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Andrew H. Jacobson was president of Westbrae Natural in 1997 when the company was purchased by The Hain Food Group. He came on board with Hain as general manager of nondairy products, and was named general manager of the Hain Celestial Whole Body Care Division about the time Hain purchased Jason Natural Products in mid-2004, marking its entry into the personal care category.
Today, Jacobson is president, personal care, for The Hain Celestial Group, and has been in the thick of the action as the company followed up the Jason Natural purchase with the acquisition of Zia Natural Skin Care in 2005, then Para Laboratories and its Queen Helene brand in early 2006, and Avalon Natural Products—announced earlier this year. It all adds up to exceeding Hain's objective of building personal care into a $100 million business.
Yet, while he has been on the inside of all these major transactions, Jacobson's introduction to the world of natural products came long before his current involvement with The Hain Celestial Group.
"I like to think of myself as a product of the industry," said Jacobson. "My family ran a chain of natural foods stores, and I grew up in them." In fact, his family's involvement in natural foods retailing ranged from owning a Country Health store in North Miami Beach to being part of a group that owned as many as 126 natural food stores.
"If you excuse the pun, my going into this business is, well, a natural. When something has been in your life for so long and is something you truly believe, you develop a passion for it." Today, Jacobson has a family of his own, and he said they try to eat or live with the best quality products that they can, including skin care. It's the same mind set he takes to work with him every day. "For me, following the principle of making the most efficacious products with the very best plant-based and naturally derived ingredients, while respecting the environment and fulfilling a consumer need, is just the way things should be," he said, echoing the original philosophy of the organic movement that stood on a balanced platform of local ingredients and sustainable practices among others—including being pesticide- and hormone-free.
His is a powerful statement. At a time when the notion and practice of sustainability are being pushed into the mainstream beauty industry by various forces, companies such as The Hain Celestial Group have been immersed in it for many years. In Jacobson's view, though, they just don't get a lot of credit for what they do. He said that if one were to look historically at the brands at Hain, one would see the results of expanding organic farming in support of the family farmer and sustainable organic agriculture.
Jacobson believes that by making a strong investment in its brands, The Hain Celestial Group enables those brands to live up to their original mission. "Hain doesn't get a lot of credit about the environment or blow its own horn. At Hain, we really do invest in the brands, and we invest in the industry. Natural products are important to all of us. It is always going to be the place where the newest products will be found," he said.
It is also a "place" that is getting a lot of attention from consumers. Euromonitor put the 2006 global market for natural cosmetics at $3.9 billion, and forecast growth of 9% annually through 2008. In a Euromonitor article from July 2006, the research firm pointed out, "While 'natural' is appearing on product labels with increasing frequency, there is no agreement about how the term should be defined and, therefore, what products can legitimately use it." The article continues, "Using food-grade ingredients circumvents potential consumer skepticism about a product's naturalness, and also enables manufacturers to take advantage of the known health and beauty benefits of fruits and vegetables." Jacobson agrees that much of the advancement in the naturals market has come from the food side.
In his view, the natural food industry led the way in developing enforceable organic standards. As importantly, food capitalized on the consumers who read labels and truly cared what they put in their body. "The personal care side is now starting to experience label-readers trying to define ingredient standards, and we are capitalizing on the consumer who cares what goes on their body," said Jacobson. "Like food, personal care products draw ingredients from nature, making products that are efficacious and safe for the new consumer."
Jacobson made the switch from food to personal care at Hain, and one might assume that his work on the food side informs his current work on personal care. Yet, from his perspective, he was familiar with the personal care category from his family's stores and from eight years spent working for a distributor.
"I've sold Jason for a lot of years," he said. "I don't necessarily know if it is work in food or work in an industry (that informs his efforts today). A lot of food products were created not just out of a good idea, but as a mirror of products with ingredients that are different than those we would find acceptable within our industry and lifestyle."
He pointed out that there are a lot of ingredients in food that act only as fillers or colors. "Our thing is we try to use ingredients that are functional and good for you and really need to be in the product for the product. That's something that we've done in food; that we're doing in personal care today," said Jacobson.
The Certification Challenge
Perhaps the single most important concern facing the organic personal care market today is the issue of natural and organic product certification. "Certification and the development of defined standards governing natural and organic personal care are critical to the expansion of the category," said Jacobson. "Currently, the lack of standards is confusing to consumers and jeopardizes the value the consumer places on the words 'natural' and 'organic' associated with beauty products."
Today, organics are regulated by the USDA; personal care falls under the FDA. At this time, the USDA has authorized the use of its Organic Seal on personal care products based on a review of the ingredients, although this has been challenged in court. Whether the USDA will continue to participate in the regulation of the personal care industry is not known. Organic food regulations must be modified for personal care products since there are certain characteristics and manufacturing processes that are unique to the personal care industry. In addition, a new symbol should be developed to indicate the differences in regulations. Further, it has not been determined how consumers will react to an identical seal used on both food and personal products.
Spreading the Message
The acquisition of Para Laboratories, Inc. in early 2006 brought Queen Helene, Batherapy and Footherapy brands to the personal care business. Jacobson sees it as a great acquisition for the company, providing the opportunity to develop natural products that meet the needs of ethnic consumers while also expanding its message to a larger audience. Taking the products and their message to a broader audience is not without its challenges, but, according to Jacobson, the message is consistent whether they are communicating to a long-time natural consumer or a mass-market consumer. That message is: "We create safe, effective natural products." What differs is the delivery of the message because, as Jacobson explains, mass consumers require additional information about why natural brands don't use certain ingredients and how natural personal care is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle. "As consumers become concerned about what they put in their body, they begin to seek out safe and effective products to put on their body," he said.
According to Jacobson, there are essentially three challenges to overcome in convincing a mass consumer to try a natural brand: price, effectiveness and safety. Here's how Jacobson answers those challenges: Price. Natural products are more expensive due to the types of ingredients. The Hain Celestial Group evaluates ingredients based on their source, how they have been harvested, ensuring they are not animal-derived or tested on animals.
Effectiveness. In the mass market, there is a perception that natural products are not as effective as mass brands. Through trial and sampling programs offered at mass retailers combined with outreach to national consumer publications, this perception is easily overcome. The Hain Celestial Group offers these same programs to its natural retailers, as sampling is a key selling vehicle for any consumer. Advances in science and clinical testing have proven the functionality and effectiveness of many natural extracts, providing scientific support for marketing claims. Safety. Many mass consumers are concerned that natural products have a shorter shelf life; thus less safe. This is incorrect. Natural products may have less harsh preservatives and use packaging (tubes, airless, pumps) to reduce the risk of contamination and maintain the integrity of the product.
"Mass retailers must communicate and help educate consumers about what makes natural products different. This includes the specific ingredients that are not included, the effectiveness of natural products and, when appropriate, the brand's social consciousness," said Jacobson.
"Consumer resistance is more likely when the mass retailer does not show a firm commitment to the natural category," he continued. "Six or eight natural SKUs in the midst of a conventional set does not communicate the appropriate level of commitment to the category (to entice) a consumer to spend more money for a natural product."
Jacobson clearly understands the nature of a firm commitment to the category, having grown up in it and made a career of it. So, what's next on his agenda? "Like anything else, I think it's not what Andy wants. It's the continuation of what Hain is doing. We are trying to create a healthy way of life, and I think that having the opportunity to be part of that vision, and being able to contribute, is satisfying."


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Officials warn of bogus Boston Marathon charity websites
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As Americans rush to donate to the victims of Monday's Boston Marathon bombing, watchdog groups are warning of potential online scammers already looking to profit from the tragedy.
Within hours of the bombing, dozens of website domain names referencing the bombing were registered, including bostonmarathondonations.com, bostonmarathonvictimfund.com and bostonmarathonattack.com.
It's too early to know what websites like these will be used for, yet nonprofit experts say that charity fraud is often perpetrated in the days and weeks after tragedy hits and are warning consumers to be on guard.
While some scammers solicit donations, others use fake charities to steal credit card numbers or to infect computers with malware, often with a link promising "exclusive" news or video of the incident.
One fraudster already tried to dupe the public by setting up a Twitter account minutes after the bombing that claimed to be associated with the Boston Marathon organization. The @_BostonMarathon account promised to donate $1 for every retweet. After users called it out as a fake, Twitter quickly shut the account down -- but not before it received more than 50,000 retweets.
"Social media, in particular, makes it very easy to reach a lot of people quickly, when emotions are running high and people feel the need to take action, any action, to help," H. Art Taylor, president and chief executive officer of the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance said.
Citing the bogus Twitter account, the organization warned Tuesday that more Boston-related scams were "likely" and urged consumers to do their homework before donating to any group or individual soliciting donations.
As Superstorm Sandy approached in late October, more than 1,000 Sandy-related Internet domains had been registered.
The New Jersey Attorney General and Division of Consumer Affairs are currently suing to shut down a website for the Hurricane Sandy Relief Foundation, which they say raised more than $630,000 in cash donations yet gave less than 1% to victims. A judge is expected to rule next week.
The foundation and its attorney did not respond to requests for comment although the organization's attorney has told other news sources that they intended to disburse the funds.
After December's elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., a Bronx woman allegedly posed as the aunt of a victim to collect bogus donations through a Facebook campaign and Paypal, according to federal prosecutors.
In the wake of disaster, donors should look first to well-established national or regional charities who are promoting relief efforts, said Ken Berger, president and chief executive officer of Charity Navigator.
In addition, most states require charities to register with a state agency before soliciting for donations. If a purported charity has not registered, that can serve as a major red flag, according to the Better Business Bureau.
And for the charitable donations to be tax deductible, the organization also needs to attain tax-exempt status from the IRS. Funds set up to help a specific individual or family will not qualify for tax-exempt status.
"Don't just give on impulse because somebody says they are raising money for victims. Don't assume it's true." Berger said. "The safest approach is known quantities rather than something that just popped up."

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MONROE, La., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL, news, filings) announces that it is scheduled to participate in the following analyst conference:
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Plastic Surgeon Hinsdale, Naperville, Oak Brook, & Elmhurst and Western Suburbs
Welcome! Dr. Saulis is pleased to welcome you to her plastic surgery practice website!
At Aesthetic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, S.C. every patient will be provided with the best plastic surgery care in Hinsdale, Elmhurst, La Grange, Naperville, Oak Brook, Western Suburbs, and Chicagoland area. Dr. Saulis combines her surgical technique and experience with an artistic sense to obtain the finest in plastic surgical results. Dr. Saulis' staff is caring, responsive, and knowledgeable, and help Dr. Saulis create a comfortable environment for you, the patient. Dr. Saulis' goal is to make your plastic surgery experience as positive and pleasant as possible. Dr. Saulis is one of the few female board-certified plastic surgeons in the Chicagoland area. Her areas of specialty lie in body plastic surgery, body contouring, and body reconstructive plastic surgery which includes breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reconstruction, breast reduction, abdominoplasty or tummy-tuck, and liposuction.
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Dr. Saulis is on staff at two Chicago area hospitals: Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, and Adventist Hinsdale Hospital. All of these facilities are JCAHO approved indicating that they fulfill the highest criteria set for patient comfort and safety in the industry. Should your procedure require sedation or general anesthesia, each of these facilities is staffed by board-certified anesthesiologists with the highest credentials, many with additional training above and beyond basic anesthesiology. You should be comfortable that you will be in the best of hands while undergoing a procedure with Dr. Saulis.
Dr. Saulis earned her MD from the Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. She did both her residency training in General Surgery and her fellowship training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and its associated hospitals in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Saulis is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the Association of Women Surgeons, and the American Medical Association.
Dr. Saulis has authored and co-authored 10 articles and book chapters in the scientific literature pertaining to plastic surgery and its practice. She has received research grants and industry financial support for her work in scarring and wound healing as they relate to the field of plastic surgery. She has spoken and lectured at numerous prestigious plastic surgery meetings across the globe and continues to engage in lecturing activities in her local area. Her private practice focus has primarily been on cosmetic facial surgery, cosmetic body contouring surgery, and breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Her goals are to provide all her patients with a positive surgical experience that results in the best aesthetic outcomes possible. Please feel free to study this website for information regarding Dr. Saulis, her practice, and her patients. A few representative photographs of patients have been included on this website to help you understand what to expect from surgery. Additional details regarding a specific procedure or post-operative expectations can be discussed with Dr. Saulis in a private consultation.
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Pei Partnership Architects
The Journey to Design
Didi didn't dream of being an architect nor was that his initial interest in college.
While Didi's father is world-famous architect I.M. Pei and people always ask Didi if he chose architecture because of his father's fame, Didi often points out that his choice to become an architect came at a time when his father was not so well-known.
When Didi was studying at Harvard, he was a physics major who was looking towards a career in computer technology or science. As he pursued a Bachelors of Arts in physics, he also took some art and architectural history courses. With his background in physics and an interest in art and design, Didi decided to pursue a master's in architecture.
Design Innovation: The Art in Physics
The ability to create unique designs that are structurally sound yet inspiring is not an easy skill to develop. But, Didi's approach to architectural design is extraordinary and merges science and art to produce award-winning structures.
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the Grand Louvre in Paris, and the Suzhou Museum are just a few of Didi's numerous contributions to prominent architectural design. Much of Didi's designs and contributions can be found all over the world – from America to Europe to China – and in a variety of sectors – from government buildings to luxury living spaces to medical centers.
The Value of Logic
"The logic in science is that you make decisions based on facts – not on what would be nice to do," says Didi. Studying physics has given Didi a sense of practicality and logic that you don't usually learn when studying the arts.
"A lot of architects would like you to think that architecture is about being an artist, and that you can do anything. But you have a responsibility as an architect. Generally speaking, it's not your money and it's not your schedule, and you don't have all the time in the world, so having a logical thought process is useful," says Didi.
A Different Kind of Architect
"I had acquired really rigorous training in the scientific method. There aren't many architects who had that, and it's been very useful to me throughout my career," says Didi. While most architects emerge from art majors or even engineering majors, Didi is one of the few who have had significant training in math and physical science, giving him an edge to evaluating designs and producing timeless works of art in architectural design.
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Even though Didi has the mind of a physicist, he still trusts in something that science can't explain: intuition. "Intuition is where it's all at," says Didi. "Intuition is where all the fun is…"
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Before launching his own firm - Pei Partnership Architects - with his brother, Didi worked in his father's architectural firm for over twenty years. He credits much of his ability and professionalism to the experience in working in a world-class firm for so many years. By working in his father's accomplished firm, Didi learned the vital skills and knowledge needed to create revolutionary designs very early in his career when he was just a beginning architect.


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US Existing Home Sales Drop 1.9 Pct. In September
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans bought fewer existing homes in September than the previous month, held back by higher mortgage rates and rising prices.
The National Association of Realtors says sales of re-sold homes fell 1.9 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.29 million. That's down from a pace of 5.39 million in August, which was revised lower. The sales pace in August equaled July's pace. Both were the highest in four years and consistent with a healthy market.
Most economists expect housing will continue to recover, especially now that mortgage rates have stabilized in recent months. Final sales in September reflected contracts signed in July and August, when rates were about a percentage point higher than in May.
Home prices have risen about 12 percent in the past year.
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'A lucky life'
INTERVIEW: America may not have a better writer than Joseph Epstein, but his essays and short stories offer very different outlooks on life.
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This is the fifth in an occasional series of e-mail interviews with writers, scholars, and others who help form the culture in which we live. WORLD hopes that readers, by listening to influential people who do not necessarily share a Christian worldview, will be better equipped for discussion and evangelism, and will be challenged to sharpen their own understanding. (Previous interviewees: Paul Theroux, Brian Jacques, Anne Lamott, Charles Murray.)
JOSEPH EPSTEIN IS PROBABLY the best essayist in America and is now contending for the short story crown as well. Born in 1937 and educated in Chicago, he edited The American Scholar, journal of the Phi Beta Kappa society, from 1975 to 1997, and lectured on English and writing at Northwestern University from 1974 to 2002. His 15 books include the best-selling Snobbery and a new book of short stories with the edgy title Fabulous Small Jews (Houghton Mifflin, 2003). He lives with his wife in Evanston, Ill.
WORLD: Your essays tend to be jaunty and often optimistic, as if written by a Yankees fan, but your short stories are often about lonely, pessimistic individuals faced with divorce, death, or despair. They seem to have been written by a Red Sox or Cubs fan. If that distinction is accurate, why are they that way, and what do you think about the view that life is largely suffering?
JE: You are not the first to point out that my stories, or at least some of them, can be dark. Of 18 stories in my recent collection, Fabulous Small Jews, a reviewer noted that there are 13 deaths. You didn't but might have added that I also throw in a fair amount of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer, heart attack, and general human disappointment, all at no extra charge.
I prefer to think that, on the way to the gallows, my characters-and, I hope, my readers along with them-also find much to amuse them. I justify some of the darkness by citing an astounding statistic that I hope won't shock your readers, and this is that the mortality rate continues to rest at 100 percent.
Why my essays should be jollier than my stories is not a question I've hitherto thought enough about. Perhaps it has to do with the fact-at least for me it is a fact-that essays have to do with ideas, arguments, memories, while stories are about instincts, feelings, the secrets of the human heart that are only revealed through characters put to the test of action by way of plot. The point of view of my essays, or so I like to think, is that of a fairly worldly gent who feels that, just because we're all going down to defeat one day, because death in the end makes us all losers, this shouldn't cause us to be glum. I fear that last sentence is very far from the standard Christian view of the afterlife, but there it is.
As for whether I think that life is largely suffering, allow me to come at the question by way of your sports metaphor. In answering it, I should say that, rather than considering myself a Yankees or a Cubs or Red Sox fan, my position is closer to that of a Florida Marlins fan: That is, life for me has lots of moments of wonder and even ecstasy, but I wouldn't be in the least surprised if somebody comes along and trades away my team's best players. I have not known many people who have got off the earth without knowing profound suffering and sadness; yet life is also wondrously rich in delight, deep pleasures, and flashes of happiness. Hope I don't get too many splinters from sitting so firmly on the fence on this tough question.
WORLD: Several stories in your new collection, Fabulous Small Jews, show men coming out of ruts. "Moe" beautifully depicts a person resigned to death within a year or two seeing how much his grandson needs him and resolving to have the bypass surgery he needs to live longer. "Artie Glick in a Family Way" shows a middle-aged man coming out of a rut to embrace marriage and two unborn children, and "Dubinsky on the Loose" ends with a 75-year-old in "a haze of elation" after having lunch with a woman he likes. Have you ever been in prolonged despair, and what brought you out of it?
JE: I think it fair to say that, just now, mine are not the most common kind of stories being written; what is more common is the story that ends in what I believe in the creative-writing classes is called an epiphany, or oblique, sometimes (in my view) rather too precious insight: "Daniel felt that the half moon, rising over the Bosphorus, would never appear quite the same to him ever again." These, as you will have gathered from my disdainful tone, are not my kind of story. In the stories I write, someone usually has to make a decision; this decision gives the stories what drama they possess. And these decisions almost always turn out to be moral decisions, often involving the need for someone to take responsibility. These decisions, too, frequently free a man or woman from the ruts that they find themselves in, as many of us do in mid-life or beyond.
I have had what I believe qualifies as genuine sadness in my life: a divorce, the loss of a son in his late 20s. I also underwent bypass surgery, which is now too commonplace to gain much in the way of sympathy. But my despair has not, I think, been prolonged. I used to joke that I hadn't the attention span to sustain real depression. F. Scott Fitzgerald says somewhere that by middle age a man or woman ought properly to be mildly depressed, by which I suspect he meant that life is by then more than half over, the grave looms, one's achievements may not outweigh one's regrets. But what has kept me from serious depression is an awareness of my good luck in life-my good luck in having been born in America, in having had honorable and kind parents, in being married to the right woman, in having been paid decently to do the work I love. With all this good fortune, to allow myself to lapse into depression, let alone despair, would be unbalanced, not to say simply dopey.
WORLD: Your short story characters are often dry cleaners, scrap-metal dealers, and others unlikely to be welcomed for wine and cheese at Northwestern, but they are thoughtful and also in touch with more than the latest fashion in clothes or coffee. You seem to prefer these tough, solitary middle-aged and elderly men to doctors who can pull in $15,000 in a morning doing colonoscopies. Why?
JE: I've long thought that work is one of the things that has gone out of much American and English fiction-and long regretted it. What a person does for a living, after all, is one of the most significant things about him or her. Balzac, Dickens, Trollope, Dreiser, all knew that there was an intrinsic fascination in the details of work. I suspect that one of the reasons that work has gone out of most American fiction is that too many writers have become teachers of creative writing. There isn't too much to learn about the actual world in a college setting, and, because of this, I once claimed that the fiction of the future was likely to be about fancy fornication and new-fangled (and mostly hopeless) ideas.
You are correct again about my partiality for writing about middle-aged men who have been toughened up by the world of their work. These are usually men who know that life entails a good deal of struggle, and that no one gives away anything that is important, and so one must be clever, savvy, sometimes cunning, always on guard. Life gives such characters a point of view-not necessarily the correct point of view, but a sense of how the world works, and a certainty that it doesn't do so through the power of supposedly enlightened opinions on, say, recycling and vegetarianism.
WORLD: You write in one of your books of essays, With My Trousers Rolled, "Vanity, vanity, vanity. Vain, empty, and valueless, Webster calls it, and yet who is without it? Let him who is cast the first comb." You frequently play off biblical references in a witty way. What formal or informal biblical education did you grow up with, and what effect did it have on you?
JE: When I was a small boy, my father used to read stories to me out of a children's Bible. Between the ages of 10 and 13, like many Jewish boys of my generation, I was sent to Hebrew school to train for my bar mitzvah. But I did not otherwise grow up in a very religious household. My father was very edgy about anti-Semitism, which he felt-rightly, I believe-would never disappear, and very concerned about the fate of the Jewish people; he was an adult during World War II and knew what Hitler was up to. I would say that my being Jewish has had a much stronger influence on my general outlook than my Judaism, which, owing to my own intellectual laziness, is thin, to put it very gently.
Your question, though, touches me on a sensitive point, and this is that I, who claim to be a literary man and well read, have never read the Bible straight through, though I've twice read those much longer works by Proust and Edward Gibbon. I mention those two writers because I sense that, if I am to read through the Bible before I depart the planet, I shall have to do it the same way I read them: 20 pages a day, everyday, religiously (you might say).
WORLD: Your stories and essays probe character, and WORLD readers tend to think that character reflects religious belief-but religion as such seems to play little role in your writing. Why is that?
JE: Religion in the strict sense of the word, biblical reading and ritual, prayer and theology, play a negligible, almost nonexistent role in my writing. I consider myself a pious agnostic: I haven't, that is, been able to make the leap to faith yet I have great respect for those who have. In Envy, a little book I recently wrote on that lugubrious subject, I speak of having faith envy. Although I do not claim true religious faith, I frequently find myself asking God to look out for those whom I love, especially my three grandchildren, and I frequently send up brief but heartfelt prayers of gratitude for the lucky life I have been allowed to live.
I hope you are right in saying that my stories and essays probe character, though I would emend that slightly to say that they attempt to probe the mysteries of character, which to me are unending. My sense is that many of my stronger characters resemble their creator, not God, but me, in not stressing their belief in God but in trying to live their lives as if God existed and kept a strict accounting of those who have and have not lived in a morally decent way.
WORLD: How much has Jewish culture shaped your worldview? Does your wife, who is non-Jewish, see things in a different manner than you? (For that matter, what does she think of your description of marriage as "one year of flames and 40 years of ashes"?)
JE: I think my being Jewish has given me my irony, some of my humor, my ability to distance myself slightly from the main flow of life in America. I recently wrote an essay called "Funny But I Do Look Jewish," in which I make the point that, whatever his pose of confidence, in the back of the mind of every Jew is the slight (sometimes not so slight) fear that someone will ask him, "What are you doing here?" The world just now, you will notice, seems to be asking this question of the entire State of Israel.
My wife is superior to me. She is more refined, elegant, generous, kind, and morally sound. She grew up going to Methodist and other Protestant churches. She attempted, in the 1970s and then again in the 1980s, to return to church-going, this time, specifically, to Episcopalian churches, but found too little there to interest her and too much that was off-putting. (At one such church, in the '70s, an Episcopal priest offered a prayer for "Patty Hearst and her associates"; after that God was gone and so was my wife.)
I wonder if an interviewer has ever broken up a marriage? I hope this interview of yours will not be the first. Lest my wife debar me permanently from her bed, let me quickly say that the sentiment that marriage "is one year of flames and 40 years of ashes" is uttered by one of my characters, and is not the view of the author or, so she informs me, his wife.
WORLD: You edited the magazine of Phi Beta Kappa, which has a membership of kids who got good grades, but I've read that you were not an academic hotshot. Do universities these days tend to look for facile students who can respond quickly but not deeply? If you were trying to build a new college that in the absence of offering social prestige might at least try to provide an education, what would you emphasize?
JE: I was a completely uninterested high-school student and a fairly mediocre college student. (My wife is the Phi Beta Kappa in our family.) During my years of teaching at Northwestern, I encountered a good many smart and even intellectually passionate students. But I also discovered many who had no intellectual shame-that is, they didn't feel the embarrassment that I did when young at deep ignorance. My suspicion is that most of the students one finds at the so-called better universities these days have been trained to take SAT and ACT exams. That they score high doesn't mean much more than simply that: that they have been well trained to take SAT and ACT exams. Only a small number of students, then as now, have a genuine passion for books, ideas, culture.
I had a cousin named Sherwin Rosen, who was for many years chairman of the Economics Department at the University of Chicago and who, I'm told, was in line for a Nobel Prize in economics. At a memorial dinner for him soon after his death, Gary Becker, who did win a Nobel Prize in economics, spoke about how they came close to bouncing my dear cousin out of the Ph.D. program at Chicago because he wasn't quick in response. Instead, according to Becker, he would brood on questions, then return to show his supposed betters that there were aspects of the question that they had overlooked-often crucial aspects. He worked the same way in his professional life: slowly, broodingly, effectively. Too much education nowadays entails asking the student to supply seven reasons for the Renaissance in less than two minutes.
Educational reform is something I don't feel fit to talk about in even a falsely authoritative way. But I think it might help a lot if they could simply debar junky subjects and books from university curricula: no courses in the movies, none revolving around race, class, and gender, none featuring second- and third-rate books, most of them by living authors. What an advance-a fine step back into the future-that would constitute! No one, of course, has the courage to do anything like it. A misapplied notion of academic freedom has it that university teachers can be as prejudiced and ignorant as they wish.
WORLD: If you were writing your obituary, what would you highlight? When you look back, what would you have spent less time on, what more time on? What was a waste of time? And, what do you think happens after death?
JE: I would be pleased if my obituary made the point that I tried, in my various scribblings, to be amusing and to give pleasure without scamping the essential seriousness of life.
I haven't all that many regrets, which may, I fear, suggest that I have lived an unexamined life. Had I a chance to redo my education, I should like to do it as a classicist, reading almost exclusively about the Greeks and Romans.
Judaism is alarmingly unclear about the afterlife. Certainly, it nowhere suggests those puffy clean clouds in which we shall all, in our togas, smilingly greet one another, in sublimely clement weather with Andre Kostelanetz music playing in the background. The Reverend Sydney Smith, a writer I adore, said that he imagined that in heaven he would be eating foie gras to the sound of trumpets. I haven't, really, a distinct notion of what the afterlife might be like, though I hope there is one and in it I shall be sent to a place where my wife and (eventually) children and grandchildren and all those I love will join me, I shall read and speak every foreign language with complete ease, be able to play all of Mozart, Shubert, Ravel, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin effortlessly and flawlessly on the piano, and there will be absolutely no cell phones whatsoever.


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Upon entry to the debugger the implicit current stack frame is set to the top of the execution stack. The debugger commands allow you to move around the stack, to examine the current frame, and to leave the debugger. The commands are all keywords, and as such case-insensitive, but are shown here in lower case for clarity.
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Dear Mammaries
Dear Mammaries is a group exhibition featuring interactive sculptural and installation based works that address the artists' unique current or past relationships with their breasts. In this unique body of work a diverse range of artists use text and visual mediums allowing the viewer into this intimate relationship through visual dialogue with our bodies addressing body image, gender identity, breasts as utilitarian objects of desire or nourishment and breasts under attack while combating cancer.
In conjunction with Dear Mammaries, Femina Potens presents the Reclaiming Our Bodies Workshop with artist and community organizer, Madison Young. Through a series of creative art practices including self-portraiture, meditative practice, collage and artistic expression, Madison will guide this intimate workshop as we explore and cultivate love for our bodies and for ourselves.
Special mimosa brunch with artists and facilitated panel discussion on body image & the female body as represented in the media and art world on Sunday June 9th from 2 – 4pm .
Please refer to www.feminapotens.org for location and event details.
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June 6-6pm Reception, June 8-2pm Reclaiming Our Bodies Workshop
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Madison Young is a 32-year-old curator, writer, community activist, and performance artist. This fearless feminist revolutionary and artist grew up in the suburban landscape of Southern Ohio before moving to San Francisco, California in 2000. Since then this mid-western gal has dedicated her days to facilitating safe space to dialogue on the topic of fringe identities and cultures as well as documenting healthy expression of sexuality. Young's breadth of work in the realm of sexuality spans from documenting our sexual culture in her feminist erotic films to serving as the Artistic Director of the forward thinking non-profit arts organization, Femina Potens Art Gallery. Young values sexual education in her work and has taught workshops, lectures, and acted as a panelist on the topics of sexuality, feminism and pornography, and kink around the world including at Yale University, Hampshire College, University of Minnesota, and UC Berkeley. Her writings have been published in books such as "The Ultimate Guide to Kinky Sex", "Baby Remember My Name", "Rope, Bondage, and Power," and "In Soumises." Young's soon to be released memoir "Daddy" will be available in fall 2013 through Barnacle Books Publishing.
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She developed her expertise as the creative processes sales representative in Atlanta, Georgia at a major photo dealer. From there, she built a darkroom in the upstairs of her apartment and became a custom printer. Her prints have the unique greatness that can only be described as beautiful when you see. Art imitates life, and life, art. Her photography has been published and shown nationally. Eartha's supreme achievement, whether it be as a creative director, photographer or as a mother, as a friend has been to brighten the lens of her courage on everyone that she meets. Courage to love, courage to create; Eartha L. Goodwin does both. She is one the rarest of women who manages to encompass both the unstoppable drive and unforgivable talent of a photo prodigy, without giving up the essential goodness that it takes to be real mother.


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It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss. God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. Because the answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'ts--it's falling in love with God. The Crazy Love Study Resource helps you and your small group to dive deeper into God's love. A companion to the best-selling Crazy Love book, by pastor Francis Chan, this 10-week study follows a day-in-the-life of Francis in the form of ten, 10-minute segments that correspond to each chapter of Crazy Love. These thought-provoking teachings are designed spark discussion, interaction, and practical application of the Crazy Love message with small groups, churches, youth groups, and individuals. DVD includes: Ten teaching segments with questions for small group discussion. Printable Small Group Study Guide. Behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes… (more)


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Intel's next CEO: Manufacturing chief Brian Krzanich
The chipmaking giant also appoints the head of its software business, Renee James, as president.
In addition, Intel appointed Renee James to the role of president. She previously served as the executive vice president overseeing Intel's software and services group.
Krzanich joined the Santa Clara, Calif., company in 1982 and has worked in many different technical areas since that time. He now runs the company's manufacturing operations and also oversees supply chain, human resources, and information technology operations following his appointment as chief operating officer in January of last year.
"After a thorough and deliberate selection process, the board of directors is delighted that Krzanich will lead Intel as we define and invent the next generation of technology that will shape the future of computing," Intel Chairman Andy Bryant said in a press release.
Krzanich was largely viewed as a frontrunner in the CEO search. Intel typically names its CEO successor as chief operating officer first, and the last person to hold that role was Otellini. However, Otellini's plans to retire surprised the board and came before it was ready to name a new chief executive. It considered both internal and external candidates for several months before choosing Krzanich.
As Intel's manufacturing prowess becomes even more vital to the company's success, Krzanich's expertise in the area is sure to benefit the company. However, he's not expected to veer far from Intel's current strategy despite hopes by some investors that Intel pick an outsider to help chart a new course.
Check out CNET's earlier predictions on people considered for Intel's CEO role.
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- Path drawing mode: lines, circles, arcs, curves, etc.
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CSS Boxes and CSS Selectors
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- Intro to objects
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- Checking the functionality of the select menu
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- Dynamically changing the state name value
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MODULE 6: Introduction to arrays and the math object
- Creating an array
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MODULE 7: Introduction to for loops
- Creating a for loop
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- Clearing the menu
- Optional bonus: refining the menu selection experience
MODULE 8: Exploring JavaScript selectors
- Intro to JavaScript selector
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- Getting a specific list item
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- Getting multiple items using query selector
- Getting a single item using query selector
- Chaining selectors together
- Targeting elements by data attribute
MODULE 9: Photo filter website: using friendly navigation
- Creating an array to store the selector
- Getting the all button to select all filters
- Getting the rest of the buttons to select the other filters
- Initially hiding the photos
- Getting the photos to filter
MODULE 10: Photo filter website: creating an executive filter
- Adding a checkbox to toggle executive filtering on/off
- Separating the inclusive and exclusive filter
- Writing a conditional to select the appropriate filter
- Programming the exclusive filter
- Rerunning the filter when the checkbox is toggled
- Improving the user experience
MODULE 11: Showing/hiding content with JQuery animation
- Getting started with JQuery
- Running code when the document is ready
- Click events
- Using the jQuery slide toggle method
- Supporting JQuery disabled users
MODULE 12: Sharing JavaScript across pages
- Externalizing JavaScript
- Linking to the JavaScript file
MODULE 13: JQuery hover animation
- Adding an outline with CSS
- Using the JQuery hover method
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MODULE 14: More advanced JQuery showing/hiding
- Adding animation to reveal hidden content
- Targeting the proper div: traversing the document
- Swapping the button image with JQuery
MODULE 15: JQuery lightbox: a pop-up image viewer
- Linking the plugin files
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- Grouping the photos into a gallery
- Adding captions
- Removing the counter
- Customizing the appearance
MODULE 16: JQuery cycle: a simple slideshow
- Initial setup
- Defining what content gets cycle
- Adding more cycles and exploring options
- Reversing the animation
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- Preventing a possible "flash of unstyled content''
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- Adding a pause/play button
- Styling the pause/play button
- Checking to see if the cycle is paused
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MODULE 19: JQuery form validation
- Initializing the plugin & setting options
- Customizing the error messages
- Changing the location of the error messages
- Styling the error messages
MODULE 20: JQuery Image Carousel
- Linking to the plugin files
- Creating the carousel
- Styling the carousel
- An easy way to add prev & next buttons
- Adding custom prev & next buttons
- Setting how many items are shown
- Bootstrap
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- What is Bootstrap?
- Bootstrap History
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- Downloading Bootstrap
- Bootstrap CDN
- Create First Web Page with Bootstrap
- Add the HTML5 Doctype
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Introduction to Datatypes
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Programming Concepts
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Functions and Modules
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- Importing modules
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Object Oriented Programming
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Files and Exception Handling
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GUI Development using Tkinter
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Basic Widgets and Advanced Widgets
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MongoDb with Python
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Firebase Realtime Database
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Introduction to Web designing
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text: to me, above thy fellows, in that thou hast cast thyself into the sea, to come unto me; and, indeed, thou hast reason to love me more than the rest, for that more is remitted to thee than to them: tell me therefore, dost thou love me more than these thy fellow disciples? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee, fervently and zealously. Jesus saith unto him, Then do thou shew and improve this love of thine unto me, in this one point above all others; see that thou do carefully teach and guide the souls of my people thy affection cannot reach unto me; let it be bestowed upon those tender converts, which shall come under thy charge. XXI. 18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, &c. Verily, I say unto thee, In thy younger times, thou hadst the free command of thyself, and full scope and liberty to dispose of thyself to thine own best liking; but, when thou shalt be old, thou shalt be restrained in durance, and be forced to undergo martyrdom; thou shalt be both bound and crucified. XXI. 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. It neither concerns thee, nor befits thee, to ask what shall become of thy fellows: leave that to my care: I have determined what to do with all mine; and particularly with this disciple, whom I have always held so dear unto me: and, if it were my determination to continue him here upon earth, till my coming again, what were this to thee? look thou to thyself; and address thyself to follow me in that bloody way, which I have led thee, to glory. XXI. 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. Let no man think, that I intended in this writing, to comprehend all the miraculous works which Jesus did; but only to choose out some few from a world of those wonders, that he wrought: and, if all his great and marvellous acts should be recorded, they would doubtless fill infinite volumes. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. I. 4 But wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. But wait for the performance of that promise, which God the Fa ther hath made concerning the sending down of the Holy Ghost; which promise, said he, ye have heard related to you, by me. I. 5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. See Matthew iii. 11. I. 6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? Lord, we have heard, and have all this while believed, that there is a temporal kingdom to be restored to the now-enthralled and tributary people of Israel, by the Messiah: we know thee to be that Messiah, which should come: thou hast mightily declared thyself to be the Son of God, by thy rising from death, so as no human power can be able to resist thee: wilt thou now therefore, at this time, satisfy the expectation of thy people, and break off this servile yoke of the Romans, and restore the kingdom to Israel? I. 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times the which the Father hath put in his own power. This question of yours is curious and misgrounded: it is true, that I shall restore the kingdom to Israel, spiritually; not in a carnal and temporal manner, as ye weakly suppose, but by ruling in the hearts of men by the power of my Gospel, and, at last; by perfecting the full glory of my Church: but, when this shall be effected, it is not for you to enquire: there is enough revealed truth for you to content yourselves with: do not ye offer to pry into those matters and seasons, the knowledge whereof God the Father hath thought fit to reserve to himself. or seasons, 1. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth. That, which concerns you, is, to look unto the work whereto ye are designed: ere long ye shall receive power from above, and be furnished with abilities to carry my Gospel into the world; for which purpose, the Holy Ghost shall come upon you, in miraculous gifts and graces; and ye shall be witnesses to me, to declare and justify unto the world the truth of my Resurrection and the power of my Godhead, beginning at Jerusalem and so proceeding to the rest of Judea and Galilee, and then even to Samaria itself and to all the nations of the earth without all exception or limitation. I. 10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel. Two angels stood by them, in the form of men, clothed in bright apparel. I. 11 Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Ye men of Galilee, the late disciples of Jesus, why stand ye thus, with your eyes fixed upon that point of heaven, where your Master ascended; as if you could still see him; as if your eyes would follow him up into that glory? Know, that now ye must exercise rather the eyes of your faith; and that the heavens must contain that glorious Master and Saviour of yours, till his second coming to Judgment: at which time, ye shall see him returning from heaven, in the same glorious manner, wherein ye saw him ascending up thither. I. 18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. Now this man received that reward or hire of his treachery, wherewith a field was afterward purchased; and, when he had done, in a late remorse, offered a desperate violence to himself. I. 25 From which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. From which Judas, by that wicked treason against his Master, fell; that he might go to that place, which was fit for so foul a traitor, and such a hypocrite; who had all this while taken up a room, that he was utterly unworthy of. II. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Whereas the eleven Apostles had before, upon the breathing of their Master and Saviour, received the Holy Ghost, in that measure that was fit for the present occasion; now, all the assembled Disciples, together with the twelve, were fully inspired with the same Holy Ghost, and miraculously furnished with the gifts and graces thereof; and, for a proof of it, began to speak with strange tongues, as they were guided by the same Spirit. II. 17-20 I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: &c. And on my servants and on my handmaidens &c. The sun shall be turned into darkness, &c. See Joel ii. 28–31. II. 31 That his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. He was not left to continue in the state of death; neither was his flesh so long suffered to lie under the power of death, as to pass through the degrees of corruption. II. 36 That God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. That God hath, in his eternal counsel, ordained this Jesus, whom ye have crucified, to be the Lord of his Church, the true and only Messiah, and the sole Redeemer of mankind; and hath mightily declared and approved him for such: so as ye all ought to acknowledge him, and look for salvation from him alone. II. 38 And ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. And even ye also shall receive these miraculous gifts of the Holy Ghost, in testimony and assurance of the true remission of your sins, and that inward work of renovation which he shall effect in you. II. 40 Save yourselves from this untoward generation. Do not any longer join yourselves with the perverse and malicious enemies of Christ; but, as you do now see their heinous impiety, in crucifying the Lord of Life, so do ye estrange yourselves from them, and believe and profess that truth of the Gospel which they labour to oppose. II. 42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And they continued stedfastly in the communion and fellowship of the apostles and the rest of the disciples of Christ; and constantly professed that doctrine, which the apostles taught them; and joined together in the celebration and receipt of the blessed Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, and in prayers. .II. 44 And had all things common. And they had, in that first plantation of the Gospel, so all things common, as that every one was ready to contribute of that, which he had, to the public uses of the Church, and to the particular necessities of their brethren. So also verse 45. II. 46 And breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. And, consorting in their frugal and temperate meals, they did enjoy the holy society of each other, with much comfort and great sincerity of heart. III. 1 At the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. At the hour of evening prayer, being about three of the clock in the afternoon. III. 16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. It was only the name of Jesus, which I made use of in this cure; neither was it the bare outward sound thereof, but the faith in the Almighty power of Him, whose Name it is, that hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, howsoever the secret and omnipotent power of God hath done it, yet the means which hath obtained it, is the faith in this Jesus, both wrought in us by him and firmly pitched upon him alone, that is it, which hath procured to this man perfect soundness, in the presence of you all. III. 17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. And now, brethren, I have not said this to drive you into a despair of mercy: had ye done this knowingly, wilfully, maliciously, the case had been fearful, and hardly capable of remedy; but now, ye did it rather out of ignorance and error of opinion, as likewise divers of your rulers did; so that there is great hope, and, if ye repent, assurance of mercy and forgiveness. III. 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. That, in the time when this Son of God shall come again to judge the world, which shall be a day of terror indeed to the wicked and impenitent, but a day of unspeakable comfort and happiness to all penitent believers, ye may then receive, not a discharge only, but joy and blessedness from him. III. 21 Whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets. Whom the heavens must contain, in respect of the presence of his Glorified Body, until the time of his Second Coming; when he shall appear again, for the full consummation of the glory of his elect, and perfect accomplishment of his kingdom, concerning which, in all the passages thereof, God hath spoken by all his holy prophets. IV. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, &c. See Psalm cxviii. 22. IV. 12 For there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Neither can there be any other means named or conceived, in all the world, whereby salvation can be had, but only by and through him. IV. 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. All these enemies of thy Christ, notwithstanding all their complotting and maliciousness, could do nothing against him, but that, which thou, in thine eternal counsel, hadst both foreseen and decreed to permit and order, to the behoof and salvation of thy Church. V. 3 Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Why hast thou given way to Satan, to take full possession of thy heart, in this gross hypocrisy of thine? wherein thou hast, under a colour of holiness, committed a grievous sacrilege: and thereby hast drawn in the Holy Ghost as a suborner and abettor of thy wickedness and falsehood; pretending to have been moved by that good Spirit, to give all the price of thy land freely to God and his Church, when, in the mean time, thou hast kept back part. for thine own use. V. 9 How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband &c. How is it, that ye have agreed together thus to mock God, and to put this affront upon the Spirit of the Lord? as if, by this secret and fraudulent conveyance, ye would try whether he did know or would revenge this your close deceit and impiety, &c. V. 12 And they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. And they all met together, every day, at set hours, in that spacious room of the Temple, which was called the Porch of Solo mon. V. 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him. After this man arose up Judas of Galilee; and, upon the quarrel of the taxes laid by Cæsar upon the people of the Jews, made an insurrection; pretending that they ought not to be charged with those impositions, &c. VI. 1 There arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the He |


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All That Is
By James Salter
By James Salter
By James Salter
By James Salter
Part of Vintage International
Part of Vintage International
Category: Literary Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction
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Jan 28, 2014 | ISBN 9781400078424
Chronic City
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Young Hearts Crying
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Man Walks Into a Room
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Virus propagation follows an evolutionary pattern – the ones we see are the survivors, that have the right balance of technical ingenuity and social psychology to get themselves installed. I therefore conclude that lots of people have clicked Continue on sight of the following dialog, which you get if you follow a link on the CNN Daily Top 10 spam email doing the rounds right now (I have had it over 20 times):
In FireFox it is even cruder – just a link to a viral executable, click OK or cancel.
What gets me is that this is such an obvious virus. Here's several clues:
- The URL for the page is not cnn.com
- The supposed Flash placeholder image is obviously faked. It says "Flash Player 0" is installed
- The English is poor
- This doesn't look anything like IE's normal behaviour when installing a new ActiveX control (it isn't of course, it is just asking you to download an EXE)
- Image missing on the dialog
- The dialog doesn't even mention Flash
- I've not actually checked, but I'd be astonished if the executable is signed, so the user will have to pass further warnings unless they are running an ancient version of Windows
- Of course I already have Flash 9 installed
I also presume from the success of the virus that either lots of people don't have current a/v software installed, or it didn't work because it was not updated in time.
Why is this virus succeeding? I imagine because it is trading on two respected brands – CNN, and the fact that most people are happy to install Flash and know it is OK to do so (the real one, that is).
Shows what a tough job the security guys have. You have to assume people will click OK to almost anything.