November is a few hours early . . .
THE BEST BLOGGING BUDDIES AWARD!
1.) You must make a post to show your award on your main blog.
2.) You must tag the person who nominated you in your post.
3.) You must nominate all your best buddies and those whom you want to become best buddies with, who, to your knowledge, have not been nominated, for this award.
4.) You must ask your buddies at least 15 questions on your post.
5.) You must answer all of your questions your buddies ask you – on your post.
1.) Would you rather go to New England or New Zealand?
Wow! That's a tough one. I would rather go to New Zealand.
2.) If you could meet any dead person who is not an author, who would it be?
I don't know if she wrote any books, many books are written about her – Eleanor Roosevelt.
3.) If you had a time machine with which you could only go to the future, or to the past, which would you prefer?
4.) Why to the above?
The future is unknown. While there could be many blessings, there could also be serious unknown problems.
5.) Do you prefer guy singers or woman singers?
I usually prefer male singers.
I don't have a favorite composer.
7.) Are you curly headed or straight?
At this point in the questions, Victoria asks us to answer some of Sarah's questions, if we so choose.
8.) If you lived in a fantasy/sci-fi world, what job would I want?
An archer! Yes! Legoles from The Lord of the Rings is awesome. Susan in the Chronicles of Narnia rocks!
9.) Cookies, kudos, awesomeness points or something else?
I would definitely take cookies!
10.) Are you ready for fall?
11.) If you were to dress up as a character from a book/movie/tv show/etc. (like for a costume party or convention), who would you dress up as?
Tuppence from the Agatha Christie mysteries!
12.) Do you like romance in stories? Why or why not?
I do like romance. However, it needs to be clean romance and usually comedy. Romance adds a nice touch to the plot and I think everyone needs companionship.
13.) What are you really excited for right now?
I'm flying in a Cessna on Saturday with a friend of mine!
15.) If you were to give yourself a personal title thing (e.g. the Taleweaver, the Pathfinder, etc.), what would it be?
Another good question. Keeper of the Light. Everyone needs to have the Light in their life and we all need to follow the Light.
Drum roll please . . . now for my questions!
1.) If you could travel into a fantasy realm, remain there as long as you want to, which land would you go to? For example, Oz, Narnia, Middle Earth, etc.
2.) What is your favorite children's book?
3.) Do you speak a foreign language, if yes, which one?
4.) Do you enjoy horseback riding?
5.) Have you ever flown in a hot air balloon?
6.) Do you enjoy art galleries?
7.) Do you prefer the beach or the mountains?
8.) Other than books, what do you collect, if anything?
9.) Do you prefer Agatha Christie or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
10.) Which Muppet is your favorite?
11.) Do you prefer tea or coffee?
12.) What is your favorite sport?
13.) Who is your favorite fictional family in books?
14.) What is your favorite sport?
And # 15.) What is your favorite food served on Thanksgiving Day???? YEA!
Have a great day and have fun!!!
Where do I begin? I loved it! "Night Watch," aptly named, is well-written and at a good pace, captivating, a page turner, hard to put down and I was completely absorbed. I was so "into" this mystery, this morning, as I finished reading it, I didn't realize I so cold. I had to get our little fireplace going and brew myself a pot of hot tea to warm up.
Emmeline Ridge (Em) has been hired by a billionaire to take his luxury sea vessel from Maine to the Bahamas. The cruise ends prematurely when a young woman falls overboard into the cold Atlantic waters.
I could almost feel the rocking of the vessel on the Atlantic Ocean. I could almost feel the wind in my face, blowing my hair in every direction and the spray from the salty water soaking my already shivering body! As I read – intently focused – I was with the crew as they searched for the missing woman.
I thought the mystery was presented in such a way, the author was handing me, the reader, a clue or a piece to a puzzle. I was to examine and place the clue or the puzzle piece in the proper position. She then would give me another piece to the puzzle or a clue, I would examine it and place it in the proper order until all the pieces to the mystery were given. The puzzle then being complete, I, the reader had a clear picture of the mystery and all was solved. While I read this mystery, I took notes and made lists of the clues that had been given! It was a great read!
I liked Em Ridge. She was a good Captain and well informed with tons of experience in the water and on sea faring vessels. I also liked Ben -the detective. I look forward to the next book in this series!
A sincere thanks to the author for e-mailing her book to me, in exchange for an honest review!
This illustration is so me this cold, windy morning. I have been sitting on our comfy sofa, reading "Night Watch," by Linda Hall. It is GOOD. I'm not finished with it yet, but when I do finish it, I will write a review.
That was good! That was really good! The end! Ha ha! Seriously though, "An Impartial Witness," is the second book in the Bess Crawford Mysteries. Bess is a battlefield nurse during World War I. In this mystery she is serving in France and it is not easy for medical people serving during the war. They repair one wounded service member after another, with few breaks, little to no sleep, small amounts of food and the wounded keep coming. The war effort is well described, in this mystery. However, there is another side to war. The worry, loneliness and heartache of the wives and family members waiting for their men to return to them – wondering – will they return healthy, injured, physically changed forever?
Bess Crawford nurses a seriously burned pilot during the war. He stares at a photo of his wife, which seems to help his recovery. When Bess returns to London, unexpectedly she sees the wife of the pilot at the train station. Bess recognizes her from the photo, the pilot's wife is clearly upset, and she is speaking with a man on the platform of the train station. The man gets on the train and leaves and the pilot's wife disappears into London. Later Bess discovers, the pilot's wife has been murdered. In a newspaper, Scotland Yard is asking for help with this mysterious murder. Bess Crawford shares what she saw at the train station with Scotland Yard and becomes heavily involved in solving this mystery.
Well-written! It grabbed my attention and held it. I had difficulty putting the book down.
Good morning! It's a great day to finish reading a book!
After several days, it was slow going in the beginning, I finished reading, "Far From the Maddening Crowd," by Thomas Hardy. In the first pages of the book, I had some difficulty with the author's style of writing, I thought it was slow and difficult to understand. At times I found myself talking to the book! I would ask the story, "What are you talking about?" I almost quit reading it a few times, however, I persevered and I am glad I did. I liked it!
Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury – to farm. That's right, she is the mistress of her own farm. I read somewhere, the year is 1874, so it might be a little unusual for a woman to own and operate a farm. She does very well. There are three men who want Miss Bathsheba. Mr. Boldwood is the gentlemen farmer. Gabriel Oak is the likable shepherd and my favorite character. And, lastly, the soldier, Sergeant Troy. What a well described mess! Heartache, suffering! I like this picture I included from pinterest. I think it reveals all!
Anyway, I enjoyed reading about rural life and I thought Mr. Hardy did a wonderful job describing life on a farm in Weatherbury. His descriptions of landscapes were well done. When all is said and done, I thought he wrote an enjoyable and interesting book.


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Biografia
Nato in Inghilterra, Read emigrò in Nuova Zelanda nel 1953. Gareggiò per questa nazione alle Olimpiadi di Melbourne del 1956, aggiudicandosi l'oro nei 50 km di marcia.

Read ha anche preso parte alle Olimpiadi di Roma del 1960, arrivando quinto nei 20 km di marcia, e ai Giochi del Commonwealth del 1966, conquistando la medaglia di bronzo nelle 20 miglia di marcia su strada.

Si spense nel 1994 in seguito ad un attacco cardiaco durante una gara in bicicletta a Pirongia, nella regione di Waikato.

Progressione

Palmarès

Campionati nazionali
  ai campionati nazionali neozelandesi, 50 km marcia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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The Door-in-the-Face Technique as a Compliance Strategy
How the door-in-the-face technique is used to persuade people to comply with requests.
The door-in-the-face technique is a type of sequential request strategy. It is often used to increase compliance rates of a particular request. In contrast to the foot-in-the-door technique, which prefaces a request with a smaller request that the respondent is more likely to agree with, door-in-the-face requests involve asking a more demanding question, followed by the actual request.
Compliance Techniques
The Low-Ball Technique
Foot-in-the-Door as a Persuasive Technique
Ingratiation as a Persuasive Strategy
Norm of Reciprocity and Persuasion
The first request is an unrealistic demand, which a reasonable person would be likely to refuse. When the second, intended request is made, it appears the respondent to be reasonable in comparison to the first demand. In theory, a person is more likely to agree to it as a result.
The door-in-the-face technique can be observed in many situations - you may even have used it without realising.
In flea markets, for example, where prices are often negotiable, a man might ask an antique seller the price of a clock.
"The clock is priced at $500," the seller tells the man.
Both parties realise that the price is unreasonable - the clock cannot be worth more than $50, a tenth of the asking price. The man politely declines the seller and turns to walk away - shutting a metaphorical 'door in the face' of the retailer.
Then, the seller calls after the man.
"But today, sir, I will sell the clock to you for just $100!", he calls.
The man thinks that this second price is more reasonable, and purchases the clock. He thinks that the seller reducing the price has resulting in him winning a good deal. Yet, he has paid twice the price of $50 he originally estimated the clock to be worth. The seller is the person who has benefitted the most from the sale, using the door-in-the-face technique.
In another situation, a mother might ask her son, who is playing a game, to clean the living room, dining room and his bedroom whilst she prepares dinner. The boy might resist, claiming that there is too much to clean in such a short amount of time. The mother replies, "Very well, but can't you at least clean your bedroom?".
By comparison with the first request, the second seems reasonable to the boy, and he would agree. By using this persuasive technique, the mother has convinced her son to clean his bedroom rather than play games.
The door-in-the-face technique was tested in a 1975 study conducted by Robert Cialdini. A professor at Arizona State University, Caldini has led decades of research into persuasion. He is best known for his 1984 book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.
Cialdini asked a group of participants a large initial request: whether they would agree to be mentors for prisoners for two years. He then asked this of another group, then followed up the question with a request for them to escort children around a zoo. The participants tended to agreed to this second, smaller request. Even though it also required time and effort, it was more reasonable than the initial two-year commitment request (Cialdini et al, 1975).
But why does this method of persuasion tend to produce increased compliance?
A number of explanations have been suggested for the efficacy of the door-in-the-face technique.
One explanation is that the refusal of an initial request, even if it is unreasonable, leads respondents to experience a sense of guilt. O'Keefe and Figgé (1999) noted that guilt reduction can motivate compliance with an ultimate demand. The belief that agreeing to a second request will help to reduce our sense of guilt motivates us to comply.
Robert Cialdini also suggested that people interpret the lowering in demand between the first and second requests as a sign of compromise on the part of the person asking the favor. As they believe that this reduction has been made in order to help them out, they feel obliged to follow the norm of reciprocity - a social norm whereby favors are returned. To repay the goodwill, people subjected to the door-in-the-face technique feel the need to compromise themselves by agreeing to the second request.
Another explanation of the compliance rates gained from this technique regards more self-centered motives.
We generally want our friends, family and peers to maintain a positive impression of us, whilst many celebrities pursue that age-old, Machiavellian goal of being loved by the masses, making high-profile charitable gestures and giving interviews to improve their public image. This desire is often referred to as a need for positive self-presentation, and may explain why we agree to a second reasonable request but not the first. We often feel reluctant to refuse people's requests, for fear of appearing selfish or unkind, and our refusal of the first question in a door-in-the face sequence leads us feel that the person making the request will see us in a negative light. The second question, in the mind of the subject, provides an opportunity to prove that we are not as uncharitable as the first question led us to appear, and so we agree to it (Pendleton and Batson, 1979).
Contributing Factors
Factors relating to the structuring of a door-in-the-face request can affect compliance rates. These factors include the length of delay between the first and the second questions.
In 1999, an experiment was conducted at Santa Clara University to test the technique on two groups of participants. One group was asked the second question immediately after the first, whilst a second group was given time between the questions. The researchers found that a delay increased compliance with the second request (Chartrand et al, 1999).
One explanation for the effect of a delay is that it gives recipients time to consider their response to the first request. During this time, they may realize that their own self-presentation has been tarnished by their refusal to comply. The absence of a delay does not give a person time to realise how they may have appeared to the person making the request.
At the University of Nevada, Murray Millar (2000) measured compliance rates when the relationship between the person making the request and the responder differed. Millar found that when a familiar person made the request, they would be more likely to comply with a door-in-the-face question than they would if the person asking the favor was not known to them. As we tend to care more about what friends and family (members of our in-group) think about us than how strangers (out-group observers) view us, this finding supports the role of self-presentation in our decision making (Millar, 2000).
Cialdini, R.B., Vincent, J.E., Lewis, S.K., Catalan, J., Wheeler, D. and Darby, B.L. (1975). Reciprocal Concessions Procedure for Inducing Compliance: The Door-in-the-Face Technique. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 31(2). 206-215.
O'Keefe, D.J. and Figgé, M. (1999). Guild and expected guilt in the door-in-the-face technique. Communications Monographs. 66(4). 312-324.
Pendleton, M.G. and Batson, C.D. (1979). Self-Presentation and the Door-in-the-Face Technique for Inducing Compliance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 5(1). 79-81.
Chartrand, T., Pinckert, S. and Burger, J.M. (1999). When Manipulation Backfires: The Effects of Time Delay and Requester on the Foot-in-the-Door Technique. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 29(1). 211-221.
Millar, M.G. (2000). The Effectiveness of the Door-in-the-Face Compliance Strategy on Friends and Strangers. Journal of Social Psychology. 142(3). 295-304.
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GMA Network News
Not to be confused with the CNN Philippines primetime newscast of the same name.
GMA Network News was a Philippine television newscast show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on January 6, 1992 replacing GMA Headline News. It was replaced by Frontpage: Ulat ni Mel Tiangco and Flash Report: Special Edition in its timeslot.
Mike Enriquez
Vicky Morales
Bernadette Sembrano
Martin Andanar
English (1992–1998)
Tagalog (1998–2002)
30 minutes (1992-1998)
GMA News and Public Affairs
January 6, 1992 (1992-01-06) –
June 30, 2002 (2002-06-30)
Early yearsEdit
The 30-minute weekday edition first aired on January 6, 1992 as a replacement for GMA Headline News with Tina Monzon-Palma (who then moved to ABC, now TV5 as the Chief Operating Officer and anchor of The Big News and later moved to ABS-CBN in 1998 as the anchor of The World Tonight) and Leslie Espino (who replaced Jose Mari Velez on the newscast after his death). The first team of anchors was composed of Espino, Vicky Morales (who also had a brief stint as the third anchor on Headline News), Marga Ortigas, GMA reporter Jessica Soho and two new recruits from rival stations - Mari Kaimo (from PTV) and Risa Hontiveros (from IBC). Espino & Soho would bow out of the newscast after a year, leaving the four of them being the main anchors.
On April 7, 1997, the newscast was given a new set, new theme music, and a sleeker opening ident and graphics package. In the opening ident, Kaimo gave a sneak peek of the night's headlines with clips from the specific news items, after which, Mike Enriquez (and later, GMA continuity announcer Al Torres) provided the voice-over, "From the award-winning GMA News and Public Affairs team, this is GMA Network News..." to introduce the newscast and its anchorpersons. Rachel del Mar became the program's new weather girl, who would always end the segment (then retitled "GMA Weather Center") with her signature close, "This is Rachel del Mar, your all-weather friend." However, Kaimo, Hontiveros and Ortigas eventually left the newscast as well on May 29, 1998. The former would move to ABS-CBN (to host The Correspondents and the Studio 23 [now S+A] newscast News Central), while Hontiveros moved to PTV and later ran for party-list representative in Congress and became a senator in 2016 and Ortigas at the other hand, currently as an Al Jazeera correspondent.
Enriquez-Morales eraEdit
In 1998, Saksi anchor Mike Enriquez joined Morales as co-anchor, replacing Kaimo as the main male anchor and female anchors Hontiveros and Ortigas. Network News became the first Filipino newscast to do stand-up news delivery inspired by American television network newscasts. GMA marked a history on making an idea of putting Filipino language on late-night newscast and became the first network to completely report only in Filipino language identical to the American reporting only in English. Morales, in an interview of "Limang Dekada" in 2010, said in the mid 90s it attempted to switch the newscast to Filipino in an attempt to improve the show's ratings but the concept was dubbed as "super radical" during that time because most television networks used English language on late-night news programs. The news department decided to try it in order how to gauge the response of viewers, first in "Taglish" (a mixture of Tagalog and English) the latter said and eventually switching entirely to Filipino on September 28, 1998 and its airtime was cut to 15 minutes. It became the first Filipino language late-night television newscast. Due to this, GMA Network News' ratings fastened to higher numbers than its rival English-language newscasts such as The Big News of ABC (now TV5), CTN Midnite of IBC, NewsWatch of RPN and The World Tonight of ABS-CBN and caused GMA to become number one in the Metro Manila ratings in 2004 and in the nationwide ratings in 2011. The next year in 1999, most television networks started to follow including ABS-CBN's Pulso: Aksyon Balita anchored by Korina Sanchez and Ted Failon, which replaced The World Tonight which is now broadcast on the ABS-CBN News Channel and ABC's Big News, one of the last newscasts on free television to broadcast in English, switching to Filipino in 2004, and this was the start of a new era of airing all-Tagalog newscasts on late-night.
Enriquez used his signature close, "Thank you for trusting GMA", which became "Marami pong salamat sa inyong pagtitiwala sa GMA" when the newscast switched to Filipino to end the day's news. The latter closing line was also used by himself in Saksi (when he returned and Morales transferred to the said newscast in 1999 with the premiere of Frontpage: Ulat ni Mel Tiangco on the late-night slot) and on his DZBB radio program. Mel Tiangco would later use the same closing line until Morales became the third anchor and used the same closing line as Enriquez and Tiangco on 24 Oras since 2014.
Weekend edition and final yearsEdit
Meanwhile, the newscast's 30-minute weekend edition aired from April 22, 1995 until June 30, 2002, first, with Raffy Marcelo, Georgette Tengco and Gin de Mesa. They were replaced by Martin Andanar and Bernadette Sembrano on June 6, 1998. The weekend edition also eventually switched to news delivery in Filipino at the same time on October 3, 1998 as the weekday edition did and also its airtime was cut to 15 minutes. "GMA Network News" continued to be the weekend newscast's title until 2002, even as the weekday edition gave way to "Frontpage" in 1999.
AnchorsEdit
Jessica Soho serves as an anchor.
Leslie Espino (1992–1993)
Jessica Soho (1992-1993)
Mari Kaimo (1992–1998)
Risa Hontiveros (1992–1998)
Marga Ortigas (1992-1998)
Vicky Morales (1992–1999)
Rico Hizon (relief anchor for Kaimo, 1992–1995)
Mike Enriquez (1998–1999)
Rachel del Mar (weather woman, 1997–1998)
Raffy Marcelo (relief anchor for Kaimo, 1995-1998, weekend anchor, 1995–1998)
Gin de Mesa (weekend anchor, 1995–1998)
Georgette Tengco (relief anchor for Morales or Hontiveros, 1992-1998, weekend anchor, 1995–1998)
Bernadette Sembrano (weekend anchor, 1998–2002)
Martin Andanar (weekend anchor, 1998–2002)
AccoladesEdit
Nominated, Best News Program - PMPC Star Awards for Television (1995)
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King Archie in Da House 027
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First we will like to say, Happy Father's Day Prince Harry and to all the fathers out there!! Thanks for sharing adorable Archie with us today! in this episode, we covered 4 engagements that the Duke of Sussex had this past week and a new initiative he launched. We discussed the Royal Foundation annual report specifically how the Duchess of Sussex work has impacted the foundation. Finally we broke down and debunk some rumors. We also gave updates on Happy Father's Day Prince Harry Fundraiser.
Omg we finally made money off the podcast! We donated it all to charity! ! We have a Father's Day picture of King Archie and Prince Harry! Happy Father's Day Prince Harry! Talk about our reaction! https://www.instagram.com/p/ByxRc1hlo…
Sentebale: The Duke of Sussex attended a fundraising concert for Sentebale in the stunning grounds of Hampton Court Palace. @Sentebale was founded by The Duke of Sussex and Lesotho's Prince Seeiso in 2006 to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people affected by HIV and AIDS in Lesotho, Botswana and Malawi. The charity is one way in which both Princes' are able to keep their mothers' legacy alive. Sentebale means "Forget me not" in Sesotho. To learn more about Sentebale, please visit www.sentebale.org
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Made by sports: The Duke of Sussex attended the launch of Made by Sport, a new campaign which champions the power of sport to change the lives of young people. Alongside British boxing legends Anthony Joshua and Nicola Adams, The Duke of Sussex met a number of sports community coaches from across the UK who play an invaluable role in inspiring future generations and giving young people the focus, skills and support they need.
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Nepal: The Duke of Sussex has had a longstanding connection to The Ghurkas and the people of Nepal beginning at a very young age. Today His Royal Highness held an audience with Nepal's Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen. This is the first visit to the UK by a Nepali Prime Minister in 19 years.
The Duke has previously met KP Sharma Oli, on his first official visit to Nepal in March 2016, a country he had always longed to visit. https://www.instagram.com/p/BykgzMJFq… Commonwealth: The Duke of Sussex celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Commonwealth by attending a Garden Party at Marlborough House in his role as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador. The Duke of Sussex meets winners of the Innovation for Sustainable Development Awards. These young people are taking action where they see a need for progress – by developing solutions to overcome challenges in areas including human rights, women's empowerment & climate change.
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Rumor Control:
1. Times article
2. Going to Africa
3. Vogue article
4. Nanny
5. Trooping color video is not real
6. The baby pictures are not real
7. Roya Nikkah
8. Are you here to support and help platforms that are here to support Meghan. Wolves in sheep clothing
9. We made $179 and we donated' $200 to Happy Fathers Day Prince Harry and we reached 1000 followers on Instagram! Thank you all so much
Charity: we just finished #HappyFathersDayPrinceHarry fundraiser thanks to everyone who donated and promoted the campaign. Last we checked it seems we may have raised approximately £7,000 for charities! That is incredible! If you will like to keep donating here are the information for Scotty's Little Soldiers: http://scottyslittlesoldiers.co.uk/ge…
The Queen's Commonwealth Trust: https://mydonate.bt.com/donation/v4/c…
Thanks for joining us for this episode the Sussex Squad Podcast. We sincerely hope you guys have enjoyed this episode! Please don't forget to send letters to Harry, Meghan, and Archie by using hashtag #welcomeArchie on envelope and in letter!
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Do you struggle to figure our what to serve for your gluten free dinners? Do you end up eating the same thing over and over? Do your kids complain and often refuse to eat what you have cooked? Do you spend too much money on your gluten free dinner trying to find gluten free fast food or on ingredients that cost more than you would like? Well, it doesn't have to be that way. Let me help you. Here are ten simple gluten free dinner recipes that are classics for me and that I really find to be quite delicious and that even the pickiest of your kids will want to eat.
1. Quinoa with chicken and vegetables- This is a great one because not only is it simple and delicious but there are a lot of varieties. Personally either peas and carrots, or broccoli with red onions are my favorite combinations but you can use any 2-5 vegetables that you want. You make them in a stir fry with the chicken and some olive oil and you can use a rice cooker to cook quinoa fast and ahead of time with leftovers to spare.
2. Brown rice with chicken and vegetables- This is a twist on number 1. You use brown rice instead of quinoa.
3. Chicken fajitas with corn shells- You can also make the fajita mix and not use any shells. You saute chicken, beef or shrimp in olive oil with onions, peppers and zucchini and or yellow squash and then you can add some lemon pepper spice, salt, black better or other gluten free spices.
4. Baked potato bar- This is another great simple gluten free dinner recipe because you can make most of it ahead as well. You wrap potatoes in tinfoil and bake them in the oven for 1.5 to 2 hours. You can also make them in the microwave or cook them in the oven and then save them for future meals. Then you add toppings such as butter, cheese, sour cream, bacon or ham, (not bacon bits as they usually have gluten in them) cooked and raw vegetables, olives, cooked chicken and really anything else you want.
5. Pea and Ham soup- This is another one of my favorites. You can make it in a crackpot. Combine raw peas, chicken broth, carrots sliced and ham and cook for about 4-8 hours. You can also include some onions and celery for more flavor.
6. Chicken, potatoes, carrotts, onions and cabbage in crock pot- For this one it sounds simple and it is. You cook all of these ingredients in a crockpot with some water for 6-10 hours. Then you season it with some salt or other gluten free seasoning.
7. Vegetables egg omlette- You cook the vegetables first. Broccoli, spinach, mushrooms, and onions are my favorite ones but there are lots of combinations that work. Then you add in the eggs and cook them thoroughly. You can also add in some ham and tomatoes and avocados with a little bit of cheese if you can have milk products.
8. Lentils and tomato soup- You make this one in the crock pot and put in raw lentils with some water and or chicken broth with carrots and cook them. Then about 1 hour before they are done or even when they are done, you add in 1-2 cans of tomatoes. You can also cook some chicken with the lentils and it tastes really good.
9. Salad- This is usually the first thing people think of when they think of gluten free dinner. You can make any kind of salad you like. However, my favorite is lettuce with tomatoes, canned tuna, olives, avocado, sprouts, boiled egg, and some red onion.
10. Rice Pile Ups This is similar to the baked potato idea only you use brown rice preferably or you could use white rice and then add the toppings.


The Adelaide Australia Temple is the 89th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Plans to build an LDS temple in Adelaide, Australia were announced on 17 March 1999. LDS members of the area up until this time had to travel between fifteen and twenty hours one-way to visit the closest temple in Sydney. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has seen extremely rapid growth in Australia in the last few years. In 1955 there were only 3,000 members in Australia, today there are more than 100,000 members. Census statistics show that the LDS Church is the fastest-growing Christian faith in Australia. This rapid growth prompted the leaders of the Church to announce three new Mormon temples in Australia; one in Melbourne, one in Brisbane, and the one in Adelaide.
Here's the our members favorite photos of "Temples in Adelaide". Upload your photo of Adelaide Australia Temple!


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function Get-TargetResource
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([System.Collections.Hashtable])]
    param
    (
        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $SourcePath,

        [System.String]
        $SourceFolder = "\SQLServer2012.en",

        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $SetupCredential,

        [System.String]
        $Features = "SQLENGINE",

        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $InstanceName
    )

    $InstanceName = $InstanceName.ToUpper()

    Import-Module $PSScriptRoot\..\..\xPDT.psm1

    $Path = Join-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path $SourcePath -ChildPath $SourceFolder) -ChildPath "setup.exe"
    $Path = ResolvePath $Path
    Write-Verbose "Path: $Path"
    $SQLVersion = GetSQLVersion -Path $Path

    if($InstanceName -eq "MSSQLSERVER")
    {
        $DBServiceName = "MSSQLSERVER"
        $AgtServiceName = "SQLSERVERAGENT"
        $FTServiceName = "MSSQLFDLauncher"
        $RSServiceName = "ReportServer"
        $ASServiceName = "MSSQLServerOLAPService"
    }
    else
    {
        $DBServiceName = "MSSQL`$$InstanceName"
        $AgtServiceName = "SQLAgent`$$InstanceName"
        $FTServiceName = "MSSQLFDLauncher`$$InstanceName"
        $RSServiceName = "ReportServer`$$InstanceName"
        $ASServiceName = "MSOLAP`$$InstanceName"
    }
    $ISServiceName = "MsDtsServer" + $SQLVersion + "0"

    $Services = Get-Service
    $Features = ""
    if($Services | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $DBServiceName})
    {
        $Features += "SQLENGINE,"
        $SQLSvcAccountUsername = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $DBServiceName}).StartName
        $AgtSvcAccountUsername = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $AgtServiceName}).StartName
        $FullInstanceID = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names\SQL' -Name $InstanceName).$InstanceName
        $InstanceID = $FullInstanceID.Split(".")[1]
        $InstanceDir = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\$FullInstanceID\Setup" -Name 'SqlProgramDir').SqlProgramDir.Trim("\")
        $null = [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('Microsoft.SqlServer.SMO')
        if($InstanceName -eq "MSSQLSERVER")
        {
            $DBServer = New-Object ('Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server') "localhost"
        }
        else
        {
            $DBServer = New-Object ('Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server') "localhost\$InstanceName"
        }
        $SQLCollation = $DBServer.Collation
        $SQLSysAdminAccounts = @()
        foreach($SQLUser in $DBServer.Logins)
        {
            foreach ($SQLRole in $SQLUser.ListMembers())
            {
                if($SQLRole -like "sysadmin")
                {
                    $SQLSysAdminAccounts += $SQLUser.Name
                }
            }
        }
        if($DBServer.LoginMode -eq "Mixed")
        {
            $SecurityMode = "SQL"
        }
        else
        {
            $SecurityMode = "Windows"
        }
        $InstallSQLDataDir = $DBServer.InstallDataDirectory
        $SQLUserDBDir = $DBServer.DefaultFile
        $SQLUserDBLogDir = $DBServer.DefaultLog
#        $SQLTempDBDir =
#        $SQLTempDBLogDir =
        $SQLBackupDir = $DBServer.BackupDirectory
    }
    if($Services | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $FTServiceName})
    {
        $Features += "FULLTEXT,"
        $FTSvcAccountUsername = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $FTServiceName}).StartName
    }
    if($Services | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $RSServiceName})
    {
        $Features += "RS,"
        $RSSvcAccountUsername = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $RSServiceName}).StartName
    }
    if($Services | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $ASServiceName})
    {
        $Features += "AS,"
        $ASSvcAccountUsername = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $ASServiceName}).StartName
        [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.AnalysisServices")
        $ASServer = New-Object Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Server
        if($InstanceName -eq "MSSQLSERVER")
        {
            $ASServer.Connect("localhost")
        }
        else
        {
            $ASServer.Connect("localhost\$InstanceName")
        }
        $ASCollation = ($ASServer.ServerProperties | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "CollationName"}).Value
        $ASSysAdminAccounts = @(($ASServer.Roles | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "Administrators"}).Members.Name)
        $ASDataDir = ($ASServer.ServerProperties | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "DataDir"}).Value
        $ASTempDir = ($ASServer.ServerProperties | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "TempDir"}).Value
        $ASLogDir = ($ASServer.ServerProperties | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "LogDir"}).Value
        $ASBackupDir = ($ASServer.ServerProperties | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "BackupDir"}).Value
        $ASConfigDir = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\$ASServiceName" -Name "ImagePath").ImagePath.Replace(" -s ",",").Split(",")[1].Trim("`"")
    }
    if($Services | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $ISServiceName})
    {
        $Features += "IS,"
        $ISSvcAccountUsername = (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $ISServiceName}).StartName
    }
    $Products = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product
    switch($SQLVersion)
    {
        "11"
        {
            $IdentifyingNumber = "{A7037EB2-F953-4B12-B843-195F4D988DA1}"
        }
        "12"
        {
            $IdentifyingNumber = "{75A54138-3B98-4705-92E4-F619825B121F}"
        }
    }
    if($Products | Where-Object {$_.IdentifyingNumber -eq $IdentifyingNumber})
    {
        $Features += "SSMS,"
    }
    switch($SQLVersion)
    {
        "11"
        {
            $IdentifyingNumber = "{7842C220-6E9A-4D5A-AE70-0E138271F883}"
        }
        "12"
        {
            $IdentifyingNumber = "{B5ECFA5C-AC4F-45A4-A12E-A76ABDD9CCBA}"
        }
    }
    if($Products | Where-Object {$_.IdentifyingNumber -eq $IdentifyingNumber})
    {
        $Features += "ADV_SSMS,"
    }
    $Features = $Features.Trim(",")
    if($Features -ne "")
    {
        switch($SQLVersion)
        {
            "11"
            {
                $InstallSharedDir = (GetFirstItemPropertyValue -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components" -Name "FEE2E540D20152D4597229B6CFBC0A69")
                $InstallSharedWOWDir = (GetFirstItemPropertyValue -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components" -Name "A79497A344129F64CA7D69C56F5DD8B4")
            }
            "12"
            {
                $InstallSharedDir = (GetFirstItemPropertyValue -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components" -Name "FEE2E540D20152D4597229B6CFBC0A69")
                $InstallSharedWOWDir = (GetFirstItemPropertyValue -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components" -Name "C90BFAC020D87EA46811C836AD3C507F")
            }
        }
    }

    $returnValue = @{
        SourcePath = $SourcePath
        SourceFolder = $SourceFolder
        Features = $Features
        InstanceName = $InstanceName
        InstanceID = $InstanceID
        InstallSharedDir = $InstallSharedDir
        InstallSharedWOWDir = $InstallSharedWOWDir
        InstanceDir = $InstanceDir
        SQLSvcAccountUsername = $SQLSvcAccountUsername
        AgtSvcAccountUsername = $AgtSvcAccountUsername
        SQLCollation = $SQLCollation
        SQLSysAdminAccounts = $SQLSysAdminAccounts
        SecurityMode = $SecurityMode
        InstallSQLDataDir = $InstallSQLDataDir
        SQLUserDBDir = $SQLUserDBDir
        SQLUserDBLogDir = $SQLUserDBLogDir
#        SQLTempDBDir = $SQLTempDBDir
#        SQLTempDBLogDir = $SQLTempDBLogDir
        SQLBackupDir = $SQLBackupDir
        FTSvcAccountUsername = $FTSvcAccountUsername
        RSSvcAccountUsername = $RSSvcAccountUsername
        ASSvcAccountUsername = $ASSvcAccountUsername
        ASCollation = $ASCollation
        ASSysAdminAccounts = $ASSysAdminAccounts
        ASDataDir = $ASDataDir
        ASLogDir = $ASLogDir
        ASBackupDir = $ASBackupDir
        ASTempDir = $ASTempDir
        ASConfigDir = $ASConfigDir
        ISSvcAccountUsername = $ISSvcAccountUsername
    }

    $returnValue
}

function Set-TargetResource
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param
    (
        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $SourcePath,

        [System.String]
        $SourceFolder = "\SQLServer2012.en",

        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $SetupCredential,

        [System.String]
        $Features = "SQLENGINE",

        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $InstanceName,

        [System.String]
        $InstanceID,

        [System.String]
        $PID,

        [System.String]
        $UpdateEnabled = "True",

        [System.String]
        $UpdateSource = ".\Updates",

        [System.String]
        $SQMReporting,

        [System.String]
        $ErrorReporting,

        [System.String]
        $InstallSharedDir,

        [System.String]
        $InstallSharedWOWDir,

        [System.String]
        $InstanceDir,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $SQLSvcAccount,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $AgtSvcAccount,

        [System.String]
        $SQLCollation,

        [System.String[]]
        $SQLSysAdminAccounts,

        [System.String]
        $SecurityMode,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $SAPwd,

        [System.String]
        $InstallSQLDataDir,

        [System.String]
        $SQLUserDBDir,

        [System.String]
        $SQLUserDBLogDir,

        [System.String]
        $SQLTempDBDir,

        [System.String]
        $SQLTempDBLogDir,

        [System.String]
        $SQLBackupDir,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $FTSvcAccount,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $RSSvcAccount,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $ASSvcAccount,

        [System.String]
        $ASCollation,

        [System.String[]]
        $ASSysAdminAccounts,

        [System.String]
        $ASDataDir,

        [System.String]
        $ASLogDir,

        [System.String]
        $ASBackupDir,

        [System.String]
        $ASTempDir,

        [System.String]
        $ASConfigDir,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $ISSvcAccount
    )

    $SQLData = Get-TargetResource -SourcePath $SourcePath -SourceFolder $SourceFolder -SetupCredential $SetupCredential -Features $Features -InstanceName $InstanceName
    $InstanceName = $InstanceName.ToUpper()

    #@mikefrobbins: The contains method is case sensitive so the specified features have to be in upper case to match the case specified in this function.
    $Features = $Features.ToUpper()

    Import-Module $PSScriptRoot\..\..\xPDT.psm1

    $Path = Join-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path $SourcePath -ChildPath $SourceFolder) -ChildPath "setup.exe"
    $Path = ResolvePath $Path
    Write-Verbose "Path: $Path"
    $SQLVersion = GetSQLVersion -Path $Path

    if($InstanceName -eq "MSSQLSERVER")
    {
        $DBServiceName = "MSSQLSERVER"
        $AgtServiceName = "SQLSERVERAGENT"
        $FTServiceName = "MSSQLFDLauncher"
        $RSServiceName = "ReportServer"
        $ASServiceName = "MSSQLServerOLAPService"
    }
    else
    {
        $DBServiceName = "MSSQL`$$InstanceName"
        $AgtServiceName = "SQLAgent`$$InstanceName"
        $FTServiceName = "MSSQLFDLauncher`$$InstanceName"
        $RSServiceName = "ReportServer`$$InstanceName"
        $ASServiceName = "MSOLAP`$$InstanceName"
    }
    $ISServiceName = "MsDtsServer" + $SQLVersion + "0"

    # Determine features to install
    $FeaturesToInstall = ""
    foreach($Feature in $Features.Split(","))
    {
        if(!($SQLData.Features.Contains($Feature)))
        {
            $FeaturesToInstall += "$Feature,"
        }
    }
    $Features = $FeaturesToInstall.Trim(",")

    # If SQL shared components already installed, clear InstallShared*Dir variables
    switch($SQLVersion)
    {
        "11"
        {
            if((Get-Variable -Name "InstallSharedDir" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -and (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\30AE1F084B1CF8B4797ECB3CCAA3B3B6" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
            {
                Set-Variable -Name "InstallSharedDir" -Value ""
            }
            if((Get-Variable -Name "InstallSharedWOWDir" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -and (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\A79497A344129F64CA7D69C56F5DD8B4" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
            {
                Set-Variable -Name "InstallSharedWOWDir" -Value ""
            }
        }
        "12"
        {
            if((Get-Variable -Name "InstallSharedDir" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -and (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\FEE2E540D20152D4597229B6CFBC0A69" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
            {
                Set-Variable -Name "InstallSharedDir" -Value ""
            }
            if((Get-Variable -Name "InstallSharedWOWDir" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -and (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\C90BFAC020D87EA46811C836AD3C507F" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
            {
                Set-Variable -Name "InstallSharedWOWDir" -Value ""
            }
        }
    }

    # Remove trailing "\" from paths
    foreach($Var in @("InstallSQLDataDir","SQLUserDBDir","SQLUserDBLogDir","SQLTempDBDir","SQLTempDBLogDir","SQLBackupDir","ASDataDir","ASLogDir","ASBackupDir","ASTempDir","ASConfigDir"))
    {
        if(Get-Variable -Name $Var -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
        {
            Set-Variable -Name $Var -Value (Get-Variable -Name $Var).Value.TrimEnd("\")
        }
    }

    # Create install arguments
    $Arguments = "/Quiet=`"True`" /IAcceptSQLServerLicenseTerms=`"True`" /Action=`"Install`""
    $ArgumentVars = @(
        "InstanceName",
        "InstanceID",
        "UpdateEnabled",
        "UpdateSource",
        "Features",
        "PID",
        "SQMReporting",
        "ErrorReporting",
        "InstallSharedDir",
        "InstallSharedWOWDir",
        "InstanceDir"
    )
    if($Features.Contains("SQLENGINE"))
    {
        $ArgumentVars += @(
            "SecurityMode",
            "SQLCollation",
            "InstallSQLDataDir",
            "SQLUserDBDir",
            "SQLUserDBLogDir",
            "SQLTempDBDir",
            "SQLTempDBLogDir",
            "SQLBackupDir"
        )
        if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("SQLSvcAccount"))
        {
            if($SQLSvcAccount.UserName -eq "SYSTEM")
            {
                $Arguments += " /SQLSVCACCOUNT=`"NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM`""
            }
            else
            {
                $Arguments += " /SQLSVCACCOUNT=`"" + $SQLSvcAccount.UserName + "`""
                $Arguments += " /SQLSVCPASSWORD=`"" + $SQLSvcAccount.GetNetworkCredential().Password + "`""
            }
        }
        if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("AgtSvcAccount"))
        {
            if($AgtSvcAccount.UserName -eq "SYSTEM")
            {
                $Arguments += " /AGTSVCACCOUNT=`"NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM`""
            }
            else
            {
                $Arguments += " /AGTSVCACCOUNT=`"" + $AgtSvcAccount.UserName + "`""
                $Arguments += " /AGTSVCPASSWORD=`"" + $AgtSvcAccount.GetNetworkCredential().Password + "`""
            }

        }
        $Arguments += " /AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE=Automatic"
    }
    if($Features.Contains("FULLTEXT"))
    {
        if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("FTSvcAccount"))
        {
            if($FTSvcAccount.UserName -eq "SYSTEM")
            {
                $Arguments += " /FTSVCACCOUNT=`"NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE`""
            }
            else
            {
                $Arguments += " /FTSVCACCOUNT=`"" + $FTSvcAccount.UserName + "`""
                $Arguments += " /FTSVCPASSWORD=`"" + $FTSvcAccount.GetNetworkCredential().Password + "`""
            }
        }
    }
    if($Features.Contains("RS"))
    {
        if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("RSSvcAccount"))
        {
            if($RSSvcAccount.UserName -eq "SYSTEM")
            {
                $Arguments += " /RSSVCACCOUNT=`"NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM`""
            }
            else
            {
                $Arguments += " /RSSVCACCOUNT=`"" + $RSSvcAccount.UserName + "`""
                $Arguments += " /RSSVCPASSWORD=`"" + $RSSvcAccount.GetNetworkCredential().Password + "`""
            }
        }
    }

    if($Features.Contains("AS"))
    {
        $ArgumentVars += @(
            "ASCollation",
            "ASDataDir",
            "ASLogDir",
            "ASBackupDir",
            "ASTempDir",
            "ASConfigDir"
        )
        if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("ASSvcAccount"))
        {
            if($ASSvcAccount.UserName -eq "SYSTEM")
            {
                $Arguments += " /ASSVCACCOUNT=`"NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM`""
            }
            else
            {
                $Arguments += " /ASSVCACCOUNT=`"" + $ASSvcAccount.UserName + "`""
                $Arguments += " /ASSVCPASSWORD=`"" + $ASSvcAccount.GetNetworkCredential().Password + "`""
            }
        }
    }
    if($Features.Contains("IS"))
    {
        if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("ISSvcAccount"))
        {
            if($ISSvcAccount.UserName -eq "SYSTEM")
            {
                $Arguments += " /ISSVCACCOUNT=`"NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM`""
            }
            else
            {
                $Arguments += " /ISSVCACCOUNT=`"" + $ISSvcAccount.UserName + "`""
                $Arguments += " /ISSVCPASSWORD=`"" + $ISSvcAccount.GetNetworkCredential().Password + "`""
            }
        }
    }
    foreach($ArgumentVar in $ArgumentVars)
    {
        if((Get-Variable -Name $ArgumentVar).Value -ne "")
        {
            $Arguments += " /$ArgumentVar=`"" + (Get-Variable -Name $ArgumentVar).Value + "`""
        }
    }
    if($Features.Contains("SQLENGINE"))
    {
        $Arguments += " /SQLSysAdminAccounts=`"" + $SetupCredential.UserName + "`""
        if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("SQLSysAdminAccounts"))
        {
            foreach($AdminAccount in $SQLSysAdminAccounts)
            {
                $Arguments += " `"$AdminAccount`""
            }
        }
        if($SecurityMode -eq "SQL")
        {
            $Arguments += " /SAPwd=" + $SAPwd.GetNetworkCredential().Password
        }
    }
    if($Features.Contains("AS"))
    {
        $Arguments += " /ASSysAdminAccounts=`"" + $SetupCredential.UserName + "`""
        if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("ASSysAdminAccounts"))
        {
            foreach($AdminAccount in $ASSysAdminAccounts)
            {
                $Arguments += " `"$AdminAccount`""
            }
        }
    }

    # Replace sensitive values for verbose output
    $Log = $Arguments
    if($SecurityMode -eq "SQL")
    {
        $Log = $Log.Replace($SAPwd.GetNetworkCredential().Password,"********")
    }
    if($PID -ne "")
    {
        $Log = $Log.Replace($PID,"*****-*****-*****-*****-*****")
    }
    $LogVars = @("AgtSvcAccount","SQLSvcAccount","FTSvcAccount","RSSvcAccount","ASSvcAccount","ISSvcAccount")
    foreach($LogVar in $LogVars)
    {
        if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey($LogVar))
        {
            $Log = $Log.Replace((Get-Variable -Name $LogVar).Value.GetNetworkCredential().Password,"********")
        }
    }
    Write-Verbose "Arguments: $Log"

    NetUse -SourcePath $SourcePath -Credential $SetupCredential -Ensure "Present"
    $Process = StartWin32Process -Path $Path -Arguments $Arguments
    Write-Verbose $Process
    WaitForWin32ProcessEnd -Path $Path -Arguments $Arguments
    NetUse -SourcePath $SourcePath -Credential $SetupCredential -Ensure "Absent"

    if((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager' -Name 'PendingFileRenameOperations' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -ne $null)
    {
        $global:DSCMachineStatus = 1
    }
    else
    {
        if(!(Test-TargetResource -SourcePath $SourcePath -SourceFolder $SourceFolder -SetupCredential $SetupCredential -Features $Features -InstanceName $InstanceName))
        {
            throw "Set-TargetResouce failed"
        }
    }
}

function Test-TargetResource
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([System.Boolean])]
    param
    (
        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $SourcePath,

        [System.String]
        $SourceFolder = "\SQLServer2012.en",

        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $SetupCredential,

        [System.String]
        $Features = "SQLENGINE",

        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.String]
        $InstanceName,

        [System.String]
        $InstanceID,

        [System.String]
        $PID,

        [System.String]
        $UpdateEnabled = "True",

        [System.String]
        $UpdateSource = ".\Updates",

        [System.String]
        $SQMReporting,

        [System.String]
        $ErrorReporting,

        [System.String]
        $InstallSharedDir,

        [System.String]
        $InstallSharedWOWDir,

        [System.String]
        $InstanceDir,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $SQLSvcAccount,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $AgtSvcAccount,

        [System.String]
        $SQLCollation,

        [System.String[]]
        $SQLSysAdminAccounts,

        [System.String]
        $SecurityMode,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $SAPwd,

        [System.String]
        $InstallSQLDataDir,

        [System.String]
        $SQLUserDBDir,

        [System.String]
        $SQLUserDBLogDir,

        [System.String]
        $SQLTempDBDir,

        [System.String]
        $SQLTempDBLogDir,

        [System.String]
        $SQLBackupDir,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $FTSvcAccount,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $RSSvcAccount,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $ASSvcAccount,

        [System.String]
        $ASCollation,

        [System.String[]]
        $ASSysAdminAccounts,

        [System.String]
        $ASDataDir,

        [System.String]
        $ASLogDir,

        [System.String]
        $ASBackupDir,

        [System.String]
        $ASTempDir,

        [System.String]
        $ASConfigDir,

        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $ISSvcAccount
    )

    $SQLData = Get-TargetResource -SourcePath $SourcePath -SourceFolder $SourceFolder -SetupCredential $SetupCredential -Features $Features -InstanceName $InstanceName

    $result = $true
    foreach($Feature in $Features.Split(","))
    {
        if(!($SQLData.Features.Contains($Feature)))
        {
            $result = $false
        }
    }

    $result
}

function GetSQLVersion
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [String]
        $Path
    )

    (Get-Item -Path $Path).VersionInfo.ProductVersion.Split(".")[0]
}

function GetFirstItemPropertyValue
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [String]
        $Path,

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [String]
        $Name
    )

    if(Get-ItemProperty -Path "$Path\$Name" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
    {
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A few weeks ago we reported about Hebert's visit to Rosenbaum's family. While the trip did not go so smoothly, it did not keep Ashley from picking JP over fellow finalist Ben.


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'Doctor Who' film rumors 'a weird fantasy'
By Clark Collis
July 30, 2012 at 11:30 PM EDT
Comedy,
Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat has told EW that, contrary to rumors, are no current plans to turn the British sci-fi show into a movie. According to Moffat, "That was all some weird fantasy." You'll find a full transcript of Moffat's thoughts on the subject below.
Last November, the hopes of Doctor Who fans that their Time Lord hero might soon be hitting the big screen were raised when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows director David Yates told Variety he was developing a Who movie. "We're looking at writers now," the filmmaker was quoted as saying. "We're going to spend two to three years to get it right. It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena."
However, Moffat insists that, while he is an admirer of Yates and would love to see a Doctor Who movie at some point, the director's comment was "a bit more off the cuff than it seemed to be." The Who overlord also made clear that any film would not be a reboot.
In the '60s, Peter Cushing starred in two Doctor Who films — Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks—Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. — and in 1996 Fox broadcast a Who TV movie starring Paul McGann.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What's the word with the Doctor Who film?
STEVEN MOFFAT: There isn't a film. That was all some weird fantasy going on somewhere. Look, we hopefully will do a Doctor Who film someday. It will be absolutely run by the Doctor Who production office in Cardiff. It will feature the same Doctor as on television. It will not be a rebooted continuity. All of that would be insane. So that whole proposal was not true, did not happen. I can say that with authority because, as far as the BBC is concerned, I'm the voice of Doctor Who. So if I say it, it's true. The BBC own Doctor Who and, for the moment, I run it for them. So I can assure you definitively that was all nonsense — not the idea of making a film, we'd love to make a film, but the idea of a rebooted continuity, a different Doctor. That's writing the book on how to destroy a franchise. You don't behave like that with it. Not ever.
So is David Yates not involved?
I don't think he was ever signed to it. I never signed him, so he's not. But I think he's [expressed] an interest in doing it and he's a very fine director and I think he'd certainly be someone that would be on the list for directing such a project. I'm a big fan of his. But the project as he describes it would not happen. It was all a bit more off the cuff than it seemed to be.
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With Collapse Arrival, Will Prepping Become Illegal And Preppers Labeled Outlaws And Enemies Of Society To Be Rounded Up And Slaughtered?
'History proves to us government goes after the well-prepared when government fails.'
Yesterday, Susan Duclos told us all about the 'ultimate endgame of trap, bait and slaughter' which had begun in America and the millions of human beings across the planet over the past 200+ years who have been starved to death, many of them murdered by their own governments via socialism and the dictator's who had brought their evil systems to the masses.
While those of us who have 'awoken' to the very strong probability of economic collapse in our near futures and have begun preparing to deal with the fallout of the economic collapse brought on by the failure of our banking system and the massive ponzi scheme that has been played upon us, we have to take a look back at what happened in Venezuela only 3 years ago when the Attorney General of Venezuela called upon prosecutors to target individuals who were 'hoarding' basic goods.
As we were told by the Organic Prepper back then: "Today's lesson is that when times get tough, the government can and will persecute those who have planned ahead." With the collapse now upon us, will prepping soon be made 'illegal' and those who have prepared for the financial carnage caused by corporate and bankster criminals be labeled as 'outlaws' and 'enemies to society', a society that failed to prepare? The 1st video below asks exactly that; with collapse upon us and a drive to institute a 'new system', will preparing become illegal and prepperes outlawed, hunted down and slaughtered for having the wisdom to prepare for the future while others 'gambled' away theirs?
Even though some might laugh off such a possibility, all we need to do is look at executive orders signed by Barack Obama which gives him total control of all the resources now in America if a national emergency is declared... of course, by him. If this 2012 executive order isn't bordering upon dictatorship, we don't know what is. From March 19th, 2012 story.:
President Obama signed an Executive Order for "National Defense" yesterday that claims executive authority to seize all US resources and persons, including during peacetime, for self-declared "national defense."
The EO claims power to place any American into military or "allocated" labor use (analysis here and here).
Furthermore.:
In March of 2012 President Obama signed an executive order which, among other things, gives the federal government authority over every resource and infrastructure element in the United States.
That the government would seize energy depots, large farms, water reservoirs, and infrastructure-critical factories in the midst of a widespread disaster is a given, but how far can they really go?
According to a detailed analysis by Code Green Prep, The Present Legal Support for Seizing our Food and other Supplies suggests they can go all the way, including what you have stocked in your home pantry.
Hoarding of Just About Anything Can Be Banned
These definitions are written in to the 1950 War and National Defense Defense (sic) Production Act, and so let's see what the act itself has to say for itself.
Go directly to section 2072. That's the key part from our perspective.
§2072. Hoarding of designated scarce materials
In order to prevent hoarding, no person shall accumulate (1) in excess of the reasonable demands of business, personal, or home consumption, or (2) for the purpose of resale at prices in excess of prevailing market prices, materials which have been designated by the President as scarce materials or materials the supply of which would be threatened by such accumulation. The President shall order published in the Federal Register, and in such other manner as he may deem appropriate, every designation of materials the accumulation of which is unlawful and any withdrawal of such designation.
In making such designations the President may prescribe such conditions with respect to the accumulation of materials in excess of the reasonable demands of business, personal, or home consumption as he deems necessary to carry out the objectives of this Act [sections 2061 to 2170, 2171, and 2172 of this Appendix]. This section shall not be construed to limit the authority contained in sections 101 and 704 of this Act [sections 2071 and 2154 of this Appendix].
So the President can simply say that anything more than (for example) a week's supply of food (and all the other things listed) is an amount 'in excess of the reasonable demands of personal consumption' and then order the Army to impound everything you have in excess of that amount.
History also proves to us that governments go after the well prepared when government fails as was seen in Argentina back in 2013 when they applied a law that jailed or fined hoarders while bread prices were surging as well as the aformentioned Venezuela where those who planned ahead were treated as terrorists.:
The Attorney General of Venezuela, Luisa Ortega Díaz, called on prosecutors to target people who are "hoarding" basic staples with serious sanctions.
She called on prosecutors to seek their detention.
The attorney general called on people to remain calm, not to fall for provocations, and not to be afraid of the "alleged" food shortage.
Based on the figures provided by the Central Bank of Venezuela, shortage hit 20% in August; in other words, 20 out 100 items are missing from the shelves.
According to a press release, the Attorney General Office has designated an ad hoc group of prosecutors to work nationwide with other authorities and cope with the threats against food security and, consequently, against the State.
Are we now closing in on the point in time when preppers are labeled enemies of society for preparing while others remained 'dumbed down', totally oblivious to the unfolding financial mess all around them? After preppers have spent many years or even decades preparing for the inevitable financial collapse in large part brought on by government agencies and countless poor decisions, will Obama (or whoever is president at that particular time) simply swoop in and take away what they have sacrificed for and worked hard to obtain 'for the sake of the public good'?
Have we almost arrived at the time where preppers are rounded up and slaughtered for foreseeing the coming carnage by a government seemingly hell-bent upon persecuting Christians, conservatives, preppers and anyone else who saw the damage that was being done and decided to take their futures and their families futures into their own hands rather than depend upon corrupt government, which inevitably fails everyone?
The 1st video below takes a look at the very real possibility of preparing to be made illegal in America as most Americans continue to sleepwalk through history. As we learn in the 2nd video below from Gerald Celente, most Americans are now being undone by their own lack of caring about anything at all that really matters. Economic collapse? What's that? Former Reagan cabinet member Paul Craig Roberts recently asked "Are Americans are too insouciant to survive?" He makes some great points.:
When one looks at the deplorable state of the world, one cannot help but wonder at the insouciance of the American people. Where are they? Do they exist or are they a myth? Have they been put to sleep by an evil demon? Are they so lost in The Matrix that they cannot get out?
Ever since Clinton's second term the US has been consistently acting internationally and domestically as a criminal, disregarding its own laws, international laws, the sovereignty of other countries, and the US Constitution. A worse criminal government has never existed. Yet, Americans remain subservient to the criminals that they have placed in power over themselves.
However, reality has a way of 'awakening' everybody and those who are stuck in the globalists endgame of 'trap, bait and slaughter' will likely be the first to go. If govt would only realize that those who prepared for this mess are doing them a huge favor, maybe they wouldn't be so quick to go after preppers. Then again, that would be asking for them to follow the law and common sense and we haven't seen much of either of those coming out of Washington DC in a very, very long time.


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By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 18 May 2012
Singer Donna Summer died yesterday, aged 63, succumbing to lung cancer.
Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines in Boston, Massachusetts in 1948, and one of seven children, Donna Summer's first performance was in church aged ten when a scheduled singer failed to turn up. The story goes that the priest knew that she was fond of singing at home, and thought that, if nothing else, having a small child sing solo in front of a full church would be funny. Except, in fact, the young Summer's voice was so good the audience was shocked, and some cried with emotion. It was at that point, Summer later said, that as a ten year she old knew that she would be a famous singer.
After this, she began performing in school musicals and then, at the age of eighteen, shortly before she was due to graduate from high school, she auditioned for and won a part in a production of 'Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical', which was due to be staged in Munich. Despite initial objections from her parents, she took the part, dropped out of school and moved to Germany, where she lived for a number of years.
While living in Munich, Summer began recording her own music with producer Giorgio Moroder, and adopted her stage name after marrying Austrian actor Helmuth Sommer in 1974 (they divorced two years later). The same year she released her debut album, 'Lady Of The Night', in The Netherlands, spawning two minor hits in the country.
In 1975, Moroder wrote what would become one of Summer's most famous songs, 'Love To Love You Baby'. However, due to the erotic moans required for the vocals, Summer said that she would only record a demo version in order for the producer to shop it around other potential vocalists. But so impressed was he with Summer's rendition, he eventually convinced her to release it herself. Despite being seventeen minutes long and deemed too sexual for many US radio stations (and the BBC in the UK), it shot to number two in the Billboard Hot 100 and made Summer an 'overnight' success.
The album of the same name went to number eleven in the US chart, and capitalising on this success Summer released four more long players over the next two years, all of which reached the Top 30. The most successful of these, 1977's 'I Remember Yesterday', reached number eighteen in the US charts and three in the UK charts, and spawned another of Summer's most famous songs, 'I Feel Love', which was a UK number one. Her biggest album success came two years later, with 'Bad Girls', which went to number one in numerous countries, and became her second consecutive US number one, after 1978's 'Live And More'.
After this, a dispute over musical direction with her label Casablanca, which had released seven of her eight albums by that point (over a period of four years), saw her depart and sign to the then new Geffen label. Wanting to break away from disco, which was beginning to wane in popularity, she and Moroder worked on a more rock-focussed sound on her first album for the label, 'The Wanderer', in 1980. Despite reasonable success in the US, with the title track becoming a number three single, both the album and singles from it failed to break the top 40 in the UK.
Her second album for Geffen, 'I'm A Rainbow', was shelved because the label was unhappy with it (it was eventually released in 1996), and Summer was told to record a new album with Quincy Jones, 1982's 'Donna Summer', her first without Giorgio Moroder. Geffen believed that Jones' association with M chael Jackson would guarantee the boost her career needed. However, while it was a moderate success, the album didn't return Summer to the popularity of her 1970s heyday.
Geffen then refused to release the follow-up to 'Donna Summer', though by that point a legal battle with Casablanca had decided that Summer still owed her former label one more album anyway, so the record rejected by Geffen was handed over to them. By this point Casablanca was owned by PolyGram, so it was they who released 1983's 'She Works Hard For The Money', which – despite Geffen's reservations – actually went on to enjoy something closer to the success they had been hoping for since signing the singer.
Something Geffen presumably cursed when Summer returned to them for 1984's 'Cats Without Claws' which, despite having the same producer as 'She Works Hard For The Money' (Michael Omartian) failed to break the top 40 in the US or UK. Its most successful single only reached 21 in the Hot 100.
In the mid-80s Summer also become embroiled in controversy after she was alleged to have made comments that AIDS was a punishment from God for homosexuals. Many people sent their copies of her records back to the labels that had released them in protest. She denied these claims and, seemingly unaware of just how fierce the anger against her had been up to that point, in 1989 finally wrote to AIDS campaign group ACT UP to apologise for any hurt she had caused.
During this time, Geffen also made another attempt to boost her career, hiring British producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman to write and produce 'Another Place And Time'. However, again Geffen was unhappy with the results and refused to release the record, opting to drop Summer from its roster instead. The album was then picked up by Warner/Atlantic and found success in the UK, particularly with the single 'This Time I Know It's For Real'. Summer then recorded a second album with SAW, but fell out with them in the process and the tracks for it were later re-recorded by Lonnie Gordon.
Although she recorded again sporadically, Summer became a much less prominent figure in subsequent years. Nevertheless, she remains one of the most enduring performers of the disco era.
Summer died at her Florida home on 17 May 2012. She is survived by her husband Bruce Sudano, their daughters Brooklyn and Amanda, another daughter from a previous marriage, Mimi, and four grandchildren.
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