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Vintners Face Hurdles Governing Online Sales; Laws Vary by State, County
Online sales are expected to grab an increasing share of holiday shopping this season. But one product category remains stubbornly resistant to the trend: wine.
While bigger online audiences and efficient shipping operations have enabled categories like pet food and diapers to become viable Web businesses, selling wine over the Internet remains thorny. Chief among the hurdles is a patchwork of U.S. and state regulations governing alcohol sales that makes shipping bottles directly to consumers' doorsteps a mind-boggling proposition.
Rich Bergsund, chief executive of Wine.com Inc., has experienced those vagaries firsthand. The San Francisco-based online wine merchant has been fined by New York state for shipping wine in gift baskets stuffed with food; state law mandates food and alcohol be shipped separately. It has had to build seven separate warehouses to satisfy differing sets of state regulations.
The business, formed in 1998, is on pace to reach $80 million in revenue this year, up from $67 million last year. But it took more than 10 years to turn cash positive, and it took a detour through bankruptcy. At one point, Wine.com was down to a week's worth of cash and had to lay off a third of its workforce.
"Buying wine online makes a lot of sense; there's potentially unlimited inventory," said Mr. Bergsund. "But there are many factors that make it hard to sell wine that way: state regulations, shipping costs, even weather—making sure the wine you ship doesn't spoil in the summer months."
Wine.com pays about $2 million annually for its regulatory compliance, including licenses, legal costs and warehouse management.
"Each state acts like its own country," says Dini Rao, vice president of products for New York-based Lot18, a flash-sales wine site.
Some states, including California and Washington, don't have any annual limits on how much wine can be shipped directly to consumers, but shipping wine directly to customers in Utah and Kentucky is a felony and could land a winery in jail. In certain states, such as Florida, some counties are dry and don't permit wine to be shipped in.
Texas prohibits delivery by mail of beverages with over 16% alcohol, effectively eliminating port and other dessert wines. There are also laws that require a signature from someone at least 21 years old for wine deliveries.
All of this makes online wine sales an outlier in the flourishing e-commerce world. Wine sales shipped directly to consumers in the U.S. totaled roughly $1.35 billion in the 12 months through July, or 4.8% of the $28 billion wine market, according to ShipCompliant, a Boulder, Colo., company that helps wineries comply with shipping rules. Excepting wine clubs and orders made by phone, the market for direct-to-consumer wine-bottle shipments online is typically about a tenth of that, suggesting such deliveries represent less than 1% of total wine sales, the company said.
Meanwhile, online retail sales are forecast to be as much as 12% of total retail sales this year, up from about 3% in 2007, according to the National Retail Federation. Online holiday sales are forecast to jump 12% to as much as $96 billion this year, much faster than the 4.1% rise projected for overall holiday sales.
Many companies have tried—and failed—to crack the online wine market. Wine.com itself had to be relaunched by new owners after going bust in 2001 under the weight of operational costs. It was revived with funding from private-equity firm Baker Capital in 2004.
Even e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. AMZN +0.74% has repeatedly stumbled with wine sales. The company lost about $30 million on a 1999 investment in start-up WineShopper, which flopped partly due to the intricacies of interstate wine shipping. A second Amazon effort sputtered in 2009 after its partner, New Vine Logistics, suspended operations amid financial troubles.
Amazon isn't giving up. In September the company met with about 100 California wineries to gauge their interest in listing and selling bottles through a special section on the Amazon.com site later this year.
Amazon plans to shield itself from some of the complexities of online wine sales by passing the shipping burden to the wineries. The program will initially allow consumers in only 13 states to receive wine at their front door, according to winery executives who attended the September workshop. An Amazon spokesman declined to comment.
Violating wine-shipping rules and limits can lead to fines, suspension or, ultimately, termination of a winery's license. Because of laws favoring local distributors, the wineries themselves can't ship directly to consumers in 11 states, including Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, according to advocacy group Free the Grapes.
Peter Sisson, who founded Wineshopper.com—now operated by Wine.com—said there are still too many obstacles for online wine sales to explode. "Wine is mostly an impulse item, something that you buy on your way to the dinner party," he said. "Since you have to be 21 to receive it, that means you're shipping it to your office and then lugging bottles home, which defeats the purpose."
"We can have customers come to Napa, love our wine, and we have to tell them we're sorry, we can't ship it to your state—we have to turn away a lot of business," said Scott Meadows, general manager of Silenus Vintners in Napa, Calif.
Chang-rae Lee, a novelist and creative writing professor at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., said he buys seven to eight cases of wine a year online, partly because of the expansive selection compared with the local spirits shop. When he finds a website that won't ship directly to him, he has his wine sent to a friend in New York where he can pick it up later.
"It does seem there's a lot of red tape to get through to buy wine online," said Mr. Lee. "It would be so much nicer if it was just an open country."
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ITU Goes Back On Multiple Promises: Makes Play For Internet Governance With Sneaky Surprise Vote
from the shameful deptWell, well. In response to all of the earlier criticisms of the ITU, and as part of its "social media strategy" to stave off ongoing criticism, ITU officials had made a few promises leading up to the World Conference on International Communications (WCIT). Among them: (1) changes to International Telecom Regulations (ITRs) would be done via consensus, rather than simple majority vote and (2) that the whole thing was not about internet governance. In one move, the ITU appears to have proved both of those claims to be blatantly false. Late into the night in Dubai, as there was continuing "negotiations" over whether or not any new regulations would cover internet communications, Mohamed Nasser al Ghanim, the ITU summit's chairman, claiming he wanted to get "a feel for the room" took what initially looked like an informal vote on whether or not the ITRs would cover the internet, backing a proposal brought forth by Algeria (and backed by Saudi Arabia, Cuba and Nigeria). After the vote showed a majority agreed to expand the ITRs to cover the internet, al Ghanim announced:
"The majority is with having the resolution in...The majority agreed to adopt the resolution as amended."This took a lot of people in the room by complete surprise, given that there was repeated insistence that the focus was on consensus, and not a simple majority vote. This clearly went against promises by ITU boss Hamadoun Toure. As Declan McCullagh summarizes in the article linked above:
"In the true tradition of the ITU, we will not vote on any issues," Toure told reporters over the summer. "Voting means winners and losers, and this is not simply acceptable. And we believe that we'll come to an agreement on all of the issues." Toure had said last week that the summit "is not about Internet governance."As the reality of what al Ghanim did began to set in, some delegates began to protest. Spain, in particular, noted "had we known that it was a vote, we might very well have acted differently." al Ghanim then, ridiculously, tried to pretend the vote was not a vote:
But after Spain objected, al Ghanim responded by saying, "no, it was not a vote," and that he had instead been looking for a "feel of the room."That, obviously, is completely ridiculous, since he then used "the feel of the room" to say that the resolution was adopted, despite significant concerns about it.
The folks at the Internet Society are, quite reasonably, not at all happy about the situation, and called out not just the sudden and unexpected vote, but the secrecy surrounding it as well:
The Internet Society came to this meeting in the hopes that revisions to the treaty would focus on competition, liberalization, free flow of information and independent regulation - things that have clearly worked in the field of telecommunications. Instead, these concepts seem to have been largely struck from the treaty text. Additionally, and contrary to assurances that this treaty is not about the Internet, the conference appears to have adopted, by majority, a resolution on the Internet. Amendments were apparently made to the text but were not published prior to agreement.Given that the ITU's moves here more or less confirm many of the fears that have been raised about the whole WCIT process all along, and show that Toure's statements were simply untrue, why is it that anyone believes that the ITU has any credibility on this subject any more? The whole idea that we're now allowing countries with horrid human rights records, and with little to no experience in supporting innovation-enabling technologies, to control direction of these discussions suggests that the entire ITU process is broken beyond belief.
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Amanda is dedicated to raising awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer, worked tirelessly through Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month on social media. Her Thunderclap reached millions across the world. Here is her story.
I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 42. What kept me going back to my GP was a persistent cough. With hindsight I had some of the classic symptoms, but I assumed they were down to something else. It was very hot so I was drinking more, so it wasn't surprising I needed to go to the loo more often. I was very tired but I'm always tired when I'm hot. My bowels were a bit funny but I'd just started a diet so I thought maybe I wasn't getting enough fibre. Ovarian cancer didn't even occur to me as a possibility – but that cough wouldn't go away.
At first my GP thought it might be asthma so I got prescribed medication, but there was no change. The next theory was that it was being caused by acid reflux, but I reacted so badly to the drugs I was given for that that I needed to see the out of hours GP. He felt my tummy and said it was distended so the following Monday my regular doctor sent me off for an ultrasound, which picked up a large cyst.
I had an appointment a week later to see the consultant radiologist and in the meantime I had a CA125 blood test. The consultant thought it was just a large cyst so there was no urgency, especially as my CA125 blood test came back normal, but when I had an MRI scan two weeks later, the cyst had grown so much I was referred to the gynaecological oncologist.
At that point I started to go downhill very quickly. I needed surgery, but couldn't have the operation as I was ill with a very bad infection. I was sent home with antibiotics but a week later I was still too ill for surgery and by now the mass was pressing on the main artery coming out of my leg. My CA125 blood tests were still normal and no one at that time thought it was anything other than an abnormally large cyst.
Eventually I had a firm date for the operation. By now the cyst was 26cm across and it had grown 10cm in the last month alone. While waiting for surgery I had developed a blood clot on my lung and a fluid pocket around my heart. My doctors weren't sure I could tolerate surgery, so as I walked down to theatre I was saying my goodbyes – but it was successful. A sample of the tumour was sent off to pathology and the results showed I had clear cell ovarian cancer. It was eventually categorised as stage IIB – it had spread to the fallopian tube but was still contained within the pelvic area. The surgeon removed some lymph nodes too, and thankfully they were cancer-free.
I was on the high dependency unit for several days and a month later I started chemotherapy - six rounds of carboplatin and paclitaxel. During my treatment I stayed off the internet as much as possible and just kept to trusted sources of information like the Target Ovarian Cancer website and other cancer charities.
Coming to terms with challenges
My husband and I had been approved for adoption the week before I'd been diagnosed but it had to be put on hold. In some ways it made the treatment easier to deal with, as I'd already had to come to terms with not being able to give birth to a child. We won't be allowed to adopt until I've been in remission for five years, but by that time I'll be in my late 40s and I'm not sure if I'll still want to go through the whole adoption process by then.
I'm now cancer-free but still living with all the challenges that treatment brings with it. I had to have a medically induced menopause and I'm not able to have HRT to alleviate the symptoms. I have lymphoedema in both legs and a hernia that can't be repaired because of where it is. And I'm living with a constant "What if?" hanging over me – every ache and pain makes me wonder if the cancer has come back. I am working to turn a negative into a positive by helping raise awareness of ovarian cancer. I've had some real success online and especially on Twitter in the past few years, with support from celebrities and health professionals alike. I'm also a research advocate for Target Ovarian Cancer, to influence and promote ovarian cancer research.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month is a real high point in the year for raising awareness. Thank you to everyone who has helped spread the word about the symptoms of ovarian cancer this month. Here's to the next one!
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To discuss branding in the age of Social Media, one must first understand what branding is:
Let's start with a brand. What is it?
A brand is the set of characteristics, the personality, the way of doing business with you that is evident to anyone who does business with you, or who observes you.
It tells people who you are.
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1. Identify patterns of success among partners in academic initiatives, strategic public endeavors, and private enterprises in creating sustainable business growth.
- Social Network Analysis: New Tools, Data, and Questions
(June 1, 2010, Stanford University)
- Innovation Ecosystems Networks: A Workshop on Success Factors for Regional Innovation Clusters
(March 5, 2010, Stanford University)
2. Describe the mix of local and global alliances that synergize regional business clusters.
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3. Enhance sharing of insights among the diverse groups of people involved in technology-based business development.
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We briefly caught up with Michael Reynolds, President and CEO of SpinWeb, at Web 2.0 Expo 2009 on the day before his presentation, "Social Media--Secret Weapon for SEO". Michael gave us a quick overview of his session, which aimed to explain how to leverage social media to increase your search engine optimization (SEO) program, and manage your social media activities more effectively.
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the whole earth is full of His glory."
[Isaiah 6:3]
The earth is filled with the glory of God, yet people miss it all the time. They see and appreciate the splendour, but miss the glory. And so miss an encounter with God.
Mankind was designed to live in glory. But we read that our sin caused us to fall short of what should have been our natural habitat
[Romans 3:23].
Jesus came to restore the human race to its original purpose, so when He died & overcame the Evil One, it was as a man, when He rose again & conquered death, it was as a man, and when He ascended into Heaven* & sat down at the Father's right hand, it was also as a man.
And His purpose was that we should again participate in the Father's glory.
In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God,
for whom and through whom everything exists,
should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.
[Hebrews 2:10]
Jesus came to open the eyes of the blind, both physically and spiritually. He means us to see and experience the glory, and encounter the God who inhabits it.
However, like using any other sense it takes practice. An experienced sommelier, for example, can pick up the nuances of a fine wine from his sense of smell and taste. He wasn't born knowing, he was born with the sensory potential, which he then developed through training and experience. In contrast, his neighbour had exactly the same potential, but being untutored responds to special wines with indifference.
So it is with us, so often we can miss encounters with the Lord because we have not learned to recognise the signs of His presence….
Have you ever been in a Christian meeting, or admiring a beautiful view, when the air suddenly felt 'heavy', (I don't mean in a negative way)?
I suggest that what you were sensing was the glory of God. And there is one response to glory – take off your shoes!
Turn your heart towards the Lord, & worship Him, He wants you as a participator not spectator.
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory,
are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
[2Corinthians 3:18]
If the earth is filled with His glory, pray for seeing eyes this week!
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Ever had those nagging thoughts that you aren't really a writer, you don't have the time, or if only "X" (insert your excuse) you could finish that novel? Steven Pressfield, in his book "Do the Work" calls this resistance and it's a must read for new and experienced writers alike.
Pressfield writes that resistance points are "…those junctures where fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, and all those other demons we're all so familiar with can be counted upon to strike." And although the book was intended to give writers a kick-in-the-butt, Pressfield's kick is equally effective for all creative medium.
Pressfield originally defined resistance in his book "The War of Art," and I highly recommend you read it. But if you're short on time, he gives a nice recap of "The War of Art" here in "Do your Work."
Resistance awakens with "… any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term growth, health, or integrity." So, that ice cream bar you ate while on a diet, that college degree you've been putting off, skipping your morning workout, and not writing today, you guessed it — resistance.
He walks you through the enemies and allies we all face creatively, but as you'll see, we find the same enemies and allies in everyday life.
"The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it."
He states resistance is invisible, insidious, impersonal, infallible, and ubiquitous. The bad news: it NEVER goes away, and the sooner you accept that, the sooner you can keep it at bay to experience those moments of flow, productivity, and personal growth.
The good news: Pressfield offers straight forward, common sense, actionable suggestions. And I can tell you from my own short experience in applying them — they work!
He dives into the beginning, middle, and end of your writing process. Explains the resistance you will feel, and how to overcome it.
To get you started,
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now."
Getting through the tough middle, he recommends "… Stupidity. Stubbornness. Blind faith. We are too dumb to quit and too mullish to back off." Stupidity is a good thing. He is talking about not letting all the noise in your head, all the information you know block you from being creative. Be stupid – don't think about how hard it is to succeed – just do it.
Another trick I like is the concept of "Trust the Soup." In my other life (you know, the one that brings home the bacon), we call this – trust the process. "… letting go of the need to control (which we can't do anyway) and put your faith instead in the Source, the Mystery, the Quantum Soup." Quantum Soup – I just love that. It rings of universal consciousness and simplicity at the same time.
And one (of many) traps new, and even experienced writers fall into is thinking small. He says to "swing for the seat." Go big, be bold, up your premise, increase the stakes. But remember – be ready for resistance especially here. It will rear its ugly head, but Pressfield states, and I have found to be true, that once you ward off (you never really slay) the dragon of resistance, it's easier the next time around.
I highly recommend this book. It immediately increased my pages per day, and changed the way I handle that little devil on my left shoulder sowing doubt and fear. Now, instead of listening to him, I know
"Resistance is the response of the frightened, petty, small-time ego to the brave, generous, magnificent impulse of the creative self."
And I choose to thrive in that creative realm. I choose to be brave and magnificent.
So, I'll close this review in the way he closes the book, "Stay stupid. Trust the soup. Start before you're ready." And I'll add, read this book: Do the Work, by Steven Pressfield. It will change you, and your writing, for the better.


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The word here is change. The Deputies voted to allow the next Presiding Bishop to remain a Diocesan Bishop. The Bishops voted to fund a significant Development Office. We also are exploring moving the diocesan contribution to The Episcopal Church to 15%. And of course, we are waiting to hear about the Budget and reforming General Convention and a new structure for our Church.
As I have worked on the Education Committee, I once again remember that our Church has many perspectives. The Education Standing Commission presented resolutions to replace Confirmation with Baptism as rite for full initiation into Church leadership. However, most of the Deputies and Bishops did not agree. I am disappointed but not surprised. Change is long and when I think I know where the Holy Spirit is headed, I am most often wrong.


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Policy People is a collaboration with writer E.C. Feiss. Together we co-curate dialogues as a means of identifying and escaping extralegal systems of control. These dialogues occur as interviews, commissioned texts, symposiums, etc. and are published online at policy-people.com and in print. While together at an institution undergoing massive changes in policy, we began to explore how we might create new forms of politicized organization.
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The complete list of publications can be found here. Publications with cover picture, sorted by date:
Unraveling Multiple Distributions in Chain Walking Polyethylene Using Advanced Liquid Chromatography
Polyolefins Formed by Chain Walking Catalysis—A Matter of Branching Density Only?
R. Dockhorn, L. Plüschke, M. Geisler, J. Zessin, P. Lindner, R. Mundil, J. Merna, J.-U. Sommer*, and A. Lederer*
Strengths and limitations of size exclusion chromatography for investigating single chain folding - current status and future perspectives
J. Engelke, J. Brandt, C. Barner-Kowollik, A. Lederer
Synthetic Cells: Toward Functional Synthetic Cells: In‐Depth Study of Nanoparticle and Enzyme Diffusion through a Cross‐Linked Polymersome Membrane
H. Gumz, S. Boye, B. Iyisan, V. Krönert, P. Formanek, B. Voit, A. Lederer, D. Appelhans
Dendronized hyperbranched macromolecules: Soft matter with a novel type of segmental distribution
A. Lederer, W. Burchard, T. Hartmann, J. Haataja, N. Houbenov, A. Janke, P. Friedel, R. Schweins, P. Lindner
Hyperbranched Polymers: Macromolecules in between Deterministic Linear Chains and Dendrimer Structures
Albena Lederer, Walther Burchard
State-of-the-Art Analytical Methods for Assessing Dynamic Bonding Soft Matter Materials
J. Brandt, K.O. Oehlenschlaeger, F. G. Schmidt, C. Barner-Kowollik, A. Lederer
Temperature-dependent size exclusion chromatography for the in situ investigation of dynamic bonding/debonding reactions
J. Brandt, N.K. Guimard, C. Barner-Kowollik, F. G. Schmidt, A. Lederer
Sphere-like Fourth Generation Pseudo-Dendrimers with a Hyperbranched Core
A. Lederer, T. Hartmann, H. Komber
Asymmetrical Flow Field Flow Fractionation for Investigating Intermolecular Interactions of Multifunctional Polymers
A. Lederer, S. Boye
Separation of Linear and Star-Shaped Polystyrenes by Phase Distribution Chromatography
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Jessica Andrews was arguably the most vocally talented of the last wave of Nashville teens, with a mature voice that retained youthful wonder without pandering to teenage tastes. No one expects Andrews to chuck the pop superhighway for the safe - and less profitable - country road. But this is "Faith Lite" as Byron Gallimore has replaced bouncy enthusiasm with calculation and high gloss.
"Helplessly, Hopelessly, Recklessly" sounds like none of the above, just very slick and uninspired. "These Wings" finds the youngster comparing herself to a butterfly; it isn't hard to imagine a video utilizing "This Kiss" outtakes. On the plus side, the title track is an engaging single; "Wishing Well" is another solid song from Phil Vassar, working in tandem with Annie Roboff; and "Good Friend to Me," written by Andrews, Roboff and Bekka Bramlett, features a welcome R&B groove and doesn't attempt to make her sound more mature.
There may be hits here, but "hit records" and "quality music" are not synonymous. This is not up to the standards of her debut; even more importantly, it isn't up to the level of her talent.


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2433: Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition and Microsoft Windows Script Host Essentials (3 Days)
About this Course
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage Windows networks by using the Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Microsoft Visual Basic, Scripting Edition (VBScript) language. During the course, students will work on real-world scripts that they can use to manage computers running Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. This course also provides an overview of other technologies where students can use script, such as Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
Audience Profile
This course is intended for systems administrators who use Windows-based computers and must learn how to develop administrative scripts for their enterprise networks.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Run and work with scripts, including writing, debugging, and troubleshooting.
- Write scripts that access objects and use an object browser.
- Use Visual Basic, Scripting Edition to create effective and efficient administrative scripts.
- Create error-handling routines and use a debugger to locate and fix logic problems in scripts.
- Use Visual Basic, Scripting Edition to interact with ADSI.
- Call logon scripts from batch files, perform common tasks using logon scripts, and assign logon scripts to users.
- Use scheduling in scripts, send e-mails, manage the registry, and work with drives, folders, and files using scripts.
- Write scripts that gather information and automate common management tasks by using WMI.
Course Outline
Module 1: Overview of Windows Scripting Technologies
This module introduces Windows Script Host (WSH) and how to work with script files. It explains basic scripting concepts such as how WSH functions and what types of scripts can be run by using WSH.
- Windows Scripting Technologies
- Introducing WSH
- Running Scripts
- Working with Scripts
Lab : Configuring and Using WSH
- Configuring WSH
- Reviewing the WSH and VBScript Documentation
- Using Windows Script Files
- Using an IDE to Edit Script Files
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the Windows Scripting Technologies.
- Describe WSH.
- Run scripts.
- Work with scripts, including writing, debugging and troubleshooting.
Module 2: Objects in VBScript and WSH
This module introduces object models and objects, and explains how to interact with objects in your scripts. It describes how to access objects and the functionality that they provide by using Visual Basic, Scripting Edition and Windows Script Host.
- Object Terminology
- Creating and Manipulating Objects
- Object Models
- Common Object Models
Lab : Objects in VBScript and WSH
- Manipulating the Scripting Object Model
- Manipulating the WSH Object Model
- Automating Microsoft Office Word
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe how scripts use objects.
- Describe object terminology.
- Explain how to use an object browser.
- Describe how scripts interact with the Component Object Model (COM).
- Explain the use of various object models.
Module 3: Script Logic
This module describes how the Visual Basic, Scripting Edition scripting language provides an effective, efficient, and powerful framework that you can use to write administrative scripts. It explains script rules and logic, and how to use effective script layouts.
- Fundamental VBScript Rules
- Variables, Constants, and Data Types
- Operators
- Conditions and Loops
- Procedures
- Script Layout
Lab : Script Logic
- Creating Script Templates
- Using and Creating Code Snippets
- Adding Constants, Variables, Loops, and Conditional Structures to Scripts
- Adding Procedures to Scripts
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the rules of the Visual Basic, Scripting Edition language.
- Declare and use variables, constants, and data types in your scripts.
- Use Visual Basic, Scripting Edition language operators.
- Construct conditional code and looping structures.
- Declare and use Sub and Function procedures.
- Determine an effective script layout.
Module 4: Error Handling and Debugging
This module introduces error handling. When errors occur, it is important to know how to deal with them. The module also discusses some approaches to debugging, including the use of a debugger application.
- Error Handling
- Debugging
Lab : Error Handling and Debugging
- Trapping Run-Time Errors
- Debugging VBScript
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the types of errors that may be present in code written in Visual Basic, Scripting Edition.
- Write code that handles run-time errors.
- Use the Microsoft Script Debugger to locate and fix logic errors.
Module 5: ADSI
This module explains how to access the functionality of Active Directory directory service through your administrative scripts. It describes ADSI and shows how ADSI enables you to automate many administrative tasks by using scripts.
- Overview of ADSI
- Binding with ADSI
- ADSI Objects
- Searching Active Directory
- Creating New ADSI Objects
- Managing Security, Shares, and Services by Using ADSI
Lab : ADO Search
- Performing Searches by Using ADSI and ADO
- Searching for User and Computer Information by Using ADSI and ADO
Lab : Scripting Administrative Tasks by Using ADSI
- Retrieving Properties by Using ADSI
- Creating OUs, Users, and Groups by Using ADSI
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe how ADSI works.
- Use scripts to bind to ADSI objects.
- Use ADSI object methods and properties in scripts.
- Search Active Directory.
- Create and modify objects in Active Directory.
- Manage security settings, shares, and services using ADSI.
Module 6: Creating Logon Scripts
This module describes the processes involved in creating and managing logon scripts, so that you can successfully deploy these scripts throughout the enterprise network. The module also describes how to create and manage logon scripts.
- Verifying the WSH Environment
- Common Logon Script Tasks
- Managing Logon Scripts
- Troubleshooting and Best Practices
Lab : Creating Logon Scripts
- Mapping Drives
- Creating Shortcuts
- Assigning Logon Scripts to a User
Lab : Assigning Logon Scripts
- Configuring Scripts by Using Group Policy
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Check that the correct version of WSH is installed.
- Call logon scripts from batch files.
- Accomplish common tasks in logon scripts.
- Assign logon scripts to users.
- Describe common issues with logon scripts.
- Describe best practices for using logon scripts.
Module 7: Administrative Scripts
This module describes how to use script to perform typical administrative tasks by using the various scripting models that are available through Windows Script Host and Visual Basic, Scripting Edition.
- Administrative Scripts
- Producing Event Logs and E-Mail Messages
- Managing the Registry
- Controlling Drives, Folders, and Files
Lab : Administrative Scripts
- Passing Arguments to Scripts
- Writing an Event to the Application Event Log
Lab : File and E-mail Scripts
- Documenting Your Computer Drives and Folders
- Sending a Message and Attachment
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Manage arguments and use scheduling in scripts.
- Add entries to Windows Event Logs and use Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) to generate e-mail messages.
- Use script to manage the registry.
- Control drives, folders, and files by using script.
Module 8: WMI
This module introduces the use of WMI to query, change, and monitor configuration settings on desktop and server systems, applications, networks, and other enterprise components. It describes how to write scripts that use the WMI Scripting library to work with WMI and create a wide range of systems management and monitoring scripts.
- WMI Overview
- WMI Scripting Basics
- Common Issues in WMI Scripts
- Scripting Common Administrative Tasks by Using WMI
Lab : Writing WMI Scripts
- Using the PrimalScript WMI Wizard
- Managing Remote Resources by Using WMI
- Limiting Event Log Data Returned to a Script
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe how WMI works.
- Describe the three basic steps that most WMI scripts use.
- Understand what a WMI provider is.
- Know how to use the PrimalScript WMI Wizard to create WMI scripts.
- Use WMI scripts to perform common management tasks.
- Use WMI providers to manage Windows-based services.
Before attending this course, students must have:
- Practical experience of using and administering Windows Server 2003.
- Practical experience of using and administering the Active Directory directory service.
- Practical experience of using and administering system security.
- Practical experience of using and administering services.
- Practical experience of using systems management information.
- Awareness of the potential uses of logon scripts.


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I know. I know.
They are limited, have different
needs and concerns.
But I watch and learn from them.
I like the little they know,
which is so much.
They complain but never worry,
they walk with a surprising dignity.
They sleep with a direct simplicity that
humans just can't understand.
Their eyes are more beautiful than our eyes.
And they can sleep 20 hours a day without
hesitation or remorse.
When I am feeling low all I have to do is
watch my cats and my courage returns.
I study these creatures.
They are my teachers.
Charles Bukowski


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R. Kirby Godsey
Kirby Godsey, Ph.D. serves as the Peyton Anderson Foundation's Chairman of the Board.
Dr. Godsey served as the President and CEO of Mercer University for 27 years. Mercer saw its most significant growth in size and national standing during Dr. Godsey's tenure. In 2006, Dr. Godsey was named Chancellor of Mercer University. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of both Birch Communications in Atlanta and Myers McRae Executive Search and Consulting Firm in Macon. He is also a member of the Bibb County Development Authority.
Edward S. Sell, III
Ed Sell is the Chairman Emeritus and Secretary of the Peyton Anderson Foundation.
Mr. Sell began his practice in Macon in 1967 as a partner at Sell & Melton, LLP. Mr. Sell has actively served the Macon community for 50 years through various social clubs, boards and planning committees, and fundraising efforts. His diverse achievements including being an adjunct professor at Mercer University, a Deacon at Macon's First Christian Church, served on the Board of Directors for the Museum of Arts and Sciences and was a founding member of NewTown Macon, Inc. Georgia Trend Magazine named him one of the state's Legal Elite in 2004.
R. Reid Hanson
Dr. Reid Hanson, grandson of the late Peyton Anderson, serves as a Trustee and Treasurer of the Peyton Anderson Foundation.
Dr. Hanson is a Macon native and resides in Auburn, Alabama where he is a Professor of Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Auburn University's College of Veterinary Medicine. He also serves as a business and education consultant to domestic and international businesses worldwide.
Kathryn H. Dennis
Kathryn H. Dennis serves as a Trustee of the Peyton Anderson Foundation.
Ms. Dennis is the President of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia and works closely with the Foundation's Board, staff and donors to encourage philanthropy and make communities stronger in our region. In 2003, she was a Southeastern Council of Foundations Hull Fellow and currently serves on the board of the Georgia Grantmakers Alliance. She is tri-chair of the OneMacon community and economic development initiative and the convener of the Macon Council of Foundations.
Marc T. Treadwell
The Honorable Marc Treadwell serves as a Trustee of the Peyton Anderson Foundation.
Judge Treadwell is a United States District Judge, serving in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia since 2010. He has served as an adjunct professor of law in Federal Criminal Case Studies and Georgia Civil Practice and Procedure at the Mercer University Law School since 1998. Recognized expert in evidence law in Georgia, he has over 25 years of private practice in Macon, most recently at Adams, Jordan and Treadwell, P.C., where he specialized in personal injury and wrongful death until 2010.
Former Trustees
- Evelyn M. Anderson, 1989-2002
- John D. Comer, Chairman Emeritus, 1989-2009
- Tom Johnson, 2007-2015
- Juanita T. Jordan, Emerita, 1989-2012
- Ed S. Sell, Jr., 1989-2007


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The Kennel Club, in conjunction with a number of other organisations and the breed clubs concerned, runs DNA screening schemes for the following breeds for the diseases specified below. For further information on the specific conditions, and lists of results, click on the links.
The DNA tests used in these schemes can accurately identify clear, carrier and affected dogs, and can be used by breeders to effectively eliminate undesirable disease genes in their stock. It is anticipated that additional schemes will be available for other inherited conditions in other pedigree dog breeds from time to time.
Labrador - see Retriever (Labrador)
Leonberger Polyneuropathy (LPN2)
Leukoencephalomyelopath (LEMP)
Miniature Bull Terrier - see Bull Terrier (Miniature)
Miniature Poodle - see Poodle (Miniature)
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever - see Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)
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No. 20 09.30.2004
Today, on September 30th, "Palette" (http://www.pokepale.com),
an information website on Pokemon, is going to be closed.
It's such a shame because I often visited the site.
It was a great site because they updated information quite often.
It's not an easy job to manage a website.
Once you start a site, it's often difficult to decide when to quit.
In the case of Pokemon Crystal, we too found it difficult
to decide how long we should keep on managing the Nintendo server.
I remember having many discussions about it.
Things that are difficult to quit.ツ? Things that are addictive.
It's fun to look for these things.
A certain part of your favorite song, TV programs, novels,
sports activities, driving a car, climbing mountains.
(put another way, if you create something that's addictive,
you can expect people to go crazy about it)
Things you can't quit once you start.
I'm starting to feel that this column is like that too …
It takes courage to stop doing something.
Many thanks to the Palette administrator!
See ya.
No. 19 09.29.2004
People's tastes are intriguing.
You might have a preference for girls
who wear only black or brown-colored clothes,
and when you see someone like that on the street
you can't help but stare at her, or
You can't help noticing a girl if she has long hair, or
if she wears a hat, or
if she wears a choker, or
if she wears a long skirt and a pair of boots, or
if she wears special costumes or…
We all have these small preferences and likings that are
purely individual.
But there are times when a bunch of people meet
and they all share a particular liking for something.
They have the same taste even though they grew up differently.
Of course, they are not brothers or sisters,
and they went to different schools.
But they share the sense of what is cool.
Isn't this strange?
Things and events that many people find attractive.
It seems we tend to notice them more quickly when
they have an appeal to a wider range of people.
See ya.
No. 18 09.28.2004
These days I'm searching for a pair of speakers,
but I can't find one I want.
In the old days I used to make speakers of my own.
I would draw a plan, buy a board and put speakers on it.
I tried many tricks like putting sand into the unit,
wondering if it produces more low-end by making it heavy.
Or change the shape of the cone of the speaker.
Or insert an additional flat board,
or put glue on the cone,
or improve the strength of the magnet …
Not really to make a better sound but to have fun
with the changes they make to the sound.
Be it climbing a mountain, or a marathon,
or putting together a plastic model,
or tuning up a car,
it's vital to finish something once you start it.
Especially true with game development.
It's easy to forget because everyone knows it, but
games are not physical things.ツ? They are contents.
You can go on adding, changing and deleting
as long as you want to.
There is nothing to stop you from making changes.
That's why it's really difficult to finish it up.
So my advice to those who aspire to be game creators.
Learn how to "finish up" and "complete" a project.
See ya.
No. 17 09.27.2004
It's just a question but
why do they call "priority" seats on the trains?
I understand their concept, but in reality they are
more like "reserved" seats.
Somewhere between "priority" and "reserved."
The word "priority" doesn't seem to fit to describe
what they are.
When you're on a train or waiting for an elevator,
you feel less willing to yield.
But when I'm looking for a spot in a parking lot,
I feel I shouldn't park in spots with a big "priority"
sign. I don't really know why.
I don't know why but I feel I shouldn't park
in spots like that because
it's reserved for other people.
When I develop games, too, I notice that we have
different feelings about the same thing
depending on how we look at it.
We become less conscious of certain aspects
when we stop focusing on it.
In game development,
the parts where we want the player to notice,
and the parts where we want the player not to notice,
both are equally important.
No. 16 09.10.2004
Not many people know this but I'm fanatic about
analog synthesizers.
The thing I most like about analog synthesizers is
that you can create sounds that do not exist in real world.
It sure turns me on.
I have Roland SH-2, Korg MS-20 and PS3200,
but the one I have most fun with is Roland System 100M,
because it's patchable.
It's an easy-to-handle and fun-to-play instrument.
Design-wise, I have such an admiration for Moog IIIc.
That huge machine that Hideki Matsutake
(a support member of Yellow Magic Orchestra) used
from his early days.
The design is super!ツ? Nothing beats it!
Panel design goes without saying,
but the horizontal to vertical ratio of the box,
and the fact is it's slanted are super cool!
It's truly a marriage of function and design.
What a beauty.
Let me explain a little about analog synthesizers
for a moment here.
An analog synthesizer is made up with
three basic parts, each of which has a separate function.
The VCO is what produces sound.
The VCF is what shapes the sound.
The VCA is what controls the volume.
In other words, every sound we hear has
only these three basic elements.
'By breaking down a thing into its parts and synthesizing them,
recreate the thing you started with."
This is also true with the vocoder.
This method seems like the fundamental idea of Dr. Moog,
who invented the synthesizer.
When I am developing a video game, there are times
I think in a similar way.
To break a thing down into parts and then to reassemble them are
especially important in seeing how it is supposed to be, I think.
See ya.
No. 15 09.09.2004
Well, Kyushu (the southernmost of Japan's four major islands)
is a great place.
My father and mother both are from Kurate county
in Fukuoka (a prefecture in Kyushu),
so I have many relatives living in Kyushu.
When I was a kid, my family went back to Kyushu during
summer vacation.
We would dive into the sea and catch fish
with spears, collect shellfish and crabs,
go fishing with rods, or with a net,
go to the river to catch crabs and shrimps,
catch sleeping fish in the river with hands at night,
and go hunting for beetles.
Now I realize all that we did was to catching something.
I had a great memory of all this.
Kyushu has a lot of mountains and also
the sea and the rivers are very clean.
So you can find lots of wildlife there.
And most importantly people are very friendly.
There is no place like Kyushu.
The Hoenn region in Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald is
modeled after Kyushu because I wanted to recatch
my memories of summer in Kyushu.
The concept of the Hoenn region is a place where
Pokemon and humans get along well, and also where
people can meet friends and develop relationships
with other people.
We designed the region with the importance of human
relationships and the warm heart of the Kyushu people
in mind.
(Ho in "Hoenn"「豊緑」means 'rich' and Enn means
'green' in Japanese kanji.)
The reason why the island is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise
is because we thought it brings a better playability that way.
OK, Kyushu.ツ? I'll visit there again.
Of course, on the way I will play Pokemon Emerald.
No. 14 09.09.2004
Maps in Pokemon games look somewhat peculiar, don't they?
The thing was, in order to include many graphics
of Pokemon and to save the ROM capacity,
our programmers had to sacrifice something.
To cope with the problem, we came up with the idea of
using roads.
Oftentimes limitations like this can make a game
more entertaining.
For example, the maximum number of letters
you can use for Pokemon names and moves are fixed.
Also, the player can carry only 6 Pokemon
and 4 moves at hand.
This kinds of limitations I think contribute greatly
to the playability of the game.
When we were developing Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire,
we went back to where we started
and discussed changing the number of Pokemon
you can carry, or the number of moves Pokemon can learn,
but in the end we came to the conclusion that
the original numbers were the best, and that
not one more or less would make the game more fun.
Limitations force us to think harder and
they can bring many difficulties, of course,
but I try to think that they are what "forces us to
think of ways to polish up our products so that
they are of the highest quality."
So, limitations are important to us.
No. 13 09.02.2004
Today I'll write about some geeky stories of old days.
When we started developing for Pokemon Red and Blue,
we at Game Freak took a plunge and bought a UNIX machine
called SUN SPARCstation 1.
Even now I think it was such a bold step because
it was very very expensive.
We also installed LAN boards from Allied Telesis
in our PC9801Xa and Epson computers in order to set up a LAN environment.
Four or five of us logged into the network from different
computers so that we could work together, but it was so slow.
When I was in technical school I studied CG and C language
using a medium-sized computer by DEC, and before I knew it
I was really into UNIX.
For someone like me, therefore, SUN was such an easy-to-use
But it sometimes crashed.ツ? "What on earth is going on?"
Then there were times it never rebooted… "Oh my goodness!"
Whenever this happened I used to yell at the computer
"Start up!!! Please!"ツ? It was almost like a prayer.
These days we used streamer tapes that were as large
as VHS cassettes for backups.
But they took so long that we didn't back up as
often as we should have.
So when computers crashed there was a possibility that
more than a month's worth of all of our contributions
might go down the drain.
We tried every possible means to rescue the computers.
We read manuals in English and impossibly thick books on computers.
We also asked for help on Nifty Serve's bulletin board.
When a machine didn't start up for a continuos period
(like reboots during startup),
I was so completely preoccupied with the problem
that I even had a dream of my machine starting up!
Looking back it was a very good learning experience.
From Masuda, a vi mania.


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In a new exposé in the New York Times, nine women have accused the influential New York playwright Israel Horovitz of various forms of sexual misconduct and assault, including one woman who has accused him of rape. Israel is the father of Adam Horovitz, former Beastie Boys member known as Ad-Rock.
In a statement to the Times, Israel said he has "a different memory of some of these events." He went on to add: "I apologize with all my heart to any woman who has ever felt compromised by my actions, and to my family and friends who have put their trust in me. To hear that I have caused pain is profoundly upsetting, as is the idea that I might have crossed a line with anyone who considered me a mentor."
But when Ad-Rock was asked for a statement, he told the Times, "I believe the allegations against my father are true, and I stand behind the women that made them."
It is refreshing to see this kind of allyship at a time when more and more women (and men) are coming forward with stories of sexual assault and abuse. An internet chorus of "Not all men" is founded upon the notion that it is challenging to think guys we know and like could commit assault. It is indeed difficult, but it is completely necessary. Adam's comment reflects that grappling, while showing solidarity with survivors. We should all take a page of his book.


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I'm here, in case you were wondering, 'here' being Anchorage. And I start riding north tomorrow.
But I'm fed up of rehashing all the usual pre-trip highs and lows and nerves and fears. It will all get much more interesting once I'm on the road, and so my next post will just have to wait until then.


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A signature must have a very different meaning when you're in the public eye. People asking for autographs all the time, it can't feel like you're giving as big an assurance of your word as it does to those of us who only write our name on checks and contracts.
Still, it's fascinating to note that, according to documents obtained by Radar Online, Katy Perry, when signing her divorce papers from Russell Brand, chose to do so with a smiley face AND a love heart, as if these very solemn papers were some kind of friendly note to a fan.
The Brands divorce will not be finalised until July 14th, under California law, and it's understood that Russell has waived all claims on Katy's pop star millions, as a gesture of gentlemanly good will. His film millions are presumably more than enough.
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Market Power, Production (Mis)Allocation and OPEC
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This paper estimates the extent to which market power is a source of production misallocation. Productive inefficiency occurs through more production being allocated to higher-cost units of production, and less production to lower-cost production units, conditional on a fixed aggregate quantity. We rely on rich micro-data covering the global market for crude oil, from 1970 to 2014, to quantify the extent of productive misallocation attributable to market power exerted by the OPEC. We find substantial productive inefficiency attributable to market power, ranging from 14.1 percent to 21.9 percent of the total productive inefficiency, or 105 to 163 billion USD.
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Not every artist reaches the vault of heaven of art. Talking about music, it happens quite often that we straggle to explain what we have listened to. A language, which we can not translate simultaneously and it is hard to express with words, because we comprehend it only through the emotion. The Czech music ensemble "Czech Collegium" is a proof for this experience, but succeeds in emotional transforming the elusive elements of the music of the great American composer George Gershwin. By means of the definition "the best of " Gershwin the audience is allowed to follow the thin red thread in the course of the evolution in the artist's music and reaches the heaven of the great and unforgettable music.
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Prison Break has released a number of new clips and features for its revival on Fox.
Picking up seven years after the original series ended, the new, nine-episode Prison Break season (premiering Tuesday, April 4 at 9/8c) quickly suggests that Michael (played by Wentworth Miller) is in fact alive, having somehow survived the events of the Season 4 finale (as well as, you know, his brain tumor).
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Melissa McBride Talks Carol to Variety; Norman Reedus Visits Stephen Colbert
This week, Melissa McBride discusses Carol with Variety, while Norman Reedus visits Stephen Colbert. Plus, Danai Gurira talks similarities between The Walking Dead and her play Eclipsed. Read on for more:
• Melissa McBride tells Variety that Carol "has evolved to where she is because of all the experiences the writers have given her. I've grown with her."
• According to Complex, Norman Reedus shares with Stephen Colbert the directive he received for one of his favorite kills: "I want you to jump off this one and come down like Michael Jordan."
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• Broadway.com talks to Danai Gurira, who says, "A great story is a great story, and you can find it in Ibsen and Shaw and Chekhov—Familiar was my Chekhovian version of my own people—and you can find it in a zombie apocalypse."
• Vogue interviews Danai Gurira, who compares The Walking Dead and her play, Eclipsed, saying, "Andy Lincoln said it after he came (to the show) and I feel the same way: there are some deep parallels between the two worlds."
• Variety chats with Norman Reedus, who explains that viewers are "excited for 7 to reveal the answers to 6. So I will say it's well worth the wait. You know what I mean? I know what happens, and we shot it, and it's well worth the wait. Trust me."
• Asked about the Season 6 cliffhanger, Danai Gurira confesses to E! Online, "Yeah I know. I know what's happening. I'll tell you this much—I know something. I know a little bit more than you."
• Talking about Season 7 with Deadline, Norman Reedus teases, "It's a brand new world right now, man. We have big bad guy and that opens up our world quite a bit and changes everything. I mean, you see a shift of power completely on our show."
• Norman Reedus tells IGN, "It's well worth the wait, that cliffhanger, I will say that. This season that we're doing now is going to answer every question, and it's well worth the wait — well worth the wait."
• Entertainment Weekly visits Greg Nicotero's boot camp for walkers at Universal Studios Hollywood's upcoming The Walking Dead attraction, where "these walkers will be in character for hours at a time, ready to deliver scares at any given moment."
• Greg Nicotero tells IGN, "The main thing about Season 7 is establishing that the world isn't what everybody thinks it is, the world out there."
• Entertainment Weekly reports that Norman Reedus, Chandler Riggs, Michael Cudlitz, Tom Payne, Michael Traynor and Greg Nicotero will set sail on the Walker Stalker Cruise in February 2017.
• ComicBook.com looks back at Season 1, which "set the tone for this dark, desolate series as Rick rode his horse into Atlanta to discover just how far gone the world he used to know was."
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