LAS VEGAS - With a pair of rear naked chokes that finished two celebrated champions, Nate Diaz and Miesha Tate both accomplished the improbable in a pair of sport-shaking victories at UFC 196.
Diaz forced Conor McGregor to tap out with 48 seconds left in the second round Saturday night, ending the Irish superstar's 15-fight winning streak in a non-title bout.
Tate won the UFC bantamweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, locking Holly Holm in a choke that rendered the champ apparently unconscious with 90 seconds left in the fifth round.
The dual upsets stunned a sellout crowd and one of the biggest pay-per-view audiences in the history of mixed martial arts.
They also threw two potential wrenches into the UFC's plans for the upcoming year: McGregor was widely expected to fight in the main event at UFC 200 in July, while Holm's next fight was supposed to be her rematch with Ronda Rousey, whose title reign ended with Holm's knockout win in November.
Diaz and Tate had plans of their own.
"After 16 years in this business, the one thing you don't ever do is think you know what's going to happen," thrilled UFC President Dana White said. "Because you don't."
Diaz (20-10) was battered and bloodied for the first 1 1/2 rounds by McGregor (19-3), the UFC 145-pound featherweight champ and pay-per-view star fighting at 170 pounds on short notice.
Diaz, who took the fight less than two weeks ago, abruptly changed the bout with an electric series of punches that wobbled the previously unshakable McGregor. When McGregor tried a takedown, Diaz quickly forced him to tap out on the ground.
"I knew I was the superior boxer, with superior kickboxing, with superior jiu-jitsu," said Diaz, who had lost five of his previous 10 fights. "Nothing surprised me except for that I got hit at all. I think with a full camp, I would have been flawless."
Earlier, Tate (18-5) became the third 135-pound champion in UFC history by beating Holm (10-1), the woman who knocked out Rousey in November. Holm appeared to be out cold when Tate finally released her from the choke to celebrate.
"Not many people wouldn't tap out," Tate said. "She went out like a champion. ... She's tougher than nails. She really pulled the most out of me and made me a better fighter tonight."
The main event was the greatest moment in the career of Diaz, a pugnacious veteran from a notorious fighting family in Stockton, California. Diaz had lost three of his past five fights, but his size and power abruptly finished McGregor, who had boasted of his plans to hold championships in multiple weight classes.
The loss was McGregor's first since November 2010, and it put a blemish on the loquacious Irish face of the UFC and the best-paid fighter in this rapidly growing sport.
McGregor was somber but reflective at the post-fight news conference, which often isn't attended by losing fighters. He thinks his next bout will be a featherweight title defense, but he vowed to return to higher weight classes.
"I will never shy away from defeat," McGregor said. "This is part of the game. I had many chances to not do this and sit and wait, but I went in. I took the fight and it didn't pay off. This is the fight business. It's another day. I will come back."
McGregor agreed to fight Diaz at the welterweight limit when 155-pound lightweight champion Rafael Dos Anjos dropped out of his matchup with McGregor due to a foot injury. McGregor set a new UFC record with his $1 million disclosed purse for this fight, and he predicted a comfortable win over Diaz, comparing the veteran to a gazelle about to be eaten by a lion.
"(McGregor) punches hard," Diaz said. "He's a hard-hitting little guy, but nothing I never felt before."
The penultimate fight at UFC 196 was a thrilling clash of styles, and Tate fought until the waning minutes before finally using her superior ground game to outstanding effect.
For 4 1/2 rounds, Holm appeared to be winning her first fight since she dethroned Rousey with a stunning head-kick knockout. Although Tate controlled the second round on the ground and got close to a finish, Holm picked apart Tate with punches for the other three rounds.
Everything changed when Tate finally landed a desperate takedown attempt and got Holm's back with 2 minutes left.
Holm fought desperately to get out, but the veteran wrestler sunk in a choke that she didn't let go until she was the champion.
"It wasn't the right move to shake her off my back," Holm said. "It was stupid, and I should have fought it off more. When you're up against a wrestler like that, of course that threat is there for a takedown, and you have to recognize it."
Tate was overwhelmed after finally reaching her longtime goal. She hasn't lost a fight since 2013 but realized this might be her last chance to fight for the belt.
"My mentality is, it doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down in a fight," Tate said. "It's how many times you get back up. I think that's something a champion does."


The Salvadoran government continued to work in 2013 to transform the gang truce between the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and the 18th Street gangs of the previous year into a sustainable peace. While the truce has reduced the country's murder rate by over half, its long-term success is in doubt given the lack of resources available domestically and internationally and the lack of transparency with which the government has facilitated and supported the truce. It has also become a political issue in advance of the February 2014 presidential election.
The independence of the Salvadoran government to make decisions concerning its people was challenged in 2013 following public and private pressure applied by U.S. officials, programs associated with the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA), litigation by multinational corporations, and infiltration by transnational criminal organizations.
The United States' support for initiatives such as the Public-Private Partnership (P3) law in May, debate on a second Millennium Corporation Compact for El Salvador in September, and investment in a number of programs related to the Partnership for Growth have caused friction between El Salvadorian president Mauricio Funes, his party, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), and the business sector and civil society.
El Salvador's president is elected for a five-year term, and the 84-member, unicameral Legislative Assembly is elected for three years. Residential voting and absentee voting from Salvadorans living in the US will be available in 2014.
El Salvador held legislative and local elections in March 2012, with a turnout of 51 percent of registered voters. The Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) captured 33 seats and the FMLN 31; they were followed by Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA) with 11, the National Conciliation (CN) with 7, and the Party of Hope (PES) and the Democratic Change Party (PDC) with 1 seat each. In municipal elections, ARENA captured 116 and the FMLN 95 mayorships; the CN, PES, and GANA shared the remaining 51. An electoral observer mission from the Organization of American States (OAS) made a number of recommendations to improve the legitimacy of El Salvador's electoral process, including the passage of campaign finance and accountability laws, as well as measures to increase female representation in the national and municipal-level governments.
A 1979-92 civil war pitted El Salvador's Christian Democratic Party (PDC) government, the right-wing oligarchy, and the military, with support from the United States, against the leftist FMLN. In 1989, the conservative ARENA captured the presidency, and the civil war ended in 1992 with the signing of a peace treaty. ARENA held the presidency for two decades until the FMLN emerged victorious in 2009 with the more-centrist Mauricio Funes as its presidential candidate. While the FMLN has supported Funes on several issues since taking office, important disagreements have, at times, caused a rift between the president and his party. The FMLN and ARENA are the country's two largest political parties, although there is growing support for former president Antonio Saca's GANA party.
Following the loss of several ARENA congressmen, the FMLN surpassed ARENA as the largest legislative bloc in November 2012. Increasing frustration with the abandonment of the party on whose ticket they had won office led ARENA deputies to propose reforms to the constitution that would impose one-to-three year prison sentences on members of congress who abandoned their party for another or to become independent.
There is increasing concern that foreign governments and multinational corporations are exerting ever greater influence over decisions made by local and national government officials. In September 2013, U.S. senator Patrick Leahy argued that El Salvador should have to demonstrate greater progress toward fighting corruption and making its judiciary more independent before the U.S. Congress would authorize $277 million in aid to the country. Canadian gold mining company Pacific Rim is suing El Salvador for $315 million because it claims that the government failed to issue permits for the company to remove gold from the ground. There is also concern with the amount of power that Venezuela has over domestic policy given its $800 million worth of assets in El Salvador through a joint initiative with FMLN mayors, Alba Petróleos.
After the former inspector general of the National Civil Police (PNC) resigned in January 2012, claiming that the military had gained too much influence over the nation's security institutions, several officers who had been under investigation for ties to drug trafficking and organized crime were promoted or appointed to key positions.
Corruption remains a serious problem in El Salvador, and few high level public officials have ever been charged or convicted. In June 2013, however, President Funes announced the creation of a new anti-extortion unit. In July, the Constitutional Chamber agreed to support an investigation into former president Francisco Flores and several prominent businessmen for illicit enrichment. Funes announced in September that his government would establish a Financial Crimes Division of the National Police in order to tackle money laundering by drug-trafficking organizations. That month, the attorney general's office raided a number of homes and served arrest warrants that alleged fraud, embezzlement, the falsification of identity and of documents, and corruption in the Public Works Ministry during the administration of president Tony Saca (2004-2009). In October, President Funes ordered his ministers to cooperate with the attorney general in his investigation of an unnamed ex-president for money laundering and tax evasion. El Salvador was ranked 83 out of 177 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index.
While President Funes maintains very high approval ratings, questions surrounding his administration's lack of transparency regarding the government's facilitation of a March 2012 truce between the MS-13 and the 18th Street gangs linger. After initially denying involvement with the truce, the government eventually acknowledged it and held several meetings with representatives of civil society, political parties, the business community, and the OAS in order to devise a long-term plan to sustain the peace. However, the president has not clarified the government's involvement in facilitating the agreement and continues to be vague about the ongoing negotiations. Mayors across the political spectrum have continued to support the truce, creating so-called sanctuary cities (also known as "peace zones" and "violence-free municipalities") where gang members surrender their weapons and cease to engage in all criminal activities. In June, Attorney General Luis Martinez accused former minister of justice and public security David Munguía Payés of obstructing police anti-gang operations. Meanwhile, in October, critics accused Minister of Justice and Public Security Ricardo Perdomo of politicizing the debate over the truce in advance of the 2014 elections. International security analysts have accused President Funes of downplaying the severity of organized crime, money laundering and drug trafficking in El Salvador.
The constitution provides for freedom of the press, and this right is generally respected in practice. The staff of the newspaper El Faro have received threats and reported being followed after reporting in May 2011 about connections between gang leaders, politicians, and businessmen, as well as the March 2012 gang truce. In July 2013, President Funes vetoed a bill that would have established fines of up to $25,000 against individuals who defame presidential candidates. The congress also passed a Special Law for the Right to Rectification or Response in July that required media outlets to print any letter written by anyone offended by the outlet's reporting. Failure to do so could result in a fine or a prison sentence. The media are privately owned, but ownership is confined to a small group of powerful businesspeople who often impose controls on journalists to protect their political or economic interests. ARENA-aligned Telecorporación Salvadoreña owns three of the five private television networks and dominates the market. There is unrestricted access to the internet and the government and private organizations have worked to extend internet access to the poor.
The government does not encroach on religious freedom, and academic freedom is respected.
Freedoms of assembly and association are generally upheld. Public protests during recent constitutional conflicts have not been obstructed. The Legislative Assembly passed a controversial law in 2010 criminalizing gang membership, which critics feared would threaten freedom of association and would not succeed in addressing gang-related crime. While there was hope that the Salvadoran government might repeal the law as part of its new approach to public security, there has been no movement to do so. El Salvador's nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) generally operate freely, but some have reported registration difficulties. In an act of intimidation in November, armed men broke into and burned the records of Pro-Búsqueda, a Salvadoran non-profit that works to locate children missing from the war. Labor unions have long faced obstacles in a legal environment that has traditionally favored business interests.
Although El Salvador's judicial system remains weak and judges and others continue to speak out against the corruption and obstructionism that still permeates the entire judiciary, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court continues to demonstrate its independence. In December 2012, the Constitutional Chamber ruled that elements of the regulations issued by the Funes administration to implement the Access to Information Law were unconstitutional. In March 2013, the Chamber ruled against the Legislative Assembly's appointment of four out of five magistrates on the Court of Accounts. In May, the Chamber ruled that President Funes' appointments of two former military officials to the positions of minister of justice and public security and PNC, respectively, violated the constitutional requirement that those positions be staffed by civilian authorities. In July, the Chamber blocked the introduction of a new vehicle tax. In October, it declared unconstitutional the Legislative Assembly's selection of Salomón Padilla as president of the Supreme Court on the grounds that his previous political ties to the FMLN should have disqualified his selection.
Justice system officials continue to be criticized for brutality, corruption, arbitrary arrest, and lengthy pretrial detention. The country's prison system continues to operate at over 300 percent of its capacity, and nearly 30 percent of inmates have not been convicted of a crime. In September 2013, President Funes announced plans to reduce prison overcrowding by building a new prison, increasing space at an existing prison in Izalco, and expanding work farms and the use of electronic ankle bracelets.
The U.S. Treasury Department named MS-13 a transnational criminal organization in October 2012 and imposed sanctions on six Salvadoran leaders in June 2013 by adding them to its Specially Designated Nationals List. El Salvador remained one of the most violent countries in the hemisphere in 2013, though crime rates were down from their high in 2011. El Salvador has remained on the U.S. list of "major" drug producing and transit countries since 2011, and the country has been criticized for not attacking organized crime. In August, authorities arrested Roberto Herrerra of the Texis Cartel, and on September 17 additional cartel members, including a former legislator, a police inspector, and a public defender, were arrested.
Salvadoran law, including a 1993 general amnesty, bars prosecution of crimes and human rights violations committed during the civil war, but the authorities have faced criticism from NGOs and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) for failing to adequately investigate such crimes. The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court announced in September that it would consider repeal or nullification of the law. The Attorney General's office also announced its intention to investigate several civil war era massacres including those at El Mozote and the Sumpul River. The Legislative Assembly elects a human rights ombudsman for a three-year term. David Morales was elected to the position in August.
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is widespread in El Salvador even though it is prohibited by law. Human rights NGO Comcavis Trans reported that four transgender women and one gay man had been killed as of September.
There are no national laws regarding indigenous rights. Access to land and credit remain a problem for indigenous people, along with poverty, unemployment, and labor discrimination. Businesses and private citizens are subject to regular extortion by organized criminal groups. While women are granted equal rights under the constitution, they are often discriminated against in practice, including in employment. Abortion is illegal, even when the life of the mother is at risk, and can be punishable by prison time. In May 2013, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court ruled to affirm this law, stating that the "rights of the mother cannot be privileged over the fetus." In July, a young woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges of aggravated homicide for having an abortion. Violence against women, including domestic violence, is a serious problem. Several police officers were arrested in separate incidents in 2013 for abusing their wives or girlfriends, and an aide in the Legislative Assembly was convicted of assault against his girlfriend and sentenced to six years in prison in May. Despite governmental efforts, El Salvador remains a source, transit, and destination country for the trafficking of women and children for the purposes of prostitution and forced labor.


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Supermarkets demand VAT let-off at least during pandemic
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Footfall growth and customer database suggest a large number of new customers from middle- and lower-middle income groups are going to supermarkets
A super shop in Mogbazar seen busy during the national lockdown by the authority amid the concerns over coronavirus pandemic in Dhaka. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Mohammad Yasin, a security guard at a Moghbazar residential building in the capital, went to an outlet of Shwapno – one of the largest retail chain shops – for the first time to buy vegetables and grocery items.
Nowadays he avoids open and dampened markets as risks of coronavirus contamination and its person-to-person spread are much higher there.
For daily shopping, thousands of city dwellers, like Yasin, now prefer supermarkets that offer free but mandatory hand sanitisation and ensure social distancing among buyers. At the same time, the prices of commodities there seem quite similar to those charged at traditional kitchen markets.
Yasin was surprised to see that the superstore was not cashing in on the present crisis even after a severe disruption in its supply chain.
But a few moments later, disappointment was his when he learned that prices of detergent, biscuits and some other packaged products would cost him an extra 5 percent in the form of Value Added Tax (VAT).
The government charges VAT over maximum retail prices of packaged products if they are bought from super shops.
The Bangladesh Supermarket Owners' Association has long been labelling the tax as discriminatory and requesting the government for a level playing field to enable them to compete with traditional retailers who need not pay the amount.
But over the years, VAT has only seen a repeated rise which has made customer acquisitions at the supermarkets that much harder.
Therefore, the organisation wants a VAT withdrawal in order to prevent customers like Yasin from going to open markets, at least until the coronavirus pandemic is over.
In a letter to the Ministry of Finance and the National Board of Revenue on March 23, the association said people now understand the importance of avoiding crowded and wet markets and so prefer to shop at superstores like Shwapno, Meenabazar, Agora, Unimart and Prince Bazar.
As customers are price-sensitive and uncomfortable with the additional tax, the superstore industry urged the government to remove VAT on them until the coming Eid-ul-Fitr, with the expectation that the outbreak will be arrested by then.
"It is high time to stay at home. We are inspiring people not to go out, not even to come to our stores. We are delivering everything to their homes," said Sabbir Hasan Nasir, executive director of Shwapno.
In March, the Shwapno outlets in the city witnessed a sales growth of over 50 percent with a nearly 25 percent growth in footfall.
"The footfall growth and the customer database suggest that a large number of new people from middle- and lower-middle income groups are coming to supermarkets," said Sabbir.
Meenabazar, another popular retail chain shop, also observed around 50 percent sales growth in March.
Its CEO Shaheen Khan notes, "Way more people would opt for supermarkets for safer products, hygienic environment and stable pricing during the pandemic days if they did not have to pay the additional amount for packaged items."
The monthly collection from the said 5 percent VAT from supermarkets is not even Tk20 crore, which is negligible compared to the costs the nation bears in the fight against the novel coronavirus, said Bangladesh Supermarket Owners' Association's newly elected President Kazi Inam Ahmed.
"If the government sacrifices a part of the petty amount through responding to our crisis time plea, it will help arrest the coronavirus outbreak and pay back to the economy through stabilising the public health situation," he added.
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Special Report: Colorado Springs' most dangerous intersections
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Colorado Springs set a new record in 2020 for the number of lives lost in car crashes, with 51.
El Paso County also led the state in fatal crashes last year, with 84.
With the increases in deadly accidents, KRDO Newschannel 13 requested CSPD provide a list of the intersections with the most crashes last year.
*The digit in the Injury/Fatal category does not indicate exactly how many people were hurt or killed. It only indicates how many crashes involved injuries or deaths. Any type of injury, whether minor or serious, qualifies as an injury crash. A crash is any type of incident that involves damage, whether a car runs into another car or into a pole. If a car slides off the road during winter weather and there is no damage, it is not considered a crash in this report.
Intersections along I-25 account for 8 of the top 10, making it by far the source of the most crashes.
The top 3 are:
I25 & S Nevada / S Tejon
I25 & Garden of the Gods
I25 & Lake / S Circle
However, the analysis is slightly misleading, because not all of the crashes happened at the actual intersection.
A CSPD spokesperson explained that even if a crash along I-25 happens several hundred yards before or after Nevada, it might still be connected to that intersection simply because it was the nearest cross street.
It's also unclear how many of the crashes happened on the interstate versus underneath the interstate at each of those locations.
For that reason, KRDO Newschannel 13 instead focused on locations not along the interstate that you might not have thought were some of the most dangerous in town.
Powers and Stetson Hills in northeast Colorado Springs was the top non-interstate location for crashes in 2020, with 47, averaging almost one every week.
In four of those crashes, at least one person was hurt, but no one was killed.
Second on the non-interstate list is Fountain and Academy, the first of several along Academy.
There were 40 crashes there last year, including one in June that killed two soldiers from Fort Carson after their small sedan was left pinned under a semi truck.
The third most crash-prone intersection is less than a mile north, Airport and Academy, which happens to have a red light camera.
There were 38 crashes there in 2020.
Four sent someone to the hospital, but none were fatal.
There were 34 crashes at Austin Bluffs and Academy, which also has a red light camera.
There were 33 crashes at Platte and Academy, including one deadly wreck in January that killed a 19-year-old woman and left two others with serious injuries.
Academy and Galley is only sixth on the list for the most crashes in 2020, but it's tied for first for the most fatal crashes.
There were two at this intersection last year, both involving pedestrians, one of whom was a 62 year old man in a wheelchair.
Gabriel Russo, a pedestrian who crosses Academy toward the Citadel Mall regularly, says he's not surprised to hear that the intersection ranks among the deadliest in the city, blaming drivers for not paying attention.
"You never know what's going through someone's head, or what they're thinking," he said.
Pedestrian Don Parton added, "People are in a rush. People don't have the patience to want to do that, and this road, it kind of brings the worst out in people from time to time."
It should be noted that within the first 10 minutes of observing Academy and Galley, a KRDO crew witnessed two people, including Russo, crossing Academy without the right of way indicated by the white "Walk" crossing symbol.
It was a solid orange hand indicating "Don't Walk".
Because of one man's decision not to wait for the right of way, he ended up stranded halfway across, dangerously stuck between cars speeding past in opposite directions.
Less than two weeks ago, another pedestrian was killed just west of Academy and Galley, when not using a crosswalk at all.
Crossing without the proper signal is exactly what police believe happened in both fatal crashes at this intersection last year.
Our crew tested the crosswalk button, and actually had to press it a second time, but eventually got the all clear to safely cross Academy.
CSPD Lt. James Sokolik says his department doesn't just compile annual lists like the one produced for KRDO. They are produced every month, then passed along to the commanders in each of the city's four patrol divisions, and officers then decide whether more patrols are needed in those areas or whether the intersection itself could be improved.
"Most of our intersections, we've already gone through over time and looked at to see if this is an engineering issue," explains Sokolik, "but we absolutely look at the engineering and talking with Engineering to ask if there is an engineering issue and have them look at that. We talk with Streets. Is there a signage issue?"
Sokolik says whether car crashes kill 51, or 1, it's too many.
With more people than ever arriving in the city, and driving in the city, keeping the number of crashes and fatalities down is harder than ever.
In response to the rising numbers of traffic deaths in El Paso County and across the state, the Colorado State Patrol plans to beef up its presence along I25 and other state roads in 2021.
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The iconic Atlas experiment image at the LHC. Image credit: CERN
Proof Communication, part of April Six, has won a competitive tender to develop the communications strategy for CERN, one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research.
Proof will conduct a consultative process with CERN staff and external stakeholders before developing a communications strategy for the next 5 years and a communications plan for 2016 activity. The strategy will recommend how CERN can maintain its reputation and position itself for the post LHC era. A combined Proof and April Six team will also recommend how to implement best in class internal communications solutions on the most cutting edge digital platforms.
Jim Sutton, Director at Proof said "It's very exciting to be working with one of the most inspirational scientific research facilities in the world. CERN is the organisation that hosts the LHC, invented the World Wide Web and is carrying out a huge range of research to explain the origins and nature of our universe. We have spent more than a decade building our reputation as the specialist STEM communications agency, and winning this project from CERN is a great reward for our work. It's a wonderful addition to our science portfolio."
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MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow court sentenced a Russian academic to 11.5 years in prison for passing dual-purpose technology to China, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Monday.
Igor Reshetin, the chief executive of Tsniimash-Export, a producer of rockets and missiles working closely with the Russian Space Agency, was found guilty on all charges, including smuggling intellectual property and misappropriating funds.
The other three defendants in the criminal case were sentenced to five to 11 years.
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Review: While They watch
While They Watch is a sexy, new adult romance featuring an innocent former-musician struggling to find her place in the world after abandoning her dream of becoming a concert violinist. Fortunately, she meets a mysterious and dominating stranger who puts her back into the spotlight…but nothing could prepare her for his desired performance.
Warning: This novel is a taboo exploration of exhibitionism, light dominance, and the naughtiest of fantasies. The content may be too extreme/intense for some readers...
Morgan had been in college and a promising violinist. But something happened and she's no longer in college and now works at a cafe. She's supposed to be meeting a couple of her friends at a fetish clubs for a friends night out but they flake on her so she ends up there alone. Over walks Anthony to tell her in no uncertain terms that she doesn't belong there. I would have walked out at that point. I mean, what an ass. But she stays, has a drink and tries to do something nice.
Next we meet Simone who is a Sadist and Dominant as well as the owner of the fetish club. In my opinion she's probably also a serial killer who just hasn't been caught yet. #CrazyBitch
I thought this story was good but the characters really lacked. I didn't like any of them and for different reasons. Anthony is big, egotistical and wealthy. He's used to getting what he wants but he lacked emotion in my opinion. Morgan is innocent, inexperienced and naive. She meets some domineering guy in a fetish club and just decides to do what he wants. There's naive and then there's dumb. Simone is the character I liked the least. She's sadistic, sarcastic and not in a good way and also scary as hell. You don't want to run into this woman in a dark alley. She might beat you with a whip just for looking at her the wrong way.
I don't usually mind erotic romance. I don't mind fetish clubs or even BDSM in a story. When done right I think it's quite erotic. But even though the story could have been beyond great, the characters personalities took away from the feel of the story, at least for me. I don't think any Dom worth his salt would have pushed an innocent, inexperienced, naive girl he just met the way Anthony did and then acted like he really had no emotions about it afterwards. *Not that I would know from first hand experience* I've read enough of these types of books written by people who live the life style to know that it just didn't feel right.
This book centers around a fetish club, exhibitionism, Dom/sub relationships and the relationship/romance between the couples. If this type of story makes you uncomfortable, then this is not the book for you.
I give this story 3 out of 5 stars.
Oh but we're not done. Not at all. You see, I saw this ebook being recommended for me on FB so I bought it because it sounded interesting. If it had just been the first book I reviewed I would have been fine with that but there were two bonus books after the first one. It was the second book in this ebook that really got a reaction from me. I almost didn't finish it and that hardly ever happens. The second book was Takeover, book one of a BDSM trilogy. You'll find out why I had such a hard time reading this one in my review below.
Takeover- Book 1 by Lana Grayson
A reckless sacrifice to protect a family legacy...
Kidnapped. Imprisoned. Ravished.
When tragedy stole my family, my father's will mandated my future. I didn't inherit Atwood Industries. I became the only one capable of protecting it.
Atwood Industries belongs only to a male heir, my heir. And my enemies—my own step-brothers—will stop at nothing to create a shared bloodline.
But they've made a mistake, and they'll forever regret trying to control me.
Damned. Destroyed. Enthralled.
My family's livelihood depended on acquiring the rival Atwood Industries and seizing the innocent woman bound within its terms of succession.
I never expected such a challenge from my step-sister.
I never thought I'd betray my own blood to protect her from the nightmare we began.
But if I don't stop her, the woman I'm forbidden to love will sacrifice herself to tear apart my billion dollar empire...
Sarah lost her father and two brothers. Her mother marries someone she despises and now she has a step father and three step brothers who she finds out will do anything to get control of her father's company. And I do mean anything. Her step father tries nicely to buy the company from her at what he considers a good price but she won't hear of it. She produces her fathers will and lets them know that only a male heir can inherit her company. So until she has a bouncing baby boy, the company will stay in trust with her running it.
Her step father gives his sons an ultimatum...kidnap Sarah, rape her, impregnate her and keep her until she has a male heir of their blood line so they can then control the company through the child.
I think at this point you see my problem with this story. These brothers are legally her step brothers and their father is seriously sick, twisted and perverted as well as sadistic. Sarah is shown no mercy by any of them. She is beaten, raped and if the step father finds out her secret...she'll be killed. The brothers are grown men but they are scared of their father and so they go along with what he wants them to do but they also have their own agenda and try to get Sarah to see that they can all help each other without any of them getting killed.
There really wasn't any real redeeming qualities about any of these men and if she falls for them in the next two books *Which I won't be reading* then she's an even bigger dumbass than I thought she was. I would not call this a romance book or story. Once you bring rape into a relationship, it's not romance by any means of the imagination. Not only was the story line vile but it ended on a dreaded cliffhanger. So I didn't even get to see if Sarah got away, got revenge or got her mother away from that psycho. This story pissed me off, made me feel dirty for even reading it and made me want to fling my Kindle across the room. Of course I didn't but it took me a few days to calm down with enough of a level head to even be able to write a review for this.
I gave this story 1 out of 5 stars.
Deja Vu by Sosie Frost
They say the future is uncertain...
But what happens if I have no past?
I don't remember giving birth.
I don't remember my name, my family, or where I come from.
I don't remember…anything.
The only clue to my past rests in a bundle of blankets swaddled in my arms—a newborn baby girl.
With no leads and no family able to find me, the only way I can learn the truth is if I recover my lost memories myself. Fortunately, I have help.
Detective Shepard Novak, the gorgeous, blue-eyed police officer assigned to my case, is determined to uncover the mystery—and with it, my secrets. But as the days become weeks, the only memories I keep are the ones we've made together.
I shouldn't feel the way I do for him, and I shouldn't have let him get this close. But I can't remember a life before him…and I'm not sure I want to search anymore.
Is it worth sacrificing my past for a chance at our future?
The last story in this ebook was the best and that's not saying much. Evie wakes up and discovers she was hit by an ice cream truck, had a baby and has amnesia. Detective Shepard Novak is the first on scene and he helps her try and find her family. After months of looking, no one comes forward for her and she only remembers fragments of memories.
It was a good story but it was so boring. Page after page of her playing with the baby, fretting the baby might have a cold, getting closer to Shepard and trying to remember the baby's father. It's only at the end of the book that we finally figure out who she is and why no one came looking for her. It was just boring, so damn boring.
Have you ever read a book that really made you mad?


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Healthcare Innovators Celebrated at Imprivata HealthCon
Creative thinking and dynamic teamwork drive successful adoption of Imprivata technology at UK and Ireland healthcare organisations resulting in Proven ROI, Innovation, Early Adoption, and Clinical Excellence
London, England – Imprivata®, the digital identity company for healthcare, has celebrated the achievements of customers from the UK and Ireland at its annual HealthCon user group meeting, this year a virtual, but no less glittering, event held on 22 September.
For each of the four Awards, there was an overall Winner as well as Special Commendations in the category, which reflected the strength and depth of nominations.
The Proven ROI Award for the customer who has fully leveraged their Imprivata solutions, either by deploying effectively across their organisation, saving time, or realising the value of Imprivata solutions in their workflows, was won by The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, easily one of Imprivata's quickest and most successful Single Sign-On deployments, demonstrating a fast time to value. Imprivata applauded the Trust for its innovative integration of the Imprivata ConfirmID and WellSky Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) applications in the Pharmacy department. The project was a critical success factor in leveraging optimised secondary authentication when clinicians were e-charting, e-signing and e-witnessing patient medication.
Nigel Hall, Chief Digital & Information Officer at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust commented, "We are absolutely delighted to win this award. It is testament to the diligence and hard work of our project, implementation and wider support staff involved to make this a success.
"We are extremely proud of how we have applied Imprivata technology to deliver a highly secure medicines management methodology that keeps our patients safe whilst improving the digital experience for staff across the organisation."
Special commendations went to:
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust following the successful roll-out of Imprivata OneSign in the Emergency Department. Excellent adoption of the solution combined with praise from clinical colleagues have since led to additional investment in the technology for all clinical users across the organisation.
Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) – in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OoCIO) of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in the Republic of Ireland and Cork University Hospital (CUH). Despite significant disruption from COVID-19 and the severe cyber attack that crippled Irish healthcare this year, teams from the OoCIO and CUH, in collaboration with the local project team in CUMH, successfully completed the first national single sign-on pilot at CUMH.
The Innovator Award for the Imprivata champion whose success story resonates innovation and achievement within their organisation, went to The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust for their forward-thinking strategy, investing Digital Aspirant funding to extend the Imprivata OneSign solution across the whole organisation with 'tap and go'. The Trust has also completed a successful Proof of Concept with Welch Allyn medical devices. This will extend clinicians' digital identity through badge tag authentication to 150 connected medical devices that simultaneously interact with the Trust's Meditech electronic patient records system to reduce errors.
Kevin Grice, Programme Manager at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust commented, "We have worked tirelessly to create a connected health environment using digital technology from Imprivata. Winning this award is testament to our dynamic thinking and will spur us on to do bigger and better things in the future."
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, long-term partners of Imprivata in trialling beta software and providing valuable feedback that shapes the products the company releases to market. This year, the team at Bolton NHS Trust was instrumental in guiding the development of Imprivata's new Virtual Smart Card solution.
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust for their pioneering attitude to embracing Imprivata's beta developments. In particular, thanks go to the Trust's unwavering support, collaborating tirelessly with the Imprivata project management and engineering teams to introduce the company's new Virtual Smart Card solution.
The Early Adopter Award for the Imprivata customer that has contributed immensely to product roadmap initiatives, was presented to East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust for the tremendous support provided by both clinical and IT stakeholders in pioneering a range of Imprivata technologies. Over the last year, the Trust has added Imprivata Mobile Device Access to the organisation's Zebra PDAs, introduced Imprivata OneSign with native tap into existing HP laptops, implemented new infection control keyboards, integrated Imprivata ConfirmID with Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) applications and deployed the Imprivata Virtual Smart Card.
Andy Bissenden, Associate Director of Digital at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust commented, "As a combined acute and community Trust serving a population of over half a million people, we have come to rely on Imprivata as one of the key systems that helps to create a secure IT estate across our large and complex health environment.
"Over the last 12 months we have tested and applied a variety of Imprivata applications in highly creative ways. It's fantastic that our hard work and leading-edge thinking when it comes to optimising workflows across our sites and services has been recognised with this award."
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, who has invested in the Imprivata GroundControl solution to improve iOS mobility workflows. A digital aspirant trust, UHL has adopted a mobile first approach to electronic patient records and ward processes making the robust management of devices business critical. As a result, the Trust anticipates a series of notable benefits. Devices are now shareable and digital identities can be maintained across the mobile fleet. Furthermore, the Trust expects to reduce its mobile fleet through super-fast sync and charging docking stations.
Swansea Bay University Health Board, early adopters of Imprivata and Hospital e-prescribing in NHS Wales. The team at Swansea boasts the most advanced deployment of Imprivata OneSign in the country and has recently inter-weaved Imprivata ConfirmID with WellSky Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) technology into the board's workflows in the Renal and Pharmacy departments.
The Clinical Excellence Award for the customer whose clinical team stands out as an exceptional proponent of Imprivata solutions, was given to South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the fantastic engagement with the clinical team pre and post their investment in Imprivata. Imprivata praises South Tees' energy and ongoing commitment to introducing Imprivata solutions. The Trust is currently implementing Imprivata OneSign and ConfirmID to accelerate access to and improve a range of clinical workflows.
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust who saw first-hand the benefits of investing in Imprivata OneSign to complement the organisation's Cerner Electronic Patient Records (EPR) roll-out. The Trust has also invested in over 1,000 handheld Zebra devices for electronic observations, linking them to Imprivata's Mobile Device Access solution and will be the largest such deployment within the NHS. This will allow clinical staff to authenticate using badge tap and access their applications using single sign-on – making sharing information fast and efficient.
Midland Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – a comprehensive NHS Trust which provides community care, mental health and social care services, as well as a wide range of specialist services including care in more than 23 prisons across the country. Clinical involvement was key to evaluating and tailoring workflows across six very different care settings, giving Imprivata great insight into the mix of applications, specialties and the challenges this ecosystem brings to frontline staff.
Ross Allen, VP, International at Imprivata concluded, "As the global pandemic continues to challenge healthcare organisations, we are amazed and inspired by the sheer dedication and professionalism of both IT and clinical teams everywhere. These are all world-class case studies in how to apply technology to improve patient care in a highly creative and dynamic way. Against such a backdrop, we not only celebrate the achievement of our very worthy winners, and their specially commended peers, but also acknowledge the rest of the healthcare sector that has given so much to keep all of us as safe as possible."
For more information on Imprivata's award winners, the company and its solutions, visit Imprivata
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If you're a business owner and don't know what SEO is, you've come to the right place. SEO or Search Engine Optimisation, much like Ronseal "does exactly what it says on the tin".
SEO is the practice of making sure a business ticks all of the right boxes to make the Search Engine gods at Google, Bing, Yahoo or wherever, judge you kindly. If you have all your information in the right places, have the right people talking about you, and know where to place certain key words to let the Search Engines know exactly where and what you are, and when you're open for business. If you have a full SEO plan that effectively comes together you could be one step (or search result) ahead of your competitors.
If you've looked into online marketing before, you may have heard of a 'citation'. Don't worry it's not a punishment (we'll get onto that later), actually citations are a positive influence for your online presence. A citation is what we call it whenever your business is mentioned somewhere on the internet.
The most important part of a citation is that it includes at least the name of your business, preferably with an accurate address and phone number. That's why you may have heard of the importance of NAP (Name-Address-Phone) consistency. If your business is listed with lots of varying information, then Search Engines can't trust the information as correct and so won't display it. Citations are perhaps the most important feature that really grounds your business in a certain location in the Search Engine's mind. So to feature on locally relevant searches this is really important.
So now we understand that search engines measure reliability of your business through how other people on other sites are talking about it. This is where online reputation can come in. Something more that you require from other sites that will improve how search engines view your business is 'back links'. The World of back links can be a very tricky one to traverse. Some websites offer backlinks in return for money, but be warned that Google polices for these tricksters and if you're found buying links you can face penalties (Dropping back down the Search Results). Worthy backlinks have to be earned, someone referencing your blog in their article or a press release about how your company is making innovations in their industry.
Once you realise the importance on back links, its hard to ignore the power of social media to amplify and spread those back links. Now businesses need to be on Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus as a minimum. You can't expect people to be giving you back links unless your creating valuable content on site, that once you promote it through your social channels, people will begin to share that content and so as well as generate authority for your domain, it will also drive traffic to your site independently of search.
So Google doesn't like it when you pay people for them to feature a link to your site, unless its Google of course! So through highly targeted PPC campaigns (Pay Per Click), where Google will display your page above the Search Results you can advertise directly to people who are making relevant searches. SEO experts will provide a complete analysis of keywords and which keywords convert better for you business. That way your budget is more intelligently spent and you achieve a much better ROI (Return on your investment).


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1. What are Microsoft Office Server Extensions?....................................................... 1
2. Where can I get Office Server Extensions?........................................................... 2
3. How do I upgrade from Beta 2 to the shipping product?...................................... 2
4. What client software do I need to use Office Server Extensions?......................... 2
5. What server software do I need to install Office Server Extensions?..................... 2
6. Where can I get the software prerequisites needed to set up a Windows NT–based server with Office Server Extensions?........................................................................................................... 3
7. Where can I get information on how to set up my Web server for Office Server Extensions? 3
8. How are Office Server Extensions related to FrontPage Server Extensions?......... 3
9. Will OSE be available for UNIX Web servers?......................................................... 4
10. Does publishing to a DAV server give me the same functionality as publishing to a server with FrontPage Server Extensions?............................................................................................... 4
11. Can I use SQL Server to store OSE discussions?................................................... 4
12. Do the OSE add additional administrative overhead?............................................ 5
13. How do I secure Office Server Extensions?........................................................... 5
14. How do I set up a workgroup Web site and discussion server?............................ 6
15. What has to be deployed when Office 2000 applications are distributed? How can I turn off discussions? 7
16. How do I assign users to a discussion server?...................................................... 7
17. How can users move to or be assigned to different discussion servers?.............. 7
18. What are the OS and Web-server configurations on which you can install OSE?.... 7
19. Where can I get more information about Office Server Extensions?..................... 8
Microsoft Office Server Extensions: Frequently Asked Questions
For the latest information, please see http://www.microsoft.com/office/
1. What are Microsoft® Office Server Extensions?
Microsoft Office Server Extensions (OSE) are a set of technologies designed to make collaboration centered on Office documents and Web pages easier. With OSE, teams can share ideas more interactively and synthesize team knowledge more quickly.
Office Server Extensions provide publishing, collaboration, and searching capabilities. They are built on FrontPage® 2000 Server Extensions, Active Server Pages, ActiveX® Data Objects, and OLE Automation. Office Server Extensions run on the Windows NT® Server 4.0 operating system with its built-in Web server, Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0, or on Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Personal Web Server 4.0. Office Server Extensions work with Office 2000 client-side applications, the Windows® Explorer, and the Web browser to provide these new capabilities.
Office Server Extensions add the following features to your Web server:
· Web Publishing. Users can easily save files to or open files on Web servers from within Office 2000 applications. They can navigate the structure of a web built with the FrontPage Web site creation and management tool in the same way they can navigate the structure of a file server. In addition, users can work offline with documents and subsequently synchronize the Web-server versions of those documents with the local copies.
· Web Discussions. Users can discuss a document by attaching comments from within either a browser or an Office 2000 application. Documents can be in native Office binary or HTML format. Users can comment on other comments, and more than one user can comment simultaneously on the same document. Discussion comments are stored separately from documents, so that the documents themselves are not altered.
· Subscription and Notification. Users subscribe to particular discussions, documents, or folders on a Web server and are automatically notified by e-mail of status changes.
· Search. Users can search a Web site using a full-text search, or they can search on Office document properties such as title, author, category, or keywords.
· Start Page. The Start Page provides easy access to all Office Server Extensions features, and provides an interface for users who don't have Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4 or 5 or Office 2000 installed.
2. Where can I get Office Server Extensions?
Office Server Extensions are included on Microsoft Office Premium (CD3) and on Microsoft Office Professional (CD1).
Office Premium includes the OSE prerequisites—Internet Explorer 4.01, Windows NT Options Pack, and Windows NT SP4—and installs these components for you, if necessary. To begin installing OSE, double-click on Setupse.exe.
3. How do I upgrade from Beta 2 to the shipping product?
Upgrading OSE is simple. You just uninstall your old version of OSE and install the new version.
To properly uninstall Beta 2, you need the original Beta 2 installation source (you don't need this source if you're upgrading from a later version, including Beta 2 Refresh).
Due to database schema changes, you won't be able to upgrade your discussions or subscriptions when you upgrade from Beta 1 to Beta 2, or from Beta 2 to the shipping product. During uninstall, you will be asked if you want to delete the discussion database. You must say Yes. The upgrade process will not cause you to lose any other Web site content.
4. What client software do Office Server Extensions require?
On the client side, a Web browser is the only software required for basic functionality. Microsoft Office 2000 applications provide additional capabilities (users can access OSE features from within Office applications).
Different browsers offer different levels of functionality:
· Users with Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer 3.0 can access the discussion and subscription features of Office Server Extensions through the Start Page, via a frames-based version of the Discussions toolbar.
· Users with Internet Explorer 4.01 can access OSE features directly from the browser.
· Users with Internet Explorer 5 can access all OSE features; in addition, they can work offline with documents and publish to a DAV (Distributed Authoring and Versioning) server.
5. What server software do I need to install Office Server Extensions?
The following server software is required to install Office Server Extensions:
· Windows NT Server or Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or higher.
· Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 or higher (part of Windows NT Server) and Index Server (installed from the Windows NT Options Pack), or Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with Personal Web Server for Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
· Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or higher.
· Microsoft Exchange Server or other SMTP mail server somewhere on the network (optional, but required for Notifications). To enable SMTP on your Exchange server, choose File, then New Other, and select Internet Mail Service.
6. Where can I get the software prerequisites needed to set up a Windows NT–based server with Office Server Extensions?
The Office Premium CDs include all of the components you need to add to a Windows NT–based server for Office Server Extensions support. The OSE setup program runs automatically when you insert Office Premium CD 3. You can also start the Setup program (Setupse.exe) yourself. Setup detects whether or not you have the OSE prerequisites—Internet Explorer 4.01, Windows NT Options Pack, and Windows NT SP4—and installs these components for you, if necessary.
The Office Professional CD includes Office Server Extensions, but does not include Internet Explorer 4.01, Windows NT Options Pack, or Windows NT SP4; to install OSE from the Office Professional CD, your server must already have these components installed.
7. Where can I get information on how to set up my Web server for Office Server Extensions?
The Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit and the FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions Resource Kit are the best sources for information on configuring a Web server for Office Server Extensions. See also Configuring and Deploying Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions, a white paper available on the Microsoft Web site.
8. How are Office Server Extensions related to FrontPage Server Extensions?
Office Server Extensions are built on FrontPage Server Extensions. All of the functionality of FrontPage Server Extensions is included when you install Office Server Extensions.
By themselves, FrontPage Server Extensions provide rich publishing capabilities, such us Web Folders. Other functionality provided by FrontPage Server Extensions includes:
· Web management. FrontPage Server Extensions automatically maintain links, navigation bars, and themes across all documents on a Web site.
· Security administration. FrontPage Server Extensions use Windows NT security to let you control authoring, administration, and browsing rights. FrontPage Server Extensions fully respect Windows NT security settings to control read, write, execute, and script execute privileges. Security is administered in three places: 1) the FrontPage-based client, connecting as an Admin; 2) The Windows NT User Manager (to maintain Windows NT user groups); and 3) Windows Explorer, to manually edit Access Control Lists (ACLs).
To these FrontPage Server Extensions features, Office Server Extensions add collaboration features, such as Web Discussions and Subscriptions and Notifications.
9. Will OSE be available for UNIX Web servers?
We are not planning to make Office Server Extensions available on UNIX systems at this time, because OSE uses MSDE, OLEDB and Active Server Pages technologies. These technologies currently require Windows NT.
You can put FrontPage Server Extensions on UNIX Web servers and thus provide Office Publishing capabilities. Office 2000 also supports publishing to servers that support the DAV (Distributed Authoring and Versioning) protocol.
10. Does publishing to a DAV server give me the same functionality as publishing to a server with FrontPage Server Extensions?
Saving and opening is the same using either FrontPage Server Extensions or DAV. There are important differences, though, for site-maintenance tasks such as file renaming and file moving. FrontPage features like link fix-up are not supported on DAV servers. You also can't use the FrontPage-based client for advanced HTML and site administration against a pure DAV server.
When a server supports FrontPage Server Extensions and DAV side-by-side, Office applications prefer talking to FrontPage Server Extensions because of its additional functionality and better site-administration capabilities. Also, OSE subscription notifications for document update, move, rename, or delete are sent only if you use OSE and FrontPage Server Extensions to save, rename, move, or delete the document. If you update the document or manage the document using DAV, no OSE subscription notification e-mails are sent.
11. Can I use SQL Server™ to store OSE discussions?
By default, OSE Discussions are stored in a self-maintaining version of SQL Server called the Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE), which is installed if SQL Server is not already installed on the Web Server.
If SQL Server is installed, discussions are stored in the SQL Server database. You can also store discussions in a SQL Server database installed on another server. To access a remote database, install the Office Server Extensions with the No Database switch (Setupse.exe /nd). This switch prevents the MSDE from installing, so that the administrator can choose another database after installation is complete.
Using an existing SQL Server database for your discussion database allows you to administer it along with the data already in your SQL database. Should you decide to change from the Microsoft Data Engine to SQL Server 7.0, you can do so simply by installing SQL Server 7.0. For more details on configuring the discussion database, see the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit.
12. Do the OSE add additional administrative overhead?
OSE publishing is built on the FrontPage Server Extensions, so publishing administration is about the same as it would be for a server running FrontPage Server Extensions. For FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions and the Office Server Extensions, there's now an MMC snap-in for publishing management. Additionally, there have been numerous improvements to security, Windows NT File System (NTFS) ACL management, and sub-web management. For more information on administering FrontPage Server Extensions, see the FrontPage Server 2000 Extensions Resource Kit.
The discussions and subscriptions features of Office Server Extensions can be administered via a Web page included with Office Server Extensions. From this Web page, you can monitor and control Discussion postings for space or appropriateness and monitor Subscriptions for security reasons.
The OSE create an additional user role, the Collaborator role, which can be assigned to a user or user group. This role grants users access to Web Discussions and Subscriptions.
13. How do I secure Office Server Extensions?
OSE security is provided by Windows NT Server, Internet Information Server (IIS), FrontPage Server Extensions, and Office Server Extensions. To have a secure server you must use NTFS. FAT-based servers are always going to be insecure. How you implement security depends on your security needs, and may even vary from server to server.
In general, Office Server Extensions take advantage of the security features of Windows NT Server and FrontPage Server Extensions. During setup, Office Server Extensions set up four local user groups—Administrators, Authors, Browsers, and Collaborators—and provide the option of placing users in these groups. Once the OSE are set up, Administrators can control the permissions associated with these roles either by managing the membership lists in the Windows NT User Manager, or through FrontPage tools. There are some additional settings for access to Discussions and Subscriptions that are not tied to user groups. These are:
· Allow Everyone. All Windows NT accounts can access Discussions and Subscriptions. If you accept this default, OSE user groups don't play any part in controlling access. We make it a default because we want to optimize for customers who are setting Office Server Extensions up in a workgroup where security is not an issue.
· Allow Anonymous. This setting lets the IIS guest account access Discussions and Subscriptions. Discussions and Subscriptions created by this account aren't traceable to a particular user. This setting is off by default.
· Allow Basic Authentication. This setting lets Netscape users access the server. This setting is on by default.
Users for whom the security of their OSE servers is an issue will probably turn off Allow Everyone and Allow Anonymous and instead populate the user groups. They may also turn on Allow Basic Authentication for their Netscape users and may use as SSL to secure Basic Authentication packets.
The simplest method of implementing a secure OSE Web server with the least administrative burden is to use Windows NT Challenge/Response (also called NTLM). NTLM simplifies logons and end-user configuration. It is the most secure authentication, although Internet Explorer is required on the desktop. If some of your users do not have Internet Explorer 2.0 or higher, or need to work through a proxy server, implement both Basic Authentication and Windows NT Challenge/Response Authentication (NTLM does not work through a proxy server). This is the default setting for Office Server Extensions. The appropriate method depends on the browsers that access the server. Creating different rights for specific users based on content can be handled by implementing additional virtual webs through FrontPage Server Extensions.
Some Web sites need security that is even more granular. To implement finer-grained security for content stored on a Web server, you can bypass FrontPage security management and use Windows NT Access Control Lists (ACLs) to set permissions manually. Using ACLs, you can set permissions on a per-folder or per-file basis. This method requires more administrative overhead, however, as you need to manage the ACLs yourself. Working directly with ACLs is an advanced technique and must be done carefully to avoid weakening your server's security. Security for discussions is set at the root-web level and applies to all discussions stored on the server. A single server computer can host multiple virtual servers, which you can use for finer-grained discussions security.
For complete details on managing security for the Office Server Extensions, see the Microsoft Office 2000 Office Server Extensions white paper, the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit, or the Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions Security white paper.
14. How do I set up a workgroup Web site and discussion server?
After installing Office Server Extensions, you'll need to give appropriate permissions to people in the workgroup by adding and removing user names from the Author, Browser, and Collaborator Windows NT user groups. Users with at least Collaborator permission can join discussions by choosing the appropriate server name and discussion options setting. The default settings give everyone with a known Windows NT user account on a server Collaborator permission on that server, so you don't need to add people manually. You need to change the default settings only if you want to give people publishing rights (Author permission), or if you decide at setup time to limit collaboration and browsing rights.
15. What has to be deployed when Office 2000 applications are distributed? How can I turn off discussions?
Discussions and collaboration are Office 2000 client-side options that can be disabled during Office Setup. An administrator who wants to disable them globally can customize Office Setup so that client-side collaboration and publishing components are not installed. For more information, see the white paper, Reducing the Total Cost of Ownership with Microsoft Office 2000.
16. How do I assign users to a discussion server?
You can use the Office Custom Installation Wizard (CIW) to set a default discussion server.
The CIW can also create a default set of publishing and Web folder shortcuts.
The CIW cannot be used to customize OSE settings (OSE setup is scriptable through a text-file, which you create manually).
If you want to add users to a discussion after you have installed Office, you can e-mail them the name of the discussion server, and they can connect to it using the Discussion Options dialog box illustrated below, available from the Discussion toolbar.
17. How can users move to or be assigned to different discussion servers?
If your discussion servers are secured, users need to be granted at least Collaborator permission to access them. Users can connect to different discussion servers by using the Discussion Options dialog box illustrated above.
18. What are the OS and Web-server configurations on which you can install OSE?
The OSE require Windows NT 4.0 or later. Generally, Windows NT Server is recommended, but you can also use Windows NT Workstation, as described below:
· Windows NT Server 4.0 with Windows NT Options Pack (includes Internet Information Server 4.0 and Index Server) provides:
· Complete Collaboration functionality
· Best performance
· Most scalability
· Additional searching functionality with Index Server
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said Tuesday he wants the agency to classify text messaging as an "information" service -- a move that would allow carriers to block SMS messages.
Pai's proposal is a blow to mobile marketing company Twilio -- which had petitioned the FCC to classify text messaging as a "telecommunications" service -- as well as Public Knowledge and other advocacy groups.
The FCC Chair contends that classifying text messages as a telecom service -- which would subject carriers to some common carrier rules, such as a ban on blocking -- would harm companies' ability to combat text-spam.
"Aside from being a more legally sound approach, this decision would keep the floodgates to a torrent of spam texts closed, remove regulatory uncertainty, and empower providers to continue finding innovative ways to protect consumers from unwanted text messages," Pai said Tuesday in a blog post.
But Public Knowledge says that carriers can block robo-texts even if text messaging generally is considered a telecom service, regulated under Title II of the Communications Act.
"Title II designation does not prevent filtering or other technological means to block unwanted robocalls or spam texts," Harold Feld, Public Knowledge senior vice president, stated Tuesday.
Feld added that Pai's proposal "would give carriers unlimited freedom to censor any speech they consider 'controversial.'"
Public Knowledge first raised concerns about the issue back in 2007, when Verizon Wireless prevented a prominent abortion rights group from sending text messages to its supporters. After an article about the issue appeared in The New York Times, Verizon changed its position and allowed NARAL Pro-Choice America to send SMS alerts.


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RE: I think the dub is overall quite decent but.....
@Blade-Syphon said in I think the dub is overall quite decent but.....:
On a similar subject - I still kind of snicker in Episode 3 when Matoi reintroduces herself as "It's me, Ma-toe-ie". Literally the one, and only time, anyone has ever pronounced her name like that.
I believe Filia also pronounces Matoi's name in a similar way in most of their interactions too. But yeah Idk why they pronounce it like Matwoy though in those instances.
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RE: Lookbook stats reset.
Yeah as AndrlCh said, I'm pretty sure it's intentional, because every character I've used has their own lookbook numbers.
RE: Since the game has been out for almost a decade, is it possible to get a better CONTROLLABLE camera distance other than "polyp"? I want to zoom out as far with the regular camera as I can with the fixed camera.
I mean they seem to have no issue with the PSO2 Tweaker which is basically an entire client (and the JP version translation option modifies even more), in fact there have been posts by the forum moderators that recommend instructions for using it because of all the issues with the MS Store version. And other mods have existed for PSO2 before now too (such as model replacements for cosmetics), so unless they decide to suddenly go out of their way to detect and punish people for changing things that aren't specifically a cheat, I don't think that should be an issue.
Obviously they'd of course punish people that modify things that would be straight up cheating like values of equips or levels or other similar things. But for a harmless mod, I think they have more important things to focus on, like the various types of bots (like the spammers and the ones that automatically list items at high prices and/or trade them for RMT), and whatever shop and trading exploits they keep having maintenances to fix.
@NIC said in Since the game has been out for almost a decade, is it possible to get a better CONTROLLABLE camera distance other than "polyp"? I want to zoom out as far with the regular camera as I can with the fixed camera.:
@Riesz said in Since the game has been out for almost a decade, is it possible to get a better CONTROLLABLE camera distance other than "polyp"? I want to zoom out as far with the regular camera as I can with the fixed camera.:
Yeah if someone was able to make a mod to do this, there really should be a FOV slider in the game or something similar for the regular/combat camera. I assumed that would be complicated to add if there wasn't already an option to add it, but if a mod could add that I don't know why SEGA hasn't.
To be fair, the game doesn't look that great when you zoom out further in most cases. Each part of the map is made up of squares, so I understand why they don't exactly want you to have a FOV slider. In fact, the FOV slider can actually zoom you out so far that you lose control of your character, as if the camera is taken out so far that your character disappears, if you jump - you get stuck until you zoom back in.
I know PSO2 doesn't exactly have cutting edge graphics or anything, but the FOV being tied to control of your character + the fact that taking the camera further out breaks the illusion of each area pretty quickly - I can understand why they are so restrictive with zooming out.
Yeah but there definitely are instances where having a bigger FOV would be really useful, like Defense OPs/Buster Quests and some AIS stuff too. Also some classes and skills would definitely benefit more from being able to change it than others. I know it would make some other classes more difficult to control, but like you can adjust the FOV only a small amount with the mod to get the effect of what's usually a much larger amount of FOV in other games.
RE: Hello i need help for new character?
Summoner, there's more involved in building the pets (though gear doesn't matter too much for your character), but it ends up with you not having to put much effort in fights, since your pets can get the aggro from enemies while you're pretty far away. You basically just spam a few buttons all day then, just making sure to heal the pets so you don't have to wait for them to recharge. I personally find it boring, but hey it's easy to play as them.
RE: New Matoi Outfits?
Yeah Matoi's Chaos and Law form in Idola are her choosing to follow the path of a Phantom or Hero because she believes she needs to become like them for the sake of Vandor (the world in Idola). I think the only thing that's not really available is the red variant of whichever piece of the hero armor set has the legwear (I forget which one that was) in red.
RE: Expert matchmaking,when?
@YagyuChan Uh... not sure what you're talking about, but clearly my idea was to create a new quest, and not use existing ones.
@HarmlessSyan said in Expert matchmaking,when?:
@Riesz people really over estimating Phaleg especially now with better gear and higher level. The story bonus quest Phaleg has about 3 million HP both first and second phase so about 6 mil HP total. The Phaleg in the extreme quest only have 1.5 mil hp for either phases so effectively only half of what is in the story. Plus in the extreme, healing is not nerfed though healing using resta or manual -mate will make you fail the stage order. You can use life leech to get around it and I don't think hunter automate trigger the stage order failure either.
Giving the HP into perspective, I'm currently challenging the new solo ultimate quest for EP6, even at depth level 1 - the boss has 66 million HP. I'm in the 80s and the boss's HP is approaching 200 million and you only have 15 minutes to burn it down.
I was actually talking about when the requirement used to be fighting that bonus fight with her at the end of EP4. Anyway though I'm definitely much better with a team so I can't really agree to soloing something like one of the hardest extreme quests being an accurate measure as to whether I should be allowed to do Expert matching or not. I can survive stuff, but usually the fact of how long I have to do so and the fact that in those quests you're the only target in a fairly small room is the issue.
Which ok the room isn't super huge but yet it still is bigger in the Urgent Quests for example. And again there's 7-11 other people depending on the quest, so I wouldn't have to worry about a boss attacking only me in any quest where Expert matching could even be used. Expert matching requirements are definitely tougher than what you actually would need to employ in quests with multiple other people.
I wish they would make a unique quest specifically designed to test the skills we actually need for expert matching. Like maybe some series of timed trials with teams of four that eventually join together with the rest of the 12 players, but if you die in that quest it immediately kicks you out completely from the quest (or if your team doesn't complete your objectives in time, it does so for your whole team, and adjusts the difficulty for the remaining players appropriately so they can still complete the rest).
Or heck they could also make multiple categories of special requirements for matchmaking. Having an intermediate matching in addition to expert so people can play with players that at least aren't complete leeches.
I feel like if we do get Expert matching in our version of the game we should get a different form of Expert matching than the JP version has. I feel like the version of Expert matching the JP version has would just leave players here that are legitmately trying, but just barely aren't strong enough in the dust for some content when it's not necessary.
Like for example I know that was an old requirement, but there are definitely people that for example can't clear that bonus Phaleg fight, but can clear UH Urgent Quests, because Phaleg moves much faster than the bosses in an Urgent Quest for example, and nerfs your healing quite a bit.
I just feel like we don't need a matching system with only really good players, and that simply having one that only leaves some of the worst players out instead would be a much better system for us. That would make it a much bigger percentage of players, but still keep out the players that only hold everyone else back or contribute very little (or nothing) to any content that needs more effort put into it.


We've been visiting studios this summer, below our visit to Carl Ferrero.
Ok, it was hot on Sunday but the view is cool from Carl's palette of strips and rips of canvases of linen with acrylic, ink and dye that at once appear winsomely casual and compelling.
A closer look of the stripped strip effect.
Revealing my bias – I love this one.


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AMD bringing real-time ray tracing to its GPUs soon
AMD is bringing real-time ray tracking to games this year. (Source: AMD)
AMD is bringing real-time ray tracing technology to its GPUs this year via the open source Vulcan 3D API. You can expect to see the technology debut in a AAA title in as soon as the next couple of months, according to the company.
Sanjiv Sathiah, Published 03/23/2018
Following Nvidia's recent announcement that it is bringing real-time ray tracing to its next-generation Volta GPUs, AMD has made its own announcement about its plans for introducing the technology. Unlike Nvidia's proprietary solution, AMD's solution works with the open source Vulcan 3D graphics and compute API.
Dubbed Radeon Rays 2.0, AMD's new ray tracing engine will render photorealistic lighting patterns like shadows and reflections in real-time. In addition to being made available to professional 3D artists, AMD says its tools will also make creating even more realistic games a reality. Expect to see a AAA title either launch with the technology, or be patched to support it, in the next couple of months.
Not only is AMD's real-time ray tracing engine open source, it will also work with its current generation of GPUs. Currently, Nvidia's RTX real-time ray tracing technology will only work on its yet to be released Volta GPUs. However, Nvidia is working with Microsoft to make its technology compatible with its DirectX Raytracing (DXR) API, which could make it backwards compatible with older cards.
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