Ultra-Orthodox feel they?re in a dialogue of the deaf with secular Israel

(Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men study at Jerusalem's Mir Yeshiva, the largest Jewish seminary in Israel July 4, 2012. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun )

Zalman Deren spends his days studying the Torah in a small synagogue near the Western Wall in Jerusalem. He?s young and able-bodied, with a wife and three children to feed, but has no job because that would distract him from his vocation.

A short walk away, at Israel?s largest Torah school, Mir Yeshiva, noise levels in the spacious study halls reach a low roar as hundreds of men of all ages decipher and debate the holy texts for hours. Most of them are also married with children and do not earn a living.

Israel has an estimated 60,000 full-time scripture scholars like this, who live in poverty and study to follow what they say is their faith?s highest calling. In return, Israel pays them modest stipends and exempts them from compulsory military service for all Jewish citizens.

This 64-year-old pact between the state and the ultra-Orthodox is headed for a major overhaul, however.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed at the weekend to reforms capping the number of students around 1,500 by 2016 and penalizing draft dodgers.

Full details of the plans, which should come into force by August 1, still have to be agreed within Netanyahu?s broad coalition. But any tightening of the rules will have wide support in Israeli society.

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Source: http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/07/09/ultra-orthodox-feel-theyre-in-a-dialogue-of-the-deaf-with-secular-israel/

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Analysis: Tech Inc's invincible aura fades

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hopes are evaporating that top technology companies will offer a safe harbor this year from the economic storms swirling across Europe, Asia and the United States.

Investors should brace for some of the biggest names in software and hardware -- from Microsoft Corp and IBM to Intel Corp -- to disappoint when Big Tech begins reporting numbers next week, analysts said.

The trio's shares are all in the red for July, in the wake of earnings warnings over the past week from smaller peers, including Advanced Micro Devices Inc, Applied Materials Inc and Informatica Corp.

Corporate IT budgets have historically proved more resilient to worsening macro-economic conditions than other kinds of spending, because businesses invest on the assumption that technology boosts productivity and helps save them costs over the long term.

But investors may have misjudged the depth of the European crisis, and with once-reliable-as-clockwork Chinese growth waning, demand in other emerging markets has not picked up enough of the slack.

The profit warnings could signal a broader pullback in orders, which means that Wall Street's earnings projections now appear over-optimistic to some outside experts.

"I don't think the companies or the market anticipated the kind of slowdown like the one we are going to see in the second half," said Fred Hickey, editor of the High-Tech Strategist Newsletter for investors.

"Companies haven't had a chance to adjust estimates yet and they will. That's coming," said Hickey, who has been following the tech industry since the 1980s.

The one bright spot is Apple Inc, which still has many fans on Wall Street. The iPhone and iPad maker is one of the few major tech stocks to have gained in July, to the tune of 4 percent.

Apple has beaten analysts' earnings forecasts seven out of the past eight quarters by at least 12 percent. Last quarter, it reported earnings 22.5 percent above Wall Street estimates.

Its performance has propped up the entire sector and analysts expect a new iPhone this year to keep that up.

Thomson Reuters Starmine SmartEstimates, which accords higher weight to the timeliest forecasts from historically more accurate analysts, pegs Apple as likely to report earnings of more than 1 percent above the Street's average forecast. In contrast, Microsoft, which is preparing to launch Windows 8 and tablets, may report earnings 0.7 percent below the average.

"Guidance could turn out to be very conservative given momentum with new Macs, a potential iPad mini and ongoing success with the new iPad," Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes said in a research note. Apple said the latest iPad will hit Chinese store shelves on July 20.

ESTIMATES SEEN DROPPING

Apple aside, market watchers expect the economic malaise will broadly hit technology companies in the second half of the year, even at firms that managed to squeak by in the second quarter and avoid issuing preliminary earnings warnings.

Over the past three months, analysts have largely held on to their second-quarter earnings forecasts for technology and telecommunications companies, while cutting estimates in other sectors. Now many may have to make up for that oversight.

An IDC survey of chief information officers (CIOs) at about 250 U.S. companies conducted two weeks ago found, on average, that they expected their budgets to decrease for the first time since early 2009.

"There is this sense among CIOs that things have slowed down and they are going to have to think about ways of cutting back," said IDC analyst Stephen Minton.

Analysts currently forecast companies in the S&P 500 Index will report profit growth of 5.8 percent in the second quarter, with technology earnings growing at 7.9 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data.

They are more optimistic about prospects for the second half and that's where some expect cuts to come.

Analysts forecast third-quarter earnings growth of 12.9 percent for the S&P 500's technology index and fourth-quarter growth of 14.9 percent.

Companies at risk in the second half include services giant IBM, No. 1 chipmaker Intel, as well as software makers including Microsoft and VMware Inc, analysts said.

It's not a surprise to some that sentiment has shifted so quickly.

Historically when businesses have frozen or cut technology budgets, they have sometimes done so suddenly, taking tech companies and Wall Street by surprise. That process appears to have begun.

"Sentiment is turning into reality," said Cliff Waldman, senior economist with the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation. "Negative sentiment is truly starting to affect investment spending."

When it issued its warning last week, Informatica said business conditions "dramatically" worsened in June with customers scrutinizing deals more closely.. Applied Materials warned on Tuesday that it expected weak demand from chipmakers to put a damper on sales through at least the third quarter.

Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott, which manages about $54 billion, blames the tech turmoil on Europe, a strengthening U.S. dollar, which reduces the revenue contribution from overseas sales, and concerns about a U.S. tax increase.

"If there is no improvement on domestic data points, or news from Europe that the saga has ended, why should there be a change?" Luschini said.

(Additional reporting by Poornima Gupta, editing by Edwin Chan and Tiffany Wu; Desking by Andrew Hay)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tech-incs-invincible-aura-fades-212457757--sector.html

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House panel probes UN agency's tech shipments

(AP) ? A House panel launched an investigation Monday into whether a U.N. agency sent computers and other technology to Iran and North Korea in possible violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions.

The Foreign Affairs Committee probe comes on the heels of a State Department review of the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization, which insisted last week that it did nothing wrong in providing "standard IT equipment" to the patent and trademark offices in the two countries. The 185-member organization focuses on patents, copyright, trademarks and designs.

Those assurances failed to mollify members of Congress.

"Providing these thugs with sensitive technology has the potential to enable their dangerous agendas," Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., chairwoman of the committee, said in a statement. "This serious offense cannot go overlooked or unpunished."

In Geneva last week, WIPO legal counsel Edward Kwakwa said none of the technology or training provided to Iran and North Korea violated U.N. Security Council sanctions. However, he said that because of American concerns the U.N. agency will "systematically refer relevant cases of technical assistance" to sanctions officials.

State Department officials were pressed on the issue last Thursday. They said they were aware of allegations that the transfer or material may have violated U.N. sanctions and they were reviewing development projects for both countries.

"We're working with both the (WIPO) director general and other member-states to institute reforms that will ensure future development projects are properly reviewed prior to being approved and implemented," said spokesman Patrick Ventrell. "And we're working in New York to ensure that the U.N. Security Council Sanctions Committees play a more active role in advising international organizations on how to remain compliant with U.N. sanctions."

Last month, Rep. Howard Berman, the Foreign Affairs Committee's top Democrat, raised concerns about the transfer with Commerce Department officials.

"I have been closely following reports that WIPO officials have been transferring computers, firewalls, and other technological devices to the governments of North Korea and Iran," said the California congressman. "Needless to say we find this highly distressing, not only because it potentially violates a slew of U.N. Security Council Resolutions and very possibly our country's policies on internet freedom, but also because these technology transfers were carried out by an organization largely funded by U.S. inventors."

Teresa Stanek Rea, deputy undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and deputy director of the Patent and Trademark Office, told Berman and members of the House Judiciary Committee that the office found the allegations disappointing.

"From what I understand (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry has not yet been fully open as to all of the issues and that more information will likely be forthcoming," Rea said. "The World Intellectual Property Organization is operating in our U.S. innovators and stakeholders best interest, but this issue is something that's particularly distressing to us at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and that in collaboration with other U.S. government agencies we will do and handle it in a way that's appropriate."

Associated Press

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Obama accuses Romney of caving on taxes

President Barack Obama speaks at James Day Park Thursday, July 5, 2012, in Parma, Ohio. Obama is traveling through Ohio and Pennsylvania on a two-day "Betting on America" bus tour to highlight commitment to invest in American workers and creating jobs. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

President Barack Obama speaks at James Day Park Thursday, July 5, 2012, in Parma, Ohio. Obama is traveling through Ohio and Pennsylvania on a two-day "Betting on America" bus tour to highlight commitment to invest in American workers and creating jobs. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gives a thumbs up as he carries his granddaughter Soleil while walking in the Fourth of July Parade in Wolfeboro, N.H., Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

(AP) ? President Barack Obama is accusing Republican Mitt Romney of caving under pressure from Rush Limbaugh for saying that requiring all Americans to buy health insurance amounts to a tax.

Obama says in an interview with NBC affiliate WLWT in Cincinnati that Romney supported the individual mandate as Massachusetts governor but "has suddenly reversed himself." Obama says it raises questions over whether Romney is abandoning a principal after "getting pressure for two days from Rush Limbaugh" or other critics.

Romney said Wednesday the Supreme Court ruled the requirement to buy health insurance was a tax, amounting to a shift in position. A top Romney adviser said previously that Romney viewed the mandate as a penalty, a fee or a fine ? not a tax.

Obama says "principles matter" as president.

Associated Press

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Flexible role of CMS website development

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Continuous Improvement Goals for Academic Units ... - Self Help Zone

Continuous improvement goals can be implemented by various different groups and individuals to improve achievement or productivity and also enhance satisfaction levels.

In a sense, continuous improvement can be everybody?s goal so that there is a striving to continually get better while preventing stagnation.

Continuous Improvement GoalsWe look at two scenarios where continuous improvement goals can make a difference and how:

Continuous improvement for the student

This 6-step methodology can be used by academic units to assess and enhance student learning.

  1. Firstly, identify the educational goals that may be considered valuable. For instance, what are the skills, knowledge and values that a student hopes to achieve by taking a course?
  2. Secondly, break up each goal into several measurable objectives. What are the learning objectives of the student and what are the criteria that must be met for the student to succeed?
  3. Thirdly indentify how well these stated objectives of the continuous improvement goals are being met by the students. Some of the tools used may be external reviews, capstone courses, surveys, portfolios, internship performances, standardized achievement tests, focus groups and so on.
  4. Fourthly clarify how student-learning outcomes can be administered, analyzed and interpreted to assess success of the learning process. Which of the tools will be used for the assessment and how?
  5. Fifthly is the communication of the assessment to everyone involved in the assessment process. This would be a two process ? not only is the assessment to be conveyed, feedback is also to be obtained.
  6. Sixthly, use the feedback to make changes and reevaluate the process of assessment. What are changes needed to be made? What needs to be added, deleted or changed to increase the success of students? This is the cycle that helps to set continuous improvement goals.

The faculty of each academic unit is in the best position to effectively assess student learning programs, to define measurable objectives and to incorporate the requirements of students, employers and other involved in the development/improvement process.

Other factors involved in maintaining continuous improvement

Is there sufficient motivation for students and faculty to participate in the process of assessment? Why? What are the benchmarks set by comparable academic units or groups and how does this unit match up? Are sufficient resources available to make the enhancements required and is there sufficient support from the university, for the implementation of the continuous improvement goals envisioned?

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3 Powerful Tricks for Hypnotizing Anyone - blackguile

Despite its somewhat frightening name, black ops hypnosis is not a psychological method for brainwashing. It is actually a synonym of covert or conversational hypnosis. The term "black ops" is applied to refer to "hidden" or "unknown".

You probably know this already, since you are on this page. Here, I am going to show you some powerful methods for hypnotizing anyone effectively. They have been tested and proven to work in different social situations and on different people.

Just remember that in order to apply these black ops hypnosis techniques, you need to know the process for hypnotizing people.

Effective Positive Affirmations for Reaching the Subconscious Mind

Negative emotions affect people negatively. When the person you want to hypnotize is upset or angry, his subconscious mind is less likely to open to your influences.

For this reason, you have to work on getting the person calm and comfortable, so that he can open his subconscious mind and accept your subliminal suggestions. One way to do this is to use positive affirmations, when applying black ops hypnosis.

These are usually used for self improvement, but they will do the trick for you. The key to success is to make the positive affirmations impossible for the subject of your influence to refuse.

For instance, you will probably not have much success telling a person who is furious to sit down and relax. One powerful trick that will definitely work is to attach the positive affirmation to a non-living thing or an object.

For example, you can readily say, "Feel the relaxing atmosphere" to a person who is tense and anxious. You can say, "Cuddle in this safe chair" to someone who is afraid.

It is natural for anyone to feel relaxed in a relaxing place or safe in a safe place. This is a very subtle psychological technique that makes people accept state of mind changes easily.

Once you get the person to open up his subconscious mind, you can readily work to get him into trance and complete the black ops hypnosis process successfully.

Pattern Interrupts with Breaking the Accepted Rules of Conversation

Pattern interrupts are extremely powerful tools in black ops hypnosis. They are effectively used for getting the subject into trance as well as for building rapport at times.

Here I will show you how you can get your subject into a state of trance by breaking rules of communication that are firmly established.

In every normal conversation there are questions that require a "yes" or "no" answer, but imply an explanation to be given. Such questions include, "Can tell me (something)", "Can you help me (with something)" and "Could you explain (something)?"

Normally, your answer to such a question will include not only a simple "yes". You will go on to tell the person something, explain it or describe how you can help. In order to get a patter interrupt you will just have to say "yes" and stop there.

This will work for getting the person intro trance almost instantly. As he is expecting an explanatory answer, he will be shocked and confused because you are not giving it. Then you can readily make your embedded commands.

Induction with Memories

This is probably one of the simplest of all black ops techniques that you can use. Instead of trying to get the imagination of a person to create the setting for your induction, you can readily use his memories.

It is easier to trigger the person's memory to work for you, when you are applying black ops hypnosis. You can readily tell the subject a short story and ask whether he has had a similar experience.

Another equally useful method is to ask questions. You can readily ask the person, when he has felt the happiest, strongest or most relaxed. Then you can guide him to get into such a state once again. This will automatically open his subconscious mind for you.

Then you can readily use the person's state of mind to embed your command. For example, "You feel so strong again. Now you can overcome any challenge."

You have just learned how to do black ops hypnosis more effectively. You can become a powerful hypnotist, provided that you keep expanding your knowledge and mastering your skills.

For the absolute best information on black ops hypnosis and how to hypnotize, tips tricks and best techniques for making the most of your command of everyone else visit Marc The Hypnosis Guy's website at http://learntohypnotize.com. Here you will discover the finest facts especially for hypnosis junkies like yourself!

Source: http://blackguile.blogspot.com/2012/07/black-ops-hypnosis-3-powerful-tricks.html

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Denver Window Washing Cleaner Services and Prices

Windows are an important aspect in any structure. It is a very essential part of every home and every commercial building, irrespective of how and for what purpose the building is used. While windows are essential for ventilation and light, cleaning high rise windows can be tedious, frustrating and even dangerous. However, you cannot live in a building with dirty and dusty windows since it beats the very purpose of having windows in a structure. Cleaning windows shouldn't be of much concern as long as there are professional window cleaning Littleton services. They are just a call away and will come and do a thorough job in no time.

Services Offered By Denver Window Washing Company:

Every building is designed differently and can have different types and sizes of windows placed at different levels. No matter how high your windows are placed, they will need regular cleaning, if you want to make the most of natural light and ventilation. Getting your windows cleaned by a professional Denver window cleaner will ensure that your windows are sparkling clean. Some of the general services that window cleaning companies offer are

* Residential window cleaning

* Commercial window cleaning

* Screen cleaning and repair

* Tracks and frames

* Power washing

* Gutter cleaning

* Solar panels

* Chandeliers

* Light fixtures

* Ceiling fans

* Mirrors

* Hard water removal

* Window tint

* Solar shades

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Tips on How to Hire a Window Cleaning In Littleton:

Windows can get dirty very quickly since they are prone to attracting dust, grime, vehicle pollution, pollen from trees and plants, finger prints, etc. Therefore, you need to ensure that you identify a good window cleaning company who can provide regular window cleaning services. Here are some tips on how to hire a window cleaning company

* Go for only reputed cleaners. You could check with your neighbors or commercial building maintenance managers for referrals

* Make sure the company has a valid insurance

* Make sure the Denver window cleaner is qualified and trained for the job

* Make sure that the company uses only high quality cleaning products, tools and equipments.

Window Cleaning Prices:

From high rise buildings to single floor structures and residential buildings will require window cleaning services. However, the prices of Denver window washing services depend on various factors such as window location, type of windows, shape and size of the windows and number of windows. Only after taking into account all these factors, your Denver window cleaner will begin the process of window cleaning once you approve his quote.

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