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Emerson Cole doesn't like the idea of returning to her old high school for her senior year, not after her infamous breakdown in the cafeteria when she was a freshman. But she's gotten smarter now. When she sees people that no one else sees, she makes sure not to talk to them, at least not when anyone else is around.
They're not just any people that Emerson sees—they're ghosts of people from the past. That's what Emerson believes until she meets Michael, someone with similar abilities to her own. He helps her understand that seeing people from the past is just the start of what she can do. And as it turns out, only Emerson can help him save the life of someone he cares deeply about.
But there are other forces out to stop them and to use Emerson's abilities for their own purposes. Will Michael or any of his friends from the mysterious Hourglass organization be able to protect her?
Hourglass is Myra McEntire's debut novel and is an unique mix of paranormal and science fiction. Can't get enough? A sequel, Timepiece, came out last June.


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The Wall Street Journal, the Dollar and the Fed
Today's Wall Street Journal editorial, "The Buck Stops Where?" is the latest in a long series of editorials and articles suggesting the Federal Reserve has been "reckless" to cut interest rates on bank reserves. This story relies heavily on some questionable arguments about the dollar's exchange rate.
Here are some quotes from the editorial followed by my comments:
- "The flight from the dollar has made U.S.-based investments less attractive at a time when the U.S. financial system urgently needs to raise capital."
That is almost backwards. It now costs fewer Euros or yen to buy U.S. shares or build U.S. plants than it did a few months ago, which makes U.S. investments more attractive to foreigners, not less attractive. It is true, however, that if the dollar were expected to fall sharply in the future, then risk of exchange rate losses might discourage foreigners from buying dollar-denominated assets and also encourage U.S. investors to buy foreign securities.
- "If the dollar had merely retained its value against the euro, oil would be in the neighborhood of $70 a barrel. Dollar weakness explains a large part of the oil price surge."
The reason a lower dollar makes oil prices rise is that it makes oil cheaper than it would otherwise be in euro, so Europeans buy more oil than they otherwise would – bidding-up the price (at least in dollars). We can't be sure what would have happened to oil prices if the Fed had kept interest rates on bank reserves high enough to maintain the dollar's value against the euro, because higher U.S. interest rates would have had some adverse effects on the world economy (and therefore on industrial demand for energy). If the euro had been stabilized by cutting ECB interest rates, by contrast, the effect on oil prices would have been much different. The oil price is a ratio of barrels to dollars, which means it is partly real and partly monetary.
- "Exports in goods are being more than offset by the rising cost of oil imports."
Actually, the U.S. current account deficit in fourth quarter was down 12.7% from a year before. Incidentally, purchases of U.S. government securities by foreign central banks were reduced by $148.8 billion last year, while private foreign investments in Treasuries rose by $202.1 billion.
- "Import prices have surged nearly 14% in the last year."
Import prices were up by 13.6% in the 12 months ending in February only because the price of petroleum imports was up by 60.9%. The price of all other imports was up 4.5%. While it makes some sense to blame rising import prices on dollar weakness, it does not make sense to suggest that petroleum prices are uniquely affected by the dollar, unlike most other imports.
There is also some reverse causality--with rising oil prices contributing to a lower dollar and not just the other way around. Rising commodity prices lift the exchange rates of commodity-exporting countries like Canada and Australia, which shows up as a drop in the trade-weighted U.S. dollar.
David Malpass of Bear Stearns is an excellent economist who has supported a strong dollar in several Journal op eds. But Malpass does not argue, as the editorial page does, that a weaker exchange rate is necessarily inflationary. Indeed, one of the graphs in David's December 6 forecast was aptly titled, "Trade-weighted dollar not well-connected to CPI inflation." Even using 3-year trends, there's virtually no connection.
On March 14, the Journal's "Ahead of the Tape" column argued that the Fed is wrong to focus on core inflation, because "inflation is on the rise and energy and food have a lot to do with it."
Should the Fed raise interest rates when world oil prices go up and lower interest rates when oil prices fall?
That is, after all, what it means to say the Fed should base policy on "headline" inflation, including energy prices (and the impact of ethanol subsidies on food prices).
While he was an academic researcher, Ben Bernanke showed that central bank reactions to oil prices have caused or aggravated virtually every postwar recession.
Recessions eventually cause oil prices to fall and central banks to ease aggressively – years after the recession is over (as in 2003-2004), as I noted in "Interest Rates and Dollar Fundamentals" (WSJ Nov. 15, 2007)
What is different this time is mainly a matter of timing – the Fed easing before recession rather than long after. What also appears different, so far, is that the Fed is acting alone, which largely explains the euro's recent strength. Yet the ECB has always followed the Fed, after many months, and probably will again.
The Fed may be at risk of overdoing it, but making that case requires looking at some historical variables (or a model, like John Taylor's) that have a decent track record for predicting inflation.
The trade-weighted dollar has been falling since February 2002, and the price of gold has risen nearly as long. If exchange rates or gold prices could generate reliable forecasts of inflation, then we should have seen escalating inflation for the past six years.

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text: Not all sports tickets cost top dollar - The Vancouver Sun December 4, 200812:00AM PST Previous Next Teams recognize their market niche Ian Walker If you're a typical sports fan -- you know, the kind who worries about gas prices, mortgage payments and the trade deadline, but not necessarily in that order -- chances are good you're already feeling the pinch as the Christmas season draws near. It's the same thing every year. Add a plunging stock market, a steady drumbeat of layoffs, cutbacks and bankruptcies to the mix and more and more "Joe SixPacks" are cheering on their respective teams not from the stands, but the couch. It doesn't have to be this way. There's a plethora of options for Lower Mainland sports enthusiasts looking to spread their dollars further. Even before the economic meltdown, Vancouver-based teams like the United Soccer League's first-division Whitecaps, the Western Hockey League's Giants and the Pacific Northwest League's Canadians were well aware that most fans can't spend several hundred dollars -- and some not even $100 -- to attend a game. "We recognize our niche in the market is with families and keeping it affordable," said Dale Saip, Giants' vice-president of business development. "If hockey is king in Vancouver then we're the crown prince, and we enjoy that role. Our niche has always been providing affordable entertainment." The Giants' most popular promotion is the White Spot Family Pack. Available for any weekend home game -- almost two-thirds of the team's home schedule -- a family of four can enjoy dinner, tickets, parking and a $10 gas coupon for under $100. The first-place Western Conference club is also offering five-game Holiday Packs through December, which include five of the best games on the Giants' post-holiday schedule for $75. But the Giants aren't the only ones. Less expensive still is attending a home game involving one of the region's three B.C. Hockey League teams. Single-game tickets for the Burnaby Express, Langley Chiefs and Surrey Eagles range from a high of $13 for adults to a low of $6 for children. Each team also offers discounted tickets (the Chiefs through Save-On-Foods, the Eagles and Express through Safeway) and a variety of multi-game and family packs. Keeping with hockey, you can catch the UBC Thunderbirds playing in their new arena for $10 for adults, $4 for youths and seniors and $2 for students. The prices are pretty much the same across the board for all university sports in the province. The 2008 USL-1 champion Whitecaps are offering a Holiday Gift Pack, which includes four tickets to any combination of '09 regular-season games for $50 -- more than half off the regular price of $104. Offering a year-round experience is the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame. The inspiring showcase relives the province's sporting moments through galleries and interactive displays that appeal to all ages. The Banner Years is the newest exhibit and offers a look at B.C.'s hockey heritage, including the original Canucks' banners and a giant white towel signed by fans during the Canucks' 1982 Stanley Cup run. In Her Footsteps is another exhibit, focusing on the province's women in sport. The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame offers packages starting at $25 for a family of four and $49 for a family pass, which is good for a whole year. firstname.lastname@example.com THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO STRETCH YOUR SPORTING DOLLAR Vancouver Canucks - 103.5 QM/FM McDonald's Family Nights. Starting at $129, package includes four upper-bowl tickets, two McDonald's Hamburger Happy Meal vouchers, 20 per cent off at the Canucks Team Store and two child admissions to the Vancouver Aquarium. Limited availability. www.canucks.nhl.com Vancouver Giants - White Spot Family Packs. For $89 plus service charges, you get four tickets to a weekend home game, two White Spot burger platters, two White Spot Pirate Paks, a $10 gas coupon from Chevron and a game-night parking pass. Available through Ticketmaster at 604-280-4400. - Five-Game Holiday Packs. For $75 -- including GST and exempt of service charges -- you get a ticket to five of the best games on the team's post-holiday schedule. Available through the Giants' office at 604-444-2687. www.vancouvergiants.com BCHL - Tickets to the three Lower Mainland teams range from a high of $13 for adults to a low of $6 for children. Each team also offers discounted tickets (the Langley Chiefs through Save-On-Foods, the Surrey Eagles and Burnaby Express through Safeway) and a variety of multi-game and family packs. www.bchl.bc.ca B.C. Lions - Season-ticket deposit before Dec. 15 gets you '09 tickets at '08 prices. Early purchase incentives include bonus draw prizes, which include a trip to the '09 Grey Cup in Calgary as well as Eastern and Western road trips. www.vancouverlions.com Vancouver Whitecaps - Holiday Gift Pack. A stocking-stuffer promotion for only $50, which has retail value of $104. Available through the Whitecaps office at 604-669-9283. www.whitecapsfc.com Vancouver Canadians - NatPacks. Ten- or 15-game packs with seats starting at about $8 per ticket. Available through the Cs' office at 604-872-5232. www.canadiansbaseball.com Canadian Inter-university Sport UBC, Simon Fraser University, Trinity Western University - Tickets range from a high of $10 for adults to $2 for students. B.C. Sports Hall of Fame - Two-for-one admission with ticket stub from a Vancouver sporting event. - Family rate of $25 or $49 for year pass. www.bcsportshalloffame.com © The Vancouver Sun 2008 Previous Next


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Caryl Churchill's Abortive is a short radio play first broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 4 February 1971.
Roz and Colin are having a difficult time with sex, largely because of an invisible yet forbidding barrier between them. Roz became pregnant after being raped and had an abortion. Roz is not sure she made the right decision and Colin is not altogether convinced his wife was raped.
The BBC Radio 3 production was directed by John Tydeman, with Prunella Scales as Roz and Dinsdale Landen as Colin.


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SOFTWARE company founder John McAfee has been arrested in Guatemala City for entering the country illegally, a Guatemalan official says.
Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla said McAfee was detained by police at a hotel in an upscale neighbourhood with the help of Interpol agents.
Mr Bonilla said he would seek the expulsion of McAfee from the country due to his illegal entry, Reuters reports.
The Daily Mail UK reports news of McAfee's arrest was first posted on the Facebook account of Robert King, a photographer and videographer from Vice magazine who accompanied McAfee while he escaped to Guatemala from Belize.
Earlier on Wednesday, McAfee said he had formally requested asylum in Guatemala claiming he is being persecuted in Belize, where he is wanted for questioning in the fatal shooting of a neighbour.
McAfee was taken late on Wednesday to an old, three-storey building used to house migrants who enter Guatemala illegally.
The 67-year-old went on the run last month.
McAfee had a series of clashes with neighbours and authorities over allegations he kept aggressive dogs, illegal weapons and drug paraphernalia in his beachfront home on a Belize island.
McAfee has denied any wrongdoing and said he was being persecuted for refusing to donate to local politicians.
He dropped out of sight for weeks after police said they were seeking him, although he grabbed global attention by recounting his life on a blog and regular phone calls with reporters.
He crossed into Guatemala this week and told The Associated Press he formally applied for asylum on Wednesday.
"Yes, we are presenting this, and I want it to be clear, because of the persecution, not because of the murder," he said.
Belizean officials have denied persecuting McAfee, and the country's Prime Minister has said he suspects McAfee is mentally unstable.
Police in Belize say there is no warrant for McAfee's arrest.
Since there are no restrictions on his travels, it's unclear why he would need any special status in order to stay in Guatemala.
McAfee is wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of Gregory Viant Faull, who was shot to death in early November on the Belize island where both men lived.
The creator of the McAfee antivirus program has led an eccentric life since he sold his stake in the anti-virus software company that is named after him in the early 1990s and moved to Belize about three years ago to lower his taxes.
He told The New York Times in 2009 that he had lost all but $US4 million ($A3.84 million) of his $US100 million fortune in the US financial crisis.
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Saturday, February 02, 2008
PB&J for breakfast... but not as a sandwich!
We again used our favorite combination of all-purpose flour and whole wheat pastry flour to keep the muffins light, yet give them a little more nutrition - but as always, you could just use all-purpose if needed. With just a half cup of sugar for the recipe, we felt that the muffins were just barely sweet enough - which was actually good for us, however if you like your muffins fairly sweet, I would suggest sprinkling some crunchy raw turbinado sugar before baking on top rather than adding more sugar to the batter.
You have options for the filling - once half of the batter is spooned into the muffin tins, you could add a dollop of strawberry, grape or raspberry jam (or whatever flavor you think would go well with peanut butter). We opted for raspberry simply because we already had half a jar open in the fridge (now if I had an open jar of Nutella it would be another story!). With a filling like this, I wouldn't suggest trying to tell doneness by a toothpick - just lightly press on the center and if the muffin top springs back, they are done!
Even though the muffins have a strong peanut butter aroma, the flavor is actually quite mild. This allowed the hidden raspberry pocket to come through, yet not totally overtake the nutty flavor. I wouldn't call these muffins dense, but with the heavy peanut butter, they are not light as air either - pretty hearty and filling though!
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The muffins look good Joe!ReplyDelete
I made peanut butter muffins a couple weeks ago and my son and husband also liked it a lot. However, whenever I try PB muffins I find them to be a little crumbly (almost on the dry side, although they were kind of moist inside). Was your like that too?
We put chocolate chips on ours, ad my son wanted to try that instead of jam, and the flavors were actually quite good together. Just as you mentioned, with a nice pb aroma, but very subtle flavor.
I'd like to try this recipe using my favorite...black raspberry!ReplyDelete
I rarely have much luck with peanut butter muffins--usually they turn out very dry and dense.ReplyDelete
Mind you these make me want to try making some again...
They're too cute. I wanted peanut butter too so I made Peanut butter CCC. I'll have to try these someday.ReplyDelete
Weird - I made these, too (see post on my blog) last week and did what you did - substituted some of the flour for white whole wheat - and, like Ana, they were dry about 3-4 hours after they'd cooled. Any tips on making them moister?ReplyDelete
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Hi, Joe. (BTW, Congrats on the Lasik!!!)ReplyDelete
I made these muffins when I was living in Vancouver. I liked them, but they definitely needed more sugar, and I also used a heaping half cup of PB (which still didn't have enough PB flavor for me). I need to make these again soon because I did like them a lot...just with modifications. My ideal version of these muffins would definitely not be found in CL, though. :)
Ana - I froze these the same day, so I'm not sure if they would eventually become crumbly. They defrosted quite well in fact and were not dry!ReplyDelete
Jep - drool! Black raspberry sounds fantastic!
Jasmine - yes, the peanut butter is fairly heavy!
Helene - Thanks!
Cyndi - Did you make this exact same recipe? I didn't notice them drying out as I replied to Ana - I also used whole wheat pastry flour.
Mindy - yeah, the PB flavor could have certainly been boosted a bit!
Hi Joe!ReplyDelete
I also froze mine right after they were cooled, and even when reheated they were sort of crumbly as we ate them.
Both my husband and son really enjoyed the flavors though!
But my son commented on the crumbly factor too. The second muffin he had he broke up in a little bowl and added milk to it. It was a "muffin mush", but it turned out reeeeeally yummy!!
Yum! My 3 boys helped me make these for breakfast this morning. I was going to take some pictures, but they ate them so quickly! They were delicious and have been added to our breakfast "rotation".ReplyDelete
We made them with homemade strawberry jam! Yum!
Ooh, I would really like to make these with Nutella...brilliant idea & thanks for posting!ReplyDelete


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For Cubs, patience and positivity are key
Team may not click in Wrigley's celebration season, but talent is on way
CHICAGO -- Stay positive. Under all circumstances, just keep staying positive.
Ryne Sandberg said that was his mantra when he played for the Cubs, and it worked. Well, it did in 1984 and '89, anyway.
Every year when Opening Day rolled around, Sandberg pulled on his Cubs jersey, walked out to face the ivy and in that short walk to the dugout dreamed big dreams.
"This is going to be the year,'" Sandberg said. "I thought that every single year, every Opening Day I played in, that was going to be the year, regardless of who was on the roster, who my teammates were. That was the mentality I had, just hoping to get to postseason every year, and it all started with Opening Day."
Sandberg was sitting in the visiting dugout at Wrigley Field when he met with reporters on a frigid Friday morning. He would later join Cubs Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Fergie Jenkins and Billy Williams in throwing out a ceremonial first pitch before the game, which marked the start of the ballpark's centennial celebration, but his real purpose was to lead the Phillies to a victory over the team he had represented so well as a player.
Mission accomplished. Chase Utley's two-run homer was the big blow in a 7-2 win for the Phillies, who -- with the third-oldest roster in the Major Leagues -- are the antithesis of these Cubs.
Rick Renteria, hired both for his upbeat personality and his reputation for developing young players, said afterward it was "awesome" to get rolling on his new job before 38,283 fans at Wrigley Field. He's had a lot of firsts in the last couple of months, including the season-opening series in Pittsburgh, where the Cubs won one and lost two.
Those who have been around Renteria this spring say there's no doubting his enthusiasm and energy. But like Dale Sveum before him, he's managing a transition roster filled with veterans who fell through cracks elsewhere, few of whom are likely to be lining up along the third-base line for introductions once the Cubs have become a consistent contender.
Those guys are, for the most part, still in the pipeline on teams like Triple-A Iowa, Double-A Tennessee and Class A Daytona or in the team's monstrous scouting database. The Cubs lost 101 games in 2011 and only five fewer last season, but under Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod, they seem to have worked wonders with the farm system.
While the Cubs' 2014 season is being billed as "the party of the century," an ode to the season-long celebration of Wrigley Field's 100th birthday, few believe the team can avoid more labor pains in trying to deliver a consistent contender.
"Obviously it's been a long time [waiting] for a title, with that is the [need for] patience," said Hoyer, the general manager. "But people want to be here Opening Day and be watching a team they could be buying playoff tickets for. They wouldn't be fans if they didn't do that. I expect the fans to want that possibly sooner than we can provide it. But I feel really good about where the organization is. Spring Training showed a lot of our young talent, and I think we're certainly getting there on the right track. I think very soon we'll be sitting here on Opening Day talking about a team that can play deep into October."
Not much went right for the Cubs in the home opener. The Phillies even found a way to cool off Emilio Bonifacio, who had collected 11 hits in the three-game series in Pittsburgh.
Before Bonifacio strung together four-hit, five-hit and two-hit games at PNC Park, no player since 1900 had generated as many as 11 hits in their first three games with new teams. Only the Philadelphia Athletics' Nap Lajoie and the Dodgers' McKay Christensen had 10 hits in their first three games.
Imagine the excitement to get such an outburst from the 28-year-old Bonifacio, whom the Cubs signed after he was released on Feb. 10. The Royals needed a spot for lefty Bruce Chen, who they had re-signed.
"It was a real big confusion," Bonifacio said. "I was in Venezuela, playing the Caribbean Series, and I got no communication [from the Royals]. Then I received a call from my agent. It was confusing. But something I can't do anything about. I'm glad the Cubs picked me. I'm glad to be here."
Bonifacio is the type of "undervalued asset," to use the language of Epstein and Hoyer, that the Cubs have been trying to stack their roster with over the last three seasons. He is a switch-hitter and has already started games at second base and center field, with lots of other tricks in his repertoire.
"We felt like he was sort of miscast in the American League," Hoyer said. "He's a real good National League player, a guy who can do a lot of different things, play different positions, lead off, pinch-run. You need those guys to have a good bench in the National League. For us, having him in [AL cities] like Toronto and Kansas City, I think was a little bit of a waste of what he can do well on a baseball field. I think it gives Rick Renteria and the coaching staff a lot of different weapons within the same player."
Bonifacio, who hit leadoff, was 0-for-3 against winning pitcher Roberto Hernandez and worked a walk from reliever Antonio Bastardo. He did a nice job battling heavy winds (23 mph with stronger gusts) on a 38-degree day, making a nice catch rubbing against the ivy on a drive by Ryan Howard, but in general had a back-to-reality day.
Bonifacio will still feel pretty good when he gets to Wrigley on Saturday, however, as his batting average dropped down to a mere .579. For him, it should be a snap to think positive.


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Barnes & Noble, the largest US bookstore chain, officially filed to spin off its higher education arm into its own company.
The decision allows for the bookseller to separate the successful Barnes & Noble College division, which operates more than 700 college bookstores nationwide, from the otherwise struggling chain. Over the past five years, Barnes & Noble College sales have held steady at around $1.75 billion annually, while total sales have fallen more than a billion dollars from 2012 to $6.07 billion this year, according to the company's SEC filings.
Spinning off the college branch, which will be called Barnes & Noble Education, allows for the successful subsidiary to continue to expand and remain an attractive investment to investors who would otherwise be wary of the financial burdens of the parent company, or what CEO Michael Huseby calls an "industry-leading, pure-play public company."
But the source of Barnes & Noble's college divisions success is the well-chronicled exploitative practices of college bookstores and textbook publishing companies, whose books routinely cost hundreds of dollars, with some price tags even making their way into the four digits. As The Atlantic has noted, the price of college textbooks has risen by more than 800% since 1978, outpacing even the skyrocketing cost of college tuition.
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End of Product Life Cycle: Overview
Products reach the end of their Product Life Cycle for a number of reasons. These reasons may be due to market demands, technology innovation and development driving changes in the product, or the products simply mature over time and are replaced by functionally richer technology. While this is an established part of the overall product life cycle, Cisco Systems recognizes that end-of-life milestones often prompt companies to review the way in which such end-of-sale and end-of-life milestones impact the Cisco products in their networks. With that in mind, we have set out below Cisco's end-of-life policy to help customers better manage their end-of-life transition and to understand the role that Cisco can play in helping to migrate to alternative Cisco platforms and technology.
The End of Life Policy only applies to End of Life and End of Sale announcements made in all Theaters on or after November 30, 2002 for all Cisco product lines. The Policy does not apply to product that is already subject to an End of Life and/or End of Sale announcement.
The general policy guidelines are:
- As a general rule, Cisco will provide 6 months' notice of the affected product's end-of-sale date and/or the last day when the affected product can be ordered. This notice will appear on the Cisco.com site at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html and we encourage you to visit this site regularly as it contains useful information regarding Cisco's end-of-life program. Sign up at the Cisco Notification Service to receive notifications.
- Access to Cisco's Technical Assistance Center (TAC) will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a period of 5 years from the end-of-sale date for hardware and operating system software issues and for a period of 3 years from the end-of-sale date for application software issues.
- Spares or replacement parts for hardware will be available for a period of 5 years from the end-of-sale date. We will provide spares and replacement parts in accordance with our Return Materials Authorization (RMA) process.
- Software support will be as follows:
- For the first year following the end-of-sale date, we will provide bug fixes, maintenance releases, work arounds, or patches for critical bugs reported via the TAC or Cisco.com Web site.
- After the first year and for Operating System SW -where available- we will provide bug fixes, maintenance releases, workarounds or patches for a period of 4 years for operating system software. Bear in mind that it may be necessary to use software upgrade release to correct a reported problem.
- After the first year and for Application SW -where available - we will provide bug fixes, maintenance releases, workarounds or patches for a period of 2 years for application software. Bear in mind that it may be necessary to use software upgrade release to correct a reported problem.
- You will need to ensure that you have a current and fully paid support contract with Cisco. Please contact your Support Account Manager regarding fees payable during the end-of-life period so that we can support you right through the end-of-life transition period.
- Below are guidelines that should be followed to ensure that you receive effective support for the affected products within your network:
- For hardware or software that is not covered under a service contract, customers may add the product(s) to a current contract or purchase a new contract until 12 months after the end-of-sale date.
- Service contracts that have not been renewed or have lapsed after 12 months of end-of-sale date are not re-newable.
- Renewal of your service contract will generally be available until the last year of support, but will not extend beyond the last date of support.
The end-of-life milestones and Cisco commitments are presented in Table 1.
|Table 1. Standard Guideline for End-of-Life Milestones
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|Add or attach new service contracts
|Renew service contracts – for HW & Operating System SW
|Hardware Repair or Replacement
|Customer Service and Support of HW & Operating System SW (TAC access & support)
|Application Software maintenance support
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|Renew service contracts – for Application SW
|Customer Service and Support of Application SW
(TAC access & support)
Here is an explanation of some of the terms that we have used in this notice:
End of Product Life Cycle: A process that guides the final business operations associated with the product life cycle. The end-of-life process consists of a series of technical and business milestones and activities that, once completed, make a product obsolete. Once obsolete, the product is not sold, manufactured, improved, repaired, maintained, or supported.
End-of-sale date: The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale.
Hardware: The physical product and its physical components.
Operating System Software: Cisco operating system software that runs on Cisco hardware Application software: Cisco software that requires the presence of some non-Cisco operating system software.
Software Maintenance support: The time period that Cisco may release any software maintenance releases or bug fixes to the software product. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.


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Facebook is completely rolling out its Facebook Gifts in time for Christmas and Hanukkah gift-giving, according to the social network today.
And if you aren't willing to shell out for cupcakes or booze, but want to feel good about the coming season of commercialization, you can donate to charity. From Facebook:
Starting today, Facebook Gifts is available to everyone in the U.S. . . . You can also make charitable contributions to one of our non-profit partners, such as Blue Star Families, Girls Inc., or Donor's Choose, in celebration of a friend or family member. And starting today, you can donate to the Robin Hood Foundation's Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
Facebook's gifts tend to be heavily about food and especially sweets, although there is a "Bacon of the Month" gift. The social network has made the holiday season even less special by enabling users to choose colors, styles and sometimes even flavors. Still, Facebook has blessed us all with low-effort gift-giving that can be done via mobile phone or through a desktop computer. Don't ignore the mobile part, because we believe this is all a way to increase Facebook's mobile commerce and boost its stock price.
But as AllThingsD pointed out, Facebook Gifts can be all about the wine (over 21, of course.) Sixteen different vintners are offering their wares on Facebook, including Robert Mondavi and Bonterra Vineyards. However, we cannot stress enough the dangers of drinking and posting on Facebook.


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College Paper Says Students Harassed by Anti-Abortion 'Propaganda'
Editors at Boise State University's student-run newspaper claim that students at the school were harassed by Living Waters ministry volunteers passing out free DVDs of the pro-life documentary "180" two weeks ago.
Boise State was one of more than 100 universities throughout the U.S., Canada and New Zealand where teams of pro-life advocates distributed about 200,000 copies of the film on Oct. 25. The DVDs were handed out one-by-one usually in areas already designated for the exchange of information such as campus quads, walkways, and in some cases, on the campus perimeter.
Produced by Living Waters ministry and its founder Ray Comfort, the dramatic 33-minute film released one month ago has been viewed nearly 1.5 million times at 180Movie.com and YouTube.
The editors of school's paper, called "The Arbiter," published an editorial online on Monday, with the headline: "We will not tolerate harassment."
After stating its support for the First Amendment, the college paper claimed that although students normally view information "thrust in students' faces" on campus as just an "annoyance," students "who pay to grace this campus with our genius should not have to tolerate harassment."
The editorial continued, "The cover of the DVD had nothing on it but testimonies of its greatness and a 180 logo. But students who watched the 33-minute film were exposed to horrific images of aborted fetuses and naked corpses piled on top of each other as aftermath of the Holocaust.
"The message (unsuccessfully) linked the Holocaust to abortion in an attempt to deliver a pro-life message. It is clearly propaganda."
Comfort told The Christian Post that after reading the paper's editorial he was the first one to respond in the comments section.
Comfort wrote, "I noticed that you don't have much support here, so I thought I would leave a comment so that you don't feel alone. We have had a wonderful response to '180' with 1.4 million views on 180movie.com.
"Please watch it again, and you will see that there are no 'horrific images of aborted fetuses.' You also said there were 'naked corpses piled on top of each other.' We blurred those images so that people wouldn't be offended. I apologize if those who gave away the free DVD's were pushy."
In the video, Comfort captures the responses of young adults to a series of questions from him, who begins by asking whether they know who Adolf Hitler is and the fact that he sanctioned the killing of 11 million people.
While talking to several people who have a pro-abortion stance, Comfort then transitions from talk about lives lost in the Holocaust to lives lost as the result of abortions in the United States. In the video, it is quite apparent those interviewed change their opinion on abortion.
There is a warning label on the film's website and DVD case that states, "Public Advisory – Graphic Content."
"It's not propaganda. It is simple and logical 'reason' about the most important issues in life – legalized killing of the unborn and God's offer of eternal salvation," Comfort said.
The editorial staff also argued in the piece that it didn't matter "whether a student is pro-life or pro-choice."
"What matters is that students who watched the movie were upset about the way the message was shoved down their throats. Several students have complained to The Arbiter that they felt the people handing out the DVDs were too pushy, even at times following the student for a few feet or referring to the YouTube website after the student already refused it."
The editorial concludes by stating that the school paper's editors feel "the situation with the '180' documentary" was one of harassment and that students "deserve more respect than that."
Ministry leader Shawn Holes, who led the distribution at the campus, said that the team's main goal was to inform people of what is happening to babies every day.
"We were respectful, Christ-like, and well within the boundaries in regards to any laws," Holes said.
When asked about the negative reaction from students who felt they were misled into believing the film was entirely about the Holocaust and not abortion, Comfort said, "I suspect that the irritation felt by people who are pro-abortion is in truth, the stirring of a tormented conscience."
The Arbiter's student editor could not be reached for comment at time of publication.


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TAP, through its new partnership with Azul, provides passengers with a free shuttle service between Viracopos (Campinas) airport and Sao Paulo.
The service, which used to be in a TAP vehicle, now uses an Azul bus and it is subject to availability.
The change means passengers have more places where they can get on and off. Apart from Congonhas airport as always, there are also going to be stops at the Barra Funda Terminal and the Eldorado and Tamboré shopping centres.
No advance reservations are needed to use this service, you just need to:
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- Show your TAP electronic ticket or proof of the journey.


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DEMEC – 3rd Developing Excellence in Medical Education conference' has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 9 category 1 (external) CPD credit(s).
Monday – 5 credits
Tuesday – 4 credits
DEMEC – 3rd Developing Excellence in Medical Education conference' has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 9 category 1 (external) CPD credit(s).
Monday – 5 credits
Tuesday – 4 credits
Click here for a Consultation on a Federation of Healthcare Educators
DEMEC – 2nd Developing Excellence in Medical Education' has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 9 category 1 (external) CPD credit(s).
Programme and details will be updated soon.
Download the DEMEC 2017 flyer here
Thank you to everyone who voted for the "People's Choice" Best Poster in Category at this year's DEMEC conference (2015). The winners are viewable on the Posters page
The DEMEC 2015 conference is now fully booked.
The deadline for abstract submissions for poster display has now passed and we are no longer allowing any more submissions. Thank you.
Abstract submissions for poster display covering any topics relevant to medical education and training and related healthcare training and education will no longer be considered.
We are pleased to confirm the key speakers for the Developing Excellence in Medical Education Conference 2015.
Details are available on our Programme Page
The General Medical Council has developed the Generic Professional Capabilities (GPC) framework in partnership with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges to ensure that doctors in specialty training develop holistically as responsible professionals.
The framework will be relevant at all levels of medical training and practice, from medical student to consultant.
The time available for training within the NHS is under major pressure due to the need to meet ever increasing service demand. Whilst much valuable learning can take place at the same time as providing service, to do so effectively increasingly requires a different approach.
In this session, we will present several novel ways to do just this. These will include multiprofessional working between doctors and Prescribing Pharmacists, a collaborative 'virtual' model for on-call trainees in Radiology, joint approaches to training between vascular surgery and radiology trainees, Quality Improvement training sharing a digital platform with cross-organisation collaboration and the increasingly popular 'Boot Camps' in Surgery which bring some unexpected benefits.
Delegates will be able to see the principles of all of these initiatives and understand how these can be adapted to their own training needs.
This session is intended to allow GP educators to explore two educational toolkits used across HEE NW to improve re-sit trainees pass rates in the AKT(Applied Knowledge Test) and CSA(Clinical Skills Assessment) components of the licensing GP examination(MRCGP). In order to support these trainees in the CSA, a dedicated group of educators was formed and trained. The group used a specifically designed educational tool to analyse trainee developmental needs and form the basis of a subsequent triadic tutorial with the trainee and their educational supervisor. In the AKT, very specific reasons why candidates fail were identified and an online resource designed to support a stepwise approach to preparing and passing the AKT. The AKT package was used with several cohorts of serial AKT re-sits and produced very encouraging results which proved to be directly linked to engagement with the package. Delegates will be given the opportunity to explore both the AKT package and the CSA Tool in order to analyse learning needs and plan some educational strategies using a number of case studies. The interactive format will also allow discussion concerning the concurrent use of both toolkits in order to prevent MRCGP re-sits.
Trainees in all areas of the NHS are currently under huge pressures to maximise their educational opportunities at the same time as both they and their supervisors are facing relentless service demand. Supporting these doctors in training is one of the most important functions of Health Education England and over the last year there have been several initiatives to improve this support and reduce attrition.
This session will explore the factors which contribute to individual trainee difficulties and outline a variety of ways to address these.
Several different approaches will be described in this session-including trainee's peer mentoring, bespoke trainee risk assessments, translating research in this area into practice and demonstrating the utility of a dedicated trainee support lead for a specialty school.
Delegates will be able to appreciate the range of strategies available which are very likely to be applicable to their own trainees and challenges.
This session focuses on new simulation based education (SBE) technologies and their application and how they could potentially revolutionise healthcare education. The presentations include an evaluation of new "wearable" systems, an e-learning programme for pathology, cadaveric gynaecological based training, an in-situ programme for paediatrics and the experience of setting up a new virtual training school. All presenters are Professorial level and are experts in the field of SBE and technology enhanced learning and the session will explore personal and organisational issues surrounding the introduction of sustainable SBE programmes based upon new ideas and platforms.
In this session three examples of new working paradigms will be presented and discussed:
The Deloittes Leadership and Transformation Fellowship, developed in partnership with the Royal College of Anaesthetists & HEE, is designed to equip senior clinicians with leadership skills for both local and system-wide transformation. Discussions will centre on the fellow's experience in the industry placement, their management and leadership skills development and the outcome of a major service improvement project undertaken during the role.
The Medical Education Fellowship in Anaesthesia PA(A) project aims to support the integration of the Physicians Assistants in Anaesthesia (PA(A) workforce into multi-professional anaesthesia delivery. They are an established group of healthcare professionals assisting in the delivery of anaesthesia under the supervision of medical consultants. Their scope of practice presently varies from non-theatre sedation to general anaesthesia, tailored to local needs. Discussions will consider the output of the role.
The chief registrar programme was developed by the Royal College of Physicians following The Future Hospital report. A number of these roles have been developed across the U.K. The discussion will focus on the how, since their inception, they have made an impact on local services, improving patient flow and quality of care.
Career progress in the field of clinical education is rarely clear and straightforward. The aim of this session is to promote and enhance careers in medical, dental and veterinary education. We will look at the ways in which individuals can harness formal and informal networks, engage in scholarship, and seek out structures and career pathways to help them develop a rewarding and worthwhile career in an exciting but still professionalising field. Facilitators and delegates will share practical experiences, insights and advice on developing careers in medical, dental and veterinary education leadership, management, research and practice. We will outline some of the ways in which medical, dental and veterinary educators can achieve recognition for their skills and commitment, and will assist delegates to produce their own career plans.
An exciting session on educational scholarship and faculty management will focus down onto 3 broad themes for the 90-minute workshop.
a. Improving Integrated academic-clinical training (IACT):
i. What do trainees and other stakeholders think about the current state of integrated academic-clinical training (IACT) for doctors and dentists. How can we use qualitative research findings to further refine and improve this successful initiative?
ii. What can we change through the Shape of Training initiative, to assure and develop IACT?
b. Cutting teeth – academic publications for the enthused educator:
i. Turning small educational projects into publishable research
c. Faculty management:
i. Using educational theories to develop effective training interventions to improve clinical performance
ii. Transfer of learning: the challenge for health professions education to improve performance and care.
This session will focus on current issues in undergraduate medicine.
The first workshop will investigate current initiatives aimed at selecting those applicants to medical school who have the potential to become excellent doctors in the future. It will consider the evidence that Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs) and Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) differentiate usefully and accurately between candidates and offer advice on how to create effective SJT scenarios and MMI stations.
It will them move to the undergraduate curriculum and using an example from a medical Royal College (RCPCH) reflect upon how the College engaged with the Regulator, students and academics to develop a child health curriculum found helpful and engaging by medical schools.
Professionalism and fitness to practise are key attributes for medical students. The joint GMC/MSC guidance published in 2016 has been supplemented by additional resources for medical schools and students and this will be explored in the session.
Finally the workshop will consider the GMC's plans to develop a Medical Licensing Assessment in the light of feedback to its consultation in Spring 2017. The responses are being analysed as this programme is being developed but the meeting will provide an opportunity to explore ways forward.
From August 2016 the North West of England Foundation School piloted Longitudinal Integrated Foundation Training (LIFT) for newly qualified doctors. This was a collaborative quality improvement Innovative between Foundation Trainees, Supervisors, Health Education England, and partnering Local Education Providers; to enhance professionalism and patient centeredness and care. In LIFT the trainees accompany the General Practitioner's (GP) panel of patients' across the health care system. This increased exposure to primary care, with its consequent role modelling, is expected to enhance recruitment in primary care. In this interactive workshop we will share the many lessons learnt from LIFT, and explore with you how you can translate this learning to your own area of medical education.
A workshop led by the General Medical Council and COGPED
Differential attainment refers to the differing levels of educational achievement between demographic groups. The Equality Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against people on the basis of their membership of a group with a protected characteristic, and provides a framework for taking positive action to support groups at risk. This workshop will share understanding about the importance of addressing differences in attainment, and share ideas and practice about how to identify and support trainees in the context of their demography. It will explore barriers to and enablers of progression, including access to curriculum, fairness, opportunities for flexibility in training, unconscious bias and cultural factors as well as a number of possible interventions. These include promoting cultural intelligence for educators, delivery of the curriculum and one area's programme of Closing the Gap.
The workshop will be interactive and allow delegates to discuss and express their opinions and experiences. This should allow delegates to develop more confidence in delivering effective support to their trainees.
This interactive session, delivered by two members of the team from the Collaboration for the Advancement of Medical Education Research and Assessment (CAMERA) Team at Plymouth University, will explore the increasing attention given to remediation and the impact that this has on individuals who go through the process.
The session will examine the current approaches used across the UK in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education settings and consider the impact that structured revalidation, as mandated by the General Medical Council has on individuals. We will also consider some of the research and educational principles relating to professional identity formation at different stages of career development.
Participants will then be invited in groups to discuss remediation processes within their own organisations and to consider how these process may impact on learners who are involved in the process.
Finally, we will consider the idea of identity disruption and invite discussion about how this can be tackled as part of a holistic approach to remediation.
Much attention has been paid to the management of underperformance among trainees in postgraduate medical education. However, underperformance among supervising faculty, although less commonly highlighted in the literature, has important implications to good quality training. In this workshop, we will be discussing the symptoms of underperformance with clinical and educational supervision and how we could recognize, prioritize and manage concerns that could be due to the supervisor.
Symptoms of poor educational supervision may range from unhappy trainees to suboptimal patient care. What presents as an underperforming trainee issue may in fact be attributable to the supervising faculty, although hard to prove and even harder to tackle. Information may sometimes be gathered from trainee feedback surveys and quality visits. Solutions may require the necessary engagement of stakeholders from within the training program and the employing institution.
The chairs of this session have collaborated in the past in managing complicated issues with learning environment and trainee underperformance. We will work through some case scenarios from our own experiences and encourage participants to share theirs. Finally, we will attempt to identify possible strategies for dealing with these issues in the most effective manner.
This workshop considers the early identification of trainees who could benefit from additional support so they can successfully complete their training without the need for any additional training time. We will do this by discussing a method of identifying trainees which is based on the results from a quantitative research project. This work allowed the development of 'In Training Assessment Profiler' (iTAP). iTAP has the potential of being a cost-effective evidence based method that can be used across different specialties. It is currently being used in general practice training.
We will also discuss why these trainees might have difficulty in progressing with their training. While it is accepted that many trainees who have difficulty in progressing come from particular demographics, such as not being a UK graduate, this workshop challenges the notion that demography is needed to identify these trainees and tools such as iTAP allows us to identify these trainees without the use of demography. These are complex issues but this workshop will allow participants to discuss these issues.
As medical educators, we are expected to ensure that trainees develop the right values. This can be difficult to teach, and experience suggests that trainees may be uncomfortable with the topic when they feel their own personal values are already sound. A simple free tool is introduced which can be used with trainees alone or in a group, to explore their own personal values in an engaging and non-threatening manner. This workshop will allow participants to undertake the tool themselves, and discuss options for its use in practice
Starting with a brief overview of the national priorities, drivers and initiatives the session will then follow a journey across some of HEE's local GP teams and through the continuum of initiatives to enhance recruitment into GP Specialty Training. Each HEE office has its own ways of attracting GP trainees: wonderful location, innovative training or marketing strategies. Some of these will be shared explored with an opportunity to contribute to further innovations. The workshop will then share experiences including clinical leadership in commissioning roles and explore how to best engage GPs to remain in a locality beyond training. These experiences will highlight inter professional relationships and the relevance of different professions' cultural awareness and maturity. The session will then consider 2-year complex analysis of training programmes suggesting changes in the breadth and balance of programmes that might make them both more attractive and better preparation for GP careers.
It is hoped that the session will bring together GP educators and others involved in recruiting into Primary Care and ensuring a sufficient and sustainable workforce, to share experiences and good practice, to also share what has not worked and also to brain-storm further initiatives.
This session will contain a number of presentations looking at different aspects of the primary care workforce and its education and development, and will include Medical Assistants in General Practice, using Training Hubs to help Practice Nurse recruitment, and an example of inter-professional learning between GP Registrars & pre-registration Community Pharmacists, followed by questions and hopefully sharing of examples of good practice from the audience
Traditional career pathways in defined specialty areas are well established and described with plentiful information from Medical Royal Colleges and Specialist societies. However for those doctors that are less certain, may require additional support or advice or are not in training posts advice is harder to come by and requires a different knowledge base. This session aims to explore other options and how these may be delivered individually as well as supporting system wide change to support this work whilst valuing the entirety of our work force.
Areas that will be explored are detailed individual careers advice particularly for non- training grades of doctors- including consultants, maximising support including different methods of delivering careers advice, implementing a four nation careers strategy and supporting an equal and diverse workforce, the latter being particularly relevant with regards to the issue of differential attainment.
The GMC defines "Educators" as individuals involved in teaching, training, assessing and supervising learners in the course of their daily clinical practice; and that these educators should be trained and appraised to reflect their education responsibilities.
Alison Cooper & Liz Spencer will discuss the definitions of "faculty" and the various models of educating the educators from informal department conversations to regional and national faculty development / Train the Trainer courses.
Suzi Ceasar will discuss the variation in the reported benefits of medical appraisal for revalidation. Appraisal should be a formative and developmental experience that is valuable to the individual doctor in facilitating self-reflection and planning quality improvements across the whole scope of work. Doctors deserve well trained appraisers and the right resources and support to make valuable appraisals a reality.
If the benefit of appraisal is related to the skills of the appraiser – what are those skills and how are we educating the appraisers?
In this session there will be very brief presentations by the speakers and then round table discussions addressing the questions….how to develop faculty and appraisers, do we have a language to discuss quality improvement?
The Annual Review of Competence Progression (ARCP) is the formal method by which a trainee's progression through their training programme is monitored and recorded. Consistent and high quality processes to manage ARCPs are crucial in order to ensure fair outcomes for trainees and robust decision making for ARCP panels. This interactive workshop will share insight into improving the quality of the ARCP process and invite attendees to share their own insights.
Reviewing and Enhancing Assessment
Share the purpose and early findings of a review of the ARCP process undertaken by HEE with key partners and explore the implications of the findings and possible future recommendations.
What does the College ever do for Quality Managing ARCPs?
Share the RCGPs revised QM processes the RCGP follows, their effectiveness with the opportunity for participants to reflect upon their experience of ARCPs and feedback on what would make the RCGP QM more effective in supporting deaneries and HEE local offices enabling a fair and robust system for ARCPs.
ARCP Appeals: How they work and how to avoid them
Presentation of anonymised accounts of ARCP appeals and discussion of how to collect information for ARCPs to ensure that outcomes may be correctly applied
General Internal Medicine ARCP process – auditing for high quality decision making
Explores local auditing process used to ensure e-portfolio evidence matches outcomes awarded for GIM ARCPs, including practical tools and tips for ensuring robust ARCP decision making.
This session brings together a plethora of initiatives across a variety of clinical settings that have successfully developed and implemented collaborative approaches to multiprofessional training. Speakers will discuss barriers and solutions to multiprofessional training and focus on resources involved and outcomes achieved, both in terms of educational goals and health-care delivery. This will include discussion of programmes for an interprofessional workforce in medicine, surgery and beyond with identification of mechanisms to improve patient safety as well as support networks and feedback strategies for trainees from different disciplines.
The session promises to incorporate a mixture of examples of good practice and interactive group discussion, facilitated by leaders in the field. Speakers include Heads of School and Postgraduate Deans with a wealth of expertise in the development and delivery of blended educational programmes.


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Carl Sagan once said: 'The desire to be connected with the cosmos, reflects a profound reality. But we are connected; not in the trivial ways that Astrology promises, but in the deepest ways.'
I have a simple question for the community. Does anyone think Astrology is a pile of utter nonsense, or are there people who would disagree with the above quote? I just want your opinion :D
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It's nonsense! It's just a substitute for religion since some people don't go to church anymore because they disagree with it. However, they don't want to give up believing in some supernatural stuff.
It really is nonsense!
I suppose Tarot cards and palm readers should be placed on the chopping block next. People's willingness to believe absolute bullshit is troubling.
It's certainly a pile of something.
This is probably the definitive site on the subject of astrology. If you want a good laugh reading a bunch of easy digestible articles trashing stupid astrologers and their silly beliefs, you better look elsewhere. But for those really interested in the subject and have a lot of time, you might want to bookmark it: http://www.astrology-and-science.com/
Probably start here: http://www.astrology-and-science.com/a-pass1.htm
I really appreciate all the comments and links you've all posted :D
Good show folks.
And what about people who believe in the 'properties' of 'special' stones?
Some people wear stones, like topaz for example, in order to stop 'negative thoughts or conversation.'
Now I'm not wearing my topaz necklace, so please, feel free to be negative in your view point..
If anyone wants to send me large diamonds, I will be quite happy to test their properties. The ability to be converted into large amounts of cash would probably be one of the first experiments, though I can always use more earrings :-)
One good thing about astrology, from the development of this, genuine science began.
People began questioning what the church told them. Some folks wanted to find answers
and began experimenting. But, it was just the beginning. The church pushed back. Astrologists
were allowed to practice to a certain extent, but had to hide from the Catholic Church. So, it
does not signify if someone believes it. I'm cool.
Heathern Mary
There is not much believing involved in what Sagan said and meant by that. It is a matter of fact.
To understand what Sagan is saying, you need to have watched Cosmos, as this video is taken from that 13 hour long documentary.
When he says 'connected' and 'deep', he is talking about the very fact that we are made from the materials that were.. lets say, regurgitated by long dead stars. We are made from the heavy materials they produced. That is why he says "We are connected, not in the trivial way that astrology brings, but in the deepest ways."
Its quite poetic when you think about. Astronomy determines we are made from the stars themselves, where as Astrology says that stars, thousands of light years away some how influence our personality.
Personally I disagree. I don't believe it's subjective 'drivel', in fact I think it shows the poetry of science, and its utter elegance. As Carl Sagan once said, 'We are made of Star stuff.'
Yes really.
You're probably not the romantic type. That is fine. Yet what Sagan meant of course is indeed that we share the components from the periodic table, which is not obvious or trivial in the least. But much more than that is implied. The fact that the Universe has the properties it has to be able to produce a periodic table and complex chemistry in the first place. Which also isn't obvious or trivial in the least. But beyond that. Way beyond that.
From a materialist-determinist, which is what most atheists claim to be, point of view, all the lives must, at least theoretically, be predictable. So why should it suprise anyone that there are indicators for predicting the course of events?
Stripped of all the hype and jargon, Astrology is pattern matching. Is it accurate? Only one way to find out. Study how the patterns are matched according to it, apply the technique to some well known people and their known life events and see if you find it a good enough tool to apply it to others.
As a sceptic who followed the procedure a few decades ago, I was quite suprised to discover that the technique I used (for there are several systems of astrology) did an excellent job. However, I lost interest in it, since it takes a lot of time and effort to take all relevant "effects" into consideration and make a prediction and there is nothing anyone can do to change it anyway.


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Going big on Teddy
By Neal A. Shipman
Farmer Editor
Marty Mulder's love affair with Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, started quite by accident. And he has turned that love affair into a hugely successful motel in Watford City, which bears Roosevelt's name.
"My wife, Crystal, and I bought the Watford Inn, a 50-unit motel, back in 1989," states Mulder. "We decided then to rename the motel as the Roosevelt Inn and try to capture more tourism business."
At that time, according to Mulder, everyone seemed to be pushing Medora and the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park as vacation destinations. He hoped that by renaming the motel as the Roosevelt Inn, they could tie into the tourism traffic.
"With the Roosevelt name, we started looking for memorabilia on Theodore Roosevelt to use to decorate the motel," stated Mulder, on what would become a quest to completely showcase the former president and once cowboy in the North Dakota Badlands throughout the motel.
"eBay really changed the look of the motel," states Mulder. "We've bought hundreds of photos, postcards, paintings, newspaper articles and just about anything else we could find online that had a direct tie-in to Roosevelt."
And today, thanks to Mulder's love affair with Roosevelt, the motel's registration area, and all of the hallways and rooms are lined with articles and photos of the man, who once claimed that he would not have been president if not for the time that he spent in the Badlands of what would become North Dakota.
Among Mulder's most prized pieces of Roosevelt memorabilia is a 1897 signed letter from Roosevelt when he was the assistant secretary of the Navy, as well as one of the 200 Andy Warhol prints of Roosevelt as a Roughrider.
While Mulder is proud of every Roosevelt keepsake that he has on display in the motel, his newest addition is the granddaddy of them all.
The newest addition - a bust of Theodore Roosevelt.
And this is not just your typical bust.
It's a giant of a bust that has become a real eye-catcher and the talk of the town.
Standing at just over 20 feet tall and tipping the scales at around 8 tons, Mulder thinks that this bust of Roosevelt is the perfect compliment to his new $6 million, 55-room addition to the motel that will open this spring.
Just as it was by chance back in 1993 that Mulder decided to hang the Roosevelt name on his motel, it was by chance that he found the bust.
"A salesman that was passing through Watford City mentioned that there was this bust of Roosevelt that might be for sale in South Dakota," stated Mulder.
And that tip was all that it would take for Marty to convince his wife to make a trip with him to South Dakota to see the bust.
"The bust was in the President's Park in Leed, S.D.," stated Mulder. "The park had closed two years ago and the owner was trying to sell off the busts of the various presidents that had been on display."
For Mulder, seeing the bust was "love at first sight."
"I wanted it as soon as I saw it," stated Mulder. "Crystal didn't. But I was able to convince her that it would be a good buy."
But according to Mulder, the owner of the bust was already in the process of trying to sell the Roosevelt bust to someone in Medora.
For Mulder, he wasn't going to let that happen.
"I asked the guy what he wanted and what he would take if I paid him cash," stated Mulder. "I ended up buying it on the spot."
And now with a one-of-a kind bust of the former president now gracing the front of the Roosevelt Inn & Suites, Mulder is pleased with his latest addition.
"The response from our visitors as well as from people in Watford City has been overwhelmingly positive," states Mulder. "The one question that many ask is if we are going to paint it? But we are going to leave it just the way the sculptor, David Adickes of Houston, Texas, wanted it to be."
While Mulder is the first to admit that the Roosevelt theme has worked very well in the motel, he is thinking of broadening what is going to be on display in the new addition.
"When the new addition opens, we are going to add more Roosevelt memorabilia," states Mulder. "But we are going to more prominently display color photos of the North Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, as well as the Maah Daah Hey Trail, which is located in the Badlands."
For Mulder, going big on Roosevelt back in 1993 was the right decision.


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Financial Inclusion – is delivery of banking services like availability of basic savings bank account, access to need based credit, remittances facility, insurance and pension to the excluded sections i.e. economically weaker sections of disadvantage and low income groups at an affordable cost. Financial Inclusion is a national priority of the Government as it is an enabler for inclusive growth. Financial Inclusion is important as it provides an avenue to the poor for bringing their life-savings into the formal financial system.
Objective of "Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana" (PMJDY) is ensuring access to various financial and banking services & 100% coverage of each household across county level. This deep penetration at affordable cost is possible only with effective use of technology. In order to provide much needed thrust, a flagship programme called the "Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana" was announced by Hon'ble Prime Minister in his Independence Day address on 15th August, 2014. This is a National Mission on Financial Inclusion encompassing an integrated approach to bring about comprehensive financial inclusion of all the households in the country.
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Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely, Banking / Savings & Deposit Accounts, Remittance, Credit, Insurance and Pension in an affordable manner.
PMJDY focuses on coverage of households as against the earlier plan which focused on coverage of villages. It focuses on coverage of rural as well as urban areas. Earlier plan targeted only villages above 2000 population while under PMJDY whole country is to be covered by extending banking facilities in each Sub-Service area consisting of 1000 - 1500 households such that facility is available to all within a reasonable distance, say about 5 Km.
Yes, joint account can be opened.
Account can be opened in any bank branch or Business Correspondent (Bank Mitr) outlet.
Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) has been defined by RBI vide its circular dated 10.08.2012. Its salient features are:
Any individual above the age of 10 years can open BSBDA Account.
RuPay Debit Card is an indigenous domestic debit card introduced by National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI). This card is accepted at all ATMs (for cash withdrawal) and at most of the PoS machines (for making cashless Payment for purchases) in the country.
Personal Identification Number (PIN) is randomly generated code for use of ATM Card at the time of withdrawal of money from ATM Machine and also at the time of making payment on PoS.
Beneficiary of RuPay Card is required to keep the Card in safe custody. PIN should be changed at frequent intervals and should never be shared with anyone. While using the card at ATM Machine or PoS, PIN should be entered in machine very secretly so that nobody could even guess about the PIN Number. As far as possible, Card should be used at authorized places / centres only. Besides, PIN number should never be written on the Card.
It provides accidental insurance cover upto Rs. 1 lac without any charge to the customer provided by New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
Yes. However, Branch Manager will have to advise all the related risks to the illiterate account-holder at the time of issuance of RuPay Card.
Mobile Number of an account holder is entered in customer's account in CBS System by the Bank on the basis of information given in the Account Opening Form. Also, for existing accounts, banks permit seeding through ATM, SMS from registered mobile, net-banking or on making a request in the branch (there may be variations depending on the bank).
To get benefit of Accidental Insurance Cover of upto Rs. 1 lac, RuPay Debit Card must be used at least once in 45 days.
Debit Card expiry date is mentioned on the Card itself. Account-holder is advised to get issued new card well before expiry date of his/her existing card by giving fresh application to the concerned bank.
Accidental insurance cover is available only in one account.
PoS stands for Point of Sale. PoS Machine is a small device installed at almost all Business Centres to facilitate cashless purchases to their customers.
A person who is already having a bank account with any bank NEED NOT to open a separate account under PMJDY. He/she will just have to get issued a RuPay Card in his existing account to get benefit of insurance. Credit facility can be extended in the existing account if it is being operated satisfactorily.
A person who is already having a bank account with any bank NEED NOT to open a separate account under PMJDY. He/she will just have to get issued a RuPay Card in his existing account to get benefit of insurance. Credit facility can be extended in the existing account if it is being operated satisfactorily.
Accidental Insurance covers of Rs. 1 lac provided by New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and Life Insurance Cover of Rs.30,000/- provided by Life Inusrance Company of India will be available to all account-holders.
(i) If Aadhaar Card/Aadhaar Number is available then no other documents is required. If address has changed, then a self certification of current address is sufficient. (ii) If Aadhaar Card is not available, then any one of the following Officially Valid Documents (OVD) is required: Voter ID Card, Driving License, PAN Card, Passport & NREGA Card. If these documents also contain your address, it can serve both as "Proof of Identity and Address". (iii) If a person does not have any of the "officially valid documents" mentioned above, but it is categorized as "low risk"by the banks, then he/she can open a bank account by submitting any one of the following documents:
If address has changed, then a self-certification of current address is sufficient.
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In PMJDY accounts are being opened with Zero balance. However, if the account-holder wishes to get cheque book, he/she will have to fulfill minimum balance criteria, if any, of the bank.
Special benefits attached to the scheme are:
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its Press Release dated 26.08.2014 has clarified as under:
"Those persons who do not have any of the "officially valid documents" can open "Small Accounts" with banks. A "Small Account" can be opened on the basis of a self-attested photograph and putting his/her signatures or thumb print in the presence of an official of the bank. Such accounts have limitations regarding the aggregate credits (not more than Rupees one lac in a year), aggregate withdrawals (nor more than Rupees ten thousand in a month) and balance in the accounts (not more than Rupees fifty thousand at any point of time). These accounts would be valid normally for a period of twelve months. Thereafter, such accounts would be allowed to continue for a further period of twelve more months, if the account-holder provides a document showing that he/she has applied for any of the Officially Valid Document, within 12 months of opening the small account.
Interest rate applicable for Saving Bank Accounts shall be admissible to accounts opened under PMJDY Scheme, presently:
Yes. Nationalized banks have been asked to organize camps on all Saturdays from 8.00 AM to 8.00 PM. Banks can hold additional camps on other days also.
Aadhaar Registration may be done in Camps organized by UIDAI. In account opening camps also, endeavour is to make Aadhaar Registration Counter available.
No. There is absolutely no charge / fee for opening an account under PMJDY.
A minor of above the age of 10 years can open his / her Savings Bank account in any bank.
Business Correspondent Agents (Bank Mitras) are retail agents engaged by banks for providing banking services at locations where opening of a brick and mortar branch / ATM is not viable. Scope of activities of Business Correspondents / Bank Mitra is as under:
Bank Mitr represent the bank concerned and enable a bank to expand its outreach and offer limited range of banking services at low cost, particularly where setting up a brick and mortar branch is not viable. Bank Mitras, as agent of the Bank, thus are an integral part of the business strategy for achieving greater financial inclusion.
Banks have been permitted to engage individuals / entities as Business Correspondent (Bank Mitras) like (i) Retired Bank Employees (ii) Retired Teachers (iii) Retired Govt. Employees (iv) Ex-Servicemen (v) Individual owners of Kirana / medical/ fair price shops, individual Public Call Office (PCO) operators, Agents of Small Savings Scheme of Government of India / Insurance Companies, "for profit" companies registered under the Indian Companies Act. Since 24.06.2014, RBI has permitted Non Deposit taking NBFCs as BCs in addition to above.
All banks participating in PMJDY are on CBS (Core Banking Solution) platform and the account can easily be transferred to any branch of the bank in any city/town as per the request of the account-holder.
USSD is abbreviated form of "Unstructured Supplementary Service Data". USSD based Mobile Banking offers basic Banking facilities like Money Transfer, Bill Payments, Balance Enquiries, Merchant Payments etc. on a simple GSM based Mobile Phone, without the need to download application on a Phone as required at present in the Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) based Mobile Banking. Transactions can be performed on basic phone handsets. The user needs to approach his bank and get his mobile number registered. The bank will issue an MPIN (Mobile PIN) to the user. The user thereafter needs to dial *99# and the menu for using USSD open. Thereafter customer has to follow selections on the menu to complete the transaction. Charges as applicable by the Telecom Operator (not more than Rs.1.50 per transaction as mandated by TRAI) may be applicable.
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Me to Google: "Define: Nether"
Google result:
(Me to myself: I should never have let those kids talk me into the Other Dimensions. What was I thinking?)
The Nether (also known as "the Nexus" in Notch's blog, and previously, Hell or the Slip) is a hell-like dimension, filled with fire, lakes and rivers of lava, and dangerous and powerful mobs.
Me to Google: "How do you get out of the Nether?"
Me to Student A: Find a Nether Portal and go through it.
(Me to Myself: Please know what I mean by Nether Portal because I sure don't)
Student B: "I'm stuck in the End!!! You have to allow monsters so I can kill the Ender Dragon and get back to where everyone else is"
Me frantically to Google:
- What is the End?
- What is the Ender Dragon?
- How do you get out of the end without killing Ender dragon?
Student B: But I'll die!!!
Me to Student B: You have to jump.
(Me to Myself: I cannot believe it's not even 8am on Monday morning, I've only had one cup of coffee, and I'm telling a kid to jump off the end of the world....)
This is what the typical Monday morning sounded like in our tech lab for the first semester of the 2015-2016 school year during Minecraft Mornings.
I was inspired to set up Minecraft Mornings based on what librarian @StacieLynn2000 had been doing at her own school for the last few years. It seemed like a great opportunity for me to learn how to work with our server more and to give kids who are passionate about Minecraft an outlet to collaborate with other students who share their interests. With 1st Grade teacher, @stephperks1, on board to help me moderate our 7:30am-8am sessions, I set up the dates and notified parents.
Meetup Logistics
|Eventbrite App
Registration opens every Friday at 4:00 pm and parents can log in and register their children for the upcoming Monday. Tickets are usually gone within 20-30 minutes of the event opening on Friday.
Eventbrite makes things very easy because I can easily use the service to communicate with the parents of students who are attending, and I can use Neon Eventbrite app to check in students and monitor ticket sales.
For a Monday morning, our Minecraft sessions have been full of energy and quite chaotic as kids of all age and ability levels attempt to interact. We have one, main expectation: Do Not Destroy What Others are Working On. This expectation has proven to be a bit of a challenge at times as kids with little experience with Minecraft explore and try to learn the controls.
My hope was that the time on Monday mornings could be used for collaboration between students and for me to learn more about MinecraftEDU and how to manage it with larger groups of kids.
Success & Some Learning Opportunities (Failures)We had some success and failures with the first semester. Perhaps our biggest success was using Minecraft to create different setting and character features of our 1 Book, 1 School choice The One and Only Ivan.
As far as failures go, the biggest was during the Hour of Code week, when I thought I would introduce the kids to the Turtle Canyon World and didn't have our system upgraded to include the ComputerCraftEDU feature - basically that was just 30 minutes of kids yelling about how confused they were and finding horses to ride. It also seems like, even though some of the kids come back week after week, that they really aren't clear about how to use Minecraft. Some of the younger students especially demonstrate a lot of frustration, and in turn frustrate some of the older kids by "wrecking their stuff" or getting stuck in places like the Nether or the End. There are also a few students who spend more time looking over the shoulders of other students instead of creating.
When I found myself in the last session before Winter Break trying to explain to a second grader that we should ask other kids questions about Minecraft, because the kids in the room were the experts, I was met with a certain degree of disbelief....how could the teacher in the room not be the expert?! This was the point where I knew it was time to make a few changes to help facilitate the understanding that the kids are the experts, and it's okay to ask another student for help.
A New Plan
Over Winter Break I began to brainstorm with @TLJamesA, who also uses MinecraftEDU to think about ways that I could more actively engage some of the students so that they felt compelled to learn more or build more. After reading the Minecraft: Essential Handbook over the break, I decided to learn from the success we had with the One and Only Ivan Build to encourage students to be a little more goal-oriented with their time spent in Minecraft Mornings.
I decided to try to challenge students to learn many of the "Essential Skills" explored in the book. I thought it would be good to start with wood crafting, stone crafting, mining and shelter building. Since this is a free time before school, I didn't feel like it was fair to require students participate, but to encourage it, I decided to create a badge that students could earn for demonstrating that they understand each of the skills. For students who already know the skills, I gave them the option to either mentor another student through the process or they could opt to create a minimum of three "how to" screencasts demonstrating essential skills for us to upload to our school YouTube page to earn a "Minecraft Essential Mentor" badge. Of course, any of the students can opt out and play and explore in MinecraftEDU mode without trying to learn the skills.
The MinecraftEDU World
With our first session after break, I generated a world that was set to the MinecraftEDU Peaceful Mode, with the time locked to 8:30 am. This meant that students didn't need to worry about their health or life levels, but they also didn't have direct access to everything they need. Currently the only thing I'm allowing is "weather effects" - there are no monsters, animals or other dimensions to worry about or be distracted by.
Upon logging in, I gifted all students with a Home Block and a Sign Post, with the instructions that they should find a place they liked in the world to place their home block, and they should claim their area with the sign. This way they could go out and about and explore and collect materials without getting "lost".
|View of world with home blocks placed
I then explained to kids that I was going to keep them in MinecraftEDU mode for the time being so that they could concentrate, if they wanted, on learning some skills, and told them about the opportunity to earn the badges. To help facilitate learning, I'm working on creating "Essential Skills" booklets that are heavy on the pictures. Most kids jumped right in to try to learn the skills, a few stepped up to mentor, and I had one or two decide to just play. My main guideline is for kids to just not mess with someone else's work. We have run into the issue of Home Blocks accidentally being broken, but I think with more practice that will stop.
The Skills Explained
Currently I have a "Crafting Level 1" and "Crafting Level 2" booklet developed. I'll be working on the Shelter booklet next.
In the Crafting Level 1 booklet, students learn to: harvest wood, craft: planks, sticks, a crafting table, wooden tools - pickax, shovel, hoe, and how to make a storage chest.
In the Crafting Level 2 booklet, students learn to: mine stone, craft: torches, stone tools - pickax, shovel, stone axe, stone sword, furnace, iron ingots and a bucket.
As kids finish crafting something, I'm encouraging them to either put it in their inventory to show me upon completion of a level or store it in the chest that they made.
After our first session the most of the kids had finished the Level 1 booklet and were ready for me to check their work. I'm hoping the "Level 2" booklet takes a little longer, but I'll have to be ready with the shelter booklet just in case it doesn't!
What's next, maybe?
After our first session, many of the kids left excited to have learned something new. I'm hoping to capitalize on that excitement with other badges they can earn. I'd love to encourage a DIY.org Minecrafter approach and encourage kids to make things like: art, a Redstone contraption, or a rail system. It might also be fun to encourage them to learn skills like: baking, farming, and entrepreneurship within Minecraft.
I am hoping that if the kids using MinecraftEDU in our morning meetups can develop some real skills, they can embrace the idea that they are the experts and become mentors during the day with their classmates and help teachers who want to use MinecraftEDU for lessons.
As I'm working through this more, I would love some ideas! What badges do you think would be fun to develop?


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Report: Casey Anthony's attorney files appeal
Cheney Mason files appeal on lying to law enforcement charges
ORLANDO, Fla. – The attorney for Casey Anthony on Monday has filed an appeal against her four counts of lying to law enforcement, a first-degree misdemeanor, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
According to the Sentinel, Attorney Cheney Mason filed the appeal on Monday, claiming Anthony wasn't told her right to remain silent or her right to an attorney when she made the statements to law enforcement officers in 2008. Mason also says Anthony shouldn't be facing four counts of lying to law enforcement officers, but one, the Sentinel reports.
Anthony was acquitted in July 2011 of killing her daughter, Caylee Anthony. She's currently serving a one-year probation on check fraud charges.
Anthony also faces defamation charges in a lawsuit against her by Zenaida Gonzalez, who says Anthony ruined her reputation. Gonzalez shares a similar name as a fictitious baby sitter -- Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez -- whom Anthony initially said kidnapped her 2-year-old daughter in 2008.
At Anthony's murder trial last summer, Anthony's defense claimed Caylee drowned in the family's swimming pool and, therefore, had not been abducted. Caylee's remains were found in December 2008.
The civil trial is slated to start in January 2013. Mason accepted a subpoena for Anthony to appear at trial on Anthony's behalf last month.
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