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"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions." Confucius (551?479 B.C.)

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24 April 2014

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This Week?s Events

Sunday 25 September - Daylight Saving Time begins (NZ)

Tuesday 27 September - New Moon 11:09 UT

Wednesday 28 September - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) begins at sunset

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24 April 2014

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Education spending falling fast

Public spending on education in the UK is falling at the fastest rate since the 1950s, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

The independent financial researchers say spending will fall by 13% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15.

In England, the deepest cuts are in school buildings, higher education, 16-to-19 provision and early years.

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This Week?s Events

Sunday 30 October - Daylight Saving Time ends (European Union)

Monday 31 October - Halloween; World?s population passes 7bn

Tuesday 1 November - All Saints Day

Wednesday 2 November - All Souls Day; Moon?s First Quarter 16:38 UT

Saturday 5 November - Guy Fawkes (UK Bonfire Night)

Sunday 6 November - Daylight Saving Time ends (USA, Mexico and Canada)

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7 billionth born

A baby designated as the world?s seven billionth has been born in India.

Baby Nargis was born at 07:25 local time (01:55GMT) in Mall village in India?s Uttar Pradesh state.

Nargis was chosen symbolically by Plan International as it is not possible to know where exactly the seven billionth baby was born.

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This Week?s Events

Sunday 6 November - Daylight Saving Time ends (US, CDN)

Tuesday 8 November - Election Day (US)

Thursday 10 November - Full Moon 20:16 UT

Friday 11 November - Remembrance Day

Sunday 13 November - Remembrance Sunday

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24 April 2014

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Printers can be hacked

Two researchers at Columbia University in New York say they've found a flaw in ordinary office printers that lets hackers hijack the devices to spy on users, spread malware and even force them to overheat to the point of catching fire.

Researchers sent a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printer various bogus firmware updates. One made the fuser overheat, causing the paper in the printer to yellow and smoke until the machine shut down.

When a tax return was sent to the printer as a print job, another bogus update secretly forwarded the document, complete with Social Security numbers, to a second computer.

Source: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=printers-can-be-hacked-to-catch-fire

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This Week?s Events

Monday 10 October - Columbus Day (US); Thanksgiving Day (CDN)

Wednesday 12 October - Full Moon 02:06 UT; Dia de la Raza (MX)

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