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Administering SQL Server 2012 Databases Course
Administering SQL Server 2012 Databases Online Courses
2KO Tanzania offers online Administering SQL 2012 courses in Tanzania. We also offer full time SQL 2012 database courses in Dar Es Salaam for groups of four or more delegates. 2KO Tanzania's SQL database course is offered to our international and local students. 2KO Africa is a professional training company, delivering cutting edge programs in the IT space and in selected business applications. Our training is offered online, live online and also by instructor led classes. 2KO Africa's business courses are available world-wide, many of them leading to European Certification, to ensure students have access to the best Administering SQL 2012 certification training in Tanzania.
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2KO Tanzania's SQL 2012 course in Tanzania was created specifically for those individuals (Database Professionals) who install, maintain and configure as their primary job function. Any participants setting up database systems and/or responsible for efficient system operation, regular database back ups stored effectively, and securing data from unauthorized access is also a candidate for this 2KO Tanzania training course on SQL 2012.
Below is a partial list of job functions associated to this 2KO Africa training course:
Audit SQL Server instances
Back up databases
Configure additional SQL Server components, Instances and Services
Deploying a SQL Server
Implementing strategies, columnstores and High-Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions
Install SQL Server and related services.
Management, configuration, permissions, alerts, logins and roles.
Installation Planning
The 2KO Africa SQL 2012 Administering Databases course prepares students for Microsoft Exam 70-462
As the participant in the 2KO Africa SQL 2012 Administering course will learn:
Installation Planning
Installing SQL Server and related services
Implementation of a migration strategy
How to configure additional SQL Server components
Managing the SQL Server Agent
Database management and configuration
How to configure SQL Server instances
Implementing a SQL Server clustered instance
SQL Server instances management
How to properly Identify and resolve concurrency problems
The collection of and how to analyze troubleshooting data
Auditing SQL Server instances
Configure and maintain a back up strategy
Database restoration
Implementing and maintaining indexes
Importing and exporting data
Managing logins and server roles
Managing database permissions
Managing users and database roles
Troubleshooting security
Implementing AlwaysOn, database mirroring and replication
Microsoft 70-462: Administering SQL Server 2012 Databases
Module 1
Introduction to SQL Server 2012
SQL Server
SQL Server Tools
Management Studio Demo
Data Tools
Exam Scenarios
Module Review
Module 2
Installing SQL Server
SQL Architecture
Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
Installation Process
Troubleshooting Installation
Upgrading and Unattended Installations
Configuration Demo
Exam Scenarios
Module Review
Module 3
Backup and Restore a Database
Database Architecture
Database Backup
Restoration Process
Restoring System Database
Backup and Recovery Demo
Exam Scenarios
Module Review
Module 4
Tracing Access to SQL Server
Auditing Options
Introduction to SQL Audit
Audit Objects and Implementation
Extended Events
Tracing Activity Demo
Exam Scenarios
Module Review
Module 5
Importing and Exporting Data
Introduction to Data Transfer
ETL Tools
Improving Data Transfer
Copying Database Methods
Transferring Data Demo
Exam Scenarios
Module Review
Module 6
SQL Server Security
Security and Authentication
Server and Database Roles
Securing SQL Server Demo
Exam Scenarios
Module Review
Module 7
Automating SQL Server
SQL Server Agent
Database Mail
Operators, Alerts and Jobs
Database Configuration Demo
Exam Scenarios
Module Review
Module 8
Monitoring SQL Server
Dynamic Management Views and Functions
Profiler Trace
Database Tuning Advisor
Activity and Performance Monitor
Data Collection
Monitoring Demo
Exam Scenarios
Module Review
Module 9
Maintaining SQL Server
Checking Database Integrity
Ongoing Maintenance
Managing and Maintaining Demo
Exam Scenarios
Module Review
Module 10
Troubleshooting SQL Server
Service Issues
Connectivity Issues
Locking Issues
Troubleshooting Demo
Exam Scenarios
Module Review
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With the fun of fishing comes responsibility
Since we spend so much time on the Chesapeake, boating anglers have a particularly important responsibility in maintaining habits that promote a cleaner, healthier Bay. The foremost of those is avoiding polluting behavior in the first place. The single most effective action any angler can take is avoiding and discouraging the use of older, two-cycle outboard motors.
The dogwood trees have blossomed, and the hickory shad run is red-hot. The Conowingo Dam, Deer Creek, along the Choptank and spots on the Tuckahoe and the Elk have had reports of 50-fish days. These hard-fighting, high-jumping ocean-run speedsters (often called the poor man's tarpon) are protected from harvest, but catch-and-release is permitted. For an early season thrill, put a couple of shad darts on a light spin rod, cast it out and hang on.
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If you have any doubt that the older outboards are environmentally hazardous, you need only to observe the sheen of oil spreading out behind them, even when at idle. That's because these obsolete engines were designed to allow as much as 25 percent of the fuel-oil mixture to pass through the combustion process unburned to provide the motor's lubrication. That unburned gas and oil is vented directly into the water. Look at the waterline of any hull during our boat-busy mid-summer months, and you'll see the collective results of the continued use of this harmful technology: a smudged line of oil-based filth marking the hull's passage through our petroleum-fouled surface waters.
Over the last several years, outboard engines have evolved to eliminate the majority of these harmful emissions. The latest four-stroke engines in particular are virtually pollution-free and much more fuel efficient, not to mention considerably quieter.
If you've been using one or more of these old, smoking irons, upgrade as soon as possible. If you want to do the Bay a real favor, sell it for scrap and get it off the water permanently. You can also donate it to a charitable organization for a generous tax write-off. Just stipulate that the gifted motor is to be sold for scrap and not for reuse.
Anglers can do many more helpful things to maintain a cleaner more pleasant environment. Having a secure trash receptacle on board, no matter what size boat you're running, is one certain way to reduce the amount of floating debris plaguing our waters.
Most boaters today would never think of throwing their trash overboard, but it's amazing how many think nothing of leaving plastic bags from ice, foodstuffs and fish bait lying around loose in the craft. When they power up, these objects blow about and eventually end up in the water.
Since everyone's eyes are usually fixed forward on their return journey, they are rarely aware of the wake of debris behind them. Securing your waste immediately in a closed, weighted sack or box will help keep the Chesapeake clean.
Many states have outlawed the presence of glass containers on the water, but Maryland is not one of them. One evidence of this is the endless harvest of glass shards that wash up on beaches and shorelines.
Most of this hazardous-to-feet jetsam is brown or green, suggesting beer bottles as the main source, although the increasing popularity of Corona is lately adding a significant amount of clear glass to the mix. Cans are the obvious solution to this problem. Even if it ends up overboard, an aluminum can's life in salt water is probably half a decade, while with glass it's an easy century — and plastic bottles maybe forever.
Discarded fishing line is also an ongoing problem that can be avoided with prompt and secure disposal. Otherwise it's going to wash up on beaches and shorelines. Birds and some animals are attracted to the waste and use it to line their nests. The mess often fatally entangles them and their offspring.
Large lengths of these lines, particularly braid, can also befoul the lower units of boat motors, damaging seals and bearings in the process. Don't throw any length of line overboard, ever. Wrap it up and stick the line waste in a pocket if there is no secure disposal on board. Put it in the trash when you get home.
Keep your net handy when cruising, right from the launch. If you spot floating bottles, bags or plastic debris, do everyone a favor and scoop it up. Maybe the Bay will reward you by an extra-great day of fishing.
Once you're home, particularly if you trailer your boat, the job of keeping a clean Bay is not over. When you do a wash-down and engine flush, use biodegradable soaps and solvents. Maryland does not treat water runoff, particularly near the Bay, in most of its storm sewer systems. Eventually it ends up right back in the Chesapeake.


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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – King Women's Golf finished their stay at the Tusculum Fall Classic with an eighth place team finish while Elizabeth Swallow finished inside the individual top-10 list with a second round score four shots better than her first of the tournament.
Elizabeth Swallow (Berkshire, England) earned a top-10 individual finish in her first collegiate event behind a second-round 76 score, totaling for a 156 (80-76) finish. Her tenth place finish paced the Lady Tornado golfers as she finished the tournament 12-over par, six shots back from the individual winner.
Following behind Swallow was teammate and junior Kerby Jones. The Franklin, Tenn. native shot a 85-83-168, placing her 30th overall in the tournament, one of her best finishes as at King. Anna Walker (Marion, Va.) finished in a tie for 39th place (84-91-175) while Esther Gandarias (90-86-176) and Cortnee Young (88-89-177) followed behind to make up the rest of the King scorecard.
King combined for a 671 (337-334) over the two-day tournament and maintained their position for eighth place in the 11-team field. They finished ahead of Spartanburg Methodist (728), Mars Hill (734), and Brevard (777) and were 12 strokes behind Converse (659).
Host Tusculum College (311-303-614) trailed by three strokes coming into the final day but shot eight strokes better than their previous day score and edged out UNC-Pembroke by one stroke for the team title. Meghan Moore of UNC-Prembroke won the individual title with a 75-74-149.
The women's team will join the men when Tornado Golf travels to Myrtle Beach, S.C. for the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate, co-hosted at Sea Trail Golf Club by Lincoln Memorial and Lenoir-Rhyne. The tournament will take place Oct. 1-2, leading into King's home tournament on Oct. 8-9.


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The store is scheduled to open on Jan. 25, 2013 in the space at 1072 Camino Del Rio formerly housed by Borders in Westfield Shopping Center.
Ulta will share the old bookstore space with the popular grocery chain. The discount beauty supply store opened earlier this fall, prompting locals to wonder when Trader Joe's would open.
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I spent the first years of atheism learning what it wasn't and then learning what it is. This is an oversimplification of my thinking, but it kind of sums up at least a starting place to be able to describe what it means for me to be an atheist. The concept is not original with me, but I internalized the ideas and can no longer remember who wrote about it on Atheist/Nexus. If anyone recognizes it, please let me know.
The atheistic outlook rejects all concepts of God.
There is a general consensus among participants that the particular social justice issues it focuses on are important to them.
There are a number of people whose words have proven helpful in clarifying the need for such a movement, and whose consistently enlightening contributions have engendered a certain level of trust.
There is a commitment to take seriously the need to have and maintain space where atheists, without interference from those opposed to the whole endeavor, can discuss social justice issues.
There is no dogma,
There is no hierarchy,
There are no membership requirements.
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Thank you for Joining and yes I strongly agree with you.
To me, atheism means that gods do not exist ...
Joseph, of course you are correct.
Yes I agree with you Joseph but now we use other words like free thinking humanism anti-theism etc
Well, that's when you add different words. Alas, atheism by itself includes none of that. Skepticism, lack of dogma, and Humanism aren't automatically included.
Hell, we have a Laveyan Satanist wandering around here somewhere. I can't say he isn't an atheist, because he fits the one criterion of not believing in gods. He believes in some other silly things, though.
Now, when you go meta, such as the New Atheism movement ... you're sort of re-branding yourself, and you can begin to include other things, such as skepticism, free-thought, the usefulness of the scientific method and how you should apply it to everything ...
But that doesn't change base atheism. When you encounter a base atheist, you should congratulate them for getting that far, then explain to them WHY they should be an atheist. We need to explain to them why they should leave behind homeopathy, astrology, chakras, and all of the other nonsense, in addition to gods.
Joseph P, I like your feedback, especially when I over-state something. Your comments keep my thinking clearer.
Heh, no problem. Semantics and pedantry are what I do.
"I spent the first years of atheism learning what it wasn't and then learning what it is. This is an oversimplification of my thinking . . ."
I don't believe you can really oversimplify atheism. In fact, I am of the notion that a lot of the discussions here at A/N are attempts to complicate atheism. . . . or are the result of the inability to accept atheism's simplicity.
"The atheistic outlook rejects all concepts of God."
Even the rejection of "all concepts of God" is a complication, as rejection is a proactive stance, and atheism is not, in essence, proactive.
Atheism is simply the lack of faith in the existence of god(s). Nothing more. It's not "knowing" that there is no god(s). It's not a rejection of theism, or an examination of ideology, or even an explanation of a philosophy. It is simply accepting the fact that you have no faith in the existence of some sort of supreme being. It's the acceptance of an absence.
The rest of your posting, dealing with social justice issues, is appealing, thoughtful, and, indeed, important to most atheists. But atheists do not have a monopoly on thinking about such things, anymore than theists have a monopoly on morality.
Atheist, "It is simply accepting the fact that you have no faith in the existence of some sort of supreme being. It's the acceptance of an absence.
I feel a wing of the New Atheism should be militant. In my post "Why I Became A Militant Non-Believer," I recount the reasons for the position. By far the most important is the story of how Opus Dei supported W. Bush and changed the course of the 2004 election and hence the history of the world. It's in the last paragraph—enough to trouble any reasonable American. This country will be paying the price for generations to come.
To think, the American people re-elected a moron because of his stance on abortion. Even now, it's difficult to continence. We have to fight back. These ministers would turn this country into a theocracy if the American people are apathetic enough to let them.
Atheist, "It is simply accepting the fact that you have no faith in the existence of some sort of supreme being. It's the acceptance of an absence.
"Militant Non-Believer" "We have to fight back. These ministers would turn this country into a theocracy if the American people are apathetic enough to let them."
I agree with each of you and is the reason I want a qualifier. Hitch used "anti-theist" and I come as close to being "anti" on this subject as I am pro-choice. Thanks for the distinctions.
I agree! Watching the Religious Right come on little cat feet, look around on silent haunches and move on to politics, government, education, health care, foreign policy even as it distracts the public with issues of abortion and GLBT.
I am naturally inclined to be a militant non-believer. It comes easy for me now.
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EDMONTON — There are mornings when it's only the persistent nudging of Halo's cold, wet nose that convinces Richard Yuill to get out of bed.
The post-traumatic stress disorder with which he has struggled since his tour of duty in Bosnia sometimes comes with crushing depression that makes it difficult for him to face the day.
Seven-month-old black lab puppies care little about such things, though, especially when they have empty tummies and full bladders.
"He's pretty hard to ignore," smiles Yuill, gently stroking the puppy's smooth forehead.
Halo — he's named after a Canadian military operation in Haiti — is part of Bravo K9, a program of Hope Heels. The non-profit organization initially was established to help people with mental-health issues but has expanded to include current members of the Canadian Forces or veterans who have symptoms of operational stress injury or post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD.
It's a unique twist on animal-assisted therapy. Instead of being provided with a service dog that already has been trained, participants are given the job of doing it themselves, with help of a professional dog trainer and a registered psychologist. The goal is to teach people skills that help them work beyond the bounds of their disabilities, and in the process, contribute to their own healing.
For Yuill, it's not just about getting out of bed in the morning — it's being able to leave the house by himself and to do things that most people take for granted: grocery shopping, banking, dropping off the dry-cleaning.
A member of the Canadian military from 1990 to 2002, he was diagnosed with PTSD shortly after his release. In 2000, he was part of a peacekeeping unit given the task of "de-mining" the Bosnian countryside. Although the hostilities of the bloody civil war involving the Serbs, Croats and Muslims had ceased, the danger had not, and areas of the country were still littered with mines left from the conflict.
An ammunition technician, Yuill knew well the maiming — and killing — capabilities of such mines. During his five-month tour of duty, a young girl from a nearby town was killed after she stepped on one of the mines near their camp. Other things happened, too, some involving his own unit, that contributed to his PTSD and left him battling debilitating bouts of depression, anxiety and anger upon his return.
He experienced major trust issues. Being around large groups of people, even at family gatherings, triggered severe panic attacks. And, until recently, the idea of leaving the house without the company of the handful of people he does trust — his partner Terri-Lynn, her daughter, his sons — was nearly unthinkable.
"Anywhere there are lots of people — banks, grocery stores — I feel trapped, totally surrounded," says Yuill. "I can barely resist the urge to run."
Many veterans with PTSD suffer from agoraphobia and need a safe person to go out with, says Kristine Aanderson, the executive director of Hope Heels and a registered psychologist.
"We can train them to use their dog as that safe person, so that they always have a buddy with them," she says. "Someone to 'watch their back' when they're out and feel vulnerable."
Today, Yuill and his faithful pooch venture out for leisurely strolls around the neighbourhood that get longer with each passing day. In time, he hopes to take Halo with him to run errands, a goal that seems more attainable than it did a few months ago.
When he came to live with Yuill, Halo was a 10-week-old puppy, with all the attendant demands and needs of a newborn. In canine years, he's now a teenager. And while he occasionally exhibits the attitude that age suggests, his seal-brown eyes and unwavering loyalty have won his master's heart and trust.
"We've developed a very tight bond," says Yuill with a smile. "I mean, who can you trust more than an animal; dogs, especially. They don't judge you, and the love they offer is unconditional."


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You just never stop being a kid when you're around your parents.
A few years before he died, my dad lived in our home. I set up the first floor bedroom just for him. It had his bed, a recliner, his desk, a television, his clothing, etc. Everything he could possibly need was in that room. His big oxygen unit was around the corner in the living room, and its long lead could stretch all the way into the kitchen and throughout the house.
Peter was on his mission, so we only had the three younger children at home.
Dad could and did prepare his own lunches, but I made sure he had a good breakfast (usually cracked wheat fixed in the crock pot and cooked overnight), and a good dinner. It was a challenge blending a young family and an older man, but we did the best we could. He was usually ready for bed about 8:30 pm and watched television until he fell asleep just after 9:00 pm.
One evening, all of our kids were out somewhere. Between marching band, working, etc., they all had somewhere to go. So, Kerry and I decided to go out for a bit and see a movie. Everything in the house was taken care of, including dad. He had no problem being left alone, so it was a perfect night. We got ready to go, and I went in to tell him we'd be gone for awhile.
He asked me how long we would be gone. I told him the movie was over just before 11:pm. so it would be after that.
He replied, "Don't you think that's a little bit too late for you two to be out?"
I was stunned. I said, "Dad, I'm a big girl now. I'm 45 years old. It's okay."
Again, he said, "Well, you just both be careful and don't stay out too late."
Kerry and I both smiled and talked about it on the way to the theater.
But, when we got home at 11:30 pm, there was dad sitting up in his recliner, waiting for us to come home. He didn't say anything. He just looked at his watch, looked at us, and made preparations for bed.
Dad. You never stop being a parent. And, you never stop being a kid...
Dad looked an awful lot like Colonel Sanders, especially after he grew a white goatee a few years after this picture was taken.
I miss him...


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Despite there being solid racing experiences in Forza Motorsport, Gran Turismo, and likely whatever Criterion Games is working on next, you can count on Nadeo to give gamers something you won't find elsewhere. I get the clear sense that they aren't taking a different approach just to be the outlier, rather, they're making what they enjoy.
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TrackMania 2 Canyon offers just enough tweaks to the formula to make it worth the download. Visually, it's not the prettiest racer out there, but the lighting can be particularly gorgeous at times and the system requirements are very reasonable. As the community settles in again, the amount of content will only grow from here given the excellent creation tools included.
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They may still be there, but I had to head out at 4:15 (my ride, my ride!). There were only three legislators there during the first hour (what I would call the expert testimony), plus the sponsoring legislator, but they asked lots of questions and seemed pretty engaged. They actually got sorted out into roles, with the chair of the committee being Dismayed, Moved, and Shocked (alternately, or sometimes all at once) and the fellow to the right playing Sprightly, Mirthful, Statistically Ept, and occasionally devil's advocate. Not that they were play-acting, but that was kind of the range.
I was very pleased at the scope of testimony, and the qualifications of the presenters. There was a fellow from Michigan who testified as a professor in HR management and a consultant (I think) in the human rights/discrimination arena in Michigan, an average-sized dude, and he was, quite frankly, AWESOME. He spoke very straightforwardly, no bullshit, but with a very compelling way of speaking and organizing of information about HR findings in the area of weight discrimination. I want to write him a fan letter. I think I have a crush, in sort of an aspiring-public-speaker sort of way.
Anyway, they are probably still talking, and I don't know what the next step is. But I was really glad to be there and hear other people, and take the mike for a few minutes and say my piece. Even one of my fatlet (thin) dancers showed up, straight from her gig as a historical tour guide, so she was wearing a puffy skirt and a tucker and a 1760s hat. My one regret is that I couldn't get a sign made up this morning for her, like she suggested:
Samuel Adams was short and fat.
I was really upset I couldn't go. Ironically, my testimony was going to be on weight discrimination in hiring. I've been looking for a job for about a year now. Two days after finding out about this hearing, I had an interview and was pretty much hired on the spot. Crapface!!
Sam's cousin John Adams was also short & fat & he lived to be 91 years old. He & the tall, thin Thomas Jefferson died on the same day & Adams was considerably older.
And I send best wishes & good luck to all in Massachusetts from Maine, which used to be part of Mass.
John Adams, who walked miles every day for exercise, was way older than the tall, rangy Jefferson when they died. More honest in his dealings with women, too, but that's a discussion for another blog.
I have to say I'm really excited to hear how it went! I can't wait to read the reports from people who were there.
I read the Boston Metro today and the hearings were the front page headline. Of course the article mainly focused on the VP of the National Organization of Short Statured Adults who testified and his was the only picture with the artcile.
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|Dale Nichols- John Comes Home for Christmas- 1937- oil on canvas
Dale Nichols, though much less well known than the other "Big Three" Regionalist artists, Grant Wood, John Stuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton, he is no less worthy of recognition. I had previously only known his work from a single postcard (top image) that I purchased at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
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Dale Nichols could arguably be considered the fourth significant name included in any discussion of Regionalist American art. A native son of David City, Nebraska where he was born in July 13, 1904, Nichols studied briefly at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts before forging a successful career in illustration.
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One former officer said the Prince had "undoubtedly increased his value as a terrorist target."
However, an influential former Army officer defended the Prince's comments, saying his apparent flippancy is a way of dealing with "some horrible realities".
The 28-year-old Apache helicopter co-pilot said he had taken insurgents "out of the game" during a 20-week deployment to Camp Bastion.
In a series of interviews during his tour of duty, Prince Harry described his role as "a joy" because "I'm one of those people who loves playing PlayStation and Xbox, so with my thumbs I like to think that I'm probably quite useful".
They were fears his remarks could stoke tensions in the region after two Taliban commanders branded the Prince a naive "coward" for comparing the conflict to a computer game.
When asked whether he had killed enemy fighters in Afghanistan, the Prince, known as Captain Wales on tour, said: "Yeah, so lots of people have. The squadron's been out here. Everyone's fired a certain amount."
Dai Davies, former head of the Met's Royalty Protection Squad, said it was unwise for Prince Harry to discuss his deployment.
"Purely from a protection point of view, I think it was highly unadvisable for Prince Harry to draw attention to himself," he told the Mail.
'It may be the reality that he killed insurgents, but saying this publicly just increases the likelihood of some lunatic trying to take revenge on him.
"If you look at other senior royals, they never discussed their deployments. Prince Andrew never did. His father never did and nor did his uncles. None of them discussed whether they did or didn't kill while in the military."
He added: 'Had I still been in charge of Royalty Protection, I would certainly now be reviewing and enhancing Prince Harry's security.'
Another ex-senior officer, Glen Smyth, former chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said: "I think it would have been better for Prince Harry to have simply said he had been deployed in an operational capacity, and to have left it at that.
"What he has said has undoubtedly increased his value as a terrorist target."
Scotland Yard refused to comment on Prince Harry's protection.
But Tim Colins, the former Army officer famed for his inspirational eve-of-battle speech to his troops in the Iraq War, defended the Prince's use of language as a form of words used by many soldiers to cope with the horrors of warfare.
He said: "Given that in the same interview Harry also talked about his love of PlayStation and Xbox games, civilians could be forgiven for thinking that soldiers treat war as some sort of glorified game; a boys' own adventure in which violent death is visited upon the enemy simply by pushing a button.
"He may joke that his PlayStation has honed his reflexes, but once again that is a soldier's flippancy disguising the deadly seriousness of his mission.
"It is the same when Prince Harry talks about taking Taliban 'out of the game' — and let us not forget that this is exactly how all his comrades-in-arms talk. He knows too well what it means.
He added: "For this is also a man who has looked down from his helicopter cockpit, identified enemy fighters running for their lives and witnessed the result when he has unleashed the awesome power at his fingertips."


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Source: Alexandria-Monroe High School Spectrum, Alexandria, Indiana, 1937
The Future Farmers of America
First row from left to right: Leroy Waymire, Arthur McMahan, Paul Thurston, William Cranfill. Second row: Basil Retherford, Eugene Hannah, John Featherston, Elbert Hague, Eugene Derstler, Noel Maddox, David Teague, Frank Tobin. Third row: Eugene Fields, Robert Hobbs, William Blake, Forest McMahan, Bernard Balser, Fred Johnson, John Nacoff, Ralph Porter, Mr. Disque. Back row: Omer Young, Verne Sullivan, Harold Bess, Keith Sizelove, Harry Ellis, Fred Inglis, Lyle Summers, Charles Sayre, William Wright, Dale Blacklidge.
The Future Farmers of America is a National Organization of farm boys studying vocational agriculture with chapters throughout the United States, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. Its purpose is to create more interest in farming as an occupation, and to instill and nurture a love of country life.
The thirty-three members of the local chapter participate in judging and corn husking contests, and their basketball team furnishes recreation. Paul Thurston won the Hoosier Farmer Degree.
President: Herman Brown
Vice-President: Arthur McMahan
Secretary: William Cranfill
Treasurer: Leroy Waymire
Reporter: Robert Inglis
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Disque
My maternal grandfather, William Lee Wright, is pictured in the back row.
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The Dangerous Trade in Black‐Market Cigarettes
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Black‐market cigarettes are costing many states hundreds of millions of dollars a year in lost tax revenue. And the lucrative, illicit trade is attracting violent criminal gangs that can be lethally ruthless.
The rewards, and the risks, of dealing in contraband cigarettes became quite clear recently in northern Virginia, says Capt. Dennis Wilson of the Fairfax County Police Department.
Undercover investigators working with his department "had two cases where contacts that we were working with had asked us to murder their competition," Wilson says.
The problem is that exorbitant taxes in New York state and especially New York City can add as much as $60 to the cost of a carton of cigarettes. No wonder criminals including "organized crime groups with ties to Vietnam, Russia, Korea and China" are getting into the business of buying cigarettes in lower‐taxed states and driving trailers full of them to the high‐tax states.
A Cato Policy Analysis warned about the problem of black markets and crime back in 2003, when the New York City tax was only $3.00 a pack ($30.00 a carton):
The failure of New York policymakers to consider the broader effects of high cigarette taxes has been a mistake repeated across the country in the stampede to maximize tax revenue from this demonized product. Too often, policymakers do not consider these effects in the erroneous belief that people do not respond to government‐created economic incentives. The negative effects of high cigarette taxes in New York provide a cautionary tale that excessive tax rates have serious consequences–even for such a politically unpopular product as cigarettes.


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I've learned toki pona with your lessons, and I use your dictionary all the time !
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janTepanNetaPelin wrote:jan Lope o, toki!
Congratulations on your grammar! You have just been quoted from it on Facebook, and so I had the opportunity to take a look at it. I have an urging question: in "Several pi-Phrases for one Compound Noun" you leave out the comma in "kulupu pi kalama musi→,← pi ma Inli li
pona." You seem to do this because "pi phrases are not nested," so leaving out the comma doesn't do any harm. But where do you have this information from? I can't find hints in either jan Pije's pages nor in jan Sonja's book.
But, in jan Sonja's book I can find grouped li-phrases that have commas, as in "jan Isa li tawa lili, li kama anpa, li toki e ni tawa sewi: ..." I would expect the same thing to be possible with grouped pi-phrases. Since I don't see why nesting is not allowed, I would read multiple pi-phrases without commas as nested.
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jan_Lope wrote:Where do you get the information that "li"-phrases can be nested? Several "li"-phrases blong to the subject and not to other "li"-phrases. Or with other words: a verb phrase can only belong to the noun phrase and not to an other verb phrase.
Commas before or after an other separator like "li", "pi", "la", "e", ":", "!", "?" or "." are not neccessary.
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janTepanNetaPelin wrote:But I can't find any statement or example in the Official Book that prohibits the nesting of pi-phrases. Therefore, the comma for grouping pi-phrases seems necessary.
jan_Lope wrote:There is no example in the Official Book for nested pi-phrases.
The goal of Toki Pona is simplicity. Keep Toki Pona as simple as possible! Nested phrases are not simple.
For a better understanding see the languages of the Pirahã. This language has some similarities to Toki Pona and has no recursion.
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•It's supposed to count for nothing, but no. 25 Syracuse lost to the Division II Le Moyne Dolphins, and I'd be shocked if voters don't take this into account the next time they do the polls. While the Orange haven't lost to a DII school in modern history, they did lose to Drexel two years ago, which might be worse.
•The brief Edgerrin James era in Seattle has mercifully come to an end. I was going to lead with this story, but I honestly don't think he's touched the ball enough to be photographed in a Seahawks uniform.
•Dave Bing easily won four more years as mayor of Detroit. Though "won" might not be the right word.
•Dan Snyder apologized to fans for the Redskins' terrible season. He had also planned to erect signs around the city to the same effect, but those were unfortunately confiscated.
•The NBA is down to three undefeated teams: the Celtics, Suns and Nuggets, while the Nets, Pacers and Warriors remain winless. Now I know early success isn't necessarily indicative of future performance, but I'm gonna say, yeah, this is pretty much how things are going to go.
•Clippers owner Donald Sterling paid $2.7 million to settle a housing discrimination lawsuit. He had originally offered Marcus Camby's expiring contract to help the victimized homeowners get under the salary cap, but that was rejected.
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Dark Souls, the Demon's Souls spiritual sequel coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this year, will be longer—nearly 60 hours long, says its creator—more globally friendly and thankfully free of cameos from Dig Dug.
Hidetaka Miyazaki, director of Dark Souls, tells 4gamer in a new interview (translated by Andriasang) that we'll see a clean break from some of the design mechanics of Demon's Souls. That means a weapon upgrade system that's easier to understand and unspecified multiplayer—both cooperative and competitive—changes.
What Dark Souls won't have is an injection of cameos from Namco Bandai characters from other franchises, as the publisher is known to do via downloadable content.
Miyazaki also touched on the name Dark Souls, a game that was previously known as Dark Ring and Dark Race. Why did they drop those names? Because Dark Ring is, apparently, slang for anus and Dark Race... well, that just sounds so racist.
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The Kernels won 4-1 over Burlington to tie their best-of-three series 1-1. The Game #3 finale is tonight at Cedar Rapids. Iowans, turn out and support your team! The winner goes on to face the winner of the Great Lakes-Fort Wayne series, Dodgers and Padres affiliates.
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Susan Granger's review of 'Gloria'
Set in Santiago, Chile, this is a saga about the romantic travails of attractive, flirtatious, 58-year-old Gloria (Paulina Garcia), who becomes involved with 60-ish Rodolfo (Sergio Hernandez), the very recently divorced owner of an arcade amusement park.
But, torn between family obligations and personal fulfillment, he is obviously conflicted and clearly not ready for the kind of mature bond for which she so passionately yearns.
Opening in a crowded "singles" nightclub, bespectacled Gloria confidently is sitting at the bar, happily sipping champagne, puffing on a cigarette and surveying the scene unfolding around her until she catches the eye of a man she used to know and moves onto the dance floor. But the next morning and the morning after, she awakens alone. So it's back to the nightclub, where Gloria meets Rodolfo Fernandez, who is immediately attracted to her.
"It's so physical, so concrete -- what happens to me with you," he says.
Explaining that "men love to play war games," Rodolfo happily introduces Gloria to Vertigo Park, yet alludes to the neediness of his ex-wife and two grown daughters who call him incessantly and with whom he obviously has a co-dependent relationship. In turn, Gloria invites Rodolfo to a family birthday party, where she thoughtlessly ignores him, preferring to engage in nostalgia with her ex-husband and his new wife. When Rodolfo plans a romantic getaway to the resort of Vina del Mar, the excursion turns out to be equally disastrous.
Written by Gonzlo Maza and director Sebastian Lelio, it's dominated by the sensual complexity of the indomitable titular character, magnificently played by Garcia, who won the coveted Silver Bear Actress Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Music is a pivotal element throughout the film. As she drives to her office job, Gloria sings along with ballads on the radio -- and the concluding image of her trilling along with Umberto Tozzi's original version of "Gloria" is emotionally uplifting.
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At Cairo's Mustafa Mahmoud mosque today, there was at first just the calm rustling of thousands going through the Muslim prayer ritual.
But when the prayer ended, first one voice and then thousands shouted, "The people want the regime to fall!" They poured out into the street, broke through a police cordon, and joined forces with other protesters to present the gravest threat to the regime of President Hosni Mubarak since he took power nearly 30 years ago.
By mid-afternoon, tens of thousands of Egyptians, braving tear gas and water cannons, were converging on Tahrir Square in central Cairo and protests were taking place across the country. Similar scenes were played out in hundreds of mosques in Cairo, Alexandria, and the gritty industrial towns of the Nile Delta.
A middle-aged woman in a Cairo crowd who had never participated in a demonstration before summed up the mood of a populace that, at least for today, has reached a breaking point.
"We didn't just come here because of inflation or rising food prices. We came because we want freedom, because we're tired of oppression, and because we hate the regime," she says.
In Cairo, there were reports of increasingly savage beatings of protesters. In Suez, there were reports of a police station being burned to the ground. The son of Ayman Nour, an opposition activist who spent years in jail for challenging Mubarak, told Al Jazeera that a rock thrown by a policeman had sent his father to the hospital.
"If I'm understanding how this is unfolding, on Jan. 25 the government let them protest and blow off steam. Then after dark and the end of the news cycle, they went after people. And that pissed people off," says Josh Stacher, a political scientist who studies Egypt at Kent State. "This is one of the first times in Egypt I've seen people out protesting for different reasons. In Suez, it's police repression. In Mahallah, it's economics. In Cairo, it's political freedom. The Interior Minister said the other day the 'Egyptian regime is not fragile.' Well, when you say those kinds of things, it means you're in trouble."
Citizens have broken a barrier of fear
How this all ends remains uncertain. But autocracy in the Arab world's largest country is looking shaky. Protesters are seeking to build a wave of momentum that could sweep away a regime, a move that would dramatically alter regional policies and complicate US interests in the Middle East.
Mr. Mubarak is unlikely to be swept away as easily as President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia was driven out of his country. But it's clear that citizens have broken through a barrier of fear in the Arab world's largest country, a nation that serves as a regional cultural capital and as a model for the security states that dominate the region.
"For the first time, we felt as if we can breathe. We can say no. So we came today to fight for our rights," says Usama el-Wardany, an upper class Egyptian who became politically active when his friend of Khalid Said was beat to death at the hands of police last year. "I think they're going to kill us today, but I feel this is how I will achieve my rights, so I'm not scared."
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The illusion of stability, that an authoritarian state that takes little feedback from its citizens that can sustain itself indefinitely, has been shattered. The outcome of a presidential election scheduled for September, widely expected to be engineered to either return Mubarak to power or perhaps to install his son Gamal as successor, now looks very much in question.
Will other members of the ruling elite dump the Mubaraks and promote another from their ranks in the hopes of mollifying the people? Will street power continue, and be rewarded with a meaningful political opening towards democracy?
These questions, which would have seemed absurd just two months ago after rigged parliamentary elections in November wiped out the formal opposition to Mubarak's National Democratic Party, are now being asked in regional capitals, in Washington, and by citizens from Algeria to Damascus wondering if their voices, too, can now be heard.
"There's only one way this gets resolved [and that] is by the massive of use of force, and I don't think it's going to work," says Joshua Stacher, a political scientist at Kent State who studies the authoritarian systems of Egypt and Syria. "Even if this is a furious burst of hot air and it stops [soon], if they try to install Gamal in September, they will get an enormous backlash.
"Everyone talks about the prowess of Egyptian security. Well, they've never really been tested," he adds. "Maybe the [police] are getting tired and spread out. I don't want to call this an inevitability, but it's looking bad for the regime."
Why the stakes are higher in Egypt than Tunisia
Political analyst Mustapha Kamel Al Sayyid says the fact that the protests took place across the nation, and were not led by a particular political movement or opposition party, set them apart from demonstrations in the last decade.
"This time it is really a national movement. It's quite remarkable that the slogans raised by the demonstrators were not typical of any political party. They were general slogans about democracy, ending the state of emergency, and lowering prices.... The government will not respond favorably so I think the continuation of the protests is almost certain."
For the US and many others, the stakes in Egypt are much higher than they were in Tunisia. Ben Ali presided over a small country with just 10 million people and with one of the weakest Islamist movements in the region.
Egypt is home to 80 million people, it is one of only two Arab states to make peace with Israel, and has been closely allied with the US, giving free passage to US warships through the Suez canal in wartime, policing militant infiltration into and out of the Gaza Strip, and receiving billions of dollars in US aid over the years in return.
The US views the country as a crucial partner for pushing for Israeli-Palestinian peace. And Egypt is home to the Muslim Brotherhood, the large Islamist opposition group that would like to eventually make Islamic law the law of the land.
'We want these words to reach the West'
In Cairo, security forces were making a desperate stand today, but protesters were determined to press on. As the protesters from Mustafa Mahmoud mosque made their way through toward the Qasr el-Nil bridge that leads to Tahrir Square, there were people standing on their balconies waving to the people, waving flags, giving them thumbs up. The protesters down below were shouting, "Come down, come down and join us."
When they reached the bridge, they were confronted by riot police and armed personnel carriers as they massed to cross the bridge. They repeatedly surged forward, trying to break the police cordon, and then retreated amid billowing clouds of tear gas only to surge again.
One demonstrator held aloft a sign that read "Game over." It was written, like other signs, in English. Why? Protesters responded, "We want these words to reach the West."
Dan Murphy reported from Boston.


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