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Reports/July 2016
- 1 Membership
- 2 Events
- 3 India at Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 2016
- 4 Featured Wikimedian of the month
Membership drive completed for the year 2016-2017
Membership drive for the year 2016-17 was completed. Another drive will happen in the WIkiConference India scheduled on 5th-7th August 2016 for the attendees of the conference
India at Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 2016
Wikimedia India is organizing an online edit-a-thon to celebrate the success of Indian sportsmen at the Olympics
Announcement for Commencement of India at Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 2016
- Announcement for Commencement of India at Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 2016
- As a mark of respect and paying tribute to Indian athletes and sportsperson who represent India at Olympics, Wikimedia India comes forward with an edit-a-thon to celebrate the success of Indian sportsmen. These are a list of articles Wikimedia India is planning to create/improve
- A mix of patriotism & pride amongst the Wikipedians for India & its team will ensure that the Indian athletes will get Wikipedia articles that they really deserve.
- Wikimedia India has also reached out to the organizers of Wiki Loves the Olympics to ensure that good images clicked by the particpiants in the competition are featured in the articles written in our edit-a-thon.
Signing of MOUs for India at Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 2016
- For Rio Olympics edit-a-thon 2016, 2 MoUs were signed with Niyogi Books & Sankalp Taru for the awards. Please find more about them Here.
Proposals by Wikimedia India at WikiConference India 2016
- Wikimedia India submitted 3 proposals for Presenting in WikiConference India
- [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Submissions/Edit-a-thon_:_Rio_Olympics_2016 Edit-a-thon : Rio Olympics 2016]
- [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Submissions/Wiki_Loves_Earth_in_India Wiki Loves Earth in India]
- [ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiConference_India_2016/Submissions/How_Projects_can_unite_%26_shape_communities How Projects can unite & shape communities]
- Participation in other discussions & Presentations
- Panel Discussion - Organizational Dynamics in the Wikimedia movement in India
- Presentation – Creative Program Design: create the programs you need for your local community
- Planning & arranging of meetings for Katherine Maher in New Delhi when she visits New Delhi after attending WikiConference India 2016
Wikimedia India along with CIS-A2K is planning & arranging of meetings for Katherine Maher in New Delhi when she visits New Delhi after attending WikiConference India 2016
Featured Wikimedian of the month
Featured Wikimedian for July
Raju Suthar is one of the most active Wikipedians on the Hindi Wikipedia. He started editing in January 2015 & with help from senior Hindi wikipedians, within 2 months he reached an edit count of 3,000.Currently he has an edit count of 6,500+ with almost 750 articles created to his name. The real story behind this truly inspiring Wikipedian lies in his humble background. Rarely having any access to a laptop, almost all of his edits have been done through a mobile phone (Samsung Galaxy S5610). Editing on his phone whenever he gets time,raju while sharing his experience has confessed that editing through a mobile phone was very difficult, due to which he regrets that the contributions which he has made to Wikipedia is not enough and wants to do more for the community & his language. With Hindi having one of the lowest Editors per million speakers, Raju says that Hindi Wikipedia is not growing as fast as some of the other Indic Languages, due to which his primary aim is to see that the community grows to its full Potential. He likes writing articles on Topics related to Cricket, his home state of Rajasthan & its history.
WikiConference India 2016
- Final list of Scholarship recipients finalized & published
- Submission list finalized & applicants have been informed


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It's Time For Purely Horizontal MMORPG
In another post, I explained why a vertical progression hard cap is so important to many players, and why the perception that it was part of the philosophy of GW2 led to such an uproar when an item stat progression system was intiiated by Arenanet.
Playing GW2, I realized one of the problems with any vertical progression whatsoever is that, after you do it once or twice, after that it largely becomes a chore when all you're really doing is trying to max out different characters to play with different professions, races, builds, etc. If there is ongoing vertical progression, it becomes grind trying to keep all your characters maxed out.
So, why not a purely horizontal MMORPG, or an HMMORPG?
Picture this: you log into the character creation module, and part of that is a weighted stat distribution system. You get to not only pick your race, looks, etc., but your stats, traits, skills, etc. You also get to pick your gear, which has strength and other stat requirements (to create a trade-off system for gear & stats). IOW, you get to custom design a fully maxed-out character.
When you leave the character creation module, you can either log into the world, or log into a training area to test out your build and practice with it. You can to into WvW, PvE, or PvE areas. By playing in those areas, you can gather up various kinds of rewards with which you can buy different traits, skills, weapons, gear, and other horizontal commodities. Let's say that when you log into any action area, your character is committed to 10 traits and 10 skills with weapon-swapping ability. Let's say that when you first log into character creation, you have 30 traits and 30 skills available, and an assortment of standard weapons and gear (that all have a max distribution of stats). You can pick from the starting variety to initially build your character from.
However, by playing PvE, WvW or PvP, you gain rewards that can be used to purchase more traits, skills, different kinds of weapons, different kinds of gear; you can unlock many cosmetic variances, animations, more dye control, a wider range of pets both useful and cosmetic; keys or passes that can take you to different areas of the game, mounts, player and guild housing - all sorts of horizontal content. A lot of this can also just be bought from the cash shop.
The trait and skill system would be based on the use of "non-comparables", much like the League of Legends system, but instead of each character being locked into a certain set of non-comparables, the player can custom-build his or her characters however they find suitable, mixing and matching stat distribution, skills, traits, weapons and gear. They can collect a stable of characters (or character templates) to use as they see fit in the game.
The beauty of this system is that developers would no longer have to figure out how to keep the non-end-game areas relevant, because in fact the whole game (outside of the optional training area) would be the end game. No more starter or mid-level areas to get your character "leveled up". You can just start in a single city (whatever your race) and head out any direction you want, go anywhere you want, because the entire game is designed for max-level characters - which you start the game with.
Another key aspect of this is that the developer could initially create a relatively small world because most of what now occupies MMOG worlds would be unnecessary; areas for leveling your character up. Like League of Legends, they could even start with relatively few initial traits, skills, weapons, gear, etc. It could be modest start-up to test the market, and then easily grow by adding to the existing game.
Think of League of Legends in a full 3D world like GW2 or Rift but with PvE and WvW and fully customizable characters and zero vertical progression whatsoever.
It might only be a niche game - or, it could be as popular as LoL. It's time a developer looked into making an HMMORPG.

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No trip to India is complete without a viewing of a Bollywood movie, so while in Mumbai we all bought first-class ($3) tickets to an afternoon showing of Bollywood's latest romantic comedy, Tanu Weds Manu.
While Dave, Russ and Erica napped, Jenn and I watched the movie with rapt attention. Because the film was in Hindi, we did the best we could to figure out what was going on. It turns out that the film's tagline, "A wonderful mismatch" could not have been more appropriate to describe the disconnect between our version of the film and the actual plot. After you watch the trailer, take a look at the two plot descriptions below - mine and Jenn's, and the one from Wikipedia. Honestly, which is more ridiculous?
|Shopping montage!
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|Promotional poster. What is "sharty"?
(Besides the obvious definition, which I assume was not what was intended)
|Look at those braids! Boy, is she spunky.
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|Aw. Young pacemaker love.
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|After the movie, wondering what the hell that was all about.


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Art as an investable asset class
I sat down last week with Noah Horowitz and Marion Maneker to talk about art as an investable asset class.
It might be a bit hard to follow some of the subtext here, so let me try to spell it out. Essentially, if you look at the risk-adjusted returns on art, even taking at face value the improbable returns suggested by the biggest art indices, they're not all that hot. Art is a negative-carry investment which pays no dividends, and as such it's very risky. Its historical returns, on their own, don't make up for that risk. So the people pushing art funds have tried a different tack, looking at the Capital Asset Pricing Model to come up with a way of saying that the risk-adjusted returns on art might not be all that great, but they're uncorrelated, and that therefore they have a place in any efficient portfolio.
The problem with this argument is that the current art-market bubble, especially in contemporary art, has attracted so many hedge-fund managers and other financial types that art is now correlated, quite strongly, with various financial assets. The art market dried up very quickly during the crisis, and has come roaring back alongside the stock market as Ben Bernanke has continued to drop money from helicopters. The return of the art market and art values is great news for the art world and for art collectors, but it does rather put the lie to the idea that art supplies precious uncorrelated returns.
As such, it still doesn't make any sense to invest in art as an asset class. Buy art because you love it, by all means. But don't kid yourself that you're making a sensible financial investment, because you're not.


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A Rich Dish with an average taste
By Shiraj Dakshy(03 Feb 2013)
On the onset I salute Deepa Mehta for taking the risk of adapting a complex novel of Salman Rushdie "Midnight's Children" into a movie. The story spans from 1917 Kashmir to 1977 Mumbai, and tells the story of two children one born to a rich family and other to a poor family on the stroke of midnight of 15th Aug 1947, when India got independence. How their destiny changes after they are swapped, the son of the rich is swapped with the son of the poor forms the crux of the story.Though the story starts long before the kids are born in Kashmir 1917 with ... » read more
Midnight's Children or is it Children of Midnight?
By Pratima Chaudhuri(04 Feb 2013)
I haven't read the novel; yes, I did try reading it some seven years back but I couldn't go beyond the first forty pages. What motivated me to watch the movie was the poster. It promised colours, music, and joy unlike the greyness that memory harboured about the book. Typically, the reviews are mixed, and a little on the negative said...but I was sure I am going to find something that Deepa Mehta has etched, that I would definitely like. I have no clue how true the movie is to the book, but given that Salman Rushdie has scripted the screenplay and his layered voice takes ... » read more
Film: Midnight's Children; Actors: Rajat Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Ronit Roy, Satya Bhabha, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Siddharth, Anita Majumdar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Darsheel Safary, Soha Ali Khan and Shriya Saran; Director: Deepa Mehta; Rating: **1/2Deepa Mehta's Midnight's Children is not a well-crafted film of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. Yet it captures the essence of the novel to the core.Told through the lives of the children born at the stroke of midnight of Aug 15, 1947, especially, Salim, Shiva and Parvati, it is a multi-layered tale of destinies. It is a story of the rich, the poor and the misguided. It is fiction and fantasy delightfully wrapped within the folds of the political scenario of the three countries,» Read full review
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9 Ways To Know She Has Lost Her Virginity
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Guruboi Jul 09, 2015 ( Post 1 )
This write-up focuses on the things ladies do, or how they act when they are no longer virgins (though you might call this generalization)
Just sit down, relax and read meticulously
Here Are The 9 Ways Ladies Behave When They Are No Longer Virgins
1. They Are Quick To Anger When Asked if They Are Virgins
You heard me right.. My research and findings have shown that non virgin ladies are very quick to anger if you inquire about their sexual lives. The virgin ladies will just smile and keep quiet when asked; but to the non virgin ladies, they will flare up and will embarrass you. You will hear something like, is it your business if I'm a virgin or not?
2. They Become Moody
Don't get me wrong because I'm not trying to say that a lady who suddenly becomes moody has lost her virginity, but all I'm trying to say is that, when a lady just recently lost her virginity, she becomes incessantly quiet for a few days. She may lock herself up in her room probably because she has something up her sleeves
3. They Pick Quarrel At The Mention Of The Word "Virginity"
You heard me right. I have noticed that many non virgin ladies are usually uncomfortable when you place so much emphasis on virginity. However, it's either they verbally attack you, or they tell you that you are still immature and really need some maturing to do
4. She Becomes Outspoken On s*x Discussion
Many virgin ladies tend to be quiet when people discuss s*x (though not in all cases). However, she used to be very timid before when she was still a virgin, but when she's no longer one, she may not be shy to take part and expressly air her views when s*x topics arise
5. She Hovers Around Lecturers' Offices
I'm a living witness of this. As a student, I have seen female students hovering at lecturers' offices even when they have been told that people avoid the lecturers because they are known for sleeping with students. These ladies are like will even mingle these lectures, under the cloak of "I only often go to his office see him and nothing more". *if I hear*
6. They Live a Life Of "Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover
Yes it's true that we should never judge a book by its cover, but it's paramount to also know that the world is fast evolving into a different thing entirely. Despite the fact that one's appearance is the first letter of recommendation; virgin ladies mostly tend to maintain their natural look and worry less about perishable parameter they callmake-ups; but the non virgin ladies on the other hand may spend eternity in the cosmetics shops painting their faces just as we used to pain apples and yams on our drawing book when in we were KG classes. However, they wear waist chain and won't be shy to flash it when on okada. This is done to attract various species of guys. The chances of a virgin lady doing this is very slim
7. They Mostly Scam Guys
Yes many virgin ladies are usually very proud and tend to hold themselves in dignity. A guy will have to pester her on a date before she finally agrees; but a non virgin ladies on the other hand will not be shy to bring gangs of friends along with her even without even informing you. This is a bid to eat your money ?
8. They Upload Boobs/butt0ckz Revealing DPs
In my personal belief, I have come to conclusion that the chance of ladies who upload boobs and butt0ckz reveal pictures on social networks is likened to Ayo Fasoye chances of winning a presidential election in Nigeria. However, the non virgin ladies on the other hand will certainly not do that poo
9. They Will Rain Curses On Me
You heard me right. For a write-up like this, they will storm on this thread and rain curses on me. They will tag me a misogynist and will try give justify their acts. Lolzz!!
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Police are looking to trace the occupants of a silver Mercedes who failed to stop for police and made off later abandoning the car near Kirkcudbright last week.
At about 8.40pm on Thursday 9th March, police officers in Castle Douglas attempted to stop a Silver Mercedes car in the town's Queen Street. The car subsequently failed to stop and made off in the direction of Gelston.
It was later recovered abandoned near to Kirkcudbright Cemetery and police are now asking anyone with information about the occupants of the vehicle to contact police.
Constable Thomas Patterson at Castle Douglas said: "We want to hear from anyone who may have seen this vehicle or knows the identity of the driver, or of the passengers.
"Anyone who has any information which might help with this investigation is asked to call Castle Douglas Police on 101".


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Financial Linear Programming Homework: Where To Find Additional Information On The Matter
Financial linear programming is a relatively complex and difficult subject to understand. Of course, if you have chosen to study it, then you probably have the aptitude to learn about the course; however, you may still find it useful to find additional information on the matter.
The following outlines various ways in which you can find useful information, particularly online, to help you with any financial linear programming homework that you might have been asked to do.
Using search engines to find content specifically related to any problems you are trying to solve
As you might expect, one of the easiest things that you can do is to simply use a search engine. If you have been set a specific question, then you may wish to type the sin. Alternatively, you may wish to try and think of any relevant search terms to help you find the information and data that you are looking for.
One problem is that it is a relatively unique and specific subject and, therefore, there is as much data and information on the Internet is that might be about other subjects, such as history or math.
Using the help of tutors to teach you more about the subject
If you are struggling to find what you need to help you to get the work done then you can consider the possibility of getting the help of a tutor. In fact, this approach is particularly useful if you feel that you need help on a long-term basis, particularly if you are struggling with the assignment.
You can use search engines to try and find tutors and, unless you live in a major city, it might be best to work online with any to do the find. Likewise, you may use freelance websites in order to hire someone.
Paying professional writing services to create bespoke work for you
If you only need help on a relatively simple matter, and you simply don't have time to do it yourself, then you might think about the option of paying a professional writer to create a bespoke sample for you. You can find writers available from a variety of different writing agencies on the Internet; however, due to the precise nature of the subject, you may need to contact you before you find one that has a writer with relevant experience.


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Politics & Government
California sues feds over emissions
SACRAMENTO -- California sued the federal government Thursday to force a decision on the state's request to enforce tough new rules aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.
The long-expected lawsuit ups the ante in the showdown between Gov. Schwarzenegger and the Bush administration over a state law that forces automakers to adopt new technology beginning with the 2009 model year.
"Our health and our environment are too important to delay any longer," said Schwarzenegger, announcing the lawsuit on the Capitol steps with Attorney General Jerry Brown. "It has been nearly two years since we have asked the federal government for this waiver, and we have not gotten it yet. So I think it is time now to step it up."
Automakers say the new standards would drive up the price of cars.
"Enhancing energy security and improving fuel economy are priorities to all Americans, but a patchwork quilt of regulations at the state level is not the answer," the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers said in a statement.
The alliance, arguing that there should be one federal standard for tailpipe emissions, has filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Fresno to block the new rules.
California's lawsuit accuses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of unreasonably delaying action on the state's request for a waiver that would allow it to adopt the rules. The request was filed in December 2005.
But the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C., would become irrelevant if EPA chief Stephen Johnson makes a decision soon, which he has said he would do.
"Administrator Johnson has repeatedly stated that he will make a decision on the waiver request by the end of the year and he still plans to do so," said EPA spokeswoman Jennifer Wood.
The agency has typically approved such waivers for California. But if they don't approve this one, Schwarzenegger, a moderate Republican, and Brown, a Democrat, promised to go to court again.
The state will "sue again and sue again and sue again until we get it," the governor said. "We're going to win in the end."
The federal government holds the power to set national air pollution regulations. But the Clean Air Act gives California the right to adopt its own rules -- as long as the EPA gives its stamp of approval through a waiver. State regulators have long used the special status to force carmakers to reduce emissions of smog-making gases.
The state has been asking for waivers since 1969 and has had more than 40 partially or fully approved, according to the state Air Resources Board.
But this is the first time the state has tried to adopt regulations to control greenhouse gases. The gases don't directly produce smog, but contribute to global warming, which can wreak havoc with the Earth's atmosphere, according to scientists.
Automakers say the only way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to improve fuel economy and that only the federal government has the power to set fuel standards. But California's case was strengthened in September when a federal judge in Vermont ruled that states can regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.
If California succeeds, other states also may act. At least 14 states are poised to follow, according to California's lawsuit. If the new rules are adopted in all 14 states, it would be the equivalent of taking 22 million cars off the road by 2020, Schwarzenegger said.
The state's Air Resources Board estimates the upgrades would boost the price of a car by about $300. But automakers peg the cost at around $3,000 per car and say that not all cars could be upgraded, especially larger ones.
That could mean some types of cars would become unavailable in California, said Charles Territo, spokesman for the automakers alliance.
The new regulations, called for in a law passed in 2002, would be phased in over several years, beginning with model year 2009. By 2016, an automaker's fleet on average must produce 30% fewer greenhouse gases than it does today.
The lawsuit asks the EPA to act on the waiver now because manufacturers will begin marketing 2009 cars as early as January 2008.
Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the state air board, said the standards could be reached with "completely known technology," such as more efficient drive trains and steering devices.
The vehicle regulations are considered a key pathway to attain aggressive greenhouse gas targets set by another law passed last year that calls for a cut in the state's overall greenhouse gases by 25% by 2020.
"If we don't get these cars that we know are out there ... we will experience greater global warming and we will have to find emissions reductions elsewhere -- from our industries and from our cities," Nichols said.
For the Valley's agriculture industry, that could translate into costly new rules, said Manuel Cunha Jr., who heads the Nisei Farmers League in Fresno. For instance, regulators might force growers to replace older farm vehicles, said Cunha, who supports the state's EPA waiver request.
"If they don't get [the waiver]," he said, "then they're going to go after everything."


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Macedonian phalanx
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The Macedonian phalanx is an infantry formation developed by Philip II and used by his son Alexander the Great to conquer the Achaemenid Empire and other armies. Phalanxes remained dominant on battlefields throughout the Ancient Macedonian Period, although wars had developed into more protracted operations generally involving sieges and naval combat as much as pitched battles, until they were ultimately displaced by the Roman legions.
Philip II spent much of his youth as a hostage at Thebes, where he studied under the renowned general Epaminondas, whose reforms were the basis for the phalanx. Phalangites were professional soldiers, and were among the first troops ever to be drilled, thereby allowing them to execute complex maneuvers well beyond the reach of most other armies. They fought packed in a close rectangular formation, usually eight men deep, with a leader at the head of each column and a secondary leader in the middle, so that the back rows could move off to the sides if more frontage was needed.
Each phalangite carried as his primary weapon a sarissa, a double-pointed pike over 6 m (18 ft) in length. Before a battle the sarissa were carried in two pieces and then slid together when they were being used[citation needed]. At close range such large weapons were of little use, but an intact phalanx could easily keep its enemies at a distance; the weapons of the first five rows of men all projected beyond the front of the formation, so that there were more spearpoints than available targets at any given time. Men in rows behind the initial five angled their spears at a 45 degree angle in an attempt to ward off arrows or other projectiles.[1] The secondary weapon was a shortsword called a kopis, which had a heavy curved section at the end.
The phalanx consisted of a line-up of several battalion blocks called syntagmata, each of its 16 files (lochoi) numbering 16 men, for a total of 256 in each unit. Each syntagma was commanded by a syntagmatarch, who - together with his subordinate officers - would form the first row of each block.[2]
Neither Philip nor Alexander actually used the phalanx as their arm of choice, but instead used it to hold the enemy in place while their heavy cavalry broke through their ranks. The Macedonian cavalry fought in wedge formation and was almost always stationed on the far right; after these broke through the enemy lines they were followed by the hypaspists, elite infantrymen who served as the king's bodyguard, and then the phalanx proper. The left flank was generally covered by allied cavalry supplied by the Thessalians, which fought in rhomboid formation and served mainly in a defensive role. Other forces—skirmishers, range troops, reserves of allied hoplites, archers, and artillery—were also employed.
See also[edit]
- ^ Polybius. The Histories. Chapters 28–32. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Connolly, Peter: The Greek Armies, pp. 58-59: "The Macedonian Phalanx". MacDonald & Co. Ltd, London, 1982. ISBN 0 356 05580 9.


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It has been some time that I got queries on how to get started on BPM .The best way to start on any technology or product stack is to do it the HelloWorld way. Always start with a hello world example.
I am using 188.8.131.52.6 environment for the examples.
There is a good step by step guide of getting started in BPM @ link
To start up with you can just do the small part of getting the hello message /greeting and writing it to a file . In Jdev it will look like this.
The Request Hello in turn is implemented using a Human work flow activity, which receives in a HelloMessage and makes a service call which in turn calls a file adapter to write to a file.
Two activities between Start and End in BPM layer. The implementations of these 2 activities are done in SOA layer using Human work Flow and call to a file adapter.
I will list down some points/issues you may face doing this example
- The JDev Role matters, In case you select the BPM Role for Jdeveloper development, the implementation tab will be missing from your activities when you drill down. So if you want to the implementation in SOA then the Role must be default which gives access to both BPM and SOA together.
- During your development the main tab that yo will be using is the BPMProjectNavigator which will list the different components that will be part of your process.
- There are some chances the auto-create Task form may run into issues. So create the Task form again and delete previous UI project associated with the BPM process.
- Once you compile/deploy BPM process, you will need to login to BPM workspace to view and initiate the process. The common issue is that The BPM process is not visible in th BPM workspace. The User roles become pretty important in BPM. By default the Role of the Hello world activities will be tied to Role. You can change it to Requester or other role based on your process design.
These roles will now need to be mapped to users.
In case the process doesn't show up you will have to check or create /modify users for roles.
The below screenshots show the configurations that need to be done on User roles in jdeveloper, EM and BPM workspace.
In jdeveloper
a) Add the users to the roles used in the process/project.
In Oracle Enterprise Manager
a) Expand the domain farm and select Application Deployments
b) Select the deployed Application .Go to Security >Application Roles
c) Add the <project name>.<rolename> and Users to the roles who can access the role.
In oracle BPM workspace
a) Go to Administration tab >Roles
b) Add the user to <composite name>.<role name> members.
- In BPM workspace when you click on process to initiate the process for entering the Hello Message. The UI page throws an error .Page not found exception.
Error: OracleJSP error: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Set the init-param debug_mode to "true" to see the complete exception message.
The error is because adfc-config.xml refers to Empty1.jspx file.
Create a empty jspx file and name it as Empty1.jspx , add below content in the file.
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='windows-1252'?>
<jsp:root xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page" version="2.1"
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FDA Warns Consumers to Use Laxatives With Caution
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now warning consumers about the dangers of some over-the-counter (OTC) laxatives. The laxatives consumers have been turning to for relief have been found to be potentially dangerous if dosing instructions or warnings on the Drug Facts label are not properly followed or when they are taken by people with other health conditions.
There have been dozens of reports of serious side effects, including 13 deaths, associated with the use of sodium phosphate laxatives.
Information about Laxatives and Their Purpose
- Laxatives are used to relieve constipation, which is marked by infrequent bowl movements or difficulty passing stools.
- Laxatives are taken both orally and rectally and come in different forms, with different ingredients. In some products sodium phosphate is used; a class of medications called saline laxatives. This class of laxatives helps promote a bowel movement by drawing water into the bowel, which softens the stool, making it easier to pass.
- The products containing sodium phosphates are marketed under the brand name "Fleet" and are also sold under store brands and as generic products. All of them are potentially associated with serious side effects, including dehydration and/or abnormal levels of electrolytes in the blood. This can lead to serious complications, such as kidney damage and sometimes death.
The Issue with the Lack of Proper Labeling
The label of sodium phosphate laxatives currently states that the laxative should be used as a single dose, and not for more than three days. Also, if you do not have a bowel movement after taking an oral or rectal dose, you should not take another dose.
In addition, the labeling instructs consumers to ask health care professionals before using these products if they have kidney disease or heart problems. This information is crucial and the problem arises when users do not follow directions correctly.
New Warnings for Laxatives
The FDA is now warning that adults older than 55 and adults and children with certain health conditions should ask a health care professional before using these products as they may be at an increased risk for injury. This applies to adults and children who:
- are taking certain drugs that affect how the kidneys work, such as diuretics or fluid medicines; angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors used to lower blood pressure; angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) used to treat high blood pressure, heart, or kidney failure; and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen; or,
- have inflammation of the colon.
65 Injuries, 13 Deaths Linked to Laxatives
According to Mona Khurana, M.D., a medical officer in FDA's Division of Nonprescription Regulation Development, the most serious harm occurred when consumer overdosed, in the ways mentioned above.
Khurana goes on to state that the products are safe for otherwise healthy adults and older children as long as they follow the label instructions. Khurana advises that the products not be given to children under 5 years of age without first asking a health care professional, and that caregivers should avoid rectal use of the products in children under 2 years of age.
Recently, in the reviews of harmful side effects reported by consumers and health care professionals, FDA has identified 54 cases of serious side effects associated with OTC sodium phosphate products. Thirteen cases were fatal, including one child and 12 adults.
Consumers taking these laxatives should watch for the following signs of a bad reaction:
- Rectal dose that is retained and does not produce a bowel movement. This may cause dehydration and/or serious changes in blood electrolyte levels.
- Symptoms of dehydration include: dry mouth, thirst, reduced urine output, lightheadedness, especially with changes in position.
- If rectal does is retained in the body longer than 30 minutes, contact a health care professional immediately.
- Symptoms of kidney injury include drowsiness, sluggishness, a decreased amount of urine, or swelling of the ankles, feet, and legs.
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Joseph Keefe
Joe Keefe is President and CEO of Pax World Funds ("Pax") and President of its investment adviser, Impax Asset Management LLC, formerly Pax World Management LLC, as well as CEO of its majority-owned subsidiary, Pax Ellevate Management LLC.
Under Joe's leadership, Pax has become one of the leading innovators in the rapidly growing field of sustainable investing. Prior to joining Pax, Joe was President of NewCircle Communications, a strategic consulting and communications firm specializing in corporate social responsibility and public policy-oriented communications. He served as Senior Adviser for Strategic Social Policy at Calvert Group from 2003-2005 and as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Citizens Advisers from 1997-2000. He is a former member of the Board of Directors (2000-2006) of US SIF, the trade association representing asset managers and investors engaged in sustainable investing throughout the United States.
Joe is a leading advocate for investing in women and the critical role that gender diversity plays in business success. He was one of the founders of the Thirty Percent Coalition and the first chair of its institutional investor committee, whose work has led to women joining over 100 previously non-diverse boards. He is Co-Chair of the Leadership Group for the Women's Empowerment Principles, a joint program of the United Nations Global Compact and UN Women, and in 2014 was honored at the United Nations as one of five recipients of the Women's Empowerment Principles Leadership Award. He also served on the Board of Directors of Women Thrive Alliance, a global network of over 300 member organizations working to achieve gender equality.
Joe has been named by Ethisphere magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics" five times, was recognized in 2012 by Women's eNews as one of "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" (where he was the sole male honoree,) and in 2015, Financial Times named him one of its 10 "top feminist men" for his work helping women succeed in business and beyond. In 2016, Joe was named the University of New Hampshire's "Social Innovator of the Year" and received the Global Leadership Award from the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire. He also serves on the board of New Hampshire Public Radio.
He is a former Democratic Nominee for United States Congress in New Hampshire's First Congressional District and a former Chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party and member of the Democratic National Committee. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the College of the Holy Cross, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. Prior to entering the investment management industry, he was in private law practice for 16 years.


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Our little Demetri had been in the hospital for about two weeks and finally came home about two weeks ago. We're so happy and relieved that he's doing so much better. After rushing him to the hospital with a breathing problem and droopy eye lids, the doctors concluded that he had Myasthenia Gravis. It is a rare neurological dis-ease, and even rarer in two year olds, but we are so grateful that he is doing so much better and feel ready for this new journey in our lives. We want to thank all of the doctors at Fairfax Children's Hospital in Virginia and of course National Children's Hospital in DC for the excellent care they provided to our son. They are all heroes in those hospitals and deserve the uttermost respect.
George and I were also so appreciative to our families for all of their love and support during this struggle. In our time of need, a kind word really went a long way and really gave us hope and strength when we needed it the most.
George and I were so touched and moved by the parents we met whose children were also in the hospital with even more severe difficulties then our son. Their strength, courage, and love really left a mark on us. I always prayed for children to get better and visited children's hospitals to spend some time with the kids there...but this time it was different. My son was on the other side and the massive pain George and I were feeling was just indescribable. I wish that NO parent would have to go through any of this ever. I realized even more how grateful we should be for our health. I wish and pray that we find cures to all the dis-eases that are out there. The more research we are able to do for dis-eases, the better we will be equipped, God forbid, when someone is affected by them.
Please find it in your heart to donate to a cause today. Whether it be for Myasthenia Gravis, World Hunger, Ca-ncer, or something that moves you. Here are links to some of the charities that I am passionate about, but please feel free to send me some links of others so I can add them to my list.
I am wishing for all of you and your families to have a lifetime of HEALTH, PEACE, LOVE & EVERYDAY SMILES, no matter what comes your way. Let us pray together for all people, little and big to be able to be healthy and strong. With our prayers and love...we just might be able to change the world....
*note: the words dis-eases and ca-ncer are purposly written like that to weaken their energy.
Charities to Donate:
Myasthenia Gravis Donate: https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=04ca67
World Hunger Donate: http://donate.worldvision.org/ways-to-give/by-category/hunger
Ca-ncer Donate: https://donate.cancer.org/index
Clean Water Donate: https://donate.charitywater.org/donate
Child Fund: https://www.childfund.org/Ways-to-Donate/
St. Jude's Children's Hopsital Donate: https://shop.stjude.org/GiftCatalog/donation.do?cID=14262&pID=24671
Hamogelo Tou Paidiou (Smile of the Child) Donate: http://www.hamogelo.gr/46.1/Sthrixte-mas
Save the Children Donate: www.savethechildren.org
ALS Donate: http://www.alsa.org/donate/
Doctors Without Borders Donate: http://www.msf.gr/support/medecins-sans-frontieres
United Way Donate: http://www.unitedway.org/our-impact/mission
The Lucky Girls Donate: https://theluckygirlsfundraiser.mydagsite.com
Fairfax Children's Hospital Donate: https://foundation.inova.org/inova-childrens-hospital
Children's National Hospital Donate: http://childrensnational.org/giving/get-involved
Project Hope for Greece Donate: http://projecthopeforgreece.com/?page_id=49
Desmos Donate: http://desmos.org/how-we-operate/
One Greece Donate: http://onegreece.org/donate/
Brother's Brother Foundation Donate: http://brothersbrother.org/donate/
Boys & Girls Club Donate: http://greatfutures.org/pages/waystogive.aspx?_ga=1.75399698.1608901849.1441683006
Michael Morones Donate: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=QEsddYTWC5w6rOdovtC76dXZt_EzUZa35vCvfVaaAdsAk2tIHNuuZKhm8Gm&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d0b9dcb01a9b6dc564e45f62871326a5e


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Creating a Player-Focused Tomb of Annihilation Campaign
Published 5E D&D campaigns, including the new Tomb of Annihilation, provide the players and DM with a ton of possible content to use. This technique allows us to find out what our players want and create a memorable campaign before the first die is rolled!
The Lazy Dungeon Master
With so few hours in a day, becoming an efficient dungeon master is a key to great gaming. The review of Mike Shea's new book, The Lazy Dungeon Master.
D&D Next and Classic Adventures: Organizing the (Caves of) Chaos
Classic adventures can be easily converted to 5E, but the writing approach often falls shorts of today's standards. Six techniques help us modernize the classics, preserving the feel and increasing the fun.
Bringing the Heat – Starting a Dark Sun Campaign
Planning a Dark Sun campaign? This suggested process will help, as will these campaign themes that capture the essence of the setting and really resonate with players.
Shh… Unspeakable Organizations in Dark Sun
Dark Sun's secret organizations often cause your PC to examine their worldview – where does the PC stand on issues like slavery, magic, Sorcerer-Kings, the ages of Athas, or the Dragon?
Running the Sands – Tips for Surviving as a Dark Sun DM
Two aspects that can be particularly important for the Dark Sun campaign world: maintaining the sense of Athasian uniqueness and achieving an appropriate challenge level.


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Finally il Mercante has come back from its second adventure, a long and exhausting journey. Turning around the World with Ferdinando Magellano has been really challenging!
After Marco Polo, the choice of the new "Merchant" we want to follow was relegated to the Portuguese navigator for two reasons: the first chronological, the second human.
In fact Magellan fully embodies certain aspects of the modern man.
The dreamer, who rely on hope and has as its only proof of his belief, the design of a map made by a friend by hearsay.
The presumptuous, full of himself and convinced of his pre-eminence, to the extent of compromising his own life and that ones of his men, miserably losing the bet for underestimating his enemies.
The stubborn, able to defend its decisions to the end, even when all the crew no longer recognizes him as a leader and no longer believes in the success of the mission.
On this second trip, the bar world is supported by the kitchen stoves, creating unique and unrepeatable combinations.
A new structured menu on our guests, YOU, where we have left room for adventure, innovation, tradition, but above all … to our imagination!
Welcome back, the journey is about to start over!
Sw – Sweet
Msw – Medium Sweet
Md – Medium Dry
D – Dry
L – Light
M – Medium
S – Strong
Short Served Up
Short served on the Rocks
Long served on the Rocks
Finally everything is in place, the ships are loaded and ready to shove off. But first of all, the most
important ceremony in a vessel's life, the one about fortune will depend of: the launch!
In Seville's harbor sherry and oranges are everywhere, and the bottle is ready to smash into the
Rye whiskey, sherry amontillado, orange & Pedro Ximenez sherry shrub, apricot, house wood
bitter, Franciacorta.
02 – the Last Supply
Here in the Canary Islands you can load everything you need for the last time. Check if the barrels
are full of wine and water, the next refill will be done in a few months… maybe!
You should also take some of that good honeys that are used here to flavor wine and brandy, they
will give you the energy you need for the crossing!
Demerara rum, aged agricole rum, plantain wine, Pedro Ximenez sherry, cherry liqueur, honey,
angostura bitter.
03 – African Dead Calm
Dead calm sea doesn't let you go for the Atlantic ocean and stuck you at the African coasts.
Until some wind is not blowing is better for you to enjoy a cup of red tea, very popular in this
region, with some weird flower as well…
Citrus infused vodka, orange curacao, cape gooseberries & sumac chutney, lime juice, peach & moroccan bitter, Rooibos tea & muscovado sugar soda.
04 – Terra!
Land ho, captain!
The first ocean crossing was successful, on the horizon you can see Brazilian shores where you
you can finally rest your body and your soul under the shadow of a palm, enjoying some bizarre
fruit from the New World! Just wait to lower the boats, also if you are already tasting the new land,
it doesn't mean what lies will be easy to get…
Acai & beet root purée, passion fruit, green coffee cordial, cachaca, carob infused mezcal, lime juice, Mexican mole bitter.
05 – San Julian
Since weeks you are looking for the passage to the West and you decide to camp, waiting for the
winter with its frozen winds to pass. San Julian is not a very welcoming place, especially when the
temperature drops… The cold penetrates into the bones. The crew is tired and decimated by
illnesses. Food is missing, like wine… The risk of a mutiny is not so remote! Watch your back!
Beware from men, but above all from freezing!
Tanqueray Ten gin, bitter orange and mate tea syrup, dry curaçao, fernet, palo santo wood bitter
06 – Out of the Strait
Finally you reached the Pacific ocean!
You traveled along the Atlantic coasts, finding out the strait that will bring your name, engraving it
down in History! After nine months of research while you have been starving, lost two ships,
survived a mutiny, now your are savoring the sweetest moment…
Tawny port, aromatic pisco, "Ancho Chile" chili liqueur, cocoa & red orange syrup, sal de gusano, house paprika bitter.
07 – Pacifico
After this very long journey there's nothing left to eat. In the galley you can only find rotten crackers, putrid water or, if you are lucky enough, you will catch some rats.
You only have the vessel itself to eat! Wood probably is not nutritive at all, but at least it will help to appease hunger pains…
Aged rum infused with spent coffee grounds, Jamaican rum, dry marsala, "rotten" banana*, house wood bitter.
* of course the banana is not really rotten, we frozen it in order to force the maturation, resulting over-matured creamy banana.
08 – Islas de los Ladrones
Another marvelous vision.. you can see some islands in the distance, you made it, finally you get to the Moluccan Islands!
Or maybe not? Once on shore there are big figs, and some spices breaks through the green vegetation… but there aren't many residents, and the few are getting closer trying to steal your belongings! It's better to continue by the sea, but not before stocking up some local delicacy!
Rhum agricole, fino sherry infused with star anise, figs liqueur, raspberry & grapefruit shrub, lemon juice, nocino liqueur & sake velvet.
09 – the Queen's Conversion
In this gorgeous green island, locals get all impressed by the power of your God, even more by yourself!
Everybody wants to convert to the new Faith, but the most important ceremony is the conversion of the queen, soaked in rose perfume and littered with coconut oil.
Akvavit, rosolio, Batavia arrak, Mastica liqueur, shiso leaves syrup, lime juice & coconut oil emulsion.
10 – the Captain's Death
One of the biggest mistakes that can be made in an unknown land is the sin of presumption. Being too convinced of your chances often leads to a defeat, and this time you will pay the bill! Attacking an island to assert your voice and to declare your God's superiority, turned out to be fatal. The low seabed does not allow the advance of the ships' cannons. Fifty men only can do nothing against the poisoned arrows of these "savages". Here, it comes to your body, the end is near.
Your last hope is that someone else may return to Seville, so your name will stay into History.
Goodbye Captain!
Timut pepper infused gin, pineapple, honey and cherry shrub, apricot liquor, verjus, tonka beans bitter, burnt rosemary. Rhubarb "poison".
11 – Cebu Island
Yes, now you can really rejoice, you reached the Moluccan Islands!
After almost two years navigating the sea, you get to the desired destination, where you'll fill the ships with the spices will make your return so sweet and… profitable! Peacefully enjoy the taste of victory, seasoned with a pinch of that salt your bones are now doused with!
Tarragon infused tequila, italian passito wine, mango and miso purèe, homemade pacific falernum, lime juice.
12 – Back Home
The time has come to go back home, after being the first man to discover the gateway to the Pacific ocean. You only have one ship left, the other one needs to stop for a few months to restore its "tired" wood. But fortunately your one is well loaded with valuable spices that will profit a big fortune, other than the eternal glory of being the first one who travelled around the world. But Indian and African coasts are patrolled by Portuguese ships, and the king issued a bounty on your head, a death sentence on the armada of the great Ferdinando Magellano. So… your fate is at stake again, it's up to you now to play the game right!
White calvados, gin del Professore "monsieur", fino sherry, black pepper & lime cordial, raspberry & ruby port coulis, lime juice, black pepper & cherry bitter.


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Lowell, Mass.—UMBC men's basketball fell, 67-51 to UMass Lowell on Thursday. Freshman Malcolm Brent paced the Retriever (3-19, 1-8 AE) offense with 15 points.
Freshman Malcolm Brent (Silver Spring, Md./Northwood) opened things up with a pair of trifectas, as the Retrievers raced out to an early 6-0 lead, and would lead 13-8 at the first media timeout.
The River Hawks would not go quietly, as they fought back, cutting the Retriever lead to just three at 20-17, but junior Cody Joyce (Churchton, Md./Southern) had the answer. Joyce would go 5-5 from the charity stripe in a span of four minutes to keep UMBC ahead.
Jakob Stenhede (Goteburg, Sweeden/Lerums Gymnasium) hit a huge put-back that propelled the Retrievers ahead by two midway through the half. From there, the River Hawks and Retrievers would fight back and forth, with each team taking turns with the lead, with UML would take a 35-34 lead into the locker rooms.
Joyce and Brent led UMBC with 11 points apiece in the opening frame. Joyce added four rebounds, while Brent had three and two assists. The Retrievers shot 45.8% (11-24) from the field, including 5-10 from three point range.
UMass Lowell would open the second half by extending the lead to three, before a Jourdan Grant (Bowie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) driving layup cut the deficit to just one. From there, the River Hawks would go on a 6-0 run and never look back.
Turnovers were a big factor in the second half, as UMBC committed 11 second half turnovers.
UML would extend that lead to 55-42 midway through the quarter, holding the Retrievers without a bucket until Brent would get an offensive rebound and make the layup after going four minutes without a point.
The River Hawks would hold on to win, 67-51. Brent led the Retrievers with 15 points, adding five rebounds. Joyce chipped in 14 points with nine boards. Grant had nine for UMBC, while Stenhede had four points and seven rebounds.
The Retrievers will be back on the hardwood on Saturday, Feb. 7 against New Hampshire. The meeting with the Wildcats is slated for 1:00 p.m.


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Mission Statement
The Salvation Army, an International movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination
The Salvation Army in Garland has a Social Service office, helping people in need with food, rent and utlilities. We also have a Boys and Girls Club, providing an After School Program. Our music program includes vocal and brass music as well as creative arts (dance & drama). The Salvation Army is funded by donations, the major fund raising campaign is November - December during the Red Kettle Campaign with bell ringers.
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Resveratrol (2015) & Alzheimers
Learn more about Alzheimer's disease.
Resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, is known for its neuroprotective capacity. Researchers investigated whether it could be helpful in treating or slowing the development of Alzheimer's disease.
There are several biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's. Several of them are notable because as the condition worsens their presence in the body declines. In other words, as their levels get less, Alzheimer's is seen to progress in severity.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized 1 year study of patients with moderate to mild Alzheimer's researchers assessed whether treatment with resveratrol made any noticeable difference. 119 patients were given placebo or resveratrol 500mg once a day. The doses of resveratrol were increased by 500mg every 13 weeks - and after a year the patients were taking 1000mg twice a day.
Brain MRI's and cerebral spinal fluid were sampled at the start of the study and at the end of the study. The progress of the resveratrol's absorption, distribution within the body, metabolism, and excretion was studied at the beginnning, every 13 weeks, and at the end of the year.
The researchers reported that the biomarker which normally declines as Alzheimer's progresses was lost less in the patients taking resveratrol. Surprisingly, brain volume also decreased - which is possibly due to reduced inflammation in the brain.
These results are not enough to recommend taking resveratrol, but they do merit further examination.
Researchers: R. Scott Turner, MD et al.
Published: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of resveratrol for Alzheimer disease, Neurology, September, 2015.


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NorthShore Health Center Discount Medication Program
NorthShore Health Center is participating in the government's 340B program that helps eligible patients receive discounted prescription drugs.
What is 340B?
340B is a government funded program that allows NorthShore patients to receive prescription medication at a discount.
What pharmacy can I go to?
NorthShore has two onsite pharmacies that participate in the 340B program. NorthShore is also contracted with certain Walgreens pharmacies in our service area that participate the 340B program. Patients must schedule a visit with a NorthShore provider to take advantage of the 340B Pharmacy program at NorthShore or contracted Walgreens pharmacies.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) "Disposable Act," private citizens should dispose of their unwanted medications in a secure, convenient and responsible manner. In order to give our patients and public citizens a way to properly dispose of their unwanted medications and medication bottles in a safe and effective manner, a Drug Take Back Bin is located in each of NorthShore's onsite pharmacy lobbies. Please see the Pharmacist for additional questions on the Disposable Act and Drug Take Back Bins.
Programa de Medicamentos a bajo costo
NorthShore Health Center es un participante en un programa del gobierno – conocido como 340B – este programa ayuda a pacientes elegibles a recibir sus prescripciones a un costo reducido.
Participating Pharmacies/Farmacias Participantes
NorthShore In House Pharmacy
2490 Central Avenue
Lake Station, IN 46405
(219) 962-5909
8:30am to 9pm Monday thru Friday
8:00am to Noon Saturday
NorthShore In House Pharmacy
3564 Scottsdale Street
Portage, IN 46368
(219) 763-8950
8:30am to 9pm Monday thru Friday
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The Light of the World
Do you how sometimes in the spring and sometimes in the fall, there will be those days when everything is just so sharp, when the sky is as blue as blue can be and when you look at the trees you can see each little leaf, not just one big blob, but each little leaf, and the shadows, even the shadows are crisp and sharp and so well-delineated?
Well, that's how it is around here a lot of the time. In the light of this community, we can often see things that clearly – like how very rich we are, not because of what we own, but because of one another, because of the grace and fidelity and abundance of second chances that we find in this place.
Like how Jesus really is present in the breaking of the bread, and when two or three are gathered in his name, really is present here among us, loving and loving and loving. Like how wonderful it is to live life freely, authentically, to be who we are, to be able to wonder aloud, to be able to not know all the answers, to be able to come, "just as I am."
Like how precious life is – as we gather around the table on communion Sunday and we watch the children swirl and dance and delight in being a part of a community that adores them, we begin to feel adored ourselves, begin to feel the glory of life seeping through, that great belovedness above and below and behind and beside and around and within...
We are the light of the world, to these precious little ones, to one another, and to the principalities and powers of darkness. May we shine like crazy, and in our shining, may the world begin to see things clearly.
by Pastor Cindy, the best darned pastor on the planet


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|Nanaimo resident Dominic Jones
"Nanaimo residents have been cheated of the result they actually sought on election day"
At the November 24 Nanaimo City Council meeting, Nanaimo resident Dominic Jones attempted to present his concerns about the recent election results given the illegal use of social media by Mrs. Diane Brennan.
The complaint which Mr. Jones filed with Elections BC has been previously published on this website and can be viewed in it's entirety HERE. As I understand the purpose of his delegation was to have his complaint become a part of the city record, as council were receiving the official results of the election.
As soon as Jones made reference to Mrs. Diane Brennan he was challenged and told his presentation could not be a 'personal attack' on Brennan. Jones continued a short time before being challenged by Councillor Anderson and I believe Brennan along the same line claiming a point of order and that the substance of the delegation was not related to the agenda item.
After not being allowed to make his presentation Jones was allowed to have the written presentation put on the record which was submitted to staff.
Mayor offside with ruling?
Mayor Ruttan earned a reputation for secrecy and lack of transparency during this last term in office, and his performance at his last council meeting is yet another example of what appears a desire to silence any voice he doesn't agree with. In this case he prevented a citizen from exercising their right to speak in open council with no valid reason for doing so. Of course he was pressed by the 'point-of-order' twins, Councillors Anderson and Brennan and as usual the balance of council seem impotent to intervene. Perhaps they don't wish to expose their ignorance of the procedural rules by challenging their fellow Councillors.
At issue with Mr. Jones is his concern of four instances of unlawful advertising by Mrs. Diane Brennan which are unlawful under Section 45 (3) (a) of the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act.
In his written submission (entered into the record, but not allowed to be presented publicly), Jones notes the recent election results show the electorate delivered an emphatic rebuke to Mrs. Brennan in the election. Despite increased voter turnout, Brennan's popular support fell from 7.3% of the poll in 2011 to 4.7% in 2014, a drop of 35% receiving 1,338 fewer votes in spite of increased turnout.
He further notes Brennan squeaked into office with just 100 votes or 0.08% over the next candidate, who actually received slightly more votes than in the prior election. Now the question is what impact did Mrs. Brennan's unlawful internet campaigning on general voting day have on the outcome of the election.
You can download and read Mr. Jones Delegation to Nanaimo City Council HERE.


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Hiring of Beaufort County building codes director questioned
Beaufort County's new building codes director says it is important the public has confidence in his department, which has been the subject of past and present controversies regarding the quality of its work.
But those who hired Chuck Atkinson in December say they had no idea that the quality of his work also had been questioned. A structural failure in a building he inspected injured a 72-year-old man, prompted at least two lawsuits and cost Atkinson's former boss a state-issued license.
Port Royal town manager Van Willis said he would have gladly told a three-member search committee more about the balcony collapse at Jefferson Commons had they asked.
But Atkinson didn't list his tenure at Port Royal on his resume.
Nonetheless, Willis said he was surprised no one on the search committee called Port Royal to ask about Atkinson's work there. Despite the omission on Atkinson's resume, someone should have remembered Atkinson went to work there after leaving a job with the county in 2005, Willis said.
When Willis heard through the grapevine that Atkinson had been hired by the county, he called county administrator Gary Kubic to fill him in. "I wish you had called me earlier," Willis recalled Kubic saying.
Kubic, who followed the committee's recommendation to hire Atkinson, said last week he stands by Atkinson's hiring and the process that led to it. In fact, in April, after Willis' conversation with Kubic, Beaufort County Council voted to expand Atkinson's duties.
Atkinson's omission of his time at Port Royal from his resume "is a story," Kubic said, but he doesn't believe it's an offense that warrants firing. Besides, "he's got the state saying he didn't do anything wrong," Kubic added.
The S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation's investigation of the balcony collapse, released in February 2011, dismissed Atkinson's involvement, saying he "did not violate any of the laws and regulations." However, the regulatory body stripped his supervisor, Dan Lemieux, of the license that allows him to inspect buildings in South Carolina.
Willis is still upset about that ruling.
Lemieux, who declined to be interviewed for this story, admitted his mistakes to the board and didn't appeal its findings. But Atkinson bears responsibility, too, Willis said. Records indicate he signed off on 10 of the 11 inspections of Jefferson Commons performed during his time with the town, which ended before the balcony collapse when he took a similar job with Florence County.
Atkinson's involvement in the Port Royal collapse -- and the fact the county didn't learn of it until after he was rehired -- could prove to be another nick in the reputation of a department that came under serious scrutiny in 2007, when hundreds of homes in Sun City Hilton Head were found to have improperly installed roof trusses, a problem county inspectors had missed.
And a little more than a week ago, inspectors Larry Fields and Harold Cosby were charged with one count each of taking bribes to sign off on building inspections they never performed. Atkinson has not been implicated, and Kubic said county staff has been instructed to cooperate with investigators.
When Willis hired Atkinson in 2005, he didn't imagine he would be gone less than a year later.
Atkinson came with a long list of professional credentials from the state licensing agency and the International Codes Council, and Willis thought Atkinson might some day take over for Lemieux, a well-regarded 40-year employee.
Among Atkinson's assignments was inspecting the Jefferson Commons project, a development on Paris Avenue featuring retail space on the buildings' bottom floors and living quarters on the second and third stories. Atkinson performed most of the inspections during his time with Port Royal. However, the final inspection, by Lemieux, came after Atkinson left to take the job in Florence's building codes department.
Both Willis and Atkinson agree he left the town on good terms.
On Feb. 12, 2008, about 16 months after the final inspection of Jefferson Commons, 72-year-old Donald Witfield stepped onto the balcony of the third-story unit he was renting. It collapsed beneath him, and he dropped 22 feet to the ground.
Witfield suffered a fractured vertebra, rib, hip socket and facial bones, and a blockage in a lung artery, according to his lawsuit against defendants that included North Carolina-based builder Jeff Keever Construction. Witfield spent time in Charleston at the Medical University of South Carolina's intensive-care unit and in rehab, where he was "re-taught how to walk," his lawsuit claims.
That suit was settled out of court in 2010. The attorney representing Witfield would not comment on the settlement at the time. Attempts to reach him for this story were unsuccessful.
Witfield also sued Port Royal but agreed to drop his case in July 2010 after the town's insurance company agreed to pay about $50,000, according to Willis.
And the S.C. State Building Codes Council, which handles construction-related complaints brought to the state licensing department, came down hard on Lemieux. It concluded in January 2011 that he didn't follow licensing laws when he issued a building permit to Keever Construction, which held only a residential builder's license and was unqualified for a project that included commercial space.
A forensic engineering evaluation found that construction deficiencies led to the balcony collapse. Lemieux should have detected some, if not all, of the deficiencies, the order said. It added that Lemieux delegated too much authority to Atkinson and failed to properly supervise him.
Without an inspector's license, Lemieux cannot legally review building plans or conduct inspections, and the town has reassigned him to other duties, Willis said.
The Building Codes Council also dismissed a complaint against Atkinson. During his hearing, Atkinson testified the balcony and its railings were placed but not firmly attached during his last inspection, according to the council's final order. The second-to-last inspection sheet signed by Atkinson, on Aug. 16, 2006, notes the railings must support 250 pounds but does not mention that the balcony wasn't securely attached to the building.
The last inspection Atkinson performed, on Aug. 31, 2006, notes no problems.
Lemieux assigned Atkinson to inspect the building, Willis said. A building permit was issued Oct. 21, 2005, and Atkinson was responsible for all inspections of the building until his resignation, according to the state licensing department's final order on Atkinson's case.
The Building Codes Council report noted that Atkinson was not responsible for the final approval and had recommended some corrective action during interior inspections of the building.
But Willis argues that by the final inspection, which Lemieux performed because Atkinson had moved on to another job, "re-inspection would not be possible except through the destruction of building to see inside walls."
Defects in the balcony's construction would not have been evident, he said.
Atkinson said he remembers learning of the balcony collapse from newspaper accounts. At the time, he was working for the Chicago-based International Codes Council and living in Florence County.
"It's always shocking when something like that happens," he said. "You're asking if I had concerns about whether I had done something wrong? No. I had no concern with that at all."
Atkinson said he forgot to list his time at Port Royal on the resume he submitted as part of his application to become Beaufort County's chief codes inspector because he was there less than a year. His application says he ended a codes inspector job in Beaufort County in May 2005 and started as codes director in Florence County the same month.
"If there's any thought at all that that was planned to hide anything, that's kind of ludicrous," Atkinson said. "There's nothing malicious, nothing hidden, nothing secretive about what happened. ... Yeah, I worked there. Yeah, the porch collapsed and mistakes were obviously made, but I didn't make them."
Atkinson was born in Beaufort County and is the son of former county Councilman Ron Atkinson, who owns a construction company. Building and building inspection have been a part of the younger Atkinson's life "literally as far back as I can remember."
"I'm a very meticulous person. I take what I do very seriously," Atkinson said. "This isn't just a job to me ... public trust in this business is paramount."
On the search committee that recommended Atkinson were Beaufort County director of employee services Suzanne Gregory, planner Tony Criscitiello and then-deputy facilities management director Larry Beckler. They were assigned by deputy county administrator Bryan Hill.
According to Gregory, Atkinson told her he had worked for Port Royal, but that was at about the time he learned he had been recommended for the job. Gregory jotted a note about his tenure there on his resume.
The balcony collapse never came up, however.
"Probably, a phone call would have been made" had she known of Atkinson's time in Port Royal earlier in the search, Gregory said. "If (applicants) don't include a job on an application, we can't check it."
The hiring panel established minimum qualifications, sorted through applications and developed a scoring system to rate candidates, according to Gregory. Four of 42 applicants were interviewed, she said.
After deciding Atkinson likely would be the choice, Gregory pulled Atkinson's employee file from his stint from 2002 to 2005 as a codes inspector with the county.
Criscitiello said he called two of Atkinson's former bosses, both of whom gave him good reviews. One was Bill Hoge, Florence County's building codes director until 2009. Attempts to reach Hoge for comment were unsuccessful.
The other reference was from the man Atkinson sought to replace, Arthur Cummings, who retired in June and was Atkinson's boss for four years. Cummings also declined to comment for this article.
Criscitiello said he doesn't second-guess the decision to hire Atkinson but "would have asked a question about" his work in Port Royal during the October interview had he known about it.
But seeing no red flags, the panel committee was ready to make its recommendation.
County panels sometimes submit as many as three recommendations from which Kubic or Hill can select a hire, but the panel forwarded only Atkinson's name because he scored much higher than the other finalists, Gregory said.
"This particular situation was so one-sided," she said.
Beckler said Atkinson's work experience was impressive. At the time of his interview, Atkinson was a director for education curriculum at the International Codes Council. The council is a national building-codes certification and education organization.
"If anyone would know the codes better, it would be someone who worked for code council," Beckler said.
"He was the most articulate of candidates," added Criscitiello. "He spoke with confidence, and the way he carried himself was very convincing. If he were put in front of a microphone on TV, he would come across as a polished professional."
Kubic said he had no reason to doubt the panel's recommendation.
"By the time you reach me," Kubic said, "I make the assumption that you're qualified and that you have been reviewed -- that people talk to you, and they like you and that's why they move you up to me."
Follow reporter Anne Christnovich at twitter.com/EyeOneBftCo.
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Oil layers below Gulf's surface may be cleanup challenge
Researchers have confirmed that oil is floating as deep as 3,300 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico in layers that may pose unprecedented challenges to efforts to clean up the effects of the spewing BP Deepwater Horizon well.
Jane Lubchenco, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said oil in "very low concentrations" was found 40 miles northeast of the well and also 142 nautical miles southeast of the well. It was not clear whether the oil found to the southeast came from the well however; Lubchenco said the oil was "not consistent" with the BP spill, but a scientist involved in collecting the samples said only that the concentrations were too small to determine the oil's source.
"We know there is some oil at depth in layers. We don't know its origin, its extent. The layers are definitely oil. The origins are less clear," said Ernst Peebles, a University of South Florida scientist who was aboard NOAA's R/V Weatherbird II when it sampled Gulf waters May 23-26.
The subsurface oil could prove to be a challenge to clean up efforts. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Tuesday that the Coast Guard had little experience in cleaning up oil suspended in the water.
"We have not generally done subsurface response" to an oil spill, Allen said, except in instances where heavy oil has sunk to the seafloor. "In my on personal experience, I have not dealt with it."
Allen said the Coast Guard would have to do research to know what could be done to respond to the subsurface oil.
Scientists also don't know what the impact of the subsurface oil might have on sealife, Lubchenco said.
"It's in low concentration," she said. "That does not mean it doesn't have significant impact. The impact that it has we remain to understand."
The confirmation of the presence of comes after weeks of speculation since scientists aboard another research vessel reported the discovery of plumes of oil floating throughout the Gulf.
Scientists aboard the Weatherbird II also found oil "mousse," the now infamous brown or orange substance seen primarily along the surface of the Gulf from Louisiana to Florida, as deep as 10 feet below the surface, Ernst and NOAA scientist Steven Murawski told reporters in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The announement of the test results came as Allen said he had renewed efforts to get a better handle on how much oil is spewing from the wellhead.
A member of the government's Flow Rate Technical Group told McClatchy Monday that he believed that the well could now be spewing as much as 100,000 barrels a day, a flow rate that likely was increased when BP severed the well's riser pipeline above the dysfuntional blowout preventer.
Allen said he'd asked the flow rate panel, composed of experts from both universities and the government, to reexamine the question of how much oil is flowing from the pipe and "give us a revised total flow rate pre-riser cut, post riser cut."
Allen said he would look into complaints from some members of the panel that BP had not provided video tapes and other data they felt was needed to accurately assess the oil well's flow.
He also acknowledged that he had personally intervened with BP CEO Tony Hayward in what he called "several very frank conversations" about the company's reluctance to show live video of the top kill procedure last month. That effort failed to stanch the well's gusher.
"It's actually been the pressure we've placed on BP that's kept those videos coming," he said.
Allen said the containment cap, put in place last week, captured 14,842 barrels in a 24-hour period, an amount just below the 15,000-barrel capacity of the ship processing the oil on the Gulf's surface. A second ship should be at the site in the next two to three days that will raise the capacity to 20,000 barrels a day, and BP is in the process of installing a larger production facility to handle the spill, Allen said.
Allen also bristled as the suggestion of a reporter that he and other Obama administration officials have implied that the response is going well, despite the lack of enough ships to collect the oil and their lack of knowledge of how much oil is being spilled.
"I have never said this is going well," Allen said. "We're throwing everything we've got. This is the largest oil spill respose in the history of this country. . . . We're making no illusions that this is anthing other than a catastrophe and we're addressing it as such and we'll continue to do that."
(Lebovich, of the Miami Herald, reported from Miami. Jones, of the Bradenton Herald, reported from Bradenton, Fla.)


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Geez! You'd think after the countless times children have been attacked for "stupidity" or "imagination" only to be later vindicated folks would be a little more willing to hold their tongues on condemning!
I saw some super-angry commentary over at a blog I love and respect. Folks were only too happy to condemn Medjugorje as "the work of satan" or "people looking to get rich."
How heartbreaking that we have become so jaded as to ignore the spiritual fruits blossoming there...
I'm all for taking time to delve into reported messages to question their validity. I'm all for eyeballing the visionaries under a microscope for even the faintest sliver of dishonesty. Above all, I'm in full support of making a decision - for yourself - on the truth of ANY supposed apparition.
What I am NOT okay with, however, is this suspicious attack on everything pertaining to Medjugorje. It seems as if folks are refusing to even discuss the possibility that Our Lady would come to us in such a manner. In fact, one of my least favorite arguments against Medjugorje is that Our Lady "prayed the Our Father" with the children. Of course, this was one of the first "SEE? Medjugorje HAS to be a fake!!!" Apparently the Blessed Mother reciting the Our Father is simply blasphemous. He was angry because Mary never had any trespasses to be forgiven, nor does she need "daily bread" since she's in Heaven. Obviously, for the Blessed Mother to utter such a prayer, Satan must be behind it!!!
*Shakes head*
I guess this guy (and all others who subscribe to this belief) forgets that Jesus, Himself, gave us that prayer. Would this fellow like to explain to me the trespasses Our Lord was guilty of? What "daily bread" was He in need of?
What people tend to forget is Our Lady, much like Christ, comes to us as an example of how we are to live our lives. A large part of our lives should be prayer, and what better example of prayer do we have than Our Lady? Her entire life was (and is) a prayer, magnifying her God in so perfect a way as to please Him eternally. Thus, if Our Lady prays the Our Father, calling us to follow her example, who are we to turn away?
Plus, Our Lady is full of humility - even in Heaven, she knows she would not exist if not for the Love of God. Thus, her "daily bread" is very much His Love, is it not?
And let us not forget that both Our Lord and Our Lady died. They BOTH suffered the effects of sin not because they were guilty of sin themselves. On the contrary... both were sinless from conception (or incarnation) until death. She understood that death was God's means to reunite humanity to Himself. Through death, eternal life once again becomes our inheritance. Thus, Our Lady followed the same path of Her Perfect Son, that she may offer even her death for the salvation of sinners.
Again... Mary is our perfect example.
We all need God. Yes, even the Mother of God. If the Queen of Heaven humbles herself to acknowledge this... to follow every example He gives, who are we to arrogantly place ourselves above her?
That is, by far, my least favorite argument against Medjugorje. It just doesn't make any sense. None. Of COURSE Our Lady would pray the Our Father... as should we all.


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What is language?
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Here's a great diagram/illustration from David Gray about Language. He says:
Language is more than just communication; it is the primary method by which we do things together. Language is the accumulation of shared meaning – of common ground.
1) One-way communication: message sent
2) Two-way communication: Both sides feel understood
3) Collaboration: Thinking, planning and making decisions
4) Co-creation: Joint activity, making and doing


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