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Grawostar Laserman™ eXpress laser engraving machine with a 20W laser source is designed for engraving and marking of bar codes, serial numbers, logotypes etc. in large manufacturing and engraving plants and in production lines. Laser light is directed through a special computer software-controlled optical head to engrave permanent markings on the surface of various materials.
Grawostar Laserman™ eXpress is a high-precision engraving and marking fiber laser.
A cost-effective and reliable fiber-type laser marking machine offering powerful performance and durability.
Fiber-optic technology offers high energy conversion capacity, high quality of the light beam, low power consumption and long useful life.
The air-cooled, low-noise compact machine integrated with the power source guarantees comfortable use and efficient performance.
For more technical information on compatibility of the laser machine and possible use with your materials, please contact us:
Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Phone: (+48) 605 061 913, phone: (+48) 605 061 944, phone: (+48) 618 963 615, phone: (+48) 618 963 802, phone: (+48) 618 963 803, phone: (+48) 618 963 900
Why Grawostar Laserman™?
Compatible materials (selected):
Grawostar Laserman™ eXpress can be used for marking metals, including steels, brass, aluminum, copper, silver, gold and platinum.
Grawostar Laserman™ eXpress can also be used for marking non-metal materials such as ABS, Nylon, PES, PVC, and Makrolon.
Grawostar Laserman™ eXpress can also be used to mark thousands of other materials (please contact us to determine compatibility).
Grawostar Laserman™ eXpress can be used for engraving the face (dial) of clocks and watches without the need to disassemble them; the same applies to water meters and elements behind glass or crystal, etc., as the laser is able to penetrate through the glass and mark or engrave on the inside (for instance, on a mirror).
Grawostar Laserman™ eXpress can be used to mark pendrives, clocks and watches, drink bottles, pens, bottle caps, nameplates, selected ceramics, tools, toys, medical products, electronics, instruments, switches, mobile phones, engraving laminates, and tens of thousands of other advertising and promotional products and gadgets.
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Optional components:
The standard working area, depending on the selected lenses, is 150mm x 150mm; the working area may be adjusted as needed.
The manufacturer reserves the right to change the technical parameters of the product to improve its quality and extend the scope of application. Please contact us prior to any purchase.
The delivery is subject exclusively to the terms set by TBH Polska Sp. z o.o. For safety reasons, relevant training must be conducted prior to purchasing any laser product. The introductory training is not included in the auction. Please read the following important safety notice:
Without adequate protection, light emitted by lasers of this type can harm your eyesight, and the vapors generated while operating a laser may be harmful to your lungs, other internal body organs, and skin.
Most sellers would ignore safety considerations, exposing their clients to serious health hazards. Please choose wisely.
Our portfolio includes protective eyewear with certificates endorsed by the Chief Labor Inspectorate of Poland, as well as systems for extraction and disposal of contaminants, which may be connected to the laser and operate in a three-shift system to eliminate even 99.99% of harmful emissions.
The objects shown in the background (vehicles, desks, trees, buildings, tables, dispensers, rotary axes etc. are not included in the offering. You will only buy a device in the standard configuration!
We will be happy to assist you by telephone – feel free to contact us any time and thank you for visiting our website.
All photographs and trade names are subject to copyright and are protected by law; they cannot be copied and used without prior written consent of the owner.
(pursuant to the Fair Trading Act of April 16th 1993, Journal of Laws Dz.U. of 1993, No. 153, item 1503).
For more technical information on compatibility of the laser machine and possible use with your materials, please contact us:
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
November 21, 2017
PO Box 330
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0330
Jeff Wolfe
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(TRENTON) – New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher today announced the United States Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa has confirmed the finding of an exotic East Asian tick, also known as the longhorned tick or bush tick, on a farm in Hunterdon County on November 9. Initial identification was made by the Monmouth County Tick-borne Diseases Lab, located at Rutgers University and the Hunterdon County Division of Health. This tick is not known to be present in the U.S., although there are records of at least a dozen previous collections of this species in the country on animals and materials presented for entry at U.S. ports.
The haemaphysalis longicornis tick species is dark brown in color and grows to the size of a pea when fully engorged. Both larval and nymphal stages are very small and difficult to observe with the naked eye. Adult ticks are seen mainly during early summer, larvae from late summer to early winter, and nymphs mainly in the spring.
This tick is a serious pest to livestock (including cattle, horses, farmed deer, sheep, and goats), particularly in New Zealand, as well as wildlife, pets, and humans. Farmers should monitor their livestock for the presence of this tick and decreased growth rates or signs of anemia in the animals. With respect to livestock, the tick is known to transmit a disease called Theileriosis to cattle, which results in severe anemia and possibly death. There are no human health or food safety risks associated with Theileria. This tick also has the potential to spread other bacterial and viral diseases to humans and other animals.
The animals and the property where the tick was found have been treated to eliminate the tick. To determine if the tick has spread to nearby wildlife, ongoing surveillance is being conducted by the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in cooperation with Wildlife Services from the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study at the University of Georgia.
The potential impact of this tick on tickborne illness in New Jersey residents is not yet known. In other parts of the world, the bush tick has been associated with several tickborne diseases, some of which are found in New Jersey, such as spotted fever rickettsioses. The Department of Agriculture is investigating if the ticks found locally are carrying any potential pathogens that may impact human or animal health.
Some tick species may become less active in the winter; however, it is important to take steps to prevent tick bites whenever you are in areas where ticks may be found. Protect yourself, your family and your pets from tick bites by:
- Knowing where ticks are: ticks can live in or near wooded or grassy areas or on animals directly.
- Using repellent on skin: use EPA-registered insect repellents containing DEET, picaridin, IR3535, oil of lemon eucalyptus, para-menthane-diol, or 2-undecanone. Always follow product instructions.
- Treating clothing, boots and camping gear with permethrin.
- Covering up by wearing long sleeves and pants when spending time outdoors and consider tucking pants into socks to prevent ticks from getting under clothes.
- Showering as soon as possible after coming indoors to remove unattached ticks.
- Inspecting your body for ticks and removing ticks immediately.
- Treating your pets with veterinarian-approved products to kill or repel ticks. Products are available for domestic animals like dogs and cats, as well as for animals like sheep, goats and cattle.
State and federal animal health and wildlife officials are working to address these findings. Response efforts will include surveillance of the property and wildlife within the region. If necessary, tick treatments will be conducted to reduce the risks of spread. The primary goal is to eradicate the tick before it spreads to new areas.
Questions about livestock can be directed to your local veterinarian or the State Veterinarian at (609) 671-6400 during regular business hours.
This tick is a known pest in deer and has a wide host range, thus can infect a range of wildlife species. If the tick is detected in wildlife, then it should be immediately reported to the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Wildlife Management at (609) 984-6295 or the Office of Fish and Wildlife Health and Forensics at (908) 637-4173 ext. 120.
For questions about tickborne illness in humans, contact your local health department (http://localhealth.nj.gov) or the New Jersey Department of Health during normal business hours at 609-826-5964
Note: Tick photo is courtesy of Jim Occi, Rutgers University

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Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter and AJ McLean and *NSYNC's Lance Bass and Joey Fatone Announce Collaboration
A Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC crossover? Is this a dream?
On Wednesday (June 2), Nick Carter, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone held an Instagram Live where they announced that they are working on a project together along with AJ McLean. The once rival boy bands are coming together in honor of Pride Month.
"Since it is Pride Month, I guess we can kind of tease something. What we're talking about doing… we can't give away too much," Carter teased. "So basically, Lance, Joey, myself, A.J. maybe, we're just going to say we're going to be doing something special. We're going to announce it in the next week."
Carter promised that it's going to be "huge" and that they are "really excited."
"We're doing it for Pride, which will be really good," Bass added.
"It's one of those things where all Pride is really near and dear to our hearts," Fatone chimed in. "We all live in the entertainment community where there is a lot of LGBTQ and we embrace that."
Bass spoke about being in the closet during his boy band days and not able to "tell my truth." He said that he wishes he could have come out sooner and added, "I wish I could go back and change it all."
Fatone, Bass and Carter briefly addressed their former manager Lou Pearlman who pitted them against each other. They expressed how they have a deep bond with one another after going through that together.
"The rivalry was fun. It was fun to have your team but then sometimes it goes a little overboard," Bass admitted. "I think right now this world is very volatile and divided."
Aside from this unnamed project, Bass and Carter have been working on a cryptocurrency venture called Tsuki Saves the World. Their goal is to use the currency to do something bigger.
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Partnering IRA Funds: An Alternative Way to Fund Your Real Estate Investment
Did you know you can partner with other funding sources to increase your investment potential? Self-directed IRAs are the only retirement arrangements that allow individual investors the freedom to pursue alternative investments, such as real estate. Investing in real estate with a self-directed IRA offers many benefits to those who are looking for creative ways to save for the future. Investors have complete control over their investment choices. Unlike other IRAs, you're not limited to stock, bonds or mutual funds. Self-directed IRAs provide the opportunity to save money for the future on a tax-deferred or tax-free basis. In addition, an IRA is considered a separate entity that can conduct business with others. This is a common strategy used in real estate investments. The process is fairly simple, but be sure to adhere to IRA regulations to avoid engaging in any prohibited transactions.
How do I partner with others to purchase real estate using a self-directed IRA?
- Identify the partner you would like to invest with.
- Perform your due diligence and confirm that the investment fits your strategy.
- Combine your self-directed IRA fund with other funds to purchase the property.
- Your IRA will own a percentage of the property and must be stated on the title when the transaction is recorded.
- All income and expenses (on a proportionate basis) from the property flow in and out of your IRA and not your personal finances.
- If the property is sold, your IRA receives the portion of the proceeds proportionate to the percentage of ownership.
A self-directed IRA can partner with anyone at the time of initial purchase, but after the transaction is complete, the IRA cannot conduct any business with a disqualified person. Doing this could lead to significant tax penalties.
The following people are considered disqualified persons:
- You
- Your spouse
- Your lineal ascendants and descendants, and their spouses
- Any person providing plan-related services (custodians, advisors, fiduciaries, administrators)
- Any entity (business, corporation, partnership) of which you own at least 50 percent, whether directly or indirectly
What are the ways in which I can take advantage of the partnering strategy to help me save for retirement?
Partner With Another Investor
Investors are on the lookout for new opportunities, and networking with like-minded individuals can be a great way to find an investment partner. Partnering with a fellow investor offers the potential to learn from each other, as well as disperse risk between two people.
Partner With a Relative
While you are not allowed to buy from/sell to relatives, as they are considered disqualified persons for these purposes, you do have the option of partnering with them to purchase a new investment. This can be a great way to save for retirement together with a loved one.
Partner With Yourself
It is possible to partner your self-directed IRA funds with your personal savings for the purchase of a new asset, such as a real estate property.
Partner With Another Self-Directed IRA
Partner your account funds with the funds in another IRA to maximize your purchasing power. Find another motivated retirement investor to explore your possibilities.
Partner With a Group
Sometimes partnering with one account, one investor or only yourself will not provide enough funding for the investment you are interested in. In this case, you can partner with a group! Partnering can be a great tool for retirement investing, but it is important that you understand how to utilize this strategy for success.
It's Easy to Get Started
All you have to do to get started is open an account and fund it. There are three ways to fund your self-directed IRA: transfer or rollover an existing retirement account, such as an employer's 401(k), into a self-directed IRA; or make regular, annual contributions to your account. Once your account has cash in it, you can start investing immediately! As you read in this article, you can partner with other investors until you have enough cash to invest in real estate on your own. Download our free report about partnering your self-directed IRA with real estate here to learn more.
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Synod document: Listen to, support, guide, include young people
Pope Francis prepares to address young people who participated in a pilgrimage hike from the Monte Mario nature reserve in Rome to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 25. Participants in the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment, and young people from Rome parishes took part in the hike. Pictured next to the pope is Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization. PAUL HARING/CNS
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
October 28, 2018
VATICAN— The Catholic Church and all its members must get better at listening to young people, taking their questions seriously, recognizing them as full members of the church, patiently walking with them and offering guidance as they discern the best way to live their faith, the Synod of Bishops said.
While the synod's final document spoke of friendship, affection, sexuality and "sexual inclinations," those issues were not the center of concern in the lengthy final document, which was released Oct. 27.
The synod, which began Oct. 3 and was to conclude with a Mass Oct. 28, brought together 267 voting members — cardinals, bishops, 18 priests and two religious brothers — and 72 experts and observers, including three dozen men and women under 30 to discuss "young people, the faith and vocational discernment."
For the vote on the final document, 249 bishops and priests participated; two-thirds approval or 166 votes, were required to keep a paragraph in the document. The version they voted on had 167 numbered paragraphs.
The focus of the final document was on improving ways to support young Catholics' baptismal call to holiness, to welcome the contributions they make to the church and help them in their process of growing in faith and in deciding the state of life that would best correspond to what God wants from them.
The emphasis on the church listening to young people also led to an emphasis on the church listening to all people — including women — renewing communities and structures for a "synodal church" where all members listen to, support and challenge one another and share responsibility for the church's one mission of spreading the Gospel.
"Listening is an encounter in freedom, which requires humility, patience, willingness to understand and a commitment to working out responses in a new way," the document said. "Listening transforms the heart of those who live it, above all when they take on an inner attitude of harmony and docility to the Spirit of Christ."
The bishops said they heard from many young people a need for "courageous cultural conversion and a change in daily pastoral practice" to promote the equality of women in society and in the church.
"An area of particular importance in this regard is the presence of women in church bodies at all levels, including in leadership roles, and the participation of women in church decision-making processes while respecting the role of the ordained ministry," the document said. "This is a duty of justice."
However, the final document was amended before passage to remove one specific suggestion on where to begin promoting greater equality in the church. The draft document had called for "avoiding the disparity" at the synod between the men's Union of Superiors General, which has 10 voting members at the synod, and the women's International Union of Superiors General, which had three non-voting observers at the assembly.
The document acknowledged how, in some countries, young people are moving away from the church or question its teachings, especially on sexuality.
The church's response, the synod said, must be a commitment of time and patience as it helps young people "grasp the relationship between their adherence to faith in Jesus Christ and the way they live their affectivity and interpersonal relationships."
Church teaching that all people are called to chastity and to refraining from sexual relations outside the bond of marriage between a man and a woman must be presented clearly, but not with a judgmental attitude, it added.
The document mentioned young people's questions about homosexuality, sexual orientation and differences between men and women and called for "a more in-depth anthropological, theological and pastoral elaboration" on the church's position on those issues. The final document used the term "sexual inclination" rather than "sexual orientation" as the draft document had.
"The synod reaffirms that God loves every person and so does the church, renewing its commitment against all sexually-based discrimination and violence," the final document said. "It also reaffirms the decisive anthropological relevance of the difference and reciprocity between man and woman and considers it reductive to define the identity of persons solely on the basis of their 'sexual orientation.'"
The paragraph, listed under "Sexuality: A Clear, Liberating, Authentic Word," passed by the required two-thirds, but received the fewest favorable votes — 178 — while 65 bishops voted against it.
Members of the synod also praised young Catholics who are involved in their parishes or communities, who dedicate themselves enthusiastically to service projects, who offer their time and talent to the celebration of parish liturgies and who are willing to do even more. However, the document said, too often young volunteers are met by priests and other adults who doubt their commitment or preparation or are simply unwilling to share responsibility with them.
While young people can feel overlooked or ignored, the synod members said such attitudes are detrimental to the church and to its missionary mandate. The final document said young people challenge the church to be better and their questions force older church members to find clearer ways to express church teaching or to respond to new situations with the wisdom of faith.
"Their criticism, too, is needed because not infrequently we hear through them the voice of the Lord asking us for a conversion of heart and a renewal of structures," the synod members said.
The clerical sex abuse scandal and financial scandals in the Catholic Church are leading many people, not only young people, away from the faith, the synod acknowledged.
Apparently responding to some bishops who felt the draft document's section on abuse gave too much prominence to the topic's importance in the United States, Ireland, Australia and Chile, the final document treated it in three paragraphs rather than the earlier five.
However, the final document, like the draft, said, "The Synod expresses gratitude to those who have had the courage to denounce the evil they have suffered: they help the church become aware of what has happened and of the need to react decisively" to ensure abuse does not continue to occur.
Behind the crime of abuse, it said, there lies a "spiritual void" and a form of exercising power that led some priests to believe their ordination gave them "power" over others rather than called them to serving others.
On "vocation," synod members emphasized how the basic, common Christian vocation is the call to holiness, which can and should be lived out in every state of life: young or old, single or married or in the priesthood or religious life.
"Vocation is neither a script a human being is called to recite, nor a spontaneous theatrical moment leaving no traces," the document said. God calls each person into a relationship with him, respects the person's freedom and yet has a plan for each person's life; discovering that plan requires prayer and self-examination.
The final document urged particular attention to marriage preparation programs as "a kind of 'initiation' for the sacrament of matrimony" and to careful selection of candidates for the priesthood and to seminary programs to ensure that future priests are men who can recognize the gifts of others, relate well to women and men of all ages and are devoted to serving the poor.
Young people who are poor or experience discrimination — especially migrants, victims of religious persecution and those struggling to find employment — received special attention at the synod and in the final document.
In fact, the synod said, "the world of young people is also deeply marked by the experience of vulnerability, disability, illness and pain" and Catholic communities have not always done everything possible to welcome and assist them.


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Rick Warren Launches Petition to Raise Awareness of Mental Illness
Pastor Rick Warren and his wife, Kay, have started a petition on the Saddleback Church's website to raise awareness and lower the stigma of mental illness. Their 27-year-old son took his own life about two weeks ago after a lifelong struggle with depression and mental illness.
"Join Kay and I, and the Saddleback Family, in our effort to urge educators, lawmakers, healthcare professionals, and church congregations to raise the awareness and lower the stigma of mental illness… and support the families that deal with mental illness on a daily basis," says the petition, which carries a picture of Matthew Warren, who shot himself on April 5.
"Matthew was just one of about 11.4 million American adults that suffered from severe mental illness in the past year," the petition says. "In fact, one in five Americans experiences some sort of mental illness."
The Lake Forest, Calif.-based pastor and his wife have also started a foundation on mental health in Matthew Warren's name.
After the family shared the news of Matthew's death, the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, said the group calls for a commitment by Christians to help create space for and minister to those with mental illnesses. "This tragedy facilitates an opportunity if not an obligation for the Christian community to address mental illness," the leader of the Hispanic Evangelical Association said.
Mental illness exists in and outside of the church community, said Rodriguez. "Christians struggle with depression and even suicidal thoughts. It does not make you less of a Christian. Just like heart disease or cancer does not dilute our Christianity, neither does mental illness."
Dr. R.T. Kendall, author of the 2005 book Once Saved, Always Saved, told The Christian Post last week, "It would be cruel to imply or even hint that this young man would be lost because he took his own life. Any Christian is capable of doing unthinkable sin and injury apart from the grace of God."
Kendall, who was pastor of Westminster Chapel for 25 years and the author of over 50 books, also told CP that he felt that suicide was as pardonable as any sin a Christian may commit, noting that the Bible does not directly mention the act. "King Saul committed suicide. According to Samuel – who was with the Lord, Saul would join him the next day (1 Sam.28:19). This means Saul went to heaven," said Kendall, who previously subscribed to Arminian theology, including that a person can lose their salvation, but later joined the Reformed Tradition and became a Southern Baptist.
In an email sent to his staff the day after Matthew's death, Pastor Warren described his son as "an incredibly kind, gentle, and compassionate man."
"He had a brilliant intellect and a gift for sensing who was most in pain or most uncomfortable in a room. He'd then make a bee-line to that person to engage and encourage them," Warren, the author of the multimillion-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life, said. "But only those closest knew that he struggled from birth with mental illness, dark holes of depression, and even suicidal thoughts. In spite of America's best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided. Today, after a fun evening together with Kay and me, in a momentary wave of despair at his home, he took his life."
Pastor Warren says in the petition that he and his wife "have been overwhelmed by your outpouring of love since Matthew's tragic death."
"I too have had a son die, so I have a sense of the pain Rick and Kay are facing," evangelist Greg Laurie, whose son, Christopher, was killed in a car accident at the age of 33 about five years ago, posted in his blog soon after the news of Matthew's death.
Pastor Mark Driscoll posted on Facebook: "Teared up hugging and praying over my 5 kids today while praying for my friend Pastor Rick Warren whose 27-year-old son died. Please pray for his family & their church family."
"My heart is broken over the sad news of @RickWarren and @KayWarren1 losing their son today. Please keep them in prayer," fellow megachurch leader Bishop T.D. Jakes tweeted.
Evangelist Will Graham, the grandson of the Rev. Billy Graham, said, "Please join me in praying for Rick Warren and his family as they mourn the death of his son Matthew. I pray that they sense God's peace that passes all understanding as they go through this valley."


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Network security isn't always about grand initiatives. Microsoft offers several free utilities that get the job done with less investment.
Windows Resource Kit Tools, a collection of free Windows utilities from Microsoft designed to help IT admins perform regular tasks more easily, including taking care of common security issues.
You may have already used some of these tools, which can help with many tasks from printer administration to Active Directory replication troubleshooting. Let's take a look at some of the security-related utilities.
Files and Permissions My all-time favorite Resource Kit Tools utility is Robocopy, short for Robust Copy. It's one of the most versatile file-copying utilities available anywhere. You can use it not just to mirror entire directory trees -- it recovers when a network share is temporarily unavailable -- but also preserve NTFS permissions that are lost during a normal file copy. In Windows Vista, Robocopy is even included in the operating system itself. The Vista version can also maintain the encryption of EFS-protected files.
Viewing permissions for multiple files or folders can be tedious. Resource Kit Tools utilities let you view and manipulate file permissions more easily. Showacls displays all permissions entries for a directory, letting you include subdirectories and filter the output by user or group. Examining the Showacls output sure beats manually examining multiple files to determine what a user's permission is. Perms lets you view a user's effective permissions to a file, whether granted explicitly or through a group membership.
Subinacl lets you control permissions for files, registry keys, services and other resources. You can use it to simply display permissions or to set, replace and even copy permissions for multiple objects. You'll probably never use it to its full potential, but it can make your life easier even if you only change permissions infrequently.
Moveuser helps with moving an account between domains. Manually replacing all permissions involved is almost impossible, but Moveuser changes the security settings of the user profile so they can be used by the new account.
Viewing permissions on file shares on a remote server can be a pain. Srvchk displays all permissions assigned to remote file shares. Ntrights and Showpriv complete the list of permission-related utilities. Ntrights lets you grant or revoke user rights; for example, temporarily letting a user change the page file without assigning administrator rights. Showpriv lists all users that have been assigned a specific right.
Dealing with Users When administering user accounts, you often need to determine when a password expires or the last time a user logged on. Acctinfo.dll adds a new property page to Active Directory Users and Computers that displays this and other helpful user account information, such as the last time a password was set. To only view whether an account is locked out, use Lockoutstatus to display this information from all domain controllers.
The Resource Kit also contains several utilities that can help you with certificate and log-on problems, including Pkiview to check the certificate infrastructure health. Not able to back up open files because users didn't log off before leaving the office? Use Winexit, a screen saver that logs off inactive users.
Keeping Track Monitoring security-related events can be as important as configuring security. Eventcombmt displays event-log entries from multiple computers in a single list. For example, it lets you view log-on failures on all DCs. Vfi, or Visual File Information, compares files and pinpoints even minute differences that aren't obvious. Other utilities included in the Resource Kit Tools let you perform additional security tasks. You can refer to the included help file for details.
About the Author
Joern Wettern, Ph.D., MCSE, MCT, Security+, is the owner of Wettern Network Solutions, a consulting and training firm. He has written books and developed training courses on a number of networking and security topics. In addition to helping companies implement network security solutions, he regularly teaches seminars and speaks at conferences worldwide.
Now that you have a plan, it's time to create your personalized Copilot.
Microsoft has released a tool to help recover affected systems after last week's global outage caused by a faulty update pushed through by security firm CrowdStrike.
As the dust settles on the massive CrowdStrike and Azure outage, conversations of what your organization should do in similar situations should happen now.
Tech giants including Microsoft and top AI players like Nvidia and OpenAI have formed a new industry group aimed at promoting AI safety and security standards.
Microsoft Designer, the company's AI-powered design tool, officially hit general availability on Wednesday after being unveiled during Ignite 2022.
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CARY, N.C. — Plastic construction products maker Ply Gem Holdings Inc. announced on May 13 that it will launch an initial public stock offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Like no social media platform since Facebook, Twitter—a "microblogging" service people can use to broadcast 140-character messages—has captured the fascination of the worldwide media, the public, and even the rarefied world of celebrities. While the number of actual twitterers remains relatively small—roughly 14 million users, compared to Facebook's 200 million—the site's growth has been phenomenal, with user numbers going up 1,382 percent in 2008, way above Facebook's paltry 228 percent rise. Something about the way the service works—its immediacy, spontaneity, the ability to broadcast your musings into cyberspace while walking down the street—has charmed people into spilling all manner of thoughts and observations—quotidian, profound, and idiotic—through Twitter messages, or "tweets."
As a result, the site has become a petri dish for human behavior, capturing everything from celebrity antics to acts of heroism to inane blunders that result in lawsuits, job losses, and even political coups. Here are the best and worst examples of Twitter behavior in the past few months.
5) Despite reports that social networks like Twitter and Facebook can improve productivity on the job, they also provide plenty of opportunities to embarrass your employer, not to mention yourself. And when an imprudent tweet is seen by the wrong eyes, it could mean losing a job before you've even started. Earlier this month, a new hire at Cisco, identified only by his Twitter name "theconnor," tweeted the following upon receiving the good news:
"Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work."
Cisco management, and the rest of the Internet, took no time in discovering the message, and the sorry tweeter—mockingly dubbed "Cisco Fatty"—was soon lampooned in tweets, Web sites, and even videos. His story has become the "dooced" of Twitter—a cautionary tale for tweet-happy employees worldwide.
4) Celebrities have been quick to embrace Twitter, attracting thousands of followers interested in the (often mundane; even boring) thoughts and lives of the stars. Of course, this means plenty of opportunity for actors and singers to let their personalities run rampant without the filter of various handlers. So far, the most notorious celebrity Twitter-foul belongs to Courtney Love, who has been sued by fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir for defamation based on Love's tweets and other Internet rants. After commissioning clothes from Simorangkir's Boudoir Queen clothing line, Love became enraged when she was sent a bill for the clothes. When Simorangkir suspended her work for Love, the singer launched a full Twitter assault against the designer, accusing her of being a "nasty, lying, hosebag thief" who had committed "assault and burglary." According to the complaint, Love also threatened Simorangkir, saying, "oi vey don't f--k with my wardrobe or you will end up in a circle of corched earth hunted til your dead."
Here's a slightly more cogent example, in which Love accuses her rival of theft:
"wwd. someone who will NEVER grace your pages the felonious Dawn/Boudoir Queen witnessed stealing 2 MASSIVE army bags out of the chat at 4am"
3) Large corporations have been quick to get into the Twitter act, repurposing it for marketing and public relations. However, the freedom and lack of constraints on the platform can create messy situations for companies and brands trying to tame Twitter for their own gain. Take the Mars Corporation, which owns Skittles. The marketing department thought it was being pretty smart when, as part of a publicity campaign, it redirected its homepage to a Twitter search of any tweets that contain the word "skittles." Unfortunately for the company, Internet-savvy comedian Baratunde Thurston used the opportunity to tweet some less-than-flattering remarks about the product, which then appeared on the homepage. Here's one of the less raunchy examples:
"#skittles got stuck in my mouth while I was driving, forced me to slam into orphanage, killing hundreds. i'll never eat them again"
2) Bosses aren't the only ones catching imprudent tweets: Clients can see them, too—and hold them against you. James Andrews, a vice president at a public relations and marketing agency, managed to alienate a good chunk of the employees of one of his largest clients with a single tweet. During a trip to FedEx headquarters in Memphis—where, ironically, he was scheduled to give a presentation on digital media—he tweeted the following:
"True confession but I'm in one of those towns where I scratch my head and say 'I would die if I had to live here!'"
The tweet was soon picked up by blogs, where it was seen by FedEx employees and management. Andrews was flamed across the blogosphere, and he issued an apology, as did his employer. FedEx, for its part, issued a formal statement accepting the apology.
1) Politics and social media have been quick and easy bedfellows, with the presidential election solidifying the importance of the Internet in campaigning and serving in office. And while Democrats won the social media race (as well as the election) in 2008, members of both parties have flooded the Twitter waves in the past few months. At present, more than 120 members of Congress are using the microblogging service, while major Republican players like Newt Gingrich and Karl Rove are gaining popularity on the site. Unsurprisingly, all this political-insider tweeting can lead to sticky situations, and an errant tweet can have significant blowback, as Virginia pol Jeff Frederick found out this winter. While the Democrats controlled the Virginia State Senate, Democratic senator Ralph Northam agreed to switch sides in February, a move that would have shifted the balance of power toward the Republicans. Frederick, chairman of the state Republican Party, brought it all down with this tweet, posted on February 10:
"Big news coming out of Senate: Apparently one dem is either switching or leaving the dem caucus. Negotiations for power sharing underway."
Given that the Internet is ubiquitous in state senators' offices, the Democrats soon saw his tweet, prompting the majority leader to adjourn the session and the remaining Democratic senators to rally around the defecting senator, effectively forcing him to change his mind.
5) You can Twitter from land, you can Twitter from sea—so why not from space? Astronaut Mike Massimino hasn't yet gotten to try tweeting while in orbit, but he is posting details about the last weeks of his training for the fifth and final shuttle million to service the Hubble Telescope, scheduled to launch on May 12, 2009. A veteran space traveler, Massimino has thus far offered tidbits like "getting ready to fly home in a T-38, I feel a need for speed!" and "in a simulator practicing for the first spacewalk on my mission." If he starts tweeting about the cooking in space, then we'll really be impressed.
4) Just as celebrities have jumped on the Twitter train, so have their impostors. And with no clear way of authenticating tweets, Twitterers are often misled into believing the faux Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears. Some celebrities, like Shaquille O'Neal, have taken steps to prove that their Twitter feeds are authentic. But good parodies are thick. One of the most successful frauds thus far is "CWalken," a popular feed that suggested it was (though never formally claimed to be) written by the actor. After it was publicly revealed as a fake, the account was removed by Twitter administrators. But its popularity stemmed from the charming eccentricity of tweets, which fans thought could come right from the idiosyncratic star. For example:
"I do my best thinking in a barber's chair. Sadly I do my worst remembering there too. Sure, I could take some notes but who does that?"
3) While Twitter execs may not have pinned down a way to make money from the site, some of its users certainly have. Gary Vaynerchuk, a 33-year-old Belarusian-born wine retailer from New Jersey who tweets under the name "Garyvee" gained over 160,000 followers with his wine tips and advice for a sea of frustrated entrepreneurs. HarperStudio, a tech-savvy division of HarperCollins, noticed, and offered Vaynerchuk a seven-figure, 10-book deal. Here's an example of a typical Garyvee tweet:
"So you want more ad revenue for your blog? ( after 12 emails in a row) GO AND TAKE IT! cold call, hustle, get in the trenches"
2) Could Twitter be dangerous? The U.S. military has considered the question, with good reason. Just as Google Earth could theoretically be used to plan and carry out attacks, so can Twitter and other social networks provide a means for terrorists to coordinate and communicate during an attack. Last year's Mumbai attacks made this all too evident, with the hijackers using the Internet to monitor the police response. Of course, it works the other way as well: During an emergency, Twitter can be a valuable source of information for those caught in it. Case in point: Hurricane Gustav, which battered New Orleans last September, provided an opportunity for Twitter to shine. The Red Cross was tweeting up a, er, storm, sending information about evacuation routes and available shelter to around 1,200 followers. Families were also able to contact loved ones and find out if they were safe. Here's one example from a Louisiana resident:
"The power of Gustav is incredible.....it blew the window completely out of jimbo's house......Danny's fence is simply gone - but all safe..."
1) In perhaps the biggest mark of Twitters pervasive influence, Democratic candidate-turned-President-Elect-turned-President Obama has maintained a flow of tweets since the presidential race began. Once Obama took office, the presidential feed has offered not-so-regular tweets offering information on the inauguration and soliciting questions about the economy for whitehouse.gov. Perhaps the most momentous tweet ever sent was on November 5th of 2008:
"We just made history. All of this happened because you gave your time, talent and passion. All of this happened because of you. Thanks"


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Miranda Lambert's ACM Awards Guitar Had an Inscription From Loretta Lynn
Miranda Lambert's night at the 2018 ACM Awards was special for many reasons, but that she was using a guitar signed by one of country music's most celebrated legends may have been overlooked.
When Lambert took the stage for a fierce performance of her empowering song, "Keeper of the Flame," Loretta Lynn was there with her in spirit. The guitar Lambert used is signed by the icon, who wrote a personal message with her autograph: "I love you Miranda. Love you, honey. Loretta Lynn."
The choice was perhaps a nod to bold women who have come before, the ones Lambert sings about in "Keeper of the Flame": "I'm the keeper of the flame / The teller of the story / The keeper of the flame / For the ones that came before me."
See the Best Moments from the 2018 ACM Awards!
Lambert and Lynn have forged a longstanding respect for one another throughout Lambert's career, as the modern country powerhouse has cited the legendary "The Pill" singer as an influence.
"Loretta always just said exactly what she was going through right then in her music, and that's why it resonates with us," Lambert said in a 2016 documentary honoring Lynn's legacy titled American Masters - Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl. She also recorded a version of Lynn's famous "Coal Miner's Daughter" with the legend and Sheryl Crow for a 2010 tribute album of the same name.
The modern country superstar is well on her way to creating a legacy of her own. Lambert is now the most awarded artist in ACM Awards history after taking home Song of the Year and Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2018 show, bringing her total wins to 32 and besting Brooks & Dunn's record of 29.
Lambert will hit the road with Little Big Town on the co-headlining Bandwagon Tour this summer.
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I founded the Zoe Vine brand when the youngest of my five children began school full time. I have knitted since I was a small child and have been designing and making vintage-style knitwear for many years. This lead to an interest in vintage-style clothing, and so my business was a natural progression. I wanted to start a company that was based around something I am passionate about. After receiving a start up loan, I went to Hong Kong to meet with a contact that a friend had put me in touch with. I took my design drawings with me and spent time searching the fabric district of Kowloon for suitable materials. I discussed my business plans with my agent and we agreed to terms and prices. My first samples arrived soon after I returned to the UK.
How did you earn your first sales? Which channels are now generating the most traffic and sales for you?
With no budget for marketing, we concentrated all our efforts on social media. We established good relationships with influential bloggers and sent them dresses to review. This lead to our first sales as well as an increased following. Our ongoing collaborations with fashion bloggers continue to generate traffic to the site and provide exposure to stylists and journalists who then approached us to borrow dresses for photo shoots and brand profiles. We never say no to any opportunity. Facebook and Instagram are the most effective social media accounts for generating traffic.
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We love the simplicity of Supple Wholesale Pricing which enables us to sell wholesale to stockists. We use Order Printer to create profesional-looking invoices and Shopify Product Reviews to create new content for improved SEO and to reduce returns. We have also just installed Refersion Affiliate Tracking as it allows you to have up to 15 affiliates free. We handle shipping and fulfillment internally.
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As you know, we have a decentralised police service, whose Chief Constables have complete autonomy. It's just a remarkable coincidence that the police forces of Derbyshire, Cambridgeshire, Staffordshire ("Injury Time"), Cleveland, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire and for all I know every force in the land are exhorting us to 'show the red card to domestic violence', which apparently is a result of 'increased consumption of alcohol'.
Naturally Amnesty International, fresh from their campaign to establish the univesal human right to kill unborn children, are on the case.
All this can't but remind me of the Super Bowl Myth.
Just three days before the 1993 Super Bowl game, a news conference was called in Pasadena. There Sheila Kuehl, an attorney for the California Women's Law Center, stepped to the podium to report some shocking news: according to a study by Old Dominion University, emergency room admissions of women rose by 40% following football games won by the Washington Redskins.
Media representatives got the warning that Super Bowl Sunday is "the biggest day of the year for violence against women." Soon a media advisory went out warning women, "Don't remain at home with him during the game."
The next morning, Friday January 29, psychologist Lenore Walker appeared on Good Morning America and repeated the same frightening news.
By Saturday, the hysteria had reached a fever pitch. A January 30 Boston Globe article claimed that women's shelter and hotlines are "flooded with more calls from victims than on any other day of the year."
Just before the coin flip for the big game, NBC ran a 30-second spot reminding men that domestic violence is a crime.
Then the Washington Post decided to do a little detective work. Post reporter Ken Ringle called Janet Katz, one of the researchers from Old Dominion University, to verify the claim. "That's not what we found at all," Katz responded. To the contrary, she said any increase in emergency room admissions "was not associated with the occurrence of football games in general."
Ringle's report, "Wife Beating Claims," appeared on the front page of the Washington Post on January 31. This was the upshot of the story: the assertion that watching football games provokes men into a frenzy of wife-beating was actually a hoax.
Within hours, Lenore Walker and the Boston Globe reporter pulled back on their original claims, admitting they hadn't seen the original study. On February 2, the Boston Globe ran a retraction.
UPDATE - that "40% increase" figure, such a feature of the Superbowl fantasy, seems to have taken on the same life of its own as the UK's "one in four" figure (repeated endlessly; based on a dodgy 1993 survey of North London in which "Mooney's definition of violence includes physical, sexual, psychological and emotional abuse - and each of these categories involves a whole spectrum of behaviour. So under psychological abuse we find 'criticism... jealousy...destroying possessions...and verbal abuse', and - most dramatically of all - 'being forced to do menial and trivial tasks'". Criticism as domestic violence, eh ? Has Ms Mooney ever been in a relationship ? Menial tasks ? I know who cleans the toilets in this house. I digress).
Here are Staffordshire Police, clamping down on domestic violence for Euro 2004.
"Staffordshire Police say they will clamp down on domestic violence fuelled by the Euro 2004 football tournament.
The Pathway Project, the county's only 24-hour helpline for domestic violence victims, reported a surge in calls of almost 40% during the 2002 World Cup."
Note the BBC's use of the "one in four" statistic, on a photo helpfully captioned (move the cursor over it) "Photo staged by actors. Shows: man pushing woman".
Alas the project doesn't seem to have worked. Here's the BBCs 2006 story.
"Violent abusers are to be under extra police scrutiny during the World Cup by a Midlands force. Staffordshire officers are predicting a rise in domestic violence, especially around England's matches, and they will be targeting known offenders.
Posters with the slogan "Now we're into injury time" will promote the campaign.
Assistant Chief Constable Suzette Davenport said during Euro 2004 there had been a 40% increase in cases of domestic violence."
More on a different "one in four" at Spiked.


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As I indicated in my last post (Can We Change Voting Behavior?), I'm working with the United States Proxy Exchange (USPX) on a petition to the SEC to end "street name registration." That largely ad hoc system took root under emergency conditions stemming from a paperwork crisis during the 1960s, before networked computers were ubiquitous in trading markets. Street name registration, and a system that immobilized stock, were supposed to be temporary measures but they have grown to undermine our ownership culture. Just as poker chips allow us to play under rules that often favor the house, those holding "security entitlements" do not acquire the rights of real shareowners.
Street name registration is the primary reason proxy solicitations cost hundreds of thousands of dollars—and that exorbitant cost is why entrenched boards routinely run unopposed. Eliminating street name registration, in favor of a direct registration system, could bring the cost of proxy solicitation down to a few thousand dollars, which would have a bigger impact on shareowner rights than the SEC's proposed proxy access initiative. It would also eliminate the use of voter information forms and other vehicles that circumvent the legal rights of shareowners with official proxies.
We welcome interested parties to co-sign the petition with us. The January 12, 2010 draft petition may go though minor revisions, based on your recommendations, but the substantive points will remain. We intend to submit the petition by the end of January to help ensure it is considered by staff preparing recommendations to the Commission concerning how to resolve various "proxy mechanics" issues. If you are interested in signing on to the petition, please e-mail Glyn Holton, Executive Director, United States Proxy Exchange, indicating you want to co-sign, and provide the following:
- Your signature block with your organization affiliation, if any
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PeopleSoft uses Content References (CREF's) to describe how to display content within the PeopleSoft Portal (Enterprise or standard PeopleTools Portal). A very important setting for describing how to display a CREF is the CREF's template. The template describes how the content should be wrapped or "framed." Some templates proxy content into a single HTML page. Other templates use frames to display content. The most common frames template is the template that displays the header at the top, a menu on the left, and a content window on the right. If a CREF does not specify a template, then the Portal will use the default template. The default CREF template is set in PeopleTools > Portal > General Settings. If you haven't changed this setting, then your template is DEFAULT_TEMPLATE
, also known as Portal default template. After looking up the default template, we can navigate to PeopleTools > Portal > Structure and Content to view the definition for this template. Templates are stored in the portal registry under Portal Objects > Templates. If your template has a storage type of "Local (in HTML Catalog)", then you can modify your template's HTML directly in this CREF. CREF's with a storage type of "Remote by URL", like the Portal default template, usually retrieve dynamic content from an IScript. Theoretically, you could store your template definition in any format or system as long as it is accessible by a URL (think of the possibilities for dynamic or even hosted templates). The IScript for the delivered Portal default template reads its settings from a different Content Reference. The name of this settings content reference is stored in the field PT_PORTAL_PROFILE
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When the first Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, took office in 1790, his entire staff consisted of just six people, including himself and a part-time translator. The current Secretary presides over almost fifteen thousand employees scattered around the globe. During the intervening years, of course, the challenges facing Jefferson's successors have changed dramatically as the infant republic has grown into a world power.
Not long ago, David L. Porter, associate professor of history at William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, became curious as to who had been the best and who the worst among them. A poll of diplomatic historians seemed the best way to find out. There were professional precedents for such a survey: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., twice asked historians to rank the nation's Presidents, and Professors Roy M. Mersky and Albert Blaustein had more recently polled legal scholars as to the performance of Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Porter sent questionnaires to fifty of the nation's leading diplomatic historians, asking each to nominate his candidates for the ten best—and five worst- Secretaries of State. All fifty-six secretaries from Jefferson to Edmund Muskie were eligible. Each nominee was to be assessed solely on his record in that office. Among the suggested criteria: the Secretary's success in defining and achieving his diplomatic goals; the political and moral leadership he exerted on foreign affairs; the impact of his actions on the course of American history.
Some historians did not respond, apparently feeling that there were too many imponderables to make such a poll legitimate.
But more than half the historians did respond, and we present their choices in descending order of preference.
1. John Quincy Adams, who served (1817-25) under President James Monroe, was the first choice of over 80 per cent of the respondents. Stern, cerebral, conscientious, and articulate, he negotiated the acquisition of Florida from Spain in 1819 and collaborated with the President in formulating the Monroe Doctrine.
2. William H. Seward served (1861-69) Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He helped keep France and Britain from recognizing the Confederacy during the Civil War, persuaded France to withdraw her troops from Mexico after that war ended, and successfully engineered the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.
3. Hamilton Fish served (1869-77) President Ulysses S. Grant. Calm, judicious, and untainted by the corruption that permeated the Grant administration, he helped settle the thorny Alabama Claims controversy with Britain in 1871, directed negotiations that settled American claims against Spain, and signed a commercial reciprocity treaty with Hawaii in 1875, helping to pave the way for later annexation.
4. Charles Evans Hughes served (1921-25) Presidents Harding and Coolidge. He presided over the Washington Conference for Limitation of Armament (1921-22) that froze for a decade naval armament among the United States, Britain, and France, and he brought about the 1922 Nine Power Treaty, which called upon its signatories to maintain an Open Door policy toward China and respect her independence.
5. George C. Marshall served (1947-49) President Harry Truman. The first professional soldier ever to become Secretary—and the man who held the post for the shortest time among the top ten—he helped establish the postwar policy of containment. He promulgated the Truman Doctrine that provided military aid for Greece and Turkey, developed the Marshall Plan for rebuilding postwar Europe, and helped foster the Organization of American States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
6. Dean Acheson, Marshall's successor, also served (1949-53) President Truman. He helped create NATO, brought West Germany into the European defense system, and implemented a policy of armed intervention in Korea.
7. Henry Kissinger, our only foreign-born Secretary of State, served (1973-77) under Presidents Nixon and Ford. After four enormously influential years as Nixon's special adviser on national security affairs, he sought, as Secretary, to relax tensions and promote trade with China and the Soviet Union and pioneered the art of "shuttle diplomacy," traveling 560,000 miles in search of peace.
8. Daniel Webster, one of only two Secretaries of State to hold non-consecutive terms, served under three Presidents: William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (1841-43) and Millard Fillmore (1850-52). He negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, averting war with Britain over Maine's boundary, and asserted America's right to recognize republican Hungary and other popular governments in Europe.
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Good morning,
We are sharing another 'Little Claire Likes' project with you today.
The stamp that is being featured, is one of our favourite Christmas ones - 'Stocking Owls'. You can buy it at the special reduced price of £3.50 this week, until Thursday, 2nd October. It will then go back up to the original price of £5.50.
Here is Heidi's quick and easy card, using the stamp and also a 'Snowflake' stamp from our forthcoming October Club stamp set, which launches on Wednesday, so a sneaky peak for you!
Products Used :
Craft Creations 'Blue Snowflake' paper - £0.50 per sheet
Card blank, blue card, Promarkers and snowflake punch from stash.
How the card was made :
(1) Stamp 'Snowflake' images all around the card blank, edge with inkpad.
(2) Cut a small oblong of blue card and a smaller one with the 'Snowflake' paper.
(3) Stick together then onto card blank.
(4) Stamp up 'Stocking Owls' image and colour in.
(5) Matt onto a piece of blue card and edge with ink pad, stick down.
(6) Stamp up a sentiment, matt onto blue card, attach to card.
(7) Punch out two snowflakes from blue card, arrange and stick.
(8) Add pearls to decorate.
We do hope you have enjoyed our quick and easy card tutorial today. Don't forget to grab yourself a 'Stocking Owls' stamp before they sell out.
The Little Claire Team


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On Friday, Ammon Bundy met briefly with a federal agent as authorities attempt to resolve the three-week old standoff over federal land policies, but Bundy left because the agent wouldn't talk with him in front of the media.
The short meeting occurred as Oregon officials are putting increased pressure on federal authorities to take action against Bundy's group.
On Thursday, Bundy went to the airport in Burns, where the FBI has set up a staging area, and spoke to an FBI negotiator over the phone. They agreed to speak again Friday, but Bundy left the airport shortly after he arrived because the FBI agent he spoke with said federal authorities wanted any conversation to be private.
Bundy wants face-to-face conversations in front of reporters. "I really don't think, at this point, even having another phone conversation here without him would be beneficial," Bundy said before leaving Friday.
He also questioned the FBI's authority. "If you haven't got sanction from the sheriff, there's no reason to be talking to you," Bundy said.
A crowd of reporters watched the brief exchange, while state troopers and armed federal agents looked on.
Bundy's group began occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon on Jan. 2. The group plans to open the 300-square-mile refuge for cattle this spring.
The FBI did not immediately comment on Friday's meeting with Bundy, but the agency said in a statement Thursday that the agency's response "has been deliberate and measured as we seek a peaceful resolution."
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday that she was angry because federal authorities have not taken action against Bundy's group. The Democratic governor said the occupation has cost Oregon taxpayers nearly half a million dollars.
Brown sent a letter Thursday to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and FBI Director James Comey, urging them "to end the unlawful occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as safely and as quickly as possible."
In a statement, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley said it was "long past time for this illegal occupation to end and for the people of Harney County to get their lives back."
The Oregon Democrat said he hopes authorities could peacefully resolve the situation and hold Bundy's group accountable.
At community meetings, some local residents have asked Bundy and his group to leave.
Harney County Judge Steve Grasty said in a statement Friday that many locals "are incredulous about the federal government's fear of taking action against the lawlessness that we are witnessing on a daily basis."
Bundy has said he believes his group's work is appreciated by locals. He said the armed men have been "helping ranchers," doing maintenance on the refuge because "it's in a bad shape," and taking care of fire hazards in the refuge's firehouse.
Bundy has also asked the FBI to let two ranchers sent to prison for arson go back home.
The Center for Biological Diversity environmentalist group says it plans to hold a rally Saturday afternoon in the refuge to call for Bundy and his supporters to leave.
Associated Press writer Gosia Wozniacka in Portland, Oregon, contributed to this report.
Link to original article from Yahoo.com


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Kip Hansen wants to ban monitoring of at least the following:
- global mean surface temperature
- ocean heat content
- global sea level.
In a meandering article with much long-winded detail about how he sometimes does a clean install of his computer, Kip Hansen proposes a four day conference, attended by "the right people". A " dozen or two bright, open minds" who would "get together" to decide how to investigate Earth's climate starting from scratch. Kip proposes they would:
...get together and develop an outline which could then be compared to what is currently being done. This might lead to some insight in how to break the current Climate Science deadlock. It might lead to some new ways of thinking about the subject. It might open up new research directions. It might just help direct the next generation of climate scientists in new directions.
Notice the strawman - "break the current Climate Science deadlock". What deadlock is that? Kip doesn't say.
Specifically with regards to climate scientists, there is a large number of scientists, including those in influential positions, that regard 100% of the warming to be anthropogenic, and the only scientific challenges are to refine our estimates of radiative forcing and refine climate model parameterizations. Think Gavin Schmidt, among many others.What a load of crap. (Gavin Schmidt called her on it.)
Judith went further, and wrote:
What might trigger pushing the reset button? Well in the U.S., election of any of the Republican presidential candidates might do it. Funding priorities for scientific research and energy policy would change. Many scientists would be relieved, I'm sure others would be horrified. If the U.S. climate change funding were to be redirected to be predominantly for natural climate variability, would the rats desert the sinking funding ship and start focusing on natural variability?Judith doesn't read science any more, or she'd know that there is a lot of climate research on natural variability. (Perhaps her sole purpose in life these days is to create and promote myths for deniers.) Here are some journals she could open, if she wanted to:
I find it interesting, too, that she advocates that climate research priorities should be politicised and set by the President of the USA. I doubt that past US Presidents have interfered in the way Judith proposes.
I've no idea what was going on in her mind when she wrote:
What research findings, following the current trajectory, might trigger a rethink? Apart from continuation of a slow rate of warming, I am thinking that failing to close the carbon cycle in a simplistic way might prove to be very illuminating, as well as the satellite observations of atmospheric CO2.In that, Judith shows she knows nothing about climate. The rate of warming is not slow, it is faster than ever in civilisation and heading for ten times faster than in the past 65 million years. What she means by closing the carbon cycle in a simplistic way I have not the faintest clue. Perhaps she thinks it makes her sound "sciency" to her dim denier fans. Notice how she threw them a bone with her "satellite observations" reference. Deniers love satellites, but I can't see how OCO-2 is going to help their anti-science campaigns.
Then Judith wants to see how hot it can get in ten years by increasing carbon emissions, writing:
From the policy perspective, failure to implement meaningful reductions in carbon emission and to change/improve the climate in a material way could promote a rethinking of this whole thing, but it will be a decade at least before any meaningful evaluation can be made.Finally she launches into advocacy, touting her own lack of ethics, implying that being concerned for humanity is unethical, writing:
I think the only practical thing that can be done in the very near term is paying much more attention to research ethics, the traditional norms of science, and the problems generated by scientists that become activists, particularly the journal editors and professional societies.
In Judith's world, the only scientists and ex-scientists who are allowed to be activists are herself, of course, and maybe others who can't wait for the world to burn, such as Richard Lindzen and Willie Soon.
You'll have noticed that Judith was incapable of answering any of Kip's questions. She couldn't even come up with an agenda for his four day bright spark gabfest. So I'll make a suggestion. Here's a program for Kip and Judith and Judith's Republican "allies against science".
The "Dozen Bright Minds" Climate Research Workshop
- Agreeing workshop objectives and criteria by which to judge it's success
- Mapping we are now - what we know, what we partly know, knowledge gaps
- Priorities for future research, filling knowledge gaps - looking ahead five years, ten years and twenty years and beyond
- Priorities for ongoing research - what research is essential to maintain, what areas would suffer significant set-back if research were slowed or stopped (babies and bathwater)
- Priorities for monitoring changes in climate - what existing metrics must be maintained and what data is needed that we aren't collecting at present
- Rationale for the above
- Resources - personnel, agencies, equipment, funding
- Alliances with other disciplines, agencies, research teams and organisations around the world
- Information - data and its collection, analysis, storage, retrieval, and dissemination
- Finalising the plan framework, objectives, results to be achieved, who does what, criteria by which to judge success
- Agreeing the next steps (see Post-Workshop)
- how progress in the plan will be monitored and reported,
- by whom and to whom
- timetable and mechanism for reviewing progress, and revising and amending the plan over time
- disseminating the plan and getting feedback from the broad research community as well as all the various groups with an interest in the outcome (ultimately, all of humanity)
- process for revising the plan based on feedback
- Agreeing the finalised plan (after incorporating feedback) and the implementation pathway
- Which "dozen" disciplines and sub-disciplines would be represented at the expense of all the other research?
- What about scientists and scientific research organisations in fields related to climate?
- Should people who have a stake in climate research be invited to participate?
- If stakeholders are not to be invited, how will the Dozen Bright Minds be informed about their concerns and priorities?
- Even if stakeholders are to be invited, which ones, and what about all the other stakeholders who aren't. How will their interests be discovered and factored in?