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I am having a problem accessing the wxr file for the demo (content) for Mission as well as the theme files. Can you send those to me, please.
Hi bfnkorea
Thanks for making contact.
The process for the demo content:
After clicking on the download link in your Themeforest dashboard, you will be presented with 3 download options. Click the first option which says "all files & documentation". After the file downloaded you can extract it and look for the demo content folder.
For the Wordpress installable file:
After clicking on the download link in your Themeforest dashboard, you will be presented with 3 download options. Click the second option which says "installable WordPress file only".
I'm interested in purchasing this theme but I'm a bit confused about the whole donation feature. All over the site I see crowdfunding and donations, but when I went to the "Give Online" page it says IgnitionDeck isn't included in it? Does that mean for us to have the complete crowdfunding feature, we'd have to get that plugin first ourselves? Or does the theme already come with that feature and IgnitionDeck is something else?
Thank you!
Hi cbazoe
Thanks for making contact.
you are correct. The ignitiondeck feature is something that needs to be purchased separately.
The theme is configured to seamlessly integrate with the plugin.
where do i find the short codes for the calenders?
where do i find the short codes for the calenders and events' pages?
This also looks really awesome for a health coach website the shop is important and the events!!
i need extra 1. 3rd party booking platform plugin that works with WP … can they be integrated? 2. forum and members area?
Hi interslice
The shop area will be easily possible and the forum using plugins. The booking of multiple products will be possible if you use a bookings plugin, just as with the forked theme.
I am totally unhappy with the way the plugins that came with this template are unstable. I purchased and installed this template but now the shortcode button is not working and individual pages for sermons, events, gatherings and members are all NOT working. I contacted the support team days ago and did not get a response. I have just sent in another ticket. I NEED HELP URGENTLY !!! Every other plugin on my new website is working perfectly well apart from those that came bundled with this template.
Hi Confidence
Thanks for taking the time to touch base on the Mission theme
I just repied to your email.
Hi, question regarding images for the events posts. When I create a new event post, I choose my featured image, save it. Everything works fine and the read more button displays correct…
If I add a gallery/image into the post, it displays the image/gallery shortcode on the event page in the text right above the Read more button.
Also if I add some specific style for the text in the post, the read more button gets removed and displays read more as text instead of a button.
Is this a known bug in the theme, will it be fixed, what can I do to fix it, so that it doesn't show shortcode in the text for the event, the image shows up perfecly when I go into the post by clicking the read more button.Here is how the event page looks like, you can see the shortcode here: http://i.imgur.com/OowoOYV.jpg Here is how the event post looks like, perfect: http://i.imgur.com/H6qHwpQ.jpg
Hi Remi749
Thanks for taking time to touch base on the Mission theme
it should be the short code formatting that is causing this.
If you make contact to my personal assistance line we provide assistance on this. You can contact me through my profile page here (bottom right) or my support page here
I have a problem with events; 1. As you see here: http://adventistinovisad.org/najava-dogadaja/ the read more button (vise informacija) doesn't show up with blue button (only link) if I put Image in event post. 2. In future updates, it would be great if you add a feature where I can choose in multiple day events the exact hour in every day of an event. (Now you can only put one time, and that time is on every day)
Nice theme! Is it possible to remove the texture background behind the logo up at the top and just have it be a solid background…
Also what are my options on changing the wood background behind the site?
Hi imarshall
Thanks for making contact and the positive feedback.
The wooden panel can be changed by uploading a custom image in the admin section.
If you decide to buy make contact and i can remove the textured part for you with a few lines of code added.
My Slider does not work anymore. Ever since I updated my version of Wordpress. Please help:)
Hi rober6thom
Thanks for taking the time to touch base on the Mission theme.
Can you confirm what version of the theme you're using? I'm not seeing this in the latest version of the theme, so it might be time for you to update. Just let me know. Thanks!
Is there a prayer request feature with this theme?
Hi decoque
Thanks for touching base on the Mission theme.
A prayer request is unfortunately not included in the theme.
There's no installation documentation?
This theme is very complicated. Too many things to install
i purchased this theme mainly because of the "help build our church" feature and I cant even find it
Hi, the Mission Child theme recently started showing 404 error on my website http://cl.ly/image/203v12230f1G. When I reinstall the child theme, the error goes away. I am not sure how to fix the issue.
Hi Olga
Thanks for making contact.
I see that you also sent me a email. I'll reply to the mail.
Hi! For some reason the croma shortcode manager isn't functioning properly. I can open it, but the only thing it's allowing me to edit is "TEAM". Everything else is there, but it won't let me click on the other options. Is their a glitch with this theme and the current version of wordpress? And if there is, can you help me resolve it?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help!
Hi csihosting
So sorry to hear that you're having this issue! Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this and figure out what's going on.
If you make contact to my personal assistance line we provide assistance on this. You can contact me through my profile page here (bottom right) or my support page here
Hello, i love this theme, it's any website that is already working, if so can you let us know the address or the URL, we love to see and talk to this people how is this theme working for them, thanks so much
Hi Rebelt3
Thanks for makingo nctact.
Envato do not supply me with a list of who bought the theme unfortunately.
Hey Dany
I have tried to register on your website but it tells me that my purchase code is invalid. I am copying and pasting it exactly as in the text document from Envato. I am trying to change the measurement in Driving Directions from km to Miles
Hi nickgann
Thanks for the mail.
i think you have the incorrect author here.
You do not need to register for support on my site, you just need to send me a support email.
Oh OK…idk what I've gotten confused.
Anyhow what I am looking to do is change the driving directions measurement from KM to Miles…I cannot find an option for that.
Love this theme! Is there a way to reduce the margin on top and bottom of the area around the logo in the header? The church logo I have is vertical and it looks like a lot of wasted space,so if i can reduce the margin or padding that would look much better. I did not use the tagline feature, didn't need it.


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Pedro in NY, 1999 - per Joy of Sox
From the post: The Yankees did not hit a fair ball on any of Pedro's last 53 pitches -- and managed only one fair ball on his last 70 pitches. ... One measly fair ball after the fourth inning! That is absolutely insane.

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text: is a new experiential promotion capitalizing on the current mobile food trend. The first branded truck to present cava and tapas, it will visit five east coast cities during the month of June and will be in Boston JUNE 9 to 12. The mobile tour will feature various daytime "pop-ups" for brand ambassadors to promote truck appearances at after work hotspots, nightclubs and festivals. Featuring a footprint that will include high-top cocktail tables and a late-night, Spanish-infused soundtrack, the truck (which will be wrapped in the brand's signature black and gold colors) will serve as the focal point at these appearances, providing a backdrop for tastings as well as games and activities. Where wet pours are not possible due to legal restrictions, Freixenet will offer tapas from the truck and partner with a local restaurant or club to offer cava samples and specially crafted cocktails featuring Freixenet on-premise. The tour will be heavily supported by social media, PR, and Facebook and radio advertising. The brand will communicate tour updates and details on the truck's location via Twitter, Facebook and the brand website at freixenetusa.com/cavatruck. Freixenet will concurrently launch a "Wonderfully Unexpected Photo Contest" online for consumers nationwide to enter to win prizes.


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Upper School assembly with Distinguished Writer Gina Ochsner
Gina Ochsner lives in Keizer, Oregon, and divides her time between writing and teaching with the Seattle Pacific Low-Residency MFA program. Ochsner has been awarded a John L. Simon Guggenheim grant and a grant from the National Endowment of Arts. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Tin House, Glimmer Train and the Kenyon Review.
She is the author of the short story collection The Necessary Grace to Fall, which received the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and the story collection People I Wanted to Be. Both books received the Oregon Book Award. A novel entitled The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight is forthcoming from Portobello Press and from Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt.
In addition to the assembly, Ms. Ochsner will work with Upper School students in English classes. Her visit to Catlin Gabel is made possible through the Jean Vollum Distinguished Writers Series.
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The Dean Rodney Singers is a musical and interactive extravaganza commissioned for Unlimited, a project celebrating disability, arts, culture and sport on an unprecedented scale as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Led by autistic artist Dean Rodney, the project aims to bring Dean's fantasy world of mysterious creatures and superheroes who live in a parallel universe to life.
To do this he has been working with seventy-two band members made up of musicians, singers and dancers from seven countries across the world. The countries involved are Japan, China, South Africa, Germany, Brazil, Croatia and the UK. Featuring unique characters, superhero samurais and this global band of 72 musicians and dancers and combining cutting-edge digital techniques and web apps, the band has brought Dean's vision to life with music and video.
The Dean Rodney Singers have created a series of artworks for the Bus-Tops canvas to be exhibited through September, celebrating the Paralympics and it's diverse actors and participants. Check out all of the Dean Rodney Singers works at this link and see which installations you can see the works on throughout September, the final curated month of works on the Bus-Tops canvas.


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Heroes of the Universe
By Susie Ekberg
Staff Writer
Q: You've spoken about this before, but I can hardly cope these days! Everything seems so hard, and everyone else is having a hard time, as well, I can't even help them. What are we supposed to be doing, and what in the world is going on? I thought this was supposed to be getting better?
A: Yes, I've written about this before, a lot, even. I also seem to talk about this weekly with all of my clients AND friends and family, so apparently there's always more to be said about your question(s). I'm glad to explore a little more with you. Yes, it DOES seem that life appears to be getting increasingly more and more difficult… in some respects.
In other respects, life feels fabulous, and miraculous, and full of goodness and richness and abundance and light. We just need to have the eyes to see the 'good' along with the difficult.
When you say things are hard for you, I'm assuming you mean physical things. Are you feeling overwhelmed, like you have a billion things to accomplish every day, and you can hardly drag out of bed? Or you feel that everyone is needing you, and yet you can hardly take care of yourself?
Okay, deep breaths, everybody. I've said it before, and I've certainly been known to say things more than once (just ask my kids), so I'll say it again. If you look at a tornado, it is very dangerous to be caught in the outer parts of it – that's where the flying debris is, and the high winds. But if you could travel into the very center of that storm, you would find it very peaceful and calm. Hence the phrase, "eye of the storm."
If you are not in your own Center, you probably feel tossed and twirled around, off balance, probably even nauseous (yes, physical symptoms often mimic symbolic, spiritual symptoms), but it's difficult to get to your Center if you have no idea what I'm talking about, or you're used to your old schedule of run run run.
Your Center is energetically where you 'are' when you feel calm, expanded, happy, and grateful. You 'get' there whenever you're doing anything that brings you great joy. You DON'T reside there when you are doing things you don't want to be doing, whether they're for someone else, or because you think you 'should' be doing them, or if you're doing too much. You aren't there when you're angry, resentful, fearful, demanding, impatient (oops!) or obsessive (oops again!).
So YOU can begin to figure out when you're 'there' and when you're not, and then tune in to your body and feel your energy at those different times. You'll have your own unique sensations and experiences.
For myself, when I'm in what I call my Happy Place, I feel larger than my present body, like my physical boundaries extend out further, and I feel like I'm sitting in a huge green field under a clear blue sky. I have a smile on my face, and I'm peaceful, not anxious. Everything is just okay, no matter what's going on.
I think this is a really important concept to think about, work on, and get interested in. Why? Because this work just isn't getting any easier, folks. In that sense, I think it's just going to keep getting harder because we're expected to grow more and more skilled at working with ourselves and this new vision.
It's like taking math. You start with addition. 2+2=4. That's easy, right? Move on to subtraction. Still easy. Multiplication? Kind of easy. Division? A little more difficult. Algebra? Uhm, that's going to take a little more work, but you can do it if you build on what you've already learned in previous classes. But if you don't keep progressing, you're going to get lost and feel overwhelmed, kind of like how you're describing your current condition, n'est-ce pas?
Could it be that you're not paying enough attention in school? When you're getting your lessons, are you working with them, working to understand and integrate them into your life? Or are you just rushing from class to class, for the sake of being there, not for the sake of learning? Only you can figure that one out.
And I'm not talking about the whole "life as a big school" kind of thing. I'm talking about finding the deeper, basic, core patterns and ways YOU work. Why do you always have the same reactions to things? Can you try something different? Get interested, get intrigued, do some investigative work, do some experimenting. Don't be afraid to fail – you can't – you're the greatest expert on yourself.
Once you get the hang of some of these new concepts, you can make the decision to hang out in your calm Center. Or if not hang out there all the time, at least GO there when you feel the debris of life smacking you upside the head.
It may take some time to re-program your thoughts and actions, but once you do, you should be able to see all of those wonderful things I spoke about, as well. Those times when you're just positively giddy for no reason, laughing out loud, nothing can bother you, life is a big Christopher Guest movie, and you are so happy to be alive. You'll be able to not only SEE the miracles all around you, but you'll be able to manifest them (it's true – I've got a lot of stories, trust me).
Now THAT'S cool! And it's not difficult, or hard, or intense, or trying, or tiring. It's what we're moving toward, and what all of this is about – creating that 100% Soul Consciousness here on Earth, here in our physical bodies! I've been speaking about this for over 10 years, and yes, I thought we'd be done by now, but I just overestimated how dense we humans are!
It's taking some time, but my best advice is that when you are feeling REALLY overwhelmed, step back, take a deep breath, call a friend and vent to them, and just put one foot in the other.
Don't expect too much from yourself – realize that you're doing the best you can, and realize that you DO have support, whether you feel it or not. We are the heroes of the Universe right now, doing the seemingly impossible, and if we say anything looks impossible, you're going to KNOW it's going to be difficult, right?
Doing anything great involves time, effort, sweat, and some intensity. It just does. So hang in there – do your Work, find your Center, then make it your Home. And all along the way, remember to have fun, because in the end, THAT'S what it's really about.
But again, that's just part of how I see things, and what helps me get through the difficult times – seeing the humor in everything. Hey – what did the Buddhist monk say to the hot dog vendor? Make me one with everything…
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By Dave Spencer
Photo Richard Anber
Super-featherweight Kevin Lavallee(11-0-1 9KO) avenged the only blemish on his otherwise stellar record in style Saturday night as a howitzer left hook to the body put Isaac Bejarano (9-13-1) down and out for a count of ten and beyond at 2:10 of the 5th round. Bjarno who got of to good start in the opening round working the body collapsed instantly to his knees and spat out his mouthpiece at eight. In obvious pain he rolled onto his back and remained motionless for four minutes and then eventually climbed to feet.
The victory helps erase the memories of their first fight two years ago where the Montreal fighter was forced to the scorecards and settled for a draw.
The draw for Bejarano has been the only bright spot in the last four years and has been sandwiched by eleven losses for the Mexican fighter who was making his seventh trip to Montreal. 'Pollo' has been a measuring stick for all 130 to 135 pounders and a right of passage and means of comparison for fans. He brings effort, provides rounds and often pushes his opponents Canadian opponents to the scorecards.
Simply put it was a fight Lavallee needed and needed impressively or risk getting left behind.
With a draw to pin his hopes on, Bejarano came out aggressively in the first, going to the body and avoiding Lavallee who was loading up a bit on his punches.
With eight rounds to work with, there was no desperation but instead a unremitting determination that quickly manifested itself in the second round. Lavallee was quickly able to turn things around as his sharp counter combinations peppered Bejarano. The Mexican was eating thre and four punches at a time and had trouble keeping up with Lavallee's ring movement. By the third round the Montreal fighter was working in an uppercut into his arsenal and whatever resolve Bejarano came in with was quickly disappearing. All the more so in the fourth when the punches being served up from the undefeated fighter were done so with even more authority and maximum leverage.
As much as it seemed the end was inevitable, it came surprisingly abruptly in the fifth with a mammoth left hook that left no doubt. Lavallee had one shot at redemption, and ended things with one shot.
What happens when you have two journeymen heavyweights with six wins between them in a total of 55 professional fights? Two combatants who have travelled the world and served up as fodder to build records for other hopefuls finally being given a chance at a rare and sacred win? A draw of course, six rounds settled nothing between Stephane Tessier (3-29-2) and Taffo Asongwed 3-12-8 who battled to a 58-56, 56-58, 57-57 stalemate.
The battle was indicative of both fighter's careers. Asongwed came out strong and faded. He did manage some good body work and actually threw some good combinations.
Tessier persevered and was still around at the end throwing left hooks and not quitting. The 38 year-old who had so often played the role of survivor over the years hasn't had a win since 2005, so not surprisingly he had a hard time pulling the trigger in the first half of the fight. The last two rounds though had a reinvigorated Tessier determined and pressing the action, and dare we say, trying for a stoppage. It didn't come surprisingly, but to see the veteran fighter go on the offensive to finish a fight certainly was a turn of the tables.
A loss with such a finishing effort would be hard to take, even for somebody who has made a career of it. Perhaps a draw was the best result for everyone.
Another Hungarian, another first round knockout. Frank Cotroni (6-1 4KO) had no problem scoring a TKO victory at 1:35 with 3 knockdowns of 56 fight veteran Antal Kubicsek (20-31-5). Cotroni barely broke a sweat as he scored with a well placed right hand to start and continued as Kubicesek kept going down. Cotroni had his opponent through the ropes and almost onto the commission in what was not somehow scored a knockdown. It hardly mattered as this mismatch was quickly over moments later.
The first right hand Andrew Gardiner (5-0) threw had Hungarian Gabor Zsalek (9-21-2) crumpling to his knees for an eight count from the crippling body blow. It wasn't too long until Gardiner would find the same spot two more times scoring a TKO victory at 2:16 of the opening round.
Another competitve fight for a fighter making their pro debut as Steve Lantagne went toe-to-toe with Michel Tsalla (0-2) and was able to score a 40-36 decision on all three scorecards.
Francois Miville (6-1) recovered from a first round knockdown and came roaring back to stop Dale Golden (2-3) at 1:58 of the 2nd round. Both fighters charged out from the opening bell and traded massive shots with little regard to defence. Miville seemed to get the better of the exchanges but found himself on the canvas thanks to a left hand counter halfway through the round. The setback was only temporary though as his work rate didn't slow and he was able to return the favour a minute later on what officially was ruled a slip but help turn possible scoring to a 10-9 round. Miville scored with a massive right in the second and couldn't miss Golden who ate a boatload of leather before the bout was finally stopped.
Glisandy Meija (3-0) scored three second round knockdowns to score a TKO victory over Patrick Guerin(1-2) who was coming off an eleven year layoff.
Marc Pagcaliwangan made his pro debut a successful one as the London Ontario based Filipino fighter stopped Gerard Audate 0-5-1 at 1:30 of the third round. At best it was a quick stoppage in a fight that was far more competitive than you expect from a fighter making his pro debut in front of a large and vocal contingent. A tiring Audate who answered back for as long as the fight lasted was beginning to get hit clean by the Ontario fighter who came out with an increased intensity to start the third. In all, it was a solid debut for Pagcaliwangan who seemed jittery to start but has significant hand speed. The young prospect will have to shorten up his punches a bit and tighten the defense as he progresses though.
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Tzafon serves grades 6-8 with Kadima and 9-12 with USY throughout upstate New York, western Massachusetts, and southern Vermont. USY is the youth arm of the Conservative Movement, affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
The organization provides opportunities for teens to immerse themselves in Jewish and social activities while forming friendships that will last a lifetime!
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International Law and School of International Affairs Faculty
Professor Larry Backer researches globalization, especially as it relates to the emergence of ways of understanding constitutional and enterprise law. His most recent work touches on the regulation of multinational corporations, sovereign wealth funds, transnational constitutionalism, and the convergence of public and private law. He researches issues of governments as private actors in global markets, the development of law and social norm systems to regulate business and human rights.
He teaches classes in constitutional, corporate, and transnational law and policy. Professor Backer is a member of the American Law Institute and the European Corporate Governance Institute. He served as chair of the Penn State University Faculty Senate for 2012-2013.
Professor Barker has dedicated his scholarly pursuits to the area of income taxation and more specifically to the study of international and comparative taxation. A three-time Fulbright recipient, he has conducted research as a visiting professor at the South African universities of Cape Town, Free State, Witwatersrand, and at the Riga Graduate School of Law (University of Latvia). His research reflects a strong normative approach to tax law that emphasizes the role of tax avoidance and important social values in the development of tax law in societies adopting free market, democratic systems in both the developed and emerging and transitional economies.
The Hon. Samuel L. Bufford is a former United States Bankruptcy Judge in the Central District of California, where he served for twenty-five years and presided over nearly 120,000 cases. Widely regarded as one of the foremost scholars of U.S. and comparative insolvency law, his teaching interests include bankruptcy, international and comparative insolvency law, commercial transactions, and international business transactions. Judge Bufford teaches courses in insolvency law and consistently lectures throughout the year at numerous seminars sponsored by foreign judicial departments and domestic institutes.
William E. Butler is the preeminent authority on the law of Russia and other former Soviet republics and the author, co-author, editor, or translator of more than 120 books on Soviet, Russian, Ukrainian and other Commonwealth of Independent States legal systems. He edits the journalRussian Law, published by the Russian Academy of Legal Sciences; the East European and Russian Yearbook of International and Comparative Law, published by The Vinogradoff Institute; and numerous other scholarly journals.
A recognized expert in nuclear arms control and disarmament, Ambassador Richard Butler AC is Penn State's Distinguished Scholar of International Peace and Security. An Australian, Professor Butler has held numerous senior Australian posts, including Deputy Representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the OECD; Ambassador for Disarmament (Geneva); Ambassador to Thailand and Cambodia; Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN (New York); and Governor of Tasmania. In 2003, he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), Australia's highest civilian honor. In 1995, he was appointed by the Prime Minister of Australia as Chairman of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Professor Carbonneau is a scholar of international, comparative, and domestic arbitration. He has written more than fifteen books and eighty scholarly articles. As a Fulbright Scholar, he held the Visiting Chair in Comparative Law and Legal Pluralism at McGill Faculty of Law in Montréal, Quebec, Canada in spring 2010. He is faculty director of Penn State's Institute for Arbitration Law and Practice and oversees publication of the Yearbook on Arbitration and Mediation. Professor Carbonneau is a former Rhodes Scholar.
Professor Farmer's research interests include U.S. and foreign antitrust and trade regulation law, issues of federalism, and comparative competition policy. She has served as a non-governmental advisor and rapporteur for the International Competition Network annual conferences in 2010 (Istanbul) and 2009 (Zurich) and is currently working the Agency Effectiveness Working Group on a chapter for the Competition Agency Practices Manual that will address agency prioritization and strategic planning, project management techniques and project evaluation. Before entering academia, she was an antitrust law enforcement attorney with the New York attorney general's office and counsel with the National Association of Attorneys General in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Johannes Fedderke is a leading South African economist whose research interests focus on technology and innovation, macroeconomics, economic development, political economy, institutions, and trade. His most recent works study allocation of aid, institutional development, aid policy, and labor market flexibility in South Africa. Dr. Fedderke has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed articles and is managing editor of the South African Journal of Economics. In 2006, he was elected to the Academy of Science of South Africa.
Professor William Fox has been a practicing attorney and a professor of law for more than thirty-five years. A private practitioner in Washington, D.C., he concentrates on international business transactions with additional work in federal agency matters and veterans law. For fifteen years, he has been a member of the faculty (senior research fellow) of the Centre for Energy, Mineral & Petroleum Law & Policy, the University of Dundee, Scotland, where he teaches courses in international business law.
Professor Gaudion is executive editor of the Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs and teaches courses in constitutional law and national security law. She holds appointments in both the Law School and the School of International Affairs.
Prior to joining Penn State she was an associate with Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin in Harrisburg, Pa., where she worked on antitrust and commercial litigation matters, and a clerk for The Hon. William H. Yohn of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Professor Groome, a legal scholar with extensive prosecutorial, investigative, and international experience, supervises the Penn State Law International Justice Externship at The Hague. As a senior trial attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Professor Groome prosecutes some of the most senior officials indicted by the Tribunal. He was responsible for the Bosnian indictment against Slobodan Milosevic, and for the prosecution of Milan Lukic.
Dean Houck focuses his research and teaching on international law and national security law, with a particular emphasis on the law of the sea and use of force. He joined Penn State after retiring as the 41st Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy in 2012. As Judge Advocate General, Admiral Houck was the principal military legal counsel to the Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations and led the 2,300 attorneys, enlisted legal staff, and civilian employees of the worldwide Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps.
Professor Dennis Jett is a former American ambassador who joined the School of International Affairs after a career in the U.S. Foreign Service that spanned twenty-eight years and three continents. His experience and expertise focus on international relations, foreign aid administration, and American foreign policy. Immediately prior to joining Penn State, he was dean of the International Center at the University of Florida for eight years.
Professor John A. Kelmelis is a scholar of national and international geography who joined Penn State after a thirty-year career of distinguished government service and leadership. He has provided scientific advice on U.S. foreign policy, regional resource management, disaster response, and information infrastructure to the highest levels of U.S. government.
An expert on the Middle East, international political economy, and Chinese foreign policy, Flynt Leverett is part of the founding faculty for Penn State's School of International Affairs, faculty affiliate at the Dickinson School of Law, and a visiting scholar at Peking University's School of International Studies. With his wife and frequent co-author, Hillary Mann Leverett, he writes www.GoingToTehran.com, a prominent forum for realist analysis on Iran and the Middle East.
Tiyanjana Maluwa is the H. Laddie Montague Chair in Law and Associate Dean for International Affairs at Penn State Law, and Director of the Penn State School of International Affairs. He previously worked as the legal counsel of the OAU (now African Union) and, subsequently, as the legal adviser to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Prior to joining the AU, he was Professor of Law at the University of Cape Town, and Extraordinary Professor of Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He has also taught, in full-time and visiting capacities, at other universities in Africa and North America and spent a year as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany.
Professor Adam I. Muchmore focuses his research on the tradeoffs between alternative approaches to government regulation. He is particularly interested in the interaction between government regulation and private-law remedies and the consequences of domestic regulatory programs for cross-border activity. His substantive emphasis is on food and drug law and the regulation of international business.
Professor Robinson is an internationally acclaimed author and founder of TransAfrica and the Free South Africa Movement. He is the recipient of numerous humanitarian awards from organizations that include the Congressional Black Caucus, UNICEF, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and The King Center. He has been hailed as "on of the world's foremost advocates for freedom and justice," by Henry Louis Gates, and Cornell West says that Professor Robinson stands as "a towering freedom fighter in the world of ideas and actions." His advocacy on behalf of the people of Haiti spurred a multinational operation to restore Haiti's first democratically elected government. His current interests include U.S.
Catherine A. Rogers is a scholar of international arbitration and professional ethics at Penn State Law, with a dual appointment as Professor of Ethics, Regulation, and the Rule of Law at Queen Mary, University of London, where she is also Co-Director of the Institute on Ethics and Regulation. Her scholarship focuses on the convergence of the public and private in international adjudication, and on the reconceptualization of the attorney as a global actor. Professor Rogers has taught, lectured, and published on these topics around the world, including as an invited participant at two Stanford-Yale Junior Faculty Fora. Her forthcoming book, Ethics in International Arbitration, will be published in 2014 by Oxford University Press.
Professor Ross teaches and writes in the disparate areas of Sports Law and Comparative Constitutional Law. He clerked for Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, served as minority counsel for the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. Senate, and worked as an attorney for the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice. He has provided expert testimony and advice on sports antitrust issues to governmental entities in both the United States and Canada.
Professor Terry is a scholar of legal ethics and the international and inter-jurisdictional regulation of the legal profession. A three-time Fulbright grant recipient, her research interests include global regulatory initiatives, including recent structural reforms in Australia and the UK, the application of the World Trade Organization's GATS agreement to legal services, lawyer confidentiality and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations, and the effect of the Bologna Process on legal education.
Professor Tridimas specializes in European Union and financial law. He is one of the most frequently quoted authors by the European Court of Justice and, on matters of EU law, by English courts. His research covers all aspects of EU law, including, constitutional law, judicial protection, and the substantive law of the EU. He has advised state institutions and corporations in relation to the Eurozone crisis and often given press and television interviews in Europe and the US. He served as senior legal advisor to the European Union and chaired the committee responsible for drafting the treaty of Accession to the EU of the Central and Eastern European States (2003). He is co-editor of the Yearbook of European Law.
Comparative business law scholar Marco Ventoruzzo holds a joint appointment with Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, where he has been director of the Ph.D. in Corporate and Business Law program and vice-director of the Paolo Baffi Research Center on Central Banking and Financial Regulation. He is a Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute and has directed the Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law in Luxembourg.
Professor Welsh is a leading scholar and teacher of dispute resolution and procedural law. Her research and writing examine negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. She studies the justice and self-determination offered by these processes, their potential to resolve non-legal as well as legal issues, and the appropriate relationships among these processes and the courts. Professor Welsh's work has appeared in numerous law reviews, bar journals and books, and she is co-author of a legal textbook. In 2006, as a Fulbright Scholar, she conducted research regarding the Netherlands' nationwide implementation of court-connected mediation and taught in Tilburg University's Private Law Department.


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9&10 News is on the scene of a train vs. semi-truck accident at the intersection of Main and South Boardman Road in Kalkaska County.
We're told no one was hurt in the accident, but the train, which was headed to Cadillac, is off the tracks.
The semi is from Mid-Michigan Logging in Lake City, and was headed to South Boardman.
The intersection will be closed for some time while the area is cleaned up.
Stay with us as we will have more details tonight on 9&10 News at 6:00.


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Police will be on the prowl through the holiday weekend, looking for drunken drivers in South Florida.
Starting at 7 p.m. Friday through 1 a.m. Saturday, Miami officers will be posted at a DUI checkpoint at West Flagler Street 25th Avenue. Beyond that, officers will conduct DUI Saturation Patrols through the Labor Day weekend.
Police say they also will be on the lookout for aggressive and unbuckled drivers.
In Hollywood, police will set up a command post at 1200 N. Federal Hwy. Also, 15 city officers, along with others from the Broward Sheriffs Office, will focus on DUI patrol.
The effort is part of an overall focus on areas prone to crashes such as Young Circle, Sheridan at A1A and Hollywood Boulevard at 441.
We want to send the message that traffic safety is everyones responsibility. Were stepping up enforcement and will be working harder to educate the public, Hollywood Police Chief Frank Fernandez said in a statement. We need motorists to mindful of the devastating consequences of aggressive driving and driving under the influence every time they get behind the wheel.


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Printing at Kresge Library
From Kresge Library
Questions? Please contact Ross Help Desk (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Printing at Kresge Library is currently limited to Ross Business School affiliated persons. Here are some hints to more effectively setup and use the printers at Kresge Library at at the Ross School of Business. Also check out
[edit] Basic IT Information & Help for Students at Ross
- DiscoverIT (from Ross Computing Services)
- Includes links and tutorials to get setup and running on the Ross computing environment.
- Printing questions should be directed to the Ross Help Desk (firstname.lastname@example.com).
- Email for help regarding the printers
- Ross Laptop Support can be reached via email to Ross Help Desk (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Make an appointment for assistance with your laptop
- NOTE: "Laptop Support staff are limited to assisting you with the following types of issues: email setup, wireless setup, printing/scanning setup, secure instant message setup, and Ross/UM software support (iMpact applications, CTools, and SharePoint). If you have virus or hardware problems, please go to the UM Computer Showcase in the basement of the Union, or refer to your laptop's warranty repair services." - From DiscoverIT site.
[edit] Laptop Registration Program at the University of Michigan
- The University of Michigan's Department of Public Safety (DPS) offers a free Laptop, Personal Electronics and Bicycle Registration Program that is intended to "deter theft and avoid the consequences or assist in the recovery of stolen property." You can register online and you will have stickers sent to you for your devices.
- Here are the registration links:
[edit] Fax Services at Kresge Library
The Kresge Library now has a fax machine that can be used by Ross students for outgoing faxes only. The fax machine is located at the Circulation Desk on the 2nd floor of the library (near the public entrance). There is no charge for this service.
Other options for faxing at the University of Michigan include the following:
- It is recommended that you use the Ross Scanning system to create a PDF document that can be sent via email or via online fax services.
- If you need to use a fax machine, you can use services at the following locations (fees may apply):
- SORC office
- 4303 Michigan Union
- Phone Number: 734-763-3202
- Kolossos Printing (sending faxes only):
- 1214 S. University Ave (near the post office)
- Phone Number: 734-994-0454
- SORC office
[edit] Using the Ross scanning system
1.To scan you must first set up a Scan to Box account here.
- You can use your Box account to store files, access them through the web and on a wide range of devices, share documents with others, and use it as a repository for scans using the Xerox machines at Ross
2. For the Scan to Box application to work, you must first connect the Ross Scan application to your Box account. This is a one-time process.
- Once you've signed up for your free Box account using your @umich.edu email address, proceed to step two. You must do this first, using the link above.
- Click here A window will open with a message asking you to click "Register." This will link the Scan application to your Box account. After you click "Register" and receive a success message, proceed to next step.
- Log in to your Box account.
- On the right side of the screen, look for a "Pending Items" section. Hover over "Application Folder: Ross Scan to Box," and click "Accept."
At that point, you're ready to scan! Simply walk up to any Xerox in the Ross building and swipe your MCard to log in. Tap the "Scan to Box" button, lay your document on the scanning bed, and follow the prompts to start the scan. After you're done, be sure to log out of the printer and your scan job should then be waiting in your Box account.
[edit] Printers at the Kresge Library and the Ross School
- There are three printers for student use at the Kresge Library.
- Two printers located on the 2nd floor in room K2347 (behind the open seating at Kresge).
- One printer on the 4th floor, next to the periodical stacks and near the Kresge Classroom (K4354).
- Other printers are the Ross School may be found here:
- Student Business Center & Laptop Support (R0430) on the lower level of the Ross Building.
- Ross Building, near the R2210 Classroom
- Ross Building, near the R1210 Classroom
- Between E1530 and E1540 Classrooms
- Between E0530 and E0540 Classrooms
- Tozzi Center (E1410) - Access may be limited to students working in that room.
[edit] Printing from public computers at Kresge (that do not require a login)
- We have a number of terminals near the entrance to the library on the second floor that do not require a login. There are a total of 4 public workstations and 8 database stations.
- Printing is no longer possible from these computers. You may save documents onto a flash drive OR email them to yourself.
[edit] Setup Printing from a Wireless Device
Note that you have to be connected to the RossWireless Secure Network at the Ross Business School before attempting to set up wireless printing.
- Windows 7, XP, Vista
- Go to the start menu, open the Run dialog window. In the box Open:, type "\\bus-print01.bus.umich.edu\ross-followu"
- Enter in the box Username, "umroot\youruniqname". The password is your Active Directory Password.
- Setup is complete.
- Mac OS X 10.5.x 10.6.x
- OSX 10.6.x users must first install a driver, Ross DiscoverIT site before starting - 10.5.x users may skip to the next step.
- Click on the Apple icon and select "System Preferences" from the dropdown menu.
- Click on "Print & Fax" from the System Preferences window.
- Click on the "+" to add a printer.
- Press the Control key while clicking the toolbar, then choose Customize Toolbar.
- Drag the Advanced icon to the toolbar, then click Done.
- Click the Advanced icon that was added to the toolbar then choose Windows from the Type drop-down menu
- In the URL field, type: "smb://bus-print1.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu/Ross-FollowU"
- In the Name field, type: "Ross-FollowU"
- In the Print Using dropdown, select "Please select drive or printer model"
- Then select "Xerox WorkCentre 7655". Click Add.
- An Installable Options window will appear.
- Be Sure of the following:
- "Finisher/Output Tray" is set to "Single Catch Tray".
- "Hole Punch Unit" is set to "Not Installed"
- (Paper Tray options can be left as-is)
- Click OK.
- A login window will appear. Under "Connect As", choose "Registered User"
- User name: should be "umroot\youruniqname".
- Password is your Active Directory password
- Checkmark "Remember this password in my keychain".
- Click OK. Setup is now complete.
- Additional Information and videos on how to setup your laptop may be found at the DiscoverIT site
[edit] Adding Printing Funds to your MCard
- Please send all requests for statements and additional funding for printing accounts to Ross Help Desk (firstname.lastname@example.com).
[edit] Printing in Color
- Color printing is available on the printers at Ross (please note that they incur a higher cost than black and white printing).
- When you have the printer dialog box, choose Properties when you have selected "Ross-FollowU" Printer
- Change Output Color from "Black and White" to "Color"
- Please note that the printers are NOT setup for hole punch or stapling (despite the drop down boxes for those).
[edit] Name Tents
- Blank name tents (cardstock) are available at Kresge Library at no cost for individuals. We have sufficient inventory to replace your own Name Tent, but not sufficient numbers for events, classes or programs.
- If you are printing via FollowU Printing - please follow these steps:
- Before you send the job to the print queue, click Properties, make sure you're seeing the Paper/Output tab, and click the Select Paper drop-down menu.
- Choose Advanced on that menu.
- For Paper Tray, select "Bypass."
- Click OK.
- Click OK in the "Paper/Output" menu and Print in the "Print" menu.
- When you arrive at a FollowU printer, "Release" your documents as usual, then insert the card stock in the bypass tray (it's the open tray on the left).
- Word Template for Name Tents can be downloaded here (Name tent Template File)


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Meet Connie Lounsbury
Connie Lounsbury is an inspirational speaker and author who wrote her memoir, Thrift Store Shoes, released in January 2012. She also wrote Reaching Past The Wire, A Nurse at Abu Ghraib in collaboration with Deanna Germain, the Army Reserve nurse whose story Connie tells in this 2007 book published by Borealis Books. The book was nominated for the Minnesota Book Award.
She also has 22 short stories published in 14 different periodicals in the United States and Japan. She has received several prestigious writing awards, including the 1998 Guideposts Writer's Contest and First Place Award in the inspirational category of the 2001 Writer's Digest Writing Competition.
Kathleen Creek
It is the poignant tale of a mother's love in the midst of unfathomable circumstances—historical fiction based on a true story set in Minnesota in the 1920s. Read more ...
Eyes of Hope
Caring for Orphans and Widows in Africa
How can two senior citizens from Minnesota and two young adults from Africa care for the needs of hundreds of orphaned children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo when they have no experience or resources? Trusting in a leap of faith, they answered the call from God with compassion, commitment, love and hope as they reached out to "the least of these." Read more ...
Thrift Store Shoes
A Memoir
Author Connie Lounsbury admits that, at times, she has been slow to listen to how God wants her to live. Now immersed in the third act of her life, she shares her blessings, mistakes, and the secret she carried during her childhood as she learned to hear God's voice—even in the most difficult times.
Lounsbury begins her story in 1950 on a frigid morning in rural Minnesota when, at just nine years old, she was terrified to hear her father shout, "The house is on fire!" Read more ...
Reaching Past the Wire:
A Nurse at Abu Ghraib
On a frigid afternoon in February 2003, Deanna Germain, a nurse practitioner and new grandmother living in Blaine, Minnesota, received the registered letter she had hoped would never arrive. In six days she was to report for active duty as war loomed in Iraq. The purpose of mobilization: "For Enduring Freedom."


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COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT/WAVE) - More mosquitoes are buzzing around the area due to the large amount of rain we've recently seen.
Connie Mendel, an environmental health administrator in Kentucky says a little rain can be a good thing to get rid of mosquitoes, but too much rain can be a problem, especially in areas that tend to flood - like many areas in Chadbourn.
Employees with the Chadbourn's public works department will spray the area for mosquitoes around 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. Officials say they have to spray so early due to the humidity and wind.
They will also be placing mosquito cakes, which dissolve in water and releases chemicals that will kill the insects, in standing water.
Officials say since it has rained so much in June, they couldn't spray for mosquitoes and that has also contributed to more bugs.
If you are constantly attracting mosquitoes, there could be a scientific reason for it. Mendel has seen some studies that say that pregnant women are mosquito magnets and that the blood suckers love it when you exercise.
According to Mendel, there are studies that show the insects are drawn to a certain blood type. If you are type O, you are more likely to be bit than type A. If you have type B blood, you are somewhere in the middle.
Click here to read more about ways to avoid being a mosquito magnet.
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Angel Burn
Author: L.A. Weatherly
Publisher: Candelwick Press
Publication Date: May 24, 2011
Pages: 403
Series: Angel Trilogy, book one
Source: ARC requested from netgalley, also emailed by publisher
Note: This book was published as Angel in the UK.
About the Book: Willow knows she's different from other girls, and not just because she loves tinkering with cars. Willow has a gift. She can look into the future and know people's dreams and hopes, their sorrows and regrets, just by touching them. She has no idea where this power comes from. But the assassin, Alex, does. Gorgeous, mysterious Alex knows more about Willow than Willow herself. He knows that her powers link to dark and dangerous forces, and that he's one of the few humans left who can fight them. When Alex finds himself falling in love with his sworn enemy, he discovers that nothing is as it seems, least of all good and evil. In the first book in an action-packed, romantic trilogy, L..A. Weatherly sends readers on a thrill-ride of a road trip — and depicts the human race at the brink of a future as catastrophic as it is deceptively beautiful.
My Thoughts: This books starts off with a bang and doesn't slow down. I was captivated from page one. I read it on my nook while working out and it kept me so motivated! I loved the idea behind it, the characters, everything! Plus, multiple narrators? Such a win!
Okay. So, first things first. When reading this book throw out everything you have ever heard concerning angels. L.A. Weatherly's angels are not the benevolent beings you may be familiar with nor are they your typical "fallen" angels. These angels arenot at all they seem. (For you Dr. Who fans they reminded me more of the angles from Blink than anything else!) I loved this twist. I found it unique and it made me want to keep reading to find out more.
One of my favorite aspects of this book was the fact that although Willow and Alex (Holy hotness Batman!) have lead these crazy different lives and are in this crazy messed up situation the issues they face are still issues teens can relate to. They are dealing with friends and family, trying to figure out where they fit in the world, questioning the beliefs they've been taught to hold, and the romance… oh the romance! I was impressed that Ms. Weatherly was able to make connecting with these unique characters so flawless.
Random things I loved:
*Multiple Narrators
*Willows ability to fix cars
*The road trip aspect
*Alex ( I couldn't resist!)
Check out the website for the UK edition of the book here and follow LA Weatherly on Twitter!


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Yesterday's attendance at the Marlins-Nats clash? 400 people. Well, 399 after a heckler was ejected.
Check out the picture here, and remember: a major league baseball game was taking place when it was taken.
According to the Washington Post, "The three-day series between Florida and Washington at Dolphin Stadium drew a total of perhaps 3,000 fans."


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Apple has reportedly signed Sony Music, the last holdout, to its new Internet radio music service, reports All Things D.
CNET says it's confirmed the report.
The last agreement would clear the way for the tech developer to discuss what experts assume will be called "iRadio" at Apple's developer conference next week. The product is said to be a free streaming music service that gives users some control over their listening, perhaps more than Pandora, but less than say, a full on-demand service like Spotify.
The advertising-backed product would launch later this year.
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Marcus Book Store is in the midst of a grassroots campaign – from Jan. 20 to Feb. 20 – to raise a million dollars in 30 days. Personally I am committed to reaching out to the people directly. The power is still in the people. Exercise your power. KEEP Marcus Books LIT! For the next 30 days we would like everyone to memorize and repeat the mantra, "Please, donate $20 in your own name and HELP ten others do the same! Thank you."
September 4, 2013
Regardless of what we may think about the U.S. political or economic system, we must support our New Afrikan brotha – i.e., without compromising our core revolutionary principles and tenets – and assist him in building a strong and viable Black stronghold. We must take both a strategic and tactical approach for this and not a subjective one. Think in terms of the potential benefits.


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Saturday, June 5, 2010
HTML5 and the opportunities of not having Flash
I have been thinking a lot about the lack of Flash support and the impact on the Learning field in recent weeks. Let me be provocative by saying that there is a part of me that has started to see this restriction as an opportunity:
We would by now have probably done a "mass conversion" of millions of existing Flash based eLearning courses without paying much attention to the new device capabilities being offered. Instead, we are now somewhat forced to reconsider our options because our existing standards and tools cannot be applied.
The demos above are not groundbreaking and do not leverage the device capabilities either but like every new iPad app I come across they did provide me with a different perspective and new ideas for potential learning applications.
It does take an effort and the learning curve is steep but as fundamental is the impact on Learning we could have by coming up with a totally new set of Mobile Learning standards and applications. Don't you think so? ;-)
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Celia, you raise a great set of points.ReplyDelete
The Learning Field must tackle the Flash/HTML5 situation with creativity and strategic focus.
Here's another good article on the subject with some great HTML5 examples at the bottom. http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/465/beyond-the-hype-understanding-html5-and-its-potential-for-e-learning-and-mlearningReplyDelete
Thanks for the links! I was planning on updating my Flash skills, since I never learned ActionScript 3.0. I want to create apps for the iPad, since I'm a school psychologist and think that iPad apps will provide tremendous opportunities for K-12 education, especially for students who have learning disabilities or other special needs.ReplyDelete
Any suggestions? I know HTML and JavaScript, and also C#.
@Lynn - Have you visited Apple's iPhone/iPad Dev Center? That is definitely the best place to get started with iPad development.ReplyDelete
See: http://developer.apple.com/