favorite episodes from this past year. As anyone who's had any meaningful success knows, relationships are crucial in business, so today I'm revisiting a show I did back in July that covers 15 critical habits to master in order to build better business relationships. Listen in to learn what it takes to create genuine, long-lasting, and meaningful connections with people.
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I stumbled upon your QuickLook plug-in the 'mmdc' command line tool. Granted, they aren't hidden, but I didn't seem to notice them when hunting for styles and other extras before.
Suggestion: Include them in the app. For instance, BBEdit/Textwrangler include an option to "Install Commandline tool" (or similar). This could be a button in the Advance pref pane in MMDC or a menu item in the app's main menu (near Preferences). I think it would be nice to have them bundled in. Reasons: 1. People would like the features, and 2. the app update mechanism (app store) could deliver updates to these tools too.
Unfortunately, you can't include the command line tool in an App Store application --- which is why it is a separate download.
As for the QuickLook plug-in, I intentionally include this as a separate download because not everyone wants their text files previewed this way. Apps with a more unique file format can do this without fear, but text files are pretty ubiquitous, and I think this could be problematic if included for everyone who downloads the app.
Hope this explains why things are the way the are.
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Bighorn River: Let It SnowMay 6, 2010 2:34 pm Leave your thoughts
Bighorn Trout Shop Client Josh Gerber Fishing in the snow Hale Harris Photo
After a week of non stop wind and one day of nice weather it is now snowing in Fort Smith. Spring in the Rockies can bring all sorts of weather and this spring has been no exception. While the snow is falling the river should continue to fish well, especially on top.
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For many Kentucky residents, their home's roof does not receive much thought. In fact, we'd go so far as to say that your roof should be seen as a silent hero, dutifully providing comfort and protection to the occupants residing within. In order to avoid costly roofing repairs, it's essential to be mindful of the condition of your roof. When it comes to any issues with your Louisville roofing, we can help! HCI Roofing and Construction is your go-to roofing contractor for anything to do with the roof and gutters of your place. As a locally owned and operated roofing company, we strive to exceed our client's highest expectations by focusing on quality and integrity. Our goal is to provide you with the best results possible!
While we would love to see you, we understand that citizens want to call for repairs as rarely as possible. To help with this, today's blog will focus on some tips that can make winter easier on your roofing.
Keeping it Clean
Before the next big snowstorm hits, it's important to inspect your roof to ensure that all of the debris and junk that can pile up there is not doing so. Over time, this organic refuse will pile up in your gutters, causing clogs. Leaving this debris on your shingles is also not conducive for the long-term health of your roofing system. Mold and moisture can work in tandem to eat away at your shingle's integrity, possibly leading to future leaks and failures. HCI advises that you clear the roof now to avoid headaches in the future.
Clearing Those Gutters
Continuing on the importance of clean gutters, we fully advise checking on their condition throughout the year, especially at the end of the fall season. Clogged gutters can lead to excess water buildup. When this water freezes, the ice begins to form an impenetrable dam that serves to cause more backups and flooding. If your home loses the ability drain moisture away, the results can be catastrophic! If the water resides on your roof for a considerable amount of time, eventually moisture can begin seeping into the attic, siding, and foundation of the home. As any roofing contractor will tell you, water is the last thing you want in your home's structural components!
Avoiding Tree Damage
The act of trimming overgrown or unhealthy trees on your property can do much to assuage the fear associated with having a branch come crashing through your roof. The winter season can put a lot of strain on trees, especially after a heavy snowfall occurs. Be sure to address any iffy branches within close proximity of your home.
Order an Inspection
Roofing inspections can be invaluable when it comes to the long-term condition of your roof. Hiring a professional is a wise tactic when looking for hidden problems that may or may not lead to future problems. As long as safety precautions are taken, homeowners can inspect the roofing themselves. Make sure to only go out and inspect your roof when the conditions allow it. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and HCI strives to keep people on the prevention side!
When it comes to your Louisville home's roofing, there are a lot of steps that can be taken to keep everything safe and sound. If you're in need, hiring a professional roofing company is always a wise choice. With the tools and expertise needed to get the job done, our technicians are prepared and ready to impress you. For the handier crowd, self-inspections and cleanup services are a good way to also keep the roof looking good. Being proactive is the main point of this endeavor, and we're sure that putting the time in now will save many headaches down the road. If you're in need of a top-notch roofing company, feel free to contact us today to learn more!


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How to know if it's time to upgrade from a hatchback to SUV
As you go through the motions of everyday life, you may start to notice that space becomes scarce and life becomes more cluttered. This isn't only true for your work or home-life, but also for your car-life. Which is a pretty good portion of your life in general, if you think about it.
There will come a time when you need to consider upgrading your two-door hatchback for something a little bigger. And without running the risk of leaving it too late, start considering whether it's time to upgrade from a hatchback to an SUV now… or not.
Take a look at your lifestyle
The first thing you need to do is take a look at your lifestyle. How often are you driving around, what cargo are you driving around and how comfortable are you during these driving trips? Obviously, the whole game changes when you have children and need to add a car seat in the back. If you're a small family of three (parents and child), then you don't need to worry too much about upgrading just yet.
But if you have more than one child, even if only one of them needs a car seat, you need to start thinking about a bigger car. As long as there's a car seat involved, the back of your car becomes a two-seater with space for a baby bag and is no longer the three-seater it was designed to be. So, how many passengers are there in your car on a daily basis? And how old are these passengers? You need to ask yourself these questions and be realistic about the safety of your passengers based on the amount of space they'll have to buckle-up at the back.
If you don't have kids yet, you may just be someone who enjoys going on roadtrips. Or, perhaps you have adventurous hiking, surfing, fishing, beach-trips with the pets or other hobbies you frequently take part in. You'll need space for all your gear and equipment and it's not safe to have it sticking out the window and stretching through the hatchback-boot to the driver's area of the car.
SUVs come with a lot more space and you'll be a lot more comfortable doing these trips. You'll even be able to bring a couple friends with you because of the extra space. And if you're into adventure driving trails and hitting off-road paths, an SUV will do better than a hatchback.
Then consider your driving style
An issue that may arise when upgrading to an SUV is being able to comfortably drive the vehicle. You won't be able to fit in parking spaces or squeeze into merging gaps as easily. You will have so much more car than you're used to in the SUV than you did in the hatchback. You need to know that you will be able to adjust to the size of the vehicle.
Regarding space on the inside of the car, however, is a whole different story. You won't feel cramped or surrounded like you did in your hatchback. And the kids will be buckled up far enough away from you to keep your personal bubble intact. There'll be enough storage space for all the bags and extra sets of clothes that need to be carried around with space left over for groceries too. SUV in a parent's lifestyle is how to achieve comfort and calm through the chaos. You'll want to change your driving style for that alone.
Take them for a test drive
The next step is to head down to car dealerships and test drive the different vehicle types. And while you're browsing, you'll notice that there are "larger" hatchbacks out there as well and you may not need to upgrade to the full SUV just yet.
Pick a brand and model you like, take it for a spin around the block and you'll be able to make a decision based on comfort, space and drivability. Test drives make it easier to imagine your life in that vehicle which, in turn, will advise you as to whether it's time to make the upgrade or not.
Then consider your budget
But the ultimate decider, on which car to buy, will depend on what your vehicle-budget is. Remember, you're not only calculating the cost of the car but also the monthly petrol (which is usually more for SUV vehicles) and the car insurance premium.
There's a good chance you'll find an SUV within your budget, especially if you consider browsing through pre-owned vehicles. If you can manage with your hatchback for a little while longer, use that time to save up for a decent down payment on the SUV when you really cannot squeeze everything and everyone in anymore.


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Market News
|October 02, 2018
The environmental consequences of a Justice Brett Kavanaugh
|How much mercury should coal plants be allowed to emit? There's been a years-long fight in Washington, D.C., over that very question---and who wins it may ultimately depend on whether Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court.
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, and particularly dangerous to the brains of developing fetuses and young children. Thus, say Democrats, environmentalists, and public health professionals, its release into the atmosphere should be severely restricted. Back in 2011, the Obama administration attempted to do just that, proposing the first-ever federal limits on toxic heavy metal pollution from coal plants.
But Republicans, the coal industry, and President Donald Trump, citing the costs of regulatory compliance, argue for looser regulations. To that end, the Environmental Protection Agency soon will unveil a proposal to "dramatically weaken" and potentially repeal Obama's Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS), according to The New York Times.
A few things inevitably will happen when the Trump administration officially unveils its proposal to weaken MATS. Environmental groups will file a lawsuit arguing that the move violates the Clean Air Act. The lawsuit will be heard by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals---where Kavanaugh currently serves. Finally, that court's decision will be appealed to the Supreme Court. If Kavanaugh is sitting on the Supreme Court come that time, it's almost certain Trump's proposal would be upheld because the justification for it echoes a dissenting opinion Kavanaugh wrote four years ago.
Trump's new proposal, according to the Times, will do one very important thing: "repeal a 2011 finding made by the EPA that when the federal government regulates toxic pollution such as mercury from coal-fired power plants, it must also, when considering the cost to industry of that rule, take into account the additional health benefits of reducing other pollutants as a side effect of implementing the regulation." Put another way, the EPA will no longer be required to count so-called "co-benefits" of reducing pollutants like soot and nitrogen oxide when it's regulating mercury. It will only be required to count the benefits of reducing mercury.
The change is significant, because Obama's mercury rule only brings in $6 million in health benefits from reducing mercury annually, but it brings in up to $90 billion per year in health benefits from reducing co-pollutants. Without that $80 billion, the EPA can't legally justify the strong mercury rule---because it costs the coal industry a whopping $9.6 billion per year.
Kavanaugh expressed skepticism about the EPA's practice of counting "co-benefits" in 2014, when the D.C. Circuit heard a case case seeking to invalidate MATS. A divided three-judge panel upheld the Obama-era rule, with Kavanaugh dissenting. He noted the "disputed" nature of the EPA's estimated $90 billion in annual benefits from mercury regulation. The coal industry's estimates, he wrote, "focus on the reduction in hazardous air pollutant emissions attributable to the regulations, which amount to only $4 to $6 million dollars each year. If those figures are right, the rule costs nearly $1,500 for every $1 of health and environmental benefit produced."
That ruling was appealed to the Supreme Court, which in 2015 blocked the mercury rule and ordered the EPA to do a new cost analysis. The vote was 5-4, as Justice Anthony Kennedy sided with the court's conservatives. During oral arguments of a later case over the MATS rule, Kavanaugh "cited comments by Chief Justice John Roberts that counting such benefits is 'an end-run and bootstrapping and disproportionate,'" according to E&E News. (After conducting a new cost analysis, the Obama administration reinstated the mercury rule, and was sued yet again, but the case was delayed because of the Trump administration's plan to rewrite the rule.)
Kavanaugh is generally skeptical of strong environmental regulation at the federal level. "He maintains a level of discomfort of anything he regards as a reach, authority-wise, from the EPA," Brendan Collins, an environmental litigator who has argued before Kavanaugh, told me earlier this year. That makes him similar to the other four conservative justices currently sitting on the court. And Kavanaugh, if confirmed, would be filling the seat vacated by Anthony Kennedy, who consistently voted to uphold strong environmental regulations.
There's a lot the public still doesn't know about Kavanaugh. It's unclear, for example, whether he's guilty of the sexual assaults he's been accused of, or whether he would vote to overturn the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade. But it's clear that his confirmation wouldn't just shift the balance of the nation's highest court; it would alter the contents of the atmosphere.


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