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Hong Kong Disneyland announced Monday that it planned to add three new attractions to the theme park as part of its expansion plan. The additions are the "Autopia" electric car ride, the "Stitch Encounter," a theater show, and the UFO Zone -- made up of water-squirting robot, rocket ship and flying saucer, said a Hong Kong Disney spokeswoman Esther Wong. The three attractions -- located in the Tomorrowland section of the park -- will be open to the public this summer, Wong said.
Landry's Restaurants, Inc., the operater of Rainforest Cafe, announced that it has acquired 80% of the restaurant concept T-Rex: A Prehistoric Family Adventure, A Place to Eat, Shop, Explore and Discover. T-Rex is a unique concept that features dining and retail in an interactive prehistoric environment. Locations are planned domestically and internationally, the first of which is slated to open this spring in The Legends mall in Kansas City, Kansas; with another opening in Downtown Disney (near Orlando) in early 2008. In addition to the T-Rex concept, Landry's has acquired the majority interest in Schussler Creative's new Asian themed eatery (which is expected to open by summer 2007) inside Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park.
On Sept. 27, Sotheby's and Disney will conclude the celebration of Mickey Mouse's 75th anniversary by auctioning 75 uniquely designed statues of Mickey, an icon of American popular culture beloved for more than three generations. Ollie Johnston, the last surviving member of the original Walt Disney animators known as Walt Disney's Nine Old Men, has selected Verdugo Hills Hospital as the beneficiary of proceeds from the auction of a Mickey Mouse statue later this month. The Mickey designed by Johnston is entitled "Ollie Johnston, All Aboard!"
For over three decades, George Britton and the steam-powered narrow gauge railroad at Walt Disney World have been inseparable. Since opening day, October 1, 1971, the four vintage locomotives and 20 observation passenger cars have operated under the close supervision of the first and only railroad foreman in the history of Walt Disney World. This illustrious career will come to an end the afternoon of April 6, 2006, when Britton leaves the backstage steam train facilities building for the last time as a Walt Disney World cast member after nearly 35 years of service.
Wayne Culver, who has been a fixture of Disney's clean team since the Magic Kingdom opened, just retired after 39 years in Orlando and Anaheim, Calif. In 1971, at age 21, he was one of two custodians brought east to train Florida custodians in the Disney ways. Since then Culver has mostly been in or helped manage Disney's armies of workers -- the ones who sweep up cigarette butts, ascend scaffolding to wax monorails and rappel down Spaceship Earth to wash the 18-story-tall dome.
The Walt Disney World Co. and Sharpie, a division of Sanford LP, a Newell Rubbermaid company report they have formed a strategic alliance that joins Sharpie markers with the magic of the Walt Disney World Resort. Sharpie's agreement with Walt Disney World Co. includes marketing and promotional rights, sponsorship of several popular Walt Disney World Resort events and experiences, and on-site promotional presence for the Sharpie marker brand at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.
The World of Disney New York Store has announced the Grand Opening of a new Disney Gallery location inside the store. To commemorate the opening, the store is holding a two day celebration with a Champagne Reception & Private Auction on February 24 and further activities on February 25, 2006.
The Walt Disney Company, an icon of mainstream America, will move against the grain of conventional business strategy this spring when it stops distributing a catalog that has filled the mailboxes of tens of millions of households for the last decade, and instead embarks on a Web-only initiative.
Marty Sklar, a 50-year veteran at Disney, stepped down as vice chairman and principal creative exec for Walt Disney Imagineering in the wake of Pixar executive vp John Lasseter being named principal creative adviser of the theme park division. In his new position, Lasseter reports to Disney CEO Robert Iger, bypassing parks and resorts management. Sklar will serve as Walt Disney parks and resorts Imagineering ambassador, a role as yet undefined. Describing the new assignment as a "blank sheet of paper," Sklar wrote that he planned to recruit new talent at colleges and universities, develop traveling exhibitions to promote the talents -- present and past -- of Imagineering and speak at conferences and conventions. Sklar's former position is not expected to be filled, according to an Imagineering spokesperson.
Figure skater Michelle Kwan, whose quest for Olympic gold ended because of a groin injury, has signed on with The Walt Disney Co. as a celebrity spokeswoman, the entertainment conglomerate said Thursday. Kwan, 25, will be featured in ads and other media promoting Disney's businesses. She'll also appear in the media company's original programming, the company said. Financial terms of the multiyear deal were not disclosed.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (NYSE: CDL) today announced that the Board of Directors of both companies have approved a definitive agreement to combine ABC Radio, which includes 22 radio stations and the ABC Radio Networks, with Citadel Broadcasting. The newly combined company, to be named Citadel Communications, will be the third largest radio group in the United States, with a strong national footprint reaching more than 50 markets. Following the completion of the merger, Disney shareholders will own approximately 52% of Citadel Communications and The Walt Disney Company will retain $1.4 to $1.65 billion in cash depending on the market price of Citadel Broadcasting at the time of closing. Citadel shareholders will own the remaining 48% of the combined company. Valued at approximately $2.7 billion, the deal is expected to be completed by the end of the year, subject to regulatory approvals.
Oriental Land Co, Ltd. has announced that the new Disney hotel scheduled to open in Tokyo Disney Resort in Japanese fiscal year 2008 will be named "Tokyo Disneyland Hotel." The new hotel will be built in front of Tokyo Disneyland Park, with the Disney Resort Line's Tokyo Disneyland Station in between. The hotel will reflect the early 20th-century Victorian architectural style found in the Park's World Bazaar themed land, the monorail station and the main entrance area. While grand and elegant, the hotel will generate a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for the Guests. A new attraction inspired by Disney's presentation of Pixar's Monsters, Inc. will open in "Tomorrowland" in "Tokyo Disneyland Park" in Japanese fiscal year 2009. The Fantasyland attraction "Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour" will be permanently closed, with its final day of operation on April 5, 2006.
Al Michaels is moving to NBC and will broadcast Sunday night NFL games with John Madden, his partner on ABC during the past four seasons. In exchange for letting Michaels out of his contract with ABC and ESPN, which are owned by The Walt Disney Co., NBC Universal sold ESPN cable rights to Friday coverage of the next four Ryder Cups, granted ESPN increased usage of Olympic highlights and sold to The Walt Disney Co. the rights to "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit," a character in silent cartoons made by Walt Disney from 1927-28.
Highly Anticipated Title to Ship on March 28, 2006 in North America Square Enix, Inc. , the publisher of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in North America, and Buena Vista Games, Inc. , the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Companyannounced today the all-star voice cast and North American release date for KINGDOM HEARTS II, the highly-anticipated action role-playing game exclusively for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. KINGDOM HEARTS II is the sequel to KINGDOM HEARTS, one of the top 10 best-selling PlayStation 2 titles of all time in North America.
The growing trend of smoke-free hotels is spreading to Disneyland. All 2,224 rooms at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., will be smoke-free on March 1, says Disney Vice President Rob Doughty. Last month, Westin became the first big chain to adopt such a policy, banning smoking throughout its 77 U.S., Canadian and Caribbean lodgings. Disney says the move is in response to "steadily declining requests" for smoking rooms at the three Anaheim, Calif., Disneyland hotels. The company has no plans to make Walt Disney World hotels in Orlando, Fla., smoke-free.
After a test period in summer 2005, Adventures by Disney is set to officially launch in May 2006. In addition to the Wyoming and Hawaii adventures available during the test period, Adventures by Disney will be offering London & Paris, Costa Rica, Canadian Rockies and Italy Adventures. One other difference from the test period is that there will be two Hawaii adventures, one will include Oahu & Kauai, the other will include The Big Island & Oahu.
An angry mob of parents tried to force their way into Disneyland after the gates were shut because the theme park had sold out for the day. The decision was made to stop entries to the Hong Kong park when it reached its capacity of visitors. But the disappointment swiftly turned to anger for around 100 of the people left standing outside and the scene descended into chaos for a second day. According to a spokeswoman for Hong Kong Disneyland, the visitors had bought flexible tickets that are valid for six months but do not guarantee entry on any day.
John Lasseter, the man chosen to revive the fortunes of Walt Disney Co.'s animation business has professed a deep regard for the legendary studio, but has criticized it for killing Walt Disney's innovative spirit.Lasseter, the creative force behind hits factory Pixar Animation Studios Inc, is now set to take charge of Disney animation when its $7.4 billion purchase of Pixar closes this summer. Industry watchers have dubbed 49-year-old Lasseter "the new Walt Disney" and are awaiting signs that his talent for creating compelling stories and characters will rub off on a cornerstone division that has been in a slump for a decade.
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It couldn't have gone any better for the Chambers Academy Rebels on Friday night. They picked up their second consecutive win of the season in a 62-27 route of Meadowview Christian here in LaFayette. It was a game that CA took control of right away and never looked back as they earned their first back-to-back wins since 2011.
The Rebels' 62 points was tied for the third most scored in school history, equaling a total in 1999 against South Montgomery and trailing a 63 points game in 1988 against American Christian and the 71 points school record set in 1997 against Lakeside School. Oddly enough, CA Coach Jason Allen has been a part of all those games. He was a player for Chambers in "88, an assistant coach in '97 and was in his second season as Rebels head coach in '99.
"I think we improved this week as a team," Allen said about the win. "But sometimes it is hard to tell in such a lopsided game. The timing of our offense is starting to get better and the kids are grasping the concepts better."
The lopsided win also served as a bit of payback for the Rebels, who were blasted by the Trojans 67-7 last season. That may have served as motivation for CA's fast start in which they jumped out to a 34-0 lead in the first 12 minutes of the contest. "The kids started out strong and played with more intensity and aggression," Allen said.
The game got out of hand quickly and by the second quarter, the Rebels had let off the gas. They still managed to accumulate 445 yards of total offense, including 336 on the ground. The offensive leaders for CA were Corey Bolt, who again led the Rebels with 113 yards rushing and two touchdowns, quarterback Cord Dodgen, who threw for 86 yards and two touchdowns and Quadarius Tinsley, who rushed for a score, caught a TD pass and ran a punt back for a score.
As the Rebels offense continues to progress, Allen has also seen improvements from his defense. "I saw a lot of gang tackling and silver hats around the football," he said. "Our defensive line is starting to play more aggressively and are disrupting things. Jeremy Holliday, Austin Hudmon, Earnest Swanson, Tyler Williams and Austin Harmon make up our defensive line and they are really improving."
Bolt led the defensive unit with six tackles, while both Colton Hand and Matthew Keebler finished with five tackles each.
The Rebels improved to 2-2-1 (1-1) on the season with win and will look to keep that momentum as they take a long road trip to Evergreen to face Sparta Academy (1-3) on Friday night. It's another 1A foe for CA, but like the Meadowview contest it's not a region game.
"We'll need a good week of practice this week and go down there ready to play," Allen says. "They don't have a great record, but they have played some really good teams."
Sparta's losses have come at the hands of 2A Lowndes, 3A Escambia and No. 4 Pickens Academy. Their lone win came against Sumter Academy in week four of the season.
"We will have our work cut out for us," Allen added.
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Curio, a magazine highlighting Harrisonburg, Virginia, and its surrounding communities, is published by students in the Media Arts & Design program at James Madison University. Curio is a nonprofit organization supported by the College of Arts and Letters and the School of Media Arts & Design.
Dilemmas in Education: A Casebook for Ethical Reasoning (Faculty Publications)
Because ethical reasoning is an inherent part of the Education profession, our College is positioned to generate quality scholarship in this area. However, few faculty can claim ethics as their primary area of specialty. This project aims to draw on the collective experiences and literature reviews of faculty in our College, and their school and community partners, to develop a representative case study guidebook titled, Dilemmas in Education: A Case Book for Ethical Reasoning. This will be published in the JMU Scholarly Commons. We hope to generate a much deeper understanding of the dilemmas, perspectives and strategies used to apply the Madison Collaborative 8 key questions framework in Education.
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From 2000-2012, the e-Vision Journal of First-Year Writing published the excellent work created by students in James Madison University's first-year writing courses. Through twelve volumes, e-Vision and the undergraduate students who served on the e-Vision Editorial Board gave these engaging, provocative, fundamentally useful texts the wider audience they deserve.
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Watson Farley & Williams is pleased to announce that it has advised UK Export Finance (on behalf of itself, COFACE and Euler Hermes, as the European Export Credit Agencies), TD Bank, N.A. as ECA lender and ING Capital LLC as facility agent in relation to three financings backed by guarantees from the European Export Credit Agencies for Airbus A320 aircraft.
The financing for the third aircraft to be delivered under a 12-year operating lease agreement between China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited ("CALC") and Air India Ltd ("Air India") completed on 3 August 2015. The first two deliveries took place on 3 February and 9 July 2015.
The ECA-guarantee arrangement is the first European ECA-backed financing for CALC and is described by Mr Christian McCormick, Managing Director – Finance of CALC, "as an important international financing support for our global business expansion strategies".
The transaction parties also included ING Capital LLC and TD Securities as co-arrangers, Wilmington Trust SP Services (Dublin) Ltd as the security trustee and Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CACIB) acting as the ECA financing advisor to CALC.
The WFW team was led by Rex Rosales, Global Head of Transport at WFW, with assistance from Hilary Loughnane, Jamie Cusworth and Christian Hermanussen.
Partner Rex Rosales commented: "ECAs are a vital element in asset financing within the aviation industry and WFW is proud to be among the panel of firms advising the European ECA on new Airbus financings. We are pleased to work with UK Export Finance, COFACE and Euler Hermes, alongside the lenders on this significant deal, the third European ECA-backed financing for CALC, which allows Air India to continue to expand its fleet with modern Airbus A320 aircraft."
David Godfrey, Chief Executive of UK Export Finance, said: "UK Export Finance would like to congratulate China Aircraft Leasing Company on their first ECA-backed aircraft financing, and to thank all parties involved in this pioneering transaction."


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Position will be initially at 1 Months at Gurgoan and then for Noida
Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to a technology operations team (may be comprised of employees, contract personnel and/or vendor partner resources) dedicated to a portfolio of technical business applications and/or services, including: operational maintenance, production support, front-line management of incidents, development support, and proactive/preventative analysis (to include solution ideation, recommendation and implementation). Serve as point-person and operational expert for issues, needs and projects regarding or related to area of responsibility.
Product Improvement & Change Management
Participate in change management process and approve technology and service changes; ensure balance between business requests and impact/risk.
Assist in establishing technology/service goals and reporting needs.
Participate in transition of technology and services into production support.
Develop call scripts, monitoring procedures and break/fix documentation.
Collaborate on system health evaluations to address performance issues and establish action plans (internal and/or vendor).
Incident Management
Provide end-to-end oversight of critical incidents.
Coordinate efforts of support teams (internal and/or vendor) to drive service restoration targets.
Liaise with technology teams to develop corrective action or work-arounds to resolve incidents.
Ensure action plans are in place to address recurring issues, including escalation and effective hand-off to other technology teams as required.
Ensure compliance with incident management processes and procedures.
Provide on-call support.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related. (Equivalent experience considered)
9 to 12 years of relevant experience
5+ years of experience providing day-to-day oversight/supervision to a team of technical employees and/or vendor partner resources.
3-5+ years of broad technical experience with proven expertise in several of the following areas: servers, networks, hardware, operating systems, virtualization software, and related base build infrastructure and software.
3-5+ years of experience and subject matter expertise in SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Skype for Business, OneDrive for Business, and Office 365.
2+ years of experience and proven success identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement to configurations, procedures and process to enable greater availability, capability and efficiency.
Ability to support working outside of normal business hours to provide after hour or "on-call
Established in the year 1993, New Era has been in the business of understanding talent needs... of different organizations and providing solutions for it. New Era hires consultants with specialization in different domains to provide procurement solutions across all the domains. We have been very fortunate to serve some of the top names of both the IT and the non IT Industry. We provide end to end staffing solutions and help candidates to be placed across Asia, USA and Europe.
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Instrument/Discipline: Taiko
Work Address: New York City
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Do you teach?Yes
Do you perform? Yes
Additional information: workshops, lecture demonstrations on Japanese flutes, Taiko, and Japanese dance
Experience the thunderous rhythms of the ancestral Japanese Taiko drums and the magical sounds of the bamboo flutes. This exciting group draws from Japan's rich tradition of music and performance to create a highly visual performance. With colorful traditional costumes and dynamic motion, Taikoza's shows are immensely popular with audiences of all ages. Drawing from Japan's rich tradition of music and performance, Taikoza has created a new sound using a variety of traditional instruments. In addition to drums of assorted sizes, Taikoza incorporates the shakuhachi and the fue (both bamboo flutes) and colorful dances. Taikoza has touched audiences worldwide with its passionate performances led by International Master of Taiko and Shakuhachi: Marco Lienhard.
Taikoza has toured internationally and has been nominated for best Asian Song ("Tozan Matsuri"from the CD Tree Spirit) in 2017 for the Just Plain Folks Awards and has appeared on ESPN, NBC, History Channel, Russian National TV and many other programs around the world. Taikoza's music is featured on Nintendo's wii game: Red Steel 1 and 2. The group has performed for the SUMO tournament at Madison Square Garden and tour. Taikoza presents a very popular program for schools in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Philadelphia and Virginia area for Young Audiences and Symphony Space. Taikoza programs have been funded with NEA , Rockefeller, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs grants.
Taikoza was formed in New York City by Marco Lienhard (a star member of Ondekoza -the group that started the renaissance of taiko in Japan in the 60s and introduced Taiko to the world). The members of Taikoza have performed in some of the most prestigious halls such as Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Suntory Hall, Osaka Festival Hall, Lincoln Center and many others. They have performed in Russia, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Switzerland, Germany, France, Mexico, Republic of Georgia, etc. Performances include corporate events for Merrill Lynch, Gillette, Ameritech, City of Los Angeles, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Dell Computers, PepsiCo, Bloomberg, Pfizer, Merck, Diesel, and Sony.


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Creative Computing II - Leitch Elementary
Creative Computing II - Leitch Elementary
Age: 1st and 2nd grade
Dates: Tuesday, January 16 to Tuesday, April 17 (no class on 4/3) - 13 sessions
Time: 2:40 pm to 3:40 pm
Location: Leitch Elementary - Computer Lab
7100 Fernald St, Fremont, CA 94539
This is a continuation of our Creative Computing fall after-school class. Students will continue their project where they left it. New students are welcome!
Explore, imagine and create! That is the core of Creative Computing. This program is designed for boys and girls ages 7 to 10. This is a program for beginner level. The students will document their ideas in a design workbook, then use Scratch to create computational artifacts (like games, animations, music composition) using ideas from their lives and interests. They will reflect on their own projects and learn how to provide feedback on other campers' projects. The goal of this program is to increase fluency with computational thinking and programming concepts.


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Tri-City Dust Devils
Mariners second-round pick powering up
A month ago, D.J. Peterson was a broke college student at the University of New Mexico.
But after the Seattle Mariners made Peterson their first-round pick in the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, the 6-foot-1 third baseman can afford just about anything after signing for a $2.5 million signing bonus on June 12.
"It still hasn't hit me. When my first check hits, that's when it will probably hit me," Peterson said. "I'll still be the same kid from Gilbert, Arizona."
The Mariners are hoping he'll be the same explosive player he was with the Lobos, where he won the Mountain West Conference triple crown with a .408 batting average, 18 home runs and 72 RBIs.
So far, he's shown his production potential with the Everett AquaSox, who are visiting the Tri-City Dust Devils at Gesa Stadium for a three-game series ending Thursday.
In six games, Peterson has hit two home runs and driven in eight. He's hitting just .200 but has a slugging percentage of .550, as three of his four hits have been for extra bases.
Still, he was hoping for a little more from himself out of the gate.
"It's been a little frustrating, but I'm still getting used to wood bats and just trying to get comfortable," Peterson said. "Plus, there's the difference in facing 92-95 mph every night as opposed to 85-89 in college."
The Mariners have to feel like they finally got their man after drafting Peterson, a two-time all-state player, out of Gilbert High School in the 33rd round of the 2010 draft.
He's hoping to follow the recent path of another Mariners first-rounder, Mike Zunino, who recently made his major league debut after being drafted just a year ago.
If there's a timetable for Peterson, he doesn't know about it.
"You'll have to talk to player development," he said. "I felt good about this organization when they drafted me out of high school. Right now, I'm just trying to get at bats."
Blank leading NWL in saves: Tri-City's Trent Blank is pacing NWL closers with four saves, converting each of his four chances. Blank, a 30th-round draft pick out of Baylor University in 2012, went 1-0 with a 3.34 ERA in 16 games as a middle reliever last season. But his sidearm delivery has caused hitters fits this season. In four appearances this year, he hasn't allowed a hit in 3 2⁄3 innings.
Modesto no-hitter: Former Dust Devils starter Nelson Gonzalez was one of three Modesto Nuts' pitchers to combine on a 2-0 no-hit win over the San Jose Giants in a California League game Monday night. Gonzalez, who went 7-0 with a 1.71 ERA with Tri-City in 2011, threw a perfect eighth inning, sandwiched by seven hitless innings by Daniel Winkler and a perfect ninth from Scott Oberg.
NWL players of the week: Salem-Keizer infielder Sam Eberle and Boise pitcher Paul Blackburn were named the NWL players of the week for the period of June 14-23. Eberle hit .375 (12-for-32) with seven doubles, five RBIs and eight runs in 10 games for the Volcanoes, while Blackburn struck out 12 batters in 10 scoreless innings for the Hawks, allowing just four hits and one walk.


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Whether you are headed just for a short journey by automotive, flying to a special state, or touring oversees, this may help pack all the necessities you may want and not to forget issues.
If you've ever been subject to blackout dates or departure limitations, you might have observed that the days that you are allowed to fly are on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or a Saturday. You would think that due to this fact a Saturday could be an inexpensive day to fly, however this isn't all the time the case. In actuality, Saturday has the least amount of seats out there because this is the day the least quantity of planes fly out. You will nearly at all times get a paper ticket for an toddler (a toddler beneath 2 years outdated) who travels with no seat. In case of reissue (if a passenger lost a ticket), there is … Read more


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MANISTIQUE — The staff at the 93rd District Court in Manistique have spent the last 18 months planning the implementation of the Eastern Upper Peninsula Regional Mental Health Court.
By partnering up with local community mental health agencies, like Hiawatha Behavioral Health and Pathways Community Mental Health, defendants suffering from a pre-diagnosed mental illness or show signs of having an undiagnosed disorder will be routed into the mental health court. Defendants will then be assessed by the CMH's to see if they qualify for the court under their predetermined guidelines. If qualified, he/she will undergo an intensive probation program monitored by the court to ensure they follow the recommendations from the CMH's in regards to appointments and medication and will be subject to regular check-ups.
"So as we know, somebody with a mental illness, their ideal location wouldn't be in jail so they may be committing criminal offenses, but penalizing them by having them sit in a jail cell and going without the proper treatment isn't the best route," said Karen McDougle, the Regional Mental Health Coordinator.
Greg Schultz, a probation officer for the court, said more often than not, offenders enter into a life of crime due to irregular medicinal intake as well as external forces, such as lack of appropriate housing, minimal education opportunities and inability to find a job. One of McDougle's jobs will be to help alleviate those extra pains and help the defendant find those opportunities, if applicable.
"We can't fix all of their problems for them, but if we can set them up with the proper mental health services, and we can monitor how they're doing on the program, help them obtain all the services that they need by working with what is available in each community throughout the Eastern Upper Peninsula, we are giving them the stepping stones they need to have a more successful future," said McDougle.
"When we set the one guy that we're thinking of in jail, that didn't help him. We got him out, started getting him in contact with some people for housing, medication and that helped him," said Schultz. "He has a responsibility to follow through with everything. There's a lot put on the person, but we're on him. We're talking to him on a regular basis, we're checking on him on a regular basis, and that will hopefully keep them where they need to be."
Mental Health Court is a specialty court inside the system, much like Sobriety Court, but they differ significantly in that Mental Health Court's concern is treating those with a primary mental health issue, though they can be cross-treated if a substance abuse problem also presents itself. If defendants commit certain high felony crimes, like murder or other excessively violent crimes, they will not be considered.
The court will run at a district and circuit court level and is aimed at misdemeanors, but each defendant will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.Coordinators say they intend for the program to reduce the likelihood of repeat offenders as well as decrease the amounts of arrests of the mentally ill and ease jail overcrowding issues. McDougle added that it has already opened up conversation about mental illness between providers and law enforcement.
"We're going to be the middle man to say we think that this person needs mental health," McDougle said. "We may have law enforcement not understanding why CMH may not think this person qualifies, but we'll be the stepping stone to try and close that bridge in between the misunderstanding of who qualifies for mental health services and when community mental health can offer those services."
The other counties benefiting from the court are Alger, Chippewa, Luce and Mackinac counties. The goal is to have the program up and running by October first.


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Victoria, Canada
A travel journal is a collection of journal entries that make up a trip. Travel maps, blogs, and photo albums are organized by your trips so you its easy to look through your past travels and keep your current ones together.
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Teaching English in Japan and taking side-trips
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Get the Best Rates at The Apartments Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai
Property Location A stay at The Apartments Dubai World Trade Centre places you in the heart of Dubai, minutes from Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre and close to Dubai Mall. This family-friendly aparthotel is within close proximity of Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai International Financial Centre.
Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 219 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Relax and unwind with body treatments and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find a health club, an outdoor pool, and a sauna. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and gift shops/newsstands.
Dining Grab a bite at one of the aparthotel's 3 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge or a poolside bar. Breakfast is available for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include a computer station, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Event facilities at this aparthotel consist of a conference center and a meeting room. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy. Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges. Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi Dubai World Trade Centre - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi Dubai International Financial Centre - 1.2 km / 0.7 mi Al Hana Shopping Centre - 1.4 km / 0.9 mi Zabeel Park - 2 km / 1.2 mi Jumeirah Mosque - 2.1 km / 1.3 mi Lamcy Plaza - 2.6 km / 1.6 mi Dubai Zoo - 2.8 km / 1.7 mi Dubai Mall - 2.8 km / 1.7 mi KidZania - 2.9 km / 1.8 mi Zabeel Stadium - 3.1 km / 2 mi Burj Khalifa - 3.2 km / 2 mi Dubai International Art Centre - 3.3 km / 2.1 mi The Dubai Fountain - 3.3 km / 2.1 mi Mercato Shopping Mall - 3.3 km / 2.1 mi
The nearest airports are:Dubai (XNB-Dubai Bus Station) - 1.8 km / 1.1 miDubai (DXB-Dubai Intl.) - 7.4 km / 4.6 mi
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New Zealand's South Island - Understand New Zealand's South Island and Survival Guide (PDF Chapter)
This chapter contains the New Zealand Today, History, Environment, M?ori Culture, The Arts, Directory A-Z, and Transport chapters from Lonely Planet's New Zealand's South Is-land guidebook.
All the info you need on everything from history NZ's vibrant music and arts scene and its deep connection to Maori culture to flights, public transport, climate, money, the internet... you name it. Get tips for women travellers, gay and lesbian travellers, travellers with disabilities, and travellers with kids. And get the most out of your conversations with a handy language guide and glossary.
- a rundown on volcanoes, earthquakes and the dramatic profile of the environment
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- full coverage of the short but dramatic history of the South Island
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Grow your business with good systems, and liberate your staff
As businesses grow, so the processes develop. Order forms are filled in triplicate and filed; spreadsheets keep track of customer details; bits of paper are moved from one tray to another in order to ensure that the customer's order is taken, despatched and replacement stock ordered.But the more the business grows, the more the systems start to creak. Bits of paper go missing, the person who understands how the formula in the spreadsheet works is off sick, and an order gets lost. The people who have made the business the success it is through their fantastic sales acumen, or their vigour in chasing up overdue invoices, are sidelined into spending hours each day just making sure the systems are ticking over in order for the business to keep running.
Automate the admin…So at this stage, a small business owner might start thinking about spending £15,000 a year on a dedicated admin staffer to keep up with the paperwork. That's £15,000 every year just to make sure that paper gets filed and orders don't get lost. Then, the company grows more, so another new member of admin staff is needed and the one who's been there two years wants a pay rise. And before you know it, five years have passed and you've spent £150,000 in salaries just to keep the office in shape.
But invest a fraction of that salary budget into a bespoke business processing system that's been designed to do exactly what all the paper shuffling does but without the labour intensive man hours, and you've made a one-off investment that will automate your business processes for as long as you have a business. And, not only will you have a unique business system that will set you apart from your competitors in terms of efficiency and expertise, you've freed up your capital to invest in staff that will actually bring in business, not just keep track of the business you have.
…and watch your staff thriveBespoke business systems - those which have been designed specifically for your business by software experts who have studied the way you work from the bottom up and know exactly what you want it to do – liberate your staff from mundane, labour intensive tasks. Those people who were beginning to flag, who were complaining that they didn't have time to do their job properly, who had stopped thriving in the workplace, suddenly find that those dull aspects of their job - tasks that, in fact, weren't really part of their job - have gone. They have hours in the day to do the role they were hired to do.
And, with the right system, as your business grows your systems grow with it, enabling you to add or amend functionality according to your business needs.
Let the savings speak for themselvesWhether it's product control (for example, a system which, following the input of an order, orders the stock, dispatches the stock and triggers a new stock delivery from the supplier, sends out an invoice and reminds you when it's due, while also automatically storing your customers details and preferences and using them to create a targeted message for your next email marketing campaign, and then gives you daily, weekly or monthly sales reports at the touch of a button) or a complicated staff time-sheet system (which automatically works out pay rates, expenses, overtime, tax and national insurance), clever systems will incorporate room for growth. So when customers grow from 200 to 2000, the processes are exactly the same.
The savings in bespoke business systems are huge - sometimes immeasurable. But they won't replace your staff, they'll just help you to get the best from them.
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Wildhurst Vineyards
Kathy Sullivan
Summary: The Wildhurst Vineyards' tasting room is located in Kelseyville, a small town in Lake County, California. Travelers will discover a delightful tasting room filled with an array of home products as well as a tasting counter staffed by friendly wine enthusiasts. As of summer 2012, a patio with an earthen oven, tables and chairs has been added for visitors to enjoy.
Wildhurst Vineyards tasting room is located in the delightful small town of Kelseyville in Lake County. Equally delightful is the tasting room with a friendly and enthusiastic staff as well as numerous home gifts to enjoy exploring. We soon learned that everyone works together as a team.
While we enjoyed visiting the tasting room in Kelseyville, we also liked the visit to the winery and vineyards in the outskirts of Kelseyville. The winery facility is located in the midst of pear orchards and vineyards. Wildhurst is Gallic for "tree." The Wildhurst logo is a tree and this logo is used on the wine bottle labels.
Originally the owners of Wildhurst Vineyards, Myron and Marilyn Holdenried, were pear growers. The Holdenrieds are fifth generation farmers in Lake County. While many of the pear orchards continue, 400 acres of land are planted with vineyards. The Home Ranch has Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, Merlot, Riesling, Muscat, Orange Muscat and Syrah. The Plunkett Vineyards are filled with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The winery keeps grapes for producing Wildhurst wines and sells the rest to other wineries.
Banyon Kirkendall is an enthusiastic person and his enthusiasm is contagious. We met Banyon in the tasting room where despite being busy he welcomed us and took the time to show us the baking oven he was building with soil from the vineyards. While in college, Banyon had built the same type of earthen oven. Banyon was confidant the oven would work and that soon he would be using it to bake bread sticks and more. The earthen oven will be located on the new patio to the side of the tasting room.
At the winery facility, about two miles on the outskirts of Kelseyville, we learned that Wildhurst is also a custom crush facility. While at the winery, Banyon noted that 100 percent of the wine production takes place at Wildhurst.
White Wines
We tasted several wines with Banyon at the winery. Sauvignon Blanc 2010 was a straw color. The wine had an aroma of grapefruit and tropical notes. The taste had pineapple and grapefruit nuances. The finish was crisp and fruity with fruit yielding to some grass. Sauvignon Blanc 2011 was a straw color. The aroma had grapefruit notes with a hint of tropical fruit. The taste offered pineapple and banana nuances. The crisp finish had tropical fruits yielding to grass. Reserve Chardonnay 2010 was aged in American oak and had a yellow color. The wine offered pear and apple notes while the finish was crisp. Orange Muscat was bright yellow with good clarity. The wine had an orange aroma and the taste was dry. Orange notes lingered on the finish. This is a food friendly wine.
Red Wines
Merlot 2009 was a dark opaque purple. The aroma was of dark fruit. Tannins were on the taste and finish. A suggested pairing was with duck. Reserve Petite Sirah 2009 was a very dark purple. The aroma was of dark fruit such as dark raspberries while the taste had dark fruit notes. The finish offered tannins, with dark fruit nuances lingering. Zinfandel 2009 Home Ranch Vineyard was aged in 100 percent American oak. The aroma and taste were of red berry fruits. Spice was noticed on the taste. Mild tannins were on the finish. Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 was from the Plunkett Creek series. The wine was a dark ruby with notes of blackberry and blueberry. The fruity finish had tannins.
Port was made with Zinfandel grapes. The color was ruby with a Sienna rim. The Port offered notes of dried fruit.
Enjoy a visit to the Wildhurst tasting room where you will receive a friendly welcome and have an opportunity to taste Wildhurst wines while browsing the extensive array of home items.
Wildhurst Vineyards
3855 Main Street
Kelseyville, California 95451
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FLDC Announcement: Dr. Megan Bang Senior Vice President of Spencer
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Congratulations Megan!
Dr. Megan Bang, one of the co-principal investigators (PI) on the FLDC project, is transitioning into her new role as Senior Vice President at the Spencer Foundation, Board of Science Education of the National Academy of Sciences, and full professor at Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy! She will continue to co-direct the FLDC project from her new institution base. We wish you much success in your new endeavors and look forward to continuing growing our work together!


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North Laurel Baptist Church in Valdese, NC
I am preaching in Valdese, North Carolina with Pastor Mike Wakefield. I will be with them through Friday night. They are a great church and gave over $68,000 to missions last year. I had a great time with them tonight and ask you to pray for me that God would use me during the next two nights. Check out North Laurel Baptist Church's web site!


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Eew! You've been slimed! Well, ok – not really.
For over eighty-five years, Stride Rite has been designing and engineering footwear specifically to meet the needs of growing children. Stride Rite's mission is to encourage kids and support parents by developing and marketing products that help children embrace life's possibilities and adventures with confidence. Check out one of their upcoming Spring lines. Partnering up with Nickelodeon, the company is letting your children walk around with a little slime!
Besides having the Stride Rite technology in the shoe, they've also added a little fun. If you give these pods a little squeeze, the slime turns color. Click here to check out the line.


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Rolling Stones Chile Flag Tongue Blue Hoodie
The exclusive, limited edition Rolling Stones Chile Flag Tongue Blue Hoodie celebrates the explosive Santiago stop on the Stones' 2016 Olé Tour with a striking, red, white and blue custom screen-printed design on the back, featuring the iconic Stones tongue and lip logo with a special Chilean twist. The band's name and the America Latina Olé Tour title are printed on either side of the zip-up front of this cozy hoodie. Available only on tour and at The Rolling Stones Store.


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Ann Chamberlin, NACTA President, discusses NACTA profiles and trends. The information is based on the recent ASTA Independent Agent Report.
What is the ASTA Independent Agent Report?
The Independent Agent Report provides invaluable insight into independent agent business trends, regarding host agency and franchise relationships, Global Distribution System (GDS) usage, commission structures, and sales and revenue data with the independent agent community.
The report was based on second half 2015 survey data from NACTA members. The independent agent community is 20,000 strong and growing—and NACTA members possess, on average, 16 years of industry experience. As such, industry suppliers are allocating more resources trying to better engage these travel sellers. Understanding how independent agents run their business is at the forefront of host agencies' and suppliers' questions.
Survey participation is critical to highlighting trends in our industry. Thank you to the NACTA agents who completed the survey.
What growth trends are you seeing?
Six in 10 NACTA member agents reported increased sales and revenues in 2015 compared to 2014, which indicates improved business trends since 2011.
What is a new trend?
Over four in 10 independent agents—about 44 percent—are either hiring employees or engaging independent contractors to catch up with travel demand in post-recession and cover for them while they are away.
What are the biggest considerations for joining a host agency?
While the majority of NACTA members are hosted, the 43 percent of them who aren't are considering joining a host agency. The top three factors in an independent consultant's decision to join a host agency are commission split, the host agency's supplier portfolio, and the host agency's reputation.
I would've thought that the technology and marketing support would be a higher factor in choosing a host agency, but training and education outweigh technology and marketing support. This tells me that NACTA member respondents have a stable book of clients with whom they have personal relationships. Staying educated and informed on new products and interesting destinations is a top priority in servicing their clients.
What are possible considerations against joining a host agency?
According to the report, reasons for not joining a host agency include the desire to have a more direct relationship with suppliers, the desire to have control of their own business, and the desire to have flexibility.
Where can NACTA members learn more?
For more information on trends, a full report is available for review at ASTA.org/ResearchReports.
For research inquiries, contact Kevin Wang, ASTA Director of Research and Industry Affairs, at email@example.com.
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- 02. Whole class discussion on the meaning of area
- 03. Abel demonstrates that a circle has perimeter
- 04. Instructions for the interactive task
- 05. Students collaborate on GeoGebra investigation on area and perimeter
- 06. Geogebra group work
- 07. Fixed area vs a changing perimeter
- 08. Student shares results of GeoGebra investigation
- 09. Students presenting work on area and perimeter
- 09. Have students changed their mind? Students vote.
- 11. Interview with Abel on GeoGebra
- 12. Interview on interactivity
- 15. Group discussion on the formula for finding area of rectangle
Geogebra group work
A group of students jointly progress on their task to investigate the relationship between area and perimeter of rectangles.
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Bill Haast Obituary: The Obituary and Death Notice of Bill Haast ...
Jun 15, 2011 . Bill Haast Tribute: Bill Haast died Wednesday, he was 100. Haast...
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The great legendary Bill Haast, pioneer of venom production for venom research since 1946, was founder and director of the world renowned Miami .
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Dec 30, 2010 . Having lived through more than 170 bites from a variety of venomous snakes, Bill Haast can only be described as a medical miracle.
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Bill Haast slid back the top to the large metal box and up popped a cobra. The snake spread its hood, weaved back and forth, side to side, then hissed. Haast .
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William E. "Bill" Haast (December 30, 1910 June 15, 2011) was the director of the Miami Serpentarium Laboratories, a facility near Punta Gorda, Florida, which .
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Caption This: Andy Strikes a Pose
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When Andy Cohen hits the red carpet, he does so in style. And sometimes, you know, he likes to try to spank himself, too!
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First of all, to calm fears, no virus was sent to the list. The message may be safely ignored. However, there is no guarantee that a virus won't be sent in future, so please be careful about opening emails and keeping your anti-virus protections current (or use a non-Windows operating system). Now, here's what happened. A program somewhere on the Internet sent a message to a site in Belgium that apparently had a virus-laden attachment. The Belgian site stripped the virus and bounced it back to the sender. Unfortunately, the "From:" address was a forgery, namely "firstname.lastname@example.com". This address, of course, should never appear in the "From:" line of any message, since the list doesn't originate postings, it merely forwards the postings of others. When the Listserv at Brown received this bounce-o-gram, it correctly determined that the sender was not authorized to post to the list, and bounced it back (copying me) with a warning to that effect. Unfortunately^2, it identified the originator of the message as "firstname.lastname@example.com", so that the bounce was submitted back to the listserv as a new posting. And unfortunately^3, the bounce^2 actually did come from "firstname.lastname@example.com", which *is* a legitimate poster (on rare occasions it can be used to send administrative messages to a list from the server maintainer), so we all got copies of it. And so everyone did the Right Thing, and the junk got sent to us anyhow, though defanged by the Belgian site. So it goes. -- "Do I contradict myself? John Cowan Very well then, I contradict myself. firstname.lastname@example.com I am large, I contain multitudes. http://www.ccil.org/~cowan --Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass http://www.reutershealth.com


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Prompt: Wonder. How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year?
author: Jeff Davis
A lot of my "sense of wonder" comes from the contemplation of science…even though I'm not a scientist myself. I think for some people that could seem counterintuitive, but so much about the universe's order and chaos is completely amazing to me. I love reading and listening to Carl Sagan. If anyone ever had a true sense of wonder, it was him.
For me, the idea that I'm a speck on a speck in a big collection of specks is beautiful. It makes me love every day (even the terrible ones.)


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Our villa, Casa de los Amigos, was built in 1987 by my grandmother, after falling in love with the beauty and culture of Mexico. For many years, she ran the villa as a B&B so others could enjoy the same beauty. We have been able to keep this villa in our family and want to continue to share it with others.
Perched on top of volcanic rock overlooking the Pacific Ocean, our villa itself, is an architectural delight. The style is "Moorish" influenced, designed by the renown Mexican architect, Salvador "Cachi" Perez.
Our villa has four bedrooms, each equipped with their own private bathroom. The bedrooms have balconies for enjoying the beautiful ocean view. Three bedrooms are located on the second floor. The fourth bedroom is the top floor. Along with its stunning view, this bedroom and its bathroom have amazing brick, cupola (domed) ceilings.
The large, outdoor veranda with built in, tile jacuzzi, is perfect for relaxing, enjoying dinner and drinks while watching the beautiful sunsets. The living and dining rooms are comfortable and spacious with direct access to the outdoor veranda.
We are located in La Penita de Jaltemba, Nayarit Mexico. We are only 40 miles north of Puerto Vallarta. We are situated with five other beautiful homes on the hill and have a private gated entrance.


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All Things Mysterious Volume One Hundred Nineteen
Just in time for Xmas, an original holiday story set right here at the Mysterious Bookshop! Note that y_r friendly blogger made all this up, no actual persons, books, or incidents are contained in the story or should be inferred.
'Tis The Season To Be Dead!
She shouldn't of done it. That's what started the whole mess. Well, not only that she done it, but that she kinda threw it in my face. I mean, why did she come in here in the first place? That's what I can't figure out. If she didn't want--what? Oh. Well, I'll try. The beginning, huh? Got to go back a ways for that, I guess.
I'd been at Mysterious since almost the beginning back in '79. It just didn't feel the same after we moved downtown in 2005. Change is always hard, isn't it? But something was different. Maybe it was the way the city and the world changed, too. People were more touchy and less willing to listen. What? Sure, I'm just as bad! I'm human too, you know. Now where was I? You're making me lose my place.
So anyway I saw people come and go and all the time it was just me and Otto. I started in the shipping room after the guy who was there got busted for dealing. At least that was the rumor; he just stopped coming in one day and that's what everyone said. So I did that for a while and then I went up to the sales floor when Joanne left, 'cause I read more than everyone else put together. And not just mysteries, either. I like books on classical music and sports and birding and a whole lot of stuff. Ever since I can remember I just read and read all the time. Never did watch too much TV, there's just too much crap out there. But I never missed Perry Mason. Did you ever see it? Raymond Burr was just terrific in that part. I heard he read for Tragg the homicide guy but the producers or somebody decided he would be a good Mason and they were right.
So I was at the front desk for a few years and then I was Oscar's assistant for a while but that didn't last long. Why? I think it was because we were too similar. We had no patience for nonsense and that included each others.
Back I went to the sales floor. That was ok. I liked it there. People were always asking what to read and I liked turning them on to new authors and new genres. Most of our customers were regulars and had been shopping with us for a long time. Being in downtown Fun City, we got a lot of visitors and tourists and between them and our regulars it got so everyone that came in or called fell into one of the two categories. See, the crime fiction business is a funny one--folks ask us all the time, 'What should I read? Tell me what to read!' So we'd all make sure to at least have a handle on what was new and hot as well as the vintage stuff so we could point folks in the right direction as far as something they might like. And very rarely did anyone come into the shop and complain about a title or author that we'd recommended. In fact, I don't think anyone ever told me that I'd pushed a dud on them. Until one night just before Christmas. A woman came in right before closing which we all hate but which comes with the territory. As usual I was thinking about supper and my easy chair but on the surface I was polite. This lady seemed perfectly reasonable, smiled, said hello, and reached into her bag and withdrew a book and hurled it at me with all her might. And her aim was pretty good, she clocked me right in the nose. I caught the book as it fell and noticed that it was the new one from Fowler Hawthorne, who wrote swashbuckling spy stories with himself as the thinly disguised protagonist. But no matter who the author was, I was dripping blood and hopping mad and for once I lost my cool with a customer. 'What the hell did you do that for?'
'You can't sell this!'
'Say what!?' I honked.
'This story is all about me and I never gave my permission! Burn all copies immediately!'
Well, now, what the heck is this all about? Tune in next week for the next installment of 'Tis The Season To Be Dead!
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The Last Sunday after Pentecost; Christ the King Sunday, Year B (11/22/2015)
Lessons:Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Psalm 93 (2) Revelation 1:4b-8 John 18:33-37 Semicontinuous Series: 2nd Samuel 23:1-7 Psalm 132:1-12 [13-18] (9)
Prayer of the Day: Almighty and ever-living God, you anointed your beloved Son to be priest and sovereign forever. Grant that all the people of the earth, now divided by the power of sin, may be united by the glorious and gentle rule of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
18:33 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" 34 Jesus answered, "Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?" 35 Pilate replied, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?" 36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here." 37 Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."
St. John 18:33-37 New Revised Version Bible (C)1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Thy Kingdom Come
In May of 1529, after a discouraging program of visiting with Christian families in and around Wittenberg, Germany, Martin Luther published a short pamphlet entitled "Der Kleine Katechismus" (or "The Small Catechism") — a teaching tool for parents to use in sharing their faith with their children. In this catechism, Luther provided help in understanding the Ten Commandments, the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Prayer and other basics of the Christian faith.
This week, I am thinking about his explanation of the Lord's Prayer, and particularly the petition, "Thy kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven." Luther writes:
Q: What does this mean?
A: Truly God's Kingdom comes by itself, without our prayer. But we pray in this request that it come to us as well.
Q: How does this happen?
A: When the Heavenly Father gives us the Holy Spirit, so that we believe the holy Word by grace and live godly lives here in this age and there in eternal life.
I love Luther's image of God's kingdom: living godly lives now and into eternity, led by the Holy Spirit, empowered by grace, and grounded in the holy Word. Maybe that is what Jesus' means when he declares, "My kingdom is not from this world."
This week's Gospel lesson is a portion of St. John's dramatic Good Friday narrative. After sharing a final meal with his followers, Jesus makes his way out to a garden where they often meet. But as they gather there, they are confronted by nothing less than a lynch mob. As St. John puts it, "Judas brought a detachment of soldiers together with police from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and they came there with lanterns and torches and weapons." [St. John 18:3] Jesus is arrested, bound, beaten, and tried by religious and political leaders.
One of those leaders is Pontius Pilate, the Prefect of Judaea, who serves at the pleasure of the Emperor. It is Pilate who interrogates Jesus, demanding to know whether or not Jesus thinks of himself as a king. Pilate is well schooled in the bloodthirsty tactics of the Roman Empire, which is why he is at a complete loss about what to think of Jesus. (Even his wife was troubled; see St. Matthew 27:19-23.) Kings of this world meet other kings with force, but Jesus seems to willingly accept his fate. He embraces his suffering and death, making it clear, at least to us, that his reign will have nothing to do with violence and terror.
His kingdom is one of grace and love; one of forgiveness and new beginnings; one of purpose and eternity. It is a kingdom which breaks into this world through the events that surround the life of Jesus. It is a kingdom which breaks into the world even today. It is a kingdom which has come, and which is coming. Of this we are certain.
We pray, with Luther, that it might also come to us. So capture our hearts, King Jesus. Rule our lives. Empower our faithfulness. Help us to love and cherish the citizenship we have in your kingdom. Come to us, and be our king. Amen.
David J. Risendal, Pastor
Exploring This Week's Gospel:
- How does Pilate (and the rest of the authorities) deal with Jesus?
- Why does Pilate have such a difficult time understanding Jesus?
- How is the kingdom in which Jesus rules different from the Roman Empire?
Connecting with This Week's Gospel:
- What does it mean for me to submit to the rule of King Jesus?
- How might I characterize the means by which Jesus comes to rule the world?
- In what specific ways does the rule of this Crucified King influence my living?


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I have so many vintage and antique quilt tops that I sometimes forget what I have. I remembered this one today. The pattern is called "Modernistic Star" and was published in 1931 but it looks like snowflakes to me. I think it could easily be a Christmas quilt. (hand quilted of course)
I also think this one with all the stars looks rather Christmas like
So many quilts so little time!
and another snowflake…(enter giveaway here)…I am getting so many of these made that I will draw 2 winners
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Wireframes and Compositions using Adobe Illustrator
Image: N, A. (2016). Wireframe [Image]. Retrieved from
In today's studio session, we continued with the process of "How to make toast" from last weeks tutorial.
As a class activity, we were asked to create a wireframe for a sample interactive app on "How to Meme". As reference to the composition produced by the teacher, we were asked to produce a wireframe layout, through using Adobe Illustrator and templates.
Image: Hughes, G. (2016). AI- Example UI Workflow Layer Setup [Screenshot]. Retrieved from https://vuws.westernsydney.edu.au/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_21122_1&content_id=_2519214_1
Below is the class activity wireframe of "How to Meme".
Through this activity, it enabled us to regain our Adobe Illustrator skills as well as act as an essential tool towards applying it to our own assessments and interactive design planning in the future.
Using the same technique and process, we were asked to create a simple wireframe of what we felt the "How to Make Toast" interactive app will look like.
Below is the wireframe for "How to Make Toast".
After completing this process, we were then asked to create a composition of what the final layout of "How to Make Toast" app will look like using the wireframe produced above.
Below is the sample composition of what "How to Make Toast" app may look like.


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Enhance Crash Reports¶
All of the following logging tools are thread safe.
Custom Keys¶
Custom keys help you get the specific state of your app leading up to a crash. You can associate arbitrary key/value pairs with your crash reports, viewable right from the Fabric dashboard.
Setting Keys¶
Start with
[CrashlyticsKit setObjectValue:forKey:] or one of the related methods:
- (void)setObjectValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key;
// calls -description on value, perfect for NSStrings!
- (void)setIntValue:(int)value forKey:(NSString *)key;
- (void)setBoolValue:(BOOL)value forKey:(NSString *)key;
- (void)setFloatValue:(float)value forKey:(NSString *)key;
Update Existing Key Value¶
Sometimes you need to change the existing key value. Call the same key, but replace the value. Examples:
[CrashlyticsKit setIntValue:3 forKey:@"current_level"];
[CrashlyticsKit setObjectValue:@"logged_in" forKey:@"last_UI_action"];
Crashlytics.sharedInstance().setIntValue(42, forKey: "MeaningOfLife")
Crashlytics.sharedInstance().setObjectValue("Test value", forKey: "last_UI_action")
Crashlytics supports a maximum of 64 key/value pairs. Once you reach this threshold, additional values are not saved. Each key/value pair can be up to 1 KB in size.
Custom Logs¶
It's often useful to have some context recorded about the events leading up to a crash. Crashlytics provides logging facilities to make this easy. These messages are associated with your crash data and are visible in the Fabric dashboard if you look at the specific crash.
To make sure that sending crash reports has the smallest impact on your user's devices, Crashlytics logs have a maximum size of 64 KB. When a log exceeds 64 KB, the earliest logged values will be dropped in order to maintain this threshold.
Custom Logging in Objective-C¶
CLS_LOG was built to help pinpoint issues. It automatically includes information about the Objective-C class, method and line number where the log line came from.
CLS_LOG(format, ...) is the recommended way to add custom logging to your app.
- In Debug builds,
CLS_LOGpasses through to
NSLogso you can see the output in Xcode and on the device or simulator.
- In Release builds, however,
CLS_LOGsilences all other output, resulting in logging that is about 10X faster than
CLS_LOG(@"Higgs-Boson detected! Bailing out... %@", attributesDict);
Browse the
Crashlytics/Crashlytics.h header file for more details.
Custom Logging in Swift¶
To use custom logging in Swift, just use
CLSLogv or
CLSNSLogv. You need to make an array and then call getVaList function on that array.
CLSLogv("Log awesomeness %d %d %@", getVaList([1, 2, "three"]))
One important thing to note when using Swift is that the format argument of CLSLog, and NSLog, must be a compile-time constant string. While this is enforced by the compiler in Objective-C, it is currently lost in the bridging to Swift at the moment. A possible solution:
func write(string: String) {
CLSLogv("%@", getVaList([string]))
Swift string interpolation will not result in a compile-time constant string. Just like with printf and NSLog, using a non-constant string with CLSLog can result in a crash.
For more control, you can directly leverage
CLSLog(format, ...) and
CLSNSLog(format, ...). The latter passes through to
NSLog so you can see the output in Xcode or on the device or simulator.
CLSLog(format, ...) and
CLSNSLog(format, ...) are thread safe.
CLSLog is meant for logging information important to solving crashes. It should not be used to track in-app events.
Crashlytics ensures that all log entries are recorded, even if the very next line of code crashes. This means that logging must incur some IO. Be careful when logging in performance-critical areas.
User Identifiers¶
It's often helpful to know which specific user experienced a given crash. After initializing Fabric, you can use
[CrashlyticsKit setUserIdentifier:] to provide an ID number, token, or hashed value that uniquely identifies the end-user of your application without disclosing or transmitting any of their personal information. You can also clear the value by setting it to a blank string. This value is displayed in the Fabric dashboard when looking at a specific crash. Two other related APIs also allow you to include a name and email address.
User Identifiers in Objective-C¶
[CrashlyticsKit setUserIdentifier:@"123456789"];
[CrashlyticsKit setUserEmail:@"email@example.com"];
[CrashlyticsKit setUserName:@"Awesome AppUser"];
Crashlytics.sharedInstance().setUserName("Awesome AppUser")


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Again, we find ourselves entering Jolly Harbor in Antigua. We're here because we knew that it would be a good place to end up after a long passage. This passage was 31 hours and we were happy to be able to have a flat harbor to rest and rejuvenate. So, as usual, the first order of business was to check into the country. To do that we have to dock the boat next to their small pier or in this case, we just came to the pier next to them. The customs pier really isn't meant for a 50 foot boat. Then, I do my dance going to Customs to fill out lots of paperwork, and then to Immigration, and then to Customs, and then to the Port Authority. It is tedious but the people are nice and pleasant.
Once we're complete, we head to a mooring ball so that we can stop and completely unwind from the trip. Just as we get the ball and start to get settled, the action starts…
The harbor has a visitor. A bottle-nose dolphin. Why do I know it was a bottle-nose dolphin. It's simple. My 6 year old Matthew declared that that was what it was. And, with marine life or flags, I defer to my kids… always.
Here are some pics. Stay tuned for the next post to get video!!
I should also mentioned that during this time, I needed to go to the Marina office to pay for our mooring. Because our dinghy was up on the top of our boat and we were going to be heading off on another passage, we didn't want to take it down. So, we opted for the easiest thing which was to have me kayak into the marina. This meant that I had the opportunity on the way back to get very close to the dolphin… about 2 metres away!
Unfortunately, at this point the dolphin is playing hide and seek and is no where to be found


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FRAC is a GPLv2 project that can run remote commands across a Windows enterprise network. It consists of a Perl script, basic configuration files, and an SMB share. It uses PAExec or Winexe to connect to the remote machines, and then runs the commands required. It doesn't require a powerful system to run from, but does require lots of disk space if it has been configured to collect files. FRAC can run on the Linux, *NIX, and OSX using Winexe to connect to the remote Windows machines. Continue reading Mass Triage: Retrieve Interesting Files Tool (FRAC and RIFT) Part 2
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