On 1 November 2018 a Westminster Hall debate took place on the future of legal aid, tabled by Andy Slaughter MP (Labour). Throughout the debate the Law Society's key campaigns were noted numerous times.
Andy Slaughter MP (Labour) mentioned our early advice campaign, called for legal aid for early advice to be restored, and stated that the 'lack of early housing law advice on disrepair issues can lead to health, social and financial problems, the tab for which will ultimately be picked up by the NHS and local authorities. Prevention is better than cure.' He also mentioned our research – 'a recent report commissioned for the Law Society found that restoring early legal help would save the taxpayer money'.
Teresa Pearce MP (Labour) mentioned the Law Society and our early advice campaign, stating that the removal of legal aid for early advice in family law resulted in a 56% decrease in mediation.
Lillian Greenwood MP (Labour) also mentioned early advice in relation to housing, saying that a lack of early advice can result in homelessness.
Bob Neill MP (Conservative, Chair of the Justice Select Committee) and Alex Chalk MP (Conservative) mentioned early advice and stats from our briefing, saying that it is 'essential'.
Karen Buck MP (Labour) also highlighted that 'everybody understands the importance of early intervention and preventive services, so we want to get a commitment to putting money back into early help'.
Bambos Charalambous MP (Labour) called for the government to restore access to early advice so disputes can be resolved fairly, and reasonably, and so people do not embark on ill-advised, costly litigation.
Ellie Reeves MP (Labour) highlighted the impact a lack of early advice can have on the state, citing from our briefing: 'The cost to the NHS when someone lives in a house in total disrepair is likely to be far greater than the cost of early legal advice to resolve the housing issue. As others have said, the extent to which the legal aid budget was cut is a false economy'.
Responding on behalf of the opposition, Gloria De Piero MP (Labour, Shadow Justice Minister) stated that: 'A Labour government will return all funding for early legal advice, because we know that prevention is better than cure. We will re-establish early advice entitlements in the family courts, restore legal advice in all housing cases to protect 50,000 households a year against rogue landlords'.
Bob Neill MP mentioned the difficulty in getting young lawyers to enter criminal work, and also mentioned AGFS, saying: 'We cannot have a situation where criminal barristers are worse off, as they are under some aspects of the advocates' graduated fee scheme at the moment'. He also highlighted Law Society data, saying that in mid and west Wales '60% of criminal law duty solicitors were over the age of 50. That situation clearly is not sustainable'.
Bambos Charalambous MP mentioned our criminal lawyers heatmap, saying: 'The Law Society's heat map study suggests that criminal defence lawyers in England and Wales could become extinct if nothing is changed. Many criminal law firms have fragile finances and small profit margins. What will happen if those firms close is deeply worrying'.
Liz Saville Roberts MP (Plaid Cymru) also welcomed 'the recent High Court ruling in favour of the Law Society, confirming that the UK government's latest cuts to the pay of criminal lawyers are unlawful'.
Responding on behalf of the opposition, Gloria De Piero MP stated that the Labour Party commits to review the means test.
Andy Slaughter MP called for the means test to be simplified, saying that it should be 'a simple assessment of gross household income following an adjustment for family size'.
Liz Saville Roberts MP mentioned legal aid deserts, saying that LASPO has 'left Wales with only one housing legal aid provider in half of the procurement areas and a host of problems'.
Bambos Charalambous MP mentioned our data on legal aid deserts, highlighted that it was included in the House of Commons Library debate pack: 'It states almost one third of legal aid areas have just one, and in some cases zero, law firms providing legal advice through legal aid'.
Ellie Reeves MP highlighted our Justice Week survey, saying that 'a recent survey commissioned by the Law Society, Bar Council and Chartered Institute of Legal Executives showed that 78% of people agree that justice is as important as health or education, yet only 20% of the 2,000 respondents thought there was sufficient funding for those who need legal advice'.
Andy Slaughter MP thanked Lucy Frazer QC MP for confirming the LASPO review will be published before the end of the year.
He called for more funding for legal aid: 'My first request to the Minister is that she tackle the funding issue head on. No one is saying that all the cuts since 2010 will be reversed, or that the clock will be turned back, but if the government wish to honour their stated objectives for LASPO, and in particular, "to target legal aid at those who need it most", they must put something extra in the pot'.
He also mentioned that half of the MPs who responded to a survey carried out by the all-party parliamentary group on legal aid said that the volume of constituency casework had increased over the past year. More than half said they had seen a notable increase in the complexity of that work.
Andy Slaughter MP mentioned our briefing/the Law Society by name at the start of the debate, along with a number of other organisations who briefed ahead of the debate, and he also noted our 'expert opinion' on the impact of LASPO, along with other organisations.
Bob Neill MP stated that: 'In cutting down on some instances of needless expenditure that went beyond what was necessary to ensure justice, there is always a risk that the pendulum will go too far the other way… I am sorry to say that I am driven to the conclusion that that is what has happened here'.
Alex Chalk MP stated that the current state of legal aid means that our 'international reputation is at stake' adding that the legal sector is one of the most important in our economy'. Bob Neill MP added that the system's 'integrity depends on the whole system being properly resourced and funded'.
Karen Buck MP mentioned the Law Society by name, highlighting our attendance at this week's meeting of the APPG on legal aid. She highlighted that legal aid lawyers are in challenging financial circumstances.
Kate Green MP argued that the absence of legal aid funding has driven legal aid solicitors and not-for-profit providers out of the market and Jim Cunningham MP (Labour) also flagged that most advice centres are experiencing staff shortages and underfunding.
On legal aid: 'Legal aid has always been and remains available for the highest priority cases where people are at their most vulnerable'.
On legal aid providers: 'When civil legal aid contracts were recently put out to tender, 1,700 bidders took part, but we need to ensure that people who want to do this work are available to do it across the country, not just in high-density areas, and we need to ensure that there is provision in more sparsely populated areas where those contracts are less lucrative'.
On early advice: 'The point that it is useful to nip problems in the bud and address them at the outset, so that they do not escalate, has been made and heard'.


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I am new to quantitative finance.
We know that in the CIR model the short rate can't go negative. My question then concerns calibration of CIR to a ZCB yield curve. Is it (and why?) possible to calibrate the CIR model to a yield curve with negative yields in the short end? Why (or why not) is this possible, when the short rate can't go negative?
There is probably something conceptual I have missed about the relationship short rates and yields.
As you say, in the CIR model with usual assumptions the short rate cannot go negative. This means that yields in the model are always poaitive, so it will not be a good fit to a yield curve which is negative for short maturities.
In this extended model, the short rate starts negative, but eventually goes positive and thereafter can never go negative again.
I think (but haven't checked!) that the usual bond pricing formulas extended to a negative initial rate are correct for this extended model.
t.f thanks for the answer.
You say that yields can't go negative in CIR. But if r0 (say 1d rate) is negative (which is the case in many govies today), I guess yields can be negative? And you will in this case be able to actually calibrate a CIR, which gives negative yields in the short end? My question might seem a bid odd, but I was just wondering?
This allows for rates down to the parameter $c$. If you set, for example, $c=-200bp$ then you can have negative rates. You can define a CIR variant in an analogous way.
I have used this model both for pricing and for risk scenario/ path generation. The rule of thumb I used to set $c$ around 'current rate minus 2 normal implied ATM vols'. Obviously I cannot give proprietory details on the implementation here, but you should be able to work them out yourself.
Ps: There is always the option of the CIR++ models in Brigo and Mercurio, where you have a normal CIR and add a deterministic shift $\theta(t)$. It is a relatively simple and well documented alternative.
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Google Ideas Boss's Really Bad Idea: Kick ISIS Off The Open Web
Say That Again
from the good-luck-with-that dept
Thu, Jan 21st 2016 8:33am — Mike Masnick
Over the last few weeks, there's been increasing focus on what "else" Silicon Valley can do in the fight against ISIS. Backdooring encryption is a dumb idea that won't work and will make everyone less safe. So, a second idea keeps getting floated: what if we just stopped letting ISIS use the internet. Hell, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump supported the idea recently. And then you have some wacky law professors suggesting the same thing.
For the most part, cooler heads in the tech industry have pointed out that (1) this is impossible and (2) any attempt to do so would be counterproductive in just encouraging more activity and (3) it would actually undermine intelligence gathering, as public posts to social media are a key source of useful intelligence these days.
But, now, at least one prominent person within the tech industry has jumped on board: the somewhat controversial head of Google Ideas, Jared Cohen, who used to work for the State Department and now runs Google Ideas (which, for whatever it's worth, isn't "Google"). Cohen gave a talk in the UK in which he argued that ISIS was too good at propaganda on the internet, so the answer is to wipe them off the open internet and leave them shuffling around the dark web instead.
Jared Cohen, the director of Google Ideas, believes that to "recapture digital territory" from the terror cell, its members must fear being caught when they post messages promoting the organisation's cause in public.
"Terrorist groups like Isis, they operate in the dark web whether we want them to or not," Cohen said at a talk on Waging a Digital Counterinsurgency, at Chatham House. "What is new is that they're operating without being pushed back in the same internet we all enjoyed. So success looks like Isis being contained to the dark web".
This is, as noted above, both silly and wrong. First of all, it's impossible. It's a ridiculous task that will waste a ton of time, won't accomplish anything really useful, and will likely result in too many false positives, including (most likely) those who are monitoring and combating ISIS. Second, as mentioned, it will actually do a tremendous amount to limit the intelligence community's ability to monitor and track ISIS. It's funny that on the one hand we have officials demanding an end to encrypted communications, fearing "going dark," while many of those same individuals then turn around and talk about taking ISIS off the public internet, where they reveal a ton of useful information about their activities. Third, it raises serious questions about how committed companies like Google really are to the open internet. Yes, Cohen is director of "Google Ideas" which is separate from Google itself, but basically all of the press coverage about this says that Google is saying people should be kicked off the open web. That's messaging that will come back to haunt Google as it pushes for the open web in other contexts. Cohen has just opened up Google to a major attack on key points it's pushing for everywhere else.
On top of that, Cohen seems to think that losing their Twitter accounts will be seen as some kind of punishment:
To do this Cohen said that Isis members openly promoting their cause online must fear retribution and being caught for their actions. Their social media accounts must be removed as fast as they are produced to prevent people making contact with Isis recruiters on the open web.
But that appears to be somewhat ignorant of how things are currently working. Many of their social media accounts are being removed rapidly and to ISIS supporters it becomes a badge of honor, as they quickly open a new account. It's not retribution, it becomes validation.
It's too bad that Cohen would suggest such a short-sighted concept when there's so much evidence these days of how completely counterproductive it would be. This isn't the kind of creative or new thinking that was promised from Google Ideas, it's traditional silly Washington DC thinking, without any recognition of the reality of the technology world. If this is a concept from Google Ideas, let's just say it's a really, really bad idea. Maybe Google needs a department of better ideas.
Update: And I missed the biggest laugh of all. I hadn't even realized that the supposed "mission" of Google Ideas is: "Google Ideas builds products to support free expression and access to information for people who need it most." Hard to see how blocking people from using the internet fits within that purview.
Filed Under: free speech, google ideas, isis, jared cohen, open web, social media
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Violynne (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 7:11am
First of all, it's impossible.
Apparently, someone doesn't know just how powerful Google's ability to censor the internet really is.
I strongly suggest taking a stroll on the real internet using TOR to see just how confident Google can be about cleaning up anything from the internet.
Anonymous Coward, 21 Jan 2016 @ 12:07pm
web!=internet
nasch (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 3:44pm
Google can remove anything they like from their index and their web sites. What power do they have beyond that to remove things from the internet?
Anonymous Coward, 21 Jan 2016 @ 8:59am
First, They Came For the Cohens
Jared Godwin, the director of Giggle Ideas, believes that to "recapture digital territory" from the Jews, its believers must fear being caught when they post messages promoting the religion's cause in public.
"People like Jews, they operate in the dark web whether we want them to or not," Godwin said at a talk on Waging a Digital Solution. "What is new is that they're operating without being pushed back in the same internet we all enjoyed. So success looks like Jews being contained to the dark web".
To do this Godwin said that Jews openly promoting their cause online must fear retribution and being caught for their actions. Their social media accounts must be removed as fast as they are produced to prevent people making contact with Jewish recruiters on the open web.
I don't know whether to laugh at this idea or cry. It gives an idea of the mentality behind the combating of religious frantics. I'd gather that from this suggestion that Google is looking for some sort of payday from the government if they could sell this idea. There's nothing like the job that doesn't end for job security and income.
It's almost like they are afraid to mention that people get very inventive when it comes to getting around censorship. You can look at China for a fine example of that. Those manning the the Great Firewall and looking for subversion have found out that suddenly their word filters aren't working so well. When the populace wants to talk about something forbidden, they just come up with code words that every one understands but no one actually says what they understand the word or phrase to represent. As soon as that one is discovered a new phrase comes into being. People are very inventive in this matter.
Nor does Google address that once you block some service another will popup to replace it more likely than not run by supporters. Google taking the mention of the site off line works no better than site filters for the copyright gang. Just removing a site from search does not remove it from the internet. Know the IP and you can still go right to it. So all those wanting words out of the ISIS group will just give the IP address rather than the domain.
Chris-Mouse (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 9:05am
How do you tell a good guy from a bad guy?
How do you stop anyone's speech without violating the constitution?
...How do you stop anyone's speech without violating the constitution?...
Who's constitution?
Last time I checked ISIS and the like were not on US soil, so the US constitution wouldn't apply.
What soil(s) ISIS occupies have constitutions that allows prosecution for blasphemy (or at least does not have freedom of expression(s) like the US). Some also allow for execution if convicted - no 'Eighth Amendment' protection there.
So if the internet is supposed to be free and open, then it will have to accommodate expression that not everybody will like.
Anonymous Coward, 21 Jan 2016 @ 10:05am
Policy is done by abstracting concepts. As is tech for that matter. How does one "define" Islamic terrorism in a programmatic sense? How does one algorithmically identify when someone is going to be "radicalized"?
Traditional attempts to try to do this have resulted in terrorizing innocent people who use trigger words or use hyperbole.
Here's an example of obvious hyperbole that resulted in a teenager being charged with making "terroristic threats", jailed, abused by inmates, and put in solitary:
'All of it started in February 2013, when the then 18-year-old got into a verbal exchange with another League of Legends player, who suggested he was dangerous or crazy. He responded, "I'm f- - - - - in the head alright, I think I'ma SHOOT UP A KINDERGARTEN [...] AND WATCH THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT RAIN DOWN [...] AND EAT THE BEATING HEART OF ONE OF THEM."'
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/12/01/367771533/as-high-court-considers-on line-threats-an-update-on-justin-carter
Bad policy and kneejerk reactions harm innocents and substantially chill speech. Justin Carter's case is hardly unique. Just take any of the numerous scare stories over the years about how someone saying the word "bomb," even in non-malicious/terroristic contexts, got targeted for anti-terrorism efforts.
We've seen harm after harm happen to non-malicious expressions of free speech over the years since 9/11 without equivalent good to show for it.
Chris-Mouse (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 12:09pm
Google is a US based company, and I strongly suspect that this is a result of political pressure being brought to bear on Google by US politicians.
You are right though, a more general question is how to maintain a free and open internet in spite of many different organizations who want to restrict or eliminate things they find uncomfortable or embarassing.
Mike Masnick (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 9:57am
Yes, that's a big question.
In this case, I don't think that's an issue at all. First off, Google is not the government. The First Amendment only concerns government action on interfering with freedom of expression. Google, by itself, as a private company, is free to do whatever it wants. Second, for most folks outside of the US (meaning nearly all of ISIS), the First Amendment doesn't exactly apply to them either.
It's a dumb idea all around, but the First Amendment has nothing to do with it.
Pixelation, 21 Jan 2016 @ 9:20am
Get the RIAA involved
Tell them ISIS is infringing their copyrights.
Re: Get the RIAA involved
NO NO NO, do not give them any ideas about how they can convince the government to give them total control over the Internet.
Ninja (profile), 22 Jan 2016 @ 3:47am
Well, if they succeed as well in stopping ISIS as they did with piracy we'll all be ISIS soldiers in a few years...
I am not amused with much of what has come out of Google Ideas in the past year. Mike - you say it's technically separate from Google, but it's obviously connected with Google and shares the Google trademark.
What does "separate" even mean here? How is Google Ideas separate from the rest of Google?
It's a separate group working on its own projects (which, hilariously, are SUPPOSED to be about increasing freedom of expression around the globe), unrelated to Google itself. It's not like Cohen saying this means that Google is going to suddenly start blocking ISIS accounts. The two are unrelated.
I don't understand.
What's the difference between Google headquarters vs Google Ideas and Google headquarters vs Google Calico? Or any other Alphabet subsidiary other than Google Calico?
Google lets them use its brand name, which to the public conveys association with Google headquarters.
It was crated by Eric Schmidt who appointed Jared Cohen to lead it.
All that's left that's unknown to me is its funding and corporate structure. Presumably, if they are separate, Eric Schmidt could not order Jared Cohen to do a certain action, or replace Jared Cohen as the head of Google Ideas, or have any sort of formal influence like that.
Cohen doesn't speak for the whole of Google, and may not have had his idea approved by Google headquarters before inflicting it upon the world. Lots of companies have subsidiaries that act relatively independently, this is just another one.
ECA (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 10:39am
FOR ALL THE BITCHING..
Has anyone...
During a Commercial and complaint session..
About ISIS/ISIL.. using the internet to Corrupt our children and nations...
Ever mentioned a SITE doing it?
A CHAT doing it?
A social media site doing it?
Any internet location doing it?
What would happen if a Site was mentioned that was RE-Programming your kids..
What would you do??
I figure that 100,000,000 hits and ALLOT of consternation would be on that site, IN THAT CHAT/Forum/SITE... in Less then 2 minutes..
For all the posturing and Falderal(BS).. being past around, this seems to be a FAULT in all that is being said by our government..Give us a SITE name or location and I will BET, the site goes DOWN...
This will be better then the Christian Church vs Leonardo..
Glenn D. Jones (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 10:54am
Jared Cohen is not a technologist
I've never worked at Google, so take this with a grain of salt. But my guess would be that he's there in more of a "government relations" role.
In other words, acting as an early warning system for government reactions to new technology. And he probably uses his connections with the State department to act as an interlocutor when things get really bad (i.e. encryption).
Personally, I don't see his views being representative of Google, because he clearly doesn't have any background experience with technology -- unlike the vast majority of the people there.
From his Wikipedia entry:
"Cohen received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University...majoring in history and political science and minoring in African studies."
"He subsequently earned a master's degree in International Relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar."
Re: Jared Cohen is not a technologist
To be clear, I fully agree with critics. This idea is dangerous, stupid, and wrong.
I guess I don't take it too seriously due to his lack of a technology background. I would be more concerned if Eric Schmidt or Larry Page said something along these lines.
Not Open = Walled Garden
So, if I read between the lines, Jared is suggesting we go with the whole Walled Garden thing instead of the internet... ... someone give AOL a call, they'll want in on it.
If you can 'kick' people off of it, then it's not an open web.
Re: Not Open = Walled Garden
Anon..
Something to think about..
WHY do people use Offshore servers..
Servers and server farms in other countries ARE CHEAPER to use then ANY company in the USA..
Cut access to the World, and you will cut access to about 70-80% of most internet access..
Chris Brand, 21 Jan 2016 @ 11:06am
To be fair
It's not called "Google Good Ideas", just "Google Ideas", so this one does fit.
Almost Anonymous (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 11:42am
Simple answer
Just configure all the DHCP servers to refuse to give ISIS an IP address. Simple!
That One Other Not So Random Guy, 21 Jan 2016 @ 1:24pm
"Their social media accounts must be removed as fast as they are produced to prevent people making contact with Isis recruiters on the open web."
When wondering how the YouTube spamming system worked I ran across some spammers... marketeers they call themselves. They had offers to buy 200+ YouTube accounts at a pop. I doubt they were just limited to YouTube.
Companies and Government just love to play Whack-A-Mole.
Anonymous Coward, 21 Jan 2016 @ 4:00pm
Nice, the head of a company that is supposed to be about free expression is a filthy bureaucrat.
127.0.0.1 (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 4:51pm
Why all this fuss about an Egyptian Goddess?
Will Switzerland declare net neutrality on this issue?
My computer blames Bill Clinton since he invented the **** menace, when he invoked "What the meaning of is is"
CanadianByChoice (profile), 21 Jan 2016 @ 6:54pm
The real idiocy here is that as soon as you censor the ideas of a particular group, people – who already distrust "all things government" - begin to wonder what it is that "they" [government] doesn't want the people to know, so they go looking for answers. Instead of decreasing exposure, they risk increasing it - from curiosity.
The only workable response to "terrorist propaganda" is well reasoned (as in, "average people" will understand it) counter propaganda. Do objective, critical analysis of their propaganda and – dispassionately! - point out the errors and consequences of their instructions and suggestions, basing those on obvious FACTS, not on "touchy-feely" appeals that look more like emotional attacks than anything else.
That said, quite frankly, the US (and the other "Five Eyes") have very little in the way of moral high-ground from which to criticize what extremist groups do. What, exactly, do the extremists do that our governments don't? Execute people? look into "extra-judicial killings". Torture? remember the CIA torture report? Kidnapping? investigate the governments detention policies. Expropriation? how about "asset forfeiture" (as now practised by LEO in the US)?
Maybe the best answer is to prove – by example – that the way of life in the "free countries" really is better by setting an example of BEING better. Stop doing all this stupid-ass crap and go back to what the Fore-Fathers envisioned our countries to be.
Extremist groups use violence as an answer to their perceived grievances; I can understand that because it's the same behaviour you see in children, too immature to make reasoned choices. The western countries are supposed to be more mature – so why aren't they behaving more maturely? When you lower yourself to the level of a bully you simply become another bully yourself.
Stop making people feel "disenfranchised" and you'll have less radicalization.
Google is scared of the dark web
Look at the big picture: Quite simply, Google is scared of the dark web. It can't index these sites, it can't track people using them and it can't serve ads to it.
What's the 'solution'? Force terrorists onto the dark web. Then declare the dark web to be evil and make it illegal to access or use it. Force people back onto the non-dark web, so they can be served ads and have their privacy invaded.
Really, this statement is nothing more than demonising the dark web again.
The dark web is by no means safe and there's no denying there's a lot of bad content. But good and honest people use it because they want privacy from Google, the government, et al. One day, those wanting privacy may represent a majority, and Google is afraid of that.


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Bible study's going online, not entirely, but increasingly so. So here's the first three of my six best online Bible study websites that you can use on your new $200-$300 Chromebook that won't run locally installed Bible software. They will also work great on the many of the new Windows notebooks or tablets that only come with 32GB of 64GB SSDs, like the HP Stream 13 I recently reviewed. With limited storage these computers can't handle huge libraries from the complex Bible study programs like Logos, WORDsearch, Accordance or PC Study Bible to name some of the most popular.
You can get a Bible app or stick with your computer and use one of these online Bible study sites.
A couple of the more popular programs that run locally also come in online versions. So check out this list and maybe you can leave your complex and bloated Bible study software off that new Windows tablet or super-cheap notebook with only 32GB of storage. And you could do some study on a Chromebook, which doesn't let users install advanced Bible study programs.
We list these sites in no particular order.
The first of our online Bible study websites is BibleStudyTools.com. What makes this a viable option for intermediate level Bible study software? Users can search the Bible, read it, track daily Bible reading plans and share scripture via copy/paste or links to post to popular social media outlets. Almost every online Bible can do those things. Here's what this site offers in addition to the basics.
The first of our list of online Bible study sites includes a number of modern and public domain Bible translations. There's also some limited original language study.
The site will collect user notes and highlights for those who sign up for a free account. The Bible student can mark up their Bibles and save their study findings for future reference.
The Interlinear Bible in Bible Study Tools online Bible study site uses KJV and NASB as the English translation.
While the site doesn't offer as many modern reference tools, a user with simple needs can get a lot done. Read a text, highlight it and write observations in a note attached to a verse. Then open the interlinear Bibles based on the KJV and NASB to do some original language study. Search the text for some cross references related to the topics in the passage. This gives any Bible student a good start in understanding their passage.
The Interlinear Hebrew text comes from Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia from United Bible Societies. The Greek text comes from Center For Computer Analysis of Texts, University of Pennsylvania based on Nestle Aland 26.
After these early steps, open some commentaries, dictionaries or the ISBE and learn more about the passage and what others said years ago. Record those findings in the notes. Then find the passage's Big Idea and come up with an outline using an online word processor like Google Docs or Office 365's version of Word online.
If I had to compare the site to a piece of Bible software, I'd say it can do almost as much as e-Sword with a few modern translations added to it.
The next of these six best online Bible study websites comes from Online Parallel Bible Project in the form of BibleHub.com. The interface looks a little cluttered, but it's still a useful site with plenty of resources.
Enter a Bible reference in the top search box and the site opens the verse in all the translations and commentaries available in the left column. Along the right column we find some helpful tools like the context of the passage, cross references and Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
Across the top of the site there's a toolbar that helps people navigate to specific passages in any of the supported translations. The site includes a large collection of modern and public domain translations. The toolbar also includes some public domain commentaries. Access them through drop down lists.
The toolbar buttons put many of the tools a click away. We get a parallel Bible button, cross references and a context button that shows the single verse within the pericope. In addition there's links to a few specific commentaries and more.
Like the other sites, Bible Hub lets me share to Facebook, Twitter and Google+. It includes some nice pictures, maps and outlines.
Logos Bible Software users will want to go first to Biblia.com. They also offer a pair of sister sites – library.logos.com and Faithlife Bible online. So why three sites? Library runs better on mobile browsers, like an Android smart phone or iPhone. Faithlife adds the company's online study Bible focused social network and using the Faithlife Study Bible. The more pure online Bible site is Biblia.
None of the three Faithlife sites do as much as our first two in this list, but they make a Logos Bible Software user's library available online and as a group they offer a great selection of tools and features. The makers promise some more advanced tools "coming soon." I'd be happy if they just integrated all of the features into one site.
The main part of the Biblia screen includes two window pane. The user can open books in either side. For example, open a Bible in the center column and a commentary on the right. The two will sync up to the same verse when a user turns the feature on using instructions explained below.
Use a mouse wheel or swipe on a laptop trackpad to scroll through the Bible from Genesis 1:1 all the way to the end of Revelations 22.
Click the book cover in the upper left corner of the book's window to show the settings.
The sharing tool will let you post to Twitter or Facebook, get a link to the verse on Biblia.com to post online or email, and an embed code to post to a website.
The library.logos.com presents the same basic tools as Biblia, with a few minor changes, in a mobile browser view. Surprisingly, this site, though optimized for mobile browsers, actually does a little more than Biblia.
The Faithlife Study Bible online site presents the Faithlife Study Bible in online for and looks a little like the Faithlife Study Bible app on Android or iOS. We don't get the Passage Guide, Text Comparison or the Bible Word Study tools from library.logos.com. See it below.
I wish Faithlife would take all of these sites and streamline them into one great online Bible study site. It would make it the best of the six online Bible study sites in our roundup.
Check back for part two of this roundup of the 6 best online Bible study sites.
https://TheBible.life is a candidate for consideration also. Reading Plans, Calendars, Memory Games, bible verse flash card 3×5 maker, much more…all free.


To keep Integrity: It considers that the information shared from customer side will not alter, and customer will not receive any different information.
Non repudiation: it looks into the matter that the order made by a real customer, so that the customer may not deny the order later.
Authenticity of customer and the organization are confirmed information security.
Confidentiality of information is kept so that no other unauthorized access can get the information.
Privacy of personal data and organizational information transmitted is met.
Availability of the online site is mandatory for better operational performance.
There are three level of risk factor to maintain the online business of music selling.
The first level of threats might happen on the client side, where client might suffer from phising, spoofing, and sniffing. But the major threat to a client is Credit card fraud which happens occasionally in any online transaction. The client may download some bad applets, i.e. malicious java code, Trojan horses, worm or virus may attack client.
The second level of risk area is the communication channel, where information is transmitted from client to the organization. The information which might tamper in the communication channels are the credit card details, personal information, the information sent by the organization. Hacking and cyber vandalism are two major threats that may happen. Tapping, sniffing, alteration of information, information theft and card fraud are most likely threats in communication channel.
The third level of risk area is in the server side, where any intruder might tamper the database with some malicious code, and online denial of service attack might threaten the organization in performing web based business. Here the ISP server, bank server of the merchant's server may be under threat.
From merchant side cyber vandalism might destroy the website.
To protect all the three level of risk area some security practices have to adopt by the merchant to make the business a full proof secure one, though the merchant have to keep in mind the financial constraint of his organizational capacity.
To protect the communication line and create secured transformation of information Public key encryption increases the integrity level of the information. Double encryption using digital signature increases the assured level of authenticity and Non repudiation. Transmission of information may create digital envelop to protect information from tapping. Digital certificate may be used to generate authenticity for the information sold on webpage.
Secure channel of communication using SSL or HTTPS may be adopted by the merchant to protect the intrusion in communication channel.
Another level of security should be applied at the server and database side. Strong firewall arrangement has to be implemented to block unauthorized access to the database. The database and the server can be attacked by denial of service by some hacker. This denial of service can be stopped by using SSL or VPN which create a secure channel of communication and that channel cannot be tempered. Time out period of logon cookies should be maintained so that no different log on authentication cannot take place. If the access of the server and database become open to everybody then some hacker may change the content of the database with some malicious java programming. When any user of the site downloads that content the infected programming come into the system of the client and damage the system. The server side may be secured by using firewall, packet filtering, application gateways, and proxy server. Authentication and access control mechanism such as payment gateways make transaction more secure, and anti virus software protect the operating system.
The third level of security concentrate to make the webpage secure, it has to keep in mind that the accessibility of the webpage will consistent. Phising and no availability of webpage are the most common problem which comes into action for ant web page. Implementation of Payment gateway should be made properly so that every transaction made on the web will be secure and no fraud may happen causing lose to the customer. Different bank information, customer details information and credit card information sharing should be protected and the protection of information sharing on web can be done by introducing encryption technology. When the user downloads any song or music i.e. any executable file digital certificate should be added to make the object authenticated and secured. The digital certificate confirms the safe and security of the object downloaded. For transmission if information public key and private key cryptography technology shall be adopted by the organization.
It has to be taken care that the availability of the web page shall remain consistent, so that user can access the webpage whenever they want and 'no availability' problem does not come into picture.
Denial of service attack has to be mitigated so that any user will not face the fraud action in making business transaction with the organization.
Online money transfer should be made secure with payment gateways technique so that the credit card information, bank details might not be available to any third person who may cause any damage to the customer. Confidentiality and integrity of information should look after.
Though there are many things require making the entire e-business safe and securing, it may not be possible for the small organization to introduce all necessary protection tools as this may require high investment. And any small organization will not be able to accept the cost of making business. Then what the organization can do. First thing the organization may outsource the hosting part of the webpage to any outside organization whose core competency in business is web hosting. The merchant will be benefited by the cost as he needs not to concentrate the various aspects of security of webpage hosting. And this can be done with less cost by outsourcing the hosting and maintaining. The organization can also contact different ISP service providers to get a secured communication channel. This also helps him in getting the best service without much investment. After outsourcing these two areas, the small organization may concentrate on managing and maintaining the database which will be the warehouse of the business. He can concentrate in managing some best firewall technique and look at different digital certificates for the items which are going to be sold online. The small organization can also concentrate on giving more stock choice to its customers and how he can increase his business by giving better customer satisfied process.
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Saint Francis of Assisi Charm Necklace Catholic Christian Religious Jewelry Medal Pendant, São Francisco de Assis
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Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1228)
Is called the little poor man of Assisi. He was born in the year 1182 in the town of Assisi in Italy.
His father's name was Bernadone. Bernadone was a very wealthy merchant of Assisi. Francis was a very good-looking boy, he was merry and soft-hearted.
So he had many friends. All the noble men's sons were his companions.
Francis was brought up in luxury and gaiety, he spent a considerable portion of his wealth in extravagant pleasures. He used to drink with the young princes of the land.
One day Francis was joking and laughing with his friends. A beggar came along crying for alms. Francis, who was soft-hearted, gave whatever he had in his pocket to the beggar. His companions mocked at him for his charitable act. Dispassion dawned in his heart. The sight of the beggar set him thinking about the poverty and misery of mundane life. He gave much money to the poor. His father thought that Francis was wasting his money and rebuked him.
Sometime after this, Francis was laid up in bed for many months on account of some serious disease. He was about to die. But the Lord saved him as he had to carry out a definite mission in his life.
The nature of Francis was entirely changed. Francis prayed to the Lord for light and guidance as to his future. He had a vision of Lord Jesus. He made a strong determination to renounce his old way of living to tread a life of purity and to dedicate his life to the service of humanity.
As soon as Francis got well, he informed his parents of his determination. They were disappointed. They became angry with Francis. Francis gave up his old ways and habits and set up to serve God. He distributed clothes, goods and money to the poor. His father was very much annoyed towards his son. He said, "Is this the gratitude you show to me ? I laboured hard and amassed wealth. You are lavishly wasting it on these miserable wretches".
Francis' friends mocked at him and teased him. His father turned him out of the house. Francis lived like a beggar. His old friends even pelted him with stones and mud. He bore everything with patience. He wore a coarse dress and ate simple food.
Francis lived in a cave in the mountains of Assisi and spent his time in prayer and meditation for two years. Some kind people gave him food, but very often he had to starve.
Francis called the body 'brother ass'. He kept this brother ass under perfect discipline and control. Sometimes he kept this brother ass without food and water and denied it some special food that it liked very much.
Francis was humble. He loved God's creatures. He loved birds and beasts. He loved the depressed and the outcastes. He treated the birds, the beasts and all beings as brothers and sisters.
Francis went from village to village preaching the love of God. He invited people to join him in his life of service if they were willing. Bernard, a rich man of Assisi, was very much attracted by the saintliness of Francis. He joined Francis. He was the first follower of Francis. He placed all his wealth at the altar of God. Eleven others also joined Francis. They distributed all their wealth to the poor. Francis and his followers went all over Italy preaching, teaching, healing and blessing wherever they went.
The gospel of kindness and love of Francis soon spread all over Europe and earned for him the name of St. Francis. People called him the little poor man of Assisi. He lived for ever in the hearts of all men.
St. Francis collected many followers and founded the Order of Mendicant Friars or Franciscans. The members of this Order have to take a vow of poverty, chastity, love and obedience.
St. Francis gave up his mortal coil in 1228.
The followers of St. Francis built a beautiful church round him on the hill of Assisi, the hill he so dearly loved. The influence of St. Francis and the sweet aroma of the life he lived will last for ever.
Glory to St. Francis, the little poor man of Assisi, but an illustrious saint !
(This biography is from the book "Lives of Saints". by Sri Swami Chidananda.)
"O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, harmony;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light, and
Where there is sorrow, joy.
Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not
so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand; to be loved
as to love; for it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life."
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