I am presented with the Warning message from Reckon Accounts Printer Library, saying 'The form you are about to print specifies the font [fontname ] which is not installed on this system. You may wish to install the font. Click OK to print anyway or Cancel to skip printing this form'.
It does proceed with printing when pressed ok however it is taking extra clicks and time on printing. It also prints to the different form than I originally intended to. How can I fix it?
The font you have selected on the form is not available in the Accounts Hosted environment. Customise the templates and assign the different font, that is available from the list.
1. Go to the List menu on the top menu bar and select Templates.
2. Scroll to the invoice template, that you are having an issue with. Select it and double-click to edit/open it.
3. Basic Customisation window will open.
4. Click on Manage Templates, then select Copy. This will make a backup copy of the templates.
5. Press OK. You will now get back to the Basic Customisation window.
6. Under Selected template, check if you still have the same template selected. If not go to manage templates and select the one, that you are trying to fix.
7. Go to the Change Font For section.
b. Click on Change font button.
c. Select any Font that you like.
8. Repeat step 7 for all another area available under Change Font For section. i.e Company name, Company Address, Labels etc.
If the issue persists, it may be because you have additional customisation done on the templates and there may be another area that would carry a custom font such as a text box.
9. Go back to the edit template and select the Layout Designer.
10. Navigate to the area, such as custom text box field (as shown below), that you may have added and that may have custom fonts. Double click on it.
11. Click on the Font and select any other font from the list.
12. Press OK, once you have changed the font for all.
13. Try printing again. Make sure the Invoices are set to the amended template and press Print. The problem should now be fixed.


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Feminism's Excuse Factory: Nikki Yovino, Title IX and False Rape Accusations
Posted on | July 17, 2017 | 3 Comments
Nikki Yovino was a student at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., last fall when she accused two of the university's football players of raping her at a party. The football players both admitted they had sex with Yovino, but said it was consensual. Police say Yovino subsequently confessed she had fabricated the rape claim:
"She admitted that she made up the allegation of sexual assault against (the football players) because it was the first thing that came to mind and she didn't want to lose (another male student) as a friend and potential boyfriend. She stated that she believed when (the other male student) heard the allegation it would make him angry and sympathetic to her," the affidavit states.
Yovino, now 19, was charged with "charged with second-degree falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. The tampering charge is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison." Last month, prosecutors offered her a plea bargain of two years in prison, followed by three years' probation. In a court appearance Friday, however, Yovino blamed her crime on mental illness:
Nikki Yovino filed an application in court Friday saying she's suffering from a psychiatric disability, The Connecticut Post reports.
The 19-year-old from South Setauket, New York, will undergo a psychological evaluation. A judge will decide whether she qualifies for a pretrial diversionary program. If she qualifies and completes that program she could have the charges dismissed.
Prosecutors say they'll contest Yovino's request. . . .
Yovino's motive for lying — fear that she'd lose a prospective boyfriend if he found out about her romp with two football players — is reminiscent of the motive for the rape hoax at UVA, where Jackie Coakley tried to catfish a guy she liked by inventing "Haven Monahan." Coakley's dramatic fictional gang-rape at a frat house, a desperate attempt to gain sympathy, became a national story in 2014 amid the campus "rape culture" hysteria ginned up by the Obama administration and its feminist allies. A major factor in that hysteria was the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) using Title IX to threaten universities for allegedly failing to punish sexual assault. This witch-hunt frenzy resulted in male students being falsely accused of rape and denied their due-process rights in campus kangaroo-court disciplinary proceedings.
Since Trump's election, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has sought to curtail the OCR's witch-hunt, which Scott Greenfield says led to "flagrant discrimination against males" on campus. Feminists have demonized DeVos for trying to end this anti-male discrimination. DeVos was branded a "powerful handmaiden to a hegemonic white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchy" by University of Kentucky lecturer Marta Mack-Washington. But the real problem on university campuses is not capitalism or patriarchy, it's a culture of irresponsibility fueled by identity politics and "social justice" narratives of oppression and victimhood.
Nikki Yovino was caught lying because the day after she had sex with the football players, she went to a local hospital and, when she told medical personnel she'd been raped, they called in the police, whose investigation eventually exposed her deception. This is in stark contrast to the Title IX disciplinary proceedings where feminists believe accusations of sexual assault on campus (typically involving a "he-said/she-said" drunken hookup scenario) should be adjudicated. These campus procedures are deliberately slanted against male students (more than 100 of whom have filed lawsuits claiming they were falsely accused and denied their rights) because university administrators have accepted the feminist claim that false accusations are so rare as to be a negligible concern.
Professor Laura Kipnis caught a New York Times reporter misrepresenting the facts about false accusations. My friend Badger Pundit pointed out that alcohol is a major factor in campus sexual assault, and cited my 2015 blog post, "Why Do Drunk Sluts Get Drunk?" The point is that drunk people often do things they regret, and feminist "rape culture" discourse exploits these common feelings of morning-after remorse to convince teenage college girls that they are victims.
It should be self-evident that college girls who get drunk at parties do so with the idea of lowering their inhibitions and having "fun."
— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) July 17, 2017
It is likewise self-evident that, in the hungover aftermath of blackout drunkenness, feelings of remorse are common.
Get twice-the-legal-limit drunk Thursday night, do regrettable things, and you'll feel ashamed when you regain consciousness on Friday.
What campus "rape culture" hysteria has done is to give drunk sluts the excuse that they're victims of HETEROPATRIARCHAL OPPRESSION.
What were the consequences of Nikki Yovino's lies?
Agustin Sevillano, the lawyer for the now-former football players, who are not being identified, described what his clients went through as a result of Yovino's rape allegations. They were scheduled for a school disciplinary hearing but, on the advice of legal council, agreed instead to withdraw from the university rather than face the chance of being expelled and having that on their records. He said one of his clients lost a football scholarship. They have also had to live with the stigma of being accused rapists, he said.
All this, because she was afraid of what her potential boyfriend would think about her hooking up with two football players. And, by the way, I believe a Catholic school like Sacred Heart University has every right to punish students for sexual misbehavior, even if it was entirely consensual. Sin is still sin, after all, and lying is also a sin.
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See more photos of the Eagles and Jimmy Buffett at Hard Rock Stadium here.
There is no logical reason for the Eagles to be playing onstage to a stadium crowd of tens of thousands of people each night in 2018. The seminal rock band has been through breakups, disputes, lawsuits, and, most critically, the untimely death of founding member and integral songwriter Glenn Frey in January 2016.
After Frey's death, drummer Don Henley stated publicly he did not think the band would tour ever tour again, but the Eagles rebounded, bringing in famed country musician Vince Gill and Frey's son Deacon to fill in on the late Eagle's guitar and vocals.
Before the Hard Rock Stadium audience could evaluate how the new blood would fare, opener Jimmy Buffett played up his eternal conch-retiree schtick in front a sea of Parrotheads. I attended my first Ultra Music Festival this year, but odds are that nothing I see at a concert this year will top watching a middle-aged man in khakis and a tropical button-up shirt doing three bumps of cocaine on the floor at a Jimmy Buffett concert. Buffett and the Eagles were long ago branded with the millennial "dad rock" stamp of disapproval, but apparently, these dads come to party hard. Buffett, barefoot and sweating through his T-shirt, shouted out every tropical paradise destination from Islamorada to Surfside — "I didn't see too many sharks, but I did see some land sharks" — as stock footage of glistening moonlit beaches shone behind him. The most surprising thing about a Buffett concert is that no one tries to sell you a timeshare at the end. His fans formed the shape of a fin above their heads and hulaed side-to-side for "Fins," with full-fledged tropical dioramas of palm trees, sharks, parrots, and beer planted on their heads and Hawaiian and tie-dyed shirts to complete their looks. Maybe that dad was snorting beach sand?
The air lost its Party City paradise feel once the Eagles hit the stage, opening with "Seven Bridges Road" before introducing the late Frey's 24-year-old son, who looks all of 15. He took the lead on "Take It Easy," doing an admirable job at mirroring his father's vocals on this and many other songs. Less successful was "Peaceful Easy Feeling," which lacked some kick and sounded more like a cover with Deacon Frey at the helm. Still, it is remarkable to watch a young man rise to the occasion and sing in front of more than 60,000 people with the ease that he does, and he can take comfort in knowing this is only the beginning of his career in music.
Vince Gill did a masterful job at filling in on "Take It to the Limit," though the crowd's singing almost drowned him out in what was the first of many sing-alongs. Gill called himself "the 61-year-old new guy in the band" and said he'd been just as big a fan as everyone sitting in the audience before he was asked to join the group last year. The Eagles' set was an apt reminder of why Gill and tens of thousands of fans filled the stands Saturday night. A seemingly endless stream of hits — "Tequila Sunrise," "Witchy Woman," "I Can't Tell You Why," "Lyin' Eyes," "Life in the Fast Lane," and, of course, the one you've had stuck in your head since you began reading this review — were reminders of why this band persists in an era of irony and cynicism, when earnest cowboy songs are perceived as decidedly uncool. Even the most hardened cynic would be impressed by the sheer number of rock 'n' roll canon songs written by the individually prolific members of the band, and especially by Joe Walsh, who still murders every solo, including on his own hit "Life's Been Good."
Never has the encore fake-out been less convincing than when the Eagles left the stage before playing "Hotel California." Rather than cheering, clapping, and stomping, the audience calmly lit the stands with cell-phone flashlights. They didn't have to persuade any bandmates to come back. They knew the Eagles wouldn't leave without playing it. The high-five from Joe Walsh to Steuart Smith on the 12-string guitar proves they still get a kick out of playing it after 47 years.


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Q: How to merge the subsequent array I want to merge the following subsequent array. How can I do that?
Condition: if array count is equal to 3 then merge the subsequent array to parent.
Input
 $data = [
  ['mango', 'orange', 'apple'],
  ['abc'],
  ['ctp'],
  ['pqr', 'cst', 'dtc'],
  ['cbx'],
  ['xyz'],
  ['atc'],
];

I want output as follows:
  $data = [

  ['mango', 'orange', 'apple' 'additional' => [ ['abc'], ['ctp'] ] ],
  ['pqr', 'cst', 'dtc', 'additional' => [ ['cbx'],['xyz'],['atc'] ] ],

];

A: Loop the array and keep track of where to merge data to.
foreach($data as $key => $d){
    if(count($d)>1){
        $mergeTo = $key; // store key where to merge to
        continue; // go to next item
    }
    $data[$mergeTo]["additional"][] = $d; // add value to $mergeTo
    unset($data[$key]); // unset the value from the main array
}
$data = array_values($data); // reset keys
var_export($data);

Output:
array (
  0 =>
  array (
    0 => 'mango',
    1 => 'orange',
    2 => 'apple',
    'additional' =>
    array (
      0 =>
      array (
        0 => 'abc',
      ),
      1 =>
      array (
        0 => 'ctp',
      ),
    ),
  ),
  1 =>
  array (
    0 => 'pqr',
    1 => 'cst',
    2 => 'dtc',
    'additional' =>
    array (
      0 =>
      array (
        0 => 'cbx',
      ),
      1 =>
      array (
        0 => 'xyz',
      ),
      2 =>
      array (
        0 => 'atc',
      ),
    ),
  ),
)

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A: Try this:
$newArr = [];
$tempArr = [];
$arrCount = count($data);
foreach($data as $item) {
    $arrCount--;
    if (count($item) > 2) {
        if (!empty($tempArr)) {
            $newArr[] = $tempArr;
        }
        $tempArr = $item;
        continue;
    }

    if (!empty($tempArr)) {
        $tempArr['additional'][] = $item;
    } else {
        $newArr[] = $item;
    }

    if ($arrCount <= 0) {
        $newArr[] = $tempArr;
    }
}

print_r($newArr);

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Preheat over to 350. Line with wax paper and grease two 9 inch cake pan with grapeseed oil. In a large bowl, combine the almond flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking soda. In a medium bowl, combine xylitol, eggs and vanilla extract. Stir the wet ingredients into the almond flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Scoop the batter into a prepared cake pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pan 1 hour, then serve. (You can make this in a 9X13 pan.
I made this the first time on Father's Day, 2011 and topped it with the frosting for the Black Forest Cake, minus the cherries. Terry liked it and I was thrilled to have a decent looking and tasting chocolate pie.


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Lawsuit claims U of L biosafety violations
Former employees accuse U of L of making false claims, violating laboratory safety procedures, and wrongful termination
Lawsuit claims U of L biosafety violations Former employees accuse U of L of making false claims, violating laboratory safety procedures, and wrongful termination Check out this story on courier-journal.com: https://cjky.it/1QY26wz
James Bruggers, Louisville Courier Journal Published 12:34 p.m. ET Dec. 29, 2015 | Updated 9:10 a.m. ET Dec. 30, 2015
The lawsuit alleges U of L covered up mistakes when seeking millions of dollars of federal grants, defrauding the federal government.
U of L Health Sciences campus, downtown Louisville(Photo: JAMES BRUGGERS/THE COURIER-JOURNAL)Buy Photo
The lawsuit does not allege any infectious agents escaped, putting the public at risk.
But the lawsuit details allegations of sloppy lab procedures that sometimes put lab workers at risk.
The Courier-Journal previously reported U of L violations involving medical research.
Two former University of Louisville biosafety employees who lost their jobs last year following federal investigations of biological safety practices have filed a federal lawsuit against the university, claiming repeated violations of health and safety regulations and an attempted cover-up by university officials.
Claiming whistleblower status, Karen Brinkley and Carol Whetstone have also named the federal government as a third plaintiff, and their lawyer, Vanessa B. Cantley, has turned over their findings and allegations to the U.S. Justice Department.
The U.S. attorney's office in Louisville has declined to intervene in the case but is allowing Cantley to maintain the lawsuit in the name of the United States, according to court documents. U.S. District Court Judge David Hale has promised to seek the opinion of the Justice Department before any decision is made to settle or dismiss the case.
"The U.S. always remains a party" to this kind of "false claims" case," to protect its interest in how federal funds are spent, said Stephanie Collins, spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office. "We will stay on top of it."
She declined to comment specifically on the merits of the lawsuit.
At issue are how policies and procedures were carried out involving potentially risky and infectious agents conducted in two Louisville labs and whether U of L officials covered up alleged violations of federal biosafety policies in seeking and spending tens of millions of dollars of federal research money.
The lawsuit does not allege that any infectious agents escaped into the community, putting the public at risk. But it details allegations of sloppy lab procedures that sometimes put U of L employees at risk.
The lawsuit was actually filed in March but was kept secret under seal by Hale. Cantley filed an amended version of the lawsuit Monday, and that complaint and some other records are now part of the public record.
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While seeking compensation for her clients, Cantley said there is much at stake for the public and federal taxpayers.
"If they (U of L) obtained grant funding fraudulently, the end game for them would be ... having government funding stripped from them and being forced to pay back what we believe they obtained fraudulently," she said.
Lawsuits represent only one side in a legal dispute, and University of Louisville spokesman John R. Karman said university officials "are not going to comment on active litigation." University officials have previously said safety is a top priority with its medical and germ research.
Cantley in her lawsuit said she named the federal government as a plaintiff because U of L "fraudulently obtained" federal funds to conduct the research by making false claims on grant proposals and other documents. The lawsuit also names the U of L Foundation, the U of L Research Foundation and eight university employees as defendants, including medical science researchers and Cheri Hildreth, director of Environmental Health and Safety at U of L.
The Courier-Journal first reported on this matter May 29, after obtaining university and federal documents under the Kentucky Open Records law. The newspaper at the time reported that U of L had violated federal biological safety procedures, then laid off the whistleblower - Brinkley - who had informed authorities, and her former boss, Whetstone.
This lawsuit alleges research involving potentially dangerous but unnamed germs or other agents done without proper approval from a university review board, and sometimes in ways that potentially risked public health and safety at the university's two specialized medical research labs.
It claims researchers in recent years failed to follow lab safety procedures and rules for safely disposing of biologically hazardous materials.
Whistleblower triggered U of L germ lab changes
There were times when researchers did not wear required white lab coats, the suit claims, and, in another incident, a research procedure was done without the proper air pressure in a lab, posing a risk to lab personnel.
An October 2012 spill of an unidentified "agent" was incorrectly handled with an aerosol spray, resulting in launching it "all over the bench and the floor," according to the lawsuit.
Also that year, a U of L vice president, William Pierce, did not reveal potential health risks to U.S. Army personnel participating in a study of bacterial infection in goats. Pierce is not named in the lawsuit.
But earlier this year, he said U of L had tightened up its biosafety policies and program.
"The changes being made in the biosafety program are improving safety and accountability," he said.
The lawsuit, however, alleges that officials knew they were not in compliance when they submitted various grant proposals for tens of millions of dollars, but were not honest with federal authorities, resulting in charges of false claims, the lawsuit claims.
"By falsely representing compliance ... defendants obtained millions of dollars in federal funding that defendants were not lawfully entitled to receive," the suit claims.
It asks Hale to make U of L pay three times the amount of unspecified damages the United States has sustained, compensatory and pain and suffering to Brinkley and Whetstone, as well as their back and lost future pay, plus attorneys' fees.
The newspaper previously uncovered three incidents that are also mentioned in the lawsuit:
A human gene transfer study for pancreatic cancer that continued after biosafety committee approval had lapsed in 2013.
A study between 2010 and 2014 involving transgenic mouse bone marrow stem cells that was performed without committee approval.
A study involving the use of adenovirus vector that was performed without any review or approval and was only discovered after U of L biosafety staff examined a researcher's publication list. Adenoviruses can cause such illnesses as the common cold, pneumonia or neurological disease, but rarely cause serious illness or death, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The records indicated that top U of L biosafety officials were aware of some of the unreported incidents as much as six months before the National Institutes of Health opened an inquiry.
After investigating these issue, NIH did not find any evidence of willful noncompliance with its guidelines, the federal agency said at the time in a written statement.
The lawsuit claims additional violations of Department of Defense policies.
The seven U of L researchers named as defendants are Aruni Bhatnagar, Dr. Roberto Bolli, Geoffrey Clark, Dr. Hendry Kaplan, Dr. Leslie Sherwood, Dr. Charles Scroggins and Zhao-Hui Song.
The allegations come as U of L deals with other legal woes.
On Dec. 15, The C-J reported that U of L had confirmed an FBI investigation of the executive who oversees the school of medicine and other health programs, and two other employees, was focused on a for-profit company that they operated out of the university.
U of L is also awaiting the results of an NCAA investigation of allegations that a former employee paid to provide dancers and prostitutes to basketball players and recruits. There have also been a string of embezzlements and other crimes at the university in which employees stole, misspent or mishandled at least $7.6 million at the health science campus, the law school, the business school and the athletic department's ticket office between 2008 and 2014.
Reach reporter James Bruggers at (502) 582-4645 and at jbruggers@courier-journal.com.
Degrees of protection:
• U of L studies a variety of bacteria and viruses to understand them and develop vaccines, antiviral treatments or other therapies to help solve major infectious or chronic diseases. They operate two BSL-3 labs, one downtown and one at the Shelby campus.
• BSL-3 labs are used to study agents that can be transmitted through the air and cause potentially lethal infection. Researchers perform lab manipulations in a gas-tight enclosure and employ clothing decontamination, sealed windows, and specialized ventilation systems.
Source: National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases and U of L.
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Damon's Best of 2018
by Damon O'Loughlin January 13, 2019 1 comment
It was worth the wait
This year, the Doublejump Management decided to use Game of the Year time to allow each of its writers to shine individually by producing a short article containing their Game of the Year selection for 2018 along with up to two honourable mentions and up to five things that they're looking forward to seeing in gaming in 2019. As always, we more than welcome your thoughts and opinions as well; head on over to our Discord server or our newly-created Facebook Group to discuss gaming's past year with our team and our community!
My Game of the Year: Marvel's Spider-Man
I had been waiting what felt like a lifetime for a viable and worthy Spider-Man game, something I had not experienced since Spider-Man 2 all the way back in 2004. Finally, finally, fourteen years later we have the ultimate Spider-Man experience (no pun intended). It's a horrid cliche, but Marvel's Spider-Man excels in the most complete way at making you truly feel like Spider-Man as you experience the rush of swinging and flying through the concrete jungle known as New York.
It seems so simple and basic, but it's sad to note that web-swinging – you know, Spider-Man's most famous ability – has rarely been executed to a decent degree. In fact, it's arguable that we haven't experienced enjoyable, satisfying web-swinging since the aforementioned Spider-Man 2; fortunately, Insomniac Studios absolutely nailed it, which saw me spend hours upon hours just swinging around the developer's recreation of Manhattan Island. The mechanics is complemented by graphics that are absolutely mesmerising at all times throughout the game's mission-based day/night cycle, and gorgeous weather effects to boot.
The thing that struck me the most about Marvel's Spider-Man, though, is that it's the first time in a long time that a developer has shown that it cares about both Spider-Man and Peter Parker as separate characters, exploring the dynamic the alter-ego creates and the collision of the two characters' very different worlds. Insomniac delivers a moving, intensely emotional story not just for Peter and Spidey, but for all of the important and iconic characters in their lives, while also managing a perfectly satisfying ending and giving us just enough teasers for what may come in a sequel that I already can't wait for.
Honourable mention: God of War
This was my first foray into the God of War series and its lore, and although I didn't know much about Kratos and his history, God of War managed to keep me hooked. It's an enthralling and beautiful story about a boy and his (somewhat-reformed) father whose relationship develops massively as they embark on an emotional and physical journey together. Coupled with beautiful graphics and some of the most brutal and captivating action I've ever encountered in a video game, God of War makes for a gorgeous and incredibly visceral experience that I couldn't recommend more highly.
Honourable mention: Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Although the Assassin's Creed series lost me years ago, I tried my absolute best to give Origins the time of day. Unfortunately, I found neither the gameplay or the characters enthralling enough to invest too much time in. I'm not sure why I picked Odyssey up given that, but I did; the gameplay is much the same, with subtle improvements and period-specific differences, but the characters and the story… that's the Assassin's Creed that gripped me. By the time I'd finished the lengthy campaign, I was left debating whether Odyssey was not only my favourite Assassin's Creed since the second, but whether it was my favourite overall.
What I'm Looking Forward to in 2019:
Pokémon 2019: Pokémon has finally arrived on the Switch in the form of Let's Go: Pikachu and Eevee, and it's our first taste of what a full-fledged Pokémon experience might look like. Although the Let's Go games were directed at newcomers and the "Pokémon GO generation", it's exciting to know that the 2019 game(s) will be set in a new region, with a new generation of Pokémon, and directed at the long-time, hardcore fans. I simply can't wait.
A new hope for single player games: If 2019 taught us anything, it's that story-oriented single-player games are far from dead. Cop that, EA! With the likes of God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Marvel's Spider-Man cleaning up the end-of-year awards, gamers were treated to the best selection of single-player games we've seen in years. Here's hoping that that trend continues.
The (hopeful) death of microtransactions: Microtransactions, specifically loot boxes, have become such a toxin in the gaming community, yet they continue to stick around. Companies such as EA (through Star Wars Battlefront and its Ultimate Team sports game mode) and Visual Concepts (through NBA 2K) continue to build their games in such a way that the only way to stay competitive online is to put extra money into it, and that's a real disgrace. With EA receiving huge backlash over the way it's treated the Star Wars brand, Visual Concepts being investigated for promoting underage gambling and even countries moving to outlaw loot boxes altogether, it looks like the industry is finally fighting back. Microtransactions for cosmetics are fine, don't get me wrong – although all upgrades should be available without microtransactions as well – but when a game goes to great lengths to encourage players to spend more money on it… that's where the problem is.
The rise of the Switch: Although the Switch came out of the gates with a couple of home runs, it concerned me somewhat after its initial release. Sure, the sales numbers were – and continue to be – amazing, but outside of a bevy of indie offerings, the Switch didn't have much other content until recently with Pokémon: Let's Go! and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It'd be encouraging to see more first-party support for the Switch. Luckily, we know that a new, fully fledged, eighth-generation Pokémon game is on the way, and we know that new Metroid and Yoshi titles are in the works (hopefully for 2019 releases!). I'm both anxious and excited to see where the Switch goes in 2019.
Cyberpunk 2077: Frankly, I don't know much about this game. All I know is that the gameplay looks brutal, it looks captivating, and it looks like Blade Runner came to life. I've only seen the cinematic trailers and a 45 minute gameplay walkthrough, but I'm already sold on this game being good.
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Fort Wayne's Wedge takes his passion back to Wichita State
July 17, 2019 stvkrh905	3 Comments
Eric Wedge was in his early 30's when he was already sporting the "dinosaur" mentality of his coaching predecessors in Indiana.
"A team is always going to play off their manager," said Wedge in this writer's 2001 self-published book, "Hitting And Hurling In The Heartland: A look at Indiana high school baseball." "It's a powerful position and you have to make sure you approach it that way.
"I have a passion for the game. I love kids that love to come out and play. And it's got to hurt when you lose.
"I've got a problem with people who don't compete every pitch, every out and every game."
Wedge played at Fort Wayne (Ind.) Northrop High School for Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Famer Chris Stavreti. Stav was a "dinosaur" — a term once attached to 20-year IHSBCA members.
After his playing career, which included four seasons in the big leagues with the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies, Wedge managed five seasons in the minors and 10 in the majors — 10 with the Cleveland Indians and three with the Seattle Mariners. Wedge was the American League Manager of the Year in 2007 as the Cleveland lost to Boston in the American League Championship Series.
Now 51, the Fort Wayne native and IHSBCA Hall of Famer has been named head baseball coach at Wichita State University, the school he helped win the College World Series in 1989.
A two-time all-Missouri Valley Conference selection, Wedge is a member of the Wichita State 25-Year Anniversary Team, the WSU Hall of Fame (1996) and is also a member of the league's All-Centennial Baseball Team.
In his three seasons at WSU, the Shockers reached three NCAA Tournaments and twice played in the CWS (1988, 1989). WSU won three regular-season MVC crowns and two MVC Tournament crowns during his collegiate playing career.
Wedge, a Northeast Indiana Baseball Association Hall of Famer who had a wood bat division named for him at Fort Wayne's Wallen Little League in June and had been in player development with the Toronto Blue Jays, talked about his new role and about Fort Wayne baseball in a story written by Dean Jackson.
Enjoy that story here.
Eric Wedge, a Fort Wayne, Ind., native, is the new head baseball coach at Wichita State University. He helped the Shockers win the College World Series in 1989. (Wichita State Photo)
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Q: UIViewController with UITableView and TextField storyboard placement This might be a simple question but using storyboard I can't seem to position my table, a message field and a button correctly.  In the picture below, if it's positioned that way, only then do I get to see the text field and button at the bottom of the screen and the table view takes up the rest of the screen.  If I drag the text field and button to the bottom and resize the table, the text field and button disappear and the table is cut off.  Why is that?  Is there a solution to this without doing it programmatically?

A: Easy solution is to remove all constraints then position them where you want them.
You'll find you get different effect when try to reposition items depending where you drag from for example double tap an item and nudge it with arrow keys or grab the middle to move it resizing via the corners.
But in my opinion it's easier remove all constraints from the view and then set them as you go.
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Born: June 28, 1970 Cause of Death:
Birth Place: Pasadena, California, USA Profession: screenwriter, producer, actor
Having emerged from the television world to find success in feature comedies, screenwriter-actor Mike White quickly became in-demand for his scripts that often featured central characters as alienated outsiders, weirdoes and general malcontents who were nonetheless engaging, human and above all hilarious. White broke into the business as a staff writer on the hit teen drama, "Dawson's Creek" (The WB, 1998-2003) before entering the feature game as the writer of the mediocre black comedy, "Dead Man on Campus" (1998) and serving as a writer-producer on the cult television series, "Freaks and Geeks" (NBC/Fox Family, 1999-2000). White had his first major breakthrough with the oddball black comedy "Chuck & Buck" (2000), which also featured the writer in the latter title role. Realizing features were his chosen medium, he penned the lighthearted teen comedy, "Orange County" (2002), while reuniting with longtime collaborator, director Miguel Arteta, for the acclaimed indie dramedy, "The Good Girl" (2002), starring Jennifer Aniston. But perhaps his biggest feature success came with "School of Rock" (2003), a Jack Black comedy about a musician moonlighting as a grade school teacher. White, who also co-starred...
Having emerged from the television world to find success in feature comedies, screenwriter-actor Mike White quickly became in-demand for his scripts that often featured central characters as alienated outsiders, weirdoes and general malcontents who were nonetheless engaging, human and above all hilarious. White broke into the business as a staff writer on the hit teen drama, "Dawson's Creek" (The WB, 1998-2003) before entering the feature game as the writer of the mediocre black comedy, "Dead Man on Campus" (1998) and serving as a writer-producer on the cult television series, "Freaks and Geeks" (NBC/Fox Family, 1999-2000). White had his first major breakthrough with the oddball black comedy "Chuck & Buck" (2000), which also featured the writer in the latter title role. Realizing features were his chosen medium, he penned the lighthearted teen comedy, "Orange County" (2002), while reuniting with longtime collaborator, director Miguel Arteta, for the acclaimed indie dramedy, "The Good Girl" (2002), starring Jennifer Aniston. But perhaps his biggest feature success came with "School of Rock" (2003), a Jack Black comedy about a musician moonlighting as a grade school teacher. White, who also co-starred in the film, had written the project specifically for his larger-than-life friend and the results were remarkable, both critically and at the box office. While enjoying the occasional appearance onscreen in small, but memorable roles, and making his directorial debut with "Year of the Dog" (2007), there was no doubt that White was one of the most diverse and prolific talents working in Hollywood.
Born June 28, 1970 in Pasadena, CA, Michael Christopher White was the son of the Reverend Dr. Mel White, a pastor who became a gay rights activist and documentarian after coming out in 1994. A movie devotee from an early age, White developed a fascination for dark-themed material like the films of Ingmar Bergman or Terrence Malick's "Badlands" (1974), which helped to form his unique cinematic vision. Scriptwriting soon became a goal, thanks to a teacher whose son happened to be playwright Sam Shepard. After graduating from the Polytechnic School, an exclusive college preparatory institution, White completed his education at Wesleyan University, where he met and befriended future collaborators Miguel Arteta, Matthew Greenfield and Paul Weitz. His goal was to become a playwright in New York, but an alum offered him a job in Hollywood. There, he began a fruitless two-year collaboration with fellow future screenwriter Zak Penn - who would go on to write "The Avengers" (2012) - before landing a job as a writer and producer on the teen-oriented drama, "Dawson's Creek" (The WB, 1998-2003) in 1998. That same year, White shared co-writing credit on the morbid college comedy, "Dead Man on Campus" (1998), about a pair of self-serving collegians who exploit an obscure rule that grants the roommates of dead students perfect grades.
White departed "Dawson's Creek" in 1999 to join the writing staff of the well-loved cult TV series, "Freaks and Geeks" (NBC, 1999-2000). As producer and staff writer, he brought his unique perspective on adolescent trauma to three episodes; most notably "Kim Kelly is My Friend," which addressed female-on-male bullying as well as the back story of Busy Phillips' Kim Kelly, the resident tough girl of the show's outsider "freaks." Kim's attitude was shown as a defense against a harrowing home life, which included White as her alcoholic brother, Chip. While working on "Freaks," White also wrote and starred in "Chuck & Buck" (2000), an offbeat and challenging indie drama about two former high school friends (White and Chris Weitz) who reunite after the death of White's mother. As children, they had a sexual encounter, which essentially cemented White's Buck in permanent adolescence, while Weitz's Chuck had matured and moved on. The film followed Buck's growing obsession with Chuck while exploring heterosexual attitudes towards homosexual encounters. White was appropriately creepy and sympathetic in the role, which earned him the top acting honor at the Deauville Film Festival, Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Debut Performance and Best Screenplay, the ISA trophy for Best Feature Under $500,000, and the New American Cinema Award for Best Writer at the Seattle International Film Festival. It was also deemed the "Best Film of 2000" by Entertainment Weekly.
The attention generated by "Chuck" earned White numerous suitors in the entertainment industry; he soon returned to television with "Pasadena" (Fox, 2001), a mystery-cum-primetime soap opera about the young daughter of a wealthy Southern California family who uncovered disturbing truths about her relatives while investigating a stranger's suicide. Though lauded by critics, the show, co-produced by Diane Keaton, vanished after only a few episodes. He rebounded slightly with the feature "Orange County" (2002), a second generation-themed comedy starring Jack Black, Colin Hanks (son of Tom), Schyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek) and directed by Jake Kasdan (son of Lawrence). While the film had the trappings of a National Lampoon-style comedy, it operated on a more introspective level, with Hanks as an aspiring young writer looking to escape his upscale but dysfunctional Southern California trappings by gaining entrance into Stanford, only to have his inept guidance counselor submit the wrong transcripts. The film performed modestly and was championed by several critics.
White's dramedy "The Good Girl" (2002), which reunited him with "Chuck & Buck" director Miguel Arteta, earned an even stronger response from viewers and critics, thanks to its winning lead performance by Jennifer Aniston. Opening to notable acclaim at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, the film garnered White the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay and earned a fresh round of critical acclaim for the acting skills of Aniston, who - after a long and fruitless search for the right actress - had been suggested by White for the lead role of Justine Last, a dissatisfied, married discount store clerk in the Bible Belt who embarks on an ill-advised affair with a decade-younger co-worker (Gyllenhaal) who fancies himself a tortured, misunderstood soul. White also had an entertaining onscreen turn as Corny, the disapproving, church-obsessed security guard who tries to spark Aniston's interest in the Bible.
While White's films had been primarily admired in indie circles and best known for quirky (rather than laugh-out-loud) humor, his next screenwriting venture would prove to be both his most accessible and funniest effort yet. The writer tailored the script for "School of Rock" (2003) specifically to suit the skills and persona of his good friend Jack Black, crafting a tale of proto-slacker and rock wannabe Dewey Finn who, in desperate need of cash, takes a substitute teaching job posing as his roommate and recruits a musically gifted class of private school kids into a rock group that enters a Battle of the Bands competition. Working with director Richard Linklater, White delivered a story and screenplay that dodged obvious cuteness, ditched the usual mawkish sentimentality of such a set-up, and was long on laughs. The script also capitalized on Black's strengths, creating the best star vehicle for the comedian-musician to date. As an actor, White was also spot-on as ex-rocker-turned-milquetoast substitute teacher Ned Schneebly, Black's beleaguered roomie and doormat for his castrating girlfriend Patty (Sarah Silverman). The film was a massive hit in the summer of 2003, and established White as the "It" writer in Hollywood.
unfortunately, his follow-ups were somewhat underwhelming. "Nacho Libre" (2006), a juvenile spoof of Mexican wrestling culture with Black as a naïve priest who dons the mask and tights to save orphans, received a huge advertising campaign, but failed to match "School" in box office returns. "Cracking Up" (Fox, 2004), his second stint as creator of a television series, drew major names like old buddy Jack Black, Zooey Deschanel and John C. Reilly to its story of an eccentric family and the student (Jason Schwartzman) who observed them, but lasted just six episodes before its cancellation. In 2007, he made his directorial debut with "Year of the Dog" (2007), a very personal indie drama about a woman (Molly Shannon) whose life is thrown into chaos by the death of her dog. Shannon's character was a typical White role, straddling the line between eccentricity and independent thought, which was blurred by a series of unfortunate encounters with dogs and people throughout the running time. Though little seen by moviegoers, the film received glowing praise during its limited run.
In the years following the release of "Dog," White's acting career blossomed with offbeat turns on series like "Pushing Daisies" (ABC, 2007-09) and the films "Smother" (2008) and "Zombieland" (2009). One of his most unusual television appearances was as a real-life contestant on the 14th edition of "The Amazing Race" (CBS, 2001- ), which paired him with his father, Reverend Mel White. The pair showed exceptional good cheer throughout their tenure on the show, which saw their team eliminated during the seventh leg of the journey. In 2009, White returned to features as producer on "Gentleman Broncos," a broad comedy from Jared Hess, director of "Nacho Libre," and his brother Jerusha. Its convoluted story, about a young fantasy writer whose novel in progress was plagiarized by a successful adult writer (Jemaine Clement), failed to connect with reviewers, which resulted in the cancellation of its theatrical release. The following year, White began work on a long-gestating film adaptation of British journalist Jon Ronson's "Them: Adventures with Extremists" (2001), which detailed his experiences with radicals and activists across the globe. Production was announced in 2005, with Edgar Wright in the director's chair, but dragged on for several years until its announced 2011 release date.
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Year of the Dog (2007)
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Good Girl, The (2002)
Moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a writer
Feature debut in Miguel Arteta's indie comedy "Star Maps"
Hired as a writer and producer for The WB's teen drama series "Dawson's Creek"
Received first screenplay credit for the offbeat teen comedy "Dead Man on Campus"
Served as both producer and occasional writer for the critically lauded "Freaks and Geeks" (NBC)
Breakthrough feature as both actor and screenwriter with the edgy independent comedy-drama "Chuck & Buck," directed by Miguel Arteta
Wrote and produced the edgy but short-lived prime-time soap "Pasadena" (Fox)
Penned the screenplay for the lighthearted teen comedy "Orange County"
Wrote the indie drama "The Good Girl," which once aging teamed him with director Miguel Arteta; also featured as a security guard
Penned the Jack Black comedy "School of Rock"; also co-starred as Black¿s roommate
Created the short-lived Fox comedy "Cracking Up" starring Molly Shannon
Co-wrote with director Jared Hess, the comedy "Nacho Libre" starring Jack Black as a monk who moonlights as a Mexican wrestler
Made directorial debut with the dramedy "Year of the Dog," starring Molly Shannon as a dog lover whose world is rocked when her beloved pet/best friend meets with an early demise; also penned, which earned him an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Best Screenplay
Competed with his 70-year-old father Mel White on the reality series "The Amazing Race" (CBS)
Wrote, produced, directed and acted on the HBO series "Enlightened"
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Mel White. Cleric, author. Fundamentalist Christian; ghostwriter for Jerry Fallwell; came out as homosexual; divorced from White's mother; lives with partner Gary Nixon.


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Today, let's consider Daily Affirmations for Self Esteem. If you wander around The Littlest Way, you'll see I am a firm believer that what we say or think about ourselves, affects who we are for the positive–helping us to lead a joy filled life, or for the negative–causing us to lead discouraged lives. These thoughts and words we say or think daily about ourselves, they are our daily affirmations. An affirmation is defined as the truth of something, so our daily affirmations are the daily defined truths about ourselves. So what is your truth? What do you tell yourself, about yourself, daily?
Clicked on the printable once and it will print about 6″x7 1/2″. Clicked it again and it will print out on a full size sheet.
An official definition of self esteem is, "Self-esteem describes a person's overall sense of self-worth or personal value." But how do we judge or measure self-worth or personal value? What is the criteria for a good self-worth or bad personal value? We could list any number of principles couldn't we…the car we drive, the area we live, the man we married, the clothes we wear, the music we listen to (or don't listen to), the food we eat, the amount of exercise (or lack of), our friends, our credit limit…I mean it's endless! And temporary…and vague…and subjective.
Do we really want to base our value on criteria that is always subject to change?
That's like building the foundation of our home on sand, or worse, water! I would prefer to build on stone…even better, a corner stone. Doesn't it seem right that we would want to define ourselves on something immovable and unchangeable?
So our daily affirmations, the truths about ourselves, need to be based on something–Someone–other than self, self perception, and the word's quasi definition of truth.
Who we are in Christ is the truth of who we really are.
Hang this printable list of Daily Affirmations for Self Esteem where you can see it every.single.day. Read these daily affirmations out loud to yourself to remind yourself who you really are. The world tries to tell us different. Let the truth about ourselves come from the Creator of the world, not the world. We are not of this world anyway, so don't let it define who or what you are.
Last night I was beating myself up (again) for not spending time in prayer and instead on Pinterest. That's where I happened across one of your posts on a daily examine with children. I loved the idea because it was so positive and decided to browse your site. So, maybe I didn't reflect and pray the way I thought I ought, but your blog is JUST WHAT I NEED right now. God has been taking me down the dark path of self revelation and my life is full of negative thinking. I'v often ignored the positive thinking stuff, but now I must humble myself and allow God to show me how to make new grooves in my thinking in order to stop trudging through life. I need to choose joy and I want the fullness of life that Jesus came to give to me.
I'm so glad the Holy Spirit led me to you and I look forward to browsing your site.
Thanks be to God I happened to be on the computer right now! Your kind comment has made my day! Remember, the dark path of self revelation is not a lonely path–He is with you! He is in front of you protecting you and beside you encouraging you.
Dear I have being going through this process a couple of months now but thank God it's getting better. God is taking you through this for a purpose and you will come out better and stronger. Tho I am looking up affirmation for my kids but being negative is something I have struggled with until now , I definately need this to. Cheers on our journey to positive thinking and thanks to Jenny for reminding me not to base my hope on things that are subject to change.
You are welcome Julie. Even if they "look" at it, they see it and that's enough. I love having this reminder for them.
Great post! It really encouraged me to read through these! Thank you!
I'm so glad you enjoyed them Katie. They are powerful because His Word is powerful!
This is exactly why I need a printer! I love this! I am pinning for later 🙂 So important to remind ourselves of these truths.
Be sure to come back and get these Stefanie. We have similar ones I made hanging on our bathroom mirrors. I want my teen daughters to see these, whether they realize they are seeing them or not. These affirmations will come back into their mind when most needed.
Yes! I agree that thinking about who I am in Christ each day is so crucial to my outlook throughout my day, Jenny. Just last week I neglected to do this for a stretch of several days and found myself feeling more irritable and insecure. It's a must-do for my daily routines! I think this may be my first time to visit your blog, my friend. Nice to meet ya!
Hi Beth. It is so easy to slip into the bad habit if wrong thinking. I need these reminders front and center!
Thanks for the printable, Jenny! This is all so true! Our self-worth needs to be based on Truth…and Truth with a capital "T"! I love that you wrote that it shouldn't be based on things that change. What if we based our self-worth on our age? Our beauty? Our jobs? None of those things last forever. But, our God does! He is never changing and we are His!
I loved that inspiration that our worth needs to be based on the unchangeable God.
thanks for such an inspiring post. Blessings to you.
Thanks for the visit Terri. I look forward to seeing more of you here.
I love these! What wonderful reminders – I absolutely need to see these truths everyday. We are nothing without Christ, but so much with Him! Thank you for sharing these and for the wonderful printable!
"Do we really want to base our value on criteria that is always subject to change?" Such a powerful question!!
Hmmm….I know you're madly in love with the Mister, but all things through him?
Running and Ducking for cover….
OH.MY.GOODNESS Angela! Off to fix that ASAP.
I like how you use the metaphor to "building the foundation of our home on sand, or worse, water!" Great post! I love the printable too.
I so love this!! This would be an awesome printable to add to an office space. Thanks for this encouraging post! It was truly inspiring!
Hi Katie. I went back in and added the printable instructions. Enjoy and share!
I love reading your blog posts! They always encourage and inspire me. Sometimes it is hard to go through daily life and keep things in focus and reading your blog posts help me find that focus again! Keep up the good work!


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Oh my Mike. I'm sooo sorry that happened! You are not the first person who has fallen a second time and been back in more casts than they started. I broke one ankle and badly sprained the other, so I have a bit of an idea of what it is like not to be able to get around, but 3 long casts...You have my sympathy.
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The U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for maintaining shore-based beacons (signposts) along with in-river buoys marking the channel for the entire lower Missouri River. Learning to read this system will allow a paddler to tell where the channel of the river is located. A brief summary of the United States Coast Guard Aids to Navigation system used on the Missouri River is provided by the following link.
Of special interest to paddlers is the fact that the shore beacons also have the river mileage posted on them. These are given as miles traveled upriver from the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers (near the city of St. Louis). Such mileage indicators can be typically found every 3-4 miles on the river. By observing them, you always know in general where you are. This combined with the knowledge of the river mile of your take-out point and you can determine how well your trip is going and estimate how long it will take to get to your destination.
Understanding the navigation system also lets you know exactly where a barge will have to travel if you encounter one. The barge will have to stay in the river channel. Knowing where the main channel is, a paddler can easily move to the appropriate side to wait for the barge and its waves to pass by. This can be analogous to routine task of walking on a sidewalk next to a road. Simply by knowing where the main channel is, you also know where the barge must travel. It is important to remember that they cannot steer around you, therefore you must move out of the way of any barge traveling the river.
The Unites States Coast Guard has also produced a booklet full of good information on boating navigation in general. The rules that guide safe interactions with power boats, navigation light requirements for night travel, conventions for how bridges are marked for safe passage and much more are provided in this document. An especially useful section is the one that outlines in detail the Western Rivers Navigation System, which is the convention adopted for the Missouri River.
Barges will occasionally be moored on the shore or even in the river channel (sand extraction barges). In addition, there are several highway and rail bridges that cross the River. Both parked barges and bridge supports will need to be avoided by paddlers. Keep in mind that the river current could pull a paddle craft under the front of a parked barge or cause a collision with a bride support with bad result. You will need to maneuver clear of these obstacles well ahead of time due to the fast flow of the Missouri River.


A slideshow is not merely a series of individual images. It is not a movie either – though in some cases video clips can form part of it. Nor can it be thought of as an amalgam of the two. A slideshow is an entity all of its own with its own conventions.
Now we can look at the images. How long should an individual image be on the screen? As a rule of thumb each picture should appear for between 8 and 15 seconds. (I can almost see the shock on your faces.) Any longer than that and the viewer's mind tends to wander. This means that the picture must be simple and to the point. Simple pictures? Yes! The purpose of most slideshows is to convey information not to show off photographic prowess. All images should be of a similar quality as any that stand out will give undue influence to what may be a minor point. That is not to say that a presentation should fall into mediocrity. Simple pictures generally have more impact. If what you have to say alongside the image takes longer than 8 to 15 seconds then you need to provide different views of the same subject.
Depending on how the presentation is going to be shown determines the aspect ratio of the image. Many current compact cameras allow a choice of ratios of 4:3, 3:2, or 16:9. Nearly all modern TVs use the widescreen 16:9 format and high-definiton TVs have just 1920x1080 pixels. Personally, when shooting pictures for slideshows I use the 16:9 aspect ratio but at the cameras highest definition. I resize them in image editing software, It may seem an extra step but it makes the reduced images incredibly sharp.
Switching to the 16:9 ratio for shooting has one big advantage: I can compose my image in the frame knowing that it will all fit on the screen. Using the highest resolution means that I can crop images if necessary.
Most of you images need to be in the horizontal format. Views that seem more natural in a upright configuration can often yield a good horizontal image too: you just need to use your photographic skills to find it. If the upright view really has to be used then switch the camera to a 4:3 aspect ratio. There are ways of using upright images and I will discuss that at a later time.
Remember that you will need a 'title' slide and an 'end' slide and the latter should also include credits. This can often be the same image with different texts overwritten. Using the same image brings things to a natural and recognisable conclusion.
Before you set out to take pictures make sure you have a 'shooting script'. If the script suggests you need a picture of a crowded bus station then it is no good arriving at 11am. More about writing scripts in the next instalment.


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A new Administration and Congress are getting up to speed in Washington, D.C. Although NAR cannot predict what changes might occur within the Real Estate Sector of the economy, we do have some insights from our friends in Congress that lead us to an anticipated path for 2017.
The market for commercial mortgage- backed securities (CMBS) was transformed with new rules that address the problem of systemic risk. Mandatory Dodd-Frank compliance by originators of bonds made up of commercial property mortgages began, including a new requirement forcing loan originators to keep a piece of every CMBS issued for a period of five years.
Every community has its "issues." More often than not, those issues have implications for real estate.
The retail sector occupies a huge part of the U.S. economy, directly affecting office, industrial, land, and multifamily sectors of the commercial real estate market. According to The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), 1-in-11 jobs are related to shopping centers and retail is the largest employer in more than half the states in the U.S.
There are a growing number of tech start-ups creating new commercial real estate tools as solutions to the same old way we've been doing things. I think these ten companies engaged in commercial real estate technology warrant attention in the months and years ahead.
Deena Zimmerman's expertise in retail tenant representation has helped fuel Chicago's economic growth and sustainability for over a decade. Zimmerman specializes in finding high-quality retail locations in and around Chicago for national operators, franchisees, and first-time entrepreneurs.
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Dodgers Notes from Spring Training: Spring Game 13/Home Game 7
Throughout Spring Training the Dodgers PR department sends out helpful daily notes from Camelback Ranch, and I am happy to pass them along. See what they've written below.
San Francisco Giants (6-4) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (4-5-3)
Sunday, March 9, 2014 – 1:05 p.m. | Camelback Ranch - Glendale
LHP Edwin Escobar (0-0, 0.00) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (0-2, 18.00)
Spring Game 13/Home Game 7
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Dodger Fandom, pic via Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2014)
SUNDAY FUNDAY: The Dodgers will take on the Giants this afternoon in the Dodgers' lone contest of Cactus League play against their NL West rivals. Last year, despite winning the division, the Dodgers went 8-11 against their neighbors to the north. The Dodgers play their "North American" slate home opener in just 26 days against the Giants at Dodger Stadium
Camelback Ranch – Glendale announced that today's contest with the Giants is sold out. Fans only have six chances left to see the Boys in Blue at Camelback before they take off to Sydney, Australia next Sunday: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday (two games) and next Sunday.
Yesterday, the Dodgers played to their third tie of the Cactus League campaign, knotting with the Rangers at 5-5 in their first of two games on the day. Mike Baxter had two hits and two RBI for Los Angeles and is now hitting .333 this spring. Not to be outdone, Justin Turner had two hits and two runs scored, upping his average to .375 in Cactus League action. On the mound, Paul Maholm allowed one run in 3.0 innings and RHP Seth Rosin allowed his first run of the spring (an unearned one), keeping his ERA at 0.00.
In the nightcap, the Dodgers fell to Seattle, 8-5. Outfielder Joc Pederson belted a two-run homer and missed a second one by inches, settling for a 410-ft double. The young prospect is hitting .211 this spring with two home runs and five RBI. On the mound, Jose Dominguez fired 2.0 more scoreless frames and has now tossed 5.0 innings without allowing a run this spring.
Minor league position players suiting up today include IF Corey Seager (#91), IF Ozzie Martinez (#87), OF Jeremy Hazelbaker (#89), OF Scott Schebler (#90 and OF Noel Cuevas (#92).
Seager is making his first appearance with the big league camp this season and was the Dodgers' first-round selection (18th overall) in the 2012 draft. The North Carolina native's brother, Kyle, plays for the Seattle Mariners and started at Camelback Ranch – Glendale last night. Last season, the Dodgers' No. 1 draft pick in 2012 hit .309 with 12 homers and 57 RBI for Single-A Great Lakes, before getting promoted to Double-A Chattanooga, where he hit four homers in 27 games.
(Home plate umpire and former Dodger Batboy Alex Ortiz, pic via Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2014)
ON THE MOUND: Newly minted Opening-Day starter Clayton Kershaw will make his third start of the spring season this afternoon. Kershaw has allowed eight earned runs in 4.0 innings in Cactus League play thus far. The left-hander has dominated the Giants during the course of his seven-year career, going 11-5 with a 1.38 ERA in 22 games (21 starts) vs. San Francisco. In 2013, the reigning Cy Young Award winner was 3-1 with a 1.38 ERA in five starts against the Giants.
RHP Javy Guerra is slated to make his fourth appearance of the spring. Despite allowing six hits in 4.0 Cactus League innings, Guerra has yet to allow a run this spring.
Also set to see action is RHP Red Patterson, who has tossed 4.1 scoreless innings this spring in two games. Patterson last pitched on Tuesday vs. Seattle and went 2.0 scoreless frames while recording two strikeouts.
Minor leaguer RHPs Steve Edlefsen (#84) and Justin Souza (#88) will back up for the Dodgers this afternoon. Edlefsen, one of the newest Dodgers, was signed out of the club's Feb. 27 open tryout and has appeared in 27 big league games during the course of his career with the Giants in 2011-2012, going 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA. The 28-year-old was originally selected by the Giants in the 16th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Nebraska.
(Joc Pederson, pic via Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2014)
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!: The Dodgers will open the 2014 season 13 days from today (!) against the D-backs in MLB's Opening Series in Sydney, Australia. The historic Sydney Cricket Ground has been undergoing renovations to prepare for the first-ever MLB games to be played Down Under. The club will depart Arizona following its March 16 game against the Rockies and land in Sydney on March 18. Following a few days of workouts and sightseeing, the Dodgers will play Team Australia in an exhibition on March 20 and then take on the D-backs on March 22 and 23 to open the regular season.
This morning, Dodger skipper Don Mattingly announced that Clayton Kershaw will start Game 1 of the Opening Series in Australia and Hyun-Jin Ryu would take the mound for Game 2. The Sydney start will be Kershaw's fourth-career Opening Day nod.
RUN FOR THE CAUSE: This morning in Los Angeles, the LA Marathon kicked off at Dodger Stadium and a member of the Dodger family took part as Heather Howell, J.P.'s wife, ran in order to raise support and awareness for human trafficking. Howell is affiliated with "Run for Hope" at the marathon and is running for two shelters located in Southern California: one is a 72-hour rescue center, and the other a long-term rehabilitation and restoration program that provides for intense counseling, medical, and legal needs of victims, as well as GED and job search.
(Camelback Ranch, pic via Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers 2014)
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1. Lead by example. In order to motivate your employees, you need to show that you're enthusiastic about the upcoming year. Tap into your own inner motivation to determine what's driving you, and communicate your enthusiasm to your employees by being upbeat, energetic and excited about the opportunities ahead.
2. Set goals. It's important for employees to know what they're working toward. Inform your team about your company's objectives for the year and explain why those goals are important, not only to the organization, but also to the team. In addition, it can be helpful to discuss how your work is relevant to the community and makes a positive impact in people's lives.
3. Provide training. Companies are making more use of digital platforms and advanced technologies. Consumers want more digital products and are willing to shop around for what fits their precise needs. Since these changes can be intimidating for employees, it can be helpful to offer training in various areas to help them further their knowledge. Moreover, Millennials in particular, want to advance. That's why offering employer-funded training is not only a good way to motivate all members of your team, but also to keep the younger ones engaged.
4. Schedule team-building activities. A strong, cohesive team of employees is more likely to motivate one another and as a result, perform better. For this reason, it can be helpful to invest in team-building activities. This can include anything from a team lunch to let people get better acquainted to a company retreat with specially designed trust and motivational exercises.
5. Pay for employee education. If you want to do something that will benefit both your employees and your company in the long term, then it can be useful to create an education assistance plan. As Barbara Weltman explains in her article titled "5 Ways to Support Staff with Education and Development" for SBA.gov, you can offer a tax-free education reimbursement contribution of up to $5,250 per employee per year. For the company, these reimbursements are tax deductible. Employees can use the reimbursement to cover the costs of tuition, fees, equipment, books and supplies. Best of all: by helping your employees advance, you'll be motivating them to become better employees.
6. Recognize your employees' contributions. Acknowledging someone's efforts and achievements can be just as motivating as offering them some form of reward. It doesn't take much effort — and it certainly doesn't cost anything — to keep track of your employees' work and notice when someone has gone the extra mile to complete a project on time or went above and beyond to help a client. By consistently showing that you're aware of your team's hard work and appreciate everything they do, you can significantly increase their motivation.


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CHEVALIER v SUNSHINE VILL...
CHEVALIER v SUNSHINE VILLAGE CORPORATION, 2011 ABQB 557
STREKAF J
5.33: Confidentiality and use of information
This was an Application, by consent of the parties, for a restricted Court access Order to seal an Affidavit. The Affidavit had been prepared by the Plaintiff in response to an Application brought by the Defendant. The documents attached to that Affidavit had been listed in the Defendant's Affidavit of Records and made available to the Plaintiff. The Defendant expressed concerns that that documents attached to the Affidavit could affect the reputation of the Defendant if obtained by the public. The Defendant pointed out that these documents had been made available to the Plaintiff pursuant to Rule 5.33, as a requirement of the litigation process and subject to the confidentiality protection of Rule 5.33.
The Court indicated that Rule 5.33 codifies the common law implied undertaking that prohibits the use of Discovery evidence except for the purposes for which it was produced. Strekaf J. highlighted, however, that once documents are filed on the Court record, they are, absent any restricted Court access Order, available to the public. In other words, the filing of an Affidavit outside the scope of Rule 5.33 may remove the confidentiality that otherwise attached to the contents of that Affidavit.
Because Rule 5.33 does not protect documents outside the scope of Rule 5.33, a separate legal test known as the Dagenais/Mentuk test (Dagenais v Canadian Broadcasting Corp, [1994] 3 SCR 835; R v Mentuck, 2001 SCC 76) had to be satisfied before Strekaf J. would grant the confidentiality Order. That test is the following:
A confidentiality order … should only be granted when:
(a) such an order is necessary in order to prevent a serious risk to an important interest, including a commercial interest, in the contest of litigation because reasonably alternative measures will not prevent the risk; and
(b) the salutary effects of the confidentiality order, including the effects on the right of civil litigants to a fair trial, outweigh its deleterious effects, including the effects on the right to free expression, which in this contest includes the public interest in open and accessible court proceedings.
The Dagenais/Mentuk test was not satisfied in this case, and the Application was rejected.
HONOURABLE PATRICK BURNS ESTATE MEMORIAL TRUST v P BURNS RESOURCES LIMITED, 2015 ABQB 459 HUNKA v DEGNER, 2011 ABQB 195 SWARTOUT v QUINNCORP HOLDINGS INC, 2012 ABQB 610


'The nation had the lion's heart. I had the luck to give the roar,' Winston Churchill said of his role in achieving victory in the second world war. The idea that the British people were united, steadfast and resolute in the face of adversity is one of the enduring themes of our island story, still cherished more than 60 years after the war ended.
A central figure in this narrative of wartime glory is the Spitfire fighter, which became a much-loved symbol of national defiance through its heroic exploits in the Battle of Britain in 1940. Yet the Spitfire saga is no tale of unbroken success. The early years of the aircraft were traumatic, beset by production problems and political doubts. As I discovered when researching in the official archives, the severe difficulties in manufacturing the plane undermine the fable of a determined people all pulling in the same direction. It is an episode never properly told before, partly because it does not fit the romantic Churchillian myth.
The Spitfire was undoubtedly the greatest British fighter plane ever built, adored by its pilots for its speed, grace and manoeuvrability. When it first flew on 5 March 1936, it marked a revolutionary advance for the RAF, whose fleets were then still largely made up of fabric-covered biplanes. The Air Ministry, headed by the tough Yorkshireman Lord Swinton as Secretary of State for Air, was so impressed that it immediately ordered 310 of the planes from its designer, the Supermarine company based at Southampton. But then the trouble started. Because the Spitfire was such a technologically advanced aircraft, the Supermarine staff initially found it difficult to build. Nor did the company have the capacity for a major government order. Much of the work had to be sub-contracted out to other firms, which led to chaos with drawings and the delivery of parts.
Supermarine had promised the government that the first Spitfires would roll off the production line in September 1937, but by early 1938 not a single plane had been built. With the menace of Nazi Germany now looming over Europe, the situation was desperate. Lord Swinton called it 'a disgraceful state of affairs'. But he was the one who paid the price. In May 1938 he was forced to resign after the government had been attacked in the Commons over its failure to re-arm the RAF. Swinton's successor as Air Secretary was the owlish, bespectacled lawyer Sir Kingsley Wood, a sound administrator but an uncharismatic politician. 'A feeble little creature,' was the description of him by Lord Reith, head of the BBC.
Belying his image for timidity, Wood immediately took a dramatic step which he hoped would break the Spitfire logjam. He ordered the construction of a vast new factory at Castle Bromwich in Birmingham with the aim of turning out 1,000 Spitfires, 'the largest single order for one type of aircraft ever placed in this country', reported the Times breathlessly. But Sir Kingsley Wood made a fatal mistake. He handed over the management of this project to the motor magnate Lord Nuffield, founder of the Morris car empire. Lord Nuffield was regarded by the government as an expert in mass production, but in truth by the late 1930s he had lost his dynamism and grip on detail. One sign of his declining power was the increasing eccentricity in his personal habits. Obsessed with his health, he drank large quantities of bicarbonate of soda, believing that this was an antidote to his chronic wind, though it usually had the opposite effect.
The government lavished £7 million on the Nuffield factory in Birmingham, but the money was ill-spent. Men and machines lay idle, buildings unfinished. Nuffield had claimed he could produce 60 Spitfires a week, but by May 1940 not one had been built. Fortunately, by then, the Supermarine plant was operating smoothly but, with its restricted size, it could not meet the demands of the RAF. The government was in despair at the fiasco of Castle Bromwich, especially because Nuffield refused to recognise the scale of the disaster and constantly bleated about lack of technical support from Supermarine. But one Supermarine worker, Cyril Russell, some of whose colleagues had been sent to Castle Bromwich to provide advice, was scathing about the entire Nuffield operation, including the behaviour of the workforce. The project was 'bugged' with industrial action, he wrote later in a private memoir. 'There were a lot of squabbles over money' and employees 'stopped work for financial greed'. Russell even suggested that, following the Nazi–Soviet pact of August 1939, left-wing extremism might have been behind some of the disputes. In his view, bottlenecks were 'orchestrated by politically motivated persons to delay the output of aircraft that were so vital' â" action which he believed 'bordered on treason'.
The mess at Castle Bromwich had become intolerable. When the press tycoon Lord Beaverbrook was appointed by Churchill as Minister for Aircraft Production in May 1940 after the fall of the Neville Chamberlain government, his first action was to sack Nuffield and hand over the plant to Vickers, the parent company of Supermarine. Nuffield was furious, but a subsequent secret report commissioned by Beaverbrook revealed the full extent of the shambles. Written by the aircraft manufacturer Sir Richard Fairey, this study showed that expensive machinery had been unused and the assembly line was in chaos. But Fairey reserved his strongest words for the employees. 'Labour is in a very bad state. Discipline is lacking. Men are leaving before time and coming in late, taking evenings off when they think fit. In parts of the factory I noticed that the men did not even stir themselves at the approach of the Works Manager.' Having mentioned that in the week before Vickers took over there had been a petty dispute over pay, he continued, 'The labour in the Midlands is not "playing the game". They are getting extra money and are not working in proportion for it.' One chief foreman at the plant, responsible for the much delayed building work, was described as 'abusive and resentful' if given any instructions with which he disagreed.
With commendable speed, the Vickers team began to turn round Castle Bromwich with dismissals and threats of military call-ups. 'Incidentally, we are sacking 60 jig and tool draughtsmen next week,' wrote the new Castle Bromwich manager Alexander Dunbar in July 1940. 'We have tried to find out what they are doing but the answer's not a lemon. In the meantime, we build the odd Spitfire or two.' Eventually, under better management, the revitalised Castle Bromwich workforce was turning out more than 300 Spitfires a month. In total over 13,000 of the planes were built there. But in the Battle of Britain, the RAF almost paid a heavy price for not having the number of Spitfires it needed for the conflict with the Luftwaffe. If Nuffield had remained in charge, our finest hour could have become our darkest.


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