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CONCORD — As part of the "A Moment in Time" Series, The Capitol Center Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Clayton J. Poole, will pay tribute to Duke Ellington on Sunday, March 10 at 4 p.m. The tribute features the celebrated Metta Quintet. The performance will be held at the Capitol Center for the Arts with tickets starting at $20.
Metta Quintet's latest CD, Big Drum/ Small World, was lauded by All About Jazz for its "unmitigated joie de vivre." The ensemble has released two other CDs, also to critical acclaim: Going to Meet the Man (2002); and Subway Songs (2006). Metta Quintet is a highly creative ensemble comprised of some of today's brightest emerging jazz artists and dedicated to blazing new artistic territory while maintaining a commitment to fostering new audiences and nurturing young talent. Metta Quintet is the official resident ensemble of JazzReach Performing Arts & Education Association, Inc., one of our nation's leading arts education organizations.
Metta Quintet and The Capitol Center Jazz Orchestra will pay homage to the music of Duke Ellington. From the early Cotton Club years to the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, his sacred concerts, film scores and symphony compositions, the legacy of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and his profound impact on American music is unequaled. For over fifty years, "Duke" personified the great American jazz art form and has been hailed as one of America's greatest composers. Works such as "Rockin' In Rhythm", "Black and Tan Fantasy", "Deep South Suite" and "Harlem Air Shaft" reflected the times and mood in which he lived. His popular compositions included "Sophisticated Lady", "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing", "Mood Indigo", "Prelude to a Kiss", and "Caravan", to name just a few. Along with his "alter-ego", composer Billy Strayhorn, Ellington composed over 1000 original works of music, making him one of the most prolific composers of all time.
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Lesson 13
September 16- 22
Postwitnessing Activities
"CLOSE THE BACK DOOR!" Baptism opens the front door to membership in the church. Witnessing aims to "make disciples." If this goal is not met, many new members will sooner or later leave through the back door.
What happens after baptism is crucial to "making disciples" and usually is more relevant to retaining newly baptized persons than what happened before. It is important, therefore, to identify how we can close the back door.
1. Establish a concrete discipleship program. Proper follow-up will help new members to mature in the faith and become actively involved in church life.
2. Help new members establish and maintain personal relationships with mature members. The more new members develop a sense of belonging, the less likely they will leave.
Whether you are newly baptized or a mature member, ask yourself the following questions as you study this week's lesson: How can I help my church develop an effective follow-up program, and what can I do to help establish a sense of belonging for everyone in the church?
I. Follow-up (Acts 14:21-23; 15:36; 18:23).
II. Establishing New Members (Acts 13:43; 18:8-11).
III. Discipleship (Acts 11:25, 26, 29, 30).
IV. Leadership Training (Acts 20:13-36: 14:23).
V. Nurturing Churches (Acts 15:40, 41; 16:4, 5).
MEMORY TEXT: "And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples" (Acts 18:23).
In Paul's first missionary journey, he and Barnabas visited several urban centers: Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. Antiochians "expelled them out of their coasts" (Acts 13:50). In Iconium, both Jews and Gentiles tried to "abuse and stone them," so they fled from there (14:5, 6, NKJV). Paul was actually stoned at Lystra, under the instigation of Jews from Antioch and Iconium (14:19). From there he went to Derbe (14:20).
Where did he and Barnabas go after preaching at Derbe? What did they emphasize during the rest of their missionary journey? Acts 14:21-23. What does Paul and Barnabas's willingness to return to areas that had so recently proven dangerous to their well-being teach us about the importance of their emphasis?
If Paul and Barnabas had pushed forward, instead of retracing their steps, in a week or so they could have arrived in Tarsus, Paul's hometown. Why, then, would they do such a thing as return to enemy territory? Returning so soon to these hotbeds of enemy opposition must have taken a great deal of courage.
In Antioch, almost the whole city had attended Sabbath services (Acts 13:44). In Iconium, "a great multitude both of Jews and also of the Greeks believed" (14:1). In Derbe they had "made many disciples" (14:21, NKJV). The apostle knew the importance of what we call "follow-up.
"After the first efforts have been made in a place by giving a course of lectures, there is really greater necessity for a second course than for the first."Evangelism, p. 334. This is exactly what Paul and Barnabas had in mind when they decided to risk retracing their steps.
What was one of the reasons for Paul's second missionary journey? Acts 15:36.
What was the purpose of the third missionary journey? Acts 18:23.
|What do you think your part might be in assisting new members? Based on Paul's experience, we must remember that doing so can be difficult at times. Jesus' life and death, however, teach us that we must always be ready to guide recent converts through what to them is still uncharted water. How might you help them "navigate" their way through the first year beyond baptism?
According to the mission model of Romans 10:13-15, Paul was sent and then he preached. Then many heard, believed, and were baptized. But he did not stop there.
What did Paul do for the newly baptized according to Acts 13:43 and 18:8-11 (compare Matt. 28:19, 20).
The following are suggestions for establishing new members:
1. Friendship with other members is the first step toward a new member's assimilation into the church. Many newly baptized persons do not feel a sense of belonging to the congregation of which they are members. Remember that, according to experts, each new member should have a minimum of seven new friends in the church within the first six months; otherwise they will be on their way out the back door. (See Win Arn, The Church Ratio Book, p. 23.)
2. Assign them responsibilities. "Everyone who is added to the ranks by conversion is to be assigned his post of duty."Testimonies for the Church, vol. 7, p. 30.
3. Invite new members to participate on the platform. They can easily announce an opening song, perform a musical selection, have Scripture reading and prayer, etc. "The elders and those who have leading places in the church . . . should arrange matters so that every member of the church shall have a part to act."Christian Service, p. 62.
4. Ask a new member to share the privilege with a mature member of giving Bible studies to a new interest. "The more he seeks to impart light, the more light he will receive. The more one tries to explain the word of God to others, with a love for souls, the plainer it becomes to himself. The more we use our knowledge and exercise our powers, the more knowledge and power we shall have."Christ 's Object Lessons, p. 354.
5. Invite new members to accompany experienced members during visitation. "Many would be willing to work if they were taught how to begin. They need to be instructed and encouraged. Every church should be a training school for Christian workers."The Ministry of Healing, p. 149.
6. Encourage them to bring others to church. "The spirit of Christ is a missionary spirit. The very first impulse of the renewed heart is to bring others also to the Saviour."The Great Controversy, p. 70.
What basic devotional habits should newly baptized members learn? Who other than the pastor should teach them? When?
According to the first recorded attempt to reach Gentiles, "a great number [of Greek-speaking residents of Antioch] believed and turned to the Lord" (Acts 11:19-21). Antioch was then known as one of the "eyes" of Asia in the Roman Empire, and a Roman prefect was garrisoned there to secure Roman power in the area. "The city was ranked third in prominence to Rome and Alexandria. . . . Ritual prostitution in the temple of Daphne characterized the sensual orientation of the morals of the city."Ogilvie, Acts: The Communicator's Commentary, p. 194.
What specific form of ministry did Paul and Barnabas develop for a whole year in Antioch? Acts 11:25, 26.
The NRSV reads, "So it was that for an entire year they met with the church and taught a great many people." When we consider the nature of Antioch, we realize even more the need for such training. As a result of these training sessions, the members of this newly established church became so actively identified with Christ that soon they were known as "Christians." "The name was given because Christ was the main theme of their preaching, their teaching, and their conversation."The Acts of the Apostles, p. 157.
The Antioch experience in developing a proper follow-up program for newly baptized members sets a pattern for a comprehensive approach to evangelism. "Every church should be a training school for Christian workers. Its members should be taught how to give Bible readings [or Bible studies], how to conduct and teach Sabbath-school classes, how best to help the poor and to care for the sick, how to work for the unconverted. There should be schools of health, cooking classes, and classes in various lines of Christian help work."The Ministry of Healing, p. 149.
Who received the offerings sent by the members in Antioch? Acts 11:29, 30.
Apparently, the apostles had trained elders to take over the leadership of the local congregations in Judea. The apostles had previously requested assistance in order to have more time for other ministries (Acts 6:3, 4).
|Based on the nature of the area where you live, what types of discipleship training are most needed? How can you be a part of some of these programs?
For what purpose did Paul call a meeting in Miletus? Whom did he invite? Acts 20:13-36. If you had been one of the elders in attendance, how might Paul's words have encouraged you?
Organization of church life in Ephesus appears to have been relatively simple. When Paul departed after the riot described in the previous chapter, he exhorted the "disciples" (Acts 20:1). From Miletus, he sent for the Ephesian elders (20:17). Probably each of them would have been in charge of a congregation meeting in someone's home. In Acts, there are many speeches directed to evangelize nonbelievers, but this is the only example in Acts of Paul teaching the church leaders. His charge to the elders identified them as "overseers" (v. 28) or "bishops" or "guardians."
In his speech, Paul reminded the elders of the following: "(i) He reminded them of their duty. They were overseers of the flock of God. That was not a duty they had chosen but a duty for which they had been chosen. The servants of the Good Shepherd must also be shepherds of the sheep. (ii) He reminded them of their danger. The infection of the world is never far away. Where truth is, falsehood ever attacks. There was a constant warfare ahead to keep the faith intact and the Church pure.
"Through all this scene runs the dominant feeling of an affection as deep as the heart itself. That feeling should be in every church; for when love dies in any church the work of Christ cannot do other than wither."Barclay, The Acts of the Apostles, p. 152.
With what action did Paul finish his ministry in Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch? Acts 14:23.
The most concrete, lasting form of ministry in Acts is church planting. Planting churches is more than establishing a meeting place or baptizing a group of believers. Only when leaders are properly functioning can members take the time to participate actively in outreach. Then the church will grow, and as it grows, it will truly become planted. This requires leadership training.
|What can members do when no pastor is present in a worship service? What can pastors do to train members to administer proper church leadership in their absence? What are some advantages and disadvantages of pastors having a multichurch district?
What did Paul do at the start of his second missionary tour? Acts 15:40, 41.
Paul started his second missionary tour in the area close to Antioch and then proceeded to the Galatian region, where he had established churches during his first missionary journey (Acts 13-14). This short record suggests that Paul had no intention of making a career of nurturing those new churches, even though they would have liked him to stay. However, Paul and Silas kept their visits brief and moved on to the frontiers as quickly as possible.
There is no question that new churches need to be nurtured, but we should remember that "the greatest help that can be given our people is to teach them to work for God, and to depend on Him, not on the ministers."Christian Service, p. 58.
It is true that from time to time we all will need help and encouragement from a fellow Christian. Paul counsels us in Galatians 6:2 to "carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ" (NIV). At the same time, however, we also must remember that ultimately our strength depends solely on Jesus Christ and the connection we have with Him. Human strength by its very nature is subject to human frailties and will at times fail. The final conclusion then is this: While at times we will need encouragement from others, and while we all should learn how to be an encouragement to others, our greatest need is to learn how to depend on Christ alone and how to direct others to depend on Him.
What results did Paul and Silas receive for their efforts? Acts 16:4, 5.
The overall impression in reading the book of Acts is that the apostles stayed a relatively short time with most churches. After training leadership, they continued with their work of evangelization. "The ministers who are hovering over the churches, preaching to those who know the truth, would better go into places still in darkness. Unless they do this, they themselves and their congregations will become dwarfed."Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, February 9, 1905.
|Might I be demanding too much pastoral attention? How can I become stronger in the Lord so that I will require less pastoral attention? How can I balance worship, nurture, and outreach in my life?
FURTHER STUDY: In 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Paul writes, "Encourage one another and build each other up" (NIV). Then in verses 12-22, he lists 15 ways in which we should do so. What are these 15 ways? Think of specific ways you can fulfill each one.
Read any or all of the following: Evangelism, "Establishing and Holding New Converts" pp. 334-3 83; Gospel Workers, "Thoroughness" pp. 367-372; The Acts of the Apostles, "Exalting the Cross" pp.205-207.
"After individuals have been converted to the truth, they need to be looked after. The zeal of many ministers seems to fail as soon as a measure of success attends their efforts. They do not realize that these newly converted ones need nursing-watchful attention, help, and encouragement. . . . Preaching is a small part of the work to be done for the salvation of souls. God's Spirit convicts sinners of the truth, and He places them in the arms of the church. The ministers may do their part, but they can never perform the work that the church should do."Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, pp. 68, 69.
"The elders and those who have leading places in the church should give more thought to their plans for conducting the work. They should arrange matters so that every member of the church shall have a part to act, that none may lead an aimless life, but that all may accomplish what they can according to their several ability."Christian Service, p. 62.
"Every true disciple is born into the kingdom of God as a missionary. He who drinks of the living water becomes a fountain of life. The receiver becomes a giver."Christian Service, p. 9.
SUMMARIZE what the work of Paul teaches us about nurturing new members. List ways we can establish new members in our churches. Explain why it is essential for ministers to train church members to be good leaders. How has this week's lesson helped you better to understand the concept of nurture and the need for it?
J. H. Zachary
Babu Rao was a faithful and devoted young Hindu. He performed the ceremonies of his religion and refused to have anything to do with Christianity. Often he made unkind remarks to Christians when they tried to speak to him of their faith.
Then Rao became ill with a mysterious affliction that paralyzed him from the waist down. Even specialists in a large hospital could not help the paralyzed man. His family took him to sacred Hindu sites hoping that Rao would regain his health, but nothing happened. Family members offered sacrifices of pigs, goats, and black chickens at another sacred temple, but still Rao felt no relief.
Unable to walk, Babu Rao had time to think about his future. A Christian friend stopped by to encourage him and to tell Rao that he and his family were praying for him. Touched, Rao asked him, "Can the Christian's God help me?"
"Jehovah God is able to do things that other gods and even doctors cannot do," his friend answered. Rao thanked his friend and invited him to come back to visit and pray for him again.
The Christian friend told his congregation about Rao and urged them to pray for him. For two months the believers held special services for Rao, during which the pastor and members fasted and prayed for this Hindu man.
Rao began to regain feeling in his right leg. Soon he could place his weight on that leg. As feeling returned to his left leg, Babu Rao began to walk with the aid of crutches. As soon as possible, he attended services at the Adventist church. During a prayer meeting Rao stood and told the members, "I regret the way I spoke to you in the past. Please forgive me. I have learned that Jesus is the true God."
Babu Rao, the man who stubbornly opposed Christians, accepted salvation through Christ and was baptized. He now walks with no need of canes or crutches, a testimony to God's mighty healing power. He has shared his testimony with family and friends, and many of them have begun attending church with him.
Babu Rao is not unique. As Hindus in India experience difficulties in their lives that their traditional deities cannot solve, they often are willing to listen to Christians. This opens the way for millions to accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
J. H. Zachary is coordinator of international evangelism for The Quiet Hour and a special consultant for the General Conference Ministerial Association.
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Olympic halfpipe silver medalist Marie Martinod from France organized the event in honor of her friend, the late Sarah Burke, who died of injuries suffered in a halfpipe in January 2012.
Marie Martinod
"I started to write exactly what kind of contest I would like to see," said Martinod, seen here. "I really wanted to be able to donate the money to the Sarah Burke Foundation, so I started to think about how we could jump to get money. Then I thought, 'Yes! The quarter!' because we can go high and accumulate."
The Competitors
Nine women from around the world competed in the contest, which was more of a show and celebration than a competition.
Going Big
In the qualification round, nine women each took two hits on the quarterpipe, with maximum amplitude being the goal. For every centimeter aired, money was raised for the Sarah Burke Foundation.
Ayana Onozuka
Olympic bronze medalist Ayana Onozuka from Japan was one of two athletes in the final round, but she was beaten out by France's Clemence Grimal, the only snowboarder in the field, who ended up in the top spot.
Marie Martinod
Marie Martinod took six years off from competing, but she returned in 2013 and won Ski SuperPipe gold at X Games Tignes in front of her hometown crowd. In February, she earned a silver medal at ski halfpipe's Olympic debut in Sochi, Russia.
Shred Day
In the days leading up to the contest, the participating women got out to ski some powder and enjoy French culture.
Part Deux
Martinod says she hopes the Air Ladies event will happen again next year, perhaps in a new location, and still in honor of Sarah Burke and her legacy.
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Uber's community for Hispanic and Latinx employees and allies
Our Mission
Empowering, celebrating, and advocating for Hispanic and Latinx communities in and outside of Uber
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Connecting and supporting our familia through social outreach, events, and efforts to serve Hispanic and Latinx communities globally.
Professional development
Developing and retaining Hispanic and Latinx talent to succeed at Uber and beyond.
Celebrating and raising awareness of our culture through events like Hispanic Heritage Month and other cultural holidays.
Attracting incredible talent across the Hispanic and Latinx diaspora to join the Uber familia.
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Luis Madrigal
Engineering Manager As an Engineering leader for more than 5 years here at Uber, I've had the pleasure of leading teams across mobile engineering, Uber Freight, and now in IT Eng. My teams and I have deployed over 1 million mobile devices across Uber partners, including Uber Eats restaurants. I'm also the longest-serving co-chair in our ERG. I was born in Guadalajara and raised in SF, but I had the pleasure of spending every summer in Mexico growing up. I stepped in to co-chair Los Ubers about 3 years ago. Alongside my fellow co-chairs, I've helped steer and grow the ERG, build partnerships with other tech companies' ERGs, and host events at HQ where we've had guest speakers, celebrations, and even large events. I frequently speak on panels about D&I and my journey as an immigrant. I enjoy mentoring and seeing others succeed. I'm excited to continue building a diverse and inclusive culture at Uber.
Erlinda Garcia
Events Manager
I joined Uber in early 2015 as a City Marketing Manager for the Midwest, and today I lead Event Marketing for Uber Freight. During my time at Uber, I've helped launch Uber in over 20 cities, helped manage relationships with several of our pro sports teams, helped bring puppies and kittens to riders on demand, and spearheaded our efforts at Super Bowl 52. I've been a champion for D&I through helping launch a few Chicago ERG chapters, organizing diversity and inclusion trainings for all Chicago-based managers, and most recently serving as one of the Uber Freight D&I Committee Leads.
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"In my time at Uber, I've been exposed to so many fascinating topics, but one of the most interesting and unsolved is the challenge of building a diverse and inclusive work environment where perspectives from people of all backgrounds can contribute positively to our products and businesses. Often D&I is positioned as a cultural challenge, but I see it as a business imperative if we are going to build a global business and service a diverse customer base. I'm excited to be the executive sponsor of Los Ubers. On the professional front, I want to dig in to the specific challenges of the Latinx community as it pertains to achieving success in the tech industry. It will be an area of professional development from me learning from the Los Ubers ERG. On the personal front, I grew up in the Bay Area, and the Latinx community has been a huge part of the growth of our state, so I'm excited to support it however I can."
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Where are they now? The dissipation of id Software
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Another QuakeCon's come and gone, but there are traditions to uphold. Read on for our annual chat with id CEO Todd Hollenshead, wherein we discussed lengthy dev cycles, consoles, the importance of graphics, and tons more.
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QuakeCon started today with an introduction from Todd Hollenshead, good news from Pete Hines, and John Carmack's annual three-hour keynote. Nathan Grayson liveblogged it. We posted it.
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id Software boss Todd Hollenshead has said to VG247 that while a multiplayer beta for RAGE is a "doubt," there may be a PC and Mac demo."I doubt there will be an open beta," said Hollenshead."The demo question is hard to answer, because I don't know what the development cycle will be like. We don't have […]
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No Doom 4 announcements at QuakeCon this year
Todd Hollenshead has told QuakeCon attendees that no Doom 4 information will be doled out this year. However, if you still care next year, expect more news at QuakeCon 2010."When we show it to you you're gonna love it," he said before turning the floor over to John Carmack. Carmack did happen to say that […]
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id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead has said that company philosophy prevents over-selling its multiplatform Tech 5 engine because games come first and licensing the engine second."Our philosophy really hasn't changed from what it's always been, which is games first, licenses second," Hollenshead told Gamasutra. "Working on Rage and working on Doom [4], which are both […]
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Todd Hollenshead has told Gamespot that developing Wii titles as an independent may cost you a lot more than a few years' work. "Independent Wii-centric development is not really justified yet," he said."Maybe it's just that we don't know how to exploit it, and Nintendo does because they made the Wii, and they're really that […]
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Teen brothers arrested in the murder of 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale in New Jersey allegedly lured the girl to their house and killed her for her BMX bicycle parts. WCAU's Jesse Gary reports.
Updated at 4:50 p.m. ET: CLAYTON, N.J. -- Two teenage brothers have been charged in the death of 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale, whose body was found in a recycling bin, a New Jersey prosecutor says.
Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton said Pasquale died in a manner consistent with strangulation.
"Preliminary investigation shows no signs of sexual assault," Dalton said, adding "she was lured to the juveniles' house where this crime was committed."
Authorities said they believe the boys wanted parts from Autumn's bike and that she was lured into the house, but Dalton would not speculate on a motive for her killing.
The boys' father, Alonzo Robinson, told The Star-Ledger of Newark earlier Tuesday that he was interviewed about his sons' involvement in Autumn's disappearance. He said his sons were known for stealing bikes and police told him they found bike parts stockpiled in the basement. He told the newspaper that one of the boys had been previously charged for theft.
"I think someone wanted the girl's bicycle," Robinson said. "Maybe she wanted her bike and resisted, and one of them snatched her off a bike."
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Gina Bateman, left, and her sister Carmen Bateman watch as investigators gather at a house on Clayton Avenue in Clayton N.J. on Oct. 23, after the discovery of a girl's body in a home's recycling bin.
Autumn was last seen around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday leaving her Clayton home while riding a white BMX bike to a friend's house. The girl's parents called police after she never made it to that friend's house.
Her body was found late Monday in the recycling bin of a home where the teens' live, about seven blocks from her own, authorities say.
The boys, ages 15 and 17, are charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, disposal of a body, tampering of evidence and theft. The 15-year-old boy was also charged with one count of luring, Dalton said. Both were in police custody.
Clayton NJ residents face grisly news - missing girl's body found
Police believe the boys lured Autumn to their home, promising her parts for her BMX bike. During their investigation, the mother of the teens contacted police regarding postings on a Facebook account of one of the suspects, according to officials.
"Today we mourn the loss of a young girl…whose life was cut short before it really began," Dalton said. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to her parents, her family. It is my hope that the arrests today provide a measure of closure, that the individuals responsible for their daughter's death will be held responsible."
The case spread fear and worries through the New Jersey town that had been desperately searching for the girl since she disappeared while on a ride through the neighborhood.
Autumn would have celebrated her 13th birthday on Monday.
"There's evil everywhere, even in the small town of Clayton," said Paul Spadafora, Autumn's uncle.
Earlier Tuesday, Spadafora spoke with community members, thanking each of them of helping in the search for his niece.
Hundreds of volunteers took part in the search effort, including the Clayton Police Department, Child Abduction Response Team, New Jersey State Police, the FBI and officers from 40 other police departments.
Autumn's bike was found Tuesday by police inside the same small house where Autumn's body was found Monday night, NJ.com reported.
Autumn's family was notified of the discovery, according to police.
"This is a very sad day for the Pasquale family," Dalton said in a press release. "Our hearts go out to the family and to all the residents of Clayton who stood together in support of this young girl."
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Investigators gather at a house on Clayton Avenue in Clayton, N.J., on Oct. 23, after the discovery of a girl's body in a home's recycling bin.
Not long before the body was found, hundreds of people gathered at a candlelight vigil to pray for her safe return, NJ.com reported.
The prosecutor's office and family had offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to her return.
DeAnna Edwards-McMillen, a friend of Autumn's, said Autumn was at her house Friday night and the two sent each other text messages on Saturday. The last one was received at 1:22 p.m. and DeAnna said she didn't believe it was meant for her, according to The Associated Press.
The text read, "don't be like that," she said.
Autumn's last text message was sent around 2:30 p.m., but Dalton, the prosecutor, would not say who it was intended for or what it said, The AP reported. Dalton said that there was nothing unusual about that message.
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Family members of Autumn Pasquale participate in a candlelight vigil on Oct. 22 in Clayton, N.J.
Autumn was reported missing at about 9:30 p.m., 90 minutes past her 8 p.m. curfew, Spadofora said, according to The AP.
"Say your prayers for Autumn and all the children who are lost and can't find their way home," Spadafora said at a vigil Monday, NJ.com reported.
Earlier on Monday, Clayton Mayor Tom Bianco said he was proud of the community's joint effort in searching for Autumn.
"I can only imagine what her parents and the rest of the family are thinking right now," Bianco said, according to NJ.com. "I have kids. I can't even tell you what I feel now. We'll get through and find her."
The Facebook group, Find Autumn Pasquale, has more than 14,000 "likes," with members offering condolences and words of support.
"My family misses u and im so glade that u had such a good time with us camping last weekend [sic]," commented Michelle Doughty after the news was announced early Tuesday. "I have such good memories of u and will always miss u. I will always have u in my heart."
NBCPhiladelphia.com's David Chang and Karen Araiza contributed to this report, as did NBC News's Sevil Omer.
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Incident classification is among the main tasks of Service Desk 1st tier people. It adds structured data to a basically hectic unstructured series of info we get from a nervous Customer.
Aside from prioritisation, which is another important issue, there are three main reasons for classification of incidents:
- Assignment and escalation
- Problem analysis
- Reporting
First reason gives us a hint why a Customer shouldn't categorize an incident. He is not trained for that, he reports his problem (over the phone, web, mail...) and it is an Operators task to assign the incident to a proper category.
Reporting is important because it provides inputs to other ITSM processes (Problem, Change...) and helps us stay in good relations with the Customer and the Management.
Therefore, the Incident Management tool should allow assigned people to re-classify the incident (change it's category) along the escalation path. Because sometimes the problem shows to be somewhere else. I.e. it's not the printer but the network. Some of the top Incident Management tools I know are very rigid regarding this and I know some Service Desks which used to close existing incident and open another one with a proper classification in this case. Sad.
Now, what are the best practices telling us, how do we assign categories to incidents? ITIL does not prescribe a hard coded form of classification. Usually the chosen IM tool will guide us, no matter how much is it advertised as fully customizable to adapt to your business process. So one should have this on the list of important factors during a tool selection process.
Here are a few things we should do:
- First, everyone has a legacy incident database. Being new to ITIL IM doesn't mean that you didn't resolve tickets, incidents or issues before. Take a look at the structure of legacy data, and discuss what is useful for your business process, what hierarchy should you prefer, and what's missing.
- Consider the management and customer reporting needs, this should give you some ideas.
- Business should understand your categories, although they are usually technical.
- Key Performance Indicator list - should define what is important.
- Review your process definitions and your main competency matrix. Are you technology or business oriented? Try to define your category tree based on that. See your legacy incidents, try to assign defined categories to them and analyse. Is it any good?
- Your Services Catalog and your SLAs should tell you a lot. Even if you don't have them, you probably know what are the major business critical services: mail, printing, document management, accounting. The longer the list, the more probable that you'll want to put these in the root of the category tree.
- Talk to your Problem Management people, they should know a lot.
- Brainstorm a lot.
- Start an Incident Management Pilot project for a month, and use your classification system. Analyze. See what's right and what can be better. Redefine if necessary. It's better to try and err then not to try at all until major production.
Possible Problems
- 1st line Operator education
- Customer portals sometimes offer a classification tool to a customer during Incident reporting. If this is done, this should be on a very basic level, and always checked and redefined by a 1st level operator.
- Depending on business process definition and classification scheme, it will be difficult for a 1st level operator to differ between Incidents, RFCs and Service Requests.
Now, how does this look in practice? As I mentioned, a tool can influence your decision a lot. Peregrine Service Center gives you a structure:
It's a nice four-tiered schema.
Remedy gives you
A three-tiered schema, very good technical schema.
HP OpenView Service Desk provides two categories in combination with type and service.
It's fair to mention that the above tools and most of the others allow some amount of customization, adding or removing categories, and dynamically requesting different depth of classification based on type or main category. So whatever tool you choose, there is a chance that you will be able to adapt it fairly to your process. It's just that some of them will require more time/money and customized solutions can create problems on upgrades to following versions.
Now, examples? Some standard three tiered schema examples:
- Software:Server:Exchange (Technical classification according to your org. chart - Department:Team:Assignment)
- Server:Software:Exchange (Technical classification By CI categorization)
- Printing:Printer:Cannot Print (Service oriented - Service:Component:Problem)
- E-mail:Outlook:Access (Service oriented)
Depending on business requests and technology, some creativity is allowed here. For one of my customers we created the following: they had in-house developed IM tool, and some specific needs, so we created a category tree of unrestricted depth, with technology-oriented categories. Every node (category) has its own assigned Queue and escalation schema. Their expertise level varied with technology so some tickets had category field like:
and some were:
This system works for two years now, and they are a happy customer. They have a bit more complex reporting then usual, but also the classification that fits their business process.
Remember that along with categorization, Incidents carry a lot more of structured data (Priority, CI Info, SLA...), so in most cases a nice three-tiered categorization combined with these data will cover all your needs.
Of course, if there is a need for more, then a four-tiered possible classification would look like:
Email:Server:Domino:JunkMail Filter (Service:Component:ProductType:ProblemType)
After all mentioned, one does understand that there is no easy formula. Sometimes the best way to understand things is to try and make mistakes. I hope that the above concerns will at least help you make less of them.


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While traditional couscous with its exotic spices is the stuff of cold winter nights, those same spices—ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, and cumin—can make a cool couscous salad that's perfect on even the sultriest days.
2 cups low-salt chicken broth
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 garlic cloves, pressed
2 teaspoons salt, divided
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 10-ounce box plain couscous
1/2 cup raisins
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 large red bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 2 cups)
1 large carrot, peeled, quartered lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise
1 cup thinly sliced green beans or trimmed sugar snap peas
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil plus additional for drizzling
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
6 large skinless boneless chicken breast halves, pounded to 1/3-inch thickness
3/4 cup plus 1/3 cup (loosely packed) chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 cup chopped toasted almonds (optional)
1 lemon, cut into 6 wedges
Bring chicken broth, 1 tablespoon oil, ginger, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, turmeric, cinnamon, and cumin to boil in heavy large saucepan. Stir in couscous and remove from heat. Scatter raisins over, cover, and let stand until couscous softens, about 10 minutes. Fluff couscous with fork, breaking up any lumps with fingertips. Transfer couscous to large bowl. Add cucumber, red bell pepper, carrot, green beans, and lemon peel. Whisk remaining 1 tablespoon oil, 1 teaspoon salt, and lemon juice in small bowl. Add to couscous; toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Place 2 1/2 tablespoons oil, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in large resealable plastic bag. Add chicken and seal bag, releasing any excess air; turn several times to coat. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Alternatively, chill 1 to 3 hours and bring to room temperature before continuing.
Prepare barbecue (high heat). Brush grill rack with oil. Transfer chicken from bag to barbecue with some marinade still clinging and grill until slightly charred and just cooked through, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to platter and let rest 10 minutes. Stir 3/4 cup chopped cilantro into couscous. Sprinkle almonds over, if desired. Drizzle chicken with oil, sprinkle remaining 1/3 cup chopped cilantro over, and garnish with lemon wedges. Serve with couscous


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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Summer Reading List: Part One
Whenever summer rolls around I am reminded of growing up, and the awesome summer reading programs our local library put together for the kids in our small town. Reading was always one of my favorite things to do, and I can still remember that magical feeling in the air listening to stories read aloud in the big domed children's room in our library, or participating in a fun book-related activity after storytime. The summer reading program was always a big deal, and my sister and I would anticipate it for months. When it finally rolled around we would go crazy picking out our books and finding a comfy spot to read and read for hours on end.
And now as an adult I still love reading. And I still LOVE the library. So I thought this year I'd put together a summer reading list of my own- a list of new-to-me books I plan on reading over the next few months- and share it with all of you too!
Let me know if you decide to read along with me, and stay tuned for part two, which will publish soon, for a total of 14 books. Happy almost-summer, and happy reading! Feel free to add any of YOUR summer book picks in the comments below.
all summaries and photos taken from amazon.com
1. Signs of Life: A Memoir (I'm in the middle of this one and LOVE it- I'll be posting a review as soon as I finish it).
Twenty-four-year-old Natalie Taylor was leading a charmed life. At the age of twenty four, she had a fulfilling job as a high school English teacher, a wonderful husband, a new house and a baby on the way. Then, while visiting her sister, she gets the news that Josh has died in a freak accident. Four months before the birth of her son, Natalie is leveled by loss.
What follows is an incredibly powerful emotional journey, as Natalie calls upon resources she didn't even know she had in order to re-imagine and re-build a life for her and her son. In vivid and immediate detail, Natalie documents her life from the day of Josh's death through the birth their son, Kai, as she struggles in her role as a new mother where everyone is watching her for signs of impending collapse. With honesty, raw pain, and most surprising, a wicked sense of humor, Natalie recounts the agonies and unexpected joys of her new life. There is the frustration of holidays, navigating the relationship with her in-laws, the comfort she finds and unlikely friendship she forges in support groups and the utterly breathtaking, but often overwhelming new motherhood. When she returns to the classroom, she finds that little is more healing than the honesty and egocentricity of teenagers.
2. The Age of Miracles: A Novel
On a seemingly ordinary Saturday in a California suburb, Julia and her family awake to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth has suddenly begun to slow. The days and nights grow longer and longer, gravity is affected, the environment is thrown into disarray. Yet as she struggles to navigate an ever-shifting landscape, Julia is also coping with the normal disasters of everyday life—the fissures in her parents' marriage, the loss of old friends, the hopeful anguish of first love, the bizarre behavior of her grandfather who, convinced of a government conspiracy, spends his days obsessively cataloging his possessions. As Julia adjusts to the new normal, the slowing inexorably continues.
Wild: A Memoir- From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and to do it alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker, and the trail was little more than "an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise." But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone.
4. How Did You Get This Number
Nine thoughtful, unfussy essays by the author of the collection I Was Told There'd Be Cake navigate around illusions of youth in the hope that by young adulthood they'll all add up to happiness. The account of Crosley's footloose adventure to Lisbon on the eve of her 30th birthday starts things off in rollicking fashion in Show Me on the Doll: without proficient language skills, getting hopelessly lost in the labyrinth of Bairro Alto, and panicking in front of the myriad QVC channels offered by her hotel, Crosley recognizes that Lisbon was a place with a painfully disproportionate self-reflection-to-experience ratio. There is the requisite essay about moving to New York and replacing her anorexic-kleptomaniac roommate with a more acceptable living arrangement: in Crosley's case, delineated in Take a Stab at It, she is interviewed by the creepily disembodied current occupier of a famous former brothel on the Bowery, McGurk's Suicide Hall.
5. Still Missing
On the day she was abducted, Annie O'Sullivan, a 32-year-old realtor, had three goals—sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she's about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all. Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent as the captive of a psychopath in a remote mountain cabin, which unfolds through sessions with her psychiatrist, is a second narrative recounting events following her escape—her struggle to piece her shattered life back together and the ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor.
6. Insurgent (don't read this summary if you haven't already read book one, Divergent!)
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Heading to the library to get some of these books! Can't wait!ReplyDelete
Amy xo
I'm doing a Summer Reading Challenge as well! Added your picks to my book list! Thanks for the suggestions! :)ReplyDelete
sweet article, lovely post :) wish my site is something like your'sReplyDelete
Great post! I have been looking for some summer reads. I cant wait for part 2ReplyDelete
- NadineMay 18, 2012 at 2:35 AM
I've already added your books to my reading list as well. I'm always on the look for new incredible authors and their stories. Thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 18, 2012 at 3:06 AM
Thank you so much for this! I am constantly looking for new books to read now I have a great list to keep me entertained for a bit! :)ReplyDelete
I just started Insurgent and can't wait for my next day off to really dive into it.ReplyDelete
Wild is on my reading list also and I might just have to add Diane Keaton's memoir, I love her!
These look great! I have a pile waiting for me but I'll probably pick up some of these...if I still have time before I get my reading list for uni ;) my list include: Kafka on the Shore, Engelby, Notes from a Small Island, The Long Song, and The Bone People. Just a week and a half left until exams finish and I can really start - I can't wait!ReplyDelete
I've been looking for good reads for this summer!ReplyDelete
Amanda Rose
Thanks for all these suggestions! I think maybe you should start some kind of awesome summer reading program for adults. And we could get cool prizes (Pizza Hut coupons! Wendy's frosty coupons!) like I remember getting when I was a kid! I can't wait until my daughter is old enough to start those programs and I can live vicariously through her.ReplyDelete
Divergent is on my list to read! I think I found a few others too, thanks for the list! Looking forward to the next list :)ReplyDelete
Wild is right up my alley , thanks for this list!ReplyDelete
Great list! I just got Still Missing for Kindle for only $2.99!!ReplyDelete
I'm so happy you posted this! I was looking forward to seeing your recommendations. I'm gonna pick some of them up and start my summer reading!ReplyDelete
I love Summer Reading. This is a really great list. I'll have to add a few to my to-read shelf on Goodreads. (if you're not on goodreads you should try it, I bet you'll like it.) Also, I read Insurgent when it was released, and it was so great! You won't be disappointed.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 18, 2012 at 8:17 AM
I used to HATE having to do summer reading when I was in school. I mean, who wanted to sit with a book when you had pool parties and all day bike riding to do?! Now I absolutely love getting lost in a good book!ReplyDelete
Signs of Life and Wild sound SO good! I'm adding these to my list. Thanks!
- Jessica V.
Love this list, particularly Signs of Life and Insurgent.ReplyDelete
Thank you for all the awesome book ideas! I'm always looking for new ones :)ReplyDelete
I LOVED summer reading at the library when I was little. We participated for years and years at our local library and it was so much fun.
- AnonymousMay 18, 2012 at 9:55 AM
I'm still finishing The Hunger Games Trilogy, but Wild is on my list too. I also want to read: The Divergent Series, 29, Fifty Shades Triology?, The Peach Keeper, Georgia Bottoms + The Weird Sisters.ReplyDelete
I'm working on my own summer reading list right now, and some of these books sound really neat! I think I'll be following along with at least a few of these, and can't wait for your next list!ReplyDelete
Ooh! How Did You Get This Number is making it's way onto my reading list immediately. In fact, quite a few of these are going on my list! Thanks so much for sharing; looking forward to part two!ReplyDelete
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Perfect timing - I have the summer off before starting graduate school, and also have a significant credit at Amazon to spend. Hooray!ReplyDelete
love diane keaton and loved her memoir! fun post : )ReplyDelete
- ColetteMay 18, 2012 at 11:04 AM
You should read 'When God Was A Rabbit' by Sarah Winman. Amazing read!ReplyDelete
How Did You Get This Number - fantastic, witty, smart & you'll need/want to read her other book. Enjoy!ReplyDelete
ps. thanks for adding to my summer reads. : )
I LOVE THAT YOU LOVE BOOKS TOO!!! I'm reading The Fault in our Stars now and it's SO GOOD!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 18, 2012 at 12:25 PM
Oooh, I love your list. I NEED to read Divergent! Other books on my summer list are We Need to Talk About Kevin, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and The Hobbit.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see part 2 of your reading list!
So glad to find another Arizona blogger! Very nice blog and I love to read (when I can) so thanks for this post.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 18, 2012 at 1:35 PM
I'll definitely have to hit up Amazon or my local library for these books. They all look really good. I love to read (whenever I get a chance!). Thanks for the suggestions and I can't wait for part two! :)ReplyDelete
Oooh!! I'm thrilled you have Wild on here!! And Then Again is BRILLIANT!!! yay!!!ReplyDelete
This looks like an amazing list. I can't wait to jump into them.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 18, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Some good choices there! I'm starting my list off with Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult. Sooo good so far!ReplyDelete
I live this!! I was just searching for some books to read while on my vacation!ReplyDelete
Yay! Summer reading rules! I haven't read any of these books so I am going to put them on my reading list. I am looking forward to the next installment.ReplyDelete
Currently I am reading "Bossypants" by Tina Fey. Hilarious!
I just finished "The Virgin Cure" by Ami McKay. It was great. I pretty much devoured it. Her first book "The Birth House" was phenomenal.
I also just finished "The Five Quarters of the Orange" by Joanne Harris. Lovely book.
Next up is "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children".
These books look so good! I adored the summer reading programs growing up too. My mom saved all of me and my sister's summer reading program booklets, even ones before we could read by ourselves! :)ReplyDelete
Wild is also on my summer reading list! Although I have many others to get to also...at least two right now...and the Game of Thrones series, the first is completed...many more pages to comeReplyDelete
Sloane Crosley is one of my favorite authors! I hope you love this collection as much as I did when I read it last summer! I'm interested to add some of your picks in with my own summee reading list!ReplyDelete
Definitely putting some of these on my reader! I just finished the book 'Sister' by Rosamund Lupton. I couldn't put it down and finished it in a few days it was so good!ReplyDelete
A few of these were already on my To-Read list but I really liked Still Missing, as well as the author's other book, Never Knowing. Great stuff.ReplyDelete
I've heard rave reviews about Wild, so I picked it up from the library this morning. I'm so excited to start reading it, along with the other books on your reading list! : )ReplyDelete
Great idea, thanks for the ideas! I always have a long reading list going on and I get so excited to add more to it, so thanks again for the suggestions!ReplyDelete
My co-worker passed away in January, he was 31. He was taken from his wife and 2 sons, (2 1/2 year old and a 4 month old). So when I read the summary of Signs of Life, I knew I had to read it. I'm in the middle of it now and it is so good! I will definitely be reading along with you this summer Danielle. Oh I should mention that I met his brother at the funeral and we have been together ever since. :-)ReplyDelete
definitely putting some of these on my list! thanks dani :)ReplyDelete
Oh I am new to this blog. Love it. The reading list couldn´t come at a better time. Especially Signs of Life makes me curious! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Oh, glad to hear the next Veronica Roth book is coming out! I really liked Divergent; it was a great dystopian-future setting, and I felt there was a lot more to be told about it. Good choices all round, actually!ReplyDelete
Adding the first and last to my library list, I just finished Insurgent. It was just as good as the first. :)ReplyDelete
I just stumbled across your blog, and I could not be more happy about it-- I love a woman who loves to read! This summer, my book club (which I blog about at literarydrinking.blogspot.com)is reading Stone Butch Blues which is a novel by Leslie Feinberg, a transgendered LGBT activist. I'm also starting Divergent (and I'm sure Insurgent will be soon to follow), and who knows what else!ReplyDelete
I just finished Then Again by Diane Keaton and balled after I read it. Not only does it make you appreciate your mom a little bit more, but it also teaches you to appreciate each stage of life no matter what you're doing. Keaton has had such an amazing life and didn't become a mom until she was 50! She has much to teach every woman!ReplyDelete
You know, I always forget to look in the biography section. I bet there's some great stuff over there that I don't even know exists. Definitely interested by the Diane Keaton novel, thanks!!ReplyDelete
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motoman wrote:I've always wondered what happened to my ex wife and her family, such a modest lot.
bruceb wrote:Or as my granddad used to say, "It's always best if the product does the advertising."
Bombcup wrote:bruceb wrote:Or as my granddad used to say, "It's always best if the product does the advertising."
Exactly Bruce, I always maintain that it is not the customer's responsibility to know why your product is great. Why should they have to get all geeky about it? All they did was come for a hot drink. That's the proprietor's job.
Let's take the point about customers complaining about price. Presumably they were aware of the price before they ordered. Therefore they were willing to pay that price otherwise they would have walked on. If they then complain the drink was too expensive then they have been disappointed - that price did not represent good value. Discount the occasional customer who is just a dick, then either the drink wasn't that great or the business has failed to manage expectations. Either way it's the shop's problem.
You could say the letter is a way of managing expectations but it's the most cack-handed self defeating method I've ever encountered.
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