is not a typical track story, this is her first year to ever run track and has only been doing so for 5 months! She has her own fan club in her younger sisters that support her all the way!
In March of 2016 our oldest daughter Lily, who is super active in soccer among other activities, asked us if she could run with her middle school track team as a sixth grader. My husband and I rolled our eyes, as the thought of one more after school activity for parents with three children is sometimes overwhelming! Lily insisted and we caved.
My first thought was, "Maybe after she loses a couple races she may decide that tracks not her "thing"." But the very first race she ran, with no training was the mile and is was a sub 6 minute pace. We knew then she would be hooked! It was great, like discovering a hidden talent and watching her develop that talent with a dedication that I do not possess at 42 years old and she was killing it at 11 years old!
New to track, we did not fathom that Lily would even be on the radar to qualify for the Junior Olympics this year in Houston. But, Lily ran the 3000m and 1500m in an AAU Regional meet the last week in June to qualify for this honor.
This has more than changed our summer plans, it has shocked them a little. Besides being a pretty good athlete with soccer and track, Lily is an accomplished student. She was nominated this summer for the National Junior Leadership Conference in Washington D.C., which will take place third week of July. Lily is a straight A student and also was nominated into the National Junior Honor Society this last academic year. Lily is dedicated and has a laser sharp focus on any activity she participates.
This trip to Washington D.C. was a very costly trip that we funded personally costing thousands of dollars between airfare, hotel and program expenses.
Any money raised will be used to help fund the expenses for Lily on her road to Houston. We have calculated between travel, food and lodging alone just for Lily it will be very expensive. Lily has 2 races she has qualified for in Houston, and these two races and will require her to be in Houston for at least 5 days.
Lily's road to Houston officially starts the first week of August and any little bit of money donated would be greatly appreciated! Lily has already started talking about the 2020 Olympics, as she has figured out that you have to be 15 by the end of 2020 for her to qualify, which she will be!
enjoys destroying her parents in a mile race beating us with many minutes to spare. She would love to be able to come back from the Junior Olympics with a win and would be so appreciative of even the smallest donation! Thank you!
Had to go looking for the link! Good luck, Lily!


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Forest Whitaker cast in Netflix Christmas musical
Forest Whitaker is leaving his serious roles behind for Netflix's new holiday musical Jingle Jangle.
Known for his roles in The Last King of Scotland, which won him an Oscar, Lee Daniels' The Butler and Black Panther, Forest is going in a different direction for his latest project.
The 57-year-old has been cast in David E. Talbert's Christmas tale, about a cobblestone world that comes to life.
According to Deadline, he'll play Jeronicus Jangle, a once-great inventor and toy maker who has lost his belief in himself and his inventions, but stumbles upon a second chance and a magical invention, when his granddaughter comes to town for the holidays. It's slated for a 2020 release.
This isn't the first time Forest has shown off his musical skills; in 2013 he starred in Black Nativity opposite musical heavyweights Jennifer Hudson and Mary J. Blige. He's also displayed his impressive vocal abilities on TV show Empire.
Prior to his acting career, Forest studied singing at university, after changing his course – a football scholarship – following a back injury. He even toured England with the Cal Poly Chamber Singers.
Talking about his last foray into a musical, the star said it was intimidating to perform alongside his co-stars.
"Looking back, the last scene we did was the most daunting, with Jennifer, because she is such an amazing singer," he told The Daily Star. "We had recorded it, so I knew I could just mouth it if I got too nervous. But they wanted to do it without the recording; they wanted it live, so that was a little more daunting. By that point, though, I was so into the character it worked out. I was so consumed by who he was and I was connecting to the audience in my church and my choir, so I was able to bypass that."
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Kim Biddle, MSW
Show Bio
Kim Biddle began her work with human trafficking in partnership with the International Justice Mission in 2003. By 2010, her mission refocused and she founded SAVING INNOCENCE to help children within the United States escape sex trafficking and protect our national value of innocence and human worth.
Kim has launched and developed programs to advocate for at-risk youth and survivors of human trafficking in multiple countries throughout Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Before starting Saving Innocence she assisted the launch of programs for street children in Kenya and an aftercare home for child survivors in Haiti, in partnership with national organizations, while working with the University of Southern California to conduct research relating to effective intervention strategies for homeless youth in Los Angeles County.
Now for the past decade, Kim has been pioneering comprehensive crisis intervention, aftercare, and prevention programs throughout California and Texas, as well as working closely with local judges, probation officers, aftercare placements, police detectives, and social workers to create new policies within the legal system.
Kim earned her Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California. She went on to receive her Masters in Global Health certification from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma, and has earned special certifications to work with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.
Her work to end child sex trafficking has been featured in The New York Times, National Public Radio, ABC News, CBS News and The Huffington Post. Kim has received multiple awards for her work nationwide, including those from Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, and L.A. Weekly's People of the Year, naming her "The Human Shield".
Alan Smyth
With over 25 years of nonprofit management and experience, Alan Smyth joins the team to cultivate strategic partnership on behalf of SAVING INNOCENCE reporting directly to CEO and Founder Kim Biddle. Most recently, he served for 14 years as the Regional Director for Young Life in the Greater Los Angeles Region and before that he was an Area Director for Young Life in San Francisco Bay for 11 years. During his tenure, Alan was responsible to fundraise for and oversee an overall annual operating budget of 4 million dollars as he led a charge to expand work into South LA. His responsibilities included recruiting, hiring, training & supervising staff as well as volunteers. Additionally, Alan executed hundreds fundraising events, strategic planning activities and developed marketing strategies that proved successful for Young Life in Los Angeles. Alan got his Bachelor of Communication Studies from San Jose State University.
*We are unable to share the names and biographies of our Director of Clinical Programs or our Crisis Case Managers to protect their identities.
Tyler Krohn (Chair), MD, MBA
Vice President of Northern Market Operations, Children's Health
Dr. Krohn is the Vice President of Northern Market Operations at Children's Health, which is one of the nation's largest children's hospitals and the leading pediatric health system in North Texas. Previously a consultant at Bain & Company, Dr. Krohn began his career as a pediatrician and practiced medicine for nearly 10 years. He graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University, received his medical doctorate from the University of Southern California, and graduated with honors from the Masters of Business Administration program at the University of Southern California.
Mike L. Boone
President & CEO, Boone Aerospace, Inc.
Mr. Boone started his commercial aircraft parts company in 1990, growing it into a multinational enterprise before selling it in 2009. Mr. Boone then started Boone Aerospace in 2014. For the past 17 years, Mr. Boone has served as a local board chair for Young Life.
Michelle D. Talley, LCSW
UCLA Luskin, Department of Social Welfare Faculty
Faculty University California Los Angeles Luskin School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare
Michelle Talley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker whose focus is Public Child Welfare. As a field consultant with the Inter-University Consortium, a collaborative effort of Southern California social work programs that trains social workers in the area of child welfare, Ms. Talley works with first and second-year MSW students placed in the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Ms. Talley has also worked as a mental health clinician dealing with children impacted by abuse and neglect within their family nucleus. Ms. Talley has also worked as an adoption social worker with Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
Melanie Howard
Partner & Chair, Brand Protection Group, Loeb & Loeb
Melanie Howard is a partner and chair of Loeb & Loeb, a brand protection group. Ms. Howard's practice focuses on data privacy and security and intellectual property issues within the context of both litigation and transactional matters. She represents clients from a variety of industries, including advertising, automotive, technology, entertainment, media and retail. Ms. Howard was an assistant professor at Pepperdine Law School for three years and directed both the Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion & Ethics, and was instrumental in obtaining endowments for both programs. Ms. Howard continues to enjoy adjunct teaching and guest lecturing.
Joshua Ungerecht
CEO and Chief Investment Officer, JRW Research & Consulting, Inc.
Joshua Ungerecht is the CEO and Chief Investment Officer of JRW Investments and is a managing partner for Telos Capital, and ExchangeRight Real Estate. Mr. Ungerecht serves on the board for The Mentoring Alliance, a non-profit focused on partnering with communities to rescue at-risk youth and provide them with meals, educational support, counseling, life skills, and mentoring.
Allison Burkett, MSW
Executive Director, Calvary Church of Pacific Palisades
Allison Burkett is the Executive Director of Calvary Church of Pacific Palisades, where she is primarily responsible for overseeing strategic planning and communications. She has been part of the Ministry Staff Team at Calvary since 2013, and prior to her current role she was the Director of Women's Ministries. Prior to that Ms. Burkett worked as a Behavior Specialist for The Help Group in Los Angeles and Cambridge Public Schools in Massachusetts. Ms. Burkett has a Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Michigan. Ms. Burkett is also the proud mother of two sons and one daughter.


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Caught on video: Japan emergency callers will be able to send footage to police
The National Police Agency will introduce a system nationwide by which callers to the emergency number 110 can send video of incidents. | GETTY IMAGES
The National Police Agency will introduce in fiscal 2021 a nationwide system by which callers to the emergency police number 110 can send video of the incidents concerned, such as crimes, accidents and fires, according to informed sources.
People calling to report these incidents will be asked to take videos via their smartphones if needed. The system is expected to help police officers check the situation before arriving at the scenes and take appropriate first steps, the sources said.
A similar system has been used by the police department of Hyogo Prefecture since October.
Under the new system, police officers receiving reports of incidents in the command rooms will ask callers for video of the incidents if deemed necessary. If this is accepted, police will send a URL link for a special website to the callers' smartphones and ask them to take video from a safe location, the sources said.
When the URL link is opened, the callers' smartphone cameras will automatically turn on, and videos taken on the phones will be sent to the command rooms. Officers in the command rooms will then give information obtained from the videos to officers dispatched to the sites.
The NPA will also consider whether to introduce a system for forwarding such videos to dispatched officers' devices, according to the sources.
The agency does not plan to request such video in emergency calls seeking rescue, the sources said.
As the videos may include private information of people, such as those wounded in incidents, the agency wants to "operate the system in a way that does not result in invasion of privacy" in matters such as the storage of the videos, an NPA official said.
The NPA launched a website in August for receiving images and videos of damage from natural disasters, such as typhoons and earthquakes, so that the extent of damage to roads, buildings and other properties and infrastructure can be checked.
Fire departments around the country are also introducing video transmission systems for calls to the emergency number 119 for fires and accidents.
The Tokyo Fire Department launched such a system in the capital's 23 special wards on a trial basis in September, instructing callers on how to give, for example, cardiopulmonary resuscitation to people affected by the incidents based on the videos.
Some fire departments in Aichi and Hyogo prefectures have fully introduced such systems.
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LL Cool J: The Lost Interview (2008) — "I Didn't Get Into Hip-Hop for Money"
We spoke with the hip-hop legend one month before the release of his final album on Def Jam, 'Exit 13.'
Art By: Ryan Robinson
In honor of our 15-year anniversary this month, DJBooth will be publishing a series of "lost" interviews from 2006 through 2011, including Kanye West, J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi, Clipse and more.
Before an interview officially begins, I always engage in small talk. "How's your day been?" "What's the weather like in Los Angeles?" "Did you watch LeBron torch the Pistons last night?" The goal is simple: make the interview subject feel comfortable. If the interview feels more like a conversation between good friends and less like an informal interrogation, the interview subject is more likely to open up. The more open he or she is, the better their answers will be. And the better the answers, the more enjoyable the interview—both for me and our readers.
On August 14, 2008, three weeks before the release of his twelfth and final album on Def Jam, I called LL Cool J for our scheduled interview. Knowing Exit 13 was his first album in two years, I opened our conversation by welcoming him back. "I never left, baby," LL responded in debonair fashion before issuing his signature slaphappy giggle.
"Oh shit," I thought. If LL thinks that I think he was gone, this interview is going to be terrible. Immediately, I pivoted to my go-to list of small talk questions. "How's your day been so far?" I asked. "Good good, man. Let's do this, baby."
Ahhhhhhh. The dreaded "I don't have time for your small talk, Mr. Interviewer. Please ask me the questions you wrote down, I have seven more of these before the day ends" response. On this day, there would be no small talk. We needed to jump right in.
Over the course of 30 minutes, we spoke about his future in music, his approach to netting new fans who aren't familiar with his legendary catalog, why money never motivated his desire to create and the return of dookie rope chains.
Our interview, edited for content, clarity, and length, follows.
DJBooth: You entered the rap game in '84. 24 years later, you're still writing rhymes. If you were to enter the rap game today, in 2008, do you see a 24-year career ahead of you?
LL Cool J: Well, to be honest, I don't think I could see that then, so I don't know that I would see it now. It's just one of those things. I probably would do better if I was 20 right now, startin'. I'd probably be doin' even better than I'm doin'. So I can't be cocky and say that I can see 24 years into the future, 'cause I didn't see that then. I'm just doin' what I love, know what I mean?
So, safe to say, you have far exceeded your career expectations in rap?
Yeah—if you base it on what I was thinkin' when I started, absolutely. I always set new goals, but, at the time that I started, absolutely.
With 13 albums released over approximately a quarter of a century, what would you say is your career highlight? What is your career lowlight?
I think the highlight is just gettin' the [backing], actually gettin' the break. Rick Rubin callin' me back, gettin' a break, us startin' the label Def Jam, and just gettin' it going. I don't think there's really been any lowlights. There's always gonna be peaks and valleys when you do something for a long time. It's just like sports; nobody wins the championship every year—nobody. So there's always gonna be the ups and downs, but I think overall it's been incredible.
Can a new-age listener of hip-hop, someone who might not know that you walked with a panther, took 14 Shots to the Dome, and are the G.O.A.T., truly appreciate your latest work?
If you really think about the question you're asking me, I don't think that the kids that are voting for "Baby" on 106th & Park right now care about "I Need A Beat," you know what I'm saying? When the record is spinnin' all day on MTV, it's new music, so the new music has to stand up to today's standards. Now, the way they view those songs, and the way they view you as an artist is totally different. If you know the artist's body of work, you can appreciate the person as an artist a lot more. But in terms of the music, it's not really about what I did, it's about what I'm doing. I'm not tryin' to be old school or new school. I'm just classic. So everything I do, I just do great music and fun music. I mean, if you listen to the song "Baby," and you're listening to that with the mindset that LL's tryin' to rap as hard as he can and be a lyrical assassin, then you may not appreciate it. But if you listen to it knowin' that I wasn't takin' it so seriously, and was just havin' fun as an artist, and just wanted to make a fun, crazy song to get people to dance, then you can appreciate it. So it's according to how you want to view what I do. But I definitely think that today's generation and the youth are appreciating what I'm doing, 'cause look at the way my first single's performin'.
Has your evolution as an MC become more difficult because you've had to adapt to a new sound, a new style, and a new audience?
Not at all. I think it hasn't grown more difficult at all. I think that the challenge always comes because you have certain purists in hip-hop that only want you to focus on making the most complex songs, or on wordplay, or on certain aspects of the music that we do. Those people that understand the difference between focusing on wordplay and focusing on concepts, and making records for clubs and parties, they understand what I do very clearly.
So it's just like back in the day—there was a difference between "Around the Way Girl," what that represented at the time, and what a song like "Momma Said Knock You Out" or "Rock The Bells" represented at that time, and that hasn't changed. It's just nowadays, because each single is such a big deal now, and every visual [is] such a big deal, that people have a tendency to judge you and base what you do solely on whatever your single is.
You were quoted in another interview as saying that, with the release of this album, you feel your career will have come full circle. Can you delve into that quote, explain why you feel that way?
Well, I think it's full circle in the sense that this is the first time in many years that I actually threw albums away. I haven't thrown albums away to make an album since Mr. Smith. It's the first time in many years that I've turned down maybe seven or eight movies. I've been gettin' two or three movie offers every two weeks, and I've been turnin' down the money, turnin' down all of that stuff, to really focus on tryin' to make some music that I really, really love. Even to this point, I'm still replacin' songs, and swappin' songs on this album, because I want it to be hot. So it's come full circle in that sense, that I have completely committed and dedicated myself to this project, and making sure that this project is a great representation of what I feel is hot musically, at this particular point in time.
With all the money that you've earned over the years from your film work, what has been the driving force behind your decision to continue to create new music?
Well, first of all, I didn't get into hip-hop for money. I think people kind of got that confused. I think that as time went along, we became a very elitist culture, [that was] all about money, money, money, money, money. The reality is that I got into this to make great music, and to be heard, and for my voice to be heard by the people—that's all I really wanted. As far as financials go, when it comes to hip-hop, I think I probably benefit a lot more than maybe some of the newer, or even older artists, because I own my catalog. Def Jam administers it, but because I own it, I have a different pay grade. I don't think people are aware of that, but, that being said, it's not really about the money. I'm not making hip-hop just for money; I'm doing hip-hop because I think it's cool, and I want to be the best. [laughs]
Those are great reasons; I'm not sure how many artists in hip-hop can say the same thing.
I could have the best candles in the world, but if they're never lit and nobody ever sees them, how would you know? So it's not always the quality. Like I said in this line on one of my records, one of my freestyles I just did with Marley [Marl], I said, "The quality ain't always reflected in the sales, if people don't know you got that good fish scale." [LLaughs] Know what I mean? But I feel good, man, about my career, my life, and my music, and I'm really excited about this album.
If there was one style or fad that you could reintroduce, repopulate into today's culture—it could be the bucket hat, it could be the multicolored warm-up gear, whatever you want—what would you bring back?
[Laughs] That's so funny! You know, I like the dookie ropes here and there, it's still cool. The dookie ropes had some cute moments on them. But I like to just move forward, man. The retro thing works, but I'm classic and trendy.
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Bun B: The Lost Interview — "Pimp C and I Never Really Recorded at the Same Time"
A week before the release of the sixth and final UGK album, we spoke with Texas legend.
Soulja Boy: Lost Interview — "I'm the Next Generation of Hip-Hop"
We spoke with the "Crank Dat" author a week before the release of his major label debut.
The Game: Lost Interview — "I Don't Have to Sell Shit to a Toilet"
Before the release of 2008's 'L.A.X.', The Game spoke with DJBooth about his dream album—a project that still hasn't come to fruition.
Yelawolf: The Lost Interview — "Maybe I'm Fuckin' on Tour With Eminem"
As fate would have it, less than one year later, Yela inked a record deal with Interscope and Eminem's Shady Records.
Killer Mike: The Lost Interview (2008) — "I'm a Hell of a Rapper in an Age When That Means Nothing"
We spoke with Killer Mike in 2008, a week before the release of his third studio album, 'I Pledge Allegiance to the Grind II.'
Kid Cudi: The Lost Interview — "It's Way Bigger Than Just Helpin' People Groove"
Our conversation with Cudi the day he released 'Man on the Moon: The End of Day.'
J. Cole: The Lost Interview — "I'm Gonna Show You Why I'm the First Pick"
"I wanna be LeBron and not Kwame." —J. Cole (2009)
Wiz Khalifa: The Lost Interview — "Just Expect Me to Be a Little More Mainstream"
Two weeks after the release of his acclaimed 2009 'Burn After Rolling' mixtape, Wiz called my landline.


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St. Andrews The Golf Course Wins Control of 10 year Old StAndrews.com in UDRP
December 23, 2013 by Michael Berkens
St Andrews Links Ltd of St Andrews, Fife, the United Kingdom of Great Britain just won control of the domain name standrews.com in a one member UDRP decision.
The decision is no surprise, the domain was parked until very recently pull up golf related links.
The only real question is why did it take the complainant 10 years to file the complaint?
Here are the relevant facts and findings from the decision:
St Andrews is a town in Scotland. It possesses several world famous golf courses, which are widely regarded as the original home of golf, where the game was first developed (possibly as long ago as the 15th century). The name "St Andrews" enjoys extremely high recognition around the world in this respect, particularly amongst golfers. One or more of the golf courses at St Andrews is named St Andrews Links – the word "links" in this context derives from old Scottish, and refers to a type of golf course found amongst sand dunes. The Complainant, St. Andrews Links Limited, is a wholly owned subsidiary of St Andrews Links Trust (the "Trust"), which was established in 1974 by an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament to assume running of the public golf courses at St Andrews Links.
The golf courses at St Andrews have hosted many famous championships and are widely regarded by the world's top golfers as amongst the world's great golf courses. By way of example Jack Nicklaus, the world famous golfer, wrote in the foreword to "St Andrews Links – Six Centuries of Golf" written by Tom Jarrett and Peter Mason: "St Andrews Links is steeped in the history, lore and legends of the game of golf. Indeed, for many centuries the history of the game was made on the Links… I hope that reading this book will give you a greater insight into why St Andrews Links holds such a unique place in golfers' hearts all over the world. Just as it does in mine."
The Complainant is the owner of numerous applications and registrations worldwide for the mark ST ANDREWS and marks comprising and incorporating the words "St Andrews" (hereinafter the "ST ANDREWS Marks"). By way of example United States trademark registration No. 2169765 (of June 30, 1998) is for the mark ST. ANDREWS having a constructive priority (filing) date of April 5, 1990 for use with Class 25 goods.
A website standrews.com has been associated with the Domain Name and has offered for sale golf related merchandise and equipment and golf related services including a booking service for the Complainant's golf courses.
That website has conducted such activity apparently continuously from 2003 until earlier in 2013. At some stage in 2013 the previous contents of that website appear to have been removed and it presently bears a message "This site is in hibernation and is currently inactive".
"St Andrews" is a Scottish place name and as such is clearly a term capable of having a number of meanings, for example in relation to the town itself, or other organizations associated with the town, for example the famous Scottish University of the same name located in the town. In such circumstances it may well be that there are other entities or organizations in existence which could claim rights or legitimate interests in that name. However, in the present case there is no evidence to suggest that the Respondent has any independent rights in the name.
Indeed the evidence clearly indicates that the Domain Name was selected by the Respondent because of its association with the Complainant and as part of a plan to offer golf related products and services at a website associated with the Domain Name.
A wealth of evidence has been filed showing the use the Respondent has made of the term, all of which is clearly intended to convey a reference to golf and the golf related business of the Complainant or its parent. By way of example (one amongst many) at one stage the title bar to the Respondent's web page referred to ""St Andrews – The home of golf, golf packages, golf vouchers, golf gifts, golf products…"
The Complainant has prior rights in the ST ANDREWS Marks which precede the Respondent's registration of the Domain Name. The Complainant has therefore established a prima facie case that the Respondent has no rights and legitimate interests in the Domain Name and thereby the burden of production shifts to the Respondent to produce evidence demonstrating rights or legitimate interests in respect of the Domain Nam
In the present circumstances, the distinctive nature of the ST ANDREWS Marks, and the evidence as to the extent of the reputation the Complainant enjoys in the ST ANDREWS Marks, and the identical nature of the Domain Name to the ST ANDREWS Marks, and the lack of any explanation from the Respondent as to why it registered the Domain Name lead the Panel to conclude the registration and use was in bad faith.
In the present case, the Panel concludes the Respondent was aware of the Complainant's ST ANDREWS Marks when it registered the Domain Name.
The Panel concludes that the Respondent selected the Domain Name because of its identity with the Complainant's ST ANDREWS Marks and as part of a plan to establish a website offering for sale golf related products and services in a manner which suggested such offer was by, or was authorized by or connected with, the Complainant.
Further, the Panel notes the Respondent has not filed a Response and hence has not availed itself of the opportunity to present any case of legitimate use that it might have.
The Panel infers that none exists.
Two further matters merit discussion. As indicated above whilst the Panel concludes that the Respondent has no legitimate interest in the name "St Andrews" it may well be that there are other entities or organizations which could claim such an interest.
Nothing in this Decision by this Panel should be taken to involve any determination as to the respective rights of the Complainant and any such entity.
Second, the Panel notes that the use complained of in this Complaint has been going on for a very considerable time, namely since 2003.
The Panel has been furnished with no detail of whether or not such use has been the subject of earlier complaint of any type.
As a general rule, previous UDRP panels have recognized that the doctrine or defense of laches as such does not apply under the UDRP, and that delay (by reference to the time of the relevant registration of the disputed domain name) in bringing a complaint does not of itself prevent a complainant from filing under the UDRP, or from being able to succeed under the UDRP, where a complainant can establish a case on the merits under the requisite three elements.
There are however some circumstances where laches may be a relevant consideration, although these will inevitably be fact specific.
In the present case, where the Respondent has not availed itself of the opportunity it has been provided with to submit a Response, the Panel declines to find that any relevant laches related issues need to be considered.
Filed Under: UDRP
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Tommy Butler says
Wow what a shocker. now this will get interesting if they now go after saintandrews.com. That domain the legal owners are Lloyds Bank Plc.
Would go down the road with legal action on this if was mine.
after 14 years I go rid of StAndrewsScotland.com 2 months ago.
Michael Berkens says
if it was your's I'm sure you would have at least showed up to defend the UDRP
Just done some digging. fond this on contact page for Standrews.com. St Andrews.com Ltd 8 Golf Place. St Andrews KY16 9JA. Scotland. Tel: +44(0) 131 336 1254. now when you check google earth for that address. you get the small shop. also have facebook page. St Andrews Golf Co Ltd. looking at this dont think they know about it. details Sporting Goods Store · Golf Course
8 Golf Place, St Andrews, Scotland, KY16 9JA St Andrews 01334 474710 now when you do whois you get Registrar Abuse Phone: +1.8779770099
Reseller: 123Reg/Webfusion
Registrant Name: SC202991
Registrant Organization: Standrews.com Ltd
Registrant Street: 3 Anderson Street
Registrant City: Port Glasgow
Registrant State/Province: Scotland
Registrant Postal Code: PA14 5EP
Registrant Country: GB
Registrant Phone: +44.1475745214
Administrative Name: Kyle
Administrative Organization: smalloranges
Administrative Street: mercat house
Administrative Street: 1103 argyle street
Administrative City: Glasgow
Administrative State/Province:
Administrative Postal Code: G3 8ND
Administrative Country: GB
They do webdesign. wonder if the domain is registered to webdesigners
Andrew Allemann says
Hardly a no brainer/no surprise given that St Andrews is a town with a lot of golf courses. As the panelist details, the domain owner could have put up a reasonable defense had he bothered to respond.


Ever since he was a New York City high-school student, Elliott Masie said, he's had an "enormous desire to better understand the world of learning and how learning would change as a result of technology.
His programs, courses, and speeches, which have reached more than 1.7 million individuals around the world, have been guided by the same imperatives as TED events: Be interested. Be generous. Be interesting. Connect. I connected with Masie recently – several months after I had participated in and presented at Learning2011, held Nov. 6–9 in Orlando—to see what experience has taught him about the role that meetings play in adult education.
What is new about the way people learn at conferences and meetings?
Our role as meeting planners, exhibit managers, and conference coordinators has been not to structure teaching, but to structure the environment, the meetings architecture and expectations that allow individuals to maximize their own learning. Nothing significant has changed over 40 years.
Learners are curious and have confidence that they can get learning and expertise efficiently and that they have places to go [to get that]. Learners will drive their own learning if we as designers make that happen. There is a role for us to become better designers of events that will facilitate learning.
We are increasingly seeing cognitive science kick in as a discipline to unlock the world of learning. We are also looking at how we layer knowledge and access to expertise in order to optimize learning. The dilemma is that most of what we do about learning is about event management in the association and conference world. In spite of all the technology that has come forth, we actually are presenting things like we did 10, 20 years ago.
I am not sure that we have a culture to radically evolve how we learn with the exception of what individuals are doing over the Internet, social media. But even in those areas, people say, let's go to an online community or let's go online and do a search, but there is really a design-capability need.
It's the next rounds of expertise that hopefully will see us using different disciplines and becoming creative designers, leaders capable of viewing a very different set of meeting, social, content, or collaboration elements to create real change. For example, who would have ever thought that Twitter would help overthrow the president of Egypt? Yet, the young activists were "designers" in rearranging the tools for societal change.
How do the brightest minds in our global community go about learning?
Great question. I would like more data to validate my hunch, but my hunch is that effective leaders are highly effective learners. If you are president of the U.S. and have a cabinet and a million people working for you, then you may learn in one mode, and if you are a small businessperson with six employees, you learn in a different mode. But most of the people I meet who are presidents, heads of corporations or associations, or entrepreneurs, are enormously curious and motivated to learn themselves.
Here's the best example. I had the honor of serving on the board of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics, founded by Dean Kamen, inventor, entrepreneur, and tireless advocate for science and technology. At their last conference, I [cohosted] a discussion called "The Mothers of Invention" with a panel of famous game-changer moms that included [Amazon.com founder] Jeff Bezos' mom and other mothers of inventors, including Kamen and [online education pioneer] Sal Khan. Every mother reported that their kids, as they grew up, were nonstop learners. Jeff Bezos would go on a carousel ride and then spend time learning exactly how it worked.
What I found was that the leaders themselves were constant learners. President Clinton, with whom I worked when he was president, has an insatiable appetite for knowledge. I enjoyed watching how his brain worked, watching his expressions, how he was so curious. He mentioned books that he read, and would continuously ask for clarification on issues.
How do leaders, including presidents of countries, handle the mass of information that they need to first learn and then store in their brain?
I think it comes from people who read for them and prioritize what they need to know. I have a small staff comparably, and I have two people who just read stuff and synthesize it for me. One of most interesting challenges for leaders is when they first take office, they aren't as good learners as they might be. They either try to master all the material or they try to get a quick fix and just go forward.
Some of the challenges that President Obama has faced as a first-term president are very similar to what we see first-term presidents of corporations face. And that is, how do you be an active learner by building learning, thinking, and listening into your schedule? Leaders need to create that sit-and-think time. I remember having ice cream with President Clinton late at night in the middle of a project and marveling about how curious he was. We have to do a better job of enabling, supporting, and allowing people to schedule time to be great learners.
What do you think of the typical learning experiences — general sessions, keynotes, breakouts, recognition awards, networking events — offered at meetings today?
Here is the challenge—and I find myself challenged by it at my own events: We inevitably need, have, and continue rituals, which are a good thing. You want to have a world-class speaker, excellent entertainment, and networking. But I believe what we have to start doing at events is to create a higher degree of personalization of the learning experience. And not to do something at events that can easily be done online back at home.
This probably means that we need to move [away] from the one-hour or 90-minute presentations with the speaker or panel in front of the classroom. This is not to say that we don't want experts to tackle problems and show what succeeded or failed. However, when you attend these breakout sessions, the truth is that 95 percent of the content is not delivered interactively, and learners want that level of interaction.
The number three person of a national corporation attended Learning2011 and wanted to find out what other large corporations are spending on orientating new employees. It was fascinating and disappointing to him that he could not get close to the answer he needed. That information would have been lifesaving for him as his organization is hiring thousands of new employees. He simply couldn't get other people to be that specific. He was in a building with 2,000 colleagues and couldn't succeed in his mission.
Sure, there are surveys with this information, but it's presented in ranges. He came to me afterward, and although he loved the conference, he said that we have to redesign these events to allow people who want part of the ritual to be satisfied, but along with that, attendees are provided with answers to questions that are personal and very specific to their needs.
Why aren't we changing how we deliver programs?
We don't see it as very critical. It is said that at industry events, we want the three Cs: collaboration, community, and commerce. We are providing the commerce and the collaboration and some content. However, we need to offer content that is very specific to what individuals need. This requires new competencies on the part of meeting planners.
So much focus is still on ordering coffee rather than on designing optimal learning experiences. When [I've attended] the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, I recall companies saying that they don't want to sell at CES. Instead, they primarily want to be connecting and were interested in the learning side of the business.
Changing meetings requires risks. In fact, we often see that the very best developments come not because the association is overly brave, but because others come from behind and start to compete. In the medical field, a group started a conference for cardiologists that allowed them to watch live surgery. The cardiac associations went berserk, but then changed how their whole field delivers conferences.
I am a capitalist at heart, and I actually think that we need competition. My event is evolving with parts like the TED event. I am trying to offer learning opportunities that attendees can't get at regional meetings and trying to upscale it. The hardest part is those breakout sessions. They are an important piece and we want to use them, but don't think we are even 50 percent there in designing them appropriately.
The learning experiences your company, The Masie Center, offers are events that focus on imagining the future of learning and challenging attendees to think and be learning leaders. What can planners specifically learn from you regarding meeting design, scheduling, session formats, and lengths? What do you expect the Learning2012 conference to look like — and, projecting ahead, Learning2020?
We will continue to blend learning. You will see more learning from fields that aren't related. We had the honor to have President Clinton talk about learning, and Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe award winner John Lithgow talk about the power of storytelling in learning and actually present a one-man play.
Conferences are not only about instructional design but about engaging people. We want to expand attendees intellectually, artistically, and personally. The second thing is this: Associations mostly have it mastered, but we need to go out of our way to take some risk to our bottom-line budget.
We don't sell our keynotes with huge sponsorships. Yet, we still find ways to extract dollars from sponsors, but what we find is that attendees want events to be focused on the learning and not take time for vendor comments—saying that your lunch is sponsored by Vendor A, who has representatives at each table.
We will move this concept of personalization to the next level. I have a team now working on a dramatic model. For our keynotes, here is where we are going to start—indicating who this session is for and who may not want to attend. Here's a video to watch before you get there.
This will cost money, but it will make for greater outcomes. I know that many associations are offering experiential learning — to take an actual case study, and provide a half or full day to work through to a solution. Let me give you an example. Skype is becoming more important for job interviews. How do we help job candidates to create a Skype interview that may be 60 percent of the interview process? Imagine putting together a working lab where 50 people spend a day to build what that might look like.
This year, The Masie Center will send video teams out in the field to look at how specific training is done in different organizations. Let's really take a look at what the first day for a manager of Wendy's looks like. Or how do you take someone in China and put them in a Starbucks even though they never drank coffee before? What we plan to do with our events is to take people to places that they could never get to themselves.
For Learning2012, we'd like to provide an opportunity for folks who have tried some solutions that have failed to find a safe way to talk about it. Meetings have everyone flaunting the latest new thing. We rarely hear what isn't working. We need to build safety nets to have that level of sharing.
When I get to 2020, more of our events will have an at home core. There still will be an event, but rather than serving 2,000 people, we'll figure how to touch 50,000 people. It may not be 50,000 paid registrations, but we need to have a way for our learning activities to go significantly wider and more viral. I don't mean posting summaries of activities, but real engagement. I don't have a clue of how we will do it, but I do know that there are new technologies coming. We need to experiment, start, fail, and learn along the way.
In 2020, I will be 70 years old—hard to believe. It was great this year to have a group of "30 people under 30" at our conference advise us on learning strategies. They advised us that 1) people are changing as learners radically outside of work, and we need to allow them to change as learners at work and in their associations; 2) people are learning from multiple sources and in multiple ways at once; 3) it is the blend that counts—Facebook or LinkedIn may help start a connection, but it is critical that we can eat, talk, and think together to really build relationships.
Next year we will use the same concept with people over [the age of ] 60.
Speaking more about learning from fields that aren't related, how can we move from our current approach of learning in silos to intersectoral learning?
What I really want is to be with people who share a passion about something, not just share a role. So if you want to train a CFO of a nonprofit, don't just connect that person with other nonprofit CFOs. Connect them with somebody who works with the IRS. In other words, learning happens out of communities of diversity, not just out of communities of similarities. Online communities of practice have failed and so many SharePoint sites are empty. I want to be sure that at the end of the day, I know 30 people who do my job that I can call and that I have the kind of intersectoral connections that you just described.
We need to design for that to happen. That's why we earn our dollars as meeting planners—because we are very capable of learning how to design those kinds of environments.
Two of our speakers this year were Sharon Begley, who wrote a Newsweek cover story on information overload, and Columbia University Professor Betsy Sparrow, who co-authored a Science magazine article on Google's effect on our memory. Both of them said provocative things about how the brain is changing and information overload— and I haven't figured out what we do about it.
We are getting better in reacting to changing phenomena. So if you are a nurse, you can't rely on what you learned in nursing school, because every six weeks you need to learn new stuff. If you are a meeting planner in an association, the same is true. It is not about using more technology, but understanding that with technology you can learn more. Betsy was talking about memory—if we know that the knowledge lives on the association's hard drive, on the website, it is not about such structured learning but means we don't have to learn everything to the point of memorization.
In fact, we have to help people build a mental framework for the work they are doing rather than learn unimportant facts. We are enormously excited about learning about that process, which means we will do more pre-event strategies where people read or watch beforehand. We will move away from structured keynotes to interviews. We will help people understand that some of the best content isn't in the Power- Point presentations, but in the story that the expert shares.
I think technology allows us to capture events and then create micro moments that become viral. I did one interview with U.S. Olympic speed skater Apolo Ohno, and [one segment of it was watched by] 300,000 people. I never would have projected that would have been the high-point moment.
Early on, I decided that I didn't want to hire myself out for five days as a consultant. I was more interested in building sustainable learning communities. My original model was 20 companies, and now, 25 years later, we are up to 242 organizations. What we do is really simple: We look at problems that we face and explore how we can collaborate to figure out a better way of doing things.
Let me give you two existing projects we are working on now in the consortium. One is about how you get someone's expertise from their previous job to become an asset to the organization. So we hire Patti, who has great experience in the last company she worked for. How do we get that information transferred to the new company? Put it up on Facebook, on a special site? When you talk to our members — who include people from Microsoft, Intel, IBM, and John Hancock — they are fascinated with doing this. So we are facilitating their thinking.
The second one I am working on now, which is an extension of a trip we just took in China, is how do we get organizations to prepare people to work globally? So, if you have someone working in a factory in Shanghai or an office in Thailand, how do you get that person comfortable picking up the phone and talking to a colleague in Brazil or Texas or Toronto? Just giving them an email account or a SharePoint account is not enough.
We are looking at having our consortium do things around collaborating. The other thing is that we don't endorse the solution but we are harvesting the next question. I am not interested in saying the answer is "put videoconferencing in every facility," as an example. We think our role is to get at the right question, not necessarily having the right answer. Finally, we have members for 20 years and trust is key. If you look at the work of Stephen Covey and others, what makes learning most effective is the trust that people have. We have to do a better job in our associations and at our events in building trust and helping people understand that this is an environment where people are interested in what you have on your mind, even if it is contrary or disruptive.
How would you define the kind of trust you are talking about?
Trust is a learned competency. I don't think it is a personality trait. It is the ability to listen clearly, the ability to be a good learner, and, in some cases, a good negotiator. Look, if five friends go out to dinner, nobody has to take notes. If I want to make them laugh, I don't think it will take me many hours to come up with something funny. Often at meetings there is an assignment in common but not necessarily trust. I actually think you build it.
A really good magazine is trusted by everyone. An organization can get ripped to shreds in the publication and still trust the magazine as a place to advertise. There are models out there for building trust.
The dilemma for associations and for conferences is that we sometimes sell access with a big check, and five years later that company is not paying the check anymore—and their absence becomes a void. The big buzz this morning at a large association event was that this may be Microsoft's last year [as an exhibitor]. That's not what the buzz should be about, but rather how their industry is continuing to change the world. We need to position ourselves as trust leaders.
Watch this series of short video clips in which Jonathan Kopp, partner/global director of Ketchum Digital, and a presenter at Learning2011, talks about the convergence of social media and digital tools and learning.
Then, to earn one hour of CEU credit, visit pcma.org/convene-cmp-series to answer questions about the information contained within this CMP Series article and the videos.
For more information on Learning2012, being held Oct. 21–24 in Orlando, visit learning2012.com.


After using different scan tools from different brands, I can say that Launch X431 V+ diagnostic scan tool is one of the most advanced and reliable automotive scanners on the market. It features a large and clear LCD display with easy to use features. It is fast in operation as it uses Android 7.1 operating system. The Launch X431 V+ is upgraded version of Launch X431 and Launch X431 Pro Mini. Read this Launch X431 V+ review to know more about this advanced Launch scan tool.
The Launch X431 V+ scan tool covers a wide range of vehicles as it is compatible with at least 93 car brands and more than 10, 000 car models. This makes it be an ideal auto scanner for professional mechanics and busy car repair shops. Besides, it also has Bluetooth wireless connectivity for wireless connection and easy roaming around the garage floor.
In this Launch X431 V+ review, we're going to discuss all the things that you need to know about the Launch X431 V+ diagnostic code reader. Brace yourself!
There is no difficulty or a lot of fuss when it comes to the setup of this diagnostic scanner. The setup process is very easy, the Launch X431 V support team will provide you a registration ID with an activation code. Then, you can utilize your serial number and codes to set up your scanner online.
This automotive scanner comes with different adapters and has the ability to cover more than 90% of the vehicle models made in the USA, Europe, and Asia. The major vehicle brands include Porsche, Honda, Ford, Lexus, Skoda, Mazda, Nissan, Audi, Lincoln, Dodge, Jeep, and many more.
If you want to perform other functions within the garage and still diagnose the vehicle, you can switch the device to Bluetooth wireless connection instead of using the short cable. The tool comes with DBScar 5 for creating wireless Bluetooth connection.
Similar to other high-end scan tools, this code reader supports all the 10 OBD2 test modes. Therefore, you can use it to read and erase error codes, view freeze frame data, O2 sensor test, On-board tests, I/M readiness status, read and erase DTCs, and much more.
Apart from performing full OBD2 functions, this scanner can as well perform multiple special functions such as EPB reset, TPMS reset, oil reset, BMS reset, ABS bleeding, ETS reset, IMMO and Throttle matching, DPF regeneration, ECU coding, and Injector. These services help users to safely and effectively access vehicle systems to reset partial parameters' status after repairs are done. On top of that, it can be used for ECU coding.
This is one of the fastest Launch scanners on the market. It comes with a fast and smooth operating system to assist tackle problems very fast. Additionally, the scanner gives you instructions as you go, telling you want to do and the steps that you should take.
The scanner utilizes Android 7.1 operating system. This is makes the scanner to be easy to use just like a normal Android tablet. You will be able to access similar applications that are found on an Android tablet or phone. With this feature, you will be able to have the same functions as an Android phone but at the same time have the ability to power or diagnose engine issues.
Launch has an outstanding customer support service that will help you get started and update your device. Also, you can call them before acquiring the gadget to know if it's is compatible with your vehicle.
This scan tool can diagnose all systems. It is the ability to read DTCs and data streams for all systems. For example, transmission, fuel system, body, engine, powertrain, emission system, and much more. You won't have to buy other tools for diagnosing other systems and you will end up saving a lot of time.
The Launch X431 V+ diagnostic scanner features a 7000mAh battery. This battery is powerful and can provide you with continuous use of around 4 to 6 hours, depending on what you use it for.
The code reader is sturdily constructed for longevity. It is made of a durable plastic housing and it is drop resistant. Additionally, the scan tool is waterproof, dustproof, and greaseproof. In short, it can survive the tough garage floor conditions.
After registering this unit with Launch, you will get 2 years of free online updates. After two years, you will have to pay for the updates. But still, you can use the gadget without updating it.
Counterfeit devices – many mechanics and DIYers have reported the availability of counterfeit devices. So, before you purchase a Launch code reader, ensure that it is not counterfeit. Always ensure that you buy from a genuine Launch dealer.
Multilingual faults – if you intend to change the default language from English to a language of choice, know that the translations are not always accurate. This is because the scanner is not proficient in all the languages.
Quite expensive – when compared to other quality scanners with similar features and functions on the market, the Launch X431 V+ scan tool is somehow expensive. So, this might not be an ideal code reader for DIYers, beginners, and small auto repair shops.
As vehicles advance, so do diagnostic scanners. The Launch X431 V+ comes with some exceptional features and functions that will allow you to reduce the cost of car repairs. It is suitable for professional mechanics and serious car enthusiasts. It is also easy to use and operates smoothly.
Furthermore, the code reader is compatible with a wide range of vehicles manufactured from 1996 and newer. Its intuitive user interface makes using this device to be easy. It has a long cord that will ease your work and you won't have to strain a lot. With the Bluetooth connectivity, you will be able to diagnose your car even when outside.
If you have been looking for a reliable, fast, and easy to use diagnostic scanner, then the Launch X431 V+ is a great tool for you. The manufacturer offers 2 years of free online update, and it is extremely portable. Use this device on different car makes and models in your auto repair shop or garage. I hope this Launch X431 review article will help a lot to make buying decision.
Question: Does this scan tool work on all diesel vehicles?
Answer: No, it doesn't. The Launch X431 V+ scan tool functions on some 12V diesel vehicles, but not all of them. To know if it works with your 12V diesel vehicle, you should email your vehicle details (VIN, vehicle model, and year) to Launch support team.
Question: Can I use this diagnostic code reader to perform crank position relearn and idle relearn on a 2007 Subaru 2.5?
Answer: Yes, it can. In addition, it can perform other functions like crank position relearn, throttle match, key match, SAS reset, Injector program, EPB reset, Oil light reset, battery match and TPMS reset.
Still, have a question after reading this Launch X431 V+ review? Comment below.


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Serviio is an excellent free Java DLNA media server by Petr Nejedly which focuses on minimizing the amount of unnecessary media transcoding, and maximizing the use of renderer devices' supported features. Version 0.6 adds support for streaming content from online RSS feeds. Since the installation process has changed a lot, I decided to create a new post rather than edit the old one. The guide is accurate for Synology DSM 3.2 beta, and the one tricky section with wget-ssl also applies for DSM 3.1. Older DSM versions may vary.
Read this Synology wiki document about modifying your NAS carefully and install the bootstrap for your model. If you have previously been messing around with your unit and want to set it back to defaults, you can run the bootstrap again. It will prompt you to delete a couple of folders and reboot, whereupon you can start afresh.
Download the PuTTY SSH client if you're using Windows – other operating systems will already allow you to SSH from the terminal. Give the session a name, set the remote character set to UTF-8 as shown and save it before you connect (to save time in future). This will ensure that all characters display properly. The Mac OS SSH client defaults to UTF-8.
sed (stream editor) is a powerful tool which uses regular expressions. The first command opens the file ~./profile searches for the line beginning with PS1= and duplicates it, commenting out the first copy (so the change can be undone). Then second command sets the value PS1="\w\$ " which changes the prompt to be the current directory followed by dollar sign and space characters.
Download Java SE for Embedded 7 from Oracle, selecting the Linux build for the appropriate CPU. The ARM v5 version is required for the Marvell Kirkwood CPU Synology Products. Note that there is a PowerPC e500v2 version – the CPU core in Synology products which use the Freescale mpc85x3). Unfortunately for PowerPC Synology owners, this depends on a higher version of glibc than the Synology DSM provides for this architecture. Until JamVM supports Java 1.6, or Synology update to glibc 2.4 you won't be able to follow this guide on PowerPC models. This situation may have changed since DSM 3.2 beta was released.
Next, compile librtmp which FFmpeg will use to retrieve Adobe Flash streaming video, the libssl static libraries (which librtmp depends on), libz and libbz2 static libraries for FFmpeg.
At this point ou will see the error "cp: missing destination file operand after `/opt/lib'" because the libz.so shared library wasn't compiled and the install script tries to copy it nonetheless. libz.a which we need was built ok, so ignore and continue.
Notice that the ./configure command is line wrapped – it's all one command. The make command takes approximately 25 minutes and will show many warnings during compilation, but this is expected.
Shutdown the NAS and restart, checking that Serviio starts by itself.
AcidumIrae's PHP Web UI is only for Serviio up to version 0.5.2 at present, and at the time of writing the Java Restful Web UI by kairoh does not yet integrate with Serviio 0.6. The only option for now is to use the proper Serviio Console from another computer. Since 0.6 there is no longer a requirement to change anything at the server end, so you just need to pass the parameter -Dserviio.remoteHost=x.x.x.x to the Serviio Console to indicate the IP of your Serviio server. This is covered in the Serviio FAQ. There's quite a lag for it to start up (at least on Windows), but eventually you see the familiar icon.
Navigate to the Transcoding tab. Set the transcoded files location to /volume1/@tmp. Failure to do this will result in temporary files being written to /tmp which will fill up the partition it's on the moment you remux a 4GB movie, which would prevent you from logging into the NAS. If your Synology has an Intel CPU set the number of transcoding threads to 2. The dual cores should take advantage of FFmpeg's pthreads support for a decent performance boost.
You can use the Library tab to add the media folders you want to share. Use Add Path not Add Local (we're using a remote console remember) and express the paths in Linux syntax, e.g. /volume1/public/videos. Be sure that the serviio user has been granted read privileges over the folders you add (User Control Panel in DSM).
Log in as root and stop Serviio, then in the DSM User Control Panel delete the user called serviio. Undo the changes that you made to /opt/etc/profile and /etc/profile (the LANG, JAVA_HOME and java path modifications marked in bold earlier in the guide).
This entry was posted in Linux, Multimedia and tagged ARM, compiling, DLNA, DLNA server, DS111, FFmpeg, Intel Atom, media server, NAS, Serviio, Sony BDP, Synology on August 2, 2011 by patters.
Does 0.6 support RMVB files?
this look just what I am looking for… but i am very non technical will there ever be a package i can download and install?
Unlikely I'm afraid. Java can't be redistributed, and besides Synology products have three different CPU architectures so making a package requires a lot of work, not to mention testing.
Thanks for getting back to me – I have a DS211j and the DLNA capability is totally rubbish. If you find someone that has created a package for that then i would be happy to buy / donate for it.
Would love to have a package for this one !
I've had a look at what the QNAP guys have done to get around the Java licensing and their trick is quite neat – have the user fetch the zip file themselves from Oracle, dump it in the public share on the NAS and have a package to install it.
First of all, I wanted to thank you for the excellent tutorial you've made to install Serviio in a NAS Synology.
I do not know how to fix the problem. Could you give me a clue what to do to get ffmpeg installed correctly?
Note – we only want to copy the ones ending in .a, not the .so ones.
What glibc is Synology using at the moment?
Is there any reason you don't have a page related to subsonic ?
Subsonic is maintained by a different guy. He asked if he could put it on my package repo, which makes sense given that it needs Java and I host and maintain the Java package.


In a memo to the Berkeley City Council sent Thursday, City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley said up to 130 shelter beds will be available Friday through Monday at the North Berkeley Senior Center at 1901 Hearst Ave. and at the Frances Albrier Community Center at 2800 Park St. Normally, there are 65 spots available.
Read more coverage about homelessness in Berkeley.
The city has also contracted with two community agencies — the BOSS Multi-Agency Service Center and the Berkeley Food and Housing Project — to offer warming center hours, from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Veterans Building, "so that those without housing have a place to go that is out of the elements," according to the memo. Further details appear at the bottom of this story.
Tuesday night, council authorized city staff to set aside other tasks and focus attention on increasing shelter beds and warming center hours for individuals who sleep outside. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín had placed an ambitious package ("Emergency Measures to Address Homeless Crisis") on the agenda, and discussion about that item ultimately led to a suggestion from Williams-Ridley to authorize an "emergency operations center," or EOC.
Frances Albrier Community Center will have shelter beds.
Counter to what its name may suggest, the EOC is essentially an approach to decision-making and resource prioritization, rather than a physical location.
"The EOC activation allows the City to marshal resources in a coordinated fashion that would otherwise not be possible in the normal course of operations," according to Thursday's memo.
Tuesday night, Councilman Kriss Worthington thanked Mayor Arreguín for making the elimination of homelessness the top priority of his new administration, and said the city owes him an "enormous debt of gratitude" for taking that stand.
This week's council vote follows a two-month battle between the city and a group of community members — some of whom are organized under the moniker "First They Came for the Homeless," and others who are with the group Disabled People Outside — who have criticized how the city offers services to unhoused individuals. A roving protest camp has been setting up in locations around Berkeley since early October to make its voice and complaints heard, and the city has repeatedly sent in police to disband those camps. Some campers have said their property has been confiscated and stored in substandard conditions, and Tuesday night an attorney representing them told council that the city should let them remain in their camps unless there is an urgent issue related to health or safety.
"We should not be criminalizing folks who are living as residents in our community who are unsheltered currently," said EmilyRose Johns, associate attorney with Oakland law firm Siegel & Yee.
City staff has met daily since Wednesday morning to plan and deploy resources through the new EOC. Beginning Friday, an outreach coordinator will be part of the team "to ensure we do as much as possible to contact and offer services to homeless people," Williams-Ridley wrote.
EOC staff have thus far identified six goals, which include making shelters and services geographically accessible; making sure warming centers are in operation through January; increasing storm center capacity immediately; looking at whether "navigation centers" might work well in Berkeley; doing outreach in the community about available services; and documenting city efforts "thoroughly" that are related to homeless services and outreach.
The city has appointed two staffers to be liaisons to council regarding the EOC: Rose Thomsen, deputy city clerk, and Timothy Burroughs, the city's chief resilience officer.
The city already has contracts with community agencies to provide 140 shelter beds in Berkeley.
Details about warming center and shelter hours and locations follow.
The Multi-Agency Service Center, run by Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency, is located in the Veterans Building at 1931 Center St. and will be open as a warming center from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The Berkeley Food and Housing Project will offer hours at the same location from 4:45-6:30 p.m.
Under typical conditions, the service center is only open from 8 a.m. to noon.
Community Center (2800 Park) will be open overnight and each have a 65-bed capacity. Hours of operation run from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m., except for Sunday night when the senior center won't open until 9:30 p.m.


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Chocolate and Females: A Relationship Study
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Chocolate is one of the most gendered and sexualized products being sold today. Its many forms serve many purposes and there are marketing techniques to sell every single one of them. But in nearly all cases, in each ad there is some reference to a woman in a hetero-normative manner. All the depictions of women in these commercials imply that the featured woman is in some kind of relationship, usually one with a man. In order to explore chocolate's role in relationships, I first examine the overabundance of ads targeted towards heterosexual couples and the idea that men give chocolate to women. Second, I detail the lack of non-heterosexual ads and show how some ads could be converted in order to begin to break the gendered stereotype. Third, the relationship specifically between a woman and her chocolate is described and dissected. Overall, in conducting interviews with couples and delving deeply into advertisements I learned that chocolate is intrinsically linked both to femininity and to relationships, though chocolate's exact place in a relationship is variable.
Chocolate and the Heterosexual Relationship
The traditional heterosexual relationship is defined as a female engaging romantically with a male. Romantic interactions may include, but are not limited to, spending time together, exchanging gifts, and engaging in sexual intercourse or other more PG-13 physical encounters, like kissing. Those three components of relationships feature heavily in the majority of chocolate ads, though often they are not all present in the same ad as that overcomplicates the ad. Romantic interactions can be generalized to any type of relationship (heterosexual or other), but in chocolate ads we only see them in the heterosexual context. There is no database of chocolate ads that confirms this. I make this claim using my own knowledge, gathered from years viewing chocolate ads in the media and more significantly, from four months intensely studying chocolate advertising in Dr. Martin's course.
Let's begin by examining a 1967 Brach's ad for Valentine's Day chocolate (Figure 1 below). I first saw in a Slate Magazine article titled "Cuckoo for Cocoa". The article expounds upon women's supposed craving of chocolate and how the media portrays and takes advantage of it (Anderson). In this ad, Brach's claims that the giver of the chocolate will receive "free kisses with every box of Brach's Valentine Chocolates you give to her". Note the use of the word "her" in this advertisement. Brach's is specifically marketing this box of chocolates as a gift for a woman. The gender of the giver is not specified in the ad, but using a number of context clues, we can determine that the giver is almost certainly male. First, the ad is for Valentine's Day, a conventionally romantic holiday. The box of chocolate is given in the attempt to get "free kisses", which again falls under the umbrella of traditional romantic relationship activities. Together, these two facts lead us to believe that the chocolates are given from one partner in the relationship to another. The third context clue is that defines this as a heterosexual relationship is the knowledge that this ad was created and distributed in 1967, a time where non-heterosexual relationships were still very much hidden, or at least not publicly marketed towards. We've determined that this Brach's ad targets males, inciting them to give chocolate to their girlfriend/wife in order to get "free kisses". Of course, the kisses aren't actually free. They cost either $2.95 or $5.50, depending on which box of chocolates is purchased. The ad is overly feminized, featuring a lacy chocolate box covered in ribbons, many heart shapes, and the imprint of very female lips. This ad not only reinforces the heterosexual relationship, it furthers chocolate's classification as "feminine".
The gendered nature of chocolate probably began when chocolate was carried to Europe. Robertson argues that the "consumption of chocolate in the west became feminized early in history" and that "chocolate became associated with luxury and leisure in the domestic sphere from the eighteenth century" (Robertson 20). From Robertson, we know two things: that chocolate became associated with luxury and also became feminized. Because of the strict gender roles of the era and the difficulty of transportation, both associations make a great deal of sense. Cacao was only grown in the New World, so getting it to Europe was an expensive and lengthy process. Thus it could only be purchased by those with enough coin and so it became associated with luxury. In the 1700s, women did not have the power to make all their own purchases. While they did have some autonomy, European women were largely reliant on men for their clothing, shelter, and spending money. Only in rare cases would women have enough money to purchase their own chocolate. Instead, men could present their female sweethearts with gifts of chocolate, thereby feminizing chocolate. For example, in the 19th century, it became popular for men to give their partners "an elegant box of imported bon-bons" (Kawash 1).
The idea that men give chocolate to women has been perpetuated in the modern era. Advertisements specifically targeted towards men as chocolate-givers continue to reinforce the idea that the gifts are unidirectional and appropriate to give in a romantic context. A recent New York Times article titled "Sex and Candy" and published right before Valentine's Day said that "nothing is more symbolic of the romance of Valentine's Day than a box of chocolates, traditionally a gift from Him to Her" (Kawash 1). The article goes on to pick apart the reasons why chocolate marketing is aimed at women and why the gift from "Him to Her" is no longer accurate or even appropriate in today's much broader relationship spectrum. But despite forward-thinking articles like Kawash's, the "conventional wisdom is that women naturally crave the stuff [chocolate]" (Kawash 1). To determine whether this was true or whether people believed it was true, I interviewed a number of couples –same sex and opposite sex.
Diana and Felipe, 22 and 23 respectively, have been dating for five years. Three of those years have been long-distance and have involved quite a large number of in-the-mail presents. Interestingly, most of those presents are sent by Felipe to Diana and many of them feature chocolate or flowers, two stand-by romantic gifts. When asked why he sent chocolate to Diana, Felipe replied that he believes people, women in particular, feel happy when they receive and consume chocolate. He wants Diana to associate that feeling of happiness with him, so he sends her chocolate in the hope that, by the transitive property, she will feel happy when she thinks of him. Where did Felipe get this idea that chocolate makes women happy? "First-hand experience", he stated, "along with media, family, and friends telling me so". Diana and Felipe fall firmly in the heterosexual relationship standard shown by the media, but that does not mean all heterosexual couples do.
The Lack of Non-Heterosexual Chocolate Advertising
After scouring the internet, I was unable to find an overtly homosexual advertisement for chocolate. There are ambiguous ads that market chocolate to women without directly saying that the chocolate will be given to them by men, but they are much fewer in number than those that firmly depict men giving chocolate to women, or at least feature men and women in some kind of relationship exchanging chocolate.
Follow this link to see an ad by Bonjour Chocolate. It features very attractive, shirtless men preparing a chocolate creation sensuously. In this video, there is no implicit male-female relationship. In fact, it could even be argued that there is some kind of male-male relationship going on. A group of attractive, naked men making chocolate together? For each other? The sexual tension in the ad is palpable and if this were the entire ad, one could make a very convincing case that it breaks the heterosexual norm.
Unfortunately, the ad viewed isn't the entire ad. In this depiction, I omitted the first twenty seconds. The full ad can be seen below.
With the additional twenty seconds, the entire gender status of the ad changes. Women are seen coyly flirting with men and almost throwing themselves at the men. Because they are attractive? Certainly. Or at least, before we see the chocolate, that is the primary reason. After the conclusion of the ad, we might guess that the women are throwing themselves at the men because they know that they make these delectable chocolate creations. And really, according to today's society, women are after the chocolate, not the men. Though if men have chocolate, that certainly increases their chances. This ad, which is effective even without the first twenty seconds, places itself firmly in the hetero-normative category, when it could just as easily be gender-neutral.
But even in the last forty second of the ad, the men and chocolate are portrayed as feminine. Note, they are not portrayed as being for women, more that they themselves are feminine. The portrayal of femininity comes across because the men are being viewed by an outside party and being objectified. They are being sexualized in a way that usually only women are. The ad focuses on the lines of their bodies, the play of shadows on muscle and the silkiness of their smooth, hairless skin (almost like that of a woman's). The men in the ad are objects to be admired because of their physical beauty and their sensuality, not at all because of their personality or skills. They are preparing food, a traditionally feminine task, and the food they are preparing is delicate and sweet, again expressly feminine. This ad, while it could break the heterosexual trend in traditional chocolate ads, nevertheless reinforces chocolate's femininity.
We've seen that there are virtually no advertisements targeted specifically towards homosexual couples, so the question becomes, do these couples still exchange chocolate? The answer is clearly yes. Just because there ads are not specifically targeted at a given group of people does not mean that they are not affected by the ads. In fact, because women are so "chocolate-crazy", wouldn't it be a logical conclusion that women in same-sex relationships purchase and enjoy chocolate more than their heterosexual counterparts?
This assumption breaks down for a number of reasons. First, studies have shown that women do not actually desire chocolate significantly more than men do. A UK study by the Mintel research group showed that 91% of women admit to eating chocolate while 87% of men admit to consuming it – a mere 4% difference (CNN). Second, unlike the common assumption, PMS has nothing biological to do with the desire for chocolate (Nutter). The association of chocolate with PMS is largely a social construct and continues to exist simply because it is well established. Third and most importantly, women have more wants and needs than chocolate. In fact, chocolate ranks pretty low on the list for many women, such as for Ana and Wynn, one of the couples I interviewed. They prefer to give and receive meaningful gifts as opposed to chocolate, which another interviewee, Charlotte, calls chocolate "the gift you get when you don't know what to get". So chocolate isn't destined to be the ultimate gift for same-sex female couples, but many still appreciate and enjoy it.
I Take Thee, Chocolate
We've talked about male-female relationships and female-female relationships, but we haven't yet talked about the female-chocolate relationship, which is probably the most interesting and newest to advertising of the three. In this relationship, chocolate becomes the female's partner. Take the ad below (Figure 2) for example. Though it appears to be an older ad, it is a modern take on a 1950's era chocolate cake ad. The tagline, "because chocolate can't get you pregnant," directly urges the viewer to buy chocolate because it does not have the sex's potential side-effect of pregnancy. As only men can cause women to become pregnant (assuming standard biological procedures) it is clear that chocolate here is a substitute for sex, for men.
But why is chocolate an acceptable substitute in the present day? What about contemporary chocolate makes it so similar to men/sex that it is commonly thought to be an appropriate replacement for either? There are certainly numerous parallels. First, for "chaste" women, and women are still supposed to be chaste in today's world though there is much more sexual freedom, both sex and chocolate are forbidden fruits (Parkin). Sex is forbidden because engaging in it reduces a woman's virtue and chocolate is forbidden because its consumption will eventually lead to weight gain, which is perceived as a negative consequence by much of society. Second, both chocolate and sex are luxuries, chocolate because it can be expensive, sex because finding a good partner can be quite difficult. Third, both chocolate and sex can only be had in limited quantities because a healthy body can only handle so much of either. Basically, chocolate, like sex, is an indulgence, a temptation. Women want it because they know they shouldn't have it, and that only makes them want it more.
Chocolate is much more manageable than a man, than sex. It doesn't argue, it can't cause pregnancy, and it is always, always there when a woman wants it. She can pick the brand, the cacao content, even the packaging, to suit her mood, whereas a man cannot be similarly engineered. True, chocolate cannot give a physical hug in times of trouble, but the media's portrayal of chocolate as a comfort food means that many people convince themselves that they are comforted simply by the act of eating chocolate. The media, by continually advertising chocolate as a carnal pleasure (and therefore similar to sex) and by portraying it is as a comfort food (replacing a man's emotional value), has effectively made chocolate a substitute for men. But it is even better than men because it is always available and requires much less effort to keep around. The Axe commercial below shows how crazy women become over the "chocolate man". In this ad, chocolate literally takes the place of a man (and by implication, sex). Women want the chocolate more than they do the man.
Modern women can purchase chocolate by themselves, thereby asserting their independence and placing them in somewhat of a masculine role. However, the femininity of chocolate reduces the effect of that masculinity. In fact, consuming chocolate, especially luxury chocolate, which is a firmly feminine food, enhances a woman's femininity every time she eats it simply because chocolate is so essentially female. Combined, chocolate's femininity, the ease with which it can be acquired, its numerous parallels to men, and the media's continual, in-your-face depiction of chocolate as a substitute for men have made American society believe that chocolate really is an appropriate, even desirable, candidate for a woman to have a relationship with.
Chocolate fits into relationships in a variety of ways, but always it carries a feminine connotation. Its status as a heterosexual gift could be changed with a large media effort, but its feminine status will not be so easily altered.
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It took 50 years, but the mainstream scientific community is finally considering the long-disregarded concept of an "impossible engine" that would revolutionize travel as we know it.
Sci-fi fanatics with an eye for history will notice similarities between NASA's EmDrive developments and the work of Norman Lomer Dean, who introduced the Dean drive in the 1950s. Dean's eponymous device purported to work without using any propellant, as an engine that appears to ran without being "pushed" by an outside force.
Although it earned a following in sci-fi realms, The Dean drive was ignored by most scientists, in part because it was built upon the premise that Newton's third law of motion — every action must have an equal and opposite reaction — is incorrect.
But don't plan your space vacation just yet. The recent work by SPR only presents the possibility of future testing of an impossible engine, and the results could be flawed: critics pointed out that NASA scientists have replicated faulty results in the past, due to the use of sloppy methods or inaccurate analyses, raising the need for additional testing.
NASA hasn't offered an explanation of why their experiment worked — just that they think it did. And we're glad they looked.


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Where Are They Now? 2010 Stevie Awards Winner Isabelle Duston
Posted by Michael Gallagher on Fri, Aug 16, 2013 @ 01:54 PM
2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the world's top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run.
As we approach the entry deadlines for the 2013 competition we'll look back at some of the women who have won Stevie Awards over the past decade. We'll catch up with them on their current activities, and learn what their Stevie win meant to them and their careers.
Today's profile is of Isabelle Duston, Founder of Apps of All Nations, LLC.
Isabelle Duston founded Apps of All Nations, LLC, a company for which she won two Gold Stevie Awards in the 2010 edition of the Stevie Awards for Women in Business. After selling more than 500,000 apps, Duston tended to her dream of teaching reading in developing nations through the use of technology. She created a non-profit organization, ilearn4fun, focused on providing reading in such areas. In her leadership role there, she presented at many conferences; among them the mobile learning week at Unesco and Online-Educa. In 2011, she earned an innovation award from Region 2000.
Duston then created a social enterprise with a similar mission, called Et4d (Education Technology for Development) and made all the investments in this enterprise using the funds she reaped from Apps of All Nations.
Through a partnership with World Education, she won a partial grant from USaid to create the application smart4kids in Khmer for Cambodia, marking her first viable contract. Recently, immigration laws have made it a little bit easier for entrepreneurs to obtain a green card but proving recognition as an entrepreneur was critical to this process for Duston. She obtained her green card for the deployment of this education project. Duston's winning two Gold Stevies marked this point of achievement in her career, and has since served as a springboard to her current role and successes.
This project is still Duston's main focus, and she believes that in the coming years she will truly be able to make a difference in education while teaching reading in her mother tongue. She attributes much of her ability to make these dreams come true to her Stevie wins and the recognition she earned as a consummate female entrepreneur.
"Earning the Stevies had a significant impact on my credibility as a founder and leader in business as well as that of the organization I was heading at the time I won. I believe it played a role in allowing me get recognized in other awards competitions, and aided in my ability to secure a green card to work on my next project. The Stevie Awards have helped me feel more confident in my capacity as an entrepreneur and an innovator, and has had great influence on the pursuits I continue to chase."
The entry deadline for the 2013 Stevie Awards for Women in Business is August 28. Complete details on how to enter are at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.
Tags: stevie awards, women awards, women in business awards, women executive awards, isabelle duston, apps of all nations


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Q: Is it okay to hold a reference to a canvas 2d context? Is it okay to hold a long-lasting reference to a canvas context (one obtained by getContext('2d'))? In particular, might there be issues if the canvas element is resized? If there are issues, would it improve matters to use a context obtained from a separate canvas node (as described in this thread) instead of one derived from the DOM?
The reason for the question is, I need to do a lot of text metric calculations behind the scenes and I thought that maintaining a reference to a context would be a good way to do this.

A: I've never had any problems with storing a reference to a context. Resizing canvas doesn't affect it.
Spec doesn't seem to mention anything about new context in resizing section.
However, I would take a closer look at setContext section, just in case.

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Earlier on the Book Chook blog, Literacy in the Playground (1) brought you some favourite playground games, Literacy in the Playground (2) introduced clapping games. Here is a little slide show of a clapping game called Fish, which I put together from photos sent in for us by one of my wonderful readers!
As she describes it, "Two friends stand facing each other. They hold their elbows at the sides with arms out in front of them and palms of own hands together making a 'fish'. Then you swipe your 'fish' from side to side smacking into the other person's fish as you go while you say 'one' (one way) 'two' (the other way) 'three' (back again) and then clap your own hands together as you say 'together'.
Let's do it again! [Start from beginning again usually faster and faster each time]"
Now for some skipping, or jump rope, games. Just like with clapping chants, skipping and chanting is a way for kids to internalize language, particularly rhythm and rhyme.
Skipping can be done alone with a one person rope, but these are all games for a group, which must be at least three people, and a rope that's long enough for your group.
Two people hold the rope and rock it gently back and forth, about ankle height, while the person in the middle jumps up to miss it. On over, they turn the rope and the person does a proper skip.
Once you get good at skipping, you start to play games like the next one, where each person runs in, does one skip on the beat, and runs out. With a long line of skippers, you keep going until someone misses, when they take an end and turn the rope.
UP the MississIPPi if you MISS a loop, you're OUT.
In the next game, two people turn the rope. Everyone skips together, then run out one at a time on each month.
How do you like the weather, girls?
Back in the days when I went to school, skipping was mostly a girl's game. When it was our turn for this next one, we would nominate a boy's name as soon as we ran in. A new person would run in on the last line, as the first person ran out.
Then comes (another name) with a baby carriage.
The next game was for when you learnt to skip really fast, which we called peppers.
When you start counting, after How many kisses did she get?, the rope turners turn fast (peppers), until the skipper misses.
Rebecca Newman, editor of Alphabet Soup magazine, sent in this next one.
And he slammed on the brakes, but the brakes didn't work!
The jumper remains 'in' until he messes up the rope and then he retires to the end of the queue and the next jumper steps up. Because everyone is impatient for a turn, the waiting queue is usually good for 'ahhhh' or 'ohhhh' everytime the jumper manages another run around and back into the rope. I can't remember anyone monopolising their turn for the whole of the lunch break ..."
Kids are hot-wired to enjoy play. The motivational factor involved in games with accompanying chants, means that children will repeat them many times. This allows language to become internalized. Judging by the looks on the faces of people I've asked about these games, and the tone of their emails, adults remember them very fondly. The words stay with us (in my case!) for an amazing number of years.
UPDATE: Grab your free copy of my mini-book on Literacy in the Playground via my web site.


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Long quiet, armory revived by transportation unit
CHISHOLM -- The National Guard Armory at the end of Lake Street in Chisholm is bustling these days, a big, welcome change from a year ago when the armory was used just twice a year.
The new 114th Transportation Company Unit, which celebrated its first anniversary training out of Chisholm this week, has brought life back to the armory.
The building fell into disuse when the former unit, an M-1 Abrams tanker crew, disbanded in 2001, Lt. Jeff Nilsen said. After that, the community used the armory as a base for a few events, but otherwise it was empty.
Recruitment has been strong since the Army National Guard opened the new unit, said Staff Sgt. Karl Stenlund, a trainer NCO with the unit. When the unit lined up for its first drill in January of 2007, there were just six people. Today, there are upwards of 150 members, both new recruits and former guardsmen who have rejoined, Stenlund said.
Part of the reason for the growing numbers, Nilsen believes, is the fact that women were not allowed to join the previous tanker unit.
U.S. Army regulations prohibit women from performing a number of military duties; among them are serving in the combat infantry, as forward observer or cavalry scout, and on tank crews.
But women are allowed to serve in transportation units, such as the 114th.
The unit primarily trains to operate 55,000-pound palletized-load-system trucks. The 35-foot-long vehicles are used to quickly and efficiently load and unload large quantities of supplies, making them useful in responding to large-scale disasters.
The Chisholm unit maintains five of the new trucks, while the Duluth unit has 30, and more are scattered around the state.
Pvt. Amanda Jaskowick, of Braham, Minn., near Mora, is one of the unit's 35 or so female recruits. She joined the National Guard because of the benefits and for a chance to contribute to the country in times of need, she said.
Jaskowick, 18, said the 114th Transportation Company was the closest unit to her hometown. She performs maintenance checks on the palletized trucks.
Jaskowick said she likes serving with the unit, but there's just one inconvenience -- no female showers at the Chisholm Armory. She and other female members have to leave the unit to shower at a hotel in Hibbing.
The Chisholm unit's new trucks -- some with less than 200 miles on the odometer -- were christened during a ceremony on Friday. Nilsen cracked a bottle of champagne over the bumper of one of the fleet, dubbed the "Wolf Pack."