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September 8, 2014
A Fair Go for Volunteers
It's in our DNA. It's in our thinking and every-day language. A Fair Go has been the Kiwi ethos since the early days of European colonisation. New settlers came to escape from social injustice and gross inequity in their home states. Then the limitations of climate and soil and natural resources fed the development of cultural norms, social practices and political institutions that encouraged and enabled fairness, sharing and redistribution. We were living in 'God's own country'.
We got votes for women in 1893, a pension for elderly people in 1898, and in 1938 the landmark Social Security Act introduced our distributive welfare system. Fairness has been a foundation for our health and education policies and public services, and of course in the evolution of community organisations. But the growth of inequality in recent decades has shaken up our faith in getting a fair go.
Politicians (especially in this election-fevered period) like to talk of 'ordinary New Zealanders' in defence of their policies and to rebut critics. Trouble is, we are no longer an 'ordinary' bunch of people: the conformist years of 1950s are long gone. There is nothing ordinary about income inequality and child poverty. Ethnic diversity has become extraordinary, along with different cultures and a plurality of values. Fair Go (a consumer advocacy programme) might be the longest running TV show in New Zealand, consistently achieving high ratings – because it is about righting shoddy practice and unfair dealings – but could the programme's success indicate a decline in the practice of fairness over recent decades?
When it comes to the community and voluntary sector it does not take much search of the literature to find references to 'marginalisation', 'political interference', 'loss of independence' and 'contracting constraints'. There is nothing fair going on here.
I wonder how volunteer programmes fare in this current environment. What does it take to ensure and to maintain a fair go for volunteers? There's a bunch of indicators that could give me some answers.
Recruitment patterns: Elements of discrimination or exclusion, and recruiting volunteers to fit the organisation mould – or diversity welcomed and potential perceived.
Level of Engagement: Volunteers assigned low-skill tasks, minimal support and encouragement – or real work contributing to organisation mission; opportunities for job enrichment; ongoing support and training; consulted on organisation change; ideas and suggestions welcomed, and actioned; good relations with paid staff.
Retention rates: Regular turnover of volunteers – or sustained and involved engagement; resignations due to external factors.
These measures are no-brainers: they indicate the best and worst of volunteer engagement. Best is the organisation that understands volunteering, appreciates the work of volunteers and the added value they bring to the organisation. It's an organisation that never has to hang out signs like 'Desperately Needing Volunteers'.
And it doesn't take much to join the dots with the core business of a manager of volunteers. That's the person that knows all about a Fair Go, and how to make it happen for volunteers. So let's make sure we give the manager of volunteers a fair go too. Find out how in the Volunteering New Zealand document, Best Practice Guidelines for Volunteer Involving Organisations.
August 24, 2014
The End is Nigh
The lugubrious title for this post captures the sombre tone of a recent news headline: Academic Warns of Australia's Disappearing NFP Sector. And the full account of Professor Paul Smyth's seminar presentation is worth reading to follow the arguments. Here are some variations on his theme:
A new order of things where the private sector practises social responsibility and states seek to be more entrepreneurial, while community organisations become more and more business-like.
Not only is your mission as a community sector organisation irrelevant but your practice risks ending up indistinguishable from private sector providers.
The voluntary sector is seen as having no distinctive value add to bring to the welfare table but becomes just another rival 'business' in a privatised service market.
These views are not exclusive to Australia – indeed they represent a trend that can be found elsewhere, including New Zealand. I've been collecting indications over the past couple of years:
The meaning of 'Democratic deficit' allows governing bodies the power to do what they like. It's an undemocratic reality when all the power is in the hands of government, when the voice of the sector is not valued, nor respected. (Grey & Sedgwick research, 2013)
Volunteer sector service providers are under public management. The contracting environment has introduced competition within the sector, undermined efforts at collaboration, and reduced the flexibility and responsiveness that is a hallmark of community organisations.
There's a decline in volunteer numbers, and their role has become instrumental rather than a means towards mission achievement. There is even some anxiety about using the word 'volunteer'.
I have bleated about these themes in various ways, considering the 'business' of NGOs, the future of volunteering, and the two-tier status of community organisations.
A logical outcome of marketisation of non-profit organisations is a weakening of Civil Society. We are seeing this already in the fall of public participation, particularly in 'voter apathy' at election time. When major NGOs become 'privatised' they take on the formality and philosophies of the corporate sector. When non-profit and community organisations are required to dance to government dictates they are effectively disempowered, losing control of their purpose and practice. When Civil Society is weakened it can no longer offer a counterbalance to the power and control of the market and government: citizens and their communities are the poorer for that.
"It's time for outrage!" is a cry that has not yet been taken publicly. But we do need to start the "difficult conversations about the future". It can be argued that the present paradigm for delivering social services is neither sustainable, nor desirable: "there is an emerging consensus that the welfare sector … is being stripped of its ethos of service to the community and of the ethic of voluntarism". Professionalisation of care services delivery diminishes the power of voluntary contribution from wider community. We lose the diversity of networks and connections and opportunities that the broader community can bring to social needs.
None of these views are new. You can read about their evolution in New Zealand in this history of the non-profit sector. This publication includes a reminder that our present is a product of past conditions, and:
….non-profits have always had life cycles, and that there was a historical pattern of growth and decline. This has been an essential element in the vibrancy and adaptability of the sector.
It is time now to get beyond outrage. We need to revive that vibrancy, the commitment and concern that created the sector in the first place. The end is not nigh, but we do need to reaffirm the strength and status of volunteering and community organisations.
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August 17, 2014
It Takes All Sorts
Diversity is the theme of the moment, popping up in workshops around the country, promoted on websites, and a national forum is to be held next week, with a focus on migrant and refugee employment.
New Zealand is now recognised as one of the most culturally diverse nations in the world. Without overlooking our bicultural heritage we need to acknowledge the 213 ethnicities that are living here in Aotearoa. You could say we have become a melting pot for the 21st century. So what does this mean for the voluntary and community sector?
Volunteering is a well-travelled route for new migrants, for offering work experience, for improving language skills, for getting to know local communities. There are countless success stories, and many continue their volunteer involvement long after they find paid work.
But diversity is wider than including ethnic groups. There's a huge range of skills, interests, ages and abilities in our population to contribute to volunteering in our communities. And when this diversity is set alongside the diversity of volunteer organisations and their members and users we could be entering a golden age of volunteering.
So let's look at developing further all those different volunteer streams.
Corporate volunteering is increasing in bounds, especially when it is organised through the local Volunteer Centre. (Find out more here – Employees in the Community) Corporate groups can tackle large-scale projects or special ventures for organisations, or offer pro bono services. Here is a way to introduce people to the excitement, the creative stimulation, the camaraderie and companionship that volunteering can offer, which can then spin-off to a continuing involvement for individuals.
Engaging people with disabilities is not a new source of volunteers, not if you have an open mind and a focus on ability. Disabled people might need accessible facilities or extra support (see this useful model) – but to exclude them from volunteering opportunities is to deny their participation as members of our communities. There are plenty of examples where disabled or chronically-ill people are helping their fellows, or working in another field altogether. Well-planned programmes bring benefits to disabled people and to the organisation, and to our communities.
Gen Y and Millenials get a lot of public attention these days. There is quite an industry devoted to encouraging young people into volunteering. Yet I note plenty of examples where these generations are doing boots-and-all stuff in their communities, creating and sustaining initiatives and developing social enterprises, and their own strategies to counter limited opportunities in mainstream employment. The story of the Student Volunteer Army is a good example. At the same time traditional volunteer services are proving they are open to engaging with young people.
Internship programmes offer another point of entry to volunteering for young people. Despite concerns and debates the best programmes will be ensuring benefits to both organisation and the intern. And if they have not discovered volunteering previously the interns I meet are also discovering community and the world beyond paid employment.
The Boomer generation is another significant population group, yet we hear little about them as volunteers. Are they being ignored? As the community movers and shakers of times past is their continuing involvement being taken for granted? Like all other volunteers older people are looking beyond stuffing envelopes for challenges relevant to their knowledge and skills. There is still a place for cross-generational mix, and without full representation in the volunteer pool then the claim to diversity is diminished.
It takes all sorts to achieve the best in volunteering. I've said all this before, but some things are worth repeating.
June 15, 2014
National Volunteer Week 2014
Volunteering New Zealand have done it again! Here's another National Volunteer Week banner, together with a message to inspire volunteers and their organisations. You can learn more about the whakatauki and its theme here.
The buzz about NVW has started already, with postings and notifications for events to come. And some nice little tasters, like this piece from Volunteer Wellington's June newsletter:
According to recent OECD statistics people in this country spend an average of 13 minutes per day volunteering, compared with four minutes in other countries. The stats go on to say this results in higher 'happiness' ratings plus longer life expectancy.
Nice one – New Zealand leads the way in yet another field of endeavour! It's worth reading this OECD report for its background introduction, as well as finding out more on the data.
Humans are social creatures. The frequency of our contact with others and the quality of our personal relationships are thus crucial determinants of our well-being. Studies show that time spent with friends is associated with a higher average level of positive feelings and a lower average level of negative feelings than time spent in other ways.
Helping others can also make you happier. People who volunteer tend to be more satisfied with their lives than those who do not. Time spent volunteering also contributes to a healthy civil society.
A strong social network, or community, can provide emotional support during both good and bad times as well as access to jobs, services and other material opportunities. […] A weak social network can result in limited economic opportunities, a lack of contact with others, and eventually, feelings of isolation.
It's a long time since I have seen such well-rounded reasoning for building strong and healthy communities, and how volunteering is part of that healthy status.
Volunteering NZ reviews other global and local reports which indicate a downward trend in volunteering and in monetary donations. No explanations for these trends are offered. Nor can I find explicit definitions of volunteering that informed the surveys.
In the week ahead I'm hoping to read some great stories about volunteers and volunteering, about the good experience they enjoyed, and the difference they made for people or the environment, and the fun they had in the process. I'm hoping there will be stories too about good relationships between paid staff and volunteers, and praise for staff who support volunteer effort. And that's where the managers of volunteers might get a tiny acknowledgement.
And maybe, somewhere, even in a postscript, there will be a nod to the nature of volunteering, and what it represents, and why volunteering is important in our communities and within organisations. That is worth thinking about, in the course of this week.
May 18, 2014
The Power of Volunteering
Congratulations to Volunteering Australia who celebrated last week their 25th year of National Volunteer Week (NVW). That is some achievement. And always (as in New Zealand too, next month) it is a great opportunity to hold special events for acknowledging and saying 'thank you' to the thousands of people for their contributions and commitment to all parts of our communities.
This year the promotional theme for Australian volunteer-involving organisations was The Power of Volunteering. But forgive me, country cousins – I am trying to figure what you mean by 'the power of volunteering'.
'Power' is a word I associate with leadership and influence, with strength and a force to reckon with, and with achievement and change. Given that volunteering/volunteerism operates along a continuum from political action to small informal volunteer groups pursuing community interest projects, what are the manifestations of strength and influence in the sphere of volunteering?
What change has resulted from street marches on poverty, domestic violence, or low-wage occupations? Will global protests really help to "Bring Back Our Girls"? Yes, there are a heap of good intentions in protest marches and demonstrations – but I cannot recall any direct political change from such actions. Even the constant pressure of protests in 1981 could not put a stop to the South African Rugby tour of New Zealand.
I am talking here about civic action, expressions of community interest, seeking change of some sort. But if nothing changes where is the power of this kind of volunteering?
Volunteer responses in times of disaster can achieve great things. I have written twice under the heading of People Power – in praise of the volunteer response to Christchurch earthquakes and the beach pollution of the Rena grounding. That's the power of spontaneous collective action, based on humanitarian and environmental values. I've praised the staying power of volunteer fire-fighters who sustain their essential service, along with volunteers in other emergency services. That's demonstrating the power of volunteer commitment.
It is different in everyday volunteer workforce contributions to community support services – environmental, education, disability, health and welfare, arts and leisure and sporting activities. Volunteering in these contexts is formalised, organised, programmed, contained – and constrained. By their numbers they are a powerhouse for the voluntary sector. But let's not fool ourselves: volunteers are a utilitarian labour resource for organisations serving the interests of government, business, and community.
That is what we acknowledge during our National Volunteer Week. It is not the power of volunteering; it is the goodwill, the giving of time, energy, skills, and personal commitment to organisational missions and values that we wish to honour.
Yet there is a kind of power in the intrinsic benefits of volunteering, where volunteers gain for themselves. Engaging with an organisation can be a way of finding that sense of belonging in a community, of being respected. Volunteering can raise self-esteem, self-awareness and confidence, and don't forget – volunteering is good for your health. Volunteering is attractive for people seeking work experience (whether as graduate interns or unemployed people), for developing skills, for migrants and refugees to improve language proficiency.
So while I have doubts about volunteering being a power of 'irresistible force', there is much to be said for the work of volunteers in the way it signifies a strong and healthy civil society.
May 4, 2014
Volunteer Centre Realities
In continuing the vein of last week's blog, I am picking up on the distinction between formal and informal volunteer organisations. Because this is where Volunteer Centres might have got a bit stuck between the rock of government-funding obligations and the hard-place needs of organisations and communities, and the wider net of volunteering and community-led development.
Trends of recent decades have drawn the 'formal volunteering sector' into the market economy, into competition for services and project funding, has shaped activities to meet performance criteria, and has notched up business practice standards. Read the history of global developments in 'volunteering infrastructure' in this e-volunteerism article.
As we know, 90% of 'voluntary organisations' in New Zealand are not formally registered charities, and though most of them will have formal structures and purposes many fall outside the purview of government funding contracts. Thus we get a division in the community and voluntary sector, between NGOs and NFPs, even if the former are still non-profit organisations. In this broad-brush and diverse context the question is where best to place Volunteer Centre energies. Are they here for 'formal' or 'informal' organisations, or for volunteers? Of course in practice all three are important.
Volunteer Centres in New Zealand emerged independently around the country from the mid-1980s. Each one has a slightly different take on their vision and purpose which can be summarised as To promote, support and advocate for volunteering. In practice this allows for working and liaising with community organisations and local government. Supporting managers of volunteers comes with the territory, to ensure volunteers get a good experience and organisations understand and appreciate the work of volunteers. So the infrastructure is there, as a sound base to support volunteering. To offer a rounded ecosystem we should add in the work of engaging with business interests around employee volunteering (and sponsorship), and with philanthropic funders (for Centre funding as well as promoting volunteer causes).
It's a huge mandate to cover all those interests, indicating Volunteer Centres are running a sophisticated consultancy business. But there are some questions a hard-headed auditor might want to ask:
- Why should funds be allocated for volunteer brokerage when there is potential for it to be adequately managed through an on-line programme?
- When national awards for volunteering are handed out how many of them go to individuals or organisations that have been supported by Volunteer Centres?
- How good are you (or other statistical surveys) at counting voluntary effort? Isn't it time to get beyond counting to evaluating quality of the effort, and to capture the extent of 'informal' volunteering?
- If 34% of New Zealand's population are engaged in volunteering, what would it take to raise that proportion to 40% or higher?
- Advocacy is specialist work – what successes can be reported on promoting volunteering with government (local and central) and philanthropists?
These are the questions Volunteer Centres could be addressing. See how Centres around the world are adapting to new environments in another article in e-volunteerism.
April 28, 2014
The Volunteer Centre Experience
The current issue of e-volunteerism is devoted to the purpose and futures of Volunteer Centres. I've been reading the critiques and the caveats, and the challenges for a sustainable future, drawn from all around the (western) world.
There's a tension between Volunteer Centres and managers of volunteers, say Susan J Ellis and Rob Jackson. VCs are competing with community organisations for funding; they are not working with basic community needs as much as they could; and they are slow to take up on-line technology that could cut across their traditional brokerage role. Changing times means VCs need to adapt to shifts in the way the world of the community and voluntary sector (and government policy) works.
For volunteering and Volunteer Centres the discussion is more than interesting reading. It has spurred me to reflect on my own connections and experiences with Volunteer Centres in New Zealand.
I get to read newsletters from around the country and to keep up with their Facebook posts. My direct experience is mostly with Volunteer Wellington. (It is their logo at the top of this post.) In my early days as a manager of volunteers their lunchtime training sessions were a life-saver, an opportunity to connect with other organisations and to share common experiences – and to learn from each other. More recently I have facilitated a few training sessions, still seeing managers of volunteers hungry for knowledge and skill development. Volunteer Wellington's Employees in the Community programme is a boon for community organisations, not just for the work corporate businesses can offer. Their brokerage process avoids the embarrassment for managers of volunteers when unsolicited offers of assistance have to be declined – because you don't have a job for them, and certainly not for large numbers at a time, or the request is to do something next week, if not tomorrow.
I have worked alongside VC managers on the Volunteering NZ project which produced the Best Practice Guidelines for Volunteer-Involving Organisations and Competencies for Managers of Volunteers. They know their stuff, the organisations they work with, and they whole-heartedly support the role and practice of managers of volunteers.
But how does the performance of Volunteer Centres in New Zealand stack up against the questions raised in e-volunteerism commentaries?
I have heard wary comments about engaging with on-line technology. The traditional process of brokerage based on face-to-face interviews and phone-call liaison with organisations risks getting side-stepped if there is ready access to an on-line database of volunteer opportunities. Yet local evidence suggests personal contact and meetings are highly productive for both prospective volunteers and for organisations.
Centres may not be taking full advantage of social media yet, and micro-volunteering appears to be a step too far at this stage. That's begging the question of whether they are keeping up with other trends in volunteering, related to generational differences for example.
I have been impressed with Volunteer Wellington's good relations with local government and their efforts to promote community engagement. They work hard to build on existing relationships with their members. But is this enough? Are they working on behalf of volunteers and volunteering, or for their member organisations? This is where I refer to the e-volunteerism commentary by Cees M. van den Bos (Netherlands). He describes the difference between formal and informal volunteering as 'system world' and 'life world', and makes a case for a broader outlook and strategic development to incorporate both. Here is the challenge for Volunteer Centres, to extend collaboration and make a shift to 'community development' practice models.
Volunteer Wellington's statistics show they work with a wide age range and a variety of cultures which mirror the region's ethnic population distribution. But it seems people of the 60+ age cohort go elsewhere to find volunteer opportunities, or they are failing to get engaged. It's a pity the Centre's record of working with disabled people is not publicly available.
My reflections draw on examples from Volunteer Wellington, though my comments are generalised. New Zealand's contribution to the e-volunteerism article from Cheryll Martin extols Volunteer Centre achievements, and their range of activities. There is much to ponder from other commentators in the article, and nothing is more certain than significant change is imminent.
The e-volunteerism article opens with this statement: "Volunteer Centres are vital to build and sustain local and regional volunteer ecosystems". I would like to think our small population and social interconnectedness creates advantages that will sustain volunteer ecosystems into the future.


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MANHASSET, NY – There are many reasons that more exercise lowers the risk of Alzheimer's disease, which was highlighted in a recent study, says a New York neurologist.
In the study, published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, people who were not exercising as much and had the risk factor gene for Alzheimer's disease had greater shrinkage of their hippocampus, which is a part of the brain involved in memory.
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Just this ol' guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid,
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me 'Sue'.
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"This Marmaduke business. I want to take that up with you some time. Fancy you keeping that dark all these years."
"There's nothing wrong with being christened Marmaduke." said Chuffy, a little heatedly.
"Nothing wrong, no. But we shall all have a good laugh about it at the Drones."
"Bertie," said Chuffy tensely, "if you breath a word of it to those blighters at the Drones, I'll track you to the ends of the earth and strangle you with my bare hands."
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He has taken pictures of people who are going to be sick, or die, and he has caught their future. He has told people, "You are going to have cancer." The experts are simply at a loss, because there are no symptoms at all, the man is perfectly healthy; there is no indication that he is going to have cancer. They have tried every experiment to find any far-fetched idea of it, but they have not been able to find anything that indicates a cancer. But Kirlian says, "Within six months this man is going to have cancer, his photograph says it" - and in six months' time that man develops cancer. Certainly this cancer was in existence somewhere, somewhere in the physiology of the man; we just don't have the instruments and the ability to look into the future.
Kirlian has taken photographs of people who are going to die and he has said, "This man is going to die because his picture shows him as dead." And the man is full of life, at the peak of his youth. The whole idea that he is going to die seems to be absurd.
At first the doctors simply rejected Kirlian as a madman. How can photographs be taken of the future? You can take a photograph of something which is present before the camera. The future is not present before the camera - but the young man dies.
It took thirty years for the orthodox scientists to accept Kirlian, but there was no other way than to accept him. And what Kirlian was saying was only that everything comes out of an invisible emptiness. Where you see emptiness, it simply shows that your insight is not deep enough; otherwise emptiness has a fullness of its own.
He has also proved another thing, which is interesting and has deep implications. If one of my fingers is cut off and he takes a photograph, in his photograph there will be five fingers. Even the one that has been cut off will be present in his photograph, just a little bit different than the others. The others will be solid; this one will simply be an energy aura, indicating that there had been a finger, a physical finger. The physical finger has been cut, but its spiritual part is still there. You cannot cut the spiritual part.
This is what the mystics have been saying for centuries, that you can cut a man's head, but you cannot cut the man's soul. They had no Kirlian photographic instruments, but they had a deep insight, a meditative eye.
Alexander threatened one sannyasin that if he did not go with him to Athens he would cut off his head. And he took out his sword, and the naked sannyasin laughed and said, "Do it, don't hesitate. Never feel guilty - because I am ordering you to do it. I always wanted to see my head falling, and you are giving me a chance. You will see my head being cut from the body, falling on the ground; I will also see it. You cannot cut my consciousness, my witnessing, my watcher."
This was the only time in Alexander's life when he put his sword back into his sheath. You cannot kill such a man who is taking it so playfully, and even making you free of guilt: "It is not that you are doing it, I am ordering you. And it is going to be a really interesting experience. I have always wanted to see my head falling, but nobody has come to cut it off. By chance you have come - a God-sent gift. Just don't put your sword back into the sheath."
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A news item in ToI yesterday was about UK stopping the 1.6 Billion Pound Sterling aid by 2015, which it has been regularly giving annually to India since long now. UK PM said India has become economically sound! Is he right?
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Yes,sir.He is right.Our Govt. has been claiming an increase in our GDP.Our exports have gone up with matching increase in our imports.But unfortunately,inclusive growth has not taken place.Our economic policy has made the rich richer n poor poorer.The Britain aid was meant for the poorest of the poor.Though the aid was like a peanut for a large economy like ours ,we needed them for the BPL people.The reason for cancellation of the loan is not India's rate of growth but for not placing orders with Britain for purchase of war planes.The orders were placed with France.So,it is a political decision.Answered by Damodar Biswal, 20 Mar '12 12:48 pm
Not entirely . It's mainly becase Indian Air Force have selected French Combat Aircrafts in a tough competition given by the British one . Britain was damn sure that their country's manufacturer would get the contract as I ndia has always been looking for help towards UK / USA .Answered by Dharmbir Sinha, 20 Mar '12 12:43 pm
Yes ..... India become self sufficient ........ instead of UK we should say stop now ....... if we are not self sufficient also we need to learn to earn and plan our budget accordingly ....... these aids are the causes of coruption & scam to some extent ........Answered by pradeep mishra, 20 Mar '12 12:39 pm


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Today, Thanksgiving has become a time when we watch parades and then take in large amounts of food and football. According to some calculations, 46 million turkeys-around 550 million pounds-will be consumed during Thanksgiving this year. But that's not how it began!
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WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - Happy Thanksgiving!
Turkey, dressing and pumpkin pie are the standards for a typical American Thanksgiving. But how about bean soup?
Americans typically look back to 1621 as the first recorded Thanksgiving, where the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians gathered for a three-day feast of Thanksgiving to God for the harvest.
A detailed description of the First Thanksgiving can be found in "A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth," written by Edward Winslow in 1621:
Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week.
At which time, among other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed upon our governor, and upon the captain, and others.
And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty.
A Florida elementary school teacher, Robyn Gioia, however, has been waging a campaign to honor another Thanksgiving - though not a harvest festival - that took place in Saint Augustine, FL on September 8, 1565, fifty-six years before Plymouth. On that day, Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles and 600 Spanish settlers celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving for their safe arrival in the New World and then held a feast of bean soup with Timucua Indians.
Another Mass of Thanksgiving, not connected to harvest, was celebrated by the expeditionary party of Don Juan de Onate on April 30, 1598.
Historically, Thanksgiving was viewed as a holy day more than a holiday, where society ceased from their work and gave thanks to God for all His goodness. Faith not football was the focus of the day. It was a day of worship and a family meal where the bounteous goodness of the Lord's provision was remembered.
The first official proclamation on Thanksgiving took place in Charlestown, Massachusetts on June 20, 1676, when the city council set June 29 as a day of thanksgiving.
A little over 100 years later the first presidential proclamation was made as President George Washington, on October 3, 1789, declared Thursday, November 26 at a day of Thanksgiving.
A portion of his proclamation reads: "Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be-- That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks--for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation--for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence."
When he established the day as an annual tradition in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln continued to remind America that Thanksgiving was a time to remember God and His goodness and established the day on the last Thursday of November.
Still in the midst of a great Civil War, which the president acknowledged in his proclamation, Lincoln wrote: "The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God."
Then, in 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt broke ranks with his predecessors and declared the fourth Thursday in 1939 and the third Thursday in 1940 and 1941 as the day. Congress intervened in 1941 and officially declared the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving.
We must never consider that Thanksgiving Day was an American invention. Ceremonies and periods of thanksgiving are woven through the entire tapestry of history. We find them in the Jewish Calendar of Feasts, in other world religions, in European cultures and native practices of North America, South America, Asia and Africa.
Many believe that the Pilgrims brought the idea with them from Europe, while Native Americans also observed special days to honor a good harvest.
For Catholics, thanksgiving is a daily and weekly occurrence through the Mass, where the Eucharistic Sacrifice is our Great Thanksgiving. Special offerings, such as the Mass in St. Augustine in 1598 served to heighten our awareness of God's hand in our lives.
Today, Thanksgiving has become more of a day we begin by watching parades and then take in large amounts of food and football. According to some calculations, 46 million turkeys-around 550 million pounds-will be consumed during Thanksgiving this year. [Ironically, during early days of our nation Benjamin Franklin wanted to have the turkey declared our national bird.]
The American Automobile Association (AAA) estimates that some 38.4 million travelers will hit the road or the skies during the Thanksgiving holidays, with around 80 percent traveling by car.
Catholics are called to redeem the day as a time of thanksgiving by attending Mass and having prayer together as family and friends.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published two prayers that Catholic families can use to capture the true heart of a day of thanksgiving. The shorter prayer follows and both can be downloaded at the USCCB publishing website at http://www.usccbpublishing.org.
"Lord, we thank you
for the goodness of our people
and for the spirit of justice
that fills this nation.
We thank you for the beauty and fullness of the
land and the challenge of the cities.
We thank you for our work and our rest,
for one another, and for our homes.
We thank you, Lord:
accept our thanksgiving on this day.
We pray and give thanks through Jesus Christ our Lord.
R/. Amen."
Father Randy Sly is the Associate Editor of Catholic Online and a priest with the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (http://usordinariate.org) established by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, through the Apostolic Constitution "Anglicanorum Coetibus."
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mana88 - Member Since: Jun 2008
hi .............
nice case study...........
i don't think sheila is utilizing delegation...............
as she always busy i doing administrative work...........why she should not appoint a clerk to do all that.........or assigning the work if clerk is already available in the work...............she should attend onle imp visitor rest can be attended by her juniors................best 'quiet time' is lunch time when you want no interupption during it...............she should not assign all her work but do the imp things herself and assign to others what she think can be done by other departmental members..................
abhi16march - Member Since: Feb 2008
hi manna
You have explained very nicely
i m agree wid u c shuld be hire a clirk for all general work like attending phone calls,drafting of letters nd others gen work..nd c no need to meet every visitors,c must be believe on their juniors as in certain cases we found boss doesnt believe on their subordinates.
and i think ...c must be prepare action plan,make plans to follw up frm their juniors wat they have assigned nd wat they have completed ( In a specific time)...
i hope for more nd more comments on ths.
minal.khatale - Member Since: May 2008
I think she is not making effective use of delegation. Delegation is does not mean just to assign the task and get it done by the employees is more about to empower the employees so that they can become capable to perform their job effectively. After delegating particular task or responsibility she should identify the key points of the project or dates when she want feedback about progress. She need to assurance that the delegated task or project is on track. And identify the measurements or the outcome she will use to determine that the project was successfully completed. (This will make performance development planning more measurable and less subjective, too.) In this way she can be able to do effective delegation and at the same time it will help her to do the employees performance review
mit123 - Member Since: Aug 2009
8-)thr is another case study on time mgnmt, can u pl share ur views................
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Anyone has others? Many thanks for upload.
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This link below can show more info, you can find them at:Time management rules
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Hi I could not download the case study about Sheila fully some portion seems to be missing. Could you please repost it Regards Ahmar
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McCourt, shown here signing an extremely onerous loan.This week the Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy amid accusations of mismanagement by owner Frank McCourt, who evidently learned nothing from his childhood of poverty and hunger in the slums of Limerick. Wait, different Frank McCourt ... More >>
FlickrAs Kyle Garratt noted in a post yesterday, the Colorado Rockies stunk up Coors Field on Father's Day. But the 9-1 defeat to the Detroit Tigers wasn't the only disappointment for dads. Prior to the game, Rockies personnel gave out excellent Troy Tulowitzki jerseys, but not to fathers, m ... More >>
Rockies Coca-Cola hat.With the Colorado Rockies mired in a weeks-long slump, there are fewer and fewer reasons to go the ballpark in the heat of the summer. But just because the product on the field is suffering doesn't mean the product at the gates is doing the same. We're talking about prom ... More >>
Ed Perlmutter.Just found these three Denver blog posts. Colorado Independent's Scot Kersgaard: Ed Perlmutter hopes to continue holding grocery store meetings despite the Gabrielle Giffords tragedy. Big Media's Jason Salzman chats with 9News's Adam Schrager, who's trading Denver for Wisconsi ... More >>
The Colorado Lottery's Mega Millions jackpot rose to $330 million on Tuesday. That's a lot of green, and while we all like to fantasize about what we'd do with our winnings -- pay the mortgage? - can we all agree to donate that money to the Broncos and the Rockies?
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Jim Tracy: One big reason for optimism.On April 6 of last year -- opening day for the Colorado Rockies -- I fearlessly predicted that the team would end the 2009 campaign with a meager 72 victories. Early on, I looked like Nostradamus. But on May 29, after a dismal start, the team belatedly ... More >>
Troy Tulowitzki in a shot from the FSN Insider website.It's happening again. Just as in 2007, when the Colorado Rockies' World Series run coaxed people who would usually rather shave their body with a rotary lawnmower than watch a baseball game to plant themselves in front of their set, viewe ... More >>
Read from the bottom up. Or not at all. 4:44 Two down in the ninth. Before we leave for the bar, let me assure you I am not wearing a Cardinals hat. My hat is not red. It says "SC," which does not have anything to so with St. Louis or baseball. And it says "Broncos" on the side. In summary, Shike ... More >>
The first game of the 2007 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and YOUR Colorado Rockies started perfectly: With Fox's Jeanne Zelasko giving Eric Byrnes shit for being a loud-mouthed douchenozzle. Byrnes committed the first broadcasting boner of the evening -- and not the last -- when he said th ... More >>
As promised in this week's Beatdown, the following is a breakdown of entrance music for many of your favorite Rockies players. The songs are reportedly chosen by the players themselves, and while some of the selections make total sense (Todd Helton and Josh Fogg's picks are no-brainers), others are ... More >>
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Can't remove a virus (or a PUP?) from my computer
I somehow got 2 programs that cannot be removed. When I uninstall them, they just keep reappearing at boot.
I don't know if that's a virus or a PUP, but it's really annoying.
The 2 programs are "FixMyRegistry" and "SpeedUpMyComputer" by "SmartTweak" ( Who are the *******s behind this "company" ?! )
Everytime I try to uninstall any of the two programs, the other one returns. For example, I remove FixMyRegistry, and at the next boot SpeedUpMyComputer shows and so on . .
I tried Revo Uninstaller and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware but it doesn't work.
Is there a way to manually remove these programs? Or do you think the best thing would be to perform a clean install of Windows?
Btw, these programs are used to steal passwords or usernames?
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It's sneakware that comes in with freeware installs, often hidden in the license agreement or by tricky checkbox choices. What exactly happens when you attempt to uninstall these and any other interlopers in Control Panel>Programs? This method of uninstall is all that is normally needed in Windows 7.
If not then run a full scan with SUPERAntiSpyware - Downloads which will root out most spyware as deep as it goes. I always run this with Malwarebytes as they are complementary.
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1.) Download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop.
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I worked on a PC last week with a similar problem. Malwarebyes and Superantispyware were of no help.
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It's gone ! Thank you all! I first tried AdwCleaner and it worked! I will now download the rest of the programs!
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Glad to hear it. Do a full scan with malwarebytes (update it first) and super antispyware (update it first)
Report back what they find if any. I also highly suggest scanning with a full scan of your antivirus.
Did junkware removal tool find anything?
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While on its long road to restart, yet another milestone was reached at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) over the weekend.
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Sugar Land 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 0
WP: M. Zielinski (2-0)
LP: T. McGrady (0-1)
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A Saturday night, sellout crowd of 7,701 packed Constellation Field tonight to witness Sugar Land baseball history, as right-handed pitcher Tracy McGrady made his professional debut for the Skeeters against Somerset. The Patriots plated three runs over the first three frames and despite a Skeeters offensive rally in the seventh, Sugar Land was defeated, 5-3, in Game 5 of the six-game series.
McGrady (1.2,2,2,2,2,0) threw 1.2 innings in the start, allowing two runs on two hits to receive with the loss. In the first inning, McGrady fired in a strike for his first pitch and retired three of his six batters faced, allowing one run on 26 total pitches. The 6-foot-8 righty came back in the second and with the help of his teammates, seated the first batter on a groundout to short. Somerset's Edwin Maysonet connected for a solo home run off the left field foul pole to put one run on the board, before catcher Adam Donachie popped out on a fly ball to center field. Held to a limited pitch count, McGrady was then relieved by Houston native Clint Everts to finish the inning. McGrady threw a total of 35 pitches tonight, with 18 counting for strikes.
First baseman Delwyn Young (1x3, HR) knocked a homer to left field in the sixth, kick-starting a late offensive rally for Sugar Land. In the seventh, catcher Koby Clemens (1x4, R) reached on a line drive up the middle and moved to second on a Dominic Ramos (2x3, R) walk in the next at-bat. Center fielder Michael Rockett (0x3) then put down a sacrifice bunt, which was overthrown by Patriots' pitcher Mike Solbach to bring Clemens around to score. Left fielder Rusty Ryal (1x4, RBI) drove in Ramos on a fielder's choice before DH Nick Stavinoha (0x4) grounded out, narrowing Somerset's lead to 4-3.
Everts (5.1,2,2,2,4,3) allowed just two hits over his 5.1 innings before handing the ball over to right-hander Brian Broderick (1.0,1,0,0,0,1) in the eighth. Lefty Ben Kozlowski (0.1,0,0,0,0,0) made his second appearance of the series and retired his only batter faced before Roy Corcoran (0.2,2,1,1,0,0) was called upon to close out the ninth.
With his multi-hit game tonight, Ramos is now hitting at a team-high .414 clip on the season. Third baseman Travis Scott (1x4) also returned to action tonight and owns a .379 average, while Ryal now ties Scott for a team-leading nine RBI in the club's first 15 games.
For complete box scores of tonight's game, please visit www.SugarLandSkeeters.com.
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Join the Sugar Land Skeeters as they celebrate Mother's Day tomorrow (May 11) at Constellation Field. The Skeeters' Sunday finale against the Somerset Patriots begins at 2:05 p.m., with a special Mother's Day Brunch in the Insperity Club, set for 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. For brunch ticket information, fans are encouraged to visit SugarLandSkeeters.com. Immediately following the game, all moms are invited to participate in the third-annual postgame Diamond Dig, presented by Elegant Jewelers.
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The Sugar Land Skeeters announced last week their ground-breaking, minor league baseball agreement with ESPN, who will gain the exclusive rights to place games on its digital and television networks. The deal will begin with Skeeters home game coverage throughout the 2014 season. Additionally, ESPN will host exclusive coverage of the Roger Clemens Celebrity Slam Softball Game (July 15) and the 2014 Atlantic League All-Star Game (July 16) live from Constellation Field.
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Ofcom decision puts UK cultural events at risk
UK - The British Entertainment Industry Radio Group (BEIRG) has expressed its disappointment and concern regarding Ofcom's decision to remove Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE) users from the 700MHz band of radio spectrum. Ofcom's decision is a real danger to some of the UK's most important cultural, social and economic events. Instead, this spectrum will be allocated to Mobile Network Operators. The regulator's decision will mean that radio microphones and other wireless audio devices key to the UK's thriving creative ... More >>
PLASA announces 2014 election results
UK / USA - PLASA's month-long elections to determine positions on its European and North American Regional Boards, together with its central Governing Body, concluded at midnight on Wednesday 19 November. Companies and individuals from PLASA's worldwide membership voted in the elections, which were conducted via a secure online poll. There were four positions available on the European Regional Board. Ed Pagett of Panalux was elected for a second term as Chairman, Peter James of Shure Distribution as representative to PLASA's Distributor ... More >>
Robe creates Enigma in Rome
Italy - Enigma is a spectacular stage-show and centrepiece at the new Cinecitta World visitor attraction in Rome - the first theme park dedicated to the rich world and history of Italian cinema - which has spawned numerous genius directors like Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Franco Zeffirelli and many more. Lighting for the 25 minute Enigma show - produced by FilmMaster and staged in a 1200 capacity venue right in the centre of the complex - has been designed by internationally renowned LD Giovanni Pinna who ... More >>
Theatreplan expands into Asia-Pacific
China - London-based theatre consultancy practice, Theatreplan LLP has announced its expansion into the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of Theatreplan (HK) Ltd in Hong Kong. The new practice, which is already operational, is being managed by Theatreplan's senior consultant, Robin Auld. The move follows the company's success in securing the contract with the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) to provide theatre consultancy services to deliver the Freespace Black Box Theatre in the burgeoning West Kowloon area of Hong ... More >>
Roland M-480 centre stage at Budapest theatre
Hungary - The Békéscsaba Jókai Theatre, 130 years old and located in the Budapest suburbs has spent over two years developing a sound reinforcement system that meets the expectation - both in sight and sound - of a modern audience whilst preserving the traditional features of the building. Perhaps not the first place you would expect to find such a ground breaking project - so much so the theatre invited representatives from Roland Europe and Japan to visit the theatre to see - and hear - for themselves. The idea to ... More >>
Delta Sound invests in EM Acoustics Halo
UK - Delta Sound has invested in another 43 Halo-C compact line array enclosures from UK manufacturer, EM Acoustics. This brings Delta's total inventory to over 130 units including the system installed into the Royal Albert Hall in 2013. According to Delta's operations director, Jonathan Bell, the decision to invest in Halo-C was straightforward. "The system has already proved itself to us many times over, not least of which by winning the tender with SBD to re-equip the Royal Albert Hall. Going through that process enabled us to ... More >>
Immersive turns on LED lights for Tesco TV ad
UK - The London-based design studio Immersive had a hand in creating Christmas joy this year. They 'switched on' the Christmas lights for the northern town of Wigan in a rather extraordinary way. The stunt involved some 500sq.m of panels holding more than 8m LED lights plus loads of Christmas decorations. The show was filmed for the Tesco Christmas advert, which went viral on social media soon after first airing. The advert debuted during the season finale of Downton Abbey. Thousands of viewers across Britain saw it marking the ... More >>
Theatre Projects makeover for Richmond theatre
USA - Following an extensive top-to-bottom renovation, the Altria Theatre in Richmond, Virginia reopened earlier this month, reintroducing the community to the elegant 1920's style and spirit that drew in millions of patrons over the course of its storied history. Now equipped with modern theatre systems, improved seating, refurbished décor, and greater amenities, the theatre is better equipped than ever to provide a bridge between the arts and the theatre-going public. Working in collaboration with Wilson Butler Architects, ... More >>
Magic Blades on the carpet at MTV Awards
UK - The red carpet moments at the MTV EMA Awards have grown into an occasion in their own right, demanding the kind of production values usually discovered once inside the show itself. This year's event at Glasgow took the red carpet celebrations to yet another level. Lighting specialists for the film, television and entertainment sectors, Panalux, chose to invest in the new Magic Blades from Ayrton especially for this event. Panalux gaffer for the MTV event was Mark Gardiner who explains why: "I was first made aware of the Magic ... More >>
Adamson Point Series for Paris Hexagon
France - France's National Theatre, the Hexagon, has been a challenging space for sound reinforcement since it was built in 1976. The perfectly shaped hexagonal room, with a seating capacity of 560, hosts 35 shows each season. It also regularly offers arts community training programmes, conferences and debates. Olivier Delpeuch, sound engineer and head of the audio department at the Hexagon, recently underwent a search for a new sound reinforcement system for the theatre. After a thorough review, he opted for a distributed system made ... More >>
University of Sydney X-Lab adds Dante networking
Australia - The University of Sydney in Australia recently unveiled the X-Lab, a 40x20m space that houses up to eight classes using advanced live lecture streaming. Using a multipoint distribution strategy based on a Dante network from Audinate, the IP-based architecture efficiently streams lecture audio to ensure as many as 240 students receive a targeted, immersive, engaging and uninterrupted educational experience. Similar instructional laboratories previously relied on streaming live lectures to radio headsets, which created ... More >>
Avolites Tiger Touch on tour with Prime Circle
South Africa - Having just completed the 2014 Let the Night In European Tour, South African band Prime Circle are looking forward to playing across home soil during December. LD Vincent van Niekerk has been with the band for the past four and a half years and in July took ownership of an Avolites Tiger Touch 2. "During my first three years I decided to work on as many different consoles as possible to learn as many as possible," explained Vincent. "But by doing that you can only imagine the complications when you arrive at a venue and ... More >>
Martin Professional multi-launch at LDI 2014
USA - At LDI in Las Vegas, Martin Professional introduced the MAC Aura XB wash light, M-Touch lighting console, and RUSH Gobo Projector 1. "It's an exciting time for us with so many products launched recently and so many new to be launched today at LDI in Las Vegas," said Peter Skytte, head of product management, Martin Professional. "We're bringing a variety of new products to the market across our entire product range, including controllers, atmospheric effects, LED video, lighting and Rush by Martin." Incorporating many new features ... More >>
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Philips Platinum showcase at LDI
USA - Royal Philips Electronics chose LDI in Las Vegas to launch the new compact lamp systems MSD Platinum 14 R and 17 RA. With today's growing trend of integrating LED walls in stage lighting design, a new generation of lamps with more powerful beams is required to cut through the sea of homogenous light they provide - and add additional accents to the show, says the company. This is exactly what the new Platinum lamp systems from Philips are designed to do. The new lamp system MSD Platinum 14 R provides extreme brightness of 12,000 ... More >>
Spanish-language release for Vectorworks 2015
USA - Nemetschek Vectorworks has announced that the Spanish-language release of its Vectorworks 2015 software version will be available on 24 November. This release is part of a worldwide rollout that included other European-language releases earlier this month and continues into 2015 with additional localizations in Japanese and Chinese. The Vectorworks line of award-winning software products includes Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks. The Vectorworks 2015 software contains more than 100 updates and ... More >>
ARX launches Remote Switcher
Australia - ARX Systems has announced the Remote Switcher externally controlled stereo input signal switcher, for use in EWIS (Emergency Warning and Intercommunications System) emergency announcements, Console Switching, and remote control of signal sources in Broadcast applications. "We developed the Remote Switcher in response to requests from integrators and installers for a unit allowing remote and external switching selection between two line level audio sources. EWIS is becoming mandatory for most new and upgraded commercial ... More >>
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