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Q: What is Group Policy and how does it work?
This is a Canonical Question about Active Directory Group Policy Basics

What is Group Policy?  How does it work and why should I use it?
Note: This is a Question & Answer to new administrator that might not be familiar with how it functions and how powerful it is.

A: Came here looking for a simple Powershell script that you can add to Scheduled Tasks to backup your GPOs?  Don't have AGPM from the MDOP pack?
Here you go.
First one does a rotating daily backup for the day of the week.  You'll need to create the folder path ahead of time for each folder (Sunday/Monday/etc.)  I didn't use New-Item since I figured why deal with a Test-Item and New-Item each time when these are really static folders after day 1.  You'll need the AD Powershell Modules available on the server you run it on.
# GPOBackupScriptDayOfWeek.PS1
# This script Backup all GPOs and save it to a folder based on the day of the week
# It runs as an automated task on SERVER and we keep a one week rotation on disk

Import-Module grouppolicy
$date = get-date
$dayofweek = $date.DayofWeek
#Remove current backup from the folder (to alleviate space issues down the road since it won't overwrite each time)
Remove-Item \\SERVER\GPO_Backup\$dayofweek\* -Recurse -Force
#Backup current GPOs to the folder
Backup-Gpo -All -Path \\SERVER\GPO_Backup\$dayofweek

Same thing here, but this time it's for a Monthly.  Again, create the folders ahead of time as January, February, etc.
# GPOBackupScript.PS1
# This script Backup all GPOs and save it to a folder each month on the first of the month
# It runs as an automated task on SERVER and we keep a one year rotation

Import-Module grouppolicy
$month = get-date -Format MMMM
#Remove current backup from the folder (to alleviate space issues down the road since it won't overwrite each time)
Remove-Item \\SERVER\GPO_Backup\$month\* -Recurse -Force
#Backup current GPOs to the folder
Backup-Gpo -All -Path \\SERVER\GPO_Backup\$month

A: What is Group Policy?
Group Policy is a tool that is available to administrators that are running a Windows 2000 or later Active Directory Domain. It allows for centralized management of settings on client computers and servers joined to the domain as well as providing a rudimentary way to distribute software.
Settings are grouped into objects called Group Policy Objects (GPOs). GPOs are linked to an Active Directory organizational unit (OU) and can be applied to users and computers. GPOs cannot be applied to groups directly, though you can use security filtering or item-level targeting to filter policy application based on group membership.
That's cool, what can it do?
Anything.
Seriously, you can do anything that you want to users or computers in your domain. There are hundreds of pre-defined settings for things like folder redirection, password complexity, power settings, drive mappings, drive encryption, Windows Update, and so on. Anything that you can't configure via a pre-defined setting you can control via scripting. Batch and VBScript scripts are supported on all supported clients and PowerShell scripts can be run on Windows 7 hosts.

Professional tip: You can actually run PowerShell startup scripts on Windows XP and Windows Vista hosts as well as long as they have PowerShell 2.0 installed. You can make a batch file that calls the script with this syntax:

powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
powershell \\\\server\share\script.ps1
powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted

The first line allows unsigned scripts from remote shares to be run on that host and the second line calls the script from the batch file. The third line sets sets the policy back to restricted (the default) for maximum security.

How are Group Policy Objects applied?
GPOs are applied in a predictable order. Local policies are applied first. There are policies set on the local machine via gpedit.msc. Site policies are applied second. Domain policies are applied third, and OU policies are applied fourth. If an object is nested inside of multiple OUs, then the GPOs are applied at the OUs closest to the root first.
Keep in mind that if there is a conflict, the last GPO applied "wins." This means, for example, that the policy linked at the OU that a computer resides in will win if there is a conflict between a setting in that GPO and one linked in a parent OU.
Logon and Startup Scripts seem cool, how do those work?
A logon or startup script can live on any network share as long as the Domain Users and Domain Computers groups have read access to the share that they are on. Traditionally, they reside in \\domain.tld\sysvol, but that's not a requirement.
Startup scripts are run when the computer starts up. They are run as the SYSTEM account on the local machine. This means that they access network resources as the computer's account. For example, if you wanted a startup script to have access to a network resource on a share that has the UNC of \\server01\share1 and the computer's name was WORKSTATION01 you would need to make sure that WORKSTATION01$ had access to that share. Since this script is run as system, it can do stuff like install software, modify privileged sections of the registry, and modify most files on the local machine.
Logon scripts are run in the security context of the locally logged on user. Hopefully your users aren't administrators, so that means that you won't be able to use these to install software or modify protected registry settings.
Logon and startup scripts were a cornerstone of Windows 2003 and earlier domains, but their usefulness has been diminished in later releases of Windows Server. Group Policy Preferences gives administrators a much better way to handle drive and printer mappings, shortcuts, files, registry entries, local group membership and many other things that could only be done in a startup or logon script. If you're thinking that you might need to use a script for a simple task, there's probably a Group Policy or preference for it instead. Nowadays on domains with Windows 7 (or later) clients, only complex tasks require startup or logon scripts.
I found a cool GPO, but it applies to users, I want it to apply to computers!
Yeah, I know. I've been there. This is especially prevalent in academic lab or other shared computer scenarios where you want some of the user policies for printers or similar resources to be based on the computer, not the user. Guess what, you're in luck! You want to enable the GPO setting for Group Policy Loopback Mode.
You're welcome.
You said I can use this to install software, right?
Yep, you can. There are some caveats, though. The software must be in MSI format, and any modifications to it must be in an MST file. You can make an MST with software like ORCA or any other MSI editor. If you don't make a transform, your end result will be the same as running msiexec /i <path to software> /q
The software is also only installed at startup, so it's not a very fast way of distributing software, but it's free. In a low-budget lab environment, I've made a scheduled task (via GPO) that will reboot every lab computer at midnight with a random 30 minute offset. This will ensure that software is, at a maximum, one day out of date in those labs. Still, software like SCCM, LANDesk, Altaris, or anything else that can "push" software on an on-demand basis is preferable.
How often is it applied?
Clients refresh their Group Policy Objects every 90 minutes with a 30 minute randomization. That means that, by default, there can be up to a 120 minute wait. Also, some settings, like drive mappings, folder redirection, and file preferences, are only applied on startup or logon. Group Policy is meant for long-term planned management, not for instant quick-fix situations.
Domain Controllers refresh their policy every five minutes.

A: A quick note on Group Policy Preferences: If you want to use these settings but have Windows XP SP2 or Windows XP SP3 workstations, these will first need to install Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions for Windows XP (KB943729).
Computers Container vs Computers OU
There is a default Computers container under the domain root in Active Directory (AD), that is often mistaken for an Active Directory organizational unit (OU). This is actually a Container, and is NOT an OU. Since this is not actually an OU, group policies do not apply to objects within this container. The exceptions to this rule are group policies applied at the domain level. These will be the only policies applied to objects in the Computers container.
By default, computer objects joined to the domain, that are not pre-staged, go to the Computers container.
So if you are wondering why your policy isn't applying, check to make sure the object in question, is in the correct location in AD.
Backing up GPOs
You can back GPOs up using the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC).

*

*Open Group Policy Management and double-click Group Policy Objects in the forest and domain containing the Group Policy object (GPO) that you want to back up.

*To backup a single GPO, right-click the GPO, and then click Back Up. To backup all GPOs in the domain, right-click Group Policy Objects and click Back Up All.

*In the Backup Group Policy Object dialog box, in the Location box,
enter the path to the location at which you want to store the GPO
backup(s), or click Browse, locate the folder in which you want to
store the GPO backup(s), and then click OK.

*In the Description box, type a description for the GPO(s) that you
want to back up, and then click Backup. If you are backing up
multiple GPOs, the description will apply to all GPOs you back up.

*After the operation completes, click OK.

The great thing about backing up Group Policies, is that it has built-in version control.  Meaning, you can use this procedure multiple times and it will keep track of the changes between policies. You can then restore to a specific version of a policy.
You could even set up a scheduled task to run a PowerShell script that uses the Backup-GPO command to automate backups.
You would still want to backup (using a conventional backup method) the folder you are backing up the GPOs to.


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Coming Out for Marriage Equality in Japan
Posted by Zac Maybury -1sc on November 28, 2013
As we commemorate the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Harvey Milk, our recent trip to Japan to speak about marriage equality made clear how Harvey's call to come out is just as important as ever.
Significantly fewer LGBT Japanese have come out than their American counterparts, and LGBT Japanese are a much less visible part of society and the media than in the U.S. The Japanese people we met gave us insight into how coming out in Japan is similar to, and different from, America.
One Japanese activist told us that he came out to his parents in high school after his first date with a boy, because he did not want to keep a secret within himself and wanted his parents to know him as he really was. His parents were very accepting. But another activist described how 20 years ago, his father and brother beat him when he came out and threw him out of the house. He found his way to the office of a Tokyo LGBT activist organization that let him sleep on their floor until he could get on his feet. He has now worked for that organization for over 10 years and is a leading advocate for people with HIV/AIDS in Japan.
We met a bisexual student who wants to design LGBT manga cartoons to support the movement, but was afraid to come out to her father. We encouraged her to come out if it was safe, so that she could lead a life that was true to who she was and contribute her creativity and talent to help others.
Coming out appears to be particularly difficult for many Japanese LGBT people because of the importance of social conformity in Japan. Many college students told us that they had known perhaps only one openly LGBT person in their entire lives. We were the first openly LGBT people some had ever met. Activists told us that the pressure for conformity can lead to greater internalized homophobia, and that coming out can lead to significant social isolation and loneliness.
However, our speaking about Harvey Milk's call to come out – both for one's personal well being and for the benefit of the movement – seemed to resonate everywhere we went. Activists believed that more Japanese LGBT people coming out was critical to advancing legal, social, and political change, including marriage equality.
After hearing our marriage and coming-out stories, one student decided it was time for him to come out, too — but not as LGBT (he was straight) but as a Japanese person of Korean ethnicity, a group that faces significant discrimination. When he came out as Korean-Japanese and told his personal story of exclusion and discrimination, he received enormous support from his classmates. In so doing, we hope he made his own life better and, at the same time, took an important step to help the movement for human dignity and equality for all – an act with which we believe Harvey would have been very pleased.
By MEUSA National Media Director Stuart Gaffney and MEUSA Director of Legal & Policy John Lewis
This article originally appeared in SF Bay Times, November 28, 2013: http://sfbaytimes.com/coming-out-for-marriage-equality-in-japan/
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Houston Hoedown for week of 6/19
Recapping Houston local soccer action for 6/19-6/26
By Justin Finger@justinfinger Jun 30, 2017, 1:30pm CDT
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Houston Derby
Justin Finger
It was a week full of Houston area rivalries for local soccer. Emotions were a little high in the Houston Derby and the Bravos Valley Cavalry took three points from Houston F.C. yet again. This weeks focus is on the Houston Derby between the Houston Regals SCA and the Houston Dutch Lions F.C.
(4th Tier of US Soccer Pyramid)
Thursday was leg 2 of the Houston Derby between the Houston Regals SCA and the Houston Dutch Lions F.C. of the NPSL. The match played out as a good rivalry should. Most of the first half was all Dutch Lions with plenty of great chances that just couldn't find the back of the net. The Lions did get on the board first when Carlos Acevedo scored his 4th of the year in the 36'. After that goal it was more of the same as the Lions created many chances but just could not break through. The score was 1-0 Lions at the half.
As the second half started the match seemed to take a turn in the Houston Regals favor. The Regals came out firing off the counter creating chances that they didn't have in the opening half. They were finally able to equalize when Simon Okologo scored in the 67' to bring the score equal at 1. Things started to look bad for the Lions when Oumar Fofana drew a yellow in the box giving the Regals a PK in the 82'. Marvin Sanchez converted the PK to bring the score 2-1 in the Regals favor. The Lions managed to bring it level again in the 89' when Jose Pablo Covarrubias scored to make it 2-2. That is when the heat started to rise on both side. The Regals drew a red after Noe Garcia received his second yellow of the match in the 90'. At this point the Lions were looking to leave with three points after going a man up. With 4' of extra time added and being a man up over the Regals, the Lions just couldn't find the net after finding the crossbar a number of times. When the whistle blew the sides played out to a 2-2 draw.
Match stats for Houston Derby:
http://npsl.bonzidev.com/sam/standings/ss/view_game_report.php?eventId=4035593&teamId=3432900
Post Match Interview with Marco Pruis (Manager for the Houston Dutch Lions F.C.)
Post Match Interview with Daniel Porlan (Manager for Houston Regals SCA)
Houston Dutch Lions F.C.
After coming off the 2-2 against the Houston Regals the Lions for a first place battle against Midland-Odessa F.C. Saturday night at Grand Communications Stadium in Midland. Midland-Odessa jumped on the board first as Darius Strambler scored in the 30'. It didn't take long for the Lions to come back and equalize when Jerry Scholman scored in the 34'. Some time went by before the teams found the net again. That all changed coming out of the half. The Lions went on to score three straight goals in the 52' (Archie Massen), 56' (Jesus Cortes), and the 71' (Jesus Cortes). This put the Lions up 4-1. Midland-Odessa did manage to get within one goal scoring in the 76' and again in the 87' but it wasn't enough. The Lions walk away with 3 points on the road as well as 1st place in the standings. After the win the Lions now sit in 1st place in the Lone Star Conference Division with a record of 5-1-2 and 17 points.
Match Stats for Midland-Odessa F.C. vs. Houston Dutch Lions F.C.:
Next Match:
2017 NPSL Regular Season
Saturday, July 1, 2017 @ 7:00PM
Houston Dutch Lions F.C. vs. Shreveport Rafters F.C.
Dutch Lions F.C. Soccer Facility, Conroe, TX
Houston Regals SCA
After grabbing a much needed draw against the Regals' cross town rivials, they headed north to Shreveport to take on the Rafters Saturday night. It was not a good night for the Houston side. It started when in the 33' Regals' Chibuzor Nnalue recieved his second yellow card of the match and was send off. The Rafters jumped on the chance and went up 1-0 in the 40'. The Regals did manage to get one back when Marvin Sanchez scored in the 58'. That was the only bright spot for the club. They ended up going another man down in the 79' after a red card was shown to Sanchez. This final was 3-1 in favor of the Rafters. After the loss the Regals sit 4th in the Lone Star Conference Division with a record of 5-1-2 and 17 points. 2-4-2 and 8 points.
Match stats for Shreveport Rafters F.C. vs. Houston Regals SCA:
Houston Regals SCA vs. Fort Worth Vaqueros
Kipp High School, Houston, TX
USL PDL
(Houston Dynamo Affiliate)
It was a strong week for the Cavalry which saw them grabbing 4 points in another double match week. BV Cavalry took on the other Houston side Houston F.C. this past Thursday at home. It was all Cavalry winning 4-0 over Houston. Helping the club win was the hat trick heroics of Elochukwu Ozumba. He now has 6 on the season.
Match stats for Brazos Valley Cavalry F.C. vs. Houston F.C.:
http://www.uslpdl.com/game/show/16863160?subseason=376352&referrer=3155357
After earning 3 points versus Houston F.C. the club took to the pitch pinned up against Texas United Saturday night. It was a tough one as the Cavalry went up 3-2 before United scored in the 88' to take away the win and make it a 3-3 draw. Ozumba scored yet again to give him 6 on the year. After this match the Cavalry sit 3rd in the Mid South Division with a record of 5-4-1 and 16 points.
Match stats for Brazos Valley Cavalry F.C. vs Texas United
2017 USL PDL Regular Season
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 @ 7:00PM
Brazos Valley Cavalry F.C. vs. F.C. Ceburne
Nutrabolt Stadium, Bryan, TX
Houston F.C. vs. Brazos Valley Cavalry F.C.
Rice University Soccer Stadium, Houston, TX
Houston F.C.
It was another tough week for Houston F.C.. After the lost against Brazos Valley (see above for match story) Houston went on the road to take on Mississippi Brilla F.C. Although the club wanted to come home with three points, they did come home with a road point. After this stretch of matches Houston currently sit 5th on the Mid South Division with a record of 2-7-1 and 7 points.
Match stats for Mississippi Brilla F.C. vs. Houston F.C.:
UWS
(2nd Tier of US Soccer Women's pyramid)
Houston Aces
2017 UWS Regular Season
Saturday, July 1 2017 @ 7:30PM
Real Salt Lake Women vs. Houston Aces
Houston Sports Park, Houston, TX
WPSL
Texas Titans (0) vs. Lonestar S.C. (3)
F.C. Austin Elite (1) vs. Texas Titans (2)
Texas Titans (2) vs. Shreveport Lady Rafters (0)
The Texas Titans finish out their 2017 WPSL campaign with a record of 5-7-0 and 15 points.
Houston South Select
Houston South Select (0) vs. San Antonio Athenians S.C. (5)
The Houston South Select currently sit 6th in Southwest-South with a record of 1-7-1 and 4 points.
2017 WPSL Regular Season
TTi Bluebonnets vs. Houston South Select
San Jacinto College South, Houston, TX
Lonestar S.C. vs. Houston South Select
Round Rock Multipurpose Complex, Round Rock, TX
Sunday, July 2, 2017 @ 1:00PM
F.C. Austin Elite vs. Houston South Select
Elite Field, Austin, TX
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Chapter 942 Mine!
Chapter 943 Tech Envy
Chapter 944 Extending Trus
The Mech Touch Chapter 943 Tech Envy
Major Verle's question came out of the blue.
What did guilt have to do with Ves?
"I don't understand what you mean." Ves replied while squirming in his seat. "What's this question about, sir?"
His default dark green mech designer uniform made him feel awfully exposed and vulnerable. He badly wanted to get back to wearing the Squalon.
"The psychoanalysis programs analyzing your expressions state that you are shouldering a considerable burden of guilt. Therefore I'm asking you whether you feel guilty."
"I don't." Ves answered simply.
"Truly?"
Ves shrugged. "I have some regrets. I regret not finding a way to save the ground forces. I regret not being able to help the mission more. I regret…"
He regretted having to kill Venerable Karol Xie in the eve of battle. Though it seemed unlikely that Xie could have turned the tides against Venerable Relia Foster and her ridiculously extravagant Belisarius mech, perhaps Xie might have still been able to mitigate the losses somehow.
Though Ves hadn't pulled the trigger that put a laser beam through the expert pilot's head, it was through his insistence that made Calabast arrange for the expert pilot's death.
He had blood on his hands. The blood of an expert pilot.
"Hahaha!" Ves burst out an unhinged laugh without any regard for his audience.
In the end, no matter what kind of excuses he came up with, he was guilty of the same crime that led the Skull Architect to flee to the frontier!
If the MTA ever learned what Ves did, they'd probably put a bounty on his head as well!
"Got it out of your system yet?" Major Verle asked.
"Ahem. Yeah. Thank you for your patience sir. A lot of awful events happened on the surface. There was no time to stop and take the time for me to go through my experiences."
"There is help for you when you need it Mr. Larkinson. Many mech pilots haven't gone through the trauma you must have undergone."
"No thanks, sir." Ves brushed off the major's concerns. "I'd rather just return to work, if I'm allowed to. Working with mechs is the best therapy for a mech designer."
"You'll have to go through a more thorough debriefing as well as another checkup and observation period, but you are more than welcome to resume your post as head designer. Mr. Mercator who has been filling your seat in your absence has proven… less than capable."
Ves smirked. "I can imagine. It takes a lot more than conceit to fill in such a big pair of shoes."
Due to all the monitoring, Major Verle didn't take too long before he left. After his departure, the Vandals resumed their observation on him. Several days went by as Ves went through a more thorough medical checkup as well as going through various competence tests.
His performance during most of these tests exposed how much all of his cognitive enhancements turned him into a freak in this regard!
In fact, his record already included his abnormal cognitive functions, but all the experiences he went through matured him quite a bit since the start of his draft. All the treatments and operations he received on the Starlight Megalodon also comprehensively boosted all of his cognitive abilities by a small notch.
All of this resulted in complete puzzlement on the part of the doctors and specialists administering the tests. Ves performed so far out of bounds in many physical and mental aspects that they simply couldn't judge whether there was anything wrong with his health or mental state.
In the end, they metaphorically threw their hands up and took Ves at his word that he felt fine.
Doctor Cuscar blew out a tired breath as he held a data pad that contained the results of a thorough brain scan. "Compared to an average baseline human's brains, yours is so far out of the norm that you could be mistaken for an alien species."
"Any problems, doc?"
"Hell, what do I know? I think someone who specializes in studying alien biology can tell you more about yourself than a simple doctor like me! You'll have to undergo a more thorough examination at a military hospital if you want to have any hopes of deciphering the impact of all your transformations on your health."
"No thanks. I trust in the CFA's work. There's nothing wrong with me, really."
Though Dr. Cuscar seemed skeptical about the quality of medical treatment a crashed battleship could provide, Ves just wanted to get this all over with. There was no way the Bright Republic's standards on medical technology could ever fathom the work of top-tier trans-galactic organizations such as the CFA and the Five Scrolls Compact.
After his examinations finally ended, he finally received his gear again, having been cleared to make use of most of his gear including his CFA comm, though such a decision was strictly against regulations.
According to Chief Armorer Mandelsen who passed Ves back his gear, Major Verle himself overruled the rules concerning the use of foreign devices and technology.
"We've been going from one crisis to another." Mandelsen remarked as she signed off on all the gear being returned to Ves. "We're still gathering a slew of surviving ships and trying to find the best way to jump out of this forsaken star system. There's pirates, Vesians and above all else the sandmen lurking in every corner. If worse comes to worst, you'll be better off in your fancy CFA suit than the crappy goods us space peasants use."
Ves raised his eyebrows at her cynical words. "Oh, come now, chief. I'm still a Brighter, just like you. You should call yourselves space peasants."
"Isn't that what the folks from the CFA call everyone else who isn't a part of the Big Two and the first-rate superstates? In the eyes of the people at the top, most of human space only exists to mine exotics for them and occupy space that they disdain to take for themselves."
This wasn't the first time Ves received this response. For some reason, when people found out that he underwent several CFA gene optimization treatments and received his own customized set of CFA equipment, they somehow believed that he transcended his origins and joined the CFA for real.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The real CFA would never acknowledge his highly unconventional and outright fraudulent means of fooling the Starlight Megalodon to commission him as a lieutenant commander of the service.
Ves would rather they didn't find out entirely.
After he retrieved his Squalon and immediately fitted into it, he finally marched to Major Verle's stateroom and entered it. To Ves, it almost felt like old times.
"Take a seat, Mr. Larkinson."
"Am I allowed to activate my signal jammer here?"
"Go ahead."
Once he did so, the entire compartment became engulfed in a strong interference field. Compared to his self-developed signal jammer, the one he received from Virtual Chief Armorer Levitt not only blocked more esoteric means of observation, it also possessed a much higher strength, so much so that Major Verle looked a lot more uncomfortable due to the unstable waves passing through his body.
"So this is CFA tech."
"Yup." Ves nodded. "This little gadget only scratches the surface of what wonders the Starlight Megalodon truly held, sir. She's truly a treasure chest of wonders."
"Now that we're amongst ourselves, please relate to me the details that you were hesitant about telling me in the interrogation room."
"At least I can get some things off my chest."
In the next couple of hours, Ves related more stories and details on some of the more unsavory events during their trek to the surface. He mentioned the unethical experiments, Project Icarus and the deliberate transformation of life on Aeon Corona VII and briefly touched on his partnership with Miss Calabast.
Ves held back on that latter topic. Luckily, Major Verle seemed much more taken by one of the other revelations to care about his temporary cooperation with a third party that came out of the blue.
"Is Project Icarus truly this ambitious? I have never heard of a means where mech pilots can be artificially elevated to expert candidates. Do you know how much the galaxy will shake once news of this get out?"
"I think it's a lot harder to replicate this process than you think, sir." Ves shrugged. "The conditions that made it possible for Captain Orfan and Lieutenant Dise to be turned into expert candidates should be almost impossible to replicate without so many prerequisites. Somehow, the higher-dimensional particles and energy leaking from the Starlight Megalodon is necessary to foster a unique ecosystem that can support the growth of the god species, who themselves have many unfathomable aspects."
"So only the big boys can make use of this development?"
"I'm not sure if that's even possible, sir. Right now, the laboratory and mainframe holding all of the files on Project Icarus has self-destructed due to the triggering of a trap and perhaps the sandmen will scour the entire planet of life. If the CFA ever comes, there won't be much left for them to reconstruct the conditions that made Project Icarus succeed."
If the Bright Republic ever held the means to foster expert candidates, then they would certainly have to relinquish the method to the Big Two. Major Verle wasn't truly serious about pining after Project Icarus' research data.
Still, the thought that something like this went on underneath everyone's noses in the deep frontier still astounded him. It made Major Verle question what other profound innovations the Big Two kept under wraps.
"Much of the wealth and technology in the hands of the CFA is out of reach to the Bright Republic. There's no point in envying their power." Ves responded.
They had a word for this phenomenon. Tech envy. Much of the galaxy lived in inferior conditions compared to what the citizens of the first-rate superstates and the people privileged to be part of the Big Two all took for granted.
The galactic center was where all the magic happened. The extreme density stars and all the energetic reactions and collisions that took place there constantly generated an abundance of remarkable exotics and anomalies that could easily be leveraged to produce wondrous applications of high technology.
Yet there were far too many hindrances involved with spreading the wealth. The less well-off galactic heartland and the deplorably underdeveloped galactic rim could only stare with envy as the so-called 'first-class citizens' of the galaxy kept the best for themselves and only threw some scraps to the beggars outside their porch as charity.
"You're right." Major Verle smiled deprecatingly at himself. "Chasing after the greater wonders of the Starlight Megalodon has always been a bit of a stretch for us. We should be glad that we obtained a lockbox from one of the battleship's vaults."
The confidential discussion proceeded to move on to other areas. Even though Ves tried hard not to draw attention to his interactions with Calabast, Major Verle wasn't so easily fooled.
"Now, I've already heard from Captain Orfan that the only reason you managed to gain entry to the Starlight Megalodon with the help of an alleged intelligence agent you encountered once before on Harkensen I, is that correct?"
"Yes, sir. At least this time she didn't make herself out to be a Vesian intelligence officer. I think. She's certainly not on the side of the Vesians, that's for sure."
Major Verle grimaced at Ves. "It's obvious you're reluctant to explain your dealings with her to me. As someone who has a foot in the dark, I know very well how murky it can be to deal with these types of people. Nothing ever good comes out of collaborating with foreign intelligence agents."
No matter how much the major poked and prodded him, Ves kept his mouth shut regarding Miss Calabast. "I'm sorry sir, but I really don't want to talk about her. Could you leave this portion out of your report?"
"I'll consider it. In truth, there are many aspects about the mission that the Bright Republic rather not wish to follow up on. Technically, we did steal CFA property though. Even though they'll probably dismiss us as beggars digging for their trash, it's better if we don't attract their attention at all by leaving behind a detailed record. Besides, we have other concerns to deal with at the moment."
Ves voiced a nagging concern of his. "If I may ask, why haven't we jumped out of the Aeon Corona System yet?"
He would notice something as obvious as an FTL transition. Yet over the course of his checkups and interrogation, he never felt the discomfiting sensation of FTL travel even once.


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As authorities hunted for the Austin serial bomber, people phoned in hundreds of tips. A reward of $115,000 was posted. Police pled with the bomber through television.
But the case was solved by hundreds of federal and local authorities working tirelessly. They pieced together the bombs that were used, discovered that the batteries had been ordered online, and determined that a single person was responsible.
They were also able to use cell tower signals to distinguish mobile phones near the blast sites. They canvassed neighborhoods where the bombs were delivered and sifted through hundreds of reports of suspicious packages. Examining surveillance footage at FedEx centers, they identified the suspect.
These unnamed law enforcement professionals are heroes today to everyone in Austin and the rest of us as well.
In related news, Blaine Gaskill is being recognized for his courage in stopping the shooter at Great Mills High School in Maryland last Tuesday. The police deputy rushed toward the sound of gunfire, risking his life to disrupt what could have been another mass shooting.
This was not the first time the SWAT-trained officer has dealt with armed confrontation. In 2016, he engaged an armed man standing not far from the high school, convincing the man to drop his weapon without firing a shot.
Meanwhile, the underdog Loyola men's basketball team defeated Nevada last night in the NCAA men's tournament. Loyola has been making headlines largely because of their team chaplain, a delightful ninety-eight-year-old nun named Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt.
But they made headlines fifty-five years ago for a very different reason.
Sportswriter Pat Forde has a terrific story about the 1963 national championship team that included four African-American starters. The unwritten rule of the time was that teams would not start more than two black players.
The African-Americans on Loyola's team were the targets of slurs; white fans threw ice and coins at them; a restaurant in St. Louis denied them service.
One player told Forde, "When racism is being thrown in your face, it takes its toll on you." The athletes who endured such injustice courageously paved the way for others.
Nearly six decades later, they're still heroes.
Joseph Campbell believed that "a hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." It's hard to be heroic except in the service of a heroic cause.
Where do we find the strength to serve a great cause with great courage?
I found an unusual metaphor in Scripture today. In Psalm 81, God tells his people, "I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it" (v. 10).
To obey this command, I must make four decisions: (1) I admit that I am hungry and need to be fed; (2) I will refuse all food except that which comes from God; (3) I will receive what he gives me by faith; (4) I will seek all he has for me.
What cause does God intend your life to fulfill? Whom does he intend you to serve today?
A dear friend suggested this week that I read the fascinating story of Edward Mote.
Mote grew up in London, where his parents managed a pub and he played in the streets on Sundays. Nevertheless, he came to faith in Christ, then worked as a cabinetmaker for thirty-seven years. At the age of fifty-five, he became a pastor.


Requests to an origin group work similarly to requests for an origin that is not set up as an origin group, except when there is a cache miss which results in origin failover. As with any other origin, when CloudFront receives a request and the content is already cached in an edge location, the content is served to viewers from the cache. When you've set up origin failover and there's a cache miss, viewer requests are forwarded to the primary origin in the origin group.
The request and response behavior for the primary origin is the same as it is for an origin that isn't included in an origin group. For more information, see Request and Response Behavior for Amazon S3 Origins and Request and Response Behavior for Custom Origins.
HTTP 2xx status code (success): CloudFront caches the file and returns it to the viewer.
HTTP 3xx status code (redirection): CloudFront returns the status code to the viewer.
HTTP 4xx or 5xx status code (client/server error): If the returned status code has been configured for failover, CloudFront switches to the second origin in the origin group and requests the file.
HTTP 4xx or 5xx status code (client/server error): If the returned status code has not been configured for failover, CloudFront returns the error to the viewer.
When CloudFront requests the file from the second origin, the response behavior is the same as for a CloudFront origin that has not been set up in an origin group.
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Q: Is there a way to disable a command-emitting button in a view panel and grey it out if a condition is not met? I'm writing a VS Code extension, and have a custom view which contains a tree view which shows a list of projects.

I'd like to make it so that the triangle button is greyed out if the list of projects is empty.
I feel like this should be possible, since there are plenty of instances of this behavior in the Explorer and Search views, but there seems to be nothing in the extension API that allows me to implement it in my own extension.
I found the Action class in VS Code's source code that has the enabled flag, which seems to be something close to what I need. I can't however find anything relevant in the extension API in vscode.d.ts, or any means of accessing these classes that appear in VS Code's source.
Is it possible to do?

A: You can use the enablement property in package.json when defining your command:
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You would then need to dynamically update the hasLgtmProjects context key from your extension using the setContext command.

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Out of curiosity, have you ever asked the question why teeth get dark? Or have you even pondered on the possible answers to this simple query?
Good dental hygiene is very important in the world today. Many people get and keep jobs because of a great smile. These include receptionists, sales personnel, and other jobs that involve interaction with people. A great smile can be a very effective instrument in the art of persuasion. Haven't you ever wondered why dentists and toothpaste companies make so much money? People like to take care of their teeth. People like to have teeth that are white. If you are one of these people and would like to find information regarding San Antonio teeth whitening, then you might need a little help.


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Q: Identity Server 3: Method not found: 'System.String System.String.Format(System.IFormatProvider, System.String, System.Object)' This is my 3rd IdentityServer install and I've never come across this. The application worked fine in our Development environment which is Server 2012 R2 and has .NET 4.6 installed.
The PROD server is Server 2012 R2 and only .NET 4.5.2 installed. Installing 4.6 is not an option, wish it was. The server is pretty well locked down.
Here's the stack trace, I've tried digging through the code but I hit a dead end at Core\Configuration\Hosting\WebApiConfig.cs:38. I've forced the target framework to 4.5.1 just to see if it made a difference.
I've been testing it by going to .well-known/openid-configuration.

[MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'System.String
  System.String.Format(System.IFormatProvider, System.String,
  System.Object)'.]
  System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue.CheckMediaTypeFormat(String
  mediaType, String parameterName) +0
  System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeHeaderValue..ctor(String mediaType)
  +33    System.Net.Http.Formatting.MediaTypeConstants..cctor() +45
[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for
  'System.Net.Http.Formatting.MediaTypeConstants' threw an exception.]
  System.Net.Http.Formatting.JsonMediaTypeFormatter..ctor() +99
  System.Net.Http.Formatting.MediaTypeFormatterCollection.CreateDefaultFormatters()
  +49    System.Web.Http.HttpConfiguration..ctor(HttpRouteCollection routes) +255
  IdentityServer3.Core.Configuration.Hosting.WebApiConfig.Configure(IdentityServerOptions
  options, ILifetimeScope container) in
  Core\Configuration\Hosting\WebApiConfig.cs:38
  Owin.UseIdentityServerExtension.UseIdentityServer(IAppBuilder app,
  IdentityServerOptions options) in Core\Configuration\AppBuilderExtensions\UseIdentityServerExtension.cs:109
  Owin.MapExtensions.Map(IAppBuilder app, PathString pathMatch, Action 1
  configuration) +240    Owin.MapExtensions.Map(IAppBuilder app, String
  pathMatch, Action`1 configuration) +181
  WEC.WebApp.IdSrv.Startup.Configuration(IAppBuilder app) in
  C:\Projects\WEC.WebApp.Authentication\DEV\WEC.IdentityServer\WEC.WebApp.IdSrv\Startup.cs:44
[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of
  an invocation.]    System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object
  target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor) +0
  System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.UnsafeInvokeInternal(Object obj,
  Object[] parameters, Object[] arguments) +76
  System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags
  invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
  +211    System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke(Object obj, Object[] parameters) +35
  Owin.Loader.<>c__DisplayClass1.b__0(IAppBuilder
  builder) +341
  Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.OwinAppContext.Initialize(Action 1
  startup) +1043
  Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.OwinHttpModule.InitializeBlueprint()
  +119    System.Threading.LazyInitializer.EnsureInitializedCore(T& target, Boolean& initialized, Object& syncLock, Func`1 valueFactory)
  +241    Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.OwinHttpModule.Init(HttpApplication
  context) +129
  System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr
  appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers) +571
  System.Web.HttpApplication.InitSpecial(HttpApplicationState state,
  MethodInfo[] handlers, IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +322
  System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr
  appContext, HttpContext context) +402
  System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr
  appContext) +452
[HttpException (0x80004005): Exception has been thrown by the target
  of an invocation.]
  System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +646
  System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context)
  +159    System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest
  wr, HttpContext context) +778


I was recently tasked with migrating code that was written for 2007 in a feature. The files that were originally provisioned in the feature we deployed to the root folder of the feature. The code had already been upgraded to SharePoint 2010. I needed to create a wsp using Visual Studio 2010 and package it as a feature. Out of the box when you create a new Module in VS 2010 you get a subfolder so for example you create the feature called Feature1 and a module called Mod1. The default deployment path is 14\templates\features\feature1\mod1\file.txt. What I needed was feature1\mod1\file.txt. I tried modifying all the attributes in the elements.xml file and was not able to get the files to the correct location.
Under Deployment Location expand the + and clear the Path value.
Deploy the file and it should be in the correct location.


Gini: I've given up sleep. I find I can do a lot with those extra hours. And, aside from the twitching and the occasional walk into a wall, it's not affecting me at all. NOT AT ALL!
Agent Z: I'm wildly curious about your latest venture: The Royal Scam from Musa Publishing. Give me all the juicy details. Damn, that's a serious thirst you got going on! Here - have another Gargle Blaster.
Gini: Thanks, don't mind if I do. The Royal Scam is the first book in my new series, the Martian Alliance Chronicles. In the Martian Alliance, we follow the crew of the Hummingbird as they take on the rich, famous and sleazy of the galaxy. They're also on a long-term secret mission, so it's a good thing they're the best con artists, spacers, and roughnecks in the Milky Way, because they need all their skills to pull off this particular Royal Scam.
As always, there's a lot of humor, action and some romance in this series. It's set in the far future and I really enjoy the characters. They're all a lot of fun for me to write.
Agent Z: Tell me all about your heroine. How come I've never bumped into her on my travels?
Gini: Oh, she's bumped into you, trust me. But my heroine is a shape-shifter. She can be anyone she wants to be. As a matter of fact, she could be me, right now, sitting here. You wouldn't know, because DeeDee's the best, and one of the last, shape-shifters in the galaxy.
Agent Z: You know, on the deck below us, there's a huge cage-fighting arena. If Princess Olivia and Katherine "Kitty" Katt were to go head-to-head in a live feed to the rest of the universe, who would win and what weapons would she be using?
Agent Z: If Motorhead, ZZ Top and Aerosmith comprised the soundtrack for your Alien series, what's on the soundtrack for The Royal Scam?
Gini: Steely Dan's The Royal Scam album and the soundtrack for Titan A.E. Pretty much that was what I listened to nonstop while writing this book.
For the rest of the series, I'm not sure. I'm just starting the second book, "Three Card Monte", so I don't know what else I'll be adding on. I do tend to add on new bands and songs to my series play lists as I write a new book, so something else will for sure be adding in.
Gini: I have more than three, sadly. But "The Shard Axe" by Marsheila Rockwell, "Late Eclipses" and "One Salt Sea" by Seanan McGuire are on the top of the pile because I love their writing.
I've got a ton of ebooks I want to read too, including "Celestial Seduction" by Jessica Subject, "Blue Galaxy" by Diane Dooley, "Once Upon a Time in Space" by Heather Massey, "Ironhaven" by Misa Buckley, and The Asphodel Cycle by Celina Summers. Why? All my friends, all great writers.
Most of these books came out a while ago (though "The Shard Axe" just released in September), so you can see how quickly my TBR pile is getting smaller. *snort* And then there are all the books I have already listed at Goodreads. Nope, haven't caught up with most of them yet, either.
Honestly, I could fill up the page listing all the books I have that I want to read. I'm looking forward to all of them, so at least there's that, right?
Agent Z: I've got your "Alien Proliferation" on my book pile. How many books do you have planned for this series?
Gini: Well, DAW just bought Books 7 & 8, Alien in the House and Alien Collective, for publication in April and December 2013 respectively. I have through Book 12 mapped out (as much as I map) and right now I can "see" through 16. So we'll see. Basically, as long as readers are willing to buy the books and DAW is willing to publish them, Kitty assures me that she and the rest of the gang will always have plenty going on to write about.
Agent Z: Gini, you know I love ya, right? But the thing is - Heather forgot to send me my expenses check again and I'm stony broke. I've had to auction you off to the highest bidder. Which science fiction hero are you hoping has bid a crapload of intergalactic credits for the pleasure of your delightful company?
Gini: It so figures I'm not even surprised. I have the cash to cover, but since I can be "sold" to an intergalactic hottie, I'll play along.
Hmmm, Jeff Martini's taken, as is Han Solo, as is Roy Imperius, my hero from The Martian Alliance Chronicles. Captain America's not intergalactic. I guess I'll take either the New Captain Kirk as played by Chris Pine, Thor as played by Chris Hemsworth, or Green Lantern as played by Ryan Reynolds (live action) OR Nathan Fillion (animated). Oh, who the hell am I kidding? I want Capt. Malcolm Reynolds to buy me. I'll even give him the money since he's likely too broke to afford me, especially against this competition.
Agent Z: Okay then. Before I pack you off on your trip back to Earth with Cap'n Tightpants I have a little surprise for you. On the deck above us is a small, intimate auditorium. You may have one performer singing your choice of song especially to you and for you. Name your whim, dear Gini.
Gini: Seriously, you have to ask? Good grief. And you claim to know me. Aerosmith, naturally. And let's take "Angel" 'cause what girl doesn't want that sung to her?
Agent Z: You got it, Gini. Thanks for dragging your carcass across the galaxy once again. You're a trooper! Just before we let Aerosmith sing to Gini, dear passengers of The Galaxy Express, I'd like to ask you all who you would have chosen to perform for you.


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In a recent conference call to House Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he plans to allow a vote on legislation aimed at disrupting terrorist radicalization and recruitment, and that measure is expected to include a provision to prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns. But what that piece of legislation will look like is anyone's guess at this time.
It is, however, expected to be similar to a proposal put forth a few weeks ago by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), according to Democrat leaders.
Cornyn's proposal would allow the attorney general to prevent people on terror watch lists from buying guns—but only after proving probable cause, which would need to be done before a judge within 72 hours. The bill, called a "no fly, no buy" measure, has the support of the National Rifle Association.
Democrats opposed the proposal in the Senate because, they believed, it doesn't go far enough and the standards are too high and the timeframe is too short to effectively stop potential terrorists from acquiring guns.
According to Drew Hamill, a spokesperson for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California), "House Democrats will keep up our efforts to push for the Majority to allow a vote on gun violence legislation, but bringing up a bill authored by the NRA just isn't going to cut it."
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers staged a nearly 26-hour sit-in on the House floor several days ago, staying overnight to demand action over gun control, led by Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia).
At the time, Ryan said a vote on gun measures wouldn't be happening any time soon. It appears he has backed off that statement.
If a bill does come up for a vote, it will be the first major vote in the House on gun measures following the recent push for gun control legislation in Congress.
The same cannot be said for the Senate, however.
Over the past few weeks, the Senate has voted on several different gun control provisions, including Cornyn's, all of which failed to garner enough votes to pass.
Another such failed attempt, the Democrats' initial proposal sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California), would have banned people on the government's no-fly list from purchasing a gun in the U.S.
The difference between Feinstein's proposal and Cornyn's is that Republicans want to require more proof from government officials that an individual is likely to commit terrorism.
A compromise bill, by Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), had enough bipartisan support to pass a procedural vote in the Senate but lacks the 60 votes necessary to advance. The compromise bill would prohibit people on the no-fly list and the government's selectee list, used for extra screening at airports, from purchasing guns. However, U.S. citizens and green-card holders would be able to appeal if they're blocked from buying a firearm, and if successful, to be awarded attorney's fees. It also contains a look-back provision so that if anyone has appeared in the government's broad terrorism database over the last five years, the FBI would be immediately notified if they attempt to buy a gun.
According to Sen. Collins, there are approximately 109,000 persons on these watch lists.
The other two measures that failed in the Senate this month both dealt with background checks: one, from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), would have increased resources for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Another, from Murphy, would have expanded background checks for private gun sales.
Recent poling by CBS News and Quinnipiac University has indicated an overwhelming support for legislation barring gun purchases by persons on terror watch lists.
But what that legislation will look like is uncertain at this point.
But, as they say, the devil is in the detail.
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If you have built your own custom niche application using Drupal, and need to be able to roll out new sites quickly and efficiently, as well ask keeping them up to date, this presentation is definitely for you.
If you have more than a handful of sites, and feel your hair stand on end every time a security release is announced, this presentation is for you.
Even if you only have a few sites, and would like to be able to spend less time on the tedious manual tasks associated with running a Drupal site over it's entire lifetime, you will still find something of use in this presentation.
If you've looked at Aegir in the past, and would like to get a sense of the progress made by the project (two major releases since Drupalcon DC), this presentation is a good way to get a grasp on where we are heading.
For more information on Aegir, check out the Aegir user group and keep up to date with the Aegir posts on developmentseed.org.
In Norse mythology, Aegir was the god of the oceans and if a Drupal site is a drop of water, Aegir is the deity of large bodies of water.
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Environment: Found in nepheline syenite rocks at Hvide Ryg.
Locality: Werner Bjerge alkaline complex, East Greenland. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin: Named for Lauge Koch (1892-1964), Danish geologist who mapped Werner Bjerge.
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Česko-slezská výrobní has manufactured a total of 600 mobile containers for Sochi.
Česko-slezská výrobní has manufactured a total of 600 mobile containers for Sochi. The piece of information was provided by Knauf Insulation, the supplier of heat insulation for the above-mentioned containers. The containers will serve as service backgrounds for sportsmen and organises of the Winte Olympic Games.


Dr. Thompson has in combination, over 20 years of educational and professional work experience in information systems as a developer of curriculum, and as a creator of information systems applications (apps) that allocate resources, automate daily procedures, and produce reports for accountability and overall performance. An avid lover of information systems, Dr. Thompson stays abreast of new and developing trends in technology that access, capture, and share information across multiple mediums (e.g. Local Area Networks, Mobile and Web-based systems).
Dr. Thompson is a published author, and editor of several peer-reviewed journal articles, and 8 books with topics including educational governance and distribution, the ministry life cycle, and mobile learning. She also served in the capacity of the dissertation chair and Research methodologist for numerous doctoral dissertations.


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Leb Girl for Dummies
October 29, 2022 Uncategorized by Muneeb
A systematic review of a hundred thirty five quantitative studies from forty one international locations identified a mess of things that predict female sexual issues, confirming their multidimensional nature . The evaluation revealed some protecting factors similar to having an intimate relationship and communication, getting married at an older age, being sexually educated and having a beneficial physique picture. Women's sexual perform is also affected by the totally different standards of sexual conduct which might be nonetheless pervasive in up to date societies, together with Lebanon. The Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors that surveyed 27,500 women and men in 29 international locations showed that among sexually lively individuals, 43% of males and 49% of girls reported experiencing no less than one sexual drawback over the last 12 months . In the male-centred regimes as defined by Laumann and colleagues , the speed of women's satisfaction with sexual functioning was at 39.7–61.3%, whereas this rate was at sixty four.4–91.1% in gender-equal regimes. "These protests allowed ladies to lift their voices collectively against the discrimination they face every day," human rights lawyer Nayla Geagea mentioned. Geagea believes that the previous decade has delivered a positive step within the battle for ladies's rights in Lebanon.
Exempting matters ruled by private status legal guidelines from the domestic violence law undermines women's safety in the residence.
Saly has also done some modeling work and has been featured in in style magazines.
Hundreds of hundreds of readers trust The New Humanitarian each month for quality journalism that contributes to simpler, accountable, and inclusive methods to enhance the lives of individuals affected by crises.
It is the eighth commonest most cancers kind in girls, and the eighth commonest reason for most cancers death among females on the planet.
She will be involved, and your relationship will be considerably strengthened on this means. Don't overlook to level out interest in her as nicely – don't flip your dates right into a monologue, but you shouldn't flip it into an interview either.
Nonetheless, the laws, as written within the 1951 code that the Christian and Jewish authorities submitted have been applied by the non secular courts and continue to be enforced. In this report, we handle points arising from divorce, youngster custody, spousal maintenance, and mahr laws. We additionally focused on the biggest and most consultant spiritual teams in Lebanese society, primarily the Shia, Sunni, and Druze confessions and the Catholic, Orthodox, and Evangelical Christian confessions. Establish a monitoring mechanism to conduct oversight over private status court docket proceedings to ensure judgments are non-discriminatory and in compliance with the structure and Lebanon's worldwide human rights obligations. In a constructive improvement nevertheless, a minimum of two judges implementing the domestic violence regulation have interpreted the definition of the acts of violence banned by the legislation extra broadly. However, courtroom rulings over home violence do not override or should be factored in throughout private standing court rulings. Religious authorities usually promoted this judicial pluralism as being essential to protecting Lebanon's non secular range.
Politicians and non secular leaders continue to dam calls to carry these. The 18 legally-recognized non secular teams all have totally different private status laws and family matters similar to marriage, inheritance, divorce, and custody are ruled by the authorized procedures of those religious teams. Each and every considered one of these legal guidelines, without exception, discriminates against women's rights and turns their existences into residing soap operas. Many key legal guidelines must be abolished, amended, created, or passed in Lebanon to make sure women's equality rights and protection. These laws don't grant Lebanese girls the identical rights as males with regard lebanese beautiful to passing on their nationality to their youngsters or husbands if married to foreigners. Across all confessions, ladies faced authorized and different obstacles when terminating unhappy or abusive marriages; limitations on their pecuniary rights; and the danger of losing their kids if they remarry or when the so-called maternal custody period (determined by the child's age) ends. Women have been also systematically denied enough spousal support throughout and after marriage—with religious courts often unfairly denying or decreasing payments, together with if a choose discovered a girl to be "recalcitrant" by leaving the marital residence and refusing to cohabit together with her husband or filing for severance.
Why Nobody is Speaking About Lebanese Women And What You Need To Do Today
Of the 14 Muslim women interviewed by Human Rights Watch, none had inserted this clause of their marriage contracts. Rules regulating the termination of marriage, particularly within the Sunni and Shia confessions, discriminate in opposition to girls by limiting their capability to finish their marriages.
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Lebanon can supply to the traveler many fashionable options, similar to the colourful nightlife promising an unforgettable experience. Local nightclubs, bars, and discos are thought-about the most effective within the Middle East. Hanging out with pals on the bar, especially the seashore bars, is a common night time out for beautiful Lebanese ladies, particularly within the summertime. Many Lebanese girls normally choose spending the entire night in clubs, drinking and jumping around. However, they know tips on how to take pleasure in and have fun in several surroundings. When you might have an opportunity of meeting an attractive Lebanese lady, be honest with her in a funny means.
While a man under Sunni and Shia private status legal guidelines can divorce without the intervention of any spiritual or judicial authorities he does so with out the spiritual court's certification. Absent this certification there isn't any binding courtroom decision that obliges the man to pay the deferred mahr and the three months upkeep through the waiting interval. Divorces that aren't filed with spiritual courts are also not recorded or enforced by the private status division of the Ministry of Interior. This implies that the wife will still be registered under their husband's name. When a husband divorces his spouse exterior of court docket proceedings he has to certify the divorce earlier than the non secular court docket in order to resolve the authorized penalties of the divorce.
As chair of a beekeeping cooperative in higher Matn, Salha helps sustainable beekeeping, builds capacities for women and local communities and facilitates communication between beekeepers. By raising consciousness in regards to the importance of reducing monocultures and pesticides, she advocates for extra sustainable agriculture and educates individuals about the harmful effects of pesticide-treated crops on bees.
They've been in reality extra determined and active than ever before in our historical past to realize social balance and instate a wholesome degree of human rights. These moms of ours, the pillars of our society and the ensurers of the perpetuation of our nation, also carry the family on their again.


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Jesse Jackson demands Twitter release employee diversity data
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service | July 18th, 2014
Jackson said black underrepresentation in tech companies cannot be explained by a lack of technical skills.
U.S. civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has called on Twitter to release its employee diversity information, which its Silicon Valley peers such as Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn and Facebook have already done.
The Rainbow Push Coalition, founded by Jackson, has also asked Twitter to signal its commitment to inclusion by hosting a public community forum to address the company's plan to recruit and retain more black talent.
The coalition and black empowerment group, ColorOfChange.org, plans to launch a Twitter-based campaign to challenge the company, the coalition said in a statement Thursday.
On Friday at the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit, ColorofChange will lead a "Black Twitter" plenary session where activists will push out the petition campaign over Twitter and other social media.
Tech companies have been under pressure to release employee diversity data since Jackson took up the campaign to highlight the underrepresentation of African-Americans in Silicon Valley companies, starting with a delegation to Hewlett-Packard's annual meeting of shareholders.
"….Twitter has remained silent, resisting and refusing to publicly disclose its EEO-1 workforce diversity/inclusion data," according to the joint petition by the coalition and ColorOfChange.org.
The diversity reports are typically filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and companies are not required to make the information public.
Twitter could not be immediately reached for comment.
The companies reporting worker demographics in response to Jackson have said that blacks account for a very small percentage of their employees in the U.S. 70 percent of Google's employees are men and 61 percent of its U.S. employees are white, according to the workforce diversity report it released in May. Blacks accounted for 2 percent of Google's U.S. workforce. Facebook provided similar data. In the U.S., 57 percent of the social network's workforce is white while blacks account for 2 percent.
But tech companies like Google find it difficult to recruit and retain women and minorities, wrote Laszlo Bock, Google's senior vice president for People Operations, in a blog post in May. Women earn roughly 18 percent of all computer science degrees in the U.S., and blacks and Hispanics each account for under 10 percent of U.S. college graduates and each bag fewer than 10 percent of degrees in computer science majors, he wrote.(
Jackson, however, holds that tech companies cannot explain away their hiring disparities by citing an issue with talent among blacks. The argument ignores the fact that black people are also severely underrepresented in nontechnical Silicon Valley roles, he said.
The civil rights leader said that the "blame-shifting tactics" of tech companies are misleading and "serve to reinforce the false and problematic narrative that Black people are simply 'unqualified,' undeserving and not valuable — that Black-thought is unqualified, underserving and not valuable."
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The richness of life reveals itself through a richness of gestures. One must learn to feel everything — the length and retarding of sentences, inter-punctuations, the choice of words, the pausing, the sequence of arguments — like gestures.
Kenechi Uzor is the web editor of Saraba Magazine. Saraba is currently accepting submissions for 2016. The theme for the magazine's 19th issue will be "Power" and for its 20th issue the theme is "Money". Submissions close on Sunday 15 May.
These "rules" show once again how Nietzsche taken out of context and without interpretation makes little sense–exception for number 8.
If speaking to someone who writes words AND speaks them , he gave true advice, ahead of his time.


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New research reveals that wind farms can provide seals and other marine mammals with valuable feeding opportunities.
Construction of an offshore windfarm near Meols, England. Photo credit: steeedm via photopin cc.
Dr. Deborah Russell, a post-doctoral research fellow at the Scottish Oceans Institute at the University of St Andrews, tracked harbor and grey seals in the North Sea and found that some seals appear to deliberately seek out and forage around offshore wind turbines.
"I was shocked when I first saw the stunning grid pattern of a seal track around Sheringham Shoal," an offshore wind farm in Norfolk, Dr. Russell said.
Marine mammals have been observed in swimming around man-made structures before, but this is the first time that a study has documented the animals having a direct "affinity with the structures themselves," Dr. Russell explained.
These findings could have implications for future offshore wind farm development, and for the decommissioning of oil and gas rigs. For example, development of new man-made structures could be designed to maximize any possible benefits to marine life.
Read the full news release: Putting the wind in their seals.


His NFL career didn't last long, but it appears his career in politics is just beginning.
Gonzalez, a Republican in politics and a wide receiver in football, was limited to just 40 games over five NFL seasons (all with the Colts) after being selected in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He showed promise when healthy, catching 57 passes for 664 yards and four touchdowns in his lone full season in 2008, but hung them up after the 2011 season to retire at 27.


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'SEX ABUSE'
High school softball coach and former star player sexually abused multiple students, cops say
Fionnuala O'Leary
A HIGH school softball coach and former star player is accused of sexually abusing multiple students and more may come forward, cops say.
Madison D. Soper, 22, who was previously a volunteer assistant softball coach at Banks High School in Oregon, faces several charges as a result of the alleged sexual abuse.
Madison Soper faces multiple sexual abuse charges for her alleged conduct with students as a softball coachCredit: Washington County Sheriff's office
The 22-year-old was an honor-roll student and star softball player in high schoolCredit: Facebook
Sergeant Danny DiPietro of the Washington County Sheriff's Office said Soper "had contact with multiple student-athletes" there from 2016 to 2017, states The Oregonian.
Detectives "are reaching out to the community seeking additional victims due to the number of students she coached."
Soper has not coached since that time, according to Fox 12 Oregon.
Investigators searched her home near Banks where they seized evidence and arrested her on Monday, reports KGW8.
Local cops launched an investigation after being alerted to "an inappropriate relationship between an adult and a minor."
Soper was booked into the county jail on charges of using a child in the display of sexually explicit conduct and online sexual corruption of a minor in the first degree.
[Soper] had contact with multiple student-athletes.
Sergeant Danny DiPietro of the Washington County Sheriff's Office
She is also charged with luring a minor, sexual abuse in the second degree and sexual abuse in the third degree.
During her senior year at Banks HS, Soper was previously an honor-roll student.
She was an all-state catcher who led her school to victory with a Class 4A title.
The Banks School District released this week saying, "the suspect is no longer with the district and has never been an employee with the district."
"No report was ever made to the district and we were unaware of the situation until this morning when we were contacted by law enforcement."
Soper was also part of all-star regional softball team Northwest Blaze, who came fourth in 18-and-and-under Amateur Softball Association national championships in 2015.
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After high school, Soper headed off to Montana to play softball for Carroll College.
Detectives believe there may be more abuse victims and urged anyone with information to call 503.846.2500.
Soper's bail was set at $250,000.
Soper is accused of the alleged sexual abuse of minors at Banks High SchoolCredit: Google
Soper was arrested on Monday, cops sayCredit: Facebook
High school softball coach and former star player sexually assaulted multiple students, cops say
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Julia Glass is the author of the new novel A House Among the Trees. Her other books include the bestselling Three Junes and I See You Everywhere. She is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at Emerson College, and she lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Q: One of the themes you address in your book is artistic creativity and how it affects your characters Mort, the children's book author, and Nick, the actor who's playing Mort in a film. Do you think their experiences of creating art are similar, despite their different mediums?
A: I like to think that the fiction writer's work is almost identical to that of the actor, with one difference: the writer does it in private while the actor must, at some point, do it in public. (Yes, big difference!)
But we are both tasked with immersing ourselves in hearts and minds other than our own—and in making our characters come alive for the audience we want to entertain and move.
We are soul mates, perhaps, when it comes to the way we exercise our imagination. (The Nobel Prize–winning Australian novelist Patrick White once said that the only reason he became a fiction writer was that he couldn't be an actor.)
So in that respect, Mort's work is parallel to Nick's, and it's part of why they "bond" so quickly in their e-mail correspondence, prior to Lear's sudden death, and why Mort entrusts Nick with a secret he needs to unburden.
Yet the public quality of a successful actor's work bestows on him genuine celebrity, which a writer's work rarely does. I'm sure that even Maurice Sendak, who was the inspiration (though not the model) for Mort Lear, could walk down a busy street in New York City without being stopped for an autograph or its modern-day version, the selfie.
Probably most authors cherish this anonymity—but not all. I am certain some would envy the Nick Greenes of the world, who are widely recognized, even adored, by total strangers. I think my character Mort, as he aged, had a craving for true stardom, which led him toward the folly of hubris.
Q: As you mentioned, the issue of fame also arises in the novel. Why was that something you chose to explore, and how do you see it affecting your characters?
A: Fame—which comes in forms other than tabloid celebrity—is a subject I did not anticipate addressing when I started writing A House Among the Trees.
I love how dim-witted I often am at the outset of a story! Because here I am portraying an iconic, revered children's author and a newly minted movie star. ("Duh," as my teenage son might say.)
What I loved, as I wrote my way in and got wise to this issue, is that I accidentally created two characters on opposite sides of their fame: one just emerging into its blinding brilliance, the other fighting (if subconsciously) to keep his place in the spotlight over decades of a career following the book that made him a household name.
People often talk about achieving public recognition of their success as "having arrived." But here's the thing: the place at which you've arrived is as much like the peak of a mountain as it is like a fabulous party.
It's a precarious place, and if you want to stay there, it takes a lot of hard work—which can lead to vanities, insecurities, and even jealousies that threaten the integrity of your work. Remaining true to the talent, vision, and plain old hard work that earned you success and fame (and maybe wealth) is never easy.
Readers of my novel see the consequences of this challenge in Mort Lear (and his loyal guardian, Tommy Daulair)—and the revelation of the challenge to Nick Greene. Merry Galarza, the museum curator who feels betrayed by Lear's final wishes, suffers the collateral damage of fame.
Q: How was the book's title chosen, and what does it signify for you?
A: Titles do not come easily to me, and they often change. This novel was, in my mind, The Inseparables right up to my turning in the first finished draft. For various reasons, that title wasn't viable. I was disappointed.
My editor and I struggled with a number of alternatives, and then I began to think about how important Mort Lear's house is throughout the entire story, not just as a setting but as the repository of Lear's material and spiritual legacy.
And it stands on a property that he bought because he loved all its marvellous old trees (of which the reader gets a kind of tour toward the end of the book). I have always been captivated by trees, and whenever I visit a new place, I'm constantly bugging people to find out the names of the ones that are new to me.
What I didn't realize when I settled on A House Among the Trees (choosing it over A House in the Woods, with its stronger fairy-tale allusions) was that I had unconsciously quoted the first line of Lear's breakthrough picture book, Colorquake.
That fictional book begins, "Ivo's mother kept a perfect house, a house among the trees." Of course, my editor noticed it right away! (Again, DUH!)
Q: Did you know how the novel would end before you started writing it, or did you make many changes along the way?
A: I never know the end of a novel till I'm well into writing it—and still I may change my mind a few times. I write my novels the way that E. L. Doctorow claimed to write his: as if I'm driving in the dark, on a long journey, and all I can see is the short stretch of road illuminated by the headlights.
Yet I have faith I will reach my destination, even if, once in a while, I get lost along the route and have to—as a newfangled GPS would put it—"recalibrate the route."
A: Speaking of long journeys, I'm currently out on the road, promoting this novel, but once my touring winds down, I hope to return to the novel I set aside when these characters (Tommy, Morty, Nick, and Merry) knocked too loudly on my door for me to refuse them entry.
The suspended (I hope not abandoned) novel is set in Vigil Harbor, the seaside town I created at the end of The Widower's Tale, and features at least one of the characters from that earlier novel. More I cannot say at this tender juncture!
A: My favorite part of being on the road to promote a new book is getting to meet the booksellers who sell it and the readers who will read it (or, to my astonishment, have done so already!).
I continue to learn new things about my own characters and themes as I answer questions and chat with fans—so far, in the Midwest and along the West Coast.
But I have several remaining events back in the Boston area, as well as in New Orleans, Nashville, and at the National Book Festival in D.C. I'll be adding a couple of other venues to my fall schedule as well. Anyone interested in dates and details should keep an eye on my author Facebook page.
--Interview with Deborah Kalb


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Q: Circumvent proxy filter that disables the download of EXE files Do you know of a way to download exe files although the web proxy has a filter in place not to allow this?
I have searched for a feature web site that does automatic file renaming. That should certainly make it possible. The solution would take a URL and then change the extension so that it would look to my proxy as I was downloading a .dat file (or similar).
There are perhaps other solutions to this problem.

A: Try finding a free website service that has FTP. Sometimes they have software installed that can fetch files from a URL to your webspace and allow you to download them as a zip. Or... Even rename them! Good luck.
P.S. I have a website, and Cpanel has this feature built in I believe.


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...and now I think I need to watch this. Why? Why do you do that? Why do you INTENTIONALLY write things that get me wanting to watch said things you are writing about? I don't have time for this crap! D:

Also I'm rewatching Yakitate Japan with my girlfriend and she loves it and you should rewatch it too because the first 30 or 40 eps are brilliant.