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During this 4-day course, you'll study the most useful
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In the first section, we lay the foundation for the rest of
the course. We talk about why patterns are important, where
they come from, their general structure and give a UML
Importance of patterns
Experienced object oriented programmers use patterns to
build their software. This helps to make their components
reusable. The reduction in copy and pasted code makes
maintenance easier. In this section we look at why patterns
are important to help your team speak the same language.
We look at some great resources that explain where object
oriented design patterns come from. We look at some of the
great books on patterns in which you can find more detailed
information. Examples are: Head First Design Patterns,
Pattern Hatching and of course the famous Gang-of-Four
The name is useful to document which pattern we are
referring to. We talk about the dangers of having a weak name
and a strong pattern, as well as having a strong name and a
weak pattern. Or just having the wrong name to start
Throughout our course we use UML to describe the patterns.
We explain why being able to draw a class diagram of the
pattern is important.
A pattern has three main elements that identify it: its
name, its structure and its intent. We look at what the
structure typically looks like to help you recognise typical
patterns. However, the structure cannot give you a conclusive
answer as to what the pattern is. This can only be discovered
once you know what the intent of the author was.
UML refresher
We use UML class diagrams to describe the designs. In this
section we review the basic UML components used to show our
patterns. This helps us to understand the subtleties of
association, aggregation and composition. We also show how to
draw the UML components. We show why reverse engineering UML
from code is of little use.
jpatterns.org annotations
We give a short tutorial on how to use the jpatterns.org
annotations to describe the design patterns in our code.
These will be used extensively in our coding to show what
patterns we were thinking of using.
Our first stop is structural patterns, since most of us can
relate to these easily.
The Proxy pattern is used in many systems to provide
placeholder objects. Most programmers have seen or used this
pattern. This makes it a good first pattern to study as we
quickly see the benefit of using design patterns.
We study various ways of creating proxies. We show how to
write them by hand, how to generate them using the new Java 6
built-in compiler and how to create them as dynamic
proxies.We also study different uses of proxy types. Examples
are virtual, remote and protection proxies. We show how these
can be created with dynamic proxies or automatically
generated code.
Virtual Proxy
The virtual proxy creates objects on demand. It helps us
simplify our clients when we want to lazily create objects.
It does this by moving the lazy creation functionality into
the virtual proxy class. Students get to build their own
virtual proxy using dynamic proxies.
Remote Proxy
Remote proxies are used a lot in Java to communicate between
different machines. We look at the challenges with using this
type of proxy. Examples are the checked exceptions and the
much slower remote method calls.
Protection Proxy
Our last variation is the protection proxy, where we guard
the real object. As part of the exercises, students have to
build a protection proxy that only allows us to view salary
details if we have the right permissions.
The adapter is next. In a perfect world, this pattern would
not exist. However, often interfaces do not match correctly
between different parts of our system and this pattern is the
glue that connects these mismatched parts. We look at the
naming of this pattern, which has caused confusion in the
past. Lastly we compare the structure of this pattern against
the proxy.
Object Adapter
The most common form of this pattern is the object adapter.
We explain why this is more flexible and typically the better
choice, even though it is more coding.
We also explain how we can create dynamic object adapters
using the dynamic proxy mechanism.
Class Adapter
Class adapter is possible in Java, when the subject is an
interface, rather than a class. We talk about cases where the
class adapter is not possible to use. It is less code, so it
is a good first step, but if a class hierarchy evolves with
the adapted object, then it is better to use the object
The Facade pattern is often confused with the session
facade. In fact, it is not really a design pattern. Rather,
it is a necessary part of any complex design thanks to the
added flexibility that patterns bring.
Facade vs Session Facade
The Session Facade usually prevents direct access to the
single pieces of the subsystem. The GoF Facade allows direct
access to the subsystem. We also look at the motivation of
using the Session Facade.
Is it a Design Pattern?
We look at the question: Is the Facade really a design
When you have objects arranged in a tree structure, this
pattern will help you make clients simple. Clients do not
need to worry whether they are speaking to a single object or
a large group of objects. We explain why the interface at the
top of the hierarchy seems too general, but is in fact
exactly the way that it should be.
Recursively visiting
One of the posers of this pattern is how to find all leaves
of the tree without building up a temporary list. In our
exercise we discover how to do this in code.
Our next set of patterns are used for algorithms and
behavior. They help to reduce duplicate code and get rid of
if-else and switch statements. Code becomes less complex with
less duplication, leading to lower costs.
Template Method
The template method is used when we have some classes which
do the same thing, but a bit differently. We can replace the
duplicate code with a single template method and can push the
differences into primitive methods, which are contained in
We compare the template method to the strategy and show how
they might be combined to produce a truly flexible
We use this pattern when we need to have several ways of
doing the same thing. For example, we might want to sort a
list using as little temporary memory as possible. Or our
constraint might be CPU, in which case we would want to
replace our sorting algorithm with one that performs better.
We also see some of the drawbacks of using the strategy
pattern by studying the AWT layout managers.
Converting switch statements
When writing code, we should avoid using if-else or switch.
Every time we have a condition, we double the state space.
This makes it hard to test our code. Much better is to
encapsulate the functionality into strategy objects. In this
part we learn how to convert a switch statement into the
strategy pattern, thus reducing cyclomatic complexity and
making it easier to test our code.
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic State
We look at ways to reduce the intrinsic state of strategy
objects, so that we can share them between different
contexts. We do this by converting extrinsic state to
Most Java people think that they know the iterator, after
all, that is how we walk through groups of objects. However,
the GoF pattern has some interesting variations and options
that are not available in the Java version. For example, why
does it have to be the client that controls the iteration?
How could we write a robust iterator in Java? This pattern
has a lot more facets than most people realize.
A robust iterator will preserve the order even if the
objects are changed whilst we are walking through. This
should be achieved without copying the collection. We look at
various approaches to building this.
Iterating Collections
One of the subtleties of this pattern is the question: who
controls the iteration? In this pattern, we show how we can
do this from within the collection, thus taking care of
synchronization in a much better way than if we lock from
outside. The WalkingCollection is an example of how this can
be done.
The observer pattern is one of the most prolific ideas in
object oriented designs. It helps us to decouple the
components. We show how the Java observer was implemented and
use this to build a simple stock price viewer, where
observers can get notified when a share changes.
Creational patterns are the most tricky to get right. They
are frequently abused for building systems that are non
object oriented. In this section we look at the three most
common creational patterns and show how they should be
Ask a group of novice programmers if they know any patterns
and the "singleton" is the most common answer you
will get, next to "factory" and "MVC". In
this section we discover the real purpose of this pattern.
The purpose of this pattern is to be able to substitute one
singleton object for another without the clients having to
know. Sadly most of the time it is used to put global
variables into systems. We learn how to correctly use this
One of the characteristics of the singleton is that the
constructor is private. This makes it impossible to create
several instances. We have a look at how to allow for
Managing synchronization
A lot has been written about how to actually initialize the
instance. The most tricky part is getting synchronization
correct. We look at solutions and reasons why the most simple
option is usually the best.
When to use & avoid
There are several reasons why we should avoid using the
singleton. It makes our system very static. It is difficult
to reset instances. We cause global access to shared values.
In this section we look at the reasons why singletons cause
so many problems in designs.
Factory Method
The GoF factory method pattern is used to allow subclasses
to create their own instances of their own specific types. An
example would be the iterator() method of the Collection
interface. We give examples of how and when this should be
Simple factory
Martin Fowler uses the name "factory method" to
describe something quite different to the GoF pattern. His is
a static method that creates objects. This is a useful
pattern in its own right, but is not the GoF pattern. In Java
we can often use his pattern with the reflection API.
Tough questions
This pattern is used to produce decoupled systems. We
combine this with strategy and facade to produce a flexible
design. We also ask some hard questions to make sure that we
all understand the differences between the interpretations of
this pattern.
Abstract Factory
We use this pattern to manage families of objects that need
to be created. An example is when we need to support GUI
components for several operating systems. We show how we can
use this pattern to create software that can easily be
migrated to new hardware.
In the second set of behavior patterns, we learn how to
decouple our designs even further with the Visitor and
Command. We implement a multi-level undo and redo with the
memento. We show how to build chains of implementers with the
Chain of Responsibility. We end with the State Pattern that
should be used whenever we have more than a couple of states
in our classes.
The Visitor integrates well with the composite patterns. It
provides a way to modify the methods invoked on all of the
objects in the structure. Instead of hard-coding the
composite method, we provide a mechanism to "visit"
each class and apply class specific methods. It is a great
pattern for managing collections of disparate classes.
The command pattern helps to clearly assign
responsibilities, which leads to a decoupled design. We show
why the typical AWT action listener is not the best way of
using the pattern. We then demonstrate how we get a cleaner
design when we follow the pattern structure more closely. The
exercise is challenging as the first instinct is to use an
object adapter, but that would lead to an inflexible
Swing and AWT use the command pattern to bind actions to
receivers. We learn the advantages of an event based,
decoupled design.
Thread Pools
In Java 5, thread pools were introduced into the standard
JDK. These solve the question of how to deal with results
that you might want to return from commands. We look at how
Runnable and Callable is used within the ExecutorService.
We learn how to use the memento pattern to store state. This
allows us to do multi-level undo and redo, combined with the
Command pattern. The memento is also compared to the
serialization mechanism in Java.
Chain of Responsibility
This pattern allows us to define flexible systems where we
do not need to specify at coding time which object will
process a message. This is set up by configuring the chain.
We look at some of the issues that happen when a message
drops off the end of the chain.
The last behavioral pattern is the State pattern. Use this
whenever you have more than one conditional statement in your
class that changes the branch depending on some internal
field. It is one of the most useful patterns to produce
reliable software.
Implementation Choices
The state pattern can be implemented in more than five
different ways. We look at the advantage and disadvantage of
each one.
We end our course with three structural patterns that are
again fairly easy to grasp. Flyweight, similarly to the
Facade, is mainly used to deal with the effects of patterns -
lots of little objects. We see how Bridge is used to decouple
the abstraction from the implementation. Lastly we show how
we can change the interface of an object dynamically with the
The flyweight is used to reduce the memory footprint of
objects. It does this by changing intrinsic state to
extrinsic and then sharing instances. Well factored code
often causes lots of objects to be constructed. The flyweight
is one of the solutions to manage this problem.
We look at the impact on performance of using this pattern.
Even though there will be less object instances, the
flyweight mechanism can add contention to the system. This
would cause performance drag under heavily threaded
Measuring memory
To know the impact of large numbers of small objects, we
look at the memory structure of objects in Java. This will
give us a metric to calculate the potential savings of using
the flyweight pattern.
The bridge pattern helps us to define separate hierarchies
for the abstractions and implementations. We learn how this
relates to strategy and adapter. Bridge helps us design
systems that can work with different external components,
without changing the main abstraction.
The decorator is used for two main purposes. Firstly we use
it to add functionality to existing objects. We call this
decorating. Secondly we can take it away from objects. We
call this filtering.
We learn why the special collections (unmodifiable,
synchronized, checked, etc.) are in fact not decorators, but
rather another pattern. We also demonstrate how we would
design the collection classes using the decorator or filter
The course ends with a conclusion about what we have learned
and where to study them further. We also look at how the
patterns are all connected.
We give a number of great references where you can learn new
patterns and study the subtleties of patterns further.
Discovering Patterns
Lastly, we give some pointers on how to write your own
patterns. This process is called discovering or inventing a
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Five Tips for the Kickoff to Citrus Health
Ready, set, hike! With football season upon us, we want to help you "kick off" your citrus' health. Whether you are a rookie or seasoned veteran when it comes to growing fruit, following these simple tips can help your citrus have a winning season.
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Dwarf varieties are often preferable for backyard growing because they take up less space, do not grow as tall, and are easier and safer to pick. When purchasing citrus trees, buying a healthy tree from a reputable seller is critical. If you are ordering a citrus tree, make sure the nursery or shipper is in compliance with federal quarantine restrictions. Read more »

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First UFO Done
I found this block in a picture in a Connecting Threads catalog. I was intrigued enough with it that I sat down and figured out how to put it together. Wish I had jotted down the name of the book it was in. Whoever you were, thanks for this design.
I took large scraps from my stash and made the backing, so maybe I should consider this a 2 sided quilt. I like how the quilting shows up on both sides too.
11 comments:
- Mommarock said...
Gosh, that is gorgeous! It turned out fantastic! How exciting to have something DONE!
- January 11, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- lulu said...
It's gorgeous Angie and two sided , lucky the one who receives this quilt,
- January 11, 2011 at 6:47 PM
- Holloway Family said...
Beautiful!!! Reading quilting blogs is really makeing me want to try a new hobby, quilting!! I can't wait to start something small and easy.
Pam in Brussels, Belgium
- January 11, 2011 at 11:11 PM
- Diana Davis said...
Well Angie, I like both!!
- January 13, 2011 at 6:05 PM
- Astrid said...
Gorgeous! Love how the backing turned out!
Congrats on the the finished UFO!
- January 16, 2011 at 6:18 PM
- Mrs. Mobunny said...
The bottom quilt almost looks like *Turning Twenty*..........I love it!
- January 21, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Cris said...
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- January 22, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- Cris said...
OK here is a post with a profile picture I hope - also wanted to say very nice quilt, I think I saw it already from a link on FLQ. I was also lucky with the first pick. Some of my UFOs are very difficult.
- January 22, 2011 at 12:22 PM
- Cris said...
Aargh here is the profile picture I wanted. Probably too small...it is from the Grand Canyon where I spent the first week of January.
- January 22, 2011 at 12:24 PM
- Dionne said...
I really love your first finish of the challenge!
- February 2, 2011 at 10:17 PM
- Heather said...
That is really gorgeous, and I love the pieced back, too. Someone is going to treasure that quilt. Great job!
- February 3, 2011 at 8:12 PM


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CalArts Office of International Relations and CultureHub present Leo Hobaica, Jr.: My Work, Articulated Puppets, and Seeds of Storytelling
CalArts, XBOX
INSTITUTE / ART: Leo Hobaica, Jr., Assistant Dean of the School for Film/Video, will conduct a puppetry workshop with students at The Seoul Institute of the Arts via Telepresence. CalArts students of all disciplines are welcome to join the workshop. Interested students are required to RSVP with Annie Kim at firstname.lastname@example.com.
CultureHub: http://www.culturehub.org
Thursday, March 14, 2013
My Work and Introduction to Flat, Articulated Puppets – Introduce body of work. Demonstrate how to make Flat, Articulated Puppets with materials provided to participating students. Film clips will be shown of this type of puppetry in animated films. Students will be instructed to complete the puppet with provided materials and create a new, original puppet and one accompanying Articulated prop for the second class.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Seeds of Story Telling – Participating student original puppet creations will be presented. Exercises using both the original puppet and new puppets. Students will "play" with the puppets towards Story Telling.
Leo F. Hobaica, Jr. began teaching in the Character Animation Program in 1996, with the administrative title of Assistant Director; in 2005, he was appointed Assistant Dean of the School of Film/Video, which is his present position. His teaching responsibilities within Character Animation include a primary focus in Color and Design I for first year students. Along with mentoring and independent studies with students across discipline lines, he also teaches Concept and Design in Animation (Color and Design II), Site Visit, and the annually alternating foreign travel classes, Art Appreciation: Paris, and Art Appreciation: Istanbul. He sits on the Academic Council as the elected Faculty Trustee to the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of the Arts, manages several CAP animation programs, and is an active member of the recently formed chapter of the AAUP at CalArts. External to CalArts, he is a board member of the alternative art's organization, NewTown/Pasadena.
His art practice includes the fabrication of sculptural objects, work in a mixed-media format, and temporary site-specific installations; he has completed several public art projects. Mr. Hobaica has collaborated with faculty from other departments at CalArts to produce interdisciplinary work, as well as projects with other international artists. His resume reflects a record of regional, national and international exhibitions; this record is mirrored in his teaching experience as well.
In 2005, he received a Fulbright Scholars' Grant, and spent the Spring 2006 semester in Istanbul, Turkey, as a visiting professor at Istanbul Kultur University, and as a practicing artist. Other honors include: artist-in-residencies in France (2003, 1997), a public art commission for the city of Oakland, CA (1994-95), a Scaggs Foundation Grant (1987), and a California State Visiting Artists' Grant (1986).
He is a strong proponent of an international experience for as many CalArts' students as possible, and supports interdisciplinary collaborations on campus wherever he can.


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Sybil Waller was the only daughter of Pickford Waller (1849–1930), an English designer and interior decorator, and an avid collector of Whistler's works. Waller greatly admired the work of the expatriate Australian Charles Conder and decorated one room in his London house with Conder's works on silk. Sybil frequently sat for artists, including Charles Shannon and Maurice Greiffenhagen. She wrote The kingdom of Pan , a poem and five short essays, which was published privately by the Caravel Press in 1952.
Sybil met Lambert through Shannon. In 1904 she was sitting for Shannon and was taken by a friend to Lambert's studio, which was in the same building as Shannon's. She described him as 'a young Australian painter who had lately come to London. He had decided talent and though then very struggling, quickly made a name for himself. At the beginning he became known by his pencil portraits which he did at one, at most, two sittings'. She sat for him for two pencil portraits, one in ordinary day dress and the other in fancy dress sitting in a medieval chair. At this time Lambert also made a head and shoulder drawing of Pickford Waller and another of his wife seated in the medieval chair. A year later Lambert began this portrait based on his drawing of Sybil Waller in fancy dress. She remarked: 'It was a beautiful costume of 15th century Italian design; in colour on a very rich red embroidered gold. With it I wore a gold latticed cap with a jewelled drop on the forehead similar to the head dress in Leonardo's picture of Bianca Sforza' (Christie's, 1975).
Lambert located Sybil Waller in an imaginary landscape in which a naked ploughman with two white horses frame her on one side and a nude woman rests under some trees on the other. This small detail provides highly charged sensual overtones.


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Suspicious device found outside Walla Walla home
A suspicious device found in a tree outside a Walla Walla home closes several streets for nearly 4 hours this afternoon.
The bomb squad responded to the 500 block of Bryant Avenue around 1:30 p.m. after an investigating officer observed a pipe attached by wire to a battery powered beeper.
The suspicious device ended up just being a pipe connected to what appeared to be parts of a smoke detector.
Police think the device was likely part of a hoax.


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By GARY ARRINGTONSports Writer
The Emery High track team had their best region track meet in years last week. Hosting the event in Castle Dale, the Emery boys finished second and the Emery girls finished third.
The boy's scores were Lehi 109, Emery 90, North Sanpete 80, Delta 47 and Carbon 8.
The girl's scores were Delta 119.5, Lehi 78.5, Emery 58, North Sanpete 49 and Carbon 27.
The Emery boy's had four first places on the day. Bruce Clement won the shot put with a 48'10.5" throw and the discus with a 147'4" throw. Travis Bunderson won the high jump with a jump of 6'4". Emery also won the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:35.78.
Finishing second for the Spartans were Eric Waddups in the 110 hurdles and the 300 hurdles. Tate Jensen finished second in the long jump and the 4x100 relay team also finished second.
Finishing third for Emery were Taylor Jensen in the 400 meters, Dave Justice in the 300 hurdles, Zac Clement in the javelin and the discus, Kassidy Thompson in the long jump and the Medley relay team.
Finishing fourth were Joaquin Ortega in the 100 meters, Justin Bernard in the 800 meters, Bruce Clement in the javelin and Derek Jensen in the high jump.
Finishing fifth were Jex Jensen in the 1600 meters and Cole Bunderson in the high jump.
Camille Fehlberg took three firsts for the girl's team. She won the 100 hurdles in 15.57, the 300 hurdles in 45.947 and the long jump at 15'11.5".
Charlotte Withers finished second in the shot put and Laura Cook finished second in the javelin. The 1600 medley relay team also finished second.
Finishing third were Shalae Cox in the 400-meter run and Jacie Fasselin in the 800-meter run.
Finishing fourth were Laura Cook in the shot and Charlotte Withers in the discus. Jasha Hinkins finished fifth in the long jump.
The State track meets are held this week at BYU on Friday and Saturday. Everyone that finished at least fourth in region moves on to state plus any that qualified in previous track meets by distance or time.


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Nissan Announces Leadership Changes in the Americas
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nissan today announced a number of leadership changes within its North and South American operations.
These changes will help accelerate additional progress in the new fiscal year following a successful year of major product unveils and launches including the Nissan Altima, Sentra, Pathfinder and upgraded all-electric LEAF, which makes Nissan's current lineup among the freshest in the industry.
The company celebrated several record-breaking months for sales and continued to expand its manufacturing footprint in North America. Adding production of the Nissan Pathfinder, Sentra and LEAF, as well as the Infiniti JX, to the U.S. has moved the company closer to the goal of having 85 percent of Nissan vehicles sold in the U.S. built in North America.
The following changes are effective April 1, unless otherwise noted.
Nissan Division Sales
Randy Parker is named regional vice president, West Region. He will report to Al Castignetti, vice president and general manager, Nissan Division. Parker holds complete regional responsibilities for the expanded West Region.
Eric Rodgers, currently regional vice president, West Region—North, is named general manager, Dealer Network Development Task Force reporting to Leon Dorssers, chief customer officer and vice president of Customer Quality and Dealer Network Development (CQ & DND).
Judy Wheeler, currently director, Marketing, Nissan Canada, is named regional vice president, Southeast region, reporting to Castignetti.
Nissan Division Marketing
Joni Paiva, currently director, Marketing Strategy and Volume Planning for Renault in Paris, is named director, Chief Marketing Manager (CMM), Nissan Juke, Quest, Versa, Sentra and Cube, effective May 1.
Fred DePerez, currently director, CMM, Nissan Juke, Quest, Versa, Sentra and Cube, is named director, CMM, Nissan Altima, Maxima and GT-R, effective May 1.
Scott Shirley, currently director, CMM, Nissan Altima, Maxima and GT-R is named director, CMM, Body-on-Frame and Crossover vehicles effective May 1.
Erik Gottfried, currently senior manager, CQ & DND, is promoted to director, Electric Vehicle (EV) Sales and Marketing.
Customer Quality and Dealer Network Development
Don Strong, currently Overseas Program Director (OPD), is named director, Customer Experience, CQ & DND effective May 1.
Parts & Service (P&S)
Kent O'Hara, currently director, P&S and Marketing and Sales, is promoted to a newly created position as senior director, After Sales (AS) for the U.S. and Canada and P&S Projects and Strategy for the Americas. O'Hara's role expands with oversight of AS for Canada and a focus on the revenue growth of the overall P&S strategy.
Hiroshi Shiotani, currently general manager, Supply Chain Management Planning at Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. (NML), will assume the role of senior director, Manufacturing and Engineering, Nissan Production Way, Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant.
Brian Sullivan, currently director, Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance, Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant, is named director, Smyrna Battery Plant.
Jeff Deaton, currently director, Smyrna Battery Plant, is named director, Manufacturing Engineering and Maintenance, Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant.
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Sergio Casillas, currently sub-director of the new manufacturing plant in Aguascalientes, is promoted to director, Manufacturing, NMEX. Casillas will be responsible for vehicle assembly production.
Oswaldo Noriega is promoted from sub-director to director of Product Engineering, Aguascalientes.
Purchasing and Renault-Nissan Purchasing Organization (RNPO)
Robert Pitt, currently director, Vehicle Purchasing, is promoted to a new assignment as senior director, Production Purchasing. Pitt will be responsible for leading cost reductions and sourcing costs for production purchasing.
Emmanuel Boudon, currently director, Purchasing Projects Management and Supply Division, is named director, Vehicle Purchasing.
Larry Pavey, currently senior manager, Purchasing, is promoted to director, Purchasing Operations Management and Materials. This is newly created position will support the day-to-day operations of Nissan's plants, lead cost-reduction initiatives and manage supply chain and raw materials.
Michael McClelland, currently director, Supplier Quality and Assurance (SQA), assumes the role of director, Purchasing Project Management and SQA.
John Schnoes, currently, director, Electrical Engineering at Nissan Technical Center North America (NTCNA), is named deputy program director, Vehicle Information Technology at NML.
Tetsuo Sasaki, currently general manager, EV Energy Development at NML, is named director, Electrical Engineering at NTCNA.
Total Customer Satisfaction (TCS)
Mikio Aoki, currently general manager, Quality at Nissan's Tochigi plant, is named to the newly created position of senior director in charge of Manufacturing Quality Assurance for Nissan North America. Aoki will lead plant quality improvements for products made in North and South America.
Tomohiro Aoki, currently director, Field Quality is named director, TCS Strategy and Administration.
Nissan Design America (NDA)
Shinichiro Irie, currently Associate Product Chief Designer based at Nissan Global Design Center in Atsugi, Japan, will take a foreign assignment position as the director of design at NDA in San Diego. Irie will be responsible for design project output, as well as production phase design development for several key products for the region.
Corporate Planning and Program Management Office (PMO)
Hiroshi Toyoshima, currently vice president, Corporate Planning and PMO-Nissan Americas, is named program director Light Commercial Vehicles at NML.
Manabu Sakane, currently technical assistant to Chief Recovery Office at NML is named vice president, Corporate Planning and PMO at Nissan's North American headquarters in Franklin, Tenn.
Bruno Grippay, director, OPD at Nissan Brazil (NBA), is named deputy program director, V-platform at NML.
Eric Sipe, currently director, PMO is named director, Corporate Planning OPD at NBA.
Dana Frierson, currently senior manager, PMO, is promoted to director, OPD, Light Commercial Vehicles and Body-on-Frame.
Tom Smith, currently director, Chief Model Marketing, Body-on-Frame and Crossover Vehicles, is named director, OPD-Infiniti, effective May 1.
Trisha Jung, currently director, Vehicle Connected Services (VCS), is named as Dealer Operations Manager for the Atlanta market.
Human Resources
Anish Baijal, currently director, Talent Management, is promoted to division general manager, Organizational Development at NML.
Mike Webb, currently director, Business Transformation, is named director, Talent Management.
Tracy Jones, currently director, HR Business Partner, is named director, Total Reward.
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Nissan Canada (NCI)
Brian Thomas, joins NCI as director of Marketing. Thomas most recently held positions with Volkswagen of America as the executive general manager, Brand Experience and Dealer Integration.
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1. Of course, we love the annual Greenlake Pathway of Lights. This event is always held at Greenlake on the second Saturday in December. Volunteers line the entire 2.8 mile pathway with luminaires, and thousands of people come to walk the lake and enjoy live carolers and lights. Even the kayaks and canoes are decorated with lights.
2. See a Christmas play at Seattle Public Theater's Bathhouse Theater at Green Lake. This year you can choose from "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" or the ever-popular "Best Christmas Pageant Ever." The Theater is a 10 minute walk from Greenlake Guest House as well as several restaurants for dinner or dessert before or after the show.
3. Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Nutcracker" at Seattle Center's McCaw Hall. This Nutcracker is a magical production of the popular ballet, with over the top sets and costumes designed my Maurice Sendak. Family packages available.
4. Downtown shopping: See the Christmas Star at Macy's, take your photo with Santa, view the window displays, and ride the holiday carousel at Westlake Center.
5. Don't' forget to see the "snow" fall inside downtown's Pacific Place Mall.
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7. Ride the Argosy Christmas Ship and see the parade of decorated boats throughout the month of December. Join the parade, or listen to the live carols broadcast from the ship from a beach bonfire at one of 45 locations throughout the Seattle area.
8. Attend the 50th Anniversary of Langston Hughes' joyful gospel play, "Black Nativity" here in Seattle at the Moore Theater.
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it's been forever since i've posted but man... chap 111.... MAN... I have to wait a week :(
it's been forever since i've posted but man... chap 111.... MAN... I have to wait a week :(
The chapter was translated long ago, but I was waiting for batoto version before posting it (they always have the afterword with is interesting - this time it included a total ranking of 17 strongest rankers in the Tower).
Is it me or do all Slayer have Grace in their name ?
Chapter 113
I think it's pretty hax that Baam can learn ANY move that he sees, obviously he will most likely end up the strongest Irregular.
But come on, he learned a 'Legendary' Technique used by the 4th strongest guy in the tower (Urek Mazino) ... THE FORTH STRONGEST GUY lol and there are thousands of rankers so its not like he's the '4th strongest of 10 guys' - he's a VERY big deal.
The move name is "Emperors Fist of Scorching Death' lol - that sounds like a end game move..
Can Baam instantly copy a technique he sees or a technique he's been hit to? I think it's the latter. Is the Wing Tree organiztion something like the greenpeace? hihihi
He copied Loves techniques that increased his speed (I forgot their names, but it was 2 I think), and he wasn't hit by them - so I'm guessing he can copy any move he sees.
Which like I said, is cool, but dominant, the only reason he isn't the strongest right now is because he's only been in the tower 6years, when it normally takes someone 500years to climb it - and even for Urek (who climb it faster then anyone ever) still took 50years.
I think that he needs to be hit with the attack, or have a direct contact with the technique (like touching someone who uses speed buff), because it's not his eyes, but his blood (that red thing) that is doing the learning, you can even notice that it almost has it's own will and most likely is the reason why Rachel is scared of Baam.
The author confirmed that both, Rachel and Baam are irregulars. A regular is simply a chosen one by the Rabit-Alien, although there are people that are chosen directly by the Tower (like Zahard, Baam and the like) and thus it looks like they have opened the doors themselves (while normally people are let in by Hedeon).
I think he can copy certain generic Shinsoo skills like speed, strength enhancing shinsoo etc. by simply observing them but when it comes to special techniques or clan specific technique I guess he need to receive attacks from them.
And part of the story has ended... seemingly with revealing that there is another prince of Zahard... and seeing some old faces along the way .
Baam should be able to use the moves he learns again and again (like how he 'stopped' Love for a second, I assume that was the same move Quant taught him in Season 1 where Baam rescues Rachel).
Of course Baam isn't like a instant master with the moves he learns/takes from other people, but he seemly can understand them enough that he can recreate the move over and over until he does master it.
Also, I think it has something to do with Shinsoo itself which gives Baam that ability, I haven't read ANYTHING that states his gifts with Shinsoo is connected to the red skeleton/lobster thing that healed him.
This last chapter was good, I wonder how Urek will play into the story - I think its more likely he becomes Baams friend rather then a enemy
Also, I cannot imagine Baam being a part of FUG forever (which is another reason I doubt Urek will be a enemy), I mean by the time they climb the tower Baam alone should be strong enough to fight/protect ANYONE he wants - not to mention Baam is already friends with 3 Princesses RIGHT NOW lol, so who knows how many more allies he will get while climbing.


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: I'm a DIY and I just finished putting in a new bathroom floor in my house. While preparing to reinstall the toilet, I pulled the wadded up rag out of the toilet waste pipe and noticed that it was all neatly chewed up on the underside. Something had eaten away at the rag from inside the pipe (and thankfully given up before it chewed all the way through). There were large scraps of the rag left in the elbow of the pipe a foot below the floor level. I wasn't about to go sticking my hand down into the waste pipe, so I used a wire coathanger to fish all those scraps of rag out of the elbow. As I was fishing around in the pipe, I saw a little rodent nose come into view, sniff around, and back away back down the pipe. It had to be a rat. Must have been attracted to the sudden light.
: I went ahead and intalled the toilet. It works just fine. I flushed it like crazy to encourage the rat to go back to wherever it came from. I also poured a couple of kettles of boiling water down the adjacent bathroom sink drain. The boiling water flowed past the exact spot I saw the rat. I'm trying to give the rat a few subtle hints.
: My only question is: Is there a problem with having a rat in the waste pipe in my house? I would prefer that it wasn't there, but other than banging on the pipes and pouring boiling water down the drains, is there anything I can do (without harming myself or my family) to get rid of this rat. My 3 year old daughter has a hard time remembering to close the lid on the toilet after she uses it, and the idea of a slimey rat climbing out of a toilet and into my house kind of grosses me out. The idea of lifting the lid and seeing a rat sitting in the bowl also gives me the heebs.
: Here are some facts about my situation. I live in the suburbs of Washington D.C. I'm on Arlington County's sewer system. There is a residential construction site across the street from me. (Maybe the rat got into the system from an open pipe there.) I have cast iron pipes. Amazingly, the rat had to climb at least 6-7 feet up the inside of a vertical stack of cast iron pipe to get to the horizontal pipe I saw it in. How does it do that? What do rats live on while they are in the pipes? If we stop using our kitchen garbage disposal, will that deny it a food source? I always thought the stories of rats in pipes were the stuff of urban legends or were at least rare. Just how common is it to have rats in your pipes? Are PVC pipes better for keeping rats out, because they are slick inside? Can a rat really climb up out of my toilet? After all, it would appear that the only barrier is a couple inches of water. We have 1.6 gpf toilets, so maybe the narrower traps will keep the rat(s) out.
: I made the possible mistake of telling my wife about the rat I saw. She's not too happy about it.
: If you have any advice and/or comments, please let me know.
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A surge in stocks, turmoil in the gold market — chalk it up to the Federal Reserve. Battered municipal-bond closed-end funds are marching to a different beat.
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Nuveen Municipal Value (NUV), the biggest muni CEF by assets, is up three straight sessions, including through Wednesday's "taper." The yield on the 10-year Treasury has climbed to 2.93% after rising as high as 2.95% this morning, the loftiest since September.
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Colleague Randall Forsyth earlier this week outlined the rationale of Mark Grant, managing director for taxable fixed income at Southwest Securities, whose picks include taxable Build America Bonds:
For those who can take advantage of tax-free income (such as most individual investors' taxable accounts but not institutions such as pension funds), Grant says traditional munis are attractive now, adding "I would be stepping up my purchases before year end."
For investors who don't need tax-exemption, Grant calls taxable munis "the best value in fixed income at the moment." As an example, he cites a long-term New Orleans general-obligation taxable bond (rated A3 by Moody's and triple-B-plus by Standard & Poor's), which traded at a yield of 6.12%–a spread of 2.35 percentage points over the Treasury long bond versus 1.12 percentage points for a comparable corporate. "That is a significant spread differential in my opinion and points out exactly why I like this segment of the market," he writes in his "Out of the Box" daily missive distributed to the institutional elite of bond land.


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A coalition of Garden Grove Unified School District community members is pushing for a Vietnamese/English language-immersion program, saying the first-of-its-kind effort in California would deepen students' cultural understanding and lead to new opportunities.
A 10-member team, led by Garden Grove trustee Bao Nguyen, has gathered 328 signatures on a petition at iviet.org and is hoping to see the Vietnamese language-immersion program put in place by fall 2014.
"This is not just a program for Vietnamese students, but an option for all parents," said Nguyen, who is trilingual in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Immersion programs teach all school subjects in a combination of a target language and english starting in kindergarten; programs typically offer either an equal amount of each language or adjust the language percentages as students become proficient.
Nguyen, who previously championed an effort to include a Seal of Biliteracy on diplomas of qualified students, said the immersion program would create stronger ties to Orange County's large Vietnamese population, increase cultural understanding and lead to greater job prospects for participants.
He also said research shows that students who are bilingual show greater cognitive agility.
Orange County is home to about 189,000 Vietnamese residents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Five of the 10 California cities with the largest Vietnamese populations – including Westminster, home to Little Saigon – are in Orange County.
Garden Grove Unified – the county's third-largest school district – enrolls 14,567 Vietnamese students out of nearly 48,000 students, according to district spokesman Alan Trudell. About 5,700 district students are Vietnamese speakers, out of about 11,000 countywide, according to state data.
Garden Grove offers Vietnamese language classes at three of the district's seven high schools, according to Trudell. Next year, it will expand the foreign language study program to include at least one more High School and at least one of 10 intermediate schools.
But immersion advocates argue that second languages are easier to acquire before age 12, and that immersion strategies aimed at elementary students lead to stronger fluency.
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Hoang said the organizers hope to model their program on efforts started this year at White Center Heights Elementary School in Washington state and in 2010 at Stafford Primary School in Texas.
Immersion program backers will hold a forum Saturday to gather community input. Several district officials are expected to attend, including Gabriela Mafi, the incoming superintendent.
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1. The Stars Are Too High at Pentagon
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Pentagon is located at 2655 W Homer St. Reception is Friday from 7-10pm.
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Monument 2 Gallery is located at 2007 N. Point St. Reception is Friday from 7-10pm.
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By COREY BLUEMELStaff Writer
During the June 26 Ferron City Council meeting, Mayor Kent Larsen introduced Peach Days for discussion. Larsen stated that until Peach Days is over, this item will be on the agenda for every meeting to enable the council to stay current on all the preparation work being done to ensure a successful celebration.
Councilwoman Laurie Pitchforth, though not present at the meeting, had left a letter with Mayor Larsen listing everything that had been done to that point. The council heard the letter and voted to accept the theme for Peach Days as "Peach-a-rific." Mayor Larsen stressed to the council that the yearly budget is substantially less this year than last, so everyone connected with the planning of Peach Days would be required to come up with creative ideas to make the celebration fun for quite a bit less money.
Another discussion item was the adoption of an OHV ordinance. Councilwoman Jo Sansevero had presented a draft of the ordinance and the council discussed the item concerning use of OHVs for farming activity. This ordinance will not effect the use of OHVs for use in farming.
Sansevero also pointed out that some other cities ordinances have a clause banning the use of OHVs on streets that border a school. The routes that are needed to access the city streets to the public lands surrounding the city necessitate driving past the schools. The council voted to strike that clause from Ferron's intended ordinance. Sansevero reported that she had been to Judge Truman to review this ordinance draft proposal and he had given his interpretation of the clause in question. Sansevero said that this action would not effect the ordinance or its enforceability.
A draft of the final proposal will be posted for the citizens of Ferron to read and make comment before the voting on the adoption of the OHV ordinance.
Another ordinance was discussed by the council during this meeting. It was Ordinance No. 2003-6, prohibiting water users from interconnecting culinary and secondary water systems. Also this ordinance provides the city and/or it's agents to enter upon private property to inspect water systems and enforce the ordinance.


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Jennifer is a one in a million stay-at-home mom. (More like one OF a million stay at home moms!) She graduated from a liberal arts college but there is nothing liberal OR artsy about her. She is married to Kevin Fischer of This Just In, and together they have a beautiful young daughter Kyla Audrey. In no particular order she loves dogs, wine, a good bargain, her family, pizza, and entertaining. Follow her blog of all things miscellaneous including but not limited to cooking and baking, entertaining and party planning, being a mommy, and homekeeping.
Culinary yes-yes #71
I've mentioned before that Kyla is not only a great eater in general; she loves to try new foods. She may not like the food, necessarily, but she is always willing to try one bite. (Especially if it comes from Daddy's plate. I often joke that he could have Octopus Flambé on his plate and she'd want some.)
I absolutely, positively can NOT believe our little baby is turning FIVE this Tuesday. It really doesn't seem possible. As usual, I'm knee-deep in planning her annual open house soiree. While we have a fair number of "ten-and-under" in the mix I generally play to the adults when it comes to choosing the buffet menu. For the most part, the kids are far too busy playing and opening gifts; they really can't be "bothered" with the whole eating thing. Most of the moms are happy if their little darlings have a few bites of fruit followed by a forkful or two of cake. I already know that as the center of attention, Kyla will feed off of the energy and fun of the day far more than she will off of a sandwich.
Still, I make sure there are sprout-friendly classic offerings such as Goldfish crackers, string cheese, fruit, PB&J's and milk to drink. I wonder how many parents grab a handful of those famous fish when they think no one is looking, or hope that their kid hands them a sandwich with one bite out and declaring, "I'm FULL."
Childhood foods are special, right? They bring back fond memories… in many cases if you indulge in "kid foods" you feel comfort, plus a little bit of guilty pleasure. So what if it has too much sugar, salt, fat or horror of horrors, high fructose corn syrup? Sometimes, you just gotta give in. And really, every one of us can say we ate our weight in this before we turned twelve:
We swallowed these in such great quantities that it's a wonder Smucker's and Jif didn't go out of business:
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It's not difficult to find grown-up versions of childhood classics on the web. What can be tough is finding recipes that don't try TOO hard to over-sophisticate the beloved classics. I don't mind bacon in my grilled cheese sandwich that is now on hearty ciabatta bread. I don't need foie gras in my mac 'n cheese and I certainly don't want caviar on my hot dog. Let's not get excessively creative, OK? I like what this contributor to BuzzFeed has rounded up for kiddie-turned-big person fare.
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A Huntington man lost his life in a drowning accident at Huntington Lake on June 6. He was swimming with friends in the Cove area of Huntington Lake. He was swimming from one point to the other when he became tired. His friends, two girls tried to swim to him, but were unable to hang onto him. They reached shore and called 911 at 2:31 p.m. State park ranger Larry Johansen and Deputy Kurt Price were on scene at the boat dock on another unrelated matter when the call came in. They immediately jumped in the state parks boat and raced across the lake. They were unable to locate the victim.
The Emery County Sheriff's Office, and the Carbon County Sheriff's Office divers were called on scene to attempt to rescue the swimmer. The Emery County Search and Rescue responded along with the Huntington and Cleveland fire departments. The state DPS boat arrived and the body was located and recovered at 9:50 p.m. He has been sent to the medical examiners office.
Sheriff LaMar Guymon said, "We would like to thank the state park rangers, our deputies, Carbon County personnel and all the many volunteers who aided in the search. Everyone was very cooperative including the boaters who were asked to clear the lake while the search was carried out. We want to thank the State boat for their rapid response in getting here and searching for the victim. Several citizens at the lake at the time volunteered their life jackets, boats and jet skis for the rescuers. We want to thank them for their help. The victim has been identified as Joseph Ray Hoover, age 20. He is formerly of Carbon County and recently moved to Huntington.
"We would like to encourage everyone as the boating and swimming season begins to exercise caution as they use the waters in our county. Wear life jackets and know your limitations. We are extremely upset when something like this happens in our community," said Sheriff Guymon.


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On This Day Over The Past Three Years
Jonathan Willis
October 26 2009 11:42AM
It's early. Still, teams that get off to strong starts can protect themselves against injuries and late season slumps, while teams getting off to weak starts can dig themselves a hole that's extremely difficult to climb out of. Are there examples of teams leading the league or dwelling in the basement at this point turning their seasons around? Let's look back over the past three years.
In 2008-09...
- The Minnesota Wild were undefeated and in command of the Northwest Division, with nearly twice as many goals scored as allowed. They would go on to miss the playoffs.
- The Columbus Blue Jackets were dead last in the Western Conference. They would rally to make their first-ever playoff appearance.
- The New York Rangers were the toast of the league, well ahead of their nearest rivals (Buffalo and San Jose). By the end of the year they would fire their coach and then bow out in the first round of the NHL playoffs.
In 2007-08
- The Nashville Predators sat dead last in the Western Conference. They would make the playoffs.
- The New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers sat 13th and 14th in the Eastern Conference. They would play each other as the 4th and 5th seeds in the playoffs.
- The Ottawa Senators sat first in the Eastern Conference, with but a single loss to their credit. They would end up firing their coach and bow out in the first round of the NHL playoffs.
In 2006-07
- The Atlanta Thrashers were the second-best team in the NHL.
- The Edmonton Oilers were off to a strong start and boasted a perfect home record. They'd finish the year three games under .500 at home and pick Sam Gagner in the entry draft.
- The Minnesota Wild were the best team in the Western Conference. They finished the year in seventh.
Just goes to show you that anything can happen, With the Oil doing okay right now does that mean we'll see a play off date? I sure hope so! I hope they get the guys back from injury soon and they shake this flu bug.
I hope they can show Colorado up and win on Teusday. They really need it.
October 26 2009, 11:47AM
So you're saying there's a chance?
Then again there's the Leafs who need to go 42-22-9 or something like that to make the cut after their start as per the CBC hotstove...
October 26 2009, 12:15PM
So you're saying there's a chance?
I think he's referring to the 'Triple N' theory:
Nobody kNows Nuthin'
October 26 2009, 12:24PM
Wow...so my money is on the Wild to win the cup this year! First year they haven't started with a bang! Watch out for Clutterbuck!
October 26 2009, 12:28PM
Great give leaf fans hope.
I think he's referring to the 'Triple N' theory:
Nobody kNows Nuthin'
Nope. Old joke on the Nation, referring to a cute Jim Carrey clip they ran way back from Dumb and Dumber.
Perspective and context are everyone's friend. Thanks JW.
It is reads like this that keep me coming back to the Nation. Thanks Willis, keep up the awesome.
perfect perspective.
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Castle Dale City Council met for their regular session in October with Mayor Neal Peacock presiding. The meeting was to discuss issues and to hear from concerned citizens.
One of those concerned citizens was Brigid Wickersham who was concerned that the city was sending out flyers with reminders of ordinances but were not enforcing those existing ordinances. She pointed out cars and trailers being left on city streets for long periods of time. She also mentioned crumbling vacant or deteriorating like old buildings on Main Street that were a danger to the public. She wanted the ordinances against trailers and old junk automobiles being left sitting on city streets for long periods of time to be enforced. The trailers on city streets are creating a real visual obstruction hazard she said. She indicated that Valley View is one of the worst violators of this ordinance. Wickersham said the city of Castle Dale looked shabby because of the neglect of enforcing existing ordinances against these abuses.
Mayor Peacock thanked Wickersham for her comments. No action was taken.
The discussion of the possibility of applying eminent domain to acquire property on Main Street in Castle Dale for the construction of a new City Hall was tabled until the next City Council meeting. Also until an appraiser could be selected and a new appraisal made of the property. All properties the city is interested in would be included in the appraisal.
Gary Peterson came to the Castle Dale City Council to express his concerns about the city issuing a business license to Steven Harmon who has an auto repair business and a mobile sand blasting business in Castle Dale. After the City Council had heard both parties and witnesses. The City Council found there was no legal issue provided against issuing a business license to Steven Harmon and agreed to issue the license.
Council Member Joel Dorsch announced the Pumpkin Festival would be held Oct. 27 at the recreation center at 5 p.m. Mayor Peacock announced the State of Utah had sent the city a check for $2,400 for the use of the Castle Dale City Park.
The mayor announced that he has sent a letter to the Emery County Commission about the desire to cancel the contract with the county building inspector. Gerry Stotler representing Volunteers of America has requested the city donate a room for a small office in the Castle Dale City building. That request was not approved.


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Variety hosts Power of Youth
September 19, 2012 in Driving, Entertainment, Events, Food & Drink, Transportation
Warning the video does drop the f bomb so it isn't entirely safe for work.
This past weekend I braved the heat (102F at 1 pm) and attended Variety's Power of Youth at Paramount studios. This annual event acknowledges young entertainers for their charitable efforts. This years honoree's were The Jonas Brothers, Vanessa Hudgens and others.
This was a really fun event with several different corporations there to help with the event. These corporations all had programs focused on our kids. Ford was there with practical hands on demos that were a fun way to learn the dangers of distracted driving. Allstate was there with their "X the Text" program where the kids could sign off on a car promising not to text and drive. Sony was there hawking their PlayStation with hands on play time at their corner of the event. Cartoon network was there with the stars of "Regular Show" Rigby and Mordecai were there for photo ops. Read the rest of this entry →