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Official lineages
Infantry Regiments
The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment
The official lineage of The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment infantry regiment.
Gules the letters PWOR between two barrulets Or all within an annulus Azure fimbriated and inscribed NUNQUAM CEDE in letters Argent and ensigned by a beaver couchant proper, the whole surmounting three ostrich feathers Argent and issuant from a coronet of crosses pattée and fleur-de-lis enfiled by the feathers their tips over a scroll Azure fimbriated and inscribed ICH DIEN in letters Argent.
The cornet and feathers allude to the regiment's name, and the beaver represents service to Canada. During the Hundred Years' War, Edward the Black Prince, the first Prince of Wales (eldest son of Edward III), defeated the Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia (eldest son of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII), at the Battle of Crécy. After the battle, the prince adopted the three tall white ostrich plumes from the crest of his defeated foe as the badge of the heir apparent. He also adopted the dead king's motto "ICH DIEN" (I serve). "PWOR" is an abbreviated form of the regimental title and "NUNQUAM CEDE" is the motto of the regiment.
NUNQUAM CEDE (Never surrender)
"The Buffs"
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
Regimental colour
Camp flag
DEFENCE OF CANADA – 1812-1815 – DÉFENSE DU CANADA; NIAGARA
Honorary Distinction
The non-emblazonable honorary distinction DEFENCE OF CANADA – 1812-1815 – DÉFENSE DU CANADA
South African War
SOUTH AFRICA, 1900.
MOUNT SORREL; SOMME, 1916, '18; Flers-Courcelette; Thiepval; Ancre Heights; ARRAS, 1917, '18; Vimy, 1917, HILL 70; YPRES, 1917; Passchendaele; AMIENS; Scarpe, 1918; Drocourt-Quéant; HINDENBURG LINE; Canal du Nord; CAMBRAI, 1918; PURSUIT TO MONS; FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18.
The badge of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, with the year-dates 1944-1945, for jointly mobilizing the unit for service in Europe.
This Reserve Force regiment originated in Kingston, Ontario on 16 January 1863, when 'The 14th Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles, Canada' was authorized to be formed.Footnote 1 It was redesignated: '14th Battalion, "The Princess of Wales' Own Rifles"' 12 June 1868;Footnote 2 '14th Regiment "The Princess of Wales' Own Rifles"' on 8 May 1900;Footnote 3 'The Kingston Regiment (The Princess of Wales' Own)' on 12 March 1920;Footnote 4 and 'The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment' on 1 April 1921.Footnote 5 On 15 December 1936, it was amalgamated with 'A Company' of 'The Frontenac Regiment' (now the '33rd Medium Artillery Regiment, RCA') and 'A Company' of the '4th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC' and redesignated 'The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (Machine Gun)'.Footnote 8 It was redesignated: '2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (Machine Gun)' on 12 May 1942;Footnote 9 'The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (Machine Gun) (Reserve)' on 15 September 1944;Footnote 10 and 'The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment' on 1 April 1946.Footnote 11
Upon redesignation as The Kingston Regiment (Princess of Wales' Own) on 12 March 1920 (see above), it was organized as a three battalion regiment with the 1st Battalion (21st Battalion, CEF) on the Non Permanent Active Militia order of battle, and the 2nd Battalion (59th Battalion, CEF) and 3rd Battalion (253rd Battalion, CEF) on the Reserve order of battle.
The Kingston Regiment (The Princess of Wales' Own) was disbanded for the purpose of reorganization on 20 March 1920 and reorganized the same day (GO 53/20). This change was administrative and does not affect the lineage of the regiment.
On 1 May 1921, The Kingston Regiment (The Princess of Wales' Own) was authorized an additional battalion, designated the 4th Battalion (14th Battalion, Canadian Militia) (GO 132/21). The reserve units were disbanded on 14 December 1936 (GO 3/37).
The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment was disbanded for the purpose of amalgamation on 14 December 1936 and reorganized the next day (GO 201/36). This change was administrative and does not affect the lineage of the regiment.
The perpetuation of the 4th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC (1919-1936) was assigned to The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regiment) (Machine Gun) (now the '50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA)' (GO 76/37).
The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment was restricted to one company on 1 September 1970 (CFOO 70/16).
Perpetuations
'Battalion of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada', '1st Regiment of Addington Militia (1812-15)', '1st Regiment of Frontenac Militia (1812-15)', '1st Regiment of Lennox Militia (1812-15)', '21st', '59th' and '253rd "Overseas" Battalion(s), CEF'
The Fenian Raids
The battalion was called out on active service on 8 March 1866. It was removed from active service on 31 March 1866.Footnote 12
The regiment contributed volunteers for the Canadian Contingents during the South African War.Footnote 13
Details of the regiment were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protection duties.Footnote 14
The 21st Battalion, which was authorized on 7 November 1914 as the '21st Battalion, CEF',Footnote 15 embarked for Britain on 6 May 1915.Footnote 16 It disembarked in France on 15 September 1915,Footnote 17 where it fought as part of the 4th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war.Footnote 18 The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920.Footnote 19
The 59th Battalion, which was authorized on 20 April 1915 as the '59th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF',Footnote 20 embarked for Britain on 1 April 1916.Footnote 21 It provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field until 6 July 1916, when its personnel were absorbed by the '39th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF'.Footnote 22 The battalion was disbanded on 21 May 1917.Footnote 23
The 253rd Battalion, which was authorized on 1 May 1917 as the '253rd "Overseas" Infantry Battalion, CEF',Footnote 24 embarked for Britain on 29 April 1917.Footnote 25 On 18 May 1917, its personnel were absorbed by the '5th Reserve Battalion, CEF' to provided reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field.Footnote 26 The battalion was disbanded on 8 December 1917.Footnote 27
Details from the regiment were called out on service on 26 August 1939 and then placed on active service on 1 September 1939, under the designation 'The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (Machine Gun), CASF (Details)', for local protection duties.Footnote 28 The details called out on active service were disbanded on 31 December 1940.Footnote 29
The regiment provided 'No. 1 Company' of 'The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, CASF' for active service on 24 May 1940 (see The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders chart for further details).Footnote 30
The regiment subsequently mobilized the '1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (Machine Gun), CASF' for active service on 12 May 1942.Footnote 31 It was redesignated '1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment, CIC, CASF' on 19 July 1943.Footnote 32 It served in Canada in a home defence role as part of Military District No. 4.Footnote 33 The battalion was disbanded on 15 October 1943.Footnote 34
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MGO 16 Jan 63. Formed from seven independent rifle companies authorized on the following dates: 'No. 1 Company' (1st Volunteer Militia Rifle Company of Kingston, 14 November 1855); 'No. 2 Company' (2d Volunteer Militia Rifle Company of Kingston, 27 December 1855); 'No. 3 Company' (The Third Volunteer Militia Rifle Company of Kingston, 27 November 1856); 'No. 4 Company' (The 4th Volunteer Militia Rifle Company of Kingston, 27 December 1861); 'No. 5 Company' (Volunteer Militia Rifle Company at Kingston, 17 April 1862); 'No. 6 Company' (Volunteer Militia Rifle Company at Kingston, 17 April 1862); and 'No. 7 Company' (The Portsmouth Rifle Company, 18 July 1860).
Letter, The Duke of Buckingham to Viscount Monck (Governor General) dated 9 January 1868, reprinted in The Volunteer Review and Military Naval Gazette, Vol. II, No. 16, 20 April 1868 (Document Collection 92/252, (3-6-34)The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment, Box 36). Approval for the secondary designation was not published in General Orders. However, appointments appeared in the General Orders of 12 and 26 June 1868 under '14th Battalion "The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment"'; on 3 July 1868, and subsequently, the title appeared as '14th Battalion "The Princess of Wales' Own Rifles'".
MO 105/1900.
MO 59/20.
GO 97/21.
MGO 30 Nov 66.
GO 201/36.
GO 42/41; and GO 309/42.
MGO 8 March 1866; and MGO 28 March 1866.
CEF Sailing List, vol. II.
War Diary, 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion, LAC, RG 9, Series III-D-3, Vol. 4930, File 410.
G.W.L. Nicholson, Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War, Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919 (Ottawa, 1962), passim; and William Patterson, Kingston's Own: The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment 1863-2004, (Kingston, 2005), pp. 171-201.
GO 103a/15.
CEF Sailing List, vol. III. The unit also sent two reinforcing drafts overseas on 27 August 1915 et 13 November 1915.
Edwin Pye Papers, Summary of History of C.E.F. Units - 59th Battalion, Document Collection 74/672, Series IV, Box 12, Folder 59.
CEF Sailing List, vol. XI.
Edwin Pye Papers, Summary of History of C.E.F. Units - 253rd Battalion, Document Collection 74/672, Series IV, Box 13, Folder 253.
GO 124/39; and GO 135/39.
GO 184/40; William Patterson, Kingston's Own: The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment 1863-2004, (Kingston, 2005), pp. 207-217; and Document Collection 92/252, (3-0-3, Vol. 1) Battle Honours Committee, Box 45, Folder 3. The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders were formed as a composite unit. 'The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regiment) (Machine Gun)' provided Headquarters Company, 'The Prince of Wales' Own Regiment (Machine Gun)' provided No. 1 Company, 'The Brockville Rifles' provided No. 2 Company and No. 3 and 4 Companies were provided by 'The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders'.
GO 309/42; and GO 42/41.
Colonel C.P. Stacey, Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Volume 1, Six Years of War (Ottawa, 1955), p. 53; and William Patterson, Kingston's Own: The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment 1863-2004, (Kingston, 2005), pp. 218-223.


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Похід Афсін Бека, Похід Афсініоса — перший похід у глибину Мало-Азійського півострова сельджуцьких військ на чолі із Афсін Беком у 1067-1068 роках. Результатом стало захоплення та пограбування визначного міста Анатолії Кесарії Каппадокійської, прорив Кілікійських воріт, спустошення регіонів Кілікії та Пн. Сирії навколо Антиохії. Поява військ василевса Романа IV не змусила турок відступати, а лише змінити напрямок походу і пограбувати міста Неокесарія поблизу чорноморського узбережжя та Аморія на заході Анатолії. Після цього війська Афсін Бека повернулись на територію Сельджуцької держави.

Передумови
До походу Афсін Бека, сутички імперії із сельджуками відбувались у прикордонних регіонах Вірменії та Східної Анатолії. Після вдалої для ромеїв оборони Манцикерту в 1054 році та відступу військ султана Тоґрула, між двома великими державами встановився мир. Передовсім, він був пов'язаний із переорієнтацією на інші, більш важливі, на той час для обох сторін завдання: захоплення Багдаду і завершення війни проти Буїдів у Тоґрула та відсічі нападам печенігів на Балкани у Візантії.

У 1064 році після смерті Тоґрула, владу у сельджуцькій державі обійняв син його молодшого брата Чаґрі — Алп Арслан. На цей момент держава сельджуків вже простягалась від Амудар'ї до Палестина, Вірменії та Перської затоки. З метою зміцнення своєї влади у Вірменії, де кочували не до кінця контрольовані ним туркмени Алп Арслан пройшов долиною Араксу та, у відповідь на атаку ар'єргарду своєї армії візантійцями, почав облогу вірменської столиці Ані, котре в той час входила до складу прикордонних територій Римської імперії. За допомогою облогової машини, султану вдалось зробити пролом у стінах міста і взяти його. Згідно хроніки Ібн-аль-Джазі мешканці взятої столиці «були перебиті, пограбовані та спалені, а решта взяті у полон»; трупами були завалені всі вулиці в полонених нараховувалось коло 50 000. Останні захисники міста, що сховались у цитаделі були там спалені та перебиті. Далі, султан зайняв ще одне важливе вірменське місто Карс, яке здалось без бою. Після цих успіхів, султан повернув свою армію назад, готуючись до війни з єгипетськими фатимідами. Однак, у цей момент один із вельмож султана на ім'я Афсін Бек (Афсініос) підняв заколот, та вбивши кількох членів султанського двору, повів свій військовий відділ в глибину Анатолії.

Перебіг походу
Військові підрозділи Афсін Бека здійснили марш довжиною більше 700 кілометрів із Сходу на Захід та досягнули ключового міста Малої Азії — Кесарії (Каппадокійської), після здобуття якої повернули на південь. Рухаючись в напрямку Середземного моря вони пройшли ще близько сотні кілометрів та подолали так звані Кілікійська ворота — тісний перевал серед високих скелястих гір, увійшовши, таким чином, до Кілікії. Грабуючи навколишню місцевість вони продовжували рухатись на південь в напрямку давньої столиці Сирії Антиохії. Тут, восени 1068 року, Афсін Бек дізнався про підхід військ імператора Романа IV та здійснивши обхідний маневр повернув у зворотному напрямку здійснивши похід довжиною більше 500 кілометрів з півдня на північ пройшовши від надсередземноморського регіону до надчорноморського досягнувши та пограбувавши інший важливий центр Анатолії — Неокесарію (тур. Ніксар). Після цього війська Афсініоса повернули на південний-захід та пройшли близько 600 кілометрів атакувавши Аморій. Після цього сельджуцькі війська пройшли майже всю територію Малої Азії і Вірменії та повернулись назад у межі держави Алп Арслана.

В ході свого наїзду турецькі війська тричі пройшли через Каппадокію не зустрівши жодного серйозного опору, не дивлячись на те що у регіоні розташовувалася армія імператора Романа IV, який сам був уродженцем цих місць.

Підсумки
З огляду на успішність походу, Афсін Бек отримав прощення від сутлана Алп Арслана та був відновлений на військовій службі як один із його командувачів. Дії Афсін Бека показали вразливість Анатолії та стали практичним підтвердженням можливості успішного широкомасштабного вторгнення в межі Візантії. Вже через два роки султан сам очолив новий похід на імперію, кульмінацією якого став бій під Манцикертом, де армія ромеїв на чолі із василевсом Романом IV була розгромлена, а сам він потрапив у полон.

Див. також
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 Битва біля Манцикерта
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 Бій на Меандрі

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Q: How to execute emulator commands via appium I want to execute emulator commands via appium for automated Android tests.
adb shell commands can be executed easily for example like this ->
driver.executeScript("mobile: shell", ImmutableMap.of("command", "dumpsys window windows | grep -E 'mCurrentFocus'"))

Is there any way to execute following command "adb emu network delay gprs"

A: The correct syntax would be:
Map<String, Object> argv = new HashMap<>();
argv.put("command", "dumpsys ");
argv.put("args", Lists.newArrayList("window", "windows", "|", "grep", "-E", "'mCurrentFocus'"));
String result = driver.executeScript("mobile: shell", argv).toString();

Reference: How To Execute Shell Commands On The Remote Device
By the way, there are Appium SeeTest Extensions which provide simplified syntax for running commands, like:
driver.executeScript("seetest:client.run(\"adb shell dumpsys window windows | grep -E 'mCurrentFocus'\")");

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The trial started on January 15th 1946 and was finished on the 29th. In these days the martial court of the Minsk County was weighing the accusations against eighteen nazi officials who served in the German police and army; Among them – four S.S. and S.D. commanders, two chiefs of battalions, a Major, two Captains, two Uberleutenats and the rest of inferior ranks. Frantz Karl Hess, second lieutenant of the thirty second " Zondercommando" stationed near the police and S.S. in Minsk was one of the eighteen convicts.
Chairman of court: General Kadrov.
Judge: Chief of Battalion Sacharov.
Judge: Chief of Battalion Vinogradov.
The prosecutors: Lieutenant Colonel Yatzanin and the Battalion Head Palachin.
Lawyers nominated by the state represented all convicts, except Frantz Karl Hess who renounced the lawyer and preferred to represent himself. After some formalities, the hearings began.
The hearings on the 19th of January 1946 were dedicated to the investigation concerning the prosecution that was held against Frantz Karl Hess.
Given here is a briefing of the hearings and the verdict.
(addressing accused Hess): Are you confirming your testimony given in the early investigation?
Hess: Yes I confirm it.
to the prosecutor: Comrade prosecutor, do you have questions to the accused?
Prosecutor: Yes. Addressing Hess asks: Tell me Hess; on what year did you enter the ranks of the fascist party?
Prosecutor: What was your military rank and in any what regiment were you serving your duty?
Hess: I was a simple private in the S.S. army.
Prosecutor: What is your family origin?
Hess: I come from a working family. My father worked in a factory.
Prosecutor: What office did your father hold in the factory?
Hess: He worked as a simple worker.
Prosecutor: Your father was a Nazi?
Hess: No. He was apolitical and died in 1916.
Prosecutor: How come that you, as a son of a working family, finds yourself in the ranks of the Nazi party?
Hess: Because I am German.
Prosecutor: Just because you are German?
Prosecutor: What did you do in the army?
Hess: I worked in a factory producing weights.
Prosecutor: When did you come to the Zondercommando in Minsk?
Hess: I came in the beginning of December 1941.
Prosecutor: What duties were put upon you?
Hess: I had to guard the offices and establishments of the army and the SS.
Prosecutor: This is not true! You were trained in courses for commanders of the border police, in managers courses and in handling trained dogs – all these were done for house guarding only? Tell the court all of the truth!
Hess: All right, I shall tell! Our work as house guards was only for deception.
Our main mission was the extinction of Jews. The orders were given from above and we were forced to commit them.
Prosecutor: To where did you go on the first half of May 1942 with a shooting squad?
Hess: We drove to Volozhyn.
Prosecutor: To which county does Volozhyn belong?
Hess: To Molodechna County I think. I am not sure.
Prosecutor: What did you do in Volozhyn?
Hess: We exterminated the Jews there.
Prosecutor: How many Jews did you kill there?
Prosecutor: Who was in charge of this 'actsia'?
Prosecutor: How did you gather the Jewish community in order to commit the horror acts?
Hess: We took the people from their houses, they were locked in the cowshed, and there we shot them to death.
Prosecutor: What have you done with the property and valuable objects of the dead?
Hess: We sent the valuables to Villieka.
Prosecutor: From whom were the two thousand dead, in the town of Volozhyn of Molodechna County, composed?
Hess: From men, women and children.
Prosecutor: Why did you kill the people? Just because they were Jews?
Hess: Yes. Just because they were Jews.
Prosecutor: Were within the two thousand dead also other nationalities members?
Prosecutor: In what way did you execute them?
Hess: We divided the Jews to groups of eighty – hundred people. Every group was entered into the cow shed, and there they killed them one by one- till the last one of them.
Prosecutor: Within the two thousand were also people from Volozhyn vicinity, or from Volozhyn only?
Hess: I do not know.
Prosecutor: You took out all of the Jews from the ghetto?
Hess: Yes, we took out all of them.
Prosecutor: Who were the shooters?
Hess: All were ordered to shoot, including me.
Prosecutor: How many Jews did you kill with your own hands in Volozhyn?
Hess: I personally killed about one hundred and twenty Jews. (Noise in the courtroom).
Prosecutor: In what part of the body did the bullet hit? Did you shoot the back of the neck?
Hess: Yes, we shot the head. The Jews were kneeling on their knees and we shot the head, which means – the back of the neck.
Prosecutor: Did the children also were kneeling on their knees and shot in the back of their necks?
Hess: Yes, all of them – children, men, women, old and young.
Prosecutor: From what weapon did you shoot?
Prosecutor: What kind of gun was it?
Hess: It was a 0.8-mm army gun.
Prosecutor: What have you done with the bodies? Buried them?
Hess: No. We soaked most of the bodies with gasoline and burned them.
The last words of Hess were that he regrets his actions in Belarus, but that he is innocent because he was forced to do it by his superiors.
He declared before the judges and the people whose sons have judged him, that fascism was the greatest curse that the world has ever known.
These ended the hearings on the 29th of January. In the late hours of the night, the court published its verdict.
The court martial concluded, that Frantz Karl Hess, as an inferior rank officer of the eighth Zondercommando' by the security police of the SS and SD, took an active part.
In the December 1941 'action'. In this 'action' a hundred patients that were hospitalized in the Minsks' mental hospital were shot, as well as two hundred and fifty civilians that were temporarily arrested in Minsks' prison.
Many times Hess took part in the killings of soviet citizens from Jewish origin, among them old, women and children.
In December 1941, he took part in the killings of two thousand people in Minsk.
In 1942 he took part in the killing of the peaceful Jewish community in the city of Vileycky. In the small town of Ivia, Molodechna County, Hess killed sixty people with his own hands. In the cities Dolginova and Vishnieva, Hess participated in murdering three thousand five hundred soviet citizens of Jewish origin.
In the town of Volozhyn, he took part in the execution of two thousand Jews, of which he himself killed one hundred and twenty. In the town of Trastenitz-Zutta he was a part of a company that executed in shooting and strangling eighteen thousand Soviet citizens of Jewish origin.
As a whole Hess participated in killing and strangling of thirty thousand people, most of them Jewish. He himself killed several hundreds of them.
According to a section of the order submitted by the superior court of the SSSR, on the day of 19.4.43, the German Frantz Karl Hess born in 1909 in the village of Kastill of Louatmaritz County in the Soudet region, was charged to death by hanging.
On the 30.1.1946, on 1430 in the afternoon by Moscow time, the verdict was executed. Hess was hanged on the hippodrome of Minsk.
Over one hundred thousand people attended the hanging of the convicts.


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The Luckiest was written for the Amy Heckerling movie Loser, but the scene it was meant for was deleted. In this song, Folds sings about knowing that the girl he's with is the perfect girl for him, that they are soul mates. Show The Luckiest piano sheet
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Benjamin Scott "Ben" Folds is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. From 1995 to 2000, Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. After the group temporarily disbanded, Folds performed as a solo artist and has toured all over the world. The group reunited in 2011. He has also collaborated with musicians such as William Shatner, Regina Spektor and "Weird Al" Yankovic and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil Gaiman. In addition to contributing music to the soundtracks of the animated films Over the Hedge, and Hoodwinked!, Folds produced Amanda Palmer's first solo album and has been a judge on the NBC a cappella singing contest The Sing-Off since 2009. More piano sheets by Ben Folds
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Surface terrain information is required to economically site new or relocate existing infrastructure facilities and make final design plans. Currently, field surveying and photogrammetric mapping are the most widely used methods to acquire these data. However, these methods are time and resource intensive as significant data collection and reduction is required to provide the level of detail necessary for facility location and design. Light Detection and Ranging (LDR) is a relatively new alternative technology to obtain terrain information more efficiently. With LDR, data can be collected under a variety of environmental conditions, including low sun angle, cloudy skies, and even darkness, resulting in expanded windows for data collection. LDR presents the opportunity to expedite the highway location and design process by providing designers with preliminary terrain information earlier in the process. This paper presents a proposed methodology for utilizing LDR in conjunction with photogrammetric mapping to speed up highway location and design activities, including estimates of time and cost savings.
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Home Features Arts & Entertainment Martin Garrish and Friends weave musical magic in Coyote Den
Martin Garrish and Friends weave musical magic in Coyote Den
Martin Garrish, second from left, and friends Lou Castro, Speedy Price of Frisco and Marcy Brenner perform at the Coyote Den in Community Square. Photo: C. Leinbach
By Connie Leinbach
An evening with Martin Garrish and various friends takes the listener on a unique musical journey sprinkled with glimpses of Ocracoke's past.
Martin's concerts on summer Friday evenings are part of the weekly musical offerings at Marcy Brenner and Lou Castro's Coyote Den in Community Square.
"I don't care for boats, fishing or anything with the water," Martin related one recent night. He began playing the guitar at age 11 and hasn't stopped.
He is one of the musical icons on the island, and can be heard frequently throughout the island in different band incarnations.
Born in the 1940s, Martin says his musical preference is music from the 1930s to 1980.
"I don't like much after that," he said.
And while some of the younger generation might be immersed in contemporary music, the songs Martin chooses are the roots.
His song selection reflects his deep trolling of these decades for a variety of interesting songs.
They are frequently humorous, such as "Unfortunate Man," popularized by the Chad Mitchell Trio, which Martin says lawyers don't like, or "Stumbling," by Homer and Jethro.
Fiddler Speedy Price of Frisco. Photo: C. Leinbach
Romance showed in a lovely song, "The Orchid," about how these flowers last longer than roses and therefore symbolize a stronger love.
He wasn't afraid to show that he's still learning and played "Little Martha," an instrumental piece by the late Duane Allman.
"I've been trying to learn how to play that for 50 years," Martin said, "and until Lou got here I never thought it was right."
Lou, who graduated from the Berklee College of Music, Boston, also plays in several bands and teaches music on the island.
Several decades back, one of the Coast Guard sailors stationed on the island introduced Martin to 1960s icon John Prine, purveyor of songs with a social conscience.
Martin and Marcy sang Prine's song "Unwed Fathers," a tune that illuminates how unwed mothers bear the brunt of a few minutes of youthful passion while the guys seem to get a pass, a condition that's still relevant.
The friend who joined Martin the night of this reporter's attendance was renowned fiddle player Speedy Price of Frisco.
Price joined Martin in a rendition of fiddling tour de force "Orange Blossom Special," and Price picked up the mandolin to join Martin in "Dueling Banjos."
All four musicians capped the evening with the Den's theme song, "Enjoy Yourself," by Guy Lombardo, a spirited ditty that perfectly captured the Den's ethos and had the audience clapping in a rousing finale.
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johntjeffery August 10, 2016 At 2:07 pm
Reading this article makes me wish that I had been there. The breadth of the repertoire (especially considering Duane Allman and John Prine!) and the special addition of Speedy Price made this a special event indeed.
C. Leinbach August 10, 2016 At 2:31 pm
It really was! All of Martin's concerts are like this–sprinkled with musical gems.


Environment360 announced a partnership with Qualiplast, one of the largest plastic producers in Ghana, to help support the collection of bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by informal workers in Kumasi.
The partnership is expected to leverage on Qualiplast's transportation network to ensure that PET bottles collected in Kumasi are transported into Accra.
The Founder and Executive Director of Environment360, Cordie Aziz, commended Qualiplast on the role they are playing to improve economic and environmental conditions in Ghana as well as the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.


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Zetterberg Out For World Cup of Hockey
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Just a couple of weeks after he was named Captain for his country's team, Henrik Zetterberg has been removed from the Team Sweden roster due to an injury.
General Manager Ken Holland confirmed to media outlets that Zetterberg had suffered a knee injury during off-ice training. He is replaced by Calgary Flames forward Mikael Backlund.
Zetterberg is the second different Red Wing to have to drop out of the World Cup of Hockey, Niklas Kronwall also dropped out for Team Sweden with a knee injury.
Both players stressed the Red Wings being their number one priority. According to reports, Zetterberg is unsure if he'll be ready for the start of camp but will definitely be ready for the season opener. Kronwall is expected to be in camp healthy from the start.
The World Cup of Hockey will still have seven representatives from the Detroit Red Wings across four different teams. The action beings September 17th in Toronto.


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Gigi at the Kennedy Center
February 2, 2015 February 2, 2015 SadieLeave a comment
I saw an article a couple months ago about Gigi the musical being revived on Broadway this spring. I love Gigi the movie and have seen it several times, so I was excited to hear it was coming to the stage. Then I heard that they were planning to preview the production in DC for a couple months before it went to Broadway. Bingo!
Since my parents are also Gigi fans, it was a perfect excuse to trick them into visiting me. We had a quick but tasty pre-theater dinner at District Commons in Foggy Bottom, then headed to the Kennedy Center for the show!
The big name in the production is Vanessa Hudgens who stars as Gigi. I believe this is her big Broadway debut (or at least debut in a leading role on Broadway). Hudgens is of course known for her role in High School Musical and other Disney productions. She does all her promotional shots in that black dress but it's actually not in the production, it's her curtain call dress. It's not really true to the period which explains why it isn't in the actual show, but I'm not sure why they decided it was a good look for the promos… Besides Hudgens, there are a few Broadway names, but no other headliners.
First of all, I enjoyed the production. Second of all, they made some rather significant song changes that threw me for a loop. In the movie version, Maurice Chevalier plays Honore LaChaille, the narrator and wise older uncle to Gaston Lachaille (the leading man). He sings one of the signature songs: "Thank Heaven for Little Girls." In this production they gave that song away to Gigi's Aunt Alicia and Grandmother Mamita, and it lost a lot of the Chevalier charm in the process.
Also, in this production, Gaston is interested in science and technology and spends a lot of time at the "Exhibition." I'm not quite sure why they made that addition because outside of a little dialogue here or there it doesn't do much to the plot at all.
Of course every revival is going to have changes, but overall I thought it was a solid production. Hudgens was good, and I think Corey Cott who plays Gaston has potential. His songs always ended really strong but he needs to be a little more consistent throughout. In the movie Gaston is played by a much older Louis Jourdan but it was clear that they wanted to make the Gaston/Gigi relationship a little more plausible for the current audience (apparently a 30 year age gap just isn't the norm anymore…). I thought the costumes and sets were great and made several nods to the original movie which was nice.
Though it might have lost some of that "je ne sais quoi" from legends like Leslie Caron, Chevalier, and Jourdan, and I think it's definitely worth the trip. It's a great love story and period piece that makes me want to watch the movie again!
Irma La Douce on Broadway
May 21, 2014 May 23, 2014 SadieLeave a comment
I stopped by my parent's house a couple weekends ago, which my mom, of course, sees as the perfect excuse for a family trip to the theater. Then the stars aligned when a production of Irma La Douce was showing for a limited run during the visit.
Pardon me as I use my pointer finger to push my glasses up the bridge of my nose, but for those unfamiliar: Irma La Douce is a musical that premiered in Paris in 1956, then went to London in 1958 and Broadway in 1960 (thanks Wikipedia). It's about a Parisian prostitute who meets a man she wants to be faithful to, but alas, shenanigans ensue. It's kind of like Pretty Woman but in the ghetto of Paris, and Richard Gere doesn't have any money, so he comes up with schemes to keep Julia from selling herself. Plus a lot of other weird plot twists.
My family has been listening to the original Broadway soundtrack from the 1960 production since forever, and have been aggressively campaigning for a new revival on Broadway (in our living room). So the fam assembled at Rue 57, one of our go-to pre-theater restaurants, and then we finally saw Irma in person.
I will say two things about this production.
1. The orchestra was fantastic. The xylophone was unbelievable.
2. The rest of it left something to be desired.
Most of all, I just wish they had put on full-on French accents for the whole production. The actors often spoke in American accents then sang in French accents, it was inconsistent. I really think they need to watch Gigi and just do a French accent for the whole show like Gaston in Gigi. To be honest, I think most things would benefit from being a little more like Gigi.
At the end of the day, it just lacked the full "je ne said quoi" that a french musical should have. Dis-donc?
Eat, Pray, Love
January 15, 2014 January 12, 2014 CarrieLeave a comment
Over the holidays, Sadie and I went to Frenchtown with our Chi O faves and made sure to go to Elizabeth Gilbert's inspired store and eatery for Sunday brunch. I must say that the trip was a success. I thoroughly enjoyed shopping at Two Buttons while waiting to be seated at the Lovin' Oven. After 45 minutes and the purchase of a signed copy of "Home on the Range", we sat down to a satisfying meal. I was completely satisfied with their interpretation of sausage gravy and biscuits. They put the sausage gravy over a bed of garlic sauteed kale with a sweet potato biscuit on the side. On the way out, I noticed that they got a write up for the Best Thing I Ever Ate on the Food network for their chocolate caramel tarte. I guess I know what I will have to try next time! Check this place out next time you are in the area. There is usually a bit of a wait, but it's well worth it. I even found some inspiration for a new display case at the bakery.
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Can Cognitive Behavioural Group-Coaching (CBC), frequently used on promising executives to increase leadership skills, be used with Secondary School students to optimise performance and reduce patterns of procrastination? The answer to that is yes, it can!
CBC is an extremely effective and evidence-based method to reduce unhelpful perfectionism, procrastination and performance anxiety often seen in students, leading to enhanced performance and well-being.
Given the strong demand to increase those traits in our students, would you like the teachers at your school to be trained in the principles of CBC and how to use it effectively with outstanding results in this highly practical one-day course?


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Amazon Studios Adds Indie-Film Vet Bob Berney, Ex-Disney ABC Digital Media Exec Albert Cheng
8:03 AM PDT 6/1/2015 by Hilary Lewis
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Berney will serve as head of movies distribution and marketing while Cheng joins as COO.
Amazon Studios has added two entertainment-industry veterans to its team. Amazon's original programming division announced Monday that it has hired former Disney ABC Television Group exec vp and chief product officer of digital media Albert Cheng as its Chief Operating Officer and Picturehouse CEO Bob Berney as its head of movies distribution and marketing, as Amazon Studios expands into film production.
Berney is a veteran marketing and distribution executive who most recently relaunched Picturehouse in January 2013 as an independent film marketing and distribution company, which he presided over as CEO. Berney had previously founded the original Picturehouse in 2005 as a joint venture with HBO Films and New Line, and that iteration lasted until 2008 when it was closed by Warner Bros. The new Picturehouse has an exclusive, multiyear output deal with Amazon's rival Netflix and also an output deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
At Amazon, Berney will be responsible for overseeing distribution and marketing for all Amazon Original Movies, following Amazon Studios' January announcement that it will begin to produce and acquire original movies for theatrical release and early window distribution on Amazon Prime Instant Video.
In between his tenures at Picturehouse, Berney served as CEO of Apparition and co-founded and served as president theatrical distribution at FilmDistrict.
Earlier in his career, he worked as an executive with IFC Films and then Newmarket Films. Berney has overseen the releases of hits like My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Passion of the Christ, Memento, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Insidious, Drive and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.
At Disney ABC, Cheng led efforts to bring Disney and ABC programming to a wide array of digital platforms. Cheng won a primetime Emmy for outstanding achievement in advanced interactive television.
At Amazon he will oversee Amazon Studios' efforts across all business operations and software development.
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NOLA Public School Enrollment By Letter Grade: 2018 vs. 2005 Schools Still Have A Way To Go, But We're Light Years From Where We Started
by Peter Cook 15 November 2018, 14:22
As I detailed in a post last week, the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) recently released annual school letter grades and School Performance Scores (SPS) for the 2017-18 school year.
A conversation on Facebook spurred my curiosity to find out how many students were attending A, B, C, D, and F-graded schools in New Orleans.
I pulled February 2018 Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) enrollment data, matched it with school letter grade data for each New Orleans school, and tallied the number of students attending schools at each performance level. (You can see my spreadsheet with this data here.)
Finally, I created a chart showing the number of students attending schools at each letter grade…
A little over two-thirds of New Orleans public school students attended schools graded "C" or better last year. Ten percent were enrolled in "F" schools last year, although that number has likely shrunk, as three of those failing schools (Mahalia Jackson, ReNEW McDonogh City Park, and Sylvanie Williams) closed at the end of the 2017-2018 year.
Read my earlier take on NOLA school performance:
The Grades Are In… | PE + CO
On Thursday, the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) released annual school letter grades and School Performance Scores (SPS) – which are akin to number grades – for the 2017-18 school year. For the first time, the formulas used to measure school performance incorporate students' growth from year to year on state standardized tests.
Now let's look at the distribution in 2005…
I then decided to take it a step further and create the same chart for New Orleans students in 2004-2005, the last full school year prior to Hurricane Katrina.
However, there's a few things that I need to mention about the data. To start, Louisiana's accountability system didn't assign letter grades to schools until 2011; back in 2005, schools only received School Performance Scores (SPS). Therefore, I used the 2011 grading scale to assign a letter grade for each New Orleans school in 2004-2005.
The grading scale used by the Louisiana Department of Education in 2011.
The second, more important point is that the performance bar for schools has risen significantly since 2005. Not only has the state adopted a more rigorous set of academic standards in ELA and math based on the Common Core, but the grading scale has shifted, making it more difficult for schools to get an "A".
Furthermore, this year, LDOE stopped grading schools on a curve used to ease the transition to the state's new standards. Previously, schools received SPS points for students who scored "Basic" or above on the state's standardized tests. Now, students have to achieve "Mastery" or above to be counted in their school's SPS score. In short, if New Orleans schools in 2005 were judged by today's performance standards, the number of "F" schools would be much higher.
Finally, the enrollment data used for the chart below comes from the October 2004 MFP count.
With that said, here's how many students were enrolled at schools at each letter grade in 2005…
This chart illustrates how dismal the situation was for New Orleans' public schools in 2005. Nearly two-thirds of the city's students – more than 39,000 kids – were stuck in failing schools. Only 16% were enrolled in schools graded "C" or higher.
Clearly much has changed in the past thirteen years. While we still have too many kids in "D" and "F" schools, not only are more kids attending better schools, but they're performing at a much higher level.
That's something people said couldn't be done. We proved them wrong.
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Written by Peter Cook
Pete became involved in education reform as a 2002 Teach For America corps member in New Orleans Public Schools and has worked in various capacities at Teach For America, KIPP, TNTP, and the Recovery School District. As a consultant, he developed teacher evaluation systems and served as a strategic advisor to school district leaders in Cleveland, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. He now writes about education policy and politics and lives in New Orleans.
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Tsunamis: Are You at Risk & Prepared?
Earthquakes can be a deadly occurrence. When they happen, it's easy to go into shock. But for those that are located near the coast (and we're talking hundreds of miles off the coast here), the time period after an earthquake or another sort of underwater disturbance requires critical and thoughtful action.
...Because, in many cases, a tsunami is soon to follow.
The recent destructive tsunami in Indonesia in late December 2018 was a reminder, again, that tsunamis are a very real natural disaster threat. That's why now is a good time to brush up on tsunami history and discover the information regarding preparation.
But first things first--which parts of the United States are actually at risk?
Areas at Risk for Tsunamis
Around 80% of tsunamis begin along the Pacific Ocean's seismically active "Ring of Fire." Within the United States, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii are at the highest risk for tsunamis since they could be affected by seismic and volcanic activity in this region. A tsunami natural disaster in California, Oregon, and Washington would reach far inland and impact the states of Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona as well.
And although the East Coast and Gulf Coast have a lower tsunami risk, an occurrence is certainly possible. Scientists have found that the most likely sources for an East Coast tsunami could either be:
An underwater avalanche along the continental slope.
Waves caused by an asteroid splashing into the ocean. In fact, according to Live Science, "astronomers already have their eye on one rock that could hit in the distant future." We've all heard of the many near misses.
When it comes to the Gulf Coast, Live Science also shared that "A fault line in the Caribbean has generated deadly tsunamis before. Up to 35 million people could be threatened by one in the not-too-distant future, scientists say."
Don't live near a coastline? You still may not be safe. Should an earthquake occur in the right spot, tsunamis could occur in lakes and lagoons, such as Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada.
And although you may not live near a coast or tsunami zone, there are still valuable lessons we can use when vacationing and visiting these areas. Or from the impact of strained local resources that would be sent to aid coastal destruction.
Read on. I'm covering the historical cases of famous tsunamis that occurred in 1960, 2004, and 2011. That's a lot in recent history. I'll also share five key tsunami preparedness tips that will help you prepare for future cases of monster waves.
Let's dive in...
1960 Tsunami: Chile, Hawaii, & Beyond
On May 22, 1960, a 9.4-9.6 magnitude earthquake, the largest ever measured, struck off the coast of southern Chile. As residents along the coast began searching for friends and loved ones amidst the rubble, they began to notice something strange. The tide had drawn back, and the seafloor was exposed. What came fifteen minutes later took many by surprise--an 80-foot tall tsunami along the Chilean coastline.
It's estimated that the Great Chilean Earthquake and the tsunami that followed claimed more than 5,000 lives in Chile. Another tsunami resulting from the quake struck Hilo Bay in Hawaii, some 6,200 miles away from the quake's epicenter. Striking 15 hours after the quake, the wave caused millions of dollars of damage in the area and killed 61 people.
The effects didn't stop there. The 1960 earthquake also triggered tsunami waves on the West Coast of the United States, Japan, and the Philippines. This case proves just how far tsunamis can travel from an earthquake's epicenter. Simply because an underwater disturbance happens across the globe, it doesn't necessarily mean you're safe.
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
On the day after Christmas in 2004, a giant earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean. Tsunamis were triggered in 14 countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka, claimed 227,898 lives, and caused over $15 billion in damages. Because many of these countries were full of international tourists on vacation, dozens of Americans were some of those impacted.
For example, the Firmage family from Northern California was on a beach on Phi Phi island in Thailand, when they noticed the seafloor and reef were exposed. According to James Firmage, "the longtail boats that pick up tourists for day excursions were sitting on the sand instead of floating in two to three feet of water of the shallow bay." His wife, Vivian, had also awoken in the morning to tremors but had assumed it was one of her young daughters jumping off a bed.
Soon enough, they saw a wall of water heading their way and were forced to run for their lives. Fortunately, they found higher ground, and they spent the night in the jungle with other survivors.
For many months and even years following the tsunami, communities in these locations had to be completely rebuilt.
2011 Japan (Tōhoku) Tsunami
Tōhoku tsunami, the most recent example I'm sharing today, struck Japan in 2011. Caused by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake, the resulting death toll exceeded 20,000.
Additionally, there was significant damage to infrastructure within the country. For example, there were…
Multiple roads and railways out of service.
A dam collapse.
Level 7 meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex. This resulted in the loss of electricity in at least six million homes, which is 10% of Japan's households.
Millions of survivors were without water, food, or heat in near-freezing temperatures for several days after the tsunami and quake hit.
As you can see, the effects of a tsunami extend beyond the initial impact. Knowing how to prepare and remain aware could make the difference when it comes to surviving.
5 Tsunami Preparedness Tips
As with many emergency situations, in order to survive a tsunami, you need to be prepared, calm, and aware.
More specifically, keep the following five tips in mind to ensure you and your family will survive...
#1: Pay attention to natural warnings.
Like early civilizations and even indigenous societies today, it's handy to learn to understand patterns and signs in the natural world. This ensures survival against everything from poisonous plants to dangerous storms.
When it comes to tsunamis, there are several specific natural warnings such as…
The sea/ocean/lake waters quickly receding and leaving bare sand, reef, and other sea life exposed. This typically means that there will be a sudden surge of water inland.
Any odd behavior changes in animals--such as vacating the area or grouping together in unusual ways.
The sound of an approaching tsunami--typically a loud "roaring" sound similar to that of a train or jet engine.
#2: Heed official warnings.
Fortunately, thanks to modern science and monitoring systems, local authorities typically have the ability to issue warnings ahead of time. Research in advance how your local authorities plan to make warnings so you don't miss them. Sign up for alerts, and take heed of them, even if they seem ambiguous or you think the danger has passed.
For example, when the 1960 earthquake triggered the tsunami in Hawaii, The Pacific Tsunami Warning System was in effect and warnings were issued to Hawaiians six hours before the wave's expected arrival. However, some people ignored the warnings, and others even headed to the coast to see the wave--proving to be a deadly decision.
That said, if you notice natural warning signs first, don't wait for local authorities to issue a warning. If you are located along the coast and notice signs, evacuate the area as quickly as possible.
#3: Expect more than one wave.
Tsunamis are often more than one wave. In fact, there may be multiple waves lasting for hours and can increase in size over time. In the case of the 2004 tsunami in Thailand, the second wave was the largest. Many survivors of the first wave started searching for survivors only to be hit by additional waves.
Don't simply take other people's word for it--it's better to wait than to return to danger zones and be caught off guard by incoming waves. If possible, listen for updates on the radio or other sources for confirmation that it's safe to return.
#4: Head for high ground.
According to Live Science, "When a tsunami comes ashore, areas less than 25 feet above sea level and within a mile of the sea will be in the greatest danger."
If you have forewarning, move away from the coast, lakes, and other bodies of water, and head towards higher ground. As Wikihow recommends, "Move until you are either 2 miles (3,200 m) inland or 100 feet (30 m) above sea level.
If you don't have much time or access to high ground isn't possible, you have a few alternative options. For example, you can find a tall and sturdy building and go as high as you can, even onto the roof. Although the building may collapse, this could be your only option and hope for survival, so it's worth a try.
If there's no sturdy building in sight, your last-resort option is to find a tall and strong tree and climb as high as you can. Again, not ideal, but it may be your only option.
#5: Abandon your possessions, but pack an emergency kit in advance.
Once you know a tsunami could be headed your way, time is of the essence. The last thing you want to concern yourself with is saving family heirlooms, tech products, and other items you may see as valuable.
Your focus should be on getting to a safe area--and fast. What will come in handy is an emergency pack that you prepare in advance and keep in a location that makes it easy to quickly grab on your way out the door.
In the emergency pack, be sure to include items such as a hand-crank solar radio, compass, emergency food supply, first aid supplies, and water purifier. Survival continues after the tsunami has passed, as freshwater supplies will be disrupted, food supplies will be unavailable, and buildings will be destroyed. For example, in the 2011 tsunami in Japan, supplies were hard to access for a long time due to the disruption in transportation and damaged roadways.
Additionally, note that people within several hundred miles of the coast will be impacted as roads are few east-west off the coast. Supplies and staging will clog those arteries, and stores will empty as supplies are shifted to the impacted areas. Therefore, make sure you and your family are well stocked on supplies that could disappear quickly in the case of an emergency.
Based on past statistics, major tsunamis happen about twice per decade. And as we know, there are many places in the United States and abroad that could be impacted. They have been in the past, and they will be again at some point in the future, with little warning. Therefore, it's important to remain vigilant, educated, and aware. Most of all, we should remain prepared.
It could mean the difference between life and death.
Have a great weekend and stay alert.
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The Arizona Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network awarded Hoss Sanderson and Karen Steele, owner/operators of Into the Grand, with their 2018 Success Awards last Thursday for the strides they've made over the years to turn their once-faltering business into a thriving success. They were also given a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition.
The ceremony was held on the lawn between the state house and senate.
"We were both surprised, very happy and very honored," said Steele.
The SBDC is a national network of business experts with real life business ownership and management experience who provide one-on-one customized business counseling, counseling small business owners who are just starting out and may have a lot of questions about what to do next to make their business successful, with everything from how to create a business plan, form an LLC, to staffing, marketing and financing.
In Arizona each county has a SBDC representative. In Page it's Jim Hunter, a former business owner and current Director of Coconino Community College's Page campus.
"The award Into the Grand was given isn't for highest gross sales or anything like that, but it's given to a company whose growth trajectory has remained on a steady upward trajectory," said Hunter.
Sanderson converted the family boat warehouse into an exhibit and museum dedicated to the history of the early Grand Canyon River Runners and opened Into the Grand in 2013. The Sanderson's were some of the early Grand Canyon river runners and they founded Sanderson River Adventures in the 1950s. The walls were painted with large murals from rafting life and scenic places in the Grand Canyon, as well as rafts and rafting paraphernalia from rafting's early days.
Though the space and exhibit looked amazing it wasn't attracting visitors. In 2014 they added river-style Dutch oven dinners but it still wasn't lucrative. And that's when they went to Jim Hunter and the SBDC.
One of the first things Hunter suggested was for them to get on TripAdvisor so visitors to Page looking for something to do during their stay could find them. Partway through 2014 they switched their menu to Navajo Tacos and added a hoop dancer as entertainment.
"We started out as 59th out of 59 restaurants," said Sanderson. "By the end of May we'd moved up to number ten and about two weeks after that we'd moved to number one, where we've stayed.
Into the Grand added 40 more seats over the winter and they're filled to capacity nearly every night.
"We've already got some reservations for October," said Sanderson.
The award is less about being the best and more about showing steady progress toward success.


Generally I would reject the term "Symptoms" as I would not call Aspergers an ailment. Therefore I would contend that these are "Traits".
"characterized by social isolation" "impairments in two-sided social interaction"
social interaction is a two sided affair. If there are failures in social interaction then logically both sides need to modify behaviour not just one. The failure is on both sides.
Perhaps the non aspergers need re-education. It is clear from all the work that Aspergers reach out it is nonAs who do the rejecting. Common behaviour amongst NonA is "it must be like us, if not we will reject, attack or destroy" I would ask which is the behaviour which is desirable and which needs modification.
I must assume behaviour which is not the same as mine is to be considered eccentric ?
Non verbal communication is interesting in that it is an indicator of deceptive behaviours used by NonAs. In reality they say one thing but really mean something else> Viewed objectively this is irrational behaviour, however it does enable social interaction to take place. For further development of this see Pages on Homo Erectus as to its survival value. Suffice to say here that the task for Aspergers is to become aware of and to cope with deception without indulging in it themselves. Why indeed should it be "cured"
A circumscribed area of interest which usually leaves no space for more age appropriate, common interests such as meteorology, astronomy or history.
Condemning children for being gifted. Condemning people who are gifted for their gifts. Who is it that needs help ?? Who decides what is "age appropriate"?? I am moved to say "Physicians heal thyselves first"
What is our education system doing wrong to kill this interest? Why has it failed to foster this in all children and adults. Interest is Astronomy, History and meteorology would seem to me to be more desirable than the interest in drugs alcohol and violence which the rest of society has developed.
"difficulty reading nonverbal cues (body language) " Do not develop good eye contact or avoid eye contact"
In addition to the comments above I would suggest that the reason is the heavy internalization of thought by A's and others who are theoreticians. I would suggest that it is an important survival skill that needs to be developed in A's to be able to avoid both physical and social attacks.
Hey guys (of both sexes) in a rapidly overcrowding planet, better get used to it otherwise NonA's will be suffering another syndrome.
So A's have good sensory systems. All the better. Why would you want to "cure" this ? Would it not be more logical (dare I use that word) to utilize the skills.
I am reminded of a case in the UK where a woman was about to be put in a mental institution because she hear sounds nobody else could. She herself began to believe that she was ill, everybody told her so. She lived near Heathrow airport. Her case gained publicity in a local paper. A technician at the airport became intrigued. Brought out some highly sensitive sound equipment. Found that the noise was in fact really there. It was the noise made by the shear between the upper atmosphere and the jet stream. She was not mad just more highly sensitive than the rest. It was they who were not gifted or tolerant.
have a normal IQ and many individuals (although not all), exhibit exceptional skill or talent in a specific area. Because of their high degree of functionality and their naiveté, those with AS are often viewed as eccentric or odd and can easily become victims of teasing and bullying.
It would appear that the proposal is that we should cure the IQ normal and the gifted and call and label them eccentric. The logical inference is that the normal should be those that bully and tease especially those who are different, gifted or odd. Sorry cannot agree.
Vocabularies may be extraordinarily rich and some children sound like "little professors." However, persons with AS can be extremely literal and have difficulty using language in a social context.
This sounds remarkably anti intellectual. Indeed I would suggest displays a very low level of sociably acceptable verbal communication. Is it intended to make A's fell comfortable, ready to communicate and act socially with the author of this. Sorry if I have offended but am just making a point. I would also like the author of this comment to explain what is wrong with being "literal" and actually saying what you mean? How is that wrong ? Perhaps it is a matter of nerdish social skills, but then whose?
A's reach out and want to be friends. They meet rejection. Why because they want to talk about real things, they want to exercise their minds, they want to inform others, help others to understand the world around them, to share information rather than meaningless chit chat. How are the A's supposed to be the ones to have an ailment that needs to be cured ?????
are no clinically significant delays in language or cognition or self help skills or in adaptive behavior, other than social interaction.
the disorder follows a continuous course and is usually lifelong.
Such mistakes in diagnosis lead to a delay in treatment of the disorder, though many pharmaceuticals and natural remedies are used to treat multiple neurological and pervasive developmental disorders. Remedies used today range from St. John's Wort tea to drugs such as Haldol and Ritalin. Treatments vary to a great degree with the individual patient - no single medication or remedy works for everyone - and AS cannot be completely cured.
He is a happy, healthy child, who enjoys soccer, reading, riding his bike, and playing video games.
Tim, despite his struggles with Asperger's, is amazing. Since he was three, he's had a fascination with anything electronic, such as hand-held video games, various applicances including the family VCR, and computers. He started playing Mario Brothers on our Nintendo (back when there was only the regular Nintendo) when he was 3 1/2.
has always liked music, especially classical. His favorite music, it seems, is the soundtrack from the movie Fantasia, and he especially likes "The Nutcracker Suite."
He also has an incredible aptitude for math. By age 9, he could not only add and subtract, but also multiply, divide, use a number line (including negative numbers), square a number and take the square root of a number. He has done some basic algebra using variables, and has studied basic geometry, including diameters, circumferences, etc.
His problems lie in his communication skills. He is easily confused by directions, such as "Go across the room," because his mind can't process the word "across" - in his mind, he visualizes "a cross," and the command doesn't make sense to him. When he gets disoriented and confused, he becomes frustrated, even angry, and can be quite difficult to handle.
This one is very lucky to be in a family which is supportive and obviously helping him to understand the world in which he must operate. By the same token the family is luck to have this gifted human who will one day given a little more luck make you very proud of him and of your support.
From the Australian Psychologist Tony Attwood, I saw a TV presentation he made on Aspergers. Some points as I remember them. If he has objections I hope he will correspond to correct my memory.
When in a football game if asked for the ball by a member of an opposing team he will give it. The answer given that he asked for it politely.
Though not the object of the game is it not a better thing to value and live by co-operation rather than aggression and competition.
I recall an A' trying tennis and being somewhat upset by the fact that he always hit the ball where the other person could get it and hit it back. The other player always, most unsportingly A' thought hit it where he could not.
Though it may be hard on the fashion industry that may not be a bad thing. It is interesting that primates will watch pictures of the faces of alphas to the point where they will fail to eat. Isn't that is how fashion works too.
Sheep bleat nonsense perhaps humanity cannot afford too much nonsense when there are wars and starvation. Perhaps it would be wiser to adopt the A' approach first and socialize and play when the problems have been fixed. Otherwise all may self destruct.
This seems to show a preference for nonsense. This is illogical, unproductive and undesirable.
A's love learning Why this be disparaged or discouraged? Certainly it should not be "cured"
"From my experience I consider the children and adults with Asperger"s Syndrome have a different, not defective, way of thinking. The person usually has a strong desire to seek knowledge, truth and perfection with a different set of priorities than would be expected with other people. There is also a different perception of situations and sensory experiences. The overriding priority may be to solve a problem rather than to satisfy the social or emotional needs of others. The person values being creative rather than co-operative. The person with Asperger's Syndrome may perceive errors that are not apparent to others, giving considerable attention to detail, rather than noticing the 'big picture'. The person is usually renowned for being direct, speaking their mind and being honest and determined and having a strong sense of social justice. The person may actively seek and enjoy solitude, be a loyal friend and have a distinct sense of humour. However, the person with Asperger's Syndrome can have difficulty with the management and expression of emotions."