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I wont be nearly the first person to be writing about California's Proposition 14. I'm coming late into the game, having only listened to the vague positive talking points of the California Independent Voter Network (CAIVN), and their allies, who have talked this proposition up. But I began to see some dissent, and took at a look at it myself. To be blunt, if this passes, partly because of support from CAIVN and their allies, I will genuinely be embarrassed to affiliate myself with these organizations that I hold in very high regard for their work fighting for the rights of independents.
Like so many other laws that make it through corrupt, and usually quite partisan, legislatures or ballot initiatives, this law violates the first rule that an ethical lawmaker or political organization ought to look at when drafting a bill or proposition; 'first do no harm'.
Independents are doing two things that are inexcusable by supporting this proposition. They are supporting a change in the electoral system, only allowing the top two vote getters to make it through to the general election, that has flatly been shown to not accomplish the stated goals of lessening partisanship in the other states and areas that have, or have had, such rules in place.
I am personally quite familiar with these kinds of rules. In my home state of Nebraska, I considered running for state senate, as an independent, myself. This rule was not the only reason I decided not to do so, but looking at a short primary season where I would have had to overcome a huge money, organizational and manpower deficit… it certainly was one of the straws that broke the camel's back. Had I had the entire campaign season to catch up, my decision could have been different.
In other words… we're hurting our own chances, in trade for a rule that has no history of lowering partisanship, and actually has a track record of lowering the rate of incumbent turnover.
The second mistake is even more insidious, and the reason why I dub this bill the 'First DO Harm' Act. The first could be explained away as being duped, misinformed or (at best) perhaps blindly grasping for straws on a gamble. No… this is wholly deliberate. This is taking a page from the two party duopoly playbook. Its inexcusable and so hypocritical I cringe to think about how it might effect the future of independent movement types should this pass in California.
Independents have been the whipping boy of the political process for the dozen or so years that I've been really paying attention to politics. Its terribly hard to have an effect on primary elections, the hurdles to running for office as an independent are disturbingly high in most places and candidates from the two major parties pay attention to us only when races get close.
If there is any group of people that we have some common cause with on electoral reform, its third party organizations. Now, I think that both major parties are far too partisan, and I recognize that organizations like the Green Party and Libertarian Party are even more ideologically extreme in most cases. But my ideological differences with them don't go so far as to impinge upon my higher conscientious support for basic democratic ideals, and fundamental fairness.
Richard Winger, over at Ballot Access News, hits the nail on the head in his op-ed in the San Francisco Bay Guardian:
"…since minor party candidates almost never place first or second in the June primary, minor party members would never be able to run for statewide office in November. And, the catch is that only the November vote counts for meeting the 2 percent vote test.
"The real irony is that the big newspapers of California know about this problem with Prop. 14 but refuse to mention it. That's ironic because back in 1981, when Democrats in the Legislature wanted to toughen the ballot-access requirements, the big newspapers of California denounced that bill with full fury. Forty of California's biggest newspapers, TV stations, and radio stations editorialized against that measure.
"Prop. 14 is supported by the Chamber of Commerce, the for-profit health insurance companies, the for-profit hospitals, and various multimillionaires, and the Yes on 14 campaign has a huge war chest. Why won't the L.A. Times even mention this flaw in the measure? Who are the big dailies afraid of offending?"
And who are these independent organizations afraid of offending… or perhaps who are they pandering to?
This proposition flat out screws the minor parties. This glaring selfishness is made embarrassingly worse by the fact that several independent supporters I have communicated with, or read explanations of their reasoning for support, of the proposition have actually touted this as a way of further marginalizing these minor parties. This rings of a bully at school taking his anger out on even smaller kids because his bigger brothers have been beating on him for years. In fact, this is precisely what this is.
I'm not going to split hairs on this issue. Independents that support this bill should be ashamed of themselves.

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Four years ago I wrote a blog post that garnered quite a bit of attention. It was titled, 2012 Anti-Resolution Revolution. I skipped 2013, but got back on track in 2014 and have stuck with the tradition. Now it's time to reveal successes from 2015, and I've asked participants in my 12 Days of Christmas for Writers program to do the same.
Here is an excerpt from the original post:
It is so tempting to start listing all the things one wants to accomplish at the start of a New Year, but in my experience, the process (and thus the result) is flawed.
I believe the reason resolutions often don't work is because they start from a place of lack, of negativity, of failure. We think about all the things we weren't happy with in the previous year and set out to "fix" them in the new one… Lose weight = I weigh too much… Make more money = I don't have enough money. Write more often = I don't write enough
There is absolutely nothing wrong with setting goals, and achieving them is even better. However, the goals need to be set on a strong foundation… Let's first celebrate success and then determine how to carry that forward into the New Year rather than berating ourselves for what did not get done
It is CRITICAL to reflect on what you DID accomplish in the previous year. How else can you build from the base you already have? If you don't take the time to tally up and celebrate what you've already accomplished, your resolutions will crumble. You'll be starting from scratch in every category, and starting from scratch feels scary.
Here is what GOALS (vs. resolutions) look like when crafted this way. Lose weight = What did I do last year to improve my health, and what can I do to continue that progress? Make more money = How much money did I make last year, from which sources, and how can I increase output from those sources and add new ones? Write more often = What did I write this year and how am I going to use that writing in the new year while also writing new stories/articles/books, etc.?
Because I am a firm believer that it takes far more courage to celebrate and compliment yourself than it does to criticize and berate yourself, I've invited 12 Days of Christmas for Writers participants to post their successes on their blogs and websites too. Feel free to share links to your posts in the comments here!
Here is a list of my major professional accomplishments of 2015.
- This was the year of revision. Nine out of twelve months this year were focused on MAJOR revisions to multiple manuscripts. All of those manuscripts ended up on submission.
- Two of my manuscripts made it all the way to acquisitions, one at two different publishing houses. Although those ended up as rejections, I got feedback about how "gorgeous" and "evocative" my writing was. I was also invited to revise and resubmit, which I am working on now.
- One of the manuscripts I've been working on all year is a picture book biography. I can honestly say it's been the most difficult and most rewarding writing I've ever done.
- I wrote two new picture book manuscripts.
- I once again shepherded the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge participants through a year of writing, revising, submitting, and SUPPORTING. With almost 800 members in 2015, I take pride in the fact that the community still feels like family.
- Successfully launched the brand new 12 x 12 webinar series with fabulous speakers such as author/editor Emma Walton Hamilton, agent Jill Corcoran, author Jane Yolen, and editor Emma Dryden.
- A Jefferson County school got a grant to buy 300 copies of MY LOVE FOR YOU IS THE SUN, and I spent the whole day at their school presenting to each elementary grade. One of the most rewarding author experiences I've ever had.
- Speaking of MY LOVE FOR YOU IS THE SUN, my agent Erzsi Deak sold Korean rights. The book has been translated into Korean and will likely go on sale in Korea this coming year.
- Co-hosted and launched the first-ever Picture Book Summit, an online conference that boasted keynote speakers Peter Brown, Andrea Davis Pinkney, and Mac Barnett. With more than 700 registrants, it was a smashing success.
- With my partner Emma Walton Hamilton, fully updated and re-launched The Complete Picture Book Submissions System.
- I managed to get my taxes done, which showed a nice increase in income from 2013 to 2014.
- I sought more professional help, which I desperately needed.
- Came up with 30+ new picture book ideas in this year's PiBoIdMo
- I managed to keep up with my work despite suffering a pinched nerve due to a bulging disc in my cervical spine. The injury was quite debilitating, and while I'm much, much better, I'm still recovering. So I honestly need to give myself credit for all I accomplished in the last six months of the year, given most of it was done while in chronic pain.
- Attending the Rocky Mountain SCBWI conference in September, seeing old friends and making new, and learning loads in the post-conference picture book intensive.
- Spoke at two SCBWI Connect local events – one in Boulder and one in Colorado Springs (virtually)
- Was a guest lecturer at a University of Colorado Children's Literature course. Super fun!!
- Presented a 12 x 12 webinar on crowdfunding
- Spoke with an editor at Scholastic for an hour, soaking up advice on possible revisions for my picture book biography.
- Got 20 agents for 12 x 12 in 2016 lined up BEFORE Christmas, plus five webinar speakers, and eight professional "critique ninjas," a new feature for 2016. For once, I feel pretty organized for the launch of 12 x 12.
Now it's your turn to make YOUR list! Share in the comments if you'd like! 🙂Categories: 12 x 12, Agents, Children's Books, Creativity, Goals, Holidays, My Love For You Is The Sun, PiBoIdMo, Picture Books, Publishing, Works in Progress, Writing · Tags: 12 x 12, Crowdfunding, Erzsi Deak, Hen & Ink, My Love for You is the Sun, PiBoIdMo, Picture Book Summit, Picture Books, SCBWI, The Complete Picture Book Submissions System


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Ski Tips w/ Dan Egan
Plant your pole in Gravity – By Dan Egan
Pole planting initiates the skies body motion down the hill. The problem is many skiers pole plants are in the direction of across the hill or in the direction of their ski tips. The pole should be planted at right angles to your feet.
Ultimately you want the tip of the pole to be pointing in the direction of your path. And here is why, when the tip of your pole travels down the fall line several things happen. One, our shoulder will create a counter angle to your skis, two your hips will move towards your hands, three your skis will release in the fall line and four your eyes will look down the fall line.
At my camps around the world we dig a bit deeper into this concept and explore the these four points.
1) When you reach down hill with your pole plant your shoulders will do two things, they will square off to the fall line and move out and over your feet. This will give you more speed control.
2) Now you will be ready for the transition of the turn and if you move your hips and core towards your down hill pole in the fall line you will move your body out and over your feet and set you up for a smoother transition.
3) What you will discover in these movements is the skis will now release and flow into the fall line and travel out and away from your body which will set you up for a smooth round turn with your upper body moving through the center of the arc. This will ultimately give you more control and use less energy.
4) The added bonus is that when you plant your pole in the direction of the fall line your eyes will also look down the hill rather than across the hill and this will allow you to flow into your turns with greater confidence.
So you see that planting your pole in gravity or down the fall line will set up a chain reactions that will make you more efficient, use less energy and make your skiing more dynamic.
The key is to resist the temptation to swing the tip of the pole in the direction of the tip of the ski. This will move your body across the hill rather then down the hill and the result will be that your body will move around the arc rather than through the arc. Plus once your eyes are focused down the hill you will notice that you will be less intimidated by obstacles in your path.
All Grip, No Slip Skiing – By Dan Egan
"All Grip, No Slip Skiing" is as much of a state of mind as it is proper body position. The edges on our skis are designed to grip, cut and hold on the slope. They are sharp and should be used as a tool for fine-tuning your experience on the mountain.
At my "All Terrain Skiing" camps at Kilington, Big Sky, Val D Isere France I encourage skiers to "Stand against the Mountain". What does this mean? It means lean out and away from the slope, which can be a bit scary but remember your skies are designed for this. As you lean out and away from the slope move your body to the inside of the turn and allow your skis to move out and away from your body. This will provide proper body position in the not only the arc of the turn but also in the transition because your feet will move under your hips keeping you in balance and moving you forward towards the next turn.
Unfortunately too many advanced and expert skiers use their edges as a last ditch effort to slow down, which produces the ski to skid and or chatter. So many times skiers in my clinics will feel their edges for the first time and think they did something wrong because the feeling was so different from their normal sliding or skiing turn.
The reason you want to stand against the mountain is that edge grip provides skiers the confidence to arc their skis on steep and firm conditions. Skiing requires the skier to be proactive in movement and the faster the more you have to anticipate your movements. A ski racer once told me that, "Ski Technique can be summed up this way, keep your body moving forward, down the hill and fight to keep up with your skis."
So where does this leave the skier who does not want to ski as fast as a ski racer? The answer remains the same, move your body forward and over your feet for "All Grip, No Slip Skiing." Speed control is in the grip and the grip is in proper body position. The better position, the better the grip and the better the grip the more control you'll have.
How to Ski a Powder Run on Skis – By Dan Egan
Remember – Its Position Not Strength, this is What Works in Powder
I find that many recreational skiers, especially in the East, have a problem skiing powder. After all, we don't get linear feet of the stuff all that often. Most recreational skiers make two basic mistakes when skiing powder, first they over turn their skis and two they lean back. This combination creates frustration and a cry for more grooming. Remember these simple tips on the next powder day…
Ski the slope in sections; always know where you are going to stop before you start to ski. This will give you a goal. It doesn't matter if its two turns or five turns away. Don't over turn your skis; let the friction of the snow slow you down. Stand tall between turns, this will move your hips over your feet and allow you stay in a balanced position. Skiing the slope in sections is a powerful technique because if you can make three great turns and stop and repeat that again and again you'll have a great over all run and not be worn out from the falls that occur on the fourth and fifth turn! Plus this will build confidence that will eventually allow you to ski longer sections.
Not over turning your skis is very important in deep snow. Remember the friction of the snow will slow your skis down and if you allow this to happen you will notice that the turn initiation will become much easier and you'll have more energy to ski consistently in the section of slope you have chosen to ski. And finally standing tall between turns will provide you with an athletic stance that will take the pressure off of your thighs and allow your position to turn the skis rather than your strength. And the result will be that you'll be able to stop at the location you originally selected at the top of your section of the slope.
Remember, powder skiing is the ultimate experience on skis and if you approach it in this manner you can begin to unlock the magic that awaits you when you ski powder with position and not strength. –
Dan Egan '87' runs ski camps at Killington Resort, Big Sky Montana and Val D Isere France. Contact Dan at firstname.lastname@example.com or check out the schedule at www.skiclinics.com
Powder Magazine names Dan Egan one of the "Top Skiers of All Time." Dan Egan established his reputation as one of the premier adventure skiers in the world and appeared in 12 Warren Miller Ski films. Egan leads and participates in adventure travel trips ranging from the Alps to the Arctic.
Upper Body Position – By Dan Egan
By creating proper upper body position, your lower body can create the angles needed for solid ski technique. If the upper body is positioned over the feet, with hands and shoulders slightly in front of the feet, your feet will then follow your body downhill, creating the proper lower body position for edge pressure. A very pronounced proper upper body stance will provide many benefits including less fatigue and more control over a variety of terrain.
Many skiers are skiing in a neutral stance, or slightly aft of center, with shoulders over their heels. This is compounded when hands drop or linger behind between turns. To correct this, keep your arms extended and reach for each pole plant. As you plant your pole to initiate the next turn, move your hip to your hand. This keeps your upper body over your feet and by doing this between turns, your upper body will realign its self between turns.
Remember skis are designed to accelerate. If you carve a turn correctly your feet will jet out in front of your body. When you don't realign your body over your feet, your speed will increase with each turn and your only defense will be to skid your tails at the end of the turn to keep any sense of control. However, if you focus on your pole plants and reach your hands down the hill and snap your hip to your hands as you initiate the next turn ( again, I don't think this is clear) you will find that your speed will become consistent while you gain more control and confidence. Then you can ski more diverse terrain such as steeper trails and a variety of conditions.
Proper Upper Body is the key to good skiing. The realignment of the upper body I am suggesting will allow the lower body to find its natural position, remain in balance, and this will allow you to create edge angle as your carve your skis.
Tip Pressure in the New World of Ski Design – By Dan Egan
Recently, ski design has changed again with the introduction of early rising tips (rocker) and reverse camber. So what changes are necessary in our ski technique when it comes to tip pressure and speed control? Shaped skis allow us to edge early in the turn and decelerate through edge pressure and turn initiation. And to accomplish this you need to create pressure on the edge early in the arc. This is all initiated through pressuring the tip.
Now how do new ski designs affect this? With the advent of shape skis, we saw shorter skis introduced on the market. Now skis are getting longer again. Why? The is answer is skis are getting longer again because with the early rising tip we need more ski in front of the binding to grip with.
What you notice with early rising ski tips is that the camber under the foot is where the entire grip takes place. The early rising tip is easier to initiate into the turn because it is pre bent in the direction of the arc. But it still requires us to pressure the front of the ski and that is why skis are getting longer again.
The secret to creating tip pressure is to pull up on your heels to create down pressure" on the tips. For shaped skis you need a bit more "up" pull from the heels to create the "down pressure on the tips. Older skiers will recognize this movement as it is similar to the why we use to ski the old, straight skis. On today's early rise ski, that initiates the turn a bit easier, I can adjust the amount of "up" heel pull and ski with slightly less tip pressure.
With the new reverse camber and early rise skis, the sweet (or balance) spot on hard pack snow is smaller and in softer deeper snow the sweet spot is larger because the softer snow supports the arc of the ski. With these newer skis, if you adjust your balance points you'll grow to love them. Solid ski technique still remains the same; tip pressure is the key to controlling your speed.
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Sports Department was incepted in 1984. Earlier it was functioning under the umbrella of Education department Chandigarh. The Department has established its full fledge establishments of Sports Directorate, District Sports Officer and Chandigarh Sports Council. Director Sports is holding the charge of Sports Department under the supervision of the Secretary Finance and Sports, Chandigarh Administration.
Since the Sports and games play a very important roles in Physical, mental and social development of human resource whereas the excellence in sports enhance the sense of achievements. A well established and adequately equipped sports stadia and playing grounds in the different disciplines of Sports have come up covering all the zones of the city. Lake Sports Complex, Sports Complexes, Sectors 7, 42, 46, Cricket Stadium, Sector 16,Table Tennis Hall, Sector 23, Hockey Centre Sector 18, Football Centre, Sector 17, Skating Rink, Sector 10 are the main stadia/centre of the Department. Besides this Sports Department have two swimming Pools in Sector 23 and one Swimming Pool at the Lake Sports Complex. Not only the courts, stadia, Pools and playing areas are provided to the players, these facilities have been extended to the General public. Cricket Stadium, Sector 16 has been increased for 30,000 .The Department has broad based sports and games by involving the educational institutions i.e. Colleges and Schools. Scheme of Sports wings and Scholarship have been extended as incentive to the players. Sports department has 47 coaches working in the various stadia/centre who are imparting training to the players for honing their skills and abilities accordingly.
Chandigarh has produced so many National & International players and athletes who have donned India colour in various disciplines of sports especially Hockey, Cricket Athletics, judo, Table Tennis, Weightlifting, Boxing, Wrestling and Skating etc.
Chandigarh has hosted so many prestigious National and International Tournaments with the collaboration of concerned Association/Federation like Asian Rowing Championship Indira Gandhi Women Hockey Gold Cup Asian School Hockey Tournament Men Cricket series women Cricket Test Matches ATF Tennis Tournaments. All India Civil Services Tournaments, All India Gurmeet Memorial Hockey. A K Mishra Boxing Championship National Sports Festival for Women Sr. & Jr. Nationals in various disciplines of Sports. The department has also organized All India Tournament in the discipline of Football, Basketball, Handball and Table Tennis and other Tri-city in various disciplines.
Youth Affairs
Since 1997, Sports Department has starting co-ordinating the youth affairs activities alongwith the various activities in Chandigarh. This wing of sports is intended to help young people to find out their potential. The main objective behind the youth affair activities are education, awareness, training self and social development, National Integration. Since it is to retreat that the commitment for the all round development of youth and people of Chandigarh can only be achieved through the introduction of various youth activities among the students, sports participants and general public which may prepare the youth in service of the country through intellectual cultural and social developments. The following youth affair activities are being taken care by above said wing – National Youth Festival, State Youth Festival/Rural Sports, Adventure activities, national Integration camp, leadership and youth camps etc.
Chandigarh Football & Hockey Academy
The Chandigarh Football & Hockey Academy was established as per the initiation taken by Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob, PVSM (Retd.), the then Governor of Punjab and Administrator U.T. Chandigarh with an aim to groom the talent in the discipline of Football in this region. Initially, the Chandigarh Football Academy was started in August, 2000 with the induction of 24 young boys of 9-10 years of age. In August 2002 the Department has taken another leap by instituting Chandigarh Hockey Academy for 24 boys in the age group of 11-12 years. The academy was renamed as "Chandigarh Football and Hockey Academy".
Chandigarh Boys Cricket Academy was conceived by Gen. (Retd.) Dr. S. F. Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, the then Administrator of UT, Chandigarh and 24 inmates in the age group of 9-10 years were admitted in it. On completion of terms of 7 years. Gen. (Retd.) Dr. S. F. Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, the then Administrator of UT, Chandigarh passed orders to introduce Girls Cricket & Girls Football Academies from the financial 2008-09 and 24 inmates in the age group of 12-13 years shall be admitted in the respective academies. The terms of agreement of Girls trainees shall be kept as 5 years, as has been approved in the case of Girls Hockey trainees.
The trainees are being kept in the Academy for seven years, wherein stress on Football & Hockey training as well as education is being given. The first batch of football players inducted in August 2000 & Hockey players inducted in July 2002. Conducive environment for specific coaching and training on scientific basis has been provided in Sports Complex, Sector-42, Chandigarh. In this academy all facilities have been provided to the players on "ALL FREE" basis. Latest imported gym machines worth Rs. One crore have also been installed in the Sports Hostel, Hockey stadium, Sector-42.
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Hotel Lanai
Lanai City, Hawaii
Situated on the tranquil island of Lanai in the heart of Lanai City is the Hotel Lanai. Originally built as a hotel in the 1920s the current owners have lovingly restored the Inn and offer charming 11 rooms and a restaurant serving delicious comfort food.
At a Glance
A charming plantation style inn which has been beautifully restored
The Lana'i City Grille offers some of the island's best American comfort food
Located in the heart of Lana'i City which is a sleepy village with a few quirky cafes and shops
One of the stops for the island's shuttle service which is the best way to explore the island
Call us on 858 523 9000 to start planning your vacation to Hotel Lanai or take a look at our itineraries to Hawaii
The island of Lanai feels a world apart from the other more developed Hawaiian islands, and is ideal for visitors with an independent streak looking for a relaxed and peaceful vacation but with activities to hand. The pulse of the island is Lanai City, a somewhat ironic term given that it's really no more than a village and only has a handful of boutiques, art galleries and restaurants. The Hotel Lanai is an Inn which was originally built as a hotel in the 1920s when the island was the world's biggest producer of pineapples. Its current owners have restored the hotel to retain its colonial charm, but offers modern comfort.
Tropical gardens lead up a single storey painted plantation house whose interiors are all polished wood floors vaulted ceilings, paddle fans, coir mats and rocking chairs. The guestrooms are simple but charming, beds covered in Hawaiian quilts, local art on the walls and some lead onto the verandah. There are no TVs or phones but wi-fi is available in each room.
The Lanai City Grille is one of the island's best restaurants, serving American classics done really well: Truffled mac & cheese, mouth-watering ribs, rotisserie chicken and healthy salads.
Aside from Lanai City, the island has much to tempt active types. Inland there is clay pigeon shooting and archery, horse stables, ATV all terrain vehicle tours, hiking and two world-class golf courses. There is a choice of different beaches, from calm bays with great snorkeling, to surfing beaches, long windswept beaches and coves which are only accessible from the water.
The rooms at Hotel Lanai are full of character reflecting some of Hawaii's history, but they are of course, not without the comforts of the modern day. Each room is unique with individual artifacts and furnishings. They are complete with ceiling fans, hardwood flooring, en-suite with shower, mini refrigerator, pedestal sinks and WiFi.
Although the Hotel Lanai happily accepts families, the hotel doesn't have any specific children's facilities nor interconnecting rooms however there is one room with two queen beds and some rooms that fit a rollaway bed. Menus can be adapted for children.
Lana'i City Grille is the hotel's restaurant open Sunday to Wednesday. The cuisine tends to focus on traditional Pacific style food with lots of local fresh seafood, prime meats and rotisserie chicken on the menu. The appetising dishes are served in a charming dining room with some alfresco seating available too. On Fridays you can enjoy a unique evening of fine food and live music under the stars.
The Experience at Koele designed by golf legend Greg Norman and architect Ted Robinson and the Challenge at Manele award winning signature golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus give golfers of all levels the opportunity to play outstanding golf, with wicked holes and knockout scenery at a leisurely pace.
The waters of Hulopoe'e Bay about 20 minutes away are a protected marine preserve and the coral reefs offer some of Hawaii's best snorkeling and diving. The hotel can provide snokelling equipment and each room comes with a cooler. Children will love exploring for critters in the tidal lava pools and be sure to walk around to Pu'u Pehe or Sweetheart Rock. Elsewhere on the island there are water adventures galore, from wreck diving and deep sea fishing, to whale watching (from December to March), sailing trips, paddle boarding and kayaking.
On land, there is clay pigeon shooting and archery, ATV All terrain vehicle adventures, horse stables and fantastic hiking.
Location & Directions
Lanai City, Hawaii
The Hotel Lanai is located a block from Dole Square which is in the hub of Lanai City the main town on Lanai Island.
When to go
Lanai is a year round destination with a tropical climate, with the very best months being April to September. Temperatures are high throughout the year but never excessive, as humidity levels are manageable. There is a rainy season from December to March which is also ironically, the tourism high season, when the scenery is at its most lush and long, hot days break up the rainy spells.


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7/31/2013 by Gauravdeep Kaberwal
Today businesses are shifting to emerging economies (Russia, China, India, the Philippines, etc.) due to reduced business operations cost and an easily available workforce. If I put it more precisely, tomorrow's business will be more virtual and distributed, with "distributed" as its key element. Thus the need for better managing such teams, using the right tools and processes, is becoming increasingly critical for any enterprise company. . . .
7/30/2013 by Jerry Rajamoney
We are all aware that Scrum is the most widely used Agile development framework today in the software industry. One of the interesting roles Scrum introduced is the ScrumMaster role. This ScrumMaster role is unique, and some of the key expectations are . . .
7/30/2013 by Luis Brea
Since being introduced to the Scrum framework, I have realized that many of the factors that I intuitively knew determined the success or failure of a project had been collected, defined, and analyzed under this method based on Agile. . . .
7/29/2013 by Saji Pillai
I have written this article to address an issue I've recently run across in my work: The PMO is finding it difficult to adjust to the Agile process, and this is affecting the reporting of the R&D team. Management is in the process of moving the ALM (application lifecycle management) process into more of traditional process to align with the PMO. I would like to suggest an alternative approach.
7/26/2013 by Duncan Evans
Compared with other types of projects, such as construction, I propose that software development may be highly biased toward team members learning the problem, and that building the software is a tiny fraction of the overall effort. If so, then we should approach software development projects to maximize learning and pay less attention to tracking build tasks. . . .
7/25/2013 by Steve VanArsdale
Agile has a Manifesto. It's about time we had a universal truth.
7/24/2013 by Warren Jones
It is in our nature as IT professionals to be bound by facts and formulas. Little wonder, then, that we often find ourselves judging the success of a project based on a wide array of metrics and reports. Particularly as project managers, we find ourselves immersed in the data as opposed to watching what is truly occurring. Is it possible that the more importance we place upon reporting, the more we distance ourselves from the true benefits of adopting the Scrum method?
7/23/2013 by Glen Wang
Agile is about product development, and it's also about people development. Only if both people development and product development are conducted in an Agile way can Agile be truly successful. . . .
7/22/2013 by Rahul Sawhney
During the last few years, my view of how programs work has evolved. It has moved from viewing program management as traditional "old-school" handling of multiple projects and product portfolios (dry and boring) to . . .
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For those teams that do make sprint commitments, I think it is mandatory that both the ScrumMaster and the product owner participate in that commitment. . . .


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I've been saying it's dead for quite a while, but maybe I'm wrong.
As for FLV files embedded into websites, this may be over. FLV files have been kept alive by television and DVD rips, but as for a web industry tool, it's dead.
I've kept an eye on Adobe for a while, wondering when they would pull the plug on Flash Professional. After all, they have some new tools that act like Flash Professional, but spits out HTML5:
Adobe Edge
So will Adobe's Edge edge out Adobe Professional?
Right now, it looks like Adobe hopes to use this along side Flash Professional. If you watch the video (above) at around 4min, you'll see an extension that allows Flash Professional to export into HTML5.
From the Adode blog:
The Adobe Flash Professional Toolkit for CreateJS will allow designers to continue to leverage many commonly used animation and drawing tools of Flash Professional. The assets can then be exported to a nicely formatted, readable and editable JavaScript code through CreateJS, an open source framework that provides a comprehensive set of JavaScript libraries—including graphics, sound, preloading and animation.
Although the traditional use of building websites from Flash looks to be near extinction, it looks as though Adobe found a way to breath new life into Flash Professional.
Maybe I won't have to uninstall it after all?
What do you think?
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Mine is a man made 1/4 acre(about 1 million gallons) in the ground pond. I used to have beautiful Japanese koi, but a blue heron emptied me out.
Gotta love 'em.
Mine is a man made 1/4 acre(about 1 million gallons) in the ground pond. I used to have beautiful Japanese koi, but a blue heron emptied me out.
Gotta love 'em.
Only-borders, great story, I laughed so hard I was crying! I can imagine myself doing the same along with a constant conversation with the wayward frogs.
I'm feeling a bit sheltered right now. Aggressive turtles, venomous snakes, and water bugs that try to eat you??!! (To be fair we have venomous snakes but I don't think they like the water.) I'm thinking I grew up very sheltered in Oregon. I remember days spent at the river or playing in the ponds and nothing ever tried to harm me!
As of this morning I found out we have had 4 sightings of cougars in our area. It seems our house is in the middle of the activity. Closest being 2 miles away and the farthest is about 10 mile.
That doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling about going into our fields or woods any time soon. Heck I don't even want to go for a walk on the road.
To think I have been worried about the wolves, coyotes and bears. Now it's cougars too. Geesh.
One Border Collie Is Never Enough
Oh no! Big dog eating cats =/ Stay safe!
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Wow OB, that is some pretty scary wildlife you have there, particularly if they have established a territory that includes your property. Take care !
A few years ago there was an incident with a mountain lion. Three teenage boys were out camping in the desert and their truck broke down. In the middle of the day they were wandering about trying to get cell service. Two boys together and one on his own. The boys were separated by some distance but could see each other and the two saw the one being stalked by a mountain lion. The two began screaming and jumping up and down in an attempt to warn their friend and the friend turned just in time to see what was happening. Thankfully, he had a gun in his backpack (the boys had been target shooting) and killed the lion before it had a chance to attack him. I have to admit I was really cautious after that when going out at night.
By the way, cougar and mountain lion are the same thing just different names depending on where you are in the USA.
The farmer who leases our land is going to check things out for us. That of course doesn't mean just because the cat/cats aren't around when he looks that they won't be back. He is going to look for scat and prints mostly.
We have a Halloween walk through the woods and it's time to start setting it up. We'll wait and see what farmer Dave has to say before we decide to go forward or not.
My husband was out splitting and stacking wood last night and I sat on a wood pile with my head on a swivel. I was his protection. It's a very uneasy feeling being away from the house.
There is a lot of livestock out in the fields these days for easy picking. It does sound like many of the farmers will be keeping an eye out and keeping everyone posted if they see anything.
That guy was lucky to have his gun.
One Border Collie Is Never Enough
We have our version of cougars too, Florida Panthers. We're not in their normal range, but we are in an area that the young adults pass through when they are looking for new territory. We had a good scare one day when we were out riding our horses. Fortunately, they have a smell that say "CARNIVORE!!!!" to horses, so we suddenly found ourselves facing the other direction and heading quickly down the trail. I had seen the prints a while before, but the horses were calm so we kept going, but when we got to an area where the trail narrowed and there was good cover right up to the side of the trail, the horses had suddenly had enough. We have plenty of small game down her and panthers aren't know for going after horses or people, so silly me, I wasn't worried... until the horses decided differently.
Gotta love 'em.
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Reviews Comments: A hymn to heroic teens Danny Phantom whole series review by Anthiens
Danny Phantom is often compared to Spiderman and Buffy, each at their best... and it's mostly deserved. Third season aside, DP is a shaky masterpiece that's smart and funny at most times. Few episodes drag in terms of pacing or storytelling and in the arena where Negative Continuity is to be expected, this is a breath of fresh air. In many ways, Nick/Viacom did this series a disservice. Danny Phantom is not as great or as edgy as some of the shows its been compared to (Gargoyles among them for more than one reason) nor, sadly, will it be remembered for its greatness, but for the great things that could have been. Given more time, could the mood continuity problems been fixed? If Marmel had been chosen as the new series head, would it have grown even more mature? What is there is still worth seeing as-not a kid's show ala cousin series Fairly Odd Parents, or an adult's show ala Drawn Together, but as one of the growing number of teen-friendly animations. To be sure, there were issues. Danny mysteriously knowing Plasmius's name in Bitter Reunions. The deus ex machina ending to a small number of episodes. Small continuity hiccups in The Ultimate Enemy. Constant broadcasting Out Of Order episodes. The Shipping wars (Though as a Tenchi Muyo fan, I have seen far, far worst). The thing is, that's part of the charm of this show. The points where you are reminded that hey, Danny is fourteen. The sad things I wish I'd seen was Sam's family situation dealt with more, the return of future Danny among other things. Although season 3 was... average... compared to the rest of the series, with few exceptions, it was total crap compared to the other two seasons. Part of that I blame on character derailment and the treatment of Vlad, the Big Bad. There are standout episodes: Forever Phantom, Frightmare, D-Stabilized and Urban Jungle come to mind. The most tragic is Phantom Planet. It could have been one of those good ones, but poor execution plagues it as it does the rest of the season. The other tragedy is Vlad's end, which is heartbreaking... until he gets smacked by an asteroid. Complaints aside, Danny Phantom is an excellent example of action-comedy done right and consistantly executed. It just couldn't compare to the bright popularity of Spongebob or Fairly Odd Parents, especially when it wasn't given half a chance.
I Personally think "Danny Phantom" is a great show, but what I was disappointed at was when it ended. I think they should have made more episodes because it gets you wondering what else will happen to Danny and Sam, will they get married, what will there kid look like, and what will happen to Vlad, I mean it ended way to fast. You don't have to show Sam having a baby, but come on that was way to short, for cry it out loud there was only like 52 episodes. I have seen shows that have 200 episodes. If the director of Danny Phantom is reading this please please please PLEASE make more episodes of Danny Phantom because there is a lot more people that loved Danny Phantom and would love to see more episodes then you think. I know people say they hate this show, and you probably think "gee know one likes Danny Phantom" well I do And I don't care if it was rated 0 stars but if this means anything to you I would rate it 8 million stars because I really liked Danny Phantom and for me, for all those millions of people that loved Danny Phantom please make more episodes of it. So I loved Danny Phantom , I hope this comment meant something to you.
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Coronation Street actor Antony Cotton proved a big hit when he attended the official opening of the Leeds Adult Haemophilia Unit, at St James's University Hospital.
Antony, who plays Sean Tully in the ITV soap, joined patients, families and staff for a celebration event in the atrium of the Bexley Wing which also marked World Haemophilia Day. It featured live music, games and quizzes and health checks. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals Charitable Foundation funded the unit for 700 patients from across the region.
Guests were given a tour of the unit, which is located on Level 3 of the Bexley Wing. The facility gives services for adult haemophilia patients their own dedicated home for the first time, as previously they shared rooms with other clinics. The rooms are used by the hospitals' haemophilia team including doctors, nurses and physiotherapists.
Dr Lishel Horn, lead consultant for the adult haemophilia service, said: "The event was a fantastic opportunity to raise our profile and celebrate the facilities we have in place to help people with these rare disorders.
"Users of our adult service told us they wanted their own dedicated space to come to, and feedback from them has been very positive. We are extremely grateful to the Charitable Foundation for funding the conversion of our rooms, and to Antony for coming along to make it a memorable day."
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the 28 comprehensive care haemophilia centres in the country, with the adult service at St James's being mirrored by a paediatric service based in the Leeds Children's Hospital at Leeds General Infirmary.
Haemophilia is an inherited condition that affects the blood's ability to clot, and around 6,000 people in the UK are affected. Thanks to modern treatments a person with the condition can usually enjoy a good quality of life.
Pictured front, left to right: Alex Rowell, Haemophilia nurse; Thuvia Flannery, Haemophilia physio; Bernard Atha, former Chairman of LTHT Charitable Fooundation; special guest, Antony Cotton; Dr Lishel Horn, Consultant haematologist; Ann South, Haemophilia physio; Angela Westoby, Haemophilia nurse; Musrat Pinnu, Social worker and Dr Mike Richards, Consultant haematologist.


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Lobbyists representing Boeing Employees' Credit Union, 2012:
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|K&L Gates
|Boeing Employees' Credit Union
Aliferis, Scott D
Crowley, Daniel FC
Gil, Andres
Gorton, Slade
Heiman, Bruce
Kirk, William A Jr
Leibham, Nicholas A
Markwood, Tricia K
Page, Karishma
Peckinpaugh, Tim
Potter, Dennis
Rouvelas, Emanuel
Scanlon, Michael F
Stephens, W Dennis
Valentine, Steven
Walsh, James T
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Seattle might be a hilly city, but that didn't seem to matter to the folks at The Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center.
It ranked Seattle as the nation's most walkable city, earning a "platinum level" ranking.
Seattle was the only city in that category. The "gold level" included Ann Arbor, Mich.; Arlington, Va.; Hoboken, N.J.; and Santa Barbara, Calif.
Be proud, Seattle. Some nice things were said about you in the ranking, including this:
Seattle is a leading example of positive evaluation practices and has developed an outstanding reputation as a walkable city due, in large part, to the understanding of trends in pedestrian travel. This understanding comes from significant pedestrian counts that have been occurring biannually since 2006. Data is collected during the peak summer and winter periods and analyzed for seasonal and time of day impacts on walking volumes.
Other things highlighted in the report: Seattle's management of street parking, the city's tree-planting program and even red light cameras.
I guess those hills don't matter so much after all.
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Basically, it will be like this: Those who are able physically and mentally to work will do so. If you have a job/profession at the time that the OA takes over, you will continue in that job/profession. If you are drawing welfare, but are physically able to work, you will work. Personal freedoms to come and go as one pleases world-wide will not change. Basically, the OA doesn't care what people do to amuse themselves, entertain themselves, etc., as long as they are working and contributing to the society as a whole. But there will be zero tolerance of any act that hurts/harms another. Crimes against another or against society will be met with the death penalty, if such crime is of a severe nature such as murder, rape or robbery. What is now considered a felony crime will be punishable by death. What is now considered a misdemeanor crime will be punishable by imprisonment on a work farm for a number of years equal to what the OA considers suitable payback for the said crime against society. These work farms will be in the business of growing food, manufacture of clothing, textiles, etc. People sent to these farms will work for the specified time, or will be eliminated.
There will be zero tolerance for any crime that hurts, harms or infringes on the life of others. Example - a person making threatening phone calls to another will be picked up and sent to one of the work farms. A person committing a drive-by shooting will be punished with immediate death...
Basically, the OA doesn't care what people do to amuse themselves, entertain themselves, etc., as long as they are working and contributing to the society as a whole. But there will be zero tolerance of any act that hurts/harms another.
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5 day's, this seems a reach...
This I feel is a work in progress and continues to this day.
Is PrezBo part of this grand plan or a mere puppet?
With Article 15 of the UN looming over us, I feel NWO or some other group will play out the hand they have been building over many. many years in the very near future.
If Obama get reelected "god help us" then with in 4 years we will have Marshall Law and Obama will be ruler for a very long time to come.
They will destroy the USA, and not blink an eye.
This is just my opinion, but here it goes. We don't need more laws. We have enough laws and increasingly greater government control than was intended as it is. Common Law courts are prepared to handle any kind of damage cases there is. Car wrecks, which involves equity after common, gun shootings, knife attacks, malpractice, so forth. If you cause damage or harm or loss to someone and their property, you better be prepared to pay through Common Law and Equity. Now what we do need is harsher punishments. How do you parents teach you not to do things? You get a whipping, grounded, loss of freedoms, etc. My god says an eye for an eye. If you murder someone, their next head of house hold should be the one to give the death sentence when caught by the police. Guys, you wanna rape a girl? Sure, we will just sodomize you too, and cut off your junk for good measure when we catch you. Just maybe we will even let their father, brother, or husband do it. And not to mention before we throw your sorry asses in jail, we are gonna string you up out in front of the courthouse. Back are the good old days of lashings. Oh yes, this applies to EVERYBODY. You take away the 'INCENTIVE' to do these things. Throwing someone in jail without any other recourse of punishment does not do anything. I don't know about you, but I can't think of ANYBODY that is going to try and rape if they know beforehand what the dealio is. Would you like to get 33 lashes for wrongly killing someone in cold blood for just the 146 dollars in their wallet? Or their iPhone? I didn't think so.


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by: Jose Grijalva
Dr. David Schmidt, team physician for the San Antonio Spurs, and Spurs legend David Robinson have one thing in common — they view Dr. Schmidt's son, LCPL. Benjamin Schmidt, as a true hero.
Benjamin Schmidt enlisted in the Marines and gave his life for his country. He didn't just make a difference for his country in battle, but also left his mark in this country to help students achieve a greater education.
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The n-D::StudioLab is a facility designed for the research and development of transmodal artworks based on a worldmaking agenda.
The "n" in n-D refers to vast potential and the infinite, whereas the "D" in n-D refers to:
- n-Disciplinary – trans-disciplinary, blurring boundaries, cross breeding and evolving fields
- n-Dimensional – expanding, complex and continuous
- n-Domain – trans-sensory, trans-experiential, transmodal
The n-D::StudioLab is an multi-use space for digital fabrication, electronics hardware development, and sound and vision research that supports research-creation activities that integrate theoretical discourse, methodological development, and the production of works. The common foci of these activities explore questions and produce work in the areas of ArtScience, Computational Art, and Interactive Architecture. In addition, there is an emphasis on methodological development in the integration of hardware, software and digital fabrication witht he goal of creating eversive works that blur the divide between the virtual and the real. Since its inception in October 2011 the n-D::StudioLab has been involved in the research and development of several works that have been shown internationally in such places as Toronto's Nuit Blanche, the Deutches Museum, the Dutch Electronic Arts Festival (DEAF), the Re-New Fesitval in Copenhagen, the Sydney Biennale, and the Venice Biennale.
The n-D::StudioLab is a 500 sq. ft. modular space that is organized into three main areas:
The Maker Workshop is a "dirty" room dedicated to the development and building of the physical aspects of a work, such as electronics prototyping and 3D fabrication.
The Sound and Vision Studio is a "clean" room dedicated to development of virtual content, this includes sensing and control outputs needed for the development of the virtual aspects of a work.
The Charrette Parlour is a meeting place that is dedicated to the development of ideas through discussion and interdisciplinary collaboration. It is intended to be an incubator where creative projects come together.
The n-D::StudioLab is under the direction of Dr. Mark-David Hosale, Assistant Professor in Digital Media in the Fine Arts Faculty of York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Oops! It's been a month since I've updated. Sorry y'all. Life tends to get in the way of blogging. I've had some major life changes, all of which have been positive but I've been distracted, to say the least. Propaganda New Orleans has been keeping my inbox nice and full, but I was able to take time out to attend NOLA Fashion Week earlier this month. Our Creative Director Donovan Fannon took gorgeous photos of the Amanda deLeon show, and there are more on our Facebook page, with pictures still being added. There's plenty of coverage on my personal Instagram account and the NOLA Prop Instagram as well, but here are some of my favorites.
|Team Propaganda- me, Lissy, and Leslie. photo c/o Lissy
|Group shot!
|Lissy, Meg, and I, minus my NOLA Prop wifey Leslie
|Dorothy Wins, always
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Posts Tagged 'college campuses'
10 Classic College Campus Novels
Some of the best stories happen during the college years. Most great college stories you hear probably involve a guy claiming his frat house was the inspiration for Animal House, not about a murder mystery some co-eds were able to solve between organic chem and animal phys.
The Huffington Post just posted 10 classic novels that take place on college campus. Here they are:
1. The Secret History by Donna Tart
This murder mystery classic takes place at Hampden College in Vermont, as should all murder mysteries novels.
2. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
This British novel takes place at, of course, Oxford University, because that's where I'm assuming all people go to college in England.
3. Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
This southern gothic novel's protagonist attends Harvard University—not so southern, but totally Gothic.
4. Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Set in the 1950s, this English novel take place at a college inspired by the University of Leicester because too many stories were happening at Oxford.
5. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
An attractive young Princeton student dabbles with the usual love, greed and good ole' status seeking.
6. Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Surprisingly, this classic is not an actual portrait, but a metaphorical one. Also, I'm not quite sure what college the young man, Stephen Dedalus, goes to, but I'm sure he gets a great education.
7. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
This Victorian novel takes place at the fictional "Christminster," which, of course, is modeled after Oxford.
8. Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm
This English satire involves a beautiful female magician. And if you were to guess that it takes place at Oxford, you'd be correct.
9. Stoner by John Williams
An English professor teaches at Oxfo–wait no! He teaches at a drab Midwestern University. What could be worse than a British protagonist not being at Oxford?!
10. Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
Please don't think poorly of this English murder mystery not taking place in Vermont, or at Oxford. In fact, it takes place at the fictional Shrewsbury College where shrews berries grow plentiful. It's loosely based off of Sayers' own Somerville College.
What college campus do you think would make a great setting for a novel? Comment and share!
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The 10 Most Bike-Friendly College Campuses
The college cyclists of America can now be relieved because there is an official list of the most bike-friendly college campuses from the League of American Bicyclists.
If you are specifically choosing your place of higher education based on bike-friendliness, this list will help you. If you are just curious about which colleges are the most bike-friendly, then this list will certainly help you. If you are not curious at all about which colleges are the most bike-friendly, but happen to be assigned a homework project about the most bike-friendly college campuses, this list will help you a lot as well.
The college bike friendliness was based on 5 categories: engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation and planning.
Here's who came in at the top:
1. Stanford University
2. University of California, Davis
3. University of California, Santa Barbara
4. California State Long Beach
5. Colorado State University
6. Portland State University
7. University of Arizona
8. University of California, Irvine
9. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
10. University of Oregon
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Families fight. And when a family as big as the Kardashians gets into it...
Things can get dramatic.
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Capturing and Authoring Business Rules in IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules BRMS V7.1IBM
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Students should have:
- Experience with identifying, defining, and testing business policies and rules
- A basic understanding of business models
Was lernen Sie in diesem Kurs?
An updated version of this course is available. For more information, click Managing/12/isions in IBM WebSphere Operational/12/ision Management V7.5 (WB324).
This 5-day instructor-led course introduces business analysts to the IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules Business Rule Management System (BRMS). It teaches students the concepts and skills necessary to capture, author, validate, and manage business rules using IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules BRMS V7.1.
Through instructor-led presentations, product demonstrations, and hands-on lab exercises, students learn the core features of JRules BRMS. The course focuses on the iterative nature of working collaboratively with business policy experts and development teams on business rule projects. Students receive intensive training in modeling business rule vocabulary, rule discovery, and rule authoring. A realistic case study is used throughout the course to demonstrate the principles and best practices for discovering, analyzing, and authoring business rules.
The course begins with an overview of JRules BRMS and the modeling concepts that are related to business rule applications. Students use Unified Modeling Notation (UML) to document use cases and draw class diagrams, and work with actual business models, use cases, and business policies during the rule discovery and analysis labs.
After learning how to transform business policy into rules, students get an in-depth look at rule authoring with rules based on an actual business model. The exercises prepare them for some of the questions and issues that can arise when users author rules for complex business/12/isions and models. Students also closely examine the business case study and its underlying business object model (BOM) to understand how the BOM is reflected in the rules. The rule authoring exercises build on each other, and demonstrate the relationship between the BOM and the vocabulary that is available in the rule editors.
Hands-on exercises with/12/ision Validation Services enable students to run tests and simulations. Students become familiar with the Rule Team Server management features, such as baselines, project analysis, and permission management for sharing rules between multiple users. They also learn how to identify governance issues and use JRules BRMS features to support rule governance.
For information about other related WebSphere courses, visit the WebSphere Education Training Paths website:
Training Paths that reference this course are:
- Business Analyst Skills for IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules V7.1
- Business Analyst Skills for IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules V7.1
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- Describe the benefits of implementing a Business Rule Management System (BRMS), and the collaboration that is required between the business and development teams
- Identify the key user roles involved in a business rule project, and the tasks associated with each role
- Explain modeling concepts and the Unified Modeling Language (UML) notation that are related to modeling for business rules
- Define and implement a business object model (BOM) based on use cases and class diagrams
- Formulate business policies as rule statements using rule discovery and analysis best practices
- Set up the rule authoring environment by working with rule projects, ruleflows, and synchronization between development and business environments
- Use JRules BRMS rule editors to author business rules and/12/ision tables using the vocabulary and business terms associated with the underlying business object model
- Develop appropriate condition and action statements using Business Action Language (BAL)
- Define and use variables to simplify rule authoring and readability
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PS Business Parks Inc.'s (PSB) first-quarter 2014 adjusted FFO per share came in at $1.22, a penny shy of the Zacks Consensus Estimate as well as the prior-year quarter figure.
While this real estate investment trust (:REIT) experienced an uptick in net operating income (:NOI) from the Non-Same Park portfolio, the year-over-year decrease in FFO per share is mainly due to the rise in share count from the Nov 2013 common equity offering.
Including non-recurring items, PS Business Parks reported first-quarter 2014 FFO of $1.20 per share, unchanged year over year.
However, total revenue in the reported quarter rose 8.2% year over year to $95.5 million and exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $93 million.
Quarter in Detail
Rental income moved up 8.2% year over year to $95.3 million during the quarter. This was primarily driven by increase in rental revenues from Same Park and Non-Same Park portfolio. The company experienced a rise in occupancy in the Same-Park portfolio while acquisition of additional parks in the second half of 2013 as well as increasing occupancy levels helped raise rental income in the Non Same-Park facilities.
Annualized Same Park realized rent per square foot rose 1.4% year over year to $14.37. Same Park weighted average occupancy in the quarter was 92.3%, up 150 basis points (bps) year over year while Non-Same Park weighted average occupancy climbed significantly year over year to 75.4% from 55.7%.
Total cost of operations grew 14.1% year over year to $33.1 million, reflecting rise across both Same-Park and Non-Same Park portfolio. Consequently, total portfolio NOI increased 5.3% year over year to $62.2 million. In particular, Same Park NOI was up 0.5% year over year to $58.8 million while Non-Same Park NOI increased substantially to $3.5 million from $0.6 million in the prior-year quarter.
PS Business Parks exited first-quarter 2014 with cash and cash equivalents of $45.8 million, up from $31.5 million as of Dec 31, 2013. The company had full capacity available under its $250 million unsecured credit facility. Debt and preferred equity to market cap was 30.3%, while ratio of FFO to fixed charges and preferred distributions was 3.2x.
Following the quarter end, the company amended and extended the terms of its $250.0 million credit facility. The move helped in lowering borrowing rate and extend the maturity date to May 1, 2019 from Aug 1, 2015.
Dividend Update
Concurrent with its earnings release, the board of directors of PS Business Parks declared a quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable Jun 30, 2014 to shareholders of record on Jun 13.
In Conclusion
The earnings miss, though by a penny, is not encouraging. Moreover, anticipated rise in interest rates in the long term and tepid recovery of the office market fundamentals remain headwinds for this Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) stock. Nevertheless, we believe that PS Business Parks' portfolio in diversified markets as well as acquisitions in the past year would support its top line and provide relief.
We now look forward to results of other REITs that are scheduled to report this week. These include Duke Realty Corp. (DRE), Apartment Investment and Management Co. (AIV) and Public Storage (PSA).
Note: FFO, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income.
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David Lowery to Adapt Brian Michael Bendis' TORSO
Ain't Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery is set to write and direct the big screen adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis' crime thriller graphic novel Torso. This movie has been in and out of development for over a decade. At one point, David Fincher was attached to direct it and Matt Damon was going to star. The movie ended up getting shut down due to the high budget, but it sure would have been great!
The film will depict the true story of Elliot Ness' time after his Al Capone days, when he moved to Cleveland and got embroiled in the hunt of a serial killer who was leaving torsos in the river and taunting notes to police. 13 people were killed between 1934 and 1938, and they took place while Ness was city safety director. The murders were never solved.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints was a solid movie, and I'm sure Lowery will do a fine job adapting the comic for the big screen. He will be starting from scratch, and it will be developed as a lower-budget kind of indie style movie. I hope he can pull it off and turn it into a great movie! Bendis has been hoping the movie would eventually get made, and here's what he had to say...
It's a cool true story that very little people know of. You think you know the story of Elliot Ness? You don't. You know the story of serial killers? You don't. And that's how I kept the faith.
Here's a description of the graphic novel:
Cleveland: 1935. Eliot Ness, fresh from his legendary Chicago triumph over Al Capone and associates, set his sights on Cleveland and went on a crusade that matched, and sometimes even surpassed, his past accomplishments. Dismembered body parts have started washing up in a concentrated area of Lake Erie Sound. Their headless torsos have left no clues to their identity or the reason for death. Elliot Ness and his colorful gang of "The Unknowns" chased this killer through the underbelly of Cleveland for years. As far as the public was concerned he was never captured. But what really happened is even more shocking. This award-winning collection includes a historic photo essay of the actual murders. Torso was nominated for an International Horror Guild award for best graphic story and for 3 International Eagle Awards.


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CARROT Weather 1.1 | MacOSX | 7 MB
CARROT Weather is an eerily accurate weather app that delivers hilariously twisted forecasts. There are secret locations to unlock. A time machine. And also evil penguins. This is a new application of the series, showing the weather and having already familiar robot, which is not deprived of a sense of humor and sarcasm. The application shows all the necessary information about the weather, but you can see the extended forecast details: sunrise, sunset, humidity and pressure.
Overflowing with Personality
From spooky fog to torrential downpours, CARROT's dialogue, characters, and scenery change in... "unexpected" ways. You'll actually be looking forward to a blizzard just to see what CARROT has in store for you!
Accurate and Insanely Detailed
Forecast.io's super accurate weather data gives you access to 24-hour and 7-day forecasts. And there's enough meteorological goodness packed inside to satisfy even the most demanding weather nerd. (Available worldwide.)
Rain/Snow Prediction
If the rain gods are mad at you, CARROT will show you a short-term forecast that tells you right down to the minute when it's going to start precipitating. (Available only in the US, UK, Ireland, and parts of Canada. Everything else works worldwide.)
Whenever CARROT detects precipitation or a severe weather alert in your area, she'll ping you with a notification. And if you own CARROT Weather for iOS, she can even forward the notification to your mobile device when you're away from your desk! (Note: CARROT Weather for Mac must be running to send notifications to your iOS device.)
Quick-Access Mini Window
CARROT's Mini Window resides in the menu bar and lets you view the short-term, hourly, and daily forecast with a quick click or keypress. You can even detach the Mini Window from the menu bar and keep it in front of your other apps.
Time Machine
Want to know how warm it will be for your big vacation next July? Or if it was ominously cloudy on the day you were born? View the weather for any location up to 70 years in the past or 10 years in the future. DeLorean not required!
Secret Locations
Unlock 30+ secret locations - like Mount Doom, Nakatomi Plaza, or the Moon - just by using CARROT.
Data points:
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* Wind speed and direction
* Humidity
* Visibility
* Barometric pressure
* Dew point
* UV index
* Sunrise and sunset times
* Moon phase
* Snow amounts in inches/centimeters
* Full descriptions for every day of the week
* Beautifully minimalist weather app
* Forecast.io's super accurate weather data
* Short-term, 24-hour, and 7-day forecasts
* Precipitation, severe weather, and daily report notifications
* Mini Window with lightning-fast access to the weather
* Today view widget and Handoff support
* Celsius and metric measurements
* 2,000+ lines of hilarious spoken dialogue
* 100+ animated scenes populated with CARROT's minions
* Different themes for every possible weather condition
* 30+ secret locations
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The State Review Team representing the Fire Services Commissioner, CFA, DEPI, MFB, Victoria Police and VICSES have completed the review of 2013/14 fire season through a range of debriefing and observation collection activities designed to capture observations from people operating at every level of fire. In addition more than 1,200 individual observations from agency personnel were collected. The 2013/14 Post Season Operations Review Report, represents the collaborative assessment of the sector's operations during the season to capture key learnings for implementation before the next season. The report is accessible from the EMV website.
The themes identified from the review will be incorporated into pre-season briefings for 2014/15, emergency management exercising programs, the new edition of the Victorian Bushfire Handbook and the 2014-15 pre-season update. Key elements of the pre 2014-15 season briefing will be on improved performance in evacuation, Traffic Management Points, transfer of control and resourcing. Victoria Police is leading a multi-agency review of evacuation arrangements following Victoria's first Recommendation to Evacuate. The review outcomes will also influence policy in aviation services, warnings and information, predictive services and information sharing. The Chief Commissioner of Police has indicated that one of his Deputy Commissioners will review the feedback in relation to Traffic Management Points and implement changes to procedure and (if necessary) policy, before the onset of the next fire season.
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I recently recorded two videos as part of a new Managing Mental Health video series aimed at raising awareness of mental health issues and how to maintain good mental health. In the videos, I talk about a three-step process for managing your mental health by:
- Understanding your mental health risks;
- Recognising the warning signs that your mental health may be suffering; and
- aking action to address the issue.
You can view the videos here http://bit.ly/cfaMH. CFA has a range of support services to help members manage mental health risks and deal with issues early. Information is available on CFA Online under Mental Health or go to www.cfa.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth.
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CFA is characterised by a passion for helping others and a 'can-do' attitude that reflects our long and proud history. Like any organisation, there are also ways we could go about doing things better when it comes to culture.
It was recognised from feedback we received from those volunteers who participated in the OCI (Organisational Culture Inventory) survey in 2012 that we should design a separate survey for volunteers so that we can understand the specific factors that are important to you. The recent VAGO report and the Jones Inquiry also noted the requirement for CFA to develop an increased understanding of our volunteer workforce needs, and opinions.
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The built-in security templates define generic security roles for systems. As with any template, anticipating the many ways an enterprise might need to configure and control workstations and servers is difficult. When the built-in templates don't reflect your needs, you can make a copy of an existing template, rename it during the copy operation, and add policies and controls that implement your specific security requirements. To begin copying templates, start Microsoft Management Console (MMC), then load the Security Templates snap-in. Make a copy of the Basicwk template by right-clicking Basicwk, selecting Save As, and giving the copy a new name before you click OK.
Let's create a custom template called Vpnsv that defines security controls you might want to implement on a VPN server or a system that connects a small office/home office (SOHO) to the Internet. Vpnsv implements controls in these six security categories:
- Account Policies—defines password and account-lockout controls
- Local Policies—enables several categories of security auditing and restricts several operations in the Security Options key
- Event Log—restricts the Guest account from accessing event logs
- Restricted Groups—removes all members of the Power Users group
- System Services—disables many unneeded services (e.g., NetMeeting, Fax Service, Microsoft Indexing Service)
- File System—activates default ACLs on the system root directory
Documenting the location and values for all these settings would take a couple of pages, so I limit my example to how you disable services and remove all members of the Power Users group. After you work through this example, filling in the missing pieces should be easy.
Right-click Basicsv, select Save As, then rename the template Vpnsv. Both the Save and Save As commands store all templates in the default templates directory %windir%\security\templates, but you can specify an alternative location by entering the full path name in the Save dialog box. The Vpnsv template you just created should appear in the left pane of the console.
Expand Vpnsv in the left pane, then navigate to the Restricted Groups key. Right-click Restricted Groups, then select Add Group. Click Browse, select the local Power Users group, then click OK. Power Users should appear in the right pane. Double-click Power Users to display the members and, if the local Users group is listed, remove it.
Now, you need to disable several services that provide intrusion opportunities on a VPN server. In the console's left pane, expand the System Services key, then double-click the FTP Publishing service to bring up the Template Security Policy Setting dialog box, in which you enable or disable a service or, if appropriate, select a startup mode. When you check the Define this policy setting option, the Security for FTP Publishing Service dialog box appears, which shows the accounts that have access to the FTP Publishing service and the type of access they have. If you're performing this task on a clean Windows 2000 system, you'll notice another insecure default setting that gives Everyone Full Control over the FTP service.
Ideally, only members of the local Administrators group should be able to control system services. Click Add, select the local computer in the Look in drop-down list, select the local Administrator account, click OK to return to the previous screen, and select the Full Control check box. When a system is a member of the domain, Domain Admins are automatically members of the local Administrator group. (However, the reverse situation, in which a local Administrator is a member of the Domain Administrator's group, isn't always true.) Next, highlight the Everyone group, then click Remove. Click Apply to return to the Template Security Policy Setting dialog box.
Now, you're ready to disable the service. Select the Disabled option, then click OK to finish configuring the FTP service. Repeat this procedure for all other services that you want to disable. When you've made all the necessary changes, right-click the Vpnsv template and select Save to update the template with the changes you just made.
At this point, you might want to use the template guidelines above to add more controls to the Vpnsv template. For example, you might want to disable blank passwords and set values for account lockout in the Account Policies key, or you might want to enable security auditing in the Audit Policy key. Be sure you save the template one last time before you move on.
Now you're ready to audit a VPN server against the template you just defined. Right-click the Security Templates snap-in, select Open database, then type
as the database name. When the snap-in displays the Import Templates dialog box, select vpnsv.inf, then click Open to load the database. Right-click the MMC Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in, select Analyze Computer Now, and accept the default log file name.
When the analysis is finished, examine the results in each security key below the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in. If you don't see any red circles, the system is already in compliance with the Vpnsv template. If discrepancies exist between the Vpnsv template and current system settings, you can apply the Vpnsv template by right-clicking the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in, then selecting Configure Computer Now. After the template is successfully applied, you can check your work by running a second audit. The second time, every setting should match in both columns of the audit report.


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- n. Art produced or intended primarily for utility, including jewelry, furniture, and other crafts.
- n. Any of the art forms, such as pottery, weaving, or jewelry making, used to create such art. Often used in the plural.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events.
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