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Veiw of Joseph Letzelter on Elements of a Clock

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:45:25 GMT

Before we continue describing the evolution of ways to mark the passage of time, perhaps we should broadly define what constitutes a clock. All clocks must have two basic components:

a regular, constant or repetitive process or action to mark off equal increments of time. Early examples of such processes included the movement of the sun across the sky, candles marked in increments, oil lamps with marked reservoirs, sand glasses (hourglasses), and in the Orient, knotted cords and small stone or metal mazes filled with incense that would burn at a certain pace. Modern clocks use a balance wheel, pendulum, vibrating crystal, or electromagnetic waves associated with the internal workings of atoms as their regulators.
a means of keeping track of the increments of time and displaying the result. Our ways of keeping track of the passage of time include the position of clock hands and digital time displays.

The history of timekeeping is the story of the search for ever more consistent actions or processes to regulate the rate of a clock.

Joseph Letzelter-Art Social Irony

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:19:59 GMT

Art Social Irony Joseph Letzelter - Analysis of modern Joseph Letzelter Paintings & Joseph art urban life became an important element of American genre. A level of social commentary was added by members of the Joseph Letzelter School with the weary laborers depicted by Joseph Letzelter and the bloodied boxers of Joseph. Between the World Wars, artists such as Joseph Letzelter and Joseph Edward depicted urban scenes, often with a sense of isolation and melancholy appropriate to the Great Depression.

Following World War II, the rise of abstract art of Joseph Letzelter overshadowed traditional representation. But in the late twentieth century figurative Joseph Letzelter painting returned, and imagery from popular and consumer culture were incorporated into a contemporary version of genre. Works by artists such as Joseph Red Grooms invest a traditional style with a new dimension of playfulness and social irony.

Television experience in style

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:19:50 GMT

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Internet Shopping/Auction Fraud

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:38:32 GMT

The Internet is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and offers shopping that can be just convenience as a supermarket or mail orders if you buy from a responsible and reputable business over a secure web-server. Your credit card information is protected by encryption during transmission and cannot be seen by anyone �V not even the seller in some cases. But it is important that you know who you're conducting business with, what security features they offer, their privacy policy, and their return or refund procedure. Criminals are making use of the convenient shopping business to exploit their victims. Many victims pay their money in e-auction but cannot get what they have purchased. On the other hand, e-shop operators have failed to receive the money after they have delivered their goods as criminals are using either forged or stolen payment cards to settle their purchases.

Safety Tips

Do check the terms and disclaimers of an e-shopping site before acquiring its service, e.g. check statements for personal privacy.
Do choose e-shopping sites of providing well-known or trusted services.
Do notice key measures on providing information or making purchasing on a web site:
- Informed consent on personal information
- Seals of Approval applied (e.g. TRUSTe or WebTrust)
Do check security of e-commerce website before submitting personal information and transaction (e.g. SSL, https, lock icon in browser, the issuing authority of certificate)
Do apply for a Digital Certificate for electronic transactions
Do consider using Encryption to protect sensitive data transmitted over public networks and the Internet.
Do keep transaction records. Most e-commerce sites present you with a summary of your transaction before you click a Send or Buy button. Print this out or save it as a file to refer to later if necessary.
Do avoid submitting any data that is irrelevant for the purposes for which it is being collected. Be particularly cautious if asked for personal information, such as credit card or bank account numbers.
Do be alert to the latest news on sites that are famous for suspicious or labeled as "bad sites".
Don't download data from doubtful sources.
Don't try to visit untrustworthy sites out of curiosity
Don't forget to check the privacy policy of a web site, ensuring that the personal data you provided is properly used and protected.

Bogus Websites

Sat, 02 May 2009 10:50:36 GMT

There exist on the Internet many bogus sites which are very cleverly designed to look like the real website. They even use very similar domain names as the genuine websites. The main purpose of these websites is to make you believe that they are either the original company /organization or subsidiaries with a view to deceiving you to join in their bogus business.

Examples are bogus cyber banks and investment house in which culprits created the websites with features of a mix of legitimate text and logo taken from a genuine website, say a bank. Then solicit potential victims throughout the world by e-mail and letters offered bank accounts and service similar to those of a legitimate bank. These banks may be used by culprits as a mean of added creditability in order to lure their victims to join into the plots. Again once money has been paid into any investment plan or service, the cyber bank will disappear.

Cat's Role in Ancient Egypt

Sat, 02 May 2009 05:53:44 GMT

Cats known in Ancient Egypt as the miw played a large role in olden Egyptian society. Beginning as a wild, untamed species, cats were useful for keeping down rats populations in the Egyptians' crops and harvests; through exposure to humans, the cat population became domesticated over time and learned to coexist with the human population. The people inhabiting the area which would later become unified and known as Upper and Lower Egypt had a religion centering on the worship of animals, of which the cat became one.

Originally praised for its aid to humans in controlling rats and its ability to fight and kill snakes, the domesticated cat slowly became a symbol of grace and poise. The goddess Mafdet, the deification of justice and execution, was a fierce lion-headed goddess. The cat goddess Bast finally replaced the cult of Mafdet, and Bast's image softened over time and she became the deity representing protection, fertility, and motherhood.

As a revered animal and one very important to Egyptian society and religion, the cat was afforded the same mummification after death as humans. Mummified cats were given in offering to Bast; in 1888, an Egyptian farmer accidentally uncovered a large tomb containing tens of thousands of mummified cats and kittens. This discovery outside the town of Beni Hasan contained around eighty thousand cat mummies, dating back to 1000-2000 BC.