The kids and I flew in to Chicago on Friday night, right in between the thunderstorms they were having there. Circled Detroit for a while before landing...and then just as we got out of the airport, more thunder, lightening and HUGE rain! We were blessed to arrive safely!
It was a huge blessing to be met by Dave at the airport. His days in Chicago last week were good ones as he rested and got over jet lag. It took him all those days to do so, but he was feeling like himself by the time we arrived. Another blessing!
Saturday we headed up to Hickory Corners, Michigan to Gull Lake Ministries where we're spending the week. AHHHHH!! This is one of the best places on earth! If you haven't been here...you should try to come sometime!
God's hand of blessing is truly on this place - everyone from the director to his staff and summer interns, live out their faith by serving those who come for a week of family camp. It's really an extraordinary ministry and we are deeply privileged to get to spend another week here.
Thank you to all who are praying for Dave. I am astonished by the strength, energy and vitality he is experiencing here this week. His teaching is some of the best I've heard (yes...a wife's unbiased opinion!) and he has been feeling great. He does still need a nap every day (seriously...who doesn't need a nap every day?? We all wish we had a good excuse like his to take one!) but other than that, you would never know he had heart surgery just five weeks ago today!!
Dave is teaching on "The God You Never Knew", speaking on the Fatherhood of God, the counsel of the Holy Spirit, and the presence of Christ in our lives. It's powerful! CD's are available from Gull Lake if you were, by any chance, interested in hearing his teaching.
We're blessed to have old friends here -Brewsters from New Brunswick, Fangrad's from Ontario, Parkers from our home church in Illinois...and many other dear friends that we met last time we were here at Gull Lake (yes, that's you Lori S.!!). We are just basking in the Lord's blessing and goodness here. That may sound hokey...but I can't help it! It's true!!!
THANK YOU LORD FOR GULL LAKE!!
This morning I took Dave to the Krakow airport and he's now on a plane headed for Chicago.
As we drove there we talked about how just four weeks ago I was driving him to the hospital to check in - that seems like a long time ago now! How thankful we are though, that in just four week's time, Dave is well enough to fly to the States!
He'll have five days to get over jet lag and continue his recuperation before heading up to Gull Lake in Michigan for the family camp that he'll be teaching at. I think he'll need all those days as he still isn't up to full strength and energy...but at least he's well enough to go! Praise the Lord for all He's done for Dave's healing process.
On our way to the airport this morning we dropped off Claire at the train station where she was meeting up with her schoolmates for a class trip. She'll be in a town a couple hours away until Wednesday. So for now, it's just Caleb and I at home getting things finished up here before the three of us leave for the States on Friday to join Dave.
This has been a precious month at our house as we've walked through this monumental event in Dave's life. There have been so many sweet hours of conversation, so many blessings from the Lord, such closeness between us all. Just want to say again that the Lord is good in all situations.
Today Dave was back at the hospital, getting his blood levels checked. He has to do this every few days as they adjust the blood thinning medication for him (something he'll just be on for three months or so as he's recovering).
He also had a check up with Brona, our friend who is Dave's cardiologist. After listening to Dave's heart he said, "No one would ever know you had heart surgery just three weeks ago! Your heart sounds perfect!"
That's the kind of news you LOVE to hear!! "Oh thank you Lord for answering so many prayers for Dave and for healing his heart!"
Brona also said it would be another 8-10 weeks before Dave has his full energy back...a limitation that Dave is adjusting to these days. He reminded Dave that this was major surgery and that the body has been through trauma, thus you can't expect it to just bounce back to normal levels too soon.
So Dave has to content himself with just a few hours a day of feeling strong and able, and then a better portion of the day just sitting, reading, resting. That's not such a bad thing, I keep reminding him!
Brona did clear him to go to the States next week. Dave has had a speaking engagement on his calendar for two years that we were hoping he wouldn't have to cancel...and thankfully he doesn't! We'll all be at Gull Lake Ministries in Michigan for a family camp June 19th - 25th where Dave will teach once a day, as well as share about JV.
The environment there is so peaceful and beautiful, so we hope even that will provide some rest and recuperation for Dave, even as he'll be teaching (which is absolutely one of his favorite things in the world to do!).
After that Caleb and Claire will head to Oregon to visit my parents and Dave and I will take some days to go away together before heading to Denver a week later. There we'll meet up with the kids and be in Ft. Collins, as well as with Dave's family in Denver. We'll be back home in Czech on July 10th.
What a season of life this has been! So unexpected, and yet in the Lord's good plan. It could've turned out so much different. We are not taking it lightly or for granted that the Lord has given Dave some more precious years of life by bringing to light the need for this surgery, and providing so adequately for it to be taken care of.
We're content to move at a little slower pace of life this summer as Dave continues to heal, grateful for each day He gives us!
The best update of all...Dave continues to recover well from surgery! SOOO praising the Lord for that.
He still tires easily, but the doctor says that's normal. He's got about three hours a day where he has some energy, and then it's back to the chair for books, his Bible, coffee, and Google Earth...his favorite new hobby!
The doctor says that it's really about twelve weeks before he will feel like he has his energy back so no concern on him being tired for a while. His body is healing well, medication levels are in check now, his doctor is pleased with his recovery and I'm thankful to have him home every day!
You'll notice that there's no accompanying picture to this blog post...sad to say my desktop computer shut down a few days ago and all my recent photos are on that computer. So until we can get it into the technician to find out what's going on (and hopefully repair it!), there won't be any blog photos...bummer because I've had some good ones lately!
My friend Michelle was here these past two weeks and we had such a good time just doing normal life things as we stayed close to home while Dave recovered.
We did get to go to Krakow for a night and were upgraded at our hotel to a suite...is it too cheesy to say that was very SWEET of them to do that??!! After booking it I'd written to say it was her 50th birthday and asked if we could check in early...maybe they took note of that and decided to bless us with the upgrade?! Whatever the reason, it sure made for a memorable time there!
Tyler was here for a few weeks (sure loved having him home!), but is now gone to Croatia for his summer of ministry with JV. You'll notice on the side of my blog a link to his blog...definitely worth keeping a watch on over the summer! There are a few fun posts there already about these past few weeks.
Claire and Caleb are in their last few weeks of school, working hard to finish up finals which are demanding. SO proud of them for pressing through with endurance and perseverance, even when the weather has finally changed and they'd rather be outside enjoying the sunshine!
Thank you for continuing to pray for us in this season. The Lord has been faithful, as always, to carry us through this time!


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News Paleontology
Fossils Indicate. . .Wow, What a Croc!
By Sid Perkins
Newly discovered fossils of an ancient cousin of modern crocodiles suggest that adults of the species may have been dinosaur-munching behemoths that grew to the length of a school bus and weighed as much as 8 metric tons.
A 1.5-meter fossil skull of Sarcosuchus imperator dwarfs the 50-centimeter skull of a modern-day adult Orinoco crocodile. M. Hettwer/Sereno
Paleontologists first found remains of Sarcosuchus imperator–which translates as emperor of the flesh-eating crocodiles–in the Ténéré Desert of Niger in the 1960s. The initial description of the species was based on only a few bones and a partial skull, says Paul C. Sereno, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Chicago. Those fragments enabled the scientists to determine that the animal was related to today's crocodiles but didn't provide many clues about its lifestyle or ultimate size.
A year ago, Sereno and his colleagues unearthed in Niger the 110-million-year-old remnants of five super-crocs. The sediments bearing the fossils were laid down in an ancient river more than 160 kilometers from the nearest coastline. Remains included skulls and partial skeletons of juveniles, as well as the complete, 1.5-meter-long skull of an adult. By comparing that length with the dimensions of modern-day relatives, the researchers estimate in a forthcoming issue of Science that Sarcosuchus could have grown to lengths of 12 m. Only three or four species of living crocodilians can attain even half that size as adults.
Sarcosuchus' snout is broad and extends about 75 percent the length of its skull. The animal's teeth are stout, smooth, and rounded and are therefore suited to grabbing prey and crushing bones, says Sereno. Unlike those of fish-eating crocodiles, Sarcosuchus' upper and lower teeth didn't intermesh when the jaw was closed, which suggests that the animal had a diet of larger prey.
The researchers estimate that one of the juveniles they discovered last year was about 80 percent the size of an adult. Microscopic analysis of some of that juvenile's scutes–the large bony plates embedded in the skin that provide crocs a sort of armor–showed nearly 40 growth rings, which are much like a tree's annual growth rings. This finding suggests that the giant crocs may have taken 50 or 60 years to grow to full size.
The overlapping scutes stretched without a seam from just behind the head to about halfway down the tail, says Wann Langston, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Texas at Austin. This stiff suit of armor, as well as the shape of Sarcosuchus' vertebrae, would have restricted the animal's flexibility and speed. "This animal probably wasn't an active fisherman," notes Langston.
As in many crocodiles, Sarcosuchus' eyes and nostrils are located atop the skull. This configuration would have permitted the animal to hide almost totally submerged and supports the idea that it was an ambush predator, says Sereno. Along with an occasional large fish, Sarcosuchus could have dined on turtles and other riverside prey.
"Sarcosuchus could easily have taken a 20-foot-long dinosaur," Sereno suggests.
A version of this article appears in the October 27, 2001 issue of Science News.
Wann Langston
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Texas, Austin
Paul C. Sereno
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
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Geology majors at FLC work in the natural laboratories of the Rocky Mountains and the desert Southwest. You'll get your hands dusty interpreting the origins of materials. You'll examine the responsibilities of tapping into natural resources and explore their effects. You can carry your research from field work through publication. And by graduation, you'll understand the Earth processes that are integral to the political, economic, and social decisions of the future.
Field trips – At FLC, you will have access to the natural geological laboratory that is the Four Corners region of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. This proximity enables regional field trips and outdoor laboratory activities, which expose you to an array of geologic processes and field-based research opportunities. Furthermore, the numerous mines and oil fields in our vicinity will provide you real-world experiences in those professional fields.
Geology Field Camp - All Geology majors take part in the four-week summer Geology Field Camp. You'll undertake exploration and mapping exercises in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and sometimes California.
Capstone research project - You'll generate a clearly articulated hypothesis, demonstrate the use of multiple working hypotheses as an investigative method, perform a critical review of published literature, develop an experimental design, collect and analyze original data, and draw tenable conclusions. Many of our students present their research at regional and national geosciences meetings.
Geology Club - The club's activities include field trips to outdoor locations, trips to gem and mineral shows, hut trips, river trips, and guest speakers.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Certificate - Learn the integrated set of tools for storing, querying, analyzing, and displaying georeferenced information. GIS is a digital map database and set of software programs that merges theoretical and practical aspects of spatial analysis across many different disciplines.
For any career, this degree establishes your ability to communicate complex information through written, oral, and electronic media. It demonstrates your skills in field work, information collection, the application and presentation of data, and critical evaluation of methods and results. You will be able to apply the tools, methods, and knowledge from the Geology program to any area focused on interpreting earth processes and systems.


Crochet is beautiful, useful and versatile. I love the way you can make everything from exquisite tiny objects to huge things made from recycled t-shirts. I am constantly amazed that you can visualise a three dimensional object and then crochet it. I am retired now from a life of teaching science but every now and then my science head takes over and what I make is not really beautiful or even very useful. It is just the challenge of how can you do that using a crochet hook and some yarn. Today I heard someone talking about the anniversary of the olympics and that set me off -can you crochet rings? So here are some pictures of the experiment.
Not too bad but room for improvement.
Having made them I have had all sorts of ideas as to what I can do with them: how about crocheting a vehicle, they would make lovely wheels, they could be a unique and safe stacking toy, I can crochet noughts so can I crochet crosses and most importantly I can now crochet doughnuts. Let me know if you have any more ideas.
I also decided today that I had got stuck in a rut. I was off to buy more yarn to make Bavarian rainbows, convinced that I had to have double knitting but then I found these in my immense stash of yarn.
It is beautiful soft 4ply cotton. I am going to use this for my rainbow.
It is all so exciting, I wonder if I am the only person in England that hopes it will rain tomorrow so that I won't feel that I have to do some gardening and I will be able to stay inside and crochet!


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Traditional Karate trains focus, discipline, spirit, confidence, performance under pressure and definitely helps with losing weight and keeping in shape.
Karate is about more than just getting the next belt. Progression is a process. Karate builds physical skills, mental capabilities and fires up the spirit which benefits the student in other areas of their life.


Hello everybody..! I am Paris and I was born in Larissa, Greece on April of 1986. Ever since I was a little devil I used to sketch "funny" stories and since math was my most hated class I decided to do something more "artistic" in my life.
So, in September 2004 I entered the Graphic Design department of the Technological Educational Institution (T.E.I.) of Athens and moved to the big city. In this design school I got more familiar to handmade design work and got in touch with the computer design programs. I spent one year in Salamanca, Spain as an erasmus exchange student where I got more experienced in life and work. Coming home from my erasmus experience I got a 6-month practical job as a graphic designer on the communication department of ECDL Hellas group of companies.
I speak very good english and spanish and a little less of french.
My other interests are music (playing the guitar for years), photography, cinema and loooots of travelling!
Since I just graduated, and with the will to work on my profession, I made myself available for freelance work and also for full-time or part-time job as a graphic designer and illustrator.


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Forge Europa were every bit the model client you expect from a company of their stature. From our first meeting to the present day, their astuteness in researching and their innovative approach when putting forward ideas to embellish their online presence has been great to learn from. Knowing exactly what they wanted made the project run smoothly and any obstacle we did come across was quickly dealt with.
Forge's primary objective for their new site was to create a richer user experience, improve their existing navigation structure and categorise their products in a more efficient manner. Heeding their needs, we created a design that was very much centered around simplicity and minimalism. We stripped every unnecessary element out of their old site and presented a clean interface that opened up greater opportunity for rich images, reduced copy and a more pragmatic navigation model.
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Parkland, Fla.
17 are dead after Nikolas Cruz opened fire in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Cruz was a former student who had been expelled from the school and has now been charged with 17 accounts of premeditated murder.
Original story by Audra D. S. Burch and Patricia Mazzei, Feb. 14, 2018. The New York Times.
President Jacob Zuma has agreed to resign despite his disagreement with his party's decision to order him to do so. Zuma was president for nine years but had been asked to step down after being abandoned by voters and threatened by a no-confidence vote in the Parliament.
Original story by Norimitsu Onishi, Feb. 14, 2018. The New York Times.
Five elephants have been killed after a 14-car passenger train crashed into a herd in the middle of the night. The train was reported to have been speeding in the dark and by the time the emergency brake was hit, it was too late. While no passengers were injured, two calves and two adult elephants were killed instantly and another elephant died later.
Original story by Jeffrey Gettleman, Suhasini Raj, and Kai Schultz, Feb. 12, 2018. The New York Times.
71 people are dead after a plane crashed shortly after takeoff, killing everyone on board. The cause of the crash is not completely clear but it happened within minutes after takeoff. According to officials, the plane mysteriously vanished from the radars before crashing.
Original story by Neil MacFarquhar and Ivan Nechepurkenko, Feb. 11, 2018. The New York Times.
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In New Round of Racial Justice Act Litigation, North Carolina Judge Orders Prosecutors to Disclose Data on Decades of Jury Strikes
In the first Racial Justice Act case to reach a hearing since the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the state legislature's attempt to retroactively repeal the landmark law, a North Carolina judge has ordered state prosecutors to produce decades of data on jury selection in capital cases. On May 20, 2021, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons (pictured) granted a request from the legal team representing death-row prisoner Hasson Bacote that prosecutors produce records related to prosecutorial training and communications regarding jury selection, including jury selection notes, since 1980.
The Racial Justice Act requires that a prisoner's death sentence be changed to life imprisonment if racial bias or discrimination was a significant factor in the decision to seek or impose the death penalty in his or her case. Bacote, who is a Black, was sentenced to death in Johnston County, North Carolina in 2009. His lawyers have presented evidence that prosecutors in his case struck Black jurors at nearly triple the rate that they struck white jurors.
"I don't know that there's a weaker case for the death penalty than Mr. Bacote," Gretchen Engel, executive director of The Center for Death Penalty Litigation, said. "This case, with all of the other evidence we have, [shows] that racism permeates the death penalty in our state and nationwide."
Bacote is one of more than 140 death-row prisoners who filed claims under the 2009 law, which was repealed in 2013 when Republican legislators took control of the state house and senate. The bill attempted to apply the repeal retroactively to claims prisoners had already filed under the act, and trial judges across the state dismissed the Racial Justice Act cases that were pending before them.
The death sentences of four prisoners had already been overturned prior to the repeal, but subsequent state court rulings reinstated those death sentences. Prisoners whose cases had not yet been heard appealed the retroactive repeal of the law, and in 2020, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in their favor. The court said that "the retroactive application of the RJA Repeal violates the prohibition against ex post facto laws under the United States and North Carolina Constitutions" and remanded the cases to trial court to conduct hearings. The court subsequently issued rulings restoring the Racial Justice Act decisions that had taken Marcus Robinson, Christina Walters, Quintel Augustine, and Tilmon Golphin off of death row.
Bacote's case is the first to be heard since that 2020 ruling. His lawyers from the ACLU and the Center for Death Penalty Litigation asked that the state produce records dating back to 1980, when North Carolina reinstated the death penalty. Judge Sermons ordered the North Carolina Department of Justice to gather and submit that evidence, which includes data on training of prosecutors as well as the racial demographics of all prosecutors and staff in district attorney's offices. ACLU Capital Punishment Project lawyer Henderson Hill, one of the members of Bacote's defense team, said Bacote sought the information because of the long tenures and outsized influence of some prosecutors. "If you went to a Joe Freeman Britt training," Hill said, referring to a longtime Robeson County District Attorney with a reputation for being "tough on crime," "what he said influenced lawyers and the state prosecutors in the state for 20, 30 years."
The evidence already submitted by Bacote's attorneys demonstrates significant racial disparities in jury selection. "The rate at which the prosecution excluded Black citizens from his jury was shocking," Engle said. In addition to the case-specific evidence of disproportionate jury strikes, Bacote's petition presented evidence from a study conducted by Michigan State University researchers, who examined data from 1500 North Carolina cases between 1990 and 2009. That study revealed that, with remarkable consistency both over time and in counties across the state, prosecutors had struck prospective Black jurors from serving in capital cases at 2.5 times the rate of other jurors. An extensive regression analysis of hundreds of factors that could potentially explain the strikes found that the huge disparity in strike rates was attributable to race. Studies also showed that 20% of North Carolina death-row prisoners had been sentenced by all-white juries, and another quarter had been convicted by juries with only a single person of color. In a case with white victims, the defendant was nearly three times more likely to be sentenced to death.
Bacote's case is considered a bellwether. A ruling in his favor could portend relief for much of the state's death row. "The Racial Justice Act is really a unique law," Engel said. "[T]here aren't very many states that have the courage to enact something like [it] that's really going to take a hard look at our criminal punishment system in our most serious cases and deal with the history of racism and the death penalty."
"Is [the death penalty] biased? I think most people would answer yes," Hill said. "I think the question is, what do we do about it? How do we undo 300, 400 years of race discrimination?" The answer, he said, is "Let's get it right. Let's fix it. And I think that's what is so promising about this piece of litigation."
Judge Sermons did not take evidence or hear argument on the merits of Bacote's case at the hearing. He scheduled a conference on the status of the records in 90 days.
Racial Justice Act
Laura Leslie, Judge orders state to provide decades of data on death penalty trials in NC to attorneys seeking to overturn sentences, WRAL.com, Raleigh-Durham, May 20, 2021; Yanqi Xu, First Racial Justice Act claim since landmark 2020 ruling is heard in state court, The Progressive Pulse, May 24, 2021; Leigh Tauss, New Hearings on Reopened Death Penalty Cases Began Last Week. The Outcomes Could Effectively End North Carolina's Death Penalty, Indy Week, May 26, 2021.


How to get up and running with our IT services.
The IT services listed below are important in getting you connected as a new staff member. It's not an exhaustive list, and colleagues in your department should point you in the right direction for other IT services that are needed in your role. Alongside the services we've listed, there's a short video to give you a flavour of IT at Lancaster, and links to IT help and support you might need.
You might want to book onto one of our 'Get Connected' sessions for staff to introduce you to IT at Lancaster, or take the Introduction to IT Services online course at any time.
For academic staff involved in digital teaching and learning, we'd recommend you also take a look at resources and support available on the Digital Teaching & Learning Hub.
You're going to need your University Account username and password in order to connect to many of our IT services. Shortly after signing your University contract, once you are within 3 months of your start date, you should receive emails from us inviting you to set up your account.
Your University account provides access to a range of systems and services.
Your University Account username and password authenticate your access to the University network and to a range of systems and services. You can use your University card to release printing.
Lancaster staff use Office 365 for their University email.
You can access your Office 365 email on a PC or Mac using Outlook, or via a web browser using the Outlook Web App. To access your University email on a mobile device install the Outlook mobile app.
Our secure storage means no need to store work on the hard drive of your PC.
We give you personal and departmental file storage on our servers and unlimited storage in the cloud using LU Box. We've also created an interactive tool to help you decide the best place to store particular files.
Set yourself up to connect to our networked printers across campus.
Once you're set up, you can send your work to print, then release it out at the printer of your choice. You can even send to print from a mobile device. Our printers will also let you photocopy, and scan to email.
We have a wide range of site licensed software that you can access.
On Windows PCs you can access many software applications on demand via the Internet using AppsAnywhere. All staff can install Microsoft Office applications on multiple personal devices.
Connect to eduroam wi-fi in offices, teaching and social spaces on campus.
When you connect to eduroam wi-fi for the first time, follow the instructions carefully to ensure you enter your username correctly because it uses a different format to your usual University account username.
The Staff Intranet is your easy route to University information and systems.
As well as seeing information and news from around the University, there's a My Area tab providing quick access to personal details of your purchase requests, room bookings, expenses, HR information and more.
There's a wide range of IT training to help you develop the skills you need.
Types of training available include in-depth taught courses, short demonstration style sessions and drop-ins. There's also a large number of online courses if you'd really prefer to learn at your own pace.
Download our free iLancaster mobile app or view it on the web.
Log in to the 'Student/Staff User' profile for personal features such as Timetable (if you're teaching staff), MyAccount and Library. There's also a City Coast and Countryside profile with information for local residents.
Help and support from the ISS Service Desk.
Help with your University account password.
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The chameleon is back from his world tour and is ready to bring you an unmatched party experience! All that's remaining, is having you come on board. Just watch this space!
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Thanks to modern feline lifestyles and diets, the life expectancy of cats has increased in the past 50 years. One-fifth of cats in the U.S. are over 11 years old.
Board-certified veterinary internists take some of the credit for extending cat lives. Learn about the many ways internal medicine specialists help your cat through all stages of life.
Internists first complete their doctorates in veterinary medicine and one year of rotating medical and surgical internships. Next, an internist spends three to five years in a residency focused on internal medicine. The residency experience builds skills in veterinary diagnostics and treatment plans.
Veterinary internists may enroll in residencies in sub-specialties, including cardiology, oncology, and neurology. To become board-certified, a candidate must pass general, clinical, and specialty exams.
Because of the broad yet intense focus of their medical studies, board-certified veterinary internists have the training to see the big picture in your cat's medical plan. Internists are able to coordinate and analyze a variety of tests and tools to reach a diagnosis and develop a treatment protocol.
Cats need veterinary support throughout their lives to maintain good health. Kittens should have wellness exams, viral testing, vaccinations, and parasite exams. The veterinarian may want blood or urine samples tested to establish baselines for the kitten before neutering.
If your kitten has medical issues, the internist steps in and helps determine why your kitten is sick. For example, some newborn kittens experience fading kitten syndrome.
A veterinary internist uses a range of coordinated diagnostic tools to reach a definitive diagnosis for a sick kitten. The internists may test the kitten for pathogens and feline leukemia. The internist coordinates the treatment of the kitten as well. Vitamins, diet supplements, hydration, and incubators are some of the treatment options.
Adult cats may be referred to a veterinary internist if their wellness exam uncovers a disease or other health condition. Your cat may be treated for a parasite issue or other problem yet continue to have symptoms. The veterinary internist examines and tests your adult cat to find out why the treatment failed.
Internists are skilled at finding hidden illnesses and diagnosing diseases that mimic other feline health problems. If your adult cat is inexplicably losing weight, gaining weight, depressed, manic, or feverish, the veterinary internist makes it their mission to find an explanation.
While cats are definitely living longer, elderly felines are prone to the same health problems that plague elderly humans. Scientists say that a 21-year-old cat is the equivalent of a 100-year-old human, so felines of advanced ages may have age-related medical concerns that lower their quality of life.
Older cats often develop more than one health problem at a time. For example, if your older cat begins urinating outside the litter box, several factors can be at play. The cat may have both bladder issues and mobility issues that are making it difficult to get to the box in time.
A veterinary internist has the specialized diagnostic training to sort out an older cat's medical problems. The internist knows how to get to the bottom of puzzling symptoms using a wide variety of medical tools.
Internists have advanced training in recognizing the symptoms of serious feline diseases, including infectious diseases. More importantly, the board-certified veterinary internist understands which tests will give a definitive diagnosis of disease and which treatments will reduce symptoms or cure the disease.
Internists are valuable team members in the fight against cancer and feline leukemia. Because feline cancers can be very aggressive, your veterinary internist will examine your cat thoroughly and order a variety of lab tests before suggesting a treatment plan.
Your internist may perform biopsies, remove tumors, or use chemotherapy to treat tumors and lymphomas. Radiation may be ordered to treat brain or nasal tumors in a sick cat.
Veterinary internists are skilled professionals who help cats live with ailments that can't be treated. They prescribe treatments to soothe the symptoms of feline diseases when surgery or other invasive treatments would not be effective or are not desired by cat owners.
If you feel that your cat needs the services of a doctor of internal veterinary medicine in Chandler, Mesa, or North Valley, contact 1st Pet Veterinary Centers today. We provide general and emergency services, including kitten and cat care, for pet owners throughout Arizona.


R' Weinreb's son in law was R' Mendel Perr (https://kevarim.com/rabbi-menachem-mendel-perr/).
I am a great grandson of Rabbi Weinreb, and would love some photos of him (I don't have any at the moment). Could you email them, assuming they are in digital form?
@YS – What is your email address?
can you send me the pictures too?
If you would like to contact Rebetzin Sara Schafler Kelman she is the granddaughter (einikle) of Rabbi Weinreb and has many records and information which she is happy to share.
Rabbi Yosef Weinreb (center) Marching in support of the Balfour Declaration in 1917, in front of the parliament building in Toronto Canada The building is still standing today, in Queen's Park.


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Family forced to block the road as Cardiff council won't give them a disabled parking space
"We have to stop in the middle of the road and get her out of the van that way"
Lydia StephensTrainee multimedia journalist
A Cardiff family with a disabled daughter has to stop their van in the middle of the road to get her wheelchair out as the council won't give them a disabled parking space.
Sue Hurrell lives on Pen-y-Lan Terrace with her son, partner and 14-year-old daughter Immy, who relies on a powered wheelchair and a ramp to get her out of the family's van.
Cardiff council has repeatedly denied them a disabled parking space even though they need a large free space to the back of the vehicle and spaces that become available on the street are usually too small.
"We have to stop in the middle of the road and get her out of the van that way," said Sue.
"People are very patient and wait for us to move, but it is just not safe for her to be driving on the road in her chair."
Sue, who has lived with her family on the street in Pen-y-Lan for 13 years, criticised the process the council uses.
Cardiff council told her the assessment was carried out using a toolkit provided by Welsh Government, and the family did not meet the criteria specified even though neighbours had written in support.
Mum Sue with Daughter Immy who has been denied a disabled parking space by the council (Image: Sue Hurrell)
"They come and do one day visit and one night time visit to check if there are enough spaces in the street," said Sue.
"If there is a space within 25 metres of your house then you are not eligible for a designated space."
Sue's problem is that the spaces that are available when they come back from Immy's regular evening activities are too small and she has been highlighting her difficulties on social media.
"We would regularly come back from taking Immy to girl guides or horse riding and there would be nowhere to park," said Sue, 45.
Parking at the back of the house is no longer an option as the back lane is unlit and full of pot holes which make it difficult for Immy to get around.
The story of the Welsh centre that transforms lives of disabled children
Sue has obtained figures showing Cardiff council approves just a fraction of the number of disabled parking space applications it gets - with 50 out of 104 applications being approved in 2016/17.
Under current Cardiff council rules, you can apply for a disabled persons parking pace if you are a blue badge holder, registered at the address, have no off street parking, and no on-street parking space available within 25 metres of the home.
The council said it gives "favourable consideration" to people who have behavioural or learning difficulties or those who require mechanical assistance for movement, e.g. a wheelchair.
CourtsCare home worker offered to pay 'underage girl' £100 for semi-naked picturesLee Teasdale believed he was messaging a 14-year-old girl, sending explicit pictures and repeatedly asking for indecent photos in return. He was actually talking to an online paedophile hunter
CardiffPolice officer 'probably erroneous' in decision not to section Grenfell Tower hero later found deadDr Deborah Lamont, who was given a medal for her work as part of the Red Cross emergency response team to the Grenfell Tower fire, took her own life in a Cardiff hotel room last year
UK NewsKids are being given 'low quality packed lunches with sugary drinks and snacks'Packed lunches are worse nutritionally than those offered by schools, researchers claim
AberystwythFake beggars descend on Welsh town before catching the train back home to CardiffPolice said the group are 'exploiting' people's kindness
CourtsTeenage cocaine dealer caught in nightclub bemoaned 'slow business'Callum Hughes' father bought drug testing kits online and conducted regular urine tests following his son's arrest after he was caught in Swansea's Sin City nightclub
UK NewsLove Island preview: 'Yesterday he was ignoring me, today I'm getting breakfast'TV dating show is hotting up in latest episode according to preview video
Swansea City FCThe Swansea City evening transfer headlines as Charlton left 'gutted' by deal, a 'lasting relationship' with Chelsea mooted and Stoke City loan doneThe latest news, views and transfer gossip from the Liberty Stadium
Welsh Rugby UnionMost powerful man in Welsh rugby to step down as WRU make bombshell announcement
After five years as chief executive of the Welsh Rugby Union, Martyn Phillips will leave his role this summer
CourtsFormer Storey Arms boss jailed for abusing boysPaedophile Robert Pugh, 75, was convicted of 10 counts of indecent assault against three victims last month and will now spend two and a half years behind bars
CardiffWelsh Grenfell Tower hero found hanged hours after distress call, inquest toldDr Deborah Lamont was part of the emergency response team to the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017
MorristonFacebook labels man's post praising faggots at his local butchers 'hate speech'
The post was removed, despite being an innocent tribute to Thomas' of Morriston's meatballs with herbs


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Q: how to get all child itemvalues in list in flex3 i'm new for flex...
we can the length by using getnumber but
i want to get all item values in the list and to display the item values in the alert box one by one... is it possibile?
thank's

A: Can't you get them directly from your list's DataProvider (which might be an ArrayCollection or a XML object?)

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Joe Schmidt has confirmed his intention to step away from rugby after next year's World Cup, but he admits he could return to coaching further down the line.
The 53-year-old has guided Ireland to three Six Nations titles - including a Grand Slam in 2018 - but revealed last month that he will "prioritise family commitments" when he stands down as the country's head coach in late 2019.
Yet with Steve Hansen set to announce his All Blacks future, Schmidt would not entirely close the door on leading his home nation in the future.
It was reported this week that Schmidt had turned down the opportunity to coach New Zealand last year and he discussed that decision as he collected Ireland's Manager of the Year award on Friday.
"I would say it is difficult not to stay where I am," he said. "It's difficult not to keep doing what I am doing with a fantastic group of people.
"Whatever decision you make, you never say never. But you are always trying to do the best you can in a very short term you have left. For me, that's 11 months. I'm not looking any further forward than that."
The All Blacks have won the last two World Cups, but they were beaten by Schmidt's Ireland for a second time in November.


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Attach the Tactacam 5.0 Wide to your bow, crossbow or firearm, push the power on auto record button to start recording. Push the button again when you want to stop recording. Yes, it's that simple!
The Tactacam 5.0 Wide is compatible with both the Tactacam Remote and Tactacam app. Turn on multiple cameras at once with the Tactacam Remote and share your hunt instantly with the Facebook live feature.
Tactacam 5.0 Wide films 4K HD, low light sensor and a 360-degree mic. Combined with Tactacam's newly designed shell, quick change mode button, external battery indicator and rugged water-resistant construction… This camera is made to perform and will stand up to the rigors of your hunt.
Tactacam is designed for you using the best electronics available. Easy to use; 1 touch operation with vibration indication allows for easy camera operation. This small hunting video camera was built with an ultra-high-quality lens and low-light sensor. Instead of using a fisheye lens, which pushes the images away Tactacam's wide lens uses a unique lens design, providing a wide view without the crazy fisheye look.
All this is what makes the Tactacam 5.0 Wide the best first-person camera on the market.


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Q: Crashlytics Crash with NSOperationQueue (QOS: UNSPECIFIED) I'm getting a crash, reported in Crashlytics, and I have no idea how to reproduce the error, It happens randomly so it's hard to debug it with Xcode. Any ideas?
Crashed: NSOperationQueue 0x280419200 (QOS: UNSPECIFIED)
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x22c471430 objc_retain + 16
1 CoreFoundation 0x22d2b5888 __CFBasicHashAddValue + 1480
2 CoreFoundation 0x22d1e64ac CFDictionarySetValue + 260
3 Foundation 0x22dd04888 _encodeObject + 732
4 myAPI 0x1062b44b0 -[DataCore encodeWithCoder:] (DataCore.m:236)
5 myAPI 0x1062909c4 -[DataHandle encodeWithCoder:] (DataHandle.m:53)
6 Foundation 0x22dd04aa8 _encodeObject + 1276
7 Foundation 0x22dc69c6c +[NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:] + 168
8 myAPI 0x106288a34 __77+[CachableObject addObjectToCache:withCacheName:withTTL:withCompletionBlock:]_block_invoke (CachableObject.m:162)
9 Foundation 0x22dd198bc NSBLOCKOPERATION_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK + 16
10 Foundation 0x22dc21ab8 -[NSBlockOperation main] + 72
11 Foundation 0x22dc20f8c -[__NSOperationInternal _start:] + 740
12 Foundation 0x22dd1b790 __NSOQSchedule_f + 272
13 libdispatch.dylib 0x22ccc16c8 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 24
14 libdispatch.dylib 0x22ccc2484 _dispatch_client_callout + 16
15 libdispatch.dylib 0x22cc6582c _dispatch_continuation_pop$VARIANT$mp + 412
16 libdispatch.dylib 0x22cc64ef4 _dispatch_async_redirect_invoke + 600
17 libdispatch.dylib 0x22cc71a18 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 376
18 libdispatch.dylib 0x22cc722c0 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 128
19 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x22cea517c _pthread_wqthread + 472
20 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x22cea7cec start_wqthread + 4

Here is what the code in DataCore.m looks like
- (void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder {
    [super encodeWithCoder:coder];
    [coder encodeObject:programFormatPlayInfo forKey:@"ProgramFormatPlayInfo"];
    [coder encodeObject:bigScreenPlayInfo forKey:@"BigScreenPlayInfo"];
    [coder encodeObject:pivotHandle forKey:@"PivotHandle"];
    [coder encodeInteger:pivotDataLinkId forKey:@"PivotDataLinkId"];
    [coder encodeInteger:viewContextId forKey:@"ViewContextId"];
    [coder encodeBool:suppressImagePivot forKey:@"SuppressImagePivot"];
    [coder encodeObject:attributeIds forKey:@"AttributeIds"];
    [coder encodeObject:self.overflow forKey:@"Overflow"];
    [coder encodeObject:self.cacheNameWithUser forKey:@"CacheNameWithUser"];
    [coder encodeObject:self.metaData forKey:@"Metadata"];
}

and here is where I try to add an object to the cache,
not sure if it's failing to decode or something related to the background queue.
+ (void)addObjectToCache:(CachableObject*)object withCacheName:(NSString*)cacheName withTTL:(CacheTime)cacheTimeSeconds withCompletionBlock:(void(^)()) block {
    CachableObject* theObject = object;
    [_backgroundQueue addOperationWithBlock:^{
        @autoreleasepool {
            @try {
                NSString * path = [CachableObject pathForCachedObject:cacheName];
                NSDate * date = [NSDate date];

                [object setCacheDate:date];
                [object setTtlSeconds:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:cacheTimeSeconds]];
                [object setApiVersion:APIVERSION];

                // Add to NSCache
                [[CachableObject objectCache] setObject:theObject forKey:cacheName];

                // Add to file system
                NSError* err = nil;
                NSData * data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:theObject];
                if (data) {
                    [data writeToFile:path options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:&err];
                }

                // Add to dynamic cache
                unwrapObjectAndComplyWithClass(object, [DataHandle class], ^(id unwrappedObject) {
                    DataHandle *objectUnwrapped = unwrappedObject;
                    DataFrame *objectFrame = objectUnwrapped.frame;
                    for (NSString *eachDependencyName in objectFrame.dependencies) {
                        [[VVIDynamicCacheManager sharedManager]addDependencyToStore:eachDependencyName withCacheName:cacheName];
                    }
                }, ^{
                   /*Not a data handle*/
                });

            } @catch (NSException* ex) {
                NSLog(@"CachableObject: got an exception %@", ex);
            } @finally {
                if (block) {
                    block();
                }
            }
        }
    }];
}

A: Some thoughts here.
First, you're using @try/@catch. I believe that NSKeyedArchiver throws exceptions when it should actually return NSError objects. So, perhaps that's why you are doing it. But, you have to keep in mind that none of Apple's frameworks are guaranteed to be exception-safe. This means that catching exceptions can leave Apple's code (and, of course, your own) in inconsistent states that will prevent it from working correctly in the future.
I would strongly recommend either removing the @catch, or scoping it extremely tightly around the NSKeyedArchiver code, if that's why you are using it. This could be unintentionally introducing a variety of other bugs into your app.
Now, on to the specific crash. It's occurring in the runtime's memory management code. This points very strongly at heap corruption. This means you've got a pointer that doesn't point to a valid Objective-C object in memory. This can happen for many reasons, and is extremely common. The most common cause is known as a dangling pointer. However, it could also be caused by an over-release. And, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it is possible to use an @catch to trigger an over-release. (I know, I'm harping, but I've seen so many issues caused by this pattern)
What I generally recommend in these situations:

*

*Look for other crashes that look heap-corruption-related

*Try out Zombies in Instruments

*Try malloc scribble, or guardmalloc, two other good memory debugging tools

It's hard, and often even impossible, to reason about heap corruption. Replicating the bug can also be impossible, as memory corruption is typically not deterministic.
So, just try to find and fix as many issues as you can. It's totally possible that one of them is responsible for a variety of crashes, one of which could be this one.


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Monday Memo: Sundance Institute Announces Documentary Edit and Story Lab Projects
by Raphaela Neihausen | Monday, June 12th, 2017
It will be a busy week for film festival goers, with New York's Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest and the long running Sydney Film Festival all having begun late last week and running though the end of this weekend. Basil Tsiokos outlined the new non-fiction offerings for each festival over at his What (not) To Doc blog, just as Joshua Brunsting previewed the films at the 28th edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival and Tom Roston spoke with the festival's senior programmer, Leah Sapin, about this year's curatorial focus on empowerment for Salon. Writing for The Star, Graham Walker listed twenty things to see and do this year at Sheffield Doc/Fest, while Matt Turner looked at how a trio of docs are challenging the narrative around the Syria crisis for Little White Lies. Covering the Sydney Film Festival, the fine folks at 4:3 have already published Ivan Čerečina's review of AUSTERLITZ and Anders Furze's take on KING OF THE BELGIANS.
Last Thursday, the Sundance Institute "announced the eight projects selected for its annual Documentary Edit and Story Labs, taking place in two sessions at the Sundance Resort in Utah from June 23-July 1 and July 7-15." Projects selected include IMPEACHMENT by Brazilian director Petra Costa and editor Jordana Berg, and PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE by director Hao Wu and editor Nanfu Wang. IndieWire's Kate Erbland dissected the announcement, noting that projects "explore such timely themes as modern day lynchings, the Dakota Access Pipeline, impeachment, immigration detention centers, and more." Looking back at the Sundance Documentary Film Program and the Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship's 3rd annual Contemplating the Cut series, which took place back at the beginning of April, Colin Nusbaum outlined his tips and takeaways for doc editors over at the POV Blog.
Monday Memo: UNDER THE GUN Defamation Charges Dismissed as LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD Hit Theaters
by Raphaela Neihausen | Monday, June 5th, 2017
It seems that the industry is still recouping from its Cannes getaway, as this week was unsettlingly quiet on the news front. New York's Human Rights Watch Film Festival is set to begin this Friday, as Andy Webster noted in his preview of the programming on offer in The New York Times. Meanwhile, two other enticing documentary film festivals are currently in motion. At What (not) To Doc, Basil Tsiokos looked at the new nonfiction on offer in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa at the Encounters Documentary Festival, as well as those being screened at SF DocFest in San Francisco, both of which run through mid-June.
It is with great pride that tomorrow we close out our 2017 Spring Season at the IFC Center with Jeff Orlowski's breathtaking CHASING CORAL with the director himself in attendance to present the film. The screening is sold out, but a limited number of tickets may be released to the rush-line, 15 minutes before showtime.
Monday Memo: Three Big New Titles In Development on Manning, Welles & Trump
by Raphaela Neihausen | Monday, May 22nd, 2017
Few weeks come with so many surprising, exciting and, well, BIG announcements in the realm of documentary production. Just as Cannes was kicking off, news broke that Oscar winner Morgan Neville would be heading a new feature length doc for Netflix on the final 15 years of Orson Welles and his long in the works final project, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND. The announcement comes in the wake of other exciting Welles related news, as earlier this year Netflix announced its commitment to funding the final completion of THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, and just a month later a collection of "letters, postcards, diaries and doodles from a teenage Orson Welles, along with unpublished scripts of his many incomplete projects from the '50s and '60" were acquired by the University of Michigan from his youngest daughter, Beatrice Welles, for its extensive Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers collection.
The following day, The Hollywood Reporter's Tatiana Siegel broke the news that Michael Moore and Harvey Weinstein have reteamed to bring the world FAHRENHEIT 11/9, "a palindromic bookend" to their Palme d'Or winning, top-grossing documentary of all time, FAHRENHEIT 9/11. A day later, just as Chelsea Manning was finally to be released from a maximum-security U.S. military prison, IndieWire's Kate Erbland reported that Tim Travers Hawkins would be teaming up with Pulse Films, as well as executive producers Laura Poitras and Charlotte Cook, to direct CHELSEA XY, a feature length doc on "the journey of her fight for survival and dignity, and her transition from prisoner to a free woman".
For the second week in a row, we here at Stranger Than Fiction have a double header on our hands this week. Tomorrow at IFC Center, director Errol Morris and subject Elsa Dorfman will be on hand for a Q&A following a screening of their film THE B-SIDE: ELSA DORFMAN'S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY, while on the following day we return for a Wednesday Night special screening of COMPANY TOWN, with directors Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow in attendance for another live Q&A.
Monday Memo: Laura Poitras' RISK Hits Theaters, Sheffield Doc/Fest Lineup Unveiled
by Raphaela Neihausen | Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
Please forgive my tardiness – it's been a bit of a busy week for me, trekking from Hot Docs to Rochester's Nitrate Picture Show at the George Eastman Museum, one of the few venues in the world still able to screen nitrate film prints (now in its third year, the festival showed four docs this year, including Georges Franju's controversial 1949 short BLOOD OF THE BEASTS). As I type this week's memo, I'm currently riding shotgun down the interstate on the way to pick up my dog, who had a week long getaway at my mom's out in rural western New York. Thus, on to doc news!
As Hot Docs began to wind down, this year's award winners were revealed. Charles Officer's UNARMED VERSES won Best Canadian Feature, Pau Ortiz's THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL was named Best International Feature, Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana's RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD took home the Audience Award, Asaf Sudry and Tali Shemesh's DEATH IN THE TERMINAL won Best Mid-Length Doc, and Best Short went to Tamta Gabrichidze for SOVDAGARI. At Doc Soup, Tom Roston outilned his festival finds and the Hot Docs Pitch Forum, while Eli Brown live blogged this year's pitches at The D-Word and Selina Chignall reported on the ins and outs of Hot Docs funding applications for Realscreen.
Tonight we here at Stranger Than Fiction return to the IFC Center with the latest film from HOOP DREAMS director Steve James, ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL, which tells the incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York, the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Jill Sung, Vera Sung and Chanterelle Sung, several of the subjects featured in the film, will appear for a live Q&A following the film. Tickets for the event can be purchased here.


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Everybody wants a piece of SAP: AWS and Microsoft Azure enter tug of war over SAP software users
Analysis: A deeper relationship between Microsoft and SAP is announced but AWS claims increased growth on its cloud.
SAP and Microsoft have revealed plans to deepen their partnership, but Amazon Web Services is where the traction is.
New integrations between Microsoft Office 365 and cloud solutions from SAP were revealed at the Sapphire Now conference being held in Orlando. Focus will be on better integrating the two companies' offerings so that Azure customers will be able to use SAP HANA in Microsoft's cloud.
Additionally, SAP is also integrating its services such as Fieldglass, Concur, and SuccessFactors with Microsoft Office 365.
These moves could significantly increase the reach of the relational database service that SAP is offering, in addition to giving its customers the benefit of having access to Microsoft's various tools.
This fits nicely with Microsoft's strategy of partnering with companies, even if it competes in some areas with them.
The benefit is clear for both companies as greater customer access through increased simplicity of use could make users more willing to use the technologies.
Curiously though, AWS released information showing that a growing number of its customers, "across virtually every industry and geography," are running SAP applications on the AWS Cloud.
For the conspiracy theorists among us, AWS releasing this information before the SAP and Microsoft partnership was revealed is perhaps showing how a little one-upmanship is going on between the cloud vendors.
It could be interpreted as a message that says, 'it doesn't matter about that partnership, SAP customers are using AWS.' This is, of course, reading between the lines and it could be complete coincidence, but whatever it is, it makes for decent reading for SAP but perhaps diminishes the significance of a deeper partnership for Microsoft Azure.
The AWS release shows that SAP has verified and certified various solutions for production deployment on AWS, including S/4 HANA, SAP Business Suite on HANA and so on.
Terry Wise, VP, Worldwide Partner Ecosystem, AWS said: "Since becoming the first public cloud platform to be certified to run SAP production workloads in 2011, AWS has continued to innovate to deliver the capabilities and operational performance enterprise customers need to run their most critical business applications with confidence on the AWS Cloud."
Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft on the other hand, said: "At Microsoft, we are focused on empowering organizations to advance their digital transformations.
"Together with SAP, we are bringing new levels of integrations between our products that provide businesses with enhanced collaboration tools, new insights from data and a hyper-scale cloud to grow and seize new opportunities ahead."
Beyond the marketing from the statements there is significance – AWS wants to be the enterprise cloud that runs the mission critical apps and so does Microsoft. Microsoft has played somewhat more to the digital transformation aspect, but the essence of the message is the same.
This should of course come as no surprise as AWS and Microsoft Azure compete in the same market for pretty much the same customer.
The significance lies in the way the two cloud providers are scrapping over SAP.
I have previously written about how Salesforce has become an extremely attractive company to get closer to. Companies such as Accenture, Capgemini and IBM have all made significant acquisitions in order to align more closely with the CRM company.
Other companies such as Box and Microsoft have been busy collaborating with the company, all because the Salesforce CRM clouds have become an integral part of business transformation to a hybrid IT environment.
SAP, which itself is going through a transformation to a cloud software company, looks to have become as key a component as Salesforce is, judging by the level of interest it is receiving from Microsoft and AWS.
The business software company is moving to a position that it has been hoping it would be in, as a central platform that connects to everything.
Cormac Watter, MD, SAP, UK&I told CBR earlier in the year that: "The platform is probably the battleground for the future."
The strategy for SAP appears to be that it will become the central piece of the enterprise software stack, connecting all the disparate pieces of software from other vendors.
The benefit of this is that it could end siloed technology and end a mish-mash of technologies that increase costs and complexity.
To this end SAP has been busy in building partnerships with companies in a variety of different areas. Recently SAP partnered with IBM to combine IBM's Cognitive, Cloud and Power Systems with S/4 HANA and HANA Cloud Platform.
SAP has also forged an alliance with Apple to help developers create apps for enterprise customers using iPhones and iPads.
On the whole it looks as though SAP's strategy is working nicely for it and its increased significance as an integral part of a business's technology is making it something worth fighting over.
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Dyer's Bay Ontario: Began as a Lumbering Settlement
Dyer's Bay Ontario: Began as a Lumbering Settlement and today it is a wonderful vacation retreat.
This past weekend I spent time touring my favorite area in all of Ontario, the Bruce Peninsula. After visiting some of the usual spots we headed to an area that I had not been for a long time, Dyer's Bay.
Dyer's Bay is a small community built along the shore on a narrow strip of land between the water and the high lands which shelter it from northerly and westerly winds.
The bay itself is broad in expanse and looking at a map of the peninsula it looks like a pointed instrument which burrowed into the peninsula to create the distinctness in shape of other eastern shoreline indentations such as Colpoy's Bay and Barrow Bay.
From The Bruce Beckons by Sherwood Fox's, we learn that Dyer's Bay may have been one of the earliest points on the Bruce Peninsula to be visited by French explorers.
A 1656 map by Sanson attempts to show that the northern portion of the peninsula was the territory of the Petun, or Tobacco, tribe and that there was also a French mission established in the region.
Four years later, a Jesuit named Father De Creux drew a more detailed map of the region and it appears on that map that the Mission of St. Simon and St. Jude was located at, or near, the present site of Dyer's Bay.
The 1725 map of de Lery shows a native community called Papinachois, or "Funny People", located at Dyer's Bay.
From this point in time until the late 19th century, not much is known about this area. It is probable that the bay provided shelter for vessels seeking refuge from stormy weather and that native hunting parties encamped along the shoreline while they fished or travelled further inland to hunt for game animals. However, not all vessels who sought refuge in the bay survived the stormy wrath of Georgian Bay.
A testament to the loss of vessels and their cargoes can be seen as one drives into the village of Dyer's Bay. A cairn stands there, mounted with a propeller salvaged from the nearby water.
As lumbermen moved up the Ottawa Valley into the French River area in quest of fresh stands of timber, the lumbering industry in Ontario became more centred in the Georgian Bay region.
Consequently, the forests of the Bruce Peninsula soon felt the axe of a lumbering industry hungry to supply the needs of 19th century urban expansion and the accompanying growth in railway construction.
It is at this point in history that Dyer's Bay once again experienced settlement.
One of the major sites of lumbering on the Bruce Peninsula occurred to the north and east of the site of the community of Dyer's Bay at Ghost Lake, or as it is known today, Gillies Lake. Squared timber and logs were brought to the shoreline of Dyer's Bay where they were floated in rafts and towed first to Collingwood for shipment to Toronto and other southern points.
In 1881, Captain Andrew Port told Horace Lymburner, who operated a sawmill at Big Bay, of the opportunity that existed on Dyer's Bay where the waters of Ghost Lake emptied into Dyer's Bay.
In June 1881, Lymburner travelled with Captain Port aboard the steamer Jane Miller to the area. Lymburner agreed with Port's assessment of the economic potential of a sawmill in the area and immediately began to plan the mill site.
When it came time to transport the heavy equipment necessary to operate the mill, Lymburner called upon his friend Captain Port to bring in the equipment aboard the Jane Miller. There is an unfortunate irony in these events.
Captain Port did not live to see the completion of the mill, or the future success the Lymburners would have at the Dyer's Bay mill. The next trip Port took aboard the Jane Miller after transporting the mill equipment was a disaster.
The vessel sank in Georgian Bay, taking the Captain along with it, to its watery grave.
Today, much like the other communities on the peninsula which originated due to the lumbering industry, Dyer's Bay is a resort town. Its economy depending largely on the influx of summer visitors who flock to the area each year to sail, fish and relax amidst the natural beauty of the Bruce Peninsula.
A version of this article originally appeared in my Local History column in the Owen Sound Sun Times.
Discover More About the Bruce Peninsula
Getting to the Bruce Peninsula is a relatively easy driving trip. Here are driving directions from three regions to the peninsula.
Barrow Bay Ontario a Picturesque Georgian Bay Community owes its origin to the once-thriving Bruce Peninsula lumbering industry. Today it is a quiet summer get-away!
Bruce Peninsula Lumber History details the impact of the forest products industry on the development of the region.
Bruce Peninsula Lumbering provided the stimulus to develop and grow the pioneer economy on the newly settled Bruce Peninsula.
Bruce Peninsula Municipal Politics: No matter what the venue, or the issue, seldom is a popular decision made that suits everyone.
Bruce Peninsula Travel Routes were often a matter of debate because in the early years, land travel was virtually unattainable for settlers and lumbermen alike.
Aboriginal History: Bruce Peninsula has a long indigenous heritage not just for the native nation living there today, but for other native groups as well.
Aboriginal History: the 1836 Treaty made promises to the native peoples of the Bruce Peninsula which did not last long before everything changed again.
Aboriginal land history continues the story of aboriginal land issues on the Bruce Peninsula. How it happened is a point for discussion by everyone.
Settler Impact on Bruce Peninsula Natives was not only from the imposition of treaties, but also from British military plans.
"Half Mile-Strip" Treaty made it possible for a relatively smooth overland connection to be built between Owen Sound and the Lake Huron shoreline.
Catherine Sutton: aka Nahneebahweequay was a hero, fighting for her Indigenous rights and those of her family.
Allenford United Church history details not only some important information about that community's church, but also about one of the founders of this Ontario community.
Colpoys Bay Vista - Awesome! A short drive from either Wiarton or Owen Sound is one of the most magnificent views to be found in the province of Ontario!
Elsinore Ontario is the southern-most point on the Bruce Peninsula, located about half-way between Owen Sound and the Lake Huron shoreline.
Forest Products on the Bruce Peninsula contributed greatly to the growth and development of that region of the province of Ontario.
Gillies Lake: aka Ghost Lake has a mysterious past as its original name, Ghost Lake, implies.
Great Grey Owls on the Bruce Peninsula was a surprise discovery for ornithologists and others. Sadly, the story of their visit had an unfortunate conclusion.
Pioneer Campers: Hope Bay mostly considered the peninsula untamed wilderness and some of the locals were not about to disappoint them!
A Pioneer Community: Driftwood Crossing, at the southern-most part of the Saugeen/Bruce Peninsula was at the midpoint between the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron coasts.
Pioneer Missionary James Atkey arrived on Colpoys Bay to minister to the native community near Oxenden until a treaty uprooted his parishioners.
Pioneer tourists first visited the Bruce Peninsula in the 1800s and the region continues as a great recreational and tourism destination today!
Pioneer Vacations on the Bruce Peninsula got an eerie start in the Hope Bay region of the peninsula.
Lighthouses Lighthouses were vital to Georgian Bay Sailing.
Sauble Beach Ontario has seen it all. A fishing outport; a sawmilling centre; and an internationally acclaimed tourist resort area!
Sauble Beach This popular beach is known as Canada's Daytona Beach.
Lion's Head Sailors often sought refuge from the stormy Georgian Bay waters in its well-protected harbour.
Park Head Grand Trunk Railway in Park Head Ontario was an important railway depot on the Bruce Peninsula when in 1894 the first train chugged through Park Head.
Stokes Bay Welcomed fishermen as their first non-native visitors. Today, if you are a fisherman, you will also probably want to try your luck landing a walleye, lake trout or any of the other game fish that live in the coastal waters of Lake Huron.
Tobermory Ontario has a rich history and, is the northern- most destination point for travellers visiting the world famous Bruce Peninsula.
Tobermory Ontario Tourism is focused on shipwreck diving which has become so popular that tourism has become an important part of that community's economy.
Tobermory pioneers experienced a life in a community that was anything but the tourism hive of activity that it is today.
A Flowerpot Island cruise is not only entertaining, but it is also very educational as you will see things that you have never viewed before!
Wiarton Ontario This historic community was a great place to live in the early settlement days and still is a busy tourist stop on your way up the Bruce Peninsula.
Wiarton had ambitions to Succeed but while success brought them a railroad and other ventures did not have a sweet ending for many in the town.
Wiarton Ontario's First Newspaper A catalyst in supporting road construction and bringing the railway to Wiarton in hopes of making the town the economic leader of the area. But disappointment looms...
Wiarton news: 1890s, as seen in the pages of the local newspaper revealed problems typical of today's communities
Wiarton Beet Industry was to be a great boost to the town's economy. Instead, it left most people with a bad taste in their mouths.
Travel the Bruce: Owen Sound to Wiarton A wonderful journey from Owen Sound to Wiarton.
Travel the Bruce: Wiarton to Tobermory Relaxing and historic journey.
Bruce Peninsula The Bruce Peninsula is a compelling place, with a rich history, to visit. Once you have traveled there, we guarantee that you will return, again and again!
Getting to the Bruce Peninsula
Bruce Peninsula Lumbering
Bruce Peninsula: Lumber History
Bruce Peninsula Municipal Politics
Bruce Peninsula Winters Could be Difficult
Colpoys Bay Vista - Awesome!
Forest Products on the Bruce Peninsula
Gillies Lake: aka Ghost Lake
Great Grey Owls on the Bruce Peninsula
Pioneer Missionary James Atkey
Pioneer Campers: Hope Bay
Pioneer Tourists Visit the Bruce Peninsula
Pioneer Vacations on the Bruce Peninsula
A Flowerpot Island Cruise
Bruce Peninsula Travel Routes
Travel the Bruce: Owen Sound to Wiarton
Travel the Bruce: Owen Sound to Tobermory


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Indian affairs council
Long-term care services
Meals (refreshment)
Public information and education programs
Senior citizen centers
2018 Subd. 7b Amended 2018 c 170 s 6
2014 Subd. 3 Repealed 2014 c 262 art 4 s 9
2013 Subd. 7b New 2013 c 108 art 2 s 8
2013 Subd. 7c New 2013 c 108 art 2 s 9
2013 Subd. 7d New 2013 c 108 art 2 s 10
2010 Subd. 7 Amended 2010 c 1 art 17 s 8
2009 Subd. 10 New 2009 c 60 s 1
2007 Subd. 2a New 2007 c 147 art 6 s 16
2003 Subd. 9 New 2003 c 14 art 12 s 11
2001 Subd. 7 New 2001 c 9 art 4 s 2
2001 Subd. 8 New 2001 c 9 art 8 s 13
1995 Subd. 6 New 1995 c 207 art 3 s 17
256.975 MINNESOTA BOARD ON AGING.
Subdivision 1. Creation. There is created a Minnesota Board on Aging consisting of 25
members to be appointed by the governor. At least one member shall be appointed from each
congressional district and the remaining members shall be appointed at large. No member shall
be appointed for more than two consecutive terms of four years each. In making appointments,
the governor shall give consideration to individuals having a special interest in aging, and so far
as practicable, shall include persons affiliated with agriculture, labor, industry, education, social
work, health, housing, religion, recreation, and voluntary citizen groups, including senior citizens.
The governor shall designate the chair. Other officers, including vice-chair and secretary,
shall be elected by the board members.
Subd. 1a. Removal; vacancies. The membership terms, compensation, removal of members,
and filling of vacancies on the board shall be as provided in section 15.0575.
Subd. 2. Duties. The board shall carry out the following duties:
(a) to advise the governor and heads of state departments and agencies regarding policy,
programs, and services affecting the aging;
(b) to provide a mechanism for coordinating plans and activities of state departments and
citizens' groups as they pertain to aging;
(c) to create public awareness of the special needs and potentialities of older persons;
(d) to gather and disseminate information about research and action programs, and to
encourage state departments and other agencies to conduct needed research in the field of aging;
(e) to stimulate, guide, and provide technical assistance in the organization of local councils
on aging;
(f) to provide continuous review of ongoing services, programs and proposed legislation
affecting the elderly in Minnesota;
(g) to administer and to make policy relating to all aspects of the Older Americans Act of
1965, as amended, including implementation thereof; and
(h) to award grants, enter into contracts, and adopt rules the Minnesota Board on Aging
deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
Subd. 2a. Electronic meetings. (a) Notwithstanding section 13D.01, the Minnesota Board
on Aging may conduct a meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means so long
as the following conditions are met:
(1) all members of the board participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location,
can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony;
(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the board can hear all
discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the board;
(3) at least one member of the board is physically present at the regular meeting location; and
(4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so that each member's vote on each issue can
be identified and recorded.
(b) Each member of the board participating in a meeting by telephone or other electronic
means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating
in all proceedings.
(c) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a meeting, the board, to the
extent practical, shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location.
The board may require the person making a connection to pay for documented marginal costs
that the board incurs as a result of the additional connection.
(d) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency
meeting, the board shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the fact that some
members may participate by telephone or other electronic means, and of the provisions of
paragraph (c). The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04.
Subd. 3. Policy. The board shall recommend to the state legislature no later than January 1,
1977, a proposed state policy for citizens dependent on long term care and services. The proposed
state policy shall address, but need not be limited to, the following:
(a) Developing alternatives to institutionalization in long term care facilities and other
programs which will assist each citizen dependent on long term care and services to maintain
the highest level of self-sufficiency and independence which the citizen's mental and physical
condition allows;
(b) Developing methods for ensuring citizens dependent on long term care and services an
effective voice in determining which programs and services are made available to them;
(c) Protecting citizens dependent on long term care and services from unnecessary
governmental interference in private and personal affairs; and
(d) Informing citizens dependent on long term care and services of the programs and services
for which they are eligible.
Subd. 4. Home-delivered meals. The Board on Aging shall take appropriate action to secure
reimbursement from public and private medical care programs, health plans, and health insurers
for home-delivered meals that are a necessary part of medical treatment for the elderly.
Subd. 5. Programs for senior citizens and disabled persons. Any sums collected under
section 325F.71 must be deposited into the state treasury and credited to the account of the state
Board on Aging. The money credited to the account of the state Board on Aging is annually
appropriated to the state board on aging and shall be expended for the following purposes:
(1) to prepare and distribute educational materials to inform senior citizens, disabled persons,
and the public regarding consumer protection laws and consumer rights that are of particular
interest to senior citizens and disabled persons; or
(2) to underwrite educational seminars and other forms of educational projects for the benefit
of senior citizens and disabled persons.
Subd. 6. Indian elders position. The Minnesota Board on Aging shall create an Indian elders
coordinator position, and shall hire staff as appropriations permit for the purposes of coordinating
efforts with the National Indian Council on Aging and developing a comprehensive statewide
service system for Indian elders. An Indian elder is defined for purposes of this subdivision as an
Indian enrolled in a band or tribe who is 55 years or older. The statewide service system must
include the following components:
(1) an assessment of the program eligibility, examining the need to change the age-based
eligibility criteria to need-based eligibility criteria;
(2) a planning system that would grant or make recommendations for granting federal and
state funding for services;
(3) a plan for service focal points, senior centers, or community centers for socialization and
service accessibility for Indian elders;
(4) a plan to develop and implement education and public awareness campaigns including
awareness programs, sensitivity cultural training, and public education on Indian elder needs;
(5) a plan for information and referral services including trained advocates and an Indian
elder newsletter;
(6) a plan for a coordinated health care system including health promotion/prevention,
in-home service, long-term care service, and health care services;
(7) a plan for ongoing research involving Indian elders including needs assessment and
needs analysis;
(8) information and referral services for legal advice or legal counsel; and
(9) a plan to coordinate services with existing organizations including the Council of
Indian Affairs, the Minnesota Indian Council of Elders, the Minnesota Board on Aging, and
tribal governments.
Subd. 7. Consumer information and assistance; senior linkage. (a) The Minnesota Board
on Aging shall operate a statewide information and assistance service to aid older Minnesotans
and their families in making informed choices about long-term care options and health care
benefits. Language services to persons with limited English language skills may be made
available. The service, known as Senior LinkAge Line, must be available during business hours
through a statewide toll-free number and must also be available through the Internet.
(b) The service must assist older adults, caregivers, and providers in accessing information
about choices in long-term care services that are purchased through private providers or available
through public options. The service must:
(1) develop a comprehensive database that includes detailed listings in both consumer- and
provider-oriented formats;
(2) make the database accessible on the Internet and through other telecommunication and
media-related tools;
(3) link callers to interactive long-term care screening tools and make these tools available
through the Internet by integrating the tools with the database;
(4) develop community education materials with a focus on planning for long-term care and
evaluating independent living, housing, and service options;
(5) conduct an outreach campaign to assist older adults and their caregivers in finding
information on the Internet and through other means of communication;
(6) implement a messaging system for overflow callers and respond to these callers by
the next business day;
(7) link callers with county human services and other providers to receive more in-depth
assistance and consultation related to long-term care options;
(8) link callers with quality profiles for nursing facilities and other providers developed
by the commissioner of health; and
(9) incorporate information about housing with services and consumer rights within the
MinnesotaHelp.info network long-term care database to facilitate consumer comparison of
services and costs among housing with services establishments and with other in-home services
and to support financial self-sufficiency as long as possible. Housing with services establishments
and their arranged home care providers shall provide information to the commissioner of human
services that is consistent with information required by the commissioner of health under section
144G.06, the Uniform Consumer Information Guide. The commissioner of human services
shall provide the data to the Minnesota Board on Aging for inclusion in the MinnesotaHelp.info
network long-term care database.
(c) The Minnesota Board on Aging shall conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
statewide information and assistance, and submit this evaluation to the legislature by December
1, 2002. The evaluation must include an analysis of funding adequacy, gaps in service delivery,
continuity in information between the service and identified linkages, and potential use of private
funding to enhance the service.
Subd. 8. Promotion of long-term care insurance. Within the limits of appropriations
specifically for this purpose, the Minnesota Board on Aging, either directly or through contract,
shall promote the provision of employer-sponsored, long-term care insurance. The board shall
encourage private and public sector employers to make long-term care insurance available to
employees, provide interested employers with information on the long-term care insurance product
offered to state employees, and provide technical assistance to employers in designing long-term
care insurance products and contacting companies offering long-term care insurance products.
Subd. 9. Prescription drug assistance. The Minnesota Board on Aging shall establish and
administer a prescription drug assistance program to assist individuals in accessing programs
offered by pharmaceutical manufacturers that provide free or discounted prescription drugs or
provide coverage for prescription drugs. The board shall use computer software programs to:
(1) list eligibility requirements for pharmaceutical assistance programs offered by
manufacturers;
(2) list drugs that are included in a supplemental rebate contract between the commissioner
and a pharmaceutical manufacturer under section 256.01, subdivision 2, clause (23); and
(3) link individuals with the pharmaceutical assistance programs most appropriate for the
individual. The board shall make information on the prescription drug assistance program
available to interested individuals and health care providers and shall coordinate the program
with the statewide information and assistance service provided through the Senior LinkAge
Line under subdivision 7.
History: 1961 c 466 s 1,2; 1974 c 536 s 1; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 134 s 59,60; 1976 c 275 s
1; 1986 c 404 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 121; 1989 c 294 s 1; 1995 c 207 art 3 s 17;
1Sp2001 c 9 art 4 s 2; art 8 s 13; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 12 s 11; 2005 c 56
s 1; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 8 s 16; 2007 c 147 art 6 s 16; art 7 s 5