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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is one of 25 Republican governors who are rejecting the health law's expansion of Medicaid. But Wisconsin's own Medicaid program, known as BadgerCare, is more generous than that of many states, and now Walker wants to transfer many people out of BadgerCare and into the insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.
It's a plan that allows Walker to reject a key part of Obamacare by turning down federal money offered to help states pay for the expansion of Medicaid. But it also may make it possible for Wisconsin to still provide health coverage to many of the state's poor and working poor residents.
And for a governor who appears to be gearing up for a 2016 presidential bid, that may not be a bad strategy.
"It's part of overall reform," Walker said in February when he announced the state's plan. The goal, he said, "is to get more people out into the workplace, more people covered when it comes to health care and fewer people dependent on the government, not because we've kicked them out, but we've empowered them to take control of their own destiny."
Walker's plan will open up Medicaid in Wisconsin to about 83,000 poor, childless adults starting Jan. 1. They were previously locked out because of a cap on the number of people who could be in the program.
At the same time, Walker announced that the state is canceling Medicaid coverage for 77,000 people who have incomes above the poverty line.
Walker's maneuver is possible because the state's Medicaid program was already one of the more inclusive in the country. It allowed people making up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level to be covered by BadgerCare.
Now the governor wants to roll BadgerCare eligibility back to 100 percent of the poverty line, and put everyone making between 100 percent and 200 percent — a range of $11,490 to $22,980 for a single person — into private subsidized coverage that they buy on the new marketplace.
Walker says everyone losing coverage will be able to buy subsidized plans under the Affordable Care Act, and many will find monthly premiums under $20.
"You're going to hear some detractors claim that moving people to the private market or to the exchanges isn't affordable," Walker said in February. But he maintains that these critics aren't aware of how much the subsidies will bring down the cost of coverage.
Jessica Jaglowski is a stay-at-home mom in Milwaukee who recently got a letter from the state saying she would be dropped from Medicaid. Her husband will be able to get coverage through his job, and their kids can stay on Medicaid, so Jaglowski is the only one who will need to seek new insurance.
"It's somewhat comforting to hear that there are exchange options available, but we don't know what those will mean, and what will be covered, and what doctors we'll get to see," says Jaglowski. "It is very stressful, and it's overwhelming looking through the plans because we don't even know really where to start."
Walker's changes put Wisconsin in a unique position, says Judy Solomon, a health policy researcher at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a think tank in Washington, D.C. The state is moving people off Medicaid, but everyone under the poverty line still has a chance at getting coverage, which isn't the case in all states.
"There is a positive part of the story, which is that everybody does have a pathway to coverage," Solomon says.
In some states that also rejected a full expansion of Medicaid, Solomon notes, there are adults who don't qualify for it yet, and are too poor to get subsidies on the exchange.
Solomon says Wisconsin is a longtime leader in serving the poor, and the state's decision to reject federal funds offered to the states to expand their Medicaid enrollment is puzzling from a fiscal perspective.
"It's ironic to me that when you have the pathway to providing a uniform system of coverage with the rest of the country, they've decided to go in the opposite direction," she says.
States that rejected a full expansion are seeing bigger increases in the Medicaid costs, Solomon says, citing a survey. And a nonpartisan review estimates Walker's plan will cost state taxpayers an additional $460 million through 2020 than if he'd gone for a full expansion that would have pulled more federal dollars into the state.
Governors who have rejected the federal funds for Medicaid expansion say it would be a short-term windfall that wouldn't cover the long-term costs of coverage.
Last week, Walker said he would tweak his plan because of the troubled startup of HealthCare.gov, the Web portal for 36 states that are relying on the federal government to run their marketplaces.
Walker says he will let people set to be dropped from Medicaid on Jan. 1 stay on the rolls three months longer, so they have more time to sign up for plans on HealthCare.gov.
"We are going to take decisive action to make sure that the people of this state, particularly people in need, do not fall through the cracks," Walker said.
The reprieve is likely to clear the state Legislature in the next few weeks.
Walker's Medicaid plan requires a waiver from the federal government, which is pending but expected to be approved.
This story was produced in partnership with Kaiser Health News. Erin Toner is a reporter with WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio.
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Iran: Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Rights Groups Demand Moratorium on Executions
(Paris, February 16,2011) – Other nations and the United Nations should speak out against a wave of executions in Iran, the Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and six human rights organizations said today. Shirin Ebadi and the human rights groups called on the Iranian Judiciary and Parliament to institute an immediate moratorium on all executions.
At least 86 people have been executed since the start of 2011, according to information received by the six organizations. The groups are Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reporters without Borders, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the International Federation for Human Rights, and its affiliate, the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights. At least eight of those executed in January were political prisoners, convicted of "enmity against God" (moharebeh) for participating in demonstrations, or for their alleged links to opposition groups.
"The Iranian authorities have shown that they are no longer content to repress those contesting the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by arresting and convicting them – they have shown they will now resort to execution," Shirin Ebadi said.
"They are using the familiar tactic of carrying out political executions at the same time as mass executions of prisoners convicted of criminal offences. These executions may increase if the world is silent," she added.
The increase in executions follows the entry into force in late December 2010 of an amended anti-narcotics law, drafted by the Expediency Council and approved by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Officials have also vowed to step up enforcement measures against drug trafficking. Sixty-seven of those executed in January had been convicted of drug trafficking. The true number of executions may be even higher, the groups said, as there are credible reports that some executions that are not officially announced are taking place in prisons.
Another prisoner executed in January was Zahra Bahrami, who had dual Dutch-Iranian nationality. The prosecutor's office charged her with drug possession and trafficking after she had been arrested for participating in a post-election demonstration. Zahra Bahrami had no right to an appeal, as her death sentence was confirmed by the Prosecutor General's office. Despite the intervention of the Dutch authorities and calls by the European Union not to execute her, authorities executed her without warning. They did not allow her to meet with her lawyer or provide the legally required 48 hour notice prior to her execution.
"The authorities have for years arrested and tried their opponents on politically motivated criminal charges such as possession of alcohol or drugs and illegal possession of arms," Shirin Ebadi said. "They have imprisoned lawyers and journalists, some of them my colleagues, on such trumped-up charges. Given the sharp rise in executions, the lack of transparency in the Iranian judicial system and recent changes in the narcotics law, there is a great danger that authorities will use ordinary criminal charges to sentence opponents to death."
The recent executions also raise fears for the lives of two men, Saeed Malekpour and Vahid Asghari, believed to have been sentenced to death by Revolutionary Courts following separate unfair trials in which they were accused of "spreading corruption on earth."
On January 30, the Tehran Prosecutor, Abbas Ja'fari Dowlatabadi, announced that the death sentences of two unnamed "administrators of obscene websites" had been sent to the Supreme Court for review. Human rights activists in Iran believe that he was referring to Saeed Malekpour and Vahid Asghari.
Saeed Malekpour, a 35-year-old web designer and permanent resident of Canada, was sentenced to death at the end of November 2010 for creating "pornographic" internet sites and "insulting the sanctity of Islam". Prior to his arrest during a family visit to Iran in 2008, he had created a programme enabling the user to upload photos. That programme had then been used to post pornographic images, which he said had happened without his knowledge. He is alleged to have been tortured while being held for more than a year in solitary confinement in Evin Prison.
Vahid Asghari, a 24-year-old information technology student enrolled at a university in India, has also been detained since 2008 and reportedly tortured. He is believed to have been tried in late 2010, but the verdict has never been officially announced.
There is also concern surrounding the case of Yousef Nadarkhani. Authorities arrested Yousef Nadarkhani, a pastor in a 400-member church in northern Iran, in October 2009. He was sentenced to death in September 2010 for "apostasy from Islam", despite the fact that no such crime currently exists under Iran's penal code. His sentence is currently under appeal before the Supreme Court.
On January 26 authorities announced that Sayed Ali Gharabat had been executed for "spreading corruption" and "apostasy" in Karoun Prison, Ahvaz, after he, according to authorities, falsely claimed to have communicated with the Twelfth Imam. Twelver Shi'a Muslims believe that the Twelfth Imam is currently in hiding and will return to earth to bring about justice.
Freedom of religion and belief is guaranteed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), of which Iran is a state party. The covenant includes the right to change one's religion.
Iran executes more people than any country other than China. The hundreds, if not thousands, of prisoners currently on death row may include more than 140 who were under the age of 18 at the time they allegedly committed their offence. International law prohibits the execution of persons for offences that they committed while under 18.
To put an end to this killing spree, other nations should demand that Iran immediately end these executions and respect its obligations under international law, Shirin Ebadi and the six human rights organizations said.
Iran has made consistent efforts to obstruct scrutiny of the situation in the country by international human rights mechanisms over the past five years. In light of that record, Shirin Ebadi and the organizations called on other nations to take advantage of the forthcoming session of the Human Rights Council to appoint a special envoy of the UN Secretary-General with a mandate to investigate and report on human rights conditions in Iran.
Since 1979, Iran has executed thousands of men, women and even children for a variety of alleged offences.
Article 6 (2) of the ICCPR states: "In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed only for the most serious crimes in accordance with the law in force at the time of the commission of the crime and not contrary to the provisions of the present Covenant and to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This penalty can only be carried out pursuant to a final judgement rendered by a competent court."
Iran has never signed the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and has voted against successive resolutions by the UN General Assembly calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, most recently in December.
Human rights organizations, including the six who have joined this statement, have documented numerous human rights abuses during detention and trials. These violations include psychological and physical pressure, amounting to torture, to force prisoners to "confess" to alleged crimes, the use of extended solitary confinement, and lack of access to lawyers.
In addition, the Revolutionary Courts hold most of their trials behind closed doors, despite a requirement under Article 168 of the Iranian Constitution that trials for "political" and "press" offences should be open.
In many cases, such as Zahra Bahrami's, lawyers of those sentenced to death are informed of their clients' executions only after they have taken place, despite the legal requirement for 48 hours' notice.

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Hundreds of health care workers in Georgia are losing their licenses to practice because of a problem created by a new immigration law in the state.
The law requires everyone — no matter where they were born — to prove their citizenship or legal residency to renew their professional licenses.
With too few state workers to process the extra paperwork, licenses for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals are expiring.
Lisa Durden with the secretary of state's office says renewing a license used to be a straightforward process and most applications whizzed through. Now, they crawl.
Enactment of the law coincided with budget cuts that reduced the office staff by 40 percent.
Kelly Farr, Georgia's deputy secretary of state, says 600 nurses alone have fallen through the cracks. "There's nothing more frustrating than getting that call from the desperate nurse, knowing ... she's being slowed down because we literally don't have enough people to click the approve button," Farr said.
While the secretary of state handles licensing of nurses, pharmacists, and veterinarians, Georgia's medical board is in charge of doctors, physician assistants and even acupuncturists. It's the same story there.
Director LaSharn Hughes says she sent 41,000 letters of notification out on a recent Thursday. "And by Monday, we'd burned up a fax machine," Hughes said. "We didn't have the staff. We didn't have the equipment."
Phones go unanswered. Paperwork piles up. And processing delays, coupled with confusion over the new rules, mean lots of expired licenses.
Hughes estimates about 1,300 doctors and other medical practitioners have lost their legal ability to work. Some didn't submit the required paperwork. Others are stuck in the backlog of applications that haven't been processed yet.
Donald Palmisano Jr. executive director of the Medical Association of Georgia, says the law fixes a problem that never existed — at least not among doctors. "We're not aware of any undocumented immigrants that are physicians," Palmisano said.
Even D.A. King, an outspoken activist and critic of illegal immigration who helped write the law, agrees. King says the law protects Georgia jobs, but even he believes some parts of the legislation need fixing. A bill that addressed some of the law's shortcomings died in the last legislative session.
"I am not only outraged, but sincerely disappointed and puzzled that our repair legislation was not allowed a vote," King says.
Legislative sponsors of the law didn't respond to interview requests. Neither did Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.
For now, state licensing offices will keep plowing through the mail containing copies of passports and birth certificates, then checking them against a list of acceptable documents.
But that's where the vetting ends, confirms Kelly Farr and Lisa Durden of the secretary of state's office. The law says nothing about making sure the documents are genuine. "We really don't have a way to do that," says Durden.
State officials say the new document requirements haven't uncovered any undocumented immigrants.
Instead, officials say they hope the process itself may discourage people in the country illegally from trying to get licenses in the first place.
This story is part of a partnership with NPR, WABE, and Kaiser Health News.
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We expect the Americans to try and steal everything that is not nailed down, its the normal process of the empire to appropriate everything. But to find a New Zealand government ministry assisting the theft is a bloody disgrace.
A rural library in Horowhenua says a United States company has hijacked the computer system it invented and taken the trademark on its Maori name.
The Horowhenua Library Trust devised a software system called Koha 12 years ago to manage catalogues and lending information.
The system is free and widely used by other libraries, churches, schools and corporations around the world.
However, the trust's head of libraries, Joann Ransom, says the American company LibLimehas been granted provisional rights to the name Koha by the Ministry of Economic Development.
She says LibLime is trying to adapt the Koha system for its own private client base.
"We did something really good and we gave it away to the world and it's been a glorious thing globally for 12 years. And now this American corporate wants to take it," she says.
Ms Ransom says she is astounded an international company could trademark a Maori word.
The library has three months to object to the decision and Ms Ransom says it has little money to pay for a legal case.
We live in a world where only those things that are done for profit may be done and that anything being done without a desire for profit can be treated as optional until some way can be found to profit from it.
Those who have assets that are not being used for profit can have those assets expropriated for the benefit of anyone who seeks to profit from those assets.
Theft of IP, theft of living treasure in the form of the Maori language within which Koha is a significant cultural factor, theft of the value that has been created by a great product that enables libraries all over the world to conduct their business without paying excruciating fortunes to commercial interests.
And there is the crime that Koha has committed. Because we have now reached that stage where any task done for free is defined as theft of profits from someone trying to profit from that activity and that must be stopped.
The people in MED who have sanctioned this are complicit in the crime and at the very least need to be hauled into the street,tarred and feathered and dumped in Wellington harbour then charged with polluting the environment.
I will also give good odds that someone will, once the deal is done, get "head hunted" by an affiliate company for a nice lucrative job. No crass, brown-paper-bag-full-of-cash corruption is needed in this corrupted system, just a nod and a wink.
Actions needed.
- Internet NZ needs to step into this and fund the case against this theft
- Tweet it, FB it, letter to the editor it, and for Kiwis 3 days out from an election, kick some pollieass.
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New research offers clues to how shells grow in nature |
(Nanowerk News) Single crystals of the mineral calcite -- the chief material in limestone -- are predictable, homogeneous and, well, a little boring. | |
But scientists have long marveled at how biological crystals of calcite grow together with other organic materials to form, for example, shells and sea urchin spines. Biologists and materials scientists would love to know exactly how to re-create such natural composites in the lab. | |
This image shows the 3-D nanoscale structure of the inside of a synthetic calcite crystal, which was grown in an agarose gel. In this environment, the crystal grows around the polymeric fibers. The structure gives insight into the formation of single crystals by biological organisms. | |
Lara Estroff, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, and colleagues have taken a deep, detailed look at the way lab-created calcite crystals, similar to those found in nature, grow in tandem with proteins and other large molecules, and they report their findings in the Nov. 27 issue of the journal Science. The journal also features the work as a "Perspective" written by Kansas State University's Mark Hollingsworth. | |
"We knew the organics were in there, but what no one had been able to do up until now was actually see what that organic-inorganic interface looked like," said Estroff, whose lab focuses on the synthesis and characterization of bio-inspired materials. | |
Estroff and graduate student Hanying Li grew samples of calcite in a hydrogel called agarose -- a common dessert additive -- that mimics the way calcite grows in living things. In previously published work, Li and Estroff had determined that this gel environment made the crystals grow very differently than in solution. | |
In collaboration with associate professor of applied and engineering physics David Muller and physics graduate student Huolin Xin, the researchers prepared their crystals with Focused Ion Beam (FIB) technology, which uses high-energy ions to slice samples thin enough for an electron beam to pass through for imaging. | |
Scanning transmission electron microscopy methods developed by Xin and Muller revealed detailed, three-dimensional pictures of the internal structure of calcite crystals grown in the gel. They found that the crystals trap large molecules by growing around them. | |
Studying this complex natural process may be a key step toward giving materials scientists like Estroff clues on how to make and manipulate nature-inspired composite materials. Applications could range from electronics to photovoltaics to completely new classes of materials. |
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Workers criticize Amazon on climate despite risk to jobs
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of employees are openly criticizing Amazon's record on climate change despite what they say is a company policy that puts their jobs at risk for speaking out.
On Sunday, more than 300 employees of the online retail giant signed their names and job titles to statements on blog post on Medium. The online protest was organized by a group called Amazon Employees For Climate Justice, an advocacy group founded by Amazon workers that earlier this month said the company had sent letters to its members threatening to fire them if they continued to speak to the press.
"It's our moral responsibility to speak up, and the changes to the communications policy are censoring us from exercising that responsibility," said Sarah Tracy, a software development engineer at Amazon, in a statement.
Amazon said that its policy on external communications is not new and is in keeping with other large companies. It said the policy applies to all Amazon employees and is not directed at any specific group.
"While all employees are welcome to engage constructively with any of the many teams inside Amazon that work on sustainability and other topics, we do enforce our external communications policy and will not allow employees to publicly disparage or misrepresent the company or the hard work of their colleagues who are developing solutions to these hard problems," according to an Amazon spokesperson.
Amazon, which relies on fossil fuels to power the planes, trucks and vans that ship packages all over the world, has an enormous carbon footprint. And its workers have been vocal in criticizing some of the company's practices.
Last year, more than 8,000 staffers signed an open letter to CEO and founder Jeff Bezos demanding that Amazon cut its carbon emissions, end its use of fossil fuels and stop its work with oil companies that use Amazon's technology to locate fossil fuel deposits.
Amazon said in a statement that it is passionate about climate change issues and has already pledged to become net zero carbon by 2040 and use 100% renewable energy by 2030.
AP Business Writer Joseph Pisani contributed to this story from New York.
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I will fully admit, as I saw the endless promotion for Disney's 53rd Animated Feature, Frozen start to begin, I was less than interested. Olaf the Snowman, clearly designed to appeal to the youngest of Disney fans, didn't excite me at all. I wanted to know more about the story of Frozen: the sisters, their background, what happened to them and why. Not watch a lop-sided snowman chase his carrot nose for an hour. Adding in Sven, the reindeer who seemed like a carbon-copy of Max the canine-like horse from Tangled, and I didn't hold out much hope for Frozen. I was given some images from Disney showing background animation and concept art, and that excited me a bit. It was what I was most looking forward to when I attended a screening a couple of weeks ago, but little else.
Then, the theatre darkened and the music began. Rich, hearty Norwegian chanting. It made me sit up and take notice. What followed was me being glued to the edge of my seat, soaking up every pixel of gorgeous animation, every word of enticing story, every note of exquisite music and lyrics. I was, in short, in love. I walked out thinking "This is my new favorite Disney film." and "I must have this soundtrack."
Without giving major plot points away, I want to convey how refreshing it was to see this storyline unfold. Not knowing anything about the movie other than there was a silly snowman and a reindeer, I was completely taken in by what I thought was happening and really couldn't guess the end at all. I loved how the sisters were portrayed, loving each other, caring for each other, and when unable to be together, missing each other. Unlike most previous Disney animated films, the first real main character song fits in so well as something that is really happening, vs. just breaking into a nice song that helps propel the story but seems a little out of place. We learn so much about the sisters' upbringing in "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" and it's a beautiful song to boot. We then learn more about Princess Anna in her subsequent songs and really begin to feel for her, as well as Elsa. The whole soundtrack is very Broadway-esque and I instantly thought of Rent when I heard Princess Anna and Hans singing "Love is an Open Door" it's this kind of refreshingly good music that makes the difference here. Princess Anna is pretty identifiable (at least personally) – she may be a princess but she's clumsy and even a bit gullible and clueless (which could be called trusting and innocent too), and most importantly of all, she wakes up with bedhead. How many other Disney princesses would admit to that? I instantly loved her. While we don't know much about Elsa after she was hidden away as a child, what we do know is that she was a loving, caring sister. This sisterly bond above all else is an important message of the film.
When Idina Menzel as Elsa, newly crowned as Queen, finally gives in to her icy powers, the resulting "Let it Go" song is perhaps the most powerful moment in the film. The accompanying animation here is beyond amazing as well. You'll wish you could hit repeat on this section of the movie, it's that good. THIS is what Frozen is about. Family, secrets, struggles, love, and figuring out how to combine them all and be happy. While I understand the gigantic marketing machine that is the Walt Disney Company and how they must promote and sell merchandise with every movie they produce, I truly wish they could find a way to give the audience some credit and showcase the real highlights of their talented animators work. This film is so much more than has been advertised so far. That said, Olaf is less annoying than I thought he'd be. His song, "In Summer" is pretty classically funny without relying on toddler humor. It reminded me of Josh Gad's stellar performance in Book of Mormon. It is also refreshing to see Disney working with the guy that wrote the music for Book of Mormon and Avenue Q, unafraid to take risks and push boundaries. Now the marketing team just needs to catch up!
The only disappointments in the film for me were the unnecessary troll characters which were as annoying as I mistakenly thought Olaf would be. They served no real purpose and their song was unmemorable and pointless. However, in listening to outtakes on the Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack, we learn a bit more of the trolls role, which made me wish some of the eliminated songs were actually used. Oh well. The other sad thing was that the talented Jonathan Groff was only given one very short song in the film. I can understand why; the film is really female-focused with the sisters, their bond and how they grow and learn, but I do wish we heard more Jonathan.
All in all, I walked away from this film proud of Walt Disney Animation, amazed by Kristen Anderson Lopez, Robert Lopez and Christophe Beck's work with the soundtrack, feeling like Princess Anna was my spirit animal, and ready for more Frozen. It is definitely a must-see and a must-see again and again. Disney's Frozen opens tomorrow, 11/27 and is the perfect way to spend some time during the Thanksgiving holiday. The wonderful soundtrack is available now and I highly recommend investing in the Frozen Deluxe Edition for even more insight into the film-making process with the songwriters commentary before the outtakes and additional pieces of the score. Idina's "Let it Go" has been on repeat for 24 hours straight here and I don't see an end in sight. Frozen will melt your heart!
I'd love to hear your thoughts below when you've seen the film!


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As we all know, holidays suck major dick. Comment below on how shitty your holiday was.
Me? I had to drive around the great state of Florida for 12 hours to be bored out of my mind in several different places and received mediocre gifts and try to not slap everyone I met over the last 48 hours.
That being said, I did get two Halo Warthog sets. and I bought my gf a 1911 9mm and myself a glock 17 🙂
Here, have some xmas images:
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A new generation of American vets is home from war — about 2.6 million of them. And there are about 10 million older veterans, many from the Vietnam era, hitting their 60s, 70s or 80s. Taking care of both groups is getting expensive.
"If they can afford to pay for wars, they can afford to pay for the treatment after the wars," says Garry Augustine, with Disabled American Veterans. DAV and other private veterans' organizations draw up their own "independent budget" for the Department of Veterans Affairs every year.
"We've been saying it every year for the last 10 years in our independent budget, that the funding is not sufficient to sustain the demand," Augustine says.
The VA is dealing with a 50 percent increase in primary care visits in the past three years. During the same period, the department has increased the number of primary care doctors by just 9 percent.
Augustine says this points to the root of the recent scandals. The VA sets a goal on patient wait times, for example, but doesn't have the resources to meet it.
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A VA audit into the current wait-times scandal found that a lack of providers was the largest cause of delayed care. On a visit to the Phoenix VA hospital, the acting VA secretary, Sloan Gibson, said more resources are probably needed there.
But Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma says the VA needs to spend what it has more wisely.
"Money is not the problem at the Veterans Administration," says Coburn. "We've got four VA hospitals under construction right now that are [a billion dollars] over budget, $500 million over budget in Denver alone," Coburn said recently. "It's called competency. And what we have to do is demand accountability. There's plenty of money."
The VA has the second-largest budget in the government, at around $160 billion. Only the Pentagon's is larger, with a base budget of more than $500 billion; that rises to more than $600 billion when adding the war in Afghanistan, which is counted separately.
Coburn is not alone in making his claim. Lawmakers have been asking VA officials for years if they have enough money. They always say they do.
It's become sort of an unspoken understanding, says Phil Carter at the Center for a New American Security.
"There seems to be a consensus or a kind of detente that's emerged, which is that the VA will request a certain amount of money ... and the committees will give them a little bit less than that. And no one will question the fundamental assumptions in that budget, or ask: Is it too much or too little?" says Carter.
Carter says the budget debate is also about deficits and the role government should play, not just a line-by-line look at VA programs. The debate about VA funding is now a continuation of the political debate about whether the government should be involved in health care, he says.
The politics may slant the numbers to the left or right, but what if the numbers are wrong?
Carter points out that the current scandal involves VA hospitals passing bad data up to Washington.
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First edition Harry Potter book sells for £106,250 - here's how to tell if you have one
The 20-year-old children's classic by JK Rowling smashed its £30,000 estimate at Bonhams' Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale in London.
It was inscribed to a friend and her family: 'For Meera, Donnie, Nastassia and Kai, with lots of love from Jo (also known as J.K. Rowling)".
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I am a big fan of good coding style, producing clean, clear code that runs well and is easy to use and integrate into larger systems. I believe that we programmers are essentially craftspeople who should take pride in our work, every line. I am not fond of code that is inconsistently formatted, cluttered with commented out experimental code, and rife with unhelpful or misleading function and variable names. But I sometimes find it hard to argue with code like this that basically works.
If you think that coding style matters, I am looking for recommendations for ways of teaching good, professional coding style to the junior programmers under me. I want them to take pride in their work, but my concern is that they appear to become satisfied when their code just barely works, and seem to have no interest in producing what professionals like me would consider professional code. On the other hand, if you think coding style is not particularly valuable, I welcome your comments and am open to reconsidering my standards and tolerances.
I know the usual arguments in favor of good code: comprehensibility, ease of maintenance, etc., but I would also like to hear some rebuttals to arguments like "it works, what more do you want?"
In our industry we can use the compiler to hide a multitude of sins. Clean code and messy code can both lead to identically functioning programs, so does cleanliness matter, and if so, why?
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Your company has a remote office that contains 1,600 client computers on a single subnet.
You need to select a subnet mask for the network that will support all of the client computers. The solution must minimize the number of unused addresses. Which subnet mask should you select?
Answer: A
255.255.252.0 = 11111111.11111111.11111100.00000000 =>( 22 bits 1 .. 10 bits 0 ) => 1111111111 = 1023
255.255.254.0 = 11111111.11111111.11111110.00000000 =>( 23 bits 1 .. 9 bits 0 ) => 111111111 = 511
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You plan to deploy a DHCP server that will support four subnets. The subnets will be configured as shown in the following table.
You need to identify which network ID you should use for each subnet.
What should you identify? To answer, drag the appropriate network ID to the each subnet in the answer area.
You work as a senior administrator at L2P.com. The L2P.com network consists of a single domain named L2P.com. All servers on the L2P.com network have Windows Server 2012 R2 installed, and all workstations have Windows 8 installed.
You are running a training exercise for junior administrators. You are currently discussing a Windows PowerShell cmdlet that activates previously de-activated firewall rules.
Which of the following is the cmdlet being discussed?
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C. Set-NetIPsecRule
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Answer: B
Enable-NetFirewallRule – Enables a previously disabled firewall rule.
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Your network contains a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2012 R2. Server1 is located on the same subnet as all of the client computers. A network technician reports that he receives a "Request timed out" error message when he attempts to use the ping utility to connect to Server1 from his client computer. The network technician confirms that he can access resources on Server1 from his client computer.
You need to configure Windows Firewall with Advanced Security on Server1 to allow the ping utility to connect.
Which rule should you enable?
A. File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-In)
B. Network Discovery (WSD-In)
C. File and Printer Sharing (NB-Session-In)
D. Network Discovery (SSDP-In)
Answer: A
Ping uses ICMP
Open Control Panel, then select System and Security by clicking on that header Select Windows Firewall, Advanced SettingsIn `Windows Firewall with Advanced security' click on `Inbound rules' Scroll down to `File and Printer sharing(Echo request ICMPv4-In).
Right click on the rule and select `Enable rule'
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You have a file server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2012 R2.
You need to ensure that a user named User1 can use Windows Server Backup to create a complete backup of Server1. What should you configure?
A. The local groups by using Computer Management
B. A task by using Authorization Manager
C. The User Rights Assignment by using the Local Group Policy Editor
D. The Role Assignment by using Authorization Manager
Answer: A
A. User needs to be added to local Backup Operator group
B. AzMan is a role-based access control (RBAC) framework that provides an administrative tool to manage authorization policy and a runtime that allows Applications to perform access checks against that policy.
C. User Rights Assignment policies determines which users or groups have logon rights or privileges on the computer
D. AzMan is a role-based access control (RBAC) framework that provides an administrative tool to manage authorization policy and a runtime that allows Applications to perform access checks against that policy.
Your network contains a production Active Directory forest named contoso.com and a test Active Directory forest named contoso.test. A trust relationship does not exist between the forests. In the contoso.test domain, you create a backup of a Group Policy object (GPO) named GPO1. You transfer the backup of GPO1 to a domain controller in the contoso.com domain.
You need to create a GPO in contoso.com based on the settings of GPO1. You must achieve this goal by using the minimum amount of Administrative effort.
What should you do?
A. From Windows PowerShell, run the Get-GPO cmdlet and the Copy- GPO cmdlet.
B. From Windows PowerShell, run the New-GPO cmdlet and the Import- GPO cmdlet.
C. From Group Policy Management, create a new starter GPO. Right-click the new starter GPO, and then
click Restore from Backup.
D. From Group Policy Management, right-click the Croup Policy Objects container, and then click Manage
Answer: B
A. Copy-GPO requires domain trust / copy from one domain to another domain within the same forest. B. The Import-GPO cmdlet imports the settings from a GPO backup into a specified target GPO. Thetarget GPO can be in a different domain or forest than that from which the backup was made and itdoes not have to exist prior to the operation.
D: You can also restore GPOs. This operation takes a backed-up GPO and restores it to the same domain from rom the GPO's original
which it was backed up. You cannot restore a GPO from backup into a domain different f domain.
The New-GPO cmdlet creates a new GPO with a specified name. By default, the newly created GPO is not linked to a site, domain, or organizational unit (OU). The Import-GPO cmdlet imports the settings from a GPO backup into a specified target GPO. The target GPO can be in a different domain or forest than that from which the backup was made and it does not have to exist prior to the operation.
The Restore-GPO cmdlet restores a GPO backup to the original domain from which it was saved. If the original domain is not available, or if the GPO no longer exists in the domain, the cmdlet fails.
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Your network contains an active directory forest. The forest functional level is Windows server
2012. The forest contains a single domain. The domain contains a member server named
Server1 that run windows server 2012. You purchase a network scanner named Scanner1 that
supports Web Services on Devices (WDS). You need to share the network scanner on Server1
Which server role should you install on Server1?
A. Web Server (IIS)
B. Fax Server
C. File and Storage Services
D. Print and Document Services
Answer: D
Print and Document Services enables you to centralize print server and network printer tasks. With this role, you can also receive scanned documents from network scanners and route the documents to a shared network resource, Windows SharePoint Services site, or email addresses. Windows Server 2012 uses Web Services on Devices (WSD) technologies to integrate scanning devices into the system
Your network contains an Active Directory forest named contoso.com. The forest contains a child domain named europe.contoso.com. The europe.contoso.com child domain contains a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2012 R2. You install the DHCP Server server role on Server1. You have access to the administrative accounts shown in the following table.
You need to authorize Server1. Which user account should you use?
A. Admin1
B. Admin2
C. Admin3
D. Admin4
Answer: D
A. Local account can't be used
B. Authorization needs to happen in contoso.com and must be aEnt Admin
C. Authorization needs to happen in contoso.com and must be aEnt Admin
D. Correct domain and is a member of Ent Admin's
Your network contains a server named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2012 R2. App1 has the Print and Document Services server role installed. All client computers run Windows 8. The network contains a network-attached print device named Printer1. From App1, you share Printer1. You need to ensure that users who have connected to Printer1 previously can print to Printer1 if App1 fails.
What should you configure?
To answer, select the appropriate option in the answer area.
Branch Office Direct Printing can reduce Wide Area Network (WAN) usage by printing directly to a print device instead of a server print queue. This feature can be enabled or disabled on a per printer basis and is transparent to the user. It is enabled by an administrator using the Print Management Console or Windows PowerShell on the server.
The printer information is cached in the branch office, so that if the print server is unavailable for some reason (for example if the WAN link to the data center is down), then it is still possible for the user to print.
Branch Office Direct Printing requires the following operating systems:
Windows Server 2012
Windows 8
You have a server named Server1. Server1 runs Windows Server 2012 R2. Server1 has two network adapters and is located in a perimeter network. You need to install a DHCP Relay Agent on Server1. Which node should you use to add the DHCP Relay Agent? To answer, select the appropriate node in the answer area.
Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure.
To configure the IPv4 DHCP relay agent
1. In the Routing and Remote Access MMC snap-in, expand IPv4, right-click General, and then click New Routing Protocol.
2. In the New Routing Protocol dialog box, select DHCPv4 Relay Agent, and then click OK.
3. In the navigation pane, right-click DHCPv4 Relay Agent, and then click New Interface.
4. Add the network interfaces on which the server might receive DHCPv4 requests that you want to send to the DHCP server. Right-click DHCPv4 Relay Agent, click New Interface, select the appropriate network interface, and then click OK.
5. In the DHCP Relay Properties dialog box, select Relay DHCP packets, and then click OK.
6. In the navigation pane, right-click DHCP Relay Agent, and then click Properties.
7. On the General tab, enter the IPv4 address of the DHCP servers that you want to provide DHCP services for the RRAS server's clients, click Add, and then click OK.
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Here are some ways that you can learn to keep a steady, uninterrupted pulse.
1. Count: As you get the hang of keeping the beat, it's a good idea to count along with the music as you play. You should count aloud at first, and eventually you'll internalize the rhythm and can count quietly to yourself.
2. Clap: When you're having trouble with the rhythm, put your instrument aside and count the beats aloud while clapping the rhythm. This gives you a chance to feel the rhythm in your body.
3. Tap your foot: This sounds easier than it is! Tap throughout the entire song, or tap just during the sections that are the most difficult. Also try to tap on beats two and four or even beats one and three—whichever feels best to you.
4. Sing: Don't worry if the neighbors can hear you. If you know the lyrics of a song, singing will help you keep the rhythm going.
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Margie Irene Atwood Floyd, November 25, 1930 – August 1, 2013 Mother is gone, Lord,Just like the dawn, Lord,Of a day that is done.The frost of this sorrowWon't burn off tomorrowNo matter how bright the sun
Margie Irene Atwood Floyd, November 25, 1930 – August 1, 2013 Mother is gone, Lord,Just like the dawn, Lord,Of a day that is done.The frost of this sorrowWon't burn off tomorrowNo matter how bright the sun
This week, super-compassionate, deeply caring progressive David Atkins (of Hullabaloo) read a story in the New York Times about farmers in the "Deep South" suffering from ruined crops after weeks of unusually heavy rains. The farmers face economic disaster not only from the loss of this summer's crops, but also from the effects that the swampy weather is likely to have on fall crops as well. This follows last year's ravaging droughts, which also left many farmers with ruinous losses. But super-compassionate, deeply caring progressive David Atkins doesn't give a damn about these farmers, or their families, or their communities.
Here's one for all those who look on horrors and desperate needs, yet still stand paralyzed, distracted, bowing to the world; for all of us who've let someone else call the tune and tell the story — and fight the fight. To My Face by Chris Floyd Everything I see condemns me for the years I've thrown awayEverything I see condemns me for the wasteEverything I see condemns me for the evil I've let standEverything I see condemns me to my face…..
Many people have worried about the fate of Bradley Manning, a lone soldier who informed the world of war crimes being committed by the War Machine that has devoured the American republic and turned its ravaging, profit-reaping fury on the world. As we all know, Manning is now in the iron grip of that Machine, facing the prospect of life in prison for his truth-telling, having already endured a long incarceration marked by episodes of relentless psychological torture. Many people quite reasonably dread what awaits Manning when the Military Court hands down its inevitable verdict against him. But wait —
Arthur Silber asks a very pertinent question: what is the worth of 'transparency'? So many of our vaunted dissidents have made 'transparency' one of great goals of their unending agon with the imperial state. If only, they cry, we can let more daylight in on the crimes and atrocities of security apparat and the war machine, then …. well, it's not entirely clear what they believe will follow from this. Probably that 'the people,' now armed with the facts about the filth their rulers wallow in, will rise up and force our elites to sin no more. But as Silber
The acquittal of George Zimmerman for his killing of Trayvon Martin has already sparked a torrent of fervid commentary — millions of words — and will no doubt produce many millions more in the days and weeks to come. But good sense and insight have been near-impossible to find in the roiling surges of this tsunami. One place where you can find these rare commodities is — as you might expect — Arthur Silber's blog. Silber has posted a powerful essay on the case and its implications, extending and deepening a likewise excellent piece by Ta-Nehisi Coates in The Atlantic,
Atrios, ever alert to any follies on the political landscape that might be worthy of one of his Instapunditish snippets, names Laura Rozen as his "Twit of the Day." (A lesser punishment, one supposes, than being labelled his "Wanker of the Day" or, dread fate, being placed in the fearsome stocks of his "Worst Person in the World" sobriquet). Rozen's crime, apparently, is voicing mild approval of the idea of appointing Joe Lieberman as the new head of the sinister bureaucratic boondoggle known as the Department of Homeland Security. Rozen's comment came — of course — via Twitter. Our entire
Arthur Silber is in trouble. The IRS has targeted his sole source of income — PayPal donations to his website — and have taken everything that was in it. Now his PayPal account is unusable. His situation is dire. Regular readers here will know that Silber — a peerless, powerful voice on the many madnesses that beset our world today — is dealing with catastrophic health issues and crippling poverty. Yet still he manages to produce an astonishing body of work — important essays of original, astringent insight and raucous, penetrating wit. Quite simply, there is no one else like
Here's another recently excavated piece, whose reverberations can be taken as privately or publicly or topically or timelessly as you wish — if you wish to reverberate at all, that is.
Here is my latest column for the print edition of Counterpunch. Shamming into Syria When I saw the news on June 13 that Bill Clinton had joined with John McCain in blasting Obama's "inaction" on Syria and calling for direct U.S. military intervention in the conflict, I knew we would soon hear the other shoe dropping. And lo, just hours later, pat it came, with that reliable old house organ of the power structure, the New York Times, portentously reporting that "intelligence" had "confirmed" the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government — the flashing "red line" that Obama


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The {{Birth date}} and {{Birth date and age}} templates will return a person's date of birth and optionally his/her age. They have the shortcuts {{dob}} and {{bda}}, respectively.
Using this template rather than simply inserting the date into articles allows for the inclusion of hidden metadata about the date. This metadata can be used by web browsers and other software tools to extract the details, and display them using some other website or mapping tool, index or search them.
To display the birth date only
- {{Birth date|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth|additional parameters}}
Do not use with non-Gregorian dates because the resulting hCard hidden date will be false.
{{dob}} is a redirect to {{Birth date}}
{{dob|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth|additional parameters}}
To display a birth date with calculated age
{{Birth date and age|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth|additional parameters}}
This form is only intended for living persons. For dead persons, use {{birth date}}. In the rare case that a living person's birth date is given in a non-Gregorian calendar this template should not be used. The parameter names 'year', 'month', and 'day' can be used instead of the first, second, and third parameters for 'Birth date and age' only. These parameter names are not available for the 'Birth date' template. However, as per WP:DOB, a full birth date for a living person should only be displayed when it can be cited as being widely published, or published with the clear approval of the person involved. Otherwise, use {{birth year and age}} instead.
{{Bda}} is a redirect to {{Birth date and age}}
{{Bda|year of birth|month of birth|day of birth|additional parameters}}
{{Birth date|1993|2|4|df=yes}}
returns " 4 феврали 1993"{{Birth date|1993|2|4|mf=yes}}
returns " Феврал 4, 1993"{{Birth date|1993|2|4}}
returns " Феврал 4, 1993"{{Birth date|1993|2|24|df=yes}}
returns " 24 феврали 1993"{{Birth date|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}
returns " Феврал 24, 1993"{{Birth date|1993|2|24}}
returns " Феврал 24, 1993"
{{Birth date and age|1993|2|4|df=yes}}
returns 4 Феврал 1993{{Birth date and age|1993|2|4|mf=yes}}
returns Феврал 4, 1993{{Birth date and age|1993|2|4}}
returns Феврал 4, 1993{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|df=yes}}
returns 24 Феврал 1993{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}
returns Феврал 24, 1993{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24}}
returns Феврал 24, 1993
"month first" (mf) and "day first" (df) options
The df (day first) and mf (month first) parameters indicate the intended date format to display. The appropriate parameter should be set to "y" or "yes" e.g. df=yes or mf=y.
The default output of this template is to display the month before the day. This default may not be appropriate for articles about people from parts of the world where the day precedes the month in a date. In such articles the parameter, "df", should be set to display the day before the month.
The parameter "mf", while not actually used by the template, will indicate that month first format is intended. Using these parameters can assist bots or other automated processing to detect which date format is intended; leaving the format as default may lead an editor or bot to change the format to an unintended value.
Do not specify both "df" and "mf" parameters in the same use of the template, as these formats are mutually exclusive.
{{Birth date|1993|2|24|df=yes}}
displays " 24 феврали 1993".{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|df=yes}}
displays " 24 Феврал 1993 ".{{Birth date|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}
displays " Феврал 24, 1993".{{Birth date and age|1993|2|24|mf=yes}}
displays " Феврал 24, 1993 ".
hCard microformat
The templates also returns the date, hidden by CSS, in the ISO 8601 format (but not necessarily to the ISO 8601 standard) needed by hCard microformats. For example:
(1993-02-24)
Note: For the "foundation", "built" and similar set-up dates of companies, buildings etc, use {{start date}} (this will work for year-only or month-year dates).
For further information, visit the microformats project.
- The template will appear broken when the parameters are left blank (as seen above).
- Do not use this template inside of the Persondata template, as it can interfere with data extraction.
When only the year of a person's birth and/or death are known, or if it is desired not to state a person's full dates of birth and death for privacy reasons, use the templates {{Birth year and age}} and {{Death year and age}} instead.
Error tracking
Some kinds of invalid input are tracked in Гурӯҳ:Pages using age template with invalid date.
Birth date
This template returns a living person's date of birth and current age.
Параметр | Тавзеҳот | Type | Status | |
Year of birth | 1 | The year in which the person was born | Number | required |
Month of birth | 2 | The month (number) in which the person was born | Number | required |
Day of birth | 3 | The day (number) in which the person was born | Number | required |
Day first | df | When set to 'y' or 'yes', the date of birth is output in a DMY format | String | optional |
Month first | mf | When set to 'y' or 'yes', stresses that the default MDY date format is intended for the date of birth | String | optional |


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Refer a Patient
Office Location | Refer a Patient | Refer a Friend | Appointment Request
A successful practice doesn't just happen. It is the result of a strong commitment to excellence in our treatment and in our relationships with patients and doctors. We'd like to take a moment to thank you for showing your confidence in our practice by recommending us to your friends, family, and colleagues. We're gratified to find how many new patients regularly call on us based on your words of advice.


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TEC Insights | The Business Sentiments of our Community
At The Executive Centre, we have over 135 Centres in 32 different Cities across 14 Countries in Asia Pacific. This gives us a unique opportunity to discuss with our diverse Member Community , which consists of top executives, multinational corporates and industry leaders, their perspectives on the future of business in a post COVID era.
Despite the social distancing and noticeable increase of Members working from home rather than from their workspaces at our Centres since the start of the global lockdown in March/April, we have continued to keep our 135 Executive Centres operational. We know that in dire times such as COVID-19 what is paramount to the maintenance and continuity of businesses and livelihoods is having flexibility, agility and peace of mind knowing that our Members have the choice to return to a safe, dependable, working space from which they can receive executive support.
In the last month, many regions began to ease their lockdowns as local authorities relaxed their social distancing guidelines. In those regions, we noticed a significant portion of our Members returning to our Centres, and what is more, we saw a marked trend of positivity and optimism. This led us to wonder whether Members were just enjoying the regained liberty of having conversations over a cup of coffee at the Barista Bars, or whether there was a genuine positive business sentiment and optimistic outlook settling across our diverse executive Community. To explore further, we invited our Members to share their opinions on the matter. We want to take this moment to thank the 311 Members who answered our digital questionnaire and are delighted to share with you several insights, which confirm there is indeed a positive business outlook amongst our TEC Community Member leaders.
Do these sentiments reflect a Future of Flexible Work?
A future of flexible working is one where businesses have the freedom and agility to make operational changes to optimise their activities and manage risk simply, effectively and efficiently. Seeing that almost 60% of our Members indicated that they are considering or have already implemented changes to their workforce through actions such as downsizing (26.68%), upsizing (17.36%) and relocating (14.14%) enforces the trend towards a model of flexible spaces which allows businesses to only pay for the actual real estate space that they need according to their headcount.
It's interesting to note that amongst the remaining 39% of respondents that selected 'Other', the majority indicated they were making no changes to their operations yet but were staying reactive to the global situation and news. Some indicated that they were furloughing and cutting down working hours; temporarily trimming their workforce to be as lean as possible, but still remain ready to upsize later in the year once a suitable opportunity arises; reprioritising their business focus to online activity; relocating or redistributing their workforce overseas or across urban cities using a Hub and Spoke model .
What do these results mean for us as a Flexible Workspace Provider?
At the heart of our 26+ years of success and profitability is our Member's First approach. With this philosophy, as a flexible workspace provider, we are always placing ourselves in your (Our Members) metaphorical shoes and looking at the challenges of the market and opportunities of the day from your executive perspective. This demand-driven approach allows us to grow as your business grows and to stay innovative and reactive to new trends and market forces.
These insights that we have gained from our Members no doubt will inform our decision making. In fact, in light of the growing embracement and demand of flexible working and options, we have recently seen the opportunity to grow our product offerings in response to situations where individual Members may leave our Workspaces but wish to continue their Membership and connection to our 27,000+ Community for visibility, virtual networking and partnership opportunities. Hence, in the last month, we introduced our new Membership and Partnership scheme to meet that exact need.
We foresee that Flexible Workspaces will become a part of mainstream culture, just as digital technology matured and became an indispensable part of the workplace in the last 30 years, so will the needs and demands of working culture change. Already through the unprecedented global challenges of 2020, we have seen a dramatic shifting sentiment and positive outlook towards flexible workspace solutions. The insights our executive Members have shared with us indicates that the move towards flexible working has only become more substantial due to the current trials and tribulations of the day.


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About .es Domains
Dominios.es is the sponsor and Domainbox is our backend provider for the country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) .es extension that represents Spain.
Who can register .es domains?
Anyone can register .es domain names, however, everyone/every company has to provide an ID number from a government issued ID (i.e. driver's license, passport, tax ID card, company registration number, VAT number). If the registrant of the domain name is an individual, the domain name registrant and its administrative contact must match.
- .es: Intended for all entity types
- .com.es: Intended for commercial entities.
- .nom.es: Intended for personal names.
- .org.es: Intended for non-commercial entities.
Registration restrictions
When registering a .es domain, you must follow specific requirements.
- Must use: 3-63 Characters
- Can use: Letters (a-z characters), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (except in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, or last characters of the domain name)
- Cannot use: Special Characters (e.g.,& and #)
- IDNs: Not supported
- Registration length: 1-5 years
- Renewal length: 1-5 years
- Your .es domain name must renew prior to its expiration date. The renewal date depends on whether you manually renew it or let us auto-renew it.
- You can manually renew your .es domain name in the Domain Manager when it is within 1 year of expiration. For more information, see Manually renew my products or services.
- If you do not manually renew your domain name, we attempt auto-renewal 26 days prior to its expiration date. If our auto-renewal attempt fails, we re-attempt auto-renewal 19 days prior to expiration. If our second attempt at auto-renewal fails, we make a final attempt 12 days prior to expiration.
- If our final attempt to auto-renew the domain name fails and you did not manually renew it, we will park your domain and you must redeem it. There might be a redemption fee. See Renew my expired domain for redemption instructions.
- Backorders: Not supported
- Transfers to GoDaddy: Supported
- Note that .es transfers are unique:
- Must use: 2-63 Characters
- The domain name does not have to be unlocked to be available for transfer.
- You do not need to use an authorization code. When transferring in, leave the authorization code field blank and just click on the authorization box to proceed.
- The Whois Admin contact receives an email containing approve and cancel links and has up to 10 days to approve or cancel the transfer. If the Whois Admin contact approves the transfer within 10 days, the transfer is complete.
- Due to registry limitations, no extra registration time is added to a .es domain name when you transfer it to us.
- Transfers away from GoDaddy: Supported
- The same registry rules exist as with transferring a .es domain name to us. Check with your new registrar for exact information on beginning the transfer process. The domain name does not need to be unlocked to be available for transfer.
- Transfers to another GoDaddy account: Supported
- When you move a .es domain name, the registrant's first name, last name, and company name cannot be changed.
- Basic privacy protection: Not supported
- Protection plan upgrades: Supported
- CashParking: Not supported
- Contact Updates: Supported
- To change the contact details please reach out to our GoDaddy Guides for help.
Nameserver requirements
- Must use: 2-4 Nameservers
- Can use: IPv4
- Cannot use: IPv6, DNSSEC
For details on refunds, see our refund policy. Most domains will follow the Standard Refund Terms, but certain domains may have exceptions or may not be refundable at all. Review the information under Products with Special Refund Terms, and then Domain Name Registrations/Renewals and Products Not Eligible for Refunds.
Cancellation requirements
To cancel your .es domain names, please reach out to our GoDaddy Guides for help.
More info
- Want to register a .es domain? Search for your domain today.
- Want to register a .com.es domain? Search for your domain today.
- Want to register a .nom.es domain? Search for your domain today.
- Want to register a .org.es domain? Search for your domain today.
- Check out our most common domain articles to get started with your .es domain.


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The code has been cracked, and the contest has closed.
See the original challenge or how the code was cracked.
{In 1992 cyberpunk author William Gibson wrote a short poem called Agrippa (a book of the dead) that tells about memory, loss, nature and mechanism, all framed by a Kodak photo album. The poem was bundled into a Mac System 7 application and included on a 3.5" diskette in the back of a noir art book by Dennis Ashbaugh and Kevin Begos, Jr.
Once run, the program displays Gibson's poem just once, and encrypts itself. Never to be seen again, until now.
Based on the pioneering work of Alan Liu and his team at The Agrippa Files, working in collaboration with Matthew Kirschenbaum at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities and the Digital Forensics Lab, a a bit-for-bit copy of this application has been recovered, along with numerous archival documents.
The first person to successfully crack the code will win a copy of every William Gibson book ever published (except Agrippa). Every runner-up will have their name (if provided) posted on this website. To win you must submit a technical description of your cryptanalysis below, under Creative Commons usage rights (the results of which will be used to further research on Agrippa). The technical description should explain what kind of encryption is used (if any), how it functions, and how it was reversed or cracked (and what the key is, if there is one). Should there be no encryption at all (a possibility), or should the application merely "scramble" or "destroy" the data, this must be technically demonstrated or proved. Since the plain text is known, the cryptanalysis is purely for fun and academic curiosity, and thus the description should provide technical details.
Thanks to the Agrippa Files website many resources are available to assist in cracking the Agrippa code. Feel free to use any (legal) technique available to you, but here's a primer of resources available:
Your submission may be sent to . You may also drop files, and then email the link. Remember to include your (pseudo-) name and email if you want recognition and a chance at the prize.
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Use Windows 7? Do you love your Windows 7? Will your need or desire to continue to use Windows 7 surpass this year? If so, you should be aware that in just under one year — January 14, 2020, specifically — Windows 7 Extended Support ends for most users. As such, there are things you need to know and decisions you may have to make. This is your guide to understanding what the expiration of Windows 7 Support may mean for you in one year.
Windows 7 is a reliable desktop OS for Microsoft users. When Windows 8 came out, the differences were so stark that most users preferred to stick to Windows 7.
Why would they stay with an outdated system?
Here's what Windows 10 offers:
These are just a few of the reasons that so many PC users love their Windows 7 and do not want to particularly give it up, especially when they found Windows 8 a disappointment.
In fact, StatCounter suggests that 41.86% of PC users — who according to Statista makes up nearly 84% of the market share for desktop PCs — use Windows 7 still while another 42.78% use Windows 10 and a sad 8.72% use Windows 8. Those statistics say a lot about Windows 7 and suggest that a lot of people are going to need to figure out what they are going to do before January 2020, if they want their systems to be secure and updated.
There is no specific reason why Microsoft is ending support for Windows 7 come January 14, 2020, except that this date is the date provided in Window 7's lifecycle.
Windows 7 Lifecycle | |
October 22, 2009 | Date of general availability for:
October 31, 2013 | Retail software end of sales for:
October 31, 2014 | End of sales for PCs with Windows preinstalled with:
October 31, 2016 | End of sales for PCs with Windows 7 Professional preinstalled |
January 13, 2015 | End of mainstream support for Windows 7 |
January 14, 2020 | End of extended support for Windows 7 |
As indicated in the above table, if you did not extend support for Windows 7, then the problem of extended support expiring on January 14, 2020, does not apply to you. If you had purchased that extended support, then you need to pay attention and determine what you want to do because a year will be over before you know it.
Come January 14, 2020, if you are still using Windows 7, rest assured your desktop will still work; Windows 7 will continue to work beyond 2020. The issue here is your extended support.
Come January 14, 2020, extended support expires and with that expiration ends any updates to your PC. That means your system is vulnerable because the latest, most advanced security updates will not be available to you.
It is important to be clear that not all Windows 7 users will be affected by the January 14, 2020 extended support expiration date. In fact, in September 2018, Microsoft announced that some business users can pay for an additional three years of security updates. Unfortunately, this does not extend to home versions.
In other words, if your windows license type is an original equipment manufacturer or a full package product, there will be no extended security updates for you, and this includes all home versions. However, if you purchased a volume license (i.e., Enterprise or Open Value) for Windows 7 Pro or Enterprise, then you can purchase the additional three years of security updates — so primarily only business users can receive the updates at a cost.
If you absolutely must keep Microsoft Windows 7, then you have options, though they may not be optimal options. These options include:
Some PC users are hesitant to switch to Windows 10 because it does have its drawbacks. Some specific Windows 10 drawbacks include:
That said, it is good to be reminded that even though you love your Windows 7 whether it's because you simply love it or love it because it's what you are familiar with, Windows 7 has its own drawbacks, too. Windows 7 drawbacks include:
If you are one of those PC users to be affected by the end of extended support for Windows 7 in January 2020, then you have to determine what you will do. The last section implicitly directs you in which way you may consider, but if you are not yet confident in Windows 10, ask yourself the below two sets of questions:
If you answer yes to these questions, then it is safe to say you should consider Windows 10. A free upgrade to Windows 10 expired in 2016, but the price you pay today can save you in the long run.
So, now you have it. There's a lot to consider if you use Windows 7 and like using it. If you are an owner of a volume license for business users, then you do have a viable and reasonable solution to the deadline: you can purchase another three years of security updates. This option provides you ample time to consider other options and train personnel on new desktop operating systems.
But if you are not a volume license holder, then you really need to consider what you intend to do. Security is highly important today in our virtual worlds and without it, you risk impacting your so-called "real" world. A hacker can destroy what you have built up over the years, from finances to projects to just about anything that is maintained or kept on your computer, in the cloud, or online. The issue of the January 14, 2020 expiration for Windows 7 extended support is indeed a serious one.
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Updated October 31, 2021 at 8:03 PM ET
The massive online video game platform Roblox said it was back online after suffering a multiday outage.
The California company first tweeted about problems with the popular service on Friday. On Sunday afternoon, it said it was "incrementally bringing regions back online." By Sunday evening it said Roblox was "back online everywhere!"
The company said earlierthat it had identified the root cause of the outage and had a solution to fix it.
A Roblox spokesperson told The Verge that the outage was not due to an "external intrusion."
Roblox is not a video game. Rather, it's a digital platform that lets users create video games using simplified development tools and allows players to play any game for free.
"Players can build the ultimate theme park, compete as a professional race car driver, star in a fashion show, become a superhero, or simply design a dream home and hang out with friends," the California company says on its website.
According to Roblox, the platform has 9.5 million developers and 24 million "experiences." More than half of U.S. kids under age 16 play Roblox, the company told The Verge in July 2020.
Although Roblox is free to play, users can spend money upgrading and accessorizing their avatars using the platform's virtual currency, Robux.
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