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What is The Third Offset Strategy and What Role Does New, Cutting Edge Technology Play In It?
Already in defense parlance for a number of years, the Third Offset Strategy is the current iteration of the United States' long-term and strategic plan to maintain defensive and offensive superiority—and hence, an effective deterrent—over likely adversaries. The Third Offset is a new iteration of previous strategies that have evolved since WW2. In order to best understand exactly what the Third Offset is, it is worth looking back to the post-WW2 era, when the First Offset Strategy was born as the world entered the nuclear age. Noting the historical arc of Offset Strategies can help clarify where the future of these strategies is heading, and can help formulate a better understanding of the extensive and continually-evolving role that technology plays within it.
The Birth of the First Offset in Post-WW2 Climate
The use of two nuclear weapons in the closing stages of WW2 announced to the world that the US was a nuclear power (in fact, the only nuclear power for a while) with the ability to deliver massive non-conventional strikes.
The post-war period saw the rise of the East Bloc and the start of the Cold War, with the Soviet Union as the principal adversary. The arms race had truly begun—nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union became the driving force—with the US seeking a coherent strategy to develop and maintain a military and technological advantage. With the Soviet Union having a clear geographical advantage in Europe and Asia, the core of the First Offset was to achieve superiority through the nuclear arsenal, in terms of numbers, yield, and delivery systems. [perfectpullquote align="right" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]The core of the First Offset was to achieve superiority through the nuclear arsenal, in terms of numbers, yield, and delivery systems.[/perfectpullquote]
This strategy worked well enough until the Soviet Union's nuclear program caught up with the US. Nuclear superiority was lost, and the situation stagnated (one could argue that the uneasy peace was maintained by the threat of mutually-assured destruction). There are now five members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (US, UK, France, Russia and China) and three more declared nuclear-armed powers (Pakistan, India, and North Korea). Israel falls into the category of undeclared nuclear power. When the Soviet Union revealed its program, the First Offset had become, effectively, a stalemate, with the two great world nuclear powers staring each other down.
As the US Hurtled into a New Political and Technological Era, the Second Offset Arose
[perfectpullquote align="left" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]Cue the Second Offset Strategy, during the 1970s and 1980s. This strategy focused on conventional munitions, using technology to provide, once again, distinct advantages[/perfectpullquote] Cue the Second Offset Strategy, during the 1970s and 1980s. This strategy focused on conventional munitions, using technology to provide, once again, distinct advantages: precision strike ordinance, aircraft, radar and tracking systems, and the battle networks that controlled them. The digital microprocessor age had arrived and the application of this technology to weapons proved to be decisive in the US maintaining a global edge. The miniaturization and processing speed of electronics lent itself to the entire spectrum of defensive and offensive systems, and the advantage was gained once again.
The pace of technological advance being what it was—coupled with some notable industrial/defense industry espionage scandals—meant that other nations were bound to catch up, and so we find ourselves today at our current juncture of the Second and Third Offset, seeking a way to distinguish our capability through superior technology.
What is the Third Offset Strategy and How Has It Evolved?
So what is the Third Offset Strategy? Put simply, it is the teaming of human and machine to improve everything from decision-making and accuracy to efficiency and automation. This collaboration—increasingly involving machine learning and artificial intelligence—is not so much in answer to recent campaigns (where a counter-insurgency was being fought), but rather in response to present and future conflict with major powers. To quote Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work: "We have a resurgent Russia and a rising China. We need to focus on these high-end adversaries."
[perfectpullquote align="right" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]So what is the Third Offset Strategy? Put simply, it is the teaming of human and machine to improve everything from decision-making and accuracy to efficiency and automation.[/perfectpullquote]
What is most remarkable about the Third Offset is who and how the Government is turning to in the pursuit of this strategy. There exist private sector opportunities like never before—small entrepreneurs and innovators whose disruptive thinking is developing new technology to place on the battlefield (the special mission units' wearable technology suit is one example), or finding new applications for existing technology (weaponizing small drones, and developing a counter-drone program).
Many of the ideas and prototypes are possible through progress in miniaturization (cameras and sensors) or because of advanced computing power where machine learning, artificial intelligence, and autonomy all meet (algorithms to provide facial recognition, overhead image analysis, or pattern of life analysis). To again quote Secretary Work: "At its core, AI and autonomy will lead to a new era of human-machine collaboration."
Implications and Reach of the Third Offset
So, what areas does the Third Offset seek to develop? Most commentators agree that there are broadly five components that make up the new drive for technological superiority:
Deep learning systems
Human-machine collaboration
Human-machine combat teaming
Assisted human operations
Network-enabled cyber-hardened weapons
The Third Offset requires—indeed it is dependent to a large degree on—a new model of Government and industry collaboration. For example, in the past, when a new fighter aircraft was unveiled and touted as having the latest technology, it was in fact already 10 years or more out of date as the cumbersome procurements process added years between product design, production and delivery. Those same disruptive thinkers that we've seen revolutionize so much of our everyday life are who the Government is turning to in order to develop and create capabilities that we would like to have, and capabilities that we don't yet know are possible.[perfectpullquote align="right" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]The Third Offset—with its concentration on next generation technology—promises to bring the advantage home within a much shorter time span.[/perfectpullquote]
In order to shorten the timeline from concept to trial to adoption, several things have to happen: there needs to be a nimbler trials and prototype market, the encouragement of small businesses and startups to throw their hat into the ring, and a better understanding of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).
For a good example of how that is happening, one has to travel to Ybor City in Tampa, home of SOFWERX. SOFWERX is a non-profit connector, taking ground-breaking ideas and technology and linking inventors and entrepreneurs with end-users in the Special Operations community, particularly SOCOM. A visit to their offices (worth it in itself for a history-filled tour of the building and who frequented it in the Prohibition era) might reveal a bench of dissected electronics in one room as a multi-layer comms net is being tested, or advanced ballistic material in another for integration into a wearable operator suit. Indeed, Admiral McRaven's vision of the TALOS (Tactical Advanced Light Operator Suit) started to take form in the "labs" at SOFWERX.
SOCOM is leading the way in pushing the Third Offset through its collaboration with SOFWERX, but also in its participation in SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference). This four-day conference in Tampa in May each year takes the familiar conference/exhibitor format with booths, product displays, industry talks and breakout sessions, but a great deal of the emphasis is on innovation and bringing new technology to the attention of the SOF community.
Looking Toward Cutting Edge Technology as a Key Component of the Third Offset
No offset strategy can promise immediate results, and it is true to say that the First and Second Offsets yielded an advantage only after many years of research and development, but the Third Offset—with its concentration on next generation technology—promises to bring the advantage home within a much shorter time span. Once that advantage is established, the real challenge will be maintaining it. Companies and Governments are becoming increasingly predatory in their ability to acquire new technology, not helped by intelligence leaks and the insider threat. The pace of technological change is unrelenting, and the question might soon be asked, "What and when will the Fourth Offset Strategy be?"
Clearspeed is deeply committed to the Third Offset strategy with its RRA technology. This is the very essence of human-machine teaming with aspects of AI, autonomy, machine learning, and of course an algorithm at the center administered by a human with a mission to screen out risk to your organization. For more information find us online at www.clearspeed.com or email us at info@www.clearspeed.com.
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CJA 345 Module 1 Assignment 3 Juvenile Boot Camp Programs NEW (Argosy Uni)
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Centervale councilman Pete Parsimonious has received funding requests for two competing juvenile corrections boot camp programs and requires your assistance on how to evaluate program success through appropriate research. There is a general perception that one of the two programs is only marginally successful while the other succeeds through much lower recidivism rates. Of course, the director for each program cites the outstanding success of his or her program in the funding application but fails to provide any research data to support these claims.
The intent of this assignment is to help you refer to empirical-based observations that can be quantitative (e.g., expressed as numbers) or qualitative (e.g., expressed as objects, words, or pictures)—specifically, the assignment will help you understand why one boot camp excels over the other in statistical terms particularly relating to lower recidivism rates.
1. Conduct research related to juvenile justice boot camp programs using the Argosy University Online Library resources, the National Institute of Justice Data Collections, or the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Databases.
2. Look for potential pitfalls in boot camp programs. Select two articles from your research that have taken different approaches to evaluate boot camp programs.
3. Based on the programs you read about, prepare a memo. In the memo:
1. Describe the research approaches and types of data that were utilized in each of the two studies.
2. Identify any ethical issues Parsimonious should be concerned about as a city councilman making a recommendation to invest public funds in a program of this type. Provide the reason for your choice.
3. Discuss whether either of these approaches should be recommended to Parsimonious and support your position based on the effectiveness and impact of the program. You might also comment on the setbacks or failure issues if reported in the studies you have chosen.
4. Be sure to cite the resources you used in the APA style.
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CJA 345 Module 2 Assignment 2 Research Planning Matrix Updated
A matrix is a tool that can be used as a job aid in any number of positions within the criminal justice system. In this assignment, you will work with a matrix that will help you map out different types of research and identify when one or another research design might be useful. You will be able to use the completed matrix throughout the rest of this course as a quick reference when formulating a response for other course assignments.
Given below is the Research Planning Matrix.
The matrix lists six different research designs that have been identified by Kraska and Neuman (2008): survey, evaluation, existing document, experimental, historical, and interview. Each of the different research designs is defined for you. To complete the matrix, you must find an example of each type of research design. That is, you must find a journal article that fits into each category. In the Examples column of your matrix, place a web link or a citation in the APA format for each article. After you have located the articles, you must identify the data collection techniques used by each author, the quantitative and qualitative elements of each article, and the chief characteristics of each article. Please note that the first example, survey research, has been completed as an example.
• Acess the Research Planning Matrix and review the topics to be addressed.
• Complete the matrix so that the end product compares the different research designs, data collection techniques, and quantitative and qualitative elements, as well as the chief characteristics of each research design.
• Prepare a synthesis statement that outlines the most significant similarities and differences observed among the items shown in the matrix.
You will submit two documents for this assignment: the completed Research Planning Matrix, which will be submitted as a Microsoft Excel worksheet, and a synthesis statement, which will be submitted as a Microsoft Word document.
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CJA 345 Module 3 Assignment 2 LASA 1 Cultural, Ethical, and Other Considerations Impacting Research Efforts Updated
Charles Draper, Centervale's Chief of Police, must introduce policies that positively impact the control and management of illegal immigration in his city. He is without the knowledge base needed to develop policy and has turned to you for assistance with research in one of the following areas:
• Surveillance techniques: Chief Draper is aware of many surveillance techniques that can be utilized in tracking and controlling illegal immigrants in his city. The Chief would like information regarding the most successful surveillance techniques as demonstrated in published research. Specifically, you are to research and address, but not limited to, the following surveillance technique examples: vehicle tracking, cell phone, e-mail, background checks, and computer and surveillance techniques.
• Crime mapping: Chief Draper knows that many law enforcement agencies use crime-data mapping generated from within their own communities to allocate resources, as indicated by the data. In particular, the Chief would like to know how the data are generated and then how the data are applied to police tactics. Your research should include but not limited to the following crime mapping areas: geographic information systems, census demographics, geographical profiles, and community and other crime mapping techniques.
• Staffing needs: Draper believes that the problems associated with illegal immigration require quick response times, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. He's not sure that his staff is properly allocated for optimal response times. What types of research data and studies can the Chief consult? Where can he find the best resources to support the various shift and staffing patterns if and when the Chief decides to reallocate his staff? Specifically, you are to explore asset mapping which is a technique for determining what assets (human, organizational and fiscal) are available in the police department to address the key issue of illegal immigration used to provide the background information needed to conduct the staffing review and suggest appropriate changes to the existing policy.
Here's What You Need To Do . . .
You are to specifically cite and reference the various resources available to address these critical areas so that the Chief has the appropriate research to make policy recommendations based on what you have presented.
In reference to this assignment, please be as comprehensive as possible in analyzing, evaluating and presenting your objective findings that potentially will have current and future policy implications. Your interpretation should be based on the findings, as well as, evaluating the current situation and applying research findings to support and/or reject the Chiefs request for information in these respective critical areas.
Based on the media-based research data matrix you created inModule 2, select one of the research areas identified above and prepare a 5-6 page memo to
Chief Draper that addresses the Chief's concerns. In your memo you must:
• Recommend research approaches or options that could fulfill the Chief's information needs.
• Provide a comparison of the two types of research designs that seem most appropriate for the Chief's information needs supported by data from your media-based research data matrix.
• Recommend good/reliable data sources.
Given the sensitive and possible controversial nature of the policy, provide advice on cultural, ethical, or other considerations that could impact research efforts and results. The following databases are available to support your research.
1. American Academy of Forensic Sciences
2. International Association for Identification
3. Law Enforcement National Data Exchange
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Institute of Justic
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Prison overcrowding is a major issue in virtually every state and in many municipalities. This is a noted problem nationwide. The reasons are that judges are sentencing more offenders to jails and prisons. State and federal sentencing guidelines have prescribed specific sentencing ranges for various types off offenders and offenses committed. Inmate populations are increasing due to the number of repeat offenders returning to our jails and prison systems. It is a documented fact that at the local, state, and federal levels, prison and jail populations are at an all-time high. The research reported in the National Institute of Justice supports these positions and has the appropriate documentation to support these notions. While there are a great many research studies on the broad subject of prison overcrowding, making use of research findings can be a daunting task. You must consider the information needs of the various components of the criminal justice system:
• Law Enforcement
• Courts
• Corrections
• Juvenile Justice
• Homeland Security
The various components of the criminal justice system really do not act independently of one another. The system is directly impacted by each component. For instance, when law enforcement arrests more individuals, the courts now have to hear and decide the cases, which impacts court dockets. Large court dockets mean that there is a backlog of cases but they are eventually heard and decided. Then, convicted offenders are given correctional sentences, ranging from probation, community service, and community corrections to jail and prison time. As a result, eventually our correctional institutions get filled up and become highly overcrowded. In essence, each criminal justice system component has a direct impact on the other parts of the system.
1. Locate at least two research articles on the topic of prison overcrowding from either the National Institute of Justice Data Collections or the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Databases. The studies do not necessarily have to agree on conclusions or recommendations.
2. Prepare a 3–4 page paper that includes a summary of the research articles and describes how you would present the findings of the studies for each of the five components of the criminal justice system listed above.
3. Be sure to support your recommendations with authoritative sources and cite all references in the APA style.
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In this LASA, you will consider how best to present research findings and recommendations to a specific set of stakeholders or constituents in one of the five components of the criminal justice system:
After you have selected one of the five components of the criminal justice system locate a research study using one of the following databases:
4. National Criminal Justice Reference Service
5. National Institute of Justice
Based on the assessment you made in Module 4, communicating research findings to specific audiences, prepare an 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation as follows:
• Analyze the key facts in your research and examine the key issues that were researched.
• Prepare a summary of the research findings from the research study, interpret the results, and render a conclusion that should be presented to the stakeholders/constituents associated with the research.
• Support your recommendations with authoritative sources and cite all references in APA style.
• Include a cover slide and at least one slide at the end of your presentation to reference your sources, formatted in APA style that link back to your in text citations and support your recommendations. See your Argosy Handbook or APA materials to properly cite your text.
• Use the notes function to develop a comprehensive script that could be used to present your PowerPoint presentation to a live audience. In this script be sure to include a detailed commentary to support each slide.
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As promised, more Rage 2 was shown off at The Game Awards 2018, and its Spring 2019 release window was narrowed down with a concrete release date. Take a look at all the places you can check out in Rage 2's open world when the game launches May 14, 2019 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Here's its official open world trailer.
The Rage 2 trailer begins with a giant, mutated monster biting off someone's head, only for its own head to explode after being sprayed with bullets. It may be considered a fitting introduction to Rage 2 by some, seeing as it is a game that's filled with over-the-top violence balanced by vibrant neon and graffiti-filled environments.
There's a heavy emphasis placed on the map and the wide array of locations players can use as their own "bloody playgrounds." Race through the deserts, bash in mutant skulls, stop by the club, and enjoy this world of no rules. It basically seems like a big free-for-all, with lots of opportunities to enjoy yourself and take advantage of both vehicular and standard mayhem.
For even more Rage 2 content, be sure to check out the seven minutes of gameplay shown off at QuakeCon 2018.
Will you aim to create chaos wherever and however you like in Rage 2's expansive map when the game launches May 14, 2019 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC? Fire away in the comments below.


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Now, let's calculate the target's last-twelve-month ("LTM") income statement. To do so, we simply take the last fiscal year results, add the most recent stub period, and subtract the same stub period from twelve months earlier. We have entered our LTM inputs taken from 10-Q SEC filings to the right of the income statement (you may have to scroll right to see them), and added a LTM column to the income statement. Several key metrics, including valuation and capital structure multiples, are calculated using LTM figures.


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Williamson County Elementary School Teacher Arrested, Charged with Child Rape, Other Sex Crimes
December 15, 2021 Chris Butler
Maury County Sheriff's deputies this week arrested a Fairview Elementary School teacher and charged him with aggravated sexual exploitation, incest, aggravated sexual battery, and rape of a child.
This, according to intake details that the Maury County Sheriff's Department provided to The Tennessee Star on Tuesday.
That teacher, Jonathan Marchon Ullrich, lives in Culleoka, according to the intake sheet.
Brent Cooper, the district attorney general for the 22nd Judicial District, which includes Maury County, did not return a request for comment before Tuesday's stated deadline.
Fairview Elementary School is part of the Williamson County School (WCS) System.
WCS spokeswoman Carol Birdsong said Tuesday that school system officials emailed Fairview Elementary School families Monday night and Tuesday afternoon.
"The charges filed against Mr. Ullrich in Maury County are horrific. The district has no indication that any of the charges out of Maury County are related to his work in WCS. However, families who may have information to share with local law enforcement are encouraged to contact the Williamson County Sheriff's Office," Birdsong said.
"If parents are in need of support in talking with their child, counselors are available to guide them through that process, and they should call the school office. If a child needs support at school, parents should reach out to their child's teacher."
Birdsong said that the WCS has suspended Ullrich without pay. She also said that Fairview Elementary School Principal Tracy Bullard would communicate directly with families of first-grade students about classroom activities for the remainder of the semester.
According to The Williamson Herald, Ullrich was Fairview Elementary School's teacher of the year in 2020.
"However, he has a history of sexual harassment claims against him dating back to 2014. Ullrich was the first principal at Longview Elementary School in Spring Hill, which opened in 2007," the paper reported.
"He served in that position until 2014, when he was reassigned by WCS to the district office after an investigation into allegations that he violated the district's anti-harassment policy by making inappropriate comments to a staff member. Ullrich was allowed to get back into the classroom that fall."
The paper reported that Maury County officials are holding Ullrich on a $200,000 bond.
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Matthew Littleton Winters (born March 18, 1960) is a former professional baseball player from Buffalo, New York. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball with the Kansas City Royals, and four seasons with the Nippon Ham Fighters in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Career
Winters was drafted by the New York Yankees in the first round of the 1978 amateur draft, and spent most of his career in the minor leagues. He was released by the Yankees in 1985, and signed with the Chicago White Sox, before being returned to the Yankees in a trade for cash and several minor league players. He signed with the Kansas City Royals in 1987, and made his major league debut in 1989 with the Royals. He played in 42 games in 1989 before being released at the end of the season.

He signed with the Fighters in the Japanese Pacific League in 1990 and quickly emerged as the team's best power hitter, hitting over 30 home runs each of his first four seasons in Japan. He recorded the second most home runs in the league for three consecutive years, behind Orestes Destrade. He also attracted attention from fans for his avid personality; he frequently participated in between-inning dance performances, and performed magic tricks whenever a game was stopped due to rain. His antics and clutch hitting made him one of the most popular players in the league. He dropped to 22 home runs in 1994, and announced his retirement during the off-season.

He worked as a scout and coach in the minor leagues before becoming a scout for the Fighters.

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at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:260)
at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1339)
at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1979)
at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:107)

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not initialize keyed state backend.
at org.apache.flink.streaming.api.operators.AbstractStreamOperator.initKeyedState(AbstractStreamOperator.java:286)
at org.apache.flink.streaming.api.operators.AbstractStreamOperator.initializeState(AbstractStreamOperator.java:199)
at org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.StreamTask.initializeOperators(StreamTask.java:666)
at org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.StreamTask.initializeState(StreamTask.java:654)
at org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.StreamTask.invoke(StreamTask.java:257)
at org.apache.flink.runtime.taskmanager.Task.run(Task.java:655)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Could not load the native RocksDB library
at org.apache.flink.contrib.streaming.state.RocksDBStateBackend.ensureRocksDBIsLoaded(RocksDBStateBackend.java:483)
at org.apache.flink.contrib.streaming.state.RocksDBStateBackend.createKeyedStateBackend(RocksDBStateBackend.java:235)
at org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.tasks.StreamTask.createKeyedStateBackend(StreamTask.java:785)
at org.apache.flink.streaming.api.operators.AbstractStreamOperator.initKeyedState(AbstractStreamOperator.java:277)
... 6 more

Caused by: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /data/hadoop/tmp/rocksdb-lib-32bc6a5551b331596649309a808b287d/librocksdbjni-linux64.so: /data/hadoop/tmp/rocksdb-lib-32bc6a5551b331596649309a808b287d/librocksdbjni-linux64.so: ELF file data encoding not big-endian (Possible cause: endianness mismatch)
at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1941)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1824)
at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:809)
at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1086)
at org.rocksdb.NativeLibraryLoader.loadLibraryFromJar(NativeLibraryLoader.java:78)
at org.rocksdb.NativeLibraryLoader.loadLibrary(NativeLibraryLoader.java:56)
at org.apache.flink.contrib.streaming.state.RocksDBStateBackend.ensureRocksDBIsLoaded(RocksDBStateBackend.java:460)

I have tried setting the rocksDB state backend at cluster level and job level. when it is set at job level, I have provided it as a shaded dependency. I have tried compiling the code on the host cluster machine as well. I get the same error in all the cases.
ELF file data encoding not big-endian (Possible cause: endianness mismatch)

How can I solve this error?

A: Solved the issue by:

*

*clone frocksdb.

*Apply the rocksdb patch from this commit.

*run make rocksdbjava on the target platform.

*Add the resulting rocksdbjni-<version-platform>.jar as a local maven dependency

*build flink on target platform, with frocksdbjni in flink-statebackend-rocksdb/pom.xml pointing to the local maven jar.

Note: This patch is already available in latest version of rocksdb. Once frocksdb is updated to the current version of rocksdb, this issue should not occur.

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COUNTIES, COUNTY OFFICERS, REGIONAL AUTHORITIES
Contracts for deed
County assessors
Iron mining
Legal newspapers
Mineral lands
Real property appraisers
Rental purchase agreements
Tax-forfeited land
2013 Subd. 1 Amended 2013 c 143 art 17 s 17
2011 Subd. 1 Amended 2011 c 14 s 15
2005 Subd. 3 Amended 2005 c 152 art 1 s 6
2003 Subd. 3 Other 2003 c 21 art 10 s 11
373.01 POWERS.
Subdivision 1.Public corporation; listed powers.
(a) Each county is a body politic and corporate and may:
(1) Sue and be sued.
(2) Acquire and hold real and personal property for the use of the county, and lands sold for taxes as provided by law.
(3) Purchase and hold for the benefit of the county real estate sold by virtue of judicial proceedings, to which the county is a party.
(4) Sell, lease, and convey real or personal estate owned by the county, and give contracts or options to sell, lease, or convey it, and make orders respecting it as deemed conducive to the interests of the county's inhabitants.
(5) Make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the property and concerns of the county necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers.
(b) No sale, lease, or conveyance of real estate owned by the county, except the lease of a residence acquired for the furtherance of an approved capital improvement project, nor any contract or option for it, shall be valid, without first advertising for bids or proposals in the official newspaper of the county for three consecutive weeks and once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the property is located. The notice shall state the time and place of considering the proposals, contain a legal description of any real estate, and a brief description of any personal property. Leases that do not exceed $15,000 for any one year may be negotiated and are not subject to the competitive bid procedures of this section. All proposals estimated to exceed $15,000 in any one year shall be considered at the time set for the bid opening, and the one most favorable to the county accepted, but the county board may, in the interest of the county, reject any or all proposals.
(c) Sales of personal property the value of which is estimated to be $15,000 or more shall be made only after advertising for bids or proposals in the county's official newspaper, on the county's website, or in a recognized industry trade journal. At the same time it posts on its website or publishes in a trade journal, the county must publish in the official newspaper, either as part of the minutes of a regular meeting of the county board or in a separate notice, a summary of all requests for bids or proposals that the county advertises on its website or in a trade journal. After publication in the official newspaper, on the website, or in a trade journal, bids or proposals may be solicited and accepted by the electronic selling process authorized in section 471.345, subdivision 17. Sales of personal property the value of which is estimated to be less than $15,000 may be made either on competitive bids or in the open market, in the discretion of the county board. "Website" means a specific, addressable location provided on a server connected to the Internet and hosting World Wide Web pages and other files that are generally accessible on the Internet all or most of a day.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the county may, when acquiring real property for county highway right-of-way, exchange parcels of real property of substantially similar or equal value without advertising for bids. The estimated values for these parcels shall be determined by the county assessor.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, the county may, when acquiring real property for purposes other than county highway right-of-way, exchange parcels of real property of substantially similar or equal value without advertising for bids. The estimated values for these parcels must be determined by the county assessor or a private appraisal performed by a licensed Minnesota real estate appraiser. For the purpose of determining for the county the estimated values of parcels proposed to be exchanged, the county assessor need not be licensed under chapter 82B. Before giving final approval to any exchange of land, the county board shall hold a public hearing on the exchange. At least two weeks before the hearing, the county auditor shall post a notice in the auditor's office and the official newspaper of the county of the hearing that contains a description of the lands affected.
(f) If real estate or personal property remains unsold after advertising for and consideration of bids or proposals the county may employ a broker to sell the property. The broker may sell the property for not less than 90 percent of its appraised market value as determined by the county. The broker's fee shall be set by agreement with the county but may not exceed ten percent of the sale price and must be paid from the proceeds of the sale.
(g) A county or its agent may rent a county-owned residence acquired for the furtherance of an approved capital improvement project subject to the conditions set by the county board and not subject to the conditions for lease otherwise provided by paragraph (a), clause (4), and paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (f), and (h).
(h) In no case shall lands be disposed of without there being reserved to the county all iron ore and other valuable minerals in and upon the lands, with right to explore for, mine and remove the iron ore and other valuable minerals, nor shall the minerals and mineral rights be disposed of, either before or after disposition of the surface rights, otherwise than by mining lease, in similar general form to that provided by section 93.20 for mining leases affecting state lands. The lease shall be for a term not exceeding 50 years, and be issued on a royalty basis, the royalty to be not less than 25 cents per ton of 2,240 pounds, and fix a minimum amount of royalty payable during each year, whether mineral is removed or not. Prospecting options for mining leases may be granted for periods not exceeding one year. The options shall require, among other things, periodical showings to the county board of the results of exploration work done.
(i) Notwithstanding anything in this subdivision to the contrary, the county may, when selling real property owned in fee simple that cannot be improved because of noncompliance with local ordinances regarding minimum area, shape, frontage, or access, proceed to sell the nonconforming parcel without advertising for bid. At the county's discretion, the real property may be restricted to sale to adjoining landowners or may be sold to any other interested party. The property shall be sold to the highest bidder, but in no case shall the property be sold for less than 90 percent of its fair market value as determined by the county assessor. All owners of land adjoining the land to be sold shall be given a written notice at least 30 days before the sale. This paragraph shall be liberally construed to encourage the sale of nonconforming real property and promote its return to the tax roles.
Subd. 2.Road equipment agreements, terms.
Notwithstanding any other contrary law, a county may enter into a rental purchase agreement or conditional sales agreement to acquire road equipment but the seller shall be limited to the remedy of recovery of the property in case of nonpayment of all or part of the purchase price. The purchase price shall be payable over not more than five years.
Subd. 3.Capital notes.
(a) A county board may, by resolution and without referendum, issue capital notes subject to the county debt limit to purchase capital equipment useful for county purposes that has an expected useful life at least equal to the term of the notes. The notes shall be payable in not more than ten years and shall be issued on terms and in a manner the board determines. A tax levy shall be made for payment of the principal and interest on the notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds.
(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "capital equipment" means:
(1) public safety, ambulance, road construction or maintenance, and medical equipment; and
(2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the use of the computer hardware or software.
Subd. 4.Tax anticipation certificates.
The county board of any county may, by resolution, issue and sell as many certificates of indebtedness as may be needed in anticipation of the collection of taxes levied for any fund named in the tax levy for the purpose of raising money for such fund, but the certificates outstanding for any such separate funds shall not on the date on which the certificates are issued exceed 75 percent of the amount of taxes previously levied for such fund remaining uncollected. No certificate shall be issued to become due and payable later than 15 months after the deadline for the certification of the property tax levy under section 275.07, subdivision 1, and the certificates shall not be sold for less than par and accrued interest. The certificates of indebtedness may be issued at any time after the levy has been finally made and certified to the county auditor. They shall be numbered consecutively, be in denominations of $100 or a multiple thereof, may have interest coupons attached, shall be otherwise of such form and terms, and may be made payable at such place, as will best aid in their negotiation, and the proceeds of the tax assessed and collected on account of the fund and the full faith and credit of the county shall be irrevocably pledged for the redemption and payment of the certificates so issued. Such certificates shall be payable primarily from the moneys derived from the levy for the years against which such certificates were issued, but shall constitute unlimited general obligations of the county. Money derived from the sale of such certificates shall be credited to the fund or funds the taxes for which are so anticipated.
(638) RL s 409; 1907 c 310 s 1; 1961 c 539 s 1; 1965 c 56 s 1; 1973 c 163 s 1; 1984 c 437 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 1; 1985 c 108 s 4; 1989 c 26 s 1; 1989 c 176 s 2; 1996 c 471 art 3 s 54; 2003 c 127 art 12 s 8; 1Sp2003 c 21 art 10 s 11; 2004 c 278 s 4; 2005 c 152 art 1 s 6; 2007 c 131 art 1 s 78; 2008 c 154 art 10 s 9; 2011 c 14 s 15; 2013 c 143 art 12 s 4; art 17 s 17


Constitution Day commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.
How do I Learn More About the Constitution?
Click here to visit the Library of Congress repository for Constitutional documents and information.
Click here to visit the National Archives site and learn more about the Constitution.
Is Anything Happening in Philadelphia for Constitution Day?
Click here to visit the National Constitution Center site and learn more about their activities to celebrate Constitution Day, including offering free admission on Monday, September 17, 2018.


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Amy Florence and Carrie E. Wells were the third and fourth children of Alexander and Eliza (Fooshee) Wells. They were born in Illinois in 1867 and 1869, respectively. As small girls they lived in Morgan County, Illinois, where their father managed a store and farmed.
In the early 1880s Amy and Carrie's parents moved the family to Nebraska City, Nebraska. Their older siblings married in Nebraska and started families. By 1894 the Alexander, Eliza and their younger children moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where they lived at 1613 Vine Street. Alexander died in 1898 and his widow, and unmarried daughters daughters remained in Kansas City until their deaths.
In 1900 the younger boys, Henry and Frank had not yet married. Everyone lived at 414 East 31st Street. During the first decade of the 20th century, Amy, Carrie and their mother lived in a succession of rented homes at 209 Woodworth Street, which no longer exists, 4417 Forest Avenue, and finally to 4921 Park Avenue, which Eliza (Fooshee) Wells owned free and clear with no mortgage. None of the women worked, except Carrie who was occasionally listed on census forms and in city directories as a dressmaker.
4921 Park Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri; courtesy Google Maps
Amy and Carrie's mother died on 12 June 1915 of acute nephritis, which are severely inflamed kidneys. If untreated the kidneys stop functioning. The unmarried daughters remained in the house on Park Avenue for the rest of their lives.
Carrie E. Wells died on 1 March 1939 at the Kansas City General Hospital of hypertension, arthritis and cancer. Her older sister, Amy Florence Wells, died on 16 December 1956 at the same hospital of generalized arteriosclerosis. The sisters, along with their mother, are buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Kansas City with their father.
In the decades in which Amy and Carrie lived in Kansas City, they saw many changes. The sisters lived through the Prohibition era. Kansas City may have been the only city in the U.S. that never charged anyone with a felony related to the ban on alcohol. I wonder what Wells sisters thought about it all and what they type of personalities they had.
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Will you pray with me? May our meditation on the idea of sacred community together, the words of my mouth, the silences we share, the music we sing, and our time together today help us all to live in unity and compassion with all your people. Amen.
Brother Rogers's vision started small in nothing more than a rural French farmhouse in an extremely isolated corner of the country. Believe me, the only thing within an easy distance is a small farm that sells cheese and bread to pilgrims. This small vision for a place of meditation, of welcome, of poverty, hard work, and radical grace started on the smallest of scales, but then it grew into something that has changed the face and sound of Christianity the world over. On Easter Sunday of 1949, Rodger and 9 others committed themselves to lives of mercy, hard work, and simplicity. Now over 100,000 pilgrims (mostly young adults under the age of 30) make their way to this small village in Southern France every single year. They sing simple, joyful, corporate, deep, amazing a cappella songs, work hard, and engage in meaningful Bible study and conversation with each other and the monks in what seems like 100's of languages and traditions.
I was one of those pilgrims once. I took my spring break from university on the other side of France to journey on an all-day train and bus ride from Nantes through Paris and down… way down to Macon-Village and Taizé. I arrived in the middle of a March rainstorm during evening prayers. I remember standing outside the giant pilgrimage-church and hearing the chants flow through the open doorway… the flickering of candles lighting the way inside. Once inside, I was immediately surrounded by a sense of peace and welcome. "This place is your place. This is a place where all kindred live together (eve if only a week at a time) in unity!" Oh, friends, how good and pleasant it is!
It is like God, through the tradition of the lectionary, knew exactly what we needed on this Second Sunday in Easter in the year 2018. Even as it is now Easter, I have to admit with the news around the world and in our own community (on campus); it still feels very much like Lent—a time in need of prayer and reflection. We need this reminder both in scripture and in collective song that a better world where people live in harmony is in fact possible and promised. We too are called to begin small experiments of radical grace and mercy in our own time that sometimes looks very dark and cruel indeed. This vision of a world where all live together in unity should inspire us, yet our pessimism has gone from being occasional and short lived to chronic and epidemic. Today, as we continue on our Eastertide Journey of hope and resurrection with Christ, let the story of Taizé, its music, and its legacy give you hope. May the vision of a place where all God's people gather in peace give us pause to look at how we are seeking to create those spaces in our lives and in this congregation.
We need this reminder both in scripture and in collective songs together that a better world where people live in harmony is in fact possible. That is if we believe in the promises of God. I know it because I have seen it, and I don't mean in a dream or as a metaphor but in a real place. I have seen this vision enacted on a hilltop surrounded by cows… and this time I am not (for once) talking about Iowa.
Picture yourself deep in the countryside in the smallest of all imaginable towns perched on small hill: farms, barns, cows, lots of cows, sheep, goats, and all of the smells associated with them. Picture yourself on a hill in the French countryside. Picture an old church. Picture now a tall gate with a bell tower perched at its peak. This is where God's dream is possible.
Now picture yourself in your own home, how can you start small to create your own communities of peace and hope? What are you doing at Plymouth or in your own life that welcomes diverse people into your space? You don't have to be a French monk to live a life of Taizé. You simply have to be ready to experiment with mercy and take risks with grace. This is also where God's dream is possible.


This was after MPs found the government in contempt of Parliament for not publishing its full legal advice on Theresa May's Brexit deal.
"The debate is expected to start at 12:45 p.m.", the parliament said.
Since the Commons debate, Lib Dem spokesman Tom Brake said Mr Cox should be suspended if he is found in contempt of Parliament.
But Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom said: "No honourable member could say in all honesty that the Attorney General has done anything other than treat this House with the greatest of respect, there can be no question that he or the Government has acted in a manner which is contemptuous of this House".
The full legal advice given to ministers is understood to run to several thousand pages.
Leadsom said: "We've tested the opinion of the House twice on this very serious subject".
As she sought the backing of the Commons for her Brexit deal, the prime minister said the United Kingdom would enjoy a "better future" outside the European Union.
- The BBC dropped proposals for a TV debate featuring Mrs May, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn followed by a discussion between eight panellists including politicians from different sides of the Brexit argument.
The advice from the ECJ advocate general - not binding but usually heeded by the court - suggested to some lawmakers that revoking Britain's "Article 50" divorce notice was an option.
Meanwhile, Mr Carney told the Commons Treasury Committee that increased tariff prices, import costs and a collapse in the value of the pound after a no-deal Brexit would send food prices soaring "quite quickly". Rejecting it would leave the United Kingdom facing the prospect of a chaotic "no-deal" Brexit, but May's chances of winning majority backing for the deal appear slim.
And she will insist: "This is the deal that delivers for the British people".


India has decided to boost its defenses along its border with Burma by deploying the same security force it currently uses on its frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh. According to a report by Outlook India, 40,000 personnel from the Border Security Force (BSF) will be assigned to guard the porous 1,640 km-long Burma-India border, which is notorious for the movement of insurgents and smuggling of arms and narcotics. The decision was made by the Ministry of Home Affairs and will be sent for final approval by the Cabinet Committee on Security, India's highest decision-making body on security-related issues. The BSF will replace the Assam Rifles, another paramilitary force that operates well within Indian territory.


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I recently realized that my family had been living in our home for a couple of years now, and decided that it was time for me to accomplish my dream of putting in an in ground pool. I have wanted an in ground pool ever since I was a kid, and felt that it would give my family a fun thing to do together. I was also very interested in getting a pool as it would give me a great way to get exercise.


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Historic County Books: Now Digitized
Bosque County Information Online
The Bosque Museum submitted 12 historical books to the UNT digital site, Portals of Texas History; they are now digitized and online. Many of these books cover historical happenings, events, and people of Bosque County.
Look for these books online with Bosque County: Land and People and the Clifton Record:
The First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration
Bosque Primer
Methodists in the Meridian Area
Meridian College
From Pomerania to America
History of Education in Bosque County, Texas
Norwegian Settlements in Bosque County
Lost and Found: Three Months with the Wild Indians
History of Texas and Texans, Vol. I and Vol. V.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/
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The museum is now open to visitors at 50% capacity or less during normal business hours, Tuesday - Saturday from 10am - 5pm. We expect visitors to maintain social distancing with other visitors and s
New Director: Dr. Matthew S. Taylor
The Bosque Museum Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the hiring of Matthew S. Taylor, Ph.D. as the Museum's Executive Director. Dr. Taylor has a wide range of experiences in museum leadership an
Volunteer Spotlight: Eric Vanderbeck Q&A
Eric Vanderbeck has been an integral part of the education committee for the past few years. He has also taken on a new passion project for the museum: landscaping. We asked him a few questions abou


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Emirati photographer wins big prize at Dubai's international award ceremony
A picture showing Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashed, crown prince of Dubai, presenting the International Photography Awards prize to Osama Al Zubeidi. (Photo courtesy The National)
Al Arabiya
Published: 19 March ,2013: 12:00 AM GST Updated: 19 March ,2013: 01:46 AM GST
The grand prize at Dubai's Sheikh Hamdan International Photography Awards went to Emirati photographer Osama Al Zubeidi on Monday, reported a local newspaper.
Zubeidi won $100,000 and was among several photographers who came from different parts of the world to participate in the global competition in Dubai's International Financial Center, said The National.
The winner told the newspaper he did not expect to win, adding that the competition was fierce.
"To be honest, I did not expect to win given the huge number of entries. I only thought my photos will pass the judging stage. I really worked hard to choose the best photos to submit for each category," he told The National.
Zubeidi, who began taking pictures professionally in 2006, received a number of local awards. His first was in 2011 when he received the third prize at Abu Dhabi's "Through Your Eyes" photography competition, reported the newspaper.
Sheikh Hamdan International Photography Award was launched in 2011.
The contest by Dubai's crown prince hosted 19,000 entries from 121 countries, according to the newspaper. The contest gave out awards worth U.S. $389,000 overall.
Spider-Man comic page sells for record $3.36 mln
Short film on 'war-torn' Levant selected for Big Sky Documentary film festival in US


Suede speelde op vrijdag 29 januari in Paradiso, Amsterdam. Foto's: Luuk Denekamp.
Setlist: When You Are Young, Outsiders, No Tomorrow, Pale Snow, I Don't Know How to Reach You, What I'm Trying to Tell You, Tightrope, Learning to Be, Like Kids, I Can't Give Her What She Wants, When You Were Young, The Fur and the Feathers / She, Trash, Animal Nitrate, Killing of a Flashboy, We Are the Pigs, Heroine, Sabotage, Oceans, So Young, Metal Mickey, Beautiful Ones, New Generation.


The holiday season is fun, festive and a time meant for giving. It's joyous to decorate and make gifts look fancy, but the added touches for allure can cause confusion on what to recycle once the fun has ended.
Our homes are filled with cards from family and friends, cardboard boxes from shopping online to find the right gift and wrapping materials to ensure the surprise is spectacular. But which of these are recyclable? Here are some tips to help you make the right decision on whether to put these common holiday items in the recycling or the trash bin.
The cardboard boxes you received on your doorstep from shopping online are designed to be recycled. In 2017, 88.8 percent of all cardboard boxes consumed in the U.S. were recovered for recycling. Remove any non-paper packing materials (like air pillows or foam peanuts), break boxes down flat, keep them dry and clean and place them in the recycling bin. You do not need to remove shipping labels or tape. If your box is dented, beat up, ripped or even a little dirty from the shipping process, it can still be recycled. Just make sure it's dry and free of any non-paper packaging materials.
Greeting cards and envelopes made of paper materials can be put in the recycling bin. Cards with glitter, metallic accents or plastic should be placed in the trash. Photo paper greeting cards also cannot be recycled. Don't worry about removing the stamp from the envelope, the recycling process takes care of that for you.
Plain paper gift bags can be put in the recycling bin. However, gift bags made with plastic, foil-coated paper, fabric or other materials will need to go in the trash can if you can't reuse them. If your paper gift bag has rope handles, glitter or beads, those things need to be removed before placing the bag in the recycling bin.
Tissue wrapping paper can typically be recycled as long as it's not metallic, glittery or plastic based.
Wrapping paper made from paper that does not have a plastic coating can be recycled in many municipalities. Foil, cellophane and plastic coated wrapping paper, as well as paper with glitter, cannot be recycled. A general rule of thumb is that if you scrunch it up and it stays scrunched in a tight ball, it is paper-based and can be recycled. Make sure all bows and ribbons are removed as well.
Unfortunately, ribbons and bows are not accepted in recycling bins. If you cannot reuse them then you can place them in the trash can.
Remember: when it doubt, throw it out. "Wishcycling"—the act of putting something in your recycling bin in the hope that someone, somewhere will figure out what to do with it along the way—actually impedes the recycling process. Non-recyclables can jam up recycling machines and contaminate paper, preventing otherwise recyclable paper items from being made into new products.
In 2017, 65.8 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling and 96 percent of the U.S. population has access to community curbside and/or drop-off recycling services, according to the most recent survey of communities. If you have questions about what's accepted in your local municipality, check out Earth911.com or our website to find your state government link. By recycling right this holiday season, we can ensure that we're keeping the holiday season merry and environmentally responsible.


In Tuesday's World Cup action, Group H finally gets underway with Colombia taking on Japan and Poland taking on Senegal, while Group A begins its second round of matches with Russia hosting Egypt.
Here's a breakdown of the market for each game and which teams the sharps/public are betting.
Group H is the tightest in terms of the odds, and Colombia opened as small -122 favorites in the opening game against Japan. Behind nearly 70% of tickets, they've increased to -130, giving them roughly a 56.2% chance of victory.
Despite the majority of tickets on the Over, there's been considerable action on the Under, moving the total from 2.25 to 2. Sharp bettors are expecting a 1-0, 1-1, or 2-0 result.
Poland opened as the slight "favorites" with +132 odds, and after six months of lines fluctuating, they're currently sitting at +133. They did reach as high as +150, but that didn't last too long. The Europeans have received a steady flow of tickets (68%) and are a very trendy pick (similar to Sweden), so public bettors have certainly staked their claim.
It wouldn't be a shock at all to see Senegal or Japan advance from this group, but they'll need a strong start against Poland and Colombia, respectively.
The total has dropped back down from 2.25 to 2, where it opened, but unsurprisingly public bettors are still on the over.
The last match on Tuesday afternoon features host Russia taking on Egypt. The Pharaohs need a draw/win vs. Russia to have a chance of advancing after losing, 1-0, to Uruguay, while the Russians crushed Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opener.
There's reason to believe in Egypt, though: Mo Salah (shoulder) is likely to start and bettors are behind them. They're receiving 36% of tickets and currently stand at +324 on the moneyline.
Since opening, Russia's odds have moved from -113 to +118, a -7% change in implied win probability. A loss by Russia would definitely open things up for Egypt to advance and for Uruguay to win the group.
The total currently sits at just 2 goals, and juice has trended toward the under (was +106, now -106).


If two or more guardians cannot agree between themselves about the exercise of their powers or obligations, most will be required to participate in the new mandatory Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) service. It is designed to assist parties to a family dispute to resolve the dispute without having to pursue Court proceedings, and ensure that the parties' first and paramount consideration in reaching a resolution is the welfare and best interests of the children. FDR forms must accompany applications to Court, unless parties are exempt.
FDR suppliers are organisations contracted to the Ministry of Justice to provide subsidised FDR services. FDR providers are the individual mediators who will work under a supplier organisation or are appointed by an Approved Dispute Resolution Provider such as the New Zealand Law Society.
Parties may be referred to FDR by the court, lawyers, or third party providers such as community law centres or community advice bureaus.
They may also access it directly through a FDR provider organisation or through the new Family Justice website at www.justice.govt.nz/family-justice or by ringing 0800 2 AGREE.
Cost: A user will qualify for a subsidy if they meet a subsidy test based on their level of income.
The first professional who sees the client will administer this using a simple on-line tool. Par-ties can check their own eligibility for a subsidized service online or through the 0800 num-ber.
The Ministry of Justice expects that this will cover approximately 60% of those requiring FDR services. The matter is complicated somewhat by situations where one party to a dispute will qualify for a subsidy but the other will not. In these situations the dispute must be dealt with as a subsidised dispute, however the non-qualifying party will be required to pay 50% of the cost.
If a user does not qualify for a subsidy, they will be required to pay set price of $897 (including GST) from a government provider. All parties to the dispute will share this cost.
Is in response to an application that another guardian has made for a Court order.
Is for a consent order or seeks the enforcement of an existing order of the Court.
Relates to a child who is already subject to Care and Protection proceedings under the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989.
At least one of the parties is unable to participate effectively in family dispute resolution.
That at least one of the parties, or the child of one of the parties has been subject to domestic violence by another party involved in the dispute.
Many guardianship disputes are between parents who are natural guardians. PIPs such as Parenting Through Separation are designed to help parents and guardians think about deci-sions about their children involved in a dispute.
PIPs are free to attend. Parties may self-refer before proceedings are issued or may be re-ferred by the Court after proceedings have been filed.
Free pre-court counselling is no longer available as of right. There is some preparatory counseling available to ready parties for FDR and the FDR provider may refer parties. Sev-eral free sessions are available for those eligible under the subsidy. Those who are not eligible are required to pay.
Lawyers are significantly less involved under the new Family Justice System. Legal Aid is not available for non-urgent COCA cases. The Family Legal Advice Service provides up to four hours of preparatory legal advice prior to FDR but attendance at FDR is not covered. A private paying client may access legal advice prior to FDR.
The types of directions and orders that the court may make if a proceeding is commenced.
Assist the parties to reach an agreement on the resolution of those matters that best serves the welfare and best interests of all children involved in the dispute.
Children involved in the guardianship dispute will usually not be present at FDR, unless it is deemed appropriate by the FDR provider. A Lawyer for Child will not commonly be present at this stage.
In any order of the court the best interests and welfare of the child will be the paramount consideration. The Court will take into account various principles relating to the best interests and welfare of the child. If an application for a direction in relation to a guardianship dispute is made, the Court must have regard to whether at any time a protection order has been in force against one or more of the parties.
Most applications to the Court under the Care of Children Act will require an affidavit and information sheet. All forms are available on the new Family Justice website.
If parties agree at any of the stages prior to Court, the Court may formalise a completed FDR agreement by having the terms of the agreement "embodied" in a Parenting Order made by consent. They can apply for this with a General Consent Memorandum form MOJ0534.
Parties can also agree to vary (change) an existing Parenting Order by consent. They may re-quest this from the Registrar through form MOJ0522.
If FDR is unsuccessful in resolving a dispute, a guardian may apply to the Family Court for direction with form MOJ0531, accompanied by an affidavit (MOJ0532) and an information sheet (MOJ0581).
The Court may also enforce existing orders if they are not being followed. A guardian may apply with form MOJ0527 and affidavit MOJ0528 to enforce a guardianship Order.
Guardians can also apply to settle disputes urgently without evidence of FDR completion, using application form MOJ0541 and affidavit form MOJ0542. Evidence of domestic violence is required for a without notice application to be accepted.


Yesterday I completed a list of uncommonly spelled words and names for my editor's use in preparing a stylesheet for the publication of The Wolfcat Chronicles. The list is complete through Book Six, which is as far as I have gotten with he current round of revisions. I figure as I go forward l'll add anything that appears to the list, though I believe most things are on the list already. There are some new characters for Books Eight through Ten, though. Already the list is eight pages long. It will exceed ten pages before I reach the end of the series.
The first order of business for 2015 is completing the revision on Book Seven, a process I've already begun. Sunday is a day off from my nn-wiritng job, so I'll knock out several chapters. I'm hoping to complete the effort before January 15. I don't foresee a problem in doing that.
Beyond Book Seven I expect books Eight and Nine will take until the end of February. I'm allocating March and April for the rewrite I envision for Book Ten. Factoring in the time I'll need to devote to substantive and content edits on both Books One and Two of the series, if I finish the revisions sooner, all the better. At some point I'll be going through sub-edits and content edits for Becoming Thuperman as well, as I expect to release three books this year, two of them are part of The Wolfcat Chronicles. Because the entire series will be completely revised by April, I suppose it is possible that more book of the series might appear in print before the end of 2015, provided my publisher has the bandwidth to process them. Depending on how many of The Wolfcat Chronicles books are slated for 2015 release, I might spend most of my time with edits.
Six new authors were added recently to Pandamoon Publishing's family. So their books will be in production concurrently as well as follow-up novels from authors who had books released in late 2013 and throughout 2014. Christine Gabriel, Chrissy Lessey and Steph Post have new manuscripts. Jason Beem plans another novel. Emily Belden is working on a new project as well. Alisse Lee-Goldenberg is rumored to have a sequel for her fantasy Sitnalta that is ready to enter the editing process – nothing officially announced on that one yet, but you can expect something soon. So, there could be as many as 24 books released in 2015 from my publisher.
Then there are other projects I need to work on as well, including the sequel to Fried Windows. I need to finish writing that one. There is also a sequel to Becoming Thuperman envisioned, though I haven't begun writing it. And there are a couple of other novels in progress that I have yet to complete.
Once I complete the revisions on The Wolfcat Chronicles I plan to begin revising some other manuscripts I haven't yet published. I'm not sure whether my publisher will produce any of those, but at least I'll submit them. For 2016 and beyond I may decide to pull my self-published work, revise those for new editions and submit them as well. At some point I want to complete the One Over X thread that covers Andy Hunter, Terry Harper and Lee Anders Johnston who appear in The Wolfcat Chronicles as minor characters. Then there are the Power of X books, which fill in the background for Ela'na and clarifies her connection to Earth and Brent Woods. Additionally I have a number of books about Brent Woods, pretty much from childhood through college and his military service upto entering The Program. I may also revise a new edition of The Attributes, which is sort of a capstone for all the science fiction threads from One Over X, The Wolfcat Chronicles and The Power of X. All told there are forty manuscripts in various stages of completion, with twenty written in draft (at least) and about half of those have been revised and submitted. So, even if I were able to push out five books a year, which is highly optimistic, I am looking at eight years' work.
Publicity and building a fan based continue to be major background efforts. 2013 and 2014 were years of building from obscurity. There's still a lot I need to do. Foremost is establishing a worldwide street team prior to the launch of The Wolfcat Chronicles Book 1. My social media presence has increased significantly in the past year, but I'll need to leverage those contacts in some way. A major problem is that the majority of my friends and followers are fellow authors. Understandably they are working on their own books and promotions. So networking and dovetailing fan bases is the only strategy that will engage them for supporting my work.
My urgent goal it to find more readers and get the word out about my writing. Fried Windows has not received the attention I think it deserves. Yes, I know I'm biased because I wrote it. But I truly believe int he book. People who have read it believe it is one of the best fantasy novels out there. It has remained relatively obscure with all the noise out there from competing titles. There is no lack of good books in the marketplace, but the problem for readers is finding them from amongst the utter crap, some of which has come from major publishing houses. Quality control is not exclusively a self-publishing issue, though, admittedly, the bulk of published work comes from independents. A lot of work being published every day that is not ready for prime time – if it will ever be.
It is far too easy to self-publish a book in the hubris and euphoria following the moment of relief typing The End on the final page. Many a writer has put work out there that needs considerable amounts of professional editing. In the past I've been guilty of that as well. But I have learned.
Despite overtures to the contrary, quality control in self-publishing remains virtually nonexistent. The measures some, like Amazon, have in place are too easily abused. A book troll can complain about a novel's quality over some bogus issue and the book will be pulled and the author notified that a revision of the issues must be completed before the book can be resubmitted for further review. The problem with all that is that the validity of the reader's complaint doesn't seem to enter into the discussion. There have been several instances that best selling self-published books have been yanked due to a reader's complaint about an alleged grammar problem that is not based in fact. Many indie authors pay a lot of money to have books professional edited using established industry standards by major publishing houses. I wonder if a reader complains about a book from a major house if it would be yanked from the site?
Some like me deferred answering that question completely, extending adolescence artificially, going away to college. But it was always there, int he background. I'm not sure I ever truly answered that question. Maybe fact we never do. There is always something else, isn't there?
For publicity's sake I need to define who I am in succinct sound bites that can be offered rapid fire during interviews. Why? Because most people in the media have the attention span of a gnat. But then, they are merely a reflection of their audience. Who wants to hear about my life when they could get all the latest dirt on the Kardashians?
Here is what I know about me. I'm a storyteller. Always have been; always will be. It's what I do now, though not yet for a living. But that is also why I'm doing this exercise in publicity.
My storytelling began long before high school but I think it was around the time I was in Mrs. Hibbett's 9th grade English class that I first decided I wanted to be a writer. She told me that was a mistake. Her actual words were I'd never be a writer. By the time I was a senior she;d forgotten ever having said that.
In college I expanded the whole storyteller concept to encompass a broader range of expression. I suppose part of that came form dreaming of being a rock star. My single greatest achievement was writing a rock opera based on Beowulf. That fact you've never heard that composition indicates the effort skyrocketed my band and into obscurity. But throughout the beginning part of college I was marking time until I became famous. I was absolutely convinced I would be famous once day, After all with a name like mine, Elgon, one hardly anyone can pronounce correctly, I had to do something great. Yeah, I'm aware that's not logical but that was how I thought in the mid '70's. I figured I could use my first name alone. After all, other than my dad who never went by it, no one else I knew was named Elgon. There is a mountain in Kenya and a cosmetics company in Italy. As far as I know that's it for namesakes and those are coincidences. I was named for neither. I think my grandmother couldn't spell. Either that of the story about the traveling salesman who had a similar name was true. But we won't go into that.
So, in college I studied mass communication, which by definition is communicating to the masses, right? I was a DJ at a campus radio station. I produced an old school radio drama and a TV news show about music. I interned for a local TV station and at a local newspaper. At the end of all that I figured out I didn't really like being a journalist. So I decided to focus more on public relations advertising and such. That's how I got interested in marketing.
I studied Spanish in high school and college, not enough to be fluent, but I can read it to some extent and I generally get the gist of what someone is saying. Seeing how important Spanish has become as a second language,especially where live in Florida, perhaps I should have spent more time learning it. I should have learned a lot of things in college but didn't. Despite my stubbornness I learned some things, though. One was that regardless of the level of education nothing guarantees you success, or a job for that matter. Eventually I stocked shelves in a grocery store by night and worked part time for a small advertising agency by day. Although I was good at doing both, neither position struck me s having great potential for advancement. So, on a whim and figuring I had a college education, I decided to follow in my sister's footsteps and join the Air Force. I wanted to be an officer like her but they were being particularly picky about college majors and mine wasn't what they were seeking. However, in the process of taking the tests for military service, someone figured out I had language ability. Imagine that!
You see, after college I interviewed with a lot of companies for positions in management. The economy was limping along in recession so businesses were looking for excuses not to hire people One of the companies I dealt with was a particular large international bank with an operations center in Miami. After a series of interviews they decided not to hire me. In the rejection letter that stated that based on my at my resume which largely consisted of college transcripts that I lacked sufficient ability to learn a foreign language. How ironic was it that merely a few years later the US military was going to pay for me to learn Chinese Mandarin because I tested very high in the ability to acquire a language over a short span opt training.
I ended up on the other side of the planet for a while, saw a lot of places and met a lot of people I wouldn't have met otherwise. On balance, despite all the bad aspects of being in the military, it was a valuable experience. One thing I learned was that people are people no matter where you are and we all figure out solutions to our problems in culturally distant ways. Another thing I learned was that people in other countries like Americans but don't necessarily like our government and its policies. A third thing I figured out was that I didn't always need to speak another person's language to be able to communicate.
Upon returning home and leaving the military my role as a communicator shifted to training and leading others in retail management. As things evolved, I began to train customers about products as well. For someone who was painfully shy as a child, comfortably leading training seminars and giving presentations to hundreds of people at times was an extreme departure.
All along my journey I was only delaying what I set out to do, tell stories. During college I wrote in my spare time. In the military I wrote in my spare time. Even after marrying, having children and working seventy plus hours a week in retail management , I wrote in my spare time. When the hobby evolved into a vocation did not happen over night. I had been working on my first novel for years. The second one took less time. Then novels three through twelve came all at once. Over a twelve year span I produced forty stories of novel length, twenty of them in some semblance of a finished state as manuscripts. Still, even though I was a published author I didn't think I was a professional writer. I wasn't making a living at it, anyway.But I have always been a storyteller.
I guess as writer you are always seeking a story. Some of it comes from experience, a lot of it comes from inspiration but most of it comes from determination. Writing is an art. Like most artistic endeavors it is not particularly lucrative. Money isn't why artists produce what we do. To be successful as an artist you need to market the art and that takes publicity, building a support base of fans and general exposure to the the public through some form of communication and networking.
One of the many lesson I learned from the study of communication was a rather basic one. You cannot NOT communicate. Even the decision not to talk to someone is communicative. As much as I'd love to be able to just write the only way to persuade anyone to read what I write – which is the entire point of writing professionally – is to promote it in some way. That requires communication whether through media or more directly, one on one.
It's a time when the definition of fame has been turned over and wedged sideways into our minds. What does it mean anymore when Realty TV stars (let's not go into the inherent oxymoron due the obviously scripted and over-acted, self-indulgent performances) proliferate the airwaves for apparently no other reason that filling time in a programming schedule. Are they famous, yes. Why? Don't ask me.
I guess being famous meant something back when the famous had some personal standards, codes of ethics, or restrain on public social behavior. Now it appears to be 'cool' to be caught in the act of being stupid drunk or stoned in public. It's all publicity, isn't it. And we have all heard that any publicity is good publicity. Well, that is until the public becomes disgusted and moved on to tracking the next big thing. And thanks to the PR machines there is always a a new and briefly exciting next big thing.
America has always a land of opportunity but also there are contrasts, extremes and excesses evident to anyone who cares to pay attention. We elect people to govern us because they look good not because they have the credentials to pass the job interview. But one thing has never changed. America has a good heart filled with average people who do their routine things to make everything work. The buy things, including the CDs of downloads of their favorites musicians, watch the shows on TV, and buy all the products advertised. The buy the latest book from their favorite authors whether they stand in line at a book store or download it from an online source. And, thanks to the condition of the world we live in, their attention spans last about as long as the smell of a popcorn fart.
Fame has always been fleeting but perhaps never so much as it is today, with everyone vying for the publics attention. A lot of people want to be more than a flash-in-a-pan, overnight sensation serving a role as he or she fills 15 minutes of air time. In the shuffling madness of the greatest all time losers, the endless parade of pretty people pushing and shove for a moment in the spotlight, there are people like me who prefer to watch from the background. I'm content on the sideline watching the game, close enough to feel the action and smell the sweat but not about to jump into the game and possibly get hurt. It's that fear of being overly exposed or too greatly scrutinized that prevents us from being the stars that perhaps we were born to be.
There is a downside to fame. Unless you are made of stone it will burn you. Even then, it will blacken and scorch you. Still, you say you want to be famous. You think you can handle it? Recently I watched an interview with someone famous who probably said it just about right. All you can be is the best you can be at what you really want to do and if you're good enough at it you won't need a lot of the hype and nonsense because if you're good at what you do people will know. But you have to get out there and let your star shine.


Frank's Redhot Beef Jerky is a product of Thanasi Foods, LLC, out of Boulder, CO. Thanasi specializes in extending popular food brands into other markets. This beef jerky is an example, taking the popular Frank's Redhot cayenne pepper sauce and extending it into beef jerky. Thanasi was also the company behind Jim Beam Beef Jerky, Vlasic Dill Pickle Sunflower Seeds, and Stubb's Bar-B-Q Sauce Beef Brisket Strips.
In addition to this original variety of Frank's Redhot Beef Jerky, Thanasi also offers a "Chile 'n Lime" variety.
This particular review sample I have was manufactured by Jerky Snack Brands, out of their Mankato, MN facility.
Frank's Redhot Beef Jerky is difficult to find. It's official website shows a list of gas stations carrying this, but when I visited the few in my area, none was carrying it. Amazon.com only had a few left when I placed an order.
Beef, water, Frank's Redhot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce, brown sugar, sugar, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, spices, red pepper, garlic powder, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite.
The tastes I pick up from the surface of these pieces is a slight sweet, a slight pepper sauce flavor, a bit of salt. In the chewing, I can pick up more of the pepper sauce, a tanginess, a bit more saltiness.
My initial thoughts is that this jerky isn't quite what I had hoped it would be. I kept envisioning pieces of meat brimming with the vinegary pepper sauce, and giving me a serious mouth burn. I mean, the graphics on the package is perhaps one of the most effective I've seen, with its red-orange background and its fiery yellow explosion. It makes me think this stuff is really hot. But it really isn't quite that.
As for tasting like Frank's Redhot Sauce, I'd say this jerky does indeed live up to this flavor, perhaps in a moderate amount. I can taste the vinegar, which I think produces the tanginess I described above, and I can taste the cayenne pepper in the sauce. It's all easily noticeable, and easily enjoyable. But it doesn't attack my senses the way the package graphics has me believing. I'm left feeling teased, instead of fully satisfied.
It certainly does leave a burn in my mouth, but on my hot scale it's like a medium. On an individual piece basis, I don't get any burn at all. It's only after eating several pieces that a burn gets built up.
I don't, however, taste any natural meat flavors.
The garlic mentioned in the ingredients is barely noticeable. I think the vinegar and cayenne pepper in the sauce masks it out.
The level of salt intensity seems light, despite the high 750mg of sodium mentioned in the nutrition label. That too might be masked over by the sauce.
Overall, the dominant flavor of this jerky is the Frank's Redhot Sauce, mostly as a tangy vinegar taste, and the cayenne pepper highlights. I don't see any other flavor component as having a dominating presence.
These appear to be slices of whole meat, sliced to a medium thickness, and in small to medium sized pieces. I'll note that there's probably a full ounce of crumbled bits in the bottom of the bag.
It's largely a dry jerky with a few pieces feeling a bit more moist. The larger pieces seem fairly easy to tear apart with my fingers, and overall the jerky seems easy to chew.
The chewing texture has a fibrous, meaty quality to it. It's somewhat like chewing a real steak, but more like well-done, and dry. There's a tad bit of mushiness to it, and some pieces are more chewy than others, but overall it seems to have a steak-like chew to it.
I'm finding tiny particles of jerky on my desk and on my lap, but only a few. I'm not picking up any residue on my fingers.
I don't really see any visible bits or streaks of fat on this jerky, and no tendon or gristle. But several pieces did leave behind some wads of unchewable membranous tissues.
I purchased this 3.5 ounce package from Amazon.com, which sold this in a quantity of 3 packages for a price of $15.33. Amazon waived the shipping fee because I opted for slower delivery, and also because my total order included several other items. All in all, it worked out to a price of $1.46 per ounce, which puts this in the average price range.
For general jerky snacking purposes, at this price, I think it provides a good value. I do find this to have a moderate level of snackability, a decent chewing texture, and it's easy to eat.
As being advertised as a Frank's Redhot Sauce variety, I think it's a good value also. I'm definitely getting the taste of Frank's Redhot Sauce, though not as much as I would have liked, but it's still easily recognizable and enjoyable.
Frank's Redhot Beef Jerky seems to provide an average amount of snackability for me, and that's good enough to get it to an average rating. I don't necessarily see this jerky as above average in terms of taste. It gives me the flavor of Frank's Redhot Sauce, but it doesn't really knock it out of the ballpark. I wanted more flavor, more vinegar taste, more cayenne pepper, more hot. Instead it seems to be toned down to suit mass appeal.
Everything else about this jerky seems like typical mass-market stuff. There's no natural meat flavors. The consistency is on par with the Obertos and Jack Link's of the world. The chewing texture is actually better than what I'm accustomed to seeing from Jerky Snack Brands. It may just be this particular lot, I don't know.
My recommended beer pairing for this jerky is a brown ale.
What is wrong with you? Have you no viable taste buds?! All the flavors you say it lacks I taste definitively. Maybe you got an old batch or something or you need to cleanse your palette?


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