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Skill Challenges Suck! Or Do They?
I have been in some awful skill challenges. They added nothing to the game and actively hurt the story we were playing. Is this because skill challenges suck? No. In every case I have played in a bad skill challenge the DM has actively undermined the challenge. They didn't get the concept, or were so combat focused that they just didn't like it. So how can skill challenges be improved so even those DMs like them? I have a couple of ideas, but first lets look at how they go wrong.
Good skill challenges I have been in are relatively seamless parts of the story. Good parties realize they are in a challenge and look for ways of helping out, but keep it reasonably in character. 'My Bard will talk to the guards while the fighter hefts the rogue onto the roof to look for trapdoor.' In bad skill challenges the DM says 'You can use diplomacy, bluff, stealth and fernpicking, give me your rolls.' The DMs in bad challenges look at skill challenges as a poor social combat system and players in bad challenges just play the numbers.
In combat we have roles that help explain what everyone is doing, strikers deal damage, leaders buff and heal, defenders block and controllers restrict the enemy. Even with everyone having a role, the whole party can still contribute to taking down the enemy by doing a bit of damage as they fill their role. One of the problems with skill challenges is that it is all or nothing. To be safe only a diplomacy striker should attack, everyone else can aid but that is all they should do unless they have the highest stat bonus. In straight combat everyone attacks every turn, on average four out of the six will hit every round of combat and there will be around four to six rounds of combat. Everyone will normally hit at least once a fight and misses don't really hurt that much if others are hitting. In a routine skill challenge, more than a couple of misses and the whole thing is in danger. So I understand and sympathize with the roll players in this situation, they look at this and say 'role play will hurt us here' and try to provide 'better' answers.
How to make a more role play friendly skill challenge? Mike Mearl's in the WOTC Podcast suggests a couple of tricks. One I like is stringing together a series of short challenges rather than one long one. This reduces the impact of a single failure and allows more rolls, my only worry here is that it could slow things down and put up a lot of milestones. This is also more work for the DM, but I have to admit I can throw up a skill challenge framework on the fly pretty well so I don't think it is fatal.
Another idea is to allow recovery rolls from people with higher skill bonuses on a miss, perhaps costing an action point. A recovery roll could be a straight roll of the skill, or it could be an aid action done after the original roll failed. This allows those with skill to recover a situation and might make others less worried about participating. I would still want those with skill to lead the way, but it wouldn't be fatal if someone else tried. This also ties in the regular combat system to the social one by using action points, the downside however could well be less action points when combat comes around.
A commonly used idea is giving bonuses for good role playing. I tend to do this, but it drives the mechanical gamers crazy as it gives the DM discretion and sometime in the last twenty years that became a bad thing. I tend to trust my DMs with this sort of thing, I know I can tell the difference between role playing and clever but gamey justifications to use your highest bonus skills, I suspect most DMs can do it as well. This has the benefit of being fast, and easy, but some people aren't happy unless there is math to it so perhaps some limits are in order, say a +2 for run of the mill role play and a +4 for really good stuff. Now the bad news, I have no easy system to explain the difference between gamey justifications, ok role play and great role play.
So in the end, do Skill Challenges suck? My answer, even as someone who likes them is that as a system they kinda do suck compared to the rest of 4e. Doesn't mean the system can't be recovered, but between the errata, the Dragon articles, the podcast and what I see in the LFR system I think Skill Challenges still have a way to go before they are as sound as so many parts of the new rules are. I will still play in them and DM them with as much enthusiasm as ever. I want them to work in any game I run or play in, but I won't rant at the players or DMs who balk at them. Skill challenges are a new mechanic for D&D, they didn't come out of R&D fully polished, it is getting better but it still isn't a gem yet.
Robin Law's Poker based Skill Challenge system. An interesting mechanic, but does it get us any closer to a social 'combat' system to bring out role play?
Newbie DM's Thoughts on Skill Challenges is good as well.
Calite on the RPGA Forum had an interesting example using the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Stalker0 on Enworld's forums has an interesting system, but it is a bit complicated.
Antioch at Points of Light likes a more story based approach to Skill Challenges.
At Will has a series of articles on Skill Challenges as well. The idea of using base templates for different types of challenges is a good one, I wonder if Wotc could do a book of skill challenges frameworks.
Somehow I missed Critical Hit's great Skill Challenges section, lots of good stuff here.


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A former British rail worker has been awarded asbestos compensation after developing an asbestos related illness due to his five years as an apprentice in the industry from 1949.
David Stevenson, 79, told the Derby Telegraph how he had been exposed to asbestos whilst visiting the firm's workshops during his apprenticeship, and also came into contact with blue asbestos during duties to remove the substance from tins to use for packing.
About three years ago, Mr Stevenson began to experience breathing difficulties, which was later confirmed as pleural thickening in the lining of the lungs. It is a benign condition yet Mr Stevenson is worried that it could become something serious and has claimed asbestos compensation from BRB (Residuary) Ltd; the company in control of all liabilities associated with the former British Railway Board.
After serving his apprenticeship from the age of 16 at Derby Locomotive works, Mr Stevenson moved into administration and a number of different roles within British Rail during his career before retiring at the age of 55.
Asbestos Compensation Eases a Worried Mind of a Family Man
Mr Stevenson has decided not to disclose the amount of asbestos compensation he has received. He was surprised at the change in his health and encourages others in a similar situation to claim compensation just as he did for the sake of his wife, Eileen, 74, as much as for himself.
He said, "I've always been fit but I started to find I was quite breathless, particularly if I took the dog for a walk.
"When they [the doctors] first asked me if I worked with asbestos, I said no. But then I remembered using the blue asbestos out of the tins and that I'd breathed it in around the workshops."
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — A woman buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against a scene of unimaginable horror where the death toll is more than 1,000 and still rising. The woman survived in a Muslim prayer room in the the eight-story Rana Plaza building, where crews have been focused on recovering bodies, not rescuing survivors, for days. Trapped in wreckage finally exposed by heavy equipment, she waved a pipe to attract attention. Moved. By Julhas Alam. AP Photos.
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TOKYO — Nissan's fiscal fourth quarter profit jumped 46 percent on stronger sales and a favorable exchange rate that offset declines in China over a bitter territorial dispute. Moved. By Yuri Kageyama. AP Photos.
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TOKYO — The dollar soared above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years Friday, driven by improved U.S. economic figures and Tokyo's aggressive credit-easing that aims to revive Japan's sluggish economy. Moved. By Malcolm Foster and Elaine Kurtenbach. AP Photos.
NEW DELHI — State-run Air India says it has started test flights of its Dreamliner fleet with new battery packs and is likely to put them back into service by the end of this month. Moved.
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... Joseph Lo The IMF may raise its forecast for Hong Kong's economic growth, citing the positive impact of expanded mainland tourism, closer cross-border ties and prospects of the global ... it last forecast at 1.5 per cent for this year and 2.8 per cent for next year. 'An IMF mission is coming later in the year... it will sit down and work it out then,' he said. ...http://www.scmp.com/article/432078/imf-may-raise-growth-estimate-good-factors
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... to buy them at home. Lagarde to audition for IMF job French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is set to appear before the International Monetary Fund's executive board to make the case ... never before been represented in the position of IMF managing director. The two are vying to replace France's Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned in May to face trial in New York ...http://www.scmp.com/article/971459/talking-points
Outlook is mostly fine with a few showers
Posted Oct 24th 2011, 12:00am
... effectively in 2008. As it has been for decades, I am confident that Hong Kong is well-prepared to handle whatever downsides the international environment throws at it. Anoop Singh is IMF director ...http://www.scmp.com/article/982767/outlook-mostly-fine-few-showers
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... their interventionist city compatriots wishing to call an end to the party. Likewise, unaccountable and power-hungry international institutions like the IMF now wish to set themselves up as the global food price policeman, and it is using the spectre of war due to high food prices to justify its grab for power ('Soaring food prices raise risk of war, warns IMF', April 14). Having seen ...http://www.scmp.com/article/635501/letters
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Battlefield Heroes
Since Battlefield 1942 first debuted in 2002, the developers at Sweden's Dice studio have refined and redefined the online multiplayer shooter genre they helped popularize. For their latest installment, the PC-only Battlefield Heroes, they're going back to basics with a game that's not only simpler than recent installments, but with a cartoony look and free-to-play motif, one that's also decidedly aimed at a more mainstream audience. We spoke to James Salt, the game's creative director, at a recent EA event to find out how this will all work and what prompted these moves.
Crispy Gamer: In simple terms, what is Battlefield Heroes and how does it connect to other games in the Battlefield franchise?
James Salt: It's a cartoony, simplified Battlefield game that we want to make sure appeals to everybody. We are hoping to make it very appealing to the mainstream by making it free and by taking away some of the complex stuff that was in Battlefield II and Battlefield 2142. It's still the same kind of game but a lot of the complexity has been taken out. For example, you won't get shot in the face the moment you spawn because the weapons don't do as much damage as in other games, there are no insta-kills. When you get hit, you'll have time to react. It'll be like you have a limited shield, and when you get hit you might be able to run off and heal.
Crispy Gamer: Where did the idea for this game come from?
Salt: The idea of doing a cartoon Battlefield has been in the head of Lars Gustavsson, the designer of Battlefield 1942, for a while; he's wanted to do one for years. As for the free part of it, Ben Cousins -- who's a senior producer on the game -- and I went to Korea and saw how they did free games there, and we thought, "Why wouldn't that work here?"
Crispy Gamer: But what happened first? Did you have the idea of a simple Battlefield and then the free aspect came up, or did you come up with the free aspect and then figure out that a simple Battlefield would work well with it?
Salt: It came about the second way. I was working on Battlefield: Bad Company when Ben took me into a room and told me we were going to try and make a free game. And Heroes came out of that because we knew it would have to be a more accessible game, and that led us to revisit all the ideas Lars had about a cartoony Battlefield.
Crispy Gamer: What era is it set in?
Salt: It kind of has a World War II theme to it, but it's not set in World War II. It's kind of like Advance Wars, which has some Sherman tank-looking things, or Metal Slug, which has a lot of WWII-looking vehicles, but it's not really set in World War II. The two sides are the National Army and the Royal Army, but the reason they're fighting is completely silly because we don't want the battle to be about anything in particular.
Crispy Gamer: So what are they fighting about?
Salt: Cycling results from the Olympics.
Crispy Gamer: People have fought over dumber stuff.
Crispy Gamer: Now does the game have a single-player mode or is it just multiplayer?
Salt: Right now it's only online multiplayer.
Crispy Gamer: And is it first- or third-person?
Salt: It's third-person, but with a first-person camera. I know that sounds kind of crazy. It's not like Mario, where you're kind of controlling relative to the camera; it's more like the camera is on a big stick sticking out of the back of your character. So it feels like first-person.
Crispy Gamer: Was this prompted by the fact that in Asia, especially Japan, they seem to like third-person games more than first-person ones?
Salt: That might've been in Ben's head, but it wasn't anything we ever talked about.
Crispy Gamer: Will the characters and backgrounds be equally cartoonish?
Salt: The whole world is built around the cartoony feel. It just feels like a warmer, more welcoming place to go. It's not so serious. It's not like going to war-torn Iraq or some post-apocalyptic future. It's a nice place to visit during lunch, when you have five minutes to play.
Crispy Gamer: What would you say were the primary influences on the look?
Salt: There are a series of comic books that we looked at early on. One is called "Commando," which came out in the United Kingdom.
Crispy Gamer: "Commando" as in the Schwarzenegger movie?
Salt: No, no, these are comics from the '50s or '60s, I think. They had a very stylized look about them. We also wanted the game to be playable on PCs that have low system specs, and on those kinds of machines, a cartoon look really works.
Crispy Gamer: Some have said the look is reminiscent of Valve's Team Fortress 2. Was that game an influence on this one's visual style, or maybe just a sign that you were on the right track and that people might dig this look?
Salt: It was more the latter. Right after we started working on the game, but had already considered the cartoony look, Valve released a single screenshot from Team Fortress 2. I think it was of The Heavy. But it confirmed for us that this was the right way to go.
Crispy Gamer: Like you guys, Valve are affiliated with EA. Have they gotten in touch with you via interoffice memo to say, "Cut it out" or "Thanks for the compliment"?
Salt: No, not yet. But maybe I didn't get the memo.
Crispy Gamer: Unlike other games in the series, Heroes only has three classes of characters: the Commando, the Solider, and the Gunner. Is this an indication that you finally accept the fact that no one wants to be a Medic?
Salt: Ha! Yeah, the Medic is a kind of thankless role. Which is why in Heroes we let everyone just heal themselves.
Crispy Gamer: Will the game also feature fewer weapons and vehicles than past installments?
Salt: Compared to other Battlefield games, it will. We have three vehicles per team: planes, tanks and jeeps.
Crispy Gamer: So how many people will the game handle at a time?
Salt: It's set for 16, two teams of eight.
Crispy Gamer: How about maps will be available at launch?
Salt: Two maps, but we'll be adding more. We've got two we're working on now and they'll be out when they're done. We actually have a whole team who'll be working on this game fulltime after it launches. They'll be looking at the forums, and if, for example, the general consensus is that people want a new map, the team will make a new map; if players want us to add helicopters, then the team will make a helicopter.
Crispy Gamer: As you said earlier, the game is free. Can you explain how this will work?
Salt: There are two methods: One is web advertising. There's no in-game advertising, there will just be ads on the menus and the loading screens. The other is micro-transactions. There will be add-ons that players can buy if they want to, but certainly nothing that is required to play the game or that will imbalance the game; we're not going to be selling a special nuke or anything. We have things that will make you look cooler or make you stand out, or convenience items, like experience points.
Crispy Gamer: Okay, so if I understand this, I can buy a hat for my little guy, or I can buy the experience he'd need to go from level 4 to level 5?
Salt: Right. Or you can buy a multiplier that would, say, give you 30 percent more experience points for winning a match.
Crispy Gamer: Gotcha. The game also, I've heard, will feature Achievements like those on the Xbox 360?
Salt: Well, they're similar to Achievements, but they're also like the awards and medals we had in Battlefield 1942. You chose which mission you want to do -- "Kill 10 Snipers," "Run Over Five People," etc. When you complete the mission, you get a little fanfare; then, when you go back to the menu you get your reward, which might be more experience points or an item. It's kind of like how, in an MMO, you go back to the guy who sent you on your quest and he gives you a reward for completing it.
Crispy Gamer: The game is only being done for PCs. Do you think it would work on a console? I mean in terms of gameplay, not the "free" aspect.
Salt: I think so. We'd have to redo some aspects of the game. The basic engine doesn't work on a console, so we'd have to work on that, as well. But in theory, yeah, there's no reason why it wouldn't work. People seem to be playing Team Fortress 2 on consoles a lot.
Crispy Gamer: Finally, though you've said you're going for a more mainstream audience, do you think Heroes will also appeal to hardcore Battlefield players?
Salt: That is going to be interesting to see. There is a lot of depth to the game, but I don't think it will be every Battlefield fan's cup of tea. But as we've gone from Battlefield 1942 to Battlefield II to Battlefield 2142, we've noticed that some fans have fallen away because of the complexity we added in the latter games -- they feel it got a little too serious. We're thinking some of the people who were really into 1942 will be really interested in this game, and we've been seeing forum posts to that effect.


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Five days on, Ukraine accord at risk of unravelling
An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine, brokered only five days ago, is teetering with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of surrendering government buildings and Kiev and Moscow trading accusations over who was responsible for killings over the weekend.
Washington, which signed last week's accord in Geneva along with Moscow, Kiev and the European Union, said it would decide "in days" on additional sanctions if Russia does not take steps to implement the agreement. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in Kiev where he is expected to announce a package of technical assistance.
So far, markets' worst fears have not materialized but with thousand of Russian troops massed on the frontier with Ukraine and deadly clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists, it would not take much to change that.
The European Commission handed documents to EU member states last week explaining the potential impact on their economies of imposing stricter trade and financial sanctions on Russia. There is talk of an emergency meeting of EU leaders if necessary but building a consensus on tougher measures is tricky in Europe where many countries rely on Russian energy exports.
from The Great Debate:
Putin's new 'values pact'
Now that Russia President Vladimir Putin has swallowed Crimea, the question becomes: What if the peninsula doesn't satisfy his appetite for new Russian territory? What if the only thing that will satiate his hunger for power is the goulash known as eastern Ukraine? Or does he then move on to Moldova, and then on and on?
Indeed, while the world watched the protests in Kiev and the Sochi Olympics last month, the Moldovan territory of Gagauzia quietly held a referendum about whether or not to join Russia if the rest of the country opts for stronger ties to the European Union. Its citizens, just like those in Crimea, have argued that they would be economically better off on Putin's planet, rather than as meager satellites in the Western solar system.
from MacroScope:
A small step back?
A reported 0300 GMT deadline, which Russian forces denied had been issued, for Ukraine's troops to disarm in Crimea or face the consequences has passed without incident and in the last hour President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops that took part in military exercises in western Russia to return to base.
That has helped lift the euro but the situation remains incredibly tense. Russia's stock market is up a little over two percent and the rouble has found a footing but they are nowhere near clawing back Monday's precipitous losses.
from MacroScope:
Money for Ukraine?
Russia's next move remains the great unanswered question for Ukraine but there are glimmers that things might be starting to move elsewhere.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde said last night she would send a technical support team to Ukraine soon if Kiev makes a request. It can't do so until an interim government is formed, probably tomorrow. That would be step one, but only step one, down the road to an international aid package.
from MacroScope:
Breakneck speed of events in Ukraine
An extraordinary weekend. Ukraine's President Yanukovich is gone and is probably at large somewhere in the pro-Russian heartlands of the east.
There's no prospect of his return given how fast events have moved and after his people saw the shameless opulence stored within his country retreat.
from MacroScope:
A glimmer of hope in Kiev
A glimmer of hope in Ukraine?
Let's not count our chickens after 75 people were killed over the past two days but President Viktor Yanukovich's people are saying an agreement on resolving the crisis has been reached at all-night talks involving the president, opposition leaders and three visiting European Union ministers.
A deal is due to be signed at 1000 GMT apparently although no details are as yet forthcoming. There has been no word from the EU ministers or the opposition so far.
Even if the violence subsides and some sort of political agreement is reached (a huge if), there is potential financial chaos to deal with despite Russia's only partially delivered pledge of $15 billion to bail its neighbour out.
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Cold War chill over Ukraine
Dramatic twist in the Ukraine saga last night with a conversation between a State Department official and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine posted on YouTube which appeared to show the official, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, deliberating on the make-up of the next government in Kiev.
That led to a furious tit-for-tat with Moscow accusing Washington of planning a coup and the United States in turn saying Russia had leaked the video, which carried subtitles in Russian. A Kremlin aide said Moscow might block U.S. "interference" in Kiev.
from The Great Debate:
Ukraine's Protests: Not (yet) a revolution
In the three weeks since Ukraine formally suspended talks aimed at signing an Association Agreement with the European Union, two important facts have become clear.
First, it is now apparent that Ukraine's president, Viktor Yanukovich, had no effective strategy to resist intense pressure against the EU deal from Moscow. The Kremlin promised big cash loans, a gas discount and debt forgiveness, while explicitly threatening to block Ukraine's access to the Russian market and implicitly threatening to stoke separatism in regions of the country.
from The Great Debate:
Russia: Where has all the money gone?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a good run over the past few months.
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor, landed on his doorstep, a gift from the PR gods. Agreement on Syria went from no chance to golden opportunity in the course of one afternoon. Forbes dubbed Putin the most powerful man in the world. Yet all these successes obscure a basic fact: Russia is running out of money.
To be fair, Russia is far from broke. Revenues continue to stream in from oil and gas sales, and Moscow maintains healthy financial reserves for future rainy days. Russia also dislikes budget deficits and keeps its foreign debt down -- a model of fiscal rectitude that most Western countries can only dream about.
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CMHS Approach to Enhancing Youth Resilience and
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The Need for Resilience Enhancing and Violence Prevention Initiatives
Understanding Youth Violence
Patterns of Adolescent Violence
Perspectives on Violence
Risk and Protective Factors and Processes
Ethnic Minority and Cultural Issues
The Public Health Approach to Enhancing Resilience and Preventing Violence in Schools and Communities
Preventing Violent BehaviorsMental Health Interventions
The Role of Schools
How to Intervene: What Programs Work?
What Are the Issues?
Evidence-Based Interventions
Exhibit 1Model and Promising Programs
Exhibit 2Evidence-Based Programs That Foster Resilience
Exhibit 3Exemplary, Model, and Promising Programs to Strengthen Families
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and nongovernmental. The following section describes the publications
that these organizations provide. It should be emphasized that not all
use the same standards of evidence-based criteria to judge the soundness
of the programs that are recommended.
B. United States Department
of Justice, Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, Whats Promising
The most recent lists of DOJ model and promising programs are updated
regularly at the University of Maryland Web site,
Forty-five research-based parenting and family intervention models were
selected by CSAP for grants to increase the capacity of communities to
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Exhibit III). Another resource for communities and schools is Understanding
Substance Abuse PreventionToward the 21st Century: A Primer on Effective
Programs. This publication, as well as the most up-to-date list of CSAP
model programs, may be viewed at the Web site of the Substance Abuse and
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Psychologists as Mental Health Service Providers
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Each of these programs was required to meet rigorous selection criteria, including an experimental design, evidence of a statistically significant deterrent effect, replication in at least one additional site with experimental design and demonstrated effects, and evidence that the deterrent effect was sustained for at least one year posttreatment. According to Elliott, these high standards reflect the level of confidence needed to build a violence prevention initiative, with the objective of allowing communities to implement these programs with the confidence of effectiveness in deterring violence, if implemented with integrity. See Exhibit I for a list of CSPV model and promising programs. Additional information can also be obtained from the CSPV Web site, http://www.colorado.edu/cspv.
The guide lists programs that have demonstrated significant effects on
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G. Center for Mental Health
Services, Literature on the Development of Resilience
Detection/Treatment of Mental Illness
Alcohol and
Other Drug Abuse
Access to Mental Health/Health Services
Additional information may be obtained from the Suicide Prevention Advocacy
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Currently we use Exclaimer mail disclaimers to wrap HTML Signatures around emails sent via Exchange.
What I am after is some software which can be put in as a smart host to do the same for our Zimbra Servers (Zimlets seem limited for this).
If possible I would like it to be able to look at which domain the email address is sent from and apply the appropriate signature
Anybody know of any software which can do this? windows or linux?
Example Current (taken from disclaimer not my company!)
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It's doable in Exchange 2010 using disclaimers. This is a native thing. But it does just add it to the bottom of the email, not underneath the top reply.
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We also add an external disclaimer to all emails going to external contacts:
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' and fallback to 'wrap' if unable to apply except when the subject field or message body matches 'any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual' or except if the message type is 'Automatic reply'
I'm after something to do it with Zimbra I'm afraid! Due to costs and the forthcoming dumping of exchange from the small business server edition of windows (called essentials) we are after cost effective alternatives the only last hurdle to cover is adding signatures.
Ah ok, sorry miss read the question.
As people are now starting to filter back - Any further suggestions on software here?
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blackdynamiteandhiscrew said...
The only problem with not nerfing heroics is that after the nerf ramps
up, the difficulty between heroics and regular becomes ridiculous.
And since their stated intention was to prevent people from getting
stuck behind walls, not nerfing heroics with normals is
That said, I still wish they wouldn't. Limbo is only fun when you
have to bend over backwards.
Phredreeke said...
If you need nerfs to normal modes then you shouldn't be in heroics to begin with. If you want to run heroics then prepare to work for it. This is coming from a non-raider btw.
If i remember correctly in teir 11 they didnt nerf the heroics and only nerfed the normals and this is precisely what happened. groups could clear the normals and then ran into a brick wall because the heroics were pegged at above normal mode +20% . I would imagine that that coupled with the fact that for a introductory teir broke many guilds and resulted in a loss of subscribers from the game due to lack of playable content.
There is no point in having tonnes of content in the game if the players cant defeat it. And not everyone enjoys wiping on bosses for weeks all night every night. after about 1.5 - 2.5 months the content is no longer relevant and in the case of dragon soul you can turn the nerf off if you want so i dont get what the issue is
ireland.greg said...
What most people who are for the nerfs seem to forget is that content gets nerfed each and every week simply due to upgrades attained from the raid. Whether it's only 2 or 3 bosses or a full normal clear because you just can't down that first heroic boss, gear upgrades nerf content directly for your raid group by by increasing dps/healing/tank survivability.
The argument of leaving content unfinished doesn't really make sense to me either. Heroic content has already been completed on normal in order to unlock it, therefore it's not new content... it's just harder. It's designed to challenge the people who walk all over normal difficulty. I don't consider any game i didn't complete on "Nightmare" level as unfinished. I finished it on normal and had my a$$ handed to me on "nightmare"... it really is ok to not be good enough to finish the very hardest difficulty in the game.


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In the Line of Fire Movie Review
Eastwood plays Frank Horrigan, the kind of man who comes home after a long day of booby-trapping money counterfeiters and wants nothing else than to get out of his suit, drink a good glass of bourbon, and listen to Kind of Blue. Just as he's settling into one of these comfortable slumps, he receives a phone call from a man who calls himself Booth (John Malkovich). Sober and staid, Booth tells Frank that he's going to kill the president. The fact that Booth's deserted apartment is found with a singular photo of Frank when he was an agent under JFK underlines Horrigan's conviction.
Petersen is playing cat-and-mouse, but he's doing so on a grand scale. It's Dirty Harry goes to Washington. Scribe Jeff Maguire saddles the film with a light romance between Horrigan and a hot-to-trot female agent, ably played by Rene Russo, plus a bureaucratic maelstrom cooked up by a presidential advisor (Fred Dalton Thomas) and the postulant agent-in-charge for the Secret Service (Gary Cole). The wolf-and-cub play between Frank and his young partner (Dylan McDermott) comes off as custard: cute enough but ultimately benign.
No matter the distractions and sleight of hand, the fireworks are all Eastwood and Malkovich. Whereas Eastwood is all accountable, hard-assed efficiency, Malkovich is a study in brooding frenzy. It takes Horrigan a while to pinpoint Booth's soft spots, but the villain has the agent's number from the get-go and has a devil of a time spinning him. It's a devil of a time to watch as well. When Frank does finally break Booth's calm seal, there's an outburst, but we see nothing of it again until the visceral, if not preposterous, ending. The consistent professional, Malkovich segues back into cool menace without a moment of hesitation.
Petersen's commendable pacing throws down the gauntlet and Malkovich and Eastwood savor the thrusts and parries, perhaps even a little too much. Nothing else in the picture has the hope of standing up to these throttling psychological battles, all the more impressive since they are mostly done on the phone. The aged friendship between Horrigan and the Director of the Secret Service (John Mahoney) has a conversant strum to it, but soon enough, it becomes a simple procedure vs. experience argument between two ragged old-timers. That's the point: Petersen wants us to think that Frank has a life beyond topping Booth and tries to prove it with these slight moments of placid social life, but nobody else matters. Frank and Booth were made for each other.
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Director : Wolfgang Petersen
Producer : Jeff Apple
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Biju Patnaik International Airport
|Biju Patnaik International Airport
ବିଜୁ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଜାତୀୟ ବିମାନ ବନ୍ଦର
|Airport type
|Airports Authority of India
|Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
|17 April 1998
|Hub for
|Elevation AMSL
|138 ft / 42 m
|20°14′40″N 085°49′04″E / 20.24444°N 85.81778°ECoordinates: 20°14′40″N 085°49′04″E / 20.24444°N 85.81778°E
|Biju Patnaik International Airport
|Statistics (Apr '13 - Mar '14)
|Passenger movements
|Aircraft movements
|Cargo tonnage
|Source: AAI [1][2][3]
Biju Patnaik International Airport (IATA: BBI, ICAO: VEBS), also known as Bhubaneswar Airport, is situated in the city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.[4] It is the sole international airport in the state. It is named after the former Chief Minister of Odisha, Biju Patnaik, who was also a famed aviator and freedom fighter. As of 2013, Bhubaneswar was ranked the 17th busiest airport in India by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) registering a 1.82% traffic growth over the previous year. On 5 March 2013, a new terminal (T1) was inaugurated by Minister of Civil Aviation, Ajit Singh. The terminal caters to all domestic flights while the older terminal (T2) has been refurbished to support impending international operations.[5] The Government of India accorded international status to the airport on 30 October 2013.[6]
- 1 Terminals
- 2 Airlines and destinations
- 3 Airport Services
- 4 Accolades
- 5 Ground transportation
- 6 Events organised
- 7 Incidents and accidents
- 8 See also
- 9 References
- 10 External links
Terminal 1[edit]
The state-of-the-art terminal, inaugurated in March 2013, has a capacity of 4 million passengers per annum and was built at a cost of Rs 145 crore.[5][7] The new terminal has been developed by the (AAI) as part of the upgrade of 35 non-metro airports across the country.[8] Terminal T1, a two-storied building with a total area of 18,240 square metres (196,300 sq ft), consists of 2 aerobridges, 4 elevators, several escalators, 16 check-in counters, 3 arrival luggage conveyors, a spa, and seating areas. It has many lounges like Pal Heights Spa Lounge, Mayfair Lounge and VIP Lounges apart from the Departure and Arrival Lounges.[5][9] The terminal is environment friendly, built according to green building standards, with provision for rain water harvesting, sewage treatment plants, etc. The internal walls of the terminal are decorated with tribal motifs, designs, masks, and sculptures, giving travellers a glimpse of Odisha's rich culture.[10] The new terminal also has food kiosks, gift shops, book shops, handloom, art galleries and handicraft kiosks.[11] The terminal was built by Lanco Infratech (Octamec).[12]
Terminal 2[edit]
As of 2014, the airport is planned to start international operations after the 2014 Indian General Elections, connecting the city to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.[13][14] The Terminal T1 is being used for domestic flights, while the international terminal (T2) is renovated and ready to handle international operations.[15] The airport received its first international charter jet from Spain on 3 May 2014 carrying 12 Spanish members.[16] The airport received its second international charter jet from Luton Airport, London carrying 19 passengers on 28 May 2014.[17] Currently four international carriers have shown interest to start operations to Bangkok Thai Smile, Dubai Flydubai, Qatar Qatar Airways and Singapore Tigerair once the airport is ready to start international operations.
Airlines and destinations[edit]
Scheduled airlines[edit]
|Air India
|Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai[18]
|Air India Regional
|Port Blair [19]
|Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai (Begins October 2014) [20]
|Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam [21]
Non-scheduled airlines[edit]
|Air Odisha
|Angul, Berhampur, Jharsuguda, Koraput, Raipur, Rourkela
Airport Services[edit]
Fixed-base operators[edit]
The fixed base operators at the Biju Patnaik International Airport include:
- Canara Airport Cafeteria
- Mayfair Hotels & Resorts
- National Aviation Company of India Ltd. (NACIL)
- Pal Heights
Ground Handlers[edit]
- Air Odisha Aviation Pvt. Ltd.
- East Air Aviation
- Government Aviation Training Institute (GATI)
- IMFA Aviation
- Odisha Stevedores Ltd. (OSL)
- Transtrack Aeroservices Pvt. Ltd
- Airports Authority of India awarded Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar as AAI's Best Airport in India jointly with Trivandrum International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram for the period of January–July 2012.
- Biju Patnaik International Airport was adjudged The Best Airport in India based on Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) for 2012-13. The Airport achieved the highest CSI for 2 years for providing user friendly services to passengers and other stakeholders. It shared the first prize with Jodhpur Airport.[22]
- Biju Patnaik International Airport was ranked The Best Airport of India for the second time in the period from January–June 2013 by Airports Authority of India based on the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI). Biju Patnaik Airport in Bhubaneswar shared the award with Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in Varanasi.
Ground transportation[edit]
Biju Patnaik Airport is situated around 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the city center. It is connected by Bhubaneswar City Bus (Route 207 Nandankanan - Airport) and other luxury coach buses to the city. The Bhubaneswar railway station is 2 – 3 km far from the airport. The airport has a facility of prepaid taxis. A new road connecting airport to the Ekamra Marg has been constructed as a part of the modernisation program, reducing journey time. [23]
Events organised[edit]
- Biju Patnaik International Airport authority organized workshop on Soft Skills & Better Communication on 22nd August 2014 at Terminal 2 of the Airport. Shri Himansu Das, CEO, HD Travels and Vice President of Travel Agents Association of Odisha, was invited as the Guest Lecturer to the workshop. [24]
- The Biju Patnaik International Airport organised an event, "Diabetes Awareness Drive" where free health check-up camp was set up by Med Plus, KIDS Multi Speciality Hospital, Rabindra Surgicals Pvt. Ltd., National Research Institute of Ayurvedic Drug Development (CCRAS) and Aditya Care Hospital for awaring the passengers and the airport staff for better health, life style, and gain knowledge about causes, symptoms and treatments of diabetes. [25]
- The Biju Patnaik International Airport celebrated "World Environment Day" on 5 June 2014 with a drawing competition held earlier. [26]
- The Biju Patnaik International Airport organised a week long yoga camp in association with Patanjali Yog Peeth of Bhubaneswar. [27]
Incidents and accidents[edit]
- On 22 December 2007, an Indian Air Force plane from the Surya Kiran team crash landed on the runway of Biju Patnaik Airport. One passenger caught fire while three others were safely taken out.[28]
See also[edit]
- ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k14annex3.pdf
- ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k14annex2.pdf
- ^ http://www.aai.aero/traffic_news/mar2k14annex4.pdf
- ^ "Pilot information for Biju Patnaik Airport". ourairports.com. 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ a b c "New terminal at Bhubaneswar airport starts operations". Business Standard. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ "Centre accords international tag to Bhubaneswar airport". The Times of India. 31 October 2013.
- ^ Singha, Minati (5 March 2013). "International airport to take off by June". Times of India. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ Barik, Bibhuti (8 August 2011). "March date for swanky airport". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ Barik, Bibhuti (24 June 2011). "Airport work speeds up - Capital set for take-off in style". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ "New terminal at Bhubaneswar airport thrown open". Times of India. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ Ramanath V, Riyan (5 February 2013). "Plans to provide spa facilities at airport". Times of India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "Lanco Infratech bags Rs 92 cr order from AAI". Business Standard. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Polls delay international flight take off from city". The Times of India. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "International terminal at city airport by April: Union Minister". The Pioneer. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "New city airport terminal gets 1st flight". The Pioneer. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ "Odisha: First International Flight Operated From Biju Patnaik International Airport". 5 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ "Odisha: Second International Flight Operated From Biju Patnaik International Airport". 28 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ "Summer Schedule Air India 2014". Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Summer Schedule Alliance Air 2014". Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "GoAir to Start 3 New Flights from City Airport". Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Summer Schedule IndiGo 2014". Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik Airport wins award". 16 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "New airport terminal to be thrown open on March 5". Times of India. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ "Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar organised a diabetes awareness drive". 22 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar organised a diabetes awareness drive". 28 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ "World Environment Day celebrated at Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar". 5 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ "Yoga Camp- Organised by Bhubaneswar Airport". 31 May 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ "IAF aircraft crash landed at Bhubaneswar". 22 December 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Biju Patnaik Airport.
- Biju Patnaik International Airport at Airports Authority of India
- Airport information for VEBS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.


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Writers: Mort Briskin, David Klass, Channing Gibson, David Levien, Brian Koppelman | Director: Kevin Bray | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Michael Bowen
47. RoboCop 2 (1990)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
A corrupt businesswoman seeks to disable Robocop in favor of her own model of cyborg.
Writers: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner, Frank Miller, Walon Green | Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Peter Weller, Belinda Bauer, John Glover, Mario Machado
48. Spun (2002)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An out-of-control speed freak is introduced his drug of choice's creator by his dealer. A massive three-day adventure ensues.
Writers: Will De Los Santos, Creighton Vero | Director: Jonas Åkerlund | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, John Leguizamo, Patrick Fugit, Brittany Murphy
49. DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Adventure
The movie adaptation of the best selling video game series Dead or Alive.
Writers: J.F. Lawton, Adam Gross, Seth Gross | Director: Corey Yuen | Stars: Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Holly Valance
50. WWF Raw (1993– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Sport | Active
The best of the World wrestling federation battle it out every week. In the squared circle, to see just who is the best of the best
Creators: Vince McMahon, Dusty Rhodes | Stars: Jerry Lawler, Vince McMahon, John Cena, Paul Levesque