I'm here to help you break your new years resolutions and mine! I mean, resolutions don't really take effect until the second week of January, right?
You would think my husband would be excited that his wife likes to cook, right? You may even be crazy enough to think he has a mental list of his favorite things that I make. I mean it seems simple enough, like, I really like my wife's roast chicken, or her smashed potatoes, or damn that chili she made that one time was insane. Well he doesn't. In fact he probably can't even remember what I made for him two hours ago. TWO freaking hours ago!! It's a gift, he would say, his ability to forget important life details, like every. single. meal. I've ever made for him. Because certainly, these are important things to remember.
Where am I going with this? Well, obviously the logical jump would be pies in mason jars. Adam can't remember anything = pies in mason jars. OBVIOUSLY.
Me: "I have to make a dessert for Christmas with your family. What have I made before that you like?"
Me: "I can't do that, that's boring. Isn't there ANYTHING else that I've made before that you like?"
Adam:"Have you made anything other than pumpkin pie? I just really like pumpkin pie."
Me: Sigh. "I'll make pumpkin pie."
But not just any ol' pumpkin pie.
Pumpkin pie with a graham cracker crust! AND a sour cream topping! AND served in itsy bitsy cutsey wutsey 8 oz mason jars!
Why would you eat pumpkin pie any other way? The correct answer is that you wouldn't after you try these little babies.
If you are feeling weird about the sour cream topping, let me tell you that my husband detests sour cream. But when you doctor it up a bit and serve it baked on top creamy pumpkin pie he eats it right up and asks for seconds. So, just trust me on this one.
10 - 8 oz wide mouth short mason jars.
Throughly wash and dry mason jars and lids. Set jars on a cookie sheet. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Make the crust. Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl. Add butter. Mix with fork until mixture is clumpy and butter is throughly incorporated. Spoon 2 heaping tablespoons of crust mixture into each mason jar. Using fingers firmly press mixture down, molding it to bottom of jar. Repeat with all jars.
Bake crust for 5 min in 350 degree oven. Remove crusts and raise oven temperature to 425 degrees.
Make pumpkin filling. Mix sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg in a small bow. Beat eggs in a large bowl. Stir in pumpkin and sugar mix. Whisk together. Gradually whisk in evaporated milk.
Pour 1/2 cup filling into each mason jar. Bake in 425 degree oven for about 30 minutes. Watch carefully towards the end. You want them to be just set. The middle should no longer be liquid-y and a toothpick should come out just about clean. But you will be baking them for 5 minutes longer so they don't need to be completely done. Remove from oven. LOWER OVEN TEMPERATURE BACK TO 350 DEGREES.
Make topping. Mix sour cream, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons topping to each mason jar pie. Careful! They will be hot. Smooth the topping over the entire pie. Repeat for all 10 jars. Place back in oven at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Remove from oven. Place jars on cooling rack to cool. Do not put lids on until they are completely cool.
This dessert tastes good hot or cold! Adam and I had a bite (had to make sure it turned out) while it was still warm and loved it, even though we both normally prefer our pumpkin pie to be served cold.
my mouth just watered. like maj drippage.
They are adorable! A great way to reinvent pumpkin pie! Love that topping too. I bet they were a big hit.
If I put the caps on while they are still hot, will they seal? I want to make them a few days ahead of my party.
I'm going to make these for my husband's division. They are deployed over the holidays and now I have something to send them for Thanksgiving. This looks great! Thank you!
The sour cream may go off , if your sending over sea's. It would be great without it also God bless you & yours , and your hubby and his division.
Hi! Ground ginger. I will update the recipe. Thank you for catching that! For the nutmeg- probably about 1/8 teaspoon. Enjoy!
Do these have to be refrigerated afterwards?
These look like they would be so great for Thanksgiving, and I love that they are already portioned out. I am having trouble finding the shorter, wide mouth 8 oz mason jars that you have used; but I do already have the taller 8 oz mason jars. Do you think that would still work? Or would I have to adjust cooking time?
Also, do you think that these little pies could be frozen at any point? Either before or after baking?
I think the taller ones could work...it will definitely be harder to get the crust in there! You may want to watch them more closely while cooking just in case the narrow jar does affect the cooking time. I think you could freeze them after cooking, then thaw them to eat. Seems like it would work to me in theory! Good luck! I hope you enjoy them!
Top Your Own Pizza, Pizza Party!


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Jerry Dodgion Portrait
Jerry Dodgion was in town this weekend playing in a big band making a recording with Phil Kelly. He told me he needed a new portrait for publicity since he has some gigs coming up in the San Francisco Bay area. He grabbed his sax and we got together and made this portrait. Jerry is a jazz saxophonist and flautist.
Jerry Dodgion, alto saxophone, flute, arranger and composer, hails from Richmond, California on San Francisco Bay. He gained early experience in 1950s with bay area bands of Rudy Salvini, John Coppola/Chuck Travis and Gerald Wilson as well as brief appearances with the Vernon Alley quartet which included backing Billie Holiday in 1955.
Dodgion joined Benny Carter, on Gerald Wilson's recommendation, for the opening of the "Moulin Rouge" in Las Vegas '55. Jerry joined the Red Norvo quintet [`58-'61] which included long stints in Las Vegas at the "Sands Hotel." Many tours accompanying Frank Sinatra '59-'60 plus touring as part of the Benny Goodman groups of '59-'61 which incorporated the Red Norvo quintet into Goodman's ten piece band (including Flip Phillips, Bill Harris and Jack Sheldon) and subsequent versions which included Zoot Sims, Carl Fontana and Charlie Shavers.
After a long career as a side man, Dodgion's first release as a bandleader arrived in 2004 with his ensemble The Joy of Sax, featuring saxophonists Frank Wess, Brad Leali, Dan Block and Jay Brandford, pianist Mike LeDonne, bassist Dennis Irwin and percussionist Joe Farnsworth.
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Particularly leggy and elegant, the Azawakh sighthound gives a general impression of great fineness. His bone structure and musculature is transparent beneath fine and lean tissues (skin). This sighthound presents itself as a rangy dog whose body fits into a rectangle with its longer sides in vertical position. The Azawakh's skin is fine and tight over the whole of the body. The hair is short, fine, down to none on the belly. Coat colors come in fawn with flecking limited to the extremities. All shades are admitted from light sable to dark fawn. The head may or may not have a black mask and the blaze is very inconsistent. The coat has a white bib and a white brush at the tip of the tail. Each of the four limbs must have a compulsorily white "stocking," at least in shape of a trace on the feet. The black brindling is admitted.
Relative to its native environment, the smooth-coated Azawakh hound mentally and structurally manifests his vocation as hunter, protector and companion. Quick, attentive, distant, proud and alert, he remains instinctively reserved with strangers and gentle with those he loves. Socialize well. Especially slender and elegant, his frame and muscles are visible under a dry, fine skin. The Azawakh has a natural tendency to guard. Be sure you are this dog's calm, but firm, confident and consistent pack leader. Does best with an owner who is even-tempered, displaying a natural, but gentle authority over the dog. Independent and exceptionally fast, these dogs can reach up to 37 mph (60 km/h).
The Azawakh will do okay in an apartment if it gets enough exercise. They are relatively inactive indoors and a small yard will do. Azawakhs are sensitive to the cold but do well in cold climates as long as they wear a coat outside.
Azawakhs that are kept as pets should have regular opportunities to run free on open ground as well as have long, brisk walks daily, preferably at the same time every day.
The Azawakh originated in the Sahel region of Africa. They have been bred by the numerous nomadic tribes of the Southern Sahara as hunting and guard dogs, as well as companions. The hound's vocations were, and still are, the chase, guarding and companionship. One cannot help but appreciate their regalness. These dogs often can be seen sleeping on the low straw roofs of the village homes of their Mali owners. As a hyena or other night predators approach, the first Azawakh to see it jumps down and is quickly joined by the others; they form a pack and chase away or kill the intruder. The Azawakh was recognized by the United Kennel Club on January 1, 1993.


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Hill v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration
United States District Court, D. Colorado
JAYME TRINETTE HILL, Plaintiff,
COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant.
Nina Y. Wang, United States Magistrate Judge.
This civil action arises under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-33 and 1381-83(c) for review of the Commissioner of Social Security Administration's ("Commissioner" or "Defendant") final decision denying Plaintiff Jayme Hill's ("Plaintiff or "Ms. Hill") applications for Disability Insurance Benefits ("DIB") and Supplemental Security Income ("SSI"). Pursuant to the Order of Reassignment dated March 29, 2018 [#18], this civil action is before this Magistrate Judge for a decision on the merits. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c); Fed.R.Civ.P. 73; D.C.COLO.LCivR 72.2. Upon review of the Parties' briefing, the entire case file, the Administrative Record, and the applicable case law, this court respectfully AFFIRMS the Commissioner's decision.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
This case arises from Plaintiff s applications for DIB and SSI protectively filed on May 30, 2013. [#8-3 at 96, 97].[1]Ms. Hill graduated from high school, obtained her associate's degree in business, and worked as a customer service representative for Frontier Airlines, as a real estate intern and then agent, as a customer service representative for Nextel, as a customer service representative for TeleTech Customer Care Management, as a work-study participant for the Community College of Aurora's financial aid and administration department, and currently as a driver for Lyft for roughly 20 hours per week. See [#8-2 at 39-43; #8-6 at 288; 312-15; #8-7 at 321-26, 330-34, 335, 364]. Ms. Hill alleges she became disabled on January 21, 2011 [#8-3 at 98], later amended to October 11, 2012 [#8-2 at 37], due to injuries to both her hands, chronic regional pain syndrome ("CRPS") of the right hand, and carpal tunnel syndrome of the left hand, see [#8-7 at 349]. Ms. Hill was thirty-seven years-old on the amended alleged onset date of her claimed disability.
The Social Security Administration denied Plaintiffs application administratively on February 11, 2014. See [#8-2 at 96, 97; #8-4 at 144-48]. Ms. Hill requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"), see [#8-4 at 152-54], which ALJ Patricia E. Hartman (the "ALJ") held on June 4, 2015, see [#8-2 at 63]. Following this hearing, the ALJ issued a decision finding Ms. Hill not disabled. See [#8-3 at 123, 133]. Plaintiff requested Appeals Council review of the ALJ's decision, which the Appeals Council granted. See [id. at 139]. The Appeals Council remanded Ms. Hill's case back to the ALJ because the ALJ's Residual Functional Capacity ("RFC") determination was "wholly inconsistent" with the opinion of John Sacha, M.D., who opined that Ms. Hill could not maintain gainful employment, which the ALJ afforded great weight. See [id. at 141]. The Appeals Council directed the ALJ on remand to "[g]ive further consideration to the claimant's maximum [RFC] and provide appropriate rationale with specific references to evidence of record in support of the assessed limitations" and "[i]f warranted by the expended record, obtain evidence from a vocational expert to clarify the effect of the assessed limitations on the claimant's occupational base . . . ." [Id. at 141-42].
Following remand, the ALJ conducted a second hearing on November 22, 2016. [#8-2 at 32]. At the hearing, Ms. Hill proceeded through counsel, and the ALJ received testimony from Plaintiff and Vocational Expert Pat W. Pauline (the "VE"). See [id. at 15, 36, 58]. Relevant here, Plaintiff testified that her only reason for not working since 2012 was her hands. See [id. at 43-44]; see also [id. at 46 (testifying that she does not have any mental ailments that preclude her from working)]. She explained that she "got a cramp in [her] hand" while working for Frontier Airlines in 2011, which was so severe that she could not move her hand and caused her to file a worker's compensation claim. [Id. at 42]. Plaintiff continued that Dr. Sacha informed her she had CRPS, and that her CRPS only slightly responded to physical therapy, cortisone shots in her wrists, "shots in her neck", Gabapentin, and Motrin. [Id. at 44-45]. She also attested that her right wrist was worse than her left wrist. [Id. at 47].
Plaintiff testified that while she currently works as a Lyft driver, her hours vary depending "on how [her] hands are feeling." [Id. at 39]. For instance, she testified that driving sometimes causes her hands to swell, cramp to the point that she cannot move them, itch, and burn, causing her to stop driving that day. See [id. at 40-41, 53]. Further, Plaintiff explained that someone else washes her car because "[t]hat [would] kill her hands." [Id. at 52]. Plaintiffs issues with her hands also prohibited her from maintaining employment as a caretaker for the elderly because she had to push wheelchairs and transfer clients to and from bed, see [id. at 44], and as a real estate agent because of the amount of typing required to draft real estate sales contracts, see [id. at 55]. Indeed, Ms. Hill testified that "sometimes writing, typing, [and] grabbing" make her hand pain worse, and that sleep "is the best thing for [the pain]" which is why she tries to nap on days when the pain is the worst. [Id. at 47, 48]. Ms. Hill also testified that she did not have any issues grooming herself, though her hair takes longer to "get done," [id. at 48, 57], but that she avoids clothes with buttons or zippers because they are too difficult to manipulate, [id. at 57].
The VE also testified at the hearing. The VE first summarized Plaintiffs past relevant work to include: a customer service representative, specific vocational preparation ("SVP") level 5, sedentary; a reservation agent, SVP level 4, sedentary; an administrative clerk, SVP level 4, light exertion; a table clerk, SVP level 4, sedentary; and a realtor, SVP level 5, light exertion. See [#8-2 at 59].
The VE then considered the work an individual could perform who could perform light work with the additional limitations of occasionally using hand controls, handling, fingering, and feeling; frequently reaching in all directions; and no kneeling, crawling, climbing ladders or scaffolds, or working at unprotected heights, with dangerous unprotected machinery, or with vibrating tools. [#8-2 at 59-60]. The VE testified that this individual could perform only Ms. Hill's previous work as a customer service representative. [#8-2 at 60]. In addition, the VE testified that, consistent with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, this individual could also perform sedentary jobs as a callout operator and surveillance system monitor, both SVP level 2 jobs.[2] [Id. at 60]. In response to Plaintiffs counsel's question, the VE also stated that employers for these jobs would tolerate "no more than ten percent" of being off task. [Id. at 61].
On December 15, 2016, the ALJ issued a decision finding Ms. Hill not disabled under the Act. [#8-2 at 25]. Plaintiff requested Appeals Council review of the ALJ's decision, which the Appeals Council denied, rendering the ALJ's decision the final decision of the Commissioner [id. at 1-3]. Plaintiff sought judicial review of the Commissioner's final decision in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on November 13, 2017, invoking this court's jurisdiction to review the Commissioner's final decision under 42 U.S.C. § 1383(c)(3).
STANDARD OF REVIEW
In reviewing the Commissioner's final decision, the court is limited to determining whether the decision adheres to applicable legal standards and is supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole. Berna v. Chater, 101 F.3d 631, 632 (10th Cir. 1996) (citation omitted); cf. Thompson v. Sullivan, 987 F.2d 1482, 1487 (10th Cir. 1993) ("[I]f the ALJ failed to apply the correct legal test, there is a ground for reversal apart from a lack of substantial evidence." (internal citation omitted)). The court may not reverse an ALJ simply because she may have reached a different result based on the record; the question instead is whether there is substantial evidence showing that the ALJ was justified in her decision. See Ellison v. Sullivan, 929 F.2d 534, 536 (10th Cir. 1990). "Substantial evidence is more than a mere scintilla and is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion." Flaherty v. Astrue, 515 F.3d 1067, 1070 (10th Cir. 2007) (internal citation omitted). But "[e]vidence is not substantial if it is overwhelmed by other evidence in the record or constitutes mere conclusion." Musgrave v. Sullivan, 966 F.2d 1371, 1374 (10th Cir. 1992) (internal citation omitted). The court may not "reweigh the evidence or retry the case," but must "meticulously examine the record as a whole, including anything that may undercut or detract from the ALJ's findings in order to determine if the substantiality test has been met." Flaherty, 515 F.3d at 1070 (internal citation omitted).
I. The ALJ's Decision
An individual is eligible for DIB benefits under the Act if she is insured, has not attained retirement age, has filed an application for DIB, and is under a disability as defined in the Act. 42 U.S.C. § 423(a)(1). Supplemental Security Income is available to an individual who is financially eligible, files an application for SSI, and is disabled as defined in the Act. 42 U.S.C. § 1382. An individual is determined to be under a disability only if her "physical or mental impairment or impairments are of such severity that he is not only unable to do his previous work but cannot, considering his age, education, and work experience, engage in any other kind of substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy. . . ." 42 U.S.C. § 423(d)(2)(A). The disabling impairment must last, or be expected to ...


Parents, you are a valuable partner in your child's academic success. We invite you to actively participate in your child's education by accessing updated information about his/her progress.
Parents are able to view their child's current grades, attendance, and teacher comments through the Internet.
Each school has implemented this new feature. Parents will receive letters explaining how to access this information. This real-time approach allows everyone to be better informed and to assist the student in his or her academic endeavors.


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What is your story? How did it go the last time you had to say goodbye to someone you love? Clear Wishes invites you or someone you know to join this conversation. Speaking of your experiences can offer healing, clarity, closure. We invite you to leave your words in the comments section of this blog entry. Later, they will be published to the Commentaries section for the benefit of others.
We are all on a journey of hellos and goodbyes. Good wishes to fellow travelers.
My Uncle Jack was an amazing man. He recently left us just short of his 90th birthday. His wife wanted more than the usual funeral service; she wanted his story told. It is my privilege to share her words.
Jack's Story
as told by his wife, Marcy
Instructions from Marcy, Sept 2015: In case I am not here, I wanted to write down some plans for Jack's funeral. Instead of a traditional service, I would like to intertwine his life story and his organizations, because that was the real Jack.
We are not going to do a usual service today, but rather present a story—a story of the life of Jack.
In a tiny Virginia community, by the railroad track, Jack was born in 1926. He was not born in a three-bedroom/bathroom house, but rather in three rooms where the whole family lived with no bathroom. This baby was followed by two siblings, a sister, and a brother.
Even though the father worked, the family unit struggled, and by the time Jack was five, the family separated. In the late 1930's there was no welfare or CPS; children were farmed out to other relatives or neighbors, or a residential school which was an orphanage.
At five years of age, Jack went to a school. This was an extremely unhappy time for Jack as he later told stories of no shoes, being cold, hungry, having lice and getting beatings from the principal. He also told of waiting each Sunday on the porch for his father to come and visit. He said he was homesick for his parents, and cried every Sunday because no one came to see him. Somehow in his child's mind, he thought this was his fault, that he had lost his home and parents.
Actually his parents did love Jack, but his mother had a nervous breakdown and the father had to go out of state to find work. His father did appear six months later, but to Jack it had seemed like an eternity.
His father then placed Jack with an old lady that needed a boy to help her with chores. She was very poor and took in washing and ironing for a living. In this house there were also three rooms upstairs where they lived. Jack said he became very familiar with buckets of water and scrub boards.
Jack said he had food, but never quite enough. Even at family gatherings he got the gizzards, and if lucky, a wing of the chicken. He had one pair of pants which he wore every day to school, and washed on Saturday. He had to stay inside until his pants were dry before he could go outside. He also told about the old lady who was good to him, but her extended family took delight in beating him with switches till the blood came. This was Jack's life for the next ten years. Even the school and community said Jack didn't have a chance to become anything but a nobody. And indeed this could have been the end, but as Paul Harvey said "You will want to hear the rest of the story."
(Choir and Congregation sing Amazing Grace p. 378—print out music)
Indeed it was amazing grace, because God had other plans for Jack's life as two events happened to change Jack's world.
He met a boy named Bill. Bill was year older and told Jack about this awesome group of boys who learned many neat things, especially about good food and camping. Jack wanted to become a part of this group. This was Jack's introduction to the Boy Scouts.
The other amazing thing was that the Scout Master was the minister of their local United Methodist Church. Jack loved to recall the night he hitch-hiked 18 miles to that scout meeting where he became a Boy Scout, and stayed with the Scouts 'til the day he died.
Jack was not only enfolded in Boy Scouts, but the people of the Methodist church also took him under their wing. He became a part of Sunday school and children's choirs. Jack recalled the director of choir being good to him and gave him a love for hymns. His favorite song was the first song she taught him… Let us sing it now.
(Congregation sing: Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us p. 381—print out music)
Jack loved recalling the story of a cold winter day when he had stopped and looked into a store window at a beautiful warm winter jacket. Jack said he was sooo cold and longed for a jacket, but knew he would never have one, as the old lady had no money for such luxuries. At that moment an angel came by in the form of his Sunday school teacher. She asked Jack if he were cold and Jack said yes. She said would you like a warm jacket, and he said, Oh, yes! She took him by the hand into the store and out he came wearing a warm new jacket. He never forgot that lady's kindness and her generous heart. He also never forgot the Methodist church.
Decision Time: In Jack's elementary years of living with the old lady, he was offered a chance to become a part of a much richer family in this community. He even went up to see where he would live—It was a beautiful room and even a bathroom—food and no whippings—Jack was very, very tempted, but at the last moment something stopped him. He could not leave the old lady—she needed him—he couldn't say what made him change his mind—perhaps the Spirit of God entered his heart that day.
The years went by and once again a big change happened to Jack—in fact this event changed the world. This was December 7, 1941. Yes, World War II had arrived.
Jack was junior in high school when he and his friends decided to enlist in the Navy. He said he felt bad about lying about his age because of being a Scout. He was just 16 years old when he went off to war.
Before they had radar, the ships went out in convoys. In Jack's first trip across the North Sea to England, there were 59 ships in the convoy. He served in the armed guard. These were the gun crews on the merchant marine ships. They carried supplies and troops. They were given orders not to stop and pick up survivors because they would freeze to death in the sea. German subs were all around. Out of that trip of 59 ships, 26 were sunk. I guess an angel was with Jack because his ship made it to England. I asked Jack weren't you scared? He said No, I was having the adventure of a lifetime. It never occurred to me that I could be blown up. Why, I couldn't die…I was only 16!
(Choir and Congregation sing: Eternal Father, Strong to Save (p. 2191 out of black song book—print music ahead)
Jack the boy entered the war. Jack the man came home. He had a relationship with mother and siblings but still no home life. He stayed in a boarding house. He enrolled in business college. He tried very hard to make a living, but jobs were hard to come by. After 3 years, Jack re-enlisted in the service choosing the Air Force, which he made a 25 year career.
During this time he married his first wife. Four children were born, two boys and two girls. After 14 years they got a divorce and the children were divided between the parents. They very thing Jack vowed would never happen to his children had happened.
Even though his wife had wanted the divorce, Jack later acknowledged he was at fault also, because he was not attentive enough; he really hadn't understood the role of husband and father.
Nineteen years passed. During this time his mother and old lady had died, and his dad remarried and moved to West Virginia. Having no ties to Virginia he moved with his sons to Texas, where his brother and sister lived. He became an active member in the Pasadena community. He was in American Legion, Masons, Shriners, York Rite. He also was a member of Pasadena Blvd Methodist Church and of course, deeply involved with his beloved Scouts.
He enrolled in UH and got a degree in Sociology, and started another career as a counselor at the VA hospital. He met a few ladies along the way, but either he didn't care for them, or his children objected.
In 1983 his friend Bob introduced him to a lady named Marcy. Three years of friendship followed and in 1986 they go married—and what do you know—she was a Methodist and even the adult children approved.
Just short of thirty years of marriage followed committed to each other and the Lord and their beloved Methodist church. Their family unit was strong with many get-togethers, extended family and friends always welcome—they even joked about their guest bedroom being a Ramada Inn. Grandchildren and great-grandchildren came along—it was a good time of life.
Between all the activities, Jack and Marcy became extremely active in mission work. They also traveled for pleasure. When people asked where they had been, Jack replied, it's a shorter list where we haven't gone.
They did 15 mission trips including Costa Rica and Bethlehem College in Israel. Marcella and Jack both agreed that going to Bethlehem was the mountain top experience of their mission work.
During this time Jack and Marcy helped start Pasadena Community Ministry. This was their community food bank. They also were part of the charter for the ESL program in the church, and the list goes on and on—where they found the time is a mystery or maybe one of God's miracles.
Once again a big change came in 2003 when Jack had a severe stroke which left him completely paralyzed on his left side. For a few years Jack kept going but little by little Jack slowed down. Marcy was his only care giver until towards the last when she could no longer lift him by herself. To the end it was a good marriage.
During the stroke years, Jack never once complained Why me, Lord? And God gave them another blessing in the form of money. This was because the government said the stroke was service related and overnight their salary was doubled. Question: what do you do with all that extra money? The logical answer to them seemed…We will give it all away—mainly to organizations and people who really needed it.
Education was top of the list, food, mission projects, animal shelters, Scouts and his beloved church. During these years, Jack lost Pasadena Blvd, but went right on to Sunset Methodist which received them with open arms and hearts. How Jack loved his church.
Marcy said they never kept any track of donations, but surmised it was many hundreds of thousands given away. Now you know the rest of the story. Jack was truly a self-made, good Christian man.
Whatever you gleam from this story, please come to the realization that the good you do and the seeds you plant during your lifetime do help, and even changes lives. Always be kind especially to children. Don't let a day go by that you don't give something away, especially your time.
(Song: Going Home by Craig Ryan)
This concludes our celebration of Jack's life. In lieu of final viewing, let us stand for a moment of silent prayer followed by the congregation saying the Lord's Prayer. This will be followed by leaving the church as the organist plays The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Thank you for coming. A military burial will be held at the VA cemetery. All are welcome.


It is well established that the transitional term "comprising," which is synonymous with "including," is inclusive or open-ended and does not exclude any additional, unrecited elements. See Mars, Inc. v. H.J. Heinz Co., 377 F.3d 1369, 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2004).


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SHEFFIELD ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL 2016
Disciplines: PR, Film Production, Photography
To launch the 11th annual Sheffield Adventure Film Festival and the first Outdoor City Weekender, we worked with partners across the city to stage an opening spectacle that took ShAFF's on screen adventure outside and into the heart of the city.
Collaborating with an expert group of highliners fronted by Sarah Rixham, the current world title holder of the longest female highline ever walked, we mounted a 60m long slackline, 125ft off the ground and invited the media to capture the moment.
Regional newspaper The Sheffield Star reported their highest ever viewing figures for a Facebook live report at over 35,000 users and by creating and distributing filmed footage of the stunt we were able to secure national print and broadcast coverage, including the BBC homepage, Telegraph and Daily Mirror.


I had a couple of posts I hadn't got around to publishing towards the end of last summer, hence, out of date blog post spam! However, this look in particular was one of my favourites so I thought, why not share.
I always had myself down as such a winter dresser - I love layering, the colours, the textures....but looking at this I realise, nope - I'm a summer dresser. Give me a bare leg and a snazzy pump over tights 'n' boots anyday!
I cannot wait to wear this skirt again in a few months (hurry up summer) and, well, a denim shirt is a wardrobe staple, no? I have worn this a couple of times in the autumn but it looks better without anything over the top of it, so it's a bit chilly to wear at the minute. The shoes, too - I wore these almost consto in the summer, and I can't wait to crack them out from storage to wear again once there's no snow/rain/freezing temps to contend with!


The 1972 picture of little Kim Phuc burning from napalm captured the horrors of Vietnam. Your gruesome cover photograph on June 28 of a poor oil-coated pelican in extremis did the same thing for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It has haunted me all day.
It's 55 years since the postagestamp principality of Monaco experienced the wedding of a prince. Back then it was the fairy-tale marriage of Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III. Last week 52-year-old Prince Albert II, the only son of the late couple and a former Olympic bobsledder, announced his engagement to Charlene Wittstock, 32, a former competitive swimmer from South Africa.


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Israel Relaxes Gun Regulations Amid Escalating Violence
New guidelines will arm reserve officers, authorize certain local authorities to allow residents to carry guns, overturning policy of recent years to limit civilian firearms possession.
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A Palestinian man attacks a Jewish man with a knife after ramming his vehicle into him, as a civilian security guard with a gun closes in. Jerusalem, October 13, 2015.Credit: Screengrab / AP
Following the wave of terror attacks across the country, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has directed that obtaining permits to carry firearms be made easier. "In light of the security situation I've decided to make it easier to obtain a permit for owning a weapon," he said Wednesday.
Who Can Own a Gun in Israel?
After Gun Deaths, Israel Cracks Down
I Didn't Carry a Gun in J'lem So Why in Boca Raton?
"In recent weeks many civilians have assisted the police in stopping terrorists who were carrying out attacks. Civilians who are skilled at using firearms are a multiplier force in our struggle against terrorists, so I've taken steps to make obtaining guns easier for now."
Under the new guidelines, officers with the rank of first lieutenant or higher and NCOs with the rank of master sergeant or higher who are serving in the army as conscripted or reserve soldiers will be entitled to obtain weapons, as will former or current members of special units serving in regular or reserve units. The guidelines also apply to civilians who have taken courses as security guards at the Israel Airports Authority, the Shin Bet security service or any institution approved by Israel Police.
As part of this temporary measure, Erdan instructed that bureaucratic limitations that were imposed on requests for weapons be removed in "appropriate locales." In these local authorities, permits may be given to residents or to people staying in these communities, subject to the law and obtaining the required permits.
When guns are exchanged, according to the new directives, the original reasons for obtaining them will no longer be reevaluated. The minister instructed professional authorities to look into providing extra training to improve the skills of those currently holding firearms. Better and more frequent training is being proposed.
In recent years, the Interior Ministry has tried to limit the criteria that enable a civilian to carry a firearm. This came in the wake of many cases in which weapons held with a permit were used to commit murder, especially within families. In 2014, a regulation allowing anyone legally holding a firearm for more than 10 years to keep it, even if that person no longer meets the original criteria, was cancelled. The stipulation allowing diamond dealers and jewelry-store owners to carry guns was also rescinded.
A policy of "a gun for every citizen" usually resurfaces after security-related events, with some people arguing that the more people carry weapons, the higher people's personal safety will be. Opponents say that there is not enough monitoring and supervision of people carrying firearms. This applies to private citizens with guns who have met the required criteria, as well as people carrying firearms as part of their work as security guards or in security-related jobs.
Thus, for example, after disgruntled customer Itamar Alon shot dead four people at a bank branch in Be'er Sheva then turned the gun on himself in 2013, it turned out that the Public Security Ministry relies only on a health status declaration signed by a family doctor when issuing a permit, with no background checks of mental health. The ministry also relied on people whose circumstances change (such as moving to communities where a gun is no longer necessary) to report to the authorities. This was cancelled after the Alon case, so that indefinite possession of a firearm beyond 10 years is no longer possible.
The distribution of firearms came up for discussion in the past in relation to security guards and the non-enforcement of the rule obliging them to hand in their weapons after duty. A coalition of women's groups called "the gun on the kitchen table" publicized the number of women who were murdered by partners working as security guards. This raised public awareness of the problem caused by not enforcing the directive. Following their action, the ministry conducted a comprehensive reform, including a requirement for installing safes in security guards' homes, followed by a ban on their taking their weapons home.
Protest Convoy and Mass Rallies: Israel Braces for a Weekend of Demonstrations
Abbas Had No Choice: But Will Halting Security Ties With Israel Actually Hold or Work?


Once in a while Doctor Who throws out an episode that really hits the mark. For me, 'Vincent And The Doctor' was sublime and has been my favourite episode for some time. I think tonight's episode 'Oxygen' has just knocked it off my personal top spot. It felt like Doctor Who should feel. It had it all: mystery, scares, pace and some killer twists. It also had a great message which I'll return to in a moment.
This episode had me hooked from the very first scene. I cared immediately about the (admittedly thin) supporting characters and they didn't get in the way of a great dynamic between our Tardisbound Trio. Talking of whom, I adore Bill Potts. I love her. She's exactly the kick up the arse the series has been waiting for; one of the most human companions the show has seen since Rose buggered off. Also along for the ride proper, this time, was Nardole. And I loved him too. He's clever, in-the-know. With a Doctor as aloof as Capaldi's often is it's nice to have someone almost as clever as our lead to explain things to the companion (and us) in understandable terms.
Space zombies have been done before. Sentient space suits have been done before. The claustrophobic 'base under siege' thing has been done before. Doctor Who has told every story a thousand times but the beauty of the show is that it manages to retell them in a way that makes everything feel new again. 'Oxygen' managed to make its space zombies in sentient suits a secondary threat to the ideology of those responsible for the mess.
Capitalism is the big bad here, with the very air we breathe being sold at extortionate rates in Jamie Mathieson's masterpiece. And if the company deems you're wasting your breath by not being productive enough they'll simply switch you off and get someone else. I won't go deeper into the plot here because I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but let's talk about "that twist ending" for a moment, but in code: Surely such a massive alteration to the Doctor's situation must play into the wider scheme of things, right? It isn't a throwaway thing. This is a deliberate and fundamental change to the way he will function as a character in the next few episodes. I can't wait to see what the show does with it.
I loved everything about this episode. It was the best yet in a series of very strong stories. It's such a shame that Capaldi will be leaving us since he's every inch the Doctor in this current series. Pearl Mackie too is going to be sorely missed if/when she leaves us at the end of this run. I don't know, maybe we're just appreciating what we've got a little more now we know we don't have it for much longer. Either way, I'm loving each and every step this team takes. I hope Chris Chibnall is able to capture this lightning in his bottle and zap it through his own TARDIS crew.
I'm going to go and watch this week's episode again because it really is that bloody good. Next week sees the return of Missy, along with some rather creepy-looking monks, in a story set in the bowels of the Vatican. I've heard good things about it so, hopefully, it'll deliver. And as for what the series has in store for us in the last couple of episodes; let's just say a little bird told me that you'd better brace yourselves, because we're in for one hell of an emotional and thrill-laden ride. You have been warned.
Doctor Who is back with a brand new TARDIS crew. Joining Peter Capaldi for his last series at the helm are Pearl Mackie and Matt Lucas. Both are wonderful; more about them soon. What of the story? Well, it was great! Some years after we last saw him, the Doctor is now lecturing at Bristol University and has been for a long while. He's taking care of something that's been locked in a vault below the ground and it isn't long before trouble finds him.
Bill Potts (Mackie) has been sneaking into the Doctor's lectures. She isn't a student, she works in the kitchens, but she has a thirst for knowledge. Her crush, Heather, has a star-shaped defect in her eye and it isn't long before she has also been killed and replaced by an alien intelligence that looks like a puddle of water, bent on leaving earth. But it won't leave without Bill, thanks to promises made when Heather was just a sad girl with a star in her eye.
The Pilot is a perfect jumping-on point for new fans of the show and works just as well as a long-awaited reintroduction to our favourite time travelling alien being. It isn't long before Bill, Nardole (Lucas) and the Doctor are jetting from planet to planet, era to era, trying to outrun the aqueous assailant-in-Heather-form. The plot is small and personal, the threat contained only among the new gang – the world isn't really in peril, here. And the episode is better for it. We get time to get to know our new companion; Bill Potts is excitable, enthusiastic and unknowledgeable enough to ask the questions we ourselves have. A big noise was made about her being the "first openly-gay, full-time companion" (although there was Captain Jack, of course) but her sexuality isn't a case of the BBC trying to be "right-on" as an afterthought. There's no hammering the point, no big deal: She's a lesbian. She just is. It's a part of who she is but she's so much more than that; more than you'd have given Moffat credit for. For someone who is usually less than subtle about his characters' sexual sides, Bill is beautifully-rounded already. We've known her for less than an hour and yet we already know so much about who she is. I can't wait to get to know her better. She really is wonderful.
As for Nardole, he's not in it enough to piss us off. And when he is in it, he's a delight – far less ridiculous than his first appearance and full of entertaining lines to make us chuckle. Of all the characters I thought I'd hate to see return I'm actually glad he's back – I love a full TARDIS.
But what of the future? Emojibots next week, the one I think we've all been least looking forward to. But with Mondasian Cybermen ahead and the promise of the return of John Simm as the Master, I'm sure we are in for a treat! It'll be sad to say goodbye to Peter Capaldi, a truly wonderful incarnation of everyone's hero of choice, but I trust the new team to get the right person in to replace him. Talking of which, The S*n are reporting that Death In Paradise star Kris Marshall has already begun the transition and is, in fact, the one chosen to be the next Doctor. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen, obviously, but they were spot on about John Simm's return. I'd welcome that casting, personally.
And then there's the Big Question being asked by those who take the time to look a little closer, to speculate a little harder, than most. Is this Earth? Is Bill from our planet at all? Sure, she appears to be in Bristol but the Cybermen shown in the Coming Soon trailer are the very first iteration, Mark I Cybermen, if you like, and they come from Mondas, a planet from our own Solar System that was lost to battle aeons ago. Could all this be happening long ago on Monday, the now-lost and far-advanced sister planet to our own? I'll be exploring or exploding this theory in the future based on clues (or lack thereof) in future episodes.
What I'm overjoyed to report, however, is that I loved every second of The Pilot and am thrilled with our new companion. It's great to have Doctor Who back on our screens after such a long absence, one that has numbed us all – I think – to the joys of the show, so much so that many people seemed to have lost their enthusiasm for it in recent months. I hope The Pilot did enough to rekindle the love people have for this show. It deserves to be loved. I'll always love it, no matter what.
For a long time, since Russell T Davies introduced his alternate-universe "Cybusmen" to the show, Doctor Who fans have been asking for the return of the true, Mondasian Cybermen from this universe. Neil Gaiman's dissapointing Nightmare In Silver brought them back in series 7 but they were seen by many as just streamlined Cybusmen; faceless, soulless automata with no real character, just an army of robots.
Well, the finale of series 10 will see the return of the very first itteration of the enemy. Complete with cloth faces and clunky life-support aparatus, the Cyberman are back. I can't wait to see what they'll be up to. Not long now! Doctor Who returns to BBC 1 in April.


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För det kroatiska läkemedelsbolaget, se Pliva (företag)

Pliva är en förhållandevis liten flod i centrala Bosnien-Hercegovina. Pliva mynnar ut i floden Vrbas genom ett vattenfall i staden Jajce. Källan till floden är en Europas största källa för drickbart vatten. I närheten av källan finns ett antal gamla vattenkvarnar, där floden delvis delas upp i olika forsar och vattenfall.

Flugfiske
Pliva är känd för sitt rena vatten och att vara belägen nära sin källa i bergen, men framförallt för sin fiskrikhet. Detta gör floden attraktiv för flugfiskare och andra sportfiskare. Ett par kilometer nedströms finns ett skyddat område avsett för just flugfiske.

Referenser

Vattendrag i Bosnien och Hercegovina

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Date of Birth: November 28, 1989
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Current Team: Tasmania JackJumpers (Australia), 2021-present
Previous Team: Darussafaka Basketbol (Turkey), 2020-2021
College: Alabama-Huntsville '12 (Division II)
Statistics: 2022-2023
Video: Josh Magette Los Angeles D-Fenders Highlights
Twitter: @joshmagette
Get to Know Josh Magette
Magette has played in the NBA G League for the Los Angeles D-Fenders (2013-2014, 2015-2017), the Erie Bayhawks (2017-2018) and the Lakeland Magic (2019-2020).
He led the NBA G League in assists in 2018.
He signed a two-way contract with the Atlanta Hawks in 2017, and split the 2017-2018 season between the Hawks and the Erie BayHawks (NBA G League).
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from command import PagedCommand
from color import Coloring
from git_refs import R_M

class _Coloring(Coloring):
  def __init__(self, config):
    Coloring.__init__(self, config, "status")

class Info(PagedCommand):
  common = True
  helpSummary = "Get info on the manifest branch, current branch or unmerged branches"
  helpUsage = "%prog [-dl] [-o [-b]] [<project>...]"

  def _Options(self, p):
    p.add_option('-d', '--diff',
                 dest='all', action='store_true',
                 help="show full info and commit diff including remote branches")
    p.add_option('-o', '--overview',
                 dest='overview', action='store_true',
                 help='show overview of all local commits')
    p.add_option('-b', '--current-branch',
                 dest="current_branch", action="store_true",
                 help="consider only checked out branches")
    p.add_option('-l', '--local-only',
                 dest="local", action="store_true",
                 help="Disable all remote operations")

  def Execute(self, opt, args):
    self.out = _Coloring(self.manifest.globalConfig)
    self.heading = self.out.printer('heading', attr = 'bold')
    self.headtext = self.out.nofmt_printer('headtext', fg = 'yellow')
    self.redtext = self.out.printer('redtext', fg = 'red')
    self.sha = self.out.printer("sha", fg = 'yellow')
    self.text = self.out.nofmt_printer('text')
    self.dimtext = self.out.printer('dimtext', attr = 'dim')

    self.opt = opt

    manifestConfig = self.manifest.manifestProject.config
    mergeBranch = manifestConfig.GetBranch("default").merge
    manifestGroups = (manifestConfig.GetString('manifest.groups')
                      or 'all,-notdefault')

    self.heading("Manifest branch: ")
    if self.manifest.default.revisionExpr:
        self.headtext(self.manifest.default.revisionExpr)
    self.out.nl()
    self.heading("Manifest merge branch: ")
    self.headtext(mergeBranch)
    self.out.nl()
    self.heading("Manifest groups: ")
    self.headtext(manifestGroups)
    self.out.nl()

    self.printSeparator()

    if not opt.overview:
      self.printDiffInfo(args)
    else:
      self.printCommitOverview(args)

  def printSeparator(self):
    self.text("----------------------------")
    self.out.nl()

  def printDiffInfo(self, args):
    # We let exceptions bubble up to main as they'll be well structured.
    projs = self.GetProjects(args)

    for p in projs:
      self.heading("Project: ")
      self.headtext(p.name)
      self.out.nl()

      self.heading("Mount path: ")
      self.headtext(p.worktree)
      self.out.nl()

      self.heading("Current revision: ")
      self.headtext(p.revisionExpr)
      self.out.nl()

      localBranches = list(p.GetBranches().keys())
      self.heading("Local Branches: ")
      self.redtext(str(len(localBranches)))
      if len(localBranches) > 0:
        self.text(" [")
        self.text(", ".join(localBranches))
        self.text("]")
      self.out.nl()

      if self.opt.all:
        self.findRemoteLocalDiff(p)

      self.printSeparator()

  def findRemoteLocalDiff(self, project):
    #Fetch all the latest commits
    if not self.opt.local:
      project.Sync_NetworkHalf(quiet=True, current_branch_only=True)

    logTarget = R_M + self.manifest.manifestProject.config.GetBranch("default").merge

    bareTmp = project.bare_git._bare
    project.bare_git._bare = False
    localCommits = project.bare_git.rev_list(
        '--abbrev=8',
        '--abbrev-commit',
        '--pretty=oneline',
        logTarget + "..",
        '--')

    originCommits = project.bare_git.rev_list(
        '--abbrev=8',
        '--abbrev-commit',
        '--pretty=oneline',
        ".." + logTarget,
        '--')
    project.bare_git._bare = bareTmp

    self.heading("Local Commits: ")
    self.redtext(str(len(localCommits)))
    self.dimtext(" (on current branch)")
    self.out.nl()

    for c in localCommits:
      split = c.split()
      self.sha(split[0] + " ")
      self.text(" ".join(split[1:]))
      self.out.nl()

    self.printSeparator()

    self.heading("Remote Commits: ")
    self.redtext(str(len(originCommits)))
    self.out.nl()

    for c in originCommits:
      split = c.split()
      self.sha(split[0] + " ")
      self.text(" ".join(split[1:]))
      self.out.nl()

  def printCommitOverview(self, args):
    all_branches = []
    for project in self.GetProjects(args):
      br = [project.GetUploadableBranch(x)
            for x in project.GetBranches()]
      br = [x for x in br if x]
      if self.opt.current_branch:
        br = [x for x in br if x.name == project.CurrentBranch]
      all_branches.extend(br)

    if not all_branches:
      return

    self.out.nl()
    self.heading('Projects Overview')
    project = None

    for branch in all_branches:
      if project != branch.project:
        project = branch.project
        self.out.nl()
        self.headtext(project.relpath)
        self.out.nl()

      commits = branch.commits
      date = branch.date
      self.text('%s %-33s (%2d commit%s, %s)' % (
        branch.name == project.CurrentBranch and '*' or ' ',
        branch.name,
        len(commits),
        len(commits) != 1 and 's' or '',
        date))
      self.out.nl()

      for commit in commits:
        split = commit.split()
        self.text('{0:38}{1} '.format('','-'))
        self.sha(split[0] + " ")
        self.text(" ".join(split[1:]))
        self.out.nl()

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. – May 27, 2014 – Whispering Willows, the award-winning original title from Night Light Interactive, is now available for purchase on OUYA for $14.99. The game immerses players in a grim, atmospheric environment rendered in strikingly stylized 2D visuals and ushers them through a mysterious world that plumbs the darkest depths of the human spirit.
In Whispering Willows, players take on the role of Elena, a determined young girl with the extraordinary ability to project her spirit outside of her body. In her spectral form, Elena can interact with the benevolent spirits and wicked wraiths that used to dwell within the walls of the sinister Willows Mansion – lost souls, stuck in time and space, who hold the secrets that Elena will need to traverse the terrifying old manor. Players need to make use of Elena's corporeal and ethereal forms to overcome obstacles, solve the riddles of the mansion's enigmatic specters, and find Elena's lost father.
The game production team is comprised of designers and animators from the Emmy winning Animax Entertainment with an original soundtrack by Steve Goldshein, composer for Rooster Teeth's viral hit RWBY and Machinima Film Fest-winning Red vs Blue. Whispering Willows has already been acclaimed by critics for its stirring story and captivating atmosphere: it won the Seattle Indie Gaming Competition in 2014, and the Cerebral Indie Developer Grant in 2013. The game was also a finalist in the Captivate Conference Game Design Competition and won "Most Immersive" at OUYA's 2013 CREATE Game Jam.
For more info, download the press kit here, or contact TriplePoint PR at ouya@triplepointpr.com.
Night Light Interactive is a Los Angeles based independent game studio that produced the beautifully crafted multi-platform title Whispering Willows. The award-winning studio is comprised of over 30 passionate designers and developers, located both locally and internationally, who share the same enthusiasm and dedication for game development. Information regarding their successful Kickstarter campaign and multiple award achievements can be found on their website.


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Holland America Line Extends 2010 Grand World Voyage to 128 Days with Roundtrip from Los Angeles
Holland America Line Extends 114-Day 2010 Grand World Voyage to 128 Days with Roundtrip from Los Angeles
Guests can combine the 14-day Holiday cruise departing Los Angeles, Dec. 23, 2009, with Jan. 6, 2010, Grand World Voyage. Select segment itineraries include special cruise-and-air fares.
Seattle, Wash., July 28, 2009 — Holland America Line's flagship ms Amsterdam will usher in 2010 with a 128-day round-trip Los Angeles, Grand Holiday-and-World Voyage featuring 13 overnight calls — the most ever offered by the line. Forty-five ports of call showcase some of the world's most remote and exotic regions including South America, Africa, India the Far East and scenic cruising in Antarctica.
An optional 14-day holiday cruise, when combined with the 114-day Grand World Voyage, creates the 128-day roundtrip sailing from Los Angeles, departing Dec. 23, 2009. The voyage begins with calls in Mexico and Central America, including a transit of the Panama Canal.
"Guests on Grand World Voyages seek an immersive experience, and the 2010 itinerary creates an enriching voyage," said Richard D. Meadows, CTC, executive vice president, marketing, sales and guest programs, Holland America Line. "By adding the 14-day holiday roundtrip Los Angeles sailing to the Grand World Voyage, guests can enjoy a relaxing holiday and festive start of their Grand World Voyage."
Guests wishing to sail after the holidays can embark Jan. 6, 2010, at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on a 114-day World Voyage. Amsterdam will sail the Panama Canal for a daylight transit of the man-made wonder before beginning its southbound exploration of Central and South America. Three overnight stays enable guests to explore Fuerte Amador (Panama City), Panama; Callao (Lima), Peru, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Other southbound calls include Manta, Ecuador; Callao Peru; Arica, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, Isla Robinson Crusoe and Puerto Montt, Chile.
As Amsterdam approaches the tip of South America, guests will enjoy scenic cruising past Darwin Channel, Chilean Fjords, Amalia Glacier, Canal Sarmiento and Strait of Magellan before calling at Punta Arenas, Chile. More scenic cruising follows of Cockburn and Beagle channels, a series of glaciers and Ushuaia, Argentina, before the actual rounding of Cape Horn.
The itinerary then takes a turn toward the ultimate southern destination — Antarctica, which includes the Wilhelm Archipelago, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Sound. After the three-day Antarctic experience, Amsterdam sails to Stanley, Falkland Islands; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Montevideo, Uruguay, where it departs on the trans-Atlantic leg of the cruise.
Amsterdam crosses to Africa to call at Walvis Bay and Lüderitz, Namibia, before heading to South Africa for an overnight at Cape Town and calls at Port Elizabeth and Durban.
Upon reaching the Indian Ocean, guests will overnight at Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles, then head to India for overnights in Mumbai and Marmagoa before setting off to Port Kelang, Malaysia.
Next, an intense exploration of the Far East begins, including overnight calls in Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Hong Kong; Xingang (Beijing), China; and Kobe (Osaka) and Yokohama (Tokyo), Japan. Additional calls include Sihanoukville (Kampong Som), Cambodia; Phu My (Ho Chi Min City) and Halong Bay, Vietnam; Shanghai, China; Cheju City, South Korea; and Kagoshima and Hakodate, Japan. Before heading back to North America, guests will experience Petropavlovsk, Russian Federation, and gain a day when they cross the International Date Line.
Guests then have the option of disembarking in Vancouver, B.C., April 25, or Seattle, Wash., April 26, or continuing on to Los Angeles.
The Grand World Voyage features three special celebrity-guest speakers — former television news anchor Sam Donaldson (March 28 through April 1), biographer Kitty Kelley (Jan. 28 through Feb. 7) and Grammy Award–winning musician Doc Severinsen and El Ritmo de la Vida (Jan. 6 through 11).
Reservations are now open for all four 2010 Holland America Line Grand Voyages, with a variety of early-booking bonus amenities offered to full-cruise guests. Depending upon the category booked, guests who book by Sept. 30, 2009, may enjoy shipboard credits up to $1,000 per person, an exclusive shore event, liquor service, complimentary luggage delivery service to and from gateways, pre-paid service charges and welcome-aboard champagne. Cruise fares begin at $17,999 per person for the full 128-day Grand World Voyage.
New holiday segments of Grand World Voyage, a 47-day Los Angeles to Buenos Aires and a 61-day Los Angeles to Cape Town, also are available for booking and include airfare from select West Coast gateways and select East Coast and Central cities for $200 more. The special cruise-and-air fares for the 47-day segment begin at $7,299 and for the 61-day segment at $9,299.
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Tuesday Night Annex is a large, high energy gathering of college students. You can expect a chance to meet new people, experience vibrant worship music, and hear talks about Jesus and the Christian faith based on the bible. Tuesday Nights are honest and real. We're not interested in sugar coating, unless we're talking dessert after.
All are welcome to join us. Everyone at the Annex has a different story. Some are Christians and others are not. It's a great place to explore what life in Jesus is about and to grow in your faith.
Don't feel like a stranger! Join us every Tuesday before the Annex on campus for dinner together at the C4C in the Colorado Room @ 7PM. Need a ride to the Annex? No big deal. We got you. You can hop on the Annex Bus or catch a ride with other students carpooling from the C4C. Rides leave the C4C West Parking Lot at 7:40PM.
The Annex meets in the sanctuary at First Presbyterian Church Boulder (1820 15th Street) centrally located in Downtown Boulder. Walking, driving, biking, busing and rollerskating are all great options. If you do drive there is plenty of free parking around the church.
Any one that needs a ride down to the Annex from campus is welcome to hop on the Annex Bus. The Bus leaves the C4C West Parking Lot at 7:40PM every Tuesday.


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Q: Container is running beyond memory limits In Hadoop v1, I have assigned each 7 mapper and reducer slot with size of 1GB, my mappers & reducers runs fine. My machine has 8G memory, 8 processor.
Now with YARN, when run the same application on the same machine, I got container error.
By default, I have this settings:
  <property>
    <name>yarn.scheduler.minimum-allocation-mb</name>
    <value>1024</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>yarn.scheduler.maximum-allocation-mb</name>
    <value>8192</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>yarn.nodemanager.resource.memory-mb</name>
    <value>8192</value>
  </property>

It gave me error:
Container [pid=28920,containerID=container_1389136889967_0001_01_000121] is running beyond virtual memory limits. Current usage: 1.2 GB of 1 GB physical memory used; 2.2 GB of 2.1 GB virtual memory used. Killing container.

I then tried to set memory limit in mapred-site.xml:
  <property>
    <name>mapreduce.map.memory.mb</name>
    <value>4096</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>mapreduce.reduce.memory.mb</name>
    <value>4096</value>
  </property>

But still getting error:
Container [pid=26783,containerID=container_1389136889967_0009_01_000002] is running beyond physical memory limits. Current usage: 4.2 GB of 4 GB physical memory used; 5.2 GB of 8.4 GB virtual memory used. Killing container.

I'm confused why the the map task need this much memory. In my understanding, 1GB of memory is enough for my map/reduce task. Why as I assign more memory to container, the task use more? Is it because each task gets more splits? I feel it's more efficient to decrease the size of container a little bit and create more containers, so that more tasks are running in parallel. The problem is how can I make sure each container won't be assigned more splits than it can handle?

A: I can't comment on the accepted answer, due to low reputation. However, I would like to add, this behavior is by design. The NodeManager is killing your container. It sounds like you are trying to use hadoop streaming which is running as a child process of the map-reduce task. The NodeManager monitors the entire process tree of the task and if it eats up more memory than the maximum set in mapreduce.map.memory.mb or mapreduce.reduce.memory.mb respectively, we would expect the Nodemanager to kill the task, otherwise your task is stealing memory belonging to other containers, which you don't want.

A: There is a check placed at Yarn level for Virtual and Physical memory usage ratio.
Issue is not only that VM doesn't have sufficient physical memory. But it is because Virtual memory usage is more than expected for given physical memory.
Note : This is happening on Centos/RHEL 6 due to its aggressive allocation of virtual memory.
It can be resolved either by :

*

*Disable virtual memory usage check by setting
yarn.nodemanager.vmem-check-enabled to false;

*Increase VM:PM ratio by setting yarn.nodemanager.vmem-pmem-ratio to some higher value.
References :
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-11364
http://blog.cloudera.com/blog/2014/04/apache-hadoop-yarn-avoiding-6-time-consuming-gotchas/
Add following property in yarn-site.xml
 <property>
   <name>yarn.nodemanager.vmem-check-enabled</name>
    <value>false</value>
    <description>Whether virtual memory limits will be enforced for containers</description>
  </property>
 <property>
   <name>yarn.nodemanager.vmem-pmem-ratio</name>
    <value>4</value>
    <description>Ratio between virtual memory to physical memory when setting memory limits for containers</description>
  </property>

A: While working with spark in EMR I was having the same problem and setting maximizeResourceAllocation=true did the trick; hope it helps someone. You have to set it when you create the cluster. From the EMR docs:
aws emr create-cluster --release-label emr-5.4.0 --applications Name=Spark \
--instance-type m3.xlarge --instance-count 2 --service-role EMR_DefaultRole --ec2-attributes InstanceProfile=EMR_EC2_DefaultRole --configurations https://s3.amazonaws.com/mybucket/myfolder/myConfig.json

Where myConfig.json should say:
[
  {
    "Classification": "spark",
    "Properties": {
      "maximizeResourceAllocation": "true"
    }
  }
]

A: I had a really similar issue using HIVE in EMR. None of the extant solutions worked for me -- ie, none of the mapreduce configurations worked for me; and neither did setting yarn.nodemanager.vmem-check-enabled to false.
However, what ended up working was setting tez.am.resource.memory.mb, for example:
hive -hiveconf tez.am.resource.memory.mb=4096

Another setting to consider tweaking is yarn.app.mapreduce.am.resource.mb

A: You should also properly configure the maximum memory allocations for MapReduce. From this HortonWorks tutorial:

[...]
Each machine in our cluster has 48 GB of RAM. Some of this RAM should be >reserved for Operating System usage. On each node, we'll assign 40 GB RAM for >YARN to use and keep 8 GB for the Operating System
For our example cluster, we have the minimum RAM for a Container
  (yarn.scheduler.minimum-allocation-mb) = 2 GB. We'll thus assign 4 GB
  for Map task Containers, and 8 GB for Reduce tasks Containers.
In mapred-site.xml:
mapreduce.map.memory.mb: 4096
mapreduce.reduce.memory.mb: 8192
Each Container will run JVMs for the Map and Reduce tasks. The JVM
  heap size should be set to lower than the Map and Reduce memory
  defined above, so that they are within the bounds of the Container
  memory allocated by YARN.
In mapred-site.xml:
mapreduce.map.java.opts: -Xmx3072m
mapreduce.reduce.java.opts: -Xmx6144m
The above settings configure the upper limit of the physical RAM that
  Map and Reduce tasks will use.

To sum it up:

*

*In YARN, you should use the mapreduce configs, not the mapred ones. EDIT: This comment is not applicable anymore now that you've edited your question.

*What you are configuring is actually how much you want to request, not what is the max to allocate.

*The max limits are configured with the java.opts settings listed above.

Finally, you may want to check this other SO question that describes a similar problem (and solution).

A: We also faced this issue recently. If the issue is related to mapper memory, couple of things I would like to suggest that needs to be checked are.

*

*Check if combiner is enabled or not? If yes, then it means that reduce logic has to be run on all the records (output of mapper). This happens in memory. Based on your application you need to check if enabling combiner helps or not. Trade off is between the network transfer bytes and time taken/memory/CPU for the reduce logic on 'X' number of records.

*

*If you feel that combiner is not much of value, just disable it.

*If you need combiner and 'X' is a huge number (say millions of records) then considering changing your split logic (For default input formats use less block size, normally 1 block size = 1 split) to map less number of records to a single mapper.

*Number of records getting processed in a single mapper. Remember that all these records need to be sorted in memory (output of mapper is sorted). Consider setting mapreduce.task.io.sort.mb  (default is 200MB) to a higher value if needed. mapred-configs.xml

*If any of the above didn't help, try to run the mapper logic as a standalone application and profile the application using a Profiler (like JProfiler) and see where the memory getting used. This can give you very good insights.

A: Running yarn on Windows Linux subsystem with Ubunto OS, error "running beyond virtual memory limits, Killing container"
I resolved it by disabling virtual memory check in the file yarn-site.xml
<property> <name>yarn.nodemanager.vmem-check-enabled</name> <value>false</value> </property>

A: I am practicing Hadoop programs (version hadoop3). Via virtual box I have installed Linux OS. We allocate very limited memory at time of installation of Linux.
By setting the following memory limit properties in mapred-site.xml and restarting your HDFS and YARN then my program worked.
 <property>
    <name>mapreduce.map.memory.mb</name>
    <value>4096</value>
  </property>
  <property>
    <name>mapreduce.reduce.memory.mb</name>
    <value>4096</value>
  </property>

A: I haven't personally checked, but hadoop-yarn-container-virtual-memory-understanding-and-solving-container-is-running-beyond-virtual-memory-limits-errors sounds very reasonable
I solved the issue by changing yarn.nodemanager.vmem-pmem-ratio to a higher value , and I would agree that:

Another less recommended solution is to disable the virtual memory check by setting yarn.nodemanager.vmem-check-enabled to false.

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import wint.core.config.Constants;
import wint.mvc.flow.InnerFlowData;
import wint.mvc.module.LoadModuleService;
import wint.mvc.module.Module;
import wint.mvc.pipeline.PipelineContext;

/**
 * @author pister
 * 2012-12-10 下午10:06:33
 */
public class LoadModuleValve extends AbstractValve {

	private LoadModuleService loadModuleService;

	private String moduleActionName;

	public void init() {
		super.init();
		loadModuleService = serviceContext.getService(LoadModuleService.class);
		moduleActionName = serviceContext.getConfiguration().getProperties().getString(Constants.PropertyKeys.APP_PACKAGE_WEB_ACTION, Constants.Defaults.APP_PACKAGE_WEB_ACTION);
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	public void invoke(PipelineContext pipelineContext, InnerFlowData innerFlowData) {
		Module module = loadModuleService.loadModule(innerFlowData.getTarget(), moduleActionName, innerFlowData);
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