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Controversial inflight device: Should the Knee Defender be banned?
By Karla Cripps, CNN • Updated 6th September 2014
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You've been up since 3 a.m.
After dealing with long check-in lines, long security lines and long faces from flight attendants even unhappier to be on that plane than you, your 6 a.m. flight finally lifts off.
"I'm just going to recline my seat and catch a couple of hours of sleep before we land," you think as the pilot switches off the seatbelt sign.
The Knee Defender has caused three flights to make emergency landings in just over a week. CNN's Tom Foreman has more.
The fight over seat reclining has led to multiple flight diversions. James Beach explains why he used the Knee Defender.
But wait. What's happening?
Despite pushing that little round silver button and digging your heels into the floor, your seat refuses to budge.
Why did "Knee Defender" cause in-flight fight? CNN's Jeanne Moos says recline at your own risk!
You've just been blocked by the Knee Defender.
The 2003 invention of 6'3-tall American Ira Goldman -- "I was tired of being bumped in the knees by reclining seats" -- the Knee Defender is a small pair of plastic clips that attach to your lowered seat-back table, locking the chair in front of you in place so the passenger can't recline.
Proof of its contentiousness came out this week when United Flight 1462 from Newark to Denver was forced to divert to Chicago's O'Hare airport after a fight broke out between two passengers over one's use of the device.
Despite the passengers getting kicked off the plane, the story has led to a
boost in sales of the Knee Defender
, with the website even crashing under the weight of all that curiosity.
MORE: Legroom fight diverts flight
Is the Kne
Defender even allowed?
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says it hasn't banned the device as it doesn't have an impact on passenger safety.
But most major U.S. airlines, including United, do prohibit its use.
It's a similar situation elsewhere.
Both Air Canada and Calgary-based WestJet
prohibit the Knee Defender
, with the latter singling out the device on its
"You are not permitted to attach any unapproved device to any part of your seat or any other part of the aircraft," says WestJet.
"Some examples of unapproved devices include knee defenders, seat belt extensions and booster seats."
Same story in Australia, where carriers Qantas and Virgin have reportedly banned the device.
"The use of knee defenders or similar device would be in breach of our conditions of carriage (14.2 (b)(f)) which are available on our website," a Virgin Australia Airlines spokesperson told CNN.
"The safety and comfort of our guests remains our highest priority."
Singapore Air told CNN the crew would manage the use of the Knee Defender by customers on a case-by-case basis.
"We are reviewing the use of the device, though we have not received any feedback from our customers," said an airline spokesperson.
In the case of this week's United inflight battle, the flight attendant reportedly told the man to remove the Knee Defender device, but he declined.
The female passenger then threw water in his face.
The inventor is adamant that buyers should be considerate of other passengers when using the device, which costs $21.95.
Users of the device are even advised to print the
Knee Defender courtesy card
, which explains to the passenger in front of them that their legs are so long their knees will be banged if the flier's seat is reclined.
"If you would like to recline your seat at some point during the flight, please let me know and I will try to adjust myself and my Knee Defender so that it can be done safely."
MORE: Airplane scuffle spurs Knee Defender sales
To recline, or not to recline
The incident has brought to the fore the usual comments on plane etiquette.
Some say such devices infringe on passenger rights.
Simply put, if an airline allows offers a reclining mechanism -- and some low-cost carriers don't -- then tough luck for the fellow behind you.
If he/she doesn't like it, they should cough it up for an upgrade or request a front row seat upon booking, citing their long legs or an injury that requires extra room to stretch out.
In the case of United Flight 1462, the pair was seated in the Economy Plus section, which provides passengers up to five inches of extra legroom.
Others say passengers need to be respectful of fellow fliers.
MORE: Doh! 20 biggest travel mistakes
"I don't think any of the seats should be able to recline in economy," c
ommented David Cleland
in our article on the United dust up.
"I have tried to work with someone in front of me reclining and bouncing around. It really is infuriating. I have tried to ask the person in front of me to please not recline...I might have just spit in their coffee by the reaction I received."
Then there's the issue of flight time. Is it really necessary to recline your seat on a two-hour daytime flight? How about a red-eye cross-Atlantic journey?
Others -- including Knee Defender inventor Goldman -- blame the airlines for pushing us to the brink by taking away all our space.
So how would you react to being told you could only recline your chair a distance designated by the person behind?
Should airlines do away with reclining seats altogether?
Share your thoughts on the issue in the comments section below.
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Australian analyst faces jail in US
AN AUSTRALIAN financial analyst is facing up to 25 years in a US jail for allegedly pocketing $7600 in an insider-trading scheme.
Trent Martin, 33, from New South Wales, was arrested in Hong Kong on December 22 on US charges relating to an alleged insider-trading scheme linked to computer company IBM's $US1.2 billion purchase of SPSS, a software company.
He faces charges of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud, the US Attorney's Office in New York said, and could spend up to five years in prison on the conspiracy charge and up to 20 years on the securities fraud charge if convicted.
''Martin is a licensed professional who knowingly disregarded insider-trading laws to enrich himself, and then fled the United States when he learnt of our investigation,'' said Daniel Hawke of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
''Martin could run but he could not hide, as the long arm of the SEC will extend to those who flee the United States hoping to avoid the consequences of their unlawful conduct.''
A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman said the Australian government was aware of Martin's arrest and officials from the consulate-general in Hong Kong planned to visit him in prison on Friday to offer consular assistance.
It is believed that Martin is on ''administrative leave'' from his employer, Nomura International. He joined Nomura in September 2011, and previously worked at Royal Bank of Scotland in New York and Sydney from 2009 to 2011.
Martin was alleged to have learnt confidential information from an unidentified New Zealand lawyer working on the IBM deal on May 31, 2009, when they were in New York.
The pair were identified in SEC documents as being ''very close friends'', with the lawyer expecting Martin not to share the information or use it to trade. The SEC added: ''As two young professionals living in a foreign country far from home, they quickly became very close friends … The [lawyer] considered [Martin] to be his closest friend in New York.''
The SEC said Martin ''attempted to purchase SPSS common stock on the very first business day after learning the non-public information from his friend'' in June 2009. He also shared the information with his room-mate in Manhattan, stockbroker Thomas Conradt, 34, who in turn told co-worker David Weishaus, 32, the SEC alleged.
Ahead of the IBM deal, Conradt said in an instant message conversation with Weishaus that ''Trent told me not to tell anyone''. On the same day, Martin allegedly told his lawyer friend he bought SPSS common stock and call options based on the information he shared with him. The lawyer ''expressed outrage and demanded that Martin sell all his SPSS securities immediately'', the SEC alleged.
The IBM deal was announced on July 28, 2009, and SPSS common stock rose by 41 per cent in one day.
All five alleged participants gained a total of $US1.2 million in profits, the US Attorney's Office said, adding that Martin gained $US7900, Conradt $US2538 and Weishaus $US129,290.
Two other unidentified brokers allegedly yielded profits of $US629,954 and $US254,360.
In late 2010, Martin allegedly told the lawyer he profited almost $US8000 from the information, as the SEC started its investigation into the suspected insider trading.
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Martin appeared in a Hong Kong court on December 24 and was remanded in custody, the city's justice department said.
The department added that the case was adjourned to January 4 so he could obtain legal advice.


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Sunday, May 3, 2009
A Memory
I am sad tonight because I just found out that Jack Kemp passed away. He was a former pro quarterback and US Congressman, but more than that, he holds a special place in my childhood memories. Jack Kemp was running for President in 1988 and during the primaries, I was 10 years old. He was part of Reagan's team and my dad adored him. He made a stop in my little hometown, at the small local airport, to make a speech. My father took me with him to hear it. I can remember the moment so well...it is imprinted in my mind flawlessly. It is one of my first major memories and my first experience with politics, the US government, history...you name it, it was a first. It was a very "big girl" thing to do and I was so excited. I was a Daddy's girl and worshiped the ground he walked on. (still do!) I was thrilled beyond belief because it was just me and my dad going....no mom and no little sisters. Just me and Daddy, skipping school to do very important daddy/daughter business. I remember the crowd was huge, or at least it was in my 10 year old mind. I was tiny for my age in those days and I recall very well that I could not see a single thing and I was clinging to my dad's hand. Finally, the speech was over and everyone was clapping and waving flags and it was very loud and chaotic to my little self. I was upset because I had yet to lay eyes on Mr. Kemp and I wanted to be apart of everything. My dad grabbed me and tossed me up on his shoulders so that I could see the stage. Suddenly I was high above the crowd and there was Mr. Kemp, waving from the podium and shaking hands. He looked up right as my dad lifted me and we caught eyes. This whole moment is frozen in time for me....he smiled and started walking toward me. The crowd parted for him automatically and everyone turned to look at who he was heading for. It was me! He walked right up to me and shook my hand, holding it in both of his big ones. I don't remember the details of our conversation, just him introducing himself to me and saying my name perfectly back, which nobody ever could do. I remember the warmth of his eyes and his sweet smile...how genuinely happy he looked to see me and how very nice he was to me. I felt like a star when the whole crowd started cheering around us. I decided at that moment, in all the wisdom of my ten years, that I was in love with Jack Kemp. I was extremely proud and decided immediately that the day could not possibly be topped. I was hooked on politics from that moment and I followed that election like it was between the New Kids On the Block. I was devastated when Kemp lost the primaries to George Bush. I was bound and determined that Kemp would be President and I would be able to walk around school telling everyone that the leader of the free world was also my close personal friend. It was not to be, but it continued to be a famed story in my household and as the years went on, Kemp would hold lots of offices and frequently show up on the news. Much to the chagrin of my whole family, I would always loudly announce, "Everyone be quiet! My friend Jack is on the news!" or something equally annoying. If Kemp was speaking, I could be counted on to lean into your ear and whisper loudly, "You know he knows me, right??". It was a moment that has carried on in our family folklore. Tonight I called my parents to make sure they heard the news. My mom and dad got on speaker phone and we were talking about it. I had to add, "You know, we were close. Meeting me was probably a big deal for him.". My mom said with the certainty that only a mother can muster, "I am absolutely sure that it was. Absolutely." :-) It was a really big deal for me.
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I was chilled when Trump's first tweet after the election was about professional protesters incited by the media. First the media is accused of inciting, then sympathizing, then associating. And then suddenly they find themselves accused of being full-fledged terrorists and subversives. And then they end up in handcuffs, in cages, in kangaroo courts, in prisons, and then who knows what.
Amanpour is not alone in hear analysis of what American freedom will look like with Trump as president. The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement in October which said Trump is, "An unprecedented threat." Thomas Burr, the president of the National Press Club, said, "We find this renewed pattern of journalist intimidation to be unacceptable and dangerous to our democracy."
The fight for American democracy, freedom, and dignity for all people has only just begun and will continue as long as Donald Trump stays in power. The time is now for all individuals to recognize this grievous impending battle to put on their war paint, because the fight has only just begun and it will get much worse before it gets better.


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Quick install HBase in "pseudo distributed" mode and connect from Java
Platforms used: Ubuntu karmic, hadoop-0.20, hbase-0.20.3, Java client
This post will be useful for those wishing to setup HBase on a single server machine in pseudo distributed mode. The advantage of running the database in this mode is that it can then be accessed over the network, for example to allow a bunch of developers to start crafting Java code against it. It is also a nice stepping stone to fully distributed mode, either on your own servers, or somewhere like EC2.
On first reading of the HBase documentation, setting up pseudo distributed mode sounds very simple. The problem is that there a lot of gotchas, which can make life very difficult indeed. Consequently, many people follow a twisted journey to their final destination, and when they finally get there, aren't sure which of the measures they took were needed, and which were not. This is reflected by a degree of misinformation on the Web, and I will try and present here a reasonably minimal way of getting up and running (that is not even to say that every step I take is absolutely necessary even, but I'll mention where I'm not sure).
Step 1: Check your IP setup
I believe this is one of the main causes of the weirdness that can happen. So, if you're on Ubuntu check your hosts file. If you see something like:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 <server fqn> <server name, as in /etc/hostname>
get rid of the second line, and change to
127.0.0.1 locahost
<server ip> <server fqn> <server name, as in /etc/hostname>
127.0.0.1 localhost
220.127.116.11 hbase.mycompany.com hbase
If you don't do this, the region servers will resolve their addresses to 127.0.1.1. This information will be stored inside the ZooKeeper instance that HBase runs (the directory and lock manager used by the system to configure and synchronize a running HBase cluster). When manipulating remote HBase data, client code libraries actually connect to ZooKeeper to find the address of the region server maintaining the data. In this case, they will be given 127.0.1.1 which resolves to the client machine. duh!
Step 2: Install Hadoop Packages
Hadoop is quite a big subject – hell the book has over 500 pages. That's why it is great that there is a company making pre-packaged distributions called cloudera. So my recommendation here is to go with those packages. Perform the following steps, but check the important notes before proceeding:
a/ If you are on Debian, you need to modify your Apt Repository so you can pickup the packages. In the instructions following, if you are running a recent Ubuntu distro like karmic, then configure your cloudera.list to pickup the packages for "jaunty-testing". Make sure you choose hadoop-0.20 or better.
Instructions http://archive.cloudera.com/docs/_apt.html
b/ Install the packages setting up hadoop in standalone mode
Instructions http://archive.cloudera.com/docs/_installing_hadoop_standalone_mode.html
c/ Install the package the sets up the pseudo distributed configuration
Instructions http://archive.cloudera.com/docs/cdh2-pseudo-distributed.html
You should begin the above process with your system in a completely hadoop-free state to be sure the steps will work correctly. For example, if you have an entry for a hadoop user in your /etc/passwds file that is different to the one the config package wants to install, installation of the config package can fail. Furthermore, old items may have the wrong permissions which may cause later steps to fail. To find everything on your system you need to remove, do:
cd /
find -name "*hadoop*"
cd /etc
grep -R hadoop
Step 3: Prepare user "hadoop"
We are going to make it possible to login as user hadoop (or rather, do a sudo -i -u hadoop). This will make it possible to easily edit for example configuration files while keeping their owner as hadoop. We are also going to run HBase as user hadoop.
Change the following entry in /etc/passwd
hadoop:x:104:112:Hadoop User,,,:/var/run/hadoop-0.20:/bin/false
hadoop:x:104:112:Hadoop User,,,:/var/run/hadoop-0.20:/bin/bash
There is a lot of talk on the Web about setting up ssh for the hadoop user, so that hadoop can ssh to different nodes without specifying a password. I'm not sure that this is necessary any more, but the weight of recommendation (including here http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/current/quickstart.html) persuadesd me to do this anyway. So next:
# sudo -i -u hadoop
hadoop$ ssh-keygen -t dsa -P '' -f ~/.ssh/id_dsa
hadoop$ cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
Step 4: Configure hadoop
Open /etc/hadoop/conf/hadoop-env.sh and make sure your Java home is correctly set e.g.
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-184.108.40.206
Step 5: Test hadoop
Checkout the Web-based admin interfaces e.g.
Step 6: Install the HBase package
You need to download and install the latest version from http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/hadoop/hbase/. Proceed as root as follows:
# cd ~
# wget http://apache.mirror.anlx.net/hadoop/hbase/hbase-0.20.3/hbase-0.20.3.tar.gz
# tar -xzf hbase-0.20.3.tar.gz
# mv hbase-0.20.3 /usr/lib
# cd /etc/alternatives
# ln -s /usr/lib/hbase-0.20.3 hbase-lib
# cd /usr/lib
# ln -s /etc/alternatives/hbase-lib hbase
# chown -R hadoop:hadoop hbase
Step 7: Configure HBase
Now, login as hadoop and go to its conf directory
# sudo -i -u hadoop
hadoop$ cd /usr/lib/hbase/conf
a/ Then update the Java classpath in hbase-env.sh, just like you did for hadoop-env.sh
b/ Inside hbase-site.xml, configure hbase.roodir and hbase.master. The result should look something like below, notes following:
<description>The directory shared by region servers.
Should be fully-qualified to include the filesystem to use.
E.g: hdfs://NAMENODE_SERVER:PORT/HBASE_ROOTDIR
<description>The host and port that the HBase master runs at.
1/ hbase.rootdir must specify a host and port number exactly the same as specified by fs.default.name inside /etc/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml. Basically it tells HBase where to find the distributed file system.
2/ hbase.master specifies the interface that the HBase master, or rather the Zookeeper instance HBase will start (more later) will listen on. It must be externally addressable for clients to connect. This is a good point to double-check the IP setup step at the beginning of this post.
Step 8: Start up HBase
If you have not already started hadoop, then start it e.g. as described by cloudera:
for service in /etc/init.d/hadoop-0.20-*
sudo $service start
Next, start HBase as the hadoop user:
hadoop$ /usr/lib/hbase/bin/start-hbase.sh
Step 9: Check HBase is up and running
Open up the HBase Web UI e.g. http://hbase.mycompany.com:60010
Step 10: Open HBase shell, create a table and column family
You need to login to hbase, and create a table and column family that will be used by the Java client example:
me$ /usr/lib/hbase/bin/hbase shell
hbase(main):001:0> create "myLittleHBaseTable", "myLittleFamily"
Step 11: Create Java client project
Create your sample Java client project with code, as described for example at http://hadoop.apache.org/hbase/docs/r0.20.3/api/index.html.
Next, you need to add a special hbase-site.xml file to its classpath. It should specify the ZooKeeper quorum (the minimum running ZooKeeper instances, in this case, your hbase server). The client contacts ZooKeeper to find out where the master, region servers etc are (ZooKeeper acts as a directory for clients, but it also acts a definitive description of the HBase cluster and synchronization system for its own nodes). Based upon the foregoing, the contents will look something like:
<description>The host and port that the HBase master runs at.
A value of 'local' runs the master and a regionserver in
a single process.
Step 12: Yeeeha. Build your Java client, and debug
Watch your e.g. NetBeans Ouput window for a trace of what is hopefully happening… welcome to the world of HBase


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A survey recently released by John Hancock provides insights on a key area that financial advisors should try to address more directly: the failure of most people to prepare for the financial risk associated with the need for long-term care.
The survey results offer important insights into the consumer mind-set, which can help advisors provide more effective guidance. Such guidance is necessary because it is clear that the financial strategies being used by many people entering retirement make it likely that many of them will end their lives in circumstances that they never anticipated or intended.
The conundrum that advisors face is that many clients have an "approach avoidance" reaction to this issue. While clients know that making sure they will be able to afford good care is important, they cannot seem to bring themselves to the point of addressing the issue. For that reason, financial advisors should consider taking a more assertive approach. Although planning ahead for long-term care needs is important, it is not an easy issue to discuss, and that is why the Hancock survey is helpful.
The possibility of long-term care costs financially wiping out unprepared clients is not minimal. The most careful estimates of the likelihood of a 65-year-old ever needing long-term care vary between 35% and 55% depending upon definitions. The average cost for a semi-private room in a nursing home is about $75,000 a year: If costs increase at 4% a year (most expect nursing home costs to rise faster than general inflation), the average cost will be $164,300 a year in 20 years, when a person turning age 65 today will enter the high-incidence years for needing long-term care. With this level of risk and cost, the necessity of planning is clear.
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Fourth, when the issue of financial preparation for long-term care is addressed, the results are quite positive. The John Hancock survey asked working people if they calculated how much they need to save by the time they retire, and if they did, whether they considered the possibility that they would need long-term care. Not many people were that proactive, but those who were took a number of very positive actions to help safeguard their futures.
Three in 10 started saving more for retirement and four in 10 decided to purchase long-term care insurance, either right away or at some time in the future. Only a quarter did nothing based on this consideration. Clearly, addressing this issue is productive; in most cases it leads to positive action or provides a foundation for further discussion.
The fifth point that came out of the survey is that the main reason people purchase long-term care insurance was the desire to avoid being a "burden" on their family. This is a key point that should be carefully considered. The baby boom generation is noted for, among other things, being very child-centered. They are focused on their children's well-being and tend to be very caring parents. Helping and protecting their children are very important values to them. That explains the strong desire not to disrupt their children's lives and financial well-being by asking for help with activities of daily living or financial assistance. Yet, without long-term care insurance, there is a substantial risk that is what will happen.
Sixth, the John Hancock survey asked respondents who do not have long-term care insurance how they would pay for care if they needed it. The most frequent answer was qualifying for Medicaid, followed by using home equity. As we know, both of these strategies are risky, because Medicaid programs are already overburdened and will most likely be even more overwhelmed when the wave of boomers reaches the high-incidence years for needing long-term care. Not to mention that the options for care under Medicaid are limited and generally not what most people desire.
What do these finding suggest? Advisors must address this risk with their clients. If Americans overwhelmingly believe it is irresponsible for them not to plan for this risk, don't you think your clients will feel it would be irresponsible for you not to bring it up?
A discussion of long-term care should be integrated into the retirement planning process and initiated when clients reach their 50s because the cost of long-term care insurance is lower and insurability is higher than for people in their 60s. It is important to stress that long-term care insurance accomplishes four key objectives: It reduces the need to spend down and risk spousal impoverishment; it helps assure that people can afford to get care in their home; it helps assure more choices and options (and does not limit people who need nursing care to Medicaid-approved places, from which, the survey shows, most people expect a low level of care); and it prevents people from having to end their lives as a burden on their children, increasing the likelihood that their assets can be passed on to children rather than paid to a nursing home.
By proactively planning and bringing the value propositions of long-term care insurance to your clients, you will be serving them well.


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Oct. 15, 2012
K.C. Star: DOE Grant to Webster Addresses TESOL in K.C. Schools
Only 29.5 percent of U.S. teachers with English language learners in their class have training to teach them effectively, according to the U.S. Department of Education. That's what the recent five-year, $1.9 million DOE grant to Webster University aims to address in Kansas City, Mo., schools.
The Oct. 2 Kansas City Star elaborates on the program, with its article following Webster student and Kansas City Public School teacher Amy Teeple, both in the classroom and as she attends Webster University's Kansas City campus location for courses toward certification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Read the Kansas City Star article here.
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Greetings Gentlepersons,
In these times we now live in, so many artists are creating Music, Movies, Videos, TV Shows & Commercials that make subtle or often blatant references about what is going on inside them.
Luke 6:45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Matthew 12:34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Kanye West has titled his latest project "YEESUS" as in he's Jesus??? or Jesus like??? And Jay-Z titled his latest CD "MAGNA CARTA, HOLY GRAIL". After researching wikipedia, I found that a "Grail" is a dish, plate, stone, or cup. This "Grail" was possibly used to collect blood from Jesus after his crucifixion which in fact made it Holy.
These overwhelming historic references to GOoD and Evil make plain to the spirit man their massive media agenda. Art should provoke positive thought and positive change inside the person who see's or listens, and not nightmares, demons and dark visions. We need more HOPE in our lives not Death, Evil, Hate or Destruction.
Matthew 9:37 "The Harvest is Plentiful, but the Laborers are few"
Luke 10:2 He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.
Notice how most films today are aimed at the World Ending, or how Horror films, suggestive TV Commericals and TV Shows are being produced at an alarming rate. The time is no longer "coming" for us to wake up, the time is NOW. Recently I went to the movies and saw "WORLD WAR Z" featuring Brad Pitt. This movie was basically about a horrible Virus Outbreak in which humans were turned into Zombies. This movie had lots of subtle references or "Easter Eggs" for the Spiritual Mind to grasp.
One thing the movie made clear is that the "ZOMBIES" reacted to noise, and would remain dormant or still if no noise was made or heard. When noise was made, they would then wake up chase the sound, which was always a non-infected human making the sound. They would aggressively attack the non-infected human, bite them, thus infecting them with the human ZOMBIE creating virus. Another key that was pointed out in this movie was that, the Zombies would not bite you if you already were sick, or had some type of disease, which brought this scripture below to mind as I know even Hell has order!
Mark 3:25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
God began talking more to me through this film and said "Do you know any Spiritual Zombies, that walk Dormant through this life and not make a Sound? Do you just go with the flow and accept everything around you with a helpless mindset? Are you so Dormant that hell and its Demonic Zombies have you right where they want you? Are you not Strengthening your Spirituality?
Lets look at some of the WORLDS tools that make us Spiritual Zombies: Video Games, Wasting Time, Too Much T.V, Pornography, Money, Cars, Material Items,Not reading Gods Word, Past church experiences, Listening to Man and not the voice of God within, that clearly tells us that WE ARE THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL! Remember MOVEMENT IS LIFE! Stay Aware, by Informing yourself & Never Give up the Fight!
Be Enlightened, & Inspired to Reach Higher. God Bless You
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16 Year Old World Youth Champ Wants to Celebrate with a Beer IAAF The women's javelin champ wants one of Ostrava's finest.
Morocco Boycotting All Africa Games
Recap of Final Day of European Under 23 Champs IAAF
Yet Again The LetsRun.com Training Philosophy Is Proven True:
Pollution Killing 750000 a Year in China And the Chinese gov't doesn't want you to know about it. But don't worry they say they'll stop the pollution for the Olympics.
Kip Keino Gets Honorary Degree from Bristol University
Track and Field's Popularity is Struggling in Britain "These top meetings have not enjoyed terrestrial television exposure in Britain this decade, and last year Sky opted to drop its coverage."
Michael Johnson Training Academy Opens
"Is jogging right wing?...Jogging is of course about performance and individualism,
values that are traditionally ascribed to the Right,"
Good Riddance: Pole Vaulter Giuseppe Gibilisco to Quit Sport after Being Accused of Doping, He Says He's Being Treated as a Criminal
World Steeple Champ Dorcus Inzikuru Will Not Defend Her Title in Osaka After Missing Time Due to Nasal Surgery
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Julius Achon Update: A car accident will keep the former NCAA Mile Champ out of the Ugandan 5k champs
Many War Vets Competing in US Paralympic Track and Field Championships One of the athletes is war hero and former Boise State sprinter Travis Greene, who enlisted shortly after Sept. 11 and lost both legs while carrying another soldier on a stretcher.
July 4th Peachtree: *Profile of New Race Director Tracey Russell The former OTrials swimmer is impressive. Only 36, she started a 25,000 person race.
Britain's Jo Pavey Runs 31:26 in Bad Weather to Qualify for Worlds BBC
And Just In Case You Thought Cycling Was Clean: Jörg Jaksche Talks About His Team Doping and Concealing 10,000 EPO Vials
CW Post Cancels Track Programs With No Notice to Coaches Classless. Lananna got his start there and it's his alma mater.
South African LJ van Zy Talks About Beating Olympic Champ Felix Sanchez and World Champ Bershawn Jackson Jackson and Sanchez went after each other early and paid the price late.
Emma Greene Defeats Bergqvist in High Jump in Sweden IAAF
Ryan Hall With Some Great Training Advice: "I make sure I have easy days, for one thing. In college, our 'easy days' were all at around six-minute pace. You know, when Noureddine Morceli was at [Californias] Riverside Community College, hed run 10-minute pace on his easy days sometimes! But we got into a kind of group-think in college."
Floyd Landis Trying to Drum up Support in NY Landis also has a new book out.
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LetsRun.com $250,000 Prediction Contest Check your final scores Sanya Richards bombed in the 400 just so we wouldn't have to give away the $250,000. Thank you Sanya.
Overlooked Badass: Mississippi States Golden Coachman He's in the Army and served in Iraq and got 7th at USATFs after earlier in the year being pleased to just qualify for Regionals.
Ask Wejo Round 2: Should A 31 Minute 10k Runner Quit His Collegiate Coaching Job and Move to Flagstaff to Train Full Time?
Marathon Training for the Masses is Working New York Times "You can't fake marathon training, especially the long runs."- Gordon Bakoulis with the best marathon advice you'll ever read. And it looks like Jeff Galloway is no longer saying walking breaks are the fastest way to finish a marathon, just the easiest way (although when we have a training program for the masses, we'll be easier than Jeff and won't make our people run 26 miles before the actual marathon)
London 2012 Logo Causing Epilepsy Seriously this is not a joke.
One We Missed: 50 Years Ago on June 1st, Don Bowden Became the First American to go Sub 4 by Running 3:58.7
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Equity futures are higher this morning, with the dollar down slightly (four days of down dollar only erased one day of dollar up), bonds are lower, oil is down slightly, gold & silver are flat, and food commodities are down slightly.
The hypocritical and morally challenged Mortgage Banker's Association reported that Purchase Applications supposedly rose 2.1% and Refinancing Activity supposedly rose a ridiculous 11.2%. Oh right, like there are a ton of people who STILL have not refinanced to lower rates and a measly four basis point phony move by the "Fed" is causing a rush of people to refinance (insert eye roll here). While I'm sure there are some who have, I still don't believe double digit one week moves. And by the way, anyone foolish enough to refinance every quarter point swing in rates is someone who will never be out of debt. Here's econofool:
Last week's fall in mortgage rates, which was tied to the Fed's policy shift to longer-term Treasuries, sparked a rush into refinancing and may have also given a boost to home purchase applications, according to the Mortgage Bankers Associations. The refinancing index jumped 11.2 percent in the September 23 week while the purchase index rose 2.1 percent. The rise in purchase applications was due to a 4.9 percent rise in conventional purchase applications that offset a 0.6 percent decline in applications for government loans which MBA tied to the pending decline in FHA loan limits. The purchase index has been on the rise in recent weeks and the gains hint at welcome strength in tomorrow's pending home sales report.
The average rate for 30-year mortgages with conforming loans ($417,500 or less) fell four basis points in the week to 4.25 percent with the jumbo loans ($417,500 or more) also falling four basis points to 4.51 percent. FHA 30-year loans fell two basis points to 4.05 percent.
The Durable Goods Report for August missed expectations of a .2% rise by coming in at -.1% both with and without Transportation components. Year over year the Ex-Transportation figure fell from 9.6% to 7.8% supposed "growth." I say supposed because Durable Goods are measured in phony and increasingly worthless dollars which are nothing but debt instruments designed to profit private central bankers. Did we make more planes, more factory equipment? Who knows? You cannot know because we do not measure the actual number of anything, we measure sales in terms of dollars and we incorrectly calculate inflation to intentionally delude ourselves. Take another Prozac and read what econotripping has to say:
Durables orders edged down in August, but after such a strong July, the pace is still healthy. New factory orders for durables in August nudged down 0.1 percent, following a 4.1 percent surge in July (previously up 4.1 percent from the factory orders report). The August dip came in a little lower than analysts' forecast for a 0.2 percent gain. Excluding transportation, durables slipped 0.1 percent after rising 0.7 percent in July (factory orders report revision).
Components were mixed. On the downside in August were primary metals, down 0.8 percent; fabricated metals, down 0.5 percent; transportation, down 0.3 percent; and "other," down 0.8 percent. On the plus side were machinery, up 0.1 percent; computers & electronics, up 1.3 percent; and electrical equipment, up 1.3 percent.
Within the important transportation component, motor vehicles fell 8.5 percent after a 10.2 percent jump in July. Nondefense aircraft increased a monthly 23.5 percent in August, following a 49.9 percent surge the month before. And defense aircraft advanced 22.5 percent after edging up 0.1 percent the month before.
Looking at private capital equipment related numbers, a big positive was a 1.1 percent rebound in nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft, following a 0.2 percent decline in July. Shipments for this series jumped 2.8 percent in August after a 0.4 percent rise the month before.
Overall, today's report indicates that despite sluggishness elsewhere in the economy, manufacturing remains on a moderate uptrend, taking into account the volatility of durables orders. While businesses may not be hiring people, it clearly looks like they are "hiring" equipment with the rise in nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft. This will be a plus for third quarter equipment investment and export components.
Sorry Econodelude, the only real increase in manufacturing going on involves the production of money and trumped up statistics to mask the former.
Notice how the "data" no longer matters to the "market?" That's because there is no longer a real market, when the "Fed" has taken to directly and publically manipulating the bond market, the signals and the flow of money are disturbed in ways that mask reality – which is their intention. In addition, the private central banks create money from nothing indebting the people, they use that money to buy the politicians and laws, and they use that money to power their HFT platforms, which operate on exchanges which they also own, and all this is designed to steal from people, in milliseconds, who perform actual productive work, and who in exchange for that work are given debt instruments in payment instead of actual money.
Think about how foolish it is to work for a debt instrument.
If I told you that I would pay you 10 debt contracts per hour to come clean my boats, would you do so? You know, you have to pay interest on those debt contracts you receive, LOL. Head shaking stupidity – stupid is as stupid does. The current monetary system makes no sense, it goes against natural law and therefore has a date with failure which is in progress.
And in Europe they continue to jibber jabber about "getting on the same page" to tackle the seriousness of their problem (debt saturation just like U.S.). No real plan mind you, just references to leverage and getting money somehow from somewhere to "inject" into debt saturated over leveraged banks and countries, like more of the same would actually help. It won't, more obligations only makes the math worse, not better. Yes, bondholders taking big haircuts, that WILL help, as it means a portion of the debt will go away and the risk takers will get burned, although most of the risk takers we're talking about simply made the money from nothing to begin with, never offering anything real to back it up. Thus the whole game is a central banker illusion.
But in the stupid central banker game, at least Europe is fractured – and that means they are BETTER OFF than the United States. Here, we are collectively too stupid, inept, and bought off to stop the insanity that is our "Fed." While Europe has countries who are willing to draw lines to stop putting their citizens on the hook for other's foolishness, here in the U.S. our central criminals continue to backstop the entire planet – evidently $16 trillion in swaps wasn't nearly enough, now they are talking more. And our central bank is the only one that can get away with making trillions from nothing because we have been too complicit to take action, again on a collective basis.
What can you do? Stop supporting their game. The "markets" as you knew them no longer exist – get over it, but stop feeding the criminals. Their banks and bond markets are their power base – don't put your debt instruments (I mean "money") there to fuel their behavior. Don't vote for politicians who accept money from the banks (something you may not be able to know effectively as they can get money to them in other ways). Don't work in any capacity that fuels their behavior (easier said than done, but I made the transition and so can you).
So, while Europe is a mess, the U.S. is screwed because we're backstopping them and we are too inept to do anything about it. You can act individually, let your conscious be your guide and remember that your life's karma can be either positive or negative for the future of humanity.


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