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Equity futures are up a little this morning, rising to the 1,061 pivot on the latest Case-Schiller data that showed some month over month improvements (1,090 is the next higher pivot):
The dollar is up, bonds are down, oil and gold are both down.
The ICSC showed slight improvement, but we completely ignore that Goldman report as it has no basis in the real world whatsoever. The Redbook, half connected to the real world, showed a year over year decline in sales of 2.2% which is an improvement over last week's -2.6% showing. Econoday claims an improving trend, but these have been negative for quite some time.
Here's what was released by Econoday on the Case-Schiller Index:
Case-Shiller reports a third month of gains for home sale prices. The composite-10 index rose 1.7 percent in July on top of a 1.4 percent gain in June and a 0.5 percent gain in May. The composite-20 index, up 1.6 percent in July, shows similar gains. With the exception of Las Vegas, all metro areas show gains or at least flat conditions. Year-on-year rates also improved for a third month, now at minus 12.8 percent for the 10 index and at minus 13.3 percent for the 20. Rates of decline in California have definitely come down, now showing year-on-year declines in the mid-teens vs. 20 percent and worse declines earlier in the year. These are exhaustive data but do lag, which is a concern given set backs in new and existing home prices during August.
Note that the year over year declines are still very large at 13.3%, but better than the expected 14.2% plunge the "experts" were counting on. These numbers are a disaster for overleveraged homeowners and banks - oh, and for our overleveraged government, the world's largest home owner, auto manufacturer owner, bank owner/partner, and market/data manipulator extrodinaire.
Consumer confidence comes out at 10:00 Eastern.
Yesterday's move up was powerful price wise, but very weak volume wise. This is yet another sign that the top is nearing and that distribution is occurring. I see an overall declining volume pattern still while lately the down days are quite a bit heavier than the up days. This is true across the ETFs and all the indices, not just one or two.
McHugh wants to see a Hindenburg Omen to be ensured that wave C down has begun. A Hindenburg Omen occurs when the market is split, with a large percentage of new 52 week highs alongside a large percentage of new 52 week lows. Every major decline in the past 25 years has been preceded by a Hindy. In order to get one, however, prices must start down and produce the new lows that are required – that will take some time as we are currently running at 170 new highs and only 2 new 52 week lows. My point being that you should not expect to just fall off the proverbial cliff immediately when C begins. Sure, that still could happen, but the odds do not favor it playing out that way. Declines roll and develop and the meat of the decline usually occurs with wave 3 down. Again, we are nearing the end of the count for wave B up.
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Ergonomics of stretching
Responding are Josh Kerst, vice president, and Michael Hoonhorst, associate consultant and ergonomics engineer, Humantech Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.
Answer: To stretch or not to stretch? This is a common question within the ergonomics community. Should companies deploy stretching programs to reduce the likelihood of employees developing a work-related musculoskeletal disorder? Although many companies advocate stretching before and during the workday, research indicates mixed results. Some research that claims stretching is effective is based on subjective, rather than objective, measurements. Therefore, these claims aren't necessarily proven.
MSDs are injuries that usually occur at joints in the body and involve muscles, bones, nerves, tendons, ligaments, cartilage and spinal discs. They may be the result of overexertion and cumulative load on the body. Proponents of stretching argue that it limits the risk of developing these types of injuries because it alters the properties of the tendon muscle unit, changing the amount of force production and range of motion at that particular joint. This change affects the distance the muscle can stretch and the amount of force required to tear the tissue.
However, the largest body of research is focused on athletes and injury prevention. Care should be taken in extrapolating these findings to workers, as the intensity, repetition and duration of physical exertion vary between these two populations. In most cases, major physiological differences between athletes and industrial workers make inference even more difficult.
Reviews of the most relevant published medical studies on stretching found that while stretching does increase flexibility, it does not prevent injuries.1 Dr. Ian Shrier, past-president of the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine, agrees with these findings.
His research concluded that stretching will not change eccentric muscle activity, which is believed to contribute to most injuries, and that stretching actually can cause skeletal damage. Research also suggests that stretching may mask muscle pain, which could cause the worker to ignore key pre-injury signals.
Bruno and Vieira2 reviewed seven articles that measured the ability of a stretching program to prevent work-related MSDs. The articles looked at workplace stretching programs across several industries. None of the articles reviewed showed a significant decrease in work-related MSDs.
Researchers have expressed concern that stretching may be harmful for those already experiencing work-related MSD symptoms. The article, "A review of physical exercises recommended for VDT operators," pointed out that 90 percent of common office ergonomics stretching exercises could actually aggravate pre-existing conditions.3
Findings from Humantech's recent studies show that companies saw better returns on their investments by proactively fitting the job to the person, rather than seeking to match the person to the demands of the job.
The participating companies understand that they should drive improved employee performance through ergonomics, rather than attempting to manage MSDs. For example, if a person complains of back pain because he or she constantly bends over to retrieve parts from a pallet, raise the height of the pallet. The higher work height will eliminate the need to bend over and the associated back pain.
If we can perform our work in the comfort zone (between our shoulders and knees), then our need to stretch out aches and pains brought on by our job tasks diminishes.
1. Thacker, S.B., Gilchrist, J., Stroup, D.F., and Kimsey, C.D. (2004). The impact of stretching on sports injury risk: a systematic review of the literature. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 371-378.
2. Bruno, R.C. and Vieira, E.R. (2008). Stretching to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders: A systematic review. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 321-328.
3. Lee, K., et al. (1992). A review of physical exercises recommended for VDT operators. Applied Ergonomics, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 387-408.
Editor's Note: This article represents the independent views of the author and should not be construed as National Safety Council endorsements.

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Sunday, 31 July 2011
Sunday Blessings - A Son 's Sacrifice
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Labels: Sunday Blessings
Thursday, 28 July 2011
How Prableen Survived the Utoeya Killings
Now Prableen's blog about Friday's massacre has become an Internet sensation. "I had a guardian angel," writes Prableen, vice chairperson of the Oslo division the Norwegian Labour Party's youth wing. Hundreds have posted messages comforting her.
On Sunday, Prableen and her family — father Malkeet Singh, a cab driver from Patiala, mother, brother and sister — offered prayers at the local Gurdwara in Oslo. The teenager is at home now, recovering from the nightmare, her father told HT.
In a country that is home to some 5,000 Sikhs, a second Indian-origin teenager, Pratap Singh, 15, also survived the massacre.
When a bomb exploded at the Labour party office in Oslo, killing seven people, Prableen wrote in her blog, "We comforted one another that we were safe on an island. No-one knew that hell would break out among us as well."
Then shots ran out in Utoeya. "I saw him shoot. Everyone began to run. The first thought was, 'Why is the police shooting at us? What the hell?!'"
The teenagers ran into a room as Breivik continued to shoot and jumped out of a window. She spotted her best friend through the window but couldn't get to him. She "saw the fear in his eyes."
They ran into the woods, stopping only to help the injured as they made their way down to the lake Tyrifjorden that surrounds the island, 40 km from Oslo. Crouching behind a brick wall along with others, she prayed, cried and called her family and friends from her mobile phone.
"A man came. 'I am from the police'." Someone shouted back that he had to prove it, and the killer started to shoot. "He reloaded. Shot more. He shot those around me. I remained lying. I thought: 'Now it is over. He is here."
Prableen lay there for an hour, buried under dead bodies.
Then she ran for the lake and, tearing off her jumper, began to swim, heading for a rubber boat several children were clinging on to.
She became so tired she turned on her back, using only her feet to paddle.
Rescued by police, the children were taken to a hotel, where she was reunited with her best friend.
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Birthday House
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Sunday, 24 July 2011
Sunday Blessings - Ezekiel 3;15
"I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Abib near the Kebar Rivers. And there, where
they were living, I sat among them for seven days - overwhelmed."
- Ezekiel 3:15
After a recent speaking engagement, a mentally handicapped man who was wearing thick
glasses and baggy trousers trotted up and gave me a big hug. We talked as he stood
next to me, twisting his necktie with his finger. I asked about his church and his
friends. Out of nowhere, he smiled, stuck out his chest and said, "Ezekiel 3:15...
that's what I like about my friends!"
It seemed a strange thing to say, so I asked him what is so special about the verse.
He proudly quoted it:
"I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Abib near the Kebar Rivers. And there, where
they were living, I sat among them for seven days - overwhelmed" (Ezekiel 3:15).
I gave him a strange look. He explained, "Don't you get it? 'I sat among them.'
And, wow, for seven days!"
A light dawned. "O-o-o-o-h," I said. "I get it. You are pleased that your friends
sit with you and get down on your level, right? And they try to see things from
your perspective, the way you see them." He nodded enthusiastically and went on
to remind me that the captives in Ezekiel's time must have really appreciated friends
who would sit down with them seven whole days. That was a long time to be feeling
someone else's hurts.
As that mentally handicapped man walked away, I gained a new appreciation for how
much the smallest of verses can help. Who would have dreamed that Ezekiel 3:15 would
have anything to do with instructing friends on the fine art of compassion and empathy.
Lord, help me to get down on the level of those who hurt today. Help me to show
a little empathy for those in need. You did it... Ezekiel did it... the friends
of that handicapped man do it every day. And I can do it, too.
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Wisdom From India- Buddhism
Just like eating pizza with a tandoori chicken topping, post modernism offers a mish mash mix of all kinds of philosophies served in a viable and attractive form, just take what suits you and leave the rest sort of format. Here east meets west and creates a new color or genre which is almost foreign to the east where the thinking or philosophy might have originated.
Take for example the post modern yoga which is being marketed to the West by techno and business savvy gurus.It is very different from the classic yoga as it is known in India. And so it is with the other religions and philosophies being exported for western consumption.
Noted Indian philosopher, author and speaker of International acclaim, Vishal Mangalwadi , discusses some of these topics . I will share some of his short videos.
I am reading his book called The book that Changed Your World (see side bar).
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Sunday Blessings -He Is At My Right Hand
My boast is in the Lord. He helped me overcome the unpleasant conflict I wrote about in my last post.
I could not sleep that night and spent time reading Scripture verses and praying, in which I found solace. Past midnight I emailed a friend and received a comforting reply from her. In times like these one is in need of just one person who says they understand what you are going through.
Jesus is our Wonderful Counsellor. He is our Prince of Peace. This I experienced in those troublesome hours.
The next morning my devotional from Experiencing God Day by Day by Henry and Richard Blackaby was written just for me. I want to share it with you
He Is at Your Right Hand
Daily Devotional for Friday, July 15th, 2011
I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Psalm 16:8
What does it mean to set the Lord always before you? It means that you choose to relate everything you encounter to your trust in God. What you choose to focus on becomes the dominant influence in your life. You may be a Christian, but if your focus is always on your problems, your problems will determine the direction of your life. If your focus is on people, then people will determine what you think and do. In biblical times, the right hand was the most distinguished position, reserved for one's chief adviser and supporter. When you choose to focus on Christ, you invite Him to take the most important position in your life as Counselor and Defender. Every time you face a new experience, you should turn to Christ for His interpretation and strength. When people insult you and mistreat you, you should seek direction from your Counselor regarding the right response. When you face a crisis, you should receive strength from the One at your right hand. When you experience need, you should consult your Counselor before you react. When you face a fearful situation, you should take courage from the Advocate at your right hand. Everything you do is in the context of your relationship to Christ. What an incredible act of God's grace that Christ should stand beside you to guide you and counsel you and defend you! How could you ever become dismayed over your situation with Christ at your right hand? What confidence this should give you!
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Thursday, 14 July 2011
Haters of Good
We are living in a very violent world. Hatred, like garbage is strewn across the earth invading our lives and consciousness with its stench and disruption.
I awoke to news of different kinds of violence.
Three serial bomb blasts in Mumbai , yesterday July 13th and a news report of an innocent Pastor and his wife being beaten up and persecuted for the sake of Christ, in the western part of my state.
In the evening I had to stand up to verbal resistance from Jags who is our church helper. He is a good man but suffers bad moods . I try to overlook this as he does a lot of good.
All this disturbed me quite a bit but along came Milka (Pastor 's daughter) who wanted my help with her English assignments, letter writing and a news report. That eased my mind.
She told me something which really amused me. Two days ago I helped her with another English assignment. Her teacher was so pleased with it that she dictated it to the entire class to note down. Har-har!
Coming back to what I was writing about .The devil is not at rest my friends. He is assaulting the earth in many forms be it terrorism, angry blood thirsty mobs or a subordinate whom you have to deal with everyday.
The Bible gives a very accurate account to today' s world .
1But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money,proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. 2 Timothy 3;1-5
Read these 2 news reports. The first one is from the BBC
Three near-simultaneous explosions have shaken India's commercial capital
Mumbai (Bombay), police say,
Police sources were reported as saying the explosions were caused by home-made bombs.
At the scene
Zubair Ahmed
BBC News, Mumbai
Police say the timing of the blast - 1900 - is significant. This was the height of the evening rush hour - it was designed to cause maximum panic and casualties.
One person asked why Mumbai is always the target of attacks.
However, many of the people gathered here now are merely onlookers curious to see what has happened. People have come from nearby areas to see what is going on.
There is no evidence of real panic here
But in other parts of the city, the story is grimmer. There is panic and people are rushing back home.
Anger and curiosity in Mumbai
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh denounced the bombings and appealed to Mumbai residents "to remain calm and show a united face".
US President Barack Obama strongly condemned the "outrageous" attacks, and offered "support to India's efforts to bring the perpetrators of these terrible crimes to justice".
High alert
The latest explosions hit the city as workers were making their way home.
The first struck the Zaveri Bazaar at 1854 (1324 GMT), tearing through the famed jewellery market, according to police. A minute later, a second blast hit the busy business district of Opera House, in the south of the city. At 1905, the third bomb exploded in the Dadar area of central Mumbai.
Because the explosions occurred within minutes of each other, "we infer that this was a co-ordinated attack by terrorists", Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters.
Mumbai had been put on a state of high alert and a commando team was standing by, he said. Delhi, the capital, Calcutta and several other cities have also been put on alert.
Forensics teams have been sent from Delhi and Hyderabad to examine the explosion sites.
The majority of Mumbai's people live in slums, and millions live on the streets. This cannot make for a very happy place and the city's 'resilient spirit' has now become the cruellest Indian cliche
Soutik Biswas
BBC News, Delhi
The authorities have not yet said who they believe might be behind the explosions and no group has said it carried them out.
In Zaveri Bazaar, witnesses described a motorcycle exploding next to a jewellery shop. Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik said a bomb had been left in an abandoned umbrella.
Photographer Rutavi Mehta told the BBC he was shopping nearby and heard the explosion. He grabbed his camera and ran to the scene.
"I took a couple of photographs. I think they might be too graphic for broadcast," he said.
"Bodies and limbs were strewn everywhere. People were crying and screaming. The area was packed with shoppers at the time of the blast. A few offered assistance to the blood-soaked victims, while others looked on in a state of shock," he said.
"It was totally chaos. There were pools of blood everywhere."
The second and most powerful blast was in the nearby Opera House district. Local media said it was planted inside the two-storey Prasad Chamber building.
Mumbai has been targeted many times in recent years, most notably in 2008 In the central Dadar district, the bomb tore apart a taxi that was parked next to a bus stop, witnesses told the BBC. It was unclear whether the explosives were planted inside the vehicle or in a nearby electricity meter box.
"I heard a loud explosion. And then I saw people with serious injuries lying in pools of blood," another person told the Times of India.
An unexploded bomb was also reportedly been found in Dadar.
The choice of locations makes it clear that the blasts were intended to cause maximum casualties, says the BBC's Soutik Biswas in Delhi.
But footage of one of the blast sites - a ripped-off cover of a bus shelter and a car with its glass shattered - points to a medium-level and possibly crude explosion, adds our correspondent.
According to some reports, the blasts came on the birthday of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the sole surviving gunman from the 2008 attacks. But court records show his birthday to be in September.
Those attacks, which targeted two high-end hotels, a busy train station, a Jewish centre and other sites frequented by foreigners, were blamed on the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group.
Pakistan was quick to condemn the latest explosions, in a statement issued by the foreign ministry.
Peace talks between Pakistan and India have only recently resumed since they were broken off after the 2008 attacks.
Mumbai has been targeted many times in recent years.
As well as the 2008 attacks, co-ordinated blasts on seven of the city's trains on 11 July 2006 caused massive loss of life. More than 180 people were killed and hundreds wounded in those bombings, which were blamed on Islamist militants.
The city suffered four bomb attacks during 2003, including twin blasts on 25 August 2003 which killed 52 people.
In 1993, 257 people were killed and 700 injured in a series of 12 bomb blasts across the city. The attacks were allegedly ordered by the Muslim-dominated underworld in retaliation for Hindu-Muslim riots.
July 13, 2011:
Pastor, Wife Beaten in Uttar Pradesh
On 3 July, an angry mob accused Pastor John C.V Samuel from Assembly of
God's Church (AGC) of forceful conversion, beat him up and his wife in
Manpuri, Uttar Pradesh
The incident took place when Pastor Samuel, his wife and some believers went
to attend the burial service of Anil Saxena, who attended Pastor Samuel's
church for the past two years. Saxena committed suicide on Saturday night
after he had an argument with his father, reported our correspondent.
The angry mob suddenly rushed on the pastor and his wife, mercilessly beat
them up and falsely accused them of forceful conversion and of being the
cause of Saxena's death.
Saxena's wife intervened and told the mob that they went to the church by
their own free will and nobody has forced them.
The pastor's wife called the police by phone. The police arrived at the
scene and rescued the couple from the angry mob and took them to the
Pushpanjali Hospital, Agra where they were admitted.
Area Christian leaders submitted a police complaint but no actions have been
taken at press time.
Kindly pray for Pastor Samuel and his family and for peace in the area
An Appeal to write to Authorities
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Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Street Food in a North Indian City
I saw this video featuring street food in the old and very congested part of my city (Allahabad) I come here sometimes to buy spices and groceries. These two guys from the TV show, Highway On My Platter are travelling all over India exploring all kinds of eating places from roadside dhabas (kiosks) to moderately priced restaurants. They have published a very delectable book by the same name which I wish to buy.
This is the famous Loke-Nath street.
Today' s newspaper tells me that eating hot spicy curries can help one lose weight. Scientists say that cayenne pepper, the key ingredient in hot curries raises body temperature which helps burn calories (Daily Express). They also found that appetite levels decreased in subsequent meals.
Well , I like a hot green chili or two with my food.
Hope that helps me shed a few pounds.
But too much spicy and hot food can give you stomach ulcers , moderation should be exercised.
We' ve had rain showers now and then with stretches of hot and humid days.
Our garden and church campus is sprouting wild grass and shrubs. Its a struggle to keep it clean and under control.
Sin and short comings sprout up in our hearts and we have to spot them and root them out before they take root.
We have a promise in the BIBLE
For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under the law but under grace.
Romans 6:14
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Labels: A taste of India, Video
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Sunday Blessings - Because YOU Prayed
Because YOU Prayed
God touched our weary bodies with His power
And gave us strength for many a trying hour
In which we might have faltered ,had not you,
Our intercessors faithful been and true.
God touched our eager fingers with skill,
Enabling us to do His blessed will.
With scalpel,suture, bandage;better still
He healed the sick,the wounded, cured the ill.
God touched our lips with coal from altar fire,
Gave Spirit fullness,and did so inspire,
That when we spoke , sin blinded souls did see;
Sins chains were broken,captives were made free.
The "dwellers in the dark" have found the Light
The glad Good News has banished heathen night.
The message of the cross so long delayed
Has brought them life at last- because you prayed.
(author unknown)
Such a beautiful poem from an old Back to the Bible publication I rediscovered. Don' t underestimate the power and reach of prayer.
Saturday morning my Dad 's colleague and friend, Mr Panday dropped by after ages. He 78 years old and doesn' t get around too much because of arthritris. He is a Hindu man but never forgets to phone at Christmas and New Years. When my phone number changed , he could not contact us and I didn' t have his number too. Now we have exchanged numbers so we can call up once in a while. We had a good time recalling old times, catching up on news and just chatting.
After Panday Uncle left a group of 4 young people came. Ameeta and her husband work at the Christian University and Benalin and Barun are missionaries among collge students. Aunt Maya is my Mom 's widowed sister in law. She had to vacate her rented apartment.
Her son and daughter' s homes are too small and their life style too busy so she has requested if she can stay with us till she finds a suitable place for herself. I have already stored some of her stuff in my storeroom. The type of housing she is looking for is cheap and close to her son and daughter ( both married with families) because she has many medical problems and illnesses.
I could not turn down her request because she says she feels more free and relaxed in our home than anywhere else. We embrace her with the love of Christ. Although having another ailing person in the house is not easy for me.
But I want to continue our family tradition of opening our humble home as a haven and oasis for whoever needs it. Do pray for us.
Coming back to our weekend visitors.
Today while I was in church I got news that my friend Poonam had arrived by train from another city. She comes occasionally on weekends for a business meeting. I came home home to find she had already showered and had a cold drink. She didn 't want breakfast as she was in a hurry for her appointment and then catch a train back, although I saved lunch for her.
Just as we started making lunch ( a paneer -cottage cheese curry and lentil and rice) when family came by. Thomas is a professor at the Christian Univeristy and Annie is a housewife at the moment. It was so good to see them . I was specially over joyed when Annie remarked that she noticed I ha d lost quite a bit of weight since she last saw me in March....about 6 or 7 kigs or 12 to 14 pounds. That 's a huge compliment for me. I am working on losing more weight.
They told us that their church is interested in renting our church hall for their services. Sounds good to us and we will be working on that.
A lot more happened but these are the highlights.
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Labels: Sunday Blessings
Friday, 8 July 2011
Dress Up Your Pets as Celebrities
I found these photos on the Amusing Planet website.
Can you identify who they are?
I think I can guess the first one. I can sniff Lady Gaga and Che Guevara in there,or maybe a royal face or two.
In today 's Hindustan Times newspaper I read an article about an Indian film maker called Mani Kaul. He has been described as an iconoclastic, uncompromising, individualistic filmmaker. He was not found in the glitzy world of Bollywood.
He said (the newspaper quotes)
"A new thought — that is the purpose of my films," he said. "If the film is to show you something that is already known, not only by the filmmaker but also by the audience, where will it lead us?" Television for him was anathema. "The world we are exposed to on television is killing the capacity of wanting to understand. It feeds you… as if you have no capacity for chewing … What food is to the stomach, thought is to the mind." What would he have to say about the world today and the information overload that leaves no time for boredom, boredom out of which imagination takes wing?
The electronic entertainment is dulling our senses and whitewashing our imagination. I want enough boredom to fire my imagination.
We have crossed the mid way point of 2011
A good time to review the past and pray an d plan for the future.
We may look back with anger, regret and sorrow.
Or satisfaction, joy and nostalgia.
Whatever it is remember God is in control no matter how careless and disorganized the course of life may appear to be.
There is a short prayer in the Bible which says,
"Teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90;12
I always wondered what is the need to number or count our days. And why do we need God 's help for that. I found the answer.
We need to know the course , life is taking us through , and accept the seasons of life, and also appreciate the changing colors of life. This can be only done by wisdom from above.
This reminds me of a telephonic conversation my brother in law Prem had ,a few years ago with a relative who is younger than him.
The 30 something man finding himself brimming with vitality and the exilir of youth asked Prem his age. Prem said he was in his early 40s.
"Oh",said the ticklish thirties,' Your days are numbered. You must be growing bald and weak and your eye sight must be dimming, and your teeth falling out?"
No sir , he was not joking this Benjamin Button in the making.
But we all had a good laugh at him after Prem put the phone down.
After a few years later Mr Benjamin Button suffered a slipped disc from which he has never recovered fully. He was bed ridden for a long time and his poor wife had to nurse him like a child. He also turned his back to God and his family suffered immensely.
Whereas my brother Prem, never had any major health problem. He has progressed in his job and career and is greatly loved by all who know him. People see Christ in him.
So, self assurance, arrogance and smugness did not lead this man anywhere.
You may be surprised but there are people like that
in our world today.
Vegetable prices have jumped up in the past few days. I have to number/count my pennies too. Ha-Ha!
Have a good weekend everyone.
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Labels: Reflections, Smile Please
Thursday, 7 July 2011
India ranks 4th among the world most dangerous countries for women in the world
The answer lies in the social-religious world view of my countrymen. The century old traditions incarcerate women within the courtyard of the house.
The status of women improved with the advent of Christianity and western influence. This we owe to our colonists.
Crime against women is on the rise in my state of Uttar Pradesh. Women are feeling more and more insecure unsafe and vulnerable. It is worse for a single woman like me. The police had turned rogue in my state and many times they are the perpetrators of crimes against society. We are a very ill-governed state. God 's mercy is upon us.
Here are 2 stories from the news
Female foeticide, infanticide and human trafficking make India the world's 4th most dangerous country for women, with Afghanistan's violence and poverty taking it to the top spot, followed by Congo due to horrific levels of rape, a Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll said on Wednesday.
Pakistan and Somalia ranked third and fifth, respectively, in the global survey of perceptions of threats ranging from domestic abuse and economic discrimination to female foeticide, genital mutilation and acid attacks.
"Ongoing conflict, NATO airstrikes and cultural practices combined make Afghanistan a very dangerous place for women," said Antonella Notari, head of Women Change Makers, a group that supports women social entrepreneurs around the world. "In addition, women who do attempt to speak out or take on public roles that challenge ingrained gender stereotypes of what's acceptable for women to do or not, such as working as policewomen or news broadcasters, are often intimidated or killed."
The poll by TrustLaw (www.trust.org/trustlaw), a legal news service run by Thomson Reuters Foundation, marked the launch of its new TrustLaw Women section, a global hub of news and information on women's legal rights. TrustLaw asked 213 gender experts from five continents to rank countries by overall perceptions of danger as well as by six risks.
The risks were health threats, sexual violence, non-sexual violence, cultural or religious factors, lack of access to resources and trafficking.
Some experts said the poll showed that subtle dangers such as discrimination that don't grab headlines are sometimes just as significant risks for women as bombs, bullets, stonings and systematic rape in conflict zones. "I think you have to look at all the dangers to women, all the risks women and girls face," said Elisabeth Roesch, who works on gender-based violence for the International Rescue Committee in Washington.
"If a woman can't access healthcare because her healthcare isn't prioritised, that can be a very dangerous situation as well."
Afghanistan emerged as the most dangerous country for women overall and worst in three of the six risk categories: health, non-sexual violence and lack of access to economic resources. Respondents cited sky-high maternal mortality rates, limited access to doctors and a near total lack of economic rights.
Afghan women have a one in 11 chance of dying in childbirth, according to UNICEF.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), still reeling from a 1998-2003 war and accompanying humanitarian disaster that killed 5.4 million people, came second mainly due to staggering levels of sexual violence in the lawless east. More than 400,000 women are raped in the country each year, according to a recent study by US researchers.
The United Nations has called Congo the rape capital of the world. "Statistics from DRC are very revealing on this: ongoing war, use of rape as a weapon, recruitment of females as soldiers who are also used as sex slaves," said Clementina Cantoni, a Pakistan-based aid worker with ECHO, the European Commission's humanitarian aid department.
"The fact that the government is corrupt and that female rights are very low on the agenda means that there is little or no recourse to justice." Rights activists say militia groups and soldiers target all ages, including girls as young as three and elderly women. They are gang-raped, raped with bayonets and have guns shot into their vaginas.
Pakistan ranked third largely on the basis of cultural, tribal and religious practices harmful to women. These include acid attacks, child and forced marriage and punishment or retribution by stoning or other physical abuse. "Pakistan has some of the highest rates of dowry murder, so-called honour killings and early marriage," said Divya Bajpai, reproductive health advisor at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
Some 1,000 women and girls die in honour killings annually, according to Pakistan's Human Rights Commission.
India ranked fourth primarily due to female foeticide, infanticide and human trafficking. In 2009, India's then home secretary Madhukar Gupta estimated that 100 million people, mostly women and girls, were involved in trafficking in India that year.
"The practice is common but lucrative so it goes untouched by government and police," said Cristi Hegranes, founder of the Global Press institute, which trains women in developing countries to be journalists.
India's Central Bureau of Investigation estimated that in 2009 about 90% of trafficking took place within the country and that there were some 3 million prostitutes, of which about 40% were children.
In addition to sex slavery, other forms of trafficking include forced labour and forced marriage, according to a US State Department report on trafficking in 2010. The report also found slow progress in criminal prosecutions of traffickers.
Up to 50 million girls are thought to be "missing" over the past century due to female infanticide and foeticide, the UN Population Fund says. Some experts said the world's largest democracy was relatively forthcoming about describing its problems, possibly casting it in a darker light than if other countries were equally transparent about trafficking.
Somalia ranked fifth due to a catalogue of dangers including high maternal mortality, rape and female genital mutilation, along with limited access to education, healthcare and economic resources.
"I'm completely surprised because I thought Somalia would be first on the list, not fifth," Somali women's minister Maryan Qasim told TrustLaw. "The most dangerous thing a woman in Somalia can do is to become pregnant. When a woman becomes pregnant her life is 50-50 because there is no antenatal care at all. There are no hospitals, no healthcare, no nothing."
"Add to that the rape cases that happen on a daily basis, the female genital mutilation that is being done to every single girl in Somalia. Add to that the famine and the drought. Add to that the fighting (which means) you can die any minute, any day."
Poll respondents included aid professionals, academics, health workers, policymakers, journalists and development specialists.
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Sunday, 3 July 2011
Sunday Blessings - I Thirst
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SAN FRANCISCO: Smartphones in California will be required to come with a "kill switch" to render them useless if lost or stolen under a bill signed Monday by Governor Jerry Brown, the latest effort to stem an epidemic of phone theft in the most populous US state.
The bill would be the strongest attempt yet by a US state to fight smartphone theft, which accounts for more than half of crimes in several of the state's large cities.
"Our efforts will effectively wipe out the incentive to steal smartphones and curb this crime of convenience, which is fuelling street crime and violence within our communities," said Democratic state Senator Mark Leno, the bill's author.
Under the new law all smartphones sold in the state after July 2015 will come pre-equipped with technology allowing them to be shut down remotely in the event of theft.
The bill received wide support from California prosecutors and law enforcement agencies that hoped it could help reduce smartphone thefts.
According to the National Consumers League, handheld devices were stolen from 1.6 million Americans in 2012. In California, smartphone theft accounts for more than half of all crimes in San Francisco, Oakland and other cities.
Other states experiencing a rash of smart phone thefts have considered similar measures, and Minnesota passed a theft-prevention law in May. California's new law, though, will go further, requiring manufacturers to notify consumers that the technology is available on their phones, hopefully prompting consumers to enable the kill switch.
The wireless industry removed its opposition to the bill after Leno agreed to postpone its effective date until July of 2015, the senator said. — Reuters
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Metropolitan Hilarion celebrates at the Russian Monastery on Mount Athos
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations (DECR), currently on pilgrimage to the Holy Mount Athos, visited the Russian monastery of St. Panteleimon. On 11 October 2012, the commemoration day of St. Chariton the Confessor, and Ss Cyril and Maria of Radonezh, he officiated at the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. Panteleimon. Concelebrating were Archbishop Feognost of Sergiev Posad, head of the Synodal Department for Monasteries; hieromonk Makarios, father confessor of St. Panteleimon's monastery; Rev. Kirill Tatarka, secretary of the Hungarian diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, and hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), a DECR staff member.
Brethren and many pilgrims, including laymen who accompanied the DECR chairman, prayed at the divine service, after which the guests were invited to fraternal repast. This being over, Metropolitan Hilarion addressed the brethren.
Metropolitan Hilarion wished the brethren God's help and wise guidance on their way to salvation and called them not to forget that millions of people in the world need their prayers.
Metropolitan Hilarion presented an icon of St. Isaac the Syrian to the monastery.
Later in the day, the DECR chairman and his suite departed for Uranopolis.
Source: mospat.ru


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The new Templeton Frontiers Program at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics aims to catalyze path-breaking research by encouraging young scientists to pursue ambitious and daring ideas.
The integrated program, supported by a $2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, centres on three research areas which are key to major advances in our understanding of the universe: quantum foundations and information, foundational questions in cosmology, and the emergence of spacetime.
"Perimeter Institute researchers have already made substantial contributions to each of these fields and are helping forge new connections between them," explains Neil Turok, Perimeter's Director. "We hope our new partnership with the Templeton Foundation will attract brilliant young people into foundational research and set an example by providing the environment, support, encouragement and mentorship they need to pursue breakthroughs. Together, Perimeter and Templeton are aiming to advance the way the most ambitious and original theoretical physics is done."
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The Templeton Frontiers Program is made possible through the John Templeton Foundation's Science and the Big Questions funding program, which supports innovative approaches to foundational questions throughout the mathematical and physical sciences.


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Goldman Says Stocks Need Stimulus Plan, S&P 500 May Drop to 752This is the classic "if you don't _______ (pass the bill that gives us billions), THEN_______(the world comes to an end tomorrow)" game. The previous administration mastered this game, and it was fun and interesting for awhile, but now it's just getting old.
By Lu Wang
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks won't rally until Congress approves President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan and the Treasury resolves how to use its remaining financial- rescue funds, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index will probably "retest," or fall toward or below, the 11-year low of 752.44 it sank to in November, strategist David Kostin wrote in a report today. Still, the benchmark index for U.S. stocks will end this year at 1,100, a 30 percent surge from yesterday's close, he said.
The yearlong recession and dwindling credit forced consumers to scale back spending and companies to cut profit forecasts. To revive growth, the government set up the Troubled Asset Relief Program to help banks, and the House this week passed a more than $800 billion stimulus package. The Senate hasn't voted yet.
"Passage of a stimulus plan and resolution regarding the remaining TARP capital are critical milestones that must be passed for the S&P 500 to trade higher," wrote Kostin, Goldman Sachs's U.S. investment strategist.
The S&P 500 last year tumbled 38 percent, the most since the Great Depression, after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. froze credit markets and more than $1 trillion in losses at financial firms eroded profits. Since sinking to 752.44 on Nov. 20, the benchmark has gained 11 percent to 835.55.
Kostin advised that investors buy health-care stocks and companies that make and sell consumer staples, or items that don't tend to suffer a reduction in demand during a recession. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Centene Corp. are among companies that may benefit from tax cuts and a proposed increase in federal spending on Medicaid, the strategist said.
In my judgment, no company who is taking any TARP money, or any nickel from the taxpayer whatsoever, should be allowed to make any statements on the future direction of the markets – PERIOD.
I've got news for Goldman. From a technical perspective, if we make it down to 752, we're likely going all the way down to that pennant target of sub 300. Now we're talking real scary – and you know what wouldn't scare me in the least? GS being forced to mark all their assets to market TODAY. Gee, can't say that I argue with this guy and his sign at all!
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Part of my horoscope for today?
"You are on a roll, keep going."
Guess that means back to the writing!
Hope you enjoy your Wednesday. And have you seen anything in your horoscope recently that seems to "speak" to you? Hmm?
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
In the Stars
Part of my horoscope for today?
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Robert Muchamore, John Aggs, and Ian Edginton sign at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Saturday 4TH AUGUST from 1 – 2pm.
A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that one of these kids has bugged every room in her house, made copies of all her computer files and stolen her address book. The kid works for CHERUB. .James is a 12-year-old boy from the wrong side of the tracks, sent to a children's home when his mother dies and his stepfather disowns him. But CHERUB is recruiting, and James is pinpointed as having potential. Taken under cover of darkness, he finds himself in a secret location – at the training centre for all CHERUB agents. He faces extreme hardship while preparing for his first mission – to foil a suspected anthrax attack …
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The N-word debases all, but Deen's been punished enough (Column)
Business entrepreneur Paula Deen received major criticism for her admission of using the N-word, but I used the racial epithet Saturday at a festival.
Prior to that, I could not tell you when that word, that despicable word, fell out of my mouth. I hate the word. In fact, my black friends catch significant rebuffs when they include that word in our conversations.
White friends never use it.
Before this moves toward how it came about that that word found its way into the June summer sky, maybe we should discuss Ms. Deen.
Her appearance on the "Today" show with Matt Lauer seemed like a lot of fuss about almost nothing. Fourteen minutes of apologizing, crying and cross-examination.
Ms. Deen used a word that thousands if not millions of black people use every day. Black youth have turned that word into a kind of user-friendly greeting, a salutation that disconnects from its deplorable past.
That word that. That word this. That word please.
Lauer grilled Deen like a rack of baby back ribs, unleashed a filibuster that inquired how many times she used the word. I wanted Deen to fire back and quiz Lauer whether he used that word, or whether his friends used that word, or if he had ever stood silent while a business associate or girlfriend used that word in a joke, or maybe as a putdown.
This country has young black men dying faster than July, but Lauer has all this time to beat up Deen, not because his station represents some paragonic virtue. Lauer ran his mouth for ratings.
The "Today" show should talk about black genocide but Lauer knows that his viewers will turn their channels. Minimal interest exists about the effects of generational poverty. That ain't news, that's reality.
Paula Deen's admission that she planned a "really Southern plantation" wedding for her brother on the other hand? Cha-ching. Cha-ching.
Deen intended to hire an all-black staff who would pretend to be slaves.
Yeah, pretty stupid stuff. Paula Deen blubbered so much that I thought we had backtracked to a television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart confession.
She admitted every misstep but left out Swaggart's "I have sinned."
OK, Paula, you used that word. Go make potato salad, hush puppies and smoked turkey thighs while reciting the Lord's prayer.
Companies like Home Shopping Network dropped Ms. Deen based on a fear that their customers might take their money and run,
If we witchhunt that word, then perhaps that should be a line of questiong before job interviews, marriage proposals, securing a seat at the captain's table.
Ask President Bill Clinton, weatherman Al Roker, NBA sports commentator Charles Barkley, Sen. John McCain. Let use of that word mean everything, no matter how much time has transpired since that word came out.
More concern here after an altercation with a Caucasian guy who left his car Saturday after we exchanged words.
As usual, Mercer County delivered a fantastic Freedom Festival event, plus a fireworks show that jumpstarted America's Fourth of July celebration.
In the past I usually parked inside the park, which meant an hour or more of waiting time once the fireworks show ended. This year I parked outside the park, then walked in to a ranger's station.
My departure allowed me to walk faster than many of the cars that crawled toward an exit. Anyway, nut shells started landing near my feet. No big deal, Eventually, though, it seemed as if the shell man had picked me out as a target.
"Throw another shell at me and let's see what happens," started our verbal fight.
The dude stopped his car in mid-traffic and jumped out.
"What did you say, mother (expletive)," he said.
More words before he went back to his car.
"You (expletive) (that word)," he screamed.
Laughter followed because that word rarely raises my blood pressure.
He said it a second time.
Finally, he heard me say that his mother is that word. Technically, not exactly the usual context for that word.
Man, I had done so well up to that point. No curse words. No that word.
The car's interior dome light showed a woman seated in the front passenger seat.
Behind her, a young boy appeared upset.
A concern raised for his well being, his future, and what he will learn as a young boy.
What Paula Deen said decades ago seemed unimportant with what had materialized in June 2013.
My apology extends to that little boy and no one else.
Even provoked, I am a better person than what his eyes experienced and what his heart felt.
Paula Deen deserves better than what she's getting, too.


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Like the tides, the AMD buyout rumor returned yesterday, this time with Dell as the alleged buyer. And yet again, the stock market dutifully responded by moving share prices around as the speculators who started and stoked the rumor no doubt took their gains. There are so many problems with this rumor whenever it arises, but the two main issues are (a) it's hard to see a good rationale for any other tech player to buy AMD, and (b) Intel wants to make sure that AMD stays independent and viable (although not too viable).
What sparked the buyout rumors this time was a train of high-level executive exits at AMD, starting with CEO Dirk Meyer's departure last month. COO Robert Rivet and SVP of Corporate Strategy Marty Seyer announced last week that they'd be following Meyer out the door, prompting speculation about what, exactly, is going on at the chipmaker. A string of high-profile exits is always a bad sign, but it doesn't have to mean that it's sale time.
One possible factor behind the exits could be the board dissatisfaction fingered in the case of Meyer. Of course, in the past six months, AMD's stock has posted a healthy 35 percent gain—compare it to Intel's 11 percent jump despite a string of record quarters. So what could AMD shareholders possibly be cranky about? NVIDIA is one possible answer.
NVIDIA is up over 150 percent in the past six months—a terrific run that parallels ARM's similar blast-off in this same timeframe. Jen-Hsuan's gamble with the launch of the Tegra line has paid off big time, and NVIDIA is reaping the rewards of the entire tech market's current infatuation with ARM. Meanwhile, as we pointed out in our coverage of Meyer's departure, AMD's answer to Tegra was the Imageon line—a great chip with a head-start against Tegra that AMD unfortunately sold to Qualcomm in order to keep itself afloat.
But ultimately, it's pointless to speculate about AMD's executive departures until we get more details. The fact that AMD blew its ARM opportunity while NVIDIA is blowing up could be a factor, but it could also come down to internal politics. Who knows.
What is clear is that while the departures amount to a shake-up, the sale thesis is still very weak.
x86 is not ARM
The idea that a larger x86 systems integrator like Dell might buy AMD to give it an edge is the kind of notion that could only have gotten any traction in the wake of ARM's rise. The pundits and analysts who propose such things are probably now seeing the x86 market through the distorting lens of the ARM ecosystem, and that's a mistake.
It's expensive to have your own in-house chip design team, so if you're going to do it then it had better make a whole lot of sense. In the case of the commodified ARM ecosystem, an in-house team that either tweaks the standard-issue ARM designs or does a new implementation from the ground up can enable an Apple or a Qualcomm to differentiate itself from a crowded field of competitors making mostly similar products from mostly identical microprocessor cores.
Contrast this to the x86 market, which isn't an "ecosystem" but is rather a single, giant integrated device manufacturer (Intel) and a much smaller, IP-only rival (AMD... and no, VIA isn't big enough to matter here). Given this dynamic, it's not at all clear why an x86 systems integrator would want to own its own in-house chip design team. Why not let AMD and Intel duke it out, and then pick from the best of each product cycle? Why take on all the risk of doing CPU and/or GPU design in competition with Intel? What business problem does this solve for anyone?
In other words, the decision to do ARM design in-house is a decision to try to differentiate yourself a bit from a crowded ecosystem; the decision to do x86 design in-house is a decision to compete with Intel on design and manufacturing prowess. The former makes sense, while the latter is a good way to earn yourself a really long string of money-losing quarters.
Finally, the Intel monopoly factor weighs against a sale of AMD.
As one pundit has sensibly pointed out, the purchase of AMD would amount to a declaration of war with Intel. Certainly the numerous patent cross-license agreements between the two rivals would come up for renegotiation in the event of a sale, but that licensing arrangement is not itself why Intel would oppose an AMD buy-out—rather, the threat of ending the cross-licensing pact is just the leverage that Intel would use to ensure that such a buy-out doesn't happen.
It's conventional wisdom at this point that Intel needs a viable, independent AMD in order to stay out of antitrust trouble in the US and Europe. And for once, conventional wisdom is probably right. If a Dell or an Apple were to buy AMD and then stop selling AMD chips to rival OEMs, Intel would be the only real x86 supplier left standing (again, ignoring VIA, which is absolutely minuscule). The moment a larger systems integrator announces a bid for AMD, Intel will have a talk with it and explain that if it purchases the chipmaker, then it will soon lose access to the x86 patents, in which case the GPU IP is all that will be left for them to develop. So unless the plan is to pair AMD's GPUs with an ARM core and use the resulting SoC to gain an edge in the ARM market, there seems to be no reason to buy the chipmaker.
So an AMD acquisition by the likes of Dell—or any other PC systems integrator—not only makes no sense, but Intel would surely never permit it to happen.
This isn't to say that AMD won't be purchased—some private equity group could buy it for whatever reason. Or, as I suggested above, if AMD becomes really cheap it might make sense for an ARM shop to buy them and then do an ARM CPU + ATI GPU fusion of the type that NVIDIA is working on with its Project Denver. But as a strategic acquisition that gives an x86 customer some sort of advantage over the rest of the x86 field (i.e., Intel's customers), it makes zero sense.


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London Attack: British Intel Knew of Suspects in Hacking Death
The two suspected attackers are in the hospital under armed guard.
LONDON, May 23, 2013 -- British police today dramatically widened their investigation of the hacking death of a British soldier, arresting two suspects and raiding six homes after the assault that raised fears that terrorism had returned to London.
"This is a large, complex and fast-moving investigation which continues to develop," police said in a statement released to reporters. "Officers have been gathering information from witnesses, social media and a painstaking trawl of CCTV footage in the area is taking place."
READ MORE: British Mother Confronted Hostile Hacking Suspects
Intelligence services admitted at the same time that they knew of the two men who allegedly killed the soldier Wednesday, a British security official told ABC News today, but the two weren't deemed enough of a threat to arrest or monitor.
The two arrested today -- one in South London -- are a man and woman, both 29, and both held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, police said. Any connection to the Wednesday slaying is unclear.
Despite any progress, British intelligence will likely face questions about whether it should have been able to stop the assault.
The soldier who died in southeast London has been identified as Drummer Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. "Drummer" is the equivalent of "private" in the Fusiliers, an infantry regiment in the British Army.
He was a veteran of Afghanistan, deployed to Helmand in 2009. Before he traveled to Afghanistan, he'd served as part of the Queen's Guard, standing duty outside London's royal palaces.
Outside the scene of the attack, officers combed, inch-by-inch, a parking garage and a lawn, and said they had recovered a "number of items."
One of the alleged attackers was a British Christian who converted to Islam, according to Anjem Choudary, the former leader of the group Al Muhajiroun, a banned Islamist Organization.
He is Michael Adebolajo, who converted to Islam in 2003 and changed his name to Mujahid, meaning one who wages jihad, Choudary told ABC News.
WATCH: London Knife-Hacking Attack Called Possible Terror
Choudary said Adebolajo was never a member of Al Muhajiroun but he knew him because he attended the group's rallies from about 2005 to 2011.
After 2011, Choudary said, Adebolajo stopped attending rallies. Choudary said he has no idea what Adebolajo has been doing since, and he said that Adebolajo never suggested any antipathy to British soldiers or any willingness to commit violence.
"He was a very peaceful man," Choudary said. "Never saw any kind of violence streak in him. Very quiet, timid man, in fact."
Adebolajo is under arrest in the hospital, recovering from bullet wounds he suffered when police shot him after he allegedly killed the British soldier.
He apparently had no intention of getting away, asking passersby to call the police and invited them to interview him on their camera phones. He spoke holding two bloody knives and his hands stained deep red, using rhetoric similar to that expressed in martyrdom videos.
"We swear by almighty Allah, we will never stop fighting you until you leave us alone, your people will never be safe," Abedolajo said calmly, according to ITV News, which first obtained the video. "Tell them to bring our troops back so we -- so you -- can all live in peace."
British police and politicians are concerned about blowback attacks, especially in the London district of Woolwich, the scene of Wednesday's attack, which has had a past history of racial tensions. A few hundred members of the anti-immigrant and right-wing party, the English Defense League, poured into Woolwich Wednesday night, wearing masks and throwing rocks at police. And police reported two separate attacks on Muslim centers in southern and eastern England.
Police in Essex, east of London, arrested a 43-year-old who was holding a knife outside a Muslim prayer center Wednesday night. They charged him with attempted arson as well as suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, Essex police told ABC News.
And in Gillingham, Kent, which is south of London, another man was arrested Wednesday night outside a mosque on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage, Kent police told ABC News.
In response, an additional 1,200 cops are patrolling London today, according to Scotland Yard, focusing on mosques and religious centers, as well as outside army barracks.
And British Prime Minister David Cameron took pains to appeal to all Britons, emphasizing that the attack wasn't only on a single soldier.
"This was not just an attack on Britain and the British way of life. It was also a betrayal of Islam and of the Muslim communities who give so much to our country," Cameron told reporters.
British Muslim organizations were quick to condemn the attack.
"We must come together, isolate those who believe that extremism and violence are acceptable, and work to ensure that they meet the full force of the law," Fiyaz Mughal, the director of Faith Matters, said in a statement. "We as the Muslim community will work against anyone who promotes such hatred."
Still, at a moment when much of the country was upset by a crime clearly designed to shock, there were signs of notable bravery.
After the attack, a mother of two named Ingrid Loyau-Kennett approached one of the attackers and engaged him in conversation. Loyau-Kennet can be seen in a photograph calmly talking to the man. He was carrying a bloody knife -- she carried only her resolve.
"I just talked to him. He looked like a normal guy. He wasn't high, he wasn't on drugs. A normal guy pissed off with the fact [as he said], 'Muslim women and children are dying in their countries by the hand of white men,'" she told ITV's Daybreak. " He was very, very close to me. He was almost touching me ... I asked him, what's the point. [He said] 'war in London.'"
ITV presenter asked her why she wasn't scared. "Better me than a child," Loyau-Kennet said. "Because, unfortunately, there were more and more mothers with children stopping around. So it was even more and more important that I talk to him and then ask him what he wanted."
Cameron called Loyau-Kennet a hero.
"When told by the attacker he wanted to start a war in London, she replied, 'You are going to lose. It is only you against many,'" Cameron said. "She spoke for us all."


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Hugh Hefner marries on New Year's Eve
Playboy boss Hugh Hefner has wed his girlfriend Crystal Harris.
The 86 year old publishing tycoon and 26-year-old Harris exchanged vows at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California on Monday (31Dec12).
The excited bride kept fans updated about her big day with posts on Twitter.com; in one she wrote, "Today is the day I become Mrs. Hugh Hefner. Feeling very happy, lucky, and blessed."
She also uploaded a picture of staffers setting up the altar, alongside a caption which read, "The mansion is looking beautiful #weddingbells".
Hefner and Harris were originally set to walk down the aisle last year (Jun11), but the model-turned-lingerie store owner got cold feet and called off the wedding. They reconciled in May (12) and Hefner proposed again earlier this month (Dec12), announcing he was planning to ring in 2013 as a married man.
This is his third marriage – he was married to Mildred Williams from 1949 to 1959, and he wed Kimberley Conrad in 1989. The couple divorced in 2010.
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What is Dropbox?
Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. Any file you save to your Dropbox will also automatically save to all your computers, phones, and even the Dropbox website. This means that you can start working on your computer at school or the office, and finish on your home computer. Never email yourself a file again!
The Dropbox Folder
After you install Dropbox on your computer, a Dropbox folder is created. If you're reading this guide, then that means you had no problems finding your Dropbox folder :). This folder is just like any other folder on your computer, but with a twist. Any file you save to your Dropbox folder is also saved to all your other computers, phones, and the Dropbox website. On top of your Dropbox is a green icon that lets you know how your Dropbox is doing: Green circle and check: All the files in your Dropbox are up to date. Blue circle and arrows: Files in your Dropbox are currently being updated.
Adding files to your Dropbox
Step 1 Drag and drop a file into your Dropbox folder.
Step 2 The blue icon means your file's syncing with Dropbox.
That's it! The green icon means that your file has finished saving to your other computers and the Dropbox website. Now that your file's in Dropbox, any changes made to it will be automatically detected and updated to your other computers.
The Dropbox Right-click/Context Menu
When you Right-Click (Windows/Linux) or Control-Click (Mac) a file or folder in your Dropbox, you'll see a menu that lets you do a few neat things with Dropbox: • • • • Share a Folder Invite your friends, family and teammates to a folder in your Dropbox. It'll be as if you saved that folder straight to their computers. View Previous Versions View a record of changes made to a file. You can choose to go back to an earlier version of a file if you'd like. Browse on Dropbox Website... View a file on the Dropbox website. Copy Public Link Generate a link