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Q: Network card requires reset One Vista PC in our small office fails to initialize networking about 1 reboot in 3.  Vista's diagnostics are never able to repair the issue.  However, the problem can be consistently resolved (until the next reboot) by disabling and then enabling the network adapter in Device Manager.
This is a wired connection to a router.  The network adapter is the onboard NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet with the current drivers available from Windows Update, and is the only network adapter in the system.
Has anyone seen this issue and hopefully know how to resolve it?

A: I have seen this issue with the nForce NIC drivers.  Symptoms are as you describe:  the NIC is not initialized properly on boot.
On a 32-bit Vista Business system with the nForce gigabit NIC, I could only get reliable operation by using Vista's in-box drivers.  None of nVidia's subsequent driver updates would work.  In the end, I installed all the nForce drivers except the NIC and let my system use the in-box NIC driver.
Try rolling back to the previous drivers.
One other thing:  Driver updates on Windows Update cause more problems than any other updates I know.  I'm not sure why this is, but I never, ever, install drivers from WU.


St John's C of E Primary School - Be the BEST at St John's!
Be the BEST at St John's!
Our assemblies this half term will help teach the children why these values are important and how all that we ever ask is they try their BEST in class and so they give themselves a greater chance of fulfilling their potential.
All of the staff and governors also try and put these values into practice as we steer the school on a journey of self improvement. Why not try it yourself and be the BEST you can be!


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The Croods: A New Age Movie Review
This project was one I followed for a very long time. It was in some development hell from being in production from 2014-15 before it was cancelled a year later with some company merging worries. Then it got green-lit again and delayed a little bit, and finally, seven years after Grug, Eep, Guy, Ugga, Thunk, Gran, Sandy, Chunky and Douglas settled down (or at least knew how to live instead of just not die) the family is back on the big screen (though there was a TV series.)
It seems like only yesterday (and maybe it was yesterday to them) when Grug (Nicholas Cage) accepted Guy (Ryan Reynolds) into the pack. The barrier might be coming up again now that it's more than hinted Guy and Eep (Emma Stone) are a…thing. It's even getting in the way of surviving ambushes from the new and dangerous. Then during their exploring they come across a giant wall they briefly theorize is the end of the world, the limit, like the planet is a coliseum. But they break it down, and come across other humans. Three to be exact. Phil (Peter Dinklage), Hope (Leslie Mann) and Dawn (Kelly Marie Tran), last name Betterman. For The Croods, it's a new age indeed, except for Guy, where it's an old age, because he actually has history with these people. Their way of operation in this world is basically more, um…more of the sort of world where humans need not get their hands dirty or worry about getting too much sleep. Some of the family loves it here, and others are reminiscent of when the family was more together and more in danger and could form a kill circle at the ready. And what could this mean for Eep and Guy?
Confession time: In 2013, I felt the first Croods was the one who deserved to win all the attention and love in the animation field. I felt Frozen was beautiful but logically flawed and too in love with itself. Whereas The Croods was just as delectable as How to Train Your Dragon with flawless portrayals of exploring the uncharted world, building a better life with your family, and, best of all in my opinion, chubby instead of slim main characters. Eep and Ugga (Catherine Keener) do not have the conventional build of female protagonists, and there is never a sense, nor is there a sense with anyone else of the family, that they're uncomfortable with who they are. And the two of them, alongside even Gran, (Cloris Leachman) are fully capable on their own of fighting and planning. The women in this series rock.
Confession Time Part 2: When it comes to the Pixar-Dreamworks rivalry, I like Dreamworks Animation more. Pixar has made more masterpieces, I admit that. In fact, two of them are the top animated movies I've ever seen, ever. Dreamworks has a movie that takes the bronze medal in that department, but Pixar have the top "deux". But when it comes to establishing bases and keeping in connection with beloved characters, Dreamworks is so much better. Some movies are classics that are perfectly fine as they are, but others are just positively begging for more. Dreamworks has managed to keep the Kung Fu Panda, Shrek and How to Train your Dragon films spinning with sequels that were not just cash grabs but loving expansions. If they were in charge of The Incredibles, that movie probably would've had more, maybe even too many sly superhero references, but we wouldn't have had to wait 14 years for the next one, and then have one that was terrific but without the impression the next one will be right on its way either.
But now, finally, for some stuff on The Croods: A New Age. Dreamworks Animation is known for storylines with sometimes sugary but sensible lessons for kids, and some adults willing to pay attention. Even Captain Underpants had one, with being able to laugh at yourself once in a while. The moral in this entry is that there's more than one way to live a life, and if two ways of life clash, it's better to make the best of both of them. The Bettermans are the American Dream and the Croods are the Military General's dream, one Hakuna Matata land and the other Self-Esteem land. I like that it uses the same strategy that the underlooked and glorious Arthur Christmas does; presenting two ways of life, and looking at the pros and cons of both, and how some just work better for others, but that doesn't mean you should keep yourself away from the idea of change.
The animation is as magnificent as ever, Emma Stone truly doesn't phone in any performance ever, and it takes some different turns than expected if you think it's going the same direction as other animated films, like Smurfs: The Lost Village. In fact, even if it didn't delight me as much as this year's SpongeBob movie, it was still a delightful 87 minutes.
So now time for the bummer paragraph. I gave an A to the last movie, and the main reason this is a step down is for one flaw both movies have. In the first one, Grug invents the "hug", but I sincerely doubt that gesture of affection was not made up till then. Felt cheesily sentimental. And here they overdo a bit of the invention humour, plus there's a lot of chuckle-worthy moments at this final boss-fight-type ending, but I preferred the somber type of climax from the first. There's one of those Shrek-like jokes in said climax that kids are meant to see one way and adults fall on the floor laughing from seeing another way, and whether it is too raunchy, I don't know. It is memorable, and maybe even a little empowering if you can look at it that way, so maybe that's not a negative. But one other thing I want to bring up is the movie begins with the family searching for "tomorrow", but the ending of the last film involved them finding a very peaceful place to live. There's no mention of why they decided to leave it.
It's more cartoon-esque and light on the heart than the last installment, and a little unnecessarily hyper, but what can I say? An innocent cartwheel of a movie like this one doesn't deserve deep criticism.
If you like this, I'd try the first Croods, Rise of the Guardians, The Incredibles, and How to Train Your Dragon
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Animation, Comedy, Dreamworks, LGBT, Movie Discussion, Movie Review
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For a variety of reasons, including both today's excitement, and a number of conflicts tomorrow with trips, meetings, etc., the Administration has opted to delay our retake/makeup/sibling photos until a later date. I apologize for the last minute notice. We will send out more info as soon as it's available.
I hope everyone's kids are feeling safe and loved at home. I'm glad to be a part of this community.


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I got 2 computers using SolidWorks software which work properly before I let them join into domain of my network. After let them join domain, users will face problem that randomly application error for MS Office 2013 & Windows explorer. Ask my reseller and they say join domain will cause a lot problem for desktop that use SolidWorks and they recommend me to remove those desktop from domain but for security and easier manage, I just can not agree with their suggestion and I believe if this is problem between SolidWorks and Microsoft Domain then both SolidWorks and Microsoft should work out a solution for us. But since I cannot get solution form SolidWorks that I hope I can get solution from other users that maybe have similar situation with me who already got a work around for guide me. Thank.


Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bongaigaon Refinery has invited applications for the recruitment of Junior Nursing Assistant-IV & Junior Quality Control Analyst – IV vacancies.
Age: Candidates age limit should be between 18 – 26 years for General candidates as on 30-04-2017. Age relaxation is applicable as per Govt. guidelines.
1. B.Sc. (Nursing) or 03 years Diploma in Nursing & Midwifery or Gynecology & Obstetrics from recognized Institute / University with minimum of 50% marks for post 1.
2. B.Sc. with Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics with minimum of 50% marks in aggregate for General & OBC (NCL) candidates & 45% in case of SC/ST/PwD candidates for identified positions or M.Sc. (Chemistry – Regular Course) from a recognized Institute / University with minimum of 45% marks for Post 2 .
Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on applicants performance in written test & skill/ proficiency/ physical test.
Application Fee: Candidates should have to pay of Rs. 150/- for General & OBC categories in the form of crossed Demand Draft in favour of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd payable at State Bank of India, Guwahati Refinery Complex Branch (Branch code : 6196, IFSC Code : SBIN0006196). SC/ ST/ Ex-SM candidates are exempted from payment of application fee.
How to Apply: Eligible candidates can apply online through the website www.iocrefrecruit.in from 19-04-2017 to 09-05-2017 & send their print out of the filled in on-line application form along with all supporting documents including demand draft (if applicable) with name, address, post code & Roll No. written on the reverse of the DD by post to The Chief Human Resource Manager, HR Department, Bongaigaon Refinery, Post Office – Dhaligaon, District – Chirang, Assam-783385 on or before 19-05-2017.


I've been playing around this week with making pieces that are less "finished" looking. Pieces that are a bit more free form and rustic. This particular pair features a dark chocolate brown rectangle paired with a creamy beige arch.


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Tis the gift to be simple
Episcopal, OTM Portfolio, transition ministry
I have had several conversations recently with followers of this blog from around the country that all touched on the same theme: the maddeningly complicated nature of the church's transition ministry process.
A priest in Province 2 called to ask whether there was a simple way to determine what parish positions are actually open and receiving names. He complained that many that are listed as receiving names on the OTM have already closed to new applications. Did he have to go to every diocesan website to find out what was open, when?
Unfortunately, there is no simple way to track openings. The neither the OTM nor the Transition Ministry Newsletter are kept up to date by all participating dioceses. Some individual diocesan websites appear out of date. In my own diocese, the DioMass.org website lists eleven openings. Only six are listed on the OTM Portfolio. One is listed as "receiving names" on one site and "developing self study" on the other. (BTW, Massachusetts has five rector searches in program or resource size congregations plus a search for a new diocesan. Come join us and get a Red Sox clergy pass to boot.)
A local priest asked to get some help with her OTM Portfolio. She can't sort out what goes where in an eight-section document. As the resident expert, I thought I could handily walk her through the process. After filling out about half the form, we tried to save our work, only to get an error message indicating that a "province" did not match a "country" and that the error was highlighted in red. After spending fifteen minutes looking for the error, we chucked the work and started from the beginning, this time saving the data every few minutes. I can see how clergy get frustrated by the mere process of filling out the OTM form. Much of my time leading workshops is spent answering mundane technical questions about the form. Must it be so complicated?
Several clergy have told me that they have sent applications into positions listed as "Receiving Names" on the OTM, only to discover that the position has already been filled. The OTM Portfolio lists ten classifications for a parish in search: Search Complete, Receiving Names, No Longer Receiving Names, Developing Profile, Beginning Search, Interim in Place, Developing Self-study, Profile Complete, Seeking Interim, Re-opened. The Episcopal Digital Network Job Listings cuts through that complexity by asking a simple question, When is the application due?
The Clergy Deployment Office was established by the national church in the 1970s as "a proposed reorganization of Church practices in the deployment of its professional leadership". See full text here. The name of the office has been changed twice, first to the Church Deployment Office, and then to the Office of Transition Ministries. Each name change denotes added responsibilities and added complexity for the office. The change from "clergy" to church" represents the addition of lay leadership deployment to the office's remit.
The change to Office of Transition Ministries reflects a larger expansion of the office's purview. The OTM's 2012-2015 Strategic Plan states: "The Vision/Purpose of the Board and Office for Transition Ministry is to facilitate transitions for effective mission and transformational ministry in the Church." The original focus on the deployment of professional leadership has expanded to providing guidance over all elements of a transition from one pastoral leader to another – leave taking, use of interims or priests-in charge, profile development, search processes, congregational development, etc.
The original CDO was "designed to house a modern "data bank" of up-to-date personnel records of all clergy,". Its purpose was to help clergy who " don't know where to turn" when they want to move." This original purpose seems to be lost in the current strategic plan. The OTM 2012-2015 Strategic Plan mentions the current iteration of the data bank, the OTM Portfolio, only once. The OTM Portfolio is one of twenty-five bullet points in the ministry section of the document. Are we losing focus here?
What would happen if we tried to simplify the transition process and the OTM Portfolio? I welcome your comments and will add a few of my own in a future blog.
Posted by Discernment Doctor in Uncategorized
4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 15,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 3 Film Festivals
Are Search Committees Using the OTM System?
clergy, Episcopal, OTM Portfolio, search committee practices, transition ministry
A blog follower recently wrote: I have been looking over the OTM…What a mess, how do clergy actually search for positions? Is there a listing anywhere of positions or do you have to wade thru everything? What is interesting is that most of the profiles that I looked at were barely completed.
That question called for a bit of statistical analysis, so I recently sat down and looked through the OTM Ministry Portfolio, specifically, the "receiving names" list of the "search community ministry portfolios" section. The "receiving names" list in theory contains listings of searches that have completed their profile and are actively compiling an initial list of candidates. I looked at the first six pages of the list, which included fifty-eight individual portfolios. The results were disheartening.
Seventeen portfolios were completely filled out, including compensation, work history, and narrative sections. Twenty-two were partially filled out, but did not have enough information for the OTM matching program to match the positions with potential applicants. The matching program within the OTM system matches openings to clergy portfolios. The matching program compares basic compensation information and basic skills found in the narrative section. Some of the partially filled out forms lacked compensation information. Some lacked work history or narrative sections. Nineteen lacked any information beyond a position being open.
This quick survey indicates less than a third of searches using the OTM system for anything beyond a positions open bulletin board. It does not show how many searches are not using the OTM system at all. Nor does it show how many clergy have completely filled out their portfolios. My suspicion is that clergy completion rates are still fairly low, as clergy tend not to fill out these forms unless they are in active search.
Shouldn't we be concerned that a program introduced two years ago has such low utilization rates? I'd suggest a couple of changes in direction to increase utilization rates. 1. Vastly simplify the program, understanding that end users seem to want a jobs bulletin board, rather than a computer matching program. 2. Sponsor field training around the country to teach clergy and search consultants how to use the program to its fullest.
In the meantime, how should clergy search for positions?
Fill out the OTM profile to the best of your ability, particularly the entire narrative essay question section.
Use the "search community ministry portfolios" section as one of several jobs bulletin boards to identify where openings are. The left side of this blog has a comprehensive selection of national, regional, and diocesan jobs listings.
Work with your diocesan transition ministry officer. Their networks with other TMOs are one of the more effective ways of getting your named placed in front of a search committee.
Feel free to apply for an open position to the diocesan TMO or a search committee (depending on diocesan policy).
Do not wait for search committee to call you. This is an increasingly rare occurrence.
Network by being engaged in the life of your diocese and by attending continuing education programs where you can meet clergy and laity from around the country.
Help your brother and sister clergy. Let them know about the helpful information on this blog. Urge your local clergy associations to work toward making the transition ministry system work better.
I would love to hear how you are experiencing the TMO system. Has it helped you in your vocational discernment and searches? If so, what components help? What would you suggest for improving the system?
Discernment Doctor Workshop
discernment, Episcopal, OTM Portfolio, workshop
Sorry to be away from the blog for a while, but we have been dealing with a terribly sad and unnecessary tragedy at Old North in the last few weeks that led to the untimely death of one of my colleagues. I cannot comment publicly on the situation other than to say do not believe what you read in the press. I can also commend my congregation as a wonderful, caring group of Episcopalians who are pastoring to each other and to me in the kindest and most creative ways imaginable.
The Massachusetts Episcopal Clergy Association is sponsoring a day long workshop, featuring your truly, at Christ Church, Plymouth, MA, on Thursday, December 13 from 9:00 until 3:00. The workshop is entitled, "Preparing your Portfolio; a workshop to help you navigate your way through the "new" discernment process" The fee, including lunch, is $25. I am sure clergy from other dioceses will be welcome. For more information contact: the Rev. Robert Hensley, Grace Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 1197, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568.
I am available, from time to time, to lead workshops like this for travel expenses and a small honorarium. If you would like to bring me to your diocese or seminary, please e-mail me at: stephentayres@gmail.com.
I am trying to find the time to write a blog in honor of the Red Sox by asking the question, "If you were to blow up the discernment process and start afresh, what parts would you trade to Los Angeles, what parts would you keep, and what new players would your seek?" Your comments are welcome.
The Discernment Doctor Conducts a Search
cover letters, Interviews, resume, search committee practices, secular searches
I have been rather quiet on this blog for the past month as I have been busy conducting a search for an assistant. Now that we have successfully completed that task, let me share with you our process and my observations about the responses to the process.
The Old North Foundation was seeking an Assistant Director for Education. This is a secular, museum position, requiring a masters in history or museum studies. It is the equivalent of a full-time assistant rector position. I learned of the vacancy on August 3, when the previous incumbent announced he had accepted an offer to lead a historical agency in Wellesley. We hired a new assistant on September 10.
My first step was to secure interim coverage of essential parts of the job. We promoted our lead tour guide from part-time to full-time and I assumed grants administration on a temporary basis.
The second step was to design the search process. Our process was simple. Advertise the position, screen resumes, conduct initial interviews to further screen the list, present final candidates to a small committee of the board, and make a final decision. Only four people were involved in the process, which shortened the timeline considerably. I led the effort, assisted by the Foundations other senior assistant, and two board members.
We wrote the job description, modifying previous job descriptions to reflect the evolution of the position. We fill the job every three to five years, so the old descriptions did no need much tweaking.
The position was posted on a job site maintained by the Massachusetts Cultural Council called HireCulture.org. It was also circulated to other history museums and societies in Boston. Within two weeks we had received almost forty resumes from as far away as Florida. Almost all met our minimum requirements for education and experience.
The gift shop manager and I selected seven candidates to invite for an interview. Six responded. After those interviews, we turned down two who did not have the requisite skills our experience.
The four finalists were invited back for second interviews with two board members ( a third had to back out due to a family illness), the gift shop manager, and myself. One board member conducted phone interviews. The other participated in half hour interviews with the gift shop manager and myself.
At the end of the interviews, I asked each interviewer to rank the candidates and comment on the skills and values they discerned in each candidate. The interviewers felt that all four candidates were strong and could fulfill our expectations. Two candidates seemed a bit stronger than the others. I was left with the final decision.
The decisive factor in the final decision was that our chosen candidate was an internal candidate, already teaching our history program to elementary school students. Both the gift shop manager and I were pleasantly surprised by our decision. We began the process fully expecting to hire outside. As this was a secular position, there was no prohibition against hiring from within. We debated briefly how the decision might impact the rest of the guide staff, and concluded that the impact would be minimal and mostly positive.
When we issued the first invitations to interview, I informed all other candidates by e-mail that we would not be able to offer them an interview. I received several responses thanking me for getting back to them, noting how often they applied a job and never heard anything. One said, "That is the nicest turn down letter I have ever received." Clergy, please note, the widespread lack of communication we experience in church searches is endemic of a widespread rudeness in secular culture.
One of our board members asked a great question of each candidate that was new to me. "How do you manage up?" This is the perfect question to ask potential subordinates as it recognizes that those of us with final authority may not always be right. I wonder when interviewing candidates for rector or bishop, whether we should ask them, "How do you encourage subordinates to manage up to you?"
I dreaded having to call the unsuccessful final candidates, having been through that a number of times. It is not easy to say no to someone who has impressed you. The conversations were all very short. I could hear the disappointment in their voices. One candidate e-mailed me shortly after our conversation asking for feedback. I could honestly tell her that she had been very impressive, but that the final decision was made on a factor out of her control, as we chose an internal candidate. Clergy note: in my experience, final decisions are often made on factors outside of our control. The decision is not that we are not good enough, but that someone else possesses a set of skills and values that fit better than ours do.
Why were we able to move so quickly?
This was a secular process, where short searches are the norm.
This was an assistant, not an executive position.
Only four people participated. Our church's proclivity to appoint large committees is inefficient.
We used a secular jobs bulletin board that is closely watched by professionals in the field. We were not worried about call vs. discernment theology.
We were confident enough to make our first cut based on the resume and cover letter. We did not require additional writing samples.
We did not reference check until the end of the process. Reference checks do not generally yield much useful information for decision makers. All candidates provide positive references and in the secular world, references rarely will make a derogatory comment for fear of being sued. References can help affirm a decision that has pretty much been made.
We were not trying to find the one, preordained, perfect match. Rather we were trying to find a candidate who would exceed our expectations. As Voltaire said, "The perfect is the enemy of the good."
Throughout the search process, we tried to treat all candidates with respect. Responses to communications from candidates were prompt. The timeline was made clear. Interviewees were told when they would learn of a decision. No candidate spent more than a few weeks of psychic energy thinking about this job. We never contacted any of the candidates' current workplaces.
Now some may say, "As a church, we must do things differently when it comes to clergy searches." To which I would respond, "Must that always be the case?"
Transition and Discernment Issues at General Convention
deployment, discernment, Episcopal, General Convention, transition ministry
Confession: With all due respect to the great state of Indiana, I'd go to Indianapolis in July only if I wanted a foretaste of my possible eternal reward for being too snarky about the church's most holy transition ministry system. The following comments are based solely on my reading of published documents. I was not there and have no inside information.
I only see three GC resolutions that have a direct bearing on the transition ministry system. All three, A143, A144, and DO31, call for greater affirmative actions efforts on behalf of women and other minorities. Clearly, the church perceives an ongoing problem. The question is, will these particular resolutions help address our affirmative action challenges, and if not, what other policies might we try to implement?
I've worked on affirmative actions solutions for more than twenty years in Massachusetts. In the early 1990s, I authored a diocesan convention resolution calling for the appointment of women and minorities as interims and priests-in-charge. Once the resolution passed, I pressured the then reluctant bishop to enforce the resolution. The policy is still in place and fairly effective. About ten years ago, I served on a task force to update our diocesan deployment policy manual. A convention resolution had called for the task force to beef up the affirmative action component. We ended up writing sixty page bureaucratic search committee manual, which I am sure most search committee glance at briefly. I doubt we had much impact on affirmative action.
A143 calls for the national church through the Office of Transition Ministries, the Office of Pastoral Development, and the Committee on the Status of Women to develop a "Search Tool Kit" with two purposes. The first would be to give helpful information about the search process to women applicants. The second would be to give information to search committees about the nature and impact of discriminatory hiring practices.
IMHO, Discernment Doctor comes close to fulfilling the first purpose of the proposed search tool kit. Useful information about resume writing, OTM writing, interview preparation, etc., can all be found on this blog. I would be happy to post an article or two that addresses discernment specifically from women's and or minority points of view. Send me your contributions and comments.
From my experience in Massachusetts, giving search committees reading material on affirmative action has little impact on their behavior. Rather than relying on written material, DioMass policy is to monitor the search process and intervene if the list of candidates is not sufficiently diverse: The Diocesan Office will engage in conversation with the Search Committee throughout the process and reserves the right to add names if the slate does not reflect the Diocesan commitment to diversity.
A144 focuses on Episcopal offices and calls on the Office of Pastoral Development to monitor the ratio of female and minority candidates to white, male candidates in Episcopal nominations and elections, make recommendations on how to improve the ratio, and advise bishop search committees about affirmative action practices. The explanation notes that while the number of female finalists has been steadily rising, the number actually elected to the episcopate still falls far short of where we could be.
Research is helpful, but I would expand the scope of this survey far beyond the activities in episcopal elections. What systems do we have in place to mentor younger female and minority clergy so they grow into good candidates for the episcopate?
DO31 calls on bishops to require search committees and vestries to attend an affirmative action workshop as part of the discernment process.
Could we build those workshops around case studies of parishes/dioceses that have experienced female or minority leadership as a blessing? I have been to far too many church workshops that focus on what is bad about racism, sexism, gender bias, etc. but fail to give my leadership team positive images about the blessings of operating in a non-sexist, non racist fashion. My gut sense is search committees, vestries, and electing conventions make traditional decisions because we are "playing it safe" in these challenging times. Telling us that is wrong is not as likely to change our behavior as giving us successful case studies of women or minority clergy in leadership positions.
The next General Convention could see more resolutions impacting transition ministry as the church restructures herself for the 21st century (one can always hope.) My hope is that transition ministry will be treated as piece of a larger human resource management system that is focused on recruiting and sustaining the best team of clergy to serve the church. Such a system would include ordination, seminary (or other) education, mentoring, transition/discernment, clergy health, insurance, pensions, etc. To my knowledge, the last time General Convention took a comprehensive look at transition ministry was back in the early 1970s, when the Clergy Deployment Office was first established. Lets get a conversation going.
Interim Ministry in Transition
discernment, Interim ministry, transition ministry
The Alban Institute's Dan Hotchkiss just published an article on the evolution of interim ministry theory and practice. Given that the Alban Institute wrote the book on interim ministry, it is interesting to hear a senior staff member reflect on increasing criticism of the practice.
http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=9964
Hotchkiss writes: Over the last decade, the consensus in support of interim ministry has softened somewhat.
Carolyn Weese and Russell Crabtree, in The Elephant in the Boardroom (Jossey-Bass 2004), complain that the "prevailing stream of thinking about leadership transitions tends to be illness- based. A pastoral transition is treated like a terminal diagnosis…." (p. 19) Ouch!
Hotchkiss cites a recent article by Norman Bendroth, a long time interim ministry practitioner who surveyed current thinking about the interim system:
http://macucc.s3.amazonaws.com/71BBE2C7B9B049B0883D51809D9A1E82_Rethinking%20Transitional%20Ministry.pdf
Bendroth writes: Anthony B. Robinson, a seasoned United Church of Christ pastor, author and consultant has recommended that "Tall Steeple" churches, in particular, might consider a "succession" model where the newly called pastor overlaps the outgoing pastor so the church does not lose momentum.
How effective is transitional ministry? There is a crying need for longitudinal studies to be done across denominational lines that will provide quantitative results. To date that has not been done,
Here in the Diocese of Massachusetts, a recent transition in our transition ministry office led to a lively discussion among our bishop and area deans about the future of transition ministry. Bishop Shaw cited statistics that show that interims often slow down a congregation's momentum, that attendance and pledges often drop during the interim period. He noted that, given the unpredictability of many transitions, it is difficult to find good interim ministers in a timely fashion. He expressed openness to trying the planned succession model mentioned by Weese and Crabtree and Anthony Robinson. Our largest inner city church used the succession model several years ago and is flourishing. The deans noted that another model – appointment of a priest in charge as a prelude to calling that priest as rector, was increasingly popular.
Here at Old North, we are developing a long-range plan focused on our three hundredth birthday in eleven years. The wardens approached me about including succession planning as I will probably retire within that timeframe. They are intrigued with the idea of bringing an associate on who would be eligible to become rector.
The practice of interim ministry will continue to evolve as the church restructures herself for effective ministry in the 21st century. The articles cited above are useful introductory reflections. I agree with Norman Bendroth that we need some serious independent studies on what has or has not worked well in the church as well as studies of best practices in other business and non-profit organizations.
Demographics, Discernment, and a Summer Reading Recommendation
Posted by Discernment Doctor in Theology
demographics, discernment
In my role as the Discernment Doctor, I try to focus like a hawk on issues affecting clergy career development. But as our careers are developing (or coming to a conclusion) in an institution that is struggling now, I occasionally feel the need to look at the big picture. Discerning our own futures is interwoven with discerning the future of the church we love and serve.
I have just started reading Jill Lepore's new book, The Mansion of Happiness, A History of Life and Death. If you like non-fiction, I strongly recommend that you add this to your summer reading list. It will get my vote for a future reading for my church book club.
The book title and introduction explore American perceptions of the meaning of life as expressed in Milton Bradley's phenomenally successful board game, Life. The first version of the game was developed by the original Milton Bradley on the eve of the Civil War. That game, played on a checkerboard, was a mixture of morality and materialism. When Milton Bradley, the company, reissued Life in 1960, the game was all materialism. He who retires with the most money wins.
Lepore made a sociological observation about how changing demographics impacts our view of history and of questions about the meaning of life. Around 1800, the average American family had seven children and the average American lifespan was around forty years. In 2010 the average American family has less than two children and the average lifespan approached eighty years.
In response to this dramatic demographic change, Lepore notes that our understanding of life has straightened out. Where we once observed life as circular, life is now experienced as linear. Lepore writes:
"In 1800, the fertility rate in the United States was over seven births per woman, the average age of the population was sixteen, and the life expectancy was under forty. By 2010, the fertility rate had fallen to barely two, the average age of the population had risen to thirty-seven, and the average American could expect to live to nearly eighty….
When life lengthened, all those circles became lines…Meanwhile, the contemplation of life and death moved from the humanities to the sciences,…
When thinking about life and death moved from the library to the laboratory, the light of history dimmed. The future trumped the past. Youth vanquished age, and death grew unthinkable".
Could Lepore's observation about the dimming of the light of history be made about a dimming of the light of Christ? I wonder how much the "straightening out of life" accounts for the shrinking popularity of the church and of the Christian message in America. Churches across the theological spectrum are shrinking. Yes a few megachurches are growing, but on average, religious affiliation is declining, while polls show "no religion" is increasing. Even here at Old North, our Sunday attendance dipped a bit last year after several years of steady, if small growth.
Certainly, decreasing family size accounts for some of the decline as the church's primary form of evangelism is to baptize children of current members. The church flourished during the 1950s as post World War Two families gave birth to a baby boom (including me) and launched new suburbs with new churches. Once the baby boom subsided, so did church growth.
I wonder whether long term demographic changes have had a subtler and deeper impact on how our faith is received. As life lengthens, do individuals confront the same core theological questions our ancestors did? Birth and death are experienced less frequently in our modern lives than they were two hundred years ago. Moreover, birth and death tend to be isolated from society. They occur in hospitals and nursing homes, not at home. Are we then less likely to ask questions about what happens after death? Do we postpone asking those questions until our own deaths feel relatively close?
Does the church proclaim the Christian faith in a way that is more attuned to larger families and shorter life spans? Is John 3:16 (to the end that all who believe in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.) still the most important summary of the Gospel? Is the primary role of clergy to be pastors to help families through life transitions of birth, illness, and death? Do we view sin primarily as an obstacle to eternal life, or as an affront to our fellow human beings? Is the eucharist a sacrifice to bring us closer to eternal life, or a shared meal to bring us closer to each other? I am not suggesting that we stop believing in eternal life, stop pastoring each other through life challenges, stop repenting our sins, or stop celebrating the eucharist. Perhaps we need to rethink what each of these theologies and activities mean in the context of lengthened lives.
Different Christian themes have been emphasized in different Christian eras. These themes are all found in our large and ancient tradition, but they vary in importance from era to era depending on the existential, economic, and political issues faced by the living communities of faith at the time. What themes are we currently de-emphasizing, and more importantly, what ancient Christian themes can help us address the spiritual challenges of the twenty-first century?
Might we understand recent church battles over sexual identity and family structure as attempts to adjust the church's theology and practice to changing demographics and to lives less focused on birth and death? The difference in responses to these issues by the Western church versus the church in the developing world may be a reflection of differing demographic realities between developed and developing worlds.
What are the spiritual questions that seem most pressing in your longer and healthier life? What stories from our ancient tradition will help you understand the purpose of life as we now live it? As The Mansion of Happiness, A History of Life and Death points out, our core values are changing in response to changing demographic, technological, economic, and social change. Where do we find God in that change? How can our history help us understand the future to which God is calling us and calling our church?


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Windows 7 No Longer Safe to Use in 2020 - Here's Why
by John Lister on January, 15 2019 at 03:01PM EST
January 2020 marks the end of extended support for Windows 7 from Microsoft. This means Windows 7 users have just one year left to upgrade to either Windows 8 or 10 (or an alternative), before their systems become a major security risk. Support for ... Windows 7 comes in a two-stage process. The first is known as mainstream support, which means the system is under warranty and Microsoft offers free technical support over the phone and its online forums. During this time, Microsoft also continues developing new features, and users can get hot fixes which patch any performance or security problems ... (view more)
MS to Ditch Support for Win7, 8 on Newer PCs Next Year
by John Lister on January, 19 2016 at 07:01AM EST
In a move surely to upset many users, Microsoft has said it will be ditching support for Windows 7 and 8.1 on most new PCs. Some other PCs will lose support next July, earlier than many expected. The change is to do with the Skylake micro ... architecture for processors released by Intel in August 2015. Many PCs purchased recently will be running Skylake, as will most in the future. Until now, Microsoft had promised to offer extended support for Windows 7 until January 2020 and for Windows 8.1 until January 2023. Extended support means Microsoft continues to fix bugs and issue security updates, ... (view more)
No Service Packs For Windows 10; Support ends 2025
by John Lister on July, 23 2015 at 08:07AM EDT
Microsoft has confirmed it will support Windows 10 for at least ten years. The statement answers some questions, but raises other queries. The confirmation comes via a change to Microsoft's Windows lifecycle fact sheet . That's the page that ... explains exactly when it plans to stop offer support for each of its operating systems. The listed dates for Windows 10 are October 13, 2020 for the end of mainstream support and October 14, 2025 for the end of extended support. (Source: microsoft.com ) Although XP's support was extended several times (owing largely to the reluctance of many ... (view more)
Windows 7 Mainstream Support Ends
As expected and according to Microsoft's Windows lifecycle page, Windows 7 mainstream support officially ended on January 13, 2015. It means there will be no more significant updates to the Windows 7 operating system, other than security updates. ... The end of mainstream support is in line with Microsoft's general policy of offering support for its operating systems five years after being released, followed by extended support for a further five years. The only exception to this policy was Windows XP, where the total support period lasted for 13 years. That was largely because the system ... (view more)
Microsoft: Big Discount for XP to Windows 8 Upgrade
by John Lister on April, 10 2013 at 08:04AM EDT
Microsoft is now warning Windows XP users that it will only support the aging operating system (OS) for one more year. Beyond that point, anyone still using it will be at risk. To get people off the old OS, Microsoft is offering a 15 per cent price ... reduction for businesses upgrading to Windows 8. April 8, 2014, will mark the end of extended support for people running Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3), the last of the major updates to the system. Those who didn't apply the service packs are already out of the support window, though there's no charge to download these updates. Extended ... (view more)
WinXP's Demise: 1000 Days And Counting
Microsoft has reminded Windows XP users that the system will lose security support from the company in under 1,000 days' time. However, some wonder if that will prove practical. Stephen Rose, who is the community and social media manager for ... Microsoft, wrote a blog post to mark the system's imposing deadline. He said that "Windows XP had an amazing run and millions of PC users are grateful for it. But it's time to move on. Two reasons: 1) Extended support for Windows XP is running out in less than 1000 days, and 2) there's an OS out there that's much better than Windows XP." (Source: ... (view more)
WinXP, Office 2003 Evolve, Updates Semi-Retired
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Microsoft recently announced that April 14, 2009 will mark the beginning of its "phase out" process for the Office 2003 productivity suite and the Windows XP operating system; two cornerstone programs that will be forced into semiretirement so that ... more resources can be used towards newer products. The lifespan of a Microsoft product is dependent on the amount of time and involvement the company allocates when implementing security updates, patches, and similar. Microsoft Product Life Cycle: Mainstream Support Office 2003 was released in November 2003 as a successor to Office XP. At the time ... (view more)


Interference is a characteristic wave phenomenon that played important roles in physics. For example, two-pathway interferometry is a simple and powerful technique used to establish the wave nature of light in electromagnetism, and that of particles in quantum physics. Such interferometers are typically constructed in the real space, involving two waves traveling along spatially separated paths before being recombined to interfere. On the other hand, quantum physics allows "waves" (of probability, i.e., wavefunctions) or "paths" to be defined in more general or abstract "spaces". This opens many possibilities to use interferometry as a powerful "phase sensitive" tool to manipulate, measure or even create novel quantum matter. In this talk, I will describe our experimental demonstration of quantum matter interferometers where the interfering pathways are not in the real space, but in some "synthetic" spaces involving different (and spin-dependent) trajectories for the evolution of the quantum system. Our experiments are performed with a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of ultracold (87Rb) atoms, a highly-tunable synthetic quantum matter. By coupling atoms' spin (and momentum) quantum states with appropriate electromagnetic (optical and microwave/RF) fields, various "synthetic" spin-orbit coupling (SOC) as well as quantum superposition states can be engineered. We study and control the quantum transport and quantum chemistry in such a BEC with synthetic SOC, and demonstrate two-pathway interferometry in energy-momentum space (synthetic band structure) as well as in chemical reactions (photoassociation), respectively. Time permitting, I may also discuss our experimental realization of a BEC on a synthetic cylinder (where self-interference gives a topological bandstructure mimicking transport on a Mobius strip), and studies of the roles of many-body interactions in two colliding and interfering spin-orbit-coupled BEC. Our experimental system can be a rich playground to study physics of interests to AMO physics, quantum chemistry, condensed matter physics, and even high energy physics.


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Alfred Bouvier − francuski bokser, uczestnik Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1908 w Londynie.

Na Letnich Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 1908 Startował w wadze lekkiej. Przegrał w 1/8 finału z reprezentantem gospodarzy Haroldem Holmesem, nie zdobywając medalu.

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Claudio Hebberecht, the project leader of the highlighted work The Habitat of the Artist by Claudio Hebberecht explicates, The Habitat of the Artist, fully integrated into the environment by it´s natural flowing lines. Reinforced concrete dome connected with the Earth by 8 elegant arm extensions, allowing wide arcs to flood the living space with morning and afternoon light, and to shelter it from the occasional rainfall and the energy of the noonday sun. Facing East, sunrise enters the habitat daily via the eye dome opening . Team: Designer: Claudio Hebberecht, Inspiration: Aksinia Martinova Balchiklieva, Architect: Isaac Montava Belda , Structure calculation: Luis Estevan, Construction : Construcciones Galváñ.


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français : Diagrammes de Simpson
Simpson's ratio diagrams (Simpson 1941, Large pleistocene felines of North America. American Museum Novitates, 1136, p.1-27, 11 fig., New York) provide rapid and easy comparaisons, both of size and shape, for a single bone or a group of bones.
The reference is provided by a single bone (or a group of bones), or means of a bone sample, the dimensions of which are converted into decimal logarithms. By convention, logarithms of these dimensions are placed on the "0" line of the graph. In most cases I used an extant equid, E. hemionus onager, as reference.
Dimensions of the material under study are also converted into decimal logarithms.
Arithmetic diifferences between the reference logarithms and the logarithms of the studied dimensions are placed above the "0" line if they are positive (larger dimensions), or below if they are negative (smaller dimensions).
In such a logarithmic diagram, proportions remain unchanged whatever the absolute dimensions: diagrams of two bones differing by their size but identical by their proportions will appear one above the other but on parallel lines.
The diagram interpretation is easier when couples of dimensions describing main proportions are placed side by side. For instance, "gracile-robust" proportions appear immediately when "widths" are placed beside "lengths". It may also be convenient to group the dimensions of anatomical parts (diaphysis, proximal end, distal end). When data are often missing for some dimensions (for example when a particular part of the bone is often badly preserved), I recommend to place them at the begining or at the end of the diagram.
See the "Systems of measurements" for the measurements numerotations.
1. Skull comparisons
A small skull from Longueuil Sainte-Marie, ca. 50 years BC, could have been referred to a Donkey in reason of its small size. The Simpson's ratio diagram shows, however, that by its proportions it is close to a Pony, not a Donkey.
2. Limb bones proportions
Limb bones proportions give some information on the more or less cursorial adaptations and, inside a group of closely related species, on the quality of the ground in their environment.
The most cursorial forms have short proximal bones, (Humerus, Femur) relative to distal bones (MC III et MT III).
When the ground is hard, Ph III are more narrow.
On the illustrated ratio diagram, E. przewalskii is most cursorial and runs on the hardest ground. The Late Pleistocene European E. gallicus is quite different, in particular by the greater length of its Ph I.
Limb bones ratio diagram
Skulls ratio diagram
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200 people pushed their way into a show tent at Paris Fashion Week for the Dior show, a further crowd of fashion devotees pushed against erected steel bars put in place to keep them out.
A buzz of 'will he-won't he?' consumed onlookers, who seemed to be there more for the gossip than the fashion. Since John Galliano's dismissal earlier this week for his anti-Semitic rant no-one even knew if the Dior show would be taking place. However, yesterday afternoon saw the most controversial show in recent years unravel in tragic form.
He also outlined how the sister of the brand's founder Mr Christian Dior had been sent to a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
The 'funeral-like' show was finished by 30 members of Dior studios emerging from backstage to applaud Galliano's final creations for the fashion house, which were said to be a nod to his signature looks such as barely there chiffon dresses, bow-peep style bows and frills, and accents of velvet.
To add to Galliano's tragedy his press office has confirmed that his own name collection show has been cancelled and that the collection will be shown in a presentation form. Chances of the designer attending are slim as he has reportedly entered rehab. An invite to the showing of his very last collection is sure to be one of the most coveted in fashion history.


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Local franchised dealer will sort out any warranty problems for free, but on most contracts (except VW group) any VAT registered garage can service car very cheap. Don't use manufacturer agents, they are damn expensive. You never have an MOT (except on occasional 3-year contracts), car is always too young.
I have taken a typical model of this car from my website – the Skoda Octavia Petrol Manual. For this car, the CO2 is now just 110g/km. Other trim levels might differ slightly.
My Skoda Octavia 1.0 TSI SE Technology 12v (115bhp) (5 seats) Hatchback 5dr 999cc Petrol Manual (6 Speed) Petrol Manual gearbox is only £159.16 inc VAT per month with 9 months initial payment, followed by 23 payments on direct debit. Business customers, make sure you deduct the VAT, when making decisions. As I can't tell what type of customer you are (business or private), I can't display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).
This price on my Skoda Octavia includes full road tax for the length of the contract, on all of my cars and vans! Free delivery to your home or work and free collection from you at the end! £159.16 inc VAT per month is based on you driving 10,000 miles per annum, but higher mileages are usually available at a small extra cost. If you go over the allocated miles, you can pay a small excess mileage charge, usually between 3p and 15p per mile.
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Are You a Half Full Glass or Full Empty?
As humans, we sometimes compare ourselves with others even if unintentionally. It's a healthy activity provided the comparison is being made to motivate us to do better, to achieve more. However, if it makes a person feel inferior or lowers their self confidence, then it is time to take a step back and focus on one's uniqueness.
It is quite natural that there are going to be qualities, skills and talents where others may be better than you. Conversely, you too have qualities, skills and talents that are unique to you or areas where you are better than others. Don't let your mind play tricks with you to undermine your self confidence.Instead focus on the positives by honoring your strengths – those things that you are naturally good at or have become good at through practice and effort.
When you are connected with your Inner Self, it becomes easier to see your strengths and understand your place in the Universe's scheme of things.
Here's an exercise that I did recently with a client to help her understand herself better as she looks at a challenging career move.
Take a clean sheet of paper and make three columns for your different types of strengths. Label the columns as Natural Strengths (like writing, cooking, painting); Special Learnt Skills (like driving, accountancy, dancing, computer training); and Positive Character Traits (kind, friendly, trust worthy, loyal).
Take 10 minutes to brainstorm and enter your strengths in each of these columns. You would be surprised to notice that the list is not as empty as you might have imagined. If there is less strength in one column, there may be many in another. The total of all your strengths remains!
Just think, if you could acquire strengths in some areas through learning and training, surely you can acquire others as well in perceived areas for improvement ?This way, you will end up feeling more capable, better about yourself, and you're more likely to start tackling some of those things you'd like to be able to do!
How do you remind yourself of your strengths and use them to achieve your goals? I'd love to read about your special method to keep your moral going in the comments box below.
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What a wonderful and valuable exercise. When I get stuck, I often do a mental roll call of all my natural and learned skills. Usually, that gives me the motivation to keep going. I recall during my years as a career counselor that the greatest limitation to an unemployed professional was the damage to their self-confidence. They often believed their acquired skills only fit the job hey had. They didn't own them. This exercise is so easy & useful.
What you are saying about unemployed professionals forgetting about their non-work acquired skills is so true. Maybe it is the shock that they have lost their job, especially in a bad economy,that makes them forget that their is more to them. Also, many of us who don't maintain outside work interests start to identify too deeply with our work and job title and feel lost until we are able to rediscover that we are valuable with transferable skills. Thanks for bringing up the point, Roslyn.
I would add a 4th column to that page "Enjoy". If you have the strength, skill and traits to do the job make sure you will find it enjoyable as well.
You have a point, Joe and yes, that can be added. However, many times, there are professionals who are adept at many things but don't actually enjoy doing them. A case in point, when I was in school, I was selected for a Group dance performance for our House Annual Function and in the middle of practice, the Dramatics teacher walked in, said something to the Dance Master and I was out of the dance and shoved into the English play because it was decided that my English diction was better suited to the play.
I find that if you know what you enjoy doing as part of your strengths a pattern will start to show.
For example, one of my strengths is wordpress security. I'm very good at it, but I don't enjoy doing it. I would rather see a larger pattern of my strenghts that are enjoyable. I truly believe if you love what you do, then it's not work.
This exercise is great because it really opens your eyes to the possibilities you have within yourself.
Thank you Gisele for your observation on possibility thinking.
I agree with you that if one can do what they love, then it is not work. It becomes a passion. As a careerist, we do find limitations in terms of what our employer wants us to do based on our technical strengths and aptitudes ignoring the element of enjoyment. The onus is on us to improvise and find the sweet spot.
That is something that I touched upon in my teleseminar on 5 Reasons Your Job Hunt is Failing.
What an excellent exercise Vatsala, one which makes you sit back and see what you have going for you and where your strengths are. I used to really hate speaking to groups of people, I was extremely self conscious and nervous when doing it. A friend took me through a similar exercise that showed me even with my own misgivings, I was actually good at doing this.
So to test this I worked as a teacher in higher education for a while to grow my experience in this area. It started out being nerve wracking and every day was full of doubt, but after a while I found myself decidedly enjoying the whole experience. I would never have tried it if not for this sort of exercise.
Another success story, Ian. Hurrah!
God Bless your friend who helped you to find a talent and skill that you had but were unaware of. That is a true friend.
Stepping out of our comfort zone and trying something that banishes a limiting belief is so liberating. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Oh my goodness – what a cool exercise!! This is a fun way to get unstuck, learn something about ourselves (or remind us of skills we've forgotten about). Love this post, Vatsala!
It is, isn't it Deb. 🙂 Even the best of us can sometimes feel the pangs of self-doubt, especially when something we worked hard to achieve didn't produce the desired result. That is the time to remind ourselves that we have what it takes and this exercise comes in handy as a morale booster.
This is such a cool idea and fun! Thanks so much Vatsala 🙂 Always a good thing to remind us of our own skillsets and how good it is to learn something so relevant to our own confidence 🙂 Awesome post!
This is a great exercise to do! Knowing about our strengths is very important. I do 15 minutes power walk everyday, and there is only one rule, which is to think about what I have today and to be thankful. I heard that "gratitude is a rich soil to plant our future" so I do gratitude walk followed by 10 minutes journal. Those exercises clears my mind and it has been working well for me! Thank you for sharing!
Starting the day with exercise and gratitude for all that one has is a great way to strengthen a positive mindset and set the stage for better things to come, Kaz. No matter what the day brings, we are ready for it.
This is a great exercise and one I will try. When I get stuck I find myself going to friends to ask what they see in me and what they see as blocking me from moving forward. This is great for self motivation when my go-to is not readily available. I do like the quote that while you were arguing whether the glass was half full or half empty … I drank it .. signed, The Opportunist. I like it because it reminds us that we often overlook opportunities right in front of us – because we spend too much time trying to justify or excuse. Thanks for sharing!
I love the quote, Tamara. Carpe Diem!


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Cinema Dispatch: Unforgettable
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A lot of people seem to enjoy this recent upswing in Steamy Thrillers, but while I can certainly see the appeal of them in a trashy sort of way (more so When the Bough Breaks than The Perfect Guy), they always seem to have an element in the story or a fundamental conceit that rubbed me the wrong way. This new entry into the genre looks to have the same issues while also having the unfortunate drawback of no Morris Chestnut, but the casting is interesting to say the say least so maybe there's something to this. Can this rise above its trashy peers to be the ULTIMATE trash film, or is it trashy in the less fun sense of the word? Let's find out!!
The movie follows Julia Banks (Rosario Dawson) who just moved in with her boyfriend and soon to be husband David Connover (Geoff Stults) which seems like a dream come true and is the perfect opportunity for her to put her past behind her which involves some shit headed abuser named Michael (Simon Kassianides) who is now VERY far away considering she's now on the other side of the country. Of course, her good luck doesn't last for long as she's now caught in the cross hairs of Tessa Connover (Katherine Heigl) who's David's ex-wife and is none too happy about it; particularly when it comes to her daughter Lilly (Isabella Rice) who now has to spend time with Daddy's Girlfriend. Tessa, the controlling and vindictive person that she is, makes it her mission to not only get Julia out of the picture as quickly as possible, but to do it in the most crew and vindictive ways possible and to worm her way back into David's arms in the process. Just how far will Tessa go in her quest for vengeance, and will Julia be able to withstand the pressure? Will David come to Julia's aid when the heat gets turned up, or will he buckle under the circumstantial evidence that Tessa piles up against her? Was this some sort of long lost sequel to Fatal Attraction that was shelved twenty years ago!? It certainly FEELS that dated!!
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Super Recaps: The Twilight Zone (Cradle of Darkness)
The Twilight Zone and all the images you see in this recap are owned by Warner Bros Television and based on the series created by Rod Serling
Episode directed by Jean de Segonzac
When I decided to start recapping this series, there were a few episodes that I knew were going to be VERY interesting to talk about as the show really did go into some strange territory and had some surprisingly big stars who were very taking these roles very early in their careers. This episode right here? This might just be the crown jewel of the series, at least from the episodes I can recall. This has Katherine Heigl (yes, THAT Katherine Heigl) going back in time to kill Baby Hitler. Yeah. Can this episode manage to be even HALF as interesting as that premise promises? Let's find out!!
The episode begins IN THE FUTURE where Special Agent Katherine Heigl is, for some reason, the ONLY person they can send back in time (something to do with genetics) and has just finished making peace with her family as we're going by Terminator rules here which means she can only go BACK in time, but not forward… unless anyone besides me saw Terminator Genisys in which they mess with that rule, but I'm still willing to pretend that movie doesn't exist if everyone else is.
"It's too bad this is one way travel. Now we have to send someone ELSE to deal with Donald Trump."
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require_relative 'gemutilities'
require 'rubygems/local_remote_options'
require 'rubygems/command'

class TestGemLocalRemoteOptions < RubyGemTestCase

  def setup
    super

    @cmd = Gem::Command.new 'dummy', 'dummy'
    @cmd.extend Gem::LocalRemoteOptions
  end

  def test_add_local_remote_options
    @cmd.add_local_remote_options

    args = %w[-l -r -b -B 10 --source http://gems.example.com -p --update-sources]
    assert @cmd.handles?(args)
  end

  def test_both_eh
    assert_equal false, @cmd.both?

    @cmd.options[:domain] = :local

    assert_equal false, @cmd.both?

    @cmd.options[:domain] = :both

    assert_equal true, @cmd.both?
  end

  def test_local_eh
    assert_equal false, @cmd.local?

    @cmd.options[:domain] = :local

    assert_equal true, @cmd.local?

    @cmd.options[:domain] = :both

    assert_equal true, @cmd.local?
  end

  def test_remote_eh
    assert_equal false, @cmd.remote?

    @cmd.options[:domain] = :remote

    assert_equal true, @cmd.remote?

    @cmd.options[:domain] = :both

    assert_equal true, @cmd.remote?
  end

  def test_source_option
    @cmd.add_source_option

    s1 = URI.parse 'http://more-gems.example.com/'
    s2 = URI.parse 'http://even-more-gems.example.com/'
    s3 = URI.parse 'http://other-gems.example.com/some_subdir'
    s4 = URI.parse 'http://more-gems.example.com/' # Intentional duplicate

    @cmd.handle_options %W[--source #{s1} --source #{s2} --source #{s3} --source #{s4}]

    assert_equal [s1.to_s, s2.to_s, "#{s3}/"], Gem.sources
  end

  def test_update_sources_option
    @cmd.add_update_sources_option

    Gem.configuration.update_sources = false

    @cmd.handle_options %W[--update-sources]

    assert_equal true, Gem.configuration.update_sources

    @cmd.handle_options %W[--no-update-sources]

    assert_equal false, Gem.configuration.update_sources
  end

  def test_source_option_bad
    @cmd.add_source_option

    s1 = 'htp://more-gems.example.com'

    assert_raises OptionParser::InvalidArgument do
      @cmd.handle_options %W[--source #{s1}]
    end

    assert_equal [@gem_repo], Gem.sources
  end

end

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Take Two: Siena Kelly and Susan Wokoma on Stage at Donmar Warehouse in Teenage Dick
Robert De Niro – named 56th Recipient of 2019 SAG Life Achievement Award
Mike Lew's darkly comic take on Shakespeare's Richard III has its UK debut, directed by Donmar Artistic Director Michael Longhurst. As winter formal gives way to glorious spring fling, Richard – the class loser – lusts for power at Roseland High. Main image: Siena-Kelly-and-Daniel-Monks-in-rehearsals-for-Teenage-Dick-at-the-Donmar-Warehouse-directed-by-Michael-Longhurst.-Photo-Marc-Brenner-
After years of torment due to his hemiplegia, Richard plots the ultimate rise in power: to become president of his senior class. But like all teenagers, and all despots, he is faced with the hardest question of all: is it better to be loved, or feared?
Siena Kelly (Anne Margaret) makes her Donmar Warehouse debut in Teenage Dick. Her theatre credits include Describe the Night (Hampstead), A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic), On The Town (Regent's Park Open Air). Her television credits include Adult Material, Temple and Vanity Fair. Siena trained at the Arts Educational School.
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Susan Wokoma (Elizabeth York) after appearing in the New York transfers of the acclaimed all female productions of Julius Caesar and Henry IV, directed by Phyllida Lloyd, at St. Ann's Warehouse, Susan makes her Donmar debut with Teenage Dick. Her theatre credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream (Open Air Theatre), Labour of Love (Noël Coward), A Raisin in the Sun (Sheffield Crucible), Game, Dream Pill (Almeida), Hotel (National Theatre) and Three Birds (Royal Exchange, Manchester/Bush) for which she received an Offie Award nomination for Best Female Performance. Television credits include Year of the Rabbit, Chewing Gum, Crazyhead (for which she was selected by BAFTA as a Breakthrough Brit and won an RTS West award for Best On Screen Performance), and Porters.
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This car started out like a lot of the old classic 2002's needing obsoletely everything. Rust in the floors and aged metal. We cut away the rust. Welded in new sheet metal. Cut out for the Factory BMW Turbo flares and front valance. Sending the car off to the body shop. The car was painted Championship White (typeR white) which is appropriate color considering it's powered by a Honda S2000 motor: F22c with the 6 speed manual transmission. AEM Standalone computer with custom tune to keep things running smoothly.
Suspension is our own CAtuned coilovers mated with a 4.10 LSD inside our CAtuned Monster rear end. CAtuned Front brakes with 2002 Garagewerks rear Disc Brakes. Stainless steel braided lines front and rear. With the swap we used our CAtuned swap mounts and a custom transmission tunnel. Everything fits and looks great. Cooling the engine is a nice all Aluminum Radiator and electric cooling fan.
Interior is done very nicely with E21 Recaro's at the front and matching E24 Recaro like seating in the rear. Everything is leather and very comfortable. Custom carpeting done over the tunnel and new floor mats. With the F22 swap we integrated the S2000 cluster in the dash and it really shows well.
The entire build took a number of years but the end result is well worth it.
Thank you for looking over the build, checking out the pictures and video.


With Xbox One X (formerly known as Project Scorpio), Xbox takes a giant leap forward in the console space: True 4K Gaming. Console gaming has never looked better – but it's not just what you see that counts, it's how it makes you feel. As such, our launch film takes audiences on a journey that is both visually stunning and visceral, a feast for the senses meant to evoke the experience of gaming in True 4K on Xbox One X.
We begin with a dynamic exploration of the console's next-gen internals to witness the spark of ignition, the birth of luminous "pixel threads" (the life-force of True 4K Gaming) that form various game IPs in breathtaking detail. We then segue into an abstract live-action sequence where a gamer experiences Xbox One X for the first time. There is a feeling of transference between console and gamer, an emotional imprint, an awakening. As viewers, we are in her shoes, experiencing the wonder and excitement of True 4K Gaming as the trailer crescendos into the final product reveal. As the film resolves, anticipation lingers – what experiences await on the most powerful console ever made?


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Communist Party MP asks to serve as doctor in Larissa
Communist Party of Greece (KKE) lawmaker Giorgos Lambroulis asked Parliament on Monday to temporarily excuse him from his duties as one of eight vice presidents of the body so that he may help out his region Larissa, central Greece, in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
"My place is with my fellow doctors and nursing staff that are fighting under adverse conditions to care for the people, in the public health sector of Larissa," Lambroulis, who is a pulmonologist, told House Speaker Konstantinos Tassoulas in a letter.
He also criticized successive Greek governments for ignoring chronic shortages in the health sector, and called on fellow MPs who are doctors to follow his example.
Citing his letter, the KKE also called on private sector doctors to help out by joining the public healthcare system at a crucial time of the pandemic.


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Home Top Global News Drug used to make ice found hidden in highlighters
Drug used to make ice found hidden in highlighters
$120 million drug shipment hidden in highlighters seized at border.
A man has been charged with allegedly importing almost 300kg of ephedrine, used to make the drug ice, which was found concealed in 21,000 highlighter pens following a joint investigation by the Australian Border Force and NSW Police.
On February 10, a container carrying five pallets of pens and other stationery arrived in Sydney from China.
When the container was taken to the ABF's container examination facility for x-ray, officers noted anomalies in 50 boxes of highlighters.
Subsequent testing of the substance revealed positive results for ephedrine with a total weight of 294kg.
Police will allege in court that the drug haul could have been used to make about 2.4 million hits of 'ice', with an estimated potential street value of $120 million.
Ephedrine is a chemical precursor used to manufacture illicit methamphetamine, or ice, because of its structural similarity. It is illegal to import into Australia.
Last week, ABF investigators and detectives from the Drug and Firearms Squad conducted a controlled delivery to a storage facility in Sydney's inner west.
On Friday, three men, aged 26, 27, and 34, attended the facility and were arrested by undercover agents after they allegedly accessed the consignment.
The 27-year-old man has been charged with importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled precursor, while the other two men were released pending further inquiries.
Investigators also executed a search warrant at a home in Glebe and seized a number of items.
ABF Investigations Superintendent Garry Low said the use of highlighters was a unique way of concealing the illegal substance.
"We've recently invested heavily in upgrades to x-ray technology at our container examination facilities, including here in Sydney, allowing our officers to see further in to each container and detect even more sophisticated concealments," Superintendent Low said.
"This technology, combined with the significant skills of our investigators, and our collaboration with our state police colleagues has once again seen a large amount of precursors seized before it could be turned into millions of hits of 'ice'.
"ABF and our partners have made a significant dent in the availability of ice over the past 12 months, with the seizure more than 2 tonnes of ephedrine at the border in NSW alone."
Drug and Firearms Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Peter McErlain, said targeting ice and precursors remains a priority for NSW Police Force and their partners.
"Ice poses a unique challenge for law enforcement, as we need to intercept the illicit importation of both finished product and precursors, such as ephedrine," Det Supt McErlain said.
"These types of seizures can have a significant impact on the availability of ice across NSW, but our work does not stop at importations – we are also targeting the supply of this poison in metropolitan, regional and rural areas, and the crude manufacture in clandestine laboratories.
"Criminal syndicates profit from the misery created by these illicit substances, so as much as anything, the community focus needs to be on reducing the demand for all illicit drugs."
The accused man has been formally refused bail to reappear in court on Wednesday.
The maximum penalty is 25 years imprisonment and/or a fine of $900,000.
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New and Used Limo Sales
The limousine industry caters to a wide range of clients, from business travellers and VIPs to hen parties and tourists exploring less travelled routes. There were more than 7,400 limousine operators in 2013 according to the LCT Magazine, a leading publication for the limousine, charter and tour industry. The estimated number of chauffeured vehicles in service is 109,300 vehicles in the UK, including 25,100 stretch limousines and 31,700 sedans or executive cars. Before buying a new or used limo, there are a number of things operators should keep in mind before buying a vehicle.
Limo Sales in the UK
Limousine vehicle fleets feature a wide range of vehicles, including sedans, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), stretch limousines and buses. According the LCT Magazine's latest industry profile outlined in its 2013 Industry Briefing, 911 stretch limousines were sold in the UK during 2012. This compares to 2,751 sedans and other executive cars, 285 SUVs and 1,085 buses sold in 2012. By comparison, 1996 new limousine fleet vehicles including buses were produced in the UK during 2012.
Licensing Considerations
Unless a limousine is being hired without a driver, the vehicle must be run by a licensed operator. In order to operate larger limousines with seating for nine or more passengers, a public sector vehicle (PSV) operator licence is required. A PSV license is issued in order to operate a vehicle for hire or payment in kind that carries nine or more passengers or smaller vehicles used to transport passengers for different fares. For more information about a PSV operator's license, visit www.gov.uk/psv-operator-licences.
For small limousines with seating for up to eight passengers, a private hire vehicle (PHV) operator licence is needed. Within London, a Transport for London driver's licence is needed in addition to a small operator's licence for up to two vehicles used for private hire and a standard operator's licence for more than two vehicles. Outside London, a PHV operator licence must be obtained from a local authority in addition to appropriate driver and vehicle licenses. An operator's licence is not required for limousines with up to 8 passenger seats if it is being driver for a wedding or funeral.
Choosing a Limousine
Decisions related to the type of vehicle will depend on what sort of limousine service you want to provide. Knowing the market is crucial in order to understand what type of new or used limousine to purchase. For example, if a limo will be used for stag and hen nights then a large stretch limousine might be a good investment. If the target market is business people travelling between meetings or if the vehicle will be used primarily for airport transfers, then opting for a premium vehicle such as executive cars manufactured by BMW, Mercedes, Chrysler or Audi might be a better bet. Some limousine operators may have both options in order to attract a broader range of clients.
Other considerations to keep in mind relate to the look of the vehicle. If buying a stretch limousine, keep in mind that longer vehicles will require greater overhead and operating costs. They may also be more difficult and expensive to park. Larger vehicles may also not be practical when driving along narrow country routes or streets in dense city centres. While most limousines are black or white, colourful vehicles are becoming increasingly popular with younger clients. Black and white vehicles are good choices for weddings and formal events, as well as for business travellers or clients who want to be discrete. At the same time, bolder colours might be attractive for hen nights, school events or special corporate events.
Costs of Buying a Limo
When considering whether to purchase a new or used limo, it is important to take into account your financial situation. Cost will also influence the type of vehicle that will be purchased. As a general rule, the cost of a new limousine will typically be significantly higher than a used vehicle. At the same time, a used limo may require additional costs for operating the vehicle. Whether buying a new or used vehicle, it is important to understand the costs associated with replacing any parts and general maintenance. Another important thing to keep in mind when deciding between a new or used limo is the cost of fuel. Petrol or diesel costs can mean the difference between a profit and a loss for many limousine operations. Newer vehicles may have an edge in terms of fuel efficiency.
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Q: Replace expression like +{user}100 using regex I have a String like this:
Test+${user}100,very important text

I am trying to remove the part +${user}100
Why my code isn't working?
noSpecialSigns = noSpecialSigns.replaceAll("\\+$\\{user}\\d","");

A: You have to escape all the plus + and parenthesis {}, because they are a part of the regex syntax, your regex should be \+\$\{user\}\d+ :
noSpecialSigns = noSpecialSigns.replaceAll("\\+\\$\\{user\\}\\d+", "");

A: You have two issues here:

*

*You need to escape the $ sign

*The \d will only match a single digit. You need to add a + to match a series of digits:

noSpecialSigns = noSpecialSigns.replaceAll("\\+\\$\\{user}\\d+","");

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Q: Generic c# Round Robin (partitioned/sorted) Queue I often have the need to process a queue of items where no one user should be able to block the queue and the items in the queue should be processed in some order. I frequently write a class to do this, but I thought there should be some generic version but I can't find one.
So I'm looking for a queue class where I can specify a type, a selector for partitions and a selector to order by such that I can add objects to the queue and then when I get objects back out, I get the first object from the next partition ordered by my order specifier.
For example, I would call like this specifying how to partition and how to sort the queue:
 var queue = new RoundRobinQueue<Message>(
            _ => _.UserID,
            _ => _.SendDate
            );

And after I've added lots of Message's, I can Parallel.ForEach the items in my queue and process them in the order of the earliest SendDate for the next User. That way, if one user is slow, his items won't block the queue since he only gets one thread, but if there is only one user, he's the only partition so he gets all the threads.
I looked all over but couldn't find a nice generic implementation in C# for this. Any ideas?

A: Look at the classes defined in System.Collections.Concurrent. There is a generic ConcurrentQueue as well as more basic building blocks for producer-consumer patterns.
The available classes and interfaces are summarized on MSDN.


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Q: How to edit fields in grid popup that are not part of grid columns? I need to prepare grid with limited number of columns and only when grid row is edited (in popup) it should contain additional fields to edit.
How to edit fields in grid popup that are not part of grid columns?

A: You have to set a template for the popup, check this:

Demo


In a saucepan, heat the orange juice with one-third of the honey, the cinnamon and the apricots. Cover and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Cut the apricots into sixths and set aside 125 ml / ½ cup of the cooking liquid.
In a bowl, combine the apricots with the almonds, bread crumbs and sugar. Set aside.
Butter a 20 cm / 8" square pan.
Cut the phyllo dough into 24 20-cm / 8" squares. Cover with a damp tea towel.
Using a pastry brush, generously butter 4 squares of dough and place them, one on top of the other, in the bottom of the pan. Spread one-quarter of the filling on top.
Repeat three more times, ending with 8 sheets of buttered dough.
Cut into eight portions and bake for 50 minutes or until golden.
Combine the remaining honey with the reserved cooking liquid. Pour this syrup over the hot pastry and continue baking ten more minutes.