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N THE 60 years since the end of the Korean War, U.S. policy toward North Korea has fluctuated between the options of "containment" and "rollback."
Sometimes, the policy has shifted in the course of one presidency. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush both started out as advocates of rollback--regime change, either by military force or by provoking an internal collapse--but ended as caretakers of containment.
Barack Obama--who campaigned for the White House in 2008 on a promise to conduct direct talks with North Korea, in contrast to the belligerent rhetoric of the Bush years--seems to have followed an opposite trajectory since his first months in office. Though you wouldn't know it to judge from the U.S. media, this aggressive posture in Washington is a driving factor in the escalating tensions that have landed the Korean conflict on the front pages in recent weeks.
Obama's aggressive posture may have been a little hard to detect amid the media's saturation coverage of the escalating threats by the Northern regime of Kim Jong-un against the U.S. and its Asian allies.
But the signs are obvious enough. For one, the U.S. and South Korea have entered the second of two months of their annual joint military exercises. The war games have featured offensive maneuvers, including, for the first time in 20 years, a simulated takeover of Northern territory.
In the past couple weeks, the administration has quietly acknowledged that the North's hostile rhetoric is a response to U.S. shows of force--and professed a fear that the situation might get out of hand. In an article in the Wall Street Journal, administration sources identified the U.S. itself as the provocateur: "After a high-visibility display of military power aimed at deterring North Korean provocations, the White House is dialing back the aggressive posture amid fears that it could inadvertently trigger an even deeper crisis, according to U.S. officials.
"The U.S. is putting a pause to what several officials described as a step-by-step plan the Obama administration approved earlier this year, dubbed "the playbook," that laid out the sequence and publicity plans for U.S. shows of force during annual war games with South Korea. The playbook included well-publicized flights in recent weeks near North Korea by nuclear-capable B-52 and stealth B-2 bombers, as well as advanced F-22 warplanes.
"The U.S. stepped back from the plans this week, as U.S. officials began to worry that the North, which has a small nuclear arsenal and an unpredictable new leader, may be more provoked than the U.S. had intended, the officials said."
Administration fears may stem, in part, from a combative new South Korean military posture that the U.S. initially approved. Southern officials announced that in case of a skirmish with Northern forces, Southern units should "inflict a retaliation that is more than 10 times as harsh as the level of provocation," while "punish[ing] not only the origin of the provocation, but also its commanding forces."
What's more, the new Southern president, Park Guen-hye, authorized units on the ground to carry out the retaliation without consulting the higher command and "without political consideration." These orders are a recipe for escalating a small conflict, even an accidental one, into a much bigger fight.
Kim Jong-un, the supposedly aggressive one of Korea's two leaders, has put his military on highest alert, but he has reportedly told his frontline troops to be cautious and avoid giving South Korea an excuse to attack.
It has been easy for the U.S. political and media establishment to paint Kim's militaristic tyranny--which still claims to be socialist, despite the iron-fisted rule of a tiny elite--in a bad light. But there is a lot of evidence that the regime is posturing, rather than planning to start a war.
For example, troops have not been moved toward the border with the South--a fact noted recently by South Korean officials. Plus, while residents of Northern cities regularly participate in civil air-raid drills, the Associated Press office in the Northern capital of Pyongyang reported this week that no drills have been called in the past few months.
North Korea has moved a missile to its east coast and may launch it this week, according to Southern sources. But the launch of a single medium-range missile seems like it would serve more as a symbol of Northern resolve, not as an opening salvo in a war.
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AN ESCALTING flare-up of conventional combat could conceivably start a war that would bring down Kim's regime, but it would involve thousands, if not millions, of casualties. That's not Barack Obama's favored means of "rollback." Obama has a policy of "strategic patience," crafted when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, under which the U.S. heightens North Korea's political and economic isolation, while waiting "patiently" for the regime to collapse from within.
When Obama came into office, the health of North Korea's then-ruler Kim Jong-il was failing. The country's leadership looked like it would pass to his untested 20-something son, Kim Jong-un. U.S. analysts predicted a period of instability as the younger Kim tried to consolidate his power, especially over the army, which plays an outsized political role in North Korea.
Meanwhile, the U.S. would tighten the screws on the poverty-stricken country in the hopes that a sharpening power struggle at the top would lead to the state's disintegration. In this spring's war games, the simulated invasion of the North "supposed that civil war breaks out due to conflict between hawks and doves in the North Korean military," according to the South's Chosun Ilbo newspaper.
Just to be clear: Obama's preferred means for bringing about regime change is to push North Korea toward social collapse. North Korea's estimated per capita gross domestic product is less than $4 a day. Since the end of the Cold War in 1991, when Russia withdrew aid and the North entered a period of natural disasters, the country has experienced chronic shortages of food, electricity, capital and industrial inputs.
Barack Obama, the pious advocate of humanitarian intervention, is deliberately inflicting the opposite of humanitarianism on the people of North Korea.
How has Obama tightened the screws? As Gregory Elich explained in a recent article on the CounterPunch website, militarily, the U.S. and South Korea are preparing:
-- To extend the range of Southern missiles to reach all parts of the North;
-- To develop the ability to destroy Northern missiles before they can launch;
-- To accelerate the setup of antimissile hardware that will further undermine the North's missile deterrent against U.S. or South Korean aggression;
-- To apply the new Southern doctrine of massive retaliation "in both peacetime and wartime."
Meanwhile, to attack North Korea's economy, Elich explains, the U.S. has:
-- Forced through economic sanctions in the UN Security Council in response to the North's peaceful launch of a satellite last December--an unprecedented response to any nation's space program;
-- Led the drive in the Security Council to tighten sanctions following the North's nuclear bomb test in February. The U.S. has applied its own sanctions to other countries, such as Pakistan, for their nuclear tests, but the UN has never followed suit until this year. The sanctions include tight restrictions on foreign business relations with North Korean banks. The intent is to force the North to conduct trade and government operations on a cash basis, effectively bringing much of both to a halt.
-- Unilaterally banned transactions between U.S. businesses and North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank. "Typically," writes Elich, "international trade is based on the dollar, requiring transactions to process through the U.S. financial system," so the new restrictions would impede North Korean trade with all countries, not just with the United States.
South Korea has also done its share to punish North Korea since the sinking of the South's destroyer Cheonan and the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island in 2010. Then-President Lee Myung-bak cut off most aid, trade and bilateral cooperation activities, with the exception of operations at the Kaesong industrial complex, where Southern capital has exploited cheap Northern labor since 2002.
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THESE MEASURES are certainly harsh, but it's not widely understood how harshly the United States has treated North Korea, even when "containment," not regime change, has been the policy.
For one thing, the past year's restrictions on North Korea's access to credit are only an extension of a permanent policy of blocking loans from major multilateral institutions. Japan and the U.S. have repeatedly vetoed the North's applications to join the Asian Development Bank, and U.S. policy has denied the North membership in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
What's more, the U.S. is technically still at war with North Korea, 60 years after the end of the Korean War. The 1953 armistice was supposed to extend for only three months, at which time the new U.S. would work out a final peace treaty with North Korea and China. North Korea has been asking for this final peace treaty since the mid-1960s. Today, the regime's central demand is still that the U.S. sign a mutual nonaggression pact--a seemingly simple step that every U.S. president has nevertheless dismissed.
The U.S., South Korea and Japan have all refused to establish diplomatic relations with North Korea. Normalization with Japan could be particularly important for the North. When Japan normalized relations with South Korea in 1965, it paid reparations for crimes committed during its colonial occupation of the Korean peninsula from 1905 to 1945. If Japan recognized the North today and offered similar compensation, it would amount to more than $10 billion in current dollars--around one quarter of the North's estimated annual GDP.
That amount of money could wipe out North Korean debts that date back as far as the 1970s--to Russia, France, Sweden, China and Japan--which have discouraged international banks from granting new loans to the North. After paying off the debts, there would be lots of money left over to upgrade North Korea's infrastructure.
In 2008, George W. Bush removed North Korea from the State Department's list of "state sponsors of terrorism." If the North was any other country, its removal from the list would have opened up trade with the U.S., but the U.S. had imposed trade sanctions on North Korea long before there was a terrorism list.
At the beginning of the Korean War in 1950, President Harry Truman declared a U.S. state of emergency and invoked the Trading With the Enemy Act. The action banned imports of goods from China and North Korea. The government long ago lifted the ban on imports of Chinese goods, but the U.S. is still in a state of emergency in relation to North Korea. Every year, the emergency comes up for renewal, and every president since Truman has reinstated it.
Nonmilitary exports to North Korea have been permitted since 2000, but imports of Northern goods to the U.S. are still banned. This may not seem like a big problem for North Korea, but the ban on exports to the U.S. discourages foreign investment in North Korea since the U.S. was, until recently, the world's biggest importer, and now runs a close second to the European Union.
All of these hostile policies, pursued even by presidents who weren't openly belligerent toward North Korea, show that the difference between "containment" and "rollback" is the difference between strangling North Korea slowly or quickly.
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MOST OF Kim Jong-un's recent threats have been bluffs, of course, and most of his actions have been reversible.
In the first category is his threat to launch nuclear-armed missiles against the U.S., South Korea and Japan. The North's missiles have proven unreliable, and specialists agree that its nuclear devices aren't ready to be missile payloads. Besides, even if North Korea has a first shot to fire, it doesn't have a second. The ensuing "war" would entail a ferocious U.S. attack on the North and the all-but-certain overthrow of the regime.
This week's shutdown of the Kaesong industrial zone is an example of the reversible measures. Kim has looked for dramatic things to disrupt, like the hotline connecting Northern and Southern militaries, which he can restore when tensions subside.
Kim has made it clear, however, that North Korea will not return to a non-nuclear status quo. As the U.S. steps up its threats of military action and refuses to sign a nonaggression guarantee, North Korea's bombs serve as a deterrent, not a bargaining chip. Spokespeople for the regime have stated explicitly that the North will keep its weapons because the U.S. has felt free to overthrow governments, such as Iraq's, that gave up their weapons programs.
Obama refuses to enter direct talks until the North commits to giving up nuclear weapons. It's a formula for not talking at all--which is, in fact, Washington's policy. The Wall Street Journal recently summarized the real meaning of "strategic patience": "Obama administration officials have said they have no current intention of reengaging with the North. Instead, the White House has pursued a policy of heightened economic sanctions against the communist country, both unilaterally and through the United Nations; new efforts to missile defense in Asia; and new measures to joint-military capabilities with South Korea and Japan."
[Reprinted from Socialist Worker.]


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Washington, DC has film festivals, not markets. That's the difference between DC and Sundance, Toronto, Tribeca. But there's another bottom line for DC film festivals: IMPACT. How does a story move people to action? Support key legislation? Who should see it and why? What understandings or changes are inspired?
AFI DOCS devotes 5 days (June 22-26) to documentaries from around the world from filmmakers who have an impact goal in mind. Some of the filmmakers will be meeting on the Hill. They and others will also let their stories unfold in hopes that general audiences will connect with the people and the stories they live even after the cameras and boom mics are put away, and festival programs are archived.
For me drama or narrative has the same potential for impact. But that's a tough sell in an information/data junkie city like DC. In either case, story drives everything. And I'm happy to be in the thick of another AFI DOCS festival.
I'm working with Margaret Byrne (director/producer) and Ian Kibbe (producer) to navigate their impact on Washington, DC for the AFI DOCS screening of their documentary RAISING BERTIE (June 25 and 26). RAISING BERTIE's getting a nice buzz in festival and documentary circles. The film raised questions for me about the growing distance between my urban life and non-farming rural communities. Or to put it this way…
Bertie (pronounced Ber-tee), is a small community in North Carolina. There are no neighboring towns 30 minutes away where there are jobs. The primary employers are Perdue Chicken (factory) and 100 prisons that dot the NC landscape. It's hard keeping a superintendent of schools. Most teachers are not from the Bertie community. But Bertie is where Reginald, David, and Davonte were born, grew up, and Bertie is where they choose to stay.
There was a time people planned and packed food for trips to "the country" during the summer to visit family, get some fresh air, and fresh perspective. DC was the mid-point for the Great Migration. Many from South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia stopped here. Many stayed and assimilated within a generation into urban life and culture. Southern food became "soul food." Hip Hop became the urban "blues."
There is little to no reaching back except for possibly the next migration to the South as rents in northern cities rise, and jobs shrink especially for unskilled or obsolete skilled labor. How many secretarial positions are posted? That was the first step to office manager and more on the corporate ladder. Do we still have mail rooms? What happened to that US Postal Service or entry level government job with the guaranteed pension or savings plan to send your kids to college. Diminished. Gone with the shrinking of government. For Bertie, even the diminished options aren't available.
If there is an impact for RAISING BERTIE it's to raise up this community to find its own way to opportunity (education, health, transportation, infrastructure) — with some help of course. RAISING BERTIE doesn't fit into a neat familiar narrative of rural poverty. Bertie may be struggling but the people are proud. Call it rural resilience and a sense of reality. Opportunity is RAISING BERTIE'S bottom line.
Thank you @wcp and #DeanEssner. Beautiful write up for @RaisingBertie. See you @AFIDOCS pic.twitter.com/dr5ANtHTUV
— MichonBostonGroup (@MichonBostonGrp) June 17, 2016

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The CHI Christian Hotels International website is aimed at presenting christian hotels, guesthouses, youth centres, retreat centres and camp sites.
CHI Christian Hotels International is working to establish a world wide directory of christian hotels.
The ACH / VCH Hotels
Christian Hotels International has its origin in Association of Christian Hotels (ACH) that was founded in 1895 in Switzeland. The Verband Christlicher Hotels (VCH) is the german form of the name. The association has several european countries as members.
For more than a century the ACH/VCH hotels have been known for their hospitality, friendliness, excellent service and comfort.
CHI - a new direction
During the annual meeting of ACH i Basel i march 2008 it was decided that the association shall work to include new countries on a world wide basis. One of its first goals is to establish a world wide directory of christian hotels. This developement is to carried out under the name: CHI - Christian Hotels International / Christian Hospitality International


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Family/Child Session Fee
Session Information
1. Creative fee is non-refundable and due at the time of booking. Remaining selection fee is due at the time of the session. Creative fee covers the time and talent of the Photographer and does not include prints, digital files or products. Upon payment of creative fee, Photographer will reserve the time and date agreed upon.
2. A travel fee may be incurred for location shoots done over 30 miles from zip code 28027.
3. Cameras or recording devices are prohibited from the session.
4. Client is responsible for their own safety and actions while at the location of the portrait session. Photographer is not responsible for any liability, accidents, illnesses, damage or loss to person or property that may result from the photography session itself or anything related to the photography session.
5. If anyone should fall ill, contact the Photographer as soon as possible to reschedule the session. A new date must be discussed and decided upon with photographer within 1 week or retainer fee will not be transferrable. If, in the opinion of the Photographer, inclement weather or other adverse conditions prevent the creation of a portrait meeting the artistic standards of the Photographer, Photographer may elect to use an alternate location or to reschedule the session.
6. If the Photographer cannot perform this contract due to fire or other casualty, strike, act of God, or other cause beyond the control of the parties, or due to Photographer's illness or emergency, and Photographer is unable to reschedule the session, then the Photographer shall return any deposit or session fee to the client but shall have no further liability with respect to the contract. This limitation on liability shall also apply in the event that photographic materials are damaged in processing, lost through camera or media malfunction, lost in the mail, or otherwise lost or damaged. In the event the photographer fails to perform for any other reason, the photographer shall not be liable for any amount in excess of the retail value of the client's order.
Proofing and Ordering
7. If Client is dissatisfied with the gallery images, notice must be sent to photographer within 24 hours of the gallery going live. A re-shoot may be scheduled, solely at the discretion of the Photographer, as quickly as reasonably possible, and all images from the first gallery will be deleted. Re-shoots will not be offered due to parties not cooperating, as well as and hair or wardrobe choices.
8. Within approximately three to four weeks after your session, an email will be sent linking you to a gallery of edited images. Images are selected and edited at the Photographers' discretion. The artist reserves the right to edit and release only those images deemed creditable as professional in quality and within the Photographers' artistic standards. The photos will be available for viewing, downloading and purchasing, in a password protected gallery, for 90 days.
9. Galleries will be automatically purged from the website after 90 days. A $30 rehosting fee will apply to galleries that need to be put back on the website after the 90 day viewing period. If the pricing has changed since your original booking date, your images will be rehosted at the Photographer's new pricing.
10. Simple fixes, such as crops and blemish removal may be completed at the Photographer's discretion. More extensive retouching is done at a fee of $30 an hour.
11. Please examine all images in your gallery thoroughly. Due to the custom nature of photography, refunds are not available. I do not give out unedited or RAW files.
12. Images are kept on file by Photographer for 3 months after portrait session. Every effort is made to secure equipment back-up, however due to the unreliability of digital equipment, data loss can occur at any time; except as explained herein, Photographer shall not be liable for any loss of digital data whatsoever.
13. No part of any order, including previews, will be delivered until the balance is paid in full.
14. Print issues (i.e. damage during shipping, discoloration of photo, missing items) must be reported to the photographer within 7 days of receiving order for the issue to be resolved. Order corrections will not be completed after the 7 day time period.
15. Client is aware that color dyes in photography may fade or discolor over time due to the inherent qualities of dyes, and client releases photographer from any liability for any claims whatsoever based upon fading or discoloration of any photographs.
Notice of Copyright
It is illegal to copy or reproduce these photographs or videos elsewhere without photographer's permission, and violators of this Federal Law will be subject to its civil and criminal penalties, starting at $500.00 per image. The included images may not be entered into contests, sold, copied, scanned, or used commercially in any format, digital, printed or otherwise. The images may not be used in any form other than private usage without express written permission from the copyright owner, Jacquelyn Cavitt. Jacquelyn Cavitt retains all publication and general reproduction rights for these images.
I ("Client") hereby grant to Jacquelyn Cavitt ("Photographer") and her employees, legal representatives, transferees and assigns, the irrevocable and unrestricted right to use and publish photographs of me and the people listed above, or photographs in which I or the people listed above may be included, for editorial, trade, advertising, commercial, publicity, illustration and any other lawful purpose and in any manner and medium; to alter the same without any restriction; and to copyright the same for Photographer's sole and exclusive use and benefit. I hereby release Photographer and her employees, legal representatives, transferees and assigns from any and all claims and/or liability relating to said photographs. I further release Photographer and her employees, legal representatives, transferees and assigns from any and all claims and/or liability relating to all photography sessions.
This contract incorporates the entire understanding of the parties. Any modifications of this contract must be in writing and signed by both parties.


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Here's What Your Favorite Stars Charge for Autographs at Conventions
This weekend, Long Island's NYCB Live at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum hosts Ace Comic Con, three days celebrating comics, movies, and television shows with "artist master classes" and "30+ hours of programming." There are also special guests, and the chance to get autographs. Those will cost you though, sometimes upwards of hundreds of dollars depending on whose signature you're looking to collect.
In recent years, comic-book conventions have become big business for movie and TV stars, who charge their fans top dollar for the opportunity to get a signature or a photograph. As chronicled in 2016 by the Hollywood Reporter, it's "not uncommon for a star to earn anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 on top of their guarantee" (which is generally another $5,000 to $10,000) just for showing up. If you find a star in the wild and convince them to pose for a selfie, that's free. If you want a ticket to get your photo taken with my man Jason Momoa in Long Island this weekend, that will cost you $85.
Back in my obsessive convention-attending days, things were way more relaxed. Big-name movie stars didn't show up, except maybe for a panel, and they certainly weren't charging $100 or more for signatures or pictures. It's a little disillusioning to see that, but it's worth acknowledging how many of those signatures are going to wind up being resold on eBay or elsewhere. If people are profiting off these stars, it may as well be the stars themselves. If people weren't willing to pay, they'd ask for less. Here's a list of 20 of your favorite stars from the world of nerdery and their asking price for autographs.


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World Children's Fund is working to combat the growing crisis in South Sudan through the implementation and funding of a medical program that treats and prevents acute malnutrition in children under the age of five and women who are pregnant or breast-feeding.
Despite becoming an independent country in 2011, violent militias and armed political opposition groups continue to create chaos and disrupt daily life in South Sudan.
The civil unrest has killed thousands and caused an estimated two million people to flee from their homes and villages during the first four years following independence. Families and children are displaced and starving. Food supply chains have been cut off, and fields and crops abandoned as people run for safety.
The WCF feeding program targets the hardest hit geographic areas in Jonglei, the largest state in South Sudan.
The program goals include establishing and maintaining medical outpatient facilities and stabilization centers in the counties of Ayod, Nyirol, Fangak and Boma.
According to Dr. Martina Fuchs, program facilitator, children are screened for malnutrition and are then enrolled in the feeding program, as needed. Malnourished children are also receiving deworming tablets and Vitamin A supplementation to assist their weak and depleted bodies to absorb nutrition.
Children with severe and acute malnutrition who suffer from additional medical complications are treated at the stabilization centers. Severely malnourished children in the program are frequently also diagnosed with and treated for Malaria, respiratory tract infections, diarrheal diseases, intestinal worm infestations and skin infections.
"This has been a challenging, but worthwhile endeavor that is saving lives," said Doug Kendrick, WCF program director. " WCF is grateful for the opportunity to help in this crisis."
Kendrick credits Dr. Martina Fuchs for her leadership, as well as the collaborative effort among both government and non-government organizations.
"Getting our teams in place and procuring infrastructure, such as tents for storage, clinic operations and accommodations has been challenging," said Fuchs. "Every day is a leap of faith. Out here, titles don't matter. It is about dignity and respect and serving the people. We survive on intuition and instinct and trust of each other. We definitely have each other's backs when we are out in the middle of nowhere. You never know what challenges you will encounter each day, but we are all committed to being here because this work has become very personal," she said.
To all our supporters around the globe. Thank you for joining the fight against hunger in South Sudan!!


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Get the DemiGod [PC] Demo off WP (600mb)
Set in a future-fantasy world, Demigod is a team-based action game that casts you as a demigod battling for a position in the pantheon of the gods.
Demigod incorporates elements of RTS and action RPG games. Players choose their demigod and turn the tides in epic battles fought in ancient arenas. Single player revolves around the player working through a tournament style ladder to ascend to godhood. Multiplayer forces teams to work together to destroy the opposing forces and their stronghold. Demigod uses the Supreme Commander engine to achieve a sense of scale unprecedented in a fantasy game. Colossal giants send armies flying off the edge and into oblivion in all-encompassing ancient battlefields.
The type of Demigod you choose determines your style of gameplay. Play as an assassin, and the game plays like an action RPG, letting you use a wide array of skills on the enemy. Play as a general, and the game plays more like a RTS, letting you build and control your personal army.
System requirements
- Minimum :
- Boardband connection for Online-Multiplayer
- Direct X 9.0c
- Windows XP SP3 / Vista SP1
- 1.8 GHz Prozessor
- 128 MB gfx card (GeForce 6800/Radeon 9800 or better)
- Recommended:
- Boardband connection for Online-Multiplayer
- Direct X 9.0c
- Windows XP SP3 / Vista SP1
- 3 GHz Prozessor
- 256 MB gfx card (GeForce 7600/Radeon x800 or better)
Features :
- Revolutionary team-based action game that includes RTS, action RPG and fighting game elements
- Work cooperatively with teammates (AI or human in multiplayer) to dominate your opponents
- Level up your Demigod and purchase unique equipment
- Fight and lead your troops with the goal of pushing the battle into your opponent's territory and destroying their stronghold
- Fight in fantastic arenas
- Two styles of play: Assassin and General
- Simple RTS-style controls
- Advanced AI
- Robust multiplayer
- Ranked and unranked games via our GPGnet service
- Clan, chat, and tournament support
- Future plans include downloadable content
Stardock's Demigod, developed by Gas Powered Games, is currently available worldwide.
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More Flawed and Useless Apple TV Survey Data Released
I am amazed at what passes for so called "research" these days. This morning, Quixel Research (who?) put out a press release saying that based on a nationwide survey of 1,169 current and potential flat-screen TV owners, Apple's "highly anticipated Apple connected television platform (iTV) is likely to have a significant and disruptive impact on the consumer electronics and entertainment landscape once it's introduced." The reason for their logic? According to their survey, "80% of all current flat-panel TV owners also indicated they would be either extremely, very or somewhat interested in purchasing one of the new Apple televisions."
Of course what Quixel Research isn't willing to say is what people are actually willing to pay for an Apple connected TV or how many would be sold. Simply collecting data that shows people are interested in something is completely useless without pricing data. I could survey people all day long asking them if they would like a new car and what features they want it in, but that does not tell me what they would be willing to pay for it and if they would actually spend the money to buy it. Presenting findings without those data points makes all the other results pointless.
In an email exchange with Quixel Research the company did tell me that they had data on pricing, but they are "not able to release specifics on pricing deltas." Of course they won't, because that data would show customers are not willing to pay enough for such a device, in any large quantity, (something we saw in this survey) which would make Quixel Research's data pointless. But that doesn't stop Quixel Research in their release from making grand statements that such a device from Apple would, "have a dramatic impact on entertainment landscape," and would, "disrupt the home entertainment industry". What they classify as "disruption" is anyone's guess as without even speculating on how many devices Apple could sell or what people would be willing to pay for them, it's simply lots of buzz words in a press release.
All of this so-called research is simply useless drivel and a ploy by Quixel Research to get their name in the press. Before this release, the company had not been mentioned by anyone in the media since 2009, based on a search in Google News. It seems a week can't go by without another research firm putting out some sort of broad press release about an all-in-one Apple TV device, simply to try and get their name in the media. Quixel Research won't be the last company that tries to capitalize on using Apple's name for their own cause, but it won't work, we can see right through these ploys.


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Non Elite Football Statement
The Football Association [The FA] has provided an update for 'non-elite' football in England following the UK Government's announcement on new national Covid-19 restrictions that will be in place from Thursday 5 November 2020 until Wednesday 2 December 2020.
As a result of the UK Government's new national Covid-19 restrictions, and subject to Members of Parliament voting tomorrow [Wednesday 4 November 2020] and the publication of bespoke guidance from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport [DCMS], the impact on 'non elite' football in England will include the suspension of the following during this period:
- All fixtures and training for Steps 3-6 of the National League System [NLS];
- All fixtures and training for Tiers 3-7 of the Women's Football Pyramid [WFP];
- All fixtures and training for the Regional NLS Feeder Leagues;
- All fixtures and training for The Barclays FA WSL Academy League;
- All fixtures and training for FA Girls Regional Talent Clubs;
- All fixtures and training for indoor and outdoor youth and adult grassroots football.
The FA's aim is to ensure that the 2020/21 season is completed at these levels and will liaise with the relevant leagues in the NLS and WFP and the County Football Associations [CFAs] to provide support and establish appropriate options to do so if required.
The UK Government has confirmed that school sport can continue as an exemption during this period.
In addition, the UK Government has confirmed that all Emirates FA Cup First Round fixtures will go ahead as planned this weekend between Friday 6 and Monday 9 November 2020. The ten 'non-elite' clubs that remain in the competition will be able to play their fixtures under 'elite' protocols. In line with the new national Covid-19 restrictions, these 'non-elite' teams are only permitted to train together until Wednesday 4 November 2020.
Further updates on fixtures and dates for the 2020/21 Vitality Women's FA Cup, The FA Youth Cup, Buildbase FA Trophy and Buildbase FA Vase will follow in due course.
Re-starting football at these levels has taken substantial determination and commitment from stakeholders across the game and The FA would like to thank everyone for their vital contributions. However, health and wellbeing remain the priority, so it is extremely important that clubs, players, coaches, match officials, league officials, volunteers, parents, carers and facility providers adhere to the UK Government's new national Covid-19 restrictions during this period.
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Skylar Hamilton has been bass fishing since he was six years old, primarily on rivers and lakes in southwestern Virginia and east Tennessee, and nearly always in an aluminum boat. He's only 22 now, but last year when the young Yamaha Pro won the Bassmaster® Central Division Open on the Arkansas River while using an aluminum boat and went on to qualify for this season's Elite Series, he saw no reason to change.
"I'm fishing in a 21-foot Xpress® X-21 powered by a Yamaha 250 SHO outboard, and couldn't be happier," exclaims Hamilton, whose Open win last year also qualified him for the 2017 Bassmaster Classic® where he finished 41st. "Today's aluminum boats are far different that they were just a few years ago.
"The message I'm working hard to send to today's high school and college anglers who want to start a career in professional fishing is that they can catch just as many bass, and sometimes more, fishing from an aluminum boat than from a fiberglass boat, and they can do it far more economically. There are places you can go in an aluminum boat that you can't in a heavier fiberglass boat, which is why even some experienced pros have chosen aluminum boats for certain tournaments in recent years."
Hamilton's parents kept a camper parked on nearby Douglas Lake in Dandridge, TN while he was growing up, and that's where his father and grandfather taught him the basics of bass fishing, and it's where he lives today. In 2011, at age 16, he fished the Bassmaster® Central Division Open held there on Douglas and finished in a remarkable 22nd place.
"I wasn't that nervous," remembers the Yamaha Pro, "mainly because I didn't know the caliber of anglers I was fishing against. That was probably the best thing that could have happened to me, because I just went fishing, working a plastic frog over a grassbed all three days."
With that success, Hamilton firmly decided to become a professional angler. He had already watched several Bassmaster Classics® on television, and he began preparing himself to one day compete in the Classic himself. That happened this past March at Lake Conroe.
"What I will always remember is catching a 9-pound, one-ounce largemouth the second day, just half an hour before I had to check in at the ramp, and showing off that fish to the crowd during the weigh-in," says Hamilton. "I could have had a 30-pound catch that day and I wouldn't have been more excited that I was with that big fish.
"It's what every fisherman dreams about, and it happened to me in my first Classic. I still can't believe it."
The young pro readily admits the 2017 Elite Series season has been a huge learning experience for him, but he's also gratified at the serious attention he's attracted by fishing in the aluminum Xpress.® Virtually every venue has been new water to him, so he's not only having to learn each lake or river but also how to manage the schools of fish he does find for a full three or four days. He finished 22nd in the season opener at Lake Cherokee and followed with a 48th at Lake Okeechobee, but he's also struggled at other lakes.
"My message to every young angler I meet is the very same lesson I'm experiencing myself," concludes the Yamaha Pro, "which is that you have to be willing to learn from every day on the water. I tell the high school and college kids to fish with as many different people as possible, because that's how you'll learn and grow in this sport.
"I tell them even today's most experienced tournament pros were beginners themselves once, and virtually every one I have met has been more than willing to help me, and that's what they'll discover if they stay in the sport."
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We began the night with a ham dinner and then progressed to family gift exchange. This year, we drew names. That relieved stress and was still fun. I suggested throwing in a dirty Santa element - but Noooooo.....they liked their gifts. LOL
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Josiah was trying to get this from Craig's list. Jared aced him out and got it for him for Christmas.
ice auger for ice fishing |
Moose call???? or some such thing |
I bought all the girls an apron from Tanzania. A friend's daughter is working at an orphanage there, and this helped to support one of the gals there.
Michael and I had already purchased the aprons before everyone decided to draw names.....so we got the guys gift cards....but we tried to be sneaking with Jared and Cory.
Trying to get a photo - that did take quite a bit of time
Sad Larissa was home with shingles |
Benny - not so sure about New Year's Eve |
We opened our time capsule from 2011 and added things for 2017.
fishing frog - symbolizing the AK move |
Note letting the kids know Gideon was coming unexpectedly....and info from the hospital when Benny was born. |
Krista included maps of her travels in 2017 - I can't hope to get it right...but LOTS of states and 2 countries....and maybe rank to symbolize the Air Force
I had made a book for Michael during his deployment and it was in the 2011 time capsule. The kids enjoyed seeing themselves 6 years later.
Making and then decorating the Gingerbread villages took a couple of hours.
We all headed outside to watch the FIREWORKS. Wow. Someone had climbed to the top of the mountain and was setting them off from the top of the mountain! There were some impressive fireworks. We learned that the borough makes an exception and allows fireworks on New Year's Eve. We will be prepared next year.
We rang in the New Year with sparkling cider, toasts, memories and prayers.
2017 was a year of hard losses for us, but it was also a year great of joy. Krista is pursuing a long-held goal. We moved to Alaska. Gideon and Bennett were born healthy. We bought a home we love - with a bit of land and a view we love. 8 of the 9 Gherkins and their families are nearby....


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How Can We Give Thanks in All Circumstances?
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
In a separate article, I described grumbling as the accent of hell and gratitude as the accent of heaven. But as many of us prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, let's take a longer look at gratitude.
More specifically, how is it possible to obey 1 Thessalonians 5:18 and "give thanks in all circumstances," especially if our circumstances are horrible? What fuels thanksgiving when life seems to be one discouragement, disappointment, disease, disaster, and death after another?
There is only one way. And Jesus both is the way (John 14:6) and shows the way.
Eucharisteo: Thanks in the Face of Horror
The best place to see Jesus showing us the way is in the upper room where he "took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me'" (Luke 22:19).
"Grumbling will be the forever accent of hell, and gratitude the forever accent of heaven."
The Greek word for "thanks" in this verse is eucharisteo. And the best person I know to unpack this word is Ann Voskamp:
The root word of eucharisteo is charis, meaning "grace." Jesus took the bread and saw it as grace and gave thanks. He took the bread and knew it to be gift and gave thanks. Eucharisteo, thanksgiving, envelopes the Greek word for grace, charis. But it also holds its derivative, the Greek word chara, meaning "joy." Charis. Grace. Eucharisteo. Thanksgiving. Chara. Joy. (Eucharisteo Conversation)
Now, let's think for a moment about what Jesus's eucharisteo meant.
Thank you, Father, that my body, symbolized by this bread, is about to be brutally broken and I am about to be (momentarily) damned by your wrath (Isaiah 53:10) so that you will receive supreme glory in being able to forgive undeserving sinners (Philippians 2:11) and I will share eternally full joy (John 15:11; Psalm 16:11) with hundreds of millions of forgiven sinners made righteous through my sacrifice (Isaiah 53:11).
Jesus's thanks was not based on his present circumstances. He was about to endure the worst possible horror. He felt thankful to the Father for the grace and glory that was coming because of the cross and this gave him joy. Eucharisteo.
Future Joy Fuels Your Thankful Endurance
Jesus's eucharisteo was fueled by his belief in future grace. That's what the author of Hebrews meant when he wrote that,
"The joy set before you is the same joy Jesus had set before him, because you are an heir of the kingdom with him."
Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith . . . for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)
Jesus's eyes were on his future joy. He got through the cross by not focusing on the cross but on the promised joy that would result from it.
That's where God wants your eyes: on the future joy he has promised you.
What You Have to Look Forward to
And what is your future joy? The very best possible future you could ever imagine — if you will believe it.
You will have the free gift of complete forgiveness for all your sins extending into forever (Romans 6:23).
You will never have to merit your justification by keeping the law (Galatians 2:16).
You will have all your real needs provided while on earth (Philippians 4:19).
You will receive all the grace you need at all times so that you will abound in every good work God has for you (2 Corinthians 9:8).
God will complete the good work he began in you (Philippians 1:6).
You will be raised from the dead and never, ever die again (1 Corinthians 15:52–53).
That means someday soon you will see Jesus, be with him (2 Corinthians 5:8), and be like him (1 John 3:2).
In that day you will know for the first time full, unpolluted joy (Psalm 16:11).
You will be completely free from all corruption (Romans 8:21).
You will have God forever (1 Peter 3:18) as your exceeding joy (Psalm 43:4).
And that's just a small sampling! The joy set before you is the same joy Jesus had set before him, because you are an heir of the kingdom with him (Romans 8:17).
Look to the Joy Set Before You
So right now you have trouble. That's okay. Jesus said that you would (John 16:33). And Jesus really understands (Hebrews 4:15).
"If the joy Jesus promises is real and you believe him, there's no circumstance that can steal your thanksgiving."
In fact, the trouble that you endure has a purpose: in it you are displaying the reality of Jesus to the world in a unique way. The kingdom of God is most clearly shown on earth when Christians gratefully suffer present trouble because they see a future weight of glory coming that makes everything this world throws at them as "light momentary afflictions" in comparison (2 Corinthians 4:17).
So, how can you give thanks in all circumstances? There's only one way: Jesus's way. Look to the joy set before you. Look to the joy! If the future joy Jesus promises is real and you believe him, there is no circumstance that can steal your thanksgiving.
May all your Thanksgiving celebrations be soaked in eucharisteo.


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Thank you Jesus ! Prayers to Jesus !
Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ,
his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen
Our Father
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen
Hail Mary
Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
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Home Page Chess Life Online 2008 August UTD Scores Two for One in Greece
UTD Scores Two for One in Greece |
By Jennifer Shahade | |
August 12, 2008 | |
Kavala Open (July 30-August 7) in Greece. Keaton earned both an IM norm and a GM norm at the event, an extraordinary and unusual accomplishment. This is Kuljasevic's second GM norm, so he just needs one more to confirm his title. Game highlights from Kavala include Keaton's win over Ukrainian GM Alexander Zubarev and Davorin's win against Georgian IM and WGM
Salome Melia. Look for more on Kiewra and Kuljasevic in the coming weeks. 2259 2260 Although most of the UTD "A" team was ironically absent from the Dallas U.S. Open, coach IM Rade Milovanovic played, along with his brother Dragan, also a master, from New Jersey. The home court edge and the family analysis created great conditions for Rade: "Playing from home, and a one-game a day schedule is great. As a coach, I'm always trying to build a good atmosphere." That's why when Keaton and Davorin return to class, there will be a big celebration: "We have a lot of parties, a chess/basketball team and meetings where everyone can share ideas, something that is not so common now with the internet." According to Rade, a good atmosphere is the most important thing and creating one is his main role as a coach. Judging from UTD's track record, especially this summer, that is advice to live by. In other UTD news, after a great comeback at the World Junior, UTD student GM Alejandro Ramirez suffered a tough loss to David Howell. After nine rounds, he and Tatev Abrahamyan both stand at 6/9, with Tyler Hughes at 4/9. With five rounds left to go, Alejandro has a chance to go on a winning streak and be yet another reason for UTD to celebrate. Keep up to date on Ramirez as well as Tatev and Tyler on Alejandro's blog and the World Junior official website. |
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You have an Exchange Server 2010 organization.
All users on the network connect to their mailboxes by using Microsoft Office Outlook.
Your company's compliance policy states that:
– A copy of e-mail messages sent to the human resources department from the Internet must be archived
– All archived e-mail messages must be stored on a third-party archival server
You need to recommend a solution that meets the requirements of the compliance policy.
What should you include in the solution?
A. Journal rules
B. Personal archives
C. Retention Policies
D. Transport Protection Rules
Answer: A
Questions states that a copy must be archived. Personal archives actually moves the message. So the Journaling is a solution as you can specify journaling email that is located outside Exchange environment.
You can implement targeted journaling rules by specifying the SMTP address of the recipient you want to journal. The recipient can be an Exchange mailbox, distribution group, or a contact. These recipients may be subject to regulatory requirements, or they may be involved in legal proceedings where e-mail messages or other communications are collected as evidence.
All messages sent to or from the journaling recipients you specify in a journaling rule are journaled. The journaling mailbox is used for collecting journal reports.
A journal report is the message that the Journaling agent generates when a message matches a journal rule.
The original message that matches the journal rule is included unaltered [nepakeistas] as an attachment to the journal report. The body of a journal report contains information from the original message such as the sender e-mail address, message subject, message-ID, and recipient e-mail addresses.
Personal archives (also known as on-premises archives) help you regain control of your organization's messaging data by eliminating the need for personal store (.pst) files and allowing users to store messages in an archive mailbox that's accessible in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 or a later version, and in Microsoft Office Outlook Web App.
Users can view an archive mailbox and move or copy messages between their primary mailbox and the archive.
In Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you can provision a user's personal archive on the same mailbox database as the user's primary mailbox, another mailbox database on the same Mailbox server, or a mailbox database on another Mailbox server in either the same or another Active Directory site. This provides flexibility to use tiered storage architecture and to store archive mailboxes on a different storage subsystem, such as near-line storage. In cross-premises Exchange 2010 deployments, you can also provision a cloud-based archive for mailboxes located on your on-premises
You have an Exchange Server 2010 organization.
You enable journaling in the organization.
You need to recommend a solution that prevents administrators from reading confidential e-mail messages sent between company executives.
What should you recommend?
A. Deploy Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) templates and create
Outlook Protection Rules.
B. Deploy Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) templates and create
Transport Protection Rules.
C. Deploy an X.509 certificate from an enterprise certification authority (CA) to each executive.
Instruct the executive to connect to the Exchange servers by using SMTP over TLS.
D. Deploy an X.509 certificate from a trusted third-party certification authority (CA) to each
Instruct the executive to encrypt e-mail messages by using Security/Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions (S/MIME).
Answer: D
Journal report decryption allows you to save a clear-text copy of IRM-protected messages in journal reports, along with the original, IRM-protected message. If the IRM-protected message contains any supported attachments that were protected by the Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) cluster in your organization, the attachments are also decrypted.
In Exchange 2010 SP1, members of the Discovery Management role group can access IRM-protected messages returned by a discovery search and residing in a discovery mailbox.
To enable this functionality, use the EDiscoverySuperUserEnabled parameter with Set-IRMConfiguration cmdlet.
Your company has a main office and two branch offices.
Your network consists of a single domain Active Directory forest.
An Active Directory exists for each office.
The main office contains five domain controllers that run windows Server 2004 (x64).
Each branch office contains one read only domain control (RODC) that runs Windows Server 2008.
All domain controllers are configured as global catalog servers.
You plan to deploy one Exchange Server 2010 server in each site.
You need to recommend changes to Active Directory to support the planned deployment.
The solution must ensures that Exchange servers branch office site connect to their local domain controllers.
What should you recommend?
A. Implement a DNS zone for each office.
B. Change all RODCs to Windows Server 2008 (x64) RODCs.
C. Implement a writable domain controller in each branch office.
D. Disable site link bridging for the forest and configure Exchange specific casts.
Answer: C
RODC domain controllers are not considered to be suitable for Exchange Servers.
Microsoft documentation states you must have a writable domain controller to support exchange server
Your company has two main offices named Main1 and Main2.
An Active Directory site exists for each office.
Users connect locally to servers in both offices.
The offices connect to each other by using a high speed WAN link.
You plan to deploy Exchange Server 2010.
You need to plan the deployment of Mailbox servers to meet the following requirements:
– Ensure that users can access their mailbox from a server in their site, if a single Mailbox server fails
– Ensure that users can access their mailboxes remotely if a site fails
– Minimize the number of servers
How many Mailbox servers should you include in the plan?
Answer: C
You will need 2 servers in each site. This will meet the requirements of the questions.
You have an Exchange Server 2010 organization that consists of 50 Exchange Server 2010 servers.
Your company's security policy states that approved Exchange and Windows Server patches and security updates must be applied to all exchange servers with in one week of being released.
You need to recommend a patch management solution that meets the following requirements:
– Allow administrators to manually approve patches and security updates
– Allow only the installation of approved patches and security updates
– Minimize the administrative effort to deploy patches
– Minimize the deployment casts
What should you include in the solution?
A. Microsoft Update
B. Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
C. Windows Server Update Services
D. Windows Update
Answer: C
You have an Exchange Server 2010 organization.
Your company's security policy states that only approved mobile devices can connect by using Exchange ActiveSync.
You need to implement a solution that prevents specified mobile devices from connecting to the Exchange servers.
What should you implement?
A. a new client throttling policy
B. a new Exchange ActiveSync device access role
C. a new Exchange ActiveSync policy
D. a new Microsoft Server ActiveSync virtual directory
Answer: B
Allow/Block/Quarantine lists
Accessing the ABQ settings:
1- Log in to the Exchange Control Panel (ECP)
2- In the ECP, make sure you are managing My Organization (#1 in the screenshot below).
Be aware that most users won't see the "My Organization" option — it's only visible to users with Exchange Administrator access.
3- Select Phone & Voice (#2 in the screenshot below) > ActiveSync Access tab (#3 in the screenshot below).
This is the Allow/Block/Quarantine configuration screen.
4- Creating a device (or a family of devices) rule: select New from the Device Access Rules section of the ABQ page (#5 in the screenshot above).
Accessing ABQ settings from the Exchange Control Panel
You have an Exchange Server 2010 organization.
You need to plan a solution to prevent sensitive information from being forwarded on the Internet.
What should you include in the plan?
A. a custom Send connector
B. custom MailTips
C. Role Based Access Control (RBAC) role entries
D. Transport Protection Rules
Answer: D
Transport protection rules:
When transport protection rules are used with Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), an administrator can automatically apply Information Rights Management (IRM) protection to e-mail (including Office and XPS attachments) after a message is sent. These rules provide persistent protection to the file no matter where it is sent, internally or externally outside the network, and prevent forwarding, copying, or printing depending on the set of AD RMS policy templates that are available from the AD RMS deployment.
Your network contains Exchange Server 2010 servers.
All users access their mailboxes by using Outlook Web App (OWA).
Your company's compliance policy states the following:
– All e-mail messages that contains customer contracts must be stored for three years
– Users must be able to classify e-mail messages that relate to customer contracts
– Users must be able to move e-mail messages to any folder
You need to recommend a solution that supports the requirements of the compliance policy.
What should you recommend?
A. Managed Folder mailbox policies
B. an OWA mailbox policy
C. Personal Archives and an Archive policy
D. Retention Policy Tags and a Retention Policy
Answer: D
Retention tags are used to apply retention settings to folders and individual items such as e-mail messages and voice mail. These settings specify how long a message remains in a mailbox and the action to be taken when the message reaches the specified retention age. When a message reaches its retention age, it's moved to the personal archive or deleted.
Unlike managed folders (the MRM feature introduced in Exchange Server 2007), retention tags allow users to tag their own mailbox folders and individual items for retention. Users no longer have to file items in managed folders provisioned by an administrator based on message retention requirements.
You can use retention policies to group one or more retention tags and apply them to mailboxes. A mailbox can't have more than one retention policy. Retention tags can be linked to or unlinked from a retention policy at any time, and the changes automatically take effect for all mailboxes that have the policy applied.
A retention policy can have the following retention tags:
– One or more RPTs for supported default folders
– One DPT with the Move to Archive action
– One DPT with the Delete and Allow Recovery or Permanently Delete actions
– One DPT for voice mail messages in Exchange 2010 SP1
– Any number of personal tags
Although you can add any number of personal tags to a retention policy, having many personal tags with different retention settings can confuse users. We recommend linking no more than 10 personal tags to a retention policy. Retention policy can contain both archive tags (tags that move items to the personal archive mailbox) and deletion tags (tags that delete items). A mailbox item can also have both types of tags applied. Archive mailboxes don't have a separate retention policy. The same retention policy is applied to the primary and archive mailbox.
When planning to create retention policies, you must consider whether they'll include both archive and deletion tags. As mentioned earlier, a retention policy can have one DPT that uses the Move to Archive action and one DPT that uses either the Delete and Allow Recovery or Permanently Delete action. The DPT with the Move to Archive action must have a lower retention age than the DPT with a deletion action. For example, you can use a DPT with the Move to Archive action to move items to the archive mailbox in two years, and a DPT with a deletion action to remove items from the mailbox in seven years.
Your network contains an internal network and a perimeter network.
The internal network contains an Active Directory forest.
The forest contains a single domain.
You plan to deploy 10 Edge Transport servers on the perimeter network.
You need to recommend a solution for the Edge Transport server deployment.
The solution must meet the following requirements:
– Allow administrators to apply a single security policy to all Edge Transport servers
– Reduce the administrative overhead that is required to manage servers
– Minimize the attack surface of the internal network
What should you recommend?
A. Implement Network Policy and Access Services (NPAS).
B. Implement Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).
C. Create a new Active Directory domain in the internal forest and then join all Edge
Transport servers to the new domain.
D. Create an Active Directory forest in the perimeter network and then join all Edge
Transport servers to the new domain.
Answer: D
The Edge Transport Server should be installed on a stand-alone server in a workgroup or as a domain member in an Active Directory dedicated to servers located in the perimeter network:
The first time EdgeSync replication occurs, the ADAM store is populated, and after that data from Active Directory is replicated at fixed intervals.
You can specify the intervals or use the default settings, which when speaking configuration data is every hour and every 4th hour for recipient data.
You have an Exchange Server 2010 organization.
Company policy states that a copy of user's mailbox must be kept for one year after the user leaves the company.
All user accounts are in an organizational unit (OU) named OU1.
A compliance administrator plans to export the mailboxes to personal folders.
You need to recommend a solution that allows the compliance administrator to meet the requirements of the company policy.
What should you include in the solution?
A. a new management role assignment
B. delegated perimeters to OU1
C. managed folder mailbox policies
D. new personal Archives
Answer: A
By default, the Mailbox Import Export management role isn't included in any of the built-in role groups, such as the Organization Management role group. To import or export mailbox data, you need to add the Mailbox Import Export management role to a user or a role group
New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role "Mailbox Import Export" -User "<username>" Another way of doing this is creating an Active Directory group and adding permissions to this group using the following command:
New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role "Mailbox Import Export" -Group "<usergroup>" When you are done, you will only have to add users to this group to allow them to export and import mailboxes.
Mailbox export request is processed by the Client Access server role. Because multiple Client Access servers can exist in a site the request could be processed by any one of them. To ensure that the path to the export PST file is valid for any Client Access server it has to be a UNC path to network share, not a local path To export a mailbox to PST you use New-MailboxExportRequest cmd:
A management role assignment policy is a collection of one or more end-user management roles that enables end users to manage their own Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 mailbox and distribution group configuration. Role assignment policies, which are part of the Role Based Access Control (RBAC) permissions model in Exchange 2010, enable you to control what specific mailbox and distribution group configuration settings your end users can modify. Different groups of users can have role assignment policies specialized to them.
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The settlement highlights that hospitals, physicians, and other covered entities must understand the importance of monitoring the level of access workforce members have to medical and health information. Covered entities must have policies and procedures in place and educate workforce members about only accessing records for necessary and permissible purposes. This settlement resulted from an investigation by OCR after certain celebrity/VIP patients at the UCLA facilities complained that hospital staff, including unauthorized physicians, had inappropriately accessed their health and medical information.
UCLAHS agreed to a Corrective Action Plan for a period of three years under the terms of the Resolution Agreement. The Corrective Action Plan requires UCLAHS to review/update its current HIPAA policies and procedures, conduct follow up workforce training, monitor compliance and submit a monitoring plan, and submit an implementation report and annual reports to OCR. of can be found attached to the Resolution Agreement.
The Resolution Agreement described the events that occurred that lead to the settlement as follows:
On June 5, 2009 and June 30, 2009, HHS began investigations of two separate complaints alleging that the Covered Entity was in violation of the Privacy and/or Security Rules. The investigations indicated that the following conduct occurred ("Covered Conduct"):
(i) During the period from August 31, 2005 to November 16, 2005, numerous Covered Entity workforce members repeatedly and without a permissible reason examined the electronic protected health information of Covered Entity patients, and during the period from January 31, 2008 to February 2, 2008, numerous Covered Entity workforce members repeatedly and without a permissible reason examined the electronic protected health information of a Covered Entity patient.More information and background can be found in the iHealthBeat article, UCLA Health System Agrees to Pay $865K over Privacy Breaches, including a link to a statement on the settlement issued by UCLH Health System.
(ii) During the period 2005-2008, a workforce member of Covered Entity employed in the office of the Director of Nursing repeatedly and without a permissible reason examined the electronic protected health information of many patients.
(iii) During the period 2005-2008, Covered Entity did not provide and/or did not document the provision of necessary and appropriate Privacy and/or Security Rule training for all members of its workforce to carry out their function within the Covered Entity.
(iv) During the period 2005-2008, Covered Entity failed to apply appropriate sanctions and/or document sanctions on workforce members who impermissibly examined electronic protected health information.
(v) During the period from 2005-2009, Covered Entity failed to implement security measures sufficient to reduce the risks of impermissible access to electronic protected health information by unauthorized users to a reasonable and appropriate level.


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Researchers develop reactor to make fuel from sunlight
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A simple reactor that mimics plants by turning sunlight into fuel has been demonstrated in the laboratory, boosting hopes for a large-scale renewable source of liquid fuel.
"We have a big energy problem and we have to think big," said Prof Sossina Haile, at the California Institute of Technology, who led the research.
Haile estimates that a rooftop reactor could produce about three gallons of fuel a day. She thinks transport fuels would be the first application of the reactor, if it goes on to commercial use. But she said an equally important use for the renewable fuels would be to store solar energy so it is available at times of peak demand, and overnight. She says the first improvements that will be made to the existing reactor will be to improve the insulation to help stop heat loss, a simple move that she expects to treble the current efficiency.
The key component is made from the metal cerium, which is almost as abundant as copper, unlike other rare and expensive metals frequently used as catalysts, such as platinum. Therefore, said Haile, availability would not limit the use of the device. "There is nothing cost prohibitive in our set-up," she said. "And there is plenty of cerium for this technology to make a major contribution to global gasoline supplies."
The fossil fuels used by vehicles, ships and aeroplanes pose the biggest challenge in the search for low-carbon energy, as they are highly energy-dense and portable, unlike alternatives such as batteries or nuclear reactors. An efficient, large-scale way of converting solar energy into a renewable liquid fuel could play a major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and tackling climate change.
The device, reported in the journal Science, uses a standard parabolic mirror to focus the sun's rays into a reaction chamber where the cerium oxide catalyst breaks down water and carbon dioxide. It does this because heating cerium oxide drives oxygen atoms out of its crystal lattice. When cooled the lattice strips oxygen from surrounding chemicals, including water and CO2 in the reactor. That produces hydrogen and carbon monoxide, which can be converted to a liquid fuel.
In the experiments the reactor cycled up to 1,600C then down to 800C over 500 times, without damaging the catalyst. "The trick here is the cerium oxide – it's very refractory, it's a rock," said Haile. "But it still has this incredible ability to release oxygen. It can lose one in eight of its oxygen molecules." Caltech has filed patents on this use of cerium oxide.
The use of sunlight to make fuel is being explored by groups around the world, such as that lead by Daniel Nocera at Massachussetts Institute of Technology. His group's technology works at room temperature but is more complex chemically. At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory last year researchers found cobalt oxide could help sunlight create fuels, but only as nano-sized crystals. Imperial College in London is also exploring different catalysts.
Other groups are exploring the use of CO2 from power station flues to create liquid fuels, while a related research effort is testing how algae grown in sunlight can be used to create fuels.
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- Adrian Peirson said...
We Don't have an energy problem, we could Grow our own,
With a sensible population.
The world has a problem ith globalists manipulating events so that they always control everything and maximise their gains,
Our farmers could grow biofuels, each town or area could run generators, the public could even get involved recycling waste veg oil to run the things. - 27 December 2010 at 18:12
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New Year's Day, 2005
St. John's Lutheran Church, Burt, Iowa
Mt 1:18-21, ESV
Grace and peace to you from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
My older brother had an interesting tradition that he and his wife followed. When they had children the name that was given to the baby wasn't spoken until the very moment the church gathered around the baptismal font and said, "Luke Watt, I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." They even held off printing the name on the birth certificate until the baby was named at baptism. I always thought it was a nice tradition. It isn't new; it was a common practice in the old world. It was a common practice in bible times (With the noted difference that instead of Baptism the child was named at the time of his circumcision).
The Gospel lesson for New Year's Day talks about just one such instance.
And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. (Lk 2:21, ESV)
Now you might not realize it but "Jesus" was a common name in those days. Jesus, that name that was picked by his heavenly Father, was also the name of a national hero. Jesus' name is really the name Joshua. Joshua was the leader who took over after Moses. He led the people and conquered the land for God and his people. You probably remember the story of Joshua and the walls of Jericho, where they marched around the city and the city walls came tumbling down. The name Joshua (and also Jesus) means "God Saves." You can understand how it fits the Joshua who God used to bring his people into the land that He promised them. And you can see how it fits Our Savior very well, too. The angel that visited Joseph made it clear: …you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
Even though Jesus had a common name, he was very uncommon. In fact, no one like him had ever been born before, and none like him will ever be born again. Jesus name fits him like no other name. Jesus – God Saves – is God who saves. That eight day old child who was circumcised was not just a human baby but he was also God, born into the world to save us from our sins. He did it by dying on the cross.
When we consider the birth of Jesus and his circumcision we are thinking and talking about his humanity. We are thinking about what it means that God humbled himself to become a man. St. Paul writes about it for us to contemplate:
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. (Php 2:5-8, ESV)
Jesus wasn't just another Joshua. He wasn't just another great leader. Jesus was God, come in human flesh to do very much more than give the people land. When Jesus was a grown man, he walked on water, healed the sick, and even raised the dead back to life. He came to free people from sin and death. People around him were slow to understand what the demons declared right away. I know who you are—the Holy One of God! (Mark 1:24 ESV), they said.
You may have seen that graffiti spray painted on some wall somewhere. "Jesus Saves." Well, it is true. He is aptly named. "God saves through Jesus." Jesus is "God Saves." That's the name that we want to think about some more today. It's important because it's not just God-in-the-flesh's name. It's the name that is also put on you.
Baptized into your name most holy,
O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
I claim a place, though weak and lowly,
Among your seed, your chosen host.
Buried with Christ and dead to sin,
I have your Spirit now within.
That's talking about Baptism. If you talk at all about Jesus name you eventually have to get to baptism. That's because it's baptism that God used to bring "God Saves" right to you. In baptism God is at work doing something. He's performing an adoption. In an adoption a young person takes the name of his new family. That new name says which family they belong to. A person who is baptized takes a new name, too. God's name, more specifically Jesus name, is put on us. It tells us whose we are. It tells us who we belong to. I have a niece that's the same age as my daughter. When we go home for Christmas Grandma always seems to get them the same gifts. Right away when the presents are opened the first thing Grandma says is, "Let's put your name on that so we can tell them apart." The name identifies ownership. God's name on you identifies his ownership of you, too.
Before you were baptized whose where you? God tells us that everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. (John 8:34 ESV). We think we belong to ourselves. We think that we are capable of living our lives without God. We think that if we just get our act together, we'd be able to make it on our own. But the nature of sin is that it affects everything we do. As we live our lives it is pretty obvious. It's not just our lives are full of accidents. In our hearts we see that we really belong to sin. We are enslaved to it. There isn't any way to change the selfishness that controls our thoughts. There was a young child who was with mom Christmas shopping. Amazingly he found gifts for his brothers and sisters in the first isle he was in. When that task was done he quickly asked, "Now can we look for my presents?" The only difference between that child and you and me is that we have learned to hide our greed. We've learned to cover up what's in our hearts. We haven't gotten rid of it at all. We are still slaves to sin.
When Jesus comes to us with his name in baptism he changes who owns us. He claims us for God. Jesus, whose name is God saves, saves us from our sin.
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. (1 Jn 3:1a, ESV)
What happens is this: When you are baptized God puts Jesus name on you, and with Jesus name comes everything that Jesus did for you. He lived a perfect life, it is given to you. He died for sin. His death is given to you, too. That's how it happens that in his death on the cross, Jesus dies for you.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Ga 2:19-20, ESV)
So that sin that you and I hide, that sin is sin that we were enslaved in. It isn't our owner anymore. We have been set free from it by Jesus death, our death.
It's a New Year. You can probably come up with at thousand things for New Year's resolutions. So could I. But maybe this year instead of a resolution you can just remember something. Remember that you have been given Jesus name. You've got lots of new challenges coming this year. You've got lots of new troubles coming this year. But the thing that makes the difference for you and me isn't that we make promises to ourselves about how we are going to be different. The thing that really makes a difference for us is that we have been made different already. We have died to sin, and are made alive to Jesus. The life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God. We are dead to sin and alive to Christ. (Romans 6:11). The thing that really makes a difference for you and me this coming year is that God has made us His and placed His name on us. The name that He gives you and me says it all. The name is Jesus, God saves. Amen.
The Peace of God that passes all understanding keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Amen


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Friday, October 25th, 2013
I Break Horses keep the "Faith"
Magnus HärdnerSince offering up the first proof of its existence in July with a new stream, followed not long after by a video, I've been anxiously waiting on official information regarding the new album from Swedish electronic act I Break Horses. Pitchfork had previously reported an October release for the follow up to 2011's Hearts, but as we're into the final days of the month that seems pretty unlikely.
So in lieu of the new record, yesterday's flurry of news about the new record will have to do. For starters, a second new song was premiered via beautifully shot video at Noisey, the title of the album – Chiaroscuro – was revealed, though to be fair if I'd seen this interview with Maria Lindén which ran on MTV Iggy at the start of September I'd have already known that, and with a little bit of sleuthing it would appear the general "early 2014" release window that Bella Union is offering will actually be January 20 in Europe and January 28 in North America. Obviously this is all subject to change, but I will take it for now. And the new song, too. Swoon.
Video: I Break Horses – "Faith"
Video: I Break Horses – "Denial"
It might seem a bit backwards, but Swedish glammers The Sounds have made their new record Weekend available to stream at Spin a few days before its release on October 29, but a full week after their North American tour brought them through town. In any case, We Love DC and The Bay Bridged also have interviews with the band.
Stream: The Sounds / Weekend
examiner.com talks to José González of Junip.
Drowned In Sound has some annotations from Efterklang on the two new – and final – videos they'll be releasing from last year's Piramida.
Video: Efterklang – "Between The Walls"
Video: Efterklang – "Black Summer"
The Wall Street Journal and San Francisco Examiner talk to Danish singer-songwriter Nanna Fabricius of Oh Land.
The Guardian has got video from one of the songs Sigur R&ocaute;s performed as part of a concert for the BBC at their Maida Vale Studios.
Le Blogothèque has a Still Room Session with Of Monsters & Men.
Redefine has an interview with composer Ólafur Arnalds and frequent collaborator and tourmate Nils Frahm; Bloomberg and The Daily Aztec talk to Arnalds on his own.
Australian electro-rockers Cut Copy have made a stream of their new record Free Your Mind available to stream before it comes out November 5; check it out via Pitchfork, and also the video for the title track if you like. They're at The Danforth Music Hall on November 15, tickets $30 to $40 in advance.
Video: Cut Copy – "Free Your Mind"
Stream: Cut Copy / Free Your Mind
The Line Of Best Fit has details of Live From KCRW a new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds live record recorded earlier this year at the Los Angeles radio station that is being released in time for Record Store Day on November 29 before getting a wide release on December 2.


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