Thank you for this visit. Before going to the Piazza, I wanted to greet you. You will follow the audience in the Piazza with the big screen; we will all be united. Thank you for this visit. I assure you that I pray for you and I ask you to pray for me. Now I invite you to pray the Madonna together.
This hearing takes place in two places: here, in the square, and in Paul VI Hall there are more than 200 sick people who follow the hearing with the big screen. Together we form a community. With applause, we say hello to those in the Chamber.
Last Wednesday we began a new cycle of catechesis on the commandments. We have seen that the Lord Jesus did not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it. But we will have to understand this perspective better.
In the Bible the commandments do not live for themselves, but are part of a relationship, a relationship. The Lord Jesus did not come to abolish the Law, but to complete it. And there is that relationship of the Covenant  between God and his People. At the beginning of chapter 20 of the book of Exodus we read - and this is important -: "God pronounced all these words" (v. 1).
It seems like an opening like any other, but nothing in the Bible is trivial. The text does not say: "God pronounced these commandments", but "these words". The Jewish tradition will always call the Decalogue "the Ten Words". And the term "decalogue" means just that.  Yet they are in the form of laws, objectively they are commandments. Why, then, does the sacred author use the term "ten words" right here? Because? And does not he say "ten commandments"?
What is the difference between a command and a word? The command is a communication that does not require dialogue. The word, on the other hand, is the essential means of the relationship as dialogue. God the Father creates by his word, and his Son is the Word made flesh. Love feeds on words, and so does education or collaboration. Two people who do not love each other can not communicate. When someone speaks to our heart, our loneliness ends. He receives a word, gives communication and the commandments are words of God: God communicates himself in these ten words, and awaits our response.
Another is to receive an order, another is to perceive that someone tries to talk with us. A dialogue is much more than the communication of a truth. I can tell you: "Today is the last day of spring, warm spring, but today is the last day". This is a truth, it is not a dialogue. But if I tell you: "What do you think of this spring?", I begin a dialogue. The commandments are a dialogue. Communication is realized for the pleasure of speaking and for the concrete good that is communicated among those who love each other through words. It is a good that does not consist in things, but in the same people who reciprocally give themselves in dialogue "(cf. Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, 142).
But this difference is not an artificial thing. Let's look at what happened at the beginning. The Tempter, the devil, wants to deceive man and woman on this point: he wants to convince them that God has forbidden them to eat the fruit of the tree of good and evil to keep them submissive. The challenge is this: the first rule that God has given to man, is the imposition of a despot who prohibits and forces, or is the care of a father who is taking care of his children and protects them from self-destruction? Is it a word or is it a command? The most tragic, among the various lies that the snake says to Eve, is the suggestion of an envious deity - "But no, God is envious of you" - of a possessive deity - "God does not want you to have freedom". The facts show dramatically that the snake lied (cf. Gen 2: 16-17; 3.4-5), made believe that a word of love was a command.
Man is facing this crossroads: does God impose things on me or take care of me? Are his commandments just a law or do they contain a word, to take care of me? God is master or Father? God is Father: never forget this. Even in the worst situations, think that we have a Father who loves us all. Are we subjects or children? This fight, both inside and outside of us, occurs continuously: a thousand times we have to choose between a slave mentality and a mentality as children. The commandment is from the master, the word is from the Father.
The Holy Spirit is a Spirit of sons, he is the Spirit of Jesus. A spirit of slaves can only accept the Law in an oppressive way, and can produce two opposite results: either a life made up of duties and obligations, or a violent reaction of refusal. All Christianity is the passage from the letter of the Law to the Spirit that gives life (cf. 2 Cor 3: 5-17). Jesus is the Word of the Father, it is not the condemnation of the Father. Jesus came to save, with his Word, not condemn us. It is seen when a man or a woman has lived this passage or not. People realize if a Christian reasons as a son or a slave. And we ourselves remember if our educators took care of us as fathers and mothers, or if they only imposed rules on us. The commandments are the path to freedom, because they are the word of the Father that makes us free on this journey. The world does not need legalism, but care. He needs Christians with children's hearts.  He needs Christians with children's hearts: do not forget this.
Je salue cordialement les personnes de langue française, en particulier les pèlerins venus de Haïti, les jeunes venus du Chablais, en Suisse, et de Nouméa, en Nouvelle Calédonie, ainsi que les pèlerins de Saint Brieuc accompagnés par l'Evêque, Mgr Denis Moutel. Frères et sœurs, rappelons-nous que le monde a besoin du témoignage de chrétiens à l'esprit filial et non pas d'esclaves de la loi. Donnons ce témoignage par notre comportement dans toute notre vie. Que Dieu vous bénisse !
I greet the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in today's Audience, particularly those from England, Sweden, Switzerland, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and the United States of America. Upon all of you, and your families, I invoke the joy and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless you!
Queridos peregrinos de língua portuguesa, sede bem-vindos! A todos vos saúdo, com menção particular dos fiéis da paróquia Nossa Senhora Medianeira, de Paraná, e desejo que possais viver e crescer na amizade com Deus Pai, deixando que o seu amor sempre vos regenere como filhos e vos reconcilie com Ele e com os irmãos. Desça, sobre vós e vossas famílias, a abundância das suas bênçãos.
أرحّب بمودّة بالأشخاص الناطقين باللغة العربية، وخاصة بالقادمين من لبنان، ومن الأردن ومن الأراضي المقدسة. لقد وهبنا الله روحه القدوس كيما نعيش كأبناء له، ونرى في كلمته وفي وصاياه، لا قواعد وممنوعات تجعل منّا عبيدًا، إنما محبّته الوالدية التي تهبنا الحياة والحرّية وتنير مسيرتنا. ليبارككم الربّ جميعًا ويحرسكم من الشرّير!
Pozdrawiam serdecznie pielgrzymów polskich, a szczególnie przedstawicieli młodych, którzy na statku "Dar Młodzieży" opływają świat, aby dotrzeć na Światowe Dni Młodzieży w styczniu przyszłego roku w Panamie. Witam wiernych z Archidiecezji Szczecińsko-Kamieńskiej wraz z Arcybiskupem Andrzejem Dzięgą, którzy proszą o błogosławieństwo koron papieskich, jakimi zostanie ozdobiona ikona Matki Bożej Częstochowskiej w Bazylice św. Jana Chrzciciela. Niech Zwycięska Królowa Polski wstawia się za nami, byśmy idąc przez życie stale wzrastali w wierności Bożym przykazaniom. Niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus.
Saluto gli artisti del Circo che ci hanno fatto vedere come la bellezza fa bene all'anima e al corpo, e questa bellezza che loro ci hanno fatto vedere, non è una bellezza che si trova così: è una bellezza che loro fanno con tanto lavoro, con ore e ore di allenamento. Ma alla fine, sono riusciti a fare questo che, come ogni bellezza, ci avvicina a Dio. Grazie tante a tutti voi. Grazie!
Sono lieto di accogliere i Padri Vincenziani; le coppie di sposi dalla Diocesi di San Marino-Montefeltro, accompagnati dal Vescovo, Monsignor Andrea Turazzi e quelle della Diocesi di Tivoli. Auguro che la visita alle Tombe degli Apostoli sia l'occasione per una rinnovata testimonianza cristiana.
Saluto il Gruppo dell'Ospedale pediatrico Meyer di Firenze; l'Associazione italiana sclerosi laterale amiotrofica; l'Istituto Gioacchino da Fiore di San Giovanni in Fiore; i Cori partecipanti al Festival internazionale Roma in canto; la Banda civica di Magenta.
Nel mese di giugno la pietà popolare ci fa pregare con più fervore il Sacro Cuore di Gesù. Quel Cuore Misericordioso vi insegni ad amare senza chiedere alcun contraccambio e vi sostenga nelle scelte più difficili della vita. Pregatelo anche per me e per il mio ministero, ma anche per tutti i sacerdoti, affinché rafforzi la fedeltà alla chiamata del Signore.
I greet the circus artists who showed us how beauty is good for the soul and the body, and this beauty that they showed us is not a beauty that is so: it is a beauty that they do with a lot of work , with hours and hours of training. But in the end, they managed to do this that, like any beauty, brings us closer to God. Thank you so much to all of you. Thank you!
I am pleased to welcome the Vincentian Fathers; the married couples from the Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro, accompanied by the Bishop, Monsignor Andrea Turazzi and those of the Diocese of Tivoli. I hope that the visit to the Tombs of the Apostles is an opportunity for a renewed Christian witness.
I greet the Group of the Meyer Children's Hospital in Florence; the Italian Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association; the Gioacchino da Fiore Institute of San Giovanni in Fiore; the Choirs participating in the International Rome in singing competition; the Civic Band of Magenta.
A special thought for the young, the elderly, the sick and the newlyweds.
In June, popular piety makes us pray more fervently the Sacred Heart of Jesus. That Merciful Heart teaches you to love without asking for any exchange and support you in the most difficult choices of life. Pray also for me and for my ministry, but also for all priests, so that you may strengthen fidelity to the Lord's call.
 Chap. 20 of the Exodus book is preceded by the Alliance's offer to chap. 19, in which the pronouncement is central: "Now, if you will listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be for me a particular property among all peoples; mine indeed is the whole earth! You will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation "(Ex 19: 5-6). This terminology finds an emblematic synthesis in Lv 26.12: "I will walk among you, I will be your God and you will be my people" and will come to the pre-announced name of the Messiah, in Isaiah 7,14 or Emmanuel, who comes to Matthew: Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son: to him will be given the name of Emmanuel, which means God with us "(Mt 1,23). All this indicates the essentially relational nature of the Jewish faith and, to the highest degree, of the Christian faith.
 See also Exodus 34,28b: "He wrote on the plates the words of the covenant, the ten words".
 Cf. John Paul II, Lett. Enc. Veritatis splendor, 12: "The gift of the Decalogue is a promise and sign of the New Covenant, when the law is again and definitively written in the heart of man (cf. Jer 31: 31-34), substituting the law of sin, that heart had disfigured (cf. Jer 17: 1). Then a "new heart" will be given because in it will live "a new spirit", the Spirit of God (cf. Ez 36: 24-28) ».


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Q: Fitting Diagonal Divs to create a perfect X on page I need a little help with fitting these diagonal divs to page to create a perfect X that I can then click on to bring either side of the X to the foreground through a js onclick to z-index change. I have all that covered but I've never dealt with diagonal div's and can't seem to make them fit to page properly to form a perfect X without getting a scroll bar:

.x1 {
  background-color: #2cb5e8;
  opacity: 0.4;
  transform: skewY(-145deg);
  position: absolute;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 10% 44%;
  margin: 10% 0% 0% 0%;
  z-index: 1002;
}

.x1>.wrapper {
  -webkit-transform: skewY(145deg);
  -moz-transform: skewY(145eg);
  -ms-transform: skewY(145deg);
  -o-transform: skewY(145deg);
  transform: skewY(145deg);
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.x2 {
  background-color: #0fb8ad;
  opacity: 0.4;
  transform: skewY(145deg);
  position: absolute;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 10% 44%;
  margin: 10% 0% 0% 0%;
  z-index: 1001;
}

.x2>.wrapper {
  -webkit-transform: skewY(145deg);
  -moz-transform: skewY(145deg);
  -ms-transform: skewY(145deg);
  -o-transform: skewY(145deg);
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.page {
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A: Since you are dealing with javascript. You can simply get the distance of the box from the top of the container .page and add a padding-top to .page container itself.

*Get the dimension of one of the bar example bar with class .x1

*Compute the top position of .x1 and padding the parent to shift down its contents
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document.getElementsByClassName("page")[0].style.paddingTop=-(document.getElementsByClassName("x1")[0].getBoundingClientRect().top)+"px";
.x1 {
  background-color: #2cb5e8;
  /*opacity: 0.4;*/
  transform: skewY(-145deg);
  position: absolute;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 10% 44%;
  margin: 10% 0% 0% 0%;
  z-index: 1002;
}

.x1>.wrapper {
  -webkit-transform: skewY(145deg);
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  -ms-transform: skewY(145deg);
  -o-transform: skewY(145deg);
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.x2 {
  background-color: #0fb8ad;
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  transform: skewY(145deg);
  position: absolute;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 10% 44%;
  margin: 10% 0% 0% 0%;
  z-index: 1001;
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.x2>.wrapper {
  -webkit-transform: skewY(145deg);
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  min-height: 100%;
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Uber Technologies on Monday lost its second-most-important executive in a shakeup stemming from an internal investigation into sexual harassment charges. The changes at the top reportedly could include the temporary loss of Uber's founder and chief executive, Travis Kalanick.
Emil Michael -- who served as the company's senior vice president of business and a key lieutenant to Kalanick -- is out.
"I can confirm that Emil Michael is no longer with the company," Uber spokesperson Matthew Wing told the E-Commerce Times. "I have no additional comment beyond that."
The Michael ouster came at a critical juncture in the company's short history. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder reportedly has presented findings of his investigation into corporate culture at the firm, following reports of widespread sexual harassment.
Holder, now a partner at the law firm of Covington & Burling, presented his findings to the Uber board, according to multiple reports, and those findings will be made public Tuesday. Among the recommended changes are a leave of absence for Kalanick, widely blamed for fostering a problematic corporate culture at the firm.
"From all accounts it's just an incredibly toxic environment," said Rebecca Lindland, executive analyst at Kelley Blue Book.
"When you're building a company that's still relatively new, you can't grow with that kind of toxic environment very long," she told the E-Commerce Times.
The shakeup follows months of reports that Uber operates like a Silicon Valley version of Game of Thrones, with employees pitted against each other for the sake of pleasing management.
There have been numerous complaints from female engineers who said they were victims of sexual harassment. Further, they were subjected to high-level efforts to sabotage their work and drive them out of the company when they complained, according to reports.
The recent turmoil follows revelations made earlier this year by former Uber engineer Susan Fowler, of a series of sexual harassment and discrimination efforts against her and other female employees. Fowler essentially was driven out of the company and given poor performance reviews when she left, she claimed.
At the time, Uber already had been under fire for bypassing a wildcat strike at John F. Kennedy International Airport in protest of the Trump administration's travel ban. Kalanick also had been called out for joining the new administration's business advisory council, but later stepped down.
Federal officials had begun looking into the company's controversial "greyball" software, which allegedly was used to avoid tracking by authorities in Portland, Oregon, and other cities.
Uber is in need of a major reset, because its internal culture has put the firm at risk of self-destructing, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT.
"The situation at Uber is odd, at best, especially in the ways it illuminates the thin line between innovative and pathological behavior," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Over the past few months, the company and its executives, including its CEO, have regularly stepped over that line and essentially brought greater scrutiny and the possibility of punishment onto themselves."
Uber has taken several recent steps to address its sexual harassment and overall corporate culture problem.
About 20 Uber employees were terminated in connection with an internal investigation that uncovered 215 allegations of sexual harassment or gender bias at the company, the Perkins Coie law firm reportedly disclosed last week. A spokesperson referred the E-Commerce Times' questions to Uber.
Uber last week announced that Frances Frei, a professor of service management and the senior associate dean for executive education at Harvard Business School, had been hired as senior vice president, leadership and strategy, and would act as a partner to Uber's human resources officer Liane Hornsey.
The company also named Nestle SA executive vice president Wan Ling Martello to its board of directors, adding another female executive to the board. Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington previously was the only woman on the board.
The full Holder report is expected to be made public on Tuesday, when employees will learn how the company aims to move forward and regain its footing.


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Mark Ames Calls for Restoration of Policies of President Eisenhower
Posted on July 18, 2011 by Yves Smith
In a segment on the Dylan Ratigan show (hat tip Joe Costello), the normally fire-breathing Mark Ames set forth a policy program that plans to use Grover Norquist tactics to bring back Eisenhower era policies.
This entry was posted in Banana republic, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Taxes, The destruction of the middle class on July 18, 2011 by Yves Smith.
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Glenn Condell July 18, 2011 at 4:34 am
Eisenhower tax rates are about as likely to return as his courage in opposing Israeli megalomania. Way of the dodo and all that.
Look at that retirement speech of his. It is a marvel, but way too far left to be uttered by any American Democrat leader (let alone Republican) from the last 40 years. The man if he lived now would be pilloried and abused by the likes of Drudge and Breitbart.
It's sobering to realise that if I'd lived in the 50s there is a damn good chance I'd have been an Eisenhower Republican. If there is one word to describe the quality I like best in a pollie, it would be 'prudence; and Ike had so much it seemed to emanate from his presence.
Not much evidence of it within a bull's roar of the leadership of either party now.
Just Tired July 18, 2011 at 10:43 am
I did grow up in the '50s and I don't think I actually met a Republican until some time in the '70s. That said, I wish I had a nickle for every time I heard my parents and every other person of voting age say: "I'm a Democrat but I voted for Ike."
craazyman July 18, 2011 at 7:44 am
I wouldn't stop with the restoration of Eisenhower's tax rates.
I'd reinstate Eisenhower himself. You could to this easily, by making a life-like wax figure of Eisenhower and sit it in the Oval Office chair.
Then all you'd need is some voodoo priestess, like the very hot and very cool Tia Dalma in Pirates of the Carribean, to channel the Big Man's spirit and tell us what he wants.
I bet a 90% tax rate on the parasite class is only the beginning. Probably cutting down on war profiteering and instituting a Wall Street transaction tax would be on the short list.
And the other good thing about this is Tia Dalma could give the State of the Union address. It would be nice to have a hot president. Michelle Bachman is kind of hot, actually, but I'd have to turn down the sound if she ever made a speech, or I might puke. ha ha.
Let's bring back the Big Guy for one more tour of duty. He'd know what to do.
BH in MA July 18, 2011 at 11:11 am
I use the example of my parents all the time. At a time when, if you graduated from high school you could make a decent living and raise a family, my father made it through college ('55) and grad school ('57). He married my mother in '63 and she kept her job for a year so they could save her $5,000 take home pay and put 20% down on a $25K house (3BR ranch on 1/4 acre, 1 car garage). I know exactly where that house is and what it's worth. When my wife and house hunted in the 90's we would have had to make a combined 250K to pull off a similar feat. What my parents could do on two incomes in 1963 could not be done 30 years later unless your combined earnings put you in the top 3% or so.
Conservatives want to cap government spending to 18% of GDP because that's the long term average. Okay, fine. You want long term average spending caps, we want long term average tax rates. That would be about 70% for the top bracket, I think.
Mark P. July 18, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Eisenhower's 'Cross of Iron' speech in April 1953 — less recalled now — is arguably of more lasting interest and value than that final parting speech, with its mention of the military-industrial complex, which everybody knows. The 'Cross of Iron' speech is certainly more specific. Here's some of it —
This has been the way of life forged by 8 years of fear and force.
What can the world, or any nation in it, hope for if no turning is found on this dread road?
The worst to be feared and the best to be expected can be simply stated.
The worst is atomic war.
The best would be this: a life of perpetual fear and tension; a burden of arms draining the wealth and the labor of all peoples; a wasting of strength that defies the American system or the Soviet system or any system to achieve true abundance and happiness for the peoples of this earth.
This world in arms in not spending money alone.
It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities.
It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population.
It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals.
It is some 50 miles of concrete highway.
We pay for a single fighter with a half million bushels of wheat.
We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people.
This, I repeat, is the best way of life to be found on the road the world has been taking.
This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.
Glenn Condell July 18, 2011 at 6:31 pm
It's incredible really. He sounds like Dennis Kucinich or Tom Engelhardt, crossed with Moses or Jove.
He is the path not travelled by the US; he was aware it had come to a crossroads and he did everything in his power to try and channel all that unprecedented power away from war and death and into into safe and productive pursuits.
He failed, and it's been all downhill since. We prefer noble lies to ugly truths nowadays.
Mark P. July 18, 2011 at 10:37 pm
'He sounds like Dennis Kucinich or Tom Engelhardt, crossed with Moses or Jove.'
While it's a great speech — arguably, comparable to some of Lincoln's — the reality is more complicated than that. It's usually a mistake to judge another era's personalities and behaviors via the straightforward application of the values of one's own era.
However, yes: Eisenhower entered the White House and left it worried about the enlarged sway that the military-industrial complex had gained over the US economy and its policy-making.
Hence, this speech, for instance. As president-elect in late 1952, Eisenhower had toured the lines between North and South Korea — with much aerial observation and discussions with other generals and regular troops — and then come home, playing his cards close to his chest. The general expectation was that, once the great C-in-C of WWII entered the White House, he'd prosecute America's war in Korea to a victorious conclusion, as the then-universally disparaged Truman had failed to.
Eisenhower was a great general, however, of a certain kind. There's a line — in Hemingway, of all places — where, in regards to what constitutes great military leadership, somebody says, "the amateurs go on about strategy, but the professionals talk about logistics." Eisenhower's genius was logistics (he oversaw the invasion of Europe, after all, a military action which may be historically unique in terms of scale). Above all, Eisenhower was supremely pragmatic.
And so having toured North Korea's fortifications, he simply concluded that the Korean war was not winnable on any worthwhile terms and, indeed, not worth fighting merely as a holding action in which American soldiers' lives and material would continue to be flushed down the drain.
Furthermore, the early Cold War build-up — and the Korean War — meant military expenditures were running at an immensely high level: in 1953, military spending as a percentage of America's GDP reached its highest level after WWII and a level that's been unmatched since. Those 90 percent tax rates on the wealthiest U.S. citizens then that people nowadays like to bring up were primarily driven by that fact. (Though the lessons of the Great Depression and the New Deal also remained fairly evident to most people, including Eisenhower.)
And so Eisenhower's 'Cross of Iron' speech derives from this very specific context. It was, particularly, a step on the way to closing down the Korean War. Which Eisenhower did: a "Nixon-goes-to-China" move that probably would have gotten Truman impeached, and which was almost universally criticized by other Republicans and by many Democrats.
Eisenhower just shrugged them off, however, and said: "The war is over. I hope my son is going to come home soon." You've got to love that.
Also, as this article on Eisenhower's handling of the Korea War, notes: "After Eisenhower made peace in Korea, not one American serviceman was killed in action during the remaining seven and a half years of his presidency. No American president since Ike can make that claim."
http://100days.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/how-to-end-a-war-eisenhowers-way/
So that's all good. But another side of Eisenhower's push to reduce expenditures of U.S. blood and treasure was his
New Look national security policy in 1954, which first made nuclear weapons the centerpiece of U.S. strategy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Look_(policy)
It's not a fact we much recall now, but in the early 1950s the U.S. confronted (or saw itself as confronting) numerically superior Soviet and Chinese conventional militaries. So Eisenhower's Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, proposed that since "we cannot build a 20,000 mile Maginot Line or match the Red armies," America should therefore embrace asymmetry and nuclear arms, with their "vast new possibilities to stop open aggression before it starts."
Eisenhower himself liked the financial tradeoff involved: "the dependence we are placing on new weapons would justify completely some reduction in conventional forces." That is, as the slogan coined to sell the New Look to the American public put it, nukes would give "more bang for the buck."
Not a position that Dennis Kucinich or Tom Engelhardt would favor.

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For business and stores that are frequently targeted by thieves, a device that sprays an invisible DNA mist on the robbers that won't wash off for weeks will be a way to identify the criminals. The device, an orange box the size of a phone book, is installed in the business or store. An expert says people can't smell or see the DNA when it is being sprayed and it sinks into the skin and hair where it sits for weeks. When police bring in a suspected criminal the "DNA" shows up under ultraviolent light and contains a DNA code that police stations can scan. The SelectaDNA Spray was developed in 2008 and is already being used in nine countries and soon may be used in banks and retail stores in the U.S.


LOS ANGELES, CA - Carole King's Love Makes The World was the subject of NPR's internationally syndicated program 'World Cafe' on Friday, April 5 and April 12, 2002. The daily (except Sunday) program, serves up an eclectic collection of music and interviews from the 'World Cafe' studios at XPN 88.5 in Philadelphia and on more that 150 stations nationwide.
Host David Dye's interview with Carole features several songs from her new album as well as the stories surrounding them. You can find a complete schedule and list of affiliate stations and airtimes at www.worldcafe.org.


On October 30, GnT Marketing Director Sophie Tao made a Lunch & Learn Presentation at NBBJ LA Office, introducing GnT products and projects. Nearly 20 architects and designers attended the seminar, and showed their interests in GnT. GnT will continue to provide fast and flexible service to architects over the world.
Founded in 1943, NBBJ is celebrating its 75th anniversary of transforming lives through design. Follow along in 2018 as we honor our past — and our future — through social media, special events and more. NBBJ now operates internationally in Seattle, LA, New York, Boston, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, etc.


Our client is a a successful and well established organisation with a strong market position within the education sector.
2019 marks a period of continued expansion and as such they require a Marketing Specialist to assist in the following areas.
You will be offered an hourly rate commensurate with your experience. We are also open to flexible work conditions.


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package com.bkahlert.nebula.screenshots.impl.webpage;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Rectangle;

import com.bkahlert.nebula.widgets.browser.extended.ISelector;

public class GoogleWebpage extends SingleFieldWebpage {

	private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(GoogleWebpage.class);

	private static URI uri = null;

	static {
		try {
			uri = new URI("http://www.google.de");
		} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
			LOGGER.fatal(e);
		}
	}

	public GoogleWebpage(Rectangle bounds, int timeout, String query) {
		super(uri, bounds, timeout, new ISelector.FieldSelector("q"), query,
				1000);
	}

}

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Q: IBM Worklight adapter - https backend peer not authenticated I was trying to connect to a https back end service from the Worklight adapters in my local pc for the my app.
But I was getting the below error, then I posted a question Making web service calls to a HTTPS server from Worklight Adapter - javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: peer not authenticated
Runtime: Http request failed: javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: peer not authenticated

I followed the steps given here
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wrklight/v5r0m5/topic/com.ibm.worklight.help.doc/admin/t_ibm_worklight_server_and_self-signed_certificates.html
and imported a self signed certificate in the java cacerts keystore of my system and the adapters started working. Wow!!!
Now, I have deployed my adapters over a WAS and followed the same steps, imported the certificate there also, but I am still getting the error when I try to use the adapters.

A: First of all note that WAS has its own JRE with its own keystore that needs to be updated.
Also, if you're using recent release of WL the usage of self signed certificates within WL adapters became much simpler - http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wrklight/v6r1m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.worklight.installconfig.doc%2Fadmin%2Ft_configuring_SSL_WL_adapters_backend_servers_certificates.html


The group risk sector offers valuable benefits to employers and employees but should do more product development to ensure the true value of group income protection is understood by them, minister for the disabled, health and work Penny Mordaunt MP says.
Speaking at the ABI's Mental Health Conference last week, Mordaunt said there would not be a white paper response to the Improving Lives green paper, but that a 'road map' of positive actions to be taken by the Government would be published soon. She supported the ABI's proposal for a protection statement that would help individuals understand how much, or little, they would have to live off in the event they became long term sick. Income Protection Task Force spokesman Roy Mcloughlin says his organisation floated the idea of a protection statement around a decade ago.
She praised the positive aspects of GIP but said the group risk industry should do more product development to better communicate and present the benefits of the product to employers. Group risk professionals have challenged this view, arguing current products are already fit for purpose.
Mordaunt said: "We are looking at long term solutions and will be publishing our road map, an actual plan of actions, imminently. During the consultation we consulted on group income protection as a way to increase employer access to expert-led, occupational health, rehabilitation and prevention services. We recognise the positive aspects of GIP for helping retain sick employees, in particular access to expert-led occupational health. We want employers to invest in the wellbeing of their employees, in the preventative and rehabilitation elements of GIP, including clinical and professional expertise, HR, line management training and workshops, face-to-face support and online support. That can help employees stay healthy and stay in work, or support them to return to work.
"Through the green paper consultation we have developed a clearer understanding of the current barriers that prevent increasing take-up of GIP by employers, particularly smaller employers. They include a lack of awareness, both of the product in general and of the wider employee benefits that GIP provides, and the financial barriers. These barriers are recognised by the insurance industry. But there may be more that the insurance industry could do to consider the cost and complexity and the communication, critically, of GIP and also of individual income protection.
Canada Life Group Insurance marketing director Paul Avis says: "For the second time in a matter of days the group risk industry has been asked to take action on group income protection.
"The speech by Penny Mordaunt MP suggested we in the group risk sector need to do more product development. But I believe group income protection is fit for purpose, affordable and provides clear business benefits such as return on investment, return to work support for employees, reduces occupational and statutory sick pay, ensures employers comply with the Equality Act 2010 with absence durations where insurers are allowed to engage early averaging five to seven weeks.


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Torslanda é um grande bairro (stadsdel) nos arredores da cidade sueca de Gotemburgo, situado na ilha de Hisingen, a 15 km do centro da cidade.
Tem cerca de  habitantes (2019)  e uma área de 4 425 hectares.
Compreende os bairros de Arendal, Björlanda, Hjuvik, Nolered e Torslanda.
Formava antes juntamente com Biskopsgården a freguesia administrativa de Västra Hisingen.

Economia
 Fábrica Torslandaverken de automóveis da Volvo Personvagnar (Automóveis Volvo)
 Escritório principal da Volvo Bussar (Autocarros Volvo)

Património
Torslanda Havsbadskoloni (Em Skeppstadsholmen com 122 hortas individuais dos tempos livres)
Centro comercial de Torslanda Torg
Centro comercial de Amhult Centrum
Urbanização de Amhults Trädgårdsstad

Clubes
Torslanda IK (futebol e ténis de mesa)

Ligações externas
Página oficial de Torslanda

Gotemburgo
Bairros de Gotemburgo

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http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/zooxanthellae-and-coral-bleaching Zooxanthellae and Coral Bleaching
Zooxanthellae and Coral Bleaching
Tiny plant-like organisms called zooxanthellae live in the tissues of many animals, including some corals, anemones, and jellyfish, sponges, flatworms, mollusks and foraminifera. These microscopic algae capture sunlight and convert it into energy, just like plants, to provide essential nutrients to the corals. In exchange, they have a place to live inside the animal's body. But when the zooxanthellae are under stress, such as high temperatures, they will die or leave their host—a process known as bleaching.
Tags: Corals Under the microscope Algae Coral bleaching
Close-up of a Coral Polyp
Credit: © osf.co.uk. All rights reserved.
The brownish-green specks seen in this coral polyp are the zooxanthellae that most shallow, warm-water corals depend on for much of their food. Like plants, zooxanthellae capture energy from the sun and turn it into food, some of which the coral eats in exchange for protection.
Where Do They Live?
Credit: Smithsonian Institution
As you can see in this diagram, the zooxanthellae live within the tissue of their host coral. The coral polyp itself lives in a cup it built from calcium carbonate; decades of piled up calcium carbonate cups create the reef.
Coral Colony
Credit: Photo Collection of Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program
Flower-like clusters of polyps make up this coral colony. Their pink color comes from the zooxanthellae living inside. More about coral reef ecosystems can be found in our Coral Reefs featured story.
Bleached Corals, Pacific Ocean
Credit: Wolcott Henry
When the reef is under stress from high temperatures, pollution, or other threats, the zooxanthellae abandon their coral hosts in a process called "bleaching." The coral animals can survive for a short time without their main food source by catching particles from the water with their tentacles, but they are more susceptible to disease and other disturbances. When they die, just the white skeleton is left behind as if it had been bleached.
Bleached Corals
Credit: Emma Hickerson/NOAA
These white corals in the Gulf of Mexico's Flower Garden Bank National Marine Sanctuary are bleached due to an increase in water temperatures, which causes corals to lose the microscopic algae that provide them with food. Bleaching spells trouble for coral reefs.
Diseased Coral
Credit: Amanda Feuerstein
A photo taken at a reef near Bocas del Toro, Panama. The reef suffered a mass bleaching event in the summer of 2010, when water temperatures were unusually high. Bleached corals have lowered defenses against disease, so often will suffer further damage and death as disease moves in after a bleaching event. In this photo, healthy brown coral gives way to the frontlines of disease.
Resilient Coral
It can be hard for coral to recover for a bleaching event. The best bet is the some healthy tissue still remains deep in the skeleton and, if conditions improve, this coral can grow and recover, spreading to the rest of the skeleton. The corals pictured here are still in recovery after a mass bleaching in Panama in the summer of 2010. You can see some bleaching on the tops, but the sides are looking good.


A perfect storm of high fuel prices, deteriorating roads and a growing public dialogue about climate change is making Vermont's rail infrastructure more important than ever. At the same time, transportation revenues, which derive largely from the gas and sales and use taxes, are decreasing. Into this complicated set of circumstances comes Robert Ide, who has been appointed manager of the Rail Program by Neale Lunderville, the Secretary of Transportation. As the person charged with implementing the state's rail plan - in other words, the guy who gets stuff done - he will play a critical role in Vermont's rail future.
Ide, 57, is currently the director of energy efficiency for the Department of Public Service, a post he's held for five years. Before that, he spent 10 years in the Senate and eight years on the Senate Transportation Committee, "where," he says, "I think I was viewed as the rail specialist." That was most likely due to the hands-on experience he acquired while helping to run his family's agricultural feed-and-grain business in St. Johnsbury, a heavily rail-dependent operation.
Ide's new boss will be David Dill, who is Deputy Secretary of Transportation, and will become Secretary in August when Lunderville replaces Michael Smith, who's retiring from his position as secretary of administration for Gov. Douglas.
Aside from managing the Rail Program, Dill expects Ide to be the spokesman for the state's position on rail issues and to communicate with the public, the legislature and rail advocacy groups on policy and budgetary matters. "He needs to be able to articulate the vision, if you will," Dill says.
That vision is coming under increasing scrutiny, because VTrans has yet to use the funds that former Sen. Jim Jeffords procured four years ago for improvements to the western corridor, especially the track between Burlington and Rutland. Rick Moulton, a member of the Governor's Rail Council, says he's hopeful about Ide's appointment to rail manager, but was not impressed with the Rail Program's past performance. "The same criticisms of the state exist," he asserts. "Another year has gone by, and they still haven't spent any of the $30 million allocation that we got from Jeffords. Still no leadership and no vision." Moulton adds that the costs of steel and other infrastructure components have risen steeply in the past year, while the earmarked funds remain the same.
Dill is aware of that criticism, but urges patience. "We want to be very careful with that money, because we want to make sure we have the right prioritization system in place," he says.
Ide expects to put his legislative experience and contacts to good use, as he mediates the criticisms from rail advocates and the budgetary limitations imposed on the Agency of Transportation. "One of the advantages that I bring to the job," he says, "is that I'm familiar with a number of the players right now. I think I bring credibility to the job that's going to be very helpful."
Ide also brings a technical understanding of Vermont's energy landscape, where he says transportation and space heating represent the best chance for efficiency improvements. "I look at the opportunity to be involved in rail and transportation as an opportunity to have an impact in the carbon-footprint conversation," he says.
A major portion of that conversation is the rate at which truck freight can be transferred to rail. Moving freight over the railroads uses about eight times less energy than moving it over the highway. With diesel prices approaching $5 per gallon, competition from rail shippers will soon make trucks prohibitively expensive.
But before Vermont can take advantage of rail's relative efficiency, it must spend money to increase the weight limits on the state's tracks and bridges. Despite the urgency of escalating fuel prices, Dill says those infrastructure upgrades are intermediate and long-term challenges for the Rail Program. Ide, however, asserts that track upgrades need to be a priority for the state's economy: "I want to make the shippers and receivers in Vermont as competitive as they can be, and the component that I can add value to is the movement of freight."
On the passenger side of the conversation, Ide's five-year vision for Vermont rail travel includes "an improved rail corridor on the western side of the state that allows passenger service into downtown Burlington." He also wants to re-evaluate the botched purchase of the Diesel Multiple Units, the smaller and more efficient self-propelled passenger cars. The legislature appropriated $17.5 million for the cars last year, but the manufacturer, Colorado Railcar, wouldn't agree to the zero-risk financial guarantee required in the legislative language. "I think we essentially backed away from that commitment for, in my mind, the less-than-perfect reason," Ide says. "If that equipment is going to provide us with the same or better service for lesser cost, we've got to look hard at it."
Indeed, Dill adds that restructuring passenger service will be Ide's most pressing challenge, given Amtrak's increasing costs and the depressed economic forecast for Fiscal Year 2009, which cut the transportation budget by $4 million between January and April this year.
Considering that grim reality, it's a good time for a new, enthusiastic person to manage the Rail Program. Moulton says Ide is "not a bureaucrat, so maybe he'll actually do something."


A new report from NetScout's ASERT Team found that two command-and-control servers associated with Fancy Bear's LoJax malware are still active.
The World Economic Forum ranks climate change, economic instability, cyber attacks and data thefts as some of the top concerns facing businesses around the globe.
The Justice Department has charged two Ukrainian nationals with hacking into the SEC's EDGAR systems and accessing sensitive company reports and other data before the information was made public.
In a move to bolster its email security portfolio for small and midsized businesses, Dallas-based Zix is paying $275 million for AppRiver.
Researchers at Positive Technologies have found three vulnerabilities within Schneider Electric's EVlink Parking electric vehicle charging stations, which could allow an attacker to take control of the system.
Over the last year, the amount that companies pay out to clean up from a cyber attack jumped more than 50%, topping $1 million on average, according to a new industry survey from Radware.
It's back to paper and pen for a while for Del Rio, Texas, which was hit with a ransomware attack earlier this month.
After shutting down newspaper printing facilities, as well as a cloud hosting firm, security researchers are debating who is behind the Ryuk ransomware. While it seemed that North Korea played a role, more research shows that a Russian gang might be responsible.
Hyatt Hotels is teaming with HackerOne on a new bug bounty hunting program that looks to pay up to $4,000 for 'critical' vulnerabilities in software.
Zerodium, which buys flaws and exploits for its customers, is upping the amount it pays for several different types of vulnerabilities, especially Apple's iOS.
As companies move more data to the cloud, data security becomes a major issue. To address these concerns, Sophos is acquiring Avid Security and Akamai inked a deal for Janrain.
Radware plans to bolster its cloud security portfolio with a deal for ShieldSquare, which offers tools for fighting bots.
Malwarebytes Labs has uncovered a new malvertising campaign in the wild that delivers a one-two punch: the Vidar data stealer and GrandCrab ransomware.
Marriott has revised the number of customer accounts it believes were affected during a massive data breach. While the overall number dropped, the company now believes 5 million unencrypted passport numbers were exposed.
From legislation to insurance to staffing, 2019 is shaping up as a challenging year for CISOs. Here are six top trends security executives need to watch.
A series of cyber attacks over the holiday week that targeted newspaper printing presses and a cloud service provider are tied to a specific strain of ransomware called Ryuk.
The rise of fileless attack techniques and other developments is making phishing a much more serious problem for enterprise security. As we head into 2019, a new approach is needed.
As the calendar turns to 2018, ISF is urging members to watch out for four specific security issues: ransomware, legislation, IoT and supply chain.
As the first 5G rollouts are anticipated to start in 2019, service providers need to take a more holistic and comprehensive approach to securing these new networks and the businesses and customers using them.
The sheer number of incidents from 2018 has put even more of the spotlight on enterprise security. Over the next 12 months, businesses need be on the lookout for email and stolen privileges schemes, nation-state attacks and increases in compliance legislation.
In another indictment aimed at China's cyberespionage infrastructure, the Justice Department has charged two Chinese nationals with belonging to the notorious APT10 group, which targeted industries in the US, Japan and other countries.
In its new quarterly threat report, McAfee Labs researchers found that malware targeting IoT devices, as well as cryptomining, continued to grow, specifically by taking advantage of lax security practices.
An Inspector General's report concerning the Defense Department's Ballistic Missile Defense System found numerous security flaws, including a lack of multi-factor authentication and classified information stored on removable drives.
Over the last week, several reports emerged that the Shamoon malware, which was last seen in 2016, has re-emerged with attacks in Italy and the Middle East. This version includes a destructive data file wiper.
On Thursday, US businesses and schools began receiving a number of bomb threats that demanded Bitcoin as ransom. All these seem related to a series of spam emails.
A New York Times report finds that investigators believe China-backed attackers pulled off the massive data breach at Marriott, exposing the records of 500 million guests. It's a continuation of the tensions between China and the US.
'Operation Sharpshooter': Lazarus Revived or False Flag Operation?
McAfee Labs has homed in on a new attack targeting critical infrastructure that they call 'Operation Sharpshooter.' However, while there is technical overlap with the Lazarus Group, there's also the possibility of a false flag operation.
Following a Bloomberg report that found hackers implanted specialized chips in its motherboards, Supermicro claims an audit has cleared the company of wrongdoing.
While the latest disclosure does not seem to have leaked any data, it accelerates Google+'s demise.
For years, IT could rely on various checklists to ensure that systems and infrastructure were in compliance with various government regulations. The cloud has upended that structure, and a new, more automated approach is now needed.
The ASERT Team at NetScout has published a report that details a campaign dubbed "Stolen Pencil," which targeted universities and other academic groups. A North Korean-backed group is suspected of starting it.
Citrix forced users of its ShareFile tool to reset their passwords this week, following concerns that an attacker may have attempted to use credential stuffing to access accounts.
IoT botnets now make up 78% of the malware found on service provider networks, according to a new analysis by Nokia. These bots are being used for a wide-range of criminal activity, including cryptomining.
The latest mega data breach hit question-and-answer portal Quora, which reported 100 million user accounts were accessed by a malicious third-party. The data also contains highly personal details about customers.
In an echo of the same cyberattack that hit Democrats two years ago, the FBI is investigating the theft of emails from the National Republican Congressional Committee, according to a public report.
Marriott is investigating a possible data breach that may have compromised the personal data of 500 million Starwood guests, including credit card information, names, addresses and more.
It appears attackers attempted to penetrate Dell's network in early November. While the company does not believe any personal data was taken, Dell cannot guarantee no one was compromised.
It's never too early for New Year's predictions. The Information Security Forum is focused on four areas for 2019: ransomware; new privacy laws and regulations; IoT; and supply chain.
The Justice Department has charged two Iranian hackers with creating the SamSam ransomware that helped them collect about $6 million in Bitcoin ransom and caused about $30 million in damage.
The Justice Department has charged eight people with operating a large-scale ad fraud scheme that involved a pair of botnets based on malware dubbed Kovter and Boaxxe.
On the same day, authorities in the UK and the Netherlands each fined Uber for a data breach that occurred in 2016 and affected millions of customers, as well as Uber drivers.
Now that the UK Parliament has seized a cache of Facebook documents and emails, experts foresee a new focus on how the social media giant treats its users' privacy and personal data.
Security teams are being asked to not only handle a greater threat landscape, but help the entire enterprise stay secure. Cross-functional communication can help your security work more effectively outside the InfoSec department.
Former FBI Agent James Gagliano sees the worlds of physical security and cybersecurity increasingly merging in the area of critical infrastructure.


Today, independent developer Colorfiction announced that the meditative game Becalm is now available on PC, Mac, and Linux. The game will allow players to relax as they explore a peaceful environment full with dreamy aesthetics.
In this relaxing voyage you'll sail towards the sunset through magical waters in a very special boat. There's no need to worry about steering, logistics, missing crew members, capsizing or even pirates. It's a trip for you to sit back and… becalm!
Every time you play it'll randomly select a journey for you.


All parents of children at Monkton CEP School are automatically made members of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA). We have a very supportive PTA who work together to ensure that our school has many extra special events and social activities to make school life at Monkton fun, interesting and enjoyable.
Please contact the PTA if you are interested in making a difference. It is always great to have new faces and new input.


Necessary for accepting payments- In order to meet Payment Card Industry compliance, an online business needs an SSL certificate with the proper encryption of at least 128-bit.
Provides Authentication- When the SSL certificate is issued, a server certificate is also issued to the websites which ensures that the information provided by the client will be secure.
Encrypts Information- The major purpose of SSL certification is that the information can be encrypted such that it can be read and understood only by the intended parties.
Offers added brand power- Sites with SSL certification show certain images or offer site seals which represent the brand power and that the website is secure and safe to use.
Guards against phishing- When customers don't see a sign of security in websites whose links they receive from phishing emails, they resist from opening it or providing their vital information to that site.
Also, Google has announced that all websites going HTTPS i.e. the ones having an SSL certificate will obtain a minor boost in their search results. If you are going HTTPS from HTTP then, you should inform Google for your SEO rankings. Secure server will definitely benefit you, your clients and your SEO ranking, although, take care that your traffic does not suffer.
When you buy a dedicated server, you get 5 IP addresses along with it. Getting an SSL certificate will secure your website, your IPs and increase your business. We are providing you with SSL certification for all the IP addresses you receive with the dedicated server. So, increase your business with Rackbank Data center and give your customers the best of experience while they are dealing with you.


WestHost Community Forums > Company Info > Comments / Suggestions > Site Builder?
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Any word on when Site Builder will be available? Meanwhile, can anyone describe what it will look and act like?
I sent an email inquiry asking them about it on January 3 and was told that day it would be out "in the next couple weeks" so that would be right about now-ish.
I hope it's soon because I am on a week before Superbowl deadline and was waiting for the new site builder because the blurb about it mentioned a shopping cart and I dont really wanna go build a Miva cart if I like this one better.
If anyone official is reading this, I know things always come up, but are you all at a point where you can guarantee whether or not it will be out by end of month? Trying to decide if to just go ahead and build site the old fashioned way with Miva for now. Thanks.
Just thought I would add that WH now has a page you can watch so you can know when this is available. http://members.westhost.com/site-builder.html They posted the link in the current newletter and said that it would be available soon but did not give a specific date. It sounds like it is going to be pretty robust.
"Launching Soon" might as well say "Launching Soon - Real Soon" (with an implied wink). Or perhaps "Launching sometime within your lifetime, provided you're not a Baby-Boomer". Better yet: "In your dreams!" Am I being unreasonable? Their earlier slogan said "Jan 05", and it's the main reason I chose WestHost for my site.
nah, you arent being unreasonable. at least maybe you are within the 30 day window and are long gone by now.
Site Builder was originally scheduled to launch by the end of January. A few changes to the interface (based on usability testing) have pushed back development efforts and caused the delays. The changes being made now will make for a better product.
In the next week or two, we should finish development and begin work to create a Site Application for Site Builder and deploy across our network.
Please remember that this application was not published as a feature within any of our packages. The notice in the Member's Area and recent newsletter were in an effort to let existing clients know of things to come, but delays can happen. I would hope that decisions made about hosting would not be based on future plans, as they can and do change.
Finally, the shopping cart feature, although functional, does not yet include gateway support and has been pulled from the product. We may offer it in the future as development continues, but for now, it is not a viable solution for true e-commerce.
Your feedback is appreciated and we apologize for any inconvenience. We are working hard to release a solid product and offering.
thanks for the more in depth info. it's nice to hear someone from westhost admit there was a shopping cart feature instead of trying to make it sound like the silly customer just didnt understand.
as far as making decisions of future plans... well sure that makes sense, but ya know, i figure if the company was confident enough to say that it would be in January, well then, I wanna trust my webhosting company. I'd hate to not be able to believe anything you all say.
Maybe in the future you wont give specific launch dates because it's really not that unreasonable that a client would trust what their webhost tells them. I wanna love westhost, really i do!
. . . Maybe in the future you wont give specific launch dates because it's really not that unreasonable that a client would trust what their webhost tells them. . . .
Unfortunately, (in my experience) not giving a date usually means never. I think the best would be more communication. Tell us when the date is going to slip and when we can expect it to be released. Don't give us a date and then let it pass by without some communication.
I remember a song back in the 60's (I know, I know, if you can remember the 60's you weren't really there!) on a young female singer's debut album called "The Edge of Heaven", with the line "Don't take me to the edge of Heaven, and not let me in!"
Aye, there's the rub: It didn't say "the end of January". In November 2004, when I signed up, it said "coming in January 2005", which to the layman (or woman) would mean starting when January 2005 started, not when it ended. So does "Available in March" mean at the beginning or the end of March? Or does it mean March 2006?
p.s. I read something somewhere that implied that if and when they actually implement their much-touted Site Builder, it may do away with the phpbb forum software. Now, there's a trade I would not want to make!
Now that phpBB is there I would doubt it would be removed. It may be there would be an alternative for use with the Site Builder. Although I have always liked phpBB and it is what I kind of cut my teeth on with php I do think it has some weak spots. It would be nice to see something else offered. If they did remove it from the Site Apps it is still a very easy manual install and in fact I normally do my own installs of it now since I prefer to change some of the defaults on it.
As for release dates I pretty much agree with Torrin. WestHost has come a long way with communication but I do feel there is still room for improvement.


sudah 4 ari secara official nye study week start.
tp bg ak, x der mkne nyer...x stat pon lg stdy..slagi fyp ni x setel , x senang tau nk stdy.
esok my turn for final oral presentation.slide dah siap, just waiting to be reviewed by sv ptg nih.
first paper on nex monday... mcq+subjektif..
to noor n rafi yg present jgk esok, good luck.good luck too to myself..
pe yg mu ckp ni?x phm..ckp melayu or english bley...2 bahasa ni jer yg ak reti..


Techies with cash to burn love to line up at Apple stores on the eve of a new generation of iPhones becoming available. The more financially savvy among them find ways to save money on iPhones by trading in or selling their existing models.
Retailers essentially do the same thing: They cut prices on the prior models of iPhones to free up space for the newer, more expensive models. Both of these types of sales – of the older models – are great opportunities, since the gear in question is still pretty state-of-the-art compared to other similar pieces of technology.
Of course, Apple's marketing department would have you believe that the highest-numbered iPhone is worth nearly three times as much as the model that debuted just 18 months prior. And that's with six tiers of iPhone models between the top and bottom.
Deciding on an iPhone has to be one of the most uniquely first world types of problems than any other. In developing countries the dominant type of mobile phone doesn't even qualify as a smartphone (picture an old flip phone, if you will). However, if you want to save money on iPhones, try to pace yourself.
The wisdom of pacing yourself with iPhone upgrades – or buying older models – looks all the more sage when you consider that the price tag for the newest member of the iPhone family has finally broken four digits. Sure, the model commemorates the ten-year anniversary of the iPhone, but the iPhone X price of $1,149 exceeds what even many new laptops cost.
Actually, the next two tiers still cost more than some new laptops. The 8 Plus costs $799; and the 8 costs $699.
Before the three newest iPhones were announced, Apple concurrently supported five different tiers of iPhones. And even then, Apple experts said that having that many different devices made the decision to buy an iPhone grow more complex than it ever had before – especially when you included older models still available second hand.
This kind of decision might make you throw in the towel if you're not that technically inclined.
But even if you are so inclined, you still might streamline the decision by honestly taking stock of which features you use on your current smartphone. Also take note of which features you crave more of, or whether anything frustrates you. Whatever it is that you come up with should hopefully focus your decision making, or at least narrow it down a bit.
Without first identifying your priorities, you might find it tempting to just splurge for one of the top three models, especially given how Apple is emphasizing its installment plan as a method of paying for an upgrade. Sweetening the deal, if you go directly to Apple for the iPhone instead of your cellular provider, the installment plan has no interest for people with good credit.
You still get to designate your cellular carrier when you buy directly from Apple, but your phone comes unlocked, meaning it's easier for you to switch mobile providers at any time.
Another reason to go directly to Apple for an installment plan: AppleCare covers more types of loss and damage with a lower deductible than the Asurion insurance offered by cellular carriers.
All the new features that come with a higher-numbered iPhone can easily distract you from the fact that you're paying two to three times as much. That distraction is exactly what Apple is banking on to get people to make the purchase.
Apple also emphasizes how the camera capabilities increase, and consistently so, between each new generation of iPhone. The camera capability is something you can see in the demonstrations. This constantly upgraded feature is easier for the buyer to appreciate better than the nuances of memory and processing power, even though the latter two impact the performance of the camera.
If you truly wanted to save money on iPhones, try not to let Apple's marketing of its newest models bedazzle you. Instead, look to older models or simply wait for a discount.
Long story short, if you find yourself challenged to stick to your budget, you might want to steer clear of the Apple Store in the coming months. You're wallet will thank you for it!
Will you buy the latest iPhone or cash in on savings on older models?


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