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IoT References & Resources I IoTSA White Paper I Design Principles I Press Release I Overview PPT I Webinar
IoT Safety Architecture & Risk Toolkit Updated Addressing Hazardization
Recalibrated to the evolving regulatory landscape
October 18, 2018 – Austin, Texas – Today at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, Privacy, Security Risk conference, the Agelight Digital Trust Advisory Group, released a major update to the IoT Safety Architecture and Risk Assessment Toolkit (IoTSA). First released over six months ago, the IoTSA has been updated to reflect real-world feedback from dozens of stakeholders, regulators and device manufacturers. The IoTSA has been expanded to map to the evolving regulatory landscape including the EU GDPR, California IoT Security Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CACPA) and the UK's Code of Practice for Consumer IoT security.
The IoTSA helps to accelerate the adoption of high-value and high-impact security and privacy practices delivering trustworthy devices to the market and supporting them through their lifecycle. At its core it was designed to address the confusion and at time conflicting narratives of existing frameworks. Many of which look at security, data privacy and product safety in isolation.
Leveraging National Cyber Security Awareness month, the IoTSA advocates that IoT safety must be "by design" and part of everyone's responsibility from product conception through a product's life-cycle. Not unlike an automobile, IoT devices require continued updating and patching and at a certain point need to be retired for the safety of the user and society at-large.
The IoTSA includes 45 actionable principles and uniquely includes a scoring model to help organizations complete risk assessments and prioritization. Applying the IoTSA aids device manufactures and developers to enhance the lifecycle security and data privacy of their solutions. In addition, enterprises can apply the IoTSA to assess the safety of the devices they have installed and retailers can apply the IoTSA to their product merchandising decisions.
"The IoTSA provides a blueprint to realize the promise of IoT and help avoid the pitfalls," said Craig Spiezle, Managing Director of the Agelight Digital Trust Advisory Group. "Organizations that adopt the IoTSA can maximize user safety, while making security and privacy a part of their brand promise. Those that fail risk placing society and users at risk."
As the connected home, auto and lifestyle has been woven into the fabric of our lives, society is at risk due to the threat of device hazardization creating life safety and physical harms. Left unabated connected devices may flip our lives upside down if proper security, safety and privacy measures are not implemented. The following guiding tenets were applied and weighted for inclusion in the IoTSA;
- Address root causes of risks and vulnerabilities at-scale
- Promote practices which are feasible to adopt
- Reduce user risk and support burden
- Drive supply chain / ecosystem improvements
- Provide incentives for product/brand differentiation
- Provide users the ability to evaluate and compare products
- Be applicable globally
The IoTSA weighted risk model incorporates six fundamental criteria impacting device manufacturers and developers. Based on an organization's risk tolerance, engineering and development efforts can be prioritized. Scoring criteria includes:
- The impact to the user
- The impact to the ecosystem and society at large
- Financial and performance impact
- Hazardization, or risks related to physical and life safety
- Development costs and impact to market timing
- Regulatory and liability risk
To learn more, attend the session entitled IoT Risk Assessment, Prioritization and Scoring at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk 2018, on Friday October 19 at 11:45, during a panel with Justin Brookman, Director, Consumer Privacy and Technology Policy, Consumers Union and Aaron Weller, VP Strategy, Sentinel LLC.
"In a world populated by devices from smart fridges to driverless cars, it is vitally important that we embed privacy and security into the devices, large and small, that help us with everything from the mundane to the vital," said Aaron Weller, VP of Strategy at Sentinel. "The IoTSA is a valuable tool for organizations to evaluate their risks and prioritize efforts. Those organizations that act now will not only avoid potentially significant issues but also send a strong message to their customers about the value that they place on doing the right thing."
The IoTSA incorporates many practices advocated by the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), the U.K. Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport. the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Federal Communication Commission, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other governmental agencies and regulatory bodies.
About The Agelight Advisory Group
The Agelight Digital Trust Advisory Group helps organizations accelerate the adoption of security- and privacy-enhancing practices and policies and navigate the complex regulatory environment while promoting innovation and the importance of self-regulation. AgeLight's Managing Director Craig Spiezle offers more than two decades of product development and management expertise and is recognized as an authority on the intersection of online trust, security, privacy and product safety. For information on IoT consulting services including licensing the IoT Trust & Safety Architecture© visit https://agelight.com/iot.html or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith by Robert Reymond
In recent studies of every variety I have been consistently and considerably benefited by Robert Reymond's New Sytematic Theology of the Christian Faith. I am confident that any student of the scriptures, whether layman or clergy, will likewise be greatly profited by this phenomenal resource; and so I have decided to write a brief review for the purpose of commending this work to anyone interested, by highlighting four characteristics which I have consistently found in Reymond's writing, to an eminent degree. I pray that God will give this beautifully Christ-centered work a widening circle of influence.
1. Reymond's systematic is thoroughly scriptural
In the entirety of his writing, Reymond is ever careful not to make any assertion which does not have the backing of scripture. His biblical references are pervasive throughout the work; and yet he is studious to avoid proof-texting, always bringing his considerable exegetical skills to bear on the passages he employs.
2. Reymond's systematic is fully reformed
The careful use that Reymond makes of the scriptures, leads him, inevitably, to a fully-orbed Reformed theology and worldview. Although he demonstrates that his ultimate authority is the bible, he is very willing to make use of the church's greatest exegetes and theologians before him. In particular, his concern to interact with the Westminster confession and catechisms is apparent throughout; which is a feature that cannot help but ground anyone who likewise adheres to those statements of faith in their biblical undergirdings and logical reasonableness.
3. Reymond's systematic demonstrates a willingness to advance in doctrinal precision
Reymond's respect for Reformed Theology does not lead him to adopt any historical confession as a constricting or thought-ending doctrinal expression. He evidences respect for historic exegetes and systematizations by a willingness to stand on their shoulders, and not be chained by them. He is always ready to take previous doctrinal labor and advance it to clearer or more precise formulations. He evinces the commendable spirit of semper reformanda -- always reforming. Notable in this regard is his outstanding treatment of the lapsarian question (pp. 479-502).
4. Reymond's systematic is up-to-date, and engages with contemporary doctrinal errors
For example, his critique of Pinnock and the "Free Will Theists" (pp. 346-381). Also, his rebuttal of Dispensationalism, perhaps the most scripturally grounded and logically unassailable I have read (pp.503-544).
In summary, this is an outstanding read, and well-worth the investment of time and expense to become more familiar with it. If anyone is interested, it is for sale here at the Monergism bookstore.
I have included below a brief excerpt, Reymond's summative statement for the doctrine of the believers' union with Christ, both as a passage which has been highly instructive for me, and as an example of the lucidity and brevity with which his deep doctrinal truth is customarily framed.
Union with Christ is the fountainhead from which flows the Christian's every spiritual blessing -- repentance and faith, pardon, justification, adoption, sanctification, perseverance, and glorification. Chosen in Christ before the creation of the world, and in the divine mind united with Christ in his death and resurrection, the elect, in response to God's effectual call, are through God's gift of faith actually united to Christ. Their union with Christ is in no sense the effect of human causation. "The union which the elect have with Christ is the work of God's grace, whereby they are spiritually and mystically, yet really and inseparably, joined to Christ as their head and husband" (Larger Catechism, Question 66). By virtue of his actual union with Christ the Husband in his death and resurrection, the Christian, as Christ's "bride," is forgiven of his sin and liberated from the law -- his previous "husband" -- and made capable of doing that which he could never do before, namely, "bear holy fruit to God" (Rom. 7:4-5). To the degree that the Christian "reckons himself dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 6:11), that is to say, to the degree that the Christian takes seriously the reality of his Spirit-wrought union with Christ, to that degree he will find his definitive sanctification coming to actual expression in his experiential or progressive sanctification. The holiness of the Christian's daily walk directly depends upon his union with the Savior.
Yes, I have to agree his work is excellent.
I do wish he had done a better job on the sacraments. It's difficult to find a good systematic theology text these days that is up-to-date.
On the one hand, we Reformed Baptists have Grudem's text, but he gives attention to non-cessationism and seems to want to make a case for that.
Then in Reymond's he assumes the WCF and, in my opinion, gives short shrift to RB's on baptism and, to a lesser extent, church government. His discussion of believer's baptism comes off as more of a gloss.
My "wish" is for him to get an RB, like perhaps James Renihan, to write an appendix for RB's on these issues to help make this text a bit more accessible to us and more comprehensive for both confessional Presbyterians and Reformed Baptists.
Alternatively, he could get a contributor like Greg Welty perhaps to interact with his material in an appendix just to establish an RB perspective or, perhaps, publish Greg's paper on the 2 views for the readers. That way both views could be clearly articulated and the book more open to confessional RB's on that matter.
When I was first introduced to reformed theology, I bought this book in order to learn more. I benefited greatly from this book and what I like about it the most is that it systematizes the WCF. I now have the privilege of reading this book for class and I look forward to going through it again.
Thanks for the review of Reymonds Systematic. Last year I purchased Reymond's for myself, but haven't made proper complete reading of it yet. I will say that I was very impressed with Reymond's continual reference to the original languages, I believe on almost every page.
Could you comment on Reymond's view and discussion of the Eternal Generation of Christ? I just reread this section and realized there is more to Reymond's treatment on this subject than I first grasped. Also, any thoughts on Grudem's treatment of eternal generation as compared to Reymond's.
Nathan,your articles have been truly helpful. Thanks again.
I am an 11th grade homeschooler, and I have been reading this book for my school theology studies. It is most excellent. I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I am about 3/4 of the way through the book, and I recommend it to anyone interested in theology.
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Yes ...Reymond's Systematic Theology along with Francis Turretin's "Institutes of Elenctic Theology" are about as close to representing my own theology as they come
Here is a sample chapter from Reymond's Systematic called:
Five Arguments for the Unity of the Covenant of Grace
I also found Reymond's discussion of the eternal generation of Christ intriguing. It certainly makes one hesitate to call into question the legitimacy of an expression that has been so creedally revered throughout most of church history -- but if he is correct in assuming that the term implies what he believes it implies, then he is no doubt right. That is, if by eternal generation one means to say that the Son is essentially inferior to the Father, or that his essential nature depends for its existence upon the absolute nature of the Father alone -- who would then be the only truly self-sufficient person of the Godhead -- then the term must go. If Christ is truly and fully God in his essential nature, then he, as God, is characterized by the aseity which also characterizes the Father. The Son is eternally Son in relation to the Father, and this ontological relationship finds expression in the Son's economical submission to the Father. If that is all the term implies, I have no problem with it. But Reymond seems to think (with some substantiation) that many of the church fathers actually intended by the phrase an essential subordination which would basically deny Christ the attribute of aseity.
I have to confess, I have not read Grudem on that point, so I don't know how to compare the two.
I have not yet read Turretin's Elenctic Theology, but if you find it so similar to your own theology, I'll put that high on my list.
A. Shepherd...
Praise the Lord for godly young people and parents!
I was priveleged to have this book presented to us in lecture form at Knox Seminary. (Dr. R. used Berkhof as the class text book.)
Since it has been published I have worn out my first copy and need to buy another!
I recently bought Reymond's Systematics. I am impressed by the precision and clarity of his prose as well as its elegance. The prose style is so often overlooked when commenting on a book. But Reymond should be commended for his style. It's not style for styles sake; rather, it's style for the sake of greater precision in the expression of his thoughts and, therefore, greater clarity for the reader. It is a pleasure to read because you are genuinely edified by his thoughts but it's also a pleasure because he writes so beautifully. Some systematic theologians communicate solid ideas but do so with little or no elegance. Not so Reymond. He knows how to construct sentences and paragraphs so that the argument unfolds both logically and artfully. Very well done. Of course, beauty shouldn't be the only or the main reason for reading a work of systematic theology, but it certainly makes studying it all the more rewarding.

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Berlin, Germany's capital, is home to 3.6 million people. No stranger to history, this energetic city dates back to the 13th century. …
Berlin, Germany's capital, is home to 3.6 million people. No stranger to history, this energetic city dates back to the 13th century.
The city has a vibrant art scene and many museums and sights that provide a window to the city's rich history. One for the nature lovers, Berlin is located in an area of low-lying marshy woodlands on the banks of the River Spree and Havel and one third of the city's area is composed of parks, forests, lakes, rivers and gardens.
Home to many universities, sporting events, museums, music festivals, nightlife and diverse architecture, Berlin is a great location for the tourist that loves to explore. The diverse styles of architecture stand as a memory of the city's rich history. Visit Museum Island where you can visit the three renowned museums – Pergamon Museum, the Altes and the Bode. Many other museums, including the splendid art museum Gemaeldegalerie, can be found in the square, Potsdamer Platz. Experience more history at one of the many churches that dot the city. Make sure not to miss the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom), the largest and most important, and Berlin's famous landmark, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church with its damaged tower.
Then there is the Berlin Wall – something almost every visitor to Germany would want to see. The wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. The demolition of the wall began in 1990 and was completed in 1992.Today, not much remains of the barrier but visitors can still understand the impact the wall had by visiting what is left of the wall. Today, the two halves of the city are visually merged so perfectly that it is difficult to tell East from West. Visit the East Side Gallery, a 1.3km section of the wall and a collection of 105 paintings that form the largest open-air gallery in the world. The gallery features drawings by international artists on the east side of the Berlin Wall.
Berlin has its own triumphal arch, much like many European cities, called the Brandenburg Gate. This 18th century neoclassical arch is one of the most acclaimed landmarks in Germany. It makes a beautiful backdrop for photographs.
If the weather allows, visit Treptower Park. Although not central, the park is easily reachable on a short train journey. Beautiful statues and a relaxing atmosphere make for a lovely summer's afternoon. If you want to continue enjoying the great outdoors visit Berlin's urban beaches including Oststrand, Strandbad Wannsee, Beach at the Box and the Traumstrand Berlin, which is very central. Berlin's urban beaches including Oststrand, Strandbad Wannsee, Beach at the Box and the extremely central Traumstrand Berlin. There is also Strandbar Mitte which is right by Museum Island.
Berlin has a wealth of edifices including the Reichstag Building. At the very top, at the dome, you can take in spectacular views of Berlin. You can even grab a bite at their rooftop restaurant – just make sure to make a reservation beforehand. Panoramic vistas can also be enjoyed from the Berlin V Tower.
Berlin is a melting point of cultures – a cosmopolitan metropolis that hosts some of the most interesting exhibitions. The economy is booming in industries such as pharmaceuticals, T, electronics, construction and many others. In September, 2016, Berlin will host the OsiSoft Conference. The three day conference will bring together over 1000 professionals from 50 countries and over 400 organisations. The conference is organized in three parts – Operational Intelligence, Industry Forum and TechCon and will run from September 26th-29th. Maestro will be building an exhibition booth for a client in Berlin, Germany at OsiSoft. For more information on trade show booths in Germany and around the world, contact us at email@example.com.


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The decision to attend The Citadel is a commitment to be challenged. As a member of the Corps of Cadets, you will join an extraordinary group of young individuals driven by a strong moral code and a desire to make a difference. You are strong, but when you join your classmates, you become part of a team. Together you become resilient. You form lifelong bonds that define who you are. You learn to uphold standards and learn the value of accountability and integrity. And in this process, you realize that you are capable of more than you ever thought.
Choose something different… and you'll never be the same.
Veteran Day Student
Branch: United States Army
Major: Exercise Science
Thomas Taylor planned to spend his career in the Army, but when his back was injured after a building in Afghanistan collapsed on him, he was forced to change his plans. And that's when he started exploring the idea of pursuing a college education.
Faculty & Staff
Career Center
Page Tisdale, the director of The Citadel Career Center, is on a mission to make sure every cadet walks across the stage on graduation day ready to step into a career. When others challenge her ambition, her response is simple—why not?
Hometown: Conway, SC
Company: Victor
Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kayla Funes believes engineers can make a difference and create change in the world. At The Citadel, she began designing and building water filters to provide access to clean water for people in developing countries.
Hometown: Newbury Park, CA
Company: F-Troop
Major: Nursing
Whether on the field or in formation, taking advantage of the opportunity to lead has developed Cadet Kate Manzione into a person that she wouldn't have recognized when she arrived at The Citadel.
The Citadel has been ranked #1 Public College in the South offering up to a master's degree by U.S. News & World Report for 8 years in a row.
Approximately 1 in 3 cadets earn a commission into the U.S. Armed Forces upon graduation.
The Citadel Graduate College offers 25 graduate degrees programs with 22 concentration options, 25 graduate certificates and 10 undergraduate degree completion programs.
The 12:1 student-faculty ratio ensures direct access to nationally recognized scholars.
Approximately 2,300 students comprise the South Carolina Corps of Cadets at The Citadel.
Over 90% of Cadets report professional employment, military, or graduate school acceptance within 6 months of graduation, which is significantly above the national average.
20,784 donors contributed to the Foundation for Leadership campaign, a 6 year effort to support the college.
The Citadel Graduate College has a population of over 1,100 students, 23% of whom are a part of the undergraduate degree completion program.
The Citadel is part of the Division I Southern Conference with 9 men's varsity teams and 7 women's varsity teams.
Citadel cadets and students study abroad in 23 countries across several continents.
22% of the Citadel Graduate College are veteran students studying locally and abroad with The Citadel ranked as #1 Public College for Veterans in the South.
The Citadel offers 24 undergraduate majors and 39 minors.
The Citadel is ranked #1 College for Alumni Giving in the South with a current alumni network of over 39,000 people.


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This Kiss Me Kate Deserves A SmoochPublished: Monday, September 23, 2013 7:00 am By: Michall Jeffers Source: Woman Around Town
With Kiss Me Kate, Westchester Broadway has taken on a classic of the musical theater thats both demanding vocally and challenging in terms of dialogue. Fortunately, in William Michals, they have a leading man who brings to his role a full, rich baritone which reverberates through the theater like rolling velvet. The snappy dialogue is well served by the cast; not a joke is missed or misinterpreted. Kiss Me Kate has the distinction of winning the first Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949. The music and lyrics are by Cole Porter, who was influenced by Rodgers and Hammersteins Oklahoma! among other shows, to write what was known as an integrated musical. Hard as it is for us to understand, it was common for earlier shows to make little connection between dialogue and musical numbers. A new age had dawned in theater; the lyrics were now expected to move along the plot line. Not coincidentally, this was Porters biggest hit, and his only show to run over 1.000 performances.
The number that begins the first act, Another Opnin, Another Show has become a show business anthem, right up there with Irving Berlins Theres No Business Like Show Business. Every theater goer gets a thrill seeing the production take shape. James Brennan, who is both the director and the choreographer, wisely sets the scene as the audience still mumbles, nearly oblivious to the lone character sweeping the stage to the light of a single lamp. Then, as the lyrics begin, and more people join in, the excitement builds. The story is clever, if a bit complicated to follow at times. Essentially, its a play within a play. A somewhat down at heels theater company is performing a musical version of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew. The swaggering actor/director/producer, Fred Graham (Michals) has taken on the lead male role of Petruchio. Starring opposite him as Kate is his ex-wife, movie actress Lili Vanessi (Christianne Tisdale, who brings a feisty sensibility). The two have a love/hate relationship, which mirrors their characters. Meanwhile, bombshell Lois Lane is playing Bianca (the adorable Missy Dowse), and trying to handle her troublesome boyfriend. Bill (Brian Ogilvie, who achieves the nearly impossible in making Bill likeable) is an actor in the play, and an inveterate gambler; he has signed Freds name to a $10,000 IOU.
A couple of culture loving thugs (Michael Kubala and Michael J. Farina, both of whom handle the garbled but witty dialogue exceptionally well) come to collect from Fred. A light bulb idea leads him to telling the enforcers that he can only pay up if Lili, whos about to quit, stays in the production. She reluctantly agrees, but her fury over receiving a bouquet that Fred had intended for Lois carries over to the stage. Its not easy to present iconic songs to an audience. So In Love, Too Darn Hot, Always True To You (In My Fashion), and several more are so familiar, Im sure many people dont realize their origin. The


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Mission Bay Park
San Diego's Mission Bay Park combines Mission Bay Beaches and the Mission Bay Park. The Mission Bay Beaches have calm water without waves and stretch for a considerable span allowing beach goers to easily find a semi-private spot of sand. The Mission Bay Park has a long stretch of green grass with a paved walkway for pedestrians, joggers, bicyclists, roller blades, and others to enjoy. The long walkway follows the San Diego Bay and allows visitors to enjoy water views in a park atmosphere. Easily accessible form the Interstate 5, the Mission Bay Park is a favorite for locals because of its recreational and picnicking opportunities.
Mission Bay Directions
Mission Bay is located near the I-5, take the Clairemont Exit and head west a short distance and you will be at the beginning of Mission Bay Park.
Mission Bay Information
A visitor's center is located off of the I-5 at the entrance to Mission Bay Park. Mission Bay Park is one of the nicest places to enjoy a barbecue or a picnic. There are no lifeguards or showers in this area but the water is calm. There are boat launch ramps and ample space for jet skiers and wave runners. On the other side of the Mission Bay closer to Mission Beach you will find the Mission Bay water recreation center where you can take classes to sail or rent kayaks etc. Parking is a piece of cake in many of the small parking lots around the entire area and access off of Interstate 5 is less then a hundred yards away.
San Diego Mission Bay Park Visitor Tips
One of the top parks in the country for doing just about anything. The very green grass and the water make Mission Bay one of the best places to picnic, exercise, water sports, roller blade, bicycle, walk your dog, or like I said, Mission Bay Park is a perfect spot to do just about anything.


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Author(s): Marianne Musgrove
Just because something's not magic doesn't mean it can't be magical...Juliet's a worrywart, and no wonder! Her little sister, Oaf, follows her around taking notes and singing 'The Irritating Song' all day long. Her parents are always arguing about Dad's junk. Nana's so tired of craft lessons that she starts barbecuing things in the middle of the night. And Juliet's friends, Lindsay and Gemma, are competing to see which of them is Juliet's best friend. Juliet can't fit in any more worries! But then she makes a remarkable discovery. Behind the wallpaper in her new bedroom, Juliet uncovers an old painting of a very special tree. Nana remembers it well. It's the Worry Tree, and with the help of a duck called Delia and the other Worry Tree animals, Juliet just might be able to solve some of life's big problems.
Marianne Musgrove wrote her first full-length novel at the age of eleven: a romantic thriller featuring her unfortunate classmates. Although the unpublished manuscript met with only localised acclaim, she never gave up her dream of becoming an author. A descendant of King Henry VIII's librarian, you could say books are in her blood! Marianne grew up in Sydney then moved to Adelaide to go to university. There, she studied English (which she loved), law (which she loathed) and social work (which she made her career for several years). Marianne's first children's novel, The Worry Tree, is the winner of the Australian Family Therapists Award for Children's Literature 2008 and has been shortlisted for three other awards. Lucy the Good, Lucy the Lie Detector and Don't Breathe a Word are also available now. To read up on Marianne's exploits, check out www.mariannemusgrove.com.au


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Canadiens legend Beliveau honored at Bell Centreby Arpon Basu
MONTREAL -- They wouldn't have stopped of their own accord. No, they only stopped because she asked them to.
The capacity crowd at Bell Centre on Tuesday wanted more than anything to show their appreciation, especially after a moving video tribute to the late Jean Beliveau got them even more eager to do so.
From afar, the fans in this city watched Elise Beliveau show her strength this week in greeting every single person who visited Bell Centre on Sunday and Monday as her husband lay in state. She shook hands and accepted condolences from a public that was almost as much a part of her family as her own daughter and grandchildren.
Finally, given the opportunity to do so in the same venue, but one now meant for such an outpouring of gratitude, the fans at Bell Centre stood and cheered.
And cheered some more.
For two minutes, the fans showed how they felt about Elise Beliveau, and she showed them right back, raising her hands to the sky on several occasions to show her appreciation, even though her grief had overtaken her on several occasions during the poignant ceremony prior to the game between the Montreal Canadiens and Vancouver Canucks.
When she finally couldn't take it anymore, Elise Beliveau implored the crowd to stop.
And they did. Instantly.
Just as the capacity crowd didn't make the slightest noise, nary even a cough, for nearly a minute when the Canadiens asked them to observe a moment of silence in honor of Beliveau, the crowd did it again when Elise Beliveau made it clear it was too much for her to handle.
She had handled so much this week already.
The ceremony began with a photo of Jean Beliveau as a baby in his carriage projected onto the ice surface, beginning a montage that took us through his boyhood, the early part of his career with the Quebec Aces, and the glorious moments he enjoyed in a Canadiens uniform, ending with him holding the torch above his head at a Montreal home opener in recent years.
It was a lifetime of service to an organization perfectly documented in a few minutes.
The Canadiens and Canucks players then came on the ice, with no music to announce their arrival, and lined up on the blue lines before backing away to watch the video tribute playing on the screen. None of the players are old enough to have seen Beliveau play, but the highlights in the video package suggest he would not look the least bit out of place if he grabbed a uniform and joined them in his prime.
That's when the ovation began. Elise Beliveau, her daughter Helene and grandchildren Magalie and Mylene were in the spotlight, crying and comforting each other while the Bell Centre crowd tried to offer their version of support.
Canadiens public address announcer Michel Lacroix cut the ovation, at the behest of Elise Beliveau, by asking the crowd to sing O Canada. As they sang, the seat Jean Beliveau filled at Bell Centre for years, Seat 1, Row EE, Section 102, was lit up with a spotlight, his No. 4 jersey on the back of the seat, as it will be for the remainder of this season.
When the game began, the spotlight on that seat remained, with Elise Beliveau sitting next to it.
Next to him, as she has all week. As she had for decades.


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U.S. Super Rich to Share Wealth
Billionaire Oracle Corp. ORCL 0.16% founder Larry Ellison will join film director George Lucas and 38 other mega-wealthy people in following a call by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates to pledge to give the majority of their riches to charity.
On Wednesday, Mr. Buffett announced that 40 of America's wealthiest individuals and families, from former Citigroup Inc. MSFT -1.10% leader Sandy Weill to hotel mogul Barron Hilton, have signed the "Giving Pledge."
Mr. Buffett and Mr. Gates in June had asked the individuals and families to publicly commit to give away at least half of their wealth within their lifetimes or after their deaths.
The pledge stemmed from a series of dinners the two men held for the nation's billionaires over the past year to discuss the effects of the recession on philanthropy.
The push by Mr. Buffett and Mr. and Ms. Gates is publicizing what had been a private matter for many wealthy people. Many of those who joined the pledge already had intended to give away much of their money.
The effort comes during the second consecutive year in which philanthropy experienced its deepest decline ever recorded by the Giving USA Foundation, which has tracked annual giving since 1956.
Donations fell 3.6% to $303.8 billion last year, down from $315 billion in 2008, according to Giving USA. In 2008, charitable giving fell 2%.
In an interview, Mr. Buffett said that while the pledge push might produce a short-term boost in giving, the main goal is to set an example over the long term for others to get involved in philanthropy.
"The behavior of those before does affect what happens with those after, particularly if those people are somewhat admired in society," Mr. Buffett said. "If Carnegie and Rockefeller hadn't done what they'd done, there'd be less philanthropy in the United States today."
Mr. Buffett said he and Mr. Gates in coming months will meet with wealthy individuals in China and India to talk about the pledge in the hopes of adding more names from outside the U.S.
Some signatories on the list Wednesday came as a surprise. Mr. Ellison, the software mogul, is among those who had been involved in philanthropy but hadn't stated their intentions so publicly.
Some of the Donors
"Until now, I have done this giving quietly—because I have long believed that charitable giving is a personal and private matter," Mr. Ellison wrote in a public letter in response to a call from Mr. Buffett to joint the group.
The letter was posted on the Giving Pledge website, set up to display the billionaires' commitments.
Mr. Ellison said he has put virtually all his assets into a trust with the intention of giving away at least 95% to charitable causes and has already given hundreds of millions of dollars to medical research and education.
"So why am I going public now? Warren Buffett personally asked me to write this letter because he said I would be 'setting an example' and 'influencing others' to give," Mr. Ellison wrote.
"I hope he's right," he added.
Mr. Lucas, creator of the "Star Wars" franchise, said he was "dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education" in a pledge letter on the Giving Pledge website. "It is the key to the survival of the human race," he wrote.
In an interview, Tom Steyer, founder of hedge fund Farallon Capital Management LLC in San Francisco, said he and his wife had planned to give away their wealth but decided to go public after Mr. Buffett called.
Mr. Steyer made the pledge to support what he sees as an effort by Mr. Buffett to show how those who profit from capitalism can help improve society.
"We want him to succeed in reshaping the way people think about the private enterprise system," Mr. Steyer said.
Other billionaires on the list, including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, had previously stated their plans to give away the majority of their wealth but said calling attention to their plans will encourage others to follow suit.
On a conference call with media, Messrs. Buffett and Bloomberg said that tax deductions weren't a main motivator for people to join the pledge.
Still, for a donor in the 35% income tax bracket, the highest U.S. bracket, the effective cost of a $100 donation while alive can be $65, subject to some limitations.
Philanthropists who sign the pledge will be invited by Messrs. Gates and Buffett to attend three or four dinners this fall, Mr. Buffett said.
The dinners will culminate with a daylong meeting where donors can swap project ideas and advice, as well as discuss challenges such as how to draw children into giving.
The group won't monitor whether the signatories meet their pledge commitments.
"I think the chances of there being any significant slippage of that are virtually nil," Mr. Buffett said. "When people make a pledge like this I think if anything their commitment becomes stronger over time."
Mr. Buffett said he and Mr. Gates and Ms. Gates called between 70 and 80 people based, in part, on their record of philanthropy.
He said he was able to persuade two individuals to expand their giving, while a couple was convinced by their children to increase their giving.
The big question is whether the group can find new donors in the months ahead, especially in an uncertain economy.
While America's rich have recovered somewhat from the recession, their spending and investing have slowed because of the volatile stock markets, rising taxes for top earners and economic uncertainty overseas.
—Robert Frank contributed to this article.
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By Dr. Murli Dharmadhikari
Making fruit wines can be economically rewarding. A certain segment of the population enjoys these wines. A winemaker can produce high quality fruit wines as a specialty product and benefit from this existing niche in the marketplace. Compared to grape wines most of the fruit wines take less time to process and, therefore; the capital is tied up for a shorter period of time. This translates into a quicker return on invested capital. Fruit wines can also be made during a less busy time (after grape harvest) of the year, thus permitting efficient use of winery facilities. Sometimes a decision to make a fruit wine is made because surplus fruit is available at a very attractive price. Often in such cases, the fruit quality is poor and the appeal of low prices can induce a winemaker to produce mediocre wine that he or she would not otherwise make if the price were not so cheap. Although the price of the raw material is an important consideration, it should not be the sole criteria. Remember that the cost of the raw material is a small portion of the total cost, and devoting valuable resources to produce a poor to mediocre product amounts to underutilization or even misuse of precious resources. The important point is that the choice of making fruit wine should be based on sound business reasons.
Which Fruit Wine?
There are a variety of fruits suited to making a good quality wine. The fruits commonly used for making wine are: Apple, pear, peach, plum, cherry, strawberry, blackberry, raspberry and blueberry. The choice of fruit depends upon several factors. These include: market demand, availability of raw material, production facilities, and sound economic reasons.
In Missouri, apple, cherry and berry wines are commercially produced and, therefore; these production techniques merit some discussion. This article deals with apple wine. In the next issue we will discuss wines from other fruit.
Raw material-Generally, locally grown apples which are in surplus after meeting fresh market demands are used for making juice and wine. It is important that the fruit be sound, i.e., free of decay or rot and well mature. Unripe or immature fruit should not be used since it is high in starch, acid, and astringency; and low in sugar and flavor. On the other hand, overly mature fruit can be low in fresh and fruity flavor, difficult to process and also difficult to clarify.
Many apple varieties can be used for making wine. Generally the choice is largely governed by locally available fruit. The amount of fruit constituents such as sugars, acids, phenolic compounds, color and flavor vary considerably among the apple varieties. It can be difficult to obtain a single variety which would contain all of the important constituents in an ideal proportion. For this reason a combination of varieties should be used to obtain the most desirable composition in the juice and wine. To achieve a good blend it is necessary to know the fruit composition of locally available varieties. Once this information is known, blending can be done to obtain desired results.
For example, Mcintosh and Golden and Red Delicious varieties are considered rich in aroma, crabapples are relatively more astringent, and varieties such as Jonathan, Northern Spy, Winesap and Baldwin usually have good acid levels. Combining aromatic and moderately acidic varieties in a blend is more likely to yield a pleasing wine.
Instead of processing apples, one can buy cider to make wine. In such a situation great attention must be paid to obtain only high quality juice. The cider must not be made of immature, inferior, or decayed fruit. It should have a rich apple flavor, good color and sugar, and astringent compounds in proper proportion.
Sometimes fruit concentrate is used for wine production. The concentrate is easy to store, requires less space, and can be processed when the winery operation is less busy or slow. When using concentrate, only high quality concentrate with good apple flavor should be used. The apple aroma of the juice from concentrate can be enhanced by blending it with fresh apple juice.
Fruit Composition
Production of superior wine requires a proper balance among the various fruit constituents. A good understanding of these fruit constituents is essential in order to produce a high quality product.
Apples consist of water and many soluble constituents such as sugars and other carbohydrates, acids, nitrogenous compounds, minerals, astringent substances, color and flavor constituents.
Water-Water is the largest component of fruit. It affects the soluble solids content of the juice. Many factors influence the amount of water present in fruit at harvest. Generally 83% of the fresh weight is water.
Carbohydrates-Sugars are the main carbohydrate material in apples. The predominant sugars include fructose, sucrose and glucose. Lott (1943) determined the sugar contents in 15 apple varieties in Illinois. The results are shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Fructose, glucose and sucrose content of some apple varieties at optimum maturity.
Percent of fresh weight
Source: Loft (1943)
The data shows that fructose is the main sugar (over 50% of total sugar) in apples. The balance of the sugar consists of sucrose and glucose. The sugar content of the fruit varies with the variety and is also influenced by other factors, such as location and cultural practices.
Starch-The unripe fruit contains starch which is often called storage sugar. As the fruit matures the starch is hydrolyzed into sugars. During ripening the starch content rapidly declines and at harvest very little, if any, starch may be present in the fruit. The presence of starch can contribute to the problem of clarification and filtration during processing.
Pectic substances-Pectic substances are complex colloidal carbohydrate derivatives containing large proportions of anhydrogalacturonic acid units. Protopectin refers to the water insoluble parent pectic material that acts as a cementing agent, holding cells together. During ripening the protopectin is hydrolyzedto soluble pectinic acid and pectin which in part contributes to the softening of the fruit. The pectic substances are capable of forming gels. They contribute to the viscosity or body of the juice and often cause cloudiness, thus making the juice difficult to clarify. Pectin splitting enzymes are used to help with juice clarification.
Organic Acids-Many organic acids are found in apples. These include: malic, citric, quinic glycolic, succinic, lactic, galacturonic and citramalic. Malic acid is the principal acid and citric and other acids are present in trace amounts. Table 2 lists the malic acid content of several apple varieties.
Table 2. Acid content of apples
Source: Joslyn (1950)
The acids are present as free or combined forms. The acidity is often expressed in terms of percent malic acid. The amount of acid varies with variety, maturity, location, and other conditions. Acidity is related to pH and high acidity is often associated with low pH and vice versa. During ripening the titratable acidity declines and the pH rises.
Several studies have reported the malic acid content and the pH of the juice in apples. Table 3 shows the results of fruit composition reported by Clague and Feller (1936).
Table 3. Composition of some New England varieties used for apple juice.
Source: Claque and Fellers (1936)
The acid composition and pH of the juice are important considerations in winemaking. The acid content has an important bearing on taste, pH, fermentation, color, and stability of the wine.
Volatile aroma compounds-Rich and complex apple aroma is crucial to the quality of apple wine. The aroma bearing constituents are present in small amounts (about 50 ppm) and can be easily lost during processing. To preserve the apple flavor the fruit must be processed with great care.
Many constituents contribute to typical apple aroma. They belong to several classes of chemical compounds such as alcohols, esters, carbonyl compounds, and others. White (1950) reported the important constituents of apple flavor which are listed in Table 4.
Table 4. Constituents of apple flavor.
Source: White (1950)
In recent years many other aroma constituents have been isolated from several apple varieties. For example in Delicious apples the ripe aroma has been attributed to the presences of ethyl-2-methyl butyrate. The green and unripe odor is considered to be due to hexenal and 2-hexenal. It is important to note that certain aroma compounds can be present in small amounts and yet can exert great influence on the flavor.
Astringent compounds-The astringent compounds in apples include phenolic substances and tannin. These constituents are responsible for astringency of flavor and darkening of color when sliced fruit or juice is exposed to air. The amount of phenolic substances in fruit varies with variety, maturity, location, and season.
Generally they are present in the range of 0.11 to 0.34 of /100 g of fresh weight. The kinds of phenolic compounds present have been investigated by several workers. Hulme (1958) reported the following phenolic compounds in apple: leucoanthocyans, epicatechin, chlorogenic acid, isochlorogenic acid, quinic acid, shikimic acid, P coumaryl quinic acid, quercitrin, isoquercitrin, avicularin, rutin and quercetinxyloside. It is important to note that catechin and chlorogenic acid are involved in enzyme catalysed oxidative reactions.
Nitrogenous compounds-Nitrogenous compounds such as proteins and amino acids are important constituents of fruit. The amino acid content of apples has been studied by many researchers. Burroughs (1957a) surveyed the amino acid contents of 20 varieties of cider apples. He observed that the soluble nitrogen content varied from 4 to 33 mg N/100 ml of juice. Asparagine was noted to be the chief amino acid in most of the varieties. Other prominent amino acids were aspartic and glutamic acids. In addition to the amino acids listed above, many others present in small amounts were also reported.
The concentration of nitrogenous compounds and particularly free amino acids are important to the process of winemaking since they are needed to ensure a sound fermentation.
Processing Apples for Juice
Apples used for making wine should be sound, free of decay and rot and of overall good quality. A small amount of rot can give moldy and other off flavors. Proper maturity is another point that should be considered in processing apples. Unripe or immature fruit is higher in starch content and astringent material. As noted earlier, starch causes problems in juice clarification. Overripe apples are also not suitable for making good quality wine.
Grinding-To prepare apples for grinding, they should be sorted to remove decayed fruit and washed to remove dirt and chemical residue. Various kinds of equipment are available for cleaning apples. The next step is to grind the apples into a pulp. A hammer mill is commonly used for grinding apples but other kinds of machines can also be used.
Pressing-Crushed apples are pressed to extract the juice. Various types of presses are available in the market. The traditional method involves the use of a hydraulic press. In this method a rack is placed in the press rack, and then the cloth (usually nylon) is placed on the rack. The pulp is spread in a thin uniform layer on the cloth and the cloth is folded. Another rack is placed on top of the folded cloth and the process is repeated. Several layers of cloth (holding pulp) and racks are stacked and the pressure is applied to the stack to squeeze the juice. Initially the pressure is raised to about 500 to 700 psi. This releases free run juice. Following this the pressure is slowly raised to 2500 to 3000 psi to extract the remaining juice. To increase the yield and clarity of the juice, pressing aids such as diatomaceous earth or rice hulls may be used. The juice yield is usually in the range of 140 to 170 gal per ton. Factors such as variety, season, condition of fruit and the method of extraction affect the juice yield.
Wineries lacking resources to make their own juice can obtain juice from an apple juice processor. It is important to give the processor some guidelines to ensure good quality apple juice.
Preparing Juice for Fermentation
Juice treatment-Fresh apple juice is very much susceptible to oxidation and browning. A decrease in delicate fruit flavor is often associated with browning of the juice. The oxidative reaction is enzyme catalyzed but it can also occur without the mediation of enzymes. As with grapes, the phenolic substances serve as substrates for oxidation and browning reactions. Sulfur dioxide can be added to prevent oxidation and browning, as well as to inhibit the growth of wild yeast and harmful bacteria. The amount commonly added is between 50 to 100 ppm. If the juice is to be held for a longer period to facilitate settling, a somewhat higher dose of S02 may be needed to delay the onset of fermentation.
The freshly pressed apple juice is cloudy and contains suspended solids. These solids consist of cellular particles and colloidal material. To remove the nonsoluble solids, the juice is stored in a tank for a short duration. The solids settle at the bottom and form sediment. The relatively clear juice is siphoned off leaving sediment behind. Pectic enzymes should be used to improve the juice clarification. Pectic substances are high molecular weight colloids dispersed in the juice and are largely responsible for the juice turbidity. The enzymes hydrolyze the pectic compounds and render them soluble. Some colloids act as protective colloids and stabilize the haze. The enzymes can disrupt the protective colloid and allow the suspended particles to settle. Enzymes with various kinds of pectolytic activity are available on the market. In order to obtain the best results with respect to juice clarification, a trial using different enzyme preparations should be conducted. The action of enzymes depends on pH, temperature, concentration and the duration of reaction time. All these factors should be considered in choosing an enzyme treatment.
Adjusting sugar and acid-Apple juice does not contain a sufficient amount of sugar to produce a table wine with an alcohol content of 10-12% by volume. Because of it, the regulation permits the addition of sugar or other sweetening materials, such as syrup or concentrate, to raise the sugar content to a desired level. The addition of sweetening material is also permitted to sweeten the wine, however; in no case should the volume resulting from the addition of all the sweetening material exceed 35% of the final volume of the wine.
In order to produce well balanced wine, the must should contain a sufficient amount of acid. There are two important points that need to be considered here.
- Addition of sweetening material will dilute the acid level.
- In apple wine the acidity is expressed in terms of malic acid. This is different from grape wine where the acidity is expressed as tartaric
acid. To convert the tartaric acid value to malic acid, simply multiply the tartaric acid value by a factor of 0.873.
Probably the best way to ensure a sufficient level of acidity in must is to choose medium to high acid varieties in the blend to make the wine. For example, Delicious apples are low in acidity. These should be blended with high acid varieties such as Gravenstein and Jonathan.
Fermentation and post-fermentation processing of apple wine is somewhat similar to the production of white table wines. After S02 addition, clarification, and sweetening, the must is ready for fermentation. Various kinds of fermenters such as wood, plastic and stainless steel are available, however; stainless steel tanks with temperature control should be preferred to conduct fermentation. Temperature control during fermentation is crucial to the preservation of delicate fruit flavors in the resulting wine. The fermentation temperature commonly employed by the winemakers ranges between 50. to 70.F. Generally lower temperatures ranging from 55° to 60°F yield favorable results. Many strains of yeasts in dried and pure culture form are available to the winemaker. Champagne, Fermivin Chanson and other strains are commercially used. Generally Prise de Mousse (champagne yeast) yeast can be used to obtain a rapid and clean (no off odor) fermentation with good results. When using active dry wine yeast, proper rehydration procedures should be followed. To avoid fermentation problems, yeast nutrients such as diammonium phosphate and other commercial preparations, should be added to the must at the beginning of fermentation.
At cooler fermentation temperatures (55° to 60°F), the must should reach dryness in two to three weeks. The completion of fermentation should be tested by analyzing wine for residual sugar content. Following the fermentation, the wine should be promptly racked off the lees, sulfited and stored in full containers.
A sweet wine with residual sugar can be produced by stopping the fermentation. To arrest the fermentation the must should be chilled and the yeast should be removed by centrifuging or filtering the cold wine. The chilling temperature to be employed will depend on several factors. Favorable results have been obtained by lowering the must temperature to about 29°F. It is important to store the wine with residual sugar at cooler cellar temperatures until bottling.
Post Fermentation Handling
After completion of the fermentation, the wine is stabilized for heat unstable proteins and clarified. Bentonite is used to achieve protein stability and clarification. The amount of bentonite needed for the treatment should be determined by conducting a trial.
Following bentonite treatment the wine should be fairly clear. To achieve further clarity, the wine should be filtered using DE and/or tight pad filtration. During wine transfer great care should be taken to prevent oxidation. Adequate levels of S02 should be maintained and the wine should be stored in completely full storage containers.
The acidity in apples is primarily due to malic acid, which does not form a precipitate like acid in grapes. For this reason apple wine does not require cold stabilization. It is important to note that malic acid is not biologically stable. Lactic acid bacteria can metabolize it. In grape wine production, malolactic fermentation is sometimes encouraged to achieve biological stability in addition to acid reduction. In the case of apple wine, malolactic fermentation should be discouraged to preserve acidity and avoid wine spoilage by lactic acid bacteria. The pH of apple wine is generally higher, which makes the wine relatively more susceptible to attack by lactic acid and other bacteria. To avoid microbial spoilage, the wine should be processed under scrupulously clean and sanitary conditions. This means generous use of steam, hot water and cleaning and sterilizing chemicals during processing.
Apple wine with rich and delicate flavor can be prepared for the market after a short aging period of two to four months. Winemakers sometimes age wine in oak barrels for four to six months to make a dry white wine with complex fruit and oak flavors.
Bottling is the final step in the finishing operation. Dry wine is generally polish filtered, S02 adjusted and receives membrane filtration prior to bottling. Sweet wine can be bottled using sterile filtration. However many wineries are not equipped to sterile filter and bottle wine. In such cases, sorbic acid in appropriate amounts should be added before final filtration and bottling.
A well made apple wine can be a delightful beverage and a good product for many wineries enabling them to improve the cash flow.
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*Previously published in Vineyard & Vintage View, Mountain Grove, MO.


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Fox Chief on the TV Industry: 'We Have Our Head Up Our Ass' – by Alex Ben Block
At the HRTS newsmaker luncheon, Kevin Reilly says network executives have not fully realized the impact of the DVR and that he is considering a year-round development process. Fox "will do other things when we get to the upfront this year," he said.
The behavior of television viewers is changing, but the industry is not changing with them fast enough or in the right ways. That was the consensus of panelists at the HRTS newsmaker luncheon Wednesday in Century City.
"A lot of us — the way we conduct ourselves — we have our head up our ass," said Kevin Reilly, chairman of entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Co., during the panel, which was titled "The State of Broadcast."
Reilly said the industry has not gotten its arms around the impact of the DVR or the need to consider how viewers embrace and engage with a show, as well as how it rates. He added that a lot of people who make TV don't actually watch it the way real people watch it. Habits are changing in the age of the DVR, Netflix and Hulu, he said.
"As an industry, when you're in the talent business, we are way too obsessed on the competition with each other and not enough with the consumer," said Reilly. "The consumer has spoken loudly and clearly, and the genie is not going back in the bottle."
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January 16, 2017
When "Computer World" hit the techno scene 36 years ago, it was clearly ahead of its time. But who could have believed that it would describe 2017 like a prophetic vision? Let's do a deep dive into Kraftwerk's masterpiece and see what those stylish, robotic men got exactly right.
The evocative refrain is as prescient today as it was in 1981 -- computers DO power business. They keep track of numbers, exponentially more than they could in the past. Who uses computers? No, not animals. PEOPLE. And "money"? It's like Kraftwerk foresaw Bitcoin.
These four organizations are still big players on the world stage, and you can bet that each of them makes extensive use of the Computer. Deutsche Bank would have to, if they are accessing the markets.
When you think of computers, do you think of games? Kraftwerk's sly reference to entertainment may have, to the contemporary listener, brought Pong to mind, but in fact today the entertainment industry is almost entirely computerized. A large medium of communication, the internet, brings information into our homes, and when we need to travel, I know the first place I look is a computer. Do you remember when they say "Time" in the song? Well, there's a clock in just about every computer now.
This is pretty indisputable. In 2017, while some shopkeepers may still keep records in worn, paper ledgers, a vast majority are using computers. Even day-spas and flotation tank centers use computers to manage bookings. These machines really have taken over the planet, to the degree that the world could now reasonably be classified as a "Computer" one.
I don't know why no one paid attention before now. But Kraftwerk was right all along, and 36 years later, that's astounding.
And that's not even taking into account what they said about pocket calculators.
February 12, 2016
It may be 42 days into 2016, but I still haven't told you what my ten favourite things of 2015 were. Luckily you patiently waited.
This should actually rank higher but I didn't want to bury the lede: I made a way for you to buy eBooks of Ghostcrime without making me walk to the post office! If you promise to check out the site, I promise to make the rest of these list items not directly self-promotional.
It's been a couple of years since I sold the ol' '96 Civic for parts, and I've been happier for it, but this summer I had reason to rent a vehicle for a week out of town. The Taurus was so new and technologically capable, I felt unworthy, but the driving was great. Though I was kind of concerned the rental agency would use the on-board computer to record my conversations and sell them in bulk to the highest bidder, so I tried not to sing along to the satellite radio too much.
Being self-employed was great and all, and the hours were fantastic. But there's nothing like the routine and paycheque of a proper job, especially one as fun as programming. Could have used a little more vacation, though — I was itching to take a Taurus out again. I suspect they put a chemical into the air freshener to make you love the car.
I alluded to this a few items up, but I guess everyone's known about this for years? It's pretty cool how it shows you what song is playing.
I guess everyone already knew about them too but I was listening to some 90's Alternative mixes at work (to, uh, get in the 'zone') and they were pretty much the highlight. I was also introduced to Cake's early output this way. They don't get their own entry.
Being more employed helped finance a larger apartment. It's got tons of space for animals to run around, and there isn't an angry neighbour downstairs who slams his closet door whenever I drop a piece of fruit. I've been eating a lot more avocados as a result.
Creamy and neutral, these really bulked up my 2015 — and my salads — with delicious vegetable fat.
On the topic of food, I had a weird experience this year where I went to a decently upscale restaurant and ordered octopus. They were served whole, stood up on their curled legs like chess pieces, and as I ate them, I felt like an alien king. I'm not going to say the name of the restaurant. That's what Yelp is for.
I somehow convinced the talented and hilarious Bruce Delo to do the cover for Ghostcrime in the middle of his own manic rush to complete the weighty KOBRA STALLION, Vol.1: Reptile Justice in the Stars. It's the first (or second, depending on what you count) book in the series he's doing which is already epic enough to have its own wiki (though it doesn't actually have a wiki yet). It was pretty great to watch his creative process, tons of fun to bounce ideas around, and his daunting project gave me valuable perspective on my own. Also, we shared a table at Hal-Con, and that was a blast.
Sorry, Bruce — pickled eggs edged you out this year. The tanginess of a pickle, with the nourishment of an egg? It can only be pickled eggs. I bought them whenever they were on sale. No way I'm paying $4.79 for six eggs and a jar of vinegar.
Well, there you go. I hope it was worth the wait. So are you going to check out my new site where you can buy DRM-free Ghostcrime eBooks? There's an easter egg where you can make it look like it's raining.


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- An interpreter or other support at a job interview if you have difficulty communicating
- Other practical help at work, such as a job coach or a note taker or lip speaker
If you have a mental health condition, you will be offered assistance to develop a support plan. This may include steps to support you going into, remaining in or returning to work and suggestions for reasonable adjustments.
Flexible working
Flexible working is a way of working that suits an employee's needs, e.g: having flexible start and finish times or working from home. All employees have the legal right to request flexible working, not just parents and careers. This is known as 'making a statutory application'. Employees must have worked for the same employer for at least 26 weeks to be eligible. There are different ways of working flexibly:
- Job sharing: Two people do one job and split the hours.
- Working from home
- Part time: Working less than full-time hours, often by working fewer days).
- Compressed hours: Working full-time over fewer days
- Flexitime: The employee chooses when to start and end work within agreed limits (but works 'core hours').
- Annualised Hours: The employee has to work a certain number of hours over the year but they have some flexibility about when they work.
Disability confident
The Disability Confident scheme aims to help employers make the most of the opportunities provided by employing disabled people. Employers who have signed up are committed to diversifying their work - force and recruiting people with disabilities and health conditions. A list of employers who have signed up to the scheme can be accessed here: www.gov.uk/government/ publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up
Age positive
There are more older people in employment than ever before, but many people over 50 are at risk of leaving the workforce early, and not necessarily because they want to. Staying in work and taking control of when and how you retire can give you more money as well as benefit your health and wellbeing.
www.ageuk.org provides guidance about working past 50 and employing older workers. It is aimed at older people who want to get back into, or stay in, work and employ - ers who could benefit by employing older people.
Support organisations
There are many support organisations that can help support you in your journey into employment and provide you with a range of information, from: support for unpaid carers, understanding alternative working methods, disability and health and much more.
- Purple –Support for people with disabilities and health conditions https://wearepurple.org.uk/disabled-people/essex/
- Citizens Advice - Provide free, confidential and impartial advice. http://www.essexcab.org.uk/
- Working Families – leading charity supporting working families https://www.workingfamilies.org.uk/
- Carers Trust – Support for unpaid carers, including flexible working, advice and benefits https://carers.org/
- Flexible Working - https://www.gov.uk/flexible-working/overview
- Access to Work - https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work/overview
- Provide – Essex Lifestyle Service - health and well-being support https://www.essexlifestyleservice.org.uk/
- Living Well Essex – information on a range of lifestyle and employment issues https://www.livingwellessex.org/


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The record £940m fine levied on Swiss bank UBS threatens to shift the focus of the worldwide Libor-rigging investigations to the intricate web of relationships between banks and brokers at the heart of the financial system.
More than 2,000 requests for "inappropriate submissions" to the crucial interest rates were documented by the Financial Services Authority, which found 45 UBS traders, managers and senior managers were involved in, or aware of, the practice of manipulating the benchmark rate.
Some 1,000 of these requests were made to 11 brokers at six brokerage firms, the FSA said. While the participants were not named, the UK regulator found that brokers had accepted "corrupt" payments – as much as £15,000 a quarter – for helping UBS to manipulate the rate.
American regulators also found that UBS colluded with at least four other banks on the panel that set Libor to make false submissions, and induced at least five interdealer brokers to disseminate false information or otherwise influence other panel banks' submissions.
The regulators published a series of colourful email exchanges and telephone conversations.
One phone call on 18 September 2008 – just days after the collapse of Lehman Brothers – illustrates the type of promises made by UBS traders. "If you keep 6s [the six-month Japanese yen Libor rate] unchanged today … I will fucking do one humongous deal with you," the trader told a broker. "Like a 50,000-buck deal, whatever. I need you to keep it as low as possible … if you do that … I'll pay you, you know, $50,000, $100,000 … whatever you want … I'm a man of my word."
The emails provide the most graphic illustration yet of the scale of rigging of the keyimportant Libor rates before and during the 2008 financial crisis, when UBS ensured its submissions to the Libor panel did not suggest it was in financial difficulty.
It was bailed out in October 2008 at about the time that UK banks such as Royal Bank of Scotland – also braced for a Libor-rigging fine – were rescued by taxpayers.
One trader at UBS devised strategies that were put in place to help ensure he made profits for other trading positions linked to Japanese yen. "Sometimes he looked ahead and conducted sustained manipulative operations for weeks to move yen Libor in the direction he needed, even coining names for these longer-term schemes, such as 'the Turn Campaign' and 'Operation 6m'," said the US regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
The FSA is continuing investigations into six other financial companies – not all of them banks – after taking action against Barclays, which was fined a total of £290m in June, and now UBS. A dozen firms around the world are thought to be under investigation.
RBS, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan are among the many banks that have made legal disclosures about co-operating with authorities. RBS has fired traders, while interdealer broker Icap has suspended one trader and put three on administrative leave.
Lawyers are warning of further arrests after the Serious Fraud Office arrested three British men last week concerning the Libor investigation.
"Of particular interest in today's announcement of UBS's global settlement is the detail that has emerged of the heavy involvement of interdealer brokers in fixing the Libor rate and the alleged corrupt payments to these brokers," said David O'Mahony, complex fraud barrister at 7 Bedford Row chambers. "It is highly likely that other banks may now be implicated in similar dealings with these brokers and further arrests may well occur."
There are also concerns about potential litigation. "The big unknown factor is the civil litigation that could follow on as a result of this," Paras Anand, European equities head at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, one of UBS's biggest investors, told Reuters. "The issue for shareholders is the challenge of pricing that risk in."
The bank's shares slipped only slightly on the scale of the fine, which follows a wave of embarrassments for UBS, including the jailing last month of former trader Kweku Adoboli.
Ratings agency Fitch said: "The Libor fine is larger than we anticipated but can be absorbed by 2012 earnings so that UBS will maintain a solid capitalisation." But it also warned about the "potential for material litigation expenses and civil settlement costs".


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There are two types of companies out there; those who know they�ve been breached, and those who don�t. According to FireEye, the median amount of time a hacker is inside a network before they�re identified is 209 days. For precisely scenarios such as this, network security has become increasingly more of a focal point over the past decade by virtually every company, especially those who store data in mass. From healthcare to energy, properly securing data from threats has been a top priority, especially when it comes to protecting trade secrets and client information. With an increased occurrence of datacenter breaches over the past decade with the addition of the SAFETY act, companies are liable when it comes to information, including customer data, thus sparking a new age of cyber security. This is the era of the faceless, anonymous hackers who now hold the power to bring entire enterprises to their knees without ever being detected. A study conducted by McAfee estimates that the annual cost to the global economy from cybercrime is more than $400 billion, and the total impact could be as high as $575 billion. (McAfee, Inc.) In PwC�s report, The Global State of Information Security Survey 2015, the number of detected incidents has increased 48% year over year to 42.8 million incidents, or 117,339 incidents per day. (PwC) According to AV-Test, from 2013 to 2014, new malware occurrences jumped over 71% from 83M to 142M.
In their annual security report, Check Point Software Technologies found that 86% of organizations accessed a malicious site in 2014. 83% of organizations have existing bot infections. A whopping 96% of organizations used at least one high-risk application and 42% of businesses suffered mobile security incidents costing more than $250,000 to remediate. On a daily basis, Check Point found that 106 unknown malware downloads were occurring per hour, up from 2.2/hr from the previous year 2013. In addition to these findings, 20% of enterprise hosts are not running desktop firewalls, 10% don�t have updated service packets, 25% don�t have updated versions of their software, 17% don�t have any antivirus installed, and 35% allow users to have local administrator permissions.
Today�s hackers have become increasingly more sophisticated in their attacks, utilizing various tools and techniques in order to gain access to a company�s most delicate information. Attackers are no longer individuals aimlessly seeking to wreak havoc; they�re now nation-state sponsored groups, teams of people who are well funded in order to gain access to trade secrets, M&A information, bank accounts, credit card and debit card information, government secrets, among all other data sought useful. The top three industries targeted, as provided by Evercore ISI, are Business & Professional Services, Retail, and Financial Services. (Evercore May 19, 2015) Hackers generally target consumers, who are engaging in online monetary transactions and ecommerce. Another opening for hackers is to target those who access public WiFi, which opens doors to stores of information (literally everything stored on your smart-device) if the network isn�t secure. These attacks aren�t necessarily targeting networks and servers, but are acquiring information through email and the internet (WiFi), manipulating users to click on links that can trigger malware. Third party research would suggest, as provided by Wunderlich, that 80%-90% of data breaches start from some form of email.
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A Selection from Dr. James R. White, "What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur'an"
[The entire following post is an excerpt from a crucial portion of Dr. James R. White's book What Every Christian Need to Know About the Qur'an (Bloomington, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 2013), 185-186.]
Every Christian should read and understand [Surah 5:47]
Let the People of the Gospel judge by that which Allah had revealed therein. Whoever judges not by that which Allah has revealed; such are the corrupt.
Here the Ahl al-Injil ["People of the Gospel"] are addressed directly, given a command right in the text: "judge by that which Allah had revealed therein." Therein, in the Arabic, refers to the gospel. There is no other antecedent. We are to judge by what Allah has revealed in the gospel. Now, let us think very carefully here.
First, what are we to judge? Again, either judge among ourselves in light of the Scripture God has given us, or judge Muhammad's claims as God's final messenger. Both are possible, contextually.
Second, in the gospel is divine revelation that is a light and guidance. [Based on the previous ayah, Surah 5:46, "And in their footsteps"- that is, the footsteps of the prophets- "We sent Jesus son of Mary, confirming that which was before him, and We bestowed on him the Gospel wherein is guidance and a light, confirming that which was before it in the Torah: a guidance and an admonition to the God-fearing."]
Third, these words had to have some kind of meaning to the original addressees. That is, Christians in Muhammad's time- who would hear these words recited to them by Muhammad himself or by the other Muslim faithful- had to have a way of obeying this text's command.
That means "the gospel" had to exist in the days of Muhammad. If it was corrupted and lost before the seventh century, how could the People of the (already lost) Gospel judge by what Allah had revealed (but then had let disappear)? It makes no sense to command Christians to judge by a lost or corrupted document. So the Qur'an's author believed the gospel was still in Christian possession. And that has tremendous meaning for one simple reason.
We know beyond question what the gospel looked like in AD 632. We know because we have entire copies of the New Testament that long predate Muhammad. Whole codices are extant that were written in the early fourth century, and we have fragments of much of the New Testament going back as far as the early second century. We know what the "People" would have had as "the Gospel." And the Qur'an commands the people of Muhammad's day (and we would expect, by extension, to this day) to judge by that standard.
That standard is exactly what we possess today as the New Testament. That was the gospel then; that is the gospel now. Each canonical gospel we read today we can document to have existed in that very form three centuries before Muhammad's ministry. A Christian judging Muhammad's claims by the New Testament and finding that he was ignorant of the teachings of the apostles, ignorant of the cross, the resurrection, and the divine nature of the incarnate Son of God, and ignorant of the intention and meaning of the gospel itself, is simply doing what the Qur'an commands us to do.


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Police in West Chazy, New York recently arrested a 36-year old man and a 30-year old woman on charges of manufacturing and possessing methamphetamines. The couple was arrested after law enforcement found several precursors to manufacturing methamphetamines at a residence. The police did not find an active meth lab, but did discover syringes filled with drug residue. The man was charged with drug possession, manufacturing methamphetamine, and endangering the welfare of a child, and the woman was charged with the felonies of criminal possession of a controlled substance and child endangerment. Both have been placed in prison and have been scheduled for trial.
Any criminal accusation should be taken seriously. A conviction could mean substantial fines, jail time and even significant damage to one's reputation. After a criminal conviction, it is often more difficult to find a job, rent an apartment, or even obtain child custody. This is why it is so vital to obtain a proper defense when facing a criminal accusation.
Methamphetamine is a drug that requires certain chemicals and laboratory equipment to be used for its manufacture. Because of this, it is considered to be a controlled illegal substance, and possession of these chemicals and laboratory equipment can lead to a drug manufacturing charge, as can possession of plants such as marijuana that are used for producing illegal drugs. Drug manufacturing is an offense that is punished at both the state and federal level, and penalties vary by jurisdiction.
Drug possession and/or manufacturing is considered to be a very serious offense, with very severe penalties. Fortunately, anyone accused of this felony is entitled to a vigorous criminal defense and a presumption of innocence until guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Defendants in these cases may question witnesses, challenge the admissibility of the search and seizure of the contraband, as well as that of any evidence offered. A defendant in a drug case has the legal right to pursue an acquittal and a potential vindication of their innocence.
Source: Fox News 44/ABC News 22, "Two arrested on meth and drug charges in West Chazy, NY Wednesday," Joe Gullo, April 4, 2013


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Time is flying by. 9 weeks today!
We joined David Lloyd last night. I'm excited for all the things Ben can do there. While I was changing Ollies nappy there he did his first prior chuckle! It was amazing! Just me and Ben there laughing with him! Love my boys. x


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Over the weekend, drama-prone DJ Joel Thomas Zimmerman, also-known-as Deadmau5, asked an Ultra-related question that has Twitter buzzing: Did Krewella, the electronic-music-producing female sister duo, fake their set? This all started when Deadmau5 tweeted, "Aw man. Krewellas got them new completely wireless DJMs??? I'm jealous," during their set at one of the world's biggest EDM festivals in Miami this weekend. The context of why Deadmau5 sent out this tweet is as irrelevant as the answer to whether, in fact, Krewella did or did not fully perform their set (although they did — this video explains the logic behind their performance setup).
The debate stirred is bigger than one set, one performer, or one festival. Why is it that at again, at a mega-music festival like Ultra, there are so few women on a massive, three-day lineup? And more importantly, why is it so easy to set off a stream of negative tweets about the one female headliner at the festival when the criticisms about the lack of gender equality on the lineup meet so much resistance? Large publications and industry leaders are drawing attention to the extreme inequity that female producers face. It's not just an industry problem when the conversation opens up to a public audience. It becomes mainstream sexism.
Thx 4 watchin our stream @deadmau5! before u tweet maybe u should zoom in & see the USBs plugged in2 the CDJs/mixer:) pic.twitter.com/QeGILU6MgJ— KREWELLA (@Krewella) March 29, 2015
Why were so many on the Internet so fast to take Deadmau5's word for it? After all, he has a long history of being an online heel, so much so that there's a whole listicle dedicated to scoring his trolling tweets. As I was browsing the word "Krewella" and "unplugged" on Twitter, hundreds of messages scrolled by about how embarrassed Krewella's sisters must be, how funny the situation is, how right Deadmau5 is and more. It was harder to find people wondering why the industry (and its fans) aren't shutting down the conversation from the start.
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Krewella is without a doubt the biggest female act on the scene, and there is not a close runner-up. NERVO, TOKiMONSTA, Maya Jane Coles are all leaders in the female producing world — but I believe you would be hard-pressed to find a group that has heard of these names to the same degree that they have heard of Bassnectar, Tiesto or, yes, Deadmau5.
Unfortunately, the male-dominated gender stereotype is accepted as the norm, even though the industry as a whole is paid for heavily by young female fans. Female musicians in the EDM community are underrepresented by a startling ratio at festivals, and one tweet can set off an attack that has sexist undertones.
Let's take back the #Krewellaunplugged hashtag, because there's a better conversation to be having than how a DJ plugs in her gear.


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Ten great reasons to choose Builders At Your Service for Home Extensions Adelaide & Home Renovations Adelaide.
1. Builders At Your Service has been in business for almost thirty years and has enormous experience in home building, home extensions and home renovations throughout Adelaide.
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3. We provide a truly personalised service – the person you speak to on the phone is the person who does the work and who signs off on the job once we're finished.
4. We pride ourselves on offering real value for money on all of our work, large and small.
5. We are always happy to offer free consultations and quotes.
6. Builders At Your Service can also offer expert design consultations.
7. We take on smaller projects as well as large-scale construction or renovation work.
8. Builders At Your Service work on projects in central Adelaide as well as the northern, western and eastern suburbs.
9. We have long-established relationships with Australia's leading building suppliers, so you can rest assured that all of our materials are of the highest quality.
10. Builders At Your Service are member of HIA and GBCA, so you can be confident that we adhere to all industry standards and guidelines.


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ShockCast Ep. 159 – "The Resolutionary War"
Graphics. Resolution. Frame-rate. Anti-aliasing. Dynamic shadows. Pixels. How important are they to your gaming experience?
This week on the ShockCast we talked about just that. Not from a fanboy perspective, but from the perspective of gamers judging any and all experiences. How much do graphics and all of its attributes figure in to the overall experience of gaming?
We also talked about gaming experiences that have stuck with us throughout the years. Since we spend so much time talking about the future, it doesn't hurt to look back every now and then. Finally, we ended with a rundown of some of the recent stories in the news.
This week I was joined by Jorge Jimenez (Staff Writer), Ryan Meitzler (Staff Writer), and Tony Polanco (Staff Writer). Many thanks to El Blanco Niño for our custom intro and outro.