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Cheesy Ham and Potato Hot Dish
2c sour cream (16oz)
1pkg cubed hash browns, thawed (32oz) or about 8 c homemade
2c cubed ham
2c shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/4c chopped onion
1/2 t salt
1/2 t pepper
2c crushed cornflakes
1/2c melted butter
In a large bowl, combine sour cream, hash browns, ham, cheese, onion, salt and pepper. Transfer into a greased 3qt baking dish or 9x13 cake pan. Cover and bake uncovered at 350 for about 45 minutes. Meanwhile, toss cornflake crumbs and butter. Sprinkle over the top and bake uncovered another 15 minutes or until cornflakes are toasted brown and crispy.


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The new system will be piloted in two regions from July 2019 before being rolled-out nationally from July 2022.
The model was informed by extensive consultation with stakeholders, national and internal research and intensive co-design with job seekers, employers, and employment service providers.
The findings from this consultation process are reported in The Employment Services Expert Panel report I Want to Work and 'The Next Generation of Employment Services: Discussion Paper'.
The Employment Services Expert Panel report
The Employment Services Expert Advisory Panel's report I Want to Work: Employment Services 2020 was provided to Government for on 15 October 2018.
The panel's report highlighted the performance of the current employment services, jobactive, in providing over 1.2 million job placements since its launch in July 2015. Stakeholders suggested, in moving forward, there were numerous opportunities to enhance employment service delivery by simplification, harnessing the use of digital technology and cutting red tape.
The panel's report was informed by extensive consultation held across Australia with:
- employers
- providers (training, education and employment)
- job seekers
- community organisations (including housing, health and welfare)
- unions
- think tanks/academia
- industry
- other governments (state and local).
During the consultation period:
- more than 560 people attended 23 roundtables and community forums held in metropolitan and regional centres
- 556 people participated in design research workshops, focus groups or one-on-one interviews
- 450 submissions were received in response to the public consultation paper 'The Next Generation of Employment Services 2020'
A summary of stakeholder feedback is available in The Nous Group Report, 'Employment Services 2020: Consultation report'.
A summary of responses to the public discussion paper is also available and can be found in The Social Research Centre Report, 'The Next Generation of Employment Services: summary of consultation responses'.
The Government appointed an independent Expert Advisory Panel in January 2018 to help shape the future design of employment services in Australia. The panel was chaired by Mrs Sandra McPhee AM.
View the Employment Services Expert Advisory Panel Terms of Reference.
Members of the panel included employer, provider, and welfare group representatives, as well as a labour market economist and an expert in business transformation. The list of members is below:
List of members
|Sandra McPhee AM - Chair
|Non-Executive Director
|St. Vincent's Health Australia
|Caryn Katsikogianis
|Chief People Officer
|Woolworths Group
|Peter Davidson
|Senior Adviser
|Australian Council of Social Services
|Chris Blake
|Executive General Manager, Group Services
|Australia Post
|Prof. Jeff Borland
|Truby Williams Professor of Economics
|University of Melbourne
|Nick Debere
|Interim CEO
|Jobs Australia
|Sally Sinclair
|National Employment Services Association
|Allan McCallum
|Wally Tallis
|Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer
|Indigenous Business Australia
|Matt O'Sullivan
|Employment and Workforce Development Specialist
|Dr Susan Neuhaus CSC
|Minda Inc
|Robert Pennicott
|Managing Director
|Pennicott Wilderness Journeys
|Karen Sheldon AM
|Managing Director
|Karen Sheldon Catering
|Jenny Lambert
|Director, Employment Education and Training
|Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
|Kate Carnell AO
|Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman
|Martin Hehir
|Deputy Secretary
|Department of Jobs and Small Business
Public Discussion Paper
The Department of Jobs and Small Business released 'The Next Generation of Employment Services: Discussion Paper' in June 2018. The paper was informed by the Employment Services Expert Advisory Panel, national and international research, and intensive co-design with stakeholders including job seekers, employers, and employment service providers.
You can view the 296 published submissions at Future of Employment Services Consultation Published Responses.
- Discussion Paper: the next generation of Employment Services 2020 - Discussion Paper
- Discussion Paper: the next generation of Employment Services 2020 - Appendices
Committed to User Centred Design
The department collaborated with user-centred design experts, ThinkPlace, to consult with stakeholders of the employment services system.
The information gained from this research was provided to the panel for their consideration. Panel members also participated as observers during the research to hear first-hand from job seekers and other stakeholders.

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"If you dare to report us, you'll pay for it. Go away!" a poacher roared at him, a long rifle in his hand. Undaunted, the teenager secretly took a picture of the illegal hunters and took it to the forestry bureau the next day.
His courage even caught the attention of famous primatologist and animal rights advocate Jane Goodall, who called him a "very brave young man".
That young man was Fang Minghe, who is now 27. He is the founder of a youth-led environmental watchdog, Green Eyes China, in Zhejiang province, where he grew up in a rural environment.
From a young age, Fang developed a close tie with nature and compassion for animals. He also became passionate about environmental protection. "I was shy and didn't play ball games well with other kids," he recalled. "I was in my own world."
During a visit to Guangzhou, he witnessed wild animals killed brutally in the wildlife trade. He felt the urge to do something. "Charity starts at home," he said. "It's a pity almost 99 per cent of people in China are concerned only with survival and making money. They think only about today. We can't rely on the government, either."
Back home, he staged an exhibition of his photographs showing the shocking treatment of animals in Guangzhou.
In 2000, a dozen like-minded schoolmates and friends joined Fang's pioneering project for a squad of young inspectors dedicated to combating widespread poaching. Green Eyes was born.
"I hope Green Eyes will help more people see a greener world," Fang said.
A decade later, Green Eyes offers environmental education for middle- and high-school students across the country. It also runs a wildlife protection hotline and an animal rehabilitation clinic. The group has rescued more than 5,000 animals, including dolphins, birds and snakes. Volunteers also videotape illegal wildlife trade practices with hidden cameras.
Fang won the prestigious Ford Environmental Award when he was just 17. He was also invited to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where he received a 5,000 yuan (HK$5,918) cheque from the country's environmental chief.
Yet soon Fang was facing a dilemma: should he go to university or continue running Green Eyes? Two months before the university entrance exam, he made his choice: he quit school.
That was a surprising decision by Chinese standards. Every year, more than eight million students vie for a limited number of seats at colleges and universities through a competitive entrance exam.
Fang says he has no regrets. "I can always go back to college," he said. "But I could never give up Green Eyes, which was still a very young organisation at that time. My dream is to officially register Green Eyes as an NGO."
He hopes his initiative will raise public awareness of the need for environmental conservation and wildlife protection across the mainland. "I want to see a pair of green eyes in every corner of China one day," he stressed.
Today, the organisation has more than a thousand volunteers in more than 100 colleges, but Fang feels his work is far from over.
The young conservationist wants to export the ideal of Green Eyes to Southeast Asian countries, which serve as feeders for a wide-scale illegal wildlife trade in protected species to China.
"People always say I'm a workaholic. Days and nights aren't much different to me," Fang said. "Even when I try to stop, my mind keeps running."


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Ideas for Fall!
Make fall even more fabulous with these fun ideas~
Start the season off with some Apple Walnut Pie Fries with applesauce and caramel for dipping
Remind everyone of the season with some chalkboard art and an apple vignette
Make a FAN-tastic wreath to show your team spirit
Fill a lantern with autumn things
Make Harvest Snack Attack, a snack mix full of cinnamon and caramel
Make some Caramel Apple Minis for an easier to eat version of caramel apples
Invite some friends for Wine Tasting, let everyone bring a bottle and you can provide meat & cheese from the deli
Start thinking soup and put this Pumpkin & Apple Soup on your to do list
Fill a Cornucopia with chips spilling out for dipping
Make mini pumpkins out of soft cheese with a pecan stem for an edible pumpkin patch
Serve them with a crescent roll cornucopia
Collect things to decorate a Harvest Tree
Make a pile of pumpkins!
Get out your fall pillows and accessories or get some new ones here
Fabulous Fall!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Dishing it & Digging it, Happiness is Homemade Between Naps on the Porch,
Merry Monday Make it Pretty Monday Celebrate and Decorate,
Delicious Dishes Recipe Party Oh My Heartsie Girl Full Plate Thursday
Thursday Favorite Things Creatively Crafty Home Matters
Comments23 Responses to "Ideas for Fall!"
Great roundup of fall ideas. While I can't say I wouldn't enjoy cooler temps I'm still hanging on to summer a little while longer.
Jenna, I am so anxious for fall, and you have shared some wonderful ideas! I hope you enjoy your day!
Wow! You just inspire me Jenna. I love fall, but I don't want summer to end…I hate winter. The cold, snow, driving in it. I'll stop bc nobody wants to be reminded of that. Lol. Have a great day!
Great inspiration!! Anxious to pull out fall decorations but not til mid september, still enjoying summer!
Wow those applie walnut pie fries look too good! I'm sitting here hungry wishing I could taste many of these recipes you've made!
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In this week's user profile we are happy to introduce Pragmatic Marketing, a training and service consulting company that helps technology product managers and marketers identify market problems and create go to market strategies. They are an Arizona based company, if you are interested in learning more you can contact them by visiting their site and filling out their contact form here.
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FS: How did you hear about Formstack?
PM: Formstack was recommended by our web site development partner, Quinn Interactive
FS: How do you currently use Formstack?
PM: Subscriptions to our magazine and newsletter, requests for our webinar slides and templates, submissions to our job board and general inquiries.
FS: How has Formstack solved a business/organizational issue?
PM: It has made creation and management of all our web site forms much simpler. Also, having all of the submitted data in a central database makes reporting very simple.
FS: What do you like best about the product?
Its ease-of-use. The ability to store submissions in a database. The conditional logic is also a great tool.
FS: What features do you find most helpful?
PM: The conditional logic is a feature we find most useful.
FS: What improvements to Formstack would you like to see?
PM: We would like to see the ability in the e-mail submission to not include the questions that do not get answered. Also, the ability to send e-mailed submissions to different people based on a selection (e.g. if Billing is selected in a list send to the Billing Dept., if Sales is selected, send to Sales Dept.,etc.).
FS: Any specific features you would like to see?
PM: For check-box responses, show some other indicator, rather than repeating the question. A simple "yes" would work fine.
FS: Any other tips/tricks/words of wisdom you would like to share with others users/readers?
PM: Test different versions of a form. For example, we have found different response rates when we use a drop-down list versus a series of radio buttons.


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How to Troubleshoot Network & Internet Problems :
his episode of our Windows 7 networking series is about how to troubleshoot networking problems. With the help of the network and Internet troubleshooting wizards, anyone can identify the root cause of any networking issue and fix it in minutes. In this tutorial I will show how to start the network and Internet troubleshooting wizards and how to work with them so that you understand what's wrong with your network and how to fix things.
How to Start the Network and Internet Troubleshooting Wizards
One of the easiest ways to access the network and Internet troubleshooting wizards is to open the Network and Sharing Center and click on the Troubleshoot problems
An alternative is opening Control Panel and searching for the word 'trouble'. The first result will be the Troubleshooting link. Click on it.
There you will see several types of troubleshooting tasks. Click on Network and Internet.
In the Network and Internet Troubleshooting window you have several options. Use them as follows:
- Internet Connection – this can help when you are connected to a network but the Internet doesn't seem to work or you have trouble accessing particular websites;
- Shared Folders – use this when you have problems accessing shared files and folders on other computers from your network;
- if you have problems viewing computers or shared files and folders in your, it is recommended to use this option;
- Network Adapter – this comes in very handy when you have problems with your wireless or network adapters and anything that seems to be related to your physical connection to the network;
- Incoming Connections – this is useful when other computers have trouble connecting to your computer's shared files and folders;
- Connection to a Workplace Using DirectAccess – this can be used when having problems connecting to enterprise network domains and it works only for Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 7 Enterprise users.
Start the Network and Internet Troubleshooting Wizards from the Command-Prompt
The network and Internet troubleshooting wizards can also be started from the command line, using the parameters below. All you need is to copy and paste these commands in the Run window (press the Windows key + R) or in the Command Prompt:
- To open the Internet Connections troubleshooter –
msdt.exe -id NetworkDiagnosticsWeb;
- To open the Shared Folders troubleshooter –
msdt.exe -id NetworkDiagnosticsFileShare;
- To open the HomeGroup troubleshooter –
msdt.exe -id HomeGroupDiagnostic;
- To open the Network Adapter troubleshooter –
msdt.exe -id NetworkDiagnosticsNetworkAdapter;
- To open the Incoming Connections troubleshooter –
msdt.exe -id NetworkDiagnosticsInbound.
How to Work With the Network and Internet Troubleshooting Wizards
Once you start one of the available wizards for troubleshooting, click on Next. For this article, I chose the Network Adapter troubleshooting wizard which seemed to be the most used in our home network.
Depending on your hardware configuration, you may be asked to select the network adapter to diagnose. If you have problems with your wireless connection select Wireless Network Connection, otherwise select Local Area Connection. When done, click on Next.
The troubleshooting wizard will now start the diagnostics process and show you a progress bar like the one below.
In case a problem was found, it will show you a summary of the problem and the steps you need to follow in order to fix it. Follow these steps and then click on 'Check to see if the problem is fixed'.
If the problem is now fixed, it will tell you that 'Troubleshooting has completed'. Click on Close and you are done.
NOTE: if the troubleshooting wizard hasn't detected any problems but you still have issues, it might mean that you used the wrong wizard. In this case, try another wizard from the list which is related to the symptoms you are experiencing.
Windows 7 has a very complete list of troubleshooting wizards which can help you identify the root cause of your networking problems and ways to fix them. In two months of using it, I never had a networking problem which Windows 7 couldn't identify correctly. The instructions I received helped me fix most issues by myself. When not, they contained very useful information which helped in the dialog with my Internet provider and their technical support people understood what's happening and what they need to fix.
If you have other useful tips about how to troubleshoot networking problems in Windows 7, don't hesitate to share them in a comment.
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Art Bitch is a comic about my mom, who was an artist. She coined the phrase "art bitch" herself, and it inspired these comics. Most recent strip is on top. Click on an image to make it a little bigger and easier to read.
My latest iteration of Art Bitch is in the form of an ongoing zine at the Williams College Museum of Art gift shop. Each issue covers my reaction to one of the museum's exhibits in the form of comics.


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Although we are packing our bindles and preparing to leave the Sensitive Area behind, I still get asked, 'So…how did all this get started?' The short answer would have to be, 'I bought this property, built this house, and looked out the … Continue reading
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VIT would like to congratulate Balnarring Pre-school on winning the HART (Helping Achieve Reconciliation Together) awards during the 20th anniversary of reconciliation week.
Our Professional Practice team has a significant focus on building strong relationships with all stakeholders in the education space. The team is committed to educating teachers and the community about teaching quality by showcasing best practice in Victorian schools and early childhood services.
The new teacher registration system will be online from 27 July 2020 ready for the annual registration process to commence.
MyVIT accounts will temporarily shut down while we migrate data to the new system.
Consider these important questions when choosing your professional learning for renewal of registration.
A Hearing Panel has handed down findings on former Victorian teacher Shane Osmond, declaring his teacher registration status cancelled, with a five-year period of disqualification.
Evidence of practice from teachers who have already undertaken the (full) registration process may assist other teachers in understanding the end product of their inquiry.
The Victorian Government has recently amended the Education and Training Reform Act (2006) which will affect teachers and employers of registered teachers.
As part of the Victorian government's special needs plan, registered teachers are now required to undertake professional development (PD) activities to develop their capability to teacher learners with disability (special needs).
World Teachers' Day is an opportunity to acknowledge our teachers and say thanks for the significant contributions they make in our classrooms and communities.
Victorian Institute of Teaching CEO, Melanie Saba, provides an update on the Literacy and Numeracy test.


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As I was doing this and that in my vegetable garden today I realised that so many of the things I am currently growing are from seed or plants that someone has given me, through our seedsavers group mostly.
Here is the list:
Broccoli, originally from Kath but also some from Sally (garden group)
Green wave mustard,purple peas, water cress, miners' lettuce, parsnips and carrots from Deb
Corn mache, rhubarb and artichokes from Veggie Gnome
Silverbeet from Rosemary (friend)
Coloured silver beets (or rainbow chard) and some lettuce from Andrew
Cos and oakleaf lettuce from Joy
Celery from Kathy (garden group)
Cabbages from Ken (blog exchange)
Parsley and chervil from Glenys (garden group)
Tatsoi, Egyptian broad beans and tarragon from Robert (friend)
Galangal and horseradish from Maggie and Bob
Garlic and some fennel from Tony Scarfo
Beetroot (someone from seedsavers, but who?)
Probably I have forgotten someone and something - I am sorry!
Now that is a pretty lovely way to get your food. Every time I pick any of those I think of the person who gave it to me and somewhere there are people growing stuff from seeds or plants they got from me. If only people who shop in supermarkets could instead feel the joy of eating this way the world's problems would reduce and people may even stop fighting with each other and start swapping seeds and recipes instead!
I am sure it must be good for our collective mental and physical well-being to not only grow food from bought seed but to go one step further and connect with our neighbours, friends and garden groups to swap seeds, plants and stories. If only we could opt for my 2020 vision instead of our Prime Minister's, then we would be well on the way to changing lives and rebalancing the communal psyche.
....I just thought I would put on this photo of my Japanese bunching onions - almost too beautiful to eat. I picked them and a basket of Asian greens for dinner. I am cooking a recipe from Rick Stein's 'Seafood Odyssey' that I call Indian coconut seafood and it has these lovely puris that you make and serve with it - a kind of quick, crisp, flat bread. I add lots of Asian greens but they are not in the original recipe....actually neither are the spring onions.
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Labels: Anecdotes, Food for Thought, Vegetables
2 comments:
- Maggie said...
It all sounds good Kate.
At the moment I am watching Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escape, in this he talks about the "food of the poor", as being the best. Kitchen gardeners know this, cook food simply with minimal ingredients and cooking, always the best!
- 7:43 pm
- Veggie Gnome said...
I have quite a few plants that have either been grown from friends' cuttings or seeds. It's lovely to walk through the garden and check how Orest's orange tree or garlic is doing, or what Maria's oregano is up to (taking over the garden, most likely), or Julia's lilac and begonia, etc. etc... There doesn't seem to be a corner in the garden where I am not reminded of good friends and family.
- 4:39 pm
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Okay, I admit I was up waaay too early this morning but I'd had lots of sleep. The thing is we are falling asleep ridiculously early these cold, gray days. The bed is so warm and comfortable and it is where we watch TV. It just sucks you right into dreamland.
I figure I'll be ahead of the game when we have to spring forward in April.
Listening to the radio is one of my greatest pleasure. I learn so many good things from NPR programs.
The People's Pharmacy always seems a little odd to me but they give good info. I found out all sorts of good things about fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue today. I learned from Dr. Jacob Teitlebaum, about ribose and probiotics. It was cool.
I'm going to the health food store as soon as they open. I started the day with a fruit smoothy beefed up with a paste made of vegetable powder and spirulina. The ribose is supposed to help muscles. Yes.
I'm well on my way to finishing the custom dragon project.
I will finish it up today and tomorrow. The wings need stays sewn into them. The tail need's to be stuffed and attached.
This morning's picture of the head came out fuzzy.
He's coming out a little bit of a bad-ass baby dragon. I think I'll put a dart, a little fold in his tongue and claws on his feet.
He also needs a few fronds and flairs on the top of the head and cheeks.
He'll look pretty good by tomorrow.
I had a strange/good idea this early a.m. involving big rug needles and shrunken doll heads.
Tune it later in the week for more.


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On November 4, 2014, Percy's Fast Food Restaurant Toys Collection was declared the Largest by the Guinness World Records at 10,000 unique pieces from McDonald's, Jollibee, Burger King, KFC, Wendy's, Chick-Fil-A, Carl's Jr., Hardee's and other Fast Food Restaurants. This blog highlights and celebrates each individual toy's story included in the collection as all of them are now Officially Amazing!!! (One Fast Food Toy will be featured every day.)
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Hello Kitty 2014 - McD
Hello Kitty sold well immediately after the 1974 launch, and Sanrio's sales increased seven times up until they slumped temporarily in 1978. New series with Hello Kitty in different themed designs are released regularly, following current trends. Yuko Yamaguchi, the main designer for most of Hello Kitty's history, has said that she is inspired by fashion, movies and TV in creating new designs. Hello Kitty was originally marketed only to young girls. In the 1990s the target market for Hello Kitty was broadened to include teens and grown-ups as a retro brand. Marketed to those who could not get Hello Kitty merchandise as children, or who fondly remember items they had, Sanrio began selling Hello Kitty branded products like purses and laptops. The 1994–1996 Face series was the first to be designed for a more mature appeal.According to Sanrio, in 1999 Hello Kitty appeared on 12,000 different products yearly. By 2008, Hello Kitty was responsible for half of Sanrio's $1 billion revenue and there were over 50,000 different Hello Kitty branded products in more than 60 countries. Beginning in 2007, following trends in Japan, Sanrio began using darker designs for Hello Kitty with more black and less pink, and pulling away from kawaii styles. Hello Kitty and Mimmy celebrated their 40th Anniversary on 1/November/2014. The "ARIGATO EVERYONE! Birthday Celebration" took place in Sanrio Puroland in Tokyo for several days.
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Part 1: MPK
It's been a long time coming, but I am finally a blogger. This is post #99 of the My Precious Krafts blog and the 91st consecutive daily post since January 1st. Daily blogging is number 1 on my 2016 goals and, honestly, it is the only goal that I'm really doing well on. Perhaps I need to refocus my goals…
All that aside, I am really happy with how my blog is growing. There are aspects I want to adjust, but the beauty of being the creator of this blog is that I can keep evolving it as I see fit. 'My Precious Krafts' has become my baby and I will keep nuturing it as long as I can.
Of course, the real question now is how do I want my blog to grow? I know I want to reach more people, but I need to know why. I know I want to be more involved with the community, but how should I contribute to it? Obviously, a brainstorming session is in need, but seeing as how I still feel excited about it, I am optimistic about the future of my blog.
Part 2: Life
As far as the rest of my life goals go… I still need to work on them. I am feeling more inspired, but I have definitely lost steam. I think I need to be better at setting time aside for each category of my life. I also need to simplify my goals. Focus. I know I keep saying this, but I am slowly getting there.
The Passion Planner helped somewhat, but I keep falling behind. I need to set aside time for planning, but I need to hold myself accountable. I believe the root of my problem is my poor sleeping habits. Really need to get on top of it, to get ahead.
The things I want to focus on in April:
- Sending Letters (National Letter Writing Month)
- Hiking
- Volunteering
My revised 2016 goals:
- Daily blogging
- Improve Fitness: Jogging w/ Momo, Hiking, Yoga, and 2017 Marathon
- Creativity & Communication: 40 Watercolors, Journaling, Gratitude, Letters, and Scrapbooking
- Career
- Daily Routine: Wake up before 9, Fitness, Hydrate, Skincare, Brain Dump, Sleep before 1


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The estimated value of one hour of volunteer time is $22.14. This dollar amount has huge implications on how Volunteer Maryland reports the value of a volunteer's time in relation to the organization or service site they serve. But what does this figure really mean? First, let's get the details on where this number comes from. Independent Sector determines the value of a volunteer hour and provides this information as one measurement of a volunteer's impact.
The Independent Sector methodology for calculating this is pretty simple, "The value of volunteer time is based on the hourly earnings (approximated from yearly values) of all production and non-supervisory workers on private non-farm payrolls average (based on yearly earnings provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics). Independent Sector indexes this figure to determine state values and increases it by 12 percent to estimate for fringe benefits." Got that? Not really rocket science as it uses BLS information to determine value.
In 2013, one in four adults volunteered through an organization. This amounted to 7.7 billion hours with a value of $173 billion. That is a huge number, but is misleading in telling the value of a volunteer to an organization and a community. At times this number is viewed as money saved by the organization. There may be times that a skilled volunteer provides professional services which do have a value in terms of dollars saved through the use of a volunteer, but in most cases a volunteer supplements rather than substitutes paid staff.
So why does this number matter? The matter of determining a volunteer hours worth is tricky for most of the organizations Volunteer Maryland works with. The reason being is value has multiple facets that a volunteer program should factor when determining and showing its volunteer forces impact. Beyond the hours, there needs to a clear method of determining that impact on the client that they serve, and how their service made a difference.
Each Volunteer Maryland Coordinator works with their site to determine a way of measuring the impact of the volunteer. Some examples are an increase in reading fluency for early readers, or a decrease in invasive plants with an increase in native plants in a pre determined plot of land. This measurement gives value to the $22.14 because it shows the significance of the one hour of service. Knowing how the volunteer provides impact to your community in real, tangible improvements not only speaks the language of funders, but the language of potential volunteers as well. With the perception of less and less time, it is on the organization to prove that that a volunteer's time has true value to the shared community.
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Right after the last red and pink bag of Hershey's kisses goes on clearance at Target, you'll start to see the pastels of Easter come out. It's around this time that Persians in America remember that Eid Norooz, otherwise known as Persian New Year, is on its way.
Norooz means "new day" in Farsi, and it's always celebrated on the first day of spring. It's the day I call my grandparents and extended family and wish them a Happy New Year. The I-don't-have-time-to-talk-on-the-phone generation, which includes my cousins and friends, send text messages with stars and emojis; we've morphed the obligatory call into a text, and we're cool with that.
Despite its roots in the ancient Zoroastrian religion, Norooz is a symbol of heritage and culture for Iranians of all faiths around the globe. For the Persian combo (Persian-American, Persian-Canadian, etc…), it's one of the fun and accessible traditions that we millennials can get right, even our woven recognition of the holiday is similar to making a cake: it's okay if we just add fresh ingredients to a Pillsbury mix–the result is always rewarding because at least we did it.
Firstly, Persians love a spread, and its evident if you've ever attended your Persian friend's mom's house for dinner. We even go all out for weddings with our sofreh aghd, a spread filled with crafty traditional symbols of which the bride and groom sit in front. Here's my wedding sofreh from ten years ago:
For Persian New Year, though, the spread is called a sofreh haftsin (sofreh-ye haft-sinn ("cloth of seven dishes"); Figs and Quince explains it very well. This type of sofreh needs the following seven items (thanks, Huffington Post):
- sabzeh: lentil, barley or wheat sprouts growing in a dish, symbolizing renewal
- samanu: a thick, sweet pudding made from wheat germ, symbolizing affluence
- senjed: dried fruit of the lotus tree, symbolizing love
- sir: garlic, symbolizing medicine
- sib: apples, symbolizing health and beauty
- somaq: sumac berries, symbolizing sunrise
- serkeh: vinegar, symbolizing age and patience.
I was aware I needed to start making my fancy sofreh spread. It wasn't until my friend posted a picture of herself jumping over a fire, another symbolic event that wishes enlightenment, happiness, and luck in the new year, that I got to work (all young Persian Millennials have this awkward moment when they tell their elementary school friends about jumping over fires. It's especially strange because we don't understand exactly why we're jumping over a fire. Our parents just took us to the picnic, and we did what they did).
Every year since having kids, I modify my sofreh. One year it's super traditional. One year it's super small. This year, since I'm feeling very cottage in our new woodsy space, I did a basket-themed sofreh. I got my inspiration from here and did my own version.
The finished product, however, began with a school-night adventure.
Once we got to the crafts store, the kids had to use the restroom. Zade kept picking up huge, fragile glass eggs. Layla wanted every colorful spongy toy she could find and threw random items in the cart. Zade was running up and down the aisle and asking me if he could have the pez dispenser, then the candy thing with a fan on it, then this pen that yelled, "N0! NO! NOOO!" when he pushed the button.
At the register, I had to walk away from the cashier to collect Layla, and then Zade, and then Layla, and then Zade again. Finally, I paid and got the receipt from the patient cashier, and Layla moaned for the sixth time, "Mommy, I'm sooo hungry. I'm just so hungry…" I ended up scolding in Farsi whispers (she didn't understand me, but she knows Farsi always comes out when I'm mad or embarrassed).
We had a drive ahead of us, so I got them Chikfila on the way home. I was driving with one hand and passing back ketchup with the other. I looked at the seat next to me; it was crowded with bags and Chikfila sauces and straw wrappers, and I thought, keeping up traditions is freaking messy job.
I tried to grin and bear it and begged the kids to smile for a quick car picture behind a red light on our way home. This was the only good shot I got out of lots of straight faces.
Then, we got stuck in awful traffic for an hour.
We came home late, threw bags on the table and painted eggs for the table setting. One of my Persian friends laughs at me because I feel wasteful to boil eggs only to paint and display them for two weeks. I always buy wooden eggs from the crafts aisle instead. This way I can keep eggs from previous years like some people keep special ornaments from their Christmas tree.
They painted their eggs. They got paint splatters over our newly-painted walls and globs of paint around the protective cover underneath them, so I had to scrub the hardwood floors when they finished. But we did it. There is a triumph in that, I think. Once the eggs dried, I placed them in the basket. My sofreh doesn't have all the "s" items, but the fact that something is up and a memory is there is enough for me.
Our immigrant parents kept tradition alive because that's all they knew; they missed their home; and they needed us to have some part of their past so they could recognize a part of themselves in us when we got older. Their millennial kids aren't so different with their own children, but we don't feel we have as much at stake. We're comfortable celebrating Halloween and Christmas; it's almost easy to forget about the stuff our parents snuck in there. It can feel like a real effort to make this pre-Easter event actually happen. Ultimately, something that's not profound feels so helpful to remember: traditions take effort to make happen.
Sometimes holding onto culture when you're far removed from its origin, and in my case having never been to the orient, is bittersweet. It doesn't feel like you're doing enough of what your parents did, but you try. We multicultural millennials have to remember that even salt has sugar in it. Both essential ingredients are distinct, but one cannot be without the other.
Happy weaving and trying. Happy Old and New, friends.


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April 15: Town of Easton Rabies Clinic
The Town of Easton will be holding a Rabies Clinic on Sunday April 15, 2018. The Clinic will be held at the Easton Police Station, 46 Lothrop St. from 9AM-12PM. Cats from 9:00 am to 10:00 am; Dogs from 10:00 am to Noon. All dogs must be on a leash and cats should be in carriers. The charge for the vaccine is $10.00. Please call Animal Control with any questions at (508) 230-3353.


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As young girls, our feelings of infatuation for specific boys would rise and fall as fast as ocean waves crashing on the shore. Does he like me? Could he possibly love me? Remember grade school, when we would use the check box method to figure out the answer to this life-altering issue. You know, that little note with the check boxes for yes or no. You would pass that note to the person you liked and wait anxiously for its return! As we grew older, our methods changed and became way more scientific. That's right, we turned to daisies. Yep, one petal at a time we considered the possible outcome – he loves me, he loves me not. And if the last petal pulled off the flower stem represented he loves me not, we were devastated. Well, at least until we found another daisy and started the process over again!
As Christians, we struggle to understand how such a loving and amazing God could love us. In our spirit, if we are being completely honest, we struggle almost daily with the notion: He loves me, He loves me not. A Chinese proverb states: I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
I hear and I forget. We have heard over and over that we are loved by God. We can recite John 3:16 on demand. However, in our humanity, we so easily forget the depth of the Savior's love. And when we fail Him, we immediately question whether we are truly loveable.
I see and I remember. The cross is so integral to our faith because at the site of the cross we remember what Jesus did for us. Standing in the presence of the cross, we are reminded what lengths He went to save us and how great His love is for us.
I do and I understand. What really drives home the reality of Jesus' love for us is when we can share that love with someone else. When we are doers of the word, we start to understand Christ just a little more. In those moments, we are changing and transforming into the person He has created us to be.
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Today, let's stop struggling with that question. Let's resolve ourselves that we are loved -every.single.day. Be encouraged by Paul's words, a man who stood firmly on the conviction that his Savior loved him:
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. … And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. Ephesians 3:16, 18 NLT
Ladies, we welcome you to a one-day event October 1st – He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not. Come rest at His feet. Hear stories of His great love. Worship with us, and strengthen your belief in the Savior's love for YOU. #hexometer-broken-link-repair-http://believerschurch.org/home/whats-happening


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Which is the best double jogging stroller? The Baby Jogger Summit X3 Double Jogging Stroller was our choice after our second child. If you're looking for strollers for twins, look no further. I can speak first hand when it comes to the quality of this double jogging stroller.
Baby Jogger markets the Summit X3 Double Jogging Stroller as a highly maneuverable, all-wheel suspension, all-terrain stroller that allows the child to enjoy the ride just as much as the parent enjoys the jog. Given the rugged quality, it's the ideal strollers for toddlers. But how does it stack up, feature by feature?
Baby Jogger Summit X3 Double Features
This stroller features an all-wheel suspension, remote handlebar wheel lock, one-handed folding mechanism, and a UV rated canopy with two viewing windows. As with all of the best jogging strollers, this stroller also features a front wheel that locks straight and a five-point safety harness.
Ease of Use
The Summit X3 Double Jogging Stroller is slightly easier than the average jogging stroller to use. It is exceptionally easy to maneuver over curbs and steps. The problem with this stroller is that it can be a bit bouncy and difficult to control over consistently bumpy paths. On running paths, it is a dream.
Ease of Running
With a shorter wheelbase than the average stroller, this jogger handles tight spaces with ease. It is a bit heavier than the average stroller, which makes running a bit more strenuous, and the handlebar is not the most ergonomic on the market.
The Summit X3 Double Jogging Stroller features a storage bin that is large enough to comfortably fit a large diaper bag, which is not typical for jogging strollers. This space is readily available from both the rear and the sides. There is also a mesh pocket on the back of the seat with a capacity of up to 2 pounds, which makes an excellent area to keep a water bottle handy.
This stroller features a large canopy with UV protection and two large windows for checking on the fragile passenger. This canopy snaps into place when fully open, and looks tidy, unlike other models which can appear slack and sloppy. This canopy seems to afford a bit more head room than other models in this class.
The shoulder and crotch straps are incredibly easy to adjust, and the latch comes undone with the simple click of a button. The only downside with this harness is that the flaps are left unattached, which can annoy the passenger.
The handlebar on this stroller is not adjustable, which may lead to problems for runners who are not of average height and gait. This handlebar is not covered with foam like other models, which may be easier for cleaning, but is much less comfortable to handle.
Passenger Comfort
As previously mentioned, the canopy on this model is quite a bit higher than the average stroller. Providing that extra bit of comfort to all passengers. This stroller does fall short regarding ventilation, as there is no rear ventilation unless you detach a few loops, which leads to significantly less shade.
At 28 pounds, this is one of the heavier strollers on the market. This heft can make jogging strenuous, however you do not feel the weight while running.
When folded, this stroller is one of the smallest in its class. This feature makes for easy storage in any sized trunk, unlike some other models that are light but do not fold very well.
This stroller will last longer than many of the cheap strollers on the market. It has been battle tested by both our children. Having gone through daily use by my wife and me along with our nanny. Overall, this stroller is a pricey investment but would be worth it if you are planning to make daily use of your stroller.


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SEM / PPC Manager (m/f/d)
- Berlin, Germany
- Full-time
- Department: Marketing
Company Description
Launched in 1998, this pioneering British-born brand has specialised in creating amazing experiences and unforgettable memories - from hotels, city breaks and holidays to theatre, entertainment and spa days. Experts in brightening up online travel, lastminute.com is among the worldwide leaders in the field, helping hundreds of thousands of customers every year find, and do, "whatever makes them pink".
lastminute.com is part of lm group, publicly traded multinational Group, among the worldwide leaders in the online travel industry. Every month, the Group reaches across all its websites and mobile apps (in 17 languages and 40 countries) 60 million unique users that search for and book their travel and leisure experiences. More than 1,200 people enjoy working with us and contribute to provide our audience with a comprehensive and inspiring offering of travel related products and services
Job Description
lastminute.com is looking for an analytical, ambitious, highly motivated SEM / PPC Manager to manage PPC activities and to analyze the performance of our campaigns and make recommendations for the future strategy.
You will be responsible for planning, implementing and analyzing paid search campaigns across brands and products and also will work in line with marketing and business objectives using Google AdWords and Bing Ads through a 3rd party account management solution.
If you are passionate about SEM and you are also a good team builder, if you like to pay attention to detail send us your application! At the lm group you will experience professionalism in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. Every day, you have the opportunity to engage with your ideas and contribute to the success of a fast-growing online business. Come along! We are looking forward to receiving your application!
Key Responsibilities
- Identifying growth opportunities, testing hypotheses and scaling winning tests to improve SEM traffic and increase ROI.
- delivering customer-focused, profitable multi-category campaigns to agreed targets.
- Delivering performance reports and insights to the PPC team and internal stakeholders.
- Addressing and escalating campaign performance issues.
- Responsible for AB tests, Search Query analysis and keyword mining.
- Supporting internal sharing of knowledge through training and coaching.
- Proven PPC experience (at least 2 years).
- Exceptional analytical skills, including data manipulation and strong Excel knowledge.
- Strong Web analytics experience (Google Analytics, SiteCatalyst, Webtrends or Coremetrics).
- Fluency with one or more bid management tools (Adwords, Marin, SA360, Kenshoo etc.
- Very results oriented, creative, resourceful, detail-oriented and exceptionally organized.
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
- Very good English (written and verbal).
- Relevant subject degree in maths, e-commerce or digital marketing
- GAP Certified or similar qualifications.
- An understanding of MySQL, python/R and Tableau/Spotfire.
- Project management experience.
- German skills.
- Additional languages always a plus (Russian, Norwegian, Swedish, Hungarian, Italian).
- Self-motivated, tenacious problem solver who uses the Initiative.
- Works to tight deadlines with a can-do attitude.
- Ready to work in a multinational and multicultural environment.


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Snetterton Circuit
Norfolk NR16 2JU
Tel: 01953 887303
Fax: 01953 888220
Monday, October 06 2014
Snetterton hosts the final round of the Classic Motorcycle Racing Club season this weekend (11-12 Ocotber), with more than 400 motorcycles from the 1950s to the 1980s taking to the quick 200 Circuit for 30 races and four classic parades.
Honda GP and TT legend Jim Redman MBE will be in attendance as guest of honour to celebrate a fine season of motorcycle racing for both the club and the circuit. The six-time GP World Champion and multiple TT winner will be around all weekend for autographs, photos and to chat to fans. He will also lead a parade of special bikes, including a 500cc Honda 6, Honda RSC1000, Honda NS500 and a 500cc Manx Norton, on Sunday lunchtime.
The race programme includes the final rounds of the ACU UK Classic 500 and ACU UK Post-Classic 350 Championships, where all eyes are on Mike Cooper as he goes for a third straight title in both. The Lancastrian ace could seal an impressive hat-trick of 2014 titles if he can beat rivals Gary Thwaites, Ant Hat and George Hogton-Rusling in the Race of Aces Trophy to claim the King of Classics Championship as well.
Sunday's one-off Race of the Year contests are a highlight of any CRMC season, and always provide thrilling racing as the competitors aim to end the year on a high.
Variety will be added by the sidecars, which are always spectacular to watch as the passengers search for balance around high-speed corners
This is the CSCC finale, back at the circuit where it all kicked off in April! Over two days all scores will be settled on the 200 circuit in a wide array of classic machinery. The CSCC has seven series of its own competing at this event.
Firstly there will be the Swinging Sixties, with contemporary sports, saloon and GT cars of the period, recreating a golden age of the sport.
The Tin Tops series for saloons under 2 litres recalls the bygone legends of touring car racing, expect the ever popular Mini Cooper S to star in this category!
Further action will come from the Future Classics for sports, saloons and GT cars from the 1970s, 1980s, Magnificent Sevens for Caterham-type cars, the Classic K series for race cars built between 1947 and 1965 and the new CSCC Modern Classics for more recent machinery.
Don't forget to visit the paddock too and the opportunity to see the cars up close as they are being prepared
BRDC F4 Championship
Once again Snetterton hosts the final rounds of the season for many of MSVR's sportscar, saloon and single-seater championships.
BRDC Formula 4 concludes its second season, as drivers aim to follow in the footsteps of inaugural champion Jake Hughes. F3 Cup, the UK's most cost-effective F3 championship, also comes to a head and Snetterton has played host to two three-way championship deciders in the past two seasons.
The close racing of the Toyo Tyres Production BMW Championship, and the tin-top variety of the Toyo Tyres Racing Saloons, MSVT Trackday Trophy and MSVT Team Trophy are sure to entertain. So too is the trackday superstar the Atom Cup.
The paddock will also be open allowing you to walk freely amongst the competitors and allow you to watch as they prepare their cars for the on track action.
The 2015 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship calendar has been announced (Friday 26 September) and Snetterton will continue to host a summer round in June on the spectacular 300 circuit.
The championship will visit Norfolk on 19-21 June as the 300 circuit retains its prime summer date as the battle for the riders to secure their place in the Showdown continues to wage.
Shane 'Shakey' Byrne scored the double at Snetterton this season, whilst Tommy Bridewell scored his first podium finish of the season for Milwaukee Yamaha as Josh Brookes and James Ellison also celebrated top three results.


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Platform LSF
|IBM (current)
Platform Computing (former)
|Stable release
10.2.0 (10.2.0.7[1]) / October 2017 (January 16, 2018)
|Operating system
|Unix, Linux, Windows
|Job scheduler
|IBM Platform Computing
Platform Load Sharing Facility (or simply LSF) is a workload management platform, job scheduler, for distributed high performance computing. It can be used to execute batch jobs on networked Unix and Windows systems on many different architectures.[2][3] LSF was based on the Utopia research project at the University of Toronto.[4]
In 2007, Platform released Platform Lava, which is a simplified version of LSF based on an old version of LSF release, licensed under GNU General Public License v2.[5] The project was discontinued in 2011, succeeded by OpenLava.
In January, 2012, Platform Computing was acquired by IBM.[6]
The product is now called IBM Spectrum LSF.
LSF add-on products[edit]
- IBM Platform Application Center: Web interfaces for job submission, management and remote visualization.
- IBM Platform RTM: A real-time dashboard for monitoring global workloads and resource.
- IBM Platform License Scheduler: License management tool with policy-driven allocation and tracking of software licenses.
- IBM Platform Analytic : Analytic tool for visualizing and analyzing workload data.
- IBM Platform Process Manager: An interface for designing complex engineering computational processes
- IBM Platform Session Scheduler: Scheduling for LSF
- IBM Platform Dynamic Cluster: Cloud management software to change static cluster into dynamic share cloud resources
LSF Extensions and integrations[edit]
LSF extensions include:
- The Distributed Resource Management Application API handles job management in a range of distributed resource management systems.
- HPC Profile Basic
- This describes how JSDL, Basic Execution Service (BES) and existing web services security mechanisms can be used interoperable to address batch job scheduling use case.
- LSF Perl API
- This comprises two modules, Base and Batch, allowing Platform's LSF APIs to be called by Perl.
- Base module allows Perl applications to link the Load Information Manager (LIM) and Remote Execution Server (RES) daemons for LSF services e.g. retrieving system configuration and dynamic load information for distributed clusters hosts, task placement advice via LIM, and other related functions, thereby improving application performance and resources accessibility.
- Batch module allows Perl applications to retrieve information as well as the submission of information about the hosts, queues, users, jobs and configuration of the batch system.
- SAGA (Simple API for Grid Applications)
- The SAGA C++ Reference Implementation provides an LSF plug-in (adaptor) for its standardized job submission, control and monitoring API. The API is available for C++ and Python.
- Python LSF wrappers
- LSF's API written in C can be easily accessed using Python. Several implementations of LSF Python APIs exist.[7]
LSF is one of the job scheduler mechanisms supported by the Grid Resource Allocation Manager (GRAM) component of the Globus Toolkit.
- ^ "IBM Spectrum LSF Process Manager V10.2.0 Fix Pack 7 (509662) Readme". Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ Michael R. Ault, Mike Ault, Madhu Tumma, and Ranko Mosic (2004). Oracle 10g Grid & Real Application Clusters. Rampant TechPress. p. 24. ISBN 9780974435541.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Goering, Richard (March 8, 1999). "Load sharing brings kudos". EE Times Online. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
LSF ... enables load sharing by distributing jobs to available CPUs in heterogeneous networks ... but don't tell them that; they'll just want to raise their prices
- ^ "Utopia: A Load Sharing Facility for Large, Heterogeneous Distributed Computer Systems". John Wiley & Sons. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.121.1434. Cite journal requires
- ^ "Platform Lava". Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
- ^ IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing
- ^ pylsf on GitHub
Further reading[edit]
- Robert Marcus (2002). Great Global Grid. Trafford Publishing. pp. 258–259. ISBN 9781553698845.
- Grabowski, Tomasz (December 5, 2001). "Platform LSF SetUID Executables Vulnerability". Juniper Networks. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- Ahmar Abbas (2004). Grid Computing. Charles River Media. pp. 110–117. ISBN 9781584502760.
- "NetworkComputer - Industry's Fastest Enterprise Job Scheduler".
External links[edit]
- IBM Spectrum Computing
- developerWorks IBM Spectrum LSF at IBM developerWorks
- Runtime Inc. Enterprise Job Scheduler Scalable Solutions for High Performance Distributed Computing for Commercial Applications
- Spectrum LSF Welcome


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Music trip for choirs with visit to three great music cities, Prague, Salzburg and Vienna.
3 concerts in high quality venues
9 Days
4 Cities
Day-1. DEPARTURE
Day-2. PRAGUE: Arrive Prague and transfer to the city. After check in at your centrally located hotel, in walking distance to the main sites, and refreshment break, join your tour director on walking tour of the Old Prague, pedestrian zone. Beside Vienna, Prague was for over 300 years the main centre of music and place where most of the European composers lived and worked for many years and where they composed some famous music pieces. Mozart finished Don Giovani, Marriage of Figaro was performed in Prague before in Vienna, Beethoven worked there for two years, Vivaldi, Franc Liszt, Richard Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Smetana, Dworak and many others. During the walking tour see: the Powder Tower, Golden Lane, Jindriska, and Astronomical Clock. Then dinner in original Bohemian eatery.
Day-3. PRAGUE & CONCERT: Choir will perform in Cathedral of St. Vit or in Klementinum or in atrium of Villa Bertramka. Later explore Hradcani, also known as the "Royal Town" which was for over 400 years the site of Bohemian Kings. See the Royal Castle, and then to Cathedral of St. Vit, probable place of the concert for choir. Later visit Lesser Town, the stronghold of the Merchants of Bohemia. Then great walk along Charles Bridge, the main symbol of the city decorated with the statues of the saints.In the afternoon visit Klementinum, the huge complex of buildings in Old Prague founded in 1232, with three amazing sites. The Mirror Chapel which houses 18th century organs, one played by Mozart during his stay in Prague, the Baroque Library and the Astronomical Tower.
Day-4. HLUBOKA CASTLE-CESKY KUMLOV: Ride through Central Bohemia, the cradle of Czech history. Stop in Hluboka to visit the amazing Hluboka Castle considered the most beautiful fairy tale looking castle in the world, (see the page four) with rooms completely covered in cherry woodwork. Then continue to Cesky Kumlov, a UNESCO Heritage City surrounded with three rivers. Evening concert on the main square
Day-5. CESKY KUMLOV-SALZBURG: Morning departure Cesky Kumlov for ride through Southern Bohemia and Austrian countryside to Salzburg. Afternoon walking tour of the birth place of Mozart and see the main sites where the movie "the Sound of Music" was filmed.
Day-6. SALZBURG - VIENNA: Morning concert in Cathedral of Salzburg or in Mirabell Garden (weather permitting). After lunch break continue to Vienna, the former capital of Habsburg Monarchy and world capital of classic music. Panoramic tour along the Ring, too see the main sites of the city such as: Hofburg, Town Hall, Votava Church, Museum Quarter, Urania, Danube Canal, and Opera. Then to your centrally located hotel, next to pedestrian zone. In the evening walking tour along Graben and up to St. Stephens Cathedral.
Day-7.VIENNA & CONCERT:Choir will have morning performance in St. Stephens Cathedral. Later visit Haus der Musik, an interactive museum of sound, which provide the best learning experience of approach to music on scientific level. Later visit the floor which is dedicated to Sonosphere where you will learn (it is a guided tour led by the professional music clinician), about the creation of sound and record your own composition on CD with Evolution machine.End the tour of visit to vitro-stage where you can compose the personal opera using your own body language.
Day-8. VIENNA & CONCERT: Visit Schoenbrunn, the most beautiful and the most luxurious royal palace in Europe with over 400 rooms, huge parks, fountains and gardens, also known as the European get together for classic music fans, and place where young Mozart gave his first music concert at the age of six. Choir will have open air concert in Schoenbrunn. Some free time in the afternoon, before baroque music concert in Grand Hall, the most famous music venue in Austria.
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The Abkhazians mostly live in the de facto autonomous republic of Abkhazia located between the southwestern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and a narrow strip along the Black Sea coast in the extreme northwest region of the Republic of Georgia. Many other ethnic groups now live in Abkhazia including Kartvelians, Armenians, Russians, Greeks, and Ukrainians. The Abhkazian economy is based on animal husbandry, household craftwork, and agriculture. Abkhazian culture is centered on the family and family relations, with patterns of patrilocal residence, descent and authority dominating. The Abkhazians are known for the extreme longevity of many of their inhabitants.
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The RI03 Abkhaz collection consists of four English language documents dealing with the people and culture of Abkhazia. The documents in this collection cover approximately the period from 1864 to 1979. The study by Paula Garb (1984, no. 6), based on the memories of her centenarian informants, goes back in time to the middle or late nineteenth century, recounting their experiences in growing up in Abkhazia during czarist times when the patriarchal feudal order was just giving way to capitalist development. These accounts describe the informants' relations with their parents, the way they were raised, early Soviet government, the formation of collective farms, World War II, and their opinions of modern (late twentieth century) Abkhazian youth. Benet (1974, no. 5) focuses on various environmental and biological factors leading to extreme longevity of a large number of individuals in Abkhaz society. Other ethnographic topics discussed in this document are kinship and kinship terminology, women's roles, marriage, sexual behavior, child-rearing practices, funerals, religion, and folklore. Dzhanashvili (1894, no. 1) and Dzhanashia (1937, no. 3) both deal in large part with Abkhaz religion - the gods, ceremonies, spirits of the dead, religious holidays, etc. In addition Dzhanashvili also presents some general, ethnographic information on social life (marriage, the fosterage system of the upper class etc.), with some notes on mortuary practices.
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This culture summary is an updated and revised version of the article "Abkhazians" originally published in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 6, Russia and Eurasia/China. 1994. Paul Friedrich and Norma Diamond, eds. Boston, Mass., G. K. Hall &Co. B. George Hewitt revised the culture summary in June of 2008. The synopsis and indexing notes were written by John Beierle in May 2007.
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Abipara - sub-lineages - use "LINEAGES (613)"
Abysta (Abista) - cornmeal mash, grits, pollenta - use "DIET (262)"
Amhara - cone-shaped wicker lodging for newly married couples - use "DWELLINGS (342)"
Azhwla-ayhaby (Aila-aikhaba) - chief of the council of a lineage/sub-lineage - use "COMMUNITY HEADS (622)" with "LINEAGES (613)"
Aywndu (A-indu) - literally "large house"; an extended family - use "EXTENDED FAMILIES (596)"
Akhwpha (Akhupha) - a type of fosterage in which a child is given up to be raised in another family - use "ARTIFICIAL KIN RELATIONSHIPS (608)"
Apatskha - the dwelling - use "DWELLINGS (342)"
Apkhjartsa (Aojgartsa) - a musical instrument similar to a two-stringed dulcimer - use "MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (534)"
Aywnadara (Avnadara) - adoption - use "ADOPTION (597)"
Azhwla (Azhvala) - lineages; relatives with the same name - use "LINEAGES (613)"
Ch'ach'a (Chacha) - vodka distilled from grape skins - use "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (273)"
Didebuli - the aristocracy - use "CLASSES (565)" = Georgian word
Ghomi - corn bread - use "DIET (262)" = Georgian words
Institute of Abkhazian Culture - - use "SCIENCE (815)"
K'jaraz (Kiaraz) - a work cooperative providing mutual aid in agriculture - use "TILLAGE (241)" together with "MUTUAL AID (476)" and "COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION (474)"
Komsomol - a Russian communist youth organization - use "POLITICAL PARTIES (665)"
Kulak - rich men of the peasant class - use "CLASSES (565)"
Mats'oni (Matzoni) - buttermilk; fermented milk - use "NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (272)" = Georgian word
Milk brotherhood - ritual kinship established between adults in order to cement friendships - use "ARTIFICIAL KIN RELATIONSHIPS (608)"
Nartaa Amateur Folk Company - use "MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (545)"
Phatskha - see Apatskha
Wet nurse - use "INFANT FEEDING (853)"
Work brigades - use "LABOR AND LEISURE (461)" with "MUTUAL AID (476)"
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Sally Painter writes that while withdrawal of the vast majority of U.S. forces was always inevitable, withdrawal cannot mean abandonment.
Sally Painter writes about the how the experience of Latvia is draw increased attention for the lessons it may hold for the rest of the Eurozone and EU membership.
Karen Tramontano discusses the recent payrolls report and the outlook for the U.S. economy.
Sally Painter is interviewed on the topic of whether US legislation is hurting international banking.
Op-Ed: Is Hyper Focus on Deficit Making Congress Miss the Boat?, April 6, 2011, The Jersey Tomato Press
Sally Painter writes that a hyper focus on the deficit may be leading Democrats and Republicans to obsess over only one piece of the puzzle.
Blog: Facebook and Twitter Alone Can't Sustain Democracy, March 3, 2011, Progressive Policy Institute
Sally Painter writes that brutal crackdowns in Iran, Libya, and Bahrain show how fragile the call for democracy is – and why technology alone can't sustain democratic revolution.
Op-Ed: Leading by Example – President Obama, China and the Arizona Tragedy, January 21, 2011, The Jersey Tomato Press
Sally Painter writes about President Obama's opportunity to raise the topic of human rights – and democracy – with the Chinese president.
Sally Painter writes in The Hill that at a time when Europe is struggling with the ongoing financial crisis, renewing NATO's commitment to its open door policy would reflect positively on the health of the European project.
Interview: Tramontano Says Obama Needs `Balanced Approach' to Taxes, September 26, 2011, Bloomberg TV
Karen Tramontano discusses the outlook for President Barack Obama's deficit cutting and jobs plans.
Report: Beyond Tourism – The Future of the Services Industry in the Caribbean, April 23, 2008, Centre for International Governance Innovation
Dan Erikson authors a report on what steps the Caribbean islands could take to diversify their economies away from an over-reliance on tourism to create a more sustainable future.
Dan Erikson writes that while increasing economic and political ties between China and Latin America have attracted significant attention from U.S. policymakers, the extent to which Beijing's foreign policy is shaped by its desire to isolate Taiwan internationally is often overlooked.


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1 Jn 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
There is no doubt about it. I'm afraid. The cold grip of anxiety clutches my stomach and terror of the unknown beats repeatedly in my heart and thoughts. I was diagnosed with depression and seasonal affective disorder (SAD) ten (10) years ago and during the short days of winter my personality is changed. I no longer enjoy the peace and fellowship with Christ as I did before and I am distant from His life-sustaining Word.
"Pray, read your Bible, go to church,"well-meaning friends tell me. "It's due to your self-pitying thoughts," other Christians declare. The fact is, I miss God. Terribly. But, my soul is bound on all sides by a suffocating quicksand that holds down my appendages and prevents me from raising my arms in praise and worship. It's not that I won't–I can't, and that is the difference. There are some who believe that the negative thought comes first to cause depression and SAD. Others firmly state it is a matter of imbalanced chemicals that "taint" the messages in one's mind. Having suffered with this illness for ten years I know that there is no simple, black and white answer. I just know for me, medication makes "it" better and the destructive thoughts mostly disappear.
During these times of insufficient vitality I listen to as much Praise and Worship music as I possibly can, I also watch inspirational and uplifting video programs on Itunes, last, I have precious on-line friends who are praying for me. Even though I don't always feel it in my heart, I know there is a hope for the future (when springtimes nears) and I also affirm that God has not abandoned me. It is during these challenging times I try to rely on my knowledge of God from His Word instead of listening to my feelings. Difficult as it is, our feelings can lie, but his Bible is forever true.
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all hope and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
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Thank you so much for your blog, which I've really come to appreciate. It's so important that we continue as a light to the world, especially as Christmas approaches and so many people are more open to hearing about the things of God. Thanks again, Karyn
This is a beautiful and touching write. I work with clients who have depression & my mother also has it. Your have really put into word what I believe those who are trying to live their lives for Christ face and haven't been able to express. You have really opened my eyes. I will be praying for you and your continued strength in the Lord. God Bless You even more than you have bless me this evening.
There is a show on WSYR CHANNEL 9..In the syracuse area,,called coming to life..on Sunday mornings at 11am and wednesdays night(thursday morning)at around 1:40 am.
I think it will bless you if you are from this area.
If not the sermons are here.
I understand that this is a difficult season for you. What I have found in my own times of battling depression and loneliness that these were the seasons that God revealed His most precious secrets and mysteries to me.
It has helped me to keep a journal, writing exactly what I am feeling to the Lord; My ups and downs, and days of not wanting to seek His face. It has been the only thing that has kept me alive at times.
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If you are a therapist currently delivering Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) to children and young people aged 18 and below; and are interested in participating in a qualitative study exploring your perspective, keep reading!
I am in my final year of an MSc in Counselling Children and Young People at the University of Northampton. I have a keen interest in AAT and have noticed that there is very little research within this field which is why I have chosen AAT as a focus of my dissertation. The research, 'A thematic analysis exploring therapist's' perspective of their use of Animal Assisted Therapy', has cleared ethical approval by the ethics board at the university of Northampton.
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2012 Alumna Adelyn Biedenbach is a Digital Media Coordinator for the Florida Panthers Thursday, April 10, 2014
Meet Adelyn Biedenbach
Degrees earned: B.A. in Journalism with a minor in English, Point Park University, 2012; M.S. in New Media Management, Syracuse University, 2013
Job title: Coordinator, Digital Media + Communications, Florida Panthers hockey team
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Now living in: Sunrise, Fla.
High School: Chartiers Valley High School
College activities: The Globe, Society for Professional Journalists, Green and Gold Society, Honors Program, Honors Student Organization
Hobbies/interests: Hockey, ballet, social media and yoga
Why did you choose to attend Point Park for your major?
Having grown up in the Pittsburgh area, I always knew about Point Park. When I was in high school, I had the opportunity to take dance classes and participated in Point Park's International Summer Dance Program. I fell in love with the downtown campus and small class sizes. I loved the School of Communication, and after meeting Professor Helen Fallon and the faculty, I felt like it was the right place for me.
How did you land your current job?
I began my job hunt after finishing grad school. Knowing that my ideal position was in hockey and social media, I reached out to alumni working in those areas just to start conversations with them and learn about their lives, as well as how they landed their jobs. I'm grateful for the advice and overview that they gave me and it also helped me get into the habit of talking about who I am and reaching out to people on the phone. I applied to jobs using a website called Teamwork Online and ended up interviewing with a couple of teams. After an extensive interview process, I decided that my best career choice was this one!
How did your Point Park experience prepare you for your career?
Point Park's faculty has real-world experience. Most of my professors were still working in the industry and had real-life experiences to share in the classroom.
What are some of your key job responsibilities?
My key job responsibilities include social media strategy, digital content creation and assistance with public relations and game day duties.
What advice do you have for students considering Point Park's School of Communication?
I would say that the friends I made, especially from late nights working and editing at The Globe, are some of the very best people that I know. The School of Communication is just the right size where you can explore your own career goals and get a well-rounded look at the media system and how it operates.
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I love working in sports and digital communications and I hope to be able to stay current and agile in the changing media landscape no matter what social and digital might be like 10 years from now.
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Since the arrival of the laptop computer, numerous facets of lifetime have actually been impacted considerably. Notably is a result the own computer system has experienced for the subject of business. The computer has, considering the mid-70s altered how opportunity is executed the earth about. The impacts on the personalized laptop computer on home business reverberates to each sector of any offered economic system since the pc revolutionized the relationship relating to technology and organisation.
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Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Ecommerce : legal & practical issues. Mechanicsburg: Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2013.
Powell, Crystal. Me and my cell phone: And other essays on technology in everyday life. Mankon: Langaa Exploration & Pub, 2012.
Tuten, Tracy L. Enterprise two.0 : how technologies, ecommerce, and Web 2.0 are transforming firm virtually. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2010.
VanHoose, David. eCommerce Economics. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2011.


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Democratic Committee of Roanoke Dispenses With Primary Election
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The WSLS-TV News Film Collection, 1951-1971, comprises anchor scripts and 16mm news film created by Roanoke, Va., television station WSLS. A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities funded the preservation and digitization of this collection.
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- At a Roanoke Democratic Committee meeting, members decide to forgo a Democratic primary for Roanoke City Council due to lack of interest. At 00:54, footage changes to scenes of post-Christmas bargain shopping.
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