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Episcopal Church Overwhelmingly Approves Pro-LGBT Measure
July 13, 2009 Christianity, Episcopal, NewsMatt Algren
At the General Convention of the Episcopal Church yesterday, the House of Deputies overwhelmingly approved a resolution overriding a three-year hold on election of LGBT bishops. The 2006 resolution was a response to the consecration of Bishop Gene Robinson, who I've talked about before.
Instead of trying failing to explain what this is all about, how about if offer words from two sources that are intimately familiar with the particulars? First up is a press release from IntegrityUSA, the LGBT advocacy group for the Episcopal Church.
In a special session today, the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church approved a resolution, 151 to 66, which effectively overrides the three-year ban on gay bishops within the church. The gently-worded resolution, DO25, affirms Episcopal membership in the Anglican Communion while declaring that all orders of ministry, including the episcopate, are open to the LGBT baptized of the church. The resolution now goes to the House of Bishops where it is not expected to receive an overly warm reception.
"We were reminded today of the Archbishop of Canterbury's recent words to us that 'there is no unity without truth.' Today the clergy and laity of The Episcopal Church voted for both truth and unity by a wide margin," said The Rev. Susan Russell, President of IntegrityUSA.
DO25 is the first resolution the House of Deputies has considered regarding the consecration of LGBT bishops within the Episcopal Church since the last general convention in 2006. At that gathering in Columbus, OH, in the waning hours of the 10-day event, then-Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold pressured both governing bodies of the church to pass resolution BO33 which placed a moratorium on the consecration of additional gay bishops and on same-gender blessings. The action was in response to the election in 2003 of The Right Rev. Gene Robinson, Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church.
Anglican bishops, primarily in Africa and South America, were outraged over Bishop Robinson's consecration and threatened the Episcopal Church's continued membership in the Anglican Communion. BO33 was an attempt to mollify that outrage, but caused problems at home with the LGBT faithful and their supporters. At this year's convention, numerous resolutions have been proposed to rectify or revoke BO33 and LGBT issues have garnered more attention than any other matter before the legislative body.
"We call on our bishops to affirm that we are a church ready to move forward in mission and ministry by joining the deputies and concurring with this vote," Russell said.
Next and finally, Rev. Richard Helmer gives a bit of commentary on what this means to the Episcopal Church (excerpted from Episcopal Café)
D025 re-anchors our orders at every level in the centrality of our baptism in Christ Jesus; our reliance on the Spirit in the midst of community to draw out the best gifts of all our members, gay or straight, celibate or living in covenanted relationship. Without rancor, it also affirms our love for the Anglican Communion – a reflection of our heart for Anglican ministry around the world and our commitment to upholding it in every way we can. But this support and participation is no longer offered by our trying to be something we're not. Rather D025 offers commitment of our authentic selves, with all our differences, as a Church – as a diverse Body of Christians on mission both locally and globally.
While D025 still faces an uncertain future in the House of Bishops, I believe that the House of Deputies has taken a major step forward for the life of The Episcopal Church and honest relationship in the Anglican Communion. In doing so, we have sent a clear message about both our identity and calling – one that will not be easily dismissed or undermined.
As I was departing the House, which adjourned about fifteen minutes late this evening, I happened by God's grace upon The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson at the back of the hall. He had stepped into the guest section shortly after the House of Bishops had adjourned. Smiling, we embraced, and I said, "I think this house is on solid ground again."
He agreed.
Update 7/14/2009: IntegrityUSA reported last night that the House of Bishops has approved an amended version of D025.
By a nearly 2-1 margin, the bishops of the Episcopal Church passed an amended version of resolution D025, which effectively ends the "BO33 Era" and returns the church to relying on its canons and discernment processes for the election of bishops. "While concurrence on the amended resolution by the House of Deputies is necessary before it is officially adopted by the church as a whole," said Integrity President Susan Russell, "there is no question that today's vote in the House of Bishops was an historic move forward and a great day for all who support the full inclusion of all the baptized in the Body of Christ."
"It was a tremendous privilege to be a witness to the courage and candor of the bishops who spoke truth to each other and to us–and who called the Episcopal Church to speak our truth to our Anglican Communion brothers and sisters and to the world.
"The truth is we are a church committed to mission–we are a church committed to the full inclusion of all the baptized in that mission–and we are a church committed to creating as broad a place to stand as possible for ALL who wish to be part of this great adventure of being disciples of Jesus.
"In this carefully constructed and prayerfully considered resolution, our Presiding Bishop got what she both asked for and voted for: a positive statement about where we are as a church in 2009–a church striving to actually become the church former Presiding Bishop Edmond Browning called us to be nearly 20 years ago now…a church where there are no outcasts."
"The debate on the floor of the House of Bishops made it VERY clear that our bishops knew exactly what they were doing when they passed this by a nearly 2-1 margin. The resolution passed today by the House of Bishops was another step in the Episcopal Church's 'coming out' process–and it sends a strong 'come and see' message to anyone looking for a faith community where God's inclusive love is not just proclaimed but practiced."
Thanks and congratulations to the people of the Episcopal Church. Your leadership in the area of LGBT acceptance is so important to those of us working in other denominations.
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2 thoughts on "Episcopal Church Overwhelmingly Approves Pro-LGBT Measure"
rrchapman says:
I think that Integrity/USA doth protest too much. In 2006, it is as if they were looking for some reason to be hurt. As it turns out, 2006-B033 did not change any ordination canon. It didn't even say that a GLBT should not be consecrated a bishop. It only asked that the Episcopal Church consider the wider church when granting consents to ordination of bishops. Considering what Paul had to say about believers eating meat sacrificed to idols (while OK, we shouldn't do if it benefits someone weaker in the faith), it was a reasonable request–not command–to everyone in the church. Nothing was put in place to stop GLBT ordination.In 2009, D025 goes so far as to say in its explanation that "The acceptance of the ministry of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons is not settled in The Episcopal Church or in the Anglican Communion." The only thing new in D025 says is that there have been GLBT ordained before. D025 addresses entry to the discernment process–without changing anything–by saying we will use our already-existing canons. Nothing changed with D025.I'm wondering if all the hoopla around D025 is to draw attention away from D061, the real change to canons. D061 officially opens the discernment process to the transgendered by specifically listing this group in the canon, even though this group was not officially blocked before. Making this change makes clear the intention of General Convention, which is a good thing. Integrity/USA should stop feeding people Kool-Aid about D025, because it changes nothing. Integrity/USA should start touting D061, because it officially removes a possible block to the discrenment process.


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Trump's Big Lie Is Trashing a Major National Achievement
The 2020 election was an American triumph that set new standards despite a pandemic and civil unrest
Shikha Dalmia
The November 2020 election was nothing short of miraculous. It was conducted at an extraordinarily difficult time when a pandemic was raging, civil protests were erupting and the economy was nosediving. Yet it was the most accessible, safe, secure and smooth election in the country's history.
But instead of coming together in this moment of national triumph and patting ourselves on the back for a job well done, we have become more fiercely divided than ever, thanks in part to former President Donald Trump's accusations that the election was stolen from him—a lie he is expected to repeat at a speech on the one-year anniversary of the attempted coup on Jan. 6, which he played a major role in instigating.
More than a year after the election, 68% of Republicans still believe the election was stolen, even more than in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot. Support for the Big Lie has become a litmus test for Republican candidates running for office. The major issue in Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary, for example, is which candidate peddles Trump's voter fraud claims more.
All sides in the past have questioned the fairness of the election process when it has produced an outcome they didn't like. They've groused and complained, but ultimately they accepted their fate, delivered a concession speech and, in the case of the presidency, showed up at their opponent's inauguration. Not so with Trump, who mounted a massive subversion and disinformation campaign to discredit the 2020 outcome. And no matter how many times his claims are debunked, he refuses to back off.
The upshot is that America's best election has become its most nastily disputed one, suggesting that the country has entered a surreal, post-modern phase where trust in its fundamental institutions has become disconnected from their integrity or performance. Reforming these institutions, therefore, is not the only or even the main challenge for restoring trust in them. The far bigger obstacle is combating the disinformation campaign against them.
An Election Miracle
There was every reason to fear that after a disastrous primary season, Election Day would be a complete debacle. The primaries saw:
· A meltdown of new voting technologies in California and Iowa, with the latter unable to even declare a clear winner in the Democratic race.
· Long lines thanks to fewer polling places in Georgia.
· Disputes over mail-in ballots in New York because the state, hilariously, waived postage stamps and so the post office didn't postmark them, resulting in 20% of the ballots being thrown out in some precincts because of uncertainty about whether they were mailed before the deadline.
Observing these and other breakdowns, Garrett M. Graff, a historian and a writer, predicted in Politico four months before the election: "Nov. 3, even if it proceeds as scheduled, is likely to bring bureaucratic snafus and foreseeable chaos unfolding on a hundred different fronts at once, in a thousand voting precincts."
He turned out to be wrong. But he was hardly an alarmist, given that the entire country's election infrastructure had to be revamped on short order to deal with the pandemic, even as the pandemic made the revamp extremely difficult. Moreover, given the hot passions on both sides, this wasn't an election that Americans were planning to sit out. So, the country also had to also expand its voting infrastructure to provide the widest possible access while avoiding creation of super-spreading hot spots and protecting against possible election-day violence.
On every front, it succeeded spectacularly.
Over 160 million Americans voted—66% of all eligible voters—the highest turnout in a century, without any major incident. (Indeed, the main super-spreading events were Trump's campaign rallies and the Rose Garden ceremony where he unveiled Amy Coney Barrett as his Supreme Court replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.) Meanwhile, not a single race has been overturned after a record number of recounts and audits.
How did America pull this off? Through an incredible outpouring of private philanthropy, citizen activism, and intricate planning by local election officials, who came up with innovative ways to adapt to a rapidly changing situation.
Building a New Electoral Infrastructure
The first big problem that municipalities confronted was money. Elections, for the most part, are locally funded. But thanks to the sudden, pandemic-induced economic downturn, jurisdictions were pinched at both ends—tax revenues were down while the expense of implementing social distancing and sanitation measures soared. The upshot was that many counties ran out of funds during the primaries.
An infusion of funds, both public and private, saved the day, says Benjamin Hovland, a Trump-appointed commissioner to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an independent federal agency created two decades ago to facilitate the exchange of election best practices and technologies among states. In an interview with The UnPopulist, Hovland said it was not just that Congress appropriated $400 million for election relief in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, but that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated a similar amount. Zuckerberg's grants, distributed to 2,500 election offices nationwide from Alaska to Florida, funded protective gear for poll workers, public education campaigns promoting new methods of voting during the pandemic, and trucks to haul voting equipment.
This private philanthropy, Hovland maintains, was crucial at every level regardless of how much some conservatives pan Zuckerberg's largesse for helping blue states. Indeed, if Zuckerberg had been trying only to help Democratic prospects rather than beef up the election infrastructure, he could have found ways to directly hand the money to Democrats to boost their side's turnout.
An even bigger problem was a shortage of workers. Usually, the elderly comprise more than half of all poll workers. But seniors were the most at risk from the coronavirus and were therefore more likely to stay home. Replacing them required urgent recruitment drives. Hovland notes that his commission launched a national recruitment day, and he personally appeared in live sessions on Reddit and Instagram to appeal for volunteers.
States undertook their own efforts. Michigan launched a Democracy MVP drive to attract younger workers. North Carolina held "Democracy Heroes" events. Celebrities got involved too. Ultimately, a lot of young people showed up, and, Hovland says, a whole new generation has been trained for future elections.
Having enough workers was crucial, especially since states had to experiment with new voting arrangements. And regardless of what they chose—expanded in-person, mail-in or some combination thereof—each posed significant logistical and other challenges that increased the need for workers. Expanded in-person voting meant opening polling booths for days and weeks ahead of Election Day, which of course meant more poll workers. But states that opted to expand their use of mail-in ballots or went all mail-in (Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Colorado and Utah) also required more workers and had to face myriad other hassles.
Consider what they confronted:
In states where they are used, completed ballots have to be inserted in a secrecy sleeve, which is placed in an envelope, which is then slipped into another envelope before being sealed. All of this requires lots of hands to open the ballots once received. But that is the least of it.
The demand for ballots is more or less stable, and there is an existing network of vendors able to meet it. But there were very few vendors who could scale up production of the secrecy sleeve and envelopes for mail-in ballots. Even procuring suitable paper was hard during the pandemic. In other words, the pandemic made the switch from in-person to mail-in both necessary and difficult.
"We had to deal with massive supply chain disruptions before the rest of the country even understood the issue," says Hovland. Furthermore, when the ballots were printed, many clerk's offices didn't have enough storage for them. This might not sound like a big deal, but when accusations of election fraud were flying around, finding a secure way of storing these ballots until they could be dispatched to voters was both necessary and difficult.
Ingenuity of the States
But the real fun with mail-in ballots begins after they are returned. With in-person voting, the process of counting and tallying the ballots is automatized. Not so with mail-in ballots. Simply opening the multiple envelopes is time-consuming and laborious. Utah for a few years had been using a special kind of automated envelope slicer. But if not used properly, notes Hovland, it could end up slicing the ballots, making more work and costing more time as the ballots would have to be pieced back together.
Hence, states had to not only acquire this technology in a hurry, but train workers to use it properly. A clerk auditor in Weber County, Utah, Ricky Hatch, took the initiative and put together a demonstration video, and circulated it to other states. "This was just one example of how states served as laboratories of democracy and shared best practices," says Hovland.
However, in case a ballot did get chopped, states new to mail-in voting had to get a bipartisan team to agree in advance on procedures for reassembling it, as required by law. All these details had to be painstakingly hammered out ahead of time to avoid election-day clashes.
But arguably the biggest problem that states relying on mail-in voting faced was getting the filled-in ballots returned in a timely fashion, given that the U.S. Postal Service hadn't hit its own on-time delivery goals in five years, let alone during a pandemic. Yet delays in calling races would raise suspicions of election fraud and abuse.
Many states turned to drop boxes as a supplement. These boxes looked like oversized mailboxes and were bolted to the ground, monitored by cameras and emptied by election workers regularly. Some states even required election monitors from both parties to be present when the ballots were transferred. But that didn't stop Trump from launching a jihad against their use in multiple states. Indeed, he went after all mail-in voting, tweeting that it was a Democratic ploy to steal the election and would become the "scandal of our times." But such attacks against absentee and mail-in voting are ironic, notes Hovland, given that Republicans have long used such methods, often to their advantage.
But whether states used in-person or mail-in voting, they all faced a huge challenge in maintaining transparency during vote counting. Usually, observers from both parties are present in the room during ballot counting. But given the need to maintain social distancing, polling places were fitted with large windows and doors and livestream cameras so that election workers could be watched without endangering public safety.
None of this stopped Trump and his acolytes from mounting their accusations of widespread voter fraud and election irregularities, of course—never mind that according to the Brennan Center for Justice the incidence of voter fraud is generally between 0.0003% and 0.0025%. That makes it more likely that an American would be struck by lightning than commit voter fraud. And this is not just the contention of liberal organizations. Trump's own Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity spent nearly two years after the 2016 election looking for evidence of widespread voter fraud and came up empty.
Still, to get to the bottom of Trump's claims about the 2020 election, The New York Times called top election officials in every state—red and blue—and asked whether they suspected or had evidence of illegal voting or any other election wrongdoings. Not a single official anywhere reported anything more than minor incidents. (Texas didn't respond although officials from Harris, its largest county, did.)
Likewise, the Associated Press reviewed every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by Trump and found fewer than 475 suspect ballots out of a total of 311,257 votes cast in those states. Four hundred and seventy-five! Even if all these ballots had gone for Trump, it would not have made one iota of difference to the outcome.
Nor did the Trump camp stop at lobbing general accusations of voter fraud. It cooked up wild conspiracy theories. It accused Dominion Voting Systems' ballot counting machines of switching Trump votes to Joe Biden. (Dominion recently won a key legal battle in its $1.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, whose coverage the company claims helped spread this lie).
Trump backers even went after individual election workers. Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani accused two Black election workers in Georgia, by name, of swapping Trump votes with suitcases full of Biden votes that he said they had sneaked into the polling place where they worked. He likened the duo, who were mother and daughter, to "drug dealers" "passing out dope," opening them to a volley of vicious racial slurs and physical threats by incensed Trump supporters. So relentless were the attacks that the mom was forced to flee her home and move into a safe house.
Georgia audited and recounted its votes three times and certified Biden as the winner each time. Likewise, in Arizona, Cyber Ninjas, (yes, that's it real name!) a firm that helped Trump spread election conspiracy theories, followed up several official recounts with its own audit of Maricopa County—and estimated even more votes for Biden.
In fact, the 2020 election was more airtight than usual because 92% of the ballots had both electronic and paper backups. After the 2000 hanging chad debacle when the country relied mainly on paper ballots, there was a national push to abandon punch cards and move to Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machine systems. But the downside of that technology was that it had no paper backups. So, in the event of a hack by some malign domestic or foreign player, it would be difficult to reconstruct the ballots.
Many states therefore in 2020 deployed optical scanners, a device that registers marks on a page when processing voters' paper ballots and then stores the results electronically, creating dual copies of each vote. Other states used ballot-marking devices, in which voters select their choice electronically on a screen, but rather than storing the selections electronically, the machine then prints a paper ballot, like a receipt, which is then either hand counted or scanned by a computer.
Training election workers to use this new, upgraded technology during the pandemic was no mean task; yet every precinct using these new technologies managed to do so, adding new layers of security. That's why election officials were outraged with Trump's fallacious attacks on election security.
Trump's own Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency was so incensed that it circulated a statement signed by local, state and federal election officials, including Hovland, stating that the 2020 election was "the most secure in American history" and that there was "no evidence" that any voting systems were compromised. Hovland further notes that this was also the "smoothest and the most well-run election of his career."
Safeguarding American Institutions
There is always room for improvement of course, but the 2020 election was a great testament to American ingenuity, administrative prowess and can-do spirit. Election professionals and volunteers at every level and at every turn had to learn new skills and solve new problems that had never before been encountered, and yet they managed to put on a seamless show. Not just that, they redefined election best practices in the United States and arguably set the gold standard for the rest of the world.
If Trump can trash this national accomplishment, then no institution is safe from his disinformation campaign. He attacks not just the inevitable imperfections in the system but also efforts to address them. Either way, he has something to blame for his defeat.
This means that restoring trust in America's institutions—the press, the judiciary, the civil bureaucracy—is not merely a matter of reforming and improving them but also protecting them from political vandals hell-bent on tearing them down when they don't serve their purposes.
Trump is very likely to repeat the Big Lie to mark the anniversary of the horrific events of Jan. 6. Repudiating Trump's outrageous charges and appreciating what we already have would be the first step in Making America Great Again.
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While the Premier League champions have suffered a season to forget under the struggling Scot, Bayern have once again swept all before them.
Under the guidance of Pep Guardiola they have already retained the Bundesliga title and now have their sights firmly set on Europe.
Munich ended Arsenal's Champions League campaign in the last round and, ahead of the first leg of their quarter-final at Old Trafford on Tuesday, Robben insists the Germans are in bullish mood.
'Bayern have no fear of United at all,' the flying winger told the Sunday Mirror.
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SUE HERERA, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT ANCHOR: Racing ahead. Auto sales reach a record as more Americans drive off with new cars. But is this as good as it gets for the industry?
MATHISEN: And making the most of your mutual funds this year. Passive or active? Bonds or stocks? The trends that could shape your year ahead.
Those stories and more on NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT for Wednesday, January 4th.
HERERA: Good evening, everybody, and welcome.
It's underway. The battle over health care has begun and it is happening in pretty dramatic fashion. President Obama was on Capitol Hill this morning to rally his party in an effort to protect the signature law of his administration. At the same time, in the same place, Vice President-elect Mike Pence met with Republicans to work on a strategy to repeal and replace it.
Though few details were given, the lines were clearly drawn. And whatever decisions were made, the impact will be far and beyond the 20 million people who get their health insurance through exchanges.
Eamon Javers has more on the showdown over Obamacare.
EAMON JAVERS, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: President Obama made one of his last visits to Capitol Hill to rally Democrats to make a last ditch attempt to save his signature health care legislation from congressional Republicans and the incoming Trump administration. Emerging from their meeting with the president, Democrats displayed a sign proclaiming "make America sick again" and argued that repealing Obamacare could have disastrous consequences.
REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), HOUSE MINORITY LEADER: You know, Medicaid, almost half of Medicaid is about long term health care. You want grandma living in the guest room? You'd repeal the Affordable Care Act.
JAVERS: But Vice President-elect Mike Pence was on the Hill today to do a little rallying of his own.
PENCE: The first order of business is to repeal and replace Obamacare. That was our message today and it will be our message on Capitol Hill. And it needs to be done.
JAVERS: The man whose election sparked this political upheaval was back in Trump Tower today, tweeting out a take on Obamacare that didn't exactly square with the GOP rhetoric on the Hill. "Republicans must be careful in that the Dems own the failed Obamacare disaster with its poor coverage and massive premium increases. Like the 116 percent like in arizona. Also deductibles are so high that it is practically useless. Don't let the Schumer clowns out of this web. Dems are to blame for this mess. It will fall of its own weight, be careful."
Those tweets seem to suggest that Republicans should not move quickly to repeal Obamacare despite the eagerness here on Capitol Hill.
I showed the tweets to one Republican member of Congress who said he's a little bit frustrated that Trump seems to toggle back ask forth and they have a hard time getting a read on his thinking. It's clear this fight is just gearing up.
For NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT, I'm Eamon Javers on Capitol Hill.
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MATHISEN: The road map to repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act is obviously not entirely clear. Health insurance of more than 20 million Americans is, of course, at stake, and now, the GOP and not the Democrats stand to get the credit or the blame, as this huge transition unfolds.
Bertha Coombs has more.
BERTHA COOMBS, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: The Trump administration and Republicans face a tough balancing act. They have to make sure they don't up-end the Affordable Care Act too fast, so they don't cause the market to collapse. But they also can't delay a replacement plan for too long.
Insurers have only a matter of weeks before they have to file rates and plans for participation in 2018. Analysts say next month, a repeal vote needs to lay out just how long ACA subsidies will remain in place, so insurers have a road map for next year, ahead of the May deadline to submit 2018 plan rates.
Then, the administration and Congress need to make progress on a replacement plan by the time the Trump administration approves final 2018 race in August, because insurers could still pull back from exchanges in September, just weeks ahead of 2018 open enrollment.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They have to sign on the dotted line, a contract that says we're going to stay in for 2018. Some of them might be reluctant to do that if they don't know what the rules of the road are long term. A lot of them have been losing money but have been willing to stick it out with the hopes that profitability will come down the line.
COOMBS: Analysts say it's key for Washington to enact a replacement plan by year end to keep insurers in the individual market.
DEEP BANERJEE, S&P DIRECTOR AND LEAD ANALYST: By the end of 2017, there is some kind of a consensus plan that can be passed through Congress and will be signed by the new president. So, 2018 we now have a new law of the land for health care. From that point of time, we would think that at the least, it would be two years to implementation which will take you closer to 2020 almost.
COOMBS: And it may take even longer for markets to stabilize after their experience with the ACA. Insure letters likely take a wait and see approach to the new plan.
Bertha Coombs, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT.
HERERA: So, with the expected changes coming to the health care system, who will be the winners and the losers in healthcare?
Ipsita Smolinski, health care policy expert at Capital Street, joins us now to discuss that.
Nice to have you back with us, Ipsita. Welcome.
Let's start first of all with the fact that you were on the record last time we spoke with you as saying that it might be several years before this all gets sorted out and replaced. Does the rhetoric that you heard on Capitol Hill today lengthen that timetable or change it in any way?
IPSITA SMOLINSKI, CAPITOL STREET HEALTH CARE POLICY EXPERT: Well, the meetings today, Obama was there to do a pep rally of sorts. It would have been nice if maybe he include all of Congress, Democrats and Republicans, to talk about the ACA. And then, Pence was there, as you well know.
I still think it's a couple years. You want to get through mid-term elections as far as the replace plan. The repeal, look, that will happen quickly. That will happen through the budget process in the first 100 days. But then details will probably come out later this year. And then, sure, after the midterms, 2019, and then with regulations and so forth, it really could be 2020.
MATHISEN: You know, no one, Ipsita, this time around I think would dare utter the phrase, "if you like your insurance, you'll be able to keep it", because I don't think anybody is ready to make that kind of promise this time.
I did hear Vice President-elect Pence say that whatever replaces the current plan will unleash the power of the free market and that competition will cause prices to come down. I thought that was what the original plan was supposed to do as well. Unleash competition. It didn't seem to work. Will this?
SMOLINSKI: Well, you're right. There was a lot of competition at the beginning. But as you may recall, co-ops failed, insurers were in the red that they had to pull out. So, now, we're seeing these massive premium rate increases.
This time around, with what we will see next, it will be a combination of health savings accounts, tax credits for the purchase of insurance, purchase and sale across state lines. There are a number of commonalities between the leading GOP replace plans, but what I think it will be at the end of the day is a thinner benefit, more of a catastrophic benefit. So, you might have close to 15 million or 20 million covered. But it will be a much more flimsy, if you will, health care plan.
HERERA: Right. Who stands to be the winners? I mean, I know it's hard to predict that, given the fact that we don't know the details of the replacement plan. But in general, who would you put on the winning list?
SMOLINSKI: I would put most Medicare providers on the winning list. Medicare advantage, those are plans offered by Humana, by Aetna, by United Health. There are certainly others. I would put, honestly, biopharmaceuticals, probably as a partial winner. Yes, there is pricing overhang over high drug prices, but I would put those two as winners.
MATHISEN: And losers would be hospital companies?
SMOLINSKI: I think eventually they are potential losers. There is going to be this extended transition of one, two, maybe three or four years. I would maybe couch that by saying they're not losers yet, but I think hospitals could be on the losing end.
HERERA: All right. Ipsita, thank you so much once again for your thoughts. Ipsita Smolinski with Capitol Street.
MATHISEN: And the president-elect's pick to run the Treasury Department is facing new criticism tonight. As first reported by the website, "The Intercept", Steve Mnuchin's bank One West, which he ran from 2009 to 2015, is being investigated by California regulators for, quote, "widespread misconduct". The allegations are reportedly over the bank's foreclosure practices.
John Harwood following the story for us from the Trump Tower in New York City.
John, what do we know about these claims and how damaging this might be ahead of his confirmation hearings?
JOHN HARWOOD, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: Well, Tyler, it stems from Steve Mnuchin's accusation of One West and the decision that they made to push foreclosures in a forward-leaning way. There were allegations that they adjusted the — they back dated certain documents to get around time requirements for delinquent homeowners. And this was something investigated by California regulators. They ultimately decided not to bring a case.
And so, while I think this is going to provide fodder for the Democrats to go after Steve Mnuchin, I would not expect this to peel off the significant number of moderate Republicans and threaten his confirmation.
HERERA: Mr. Trump nominating a Wall Street lawyer to head the SEC. Tell us about Jay Clayton. What do we know about him?
HARWOOD: Jay Clayton is a classic Wall Street lawyer, mergers and acquisitions, represented Goldman Sachs some. That will come up in confirmation hearings because Donald Trump in the campaign talked about going after the corrupt establishment, specifically singled out Goldman Sachs. And he's had several people, including Mnuchin, including Steve Bannon, his White House strategist, several people with ties to Goldman Sachs. Gary Cohn, who's heading his National Economic Council.
But Jay Clayton is clearly prepared for the job. He is somebody who doesn't have the same prosecutorial background that Mary Jo White, the incumbent, has now. So maybe less of an emphasis on enforcement, which is an understanding, given the deregulatory philosophy of the Donald Trump campaign.
Donald Trump also got has two seats on the SEC to fill. And between the three of them, there's a potential if they choose to, to go in a sharply different direction from the Mary Jo White SEC.
MATHISEN: Very quick update on the tweet from Mr. Trump, regarding the intelligence community.
HARWOOD: Tyler, this is a potentially dangerous rift between president-elect and the U.S. intelligence community which is coming up here on Friday to brief him on the Russian election hack. He — in a tweet last night — mocked the intelligence that they had collected, suggested that they push the briefing until Friday to get their stories straight.
And this morning, he tweeted out statements from Julian Assange, a fugitive from American justice, somebody that Mitch McConnell, Vice President Biden called a high-tech terrorist. This is something that is going to unsettle the CIA director, the FBI director, the NSA director, all of whom are coming up to brief him.
MATHISEN: All right. John Harwood, at Trump Tower in New York. Thanks, John.
HERERA: Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State was also on Capitol Hill today. Rex Tillerson met with lawyers ahead of his confirmation hearing. According to reports, Republicans are positive on the selection while Democrats want more information on his record and his relationship with Moscow. Separately, Tillerson has cut his ties with ExxonMobil. The former chairman and CEO is in line to receive $180 million retirement package.
MATHISEN: Well, the president-elect has also taken auto industry to task as we told you yesterday. But today, the sector reported another banner record year for sales here in the U.S. December's results were even stronger than expected, and helped push 2016 sales to an all time high of just over 17.5 million vehicles. That in turn lifted shares of the automakers, as you see there.
But is this as good as it gets? Or could sales rise again this year?
Phil LeBeau reports tonight from Sunnyvale, California.
PHIL LEBEAU, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: For the first time since the early 1920s, auto sales in the U.S. were up for a seventh straight year. 2016 sales came in just above the total we saw in 2015, basically at 17.5 million vehicles. And that's due to stronger than expected sales last month. Holiday and year-end promotions, special with the luxury brand, typically make December one of the busiest months at dealerships.
And last month was no exception. Almost every major automaker did better than expected in December. Leading the pack, General Motors up 10 percent. GM like other automakers has focused on keeping inventory lean which is helping sell vehicles at higher prices, including the latest models by Cadillac.
JOHAN DE NYSSCHEN, CADILLAC PRESIDENT: We've seen about a 14 percent rise in average transaction prices over the last two years. This is unprecedented and unequal in the industry.
LEBEAU: With prices up, so are monthly loan payments and that has some wondering if auto sales will finally pull back in 2017.
But keep in mind, one of the more factors driving auto sales, strong consumer confidence. And right now, it's as close to a record high. Good news for automakers and auto dealers as they start the New Year.
Phil LeBeau, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT, Sunnyvale, California.
HERERA: Stocks logged their second straight day of gains. The major indexes were pushed higher by strengthened consumer stocks and remained elevated after the release of the minutes of the last Fed meeting, which we'll have more on momentarily.
Here are the closing numbers for you. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 60 points to 19,942. The NASDAQ was up 47. The S&P 500 gained 12. The gains today might have been slight but they add to a big rally that we've seen over the past couple of months.
And as Bob Pisani explains, some investors might be getting a little nervous.
BOB PISANI, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: It was another modest up day in the markets. But with the S&P 500 up 6 percent since the election, there's plenty of traders who believe the markets are getting ahead of themselves. They point out and correctly, that stocks are trading at very high multiples under the expectations that earnings are going to expand dramatically later into 2017 and into 2018, despite having no hard data to go on.
So, for the moment, the markets voted. There's not a seller insight. The market believes that on balance, the rewards from tax cuts and fiscal stimulus and less regulations outweigh the possibility that Donald Trump and the Republican controlled Congress may not be able to deliver the full package or that the Fed may have to be more aggressive in raising rates. It's a possibility the Fed itself has acknowledged.
You can see this bullishness in the markets just in the first two days of the year. Stuff that did poorly last year like retailers and biotech, for example, are doing well in the first few days of the year. But stuff that did great last year, like banks and oil and semiconductors, they're also doing well. The whole market is floating upward.
When is it going to end? Well, of course, something will happen that will jolt the trading company out of its complacency.
Most active traders want the rally to end right now, but not so they can get out. They want the market to drop down 5 percent or more so they can buy at a lower price. That's why there are so few sellers. They, too, believe the markets won't drop much and that selling won't be worth it in the long term. But right now, it's all systems go.
For NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT, I'm Bob Pisani, at the New York Stock Exchange.
MATHISEN: Still ahead, policy makers at the Federal Reserve will be watching one thing very closely in the year ahead. We'll tell you what it is.
MATHISEN: When the Federal Reserve raised interest rate at its last meeting, policy makers at the world's most powerful central bank were also grappling with the growing uncertainty that they say now looms over the economy.
Steve Liesman has more on the minutes of the Fed's December meeting.
STEVE LIESMAN, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: The Federal Reserve in its last meeting of the year in which it raised rates by a quarter point for the only rate hike that year was actually talking quite a bit about the possibilities of major fiscal policies coming as a result of the election. Minutes from that December meeting were released today show that the Fed is warning of the possibility of higher rates if there is indeed expansionary fiscal policy.
Some members of the Fed saw upside to growth, employment and inflation from those fiscal policies but was very uncertain over the timing, the amount and the makeup of those policies and the economic effects they could possibly have. Indeed, the Federal Reserve was also quite cautious over how the market reacted to the new policies, including a surge in stocks and a surge in interest rates.
There were also other policy concerns from the Fed, including the possibility of trade barriers, the idea that the dollar could appreciate quite substantially, and a give-and-take between higher inflation on the one hand, and a stronger dollars which would offset that inflation. There's also concern that fiscal policies could fall short of market expectations.
The Fed was also concerned the unemployment rate could fall too far, and warn of faster rate hikes if the employment rate did indeed fall below the natural rates. So, two sources of the Federal Reserve warning of possible rate hikes as a result of coming of fiscal policies expected from the new Trump administration.
For NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT, I'm Steve Liesman.
HERERA: Macy's posts disappointing sales during the holiday season and that's where we begin tonight's "Market Focus".
The retailers said same store sales growth came in at the low end of its guidance, saying changing customer behavior and ongoing weakness in hand bags and accessories hurt their results. Macy's also cut its earnings outlook and said that it will eliminate about 10,000 jobs as part of the previously announced store closings and other cost-cutting measure. Shares fell nearly 10 percent in after-hours trading following the news. But they ended the regular session up almost 2 percent to $35.84.
Also after the bell, Kohl's reported a drop in same store sales during the holiday season, saying purchases during that time period were volatile. The retailer also lowered its full year earnings forecast. Shares were initially hit hard after the release, wiping out a 4 percent gain during the regular session where they closed at $51.88.
Sears chief executive, Eddie Lampert, is shelling out cash for the struggling retailer for the second time in a week. Affiliates of Lampert's hedge fund have provided Sears with $500 million secured loan, which is backed by mortgages on the company's properties. A regulatory filing also showed that Sears had exercised its right to terminate leases on 19 of its stores. Shares of Sears popped 6.5 percent to $10.36.
MATHISEN: Oprah Winfrey said she has shed more than 42 pounds while on Weightwatchers' diet program. The billionaire who has a nearly 10 percent stake in the company is part of Weightwatchers' new advertising campaign. Shares surging nearly 21 percent today to $13.40.
The subscription video service Hulu will soon begin offering CBS programming on its livestreaming platform. The two companies entered into an agreement that will let some Hulu subscribers access CBS, CBS Sports and the networks entertainment channel Pop. Hulu's livestreaming platform expected to launch sometime this year. CBS shares were up 2 percent at $65.74.
And Apple said it will invest a billion into a technology fund operated by Japan's Softbank. Apple added that the fund, which is expected to launch this year, will speed the development of technology that's may be edge strategically important to the tech giant. Apple shares off a fraction, $116.02.
HERERA: Coming up, how much of your money is tied up in mutual funds? The trends that could shape your returns in the New Year.
MATHISEN: Americans are putting money into domestic stock mutual funds again and it all began basically with the election.
Here to discuss how investor behavior has changed and what might portend for 2017 is Brian Reid, chief economist at the Investment Company Institute.
Brian, happy New Year. Welcome. Good to have you with us.
BRIAN REID, INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE CHIEF ECONOMIST: Thank you.
MATHISEN: Why have investors found their taste once for domestic equity funds and where is the money flowing from?
REID: So, I think part of the reason for the demand for domestic equity funds is basically because of expectations about improving economy, either from greater government spending, tax cuts, higher corporate profit. And this has really came about after the election. We saw the surge for equity funds invested in the U.S.
It doesn't look like it is coming from bond funds in particular, although tax-exempt bond funds have seen some outflows in the last couple of months. So, some of that seems to be coming in from there. Probably most of this is coming from cash or other investments.
HERERA: So, Brian, we are entering into a New Year when many expect changes from Washington. One of which may be tax reform. So, how do you factor that into your investment decisions?
REID: I think there are a couple things that you should be looking at as an investor. Number one thing to keep in mind is to look how they're going to treat muni bonds income. That may have — be affected by, if they remove or reduce the exemption for tax exempt income. It could also be, if you cut taxes, it's going to make taxable bonds look much more attractive.
On the other hand, another factor that could be in play here is how do they treat your retirement assets into types of tax incentives that are provided to you in your IRAs or your 401(k)s?
MATHISEN: So, pay attention to that.
One of the interesting points you made with one of our producers here is that a lot of people have put money into passive or index funds. But that does not necessarily mean their money is not being actively managed. In other words, what may be happening is that their investment adviser may be assembling a portfolio of passive index funds but managing those various funds in a rather more active way.
Tell me about that. What do you need to know from your investment adviser about that?
REID: So, that's right. That moved from an active mutual fund, let's say, into an ETF or an index fund, is really just the first part of the conversation. What that adviser is going to do is put together a portfolio, an investment portfolio for you and they're going to be targeting some time of bench mark. And so, the conversation that you should be having with your adviser then is, what is that benchmark? What is the expected rate of return you're trying to achieve and have something that you can compare your rate of return on your overall portfolio?
Each fund is going to pretty much track benchmark, the index. But you ought to look at that overall portfolio. You also want to know what your adviser is going to charge you in terms of fees for doing that active management that's no longer being done by the fund.
HERERA: And what about the market itself, Brian? I mean, give your thoughts on how much more you think this market may have to run and how as a long term investor you should approach it?
REID: Well, the market really pretty much is being driven by, at least the stock market that is, by expectations of corporate profits. So, as long as corporate profits continue to increase and expectations are that they will in the near term, that's going to help the market forward.
MATHISEN: All right.
REID: The other part of this is, as far as interest rates going to, because Americans have billions of dollars invested, trillions of dollars in bond funds.
MATHISEN: All right. Brian, we got to leave there. Happy New Year. Brian Reid with the ICI.
HERERA: That's it for us tonight. I'm Sue Herera. Thanks for joining us.
MATHISEN: And thanks for me as well. Have a great evening. We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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Awkward: Republican Presidential Candidate John Kasich Asks a Woman if She's Been on a Diet
His campaign said he often asks this question to explain government debt.
By Michael Sebastian
John Kasich, the governor of Ohio and Republican presidential candidate, has caused controversy a couple of times in recent months with remarks he's made that have been deemed offensive to women and minorities. Has he learned his lesson since then? Not quite.
During a town hall discussion in Dubuque, Iowa, on Tuesday, Kasich sought to explain his experience balancing his state's budget. Basically, he was trying to make the point that it's hard to do—*real* hard. But instead of talking about fiscal gains or budgetary cuts, he asked a woman in the crowd whether she had ever been on a diet. Yes, really.
News site Mic has the play-by-play on the interaction:
"Have you ever been on a diet?" Kasich said to a woman. The woman replied, "Many times," to which he laughed and responded "Well, you're the perfect example." "So you set a goal and you reach it, and then what happens? A little spumoni, a trip to Mario's," Kasich said, apparently referring to an Italian dessert and a local restaurant, both of which can get in the way of this woman sticking to her diet.
The Kasich campaign—which didn't respond to Marie Claire's request for comment—toldMic in a statement that Kasich "frequently poses that question to audiences...to bring home the need for us to stand up and call on the federal government to rein-in its spending."
Last month, Kasich insulted a young female student during a campaign stop at the University of Richmond, by responding to her raising her hand with, "I'm sorry, I don't have any Taylor Swift concert tickets."
In September, he tried to compliment Latinos, but ended up offering an awkward (and borderline insulting) reference to his hotel room's maid.
Back in 2012, Kasich appeared at a rally for then Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, telling the audience that the wives of politicians are at home "doing laundry" and "taking care of the kids" while men like him are making important speeches.
While none of Kasich's comments seem to be coming from a place of malice, does it really matter? Casual misogyny, sexism, and racism are still those things. In any case, asking if someone is on a diet is just a big NOPE all around.
Michael Sebastian Michael Sebastian is the Digital Director at Esquire.
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Q: Subclass MKAnnotationView Did somebody ever override successfully the method setDragState in MKAnnotationView?
If I try to google for it with "mkannotationview setDragState" I only get three hits! One of them is my other post on stackoverflow ;)
The reference says that when subclassing MKAnnotationView the subclass has to care about  the dragstate. But it does not say how to exactly. Only setting the dragstate to MKAnnotationViewDragStateDragging or rather MKAnnotationViewDragStateCanceling seems not to be enough. Because if I just do that, one of the issues for example is that the mapview does not receive the mapView:annotationView:didChangeDragState:fromOldState: delegate function.
I tried to override it by setting the dragState also in the super class. But at this point other errors occur: For example if I drag the annotationView and my finger runs off the screen, the app crashes with something like "can not remove observer for keypath dragstate" (but my subclass does not any observers I know about). So it seems to that there are other things to care of.
In this post on apple developer forum https://devforums.apple.com/message/203107#203107 aroonicus, a guy from apple, mentions that you have to override [MKAnnotationView setDragState:] but sadly he does not tell how to.
Can anybody help? Does anybody know howto override setDragState? Did anybody created a working subclass of MKAnnotationView overriding setDragState?
Bye,
Ben

A: Refer this thread
refer to the second answer where a custom annotation view class is used to override the existing one. It works
Subclassing MKAnnotationView and overriding setDragState

A: It's possible using custom annotations. See the following sample project: http://digdog.tumblr.com/post/1616858395/note-about-mapkitdraganddrop-3-2

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Tony Mastrangeli
2012 was a pretty good year for board gaming. We saw a lot of new releases and some great re-releases. So I decided a good way to start off 2013 was to take one last look back at 2012 and see what really stood out as in the board gaming world. So I present to you my 5 favorite games to get released in 2012.
Let me preference this by saying this lists is going to be highly subjective. I am only including games that I actually got to play (see the noteworthy games section below for some board games I've heard are great, but not personally tried). The list also will only be full games that got released last year, no expansions, no games from 2011 or older.
Without further ado, here are my top 5 board games from 2012 (with one that just missed the cut):
Top 5 Board Games of 2012:
Honorable Mention: City of Horror
City of Horror is actually a bit of a remake of an old game called Mall of Horror. City of Horror is the most recent game to take advantage of the current "Zombie Game" craze. However, where it differences itself from the competition is that while most zombie-themed games are about gearing up and shooting some zombies (read: tactical game), City of Horror is all about survival through your wits and diplomacy skills. In this game, you must negotiate with your fellow players to keep your team of 3 humans alive. Just about every round, somebody is going to be fed to the zombie horde. Keep your people alive the longest and you'll be the winner.
I liked City of Horror because it was different then most of the current crop of zombie games. It's about negotiation, betrayal, diplomacy, and survival. The rules are easy, the play is quick and with the right group, it's an absolute blast.
#5 Infiltration
Infiltration isn't an entirely new concept. It's more or less a press-your-luck style of game. Set in the Android universe (Android , Netrunner ), you are tasked to infiltrate a corporate building and attempt to steal their data. You want to get in, download the data and get out before security arrives to arrest you. You have to decide when enough is enough vs exploring just 1 more floor.
I liked it because the rules are simple, game play is quick and the theme fit really well. There are other press-your-luck types of games out there, but Infiltration gives a good amount of variety with your turn actions, has some very well done artwork and will to keep you on your toes throughout the game. More than once we were regretting exploring that "1 last floor".
#4 Dungeon Command
I must admit, I did not expect to like Dungeon Command as much as I did. I don't play very many tactical miniatures games, but Wizards of the Coast did a lot of things right with Dungeon Command. Dungeon Command is a 2 player skirmish game where you build an army and attempt to reduce your opponents morale to zero. They took a risk by making the game completely diceless, but in my opinion, it paid off. It almost feels like a mixture between Magic the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures. You have a hand of tactical cards that you play for your offense and defense rather that rolling dice. This was a great idea. For a tactical game, it adds a whole new level of strategy.
The miniatures look nice and all the cards and components are high quality. The rules were fairly intuitive and it plays quickly. Dungeon Command is a fresh and new spin on an old genre that I'm very much looking forward to playing again.
#3 Descent: Journeys in the Dark (second edition)
Fantasy Flight came out with a great game many years ago called Descent: Journeys in the Dark. It was one of the top dungeon crawler board games for many years. Yet the game was not without its flaws. Chief of which, in my opinion, was the play length. With 5 people, you were looking at about 3-4 hours of play time. It was just too much for a dungeon crawler. There were other issues I had with the game, but this was my main gripe.
Well Descent: Second Edition fixed a lot of that. You can now get in 2-3 games in the same amount of time. The heroes have been improved to be more powerful and more unique. The game is also now more tailored to campaign and quest play. No longer are you just doing a generic dungeon crawl where your main objective is to kill things and find conquest tokens. In 2nd edition, each game will have the player embarking on a quest with its own unique objective. While 2nd edition is also not without its flaws, I think the improvements went far enough to crown Descent king of the dungeon crawlers again.
#2 Android: Netrunner
Since its quick sellout at Gen Con 2012, Netrunner has been the talk of the gaming community.The third game set in the Android universe, Netrunner is actually a remake of an old collectible card game (CCG) originally produced by Wizards of the Coast. Netrunner is a 2-player living card game (LCG) in which one person plays the corporation and another plays the runner. It's the job of the corporation to try and advance its own agendas while the runner must steal those agendas from the corporation. The most notable thing about Netrunner is its asynchronous game play. In almost every other game out there, each player is tying to accomplish the same tasks to try to win. However, in Netrunner, both players play the game very differently. They coportaiton will build up its servers and defenses, while the runner plays program and hardware cards to try and hack its way into the corporation's servers. It's a unique game decision that helps Netrunner to stand out from the many other card games available.
The game itself is actually a lot of fun. Fantasy Flight did a good job of making sure both sides were quite balanced. Despite the difference in play, both sides have an equal chance to win. The rules for the game are somewhat deep, which may turn off the more causal gamers. However, once you get a solid understanding of them, the game flows pretty smoothly and takes under an hour.
Fantasy Flight also successfully avoided turning the game into a CCG, which can turn off many players (myself included) as CCGs can become a huge money pit. There is a lot to love about Netrunner , and it will be getting its own full review quite soon. Netrunner was a very close choice for my top game of 2012, and I think if I had played it more, it might have even taken that spot.
#1 Lords of Waterdeep
My top game of 2012 is Lords of Waterdeep . It was a really hard choice between this game and Netrunner . In the end, I thought about which game I'm more excited to play on any given day, and also, which game I'm most excited to buy an upcoming expansion for. In the end, Lords of Waterdeep was the winner, but only by a nose. I think, given enough time, Netrunner may have moved into the top spot, but as of right now, Lords of Waterdeep was my favorite.
Lords of Waterdeep was reviewed fully on this site a while ago (you can read the full board game review here). But to summarize, Lords of Waterdeep is a eurogame with a light fantasy theme skinned on top of it. Everyone plays a Lord in the City of Waterdeep. You send out your agents to carry out various orders (recruit adventurers, find quests, construct buildings, etc…). You are competing with your fellow players to get the most influence over the city. You can attempt to hinder your opponents via the influence cards that can be played. The game has a great mix of resource management and worker placement.
Even though the theme is clearly not ingrained into the game, it's still a very enjoyable game. The rules are easy and accessible (your non-gamer friends can enjoy this game as well), there is a good amount of player interaction and the play time is under an hour. The game also scales very well from 2-5 players.
Lords of Waterdeep was a great offering from Wizards of the Coast. I'd highly recommend it for anyone looking for a new, light eurogame to try out. Plus, there is an expansion planned for later in 2013!
Noteworthy Games:
There are plenty of other games that got released in 2012, and unfortunately, I didn't have the time or money to play them all. I felt I should include some of the games that I've heard many positive things about. They may have made the list had I gotten the chance to play them.
Eclipse Board Game
Escape The Curse of the Temple Game
Dungeon! Board Game
Tzolk'in – the Mayan Calendar
Disagree? Think I missed something? Feel free to let me know in the comments below.
While he will play just about anything, Tony loves games that let him completely immerse himself in the theme. He also is a bit of a component addict.


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COBIT je framework vytvořený mezinárodní asociací ISACA pro správu a řízení informatiky (IT Governance). Jedná se o soubor praktik, které by měly umožnit dosažení strategických cílů organizace díky efektivnímu využití dostupných zdrojů a minimalizaci IT rizik. Prakticky je tedy určen především top manažerům k posuzování fungování ICT a auditorovi pro provádění auditu systému řízení ICT. Na rozdíl od ITIL, který je určen více manažerovi IT (CIO).

Přehled
COBIT byl poprvé vydán roku 1996 a od té doby se postupně rozšířil například o auditní postupy, implementační nástroje, detailní cíle nebo manažerské postupy. Roku 2007 byla publikovaná verze COBIT 4.1 a v 1. čvtrtletí roku 2012 vyšla nejnovější verze 5.

COBIT vznikl jako akronym z anglického Control Objectives for Information and related Technology a definuje rozdělení IT do čtyř domén - plánování a organizace, akvizice a implementace, dodání a podpora a monitorování a vyhodnocování. V rámci těchto domén je popsáno celkem 34 procesů.

Reference

Externí odkazy

  Co je COBIT?
  COBIT–IT profesionálně
  Dokumentace COBIT 4.1
  Informace o COBIT 5

Související články
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 IEEE

Řízení projektů
Informační technologie

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text:
package kubeconfig

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"testing"
)

const (
	configOut1 = `apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
    server: ""
  name: k8s
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: k8s
    user: user1
  name: user1@k8s
current-context: user1@k8s
kind: Config
preferences: {}
users:
- name: user1
  user:
    token: abc
`
	configOut2 = `apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
    server: localhost:8080
  name: kubernetes
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: kubernetes
    user: user2
  name: user2@kubernetes
current-context: user2@kubernetes
kind: Config
preferences: {}
users:
- name: user2
  user:
    token: cba
`
)

type configClient struct {
	clusterName string
	userName    string
	serverURL   string
	caCert      []byte
}

type configClientWithCerts struct {
	clientKey  []byte
	clientCert []byte
}

type configClientWithToken struct {
	token string
}

func TestCreateWithCerts(t *testing.T) {
	var createBasicTest = []struct {
		name        string
		cc          configClient
		ccWithCerts configClientWithCerts
		expected    string
	}{
		{"empty config", configClient{}, configClientWithCerts{}, ""},
		{"clusterName kubernetes", configClient{clusterName: "kubernetes"}, configClientWithCerts{}, ""},
	}
	for _, rt := range createBasicTest {
		t.Run(rt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			cwc := CreateWithCerts(
				rt.cc.serverURL,
				rt.cc.clusterName,
				rt.cc.userName,
				rt.cc.caCert,
				rt.ccWithCerts.clientKey,
				rt.ccWithCerts.clientCert,
			)
			if cwc.Kind != rt.expected {
				t.Errorf(
					"failed CreateWithCerts:\n\texpected: %s\n\t  actual: %s",
					rt.expected,
					cwc.Kind,
				)
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestCreateWithToken(t *testing.T) {
	var createBasicTest = []struct {
		name        string
		cc          configClient
		ccWithToken configClientWithToken
		expected    string
	}{
		{"empty config", configClient{}, configClientWithToken{}, ""},
		{"clusterName kubernetes", configClient{clusterName: "kubernetes"}, configClientWithToken{}, ""},
	}
	for _, rt := range createBasicTest {
		t.Run(rt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			cwc := CreateWithToken(
				rt.cc.serverURL,
				rt.cc.clusterName,
				rt.cc.userName,
				rt.cc.caCert,
				rt.ccWithToken.token,
			)
			if cwc.Kind != rt.expected {
				t.Errorf(
					"failed CreateWithToken:\n\texpected: %s\n\t  actual: %s",
					rt.expected,
					cwc.Kind,
				)
			}
		})
	}
}

func TestWriteKubeconfigToDisk(t *testing.T) {
	tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "")
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("Couldn't create tmpdir")
	}
	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)

	var writeConfig = []struct {
		name        string
		cc          configClient
		ccWithToken configClientWithToken
		expected    error
		file        []byte
	}{
		{"test1", configClient{clusterName: "k8s", userName: "user1"}, configClientWithToken{token: "abc"}, nil, []byte(configOut1)},
		{"test2", configClient{clusterName: "kubernetes", userName: "user2", serverURL: "localhost:8080"}, configClientWithToken{token: "cba"}, nil, []byte(configOut2)},
	}
	for _, rt := range writeConfig {
		t.Run(rt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			c := CreateWithToken(
				rt.cc.serverURL,
				rt.cc.clusterName,
				rt.cc.userName,
				rt.cc.caCert,
				rt.ccWithToken.token,
			)
			configPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/etc/kubernetes/%s.conf", tmpdir, rt.name)
			err := WriteToDisk(configPath, c)
			if err != rt.expected {
				t.Errorf(
					"failed WriteToDisk with an error:\n\texpected: %s\n\t  actual: %s",
					rt.expected,
					err,
				)
			}
			newFile, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(configPath)
			if !bytes.Equal(newFile, rt.file) {
				t.Errorf(
					"failed WriteToDisk config write:\n\texpected: %s\n\t  actual: %s",
					rt.file,
					newFile,
				)
			}
		})
	}
}

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