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Posted on Dec 14, 2022 5:20am PST
2022 was expected to be an above-average season for Atlantic hurricanes, and though the number of named storms and hurricanes was on the low end of the NOAA's predictions, those that did strike caused significant damage.
Hurricane Fiona, the first major hurricane of the season, caused at least 31 deaths in the Caribbean and Canada as well as more than $875 million in damage.
Hurricane Ian, a category 4 storm, struck Cuba and the southeastern United States, causing an estimated $50 billion in property damage and claiming at least 157 lives.
Fiona and Ian were the only two major hurricanes of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which includes any hurricanes classified as category 3 or greater (with sustained winds of at least 111 mph). Six other hurricanes and six named storms also occurred.
Although the 2022 season was destructive and deadly, its impact on the offshore oil industry—specifically offshore workers—was relatively mild in comparison to previous years.
Hurricane Ian Disrupts 11% of Oil Production in the Gulf of Mexico
Hurricane Ian was the sole storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season to significantly disrupt offshore oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. About 11% of production in the Gulf was shut-in by September 27 in preparation for the storm, which hit the area as a category 4 hurricane.
Oil companies evacuated personnel from 14 platforms and rigs in anticipation of the storm, and approximately 190,000 barrels of oil per day in production were lost as a result of the disruption.
Tankers and vessels also cleared the eastern region of the Gulf of Mexico.
These measures meant that, although production was affected, no crew members were reported lost or injured as a result of Hurricane Ian or any other named storm in 2022.
This is a far cry from 2021, when the crew of the Noble-owned and Shell-leased drillship, Globetrotter II, was left to weather Hurricane Ida. Her crew of 142 were tossed about, believing they were going to capsize and sink, as 150-mph winds and 80-foot waves battered the vessel. The Coast Guard was able to rescue all of the crew members, but not before they suffered significant mental and physical trauma.
In 2020, Hurricane Zeta nearly claimed another rig, Transocean's Deepwater Asgard.
Offshore companies must develop and implement hurricane preparedness plans that protect their workers and their rigs from inclement weather. Hurricanes will strike, it's just a matter of when and where. Each platform, rig, or vessel must have its own policies and procedures to shut-in operations and evacuate the crew.
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SEATTLE – The University of Puget Sound track team saw severl very solid performances at the UW Open on Sunday. For the third consecutive time, Andrea Leiken broke her own school record in the 400.
"We had some really good efforts today," commented head coach Mike Orechia. "We should be in great shape for our outdoor opener at home on Mar. 5."
Leiken recorded a time of 1:01.01 in the 400 to rebreak the school record. On the women's side, Marnie Hazlehurst and Maya Heck also recorded personal bests in their respective events. Hazlehurst's time of 10:53.40 in the 3000 ranks seventh on the all-time indoor records and Heck's pole vault of 2.74 meters ranks fifth on the all-time record list for indoor events.
The men also had several finishes that ranked in the top-10 of the school indoor records. Lukas Diesing ran a 24.36 in the 200 to etch his name as the ninth-best all-time indoor 200. Sean Tyree ran a 52.08 400 to rank third all-time while Robin Harkins' 3000 also ranked third all-time with a time of 8:34.82. Tyree, Bryan Soto, Joe Cerne and Emerson Sample teamed up to run the second fastest indoor 4x400m relay in school history. The Logger team totaled a time of 3:31.43.
The Loggers will open their outdoor season when they host the Quad Meet on Mar. 4-5 on the Don Shotwell Track.


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Josh Thompson Gets Naked in 'Comin' Around' Video
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Alanna Conaway Published: July 16, 2012
Fans who have watched Josh Thompson's 'Comin' Around' music video may be seeing a bit more than they realize. In a recent interview with radio station Big Frog 104, Thompson reveals there is a quick clip showing a photograph of him in his birthday suit.
…As a baby, of course.
"The video has got a bunch of pictures from me growing up and kind of on my journey of 'comin' around,'" he told morning show host Polly Wogg. "If you slow it down, I think you can see me naked as a baby."
'Comin' Around' is the first single from Thompson's highly-anticipated sophomore album, which he hopes will be released later on in the year. The album will be filled with all brand new tunes, all of which Thompson had a hand in writing. If the new project is anything like his debut album 'Way Out Here,' chances are it will be a big hit for the Wisconsin native.
For those who want to see the singer up close and personal this year, check out his tour schedule by clicking here. To see him really up close and personal, check out his 'Comin' Around' video.
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Willunga Farmers Market has grown up
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Since the move to the sidewalk areas outside The Alma Hotel and Fino's in Hill Street Willunga, as the market grew out of their original location, there have been quite a few changes. The new brand with the pitch fork logo, the introduction of the community membership scheme and the engagement of administration, book-keeping and marketing staff all demonstrate that this is a serious business.
The chair of the Willunga Farmers Market, Jude McBain says, "…we see ourselves [the committee] as managing a multimillion dollar business – it's about people's livelihoods. People put their trust in us as we have helped farmers to say goodbye to the packing shed and be brave by selling all their produce via the market."
The estimated turnover from the market in total is around $5-6 million / year with Jude's own business, Blue Cottage Almonds, selling their entire crop at the farmers market at retail prices.
Entirely self-funded, the market as a not for profit association derives a third of its income from the community membership scheme and two thirds from stall holder fees. The membership scheme has helped to build the market's database to 2000 strong, with 50% from the township of Willunga, 20% from the next towns along like McLaren Vale, 20% from the Southern Suburbs of Adelaide and 10% from metropolitan Adelaide, interstate and overseas.
Willunga Farmers Market founder and local food identity Zannie Flanagan developed the scheme which has been introduced at the Adelaide Farmers Market at the Wayville Showgrounds, the Adelaide Hills and Victor Harbor markets. The scheme provides a 10% discount at all stalls, advance invitations to all events, voting rights at the AGM and the opportunity to run for a committee position.
As the committee of nine representatives, made up of stall holders and community members, has matured, training in governance and the introduction of a code of practice, has been critical to their success. The committee works to ensure that they and stall holders are up to date with issues that affect the market and their businesses. The introduction of Fair Work Australia, business risk management, an ongoing focus on food handling requirements, labelling regulations and food measurement via the National Measurement Institute are all examples of where the committee has been a conduit of information and advice for stall holders.
With anywhere from 1500-5000 visitors per market depending on the season and an average of 2000 visitors, an underlying philosophy is the importance of minimal food miles and feeding the local community. From the first market on 23 February 2002 with 18 stalls, the market now has around 100 registered stall holders with each market seeing 60-65 selling their produce and products. Well known brand names are mixed in with up and coming growers, producers and value-adders with anything from bakery items and bread, coffee, eggs and milk, the orchard, bee hive, fish shop, florist, meat street, body beautiful, garden centre, kitchen pantry, vegie patch and bottle shop.
Stall holder David Boag, owner of Ashborne Valley Orchards has run his family business for thirty years. He and his two sons sell most of their apples, pears, cherries, quinces and fresh apple juice via local farmers markets. David says it works for him as he gets feedback from people, it's a more pleasant way to sell and there is the important consideration of food miles. They have regular customers who ask for specific varieties of fruit and so David has put in apples and peaches that are not commercial and picked with cotton gloves but people love them.
The Willunga Farmers Market supports local schools across the community with the provision of grants for school gardens and to buy seeds and fruit trees. The first Twilight Christmas market was a great success and future plans include the development of a new strategic plan, moves towards a state Farmers Market Association and the use of social networking as part of their marketing mix.
Open every Saturday from 8.00 am – 12.30 pm read more about the Willunga Farmers Market at the website: http://www.willungafarmersmarket.com/.
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Posted by Robert Alan King | Jan 24, 2018 | Commentary |
There is a lot of confusion about tongues. The tongues that took place at Pentecost was a work by the Spirit in which those present in a crowd that had come from different parts of the known world heard the apostles speaking in different languages (Acts 2:1–16). There has been a long-going debate as to whether the apostles spoke an angelic language and the miracle included the understanding of an angelic language by the crowd, or if the miracle was simply the apostles speaking in foreign languages that they themselves had never learned.
Singular and Plural for Tongues
In the account of Pentecost the reference to tongues is always in the plural, which suggests that more than one language was being spoken. If one carefully examines Paul's use of the singular and plural in regards to this spiritual phenomenon, he always uses the singular for tongue when referring to only one person actually speaking at a specific time, but uses the plural for multiple people speaking at the same time. However, when referring to it simply as a spiritual gift (rather than a reference to actually speaking tongues), even as a gift to only one person, he always uses the plural for tongues. Also, Paul makes a reference to the tongues of men and angels, possibly suggesting that sometimes known languages were spoken and at other times unknown languages (1 Cor 13:1). The gift of interpreting tongues in the Pauline passages would thus be a supernatural ability to understand the specific languages of men and angels during the manifestation of such tongues being spoken in the church (1 Cor 12:10, 30; 14:5, 13, 26–27).
Languages and Drunkenness
When trying to arrive at the proper interpretation of the tongues of Pentecost, we should not ignore the accusation by some that the apostles were drunk (Acts 2:13). There was enough people making such remarks, that Peter felt it was significant enough to defend themselves against the accusation. He responded to the allegation as if it were a reasonable deduction based on their behavior, choosing to defend his group by arguing that it was not the time of the day in which men would normally be drinking together (Acts 2:15).
So what was it about their behavior that led some people to believe that the apostles were drunk? We are told that the crowd gathered because of the sound, which infers that it was multiple people speaking (Acts 2:6). This probably means that the apostles were all prophesying loudly at the same time or immediately one after the other (also see Acts 10:46; 19:6). Certainly, if they all were speaking in different languages, then this might give rise to the accusation that they were drunk, for it is doubtful that any one man could have understood all those languages being spoken. Imagine hearing one person speaking in your language, but at the same time several others with them in a language you don't understand. You also might think that the men were drunk.
There are also other factors that support the position that the apostles simply spoke in a variety of foreign languages as given to them by the Spirit. For example, if this is true, then the tongues in Acts and Paul's remarks about tongues seem to correlate well together. However, if this is not true, and it was a miraculous or angelic language at Pentecost, then this means that a miraculous element of understanding was given to all of the unsaved crowd during that manifestation of tongues. However, considering that the interpretation of tongues is a gift of the Spirit, it is contradictory and nonsensical to assume that those without the Spirit were granted that gift.
In addition, the amazement of the crowds at Pentecost was because the apostles were voicing other languages even though they were Galileans. In other words, they seem to accredit their hearing of such languages because the apostles were actually speaking those languages, not just that they were hearing it so (Acts 2:7–8).
I used to believe that the language spoken at Pentecost was a single miraculous or angelic language and that God performed a miraculous act of enabling all to understand what was being said in their own language. However, after careful study and review of the facts within the context of the passage coupled with the other accounts of tongues in Acts and Paul's remarks about tongues elsewhere, I felt that I could no longer support that position. The most logical deduction is that they were actually speaking in the languages of those present by a miraculous manifestation of the Spirit that enabled the apostles to do this.
Interpretation of tongues is a gift of the Spirit, which means those unsaved people in the crowd during the Pentecost event could not have had the gift of interpretation and so could not have understood a miraculous or angelic language. So, the speaking in tongues of the apostles was speaking in different languages that were unknown to them but known to those who understood that language. The apostles were only understood by the specific people who had comprehensible knowledge of a particular language when it was spoken. Because the apostles spoke in a number of different languages, all of the people got to hear them in their own language, while everyone also heard other languages spoken that they did not understand. This is why we have both recognition of the miracle from some and accusations of drunkenness from others.
© Robert Alan King at BibleCommentator.com
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Paul Speiser (* 19. Juli 1877 in St. Pölten, Niederösterreich; † 8. November 1947 in Wien) war  österreichischer sozialdemokratischer Politiker. Speiser war Abgeordneter zum Nationalrat, Mitglied des Bundesrates sowie Wiener Stadtrat und von 1945 bis 1947 Vizebürgermeister und Landeshauptmann-Stellvertreter von Wien.

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Speiser wurde als Sohn eines Buchbindermeisters geboren und absolvierte nach der Volksschule und dem Gymnasium (Unterstufe) die Lehrerbildungsanstalt. Ab 1896 arbeitete Speiser als Unterlehrer im Schuldienst und knüpfte Kontakte zu sozialdemokratischen Lehrern um den Lehrervereinsobmann und späteren Abgeordneten Karl Seitz.

1901 wechselte Speiser zur Eisenbahnerunfallversicherung und war 1902 bis 1907 nebenberuflich als Redakteur der sozialdemokratischen Floridsdorfer Wochenzeitung "Der Volksbote" aktiv. Von 1907 an war Speiser Sekretär des sozialdemokratischen Schulvereins "Freie Schule", der 1922 mit den Kinderfreunden fusionierte.

Nach dem Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs wurde Speiser 1918 ins Zentralsekretariat der Sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterpartei berufen. Er war 1918 bis 1934 gewähltes Mitglied des Wiener Gemeinderates und von 1920 an dadurch auch Abgeordneter zum Wiener Landtag. 1919 wurde er in den 30-köpfigen Exekutivausschuss des Gemeinderates, den Stadtrat unter Bürgermeister Jakob Reumann, berufen. Von den sozialdemokratischen Gemeinderäten wurde er 1920 zum Amtsführenden Stadtrat für Personalangelegenheiten und Verwaltungsreform gewählt.

Speiser hatte diese Funktion auch unter Bürgermeister Karl Seitz bis zum Verbot der Sozialdemokratischen Arbeiterpartei am 12. Februar 1934 inne (siehe Landesregierung und Stadtsenat Seitz I bis Seitz III). Er war 1933/34 auch Obmann der Kinderfreunde.

Vom 1. Dezember 1920 bis zum 20. Mai 1927 war Speiser zudem, vom Wiener Gemeinderat gewählt, Mitglied des Bundesrates, der zweiten Kammer des Parlaments.

Am 12. Februar 1934, als der Bürgerkrieg ausbrach, wurde Speiser im Wiener Rathaus  verhaftet und mehrere Wochen im Anhaltelager Wöllersdorf inhaftiert. 1944 wurde er trotz einer schweren Erkrankung von den Nationalsozialisten verhaftet.

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gehörte Speiser ab April 1945 unter Bürgermeister Theodor Körner wieder Landesregierung und Stadtsenat an und übernahm als amtsführender Stadtrat das Ressort für Städtische Unternehmungen. Speiser, der am 31. Juli 1945 auch zum Wiener Vizebürgermeister und Landeshauptmann-Stellvertreter gewählt worden war, gehörte ab dem 19. Dezember 1945 auch dem Nationalrat an.

Am 13. Dezember 1945 wurde er wieder als Mitglied des Gemeinderats und Abgeordneter zum Wiener Landtag angelobt. Zudem war Speiser ab 1945 Obmann der Wiener SPÖ und stellvertretender Bundesparteivorsitzender und stand den Kinderfreunden, wie schon 1933/34, 1945/46 als Obmann vor. (Danach wurde er zum Ehrenvorsitzenden ernannt.)

Am 14. Februar 1946 wechselte er das Ressort und übernahm als Stadtrat erneut die Verwaltungsgruppe für Personalangelegenheiten, Verwaltungs- und Betriebsreform. Speiser wurde am 21. Juli 1947 ehrenhalber zum Bürger der Stadt Wien ernannt.

Speiser hatte seine öffentlichen Funktionen bis zu seinem Tod am 8. November 1947 inne. Er wurde auf dem Wiener Zentralfriedhof in einem Ehrengrab (Gruppe 14C, Nr. 14) bestattet.

1948 wurde die 1929 erbaute kommunale Wohnhausanlage in der Franklinstraße 20 und der Freytaggasse 1–9 und 2–14 (21. Bezirk; Architekten Ernst Lichtblau und Hans Glaser) Paul-Speiser-Hof benannt.

Speiser war verheiratet und Vater von Rechtsanwalt Wolfgang Speiser, der u. a. Direktor der Wiener Urania wurde.

Literatur
 Wolfgang Speiser: Paul Speiser und das Rote Wien. Jugend und Volk, Wien München 1979, ISBN 3-7141-6549-5
 Felix Czeike: Historisches Lexikon Wien. Band 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Wien 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7, S. 262

 Magistrat der Stadt Wien (Hrsg.): Der Gemeinderat der Stadt Wien, der Wiener Landtag, der Wiener Stadtsenat, die Wiener Landesregierung 1945–1985. Magistratsdirektion, Wien 1986
 Fritz Planer (Hrsg.): Das Jahrbuch der Wiener Gesellschaft. Biographische Beiträge zur Wiener Zeitgeschichte. Planer, Wien 1929,

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Gena and I are foodies. We try different kinds of food from different origins in the world. We challenge each other to remain open-minded about trying new foods and celebrate when find a crown jewel of the culinary world—a food so good we are left speechless! Some may see this as silly and shake their heads, but there are some other foodies out there that are already remembering their crown jewel experience!
So, what's the big deal about food? It is a great motivator, a dangerous weapon in the wrong hands, and source of life for every living thing on this planet. Food plays a central role in the rise and demise of people, cities, and nations. You don't need to go far to research this, just continue to read the Bible.
Yet Jesus comes onto the scene of humanity and brings life with a meal. On the last night with His disciples, Jesus shares a meal, the Last Supper. It is with this meal that Jesus begins the arduous journey to suffering, pain, and death. He does not break the bread for Himself, He breaks it for you and me. He does not fill the cup for Himself but pours it out for you and me (Luke 22:19-20). Can you see why He urges us to remember Him in this moment, that He is broken for us, that He will empty Himself out for us? While there has been a history of abusing a meal and compromising our position for it, here Jesus is using a meal to bring about redemption and heals us of spiritual malnourishment! It is because of this exact moment that we are now invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:9)!
What are you famished for? What are you craving? What are you hangry about? What spiritual malnourishment are you suffering from? Spiritual food is just as powerful, if not more than physical food; and like physical food there is good spiritual food and bad spiritual food. Another thing that applies to the spiritual that is used in the physical is the following: "You are what you eat!" Those who eat bitter fruit, are themselves bitter. Those who consume unforgiveness, are an unforgiving people. Those who delight in the fruit of anger constantly find themselves at odds with everyone. We could go on-and-on about the many negative fruit and their effects on us, but one thing that is important to mention is that these all come from one seed—self-centeredness.
1. preoccupied with oneself and one's affairs.
"he's far too self-centered to care what you do"
When we take our eyes off of Jesus and focus on ourselves, we find ourselves dangerously flirting with sin. Cain was warned about this by God and He warns us just as He did Cain; be careful because sin is crouching at the door to your heart and it desires to have you (Genesis 4:6-7). When we keep our eyes on Jesus, we stay focused and connected to the good fruit. After all Jesus promises us that if we remain in Him and He remains in us we will bear much fruit (John 15:5). Not just any fruit, but the Fruit of The Spirit!
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Take close notice of what the Apostle Paul states within these verses: 1. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 2. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. If we remain in Christ as He remains in us, we are not to be conceited and give in to our selfish desires and passions. We should not be fighting against each other. This is not fruit that comes from the Spirit, this fruit that comes from a worldly spirit.
Jesus Himself is our greatest example of how we are to fight against our selfish desires and passions. He says that He did not come to be served but to serve. He goes even deeper and says the greatest position we should strive to achieve is that of a servant, humble but exalted by God.
So, what's the big deal about food? Well, it all depends on what you have been craving lately.
Reveal in me any spiritual cravings, desires, hunger pangs, and longings that do not line up with Your good fruit. Bring to mind anything that I need to surrender to You. Jesus, I humble myself at Your feet. Help me to keep my eyes on You and to continue to lift You up and not me. Father, I ask You to forgive me of being self-centered and not Christ-centered. I thank You for Your grace and mercy. AMEN!
*I would like to thank Pastor Gena for pointing out that Jesus redeemed us and healed us of our spiritual malnourishment with the Last Supper. The Holy Spirit used her to bring this into focus and I am grateful for her obedience in sharing this.


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The Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer, The CIBC Run for the Cure, The Weekend to End Breast Cancer; these are just a few of the very successful annual fundraisers for incredibly worthy organizations we've come to expect and appreciate. The odds are you know someone who's participated in one of them and you've likely been a sponsor. And supporting these, among other, deserving causes means you've contributed to important research, programs, treatment and care and made a difference in the lives of many.
One in two Canadians will develop cancer over the course of their lifetime. One in four will ultimately die of the disease. These statistics are frightening and horrific, but also mobilizing. Everyone knows someone who has been directly or indirectly affected by cancer and most of us don't hesitate to contribute to cancer fundraisers ultimately designed to find a cure for this insidious disease.
But there's another disease that has an enormous impact on the health and well-being of Canadians that gets far less attention. It's responsible for 500,000 weekly absences from work and costs the Canadian economy $50 billion a year. It also has a significant and increasing mortality rate and is the second leading cause of death for people aged 15-24.
I'm talking, of course, about mental illness, which directly affects 1 in 5 Canadians, but also touches the families, friends and employers of those who struggle – just like any other life-threatening disease. The glaring disparity between other high-profile diseases and mental illness, though, is that fact there is still so much shame attached to talking about it. And because of this shame, as well as the fear of judgement and discrimination, 75% of those who struggle don't get the help they need.
The stigma associated with mental illness also has an impact on funding for research and services. Despite the fact that it carries the largest burden of illness (surpassing cancer), the Canadian Institute of Health Research invested only $44.7 million in mental health research between 2008 and 2015, compared with $133.8 million dedicated to cancer-related research.
There are encouraging signs that change is in the air. In 2015, The Quebec government announced a contribution of $70 million over 5 years to improve mental health care. In December 2016, plans were unveiled for an investment of $35 million to launch the province's first public psychotherapy program and last April, Health Minister Gaetan Barrette dedicated an additional $26.5 million to help those with severe mental illness.
But despite this new plan, mental health remains drastically underfunded and private donations are essential to breaking the stigma and providing crucial services for the ⅕ who are often debilitated by mental illness.
Sadly, if you do some research, aside from the wonderful Bell Let's Talk, you'll be hard-pressed to find any significant mental health fundraisers, despite its prevalence and impact. And that's why I'm so proud to be involved with the Jewish General Hospital's groundbreaking MINDSTRONG initiative. Given that exercise has long been proven to be an effective tool in improving mental health, MINDSTRONG is a day-long fitness event where participants have the opportunity to enjoy yoga, Zumba, boot camp, spinning, high intensity interval training and tennis. There are also gifts and prizes, a silent auction, lunch and snacks.
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But most importantly, it's a day of community spirit, energy and passion for making a difference in the world of mental health.
To date, the MINDSTRONG initiative has raised over $3,000,000 dedicated to essential mental health programs and services at the Jewish General Hospital which directly benefit those who struggle with mental illness as well as their caregivers.
Money raised from MINDSTRONG has funded these crucial services:
The hiring of a Youth Mental Health Coordinator which reduces the number of youth on the waiting list for psychiatric screening
The hiring of a Family Peer Support Worker, in collaboration with AMI-Quebec, to support families of young people with mental illness.
The development of a web-based application called Aminy which allows patients to instantly get in touch with their therapists.
The installation of Wi-Fi and upgrade of the current computer systems in the Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry (ICFP). The ICFP was the only building at the JGH without Wi-Fi; doctors and staff now have better tools to do their work.
The conversion of paper medical records to an electronic system for the Child Psychiatry Department which helps essential communication between departments.
The renovation of the professional offices and the creation of a Mental Health Education Centre, giving medical staff the opportunity to continue learning.
The building of a Day Hospital which enables patients in crisis to receive immediate and specific care instead of waiting at the Emergency Department.
The rebuilding of the Inpatient Unit infrastructures. This one is personal, because I spent a week as an inpatient last spring. The conditions are dark, dismal and absolutely not conducive to healing. The new unit will be a safer, more functional and soothing space that promotes active recovery.
But despite these incredible efforts, more funding is necessary and we need your help.
My hope is that one day, mental health receives the same funding and support as any debilitating physical illness. Until then, if you or someone you love has been affected by mental illness, consider supporting MINDSTRONG and the incredible contribution it's making to a sadly underserved community.
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BrilliantRain replied to How are people feeling about where Lunars are at, Power Wise?
I just started playing a Lunar and I'm really enjoying it. With a Solar, I felt pressured towards building someone who is the best in the world in one or two areas and only minimally useful outside of that.
My Lunar has many abilities rated at 1, but, because I have several attributes at 5 and 7 of the 9 exellencies, I can easily throw 10 to 16 dice at any problem I might face. So, I feel amazingly flexible. The real question is whether my essence supply will hold out.
Lunars have charms that let them make animals intelligent and train them in Sorcery.
Just as a note, you might want to consider going back and trying an Earth or Fire stylist, since I think there's somewhat a dearth of Water Aura defensive charms at the moment, so one of them might do better.
Also, do the DBs just lack charms that say "this charm may be activated after the roll?" I don't remember that being especially prevalent in Lunar charms either.
BrilliantRain replied to Artifact that enhances sorcery?
The difficulty here is that nothing currently printed in 3e lets you reduce the time needed to perform a Working, nor is there anything that breaks the dice cap for Workings so there's currently no reference to use to figure out how to balance such an effect.
That said, I would say the main things to keep in mind is that Solar level workings should remain epic feats that take lots of time to perform and that you never let minor workings become so easy that they become the first solution to every problem. Make sure you enforce the xp costs of Workings.
The Stunt system seems like a thing any version of Exalted should have.
Adamant caste Alchemicals aren't inherently good at everything. They're servants of the Divine Ministers, holy secret police keeping watch over the watchers.
I'd probably go with Jade or Orichalcum for Samus, depending on how much you want to emphasize her being a down to earth hero or not.
BrilliantRain replied to What are Iconic Fae Powers?
I will admit that there's a part of me that is getting enamoured of the idea that Raksha charms basically just don't operate like those in Creation, being more about dictating situations instead of interacting with the rules.
Like, they'll have charms that make people Obsessed or give other Flaws, but not any that leverage the social influence rules. Or they'll just declare that "this place is a castle now" and so it is. Or that they're "The best at X" and so they are.
As regards Ma-Ha-Suchi's description, I think one of the 1e Core chapter fictions has Dace meeting him, so the line about his meetings with solars having "not gone well" is likely a reference to that.
Honestly, where I think 3e really shines is on execution. The Realm has always been matriarchal, the Houses have always been interesting and different, and they've always been at war with the Lunars, but none of that really came through in the text to the degree that it should have. Reading through the Aspect Books never made me feel like the Realm was a place where women were in charge and any book that didn't say Lunars on the cover barely mentioned them, so, while they might SAY things about the setting, such things didn't feel like they were born out by the setting.
I will say that I'm planning on trying my hand at adventure writing once we have the Realm book out. I think DBs will be a bit easier to write for. And I'm gonna see if I can try a set of chained adventures, but who knows how that'll go.
Adventures are totally doable for Exalted. I'm not sure Adventure Paths are, or at least not as easily.
One of the fundamental differences between Exalted and D&D/Pathfinder is that, in D&D everyone gets better at combat as they increase in level and combat is the main method of solving problems and interacting with the world. Thus, it's possible to roughly predict the capabilities of a party of 4 to 6 adventurers at any given point along a series of adventures.
For the record, I'm not saying that the NPCs have to be paragons of goodness. I like Sazay Shadow-Dancer and one of her first actions on screen is torture followed by murder of someone who, while not innocent, probably didn't deserve to die screaming in terror.
For those who have played Raksha before, what do you enjoy about it? What did you find problematic?
After Exigents comes out, do you think it might be possible to get a post or series of posts from you guys on what you see as the necessary changes in tone or capability in 3e for the types of beings we're not going to see for a while, like Raksha, Alchemicals, Mountain Folk, Dragon Kings, etc?
Alternately, maybe some brief primers on homebrew of such beings could be a Kickstarter stretch goal maybe?
Does the DB companion have any new groups in it? If so, can you tell us anything about them?
Are there any cool artifacts in the Companion?
Since we've seen Lunars now, can you talk about how the Realm deals with fighting shapeshifters who could be anyone? Does The Realm discuss it in detail or is it just mentioned in passing?
Was there any interesting material that had to be cut from any of the three DB centric books that you'd like to revisit later or was/is all the cut stuff just things that didn't work, pruned words, and the usual writing detritus?
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In a day and age of opportunity, both good and bad, we are constantly making choices. Some of those may be driven but what we'd deem "good intention", the lack of moral principles and integrity in which some decisions are made can still come bite us in the butt, or in this case steam roll us over.....twice!
Admittedly, the fact that Facebook broke down shortly after this story broken probably delayed its immediate mass spread but by now I'm sure every Full House family, Hallmark-loving fan of "Aunt Becky" is shocked she could do such a thing. Afterall, she's always been the super mom with the sweetest tone and best advice.
In case you have been living detached, here's the deets.
"Dozens of individuals involved in a nationwide conspiracy that facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits were arrested by federal agents in multiple states and charged in documents unsealed on March 12, 2019, in federal court in Boston. Athletic coaches from Yale, Stanford, USC, Wake Forest, and Georgetown, among others, are implicated, as well as parents and exam administrators," federal prosecutors said in a press release.
We all make mistakes and the ramifications of this decision in all of their lives will most likely be punishment enough, but what we should focus on instead of judging is what we could learn from this. Because lets be honest, we are all trying to do what we think is best.
Own Your Mistakes
I'll be the first to admit I've made A LOT of mistakes. The ones that took a while to "learn from" really were a way of deflecting blame. When you create excuses for a mistake it creates a lie. Denying it doesn't make it any less true. You act as though it's not your fault when you know it is. Just own it. Take the fault on yourself, reflect on the mistake, and own it, because you've already paid for it, so you might as well learn something.
Treat It As A Lesson
Everything in life should be treated as a learning experience, especially the bad things. I'm one who has grown up "learning the hard way" but I honestly doubt I would have learned some of my best lessons any other way. It doesn't mean that was the right way, but I try and use every situation to learn how to be better, do better and use it as a shared experience for others to learn from. (You know the ones who don't have to learn the hard way)
Integrity Always Wins
This goes for BOTH those committing the foul and those "judging" it. While I don't agree with her decision, it's not our place to shame and judge her either. That says more about our own character than hers. We should live a life that uses an internal meter for decision making and its simple. Is this the right thing to do? Integrity is a daily practice, its consistency, and uncompromising when it comes to moral principles and values.
No matter how badly we want something, even for our kids, it's important to not only hold true to our morals and values for ourselves, but it is demonstrating our character to the world and most importantly to our kids! Be an example.
My point, mistakes are only "setbacks" if you don't learn from them. In the middle of someone else's mistake, remember the kind of grace you'd like to receive if the tables were turned. Grace doesn't mean to ignore but remember that people are human. In the middle of your mistake, ask yourself what can I learn from this?
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Major $430,000 sports boost
posted by Sentinel-Times May 14, 2019 Sport
From left, at the $430,000 funding announcement at the Wonthaggi tennis courts, Cr Julian Brown, Deputy Mayor Cr Bruce Kent, Cr Stephen Fullarton, council CEO Ali Wastie, Ann and Phil Dempster with Patsy Britt, Una and Isla Curtin, Bass MP Jordan Crugnale and Joel Goldsmith. mm032019
SPORTS fans of Wonthaggi and Grantville will have improved facilities thanks to a funding boost from the Andrews Labor Government.
Bass MP Jordan Crugnale last week announced a tennis court at the Wonthaggi Recreation Reserve will be converted into a multi-sport space, through a $180,000 grant from the 2019-20 Community Sports Infrastructure Fund.
The space will include a cricket training area and a soccer pitch, enabling it to be used for a range of activities.
In Grantville, the State Government is investing a further $250,000 from the fund to redevelop the Grantville Recreation Reserve through the Grantville Activation Project.
The redevelopment will see two competition standard tennis courts be built, as well as a multi-sport space, junior playspace and a skate park.
The Bass Coast Shire Council was also acknowledged for its commitment and financial contribution of $250,000 for the Grantville project.
The Community Sports Infrastructure Fund is developing new sport and active recreation infrastructure and rejuvenating tired grounds and ageing clubrooms across the state.
"This boost will go a long way to support the growing number of people in Grantville and Wonthaggi area who are keen to get active," Ms Crugnale said.
"It's a great example of how the Andrews Labor Government is making sport and recreation more accessible, welcoming and
inclusive for all Victorians.
"Sporting clubs are the focal point of our communities, and deserve modern, accessible and safe facilities – and we're delivering them."
Bass Coast Shire Council Deputy Mayor Cr Bruce Kent recreation facilities are vitally important to communities.
"We welcome this investment from the State Government to improve sporting facilities at Wonthaggi and Grantville.
"Both of these projects are very exciting and further demonstrate Council's commitment to improve community facilities across the shire, as well as the wonderful partnerships we have forged with the State Government and importantly, our local clubs and community organisations.
"Thank you to local member for Bass,
Jordan Crugnale MP, for your partnership and support."
Both projects are expected to be delivered in the 2019-20 financial year.
The Grantville project will see two new compliant tennis courts, one of which will be built to accommodate a range of activities, a local level skate park and new playground. This project will encourage greater participation for the growing Grantville community.
The Wonthaggi project will see one of the existing tennis courts redeveloped into an all year round cricket and multipurpose training facility.
Five cricket training wickets will be able to be converted through retractable netting into a large synthetic training area, this project will be great for cricket, soccer and AFL in Wonthaggi.
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Q: calculate value using maximum value from different feature class I'm trying to get the maximum numeric value from one feature class and use that value in an expression to calculate values of a different feature class.
fc2.bldg_id = max(fc1.bldg_id)+1

Can this be done using the advanced field calculator?
If so, what would my syntax look like?
Do the feature classes need to be in the same fgdb and feature dataset?

A: I would do this one using ModelBuilder.
The model would first use the Summary Statistics tool to create a table with a single row for the Maximum of your bldg_id from fc1.
To read that value into a variable called Value use the Get Field Value tool (new at ArcGIS 10).
You can then use a Calculate Field tool on the bldg_id field of fc2 with its Expression set to %Value% + 1.  Make the Value variable a precondition to running the Calculate Field tool.

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Shelley Morningsong announces her return, bringing a new soulful sound to fans with the release of her long-awaited sixth album, Simple Truth.
This new recording is destined to be another award winning album! Simple Truth is a collection of songs Shelley has written over a period of 20 years along with two cover tunes that are close to her heart, California Dreaming, written by John & Michelle Phillips and originally recorded by the Mama's & Papa's and also Wade in the Water, an old gospel song written in 1901.
Simple Truth tells the story of some of Shelley's deepest joys and painful experiences over the years. In this collection of songs she sings of the joy of becoming a Mother and Grandmother, the pain of lost relationships, the true love she found in her soul mate and husband Fabian Fontenelle. This collection of songs is sure to move your soul with it's heart laid open and honest lyrics. Shelley loves contemporary music and has written these new songs in several styles including blues, reggae and folk. Simple Truth is truly a journal of experiences, suffering and joy. As with all songs that Shelley Morningsong writes and sings she wishes Simple Truth to be an offering of love and hope for those who need redemption and healing.
Simple Truth is a soul filled collection of raw, honest and mature, contemporary songs for today with incredible lyrics that show the master song writing talents of Shelley Morningsong.
Like many before her, Morningsong came to New Mexico to make music. She's collaborated with everyone from the infamous Producer, Guitar virtuoso Larry Mitchell, Producer Shane McConnell, R & B Singer Philly B, Violin Player and teacher Chase Morrison and New Mexico's Jazz Workshop Bass Player Maude Beenhauwer to name a few.
Morningsong is the recipient of the 2007 Debut Artist of the Year for Out of the Ashes, 2010 record of the Year for Full Circle and 2016 Artist of the Year for Love Medicine in the Native American Music Awards out of New York.


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Porsche Macan Electric EV 2023.
Posted by admin on 22 февраля, 2022
Porsche Macan Electric EV 2023. The Germans spoke about the start of road tests of the Porsche Macan electric model, whose market launch is scheduled for 2023.
After the first checks at the test site at the Porsche Development Center in Weissach, a pair of «physical prototypes» were sent outside the company's premises for the first time.
Michael Steiner, member of the Porsche Executive Board for Research and Development, says the electric Macan will be the sportiest model in its segment.
By the time the new Macan hits the market, its prototypes will have covered about three million kilometers around the world in various conditions, the company says.
Porsche uses the word "physical" for a reason: more than 20 detailed digital models of the Macan were created in parallel, on which engineers perfect aerodynamics, acoustics, ergonomics and a new virtual cockpit, energy management, temperature control of the battery, motors and on-board charger.
The information obtained on digital models and layouts allows you to adjust the parameters of physical prototypes. And vice versa: data from road tests helps to make adjustments to digital models.
The new Macan (de facto generation number two, although the manufacturer considers it the third) is built on the Premium Platform Electric (PPE), developed jointly with Audi.
The "cart" will be very flexible, allowing you to create both ordinary cars (sedans and liftbacks) and crossovers with rear and all-wheel drive.
And the same plant in Leipzig that produces the current conventional Makans will produce an electric SUV.
So far, we know only one car on the PPE platform — the Audi A6 e-tron concept, heralding the sixth generation Audi A6 family.
It has a 100 kWh battery and two electric motors (one each front and rear) with a total output of 350 kW (476 hp) and 800 Nm. Audi calls the front suspension five-link, and the rear multi-link.
At the same time, this year the company will present the successor to the current Macan model with a traditional power plant. The Germans don't talk much about him.
Apparently, we are talking about a redesigned modern Makan. He will live in the brand's catalog for several more years in parallel with a purely electric counterpart.
The car is waiting for not just a technical update, but a noticeable restyling, after which the gasoline Macan will outwardly be made in the same style as the upcoming electric one (we can assume similar body lines and similar optics).
A spokesperson for Porsche said the electric Macan will have two battery sizes available.
It should also be noted that the Macan EV will use VW Group's Premium Platform Electric (PPE), which will also underpin future Audi and Porsche products.
This will allow fast charging of the battery. In this regard, Porsche also plans to strengthen its partnership with the charging network Electrify America.
The electric Porsche Macan will reportedly go on sale by 2023, coinciding with last year's report that production would start by the end of 2022.
More detailed information will appear closer to the start of production of the electric novelty.
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Exquisite at every angle – the dazzling Musat wedding dress you're about to set eyes on is heading straight to our best-of-the-best list! We can't think of a more amazing gown for the elegant, ballerina bridal look conceptualized by Joy Proctor Design at the most recent Donny Zavala workshop. We have attendee Babsie Ly Photography to thank for documenting these glamorous ideas, presented at a vineyard estate in California.
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WNY Marks Five-Year Anniversary Of Snowvember
Juli Hinds
Where were you five years ago, this weekend? If you were in Western New York, you were in the midst of a major winter storm, now called 'Snowvember.'
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Seven feet of snow fell in most of the region, according to Channel 4.
Motorists were stranded on the highways; buildings collapsed under the weight of the snow. The Ralph Wilson Stadium, as New Era Field was known then, was left buried in snow, and the Bills had to play a home game in Detroit. The National Guard even had to come in to help. The storm has been blamed for fourteen deaths, including two people who trapped in their cars who died while waiting for help to arrive.
Yet, adds Channel 4,
In the midst of the tragedy, Snowvember also brought new life, with several babies delivered at Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo. At least one baby was born outside the hospital, too. Nurses delivered the newborn at a fire station up the street. And, nine months later, there was another baby boom.
Tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m., News 4 is devoting their full newscast to the Snowvember stories.
The Snowvember babies are some of many reminders of that epic storm that left so much damage, but brought community members so much closer together as they united to cleanup and dig out.
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OS X 10.11 shipped earlier this week, and I haven't come across any bad experience stories on the Internet (it sounds like a solid release of OS X), so it's upgrade weekend for me.

I install a lot of one-time-use libraries and executables via [homebrew](http://brew.sh), OS X packages and try out a lot of applications that litter files everywhere, so with each major upgrade I prefer to start over fresh. I do this often and want to outline how some tricks that has made the process easier for me.

#### Keep things in order

First up, keep your personal documents, pictures, music, movies, etc in order and backed up or synced. I like to use [Dropbox](http://dropbox.com) for documents and pictures, and iCloud for calendars, contacts and scratch notes. Pictures are also backed up with [Arq](http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/) to a local NAS where my movies and music are, too.

The less you have to plan to backup, the more at ease you will feel because you won't have this nagging feeling like you forgot something after you have formatted your system drive.

My development environment is reproducible too. I like to make sure the on-boarding process for a project is automated or at least the documentation is up to date. Most projects are provisioned with [Ansible](http://ansible.com) and [Vagrant](http://vagrantup.com), and the projects that aren't tend to be easy to setup without a crazy number of dependencies.

#### Create a OS X 10.11 boot disk

You need an 8GB flash drive and the El Capitan installer.

Prep the flash drive in Disk Utility so that it's formatted as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume with a GUID Partition Table.

The El Cpaitan installer includes a utility to create an install disk built in, so there is no need to get crazy with additional applications or trying to build one yourself. Just know, though, it will replace everything on that drive.

Run the following command in the terminal:

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sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app --nointeraction
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_Note, the name of the flash drive, `/Volumes/Untitled`, if you formatted your flash drive with a different name, change the command above before running or it will fail._

Turn off "Find My Mac" from the iCloud control panel, if you have it enabled, before rebooting, or you will not be able to format the disk for a clean install.

Reboot your Mac and hold down the `Option` key when it's booting to select the boot drive. When the installer is booted, run Disk Utility first to format before installing OS X.

#### Automate system tweaks

There are a lot of little checkboxes and dropdown menus that I like to go through before using a system, like turning on secondary mouse click (right click) and disabling autocorrect.

These tweaks via the GUI do nothing more than write out preference files that system or other system apps read at launch and thus can be automated for the next time.

Check out this rather large, well documented [list of OS X preferences](https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx) and see if there are any that you know you always set when you boot a Mac for the first time. Copy and paste the ones you like to your own notepad or [dotfiles repo](http://dotfiles.github.io).

My [OS X init script](https://github.com/jyunderwood/dotfiles/blob/master/init/osx.sh) on Github.

#### Try new things

Next year there will probably be another major update to OS X, so have fun trying out a new IDE that litters files all over your Mac or give Adobe Creative Suite a try and realize it's almost impossible to completely uninstall.

By having your personal files synced and backed up, your install media handy and your favorite system tweaks a copy and paste in to a terminal away, you probably won't worry about it. You'll know you can always wipe and re-install with ease if it gets way too crazy on your Mac.

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Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, amtlich , ist eine Kleinstadt im brasilianischen Bundesstaat Santa Catarina. Sie ist Teil der Metropolregion Florianópolis. Zum 1. Juli 2021 wurde die Einwohnerzahl auf 23.907 geschätzt, die Santo-Amarenser genannt werden und auf einer Gemeindefläche von rund 344,2 km² leben.

Geschichte

Die Geschichte von Santo Amaro da Imperatriz ist eng mit der Entdeckung der Thermalquellen der Stadt im Jahre 1813 verbunden.
Die kaiserliche Regierung entsandte nach der Entdeckung ein Polizeikontingent, welches das Gebiet sichern sollte, das in der damaligen Zeit von Indios bewohnt wurde.

Am 18. März 1818 wurde unter König Dom João VI. das örtliche Krankenhaus fertiggestellt. Damit wurde auch die erste offizielle Badeanstalt in Brasilien errichtet. Von 1832 bis 1839 wurde eine Kapelle zu Ehren der Heiligen Anna errichtet, in der das kaiserliche Paar Dom Pedro II. und Dona Teresa Cristina Maria de Bourbon im Oktober 1845 offiziell empfangen wurde.
Im Voraus wurde die Errichtung eines Gebäudes mit Schlafräumen und Badewannen angeordnet. Durch das Wasser der Thermalquellen sollten Krankheiten gelindert werden. Als Hommage an die Kaiserin wurde später der Ortsteil Caldas do Cubatão, an dem die kaiserlichen Gäste verweilten, in Caldas da Imperatriz umbenannt.

Das Gebiet, das von Zuwanderern aus São José und Enseada de Brito besiedelt wurde, nannte man zunächst Arraial do Cubatão. Ziel war es, ein kommerzielles Zentrum für die nahegelegene Bergregion aufzubauen. Händler aus der Bergregion verlangten vor allem nach Mehl, Zucker und anderen Grundnahrungsmitteln, was dazu führte, dass die Gemeinde anwuchs. Später siedelten sich ca. 30 deutschstämmige Familien aus Teresópolis an.

Am 29. Mai 1854 wurde das Gebiet zu einer Freguesia erklärt, was die Gründung einer Pfarrei (Parochie) mit dem Namen Santo Amaro zur Folge hatte. Als Stammsitz der Pfarrei diente die bereits existierende Kirche der Heiligen Anna. Um die katholischen deutschen Einwanderer zu betreuen
wurde 1861 die erste Franziskanergemeinde in Santa Catarina gegründet.

Am 24. April 1894 wurde das Município Palhoça gegründet. Santo Amaro da Imperatriz wurde, gemeinsam mit der Gemeinde Enseada de Brito, dem neu gegründeten Verwaltungsgebiet angegliedert. 1890 wurde die Pfarrei Nossa Senhora do Rosário der Gemeinde Enseada de Brito in die Pfarrei von Santo Amaro aufgenommen. Die Stadtkirche, mit deren Bau 1907 begonnen worden war, wurde am 12. November 1911 vom Bischof de Bistums Dom João Becker geweiht.

Im Jahre 1949 wurde Santo Amaro offiziell in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz umbenannt. Per Gesetz vom 6. Januar 1958 wurde Santo Amaro da Imperatriz zu einem eigenständigen Município.

Geographie
Von den 338 km² des Gebietes von Santo Amaro da Imperatriz stehen 72 % unter Naturschutz. Die umgebenden Berge und die wilden Flüsse machen die Gegend zu einer reizvollen Landschaft.

Santo Amaro da Imperatriz ist über die Bundesstraße BR-282, welche die Großstädte Lages und Florianópolis verbindet, erreichbar.

Der Fluss Rio Cubatão do Sul durchfließt das Gemeindegebiet.

Umliegende Gemeinden sind Paulo Lopes, Palhoça, Águas Mornas, São Pedro de Alcântara, São José und São Bonifácio.

Bevölkerung, Soziales, Wirtschaft
Das gesunde Wasser von Santo Amaro da Imperatriz und seine schöne, ursprüngliche Landschaft ist für einen Großteil des wirtschaftlichen Umsatzes der Stadt verantwortlich.
Die Hotels, in denen man das gesunde Wasser auf sich wirken lassen kann, sind im Süden Brasiliens sehr bekannt. Wildwassertouren auf den reißenden Flüssen finden ein internationales Publikum. Die Mineralquellen werden von zwei großen Mineralwasserabfüllern genutzt. Die Viehwirtschaft und der Anbau von Mais, Tomaten und Kartoffeln sind weitere Wirtschaftszweige.

Fest des Heiligen Geistes
Seit 1854 findet jährlich das Fest des Heiligen Geistes in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz statt, ein Fest des Glaubens und der azorischen Traditionen.
In Santo Amaro da Imperatriz wird das Fest de Heiligen Geistes mit viel Prunk und Pomp ausgerichtet und zieht alljährlich viele Besucher und Pilger an. Das Fest ist sehr stark in der sozialen Gemeinschaft verwurzelt und ist ein Ausdruck der religiös verwurzelten Gemeinde.

Tourismus
Santo Amaro da Imperatriz bietet viele Freizeitmöglichkeiten, mit seinen Thermalquellen,
landschaftlicher Schönheit und seinen religiösen und kulturellen Festen. Die herrliche Landschaft bietet einen wundervollen Rahmen.
Die Wasserqualität der Thermalquellen, die im Stadtteil Caldas da Imperatriz mit einer angenehmen Temperatur von 39 Grad Celsius entspringen, ist von mehreren Instituten
geprüft worden und ist auch im internationalen Vergleich als sehr hoch einzustufen.

Die imposanten Berge der Region und die ursprüngliche Landschaft machen das Gebiet zu einem Anziehungspunkt für den immer attraktiver werdenden Ökotourismus. Auch die Extremsportarten Gleitschirmfliegen, Motocross, Kanufahrten und Wildwasserfahrten sind aus dem jährlichen Ereigniskalender nicht mehr wegzudenken.

Am Rande des Naturschutzgebietes Staatspark Serra do Tabuleiro gelegen, bietet Santo Amaro da Imperatriz zahlreiche Wasserfälle, darunter der Wasserfall des Rio Cubatão mit einem Höhenunterschied von drei Metern, der auch zum Rafting genutzt wird, sowie der Cobrinha de Ouro, ein Zusammenschluss von mehreren Wasserfällen. Zudem bietet der Wasserfall Salto do Rio Matias mit 60 m Fallhöhe ein imposantes Schauspiel.

Der Berg Morro Queimado bietet mit einer Höhe von 694 Metern einen atemberaubenden Ausblick über die berühmte Küstenregion von Florianópolis. Die Spitze des Berges ist mit dem Auto zu erreichen. Gleitschirmflieger nutzen die kleine Ebene am Gipfel als Startplatz.

Sprache
Ungefähr in den ersten 100 Jahren nach der Gründung der Kolonie war Deutsch die vorherrschende Sprache in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz. Sie wurde zunächst als einzige Sprache verwendet, da die ersten Kolonisten ausschließlich aus Deutschland kamen. Mit zunehmender Einwanderung aus anderen europäischen Ländern und brasilianischer Binnenwanderung wurden in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz auch andere Sprachen (insbesondere Italienisch und Polnisch) gesprochen. Sie waren aber auf die jeweiligen Einwanderer begrenzt. Als lingua franca galt in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz und in der ganzen Region Deutsch. Die deutschsprachigen Auswanderer und deren Nachfahren verfügten über eine gute Infrastruktur aus Schulen, Vereinen, Theatern und ähnlichen Einrichtungen.

Mit der Politik des Estado Novo (1937–1954) unter dem mit diktatorischen Vollmachten ausgestatteten Präsidenten Getúlio Vargas wurde in Brasilien eine Nationalisierungskampgne durchgeführt, die auch die deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft betraf, da der Staat den Assimilierungsprozess forcierte. Als Brasilien auf Seiten der Alliierten in den Zweiten Weltkrieg eintrat, verschärfte sich die Situation für die deutschsprachige Bevölkerung nochmals. Die Verwendung der deutschen Sprache wurde verboten und das Portugiesische hielt auch in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz Einzug. Obwohl heute Portugiesisch die vorherrschende Sprache in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz ist, hat sich in einigen Teilen der Bevölkerung Deutsch, vor allem in den ländlicheren Gebieten, als Umgangssprache erhalten.

Literatur

 Toni Vidal Jochem: Uma Caminhada de Fé. História da Paróquia Santo Amaro: Santo Amaro da Imperatriz e Águas Mornas. [Selbstverlag], Santo Amaro da Imperatriz 2005.

Siehe auch

 Deutsche Einwanderung in Brasilien
 Städte und Landschaften in Santa Catarina

Weblinks

 Website der Stadtpräfektur, Prefeitura Municipal (brasilianisches Portugiesisch)
 Website des Stadtrats, Câmara Municipal (brasilianisches Portugiesisch)
 Hotel Caldas da Imperatriz
 Atlas do Desenvolvimento Humano no Brasil – Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, SC, sozialstatistische Angaben (brasilianisches Portugiesisch)

Einzelnachweise

Ort in Santa Catarina
Município in Santa Catarina
Stadtrechtsverleihung 1958


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http://localhost:8080/GoomY/api/

### Overview
1. [Getting started](#Start)
1. [Basics of Authentification](#Authentification)
1. [Processing of Events](#Event)
1. [Rules Definition, Validation & Application](#Rule)
1. [Uses Reputation](#Reputation)
1. [Rewards & Awards](#Reward)
1. [Contributors](#Contributors)

### Getting started
Welcome to the GoomY API documentation.

### Basics of Authentication
Every action on any API resource is subject to security controls. The goal of these controls is to make sure that only authorized clients can post events on claimed applications. The same controls are applied on every else actions on one application entities. **API keys** are used for this purpose. Each HTTP request is required to specify **Authorization** header in which an API key is expected. The expected format is **<application>:<apikey>** encoded with base64 encoding technique. An HTTP request will look like this:
```
<HTTP Method> /api/{endpoint} HTTP/1.1
HOST: http://localhost:8080/GoomY
Authorization: Basic c3RhY2tvdmVyZmxvdzphMTIzZWQ1NnNk==

{
  ...
}
```

### Processing of Events
The event processing pipeline works as such:
1. An end-user does an action on the application that the application's owner has decided should result in an event.
2. We (GoomY) receive a POST request of an Event.
3. If the request is valid (correct authentication, etc), we obtain from the database the list of Rule objects that apply to this event type, as a preliminary filter.
4. The list of "eventParams" in the Rule are then used as a filter:
  - If all the parameters in the Rule find a match in the Event parameters, then the Rule is "applied". This means that the Rule parameters have to be a subset of the Event parameters.
  - If there are parameters in the Rule with similar keys as in the Event, but different values, or that do not appear in the Event, the Rule is not applied and we stop here.
5. Magic happens then...

### Rules Definition, Validation & Application
Rules are essentially defined as having an "if" and a "then" part:
* The "if" part is information about the Event the Rule is supposed to apply to. "If we receive this event type, with at least these parameters, then [...]"
* The "then" part is information about the Award to give out. "If [...], we will give an Award of this type, with these parameters, to the concerned user"

More precisely, the `eventParam` field is structured as such:
* Starts with a condition, formatted as `parameter operator value` with:
  * `parameter`: the name of the parameter we wish to compare
  * `operator`: a binary comparison operator, exhaustively: `>`, `>=`, `<`, `<=`, `!=` and `=`/`==` (both versions accepted)
  * `value`: the value we wish to compare. *Warning: Values cannot contain spaces.*
* For each additional condition we wish to add, adds ` operator condition` with:
  * `operator`: a boolean operator, exhaustively: `AND`/`and`/`&&` and `OR`/`or`/`||` (all three versions accepted for both)
  * `condition`: another condition following the same formatting rules as above

The validation part of the rules is fairly straightforward. We parse through the eventParam string and evaluate all the conditions for the given Event. Since we do not handle parentheses, the expression is evaluated as such: (((a < b) and b < c) and c < d), using short-circuit evaluation to save time. If there are parameters present in the event but not in the Rule's eventParam, they are ignored.

### Users Reputation
A user reputation is defined by the points that an end user accumulates through his actions on a given application and the related events send by this same application to the core gamification engine. Accumulating points can lead to reward users with badges. This has to be specified with application rules. A user level is also part of his reputation. In fact, this is only true in theory. Since a level is typically linked with user points, it does not belong directly to users reputation. In term of implementation, this means that a user level is never stored. It is when the API is asked through HTTP requests to communicate users reputation that users level is retrieved by some computation and then returned.

### Rewards & Awards
The concept of Rewards & Awards can be summarized by only one sentence: a reward is likely to be given to a user by an application while an award is a reward that has been given to a user by an application. The first one belongs to an application. The second one belongs to a user. Therefore, an end user can retrieve through his reputation both rewards that he has acquired and awards history. The current version of the core gamification engine only supports badges and points as rewards and awards. Defining custom rewards and custom awards will be available in the next version.

### Contributors
* Eléonore d'Agostino ([paranoodle](https://github.com/paranoodle))
* Karim Ghozlani ([gweezer7](https://github.com/gweezer7))
* Yassin Kammoun ([yibnl](https://github.com/yibnl))

---

## /events

### /events/{user}

* **post** *(secured)*: Post an event related to the user {user}.

## /rules

### /rules

* **get** *(secured)*: Get list of rules.
* **post** *(secured)*: Create a new rule.

### /rules/{id}

* **get** *(secured)*: Get the rule with id = {id}.

* **put** *(secured)*: Update the rule with id = {id}.

* **delete** *(secured)*: Delete the rule with id = {id}.

## /badges

### /badges

* **get** *(secured)*: Get list of badges.
* **post** *(secured)*: Create a new badge.

### /badges/{id}

* **get** *(secured)*: Get the badge with id = {id}.

* **put** *(secured)*: Update the badge with id = {id}.

* **delete** *(secured)*: Delete the badge with id = {id}.

## /points

### /points

* **get** *(secured)*: Get list of points.
* **post** *(secured)*: Create a new point.

### /points/{id}

* **get** *(secured)*: Get the point with id = {id}.

* **put** *(secured)*: Update the point with id = {id}.

* **delete** *(secured)*: Delete the point with id = {id}.

## /levels

### /levels

* **get** *(secured)*: Get list of levels.
* **post** *(secured)*: Create a new level.

### /levels/{id}

* **get** *(secured)*: Get the level with id = {id}.

* **put** *(secured)*: Update the level with id = {id}.

* **delete** *(secured)*: Delete the level with id = {id}.

## /users

### /users

* **get** *(secured)*: Get list of users.
* **post** *(secured)*: Create a new user.

### /users/{id}

* **get** *(secured)*: Get the user with id = {id}.

* **put** *(secured)*: Update the user with id = {id}.

* **delete** *(secured)*: Delete the user with id = {id}.


text:
La liste de jeux Midway Games répertorie les jeux vidéo produits par Midway Games. Ces jeux ont été manufacturés de 1996 à 2001.

Jeux d'arcade

 Arctic Thunder (2001)
 Arctic Thunder SE (2002)
 Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. (1997)
 CarnEvil (1998)
 Cart Fury (2000)
 Cruis'n Exotica (1999)
 Cruis'n World (1996)
 Gauntlet Dark Legacy (1999)
 Hydro Thunder (1999)
 Hyperdrive (1998)
 Invasion: The Abductors (1999)
 Mortal Kombat 4 (1997)
 NBA Hang Time (1996)
 NBA Jam (1993)
 NBA Maximum Hangtime (1996)
 NBA Showtime: NBA no NBC (1998)
 NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC - Gold Edition (2000)
 NFL Blitz (1997)
 NFL Blitz '99 (1998)
 NFL Blitz 2000 (1999)
 NFL Blitz 2000: Gold Edition (1999)
 Off Road Challenge (1997)
 Offroad Thunder (2000)
 RIP Squad (2001, prototype)
 Rampage: World Tour (1997)
 San Francisco Rush 2049: Special Edition (2003)
 Skins Game (2000)
 The Grid (2000)
 Touchmaster 3000 (1997)
 Touchmaster 4000 (1998)
 Touchmaster 5000 (1998)
 Touchmaster 7000 (1999)
 Touchmaster 8000 (2000)
 War Gods (1996)
 Ultimate Arctic Thunder (2001)

Ordinateur personnel
 Midway Arcade Treasures 3 (2005)
 Midway Arcade Treasures: Deluxe Edition (2006)

PlayStation Portable
 Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play (2005)

Références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Midway Games
 WMS Industries

Liens externes
  Jeux d'arcade Midway Games sur Arcade-History

Midway Games