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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Open bugs in Rockbox
Open bugs in Rockbox
From: <tracker_at_rockbox.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 00:00:03 +0100
Flyspray contains 271 open bugs:
0 days old: Corrupted files with Archos Recorder 20 v1
2 days old: No SD-Card support in USB mode after boot
3 days old: iPod nano 2g charger detection
4 days old: Background noise with Sansa ClipV2
6 days old: mpeg video player bug
7 days old: issues with nano 2g display
9 days old: Annoying CPU noise with Sansa Clip+
11 days old: Android does not handle keypresses correctly - potential fix but I can't java
13 days old: logo.c keymap defaults instead of error on undefined targets
14 days old: Multiple "divide by zero" while playing particular APE on Clip+
14 days old: Sansa Clip+ Volume Buttons don't switch when Upside Down is activated
18 days old: iPod on Volkswagen Car Adapter: Next-Track-Button does not work
21 days old: Worse sound during the recording in FM Radio
22 days old: Playlists Choke on non-ASCII Characters
22 days old: Sansa Clip+/Fuzev2 SDHC detection
24 days old: Mikmod segfaults when playing a directory which contains a mod file
29 days old: Playback / buffer freezes
32 days old: Set of ogg vorbis files will not play on the Sansa Fuze V2
33 days old: attached theme crashes when playing specific input file
35 days old: clip+: sound messes up (popping) with certain songs
36 days old: Rockbox tries to open files "-.kbd", "-.sbs" and "-.rsbs"
36 days old: Ipod Video 80GB stops playback after skipping a number of tracks
38 days old: PANIC* SD Xfer read err:0x8 Disk1 with uSD 32GB in Fuze v1
40 days old: Cowon D2+ touchscreen: coord distortions at the edges
41 days old: Speech stops working after songs are played and stopped on Sansa Fuze
42 days old: M:Robe 500: Scrollbar is unresponsive
43 days old: Playback glitching still seen in some Ipod Nano 1Gs. Appears exacerbated by heat.
43 days old: M:Robe 500 / Kinetic scrolling loses smoothness at bottom/top
45 days old: iPod Colour: Database data aborts on init/update
46 days old: M:Robe 500: Kinetic-scrolling influences music plaback
46 days old: M:Robe 500: Touchscreen works with glitches
47 days old: calendar.rock day of week is off-by-one
47 days old: Frequency is not tuned the first time the radio is turned on
50 days old: Clip+ non zero output when paused
59 days old: small flaw in when deleteing bookmarks
63 days old: Some Fuzev2 models freeze on Rockbox logo while loading firmware
67 days old: Themesite not accepting %T with setting_inc or setting_dec
67 days old: Rockbox makes my screen-reader freeze.
71 days old: Playback stops and high pitch noise starts
74 days old: Change USB charge mode detection key
78 days old: Fastforwarding, Rewinding, or Selecting a different file to play may cause freezing or static
83 days old: Since using lamp plug-in the backlight and wheel light are incompatible
83 days old: Battery reports 0% charge even after fully charged in Rockbox 3.7 - iRiver H300
85 days old: AA not recognized after changing theme
87 days old: Random freezes on Flash-based iPod Mini 1G
88 days old: warning about \float_at_addtolists when building manual
88 days old: odd %s behavior following %Vf tags
88 days old: RockBox Utility only offers RockBox v3,6, but nothing for RockBox v3.7.
91 days old: [Sansa Clip+) Rockbox doesn't stop recording when battery is very low
91 days old: sometimes rockbox restarts and battery gets empty when changing tracks
92 days old: RaaA (Or Similarly Large Target) Iconset
94 days old: Next Track indicator not working reliably
97 days old: Backdrop and Icons not cleared
105 days old: Tracks are not ordered properly (concerning place value)
110 days old: Sansa ClipV2 & Plus - Screendump won't work.
113 days old: a mod in plugin key actions for sa9200
113 days old: Resistor plugin - led resistor calculator does not wait for keypress
115 days old: manual, sansa clip+: No keys for actions
118 days old: Messages and Heads up display fonts are unreadable in doom
122 days old: Data abort In sansa Fuze v2 when I insert 2 albums to the playlist
128 days old: pressing play after loading a new song sometimes skips the first few seconds
133 days old: Data abort after booting (with update database)
134 days old: Sansa Clip+ - scrolling text displays where its not suppose to
135 days old: Shutdown hangs at the shutdown screen
135 days old: Hangup after using "Replace current Playlist"
139 days old: Recording gains on Clip+ are very quiet, yet exhibit massive clipping
147 days old: Website doesn't distinguish between "stable" and "released" targets
152 days old: Pictureflow fix for Nano 1 and 2G
154 days old: Crashes with speed / pitch changed on WMA playback (Sansa Clip)
155 days old: Rbutil detects wrong drive as iPod.
156 days old: Last.fm scrobbling when nothing listened to
157 days old: Early USB broken (no statusbar & crash after disconnect)
165 days old: Rbutil fails to autodetect, Mac.
170 days old: Theme Editor doesn't render Vf/Vb correctly
178 days old: Manual doesn't tell you where to put album art for targets with pictureflow but no AA on WPS
178 days old: Sansa e200v2 progressbar lags when backlight activated
187 days old: backlight fade in and fade out times missing from config file options
191 days old: Sansa Clip v2 FLAC playback skips regularly
193 days old: ipodpatcher sometimes fails when attempting to write rockbox to OSOS on ipodnano2g
194 days old: Rockbox Utility fails to create voice file for the current build.
195 days old: playback of atrac3_rm files sometimes fails on h300.
197 days old: bookmark on stop doesn't work on sleep timeout
201 days old: Bookmarks from tagcache don't work
201 days old: A-B Repeat cannot set marks on Sansa c250
212 days old: Volume needs to be turned down on FM radio when voice is reading items associated with FM radio.
212 days old: ONDA VX777 volume in FM-Radio
219 days old: WPS is not loaded if the .wps file is not in the WPS directory
221 days old: Sansa Fuze V2 USB connection kills the player
228 days old: Display in FMS screen didn't update correctly
232 days old: Resume on iPod Mini starts in same position in following file
239 days old: No digital audio playback.
240 days old: PictureFlow runs jerkily while playing music on Nano2G after the recent feature addition
242 days old: Wrong playlist order after moving tracks to position right before current
244 days old: Auto-Change Directory crashes hardwarecodec players
249 days old: last Arabic character in a line appears as the first for some cases
249 days old: bidi orientation
249 days old: Volume is turned up to the maximum when the battery level gets very low
262 days old: stop playing when switch hold to off on SA9200
263 days old: PictureFlow segfault when showing tracklist or playing - fixed.
267 days old: iPod FM Radio Remote
276 days old: Simulator - long power press fails to power-off device
280 days old: Skipping and stuttering in low bitrate .WMA files
282 days old: Sansa e200V2 simulator ALT+F4 fails
287 days old: not able to move in DOOM!
292 days old: CF Moded iPod mini2G fail spinup disk
295 days old: Rocboy isn't playable for Rom that have a size of more than 1m
301 days old: FLAC with CUEsheet playback issues (reopening of FS#7354)
308 days old: Default font for cabbie loads incredibly slowly
310 days old: sansa fuze v1 scroller doesn't obey 'first button press enables backlight only'
312 days old: H120 not start original IRiver Firmware with LCD Remote holding Rec + Play
318 days old: music pause on buffer refill - FS#10919 not completely solved
319 days old: Improve detection of MTP devices
323 days old: Flac decoding of large/high quality file fails
329 days old: Screendump crashes Nano 2G
333 days old: Data abort on unplugging charging cable
334 days old: WAV problem with new Rockbox build & video iPod 60/80GB
349 days old: Gigabeat F halts occassionally when resume or USB plugged in
352 days old: Brickmania: Game doesn't load well
352 days old: rockbox doesn't employ software charge monitoring on 3G
355 days old: ipod 3G doesn't automatically enter disk-mode for usb connection
360 days old: block on the last top line grows with lines removal in the bottom
361 days old: Click when pausing/resuming with fade/max precut settings on
1 years 0 days old: c200 v1 LCD doesn't turn on when changing Backlight setting from Off to On
1 years 4 days old: Rockboy Nano2g sound
1 years 10 days old: Stereo Click
1 years 11 days old: Playback stuck after selection of broken/non-playable audio file
1 years 15 days old: Can�t open any .txt files which larger than 1M!
1 years 27 days old: Can't load Rockbox on Cowon D2 from SD
1 years 29 days old: Changed default codepage is applied only afterl reboot
1 years 30 days old: iPod Nano 2G USB Issues
1 years 42 days old: no track will play after playing a deleted, semi-buffered track
1 years 47 days old: Directory listing slow
1 years 53 days old: Manual: Code duplication
1 years 61 days old: iPod Mini firmware often starts with alarm set and shuffle play enabled after using Rockbox
1 years 73 days old: Rockbox will get stuck in the main menu if disconnected from the car adapter
1 years 81 days old: Some problems about the clickwheel and USB connection
1 years 84 days old: ROLO issues on ARM v4/v5 targets
1 years 92 days old: Rockboy Scrollwheel sensitivity
1 years 105 days old: Tag DB Never Builds
1 years 107 days old: Audio player selection is not visible while window is out of focus
1 years 108 days old: Rbutil will not autodetect e200v2 in win7
1 years 109 days old: Peakmeter on ipod 5g using too much CPU (replacing FS#10527)
1 years 110 days old: Database Initialization locks up with SD card
1 years 118 days old: Rockbox panic: I1E+Level6
1 years 121 days old: Hitting new button as old button is released doesn't release old button
1 years 129 days old: Remote hangs
1 years 134 days old: Deleting files in USB mode can confuse resume playback/bookmark functionality.
1 years 151 days old: Aliasing when playing MIDI files on iPod 5G
1 years 170 days old: Wrong value used when changing scroll bar width
1 years 177 days old: Player gets stuck begause of incorrect battery status
1 years 188 days old: Doom Gets a Data Abort Error
1 years 188 days old: Changing system language stops playback
1 years 188 days old: flac_seek may fail after 10 frame_sync attempts
1 years 202 days old: Audio adapters through the bottom connector cause system freeze in 3.3 on 5G iPod
1 years 204 days old: Build failure the uisimulator using MinGW.
1 years 209 days old: MR-100 requires reset if the hold switch is engaged after turn-on but before rockboot loads
1 years 209 days old: Wrong sort when title has a number
1 years 209 days old: iriver H10 freezes up with scroll pad stuck up and back light flashing then shuts off
1 years 216 days old: FM Radio Tuner quality compared to OF
1 years 220 days old: volume controls broken in FM radio mode
1 years 221 days old: Recording: After 3 mins - "Warning 000001" - then "Disk full" - Recording not saved (5 GB free)
1 years 226 days old: Tagnavi conditionals
1 years 227 days old: Setting Recording directory copies and renames the directory
1 years 228 days old: Chessbox playing errors and crashing
1 years 234 days old: bad voicing in the chinese language
1 years 237 days old: bugs with pitch screen
1 years 237 days old: Wavview refuses to open a wav
1 years 238 days old: ipod doesn't show connecting to PC
1 years 255 days old: HID input not working for me on ipod nano
1 years 268 days old: Acessibility issues in rbutil
1 years 286 days old: Cannot charge iPod from Rockbox on low battery
1 years 289 days old: LCD sleep can theoretically happen after the backlight turns on again
1 years 292 days old: License of firmware/export/usb_ch9.h is unclear
1 years 302 days old: Directory skip hangs iaudio x5
1 years 302 days old: iPod sometimes needs menu + select reset to turn on
1 years 302 days old: Clicking noise on Gigabeat S only when battery is fully charged and DC is connected
1 years 308 days old: Scrolling doesn't pause at the top or bottom of a list on 2nd Gen iPod
1 years 309 days old: Pop noise via headphones when starting up
1 years 315 days old: album art fails to display
1 years 320 days old: fast changing time indicators when pausing with fading on
1 years 321 days old: database_changelog corrupted/wrecked
1 years 324 days old: latest nat sort fix still sorts wrong
1 years 329 days old: v1 tag not read if v2 tag present regardless of content
1 years 342 days old: H10 5G MTP bootloader can't be built from configure
1 years 343 days old: USB connection not made when action_userabort() is used
1 years 344 days old: iAudio X5L remote erratic starting with build from 20090211
1 years 345 days old: Ipod Accessory bug reports
1 years 346 days old: fade on pause/playback in plugins is ignored
1 years 347 days old: "First Keypress Enables Backlight Only" broken on 5G and probably other clickweel iPods
1 years 353 days old: keyclick doesn't work when playback is paused
1 years 356 days old: iAudio M3 does not charge *ever* using Rockbox
2 years 1 days old: Release scripts are broken on many machines (/tools/release/*.pl)
2 years 2 days old: When cutting and pasting, overwriting doesn't work
2 years 5 days old: settings not saved when disk is not spinning
2 years 12 days old: RB sometimes forgets where it is in a playlist and that shuffle is on
2 years 19 days old: No header info in the .Scrobbler log
2 years 25 days old: Single Mode Bootloader fails reboot on updated Gigabeat S.
2 years 25 days old: Premature and multiple storage_sleep() in buffering.c
2 years 29 days old: "Beep" sounds very distorted and fuzzy.
2 years 31 days old: Sleep timer causing premature shutdown (3.0 and 3.1), codec failure (3.1)
2 years 35 days old: Car Adapter Mode isnt working anymore
2 years 39 days old: Playback skips and hangs badly on iPod Video 80GB on start up
2 years 46 days old: Resumes incorrect file after deletion from directory
2 years 53 days old: Sound sometimes doesn't work on mr100 if booted without headphones plugged in
2 years 59 days old: no display visible on 2nd generation ipod
2 years 71 days old: SNES player missing tracks on certain SPCs
2 years 75 days old: rockbox.ipod not found
2 years 82 days old: PLAY and STOP buttons should be universal (where possible)
2 years 84 days old: Voice disappear when stopping playback.
2 years 99 days old: Idle Poweroff doesn't exactly poweroff X5
2 years 106 days old: Freeze when playing multi-track OGG files
2 years 106 days old: severe screen corruption on H300
2 years 126 days old: Crash when creating a bookmark
2 years 129 days old: Playback from cuesheet not scrobbled
2 years 132 days old: FM tuner reception fades over time
2 years 135 days old: Rockbox (and bootloader) mistakes battery for USB.
2 years 148 days old: playback engine gets confused by multiple simultaneous button presses
2 years 148 days old: jittering(?) when leaving "lcd mode" without changes
2 years 156 days old: JPEG Viewer on iPod
2 years 172 days old: Rockbox hardlocks while recording
2 years 178 days old: r18234 - core + plugins shouldnt be calling opendir() directly...
2 years 200 days old: The number of characters included in the Sazanami-Mincho-Regular font are few.
2 years 200 days old: WMA Decoder - Problematic Files (Gaps/Skipping) - Example included
2 years 207 days old: Switching APE tracks no longer works on H120
2 years 208 days old: flac decoder doesn't handle truncated files nicely
2 years 210 days old: RBUtil reports a successful install on the e200R when it hasn't
2 years 220 days old: Freeze in Database
2 years 246 days old: Threads hanging if force track switching near buffer emptyness
2 years 247 days old: iRiver H340 skips when battery low
2 years 250 days old: AC3 playback does not work for single ripped songs
2 years 289 days old: m4a playback bugs
2 years 290 days old: compilation error due to GNU core utils BLOCK_SIZE value (and suggested fix)
2 years 300 days old: Equalizer is adding high noises
2 years 313 days old: Broken Manuals are Poorly Handled
2 years 313 days old: Extra button press required to continue browsing menus
2 years 317 days old: Freeze/Long duration when auto-creating bookmark if there's no free disk space left
2 years 334 days old: ALAC converted from dbPowerAmp is not recognized (RB r16536)
2 years 343 days old: Error saving non-current playlist file
2 years 345 days old: Backlight does not turn off when hold switch is on
2 years 352 days old: Sansa C240 Dock Line Level Audio disabled
2 years 358 days old: FM Recording disk thrashing
3 years 1 days old: Rockbox hangs on boot if disk full
3 years 11 days old: SPC codec failure rusuming playback on boot
3 years 30 days old: Duplicate entries in database (not caused by trash folders)
3 years 40 days old: power button does not exit the recording menu on a Sansa c240
3 years 41 days old: Idle Poweroff only reboots my 1G iPod
3 years 58 days old: Bugs in Rockbox SIDplay
3 years 76 days old: Resuming playback from end of song after power on confuses playback
3 years 84 days old: Slow scrolling in file view without CPU boost
3 years 96 days old: End of voice clips are cut off when playback stopped
3 years 97 days old: Save playlist defaults should be adjusted to match standards, should use /playlist directory...
3 years 102 days old: Selecting a buffered track in the current playlist forces a rebuffer
3 years 113 days old: Shows Ata Error instead of charging screen.
3 years 120 days old: Disable shut down on Rockpaint for iPod & Suggestions
3 years 127 days old: Anti-skip buffer doesn't work correctly on read errors
3 years 152 days old: Strange behaviour after Disk Full error while recording
3 years 169 days old: Charging screen broken on V2 Recorder
3 years 181 days old: FM Radio Quality
3 years 187 days old: Radio disappears from menu!
3 years 199 days old: Small weaknesses in FM-radio on iAudio X5
3 years 210 days old: Playlist insert doesn't work after skipping directory.
3 years 230 days old: First keypress sometimes gets eaten (but configured not to do so)
3 years 241 days old: remote volume up keypress sometimes causes directory skip (iriver h140)
3 years 296 days old: Background noise present with LCD remote
3 years 301 days old: Dynamic data tags aren't refreshed properly on scrolling lines
3 years 304 days old: Recording on iPods have weird noise
4 years 156 days old: Battery display incorrect when H120 is plugged in
4 years 165 days old: "Fade on stop/pause" via Line-out does not work.
4 years 280 days old: can't turn on iriver with the h300 non-lcd remote
4 years 287 days old: Keypad HOLD doesn't let go until scrolling is used
4 years 342 days old: H300 USB Bootloader Mode not working properly
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MAGFest 2018
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MAGFest 2018
Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center
Registration hours (24/7):
Thursday 10am - Sunday 3pm
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Arcade hours (24/7):
Thursday 5pm - Sunday 2pm
Code of Conduct
The primary purpose of MAGFest is for the attendees to have fun. To make this happen, MAGFest INC has established certain rules of conduct. These rules were created to ensure the behavior of any one individual or group of attendees does not disturb the enjoyment of another attendee, nor detract from the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere of the festival. MAGFest welcomes everyone; however, the festival's management reserves the right to deny or revoke the attendance of any individual, at any time, for any reason. This action may be undertaken when an individual's presence or behavior causes significant interference with festival operations or adversely affects the organization's relationship with its guests or with its venue. MAGFest INC also reserves the right to amend these rules at any time without prior or posted notice. If you have any questions, please contact the festival operations staff for assistance.
Anyone who accepts a MAGFest badge agrees to indemnify and hold harmless MAGFest and MAGFest INC from any claim for personal injuries or other damages or equity arising out of any individual's activities at MAGFest, even if such injury or damage is caused by negligence by or on the part of MAGFest INC.
General Rating of the Festival and Public Decorum
MAGFest prides itself on presenting an atmosphere that is comfortable for video game fans of all ages and from all lifestyles, as such MAGFest attendees are expected to act accordingly. All festival areas are considered "PG-15" at all times, with the exception of events or exhibits that are specifically noted to be inappropriate for minors. Access to these activities is monitored by MAGFest Security staff.
Attendance by Minors
MAGFest strives to maintain an environment that is safe and enjoyable for attendees of all ages. MAGFest cannot take responsibility for the actions of individual attendees. Nor will MAGFest assume responsibility for minors. A minor is defined as a person under 18 years of age who has not been legally emancipated from his or her parents. All minors must present a signed (and notarized if the guardian is not present) statement (available on MAGFest's web page or from the registration department) indicating parental permission to attend without an escort. (All minors 12 and under must be escorted by an adult with a paid badge.) In the event of a signed waiver, neither MAGFest nor MAGFest INC will assume any responsibility, legal or otherwise, over any minor. Even with such permission, minors may not attempt to attend any events intended for mature audiences unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
In the event that a minor enters the festival under false pretenses or by forging documentation, MAGFest has no choice but to remand the minor in question immediately to the custody of the local police.
Personal Property
You must check in any equipment brought for MAGFest use. Equipment includes, but is not limited to consoles, computers, musical instruments, TVs, games, and projectors. MAGFest may store attendee-supplied equipment and accompanying items but will not be held accountable in any way for them. MAGFest attendees leave all equipment at their own risk. Please note that any equipment intended for public use may be subject to normal wear and tear. At check-in, attendees will be required to label each piece of equipment with a code tied to their badge number. To retrieve checked-in equipment it will be necessary to present an ID and attendee badge. No equipment will be released to any persons refusing to present the aforementioned articles.
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Weapons Policy
Prop weapons are welcome but must be checked in with security promptly upon arrival. Sharp corners, metal rods, or any other elements of weapons that may be dangerous to others will not be allowed. If constructing a prop please err on the side of caution, or contact us ahead of time for approval.
No real weapons, or any item that can be easily mistaken for a weapon, may be carried either openly or concealed at any time in festival space, regardless of any concealed carry permits. An exception will be made for folding pocketknives without double-edged blades that are no longer than four inches. If a prop weapon or folding pocketknife is held or used in a threatening way, it will be considered a weapon. On such occasion, a staff member may take any reasonable measures to ensure the continued safety of MAGFest attendees, which could include remanding the attendee in question immediately to the custody of the local police. These policies are enforced at all times.
Posting of Announcements, Fliers, Etc.
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Do not affix anything to or write on the walls of the hotel or the directional signs placed by MAGFest, including in the elevators. Hotel staff will remove any unauthorized postings on sight.
Sales of Merchandise
The offering for sale of any merchandise at the festival may be undertaken only in the Marketplace area or by special arrangement with the MAGFest staff. All sales will be governed by the rules applicable to the Marketplace approved vendors. Anyone wishing to sell goods or merchandise must first obtain pre-approval from MAGFest INC. Please note that it is illegal to sell merchandise or services in any area of the hotel not designated for such activity. Such actions constitute "illegal solicitation," and may result in the perpetrator being removed from hotel grounds.
Personal Conduct in Festival Areas and in Hotel Public Areas
There is no smoking or vaping in any portion of the hotel. Our hosts respectfully request that those who step outside to smoke kindly refrain from standing directly in front of any of the entrances, as the smoke is carried inside. Please take notice of posted signs.
Please remember that you are a guest of the hotel, and that there may be other guests staying or dining at the hotel who are not attendees of the festival. Please maintain a level of noise appropriate to the time and place. We expect everyone to cooperate fully with MAGFest staff, hotel staff, and any local security or law enforcement personnel. "Disorderly conduct" includes any fighting, any inappropriate horseplay, or any actions that may disturb or disrupt of any festival or hotel functions. Disorderly conduct may result in revocation of your badge.
No items of any kind, including paper airplanes, gum, or spit may be thrown or dropped from the hotel or its adjoining patios. No water pistols, silly string, or any other projectile-type toy may be used in any public area of the hotel.
No sleeping in the lobby or hotel hallways is allowed. MAGFest is reasonably tolerant if you nod off at your computer, but you may not use festival areas as a replacement for a hotel room. MAGFest reserves the right to remove a sleeping participant from a festival room.
Attendees must not attempt to cross any barriers (such as curtains or stanchions) without being accompanied by a MAGFest staff member. Crossing such a barrier or otherwise entering an area that is off-limits to our attendees may result in suspension of your attendance and removal from the festival.
MAGFest is dedicated to providing a safe, welcoming, and harassment-free festival experience for everyone. This protection is all-encompassing, and covers all characteristics, including, but not limited to a person's: sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, color, religion, national origin, age, political affiliation, social aptitude, speech impediments, gaming platform preference, skill in fighting games, or enjoyment of Japanese anime. Anyone from any lifestyle is welcome at MAGFest, as long as they do not intentionally do any action that hinders the enjoyment of other attendees. Harassment of any kind, including but not limited to: physical assault, sexual assault, sexual harassment, battery, deliberate intimidation, stalking, harassing photography or recording, or unwelcome physical attentions, will not be tolerated.
If a person says "no" or asks you to leave them alone, you must do so. Do not follow them or attempt to disrupt their festival experience in any way. If you continue to provide unwelcome attention to another attendee, you may have your badge revoked without refund, you may be removed from the premises, and you may be barred from attending future MAGFest events. Please understand that, regardless of whether the behavior in question amounts to a violation of the law, it may be considered harassment and a violation of this policy.
If an individual stalks, harasses, or attempts to assault you at a MAGFest event, please report that individual to a member of the event staff as soon as possible, and appropriate action will be taken. If you witness harassment occurring, please encourage the victim to report it to event staff.
This prohibition against harassment applies to not only attendees, but also everyone employed by MAGFest, volunteer staff, guests, panelists, and hotel employees. All attendees should feel as though they can report harassment regarding any person associated with MAGFest, regardless of that person's position. No retaliation by MAGFest employees or volunteer staff will be tolerated.
MAGFest staff will be happy to help participants contact hotel/venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe at MAGFest.
Any and all information relating to the victim's claim of harassment will be treated by MAGFest as confidential unless otherwise required by law, overriding public health and safety concerns, or authorized by the parties in question.
We are not responsible for mediating any interpersonal problems that arose between individual attendees outside of our events. Thus, we can take no action to prevent a person from attending the festival unless that person has made a specific and credible threat toward the festival itself. If you feel that a threat exists against your person, we advise you to seek a restraining order against the individual in question and to present it to our security in advance of the festival at
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MADRID — Spanish prosecutors are seeking two-year prison sentences and six-year soccer bans for 36 players accused of match-fixing in the Spanish league seven years ago.
Former Mexico coach Javier Aguirre is facing the same sentence if found guilty in the case involving clubs Levante and Zaragoza at the end of the 2010-11 season, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Among the players accused are: Ander Herrera, now with Manchester United; Vicente Iborra of Leicester; Atletico Madrid captain Gabi Fernandez; and River Plate captain Leonardo Ponzio.
A total of 41 people were accused, including former club officials.
Spanish daily Marca said the six-year bans from soccer would be valid outside of Spain as well.
However, it's unlikely those being accused would face actual prison time if found guilty because sentences of two years or less for first-time offenders are often suspended in Spain.
Those involved have denied wrongdoing.
Prosecutors cited evidence that Zaragoza paid 965,000 euros ($1.1 million) to Levante's players to lose a match to Zaragoza.
Zaragoza's 2-1 victory in the final round of the season allowed the team to avoid relegation.
A lower court had shelved the case but it was reopened last month after an appeal by prosecutors in Valencia, where the match was played.
Prosecutors are seeking charges of sports corruption, and document forgery against some of Zaragoza's officials at the time.
Eighteen players from each team were accused, including: Felipe Caicedo of Lazio, Christian Stuani of Girona and Nicolas Bertolo of Banfield.
Ponzio said Tuesday in Argentina that his lawyers had not been notified of any recent developments in the case.
Ponzio, Fernandez, Bertolo and Herrera played for Zaragoza at the time. Iborra, Caicedo and Stuani were with Levante.
Prosecutors said the money that was allegedly given to Levante players was divided among the squad. Prosecutors contend all players in both teams were aware of the fix.
Prosecutors said they found evidence that the money was transferred to Levante players after analyzing tax reports and banking transactions at the time.
Spanish league president Javier Tebas first denounced the case in 2013 after a suspicion was brought up to him by another club's president.
Tebas and many of the players were interrogated by authorities in recent years.


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Treasury bond prices, which fell after the release of a seemingly strong April jobs report this morning, have made back all their earlier losses and then some, helped in part by a renewed safe-haven bid after violence again escalated in the Ukraine, prompting Russia to call for an emergency meeting of the U.N. security council on Friday. The 10-year Treasury yield, which began the year at 3.0%, has now fallen to 2.575% today, closing in on its 2014 low of 2.570% seen in early February, per Tradeweb data. The 30-year yield, which began 2014 at 3.95%, is now down to an 11-month low 3.352%.
This reality continues to fly in the face of widespread expectations entering this year that accelerating economic growth would lead rates higher over the course of 2014. The Ukraine unrest deserves only part of the credit for today's Treasury rebound, as bond markets have now had several hours to chew over this morning's jobs data, and the prevailing opinion seems to be that while the headline figures (+288k new jobs; unemployment rate fell to 6.3%, lowest since 2008) impressed, a closer read, particularly of the household survey, seems less reassuring. Here are RBS economists Michelle Girard, Omair Sharif and Guy Berger with their take on the jobs data:
The question is, how much of the April gain represents "catch up" from prior months (when hiring may have been held down by weather) and how much represents a sustained step-up in the pace of hiring? We would attribute most of April's gain to "catch up," though another month or two of data will be needed to answer that question definitively. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate tumbled in April from 6.7% to 6.3% (6.275%), but the drop occurred for the "wrong" reasons, i.e. because the labor force tumbled by 806,000. On balance, we do not believe the employment data move the dial definitively in either direction with respect to the economy or the Fed because (1) April's payroll strength must be corroborated with more data and (2) the question about whether declines in the labor force represent greater slack (will those individuals ultimately be drawn back in?) is far from settled. This employment report does not answer any of the important questions we have about the labor market.
And here's Rick Rieder, fixed-income CIO at BlackRock:
We still think that several factors at play today are likely to keep labor market recovery quite restrained, when compared to prior recoveries from recessions, though the causes are more structural in nature, and are therefore less influenced by the monetary policies in place currently. We continue to believe that the run-rate for jobs growth of around 200,000 jobs is consistent with the patterns of prior expansions for the past 25 years, and that should likely remain. This recovery, however, is beset by significant structural headwinds resulting from job skills mismatch, challenging demographic trends, and technological replacement effects. Such that, hiring is, and will continue to be, much slower than a normal expansion would suggest, and today's numbers (while better) fall in line with the 3-month, 6-month and 12-month averages of 238,000, 203,000 and 197,000, respectively.
We greatly believe that it is fiscal initiatives that can tangibly improve labor markets from here, and at this stage we regard excessive rate policy as doing very little for aggregate demand and particularly for labor. In fact, the costs of unconventional monetary policy today are more significant than the benefits, despite employment continuing to improve.


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Ben Badler at Baseball America has a fine story today describing age fraud among international prospects. The wise prodigies of Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have learned from the missteps of Leo Nunez/Juan Carlos Oviedo and Fausto Carmona/Roberto Hernandez Heredia. (And the take-on-a-whole-new-identity plan that Oviedo and Hernandez used was itself a response to crackdowns on the fudge-the-birthdate plan used by Miguel Tejada and others.) They will beat MLB's DNA tests any way they can.
This is how they do things now:
According to international sources familiar with the process, however, trainers and others are developing even more elaborate schemes to beat the DNA test—a Version 2.0 of the Alvarez/Guzman model of deception. Instead of swapping the identity of only the player, now the swap involves multiple family members, with the mothers as the most crucial components.
So in addition to the player switching identities with a younger male, the mother of the player and the mother of the younger male also swap identities. When the player and his mother take a DNA test, they will match, of course. If the father is estranged from the mother and they were never married, the fathers don't even need to swap identities because the player already has his mother's surname. The family that gives up its identity is compensated for its cooperation. The families involved in these switches are likely to come from poor backgrounds, international sources said, in part because a player with a parent in a professional occupation like a banker, lawyer or professor would have to deal with more logistical issues swapping identities.
How postmodern! Identity is nothing but a social construct! I'm sensing a Don DeLillo pitch.
In Latin America, New Fraud Models Emerge To Combat DNA Tests [Baseball America]


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I Don't Hurt Anymore
(1) Speak with Corporal Betsy about getting medical help for her trauma. (2) Tell Lieutenant Gorobets that Corporal Betsy will start receiving treatment. (3) Deliver Gorobets' message to Doctor Usanagi at the New Vegas Medical Clinic.
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Are you friendly with the NCR? Then we have some good news for you; this side quest can be undertaken! Everything for this side quest essentially goes down at Camp McCarran, an NCR-controlled base to the south of Freeside and the New Vegas Strip. More succinctly, it's just to the east of the El Rey Motel, and due west of the Aerotech Office Park. When you arrive at Camp McCarran (with its broken sign outside), you'll be able to enter and start exploring. For the time being, make your way to the back end of the encampment, towards all of the tents. Roaming around those tents, you should eventually find a man named Lieutenant Gorobets.
Once you've found Lieutenant Gorobets, you're on the right track to get this side quest underway. Engage Gorobets in conversation, and you'll be able to learn a bit about him and his team. When you get down to the nitty-gritty with him, you'll learn that a few of his subordinates are having a hard time after some traumatic battle experiences that have occurred recently. One person in particular he'll talk about at the outset is a female officer named Corporal Betsy. And it's the Corporal that we'll help out, wrapping this side quest up rapidly in the process.
Corporal Betsy, just like Lieutenant Gorobets, will be roaming around the many tents of Camp McCarran, but you should be able to find her easily enough. If you're having trouble, you could always just activate I Don't Hurt Anymore as your active side quest, which will then allow you to follow on-screen compass directions to find Betsy in short order. Speak to her when you find her, and you'll learn a bit about her traumatic experience, and how she's hesitant to let it get to her (although, unbeknownst to her, it already has). The good news is that with a moderate Speech or Medicine check, you can convince her that she really does need help. Doing so will prompt the game to tell you to report the good news back to Gorobets, so do so presently.
When you reach Gorobets and let him know the good news, he thanks you for speaking with Betsy, but asks you to do one last thing. He wants you to head to the New Vegas Medical Clinic to let the head doctor there, a woman named Doctor Usanagi, that Betsy is going to be coming there soon to seek some treatment. You can quick-travel to the New Vegas Medical Clinic if you've already been there, of course, but if not, it's northeast of Freeside and the New Vegas Strip, directly adjacent to the Crimson Caravan Company's building. When you arrive, simply head on inside, seek out the good doctor, and let her know to make room on the schedule. Doing so will quickly wrap up this simple side quest.


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As the above video shows, with all the hatred directed at the Patriots right now — the batshit nuts Easterbrook type, and other more planetary notions — we're legitimately surprised no one has gone after Tom Brady's knees yet. (KSK might have been the first with this idea.) We would never advocate such a thing — frankly, we find the Patriots enjoyable to watch, as evillllllll as they have become — but if they keep pulling this act, Bill Belichick will be hard-pressed to even pretend he's surprised.


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Is storage management software worth it?
High prices, deep discounts, expensive deployments, uncertain vendor commitment--what's a storage manager to think? We help decode the confusion that abounds in this market.
Last year, an IT manager at a large manufacturing company went through the RFP process to find software to manage several hundred terabytes of mainframe and open systems storage. The winner was management software kingpin BMC.
The company's Patrol Storage Manager (PSM) had reaped praise for its innovative application-centric approach. Even after a tough negotiation where the price dropped by nearly a third, BMC walked away with a $2 million deal for PSM and related products. But in February 2003, BMC pulled the plug on PSM, leaving PSM customers with no roadmap for distributed storage management.
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A storage manager at an unnamed, large manufacturing company was stunned to learn when browsing technology business headlines on the Web that BMC had suddenly killed its Patrol Storage Manager product. The manufacturing company had only purchased the product some months before and had been diligently trying to implement it. In fact, the effort required considerable development work on their part.
"We had been investing a lot of time and effort into this," he recalls. Their efforts also put them in pretty frequent contact with BMC technical people. No one had said a word about this--not even a hint that BMC might kill the product. Even their account manager didn't know what was going on.
Implementation efforts immediately stopped. After spending months to select the product and negotiate the deal and then spending months more trying to implement the product, the manager, his staff and the executives above him were furious. "We are all too busy to waste our time spinning our wheels for nothing."
Although there won't be any negative career ramifications at the manufacturing company as a result of what is now seen as a fiasco, everyone agrees that they were used, abused and deceived by BMC.
"We had been giving them a lot of valuable testing and feedback," the storage manager says.
Now they have to restart the tool selection process from what amounts to square one. And more importantly, critical management capabilities they needed yesterday won't be available for months--at the earliest.
From a financial standpoint, the situation is even murkier. The diversified manufacturer does a lot of business with BMC. In the end, corporate purchasing folded the deal for Patrol Storage Manager into a much larger package that provided a huge aggregate discount while blurring the price distinctions among various products. Whatever they paid, the storage manager assumes, will be applied to some other products in the overall mix.
The end of this story is not yet in sight. "Now we're wondering about all our other BMC products," he says.
Gary Pilafas, senior storage and systems architect at UAL Loyalty Services, a subsidiary of UAL Corp., recently needed to automate the management of 21TB of storage. He shopped aggressively and bypassed most of the household names in management software before settling on CreekPath, the Longmont, CO-based startup, for a sale that cost approximately $300,000.
Unfortunately, many storage managers are facing a similar dilemma: either buy a large, expensive product from an established player or buy a more focused, less expensive product from a startup. In either case, you better hope the product works, the company stays in the market and that it lives up to its value proposition.
It's not that vendors are getting fat off of you--most complain they're not making any money in storage management, sales take too long and development costs are too high. So what gives with storage management software? Is it too expensive? Is it too hard to buy? Or is it too complicated?
BMC's problems seem to have been a mix of their own private woes and ones afflicting a number of other storage software vendors. BMC acquired Mountain View, CA-based Remedy, a help desk software company, for more than $350 million last September. A bad economy flattened growth and reduced revenues in areas the company had recently entered and marked for investment, such as distributed storage management. But some of the reasons behind BMC's lack of sales were common afflictions among software vendors:
- PSM was a complex product that had a lengthy evaluation process.
- High sticker prices led to prolonged negotiations and dramatically lowered selling prices, but at the end of the day, it was still a lot of cash.
- PSM had a lot going for it, but it took a long time to deploy--particularly with recession-restrained staffs--and still, it was only a partial solution that didn't always work.
To make the price of storage management software more palatable, vendors are throwing out their list prices and adopting a variety of pricing models (see "Storage management automation pricing models"), which means that prices are all over the map. If your vendor rep says "that depends" when you ask for a price, they're probably telling the truth.
For example, when BMC was still in the open systems storage management business, it listed the price of managing a terabyte of storage at $40,000, but even when that price was discounted, it didn't reflect what the actual cost would be. First, you needed BMC Patrol as the system management foundation. Then you needed specific management functions--such as storage resource management (SRM)--which were bundled together at an additional price. And then you'd have to buy various knowledge management modules to manage the equipment of different vendors. So, you could drive down the initial list price only to see the price bounce way up when you added in everything you actually needed to do the job.
Similarly, Computer Associates (CA) recently introduced BrightStor Portal, which provides a single point of management control for the enterprise storage environment. The cost of the portal is $35,000 with a 50-seat license, but that doesn't begin to include the cost of the functional modules that enable you to actually do anything.
Nigel Turner, senior vice president at CA's BrightStor storage solutions group asks: "What's the value in ensuring your storage environment is always available and under control?" Well, unlike the stuff you buy with MasterCard, it's not priceless. "A large enterprise wanting to deploy the whole breadth of functionality is looking at a cost of millions of dollars," Turner says.
Like most software, storage management automation prices include high margins--70% or higher--according to a former vice president of marketing at a storage management service provider who wanted to remain nameless. Storage management vendors, therefore, are more than willing to cut prices, he explains, although they'll try to make up for it through the sale of accompanying professional services.
Young companies will cut prices even more, he adds, because they don't have a huge legacy code base to maintain and are desperate to build a client roster. The typical deal price for large enterprises--when he left the storage management service provider in mid-2002--ran about $500,000, but a few deals ranged as high as $2 million. Again, the extra money buys the management of more vendor platforms and more devices--not more or different management functionality.
Beyond a willingness to deal, vendors also have been experimenting with various software licensing schemes. Traditionally, management software is licensed based on the size of the server on which it's installed. Some storage management software vendors now offer pricing based on the number of managed switch ports or the managed storage capacity.
InterSAN, which focuses on automating storage area network (SAN) storage provisioning, prices its licenses based on capacity. As the number of terabytes of managed storage increases, so does the cost. "In the past, companies typically spent 10% to 14% of the hardware cost on management. We try to keep in line with that number," says Karen Dutch, InterSAN's vice president of marketing. The payback comes from the automation of the provisioning task. Using InterSAN's automation, it takes less than an hour to provision one volume to an application running on one server, she claims. InterSAN sells its products directly and through Hitachi Data Systems and its integrators and VARs.
BMC also followed the capacity model. "It makes no sense to tie storage management to the number of servers or seats," says Dan Hoffmann, BMC's director of marketing. With the capacity model, however, you need to read the fine print to understand how capacity is determined. BMC considered 2TB of mirror storage to be 4TB of available storage, and calculated the price on the larger figure.
CreekPath Systems Inc., bases its price on the number of switched ports in the networked storage fabric, with an additional fee for direct-attached devices. The basic price buys you the management platform, workflow and policy engines and the security model. Customers typically spend $300,000 to $400,000 initially, says Victor Walker, CreekPath's president. The payback comes from faster provisioning--minutes rather than hours--and better utilization (80% or higher).
CA follows conventional server-based pricing. "This is the same model we use for all Computer Associates software products," says Turner. In addition, most customers purchase deployment and integration services.
Fujitsu Softek is guaranteeing a 25% increase in existing capacity utilization after installing its Storage Manager SRM solution. If you don't see a 25% improvement, both the server and client licenses are free for one year.
Since the guarantee was announced last August, no one has come close to collecting, although customers have vowed to hold the vendor to it, says Scott Kennedy, Fujitsu Softek vice president. Only an exclusively mainframe storage environment, which often experiences 75% storage utilization, he concedes, has a chance of collecting on the guarantee. Once open systems storage is factored in, utilization typically plummets and recovering lost or wasted storage becomes easy with an automated SRM tool like Fujitsu's, he says.
Whether it's the new pricing models, a highly competitive market or a dismal economy that's driving vendors to scramble for any piece of business, storage management automation buyers are finding attractive deals. For example, United's Pilafas initially favored Veritas, but even with a 42% percent enterprise discount, the Veritas solution still proved too expensive.
CreekPath gave the company the automated provisioning and reporting it most wanted, and "it had a great roadmap--exactly where we want to go," Pilafas says.
Worth it at any price?
The $64,000 question for storage managers: If the point of storage management software is to reduce resource requirements, do expensive products make sense? Even at a fully loaded cost of $100,000 per admin, $1 million can buy you 10 people. And, if each admin handles a couple of terabytes of storage or 10TB or 20TB, you can manage a pretty sizeable storage environment manually for the price of comprehensive storage automation. And that appears to be what many storage managers are thinking, yet that line of thought may not fully reflect reality.
"If we had a million dollars, we still couldn't hire enough storage administrators. We can't find them or get them here," says the manager of a manufacturing company based in the Midwest.
And the amount of storage each administrator can handle manually turns out to be pretty small in comparison to enterprise needs. Administrators at the manufacturing company firm currently manage 2TB to 5TB of storage. "We'd need to get at least 20TB to 25TB per administrator," the manager adds.
To make matters worse, storage admins can barely keep up with the basic management chores. "The manual approach will work when you have tens of devices to manage, maybe even a few hundred, but as soon as you have thousands, there is no way in hell you can do it manually," says Bill North, research director of storage software at International Data Corp. (IDC), Framingham, MA.
For large enterprises, "you can't hire your way out of the storage management problem. If nothing else, the learning curve will kill you. The technology is changing frequently."
The situation, then, would appear to demand enterprise storage management automation. The products now on the market offer a diverse range of capabilities from storage resource discovery and mapping to automated provisioning to capacity planning.
Enterprise Storage Group, Milford, MA, identifies five functional areas of enterprise storage management: storage network management, storage resource management, virtualization, data management (backup) and policy management.
"Most of the players combine some or all of these elements," says Nancy Marrone, a senior analyst at ESG. But there's a problem: "You still need a lot of products to manage end to end. No one has everything," she says.
Fujitsu Softek's Kennedy, differentiates between "cardboard box" software device-specific software that comes with a purchase. There's straightforward SRM software which lets you report on your infrastructure, but provides few proactive management capabilities and application-centric storage management software, complete with policy-based management capabilities and automation. Unfortunately, building application-centric storage management software is neither cheap nor easy.
"Policies and automation are at the crux of getting to a mature management layer, but what it takes to get to this level is a lot of work," Kennedy says. "But it's work that's got to be done, because it's the applications that drive the business."
Meanwhile, most organizations aren't ready to automate storage end to end. Rather, they typically start small and "focus where they are hurting most," Marrone says. A focused approach lets companies implement some storage automation and get a fast return on their investment. "If you can reduce the cost of managing storage from eight times the acquisition cost to three times the cost, that's a huge savings," Marrone points out.
A fast ROI is critical, given the high price of storage automation. At least in terms of published prices, storage management automation on an enterprise scale is expensive by any yardstick. Even if an enterprise pays just $125 to put a management agent on a device, the costs can mount when it has thousands of devices to manage.
"I've seen prices of $250 per device and, yes, it is painful," says IDC's North. However, the price, he adds, is still less painful than trying to find, hire, train and retain people to do tasks that software can do better and faster. At some point, the sheer complexity of managing a growing multivendor, networked enterprise storage environment will overwhelm any amount of manual effort.
For small organizations and those with simple, generally static storage environments, storage administrators are probably cheaper, at least in the short term. For organizations facing rampant storage growth and highly complex storage environments, no team of administrators, however large, can keep up with the management. Storage management automation offers the most practical long-term option today. But you'll need to find a pricing model that works for your organization, and then negotiate hard. Alexandra Barrett and Mark Schlack contributed to this story.
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White House responds to Cardinal Dolan, says Obama's health care policy "respects religious liberty"
(CBS News) The White House responded on Tuesday to accusations by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan that the Obama administration was "handcuffing" the Catholic church and religious institutions with its policies on health care coverage for contraception.
Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and one of the nation's most prominent Catholic leaders, said on "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday that the administration's compromise on the issue announced earlier this year is not sufficient because the exemptions made for churches are too restrictive.
On Monday, more than 40 Catholic organizations sued the Obama administration over a requirement that most employers provide birth control coverage as part of their employee health plans.
"They tell us if you're really going be considered a church, if you're going to be really exempt from these demands of the government, well, you have to propagate your Catholic faith and everything you do, you can serve only Catholics and employ only Catholics," Dolan said. "We're like, wait a minute, when did the government get in the business of defining for us the extent of our ministry."
When asked about Dolan's comments, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said President Obama's health care policy "respects religious liberty" and ensures women have access to "important preventative services, including contraception."
Though Carney would not directly comment on the merit of the suit, he said Mr. Obama is aware of the "important role" religious institutions play in society.
"They can provide services that can be more helpful than any government program," Carney told CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell in Tuesday's White House press briefing.
Carney also noted that the Obama administration has "worked closely" with communities of faith, including officials from Notre Dame on health care issues, and will continue to as policies are implemented.


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Organizing an anniversary party is a wonderful way to appreciate the years of service of pastor, his wife and his family.
Programs for pastor anniversary should be planned by a designated committee chosen by the congregation to carryout the planned events for your pastor anniversary. But it is perfect that show your creative pastor anniversary party ideas with church communities to throw a heartwarming and successful appreciation party.
Creative and successful pastor anniversary party should include anniversary awards, pastor gifts, and lot of fun. Here are three areas of tips and ideas to help you make your own holiday party successful.
Pastor Anniversary Party Themes
What's the theme of the pastor anniversary party? Appreciation, recognition, support and more. It can be simple or as creative as you can imagine. Pastor anniversary game show, appreciation dinner, appreciation speech and give away appreciation awards and gifts are good ideas. Regardless of theme of you choose, you should always make it about the guests of honor pastor.
The anniversary party gets applied to all the communication about the pastor anniversary party including the invitation, menu & decoration, food & beverage and activities.
- Invitation – The group responsible for throwing the anniversary party needs to spread the word about the festivities and invite the community. And invitations should be sent at least one month in advance. Smaller congregations may choose to send invitations include clear party date, time, place and more.
- Menu & Decoration – Decorations are a crucial part of a celebration and help liven up the anniversary party's venue. You'll need to create a festive environment to make your pastor and his family feel appreciated. Banners, photo montage, money trees, centerpieces, balloons are necessary decorations you should consider.
- Food & Beverages – Fresh, clean and health food is your best choice, such as fresh fruit, vegetables, sandwiches, don't miss cake. Punch, tea, coffee, and soda are all great drinks.
- Activities – The theme of pastor anniversary party is appreciation, so don't miss the pastor appreciation speech to highlight the party. And it is thoughtful and reasonable that plan creative games and activities for young person and kids.
Pastor Anniversary Awards
Recognize and appreciate pastor's hard work and contributions with appreciation awards in front to his loved ones will be exciting and meaningful time. Therefore contact a local trophy company or customize a pastor anniversary plaque online for your pastor.
No matter what pastor anniversary is, 1st anniversary or 5/10/15/20/25/35 years anniversary, crystal plaques are popular as pastor anniversary gift because they offer special recognition and appreciation to pastor. Pastor is proud to display a distinguished looking plaque or award with engraved pastor appreciation quotes in his home.
Gift-giving of Pastor Anniversary Party
A personalized thank you gifts for pastors offers a tangible way to express our heartfelt gratitude. And giving your personalized pastor anniversary gift to pastor at the anniversary party is appropriate.
Your pastor must be interested in the simple but personalized anniversary gifts if he would like receive your presents. There are many gifts have not long life in pastor's life though he would like say that they had left deep impression upon his heart though they have gone. It is perfect if you have personalized pastor gifts ideas. First, you can't miss these appreciation gifts ideas belowing:
– Give your pastor and his family a bouquet of home-grown flower.
– Sing a song at party.
– Pastor Appreciation Speech.
Article Source: https://www.pastor-gifts.com/pastor-anniversary-party


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3 Habits for Better Health
Since April is National Stress-Awareness Month I've provided three simple steps to reduce stress and greatly increase mental and physical health — ALL year around.
1. Sleep 30 minutes more each day
Increase your sleep about 30 minutes more tonight than you did last night. Stress levels are affected by sleep. Studies show that 90% of people do not get enough sleep. When we do not get enough sleep, we tend to be stressed and sometimes moody. Most people only sleep about 6 to 7 hours. However, we really need 7 to 8 hours of sleep. Try to add an extra 30 minutes of sleep each night. If you have trouble sleeping, try putting on some calm music and lowering the lights. This may help get all the thoughts out of your head.
2. Stretch 30 minutes each morning
Devote 30 minutes to stretching in the morning. If you have back pain, it is important to get up every morning and do your stretches. Many of you might have been in a physical therapy program at some point in your life, and you were given a home exercise program. Where are those sheets with your exercises? I encourage you to pull them out and do your stretches for your back first thing in the morning.
While you are doing your stretches, you could also start working on getting in your water for the day. Drink some water while you are doing your stretches. When the body is tight, you can feel very tense. By increasing your flexibility, you will help to decrease your back pain and decrease that tension. Drink your water and do your stretches.
For those of you who have my book KOP: Secrets to Maintain a Healthy Back, there are stretches in the back of the book. Stretches for your hamstrings, quads, and lower truck would be great. Hold them for 20 to 30 seconds and repeat five times per set. Depending on the cause of your back pain, other stretches should be included as well.
3. Stress Less
Focus on spending 30 minutes of time to reflect upon the good things in your day. Thirty minutes to think about the things that you are grateful for. Choose 30 minutes before you go to bed in the evenings, after work or whenever, and focus on those things you are grateful for. Find 30 minutes where you can take a walk, get on the treadmill or do some activity depending on your condition. Consider walking outside and reflect upon the things that you are grateful for. This will help to refresh and renew your mind.
Studies have shown that people who are grateful are healthier and more successful, and have less stress. You might want to start keeping a gratitude journal and at the end of the day write down something today that you are grateful for. There might be someone in your life, your spouse, your child, or your parents. You may need to say something good to them about how they have helped you, how you love them, how much you love them, how much you need them, what they mean to you. Use this time to release frustration, and focus about good things.
This simple formula is an easy path to a healthier body and mind: sleep 30 minutes more each night, do 30 minutes of stretches in the morning, and spend 30 minutes reflecting upon the things that you are grateful for.
That's it:
Sleep More
Stretch More
Stress Less
If you do these three things for one week, please e-mail me at email@example.com and let me know how you feel when you are doing them. Also, please let me know if you found that instead of being focused on your pain, you had more positive energy, or you felt better.
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Servicemen who are too big for their equipment sounds like an American problem. But as China catches up to, or beats, the U.S. in certain stats, they also face problems faced here.
According to The Washington Post, a recent study of the People's Liberation Army revealed many soldiers are "too big and too fat" for some pieces of equipment in use. This includes people driving tanks who can no longer fit in them. The report revealed that people serving in military forces have an average waistline that's 5 centimeters larger than 20 years ago.
Apparently, though, this is because more people are getting good nutrition in China, not because they have an obesity epidemic like the U.S. But hey, they're still too big, so Americans can think about that.
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