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Marco Belinelli showed he can also be a force off the bench for the Chicago Bulls.
Belinelli returned to his role as a reserve and led the Bulls with 17 points in an 87-77 victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night.
Carlos Boozer added 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Bulls (16-12), who snapped a two-game losing streak. Luol Deng scored 11 points after injuring his right ankle Tuesday in a loss to Houston.
Bradley Beal led the NBA-worst Wizards (4-24) with 14 points.
Belinelli made 7 of 16 shots in a reserve role as Richard Hamilton returned to the starting lineup. Hamilton had missed 12 games because of a torn plantar fascia in his left foot.
"Marco was terrific," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "He has been playing well for a long time. He hit big shots and made big plays."
When Hamilton was sidelined, Belinelli averaged 15.3 points per game in 12 starts, compared to just five points in 14 games as a reserve.
Belinelli, who signed as a free agent with the Bulls in July, said his confidence has risen as he has adjusted to his team.
"The first couple weeks of the season, I was a little bit nervous, (did not have) too much confidence in myself," Belinelli said.
Kevin Seraphin had 12 points, and Emeka Okafor added 11 points and 18 rebounds for Washington, which has lost nine of 10.
The Wizards held a 56-49 rebounding edge.
"I just turned around, and the ball was in my hands," Okafor said. "It seemed like perfect timing a lot of times. It didn't start off that way. Actually, at the beginning, I couldn't grab one at all, but as the game went on, I found my flow."
Wizards leading scorer Jordan Crawford, averaging 16 points per game, sat out because of a left ankle injury.
The Wizards pulled to within three with 5:19 left after Okafor put back Shelvin Mack's missed free throw. But Belinelli answered with a 3-pointer, and Boozer hit a jumper for an 84-77 lead.
"It definitely wasn't pretty," the Bulls' Joakim Noah said. "Both teams shot pretty low percentages. We still have to play better and we still have to talk more on transition. We're a work in progress. We're happy we got back on the winning track."
Both teams struggled from the field as Chicago shot 39 percent, and the Wizards connected on 37 percent. Washington scored 51 points in the final three quarters after putting up 26 points in the first period.
"We didn't shoot the ball again very well," Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. "They're a good defensive team. They're going to make those things tough."
The Bulls hadn't played since Tuesday because their Wednesday night game against the Pacers was postponed due to snow in Indianapolis.
Chicago led 45-39 at halftime after shooting 39 percent. Deng led the Bulls with nine points. Seraphin had 10 points for the Wizards.
The Bulls opened the third quarter on an 11-4 run to take a 56-43 lead. The Wizards responded with a 15-4 spurt to pull within two with 3:35 left in the period. Chicago quickly pushed its advantage back to nine after a tip-in by Noah, a 3-pointer by Kirk Hinrich, and Belinelli's dunk.
Washington got back within three points early in the final quarter, but Chicago again had an answer. Nate Robinson made a layup, and Belinelli sank another 3-pointer to push the Bulls back in front by eight.
Thibodeau said Belinelli has gained confidence as the season has gone on.
"When you are new to a team, he was trying to fit in," Thibodeau said. "He was trying to learn the system. He has already proven to be a good player in this league, so it was a matter of time.
"Once he had a better understanding of his teammates, and they had a better understanding of him, he is good. He can score a lot of different ways."
The Wizards got off to a strong start, leading by as many as eight in the first quarter and taking a 26-22 lead at the end of the period.
Washington went cold in the second quarter, shooting 4 of 21.
Garrett Temple started at guard for the Wizards in place of Mack. Temple, signed by Washington on Tuesday, had 13 points Friday in a win over Orlando that snapped an eight-game losing streak.
Hamilton had nine points in 15 minutes Saturday. Thibodeau said he liked what he saw from Hamilton, especially when the veteran found a rhythm in the second half.
"We need his minutes. We need his shots. We need his points," Thibodeau said.
Belinelli replaced Hamilton with 4:38 left in the first quarter after Hamilton got off to a 2-for-5 start. Belinelli scored six points in the first half.
"In the first quarter, I tried to bring a little energy on defense and offense," Belinelli said. "Tonight was good."


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Small startup consulting firm needs a logo and will then need a website. Good design on logo can source further work to right individual / team.
New company similar to http://www.trialgraphix.com and http://www.trialexhibits.com has opened in Atlanta, GA. My company offers jury consulting, trial and technology consulting, witness prep for trial and mock trial services.
I'm looking for a sleek, simple logo that draws upon new imagery for a legal services firm. Give me something that harkens to ancient references like trojan horse, phalanx formation...some imagery that makes a client think "secret weapon" or "secret strategy" as I feel my company is "like special forces for litigation/trial".. but that's not a great tagline. My company is a trial lawyers best friend b/c we take uber-complex data and produce visuals that any jury can understand. If juries understand our theories, we usually win.
CEO of US Trial Teams is a young and highly energetic entrepreneur with a handful of loyal law firm clients who appreciate youth and energy in a crumudgeons world. I'm also a airplane/helicopter pilot and would love the idea of my aviation background utilized in the logo... because we will fly attorneys or materials around as a professional service...though this isn't the core of the business.
High style and fashion in clothing and design (of all sorts) are important to the sales of this business and the same standards shall be applied to this logo.
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1) v. to hire an object or real property for a period of time (or for an open-ended term) for specified payments. 2) n. the amount paid by the renter and received by the owner. Rent may be specified in a written lease, but also may be based on an oral agreement for either a short period or on a month-to-month basis in which the hiring may be terminated on a month's notice. (See: lease)
rentnoun assessment, compensation, cost, fee, income from real estate, land revenue, merces, proceeds, reditus, remuneration, rental, return, revenue
Associated concepts: action for rent, assignment of rent, ejectment, fair rent, fair rental value, holdover, month-tooonth rental, prepayment of rent, reasonable rent, rent strike, rents and proceeds, security, suit for rent, tenancy by will, unaccrued rent
rentverb allow residency, allow the use of, charter, conducere, contract, demise, enjoy the use of premises, ennage, give occupation, grant a lease, hire out, lease, lend, let, let out, locare, make available, sublease, sublet, take a lease, underlease, underlet, use premises
Associated concepts: option to rent
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2. A rent somewhat resembles an annuity, (q.v.) their difference consists in the fact that the former issues out of lands, and the latter is a mere personal charge.
3. At common law there were three kinds of rents; namely, rent-service, rent-charge, and rent-seek. When the tenant held his land by fealty or other corporeal service, and a certain rent, this was called rent-service; a right of distress was inseparably incident to this rent.
4. A rent-charge is when the rent is created by deed and the fee granted; and as there is no fealty annexed to such a grant of rent, the right of distress is not in incident; and it requires an express power of distress to be annexed to the grant, which gives it the name of a rent- charge, because the lands are, by the deed, charged with a distress. Co. Litt. 143 b.
5. Rent-seek, or a dry or barren rent, was rent reserves by deed, without a clause of distress, and in a case in which the owner of the rent had no future interest or reversion in the land, he was driven for a remedy to a writ of annuity or writ of assize.
6. But the statute of 4 Geo. II. c. 28, abolished all distinction in the several kinds of rent, so far as to give the remedy by distress in cases of rents-seek, rents of assize, and chief rents, as in the case of rents reserved upon a lease. In Pennsylvania, a distress is inseparably incident to every species of rent that may be reduced to a certainty. 2 Rawle's Rep. 13. In New York, it seems the remedy by distress exists for all kinds of rent. 3 Kent Com. 368. Vide Distress; 18 Viner's Abr. 472; Woodf, L. & T. 184 Gilb. on Rents Com. Dig. h.t.. Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
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Durant scores 41 as Thunder defeat Knicks 112-100
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The showdown between the NBA's top two scorers turned out to be a mismatch.
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant outscored New York's Carmelo Anthony 41-15, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the New York Knicks 112-100 on Sunday.
Durant, the league's leading scorer, also had 10 rebounds and nine assists. Anthony, the league's No. 2 scorer, finished with 15 points on 5-for-19 shooting for the Knicks.
Thunder coach Scott Brooks took Durant out of the game with 1:24 remaining, leaving Durant short of a rare 40-point triple-double by a single assist.
"I got on Serge (Ibaka)," Durant said, laughing. "He missed a dunk and he passed up a shot."
Durant also was largely responsible for guarding Anthony.
"He missed some shots that he normally makes," Durant said. "I just tried to play as strong as I can, contest some shots and not get discouraged when he hits them because he makes tough shots and he's a guy that can get hot. I just try to rely on my teammates, and they did a great job of helping me out, building a wall behind me, and I just tried to play as hard as I can."
Reggie Jackson had 19 points and six assists and Ibaka had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Thunder, who were coming off a 103-102 loss to struggling Orlando on Friday.
Raymond Felton and Amar'e Stoudemire each scored 16 points for the Knicks, who have lost four of five.
The Thunder made 12 3-pointers and shot 55 percent overall.
Oklahoma City led 58-53 at halftime as Durant outscored Anthony 19-7.
The Thunder asserted themselves in the third quarter. Jackson drained a 3-pointer to put the Thunder up 76-64 midway through the period. Durant's 3-pointer gave the Thunder an 81-69 edge, and the Knicks called a timeout.
New York cut Oklahoma City's lead to 86-80 early in the fourth quarter on a dunk by Jeremy Tyler, but Oklahoma City pulled away. A 3-pointer by Durant pushed Oklahoma City's lead to 95-86.
Oklahoma City led 97-88 with 5:34 remaining when Ibaka was issued a technical foul. Anthony made the free throw, but the Knicks didn't get anything out of the possession. The Thunder took control from there as a long jumper by Ibaka put Oklahoma City ahead 105-90.
Durant scored his 40th point on a free throw with 1:41 remaining.
NOTES: Knicks guard Metta World Peace, who as Ron Artest attacked a fan in the stands in 2004, said Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart can learn from his incident with a fan on Saturday night. Smart shoved Texas Tech superfan Jeff Orr late in the game. "I think that emotion and that fire could be directed towards winning on the court instead of directed other ways," World Peace, the former Pacers star said. ... The Thunder shot 60 percent in the first half. ... Anthony played the late minutes of the game with five fouls.


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On the Taylor Swift defensive
Taylor Swift's Grammy appearance continues to provoke debate, this time with her label manager chiming in to defend the vocal talents of the young star. "Maybe she's not the best technical singer, but she's probably the best emotional singer," Big Machine head Scott Borchetta told the Tennessean late Wednesday night.
Pop & Hiss was especially critical of Swift's duet with Stevie Nicks, noting in our live blog that pairing Swift's good-natured charm with the distinct Nicks wasn't the best showcase for the young star. Times critic Ann Powers went further, writing that "Swift gave a strikingly bad vocal performance at Staples Center on Sunday, sounding tinny and rhythmically flat-footed."
The Tennessean asked Borchetta to respond to such criticisms. He told the paper, "The biggest message is (the critics) are not getting it. Because the facts say she is the undisputed best communicator that we've got. When she says something, when she sings something, when she feels something, it affects more people than anybody else."
Borchetta's Taylor-as-punk-rock defense would hold a little more weight if she didn't sound relatively perfect on record. Yet anyone who was surprised hasn't been paying attention. In hindsight, Swift's Grammy appearance wasn't all that different from all her other live television performances, as the video below should prove.
Yet when Grammy voters gave her the gift of album of the year, Swift was no longer just a genial country-pop star with a penchant for crafting arena hooks. Overnight, the star now represents the highest class of the industry.
Swift has torn down the boys club that has been mainstream country the last few years, and become the genre's biggest female star since Shania Twain, if not the biggest female pop star in the universe. At such a young age, and with only two albums of teenage tales of heartbreak under her belt, Swift may now have the misfortune of having to defend the trophy, and the artistry it supposedly represents.
-- Todd Martens.
Read the Tennessean: Taylor Swift's label chief responds to Grammy criticism
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Nov 28, 2011 5:00 AM PT
Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone for another year here in the U.S., and that means the holiday season is thick upon us once again.
We *could* buckle down and get working on all those holiday shopping lists, but it's not difficult to think of countless ideas that would be a whole lot more fun.
Take a good, old-fashioned debate, for example -- about operating systems, no less!
Thank goodness for the team over at Slashdot, because that's just the conversation that's been raging there recently, to the tune of almost 2,000 comments.
Forget holiday shopping, ladies and gentlemen -- it's Windows vs. Macs vs. Linux for yet another round. No fistfights have broken out in the Linux blogosphere yet, but it may just be a matter of time.
'What Would It Take to Switch?'
"Distributions like Ubuntu and CentOS have made GNU/Linux more friendly," the Slashdot introduction reads. "Options for word processing, spreadsheets, etc. have grown. Apple and their products have changed considerably, though their philosophy hasn't.
"Microsoft Silverlight came and is on the way out. Wine and solutions like Transgaming have matured," it continues. "So... why are a lot of us still using Windows? What would it take for us to switch?"
What could only be described as a mass stampede to the comments section followed immediately afterward as bloggers from every platform rushed in to have their say.
'Adobe Software and Games'
"Not enough money to switch to a Mac," quipped Anonymous Coward at the head of the line.
"Adobe software and games -- that's about it," offered Etylowy. "Sadly Gimp is no replacement for Photoshop at this point."
Similarly, "just games," chimed in mcvos. "I don't know much about Adobe software, but there's plenty available for Mac. For games, however, Windows is still the leading platform."
'I Like Windows. So Sue Me.'
Then again, "at home: nothing," wrote moongate. "At work: my boss."
Alternatively, "I like Windows (Windows 7 is almost godly perfect for me), I hate OSX with a passion but unfortunately I need to use it at work," countered El Lobo. "I have 3 Linux servers that I use because of price reasons. On the desktop, I don't look for anything else at the moment. I like the 'Windows 7 experience': it's stable, fast, reliable, most software runs on it. So, sue me."
Opinions spanned the spectrum, in other words, so Linux Girl knew it was time to learn more down at the blogosphere's Punchy Penguin Saloon. Why *do* any of us keep using Windows?
'The Tar-Pit Known as Vista'
"As always, the answer is games," Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza told Linux Girl.
"Anything else I want to run will run at worst on Windows in a virtual machine, but that's totally unacceptable for gaming," Espinoza explained. "Pretty much none of the games I want to play work under Wine, and even if they do this week, they probably won't next week, so why bother?"
Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site, had a longer list of reasons: drivers, Windows-only software, and multiplatform testing.
"For years, I went without a copy of Windows running," Hudson told Linux Girl. "Then I bought a laptop with 'the tar-pit known as Vista' -- I needed a Windows machine to pull some video from my camcorder. After that, the laptop sat unused for about 8 months, until I put in a second hard disk and installed Linux."
'It Does the Job'
Later, Hudson bought a multifunction color laser printer that "said on the box, 'Windows, OSX, Linux," she explained. "The box might support Linux if I physically sat the computer on top of it, but the printer sure doesn't. So, Vista became my printer driver."
A bit later, "I got the yen to revisit the SimCity series," she recalled. "Back to Windows ... and the updates to Vista had by then made it half-decent. Those old games really take on new life in 1920x1200 resolution on a 26" screen and newer hardware."
Throw in some Flash development and some browser compatibility testing, and it's "back to Windows," Hudson explained. "And now, with the latest patches, lo and behold, Vista runs just fine as long as I give it a couple of minutes to 'stabilize' after logging in."
Windows "still isn't attractive as a primary work environment, or even for day-to-day use, but for what I use it for, it does the job 'good enough,' which, considering the lack of alternatives, is 'good enough,'" she concluded.
'We Lack Software'
Consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack is also mostly on Linux, but he keeps "one Windows machine around for the ATT Connect Participant software I need for one of my online classes," he told Linux Girl. "I tried Wine, but it really didn't work at all."
At church, "I have a machine I maintain that is stuck on Windows because there just isn't a good FOSS replacement for EZ Worship," he added. Meanwhile, "my father is stuck on Windows because there isn't a good replacement for AutoCad.
"We are at the point where Linux is easily installed by a beginner without ever needing to see a command line, but we lack software," Mack concluded.
'It Is Always Something'
For Slashdot blogger hairyfeet, however, no Linux distro has yet passed his "'is it safe?' test," he told Linux Girl.
"My 'is it safe' test simulates what my customer would go through if they had bought a Linux PC from me and kept it for a few years, and sadly, they ALL fail," he added.
"Just download ANY distro from 3 years ago (this is less than half what Windows gives you as far as support goes, so I'm already cutting Linux a BIG break) and make sure all the drivers work," hairyfeet explained. "If this takes CLI to get it set? So be it.
"Now here is the tricky part: update it to current and see how much stuff breaks," he said. "I have yet to have a distro not leave me with one if not multiple broken drivers, video, sound, wireless, networking -- it is always something."
'Newer Hardware Has Issues'
Indeed, hardware compatibility, software compatibility and the fact that Windows comes preinstalled on most computers are all reasons people stick with it, according to Roberto Lim, a lawyer and blogger on Mobile Raptor.
"Linux works great on older machines," Lim explained. "Newer hardware has issues. Same thing with printers and some other peripherals. They will work, but not necessarily with 100 percent of the available features."
Most hardware manufacturers, in other words, "simply don't build with Linux in mind," Lim opined.
'Linux Comes in Third'
Power management for laptops is "still not up to snuff" with Linux, Lim added, while "on the software side, you can run Windows software on Linux using WINE, but it is still not the same as being able to download an installer or stick in a DVD and clicking 'install.'"
Windows is "essentially 'free,'" he asserted. "For the user, it is already installed on the computer they buy, and in most places you cannot un-install Windows and get a rebate. And Windows machines actually do work pretty well. If they did not, all the big companies would be on Macs."
In the end, "when you look at the 'it just works' metric from a user's standpoint, Windows scores highest, Mac OSX a far second and Linux comes in third," Lim concluded.
'They Feel Comfortable With Windows'
Not everyone saw it that way, however.
"Nothing is keeping me on Windows," asserted Chris Travers, a Slashdot blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project. "I only use it when a customer requires it."
Customers, however, "may be stuck on Windows for a few reasons," Travers explained. "The big ones are vertical applications for managing businesses or doing certain tasks -- yes, I'd include Photoshop here. Another reason might be games."
For most, though, the biggest reason is comfort, he suggested.
"They feel comfortable with Windows and don't want to use something else," Travers concluded. "That's something that will take a lot of time to turn around, I am afraid."
'I Don't Do Windows!'
Last but not least, educator and blogger Robert Pogson was unequivocal in his views.
"I DON'T DO WINDOWS!" Pogson exclaimed.
"There certainly was nothing keeping me with it after my first experience with GNU/Linux 11 years ago in my classroom," he explained. "GNU/Linux gave me software that worked for me.
"In those days, I had a personal computer running that Other OS, but Fate caused it to be dropped on the runway," Pogson added. "With it died my last use of that other OS and Comanche.


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Saturday, February 02, 2013
Sports News
West's big night leads Pacers past Heat 102-89
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[February 02, 2013]
(AP) -- The Indiana Pacers proved one thing Friday night: Beating Miami last month was no fluke.
David West scored 30 points, Paul George added 15, and the Pacers never trailed after the first quarter as they pulled away from the defending NBA champs 102-89 in a game that was even more lopsided than the score.
"We want to be dominant at home, and we're getting there," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. "David West was spectacular. He has a way of giving us contagious confidence. He has that look that carries over to everyone else where we're not going to lose tonight."
The rest of the Pacers (28-19) had that look, too.
They joined the New York Knicks as the only teams to beat Miami twice this season and have won three straight regular-season games over the Heat. Miami won the last three games in last spring's Eastern Conference semifinals on their way to winning the NBA crown.
And Indiana beat a team that promised to be more focused, more motivated and more physical than the first time around. None of it mattered.
Since ending a three-game losing streak Wednesday night, Indiana has won two straight by double digits and its 13-game home winning streak is the team's longest since it won 14 in a row in 2002-03.
Not enough?
The Pacers still haven't played with former All-Star Danny Granger this season, though Vogel hopes to have him back on the court before the All-Star break and certainly before the next showdown between Indiana and Miami in March.
Perhaps most impressive is that Indiana has now beaten Miami in two different ways.
In January, they used a suffocating defense and a precision offense to limit Miami to a season-low point total in the 87-77 victory.
On Friday, they held Miami under 90 points again, something that hadn't happened since Jan. 8, but the Pacers won this one with an efficient offense.
Indiana shot a season-high 55.7 percent from the field, a number that included 11 straight baskets from West after he missed his first shot of the game. Five players reached double figures and the Pacers came within three points of matching their highest non-overtime point total of the season (105).
"We have to get better and play better at both ends of the court," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Hopefully, we will. They just outplayed us on both ends of the court."
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For Miami (29-14), it was a frustrating night.
James finished with his customary 28 points and had six rebounds and three assists. Wade added 17 points, six rebounds and five assists. Bosh had 13 points and only two rebounds, partly because of foul trouble. But the rest of the team combined for 31 points, 11 from Shane Battier, and 15 rebounds.
They still got outrebounded, and the loss prevented Miami from clinching the best record in the East before the All-Star break, which would have given Spoelstra a ticket to Houston to coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars.
How tough was it? Three players -- Bosh, Battier and Udonis Haslem -- and Spoelstra all drew technical fouls.
It was enough to make Miami scratch their heads.
"I think they (Pacers) are playing some really good basketball right now. They're kind of like us, they play great basketball at home, they kind struggle on the road. It's like two different teams sometimes," James said. "But they have improved and I think the biggest improvement is Paul George. He's improving, that's why he's an All-Star."
It looked easy.
Indiana took control of the game with a 13-0 run that turned a 23-20 deficit into a 33-23 lead early in the second quarter, and the Heat never tied the score or took the lead again.
The Pacers, meanwhile, methodically extended the margin. They closed the first half on an 8-4 mini-run to make it 53-45, then opened the second half by scoring the first six points to take a 59-45 lead.
When Miami closed to 64-54 on two free throws by Mario Chalmers with 7:13 to go in the third quarter, Indiana came right back with a 12-3 run that ended with two free throws from West. That gave Indiana a 76-57 lead with 3:16 left in the quarter, and Miami never got closer than 12 again.
"It's good to beat them, but we can't overreact to this," West said after missing only three of his 15 shots. "We match up with them. I think we've got some familiarity with them because of the playoff series. But they're a tough team. They're going to adjust the next time we see them."
NOTES: The Heat are 0-2 against the Knicks and Pacers, 0-1 against the Bulls and 3-0 against Brooklyn -- the teams currently seeded two through five in the Eastern Conference. ... The Pacers have limited nine straight opponents to fewer than 100 points inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse. ... Miami dropped to 9-37 all-time at Indiana. ... The Heat finished with 25 rebounds, the fewest against Indiana all season.
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Local Viva Florida 500 Time Capsule
The Florida Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services has launched a project in honor of Florida's 500 year anniversary- the 2013 Viva Florida 500 commemoration. Viva Florida 500 is a once-in-our-lifetime opportunity to reposition and expand the perception of Florida by highlighting 500 years of history and unmatched cultural diversity – a claim no other state can make.
To encourage activities in every community in each of Florida's 67 counties, the Department has provided a Viva Florida 500 Time Capsule to every county library in the state. County Commissioners were also contacted and asked to work with their communities on the project.
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Complete this form AFTER you have sealed your official Viva Florida 500 Commemorative Time Capsule. Submit events prior to the sealing on the event calendar (vivaflorida.org). Please provide as much detail in your information as possible.
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proprietary, windows tethered system...totally a waste of time. I will never put my money into a system that is closed source and only works with one vendor. linn is going the right way with their open source approach. works with windows, linux and osx, even on the iphone.
Blue Smoke Black Box Music Server
Music server manufacturer Blue Smoke returned to CES this year as part of the Rockport Technologies suite in the upper echelons of the Mirage. The company's product is the $6,995 Black Box music server where they focus on creating an optimal environment for digital music on the hardware side and assume the customer will choose a Windows compatible music player and interface. For their demo, Windows Media Center was used with a Dell touchscreen (seen on the right) and keyboard/mouse combo for the control functions. A MSB DAC, located under the Black Box in the photo above, converts the data to analog.
Blue Smoke's Peter Sills explains that inside the box one half is devoted to the PC and the other to their proprietary sound system. The company has adopted some of MSB's technology that makes use of ethernet-type RJ-45 connectors and CAT-6 cables to facilitate high rez audio data and networking via MSB's version of I2S in addition to all the usual input/output suspects. Blue Smoke has also spent time coming up with some software apps to handle audio files at all resolutions in as clean a method as possible.
What really caught our attention was the company's claim that they had a way to allow SACD's DSD data to be captured as PCM and played back with their system. Due to Sony's draconian implementation of SACD copy management, Blue Smoke has adopted support of MSB's I2S network link which provides the ability to capture the files that started life as an SACD disc and then play them from your hard drive. Sills explained that you first start with an SACD player that has been modified with MSB's XPort DSP upgrade to convert the data to PCM before sending it out of the machine. After capturing the data and doing some editing with an application like Sony's Sound Forge Pro to chop up the stream into FLAC format and adding metadata, you ultimately end up with 32 bit/176kHz PCM files.
Sills assures us that sound quality is maintained through this process, but let's hope Sony finally sees the error of their ways and allows DSD the freedom it deserves.
There is very little proprietary about The Black Box, other than our audio processing system. The Black Box adheres to the Windows standards and is open to users who would like to add there own interfaces, devices, etc. In fact, it is probably the most "open" of all systems in this regard.There are some factual errors which we have alerted Stereophile to and they shall be addressed in the above piece. Captured SACD data is in 176kHz/32-bt PCM format and can be played back on anyone's DAC. The MSB link is MSB's implementation of I2S as there is no standard interface for I2S (each is unique to the vendor). We chose to work with MSB as in addition to high-quality sound, they offer a wide family of products which work on the MSB network. However, nothing is stopping you from using a Berkely DAC, Bryston, BA Labo or any other you may desire.We are working to update our web-site to clear up any confusion about the operation of The Black Box, and apologize for any misunderstanding.
Regarding "...allows DSD the freedom it deserves", I think this is not entirely precise. DSD is an audio format (which encodes 1 bit @ 2.8MHz as you know). DSD is not the same as SACD, which is a release medium, not an audio format. I believe that copy protection applies more to SACD than to the DSD encoding technology.In fact, any person can buy digital audio recorders from Korg or Tascam that can capture analog audio in DSD format. So, what lacks freedom it is not the DSD technology, but the DSD data stored inside commercial SACD's. What copy protection prevents is transferring DSD data from a commercial SACD to a user's hard drive keeping its native DSD format (in a fashion like rippig CD's, which keeps the riped audio in its native PCM format if the destination is a .wav file).If this copy protection is justified, this is a different matter.Regards.Jorge Z.
Well, this is the second year in a row that this product has been reported on, and it's still not clear to me what this thing does, and how it provides any more functionality than a Mac Mini running iTunes or Amarra. You still have to provide your own DAC, control devices, and monitor. A year on, and smoke is still being blown in our direction...
We are working on a new Q&A on our site to try to clear up any confusion. However, a Mac Mini running Amarra is a fine little system. What The Black Box does is take that to the next level. The PC components in the box have been designed to fully support the audio side - very low power, noise, temps, etc. There are no moving parts and the entire case has been designed as a heat sink. The audio system in The Black Box is proprietary using mastering-grade DSPs. This, along with our software, takes the audio output to another level. Think of it as the ultimate design in an audio PC should you have the resources to both design the computer as you would want, and the ability to design your own audio hardware and software. Look for the Q&A on our site next week.


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Wash's Biannual Cart Sale
Aug 15th to Sept 5th 2012.
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Wash's Biannual Cart Sale
Aug 15th to Sept 5th 2012.
Some of the rules
0nly one person to cart, no cart sharing even for business partners, each person needs their own cart.
You will be able to place 10 prims.
All items must be priced L$10 or less.
Everything must be your own creation.
No Copyrighted Images on anything.
Must have at least 5 items for sale on your cart
No Ad/vendor Textures bigger than 512×512
No scripts in vendors.
Only scripted object maybe a "touch" lm giver.
All objects must be on cart and nothing on the ground.
*You must have a main store.
*All items in your store must be made by you or a business partner.
*NO resell or BIAB items in store.
*There must be at least 25 items for sale in your store to considered for a cart.
*Your Av must be at least one year of age.
Deadline for application is Aug 10th 2012 or till no more spots are left.
***Designers L$250 at time of approval.***


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Update your lingerie drawer with this elegant cream camisole. With adjustable straps, secret bust support and lace overlay, it is perfect for comfort and style all day long.
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This wee top not only looks good but is very comfortable. Best I've bought so far. Great for the price too
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Thoughts & Articles
Designing a logo should be cheap and quick, right?
Jim Infantino
February 26 2010
Here is a great article about why the creation of logos tends to be quite expensive. If you ever wondered what goes in to making a logo, or have interest in the logo design process, check this out:


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December 21, 2009
To Everything There Is A Season
There are no words to express what is in my heart right now. On Saturday night my grandaddy, Willard, suffered a stroke. He is now on a ventilator in the neuro-intensive care unit. He is an amazing and strong man now trapped in a body which is failing him. I could go on for days and days and pages upon pages extolling his virtues and conveying how dearly loved he is by his family. But somehow right now this space seems best used to ask for your prayers. Most specifically pray that God's will be done in this situation. His wife and daughters have many tough decisions to make in the coming days and I covet your prayers for their strength and for peaceful hearts for our entire family. Thanks so much- I love you all.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
~ Ecclesiastes 3: 1-4
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The police station burned bright as a bonfire. As cars hissed past on the Caracas highway, flames consumed the roadside structure as if it were kindling. Black smoke belched into the night sky. By the time dawn broke over the Venezuelan capital April 1, nothing was left of the building but a charred concrete shell.
The station was still smoking when Chamel Akl drove by hours later. An instructor for a Miami-based security company, Akl was also an open critic of the Chavista government. Two months of violent street protests had scared away most international businessmen -- his usual clients -- so he had taken to tweeting the location of cops and soldiers he spotted around the city.
They were watching him as well, however. And when Chamel pulled up in front of his brother's house after dinner, cops suddenly swarmed his armored SUV. They dragged the brothers out at gunpoint, cinched their hands behind their backs with zip ties, and pushed them into the back of a paddy wagon.
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Venezuela's many state-owned TV stations trumpeted the arrest of the "terrorists" responsible for attacking the police station and shooting two cops. A stocky police commander appeared onscreen with an arsenal of weapons supposedly seized from Chamel's car, including a Glock, bulletproof vests, and a pipe bomb.
"The vehicle was found to be equipped with various compartments," said Eduardo Contreras of the Bolivarian National Police, "including one for spreading oil on the road, another for storing and releasing tacks, and another equipped with tear gas."
Most damning of all were reports linking the Akls to Risks Incorporated, a Miami-based private security company blamed for torture in Mexico and atrocities in Haiti.
But the Akls are far from terrorists. They are simply scapegoats in a bloody standoff between student protesters and the socialist government that began in February, friends and family members say. They have become pawns in a political power struggle. And if the struggle doesn't go their way, they could spend the rest of their lives in prison.
"The government is saying all these lies about Chamel," says his brother-in-law, Javier Romero Moll. "[Officials] don't care if they aren't true, as long as they have someone to pin all these horrible things on."
In any other country, the April 1 inferno would have been an April Fool's Day prank. But in Venezuela, where both soldiers and students have been killed in violent protests, it was deadly serious.
Adding to the drama were Chamel's ties to Risks Inc. Venezuelan officials have long suspected American involvement in the country's internal crises. When Hugo Chávez narrowly survived a 2002 coup, he blamed George W. Bush (not without reason). Chávez often accused the United States of propping up his political opponents (probably also true). And when the strongman succumbed to illness last year, his handpicked successor, President Nicolás Maduro, accused the U.S. of giving Chávez cancer.
Since then, Maduro has only grown more suspicious of foreign influence, especially from Venezuelan exiles in South Florida. "There are plans coming out of Miami to fill Venezuela with blood," he said in February.
Chamel's connections to an American private security company, therefore, could not have been better scripted by Chavista conspiracy theorists. After all, Risks Inc. is infamous throughout Latin America. In 2008, Mexican media accused the company of teaching cops how to torture. Three years later, it was allegedly behind slum demolitions in Port-au-Prince.
But Risks Inc.'s bad reputation is overblown. As New Times reported last August, the company is owned by a former British soldier named Andy Wilson. Known as "Mad Willy" during his days patrolling Northern Ireland in the early 1990s, Wilson once went AWOL to join the French Foreign Legion, only for the legion to send him back.
After his daring -- and often drunk -- adventures in the army, however, Wilson sobered up. He moved to Miami in 2001 and started Risks Inc. Most of his business is teaching wealthy Latin Americans how to handle a gun or escape would-be kidnappers. But occasionally, cops call on Wilson to whip their forces into shape. In Mexico, he was teaching the León SWAT team how to withstand torture from drug cartels, not commit it, he says. And in Haiti, his police pupils were combing a neighborhood for criminals, not crushing dissent.
Wilson met Chamel Akl around 2006 in a self-defense class. Chamel didn't have a military background, but he was a quick learner. Soon, he was flying from South America to South Florida to take courses in guns, knives, and escape tactics. He became expert enough that Wilson hired him as Risks Inc.'s man in Caracas.
It wasn't an easy job. Venezuela is one of the most violent countries in the world, with a murder rate mirroring Baghdad's and a booming kidnapping industry. Chamel spent a small fortune on firearms, armored cars, and bulletproof vests.
Even the most routine assignments were risky, remembers Romero, Chamel's brother-in-law and occasional employee. In November 2012, he and Chamel were returning to Caracas after dropping a client off at the airport when they were attacked. A pickup truck pulled up next to Chamel's SUV at a stoplight and lowered its windows. "Get out of the fucking car or we'll kill you!" a pair of gunmen yelled.
Instead, Chamel stomped on the accelerator. The gunmen unloaded 18 bullets into the vehicle, but the armor withstood the assault. And when Chamel slammed on the brakes, the pickup crashed into the SUV and started spouting smoke. Chamel and Romero sped off to safety.
After the attempted robbery, Chamel repaired his Toyota Machito and set about reinforcing it further. He added secret compartments so that if he were ever attacked again, he could spray oil, drop tacks, or fire tear gas with the flip of a switch.
But the incident scared his wife. After she became pregnant around New Year's, the pair decided it was time to pack in the private security business. And when student protests over insecurity, inflation, and food shortages spread from western Venezuela to Caracas, Chamel and his wife decided to leave the country. He sold most of his equipment and cars in order to build a house overseas. But as he waited for construction to be completed, he was drawn to the blockades popping up across the capital.
Contacted by New Times February 20, a week after the protests began, Chamel said the situation was dire. "Things in Caracas are getting worse," he wrote in an email. "[The] opposition is marching peacefully, and armed groups from the government and the national guards are shooting at them. Peaceful protests are broken up by soldiers in a violent and criminal way."
"We don't know how bad things will be here," he wrote a day later. "They are bringing more Cubans to support the National Guard, and it seems they will bring Chinese police... I have a picture of a Hercules plane with a platoon of men... from Cuba. If things go bad here and they shut [down] communications during a civil war, I will keep in touch with you to send the info to the world."
PNB a la espera en el distribuidor Santa fe, autopista prados del este. pic.twitter.com/2z1MJWCi6g
— AKL ELITE CORP (@AKLELITECORP) March 28, 2014
For the next five weeks, Chamel snapped photos of soldiers or police and posted their locations on Twitter. "PNB waiting near the Sante Fe exit, Prados del Este highway," he wrote March 28 under a picture of an armored truck belonging to the National Bolivarian Police, or PNB in Spanish. "PNB morning watch at the Santa Fe exit," he wrote March 29 under a photo of the police station that would go up in flames two days later.
Chamel may have been monitoring the cops, but he didn't attack them, Romero says. Instead, he was at home with his pregnant wife when someone attacked the Santa Fe police station, shooting two cops and setting fire to the structure.
The alibi wasn't enough to stop Chamel and his older brother Richard from getting arrested, however. They were among 30 people swept up after the police station shootout. Interior Minister Miguel Rodríguez Torres held a news conference in which he called the Akls "terrorists" who were armed to the teeth and intent on "calling to arms other sectors of society."
But Wilson says the equipment seized from Chamel's SUV was standard security gear: bulletproof vests to protect clients, flares for emergencies, and cans of petrol to avoid dangerous pit stops. The Glock was licensed, Wilson adds. And the gas mask makes sense given the Venezuelan police's penchant for gassing guarimbas, or protests. The tear gas, tacks, and oil were added after Chamel's near-death experience, Romero says, not to sow terror in the streets of Caracas.
The only object that doesn't belong is the pipe bomb. "I have no idea where that came from," Wilson says.
But Romero has an idea. "It was planted by the police," he claims.
PNB madruga en el distribuidor Santa Fe pic.twitter.com/D47An0VPDl
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Romero says there are several indications his brother-in-law is innocent. During his TV interview, police commander Contreras said the arrests were the result of a "long investigation" into the Akls. "If they had really shot two police officers, why would cops wait all day to arrest them?" Romero says. Besides, "Chamel is not stupid enough to burn down a police station a few blocks from his own house."
But the biggest sign that the government's story is bogus is that prosecutors almost instantly dropped the most serious allegations against the brothers. On April 4, Chamel and his brother were dragged from their dirty cell in Catia's "Black Cat" prison to a courtroom. Instead of being charged with arson and attempted murder, they were charged with manufacturing weapons, selling weapons, and "possessing weapons to commit crimes" -- all stemming from the mysterious pipe bomb.
The government has refused to let the brothers hire private attorneys, Romero says. Instead, public defenders now have 45 days to prove their innocence, or the Akls could face life behind bars.
Their supporters believe the men were targeted because of their politics, not terrorism.
"This shows he's a little too antigovernment, a little too enthusiastic," Wilson says. "But if he was trying to overthrow the government and doing terrorist stuff, would he really be posting everything on Twitter?"
Romero claims his brother-in-law's arrest is no accident, but rather part of a strategy to stifle opposition.
"Anyone who can be a threat to the government, they are trying to take them out of the picture," he says. Romero is afraid his sister will never see her husband again. She has fled the country -- he won't say to where -- and he has little faith in judges appointed by Chávez and his followers.
Even if Chamel is released, his reputation has been ruined.
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"How can you call them terrorists on national television without any kind of proof that these guys did it?" Romero says, adding that the family has received death threats. Meanwhile, the same state TV channel that smeared the Akls has yet to report that the most serious charges have been dropped.
"Chamel and Richard had nothing to do with the attack on the police station," Romero says. "That's the truth. But in the eyes of Venezuela, they've already got the guys who did it."
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Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by gunshot on April 4, 1968 as he stood on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The reaction across the United States was a mixture of disbelief, grief, and at times violent anger. Tensions boiled over in scores of U.S. cities such as Baltimore, Chicago, Kansas City, and Washington, D.C. as young people took to the streets to vent their frustration at the untimely death of one of the era's greatest forces for peaceful change.
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Although anguish and disillusionment over the death of one of the Civil Rights Movement's foremost leaders would remain potent long after these events, the most dramatic reactions ended by the middle of April 1968. Rumors circulated that Governor Kirk would call a special session of the Legislature to discuss the crisis, but this proved unnecessary. The brief period of unrest in Florida that followed Dr. King's untimely death has been captured in a number of documents and photographs, some of which are shown below.
The Florida Photographic Collection contains more images depicting Dr. Martin Luther King, his activities in Florida over the years, and the efforts of Floridians across the state to honor his memory.
Teachers and students may also find the Black History Month resources of our Online Classroom helpful, as well as our learning unit entitled The Civil Rights Movement in Florida.
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Prepare directory attributes for synchronization with Office 365 by using the IdFix tool
This article applies to both Office 365 Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Enterprise.
This topic contains detailed instructions about running the IdFix tool, some common errors you may encounter, suggested fixes, examples, and best practices for what to do if you have a large number of errors.
Fixing errors in your directory by using the IdFix GUI
Run the Office 365 IdFix tool to search for problems in your directory and then fix the errors in the GUI as described in this topic. If a blank table is returned by the tool, then no errors were discovered. If there are a lot of problems in your directory, it can be overwhelming when the tool returns the errors. One way to tackle this is to fix all errors of one type first and then move on to the next type.
Before you start making changes, take a look at the recommendations presented by IdFix.
Look over the list of errors that IdFix has returned. You can sort the errors by error type by clicking ERROR at the top of the column that lists the error types. If more than one error is associated with a single attribute, the errors are combined into one row. Where possible, IdFix presents a recommendation for a fix in the UPDATE column. The fix is based on a check of other attributes associated with an object. While these are usually better than what is already in the directory, only you can decide what is really accurate.
If IdFix has a suggestion for a fix for a duplication error, the fix is identified by one of three flags at the start of the value in the UPDATE column, for example,
[E]firstname.lastname@example.com. If you accept the suggestion, when you apply the change the flag will not be inserted in the directory. Only the value following the suggestion flag will be applied, for example,
firstname.lastname@example.com. If you want to accept the suggestion, select the matching action from the ACTION column. The flags indicate actions as follows:
[C] Suggested action COMPLETE. The value does not need to be edited.
[E] Suggested action EDIT. The value should be changed to avoid conflict with another value in the directory.
[R] Suggested action REMOVE. The value is an SMTP proxy on a non-mail enabled object and can probably be safely removed.
- Once you've read and understood the errors, update the entry in the UPDATE column with your changes, and then in the ACTION column select what you want IdFix to do to implement the change. For example, two users may have a
proxyAddressidentified as duplicate. Only one user can use the
proxyAddressfor mail delivery. To fix this, mark the ACTION column COMPLETE for the user with the correct value, and mark the ACTION column REMOVE for the other user. This removes the
proxyAddressattribute from the user to whom this
proxyAddressdoesn't belong and it makes no change to the user for whom this
proxyAddressis correct.
Common errors and fixes detected by IdFix
The following table describes the errors that are detected by IdFix, provides the most commonly suggested fixes from the tool, and in some cases provides examples of how to fix them.
|Error Type Description
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|Illegal characters. The value contains a character which is invalid.
|The suggested fix for the error shown in the UPDATE column shows the value with the invalid character removed.
|A trailing space at the end of a valid mail address is an illegal character, for example:
email@example.com "
A leading space at the beginning of a valid mail address is an illegal character, for example:
ú character is an illegal character.
|Duplicate entry. The value has a duplicate within the scope of the query. All duplicate values will be displayed as errors.
|Edit or remove values to eliminate duplication. The tool will not provide a suggested fix for duplicates. Instead, you must choose which of the two or more duplicates is the correct one and delete the duplicate entry or entries.
|Formatting error. The value violates the format requirements for the attribute usage.
|The suggested Update will show the value with any invalid characters removed. If there are no invalid characters the Update and Value will appear the same. You need to determine what you really want in the Update. The tool will not provide a suggested fix for all formatting errors.
|For example SMTP addresses must comply with RFC 2822 and mailNickName cannot start or end with a period. For more information about format requirements for directory attributes, see "Directory object and attribute preparation" in Prepare to provision users through directory synchronization to Office 365.
|Top level domain. This applies to values subject to RFC 2822 formatting. If the top level domain is not internet routable then this will be identified as an error. For example an SMTP address ending in .local is not internet routable and would cause this error.
|Change the value to an internet routable domain such as
.com or
firstname.lastname@example.com to
fourthcoffee.com or another internet routable domain.
For instructions, see How to prepare a non-routable domain (such as .local domain) for directory synchronization.
|Domain part error. This applies to values subject to RFC 2822 formatting. If the domain portion of the value is invalid and does not comply with RFC 2822 this will be generated.
|Change the value to one that complies with RFC 2822. For example, make sure that it doesn't contain any spaces or illegal characters.
myaddress@fourth coffee.com to
|Local-part error. This applies to values subject to RFC 2822 formatting. If the local-part of the value is invalid and does not comply with RFC 2822 this will be generated.
|Change the value to one that complies with RFC 2822. For example, make sure that it doesn't contain any spaces or illegal characters.
my"work"email@example.com to
|Length error. The value violates the length limit for the attribute. This is most commonly encountered when the directory schema has been altered.
|The update suggested by IdFix will truncate the value to the acceptable length.
Be aware that this may produce undesired results. You should review the suggested fix and change it if necessary before you click Apply.
|Blank or null error. The value violates the null restriction for attributes to be synchronized. Only a few attributes must contain a value.
|If possible, the suggested update will leverage other attribute values in order to generate a likely substitute.
|This applies to Office 365 Dedicated only. The value does not match the mail attribute.
|The suggested update will be the mail attribute value prefixed by "SMTP:".
Operations you can perform by using IdFix
To fix an error, you select an option from the ACTION drop-down list. The following table describes the ACTION operations you can perform on attributes using the IdFix tool. If you leave the ACTION column empty, the IdFix tool will not take any action on that specific error in the directory.
|Action description
|The original value is acceptable and should not be changed despite being identified as an error.
|Two users have a proxyAddress identified as duplicate. Only one can use the value for mail delivery. Mark the user with the correct value as COMPLETE.
|The attribute value will be deleted from the source object. In the case of a multi-valued attribute, for example,
proxyAddresses, only the individual value shown will be deleted.
|Two users have a proxyAddress identified as duplicate. Only one can use the value for mail delivery. Mark the user with the duplicate value as REMOVE.
|The information in the UPDATE column will be used to modify the attribute value. If a valid UPDATE value has been suggested by IdFix, then from the ACTION column, select EDIT and go on to the next error. If you don't like the suggestion, type a new one in the UPDATE column and then, from the ACTION column select EDIT.
|This option is only available if you have restored from a transaction log. If you select UNDO, the attribute value will be restored to the original value.
|This value is only returned if an UPDATE value has an unknown conflict with AD DS rules. In this case, you can edit the value in the UPDATE column again if you know what the failure is. It may be necessary to analyze the values in the object using ADSI Edit. For more information, see ADSI Edit (adsiedit.msc).
After choosing an ACTION for an error or a batch of errors, click Apply. When you click Apply, the tool makes the changes in the directory. You can provide fixes for multiple errors before you click Apply and IdFix will change them all at the same time.
Run IdFix again to ensure that the fixes you made didn't introduce new errors. You can repeat these steps as many times as you need to. It's a good idea to go through the process a few times before you synchronize.
Changing the rule set used by IdFix
By default, IdFix uses the Multi-Tenant rule set to test the entries in your directory. This is the right rule set for most Office 365= customers. However, if you are an Office 365 Dedicated or ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) customer, you can configure IdFix to use the Dedicated rule set instead. If you aren't sure what type of customer you are, you can safely skip this step. To set the rule set to Dedicated, click the gear icon in the menu bar and then click Dedicated.
Changing the scope of the search used by IdFix
By default, IdFix searches the entire directory. If you want, you can configure the tool to search a specific subtree instead. To do this, in the menu bar, click the Filter icon and enter a valid subtree.
Rolling back your changes by using the IdFix GUI
Each time you click Apply to apply changes, the IdFix tool creates a separate file called a transaction log that lists the changes you just made. You can use the transaction log to roll back just those changes that are in the most recent log in case you make a mistake. If you make a mistake while you are updating, you can undo the most recently applied changes by clicking Undo. When you click Undo, IdFix uses the transaction log to roll back just those changes that are in the most recent transaction log. For more information about using the transaction log, see Reference: Office 365 IdFix transaction log.
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