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February 18, 2014
Historic Triangle Shuttle Bus Service DiscontinuedShuttle service that carried passengers from the Colonial Williamsburg Regional Visitor Center to Jamestown, Yorktown, Busch Gardens and Water Country will be discontinued.
The free service connecting Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown began in 2005 and was funded by a transportation grant from the federal government to the National Park Service until the end of 2011. In 2010, Colonial Williamsburg began funding shuttle service to Busch Gardens and Water Country and in 2012 and 2013 assumed sole financial and operating responsibility for the bus service to Jamestown and Yorktown as well. Colonial Williamsburg is pleased to have provided this extended shuttle service for the Historic Triangle community over the last nine years. However, in light of other institutional priorities and pressures, the Foundation has reluctantly concluded that it is not feasible to continue the service in the future.
Colonial Williamsburg will continue to provide bus transportation between the Visitor Center and various locations in the Historic Area, the Williamsburg Lodge, the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and Merchants Square.
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Parking gets personal in NH communities with electronic metersBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 16. 2013 9:49PM
Personal parking meters, small electronic devices that can take the place of a pocket full of quarters for parking on streets and in city parking facilities, are gaining a toehold in New Hampshire communities.
Three New Hampshire cities are now part of a parking consortium, under which a single device, called EasyPark, can be used to electronically satisfy parking meter fees from member communities.
In Manchester, use of the new parking system is due to begin next week. It is already used in Dover and Portsmouth.
Sold for an initial cost of $29.95, which includes $10 in pre-loaded parking fees, the devices allow parking at facilities in any of the three participating communities.
The module is set for the maximum time allowed for a particular spot, and counts off the time used until it is either turned off by its owner or registers a violation flag.
"When you turn this device on, it says hello and it gives you your balance," said Tom Cocchiaro, parking operations supervisor for Portsmouth. "The very next thing is a list of the communities that are participating, you just scroll down the list and select it."
EasyPark allows cities to charge different fees and set different time limits for various parking areas within the community.
Car owners periodically connect the device to their home computers through a USB cord to add money to their account and download the latest fees, time limits and extend coverage to any new communities added to the parking consortium.
The technology is catching on in Portsmouth.
"We have over 470 subscribers in Portsmouth alone," said Cocchiaro. "We very small footprint of metered parking spaces in the downtown, about 600 yards by 600 yards."
Portsmouth has yet to extend the system to its parking garage, which uses paid passes and pay-before-you-leave system that must be retrofitted to work with the modules.
Easypark is the product of OTI America, an Israeli-owned company. New Hampshire is one of the company's targeted markets in the United States. In Israel, a similar product is in use in 37 municipalities, a company spokeswoman said.
Dover was the first U.S. city in the United States to use EasyPark system. Parking officials say it has worked well
"It's fabulous, it is extremely well received for the convenience by the user," said city parking manager Bill Simons. "It benefits the city because we reduce coin collections at our meters, the use of supplies, wear and tear of the mechanisms, we get 100 percent of our income from the parking, we don't lose a percentage to the company."
Easypass makes its money on the balances on deposit and through the initial $19.95 charge and a $6 annual fee to use the device. So far, the system is too new to deterine if it is encouraging people to take their business from one city to another.
Dover's Simons said data suggests people are parking longer, which can help local business.
"It indicates that people are having that second cup of coffee, or looking in that second store,' Simons said. "With parking meters, you are projecting (the length of) visits, but now you can stay as long as you want as long so there's not concern about saying 'I only have 15 minutes left,' you can keep going."
For revenue-hungry cities, however, there are cashbox disadvantages. Cities lose the opportunity to profit from double-dipping, when a car with time left on the meter is replaced by a freshly-paying motorist, earning the city double payments.
Motorists won't be paying for time they don't use as a hedge against errands taking longer than anticipated. The automatic debiting of the parking fee also means as long as the maximum time allowed isn't exceeded, the driver won't be greeted on return by a bright orange notice of an assessment many times the hourly parking rate.


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Dead Snow (US - BD RA)
Gabe enjoys a trip to the gory mountains of Norway where he's greeted by natives
The Nazi Zombie film developed into a worthy and prolific little subgenre over the last several decades. Technically pre-dating Romero's flesh-eating dead by a few decades with Steve Sekely's 1943 Revenge of the Zombies, the subgenre came into its own following the success of director Kevin Wiederhorn's Shock Waves (1976), thanks to the usual round of short budget cash-ins. The most notable among these cash-ins was a trilogy from three of history's most notorious cheapo filmmakers – Joel M. Reed's Night of the Zombies, Jess Franco's Oasis of the Zombies, and Jean Rollin's Zombie Lake (which was designed to be helmed by Franco). These three films started the tradition of applying Romero's rules to the sub-genre, as all three were clearly made as equal cash-ins on Dawn of the Dead's runaway success. After a few decades of break (though I suppose The Boys from Brazil could almost count) the subgenre was reprised along with the rest of zombiedom with the one-two punch of Rob Green's The Bunker and Michael J. Bassett's Deathwatch, and apparently a mod for the popular video game Call of Duty. Clearly it's time for someone to step up and make an end all entry. Leave it to the Norwegian filmmakers behind Dead Snow to take the Nazi Zombie somewhere he's never been before…the snow. Hence the title. Ahem.
Dead Snow is not quite a member of the Nazi Zombie sub-genre master race, but it's certainly an amusing modern equivalent, and one of the better genre love letters of the last decade, coming just behind other dumb fun Japanese living dead flicks like Versus, Bio-Zombie and Wild Zero. There's some awkward lip-service paid to horror 'classics' of the past, but mostly writer/director Tommy Wirkola keeps his homage at bay, using it as a structural influence, rather than the defining element. This isn't to say he and his staff craft a particularly novel tale – to the contrary, your grandmother could probably anticipate almost every narrative angle – but it Dead Snow separates itself from a lot of the stuff I've been watching lately by not going out of its way to look like every other movie. The plot is an extremely simple stew of tropes, seeing a group of twenty-something medical students taking a break from classes in an isolated cabin. There's much drink, sex, games and fun, but eventually everything goes to hell when the monsters attack. The characters mostly fulfill genre stereotypes, which sets up death order and sometimes death type, but are mostly likeable, and natural enough that we buy there interaction. Generally speaking the audience probably isn't rooting against the people, but we're not above cheering for the zombies when the time is right. The intended tragic turns rarely work, but the characters do take realistic initiative in the face of danger. The emphasis is definitely on romp, not pomp.
But hey, we're here for the gore, and there's quite a lot of it oozing from creative and enjoyable corners of the celluloid. Peter Jackson's Braindead record clearly still stands for sheer volume of ick, but Wirkola gives Fulci and Romero a good run for their money based on number of gags. The brief runtime is packed with all manners of bloody goings on, including eviscerations, beheadings, skull crushings, throat slashings, limb tearings, bullet hits, flesh stretching bites, and even a particularly original de-braining episode, all equaling more than enough grue to satiate even the most discerning gorehound. Unraveling intestines get extra-special, and decidedly original representations. Unraveling Intestines: The Movie wouldn't be an entirely inappropriate title. And the vast majority of the effects are created through beautifully clunky traditional make-up and physical effects. The action direction, and use of Sam Raimi like rhythmic montage are the film's strongest technical points, and when coupled with the wicked, and often surprisingly dry (no pun intended, obviously) sense of humour Dead Snow really works. The whole experience is very funny, much funnier than the never ending parade of zom-coms that have flowed from the gates opened by Shaun of the Dead in recent years, excepting, of course, Shaun of the Dead. And Zombieland, come to think about it. But just barely.
Day-lit snow can look utterly awful on standard definition disc. The harsh white can bloom, and feature ugly edge enhancement, while depleting the overall value of the blacks and colours. Dead Snow features, surprisingly enough, a lot of snow. The daylight scenes look fantastic. The white snow is clean and bright, but well contained, revealing sharp landscape elements almost equal to those of Planet Earth, and perhaps even more important, allowing the occasional colour elements to pop. Just as much of the film is defined but utter blackness, usually highlighted in blue during outdoor engagements. Indoor night scenes are occasionally so dark that the fine grain thickens up a bit and details are obscured, but any good source lighting fixes the problem. Skin textures are lifelike, hairs can practically be counted, and the intricacies of wardrobe and props are clear as day. Occasionally the clarity and depth of field gives away green screen photography, and makes the real thing look a little phony. I was expecting little from this transfer, and I'm pleasantly surprised, with very little to complain about.
Dead Snow's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track (original Norwegian, of course) is, like many good horror films, defined by dynamic elements of silence and aggressive noise. The surround and directional work is stylized and impressive throughout, from subtle wind and snow effects, to the threatening rumble of avalanched snow and ground breaking, underground zombies. Directional effects are often defined by screaming zombies, who run left to right, right to left, front to back, and back to front. I caught one or two instances of the centered dialogue bleeding a bit into the stereo channels, but otherwise words are clear and natural, mixed well against the dynamic effects and music. The rock infused score features some room shaking bass, though most of the acquired items don't stray to far from the stereo speakers. Occasionally these heavy aspects don't serve the film very well (it's all a bit obvious if you ask me), but they are certainly big and loud on the track. The subtitles, which seem accurate enough for a guy that doesn't speak the language, occasionally don't line up, but the problem usually corrects itself quickly enough.
The extras here mostly consist of a bunch of behind the scenes featurettes, none of which are particularly fascinating. 'Behind Dead Snow' (18:40, SD) starts things off with a very rough little spotting of raw footage. This was probably the film's EPK. 'Special Effects Make-Up of Dead Snow' (6:30, SD) follows the same random flow, but is obviously a little more focused, and a little more technically interesting. 'Madness in the North' (49:00, SD) is the start of the more substantial stuff, featuring an overlong look behind production in the form of a kind of video journal, where the trials and tribulations of production are told in a linear fashion, occasionally with narration. The most interesting bit comes at the beginning, where we learn via press clippings the brief history of the production's first film, Kill Buljo, and the pre-production of Dead Snow. The rest of the featurette shows some of the set construction, some cast and crew meetings, locations, make-up, and the general horror of filming in the cold. 'Madness in the West' (17:50, SD) finishes things off with footage from the press tour. These featurettes really plod, though I imagine I'd really enjoy them if I were on production myself. It's like watching someone else's home movies.
The extras continue with outtakes (2:00, SD), a brief look at some of the compositing and digital effects (3:20, SD), 'Burning the Cabin' (1:00, SD), 'The Sounds of Dead Snow' (5:40, SD), two trailers, and trailers for other IFC releases.
There's almost nothing to be said critically about Dead Snow beyond the assurance that I, a rather jaded zombie film fan, enjoyed the experience. In fact, this is the first genuine fun I've had with gorier side of the zombie genre in a few years (it was almost as much fun as the slightly more normal-level Zombieland). That should hopefully be enough for most of the folks looking into renting or buying this disc. The Blu-ray steps above and beyond expectations in the video and audio fields, featuring a wonderfully crisp 1080p transfer, and a rambunctious DTS-HD 5.1 track. The extras, though fulfilling from a sheer time standpoint, and relatively informative, are a little boring, unfortunately. Still, a worthy and recommend purchase for the undead elite.
*Reviewer Note: These images were taken from the UK Blu-ray and resized for the page.
Review by Gabriel Powers
fceurich Member Join Date: November 2008 Location: United States Posts: 21
there is also a 2.0 english dubbed track also correct?
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,718
Yeah, I put the specs on the right side.
stevepulaski Member Join Date: June 2009 Location: Niger Posts: 741
Looks okay. Looks like a better quality verision of the Maneater movie "Yeti".
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,718
Nope. It has nothing at all in common with Yeti. Except maybe snow.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 23rd February 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Norwegian, Dolby Digital 2.0 English and Norwegian
Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
Extras: Behind Dead Snow, Special Make-Up Effects, Madness in the North, Madness in the West, VFX Comparison, Outtakes, The Sounds of Dead Snow, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Cast: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Lasse Valdal, Evy Kasseth Røsten
Genre: Comedy and Horror
Length: 92 minutes
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Jan. 24, 2013
News Release
Colorado continues to make steady gains on the graduation rate
State continues to see reductions in the dropout rate
Data released today by the Colorado Department of Education shows the statewide on-time graduation rate for the class of 2012 increased 1.5 percentage points to 75.4 percent as compared to last year. The on-time graduation rate stood at 73.9 percent for the class of 2011.
Individual district, school and statewide data are available at http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdereval/gradcurrent.htm.
A total of 120 (65.6 percent) Colorado school districts achieved a four-year on-time graduation rate at or above the state's expectation of at least 80 percent.
Closing the Gap
Graduation rate increases were seen across nearly all racial and ethnic groups. The rate for minority students increased at or faster than the rate for their white peers. Among racial and ethnic groups, the on-time graduation rate for the 2011-2012 school year was 57.7 percent for American Indian; 82.9 percent for Asian students; 66.2 percent for black students; 62.5 percent for Hispanic students; 82.1 percent for white students; 70.1 percent for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; and 80.4 percent for students reported as two or more races.
Statewide, the on-time graduation for females was 79.5 percent and the male graduation rate was 71.4 percent.
Completion Rate
Combining all graduates with those completers who receive a certificate, a designation of high school completion or a GED certificate determines the completion rate. The 2011-2012 completion rate was 78.2 percent, while the 2010-2011 completion rate was 76.8 percent.
Giving Students More Time
Colorado has been persistent in keeping non-graduates enrolled beyond their fourth year of high school and moving them to graduate in five or six years. For example, looking at the Class of 2010, Colorado's five-year graduation rate for this class increased to 77.1 percent over the four-year rate of 72.4 percent, an increase of 4.7 percentage points. The six-year graduation rate is 78.5 percent, an increase of 6.1 percentage points over the four-year rate.
Dropout Rate
The state again saw a decrease in the dropout rate. This is the state's sixth consecutive year for reducing its dropout rate. This year's rate was reduced by 0.1 percentage points from last year. The 2011-2012 dropout rate is 2.9 percent. Colorado's public schools generated 488 fewer dropouts in 2011-12 than in the 2010-11 school year. Compared to the 2005-06 school year, when the dropout rate was 4.5 percent, the state generated 5,775 fewer dropouts in 2011-12. For more information, visit http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdereval/dropoutcurrent.htm.
The dropout rate reflects the percentage of all students enrolled in grades seven through 12 who leave school without transferring to another educational environment during a single school year. It is calculated by dividing the number of dropouts by a membership base, which includes all seventh- through 12th-grade students who were in membership any time during the year.
Tools to Understand the Numbers
This year the department created a number of interactive tools and maps to better explain how the graduation and dropout rates look across the state. You can find them on the Graduation Statistics and Dropout Statistics web pages.


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Associate Vice President, Workforce Programs - Fred Villa
Phone: 907.450.8008 Fax: 907.450.8002
Workforce Programs
University of Alaska
202 Butrovich Building
P.O. Box 755400
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Fred Villa joined the University of Alaska Statewide in 2006 and reports to the Vice President for Academics Affairs. He joined the University of Alaska after over 19 years in the oil & gas industry, including developing entry level, technical and administrative training programs. Villa was a founding member of the Alaska Process Industries Careers Consortium, an organization of industry, government, and educational partners that developed the highly successful Process Technology program. The Office of Workforce Programs has oversight of the University of Alaska Statewide Corporate Programs, and K-12 Outreach. He is currently representing the President of the University of Alaska on the Alaska Workforce Investment Board and serving on the Workforce Readiness and Employment Placement, and Policy and Planning Committees.
Villa received an undergraduate degree in Recreational Therapy from the University of South Dakota. Villa and his wife Connie have eight children and are active in 4-H, youth sports, and church activities.


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November 2013 Women who reached their majority in states with policies that restricted teens' access to tobacco products were less likely to smoke from ages 18-34 than women in states without those policies. The research did not demonstrate that the policies had a comparable impact on men's smoking.
April 2012 NIDA's Women and Sex/Gender Differences Research Program focuses on gender-specific addiction risk factors and treatment needs.
April 2012 Pregnant women who received financial incentives to refrain from smoking during late pregnancy were more successful at remaining abstinent and less likely to have babies with low birth weight, according to data from three trials.
April 2010 Describes a voucher-based reinforcement therapy trial with pregnant smokers to determine its effectiveness in enhancing abstinence rates.
November 2014 The finding from an 18-month-long clinical trial strengthens hope that pharmacotherapy can break nicotine's especially tenacious hold on people with serious mental illness such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
April 2007 Describes research on a vaccine developed to facilitate smoking cessation by blocking nicotine penetration into the brain.
April 2012 First-time smokers have a much higher chance of eventually becoming dependent than first-time users alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine.
March 2008 Reports on the prevalence of substance abuse among youth based on 2007 data from a national survey of behaviors, attitudes, and values.
October 2018
Smokers who switch to cigarettes with very low nicotine content may experience mild and transient increases in some withdrawal symptoms. Cigarettes with reduced nicotine will be easier to quit than the cigarettes marketed at present.
December 2009 Compares data on substance abuse and sexual risk among college students and their peers who do not attend college.


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(a) Purpose.
(1) Mission Statement. The mission of the Family Mediation Program is to provide a high quality, impartial, and efficient forum for resolving disputed parental rights and responsibilities matters through mediation.
(2) Goal. The goal of the program is to improve the lives of families and children who appear before the court by trying to resolve parental rights and responsibilities disputes through mediation in order to minimize family conflict, encourage shared decision-making, and support healthy relationships and communication among family members.
(3) The objectives of the program are:
(A) to support improved parental decision-making and to promote agreement and compromise in place of litigation over parenting rights and responsibilities and to conserve limited family resources in family cases;
(B) to improve access to mediation by providing funding for the limited time frame of the program;
(C) to improve parental problem-solving and communication capacities;
(D) to create incentives to pursue mediation including flexibility to negotiate critical issues without judicial intervention;
(E) to determine best practices for family mediation in North Dakota;
(F) to improve rural access to mediation services, as well as access by underprivileged and minority persons;
(G) to work with the domestic violence services community in order to assess risk and provide services where appropriate; and to ensure proper protections are put in place and mediators are well trained in signposts, risks, and exit planning strategies;
(H) to reduce post-decree litigation and conflict in family cases;
(I) to provide ethical standards for mediators in order to encourage high quality family mediation practice; and
(J) to help the public, judiciary, and bar become more aware of the benefits and nature of the mediation process;
(4) Scope and Definition. Rule 8.1 governs mediation in parental rights and responsibilities disputes in the district courts. "Mediation" is a process by which a non-judicial neutral mediator facilitates communication between parties to assist the parties in reaching voluntary decisions related to their dispute. A case evaluation or settlement conference under N.D.R.Civ.P. 16 is not "mediation" under Rule 8.1. To the extent the requirements of N.D.R.Civ.P. 16(b) and N.D.R.Ct. 8.3(b) conflict with Rule 8.1, Rule 8.1's provisions control. The N.D.R.Ct. 8.8 alternative dispute resolution statement requirement is satisfied by compliance with Rule 8.1.
(b) Program Management.
(1) A full-time administrator will manage and oversee the operation of the program under the auspices of the Supreme Court.
(2) The program administrator will directly report to the state court administrator and will act as a liaison to the district courts, the Joint Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, and the Subcommittee on Family Mediation.
(3) The program administrator will be a state employee and compensated at a rate commensurate with market value and state policies.
(4) The University of North Dakota Conflict Resolution Center will offer assistance to the
program as needed by providing expertise, professional assistance, training and education.
Compensation will be negotiated as required. (5) (4) Research and Evaluation. The program will include a research and evaluation component.
Bids will be solicited through a request for proposal process according to state regulations, and
require approval by the program administrator and the Joint Committee on Alternative Dispute
(c) Mediation Process.
(1) Clerk Referral to Family Mediation. Within 10 days of filing, the following new cases will be referred by the district court clerk to the program administrator:
(A) any civil proceeding in which there is a dispute or an unresolved issue regarding parental rights and responsibilities, relocation of a child, or grandparent visitation, including an original proceeding for a divorce, separation, paternity, or guardianship in which the issue may appear.
(B) a post-judgment proceeding to modify parental rights and responsibilities, requesting to remove a child from the state, or seeking grandparent visitation, but if the proceeding is to modify parental rights and responsibilities, a referral to mediation will be made only after a court order has determined that a prima facie case under N.D.C.C. § 14-09-06.6 has been established, and if the court believes mediation may be useful to the parties and the children.
(2) Court Referral. A district judge or referee assigned to a parental rights and responsibilities proceeding may at any time refer the case to family mediation, except as prohibited by this or any other rule or statute.
(3) Exclusions from Referral. A proceeding may not be referred to family mediation if:
(A) the proceeding involves termination of parental rights;
(B) the parties have already started mediating prior to filing the proceeding;
(C) parental rights and responsibilities are stipulated by the parties at the time of filing; or
(D) a current domestic violence protection order or other order for protection between the parties exists, unless:
(i) mediation is requested by the victim of the domestic violence or sexual abuse, and an exception to the order of protection is made by the court;
(ii) the mediation is provided by a mediator trained to address the needs and safety of victims where domestic violence is at issue;
(iii) the victim of domestic violence is provided the opportunity for separate meetings during the mediation, and to mediate using separate rooms;
(iv) the mediation takes place in a courthouse or other building where security measures are in place; and
(v) the victim has an advocate or support person of their choice in the mediation.
The Rule 8.1(c)(3)(D) exclusion and exceptions are intended to comply with the N.D.C.C. § 14-09.1-02 standards for family mediation.
(4) Mediation in General.
(A) The program will automatically provide up to six hours of combined pre-mediation orientation and mediation. Mediators will be compensated at a rate to be set annually by the state court administrator.
(B) Under the program, the parties will individually attend a pre-mediation orientation and screening with a designated mediator, and at least one joint mediation session. Counsel for represented parties may participate in mediation proceedings.
(C) If the parties require more than six hours of sessions, they may purchase additional mediation sessions from the mediator, who will offer mediation at the hourly rate set annually by the state court administrator.
(D) Parties may also apply to the program administrator for additional mediation sessions using Form B and may apply for a fee waiver or sliding scale fee using Form C. The program administrator will determine whether a party is eligible for a fee waiver or fee reduction based on party income according to a schedule adopted by the Supreme Court. If the parties qualify for a fee reduction and have been approved for additional mediation, any gap between the hourly rate set annually by the state court administrator and the parties' ability to pay will be paid to the mediator under this program.
(d) Mediation Procedure.
(1) Order and Schedule. On receipt of a case from the clerk, the program administrator will assign a mediator to the case and prepare an order and schedule for mediation (Form A)
approval by under the authority of the assigned judge. The order and a copy of Form D, Guide to
Participants in Mediation, must be sent to the parties, attorneys, and the mediator, setting the
following time frame for the mediation to take place:
(A) the parties must contact the mediator and attend a pre-mediation orientation separately within 20 days of the date of the mediation scheduling order;
(B) the mediation sessions must take place within
90 120 days of the date of the mediation
scheduling order;
(C) any requests to deviate from this time frame must be submitted to the judge presiding over the case in writing by the mediator and the parties, and the judge may allow a time extension for good cause.
(2) Case Management. Once a case is assigned, the mediator will manage the case and report to the court as required by Rule 8.1. If any party fails to appear for orientation or mediation sessions, the mediator must promptly notify
the program administrator for assistance. The
program administrator may report the violation to the court, which may order the party to show
cause for failure to appear. The mediation process is not a stay on any interim process.
(3) Pre-Mediation Orientation. The program will provide a mediation orientation session for all parties in cases assigned for mediation. The orientation sessions must be provided to the parties separately by the assigned mediator in a way that best meets the needs of the parties. The parties will receive a copy of Form E, How to Prepare for Mediation, as part of the orientation. Prior to the orientation, the mediator should study Supplement 1, Components of Mediation Orientation. Form F, the Mediator Domestic Violence Screening Tool and Safety Planning, is also intended to assist the mediator during orientation. The orientation session should be designed to make the parties aware of important mediation factors including:
(A) what mediation is and is not;
(B) what to expect from the mediators;
(C) what the parties' goals are for mediation;
D) any guidelines necessary to have constructive conversations;
(E) how to prepare for the mediation process;
(F) the role of the court, lawyers, and other experts;
(G) how fee payment works;
(H) the time line for mediation;
(I) any relevant requirements of the program.
(e) Selection of Mediators.
(1) Qualifications. In order to mediate within the program, mediators must meet the criteria set forth in Rule 8.9 or have a minimum of 40 hours of mediation training and four years of experience in family mediation, with an average of six cases per year. Mediators must carry malpractice insurance that covers their mediation practice. Mediators may apply to be placed on the roster of family mediators in the manner indicated in Rule 8.9. The program administrator has discretion to approve mediators for placement on the roster.
(2) Mediation Assignment. Mediators will be assigned cases by the program administrator and will manage cases assigned to them from orientation and screening through conclusion of mediation.
(3) Conflicts of Interest and Bias. A mediator may not be removed unless the mediator or the parties' petition the program administrator based upon bias or conflicts of interest. Parties and attorneys may not request a change of mediator unless they present clear evidence of bias or conflict of interest as described in Supplement 2, the ABA Model Standards of Practice for Family and Divorce Mediation.
(4) Standards. All mediators must agree to follow the standards in Supplement 2. Any violation of standards may be reported to the program administrator.
(5) Confidentiality. The program requires the highest ethical standards, including confidentiality. Mediators may not discuss or reveal the details of any mediation proceeding or any information provided by a party in a mediation proceeding to any judge, magistrate, or third party. See Rule 8.8(b) (Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure); N.D.C.C. § 14-09.1-06 (Confidentiality); N.D.C.C. § 31-04-11 (Mediation Inadmissibility of evidence Exception).
(f) Program Evaluation. All mediators and parties must cooperate with the research and evaluation protocol to help measure the impact and success of the program. This may include providing written comments, participating in a personal interview, and allowing occasional observation during mediation if the parties approve.
(g) Concluding Mediation.
(1) The mediator must notify the program administrator when the mediation has concluded for any reason, and advise the judge presiding over the case of one of the following outcomes:
(A) agreement has been reached in whole or part; or
(B) the parties were unable to reach agreement.
(2) If the parties reach agreement, the mediator and parties must prepare a written summary for the parties to sign noting all agreements made and using the parties' own words. A copy of the signed summary must be given to each party.
(3) The parties have seven days from receiving the summary to reconsider the decisions made in mediation. If neither party sends a written request to reconsider to the mediator within seven days, the mediator must send a final copy of the written summary to the parties and their attorneys, and file the mediation closing form (Form G) with the clerk of court with a copy to the judge presiding over the case.
(4) At the close of the case the mediator and the parties must complete the required evaluation forms. The mediator must submit the forms to the program administrator along with a copy of the closing form, mediator's log and the mediator's invoice. The mediator is responsible for collecting fees from the parties for additional mediation sessions not paid by the court.


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From Floyd Smith III:
The West Nebraska Family Research & History Center is proud to announce that Loren Pospisil, Director of the Chimney Rock state historical site, will be the featured speaker for the WNFRHC Genealogy Roundtable Forum on April 16th at 1:30pm at 1602 Ave. A in Scottsbluff. Loren will describe the collection and holdings at Chimney Rock that may be beneficial to family researchers and local historians. Loren will also discuss the Western Trails Project and subsequent Western Trails Database and the important information it contains. For more information, please contact the West Nebraska Family Research & History Center at 308-635-2400.


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By Fareed Zakaria, CNN
Whatever you thought of President Obama's recent speech on Afghanistan, it is now increasingly clear that the United States is winding down its massive military commitments to the two wars of the last decade.
We are out of Iraq and we will soon be largely out of Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden is dead, and al Qaeda is a shadow of its former self. Threats remain but these are being handled using special forces and intelligence. So, finally, after a decade, we seem to be right-sizing the threat from terrorist groups.
Or are we?
While we will leave the battlefields of the greater Middle East, we are firmly committed to the war on terror at home. What do I mean by that? Well, look at the expansion of federal bureaucracies to tackle this war.
Since September 11, 2001, the U.S. government has created or reconfigured at least 263 organizations to tackle some aspect of the war on terror. Thirty-three new building complexes have been built for the intelligence bureaucracies alone, occupying 17 million square feet – the equivalent of 22 U.S. Capitols or three Pentagons. The largest bureaucracy after the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs is now the Department of Homeland Security, which has a workforce of 230,000 people.
The rise of this national security state has entailed a vast expansion in the government's powers that now touch every aspect of American life, even when seemingly unrelated to terrorism. Some 30,000 people, for example, are now employed exclusively to listen in on phone conversations and other communications within the United States.
In the past, the U.S. government has built up for wars, assumed emergency authority and sometimes abused that power, yet always demobilized after the war. But this is, of course, a war without end.
So we continue to stand in absurd airport lines. We continue to turn down the visa applications of hundreds of thousands of tourists, businessmen, artists and performers who simply want to visit America and spend money here, and become ambassadors of good will for this country. We continue to treat even those visitors who arrive with visas as hostile aliens - checking, searching and deporting people at will. We continue to place new procedures and rules to monitor everything that comes in and out of the country, making doing business in America less attractive and more burdensome than in most Western countries.
We don't look like people who have won a war. We look like scared, fearful, losers.
Being a member of the profession at arms let me say first and foremost that I support the decisions and policies of the office of the President.
With regard to Afghanistan we as a military have been successful to accomplish removing the direct threats by conducting counterinsurgency operations such as the killing Osama bin Ladin and weakening the threat and the activity of Al Qaeda.
There will always be insurgent activity due to ideology providing an ever present threat to the US. But, we will remain vigilant as an Army as well as a superpower and protect our borders.
After two wars and two administrations the decision needed to be made to provide an "end date" to operations in an effort to refocus our efforts internally in the United States. Or economy is ready and will bounce back, jobs are slowly being created, and our military needs is going through a retrograde process. The future situation for both Iraq & Afghanistan is positive and optimistic because of U.S. involvement We are resilient and nation-builders. Our challenges are our strengths and we triumph over adversity every time.
The President did declare the mission in Iraq a success. The administration highlighted all of the tangible successes in this war. Of course, there are many hybrid threats to this conflict making the solution much more complex than past wars.
So, to answer Fareed's question the answer is yes. The war is going to soon be over and troops withdraw. There will be a remaining U.S. presence which is the same in any other country, post conflict. But, the role of the remaining troops on the ground will serve in other capacities for security and humanitarian needs.
This was and still remains a complex problem and will take a complex solution to fix.
Therefore, it is time to move forward with new strategy.
Statement by hindu gentile, terrorist slave of hindu Jew's, criminal self centered, secular, his hindu santans, filthy goons, USA has no power to end this war, it will not be over till Al Qaeda, truth absolute, 360* says it is over, war will not be over till hindu Jew, criminal self centered and their hindu Judaism, secular ism, denial of truth absolute is no more, have no doubt about it hindu gentile, criminal slave.
The war on terror becomes a war without end for couple reasons. Number one reason is the way continents portrait each other and the unthinkable spray of poverty in under-developed nations. Secondly is corruption, and corruption becomes the under-developed nation's way of life and lastly is the lust for power.
This is sad but true america has lauched their own war as a torrist state to kill innocent people as Afghanistan has nothing to do with Osama as he was a CIA agent.
This is history a illegal and infidel country always starts with lies and ends with lies.
There is only one truth americans have killed over three million muslims only on charges which are not prooved even 9/11 is biggest lies of the 21th century. There is not a single logic in it and all the parameters shows that bombs were laid on every floor.
America is a lossed country with very bad future. Politicians have destroyed a wonderful land of dream through their wars and every american president is a war president not peace.
Defence industry is strong and they force the administration to wage a war and sell their ammunitions.
Fareed is wrong..the terrorist threat is very real. All over the globe there are millions of young men with no future join organizations, like the Taliban etc..and embrace ideologies..like the West is evil, it has to be destroyed. This is not being exagerated..and 9/11, sadly was very real. Thank you
You are the most demented commentator to have existed on the planet earth – you are dangerous because you determine the wrong culprit – have you ever picked up the Quran – simply read the first chapter and reflect on what 'grievous harm' and 'severest penalty' has is and will translate in reality – you complete burke.
I will tell you what it means underpants bombers on a conveyer belt and young French school children chased and shot in the head with reduced rights for woman and everyone else to boot. There is not a word which describes you sufficiently.
INDIA and the US ARE THE GREATEST REBUKES TO RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM............HILLARY CLINTON
Mr. Rafiq Zakaria, Islamic Scholar & father of Mr.Fareed Zakaria did in India what Mr.Fareed Zakaria has been ACTIVELY DOING here in the US.....hoodwinking Indian govts. to SOFT PEDAL terror by raising a hue & cry on minority rights, religious freedoms etc. every time a Muslim/Muslim organization was investigated.
Dear bhai;
Did a Muslim harm you personally? It surely seems that way by your incessant animosity towards Muslims. Are you a Gujarati by any chance? I have come across Gujjus of Narendra Modi kind who are full of hatred.If you are unhappy about Islamic conquests in India 1000 years back, well.....Hindu kings were killing each other too and India was not as a united nation as it is now.
War on terror can never end because new terrorists are recruited everyday.
The US should come with a better strategy to regain the love lost on US.
Its very strange that some diplomats have to go through such trouble whereas they can visit China and India with their diplomatic passports without a need for visa.
There is a need of coming up with a better strategy otherwise the US will lose its love and attraction.
Very simple. handle Israel-Palestine situation with fairness. But the jews won't let US do that and Arabs won't trust US/Israel.
Its a very simple solution and Obama may tighten the screws on Israel once he is re-elected.
How about putting all these people who believe security agencies efforts are a waste, on a plane!
For a change let's have fast track clearance through airport security, obviously b'coz they don't want to waste time & resources there, and also don't want to make compromises on their privacy rights.... which is understandable!
We can then wait for their comments here.......eternally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
While I don't always agree with an ever increasing bureaucracy, the threat against the United States is real. I for one would rather continue to fight that threat overseas and protect our homeland than see bombings and terror attacks in the U.S. become common place. We must continue our diplomatic efforts to reduce the threat from terrorists all over the world but ignoring those threats will have deadly consequences.
Live in perpetual fear. Yea' – we are a "Land of free and brave" – my ass. Patriotic Act took away most of freedom and we bomb poor Afghan villagers from 20,000 feet up in the sky by the push of a button – yea' we are brave. sure!
Thank you, Jimbo. That was a very good post! Moreover, it appears that some Tea Partying idiot here usurped my screen name and now I expect this bozo to start posting a lot of that Tea Party bla-bla-bla under it!!!
Dear Friend Krm007:
"They won the VIET NAM war for Americans in Afghanistan in the 1980s."
Please revise when u cut & paste!
You have about 16 post. Do you ever work? Or are you paid by Israel to post anti-Moslem Arabs, all over?
He is a hindu, criminal, an employ of RAW, hindu terrorist intelligence agency of hindu, terrorist country india, designated to spew his hinduism, absurdities about Muslim's and Islam.
Just like the unending war on drugs-now we are taking the soldiers out of Afghanistan and according to the NYTimes–sending them into the jungles of Honduras to fight the war on drugs-how stupid. How many troops to we have in Afghanistan and we can't stop the flow of heroin out of that country--WHY ISN'T OBAMA'S WAR ON DRUGS MAKING THE NEWS!
Way of hindu Magi's, criminal tricksters, they are fighting to take control of drug production, not to eradicate drugs but to control production and distribution of drugs for themselves.American solders are just a tool to reach their aim. Reason for failure of public drug enforcement policy. Same people making policy are hindu's, criminals, proliferate rs of them. Way of hindu Jew's, criminal secular s to hind, fool humanity in their hindu Judaism, criminal denial of truth absolute.
I don't mind so much as having some Tea Partying idiot steal my screen name but I do hope that whoever it is doesn't start using any foul language as most Tea Partiers do here! So please, if you're going to usurp my name and post under it, do spare the profanity!
George Patton, you really are as dumb as Israel's IDF soldiers to think nobody would take your name and post on unmonitored public forum. Idiot!
George Patton-way of hindu Magi's, criminal tricksters, this hindu, forger has been around for some time, such as ID, of Yakobi, forged one, any time hindu, lair is exposed, he changes and robs and ID, to spew his hinduism, absurdity on other ID"s in his hindu Judaism, criminal self center ism, secular ism, to deny truth absolute.
End of this War will be destruction of USA, fulfilling all requirements of its destruction. The definition totally stands to crusade war. Ask definition from a Muslim, every one in Muslim Countries even children knows its definition, but you don't know. You will know its definition when history will come back to get you on charge, doesn't matter how long. But revenge always takes place. People in Muslim countries never never can forget killings of 3 million Muslims without justification in the hands of crusaders. Just wait….
Agreed, Sultan Salah ud Din Ayubi. All Al Qaeda has to do is to survive while the U.S. along along with it's worthless allies will bleed themselves white, trying to wipe it out! This country will self destruct unless it's people quit electing the wrong people into office and break the stranglehold the M.I.C. has on this government!!!
I agree, although we have good muslims fighting with us to kill the bad ones, if we leave, the bad ones will influence the good, and tell them we are a terrible enemy country. Which is why I am pushing to make Permanent bases in Afghanistan and Iraq to continue the fight against the extremists! AMERICA!
Discussion lost its international aspect. I believe I have no view-and the right of it- to butt in the internal affairs of USA. I hope they may sometimes learn to do the same.
Deniz, HABIBJI, for months now you have been spewing poisonous rants about the USA.
You have, on multiple occasions, demanded changes to the government, tax system, defence... and today you decide to state that " I believe I have no view-and the right of it- to butt in the internal affairs of USA. I hope they may sometimes learn to do the same."
You are complicated aren't you?
Patric for once and all and because You asked. I am what I am. I do not voice other opinions other than my own. I am simply as I am. Nothing else. All of what I have said so far is my true opinion. This is a blog where everyone has a nickname. So what is your problem when someone speaks out the truth
"You have, on multiple occasions, demanded changes to the government, tax system, defence... and today ". Are we on the same line? I definatelly do not trust the internet or communications in Turkey. I have no knowledge on the quoted issues. Did someo0ne else use my name and make any comments?. Or is this Patrick's high flying? I hardly commented on the GPS recently. (6-7 months)
No one butted in American affairs but USA butted in internal affairs of Muslim countries by hinduism, terrorism, an open invitation for other's to do the same, what American hindu' out law have done to promote hindu Judaism, criminal self center ism, secularism.
Fareed, you don't understand....the Government looks for any excuse to spend the people's money...this is what drives a lot of businesses in the US. Wars- make the defense contractors wealthy, a home war on terrror gives a lot of people spying jobs, just like the war on drugs. Why? These businesses are looking for a sure thing- government spending. Own a prison, that's money in the bank as long as it's filled with criminals. Is anyone really going to argue that Homeland Security isn't keeping us safe? How can you put a price on that?
Well US will have to wage this war against Islamic terrorism and any other as long as Wahabi form of intolerant Islam exists and the brainwashing and spreading of intolerance and hatred through an army of Imams funded by Saudi and other rich nations continue. I don't see the source ending for the next 100 years unless Arabs and other muslim countries modernize and become moderate muslim countries like Turkey and some Central Asian countries. Do you have any answer ??
Who is this guy, Fareed. I like him he has conservative views and seems like a guy who would vote for Ron Paul but either way i like his articles and i'll definitely read them from now on
Complacency kills. Unfortunately, we will have to get complacent some day because living in fear is too taxing on our energy levels and our economy. The Middle East is complacent with their terrorists, which is why people get blown up all the time in markets, etc. They slowly realized they can't live in fear and must live their life normally, because if they cower in their house all day they will never get anything done. That will be America, getting blown up randomly in the streets unless we continue to attack them within their countries. We must continue the fight on these terrorists. Occupy Afghanistan!
But what do we do? Terrorism is a new kind of war, It is one where a single well trained individual can kill and maim thousands, it is unconventional because it utilizes technology that has become common place and accessible and because it requires one slip for an attack to hit a country. I'm no fan of a big bureaucracy but the department of homeland security should be prepared for a big downsize if things stabilize in the middle east. I believe it best to leave up to the professionals who can better analyze this than I can.


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Skip to comments.IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD PROMISES TO CRUSH PROTESTERS
Posted on 06/22/2009 9:32:48 AM PDT by lewisglad
The country's highest electoral authority, the Guardian Council, acknowledged on Monday that there were voting irregularities in 50 electoral districts, the most serious official admission so far of problems in the election. But the council insisted the problems do not affect the outcome of the vote.
Earlier Monday, the elite Revolutionary Guard issued its sternest warning so far in the post-election crisis. It warned protesters to "be prepared for a resolution and revolutionary confrontation with the Guards, Basij and other security forces and disciplinary forces" if they continue their near-daily rallies.
The Basij, a plainclothes militia under the command of the Revolutionary Guard, have been used to quell streets protests that erupted after the election result was announced.
The Guard statement ordered demonstrators to "end the sabotage and rioting activities" and said their resistance is a "conspiracy" against Iran. On Sunday, acting joint chief of the armed forces Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid issued a thinly veiled warning to Mousavi, saying "we are determined to confront plots by enemies aimed at creating a rift in the nation.
Mousavi vowed Sunday night to keep up the protests, in defiance of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who holds ultimate power in Iran. In a sermon to tens of thousands on Friday, Khamenei said demonstrators must stop their street protests or face the consequences and he firmly backed Ahmadinejad's victory.
"The country belongs to you," Mousavi's latest statement said. "Protesting lies and fraud is your right."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Obama would be happy. This would clear the way for him to negotiate (i.e., charm) his way to getting the mad mullahs to give up their drive to have nuclear weapons.
Rahm Emmanuel and ACORN are taking notes.
the modern day immortals/praetorian guard and 0bama is NO Miltiades.
Bring on the Mahdi!
Obama is occupied looking for something to apologize for.
This will be America 2012 when Barry loses by one or two percent. Acorn will start riots when democracy does not work in their favor.
If Iran had the 2nd Amendment like we do, the Basij and Revolutionary Guard might not be so bold.
...of course they will...it is in their genes...cats kill squirrels....lunatic islamic mullas kill people...it's just the way they are....they are born ruthless killers.
The only reason that they haven't killed as many protesters as it takes to clear the streets, is that there is still a faint hope that they could be accepted by the "world"...but their natural killer instinct will take over today, all worldly desires gone.
What everybody should all learn from this is that we Americans should never, ever let our government disarm us.
Just think of the blow for freedom which could be struck if only the Iranian protesters were armed.
If he had any decency and common sense, he'd apologize to the people in the streets.
> the modern day immortals/praetorian guard and 0bama is NO Miltiades.
Reminds me more of the SS and the Gestapo.
So, with this news will Obama go out for another ice cream, go golfing, get a burger with Biden, quickly get on a late night comedy show, take his baby's mama out on an expensive date, apologize to the world for America's pre-Obama existence or will he just hide?
Will he now be able to wait for his Wednesday night White House orgy or will he celebrate early this week?
I wonder, considering how terribly busy he must be, will those that he bows to understand, if he simply bows to them over the phone?
Those that put that filthy freak into the White House must be having a wonderful day in knowing that whatever he does or doesn't do... they own.
I guess they would be the same. The SS Leibstandarte AH was the Praetorian Guard of Nazi Germany.
I am so sick of 0zer0 worrying about "meddling" in Iran as pro-democracy demonstrators are being killed.
I grew up in the rural midwest and learned long ago that the only thing you get from straddling a fence is sore crotch. You either have to get on the safe side of the fence and be a bystander, or get on the side where the action is and be a participant.
Everyone can now see who the bystanders are, and who the participants are.
wrongo...obama and his merry group of Nazis want the regime to hold on...they are his type of guys. He must be a little worried but have faith....the rebellion will fail...and be over soon.
The mullahs will still be in power. Islamanzis will keep up their work. Israel will be the new enemy and 78% of American Jewish voters will bow to obama.
He is like Carter, an enabler of benighted bigots, the mad mullahs and their opportunistic supporters.
When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
Sounds very Socialist-like to me. I am sure that the tingle up Chris Mathew's leg has found it's way to the Great Zero one when he heard that.
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John Russo
Tiffani Thiessen and husband Brady Smith have a reason to celebrate!
The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Harper Renn Smith, on Tuesday, June 15 in Los Angeles, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.
Baby Harper, who weighed in at 8 lbs., 3 oz., is "doing great," as are the new parents.
Thiessen, 36, and Smith, an artist and actor, have been married since 2005.
Announcing her pregnancy, the actress said that starting a family is "something we've wanted for a long time and we are thrilled that it's actually happening."
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Reviewed by John P. (age 11)
My favorite part is when Claire puked in the resaurant and embarrased herself. I liked that because she is a spoiled person and she deserved being embarrased in front of her friends. This book did not have pictures but it put a picture in my head with its very good descriptions.
I recommend this book for 5th and 6th graders because they can handle some of the very intense parts of the book. This book is excellent because it shows you how to treat students with special needs fairly. They should be treated just like all of the other students.


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The Alan Parsons Project were a 1970s-80s group founded by Alan Parsons (previously best known as an engineer and producer of groups and singers as diverse as Pink Floyd, Al Stewart and Pilot) and Eric Woolfson, with a shifting line-up of instrumentalists and singers including Colin Blunstone, John Miles, Steve Harley, Lenny Zakatek and Pilot's Iain Bairnson and David Paton. Their albums are all concept-based but eschew the pretentiousness of prog-rock in favour of a more radio-friendly approach, their stated aim being to create music that lends itself equally to headphone and background listening.
"You Don't Believe by the Alan Parson's Project is a great track"
"Actually, they're called the Alan Parsons Project"
"Actually, they're called the Alan Parsons Project"
by Whadduc Hunt January 09, 2007
(N.) Dr. Evil's Favorite Band from the Mid-Seventies.
"Since this satelite was developed by Dr. Alan Parsons, we shall call this... The Alan Parsons Project!"
by G-Union 2 November 12, 2004
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The decision could go down as one of the wisest in baseball history.
The St. Louis Cardinals had just won the World Series, for the second time in six years. Albert Pujols, their three-time most valuable player and the best hitter to grace St. Louis in half a century, had just filed for free agency.
The Cardinals decided they would go to great lengths to keep Pujols, but not to any lengths, certainly not to guarantee him 10 years. The Angels did, for $250 million.
In the three years since then, the Cardinals have appeared in the National League Championship Series three times, with 19 postseason victories. The Angels have not won a postseason...


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Hello everyone!
Apologies for the late post!
There is so much to talk about so I'm going to keep it short and sweet.
Thank you for participating in our challenges throughout the year. Every month we are met with an amazing selection of mixed media art. Some of you are just starting out with mixed media and exploring the techniques. I always like to see your progressions and your creative processes. I hope you will stay with us and join more challenges in 2017. Which brings me onto a new subject.
The challenges in 2017 will be run a little bit differently. You will have more flexibility, more creative freedom and bring more fun in for all of us in the process. I will tell you all about it in January. That's something to look forward to. We will also have a DT call at the beginning of the year as there are a few changes to the DT team as well. We will be looking to welcome a few members! That's definitely something to look forward to!
So we've covered the things of the future and it's time to cover the things of the past. I'd like to announce a winner of the Assemblage/Altered Art challenge.
The winner is..
Wow! You totally smashed this!
And our Fab 3...
Oh my! I think all DT members said the same and that is that it was soooo hard to pick just 4 out of the amazing selection of entries. You all totally rocked this challenge!!! Thank you!
As always, please email me to ingridscraftscorner (@) hotmail . co.uk (you will need to adjust the email address. I write it like this so I don't auto spam nonsense to my inbox. People are Crafty nowadays :))
Please let me know if you would like to guest designs sn to claim your voucher to Things To Alter shop. Congratulations to all!!!
We also ran a challenge which was all about Mail Art... a whole 5 people entered :) I guess Mail Art is not your thing LOL!!! Well, I think it is fair to say that all five entries were absolutely fabulous and so here are our Fab 5...
... and we think the winner definitely is...
Congratulations to all! Please could the winner email me, as per the above and to claim your That's Crafty! voucher. Thank you all!
We're starting a new challenge today and it's all about creating 'Winter Wonderland'. Whether it means bringing a bit of Christmas magic and some frosty weather into your creation. We'd love to see it. Let us know what Winter means to you. We can't wait to see how you will interpret the theme and look forward to bringing this year to the end with enjoying some festivities. Here's some amazing inspiration from the design team to get you going...
I will be sponsoring this last challenge and whoever the winner I will personally provide he winner with a £15 voucher to That's Crafty! store or a store of your choice! So you can pick where you shop, especially if from overseas.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the design team for bringing so much creative mixed media goodness and inspiration. You are a wonderful and very talented bunch! X
Thank you all! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and all the very best to the New Year from all of us at MMW to all our friends around the world!


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Hudson woman dies in snowmobile crash
January 29. 2014 7:01PM
LANCASTER — A Hudson woman injured Tuesday after colliding with a tree on Trail 20 near Indian Stream in Pittsburg, later died after being taken to a medical center in Maine, New Hampshire Fish & Game said.
According to authorities, shortly after noon, Pauline Robinson, 47, and her husband David Robinson were riding south from Pittsburg Village toward Indian Stream.
About two miles from Indian Stream Road, Mrs. Robinson lost control of her snowmobile after entering an icy section of trail, causing the snowmobile to leave the trail and crash into a tree, authorities said. Mrs. Robinson was found by her husband shortly after the crash, authorities said.
After checking his wife, Mr. Robinson rode back to Pittsburg village for help. Other snowmobilers using the trail stopped to stay with Mrs. Robinson while rescuers were responding, authorities said.
Rescuers from Pittsburg Fire, 45th Parallel EMS, Pittsburg Police and New Hampshire Fish and Game came to the scene.
A helicopter from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was called. Members of the Pittsburg Fire Department used snowmobiles and a rescue sled to get Mrs. Robinson from the woods. Once at the roadside, Mrs. Robinson was checked by 45th Parallel EMS staff and transferred to the DHART helicopter.
She was flown to Central Maine Medical Center for further treatment. At about 6 p.m. she died of her injuries.
Although the crash is still under investigation, authorities said they believe that an unintentional hit of the throttle was the primary cause of this crash.


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13 Nov 2012 10:27:17 AM
UFC Featherweight Eddie Yagin Hospitalized With Swelling Around Brain; Fight With Dennis Siver Scrapped
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Two scary injuries in one day? It looks like The Curse That Shall Not Be Named has awoken from its brief slumber.
The UFC's latest injury victim is featherweight Eddie Yagin, who was hospitalized on Sunday for swelling around his brain, and will be unable to fight Dennis Siver at UFC on Fox 5: Henderson vs Diaz (December 8th, Seattle). MMAWeekly has the details:
The problem started on Saturday after a usual day of training, Yagin's manager, Jason House, told MMAWeekly.com on Tuesday.
"He came home after practice, had a headache, started to vomit whatever liquids he drank and then decided to go to the ER the next day," said House, adding that nothing out of the ordinary had occurred in training. Yagin hadn't been knocked out or suffered from any particularly hard blows or anything of the sort.Read More DIGG THIS


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HP itching to flog flaccid biz units: Are Autonomy, PSG in firing line?
Titan wants cash for dead men walking
Hewlett-Packard is considering selling or spinning out its weak business units but warned investors that any deals may not go smoothly.
The troubled tech titan stated in its latest paperwork filed to US financial regulator the SEC: "We continue to evaluate the potential disposition of assets and businesses that may no longer help us meet our objectives."
HP's management warned that flogging off bits and pieces may take longer than desired, and the spurned units may not sell for their asking price. HP also noted it may not be able to completely unload all its unwanted businesses units, and could end up an equity owner or underwriter.
You can read the full 10-K filing here [PDF].
The statement comes little more than a year after HP's incoming chief executive Meg Whitman reversed her predecessor Leo Apotheker's decision to flog the PC-making side of the company. In August 2011 Apotheker said he was looking to spin out HP's Personal Systems Group (PSG) and was fired by the HP board a month later. After Whitman arrived following his departure, she insisted in October that year that HP was committed to keeping PSG.
"It's clear after our analysis that keeping the Personal Systems Group within HP is right for customers and partners, right for shareholders, and right for employees," she said at the time.
During HP's most recently reported quarter, PSG revenue was down 14 per cent year on year; the unit's business and consumer sales were down 13 per cent and 16 per cent respectively.
The 10-K document could also spell trouble for Autonomy, the UK search software company bought by HP during Apotheker's reign for $11.7bn in 2011. After suggesting hiving off PSG, Apotheker pitched the Autonomy deal as a bold move designed to position HP for new markets.
Late last year, however, HP alleged Autonomy had overstated its value and claimed the small biz indulged in accounting irregularities prior to its acquisition. This led to HP reporting an $8.8bn loss in Q4 2012 and the titan referred the matter to the financial authorities in the US. Autonomy's founder and former CEO Mike Lynch, who negotiated the deal with Apotheker, has strenuously denied HP's accusations.
With Autonomy champion Apotheker gone, though, and HP threatening to eject unwanted teams, Autonomy's future at the centre of HP may be promising despite Whitman's claims to the contrary. ®


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Do you know how many people have called my show over the last 3 1/2 decades to tell me they could do the right thing in their lives if they only had self-esteem? A LOT. People use low self-esteem as an excuse all the time:
"What made you do this thing instead of another?""Low self-esteem." "How come you stayed with a guy who pummeled you?" "Low self-esteem." "How come you quit X, Y or Z?" "Low self-esteem."
But that answer is wrong, wrong, wrong! It's backwards - it's making bad decisions that creates low self-esteem, not the other way around. Healthy self-esteem is like a tennis racket: if you hit the ball too close to the edge, it's bad, but if you make contact with the sweet spot, it's perfect. High self-esteem is "a sweet spot between an unhealthy level of narcissism and harmful self-criticism." It's right in the middle. However, you don't need self-esteem to change your actions, habits, or temptations. A lot of you have very bad habits, like eating at 10 o'clock at night, not cleaning your teeth, speaking before your think, and succumbing to temptations like cookies, cigarettes, and booze. But you absolutely do NOT need self-esteem to change any of them. What you need is a thing that gets put down, dissed, and discounted all the time: good old-fashioned willpower. And where does willpower come from? You have to pick a motivator. Your motivators are the values and goals in life that are important to you. Once you have them lined up, you can change a habit no matter how much self-esteem you have. Whether it's dying from continuing to smoke or drink, losing weight, wanting to be a good role model, or being religious, whatever you decide is your motivator has to come out of your head, not out of the universe. It's something you decide. Just ask people who have quit smoking or drinking, and they will tell you it was willpower, not self-esteem that made them quit. Certainly when they were drunk and had to smoke 135 cigarettes every five minutes, self-esteem wasn't an issue.So, it's all about willpower. It's not a big deal if you don't have self-esteem. It is not correlated to success, willpower is. People with willpower have self-control and self-discipline, which helps them build better relationships, take initiative, and sustain their efforts over time. And when you use willpower to accomplish something, you can say to yourself, "I did that!" When you can impress yourself by achieving a goal and cheer yourself on, you begin a virtuous cycle instead of a vicious one. Because if you successfully change a habit, then you give yourself more self-esteem, and it just keeps on going in a circle. Here are some steps to activate your willpower:


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I am experimentally trying to set up my own school server using and old PC and a Netgear Wifi router. I admit I am completely bewildered by most of the documentation about what it should do and how you make it do it. So far I seem to have it going in as much as it appears to offer an uncensored internet service to an OLPC (or any other laptop for that matter) but AFAICS not a lot else. I am trying to follow 'Initial Configuration' instructions from http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software. I edited a line in /etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/domain_config to be:
Is this OK or is 'example' to be taken literally?
however, if ever i try: service ejabberd start
I get Hostname=unknown host
and then OK but the erlang node crashes out soon afterwards. This means that if I type:
ejabberdctl register admin schoolserver.kempuschool.net admin
I get:
hostname: Unknown host
RPC failed on the node ejabberd@@schoolserver : nodedown
There are various crash reports, but the clearest (to me) seems to be in /var/log/ejabberd/sasl.log
exception exit: {bad_return,{{ejabberd_app,start,[normal,[]}.,
{'EXIT',"Error reading Mnesia database"}}}
AFAICS I should yet have a Mnesia database, and if I have I cannot find it.
I am lost as what to do.