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I am 8 days post op from a revision on inner thighs and stomach, the surgeon left the incisions open this time. It seems to me they are closed, I've changed the steri strips several times. Is is ok to start using the silicone sheets to dimish the scars at this point? I am still in compression and reston foam, but seems this surgeon made a lot of incisions and they're not that small, I'd like to start any scar fading system ASAP so it dissapears faster. Any product anyone recommends?
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I usually recommend to start using some type of silicone product, either silicone sheeting or silicone gel once my patients stop using steri-strips. This usually occurs about 2-3 weeks after surgery, so long as the incisions are healing well.
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I would recommend that you followup with your surgeon as this can only be assessed with a physical exam. Each surgeon will have different protocols. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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I figured, ok, they're probably objecting to use of energy crystals, holistic healing, listening to Yanni-- you know, the standard New Age bullshit.
But of course, this is coming from the pro-league of bullshit-slinging, the Catholic Church, and specifically, Bishop Morlino. Let's see what they actually object to, shall we?
The memo says Morlino has "grave concerns" about the women's teachings, specifically that they "espouse certain views" flowing from such movements as "New Ageism" and "indifferentism." The latter, according to the memo, is "the belief that no one religion or philosophy is superior to another."
[...] The sisters embrace "the wisdom found in other religious traditions."
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Among the descriptions of New Ageism listed in the memo is that it involves a "paradigm shift" away "from a dominance of masculinity and patriarchy to a celebration of femininity, in individuals and in society."


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I got my copy. Mine was a little beat up but it's such a great read I don't care. The only real problem with this book is that you want more after reading it. Some sections are light but there is so much to cover that you can't even come close to getting everything.
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It's 1 a.m. on a Thursday morning; a time usually reserved for heading out, hanging out or, maybe even sleeping. But at 1 a.m. on that Thursday morning, Drake didn't find himself doing any of these. Instead Drake decided to stealthily drop the second single off of his upcoming album by uploading it to his Soundcloud account, and then wait for the music blog domino effect that would inevitably occur. Because it didn't matter if it was 1 a.m. in New York or 5 a.m. in Toronto; every media outlet found a way to cover the song, either by a proper blog post or some social media shoutout. His message was heard, and more importantly, people cared.
Ever since he first released his breakout single "Best I Ever Had," Drake has mastered the art of hit-making. This ability, however, has become the sharpest double-edged sword for him. In a lot of ways, Drake is the rap world's King Midas—one verse or hook from him and the song is almost guaranteed to go gold. Yet while Drake's popularity has increased, so has the criticism he's received for the material that helped him obtain it. Hip-hop rose to mainstream prominence on the shoulders of the Eazy-Es and the 2Pacs, the Biggies and the Jay-Zs, whose verses told the tales of hustling on the street to survive. Drake, in comparison, doesn't have the same struggles to rap about. And so we—fans, critics, bloggers, and even fellow artists—critique him as a person and what he does have to rap about, under a much finer microscope.
In doing this, though, we have developed an overwhelmingly fierce love-hate relationship with the rapper. We take time to judge his questionable outfit choices, his beauty regime, his deep devotion to YMCMB and call him "soft" because of it, but then he drops something like "Started From The Bottom" or "5AM In Toronto," and he kind of musically slaps us back to reality and reminds us that at the end of the day, he's really fucking talented. And while he rarely disappoints us with his songs, every time he releases a new one we collectively kind of all exhale a sigh of relief, scratch our heads, and say, "Well damn, Drizzy, you did it again," and we praise him. As a result, Drake has become our favorite easy target—in both the sense of one to make fun of, and one to heavily rely on, neither of which is fair.
Yet by doing this, I'm just helping perpetuate the idea that Drake isn't just rap's King Midas, he's also rap's biggest inside joke.
But it's an easy target to place. I personally do it all the time as a music writer—one minute I find myself listening to "HYFR" for the 189th time and then next, I'm writing a humorous fiction feature in which Drake loves Golden Girls, cucumber melon facials, and Yankee Candle. Sure, I've also written that Gucci Mane loves Pogs, but that's funny because it's so outlandish. Imagining Drake dropping a few hundo at Bath and Body Works is much more comical, because for some reason, this scenario seems entirely plausible. Yet by doing this, I'm just helping perpetuate the idea that Drake isn't just rap's King Midas, he's also rap's biggest inside joke.
And I'm not alone. The Internet is flooded with exaggerated images of Drake's "softness." SNL famously did a digital short with the rapper, where cast member Andy Samberg and Drake wore matching sweaters, spoofing his not-so-street fashion choices. There are countless Drake Crying memes and hundreds of Wheelchair Jimmy memes, from when Drake starred on the Canadian teen drama, Degrassi. You can also find Drake parody Twitter accounts that imagine the rapper doing anything from burning hot pockets to wearing friendship necklaces. Oh, and then there's this whole site that's essentially dedicated to Drake being the softest rapper in the game.
These parodies are carefully crafted on the basis that we have a much broader understanding of the rapper that extends beyond just his music: we'd have to be aware of his wardrobe, background and personality. So sure, we may be poking fun at him, but by doing so it's also apparent that we're all paying very close attention to him.
However, this is all incredibly ironic considering that to even make these types of jokes, we have to really know who Drake is. These parodies are carefully crafted on the basis that we have a much broader understanding of the rapper that extends beyond just his music: we have to be aware of his wardrobe, his background, and his personality. So sure, we may be poking fun at him, but by doing so it's also apparent that we're all paying very close attention to him.
Even if these are just harmless jokes, I think we've done him dirty by feeding into this stigma. And that's because as we continue to make jokes about him and think we're discrediting his roots and his assumed lack of struggle, we are in reality discrediting his actual artistic ability that he's worked hard to build. It's a fact we've grown blind to since on the surface—on our blog posts and Tweets, our club plays and radio spins—we appear supportive. But when push comes to shove, we're not really. If this were high school, we'd be Drake's fakest friend.
So why? Perhaps we don't take him seriously because it's evident he doesn't need us to in order to succeed. Where other rappers have made it clear to us what struggles they've overcome and how essential music has become to their livelihood, Drake hasn't. And maybe it's the fact that Drake had a job on a successful TV show before he got into hip-hop, or maybe it's because we know he spent part of his childhood in art schools in a wealthy upper class neighborhood, but you get the feeling that if "Best I Ever Had" wasn't a hit, he would've been okay. To be clear, I'm not discrediting Drake's passion for music, because he makes that passion apparent, but I think there's an unspoken assumption that if Drake never made another dollar from his songs, no one would be worried if he's surviving.
Or perhaps we don't take him completely seriously because of the actual content in his music. Part of his ability to create hits upon hits, is his ability to write lyrics that a generalized mainstream audience can relate to. Whether he's talking about reppin' the city that you're from or yelling YOLO, his songs are some of the few hip-hop tracks that transcend gender or race and instead fit the context of almost anyone's life. It's why he's popular, but also why he's mocked. Because when you make songs for the frat bro to get drunk to (like "HYFR") or ones that are extra emotional for girls to connect with (like "Marvin's Room"), you can't expect the hip-hop community, or its fans, to accept you without criticism or suspicion when you turn around and act hard.
Though to think Drake isn't aware of our polarized feelings towards him would be to credit him with far more naiveté than he possesses. If you listen to his new single "5AM In Toronto," it's basically an ode to him realizing his current position in the rap world. "The part I love most is that they need me more than they hate me," he says. And he's right. Regardless of how we feel about him, Drake has added an essential human element to the hip-hop scene that is so often painfully lacking, especially in the mainstream.
Kanye helped reshape the mold of the stereotypical rapper by making it okay to wear your heart on your sleeve (or your leather skirt) in your lyrics. Drake has expanded this on idea, and as a result he's made a wildly successful career on the basis of being unapologetically vulnerable. It is this brazen exposure, explicit in his aesthetic, that leaves him open to both love and hate, to both respect and ridicule. It is also, however, what's helped him achieve No. 1 hits, YouTube views, and industry accolades. So we can laugh at him and pick apart his clothes and his background, but in the end, Drake is having the last laugh.


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Jonathan Gillis
August 15 2011 (Updated October 13, 18-21 2011)
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by
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then he is always stirring up some war or other,
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It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to
think with the masses or majority, merely because the
majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is,
or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
––Giordano Bruno
The US occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq––which are both criminally and immorally ongoing, with the stewards of US Empire, from the Bush to the Obama administrations, and preceding regimes of the plutocracy, maintaining a continuity of policy with seeming impunity, a policy which has inflicted vast carnage and created a climate of mass death and destruction––contain within them specific examples of death and devastation, and apologist doctrinal reactions to them, so prevalent, it is difficult to view the institutional dominant culture as anything other than a psychopathic maniac. On the merit of detailing such crimes, it is not possible to go beyond a perfunctory look to encapsulate the systemic depravity, a depravity which must be stopped and reversed if we are to look in the mirror and distinguish the morality of humanity.
The death and destruction inflicted upon the populations of Afghanistan and Iraq, has happened, and is happening, for, among many other reasons, some perhaps not as apparent as others, oil and control of production, as well as the privation of war-making and profitable war ventures. Though US imperial terrorism is certainly not limited to Afghanistan and Iraq, in the interest of endeavoring some concision, the criminal and immoral US actions against Libya, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and so forth, shall have to be put aside.
It's important to mention that Crimes against Peace, namely that of war of aggression, is considered "the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole" according to the principles of Nuremberg. In other words, all the violence that has occurred in Afghanistan and Iraq is the summary responsibility of the occupying and colonizing power, apart from those individuals and factions that have actually committed the violence; to the extent that any responsibility, and justice, is real, substantiated, and pursued through moral and legal frameworks already existing or in need of being established. Aggressors have no rights, only responsibilities to their victims, if culpability is real, substantiated, and meted out in a legalistic and moral framework along the lines of universal principality.
The dominant culture's "enemies", which change quite hurriedly along with US hegemonic interests (Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, Saddam Hussein, and Mumanar Quadafi, and their followers in allegiance, are all prime examples that come to mind, in that they were all US allies given military and additional support, to varying degrees for varying periods, before being vilified for one imposing pretext or another), have operated, and are operating in a context which was created, and will remain, so long as US forces and its axis of the imperial willing occupy Afghanistan and Iraq, and pursue and impose neoliberal and neoconservative policies.
With few exceptions, there has been virtually no serious discussion in the mainstream media, of the illegality and immorality of the
For "too big to fail" defense contractors, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Northrop-Grumman and Boeing, the West, more specifically, the United States, is not "failing" in Afghanistan, nor in Iraq, or anywhere else for that matter. In fact, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, along with "the Pentagon's voracious appetite for expensive weapons systems, and the lack of competition among the remaining contractors — have been a gold mine for the Big Five".[1] Among plenty of other corporations including the infamous Blackwater, since rebranded Xe Services, which as of a few years ago had "more than 2,300 private soldiers deployed in nine countries, including in the United States" and maintained "a database of 21,000 former Special Forces troops, soldiers, and retired law enforcement agents on whom it could call at a moment's notice" as well as "a private fleet of more than twenty aircraft, including helicopter gunships" as reported by Jeremy Scahill in his award-winning book Blackwater.[2] Private contractors in Iraq (seemingly as well as in Afghanistan) operated, and continue to operate, with complete impunity thanks to Order 17, which L. Paul Bremer, the US "Administrator of Iraq" from 2003-2004, issued on June 27 2004. The man who created this private army, the infamous Eric Prince, an ex-seal, "radical right-wing Christian mega-millionaire"[3] is well received by many within the establishment. At an October 2 2007 congressional hearing–– prompted mainly because of the massacre at Nisour Square on September 16 2007 when 17 Iraqi civilians were killed (murdered would be a more accurate term) and at least 24 were wounded, after a convoy of Blackwater mercenaries indiscriminately and without provocation fired heavy weapons in multiple directions[4]––the Nisour Square massacre was not allowed to be brought up in the line of questioning. Incidentally, to describe this event as anything other than a massacre is disingenuous at best.
Conveniently, the night before the hearing, "Alberto Gonzale's Justice Department announced it had launched a criminal investigation into the incident", not exactly timely for the victims of Nisour Square, but then, the victims of US crimes are not what really matters. Rep. Henry Waxman, chair of the congressional hearing, complied with the "Justice" Department's request, though some important remarks and questions were offered, perhaps some of which were in lieu of those that may have been offered concerning the killings at
When Bush took office, "defense" (the term is in quotes because it's a misnomer given the Orwellian connotation) spending was some $300 billion annually. By 2004 it was just over $400 Billion. Currently,
US-UN sanctions were imposed on Iraq in 1990, a punitive measure because Saddam Hussein stepped out of line; with the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, he was no longer a staunch US ally (to be given military and other aid), at least in the public limelight, at which point he was an "enemy" to be dealt with. Estimates of Iraqi fatalities caused by the sanctions regime range from several hundred thousands to over 1.5 million deaths. In a May 12, 1996 interview for 60 Minutes, when asked if the price of U.S. sanctions against Iraq was worth it, namely that 500,000 children may have died, meaning "more children than died in Hiroshima"[9], Ambassador Madeline Albright, whom was appointed as Secretary of State for the Clinton administration in December of that year, responded by saying, "…this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it."[10]
With minor exceptions, there's virtually no coverage of the interview or US-UN sanctions against
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Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is the highest it's ever been in U.S. history. And yet, our criminal justice system has failed on every count: public safety, fairness and cost-effectiveness. Across the country, the criminal justice reform conversation is heating up. Each week, we feature our some of the most exciting and relevant news in overincarceration discourse that we've spotted from the previous week. Check back weekly for our top picks.
What's Working: Alternatives to Incarceration in New York
Much has been made of the fact that New York's crime rate has declined steadily for over a decade at the same time as its prison population has dropped steeply. Some researchers seeking to understand the connection have pointed to police tactics and arrest policy. Another trend that has accelerated in recent years also deserves credit: alternatives to incarceration. In recent years, New York expanded judges' authority to sentence people to treatment programs instead of jail or prison. According to a new study, that decision has saved the state millions of dollars and helped reduce crime.
The study, "Testing the Cost Savings of Judicial Diversion," found that "even with the high treatment investment, there is an overall net benefit due to positive outcomes for judicial diversion participants….Overall, the implementation of (judicial diversion) appears to have resulted in significant cost savings and a return on taxpayer investment." In other words, the state invested in treatment programs, allowed judges to utilize them, and saved a ton of money by doing so.
Some context will help to explain what happened. Prior to 2009, the Rockefeller Drug Laws imposed mandatory prison sentences for most drug offenses. If a judge thought that drug treatment would be a more appropriate sentence, she could not issue a sentence for treatment unless the offense was one of the few to which a mandatory prison sentence did not apply, and even then, she could only do so with the prosecutor's consent.
The Rockefeller Drug Law Reform not only repealed most mandatory sentences for drug crimes, it also allowed judges to sentence most drug-offense defendants and some property-offense defendants to treatment even over the objection of the prosecutor. That is, judges were given broad discretion—but were not required—to sentence lots of defendants to treatment. The question was to what extent they would exercise that option.
It turns out they would turn to that option a lot. In the year after the new law took effect, court-ordered treatment enrollment nearly doubled. Persons who participated in treatment programs were less likely than comparative individuals sentenced to jail or prison to commit another crime, be re-arrested or appear in a new felony court case; and spent fewer days on probation or in prison. The savings from fewer crimes, fewer arrests, fewer court cases, and fewer prisoners outweighed the costs of treatment so much that the average treatment participant saved the state of New York over $13,000. Read the full report for more detail.
Other Interesting Items from the Past Week
- Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill that allows prisoners serving time for a non-violent offense to earn more "good time" credits toward reducing their sentences through good behavior and participating in self-improvement programs. The new law increases the maximum number of credits from 250 to 360.
- The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will close two prison units operated by the Corrections Corporation of America - the Dawson State Jail in Dallas and the Mineral Wells pre-parole transfer facility. The decision is encouraging not only because the Dawson jail was plagued by awful conditions, but because prison closures are the key to meaningful savings that states can invest in alternatives to incarceration, like the treatment programs discussed above.
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I feel that there is no such thing as a second chance when you're an "African american". I have been out of prison for 8 years on an 11yr sentence for a case that happened 17 years ago in which they never had righteous evidence , I just had an inept attorney and no clear knowledge of the law, so I took a plea for a crime I didn't commit, but I was afraid /threatened. I went to school to become a drug and alcohol counselor, a mental health specialist and I'm currently enrolled in a University for a Bachelors in Psychology. I have applied for countless jobs for which I'm highly qualified/capable, but the livescan has prohibited me from getting hired even after favorable interviews.
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Barcelona, Spain, 2016/02/24 - Mi Video Call offers highest quality, free, global, multipoint mobile video communications app which allows Android and iOS users to instantly connect face-to-face anywhere in the world - Xiaomi.com / Vidyo.com.
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS - Xiaomi, a global leader in smartphones, electronics and services, announced today the availability of the mobile phone industrys highest quality, free, multipoint video communication app for consumers, based on technology from Vidyo, Inc., a leader in high-quality video collaboration. Leveraging Vidyos industry leading video conferencing technology, the new Mi Video Call app is now available globally for Android and iOS phones including the new Mi 5 launched today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and in Beijing.
Vidyo delivers the best video communication experience over mobile and it is exciting to have been selected by Xiaomi, which has disrupted the mobile market with its growth and ability to bring incredibly-priced, high quality products to market, said Eran Westman, CEO, Vidyo. Xiaomi has leveraged the Vidyo platform to bring forth a consumer-centric app that will transform how people around the world communicate and redefine whats possible in mobile collaboration.
Xiaomi is transforming the way the world communicates, putting powerful, cutting-edge technology into consumers hands quickly and affordably. Mi Video Call is yet another example of Xiaomi pushing the industry forward, delivering the worlds first completely free high quality multipoint video conferencing application for consumers, said Mr. Wang Qi, Senior Deputy General Manager, Xiaomi E&M, Xiaomi. Vidyos patented technology enables Xiaomi to deliver unmatched quality, reliability and ease of use necessary to set Mi Video Call apart from other messaging services and the scalability to support Xiaomis rapid growth globally.
Xiaomis Mi Video Call enables users to instantly connect with colleagues, family or friends simultaneously on virtually any smartphone and Internet network in a videoconference, in addition to text messages and voice calls. Powered by Vidyos patented software-based technology for outstanding error resiliency, reliable performance and unmatched scalability, Mi Video Call users will enjoy the industrys highest quality mobile video conferencing experience for free.
Xiaomi leveraged the VidyoWorks platform and SDK to build the Mi Video Call application using Vidyos core technology with maximum flexibility and customizability. Vidyos patented dynamic adaptation technology works over variable wireless networks, making it well-suited to deliver best-in-class conferencing experiences in both established and new markets.
Download Mi Video call by Xiaomi for free in iOS and Android app stores now.
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Xiaomi (xiaomi.com) was founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Lei Jun, who believes that high-quality technology doesnt need to cost a fortune. We create remarkable hardware, software, and Internet services for and with the help of our Mi fans. We incorporate their feedback into our product range, which currently includes the Mi Note Pro, Mi Note, Mi 4, Redmi 3, Mi TV, Mi Band and other accessories. With more than 70 million handsets sold in 2015, and products launched in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Indonesia and Brazil, Xiaomi is expanding its footprint across the world to become a global brand.
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Millions of users around the world visually connect every day with Vidyos secure, scalable technology and cloud-based services. Vidyo (vidyo.com) offers video collaboration solutions for companies that require the highest quality video interaction available. Recognized with over 110 patents, the companys software platform and APIs are used by enterprise customers, service providers, and ecosystem partners to create innovative HD quality video-enabled applications embedded into workflows and emerging IoT devices.
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KANO, Nigeria (AFP) – Gunmen on motorcycles have shot dead five people and injured several others in northeast Nigeria, the latest attack in the restive region, police said Saturday.
"Five people were killed in the attack on a group of people playing cards by gunmen riding on a motorcycle," said the police commissioner in Gombe state, Mohammed Sule.
He added that the attack in the Bagadaza neighbourhood of the state capital, Gombe city, was carried out by two assailants and that several people were injured, without providing figures.
Gombe has seen a series of targeted shootings in recent months, with some blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, an extremist group based in the neighbouring state of Borno.
The Islamists have killed hundreds in the region since 2009, including through targeted shootings, but criminal gangs have also carried out attacks under the guise of the group.
The latest violence occurred on the eve of local elections, but it was not clear if the gunmen had a political motive.


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George B. McKibbin, former official of the American Military Government in Germany, left today by air for Europe on a special volunteer mission for the National Conference of Christians and Jews to assist in the establishment of new human relations programs abroad. His work will keep him overseas for three months.
The new programs will be conducted in cooperation with the International Council of Christians and Jews, created in 1947 to carry on in Europe the work of the N.C.C.J. in promoting understanding and better inter-group relations among Protestants, Catholics and Jews, according to Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, N.C.C.J. president.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The S&P 500 continued lower on Monday as some investors locked in profits after a strong 2013.
On CNBC's "Fast Money" TV show, Brian Kelly, founder of Brian Kelly Capital, suggested that Italy and France contracted based on PMI readings. He added that the ISM services index also declined in the U.S., which is something for investors to keep an eye on.
Tim Seymour, managing partner of Triogem Asset Management, said the Chinese ISM non-manufacturing reading came in lower than expected, but is not that important of a data point. He added that the import/export numbers would be key to watch for China.
Guy Adami, managing director of stockmonster.com, stressed that first-quarter earnings would be very important for the equity markets. He was a seller of Caterpillar (CAT).
Despite the year starting off a bit rough, Josh Brown, CEO and co-founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management, suggested investors not make too big of a deal about the slight selloff.
Rob Maruster, COO of JetBlue Airways (JBLU), was a guest on the show. Due to the weather issues in the Northeast and Midwest, JBLU has been forced to delay and cancel many of its flights. Maruster said the plan is to be fully operational by 3:00 p.m. EST Tuesday.
Adami said that although the stock has not had good price action lately it seems to be at a level where investors can buy it.
Seymour said he is a buyer of United Continental Holdings (UAL) and Delta Air Lines (DAL).
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text: Hi Tim, Use the one that fits your needs. Works the same as URLScan when its installed on the Web server itself, except that settings on the ISA Server apply to *all* published servers. This might be a bit of challenge if you're publishing OWA, FP, and whatever other types of servers you want to publish, all requiring different URLScan.ini configs. The first thing I need to do is see if there are any differences between the OWA settings for the ISA URLScan.ini and what we use when we install it on the Web server. The next test is to determine whether we can the settings for the various server roles into a single URLScan.ini file (OWA, FP, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, etc) and use that. However, I suspect if you have a wide array of server roles that you need to support, you're best off configuring URLScan on each Web server. Would like to hear conflicting opinions, though :-) HTH, Tom Thomas W Shinder www.isaserver.org/shinder http://tinyurl.com/1jq1 http://tinyurl.com/1llp -----Original Message----- From: Deus, Attonbitus [mailto:Thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:30 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] Re: Feature Pack 1 RELEASED! http://www.ISAserver.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 10:44 AM 1/7/2003, you wrote: >http://www.ISAserver.org > > >Ha :-D I think they're fixed the file extensions on the docs. > >Would be interesting to see if the SMTP filter fixes your issues. I do >know that it fixes the AUTH problem, which is REALLY COOL!!!! In regard to "URLScan for ISA," the docs are not explicit, so I would like some clarification. There are actually 3 .ini files created for URLScan: urlscan.ini urlscan_iis.ini urlscan_owa.ini I assume that these only work for Web Publishing... In addition, is the urlscan_owa.ini only used for sites published using the OWA Web Publishing wizard? Is it safe to assume that the urlscan_iis.ini is used for all other web publishing? And what is the default urlscan.ini file used for? In my installation, where I enabled the OWA filter, the urlscan.ini and urlscan_owa.ini file seem identical. Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? T -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.1 iQA/AwUBPhtG1YhsmyD15h5gEQJ8CACfbV8LafDmiun0DXdNLhfweHiwdjEAoOvW 2CmW10wTFiHHfMDIFPkt6KMd =s1kM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org/ Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')


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The 39-year-old model mama is five months pregnant with her third child – her agency Storm Models confirms to the Telegraph – and will welcome her little one in the spring.
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Corporate Renaissance Group (CRG), a global provider of innovative solutions that improve business performance and increase effectiveness, announced today the availability of version 4.3 of emPerform, CRGs online talent management solution.
Since 2004, emPerforms all-inclusive offering, ease-of-use, multi-lingual capabilities, and value-focused pricing model has allowed the product to expand globally into a variety of industries seeking to automate and streamline employee performance management processes; including appraisals, goal management, succession, pay-for-performance, reporting, and peer reviews.
Version 4.3 is emPerforms latest release and includes significant enhancements to emPerforms industry-leading offering; including updates to emPerforms Compensation Manager tool and administrative capabilities, as well as new functionality for capturing and sharing organization-wide performance feedback, emPerform tag.
The result of a 10 month revision process that included feedback and suggestions from the talent management community, emPerform customers, and CRG Solutions Experts, emPerform 4.3 contains several important enhancements:
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Of the enhancements present in 4.3, emPerforms unique tag offering stands out the most. We are excited to offer tag as part of the 4.3 release, said Dr. Vijay Jog, President and CEO of CRG. Todays workforce is looking to use social and accessible tools to facilitate documenting, acknowledging, and assessing employee performance. emPerform tag addresses this need by integrating ongoing feedback directly into performance reviews and talent management processes.
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Being an active asset allocation firm, the ETF solution was tailor-made for our investment process. So we began converting Amerigo and Clermont to ETFs from actively managed mutual funds to exchange-traded funds. What are the advantages of using nothing but ETFs? The widely touted advantages of ETFs to investors are their low cost, liquidity, transparency, intraday trading capabilities, can be shorted, tax efficiency. They provide instant diversification. Options are also available on ETFs. While all these advantages are appealing, transparency was a big plus for us. With traditional mutual funds, it is very difficult to determine why the fund is performing as it is, since you do not know what securities the fund may be holding at any particular time. With ETFs, transparency enables the investor to "lift the hood" and see what is driving performance. For us, knowing what we are buying and why it is performing is important. What are the disadvantages? The biggest disadvantage of exchange-traded funds is that, like equities, there is a ticket charge for executing the purchase or sell order. For smaller investors, that could be cost-prohibitive, or at least offset some of the low-cost advantage to ETFs. Also, to the best of my knowledge, providers have not yet found an effective way to enable investors to dollar cost average ETFs. If there was, that would open up ETFs to the 401(k) universe. Our way around dollar cost averaging in 401(k)s has been to use a "core and explore" strategy using our two mutual funds as well as other traditional funds. Also, given that exchange-traded funds track indexes, outperformance from superior stock selection is eliminated. How do you decide on an asset allocation? For an individual client, a risk profile is completed, identifying their objectives and tolerance for risk. Each client is then assigned a "risk budget." While many managers attempt to control risk by a rigid stock-to-bond ratio -- like 60% equity vs. 40% bond for a conservative client -- we focus on the volatility of the allocation.
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Jake Owen's New Video For "Alone With You" [VIDEO]
Jake Owen had a huge #1 hit with "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" over the summer and I have a feeling he will have the same success with his brand new single "Alone With You".
Jake recently debuted a brand new video for the tune. Jake plays the lead role of the guy who can't be alone with the woman who "kisses him when she's drunk".
Jake had this to say about the song and video in a recent interview:
I think a lot of people can relate to the lyrical content of 'Alone with You, the line in the song 'But you kiss me when you're drunk' is so real and the music video is true to the storyline of the song. Basically, it's about not finding love…but comfort in someone's arms who really isn't the one for you and sometimes no one else knows about it but the two of you. The video also features a supporting role by my bulldog Merle. He should win an award."


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Notch Peak Utah offers some of the more remote climbing in the lower 48. Located approximately 100 miles west of I-15 in Utah and 50 miles east from the desolate NV/UT border, its north face is listed by Wikipedia as the "second highest pure vertical drop in the United States after El Capitan." The rock is some of the worst I have climbed on and I spent 12 years trad climbing in the Canadian Rockies! However, what makes this one of the more interesting places I have climbed, besides its genuine remoteness, is the fact that on approach to the north face you pass Joshua Tree like granite towers/crack formations with fantastic climbing potential. If this area had been coupled with a water source, who knows how developed (from a climbing perspective) this location might have become. The irony is that you pass this beautiful granite on your way to climb some of the chossiest limestone walls you will ever get on. We also had two interesting insect encounters up the main canyon, tons of tarantula hawks and the desert skunk beetle. Both fascinating creatures in their own right located in an equally fascinating section of the southwestern desert.
Robert Price and Tom Lyde established Book of Saturdays in 1999. It is the furthest climb to reach via the approach canyon which makes it the most shaded. It is true north facing. We climbed it in mid-August in very comfortable temps. Although rated an Alpine IV climb in the only guide book that features it as of 2013, Jame Garrett's, IBEX and Selected Climbs of Utah's West Desert (2001), like many desert climbs rated IV (and rated V on Mountain Project) it is still just a comfortable day climb for the competent party. The only 5.11 climbing involves a few bolted moves on the second pitch. We chose to go with two 60m ropes due to the rap setup. Therefore we only combined pitches 1-2 and 5-6 although with a 70m and a bit of simul-climbing, you could combine all the pitches. My partner and I had a lot of history and knew we could switch leads quickly so were not motivated to combine pitches. In retrospect, I was glad we had made that decision based more on potential rock fall caused by rope drag than anything else. Most all the 5.10 climbing is well protected by fixed pro. All the stations are bolted. The R rating Mountain Project has Book of Saturday listed at is not something I would call the route myself. Most run out sections are across easy terrain. The main concern of this route, without a doubt, is the rock fall hazard. It is loose and dirty. I even broke a hold on the steep 5.10c pitch. What would serve as bomber chicken heads on granite and/or sandstone, can break away on this face. Every hold and block has to be checked. All the belays are fixed on comfortable ledges. The preferred descent is to rap the route. We spent approximately 6 hours on the climb.
Whether driving west out of Delta, UT (approximately 53 miles) or east from the NV border, head north off of highway 50 on a dirt washboard road named Tule Valley. Although it might not be marked with a road name sign, when coming from the west there is a sign that points to Painter Springs and this is the road you want. The shorter of two accesses to this road is located at mile marker 30 something (low 30's). These two access roads merge and continue north. After about 10k (6.2 miles) you come to another similar road coming in from the west. To the right is a road that leads to a small gravel pit. Park any passenger cars here. 4X4's with decent clearance can continue down into the wash following it east. At a fork, stay right. You will soon dead end into another wash.
The canyon heading for the north face of Notch Peak starts 200m south of the dead end. Hike up wash and follow the contour of the granite cliffs right to enter the main canyon. Hike up canyon. It eventually narrows to a point that you will be scrambling/climbing through some 5th class terrain via rebar and a multitude of fixed ropes. The last of these ropes ascends a slab up and left out of the bottom of the wash. Cross back south above the wash and hike west along the base of the first cliff encountered below the north face until you can scramble up through it. Then backtrack east along the main wall to the base of the route. If you reach a fixed rope along the base, you have gone a few meters too far. The route starts just right of the arête back west. That fixed rope leads to a fixed station so you can rap that first cliff you just contoured, on descent. The approach should take most fit climbers anywhere from 2-3 hours.
Route DescriptionBook of Saturdays, 1400'+/-, 5.11
1st-2nd Pitches- 50m- 5.11/ Despite offering the crux climbing of the day, these pitches also make the most obvious to combine in terms of being fairly straight. Follow the many bolts starting in a right facing corner supplementing with gear where feasible. The first pitch belay is on a ledge. To continue, traverse right a meter to a nice corner. Climb it and hit the crux moves of the entire route as you pull a roof up and left to a comfortable belay ledge.
3rd Pitch- 30m- 5.6/ Climb up and left a bit into a chimney of sorts and climb through loose blocks to another comfortable edge.
4th Pitch- 50m- 5.9/ This is the best quality rock pitch en route. Head up left via features through a stem corner, then trend back right up the face following the bolts to a smaller, but still comfortable ledge. The rock on the north face will only deteriorate from here.
5th-6th Pitches- 70m- 5.8/ Despite only having 60m ropes, we simul-climbed this combination no worries. These two are the most run out pitches of the route and perhaps one of the reasons why Mountain Project consensus gives this route an R rating. This is also some of the worst rock of the day (but we will definitely reserve top honors for the last pitch). Move right and enter the wide chasm and mostly face climb left to right to left on fragile face through loose rock. A few cracks exist, but I only placed two pieces besides the spaced out fixed pro. Most of the cracks are nothing more than cracks between blocks. Climb right of the arch and then trend back left above it to a narrow ledge, but still comfortable belay.
7th Pitch- 20m- 5.9/ The rock still does not warrant a lot of confidence. Mostly follow the bolts up and left.
8th Pitch- 50m- 5.10c/ These upper 5.10 pitches are not bolted optimally and we read somewhere that the upper pitches on this line were in fact bolted on rappel and that would explain it. Some of the potential ankle buster ledges were not protected well whilst there was overkill on bolts in other sections. I did get maybe two gear pieces in on this face pitch, but broke a hold at the crux section and could have hit a ledge. I maintained my balance but this is where I confirmed that the "chicken head" type features on limestone were not to be trusted as much as their brethren varnished knobs at Red Rock and/or the similar granite features at Yosemite. You still need to rely on them to climb this pitch since it is mostly face climbing up a steep section of the wall to yet another comfortable belay.
9th Pitch- 55m- 5.10a/ Traverse out left and up to a left facing corner. Follow this well bolted pitch up the right side of the corner and through some precarious stacked blocks, but easy climbing to a comfortable belay.
10th Pitch- 30m- 5.7/ A non-descript pitch following the bolts straight up. Easiest pitch of the day.
11th Pitch- 50m- 5.10b/ Several have gotten off route on this pitch by trending too far right or too far left. At the chossy roof, it is easier to move right around its end, but you can surmount it at the grade on suspect rock which will be run-out but more in line with the bolts above. The bolts are straight up from there, trending slightly right and hard to find. The belay is back left. Not a fun pitch, mostly choss face climbing.
12th Pitch- 30m- 5.8/ Just when you thought the rock could not get any worse, it does. This last pitch is so reminiscent of the Canadian Rockies, think Yamnuska on a rarely climbed line. You are mostly climbing through stacked blocks. Start in a chossy right facing corner. Pull out left at its top and move up the next section taking your time to locate the bolts if for no other reason than to make you feel better about the poor rock quality. The top of the route is not straight up but rather out left on a decent sized ledge with a fixed rap and summit log book in 2013.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - U.S. Rep. David Cicilline is preparing to meet Rhode Island residents and business owners to discuss how a Republican budget plan endorsed by Congress would affect the state economy and families.
Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan authored the mostly symbolic measure that passed Thursday. It promises a balanced federal ledger in 10 years through sweeping cuts in social spending, including major changes to the health care law.
Cicilline plans to tour a Rhode Island manufacturing business in Smithfield on Monday to discuss how the plan would hit the state economy and manufacturers.
The Democrat will be in Providence on Tuesday and talk about the middle-class tax increase in the GOP budget, and meet with older residents the next day and discuss the plan's effects on Medicare and affordable health care.


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July 11, 2014
Not even July and it has already begun. Someone took the boards out of the river in the middle of the night during our decreed water rotation. Going to be a long dry summer. Every blade of grass is going to matter.
A mother cow in the pasture behind the house watches closely while I mow the lawn. Her neck stretches out as she balances her big head on top of one of the white wood fence posts. Watching intently like a small child watches an older sibling divide rare candy into equal piles. She is waiting for the mower bag full of grass clippings to be dumped on her side of the fence.
It is not that she or any of the other cows around the place are going hungry. There is still plenty of grass, even if it is getting thinner and browner. This particular cow, not of our original herd, has acquired a taste for lawn clippings from somewhere else. Does she really like clippings more than fresh grass?
Interestingly, the U.S. Army facilitated funding for Facebook to conduct a secret social experiment on more than half a million of its users to manipulate their feelings. Reports I read did not list if these users were Americans or not. Maybe that is why so few people around here seem to care about this subliminal manipulation. Folks around here don't seem to care about critical issues.
Apathy abounds. Apathy that even causes frustration right now while you read this when you were looking for a cute ranch story to escape the heat. You don't want to read this. Or maybe, a little subliminal nagging in the back of your head says you do.
Maybe you want to dismiss manipulation. Think someone else smarter, with more time, more connected, more money can deal with the big issues like fracking; global warming (or climate shift, if that is too hot a political button for you); corporations, which are not United States citizens, unlimited contributions to our political processes; Iraq, a country so broken guns can not fix it; the over 50,000 children that have crossed our southern border, without parents, seeking refuge; legislators unwilling to fund closing Guantanamo.
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Douglas County eligible voters by not voting indicated they can't, won't or don't want to do anything about issues larger than their backyard. Someone else can deal with the big issues. By thinking like that, saying that, or doing that you actually are doing something. You are expressing apathy, abdicating your responsibility for your world, your country, your family and yourself. Which makes you pretty easy to lead because you don't care where you are going.
Nevadans consider themselves independent. Dislike the taste of government control. Think politicians, unless they are affiliated with their preferred political party, are corrupt. And are very concerned with fees and taxes. Want to keep and bear arms to fight against a tyrannical government they might be forced to live under someday. But hardly care to vote, write a letter, or call a congressperson.
Unless gun-toting citizens shooting their televisions, smart phones, computers, radios, and any social media including books and movies, guarantees freedoms, even the basic freedom of how to feel, we are not going to be independent, free-thinking. And folks around here don't seem to care.
Every blade of grass counts in a dry summer.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada lawmakers as a whole showed progress toward closing the gap of racial disparities in areas of education, health, economics and civil rights during the 2011 legislative session, a liberal advocacy group said Monday, but Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval received a poor grade.
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada issued a report card rating lawmakers for their votes on 15 bills and legislation sponsorship. Sandoval, in the first year of his first term, was judged on whether he vetoed the measures or signed them into law.
The Senate and Assembly, both controlled by Democrats, approved the 15 bills. Sandoval vetoed seven.
Twenty-six of the 42 Assembly members received a score of 90 percent of higher, while 16 received 58 percent or lower.
In the Senate, 10 members scored 90 percent or higher, 10 scored below 48 percent, and one received 84 percent.
Sandoval received a grade of 53 percent.
"We need the governor to show a little more courage, a great deal more compassion in his decisions," PLAN executive director Bob Fulkerson said at a news conference.
Sandoval's office had no immediate comment on the report, but a senior adviser took exception to the group's criticism of his veto of AB137, which would have required some schools to have a breakfast program.
Dale Erquiaga, senior adviser to the governor, said the state already has a breakfast program for hungry children, and that the governor vetoed the bill because it would have mandated they receive meals in the classroom.
PLAN executives said the report was not intended to label anyone as a racist, but to point out how legislation affects minorities and the state's most vulnerable.
Jan Gilbert, a PLAN coordinator, said the overall report showed progress from 2009, when only 10 bills were evaluated.
"We have a long way to go but we feel there was improvement this session," she said.


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...so I'm going to savor it :)
...so I'm going to savor it :)
We are some of the smartest, most empowered humans who have ever lived. We have so much. Can we use our minds, our skills, our resources to make the world a better place for people who never had the opportunities we have? It would cost us so little, and we can accomplish so much.
We can be better. We can be amazing. We can be heroes.
What were your thoughts when you saw Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon?
Well, it was exciting to know that anybody could go to the Moon.
What event in world history has had the most effect on you personally? Click here for her answer and many more!
I'm going to assume you've already gotten all the background on what went down at Pycon (but if not, read up, and then come on back over).
We, the tech community, should be taking a hard look at our response to the aforementioned events. Aren't we better than this? I'm not talking about the trolls. There will always be frenzied agitators who are just mashing away on their keyboard, trying to outrage people. I'm talking about how many (otherwise reasonable-seeming) people I saw who were comfortable and self-righteous in calling a woman a bitch/cunt/etc from their Twitter, Hacker News, or, yes, reddit account.
These amazing open platforms for speech work because an internet connection is all we need to share an idea with the connected world. What makes this freedom so awesome is not simply that we have it, but how we exercise it. Your tweets, your comments, and your upvotes matter. The comments (and support for them) I've seen over the past few days have really disappointed me and I really hope this is a chance for us to reflect on how we use these tools to foster the tech community. This isn't "political correctness," this is you having the courage to use your words to create an environment that promotes an open exchange of ideas -- not alienate people and certainly not terrorize them.
Growing up, we typically weren't picked first for sports, but were first on the Quake II server. Few people really understood our peculiar hobbies or how amazing it was to see "Hello, world" for the first time. Plenty of us got used to being ignored. Many of us were bullied. But what did we learn from it -- empathy or hate?
We need to know the answer, because suddenly we are the cool kids. They're making movies about us. We're "rock stars." Holy shit, the rest of the world is finally realizing how awesome we are. The geek has inherited the earth. And now that we're the powerful ones, we need to remember: with great power comes great responsibility. It's irresponsible to continue to act as though we are victims.
Our community has largely been defined by not-poor straight white men over the years[1], but it's growing more diverse every day as kids get excited about technology and adults realize our industry is fast-growing and valuable. Diversity does not end at gender or sexuality or race; people with a wide variety of life experiences and opinions have joined the community. This is a wonderful thing, but it also means that there will be a wider range of reactions and more potential for miscommunication. In other words, we have many more opportunities to decide whether we 1) belittle and ostracize people for being different from us or 2) react with empathy, patience, and kindness.
Kurt knew: "There's only one rule that I know of -- god damn it, you've got to be kind."
[1] As a not-poor straight white guy, believe me, this setup has worked out pretty well for me, but I know I've been playing with cheat codes and the internet won't live up to its full potential without getting the best out of everyone.
Yep. Nailed it.
The NYC EDC gave away $1.25MM to companies relocating or expanding to the financial district -- and I was honored to be part of the selection committee working to replace some of those suits with hoodies!
Congrats to all the finalists, but an extra high-5 for our five winners: Booker, STELLAService, Grapeshot, Paperless Post and The Flatiron School.
I'm so proud of how will this all turned out. A big thank you to everyone involved who made this crazy idea Erik and I had over burgers into a reality. Come over to /r/IAmA and Ask Us Anything.


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Do Europe's Minimum Income Schemes Provide Adequate Shelter against the Economic Crisis and How, If at All, Have Governments Responded?
The present economic crisis comes against the background of decades of policy changes that have generally weakened the capacity of social safety nets to offer citizens with adequate resources for financial survival when labour markets fail to do so. Building on data for 24 European Union countries, this paper asks whether EU governments implemented additional measures during the first phase of the crisis to improve safety nets. Our data, drawn from a large network of national experts, show that many countries introduced supportive measures, in particular in the form of additional increases in gross minimum income benefits. More generous child benefits have also helped to increase net disposable incomes of families on minimum income. Behavioral requirements imposed on minimum income recipients have been neither tightened nor relaxed. In a limited number of countries, activation efforts aimed at minimum income recipients have been intensified. Despite some improvements, social safety nets in Europe remain far below widely accepted poverty thresholds, including the EU's own official measure.
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European Business Association held the meeting with Volodymyr Hroisman, Prime Minister of Ukraine. At the meeting Mr Hroisman highlighted main priorities and commitments of the Government regarding improvement of business climate and addressing topical issues voiced by the EBA members.
Representatives of business community and top officials joined the meeting as well. In particular, Hennadii Zubko, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Regional Development, Building and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine, Oleksandr Saienko, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Ostap Semerak, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Taras Kutovyi, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Oksana Markarova, Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine.
In his opening speech, Mr Hroisman thanked the companies for their contribution to the Ukrainian economy and stressed the importance of investments in the stabilization of economic situation. Today, the Government has a task to speed up economic growth in the country, thus the work on comprehensive improvement of legislation continues. Prime Minister paid special attention to the issue of liquidation of the tax police and voiced his support for the systematic reload and creation of the Financial Investigation Service. «Honest business should feel comfortable» - Prime Minister said.
Tomas Fiala,President of the European Business Association, noted that Ukraine opened this year with good economic indicators, which is a positive signal. Of course, it would be difficult to achieve this without the income of investments. However, to keep existing and attract new investors we need to resolve a number of problems that hinder business. First of all, it is referred to corruption in the courts and law authorities. In particular, business expects and fully supports the creation of new Financial Service Investigation. In addition, the country's successful cooperation with the International Monetary Fund is an important indicator for investors. In this context, the business supports those innovations which implementation is a prerequisite for cooperation with the IMF. This is, above all, pension and land reform. Land market liberalization will promote investment in the country, which will give investors a confidence in the stability of the national currency and the internal market.
Representatives from the companies attracted the Prime Minister's attention to the number of priority issues that requires the response from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. In particular, agrochemical business noted the problem of constant delays in the approval of hygienic standards and regulations necessary for the state registration of crop protection products. Companies also drew attention to the need to address the issue of cross-border transportation of obsolete pesticides and problems with the import of samples to the country.
Grain business raised the issue of forming grain export batches of different classes and the need to speed up the implementation of this mechanism in practice. Also, companies experience delays in obtaining certain documents and draw attention to the need to improve infrastructure, as logistics can significantly affect the efficiency of the grain companies.
Veterinary drugs producers report that their companies develop innovative products in the field of biotechnology, aimed at protecting the health of animals, but due to gaps in the legislation are not able to register them. Business highlights the need for appropriate amendments to current legislation that will address this issue in the long-term. Companies also drew the Government's attention to the spread of ASF in Ukraine since the disease creates a significant threat to national food security.
As for now, providing full public access to high-quality medicines and leveling limitation of any physical accessibility to medicines are the priority issues in the health care. Pharmacies suspend the purchase of medicines in the context of absence of clear official information on the introduction of the reimbursement mechanism. Companies expresses the hope that the Government will provide clear explanation as soon as possible on patients' full access to all medicines, regardless of their inclusion in the reimbursement program.
Also, business stressed the support of equal conditions for both local and foreign pharmaceutical companies in Ukraine. Therefore, cancellation of VAT on transactions of supply of medicines just for the only one part of the producers would witness the absence of equal approach to all market players. In addition, such legislative changes would conflict with certain provisions of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.
As for the industry of consumer electronics, smuggling and proper protection of intellectual property rights are burning issues. Business strongly supports the introduction of the national exhaustion principle of the intellectual property rights in Ukraine. It can be done by adopting the Draft Law №5419, registered in the Verkhovna Rada by a group of MPs. This Draft Law is supported not only by the VRU Committee on Education and Science and business community, but also by the EU Delegation to Ukraine. As of today, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine does not support this initiative. We hope that after the meeting the Government will pay attention to this issue one again and support the position of the business.
During the discussion, participants also raised topical issues of waste management, business operations in the ports, certain issues of technical regulation, improvement of the efficiency of document circulation.
The Prime Minister noted that the creation of artificial barriers to business is unacceptable and expressed readiness to work with all reported issues in order to offer specific solutions for each of them. He said the pension and land reforms, complex changes in health care, protection of the interests of domestic producers without violating the external agreements and increase the scale of exports are main priorities for the Government. The Cabinet of Ministers will keep an eye on the judicial reform, which is of utmost importance for business operating in Ukraine.
We extend our gratitude to Mr Hroisman and all those present for their commitment to an open and productive dialogue with business. We will keep an eye on the reforms and hope for the effective solution of issues raised by the EBA members during the meeting.


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Lulu Wilson, originally from New York City, began her career when she was 3 as a commercial and voice-over actor. She made her movie debut as Christina in Jerry Bruckheimer's film "Deliver Us From Evil", directed by Scott Derrickson. Shortly after, Lulu moved to Los Angeles to work as a series regular on the CBS sitcom "The Millers", playing Mikayla. Lulu can also be seen on episodes of "Inside Amy Schumer", "Teachers", and "Black Box". Look for Lulu in 2016/2017 in the upcoming films "Slumber" and "Gone Are The Days". She will be starring this fall in "Ouija: Origin of Evil", a Blumhouse/Universal film directed by Mike Flanagan When Lulu isn't acting she is hard at work writing short stories and screenplays.
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Entrepreneurship Week 2013
Bison Brawl: Pitch Competition
Monday, April 1
5 p.m., Swang Business Center, room 108
Inspired by the image of the gutsy entrepreneur who finds himself in an elevator with a potential financier, the Bison Brawl Pitch Competition requires teams of enterprising students to sell their innovative business idea in 60 seconds or less before a team of judges. Think of it as Lipscomb's own version of "Shark Tank."
Multiple teams of five students are expected to participate, and the winners will receive $1,000 to apply towards their business idea. Those teams who make the finals will make their final pitches on Wednesday, April 3, at 5 p.m., In Ezell Room 301.
For more information visit www.lipscomb.edu/entrepreneurship.
If you are interested in participating in the Bison Brawl, contact Kristin Matthews at firstname.lastname@example.com.