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The radio  and TV  had been  carrying news bulletins all
day. The President was going to  make an  emergency announce-
ment in  place of  the evening news.  Speculation was high as
to what the emergency could be . . . there wasn't anything in
the news lately to point to any international crisis.
At 5:30  that evening,  the President  appeared on tele-
vision and made the following startling declaration:
"Fellow citizens,  under the authority of Executive Order No.
11921, I am declaring a state  of emergency  in this country.
Immediately and henceforth, the following orders will go into
effect.  As soon as it is possible, others will follow.
(1)  I declare all banking operations suspended and
stock market operations will cease.
(2)  Food rationing will be instituted along with wage
and price controls.  Printing of ration coupons has
started.  All purchases will not exceed $60.00 per
week per family to prevent hoarding.
(3)  Ownership of gold and silver, which are not in
coins, is hereby prohibited.  All precious metals
will therefore be relinquished and deposited in
banks as soon as they are reopened.
(4)  Suspension of all judicial  processes is immediate.
Habeas corpus included.  Anyone suspected of
violating these emergency orders is subject to
arrest.
(5)  Citizens will turn in all weapons and ammunition to
police authorities or National Guard armories.
(6)  All programs at colleges and universities will
cease until the programs are further evaluated by
federal authorities.
(7)  All military forces are put on full alert  and will
report immediately to their respective duty
stations.  All persons responsible to report in the
event of mobilization will report as required.
(8)  The publication of all newspapers and private news-
letters will cease as of tomorrow morning pending
the establishment of a censorship board.
(9)  Foreign travel for US citizens is discontinued
during this emergency.
(10) Gas rationing is hereby imposed immediately.  Until
coupons are distributed, each  private vehicle will
be allotted  10 gallons per week.  Recording of
license numbers on each purchase is mandatory."
We stared at each  other in  disbelief.   He went  on to
tell us  that distribution  of work  permits for all citizens
will begin shortly.   Substitution of  new colored  money for
our old money, with certain limits of course, will start next
week.  This would be an absolute dictatorship.  In the United
States!
As an explanation, he said the inflation  rate in  third
world  countries  had  exceeded  1000%.   They had repudiated
their debts to US banks.  The Japanese stock market is on the
verge of collapse and it will have serious aftershocks on our
economy.  To insure  the continued  operation of  our govern-
ment, these steps were necessary.
Insuring  compliance   was  imperative  for  the  smooth
continuance of our government he  said.    Compliance  is not
voluntary, it  is mandatory.   The  President (if that is the
proper title  now) announced  he was  activating the National
Guard  to  enforce  these  orders.    The  bottom line was to
prevent anarchy and bloodshed.
Wait just a minute.  Just  where did  the President find
the authority?   How can he declare an emergency and stop all
the rights we  have  enjoyed  for  over  200  years?   That's
Jim  looked  at  me  and  said,  "Let 'em try and get my
weapons!"  I grinned.   Yet  inside, I  felt a  gnawing which
said, "They  will get  the weapons from you, my friend.  This
is a bad scene."
The majority leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House called Congress into immediate emergency session.  They
discovered  that  they  were  powerless  to  countermand  the
declaration.   The law  was on the books and gave Congress no
authority to stop the actions taken under Executive Order No.
Have you  ever heard of an executive order?  The Consti-
tution is explicit that execution of laws is the only duty of
the executive branch.  They have no authority to make a law.
Checking  Black's  Law  Dictionary,  5th  Ed.,  we  find:
Executive Order . . . "An order or  regulation issued  by the
President  or  some  administrative  authority under his dir-
ection for  the  purpose  of  interpreting,  implementing, or
giving administrative  effect to a provision of the Constitu-
tion or of some law or treaty.   To have  the effect  of law,
such  orders  must  be  published  in  the Federal Register."
Sorry, but this is a G.. D... LIE!
Never heard of the  Federal Register?   It's  a publica-
tion  that  contains  over  75,000  pages  a  year  where all
regulations  and  executive  orders  are  published.     Once
published,  the  Congress  or  private citizen has 30 days to
challenge the proposed regulation or it  becomes law.   How's
that for an easy way to make a law?  We have been getting the
short end of the stick.
It looks  as though  they have  finally come  out in the
open and  admitted that  due process  of law  is an illusion.
It's finis!
Just a story?  For right now, yes.  But,  this executive
order IS  ON THE  BOOKS.   ALL it needs for implementation is
for the President  to  declare  a  national  emergency.   The
possibility is  there and  the scenario  frightening.  Notice
the number of that  order .  . .  there are  thousands on the
books right now.
All those  glowing terms  we read in our Constitution are
no more.  Justice,  liberty,  freedom  of  speech,  press and
religion, and due process of law are  history.  When we  tell
our kids  of the  'good old  days', there is much we can talk
Just what is 'due process of  law' and  how did  it come
into existence?     With all the debate about it, the honchos
in government want you to  believe  it  is  an  elusive term.
Instead  of  affording  you  the  protection  of  due process
automatically, they want you to prove it's been violated.
Due process comes from  an  old  British  statute (1355)
which  had  its  origin  in  the  Magna Charta. (1215).  (En-
cyclopedia Americana)  It was to protect citizens against the
violation of long established procedural safeguards.  It also
means the enforcement and protection of  private rights which
conform with the standards of fairness and justice.
We find  the command  of due process of law in the Fifth
Amendment to our Constitution.   "No  person shall  . .  . be
deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of
law . . ."  That is a heavy statement!
Due process is really a simple concept.  If a  law meets
the  requirements  of  our  supremacy  clause, due process is
being obeyed.  If a certain  procedure by  government is man-
dated,  due  process  orders  that procedure be followed.  It
cannot be argued by government or decreed by  the courts that
they can  ignore this  concept.   Not even in the event of an
emergency.  Even if public safety or public  sentiment is not
in favor of the action, they have to follow the process.
During the  ratification process, the states insisted on
firm, precise limitation of powers of the new central govern-
ment.   The people wanted a wall built around the new govern-
ment.  The higher, the better.  The resultant Bill  of Rights
are a restriction against government.
One notable exception is, despite what the feds tell us,
the first ten amendments  contain NO  restrictions against us
as individuals.  Repeat - NO RESTRICTIONS against citizens.
When the  states were  asked to  ratify the document, it
had been only eleven years since  the end  of the revolution.
The people  had not  yet forgotten  the pain and suffering of
that war.  The friends, neighbors and loved  ones who fought,
bled  and  died  for  their  freedom was still fresh in their
minds.  The people wanted  guarantees  that  the  reasons for
that war would never happen again.
To appreciate  the importance  of due process of law, we
must look at the supremacy clause of our Constitution.  "THIS
CONSTITUTION, AND  THE LAWS  OF THE UNITED STATES WHICH SHALL
BE MADE IN PURSUANCE THEREOF, . . . SHALL BE  THE SUPREME LAW
OF THE  LAND . . ." (Art VI, cl 2)   Any law enacted which is
not pursuant to the Constitution, which  does not  follow the
authority in  the document,  is not  a law.   NO ONE NEEDS TO
OBEY IT!  They have violated due process.
To reinforce that statement, we'll take  a look  at what
our  Founding  Fathers  had  to  say  about  the supreme law.
Alexander Hamilton made it clear when he said  NO legislative
act, contrary  to the  Constitution can  be valid. (Paper No.
78).  (All references to paper  no.  are  from  the  book The
Federalist  Papers.)    It  bestows  no   honors,  grants  no
authority and prescribes no penalties.
He  went  on  to  say,    "It  will not, I presume, have
escaped observation that it EXPRESSLY confines this supremacy
to laws  made PURSUANT  TO THE  CONSTITUTION; which I mention
merely as an instance of  caution  in  the  convention; since
that limitation  would have  been to be understood, though it
had not been expressed."  (Paper No. 33) (The emphasis  is in
the original writing).
This was  the vision  of our  Founders.   They wanted to
establish and insure the  dignity  of  the  individual.   The
first  three  words  in  our  Constitution,  in  large  fancy
letters,  specifies  that  we  gave  permission  for  the new
government.    Therefore,  we  are  the  sovereigns  and  the
government is responsible to us.
This concept worked well for many years.  The government
was afraid  of the  people.  But the love of power, greed and
money is a disease.  It  eventually will  make itself evident
no matter  who stands in the way.  The executive order in our
opening is a perfect example of that sickness.
When we say we are sovereign it means we are the supreme
power and  superior to  all other  powers.  Those are not our
kings, lords or masters running  the  government.    They are
simply public  servants.   Would you  allow a servant in your
home to dictate your life style?   What  if you  were told to
turn off  the TV  and lights at 9 PM so he/she can go to bed?
Then why allow those servants at the funny farm tell you what
to  do?    When  you  allow  that, it's not sovereignty, it's
enslavement!
Hamilton in Paper No. 78 said to permit that would be to
establish that the deputy is greater than his principle; that
the servant is above his master;  that the  representative of
the people is superior to the people themselves.
When we  start acting  out our  birthright as sovereigns
the enslaver will have no one to control.
James Madison pointed  out  in  Paper  No.  45  that the
powers which  are delegated  to the federal government by the
proposed Constitution are few and defined.  It was not  to be
Carte Blanche  to unlimited  powers.  Most of the commands in
the document are explicit.  They are not debatable.  They are
not alterable by law or judicial edict.  If they are altered,
it's assuming powers which we did  not grant  or specifically
withheld.
Delegation  of  law  making  power was to Congress ONLY.
The executive is to  make  certain  the  laws  are faithfully
executed.  The judicial branch is to interpret the law and is
to be the protector of the people.   It was  never meant that
the judicial  department modify  laws and in effect amend the
Constitution.   Due  process  demands  that  these  duties be
complied with TO THE LETTER.  If these commands are violated,
due process has been violated.   This is  a basic  premise of
our system of government.  There are no exceptions . . not in
an emergency  . . .  not  under  the  cloak  of  an executive
order, not even if Chicken Little says the sky is falling!
If these  powers are so desperately needed, let the feds
ask our permission and see if we agree.   That  is the reason
the  amendment  process  is  in  the basic document.  (Art V)
This is the key which makes the document  as viable  today as
it was over 200 years ago.
The last two amendments of the Bill of Rights are catch-
all amendments.  The Ninth Amendment  makes it  clear that we
have rights  beyond those  that are  spelled out in the docu-
ment.    The  Tenth  Amendment  FORBIDS  the  government from
assuming any  power we  did not  specifically delegate to the
government.  Why do  you  suppose  the  people  who  work for
government can't understand these two restrictions?  We often
hear that ignorance of the law  is no  excuse.   Just what do
you suppose  is their  excuse?   Ignorance on  our part is no
excuse either!
Many will argue that  the "necessary  and proper" clause
(Art 1,  Sec 8,  cl 18)  gives government the right to modify
whatever they feel is necessary.  This is  gobbledygook.  The
clause is  specific in  that it  states:   "for carrying into
execution the foregoing powers,  and all  other powers vested
by this  Constitution in  the government of the United States
. ."  It CANNOT encompass any powers not delegated.
Hamilton, in Paper No. 33 clarifies this point  when he
says ".  . .  it may be affirmed with perfect confidence that
the constitutional operation of the intended government would
be precisely  the same  if . . .(necessary and proper clause)
. . were entirely obliterated as if .  . .  repeated in every
article."   This clause  is precise  that it  grants no power
which is not in  agreement with  the supremacy  clause.  This
concept is basic to our form of government.
The document originated when most of the citizens had at
best a third  grade  education.    The  words  are  clear and
direct.   It is  a document  all Americans  should read every
year to  refresh  their  minds  on  what  powers  we actually
granted.  It would help us keep an eye on these clowns.
What  little  of  our  Constitution  being  taught is by
teachers who  also have  no knowledge  of the  document.  The
blind  are  leading  the  blind.    With  each generation the
vision of our Founding Fathers becomes  dimmer.   More of the
powers  we  denied  the  government  are being assumed.  It's
simply because no one knows what it says or means.
Everyone who works for government at any level must take
an oath to support the Constitution. (Art VI, cl 3)  Then how
do we have a 'law' on the books which gives the president the
authority  to  declare  an  emergency?  By declaration he can
announce the Constitution is  dead?   Was due  process of law
followed here?   Hardly!  The oath has simply become a ritual
or reciting of words which no longer have meaning.
In that same  light,  what  about  the  oath  all  of my
readers who  have been  in the service have taken?  Remember?
. .  . "to  protect and  defend the  Constitution against all
enemies,  foreign  and  domestic  .  .  ."    It shouldn't be
necessary to point  out  the  word  'domestic'.   Naturalized
citizens  have  also  taken  the  same  oath.  Why aren't you
obeying what you swore to God to do?
So how  do we  get out  of this  dilemma?  We must swamp
Congress with phone calls,  telegrams  and  letters.   Demand
that the  power of the executive to issue orders be rescinded
as being beyond governmental  authority.   It violates rights
we enjoy  under our  Constitution . . due process of law, for
one!   These jokers  need questioning  about executive orders
every  time  they  appear  in  public.  Then ask about number
11921 in particular.
As the sovereign, we shouldn't hesitate to question this
assumption of  power which was not conferred by the document.
Pointing out the major  restriction  in  the  Tenth Amendment
will drive  these people  up the wall.  Better they go up the
wall by  our  questions  than  we  go  against  the  wall for
disobeying orders if an emergency is declared.
Cornelius Tacitus,  a Roman senator and historian. (A.D.
c.56-c.115) remarked:  "The more corrupt the state,  the more
numerous  the  laws."    If  you  don't  believe  this is the
condition of our country  today, I  suggest you  go to  a law
library.   Take a  look at  how many laws are actually on our
If people shrug their  shoulders at  this fearsome power
in  the  hands  of  any  person or number of persons, without
question or  protest, they  will stand  in line  of their own
free will  and have their numbers tattooed on their arms.  We
already have that number!
Cicero gave a warning to the Romans just before the fall
of  the  empire,  "Beware  of  the traitor within the gates!"
We'd better listen to the warning and take a look  within our
gates.
Government  has  three  duties:    To defend our shores,
deliver our mail and stay the hell out of our lives!  Nothing
IN  VOLUME  ONE  OF  THE  TRAITOR  WITHIN  THE GATES, WE
REPORTED THAT 17 1/2 MILLION  DOLLARS  WAS  BEING  PAID EVERY
HOUR TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE AS INTEREST ON THE DEBT.
LET'S UP  THE ANTE A BIT . . . WE ARE NOW PAYING ABOUT 4
BILLION DOLLARS EVERY DAY  WHICH BREAKS  DOWN TO $166,666,666
PER HOUR  OR $27,777,777 PER MINUTE!  THAT'S OUR TAX DOLLARS.
WAIT UNTIL THE FIGURES FOR NEXT YEAR ARE RELEASED . . .


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Stop the Data Breaches
Bad Track Record
Paying the Price
Have I Been Breached?
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Chick-Fil-A Is Investigating A Credit-Card Breach At Some Of Its Restaurants Business
Stop the Data Breaches January 2, 2015 News
BUSINESS INSIDER — The Atlanta-based fast-food chain Chick-Fil-A is working with IT security companies after a possible data breach may have leaked the credit-card details of 9,000 customers.
Target's Data-Breach Timeline
Stop the Data Breaches December 27, 2014 News
WALL STREET JOURNAL — Target Corp. said Friday that personal information, including names, mailing addresses, and phone numbers, of some additional 70 million customers were stolen during a data breach at the retailer over the holidays.
Staples Data Breach May Have Affected Over 1 Million Payment Cards
REUTERS/HUFFINGTON POST — Office equipment supplier Staples Inc said the investigation of a data security breach showed that malware may have affected about 1.16 million payment cards. The breach at 115 of the company's 1,400 stores was announced in October. Staples said it has since eradicated the malware.
Bebe confirms data breach hit U.S. retail stores
Stop the Data Breaches December 5, 2014 News
FORTUNE — Women's retailer latest to be stung by a cyberattack. Bebe Stores has confirmed a data breach hit the women's retailer's payments system over a two-and-a-half week period last month, the latest retailer stung by an attack that focused on obtaining payment card information.
Kmart and Dairy Queen Report Data Breach
Stop the Data Breaches October 10, 2014 News
NEW YORK TIMES — In the latest cyberattack on American retailers and restaurants, both Kmart and Dairy Queen said their computer systems were compromised in security intrusions involving customers' credit and debit card information.
Supervalu, Albertsons Discover New Data Breaches
Stop the Data Breaches September 30, 2014 News
BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK — Supervalu Inc. and the operator of the Albertsons supermarket chain, which both suffered data breaches this year, said they discovered additional attacks in the computer networks that process card payments.
Jimmy John's reveals breach of credit, debit data
CHICAGO TRIBUNE — Jimmy John's said it has learned of a data breach involving credit and debit card data at 216 of its locations, including four in Chicago and more than a dozen in the suburbs. The Champaign-based sandwich chain said it learned of the breach July 30 and is investigating. Jimmy John's said it believes that an intruder stole login credentials to remotely access cash register systems.
Home Depot Confirms Data Breach, Investigating Transactions From April Onward
Stop the Data Breaches September 8, 2014 News
FORBES — Home Depot the nation's largest home improvement retailer, confirmed Monday afternoon that its payment data systems have been breached. The confirmation comes less than a week after the retailer first disclosed the possibility of a breach.
868,000 Payment Cards, 330 Stores Hit in Goodwill Credit Card Breach
FORBES — After a month and a half of investigation, Goodwill announced on Wednesday that 330 of its stores in 20 states were impacted by a credit card breach, in which an estimated 868,000 cards were compromised.
Data breach at UPS Stores in 24 states
Stop the Data Breaches August 21, 2014 News
CNN — United Parcel Service has discovered a computer breach at 51 stores, making Big Brown the latest retailer to lose customer data. UPS said that the hacking had escaped detection at stores in 24 states, or around 1% of its locations. At most stores, the malware attack occurred after March 26, and was eliminated by August 11.
Wawa announces massive data breach, 'potentially all' locations affected, CEO says
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Sprint says hackers breached customer accounts via Samsung website
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The present issue offers you an array of topics ranging from impenitence to Limbo and Purgatory, and from Halloween to Christian Hope and Heaven.
What does Dante's masterpiece The Divine Comedy have to teach us about hope and repentance?
Examining the doctrine of Purgatory from both Latin and Greek theological perspectives.
A traditional Catholic mom looks at the celebration of Halloween in the light of history and tradition.
What can an atheist philosopher teach us about hope?
Emily Dickenson, one of America's greatest poets, and the hope of Heaven.
A historical and liturgical meditation on the blessed season of Advent.
Extracts on hope from Pope St. Pius X's famous encylical E Supremi Apostolatu.
The life, thought, and legacy of Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, one of the 20th Century's greatest theologians.
A succinct history of the Dominican Order and its mission on the occasion of its 800th anniversary.
We have two choices in life: hope or despair -- and we must turn to God to avoid the latter.
Sacred art, tradition, and the teaching of the Seventh Ecumenical Council.
See How Hopeless These Christians Are. . .
Our hope is in the name of the Lord alone, and the glorious union of Faith and Reason.
Eastern and Western Nativity traditions preserved by the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
Questions & Answers on Limbo, including its place in contemporary Catholic teaching.
45 theologians from all over the world provide a thorough critique of the exhortation Amoris Laetitia.
Only one thing is neccessary: Salvation.


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Q: I need help parsing this statement from the GAE/Java documentation on data classes This section of the GAE/Java documentation is killing me. I would appreciate if someone could help me figure it out.

If the field is not of a nullable
  value type, loading an entity without
  the corresponding property throws an
  exception. This won't happen if the
  entity was created from the same JDO
  class used to recreate the instance,
  but can happen if the JDO class changes

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*What is a nullable value type?

*How could you load an entity without the corresponding property?

*What is meant by: "This won't happen if the entity was created from the same JDO class used to recreate the instance"?

*When you say "but can happen if the JDO class changes", how would a JDO class change?

A: *

*Any object type is nullable. Primitives (such as int or boolean) cannot be null.

*An older version of the class could not have had the property. And so, the data in the datastore will not have the property, and when you try to match it with the new class, it has to set the property to null.

*Because (2) can only happen when the class has changed.

*When you update your code and deploy a new version.

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GEORGE LUCAS IS PLANNING MORE [STAR WARS] MOVIES NOT BASED ON THE SKYWALKERS
George Lucas is done with Star Wars. He as stated on many occasion, but then he goes forth and releases an animated series and announces his plans to re-release the entire Star Wars cinematic saga in 3D. IESB, who are usually quite reliable with their sources are currently reporting that Lucas is "plotting to create" new Star Wars movies.
They would be released after the six 3D re-releases and would be set far in the future, and not be based on the Skywalkers.
"This is, of course, completely false," Lucasfilm spokesman Josh Kushins wrote to Wired. "George Lucas has plenty of projects to keep him busy right now, including plenty of Star Wars projects but there are no new Star Wars feature films planned."
What are they going to say, though, right? "Damn it. You got us. George Lucas has a whole new pair of trilogies being planned for later this decade." Whether or not this rumor is true or false, Lucasfilm has to deny it.
Specifically, IESB report that while working on the 3D conversions of the new films, which will begin in 2012 with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Lucas "has gotten the itch." He has "gotten motivated with the success the Clone Wars animated series, the video games and also with the success of Avatar."
The sequels, not prequels, would be set in the same universe, but a totally different story. By doing this, Lucas doesn't have to fit pieces into a puzzle like he had to do with the prequels. He previously stated that this process was creatively constricting to him. So, apparently, his plan is work on all the 3D movies, make several hundred million more dollars, then use that money to make new movies – hopefully releasing the first one within a year or two of the Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 3D release would would be in like 2017. But this is still a rumor.
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Why NASA is launching a new polar satellite
Uncategorized / By awsadmin / November 10, 2022 November 10, 2022 / 5 minutes of reading
This Thursday, a new Earth observation satellite will launch into space, where it will help scientists forecast the weather and keep an eye on increasingly common extreme weather events. The satellite, called Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2), is part of a global observation system and a product of a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
"NOAA's weather satellites have never been more critical as extreme weather events continue to be more frequent because of climate change," said Irene Parker, deputy assistant administrator for systems at NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Services, in a prelaunch briefing. "From 2017 through to September of 2022, the US has experienced 104 separate billion-dollar disasters. By comparison, from 1987 through 1991, there were only 15."
JPSS-2 will launch in the early hours of November 10th, at 4:25AM ET on board a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Also on board will be a test of an inflatable heat shield called LOFTID that could help land heavier payloads on Earth or even on other planets like Mars.
JPSS-2 stacked on top of the LOFTID technology demonstration.
Image: USSF 30th Space Wing/Aaron M. Ta
NASA and NOAA have a whole network of satellites pointed toward the Earth to observe its environment, including JPSS-2's predecessors, Suomi NPP and NOAA-20. JPSS-2 will join these two satellites in a polar orbit, meaning they circle the globe from pole to pole, covering the entire planet twice a day.
"To predict local weather, we need to observe weather from this global perspective," Tim Walsh, director of NOAA's JPSS Program Office, said. "A dust storm in Africa can affect the development of a potential hurricane that might impact the east coast. A typhoon in Japan might result in heavy rainfall here in California several days later."
The JPSS-2 satellite will take measurements with its four instruments, including the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite or VIIRS, which acts as the "eyes" of the satellite. It takes visible light and infrared images with a spatial resolution of approximately a quarter of a mile, allowing researchers to see features like domes of clouds called overshooting tops, which can indicate how severe a thunderstorm is. The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder, or ATMS, can observe through clouds to see the intensity of a storm, while the Cross-track Infrared Sounder, or CrIS, generates a 3D view of the atmosphere and the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite, or OMPS, studies ozone in the atmosphere.
In combination, the data from these instruments will help weather forecasting, particularly by monitoring the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. On land, there are many weather stations gathering data. But measurements from the oceans need to be taken by weather buoys, of which there are relatively few, so this data needs to be supplemented by satellite data. Data from the JPSS program was previously used to predict the landfall of Hurricane Ian on the Florida coast and is currently being used to monitor Tropical Storm Nicole.
"JPSS data is a major input into US and international global numerical weather prediction modeling systems," Jordan Gerth, meteorologist and satellite scientist at NOAA's National Weather Service, said in a science briefing. "The observations are global, the predictions are local. With JPSS, the quality of local three- to seven-day forecasts is outstanding."
"While the satellite is designed for weather prediction, that is not the only reason the satellite is being launched"
NOAA does have another set of Earth-monitoring satellites used in weather prediction called Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, or GOES. But the GOES satellites sit in a very different orbit from JPSS, in a geostationary orbit 22,300 miles above the Earth's surface. That means each GOES satellite is always pointed at the same place on the globe, compared to the JPSS satellites, which circle the entire globe and sit much closer at just 500 miles from the surface.
"Because JPSS is a lot closer to the Earth's surface, we can get different types of observations," Gerth explained. "For example, if we want to determine the temperature structure of the atmosphere or the amount of water vapor, we can use instruments on the JPSS series to help us with that. JPSS also provides us with information about the detail under the cloud canopy, which can easily translate into information about storm intensity and aid in storm prediction."
In addition to its weather forecasting duties, data from JPSS-2 will also be helpful in studying other climate conditions. "While the satellite is designed for weather prediction, that is not the only reason the satellite is being launched," Satya Kalluri, program scientist at the NOAA JPSS Program, said. "The satellite takes images of the Earth twice a day, and with these images, we can look at drought conditions, which are very important for forecasting food productivity."
Other uses for the satellite data include measuring the ocean color, which can help in monitoring the health of ocean ecosystems and identifying harmful algal blooms. It can also measure air quality by identifying smog or smoke from wildfires, as well as observing changes to the polar ice caps and the hole in the ozone layer.
Having consistent measurements of these factors over decades is key to maintaining records that allow us to understand the long-term impact of climate change, in addition to JPSS-2's role in predicting weather events in the short term.
"We're very happy to be able to see this JPSS-2 launch because of its global collection of observations," Gerth said. "In order to have good local weather predictions, we need to have those global observations to inform our meteorologists."


While every timepiece has its own unique features that set it apart from others, few watches really stand out for being one of a kind. This is especially true of the watches from micro brands that typically share many of the same features with one another. A Dutch micro brand called Pheidippides Watches has managed to do something other brands have not–make a watch that is truly one of a kind.
The new Porthole automatic watch from Pheidippides Watches catches the eye immediately. The watch has a perfectly round case finished with bronze for rich color that is a departure from the usual silver, gold and black. A dazzling blue dial pops against the color of the metal, further distinguishing the watch from others. The hour markers add to its unique character as they are raised dots that echo the shape of the case. Stout broad hands with circular cutouts round the details. Made from Swiss parts, the watches are artisan crafted in Germany for an exceptional level of quality.
To bring the Porthole Watch from Pheidippides Watches to market, the watchmaker behind the brand has started a campaign on Indiegogo. He hopes to raise a little over $45,000. When this piece was written, 2 months remained in the campaign, and nearly $4,500 had been pledged. Many rewards were still ready to be claimed, meaning there is still time for gents to get in on this product launch and buy one of these distinctive handcrafted watches at a discounted price.


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Arrow Automotive Inc. laid off 121 workers Thursday in its alternator production department as the plant's closing approaches.
The company announced in September it is closing its Beaumont Avenue Extension facility and releasing its 400 workers. Arrow has since filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Spokesman Mike Lawrence said about 77 people will remain employed until Nov. 27, when the plant will close. The remaining employees are in the crank shaft production, warehouse, stock room, maintenance, truck driving, sales and administrative support departments. Lawrence said the company is working with the released employees to help them secure unemployment benefits. Employees have also been offered job interview counseling and assistance in writing resumes to help them find new jobs, Lawrence said. Other companies who are hiring have been allowed to meet at Arrow with the employees, he said. Arrow released employees in the first phase of closing two weeks ago. The 300,000-square-foot plant facility opened in 1952.


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Home News Amana Colonies 'quietly innovative' with top-notch technology
Amana Colonies 'quietly innovative' with top-notch technology
The lobby of the Hotel Millwright is a mixture between Amana's historical roots and modern design. CREDIT AMANA SOCIETY
Despite its historic small-town charm that takes visitors back to a simpler era, Amana is wired for the modern-day world. Actually, the community has always been progressive when it comes to technology, according to Jeff Popenhagen, Amana Society's chief revenue officer and director of marketing. From the hydropower that fueled the woolen mill in the […]
Despite its historic small-town charm that takes visitors back to a simpler era, Amana is wired for the modern-day world. Actually, the community has always been progressive when it comes to technology, according to Jeff Popenhagen, Amana Society's chief revenue officer and director of marketing. From the hydropower that fueled the woolen mill in the late 1800s to the electrical configurations it takes to power the Amana Whirlpool plant, the rural community has always had a need to stay on the forefront of technology. "We've been quietly innovative for years," Mr. Popenhagen said. "We may look a bit more conservative, but behind all the historical buildings, there is technology." The Amana Woolen Mill was fully operational until the 1980s as one of the last functional mills in the country. When the 13-building complex shut down, 11 buildings were underused and falling into disrepair. The campus has been transformed into the Hotel Millwright, a 65-room boutique hotel with a restaurant, several bars, a banquet and conference center, and modern retail spaces. "We wanted to put a modern spin on our heritage for the younger demographic and attract new travelers to Amana," Mr. Popenhagen said. "The Hotel Millwright offers everything – sort of like a resort. Simple, modern design is really chic. We hit that trend with different textiles, bricks and the like. But if you don't have technology, you would lose those would-be visitors." The Hotel Millwright finally opened Sept. 28, 2020 – in the middle of a pandemic that has kept travelers at home and forced business meetings and special events like weddings to be scaled back or held virtually. As was the case for most hotels nationwide, occupancy was down in 2020 and the first part of 2021, with just one-third of the projected guests, Mr. Popenhagen said. But the situation forced the project's leaders to move forward with technology options sooner than they had planned to make the guest experience as contact-free as possible. This meant digital check-ins, new touchless apps, QR codes for ordering off the menu online and keyless entries. "We added more technology upfront because of COVID-19," Mr. Popenhagen said. "We were more tech-forward than originally planned. We obviously wanted to provide that face-to-face Amana hospitality, but also wanted people to feel safe during the pandemic." South Slope Cooperative Communications has been a valuable partner for the modernization of the Amana Colonies and other small towns in Eastern Iowa. The independent North Liberty-based company provides its service area, consisting primarily of rural communities, high-speed broadband internet and cell phone services through its underground fiber optic network. "We're bringing the bigger city amenities to the smaller rural communities," said Tom Decker, South Slope business relations manager. "Bringing over fiber optics allows them speeds up to 1 gigabit. If you're living in a smaller town, you don't have to be in Cedar Rapids to get the same technology." Each community in the fiber optic network has a central office as a meet point for the lines. The signal then goes back to the main office in North Liberty, providing faster service than an aerial line a distance away from its provider's main office. "Typically, the farther away you are from a provider, the slower your speeds," Mr. Decker said. "But with fiber, distance doesn't matter. Once the fiber is installed, we can push the same reliable high speeds to customers, no matter the distance. And with most of our network being underground, it's ready to perform during any season of severe Iowa weather." Severe weather is obviously an issue in Iowa, as the hurricane-force derecho that ripped through Eastern Iowa last August proved. "The derecho is a prime example of when the wind rips down all the same utility poles the power companies use," he said. Due to its underground fiber optics network and backup generators, Amana didn't lose power after the storm, even as many of its neighbors were in the dark and off the grid for weeks, Mr. Popenhagen said. Joining Amana, Norway, Fairfax, Swisher and North Liberty as fully fiber optic communities in South Slope's network are Tiffin and Solon, which both had a complete fiber optic overhaul in the past year, Mr. Decker said. He noted Gov. Kim Reynolds' recent commitment to expand broadband in rural communities as proof of its need. "It's very recognized by the government as well as the state level that having sufficient speed for your internet is important," he said. "Especially with the pandemic, a lot of people are working from home, and if you have a really lousy dial-up, good luck on a Zoom call." In a typical non-pandemic year, around 500,000-750,000 visitors descend on the Amana Colonies. Obviously, that number was drastically reduced in the past year, but tourists are coming back, and postponed and new events are being scheduled at a fast clip, Mr. Popenhagen said. With so many weddings, family reunions and other events on the horizon, the Hotel Millwright is facing the same hiring crunch as many other industries. "We feel the pinch of hiring enough workers to handle new customers," Mr. Popenhagen said. "It's like drinking water out of a fire hose – it's a crazy time." For now, they will continue to find the right recipe of balancing not enough business with too much business and too few workers, he said. But they do have the comfort of knowing their technology is able to handle visitors while preserving its laid-back atmosphere. "The Amana Colonies is a really special place; there's a lot about it that makes it unique," Mr. Popenhagen said. "But having a modern infrastructure is definitely an important part of the experience and makes it more attractive to businesses and tourists. We have the infrastructure for new technology, but it is still a National Historic Landmark." CBJ
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Stephen Rodrick wrote the cover story for the Jan. 10 issue of The New York Times Magazine. The story was titled "The Misfits," in print, but online, thanks to search engine optimization, it was called "Here is what happens when you cast Lindsay Lohan in your movie." Rodrick was embedded with the cast and crew of the movie, "The Canyons," which was directed by Paul Schrader, and starred Lindsay Lohan. Rodrick talks about how he got access to the set, as well as what it takes to be a full time magazine writer who writes for multiple publications.
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Leonardo contracted to help develop Eurofighter 'Radar 1' for Germany, Spain
by Olivia Savage
A Eurofighter Typhoon with a Captor-E radar displayed in the open nose. (Hensoldt)
On 14 January Leonardo announced that it had signed a EUR260 million (USD297 million) contract with Hensoldt to contribute towards the development of the Eurofighter Typhoon European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk1 E-scan radar ordered by Germany and Spain.
Leonardo has been contracted to conduct development work on new wideband capabilities and provide core antenna, processor, and antenna power supply and control (APSC) components. Hensoldt is the design authority for the ECRS Mk1 (also known as 'Radar 1') and will assume leadership of the project, while Airbus Defence and Space will integrate the radar onto the Eurofighter Typhoon. The first ECRS Mk1 radar is expected to be produced in 2025.
Meanwhile, Leonardo is the design authority for the Italian and UK-led ECRS Mk2 ('Radar 2') and ECRS Mk0 ('Radar 0'), the latter of which has been integrated onto Kuwait's and Qatar's Typhoon aircraft. Radar 0 will also form the basis of the design for Radar 1.
Air vehicles Airborne radar systems C4ISR systems Defence companies and markets Fixed-wing aircraft Germany Italy Radar systems Spain United Kingdom
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/leonardo-contracted-to-help-develop-eurofighter-radar-1-for-germany-spain/
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Developing a new assesment tool to enhance overall celebrity ratings for endorsement purposes
Tamira N Rumph, Tennessee State University
Using the Enhanced Q-rating survey to develop an overall rating of a celebrity is a new approach to improve procedures such as the Q-ratings, currently in practice. The Q-rating approach, although valuable to marketers because of its usefulness, receives a lot of criticism, due to the fact it only accounts for the familiarity and likability factors of the celebrity. As a result, these ratings mislead advertisers in selecting their endorsers. With regard to celebrity endorser advertising, the new rating method will take into account the different attributes found to be effective in persuasion with regards to celebrity endorsers in advertising. Some of these attributes include expertise in the product being endorsed, trustworthiness, credibility, attractiveness, familiarity and their ability to be personable (likability). Data for this study was collected from 115 respondents, who were dispensed an online survey via Facebook and Twitter. Of the respondents, 70 were female and 45 were male. The mean age of the participants was 26.76 years. A T-test was used to examine the differences between the Enhanced Q-rating and the Old Q-rating overall scores. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was undertaken to investigate the differences between overall Enhanced Q-ratings for each athlete based on the following demographics: ethnicity, socio-economic status, and gender. Likewise, an ANOVA test was also used to investigate differences in overall trait scores based on the noted demographics. Furthermore, a bivariate correlation was used to examine the correlation between age of respondents and overall Enhanced Q-rating for each athlete. Findings indicated a significant difference between the Enhanced Q-rating and Old Q-rating based on gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic status.
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Tamira N Rumph, "Developing a new assesment tool to enhance overall celebrity ratings for endorsement purposes" (2011). ETD Collection for Tennessee State University. Paper AAI1502739.


Apple raised the idea of buying entertainment giant Time Warner at a meeting between the two companies late last year, but the notion never got off the ground, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
In a meeting at the New York headquarters of Time Warner, which owns cable channels including HBO as well as the Warner Brothers Hollywood studio, Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue proposed the idea to Olaf Olafsson, Time Warner's head of corporate strategy, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources.
The proposal did not advance beyond a preliminary stage and discussions did not include Apple CEO Tim Cook or Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes. Apple (aapl) and Time Warner (twx) have worked closely in the past on video efforts, such as the exclusive debut of the HBO Now service on Apple TV last year.
Apple may currently be more interested in acquiring a streaming video service such as Netflix (nflx), the report also said, citing unnamed bankers who worked with Apple.
Shares of Netflix rose 4% in premarket trading on Thursday, while shares of Time Warner gained 2%. Apple was unchanged. Apple and Time Warner declined to comment. Netflix did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
Apple-Netflix rumors have a lengthy history, stirring most recently after Tim Cook said in April that the company could "definitely buy something larger than we've bought thus far" if there was a deal that fit strategically.
Apple has also been trying to set up an Internet video subscription service, with Cue leading negotiations with content providers like Time Warner. But the company has not been able to strike the deals needed to get the service up and running at a consumer-friendly price.
The iPhone maker could afford to buy either company, with over $230 billion of cash on its balance sheet and ample ability to borrow more. Time Warner's enterprise value, the amount it would cost to acquire the company including debt and excluding cash, is $80 billion. Netflix has an enterprise value of $43 billion.


Hi, I'm doing demo trading on some online forex brokers based in UK and now I'm thinking to making investment as I'm profitable from over 6 months. But the problem is RBI as FEMA is preventing me from investment. I've heard that there are some international brokers with whom some indian banks like ICICI have tie ups in which you can invest upto $250K through RBI's LRS schema. So if I remit money through this to this brokers and then trade forex with these brokers is it possible? Is there will be any problems in future? Is there any other good way or loopholes through which I can trade forex with overseas brokers? Sorry for asking too many questions in one single thread..
-Buying/selling currency is not an investment. It's either a hedge or a speculative bet. Never an investment.
- There is no centralized exchange. Only inter bank liquidity.
- You will be trading against some of the best minds with the deepest pockets on the planet. Like large trading houses, central banks and governments.
- Trading on demo accounts is like playing a video game. No harm done even if you lose. Try betting real money and you will have ur sac in your mouth.
- Trading with foreign brokers has its own disadvantages. Example. You fund your trading account with us dollars when rupee is trading at 73. Suppose you make some trading profits but rupee appreciates to 70 against the dollar. You will potentially lose 3 rupees when you make a withdrawal back into your own currency. You can be losing a lot of your profits converting USD back to INR.
- Your foreign broker can just shut shop/declare bankruptcy or simply vanish with your money. What recourse will you have sitting here in India?
Trade USD/INR, EUR/ INR etc in the Indian markets. Get a hang of trading real money. If you are good at the game, you will make money. You can always afford to throw away some cash to a foreign broker to try overseas markets.
That is correct but the daily volatility in USDINR is very less. It's like market is running flat most of the time. I'm not interested in other things than currency derivative. How one can gain profit with such less volatility?
So, you cant be saying that USD/INR doesnt move. You probably need to study further.
My intention is not to discourage you but to make you have a wider perspective.
The daily average movement is .50 paise.GBPINR is .70 paise Once you know that. You can plan your trade around that.
You can develop a system around how many points to capture and tiker with the number of lots.to get your objective.
He is not talking about movement in last X or Y years.
at the same time, who have access to forex can close out their INR positions in interbank markets.
I have never heard this before , keep this thread updated if you find a way out.


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What We Know About the Avatar Sequels
Avatar 2 has been on a bumpy ride. It's suffered 8 delays so far, moving from 2014 to its current release date; December 16, 2022, and taken its cast and crew to Hawaii, California, and New Zealand. But there's more coming on December 20, 2024, December 18, 2026 and December 22, 2028. Avatar's four sequels are shooting concurrently (2 and 3 are in the can, and a third of 4 is complete), meaning that the studio is betting massive amounts that James Cameron is going to give them a string of hits. Much of the internet isn't so sure, claiming Avatar has faded from popular culture in the decade since its release (one running joke involves asking people to name any character from the film). But, Cameron has pulled off making the highest grossing film of all time twice now, beating the recent competition by massive margins. Leading up to both Titanic and Avatar, their monstrous productions were painted as disasters which would lead to certain bombs. If anyone can pull off reviving enough interest to warrant this production cycle, its James Cameron. In his own words, when you do get to see it, "you will shit yourself with your mouth wide open."
Regardless of your opinion on Avatar, what is undeniable is the boundary pushing innovations it introduced to the film world (the ill-fated 3D fad notwithstanding, though Cameron seems to be exploring 3D sans the glasses, but don't get your hopes up). From what little of the production has been revealed publicly, we can see the sequels will be following in this tradition. Behind the scenes production stills indicate a lengthy section of the film will be set underwater, requiring actors to wear complicated motion capture suits and ride what looks to be submersible animatronic jet skis, which will no doubt be replaced in the edit by a new Pandoran creature of some kind.
Actors like Kate Winslet had to train for months to be able to hold their breath under water for up to 7 minutes. Considering how well the look of the first film has aged, its follow-ups are set to look downright amazing. Shooting all the films at once has also supposedly allowed Cameron and his screenwriters to focus on a cohesive overall arc to the series, avoiding the sort of stumbling course correction of the recent Star Wars sequel trilogy. The final product will be something of a saga, transposing the focus from the original Avatar mainstays to their kids, meaning Avatar 2 features several child actors. This shouldn't be a problem, Cameron has directed some of the finest child performances in blockbuster history (creating the iconic young characters of John Conner and Newt, from Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Aliens respectively). Much of the core cast from the first Avatar will be returning, including some whose characters have already died on screen. Sigourney Weaver, for instance, has confirmed that she will be playing a different character this time round. Also expect Vin Diesel to appear, most likely in a voiceover role, and an exhaustive list of actors including but not limited to; Michelle Yeoh, Jemaine Clement, Oona Chaplin, CJ Jones, Cliff Curtis, and so on.
The higher ups seem to be keeping up engagement by adding a huge Pandora section to Disneyworld, and several additions from the exhibit will be included in the forthcoming films. A re-release has put Avatar back on top of the worldwide box office, thanks largely to China, which will probably prove to be the biggest market for the sequels as well. They have good reason to be pushing the Avatar universe on as many people as possible way ahead of the release of the second film, production has set them back a cool one billion dollars. There's a possibility it won't be too difficult to convince audiences to go see huge blockbusters that are actually full of saturated colours and don't look like concrete, but it can be tough to market movies whose titles aren't even set in stone yet. These are the picks so far: "Avatar 2: The Way of the Water, Avatar: The Seed Barer, Avatar: The Tulkin Rider, and lastly Avatar: The Quest for Eywa."
This is the most extensive plot description yet released: "13 years after the events of the original film, Jake Sully and Neytiri have formed a family and are doing anything to stay together. They are, however, forced to leave their home and explore the different regions of Pandora when their old threat returns to finish what they started." If you need a refresher: Jake Sully was the main character of the first film, a human who led the alien Na'vi to victory against his own people who wanted to exploit Pandora's natural resources. He does this by integrating into the Na'vi using an Avatar, an alien body he transfers his consciousness into, falling in love with the warrior Neytiri in the process.
It's clear that the films are mostly being made to further explore the universe Cameron has created, we'll even be travelling to other moons Pandora shares an orbit with. As far as whether or not you'll find something to like about any of the four upcoming blockbusters, Cameron had this to say: "Basically, if you loved the first movie, you're gonna love these movies, and if you hated it, you're probably gonna hate these. If you loved it at the time, and you said later you hated it, you're probably gonna love these."


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Youth to start reflections on new configuration of the ecumenical movement
Cf. WCC Press Release PR-03-27 of 11 August 2003
Cf. WCC Press Release PR-03-29.02 of 27 August 2003
In advance of a major consultation on a new configuration of the ecumenical movement, 14 young people from 13 countries will gather in Antelias, Lebanon, 14-16 November, 2003, to begin reflections on the vision and current shape of the ecumenical movement and the global reality in which churches work. As current and future leaders in the movement, the young people - all of whom are under 30 - will be identifying sources of energy and hope, and issues to be considered by the larger consultation that will follow their own meeting, at the same venue.
The perspective of youth will be one of several entry points to discussion on a new configuration of the ecumenical movement at the larger, 17-20 November, consultation. For its 34 participants, the task will be to design a study for churches and ecumenical organizations on renewal of a movement that began almost a century ago. They will discuss the vision and values that might guide this movement into the 21st century, in the context of the realities of churches today in civil society, global politics, economics, and culture.
The decision to undertake such a study was sparked off by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser in 2002. But in his report to the WCC Central Committee that year, Raiser noted that the call for such a discussion really began in 1998 with the acceptance, at the Harare assembly, of a policy statement "Towards a Common Understanding and Vision of the World Council of Churches". In his 2003 report to the WCC Central Committee, Raiser also emphasized that before any possible structural changes are considered, conversation and reflection need to start regarding a common vision for the ecumenical movement in the 21st century.
Raiser emphasizes that the Antelias consultation "is the first stage of a process, and the launch of what we hope will be intensive consultations with the churches".
Rather than represent particular organizations, participants were specifically asked to bring experiences and insights from the many different actors in the ecumenical movement and among WCC members: different church confessions; international, regional and national ecumenical organizations; Christian World Communions; ecumenical agencies and specialized ministries; mission organizations; and grassroots networks. A balance of women and men, ages, and regional perspectives has also been sought.
Churches and church-related and ecumenical organizations will be invited to engage actively in the reflection coming out of this initial meeting in Lebanon. The hope is to generate broad discussion throughout the wider ecumenical movement over the next several years, perhaps leading to specific proposals to the WCC assembly in Porto Alegre in 2006 as well as to other organizations involved in the process.
Both meetings in Lebanon are being hosted by the moderator of the WCC Central Committee, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, Armenian Apostolic Church (Cilicia).
Participants in the youth consultation, 13-16 November:
Ms Asha Susan Abraham, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, India
Ms Rima Barsoum, Syrian Orthodox Church, Syria
Mr Nelson Edwards, Anglican Church, Panama
Mr Adriano Frattini, Methodist Church, Uruguay
Ms Lei Garcia, United Church of Christ, Philippines
Mr Samuel Jayakumar, Church of South India
Mr Mutua Mulonzya, Roman Catholic Church, Kenya
Mr Lukasz Nazarko, Orthodox Church in Poland
Mr Richard Tatwin, Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu,
Mr Dirk Thesenvitz, Evangelical Church in Germany
Ms Anastasia Vassiliadou, Church of Greece
Mr Marlone Zakeyo, Anglican Church, Zimbabwe
Ms Motoe Yamada, United Methodist Church, USA
A participant from the Armenian Orthodox Church, Lebanon will be named later.
Participants in the 17-20 November consultation:
Dr Fritz Erich Anhelm, Evangelical Church in Germany, political scientist and director of the Evangelical Academy of Loccum, Germany.
Dr S. Wesley Ariarajah, Methodist minister from Sri Lanka, currently professor of Ecumenical Theology at Drew University, USA, former staff of the WCC working in inter-religious relations and dialogue before becoming deputy general secretary of WCC from 1993 until 1997.
Archimandrite Benedict (Ioannou), permanent representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in Geneva.
Rev. Vsevolod Chaplin, Russian Orthodox Church, WCC central committee member, deputy chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Rev. Christopher Ferguson, ecumenical officer for the United Church of Canada, member of the WCC Commission of the Churches on Diakonia and Development.
Rev. Kathy Galloway, Church of Scotland, theologian, poet and community activist, currently leader of the Iona community in Scotland.
Rev. Dr Kondothra M. George, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, dean of the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam Kerala, India, member of the WCC central committee and moderator of the programme committee of the central committee.
Rev. Paul Goodliff, regional minister and team leader of the Central Baptist Association of the Baptist Union in Great Britain, moderator of the Church Relations Committee of the Baptist Union, representative to the Joint Consultative Group between WCC and Pentecostal Churches.
Dr Ahn Jae-Woong, Presbyterian Church of Korea, General Secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia, chair of the Ecumenical Coalition on Tourism.
Dr Musimbi Kanyoro, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kenya, general secretary of the World YWCA, president of the World Association of Christian Communication, ISIS-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange, and the International Service for Human Rights.
Rev. Nangula E. Kathindi, Church of the Province of Southern African (Anglican), secretary general of the Council of Churches in Namibia (first woman elected to this position).
Ms Priscilla Karimi Kinoti, Methodist Church of Kenya, coordinator of the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa, member of the WCC Commission on Justice, Peace and Creation.
Dr Ninan Koshy, Church of South India, academician and political commentator based in Trivandrum, Kerala, India, former director of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs.
Rev. Dr Hong-Jung Lee, director of planning, ecumenical relations and publicity of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, member of the WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.
Dr Eileen Lindner, Presbyterian Church (USA), deputy general secretary for research and planning of the National Councils of Churches of Christ in the USA.
Rev. Dr Peter Lodberg, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark, general secretary, DanChurchAid, former WCC Central Committee member and lecturer at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Rev. Dr Odair Pedroso Mateus, Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil, executive secretary of the Department of Theology of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches with special responsibility for bilateral and multilateral ecumenical dialogues.
Rev. Herbert Meissner, Evangelical Church in Germany, director of Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland, member of the WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.
Dr Larry Miller, executive secretary for the Mennonite World Conference (based in France).
Prof. Rev. Dr Nicolae Viorel Mosoiu, Romanian Orthodox Church, member of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.
Msgr John Mutiso-Mbinda, Kenya, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, co-secretary of the Joint Working Group between the WCC and the Roman Catholic Church.
Dr Michel Nseir, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All East, lecturer at University of Balamand, executive secretary of the Association of Theological Schools in the Middle East, former president of Syndesmos, the World Fellowship of Orthodox Youth.
Rev. Sven Oppegaard, Church of Norway, assistant general secretary for ecumenical affairs, Lutheran World Federation.
Prof. Dr Alexandros Papaderos, Ecumenical Patriarchate, general director, Orthodox Academy of Crete, advisory committee/central committee member of the Conference of European Churches, member of the Executive Committee of the Ecumenical Association of Academies and Lay Centres in Europe.
Rev. Canon John L. Peterson, Anglican Consultative Council, general secretary of the Anglican Consultative Council.
Ms Dafne Sabanes Plou, Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina, regional coordinator for Latin America of the Women's Networking Support Programme - Association for Progressive Communications.
Rev. Dr Juan Esteban Sepúlveda, Presbyterian pastor at the Mission Pentecostal Church, Chile, theologian and historian, working in numerous roles for the Evangelical Service for Development (SEPADE).
Rev. Dr Hermen Shastri, Methodist Church in Malaysia, general secretary of the Council of Churches of Malaysia, member of the WCC central committee.
Dr Lorine Tevi, Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma, lecturer at the Methodist Theological College in Fiji.
Mr Dirk Thesenvitz, Evangelical Church in Germany, national youth officer for international and ecumenical relations in the Federation of Protestant Youth in Germany, chairperson of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe.
Mr Jack van Ham, Roman Catholic Church, general director of the Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation (Netherlands).
Ms Anastasia Vassiliadou, Church of Greece, currently doing post-graduate studies on ecumenical theology in Thessaloniki.
Rev. Dr Robina Winbush, Presbyterian Church (USA) director of the Department of Ecumenical and Agency Relations.
Mr Marlon Zakeyo, Anglican Church, former general secretary of the Zimbabwean Student Christian Movement, currently an intern in the International Affairs Team of the World Council of Churches.
WCC Officers:
His Holiness Aram 1, Catholicos of Cilicia, moderator of the WCC central committee
Mrs Justice Sophia O.A. Adinyira, Church of the Province of West Africa, high court judge in Ghana, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee.
Dr Marion S. Best, past moderator of the United Church of Canada, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee
WCC staff present at the consultation include:
Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, WCC general secretary
Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, WCC general secretary-elect
Dr Elizabeth Ferris, coordinator of the WCC team on Diakonia and Solidarity
Rev. Freddy Knutsen, programme executive in the WCC team on Justice, Peace and Creation (youth consultation)
Background documents for the discussion on a new configuration of the ecumenical movement can be found at wcc-coe.org/wcc/press_corner/newconfig-docs.html
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The Blue Diamond Affair
To sit and ponder the actions of man can be amusing, frustrating, and an exercise in futility. Add money, wealth or any other form of riches to this equation and all semblance of logic often flies out the proverbial window. Diamonds, in particular fancy color diamonds, are a form of money, wealth, and riches.
Keeping this in mind, it's not difficult to imagine the emotions evoked and the scandal launched when a Thai gardener steals one of the most valuable colored diamonds in the world from a Saudi prince.
Theft, murder, mass deportations, a diplomatic cold war, and assassinations are just a few of the consequences. Ladies and gentlemen, presenting The Blue Diamond Affair.
In a nutshell the story is as follows. In 1989, a Thai employee of Prince Faisal bin Fahd, stole from his palace a hoard of jewelry and gems, the most valuable of which was a 50-carat almost flawless blue diamond. The jewels were hidden in a vacuum cleaner bag in the palace and subsequently shipped back to Thailand. The thief followed the bounty soon after.
Following a tip off from the Saudi police, the Royal Thai Police arrested the culprit, Kriangkrai Techamong, who was sentenced to seven years in prison but released after three years. Most of the jewelry was recovered, although some was sold for $30 per piece. The blue diamond was not recovered. And here is where the story becomes really interesting.
A team of Royal Thai policemen flew to Saudi Arabia to return the stolen jewels. Upon being checked by the Saudis it was declared that almost half the returned jewels were fake and the Blue Diamond was missing. Rumors circulated in Saudi Arabia that there were photos circulating of wives of Thai bureaucrats wearing new diamond necklaces that were eerily similar to the stolen ones.
In 1990, a confidante of the Saudi royal family flew to Bangkok to investigate the case and was promptly abducted and murdered. Three months later, three Saudi Embassy officials were shot dead in Bangkok. All murders remain unsolved, however the U.S.-based Foundation for Democracy in Iran claimed in a 1996 report that the murders of the Saudi diplomats were the result of Iranian hit squads.
In 1995, the lead investigator of the Royal Thai Police, Lieutenant-General Chalor, was convicted of ordering the murder of the wife and son of a gem dealer involved in the affair. He was sentenced to death, however is warming a prison cell in Thailand and claims innocence, as do the other six Thai officers found guilty of assisting this murder.
In 1990, Saudi Arabia stopped issuing and renewing working visas for Thais. The number of Thai workers in Saudi Arabia fell from over 150,000 in 1989 to 10,000 in 2006. This cost the Thai economy billions of dollars. Diplomatic missions between Saudi Arabia and Thailand were downgraded to chargé d'affaires level and Saudi Arabia also barred its citizens from traveling to Thailand as tourists.
The jewels in question have not been recovered; Lieutenant-General Chalor claims that the blue diamond is cursed, and the scandal surrounding The Blue Diamond Affair shows no signs of abating or disappearing. Amazing what 10 grams of blue colored diamond can do to working class men, royalty, and whole countries. Go figure!
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In February, the task force heard from health and epidemiology experts. Presenting were Dr. Bill Bush, Pediatrician-in-Chief at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital; Dr, Bryan Judge, Toxicologist, Gustavo Rotondaro from Métrica; and Dr. Roseann Miller, epidemiologist for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
In March, the topic was lead in water, with presentations from Grand Rapids Deputy City Manager Eric Delong, Grand Rapids Water System Manager Joellen Thompson and Kent County Health Department Environmental Health Director Eric Pessell.
April presentations focused on other sources of lead in the environment, where task force members learned that the leading cause of exposure—even in Flint—is lead in household dust followed by lead in soil. Presenters included Kory Groetsch, Environmental Public Health Director with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and Catherine Phelps, President of AAA Lead Inspections.
May presentations will focus on current interventions. June will look at the recommendations from Governor Snyder's Child Lead Poisoning Elimination Board. The task force will then deliberate over the summer months, pulling together recommendations in the fall.
Members of the public are welcome to attend all task force meetings, and may be especially interested in the May and June presentations. Future meetings are on the following dates. All meetings are1:00 – 2:30pm, and are held in the County Commission chambers on the third floor of the County Building, 300 Monroe Ave NW.


Teknaf, Bangladesh: Nasaka, or Burma's border security forces pushed back five women to Bangladesh by row boat on February 26, according to our staff correspondent.
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Twelve villagers of Thinn Baw Gwe (Kol Loon) in Maungdaw Township have been sentenced to seven years in jail by the Maungdaw High Court on February 24 for renovation of a mosque and Hafez Khana (Quaran memorial center), said a close relative of one of the victims on condition of anonymity.
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Two human traffickers were arrested and four Burmese girls were rescued from traffickers by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on February 25 at about 2 am from Teknaf, the border town of Bangladesh, said a close aide of Rab.
Akyab( Sittwe), Arakan State: Akyab, the capital of Arakan State has become the main port for travellers to Malaysia . On February 20, at mid night, about 531 boat-people with five engine boats departed to Maylaysia from Akyab, said a trader of Sittwe.
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Over 2,000 metric tonnes of rice have been imported to Bangladesh from Burma on February 22 and 23 through the Teknaf port as part of border trade, said Hashem in the port area.


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Monday Markets/Jobs/Opportunities for Writers
by Erika Dreifus on September 24, 2012
Monday brings the weekly batch of no-fee competitions/contests, paying submission calls, and gigs for those of us who write (especially those of us who write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction).
First up: Gotham Writers' Workshop has launched a "91-Word Memoir Writing Contest." This contest "celebrates longtime Gotham student and friend Norma Crosier, who died in July five days shy of her 91st birthday….She embraced the principle of memoir – that it is not the story of the writer's entire life, but rather one story among many." Prizes: "The winner will receive a 10-week workshop, $91 cash, and bragging rights." Enter by October 15, 2012. No entry fee.
North Carolinians (and Google analytics tell me that there are plenty of you visiting this blog!), you still have time to submit short fiction for the 2012 NC State Short Story Contests. This year's contests will be judged by Tony Earley. Cash prizes. No entry fees. Deadline: October 1, 2012.
Are you a college student with an unpaid editorial internship in NYC in the works? You may be eligible for a nice "trust fund" grant of $1,200. Get to know Ed(2010), and do it quickly. The deadline is October 9. There is no application fee.
Coming soon: the October issue of The Practicing Writer. If you're not yet a subscriber, please join us!
"The Department of English at Stephen F. Austin State University [Texas] seeks applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of creative writing….We are primarily looking for a fiction writer with a secondary interest in nonfiction."
"The Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, seeks an instructor of Creative Writing with a specialization in Fiction….Courses will include introduction to creative writing (dual genre, poetry and fiction) and intermediate fiction courses (both in the classroom and online)."
"The University of Memphis seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Fiction Writing position….An interest in teaching a survey course in literature is desirable, as are publications in poetry that would allow flexibility in staffing. Literary journal experience is welcome."
From George Washington University (Washington): "For appointment beginning in the fall of 2013, we seek a tenure-track assistant professor. The position is open to a poet; strong preference will be given to applicants with a secondary interest, and publications, in creative nonfiction….We strongly encourage applicants whose writing engages African American experiences, or whose writing engages other minority experiences, such as Latino/a, Asian American, indigenous, post colonial, lgbt, or disability experiences."
Columbia University Libraries (New York) seeks a Communications and Marketing Coordinator, it seems that the Los Angeles Times is looking for a Deputy Books Editor (h/t @RonCharles), and Atlantic Media Company (Washington) is advertising for a Staff Writer/Reporter.
Contests, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Grants, Jobs for Writers (Non-Teaching), Poetry, The Teaching of Writing, Writing Workshops
3 thoughts on "Monday Markets/Jobs/Opportunities for Writers"
Amy Morgan says:
Oh my – Gotham's 91 word memoir sounds intriguing and of course, always nice to get a reminder of the upcoming Practicing Writer! Thanks again for a midweek pick me up Erika.
Whoops – I wrote midweek, but that's when I got to it this week, not when you posted it! Were I timely, it would have been a great way to START the week! 🙂
Erika Dreifus says:
Beginning, middle, end. They're all important!


I'll be one of the speakers at the Emerge Symposium in Miami September 10-12, 2010 at the fabulous Mayfair Hotel & Spa in Coconut Grove. I'm going to be speaking and working with participants all day Saturday, September 11th.
Emerge Photography Symposium is geared towards photographers who advance best through small group, hands-on collaborative learning.
Emerge Photography Symposium provides value by way of intimate interaction and a personalized experience. Listen to the the stories and experiences of industry professionals. Learn about how they developed their careers and ask questions about key pieces of information they wish they knew when they were starting out, or advice on how you can improve your craft and techniques.
Let me repeat: There will be no large conference room hall. Brian Smith, Tony Yang and Norman Chow certainly will not have microphones. It's personal. It's about you, me, your future new friends, a wealth of knowledge, and an awesome weekend in Miami, FL.
Come with your brain ready to soak, a prepared trigger index finger and a laptop to show off your new skills.


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There are large and persistent imbalances in the allocation of funds to the Judiciary, resulting in an alarming shortfall in personnel and infrastructure. For example, average budget per pending case across all States was Rs.8,071 per case in FY 2018-19, using pendency figures from July 2018 (this is calculated as the ratio of the budgeted funds for subordinate courts to the number of cases). Values range from as high as Rs.19,891 for Delhi and Rs.18,656 for Jammu and Kashmir, to as low as Rs.3,225 for West Bengal and Rs.4,447 for Odisha.
The failure of budgeting practices to account for the needs of the Judiciary has been acknowledged by numerous authorities, including multiple Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, the Law Commission, and the Thirteenth Finance Commission, which made special grants for the Judiciary in each State to address the shortage of funds. This proved to be unsuccessful, as the funds were severely under-utilised with only 20% of the funds spent, due to shortages in other areas, such as human resources and institutional factors. The Fourteenth Finance Commission did not make any special grants; our analysis of budgeting for the sector in the most recent years shows that some States have increased outlays to meet the operational expenses of the Judiciary, but resource gaps in several areas have persisted.
In order to address this issue, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), and DAKSH have submitted a Memorandum to the Fifteenth Finance Commission on reforms in the budgeting and resource allocation processes of the Indian Judiciary. CBGA is an independent think tank based in Delhi. It strives to inform public discourses through rigorous analysis of government budgets in India; it also tries to foster people's participation on a range of policy issues by demystifying them.
View the Memorandum here
The Memorandum includes an analysis of the budgeting and resource allocation imbalances and shortfalls that affect the Judiciary and its performance. It provides details of the human and infrastructural resources required for proposed reforms. The proposed reforms are:
The creation of Reform and Research Offices at the levels of the Supreme Court and High Courts, which would monitor the performance of the Judiciary, identify areas of improvement, and then devise and implement solutions, staffed by judicial officers and technical experts.
The creation of a Secretariat dedicated to judicial appointments, to carry out important tasks such as calculating the number of required judges based on current and anticipated future needs, and then conducting the process of screening and appointing candidates.
The implementation of a technology initiative, with teams dedicated to the formulation and implementation of technological solutions to administrative problems, and training judicial staff in the use of technological tools.
The appointment of a team to develop appropriate budgeting practices for the Indian Judiciary, which will be a one-time investment in developing practices that appropriately address the resource requirements of the Judiciary.
The implementation of pilot projects, at District Courts, Taluka-level courts, or individual courts, to test, prove, and refine the proposed reforms.
The application of the above reforms to tribunals which are administered by the Union/State governments.
These initiatives would have a compound effect in boosting the performance of the judiciary by making sure that the judiciary receives the resources it needs and is able to utilise them efficiently.
Summary of the Memorandum
View the Summary here
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