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December 2008.

On September 13, 2008, hundreds of DC-area residents gathered at CFP Board's free Financial Planning Clinic to meet one-on-one with over a hundred volunteer CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals to discuss their personal finance questions, concerns and interests free of charge, with no strings attached

Google Tech Talks July 15, 2008 ABSTRACT Org-mode is a large Emacs sub-systems that has been integrated into Emacs with the version 22.1 release. From it original intend, Org-mode is a system for structured note-taking and project planning. It uses strictly plain text files, making it a truly portable, system-independent solution. The project-planning features are implemented using a fairly simple outlining paradigm, upon which meta-data concepts like due dates, priorities, TODO states and tags are overlayed in a non-intrusive way. Besides outlining the system and its basic concepts, I will give background information into the history of Org-mode and discuss the properties of such an evolved system compared to a top-down designed one. Finally, I will also briefly touch on some technical aspects that may be interesting for Emacs wizards and developers. Speaker: Carsten Dominik

When shopping online for bridal shower supplies, consider how many people will be attending the party. Shop online for bridal shower supplies with tips from a party planner in this free video on weddings.

http://www.ted.com In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.

Wedding Planning Basics covers the first three steps a newly engaged couple should take when starting wedding plans.

Israeli war planes continued to pound Hamas targets in the Gaza strip for the third day running as Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband called today for an immediate ceasefire to halt the "unacceptable" loss of life. As the death toll among Palestinians passed 300, it was reported that Ehud Olmert's cabinet is considering a ground invasion of Gaza to stamp out the militants still firing rockets into Israel. Tanks are gathering at the border and 6,500 Israeli reservists have been called up. Sunday's air strikes - which targeted the Hamas TV channel, al-Aqsa, and the Hamas-affiliated Islamic University as well as underground smuggling tunnels - was the most deadly day of conflict since Israel occupied the Gaza strip in 1967. The dead include Palestinian police officers and many students. In an attempt to escape the onslaught, hundreds of Palestinians tried to break out of Gaza through the border fence with Egypt at Rafah. At least one Palestinian died as Egyptian security forces opened fire in order to hold them back. Meanwhile, Israeli reports claim that Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired more than 100 rockets into Israel since the air strikes began on Saturday. Two missiles hit Ashdod, the Israeli port 23 miles north of Gaza - the furthest north any rocket has reached. The UN Security Council has called on Israel to use restraint. But the US says it is Hamas's responsibility to halt the rocket fire. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, David Miliband said he was concerned that the Israeli air-raids would radicalise more Palestinians. "I think this is very dangerous and a very dark moment," he said.

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Noted mission critical expert and author Ron Bowman, an Executive Vice President at Tishman Technologies, speaks about BCP.

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November 2006 Brazilian urban planning guru, Jaime Lerner, has cracked the problem of getting a city to run well. His idea - to put people before cars - has vastly improved residents' quality of life. Lerner has revolutionised transport in his hometown of Curibita, diverting traffic around the centre. Huge pedestrian areas and parks have replaced busy roads and congestion has been tackled with an efficient bus service. As Lerner explains; "If you want to make life better for people, make the cities better."

Artist: A Perfect Circle Album: THIRTEEN STEP Track 03: The Noose Note: I just copied and pasted this lyrics. Don't fight about it, enjoy the music. ________________________________________ So glad to see you well Overcome and completely silent now Without himself You cast your demons out And not to pull your halo down Around your neck and tug you off your cloud But I'm more than just curious How you're planning to go about Making your amends to the dead To the dead Recall the deeds as if They're all someone else's Atrocious stories Now you stand reborn before us all So glad to see you well And not to pull your halo down Around your neck and tug you to the ground But I'm more than just curious How you're planning to go about Making your amends to the dead To the dead With your halo slipping down Your halo slipping Your halo slipping down Your halo slipping down Your halo slipping down (repeated) Your halo slipping down to choke you now ---------------------------------------- ------------- All a perfect circle songs in this user

CNN's Wolf Blitzer speaks with Queen Noor of Jordan about the Israeli incursion into Gaza. Queen Noor of Jordan is an international humanitarian activist and an outspoken voice on issues of world peace and justice. She was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby to an Arab-American family distinguished for its public service. After receiving a B.A. in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University in 1974, Queen Noor worked on international urban planning and design projects in Australia, Iran, the United States, and Jordan. She married His Majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan in 1978. Queen Noor plays a major role in promoting international exchange and understanding of Arab and Muslim culture and politics, Arab-Western relations, and conflict prevention and recovery issues such as refugees, missing persons, poverty and disarmament. She has also helped found media programs to highlight these issues. Her conflict recovery and peacebuilding work over the past decade has focused on the Middle East, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa. Queen Noors work in Jordan since 1978 has focused on national development needs in the areas of education, sustainable development, human rights and cross-cultural understanding. She is also actively involved with international and UN organizations that address global challenges in these fields. The initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation (NHF) which she chairs have transformed development thinking in Jordan through pioneering programs in the areas of poverty eradication, health, womens empowerment, microfinance, and arts as a medium for social development and cross-cultural exchange, many of which are internationally acclaimed models for the Middle East and the developing world. The NHF manages one of the largest portfolios of economic empowerment development programs in Jordan, including several semi-independent institutions. Among them, Jordan Micro Credit Company, NHF's microfinance institution (MFI), is one of the largest micro-credit companies in the region, and is rated as the tenth best performing MFI worldwide for 2007. The Institute for Family Health, which provides comprehensive health care services to Jordanians, since 2006 has provided medical assessments and services with local partners to over 90,000 displaced Iraqis living in Jordan, including psychological counseling and rehabilitation. On a regional level, NHFs Village Business Incubator for women, which promotes womens active role in the labor market through business training and linkages with marketing and lending institutions, is being replicated in Syria. Queen Noor also chairs the King Hussein Foundation (KHF) and the King Hussein Foundation International (KHFI), founded in 1999 to build on King Husseins humanitarian vision and legacy in Jordan and abroad through national, regional and international programs that promote education and leadership, economic empowerment, tolerance, and cross-cultural dialogue, as well as media that enhances mutual understanding and respect among different cultures and across conflict lines. Through KHFI, headquartered in the United States, Queen Noor awards the King Hussein Leadership Prize to individuals, groups or institutions that demonstrate inspiring and courageous leadership in their efforts to promote sustainable development, human rights, tolerance, equity and peace. The KHLP is awarded at an annual dinner and cross cultural dialogue that serves as a platform for next generation peace-builders and world leaders such as President Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan. She has assumed an advocacy role in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, and has traveled to Central and Southeast Asia, the Balkans, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America to advocate with governments, support NGOs, and visit with landmine survivors struggling to recover and reclaim their lives. She has testified before the U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus appealing for humanitarian assistance and justice for hundreds of thousands of landmine victims worldwide. Her Majesty is a board member of Refugees International and an outspoken voice for the plight of refugees, displaced persons and other dispossessed people around the world. She has visited Pakistan to assess the Afghan refugee situation, and is advocating for international support for the nearly 5 million Iraqis displaced in Iraq and in Jordan, Syria and other countries after the 2003 Iraq conflict. In 2004 and 2005, as an expert advisor to the United Nations, Queen Noor traveled to Central Asia to advocate for adoption and implementation of the Ottawa Treaty throughout the region and for multi-sectoral commitment to the Millennium Development Goals in Tajikistan, one of the worlds poorest countries.

An Iraqi official confirmed that a group of employees from the Interior Ministry have been detained for allegedly planning a coup. At least 20 people have been detained in raids spanning five days. (Dec. 17)

Ive done a lot of pioneering work in the field of uniting traditional financial planning with psychology. I am convinced that ten or twenty years from now, the best financial planning firms will offer an integrated service consisting of traditional financial planning, financial coaching, and financial therapy. Rick Kahler, CFP, resides in Rapid City, South Dakota and is a fee-only financial planner. He is the co-author of "The Financial Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge"

The IFRC has focused its planning 2009-2010 on early warning, early action. This entails proactively using existing knowledge and resources to better identify risks and to act before disasters happen. This community-based, preventive approach not only significantly reduces the number of people affected by natural disasters but also achieves longer-lasting solutions, and reduces levels of spending on costly emergency response. It is estimated that a dollar spent on prevention today saves four dollars on emergency response. While the IFRC will focus on preventive action, it will continue planning for those made vulnerable by poverty, inequality, urbanization, migration, climate change, violence and the spread of disease. For now, that means further strengthening its response capacity, which continues to be needed by an ever growing number of vulnerable people. Recent operations show that in just a few years the time needed to deliver essential relief items has been reduced by 70 per cent while the number of families assisted every day has risen by 25 per cent. More information: http://www.ifrc.org/where/plan_budget/index.asp Year: 2008 Duration: 3 minutes 9 seconds *************************** Plans 2009-2010 de la FICR La Fédération internationale a articulé ses plans 2009-2010 autour du concept alerte anticipée, action anticipée qui consiste à mettre à profit les connaissances et ressources à disposition pour mieux identifier les risques et agir avant que les catastrophes ne se produisent. Cette approche préventive, fondée sur laction communautaire, ne contribue pas seulement à réduire de manière significative le nombre des personnes affectées par les catastrophes naturelles, mais également à promouvoir des solutions plus durables et à limiter le gaspillage des ressources dans de coûteuses interventions durgence. De fait, on estime que chaque dollar consacré à la prévention permet déconomiser quatre dollars en opérations de secours durgence. Tout en mettant laccent sur laction préventive, la Fédération internationale continuera évidemment de mener des opérations dassistance en faveur des populations fragilisées par la pauvreté, les inégalités, lurbanisation, les migrations, le changement climatique, la violence et les maladies. Dans limmédiat, cela signifie de renforcer encore notre capacité dintervention, de manière à pouvoir répondre aux besoins dun nombre sans cesse croissant de personnes vulnérables. De récentes opérations montrent que, en lespace de quelques années, le temps nécessaire pour déployer des secours essentiels a été réduit de 70 pour 100, cependant que le nombre de familles assistées par jour augmentait de 25 pour 100. Pour en savoir plus : http://www.ifrc.org/fr/where/plan_budget/index.asp Année : 2008 Durée : 3 minutes 9 secondes *************************** Planes 2009-2010 de la FICR La Federación Internacional centra su planificación 2009-2010 en el enfoque de alerta temprana, acción temprana, lo que implica utilizar en forma dinámica los recursos y conocimientos existentes para identificar mejor los riesgos y actuar antes de que sobrevengan desastres. Este enfoque preventivo y basado en la comunidad no sólo permite reducir en forma significativa el número de damnificados por desastres naturales, también redunda en soluciones más duraderas y limita los gastos de las costosas intervenciones de emergencia. Se estima que por cada dólar invertido en prevención hoy en día, se ahorran cuatro dólares en intervenciones de emergencia. Al tiempo que se centrará en la acción preventiva, la FICR continuará planificando a favor de personas vulnerables a causa de la pobreza, la desigualdad, la urbanización, la migración, el cambio climático, la violencia y la propagación de enfermedades. Por el momento, eso implica reforzar aún más su capacidad de intervención que sigue siendo necesaria para ese número de personas vulnerables que no cesa de aumentar. Recientes operaciones muestran que en pocos años, el plazo de distribución de suministros de socorro esenciales disminuyó un 70 por ciento, mientras que el número de familias asistidas a diario aumentó un 25 por ciento. Más información: http://www.ifrc.org/sp/where/plan_budget/index.asp Año: 2008 Duración: 3 minutos 9 segundos

Boing Boing tv online: http://tv.boingboing.net In just a few weeks, Boing Boing TV will be traveling to Vegas for The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show with the Boing Boing Gadgets guys -- Joel, John, and Rob. We're planning to broadcast video reports from the show floor. We're also bracing ourselves for lots of casino umbrella drinks. To get us started in planning our coverage on the blog in text, photos, and in video, we thought it might be cool to hear from you, our audience. So we asked BB commenters and peeps who follow us on Twitter -- what do you hope or expect to see more of, or less of, at the world's largest electronics show this year. What exactly do you want us to bring home from CES? In this episode of BBtv, we share your responses. They include: ♦ Find weird things on the fringes -- BE BOING BOING. ♦ OH WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN!!! (capture that on video.) ♦ Better netbooks, notebooks -- mobile computing. ♦ The most impractically ginormous flatscreen television ever. ♦ mobile gaming! laptops and mobile devices that allow me to get my game on out in the world. ♦ What notebooks or a/v devices are attendees themselves using on the show floor? ♦ Do not cover gadgets at all. Cats are better than gadgets. Also, they are an emergency food source during times of economic crisis. Sponsor shout-out: Boing Boing TV's coverage of CES 2009 is sponsored by WEPC.com, in partnership with Intel and Asus. WePC.com is intended to be a site where users come together to "share ideas, images and inspiration about the ideal PC." Participants' designs, feature ideas and community feedback will be evaluated by ASUS and "could influence the blueprint for an actual notebook PC built by ASUS with Intel inside."

Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department. In the first lecture of the quarter, Professor Khatib provides an overview of the course. CS223A is an introduction to robotics which covers topics such as Spatial Descriptions, Forward Kinematics, Inverse Kinematics, Jacobians, Dynamics, Motion Planning and Trajectory Generation, Position and Force Control, and Manipulator Design. Complete Playlist for the Course: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=65CC0384A1798ADF CS 223A Course Website: http://cse.stanford.edu/class/cs223a/ Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford

Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department. Professor Khatib shows a short video on a device called The Hummingbird, and then begins Manipulator Kinematics. CS223A is an introduction to robotics which covers topics such as Spatial Descriptions, Forward Kinematics, Inverse Kinematics, Jacobians, Dynamics, Motion Planning and Trajectory Generation, Position and Force Control, and Manipulator Design. Complete Playlist for the Course: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=65CC0384A1798ADF CS 223A Course Website: http://cse.stanford.edu/class/cs223a/ Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford

Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department. Professor Khatib shows a short video on Flexible Microactuators and continues lecturing on Kinematics and Spatial Descriptions. CS223A is an introduction to robotics which covers topics such as Spatial Descriptions, Forward Kinematics, Inverse Kinematics, Jacobians, Dynamics, Motion Planning and Trajectory Generation, Position and Force Control, and Manipulator Design. Complete Playlist for the Course: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=65CC0384A1798ADF CS 223A Course Website: http://cse.stanford.edu/class/cs223a/ Stanford University: http://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stanford