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Advent: Dreams Are for Christmas
From the Relief Society Magazine, December 1940 –
Dreams Are for Christmas
By Beatrice Rordame Parsons
Jon Wayne came into the kitchen, a frown hovering between his dark brows. He didn't like the buzz and excitement of the last few days. Everybody in the house was upset. his wife seemed a stranger, distraught, impatient, forever rushing about with great bundles in her arms. The children had been unusually trying. At this moment, Deck was speaking in a loud, excited tone.
"Tomorrow! Christmas!"
Deck was thirteen, a lanky kid with a stub nose and freckles. His hands and feet were too big, and as he took his seat at the breakfast table, his shoes made dark scars against the newly-waxed linoleum. It seemed to Jon that Deck's voice was louder than usual.
"Thank goodness today's the last day of school. Hope Ole Martin doesn't give us an English assignment for the Christmas holidays. I've got a lot o' things to do."
His father frowned. A lot of things! He could imagine. Deck always had a lot of things to do – so many things that he could not chop a little kindling or take out the ashes on ash day. Jon hated to admit it, even to himself, but his son was a trifler. His frown darkened as he thought of it, then disappeared a little as Madge came into the kitchen.
"Hi, Maggie," cried Deck, and the smile that had decorated Madge's pretty face disappeared, and she appealed to her mother.
"Make him quit saying that. He knows I hate it!" She touched her newly-done hair with cool little fingers and tried to look aloof and grown up.
Jon had a smile behind his morning paper. Madge was eighteen, and still his baby. He couldn't imagine her grownup. But eying her from behind the paper, he had to admit that he didn't like what he saw – too much lipstick, too many curls, a petulant, impatient look about her small, red mouth.
Suddenly, Jon dropped his paper and stared at his children. What had happened to them? Where were the smiling, happy babies he had once known, the babies who had climbed on his knees and begged for candy with kisses? He wondered if he hadn't dreamed it. These children weren't the same. They were hard, selfish little people, disrespectful to each other, and – he had to admit it – to their elders. Even as he thought, Madge leaned across the table and poured herself a glass of milk, entirely ignoring her father's glass. Jon's voice was crisp, disapproving.
"In my day, Madge, children were taught to help their parents first. It was very rude of you …" He stopped. Madge wasn't listening. She had turned to her mother and was speaking eagerly.
"Don't forget my Christmas present." She'd been harping on that same subject for weeks. She wanted a party frock, a pink one. She reiterated the fact loudly: "Pink, Mother!"
Her mother, busy at the stove, nodded a little absent-mindedly, and said: "I must remember cranberries and yams. The turkey is ready in the refrigerator, and…"
Deck interrupted rudely. "I get that bike, remember. You said I could have it." He turned to Madge, and added: "I get my bike even if you don't get that silly dress."
Like a small child, Madge put out her tongue. Deck guffawed rudely. Jon spoke indignantly.
"In my day, Deck, children didn't interrupt their mother. And they didn't put out their tongues, Madge, when they were young ladies."
His last words were drowned out by the spattering of the eggs, as Mrs. Wayne lifted them from the frying pan onto the hot platter. Jon found himself wondering, impatiently, if either of his offspring would have paid any attention, anyway. Eleanor sat down and poured herself a glass of milk, reaching across Deck's plate for the pitcher. Jon was loudly indignant.
"If Christmas is going to change this house into a …"
Eleanor smiled and put an egg and a crisp slice of bacon on his plate.
"Christmas is exciting, isn't it, Jon?" she asked, and her eyes were shining. "Christmas is in the heart, Jon. That's what makes it so wonderful."
He looked at her in astonishment. Was this what she called the Christmas Spirit – Madge and Deck squabbling all through breakfast, forgetting to pass the milk, growling at each other over their presents? Bah! If this were Christmas, he'd take the Fourth of July!
Eleanor didn't pay any attention to his surprised look. She was speaking again, still smilingly, but there was a worried little frown on her forehead.
"I think we can manage Madge's dress, Jon, and the bike. My permanent…"
Jon knew she had been wanting a permanent for Christmas, and now she was giving it up so that the children … He burst into hot words: "I don't think…"
She patted his hand. "Everything's going to work out just right," she said eagerly, and looked at Madge. The girls' young eyes were shining.
"Oh, Mother!" she cried. "I'm sure Ken will like it!"
Jon listened, stupefied. Not a word about being sorry that her mother couldn't have a new permanent; just her own selfish desire that Ken might like her!
In spite of himself, looking at his daughter's lovely, flushed face, Jon had to admit that she was beautiful. She was exactly like her mother. He remembered their first Christmas together. Eleanor had worn a pink dress. She had looked like a Christmas angel in it. It had been that dress that had given him the courage to ask her to marry him.
He felt a curious little shock as he thought about Madge and Ken. Would Ken be wanting to marry Madge – Ken who didn't even have a job?
Jon didn't quite approve of Ken. He was a tall young man with a rather loud voice and a pair of long legs that stuck out so that people tripped over them. He had just finished college, but he hadn't found anything to do. He didn't seem to worry about it. He lived at home, and often said:
"The Old Man is looking after me until I get what I want.' That was kids nowadays – choosy, hanging on to their father's coattails. What if Ken married Madge and came to live with them? The thought made him wince. Why, when he and Eleanor had married, he'd started the little jewelry business on Elm Street.
He remembered how proud he was when he opened the door and showed Eleanor the scanty store of watches, rings and diamonds that went to make up his stock. He had said with all the eagerness, the ambition of a young businessman:
"You'll see, darling, we're going to be wealthy. Someday I'm going to give you a diamond as big as a pea." He had kissed the slim hand with the quarter-carat diamond on the fourth finger, and had resolved, then and there, that Eleanor Wayne should wear the finest jewelry in all Millville.
But that had been a dream. Of course, they had lived. He had managed to keep the business through thick and thin, through Depression and Recovery. But they had never grown wealthy. Since the children came, there had been so many places to put the money. He'd done everything he could, but still his children weren't satisfied. Listen, for instance, to Deck!
"Wish there was a real Santa – ole fellow to bring everything a guy wants …"
Yes, that's all children thought of nowadays – getting everything they wanted. Jon got quite a jolt to hear Deck add:
"But Christmas is pretty swell most any way you look at it. I'm going to trim the tree as soon as I get back…"
Madge's eyes were bright. "Right before dinner, Deck? Then I can help before Ken gets here."
Jon felt as though his eardrums had played him false. Could it really be that those were his children speaking to each other?
A loud tooting of an automobile horn blasted through the clear, frosty air of the garden into the kitchen. Madge jumped to her feet, almost upsetting her chair. Her face was as bright as a Christmas candle, and her arms were eager as they slipped into her coat. She tossed a kiss to her mother and one to Jon, and her voice was filled with excitement.
"Well, darling, be sure to bring home the bacon tonight!"
Then she was gone, her lithe, slender figure flying out of the door and down the snowy, garden path. She smiled as she climbed in at Ken's side, and Jon watched the car disappear with a queer expression in his gray eyes.
"Bring home the bacon!" That's what she had said. There had been nothing like: "I love you, Daddy," or "Good luck!" It was just "bring home the bacon!" He turned the phrase over in his mind. Was that really the way Madge thought of him, the man who worked to earn the money to buy pink frocks for Ken to admire?
He almost groaned. There was the younger generation for you – callous, selfish, parasitical! Great guns, didn't Madge realize that he was her father – not just a machine for turning out dollars! Why hadn't her mother made the girl understand?
He looked at Eleanor. Her pretty face was flushed and rosy. She was making a list of groceries, biting the end of her pencil as she thought. Jon watched the list grow and mentally contemplated the bill. Eleanor was being ridiculous. Surely, no family of four needed all the things that were going on that paper. He watched her smile and write: "Oranges." "Well," he thought, "she'll be worried enough when the bill comes in at the end of the month. Then she'll be sorry."
But he had a strange thought. Somehow Eleanor seemed to enjoy all this – the scheming, the going without. She looked up at him now, and her eyes were glistening with unshed tears.
"I'm making up a basket for Mrs. Hazelton, and one for poor, old Mr. Hansen. I do hope you don't mind, Jon."
Jon felt a queer, breathless pain in his heart as he looked at her. Somehow he felt a little jealous. Yes, Eleanor did get a great deal of pleasure out of her scheming and cutting corners. Giving, she had always said, was the best part of Christmas. He felt a great surge of happiness and leaned across the table to touch her hand. But his moment was spoiled. Deck spoke impatiently.
"Dad, I've been talking to you for half an hour. I need a dollar."
Jon felt almost angry. He glanced out of the window at the queer, jagged little holes Madge's galoshes had made down the garden walk, and said loudly: "Didn't I ask you to clean the walks?"
Deck's grin was sheepish. "I forgot …" He looked slightly contrite, and finished with a rush: "I'll do 'em after I come home." He looked out of the window and saw a group of boys waiting for him. He snatched his jacket from the back of his chair, where he had had it handy, and rushed away. But he came back to ask: "Do I get that dollar, Dad? I've got t' have it to buy your present."
Jon watched him rush down the walk waving the dollar at the eager boys, and again he felt a grave bit of wonder rushing over him. That was the way with children nowadays – taking everything, giving nothing. His eyes sought the great piles of snow against the garage doors, and he groaned, remembering he would have to shovel them away before he could get out the car.
He was almost through when Eleanor came out, a coat hanging loosely over her neat, brown hair, her face still glowing as though someone had lighted candles behind it.
"Be sure to remember the mistletoe, Jon," she said. "It will seem more like Christmas with mistletoe."
Mistletoe! Jon felt his heart stir. He had kissed her first under a tiny sprig of mistletoe that had hung in her father's home. He could remember, even now, the sweetness of her cool, eager lips. He bent his head as though to feel that same sweet eagerness, but she kissed him absent-mindedly, and he let her go with a sigh.
Somehow they seemed so far apart. Somehow the children had formed a wedge between them. He had wanted to talk to Eleanor about the children. He had wanted to ask her if there wasn't something they could do to make them more human, more understanding. But she was so excited about the mistletoe that he couldn't talk to her now. He got into the car and raised a gloved hand in a little wave. Then he glided through the snow of the driveway out into the street.
The store seemed unusually dusty and unattractive as he opened the door. His stock was so small. Everything had been picked over. Just a few cheap watches were left, a gold ring or two, and that two-carat diamond he had been idiotic enough to buy because it had seemed such a bargain.
He brought the diamond from the safe and put it on a velvet cushion. It was so lovely, so clear, so sparkling, so bright. All at once he had an idea. It was like the star that had shone over Bethlehem. It should shine alone in his window this day. It might bring him luck. Something nice might happen because of that shining star. He felt almost cheerful as he dusted and put the store to rights. Now he was ready for that unexpected customer.
But it was old Mrs. Carter who opened the door. She had come, for the hundredth time, to look at that cheap wristwatch for her grandson, Hal Carter.
Jon smiled his disapproval. There, if anywhere, was an utterly selfish, thoughtless boy. Mrs. Carter couldn't really afford the watch, even though it was cheap. But she was holding it tenderly, almost reverently, in her worn, old hand.
"Hal would love it," she said wistfully.
Jon hadn't meant to, but he said: "You're lucky, Mrs. Carter. I'm cutting the price on everything twenty-five percent today, as a Christmas cleanup. That'll make the watch just three dollars." Twenty-five percent! he thought, sardonically. He hoped Mrs. Carter wouldn't realize that for some ridiculous reason he had cut the price almost fifty percent. But Mrs. Carter wasn't thinking about percents. She was eagerly scratching together the dimes and pennies in her worn, old pocketbook.
Trembling, she put them into his hand. "Hal has wanted a watch so long," she said, and her voice was a tiny bit shaky. "All the other fellows have one…"
"That's just it," interrupted Jon, "the kids nowadays take so much for granted."
"Oh, I don't think so, Jon," said Mrs. Carter gently. Somehow, she reminded him of Eleanor as she said: "It's only that there is so much nowadays for children to want – so many nice things." Her old eyes grew thoughtful. "I always wanted a chatelaine watch when I was a girl, but Father and Mother never seemed able to spare the money." She held out her hand and accepted the package almost anxiously. Then she tucked it into her purse, and said: "Merry Christmas, Jon, and thank you."
Jon stared after her bent, old figure as she went up the street. So she had known about the fifty percent! He smiled a little, and thought: "Her father might have bought her a watch. It's such a little thing, and he was well off." He turned back to the store, and added gruffly: "Bunk! I must be getting soft! Christmas isn't what it used to be!"
His heart yearned suddenly for the Christmases he had known when he was a child – the homemade candy, the popcorn balls, the tree that must be cut and brought in from the hills.
"We kids appreciated Christmas," whispered Jon to himself. "We didn't expect the world with a string on it." Anger burned in his heart. He remembered the stories his mother had told him about her first Christmas in Utah. "Christmas was really Christmas then," thought Jon, "it was love and sacrifice – something to be remembered."
Jon shivered as a great blast of cold air came upon him, and he turned to see Madge and Ken coming through the door. Something shone in their young eyes that made Jon's suddenly wet. He put the memory of those other Christmases behind him, and greeted them with a quick, glad smile.
"Mr. Wayne," said Ken, manfully, "I want to buy a ring, a diamond ring." His young face was suddenly flushed, and he added: "Madge and I are going to be married in June." He lifted his red head and looked proudly into Jon's eyes."I've found a job – not a grand one, but a job. It's going to be better later on when I've had experience. I'm going to build a little house, and…"
Jon didn't hear the rest. He was remembering with a queer, little shock that just that morning he had expected Madge and Ken to move in on him. And here they were – the two young love-birds – facing him eagerly, explaining how they were going to fend for themselves. Jon felt his legs go a little weak and grasped the counter for support.
Ken was pointing into the case where the rings were displayed. "I want a small diamond," he said defiantly. "I can't expect to start where my father is now. Madge won't mind a small stone when she knows that someday I'll buy her a bigger one."
Jon's hands trembled as he took out the rings and put them on the counter. Faintly, from a distance, he heard Ken and Madge selecting the ring. Faintly, and from a distance, he heard his own voice saying:
"Someday, Eleanor, I'll bring you a diamond that's worthy of your loveliness."
Good grief! He'd never bought her another one. She still wore the tiny stone they had selected when they were married. She had always been so proud of that tiny stone. His eyes traveled quickly to the shining gem in the window. Why hadn't he thought of it before! That was the present for Eleanor. It belonged to her. It had belonged to her the moment he had bought it. He'd take it home to her tonight, and in the morning he'd put it on her finger. It would always be a token of his love –always the shining token of all Christmases to come, all Christmases that had ever come. He left so exhilarated, so happy, so gay that he found himself saying loudly:
"You're in luck, young man! I'm having a fifty percent sale today." At the startled, denying look that flashed into Madge's eyes, he cried: "Just gave Mrs. Carter fifty percent off on Hal's watch. I aim to do the same for you."
Ken's face was a study in astonishment and joy. He picked up the ring and slipped it on Madge's white finger. She turned her hand this way and that, watching the facets gleam, and trying not to look too proud and overjoyed. Her grin was flippant, as were her words.
"Sure it's genuine at that price, Daddy? I'd hate, after a while," her eyes teased Ken, "to have to pawn it and find it was paste."
"I'm guaranteeing it, baby," he said, and felt his heart glow. He hadn't called her "baby" for years, but all at once she seemed the same close, sweet baby she had been so long ago. He put his arm about her and kissed her gently. Then he asked: "Does Mother…?"
"We told her first,"cried Madge eagerly." She said it was all right." Her eyes met his with a straight, fearless look, and she added: "About Mother's permanent, Dad. You needn't worry, she's going to get it. I've been walking to work and saving on lunches. I wanted to give her something of my very own."
"I'm glad," said Jon simply, and kissed her again. As he watched her going up the street on Ken's arm, his heart was a mixture of pain and gladness. Madge would come through all right!
It was late afternoon when Deck came into the store. He opened the door with his usual rush, and shouted: "Say, Dad, if you and Mom can't manage that dress for Madge, I've got some money. I sold my stamp collection, and…" He broke off excitedly and held out a few lean bills.
Jon stared at them. Deck's beloved stamp collection! He felt a lump coming into his throat, and he heard the boy say: "I sold my baseball bat and mitt, too, and got a present for Mom." He searched about in his pocket and dug out a silver dollar. It made a tinkling silver sound as he put it on the counter. "Don't need that, Dad, got your present out of something else I sold."
Jon's voice was gruff, because if it hadn't been it would have been tender. He looked at the dollar, and said: "That's all right, fellow, keep it. I don't need it, and there might be something you'd like to have."
For a moment their eyes met, man to man; and for some unaccountable reason, Jon's hand went out. Deck's grubby little fist tightened about his father's fingers, and Jon felt a great happiness surge into his heart. Deck was all right, too!
They shook hands, and Jon said: "I'm thinking of closing early tonight. Want to close the shutters while I wrap up a last minute gift? Then we'll walk home together."
Deck rushed clatteringly away to close the shutters, and Jon wrapped the ring in a bit of bright paper. The two men were smiling broadly as they left the store. Jon looked down at the top of his son's battered cap, and his voice was eager.
"Christmas isn't Christmas without mistletoe, Deck. We'll have to buy an armload!"


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I was searching for the recipe how to make Acar Timun. Both my good friends came for dinner during one of the weekend and I cooked Nasi Briyani for both of them. To go with the rice, I cooked Ayam Masak Merah and Acar Timun. Will post up soon for the whole recipe.Found the recipe HERE from one of the Malay lady who resides in Japan. The translated recipe are as follow. Oh, I am quite bad in translating!
Ingredients :
1 cucumber
1 carrot
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 big onion
3 tbsp vinegar
Salt and sugar to taste
1 cup water
1/2 tsp tumeric powder
1 tbsp chili paste
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
Method :
1. Cut big onion into 4 and sliced it.
2. Cut cucumber and carrot into thin strips, about 2 inches strips. Soak in salt water.
3. Heat some oil in pan. Sautee garlic till fragant.
4. Add in turmeric powder and chilli paste. Fry till fragrant.
5. Add in water and vinegar. Let it boil.
6. Add in cucumber, carrot, big onion, mustard seed. Mix well for about 2 – 3 minutes. Season with salt and sugar. Dish up and serve with Nasi Beriyani or Nasi Tomato.
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Juse de mots de l'art, je met en marge hic; J'espere avec le tems que j'entendrai le chic.
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A longtime Florida State fan, Roberto Aguayo says he wants to look past the team's previous kicking upsets. "I look at the uprights, I take my steps and just kick the ball, he says. / Melina Vastola/USA Today
Roberto Aguayo sits on the living room floor at his friends birthday party. The TV screen displays the 2004 Orange Bowl between Miami and Florida State, and the Hurricanes hold a 16-14 lead over the Seminoles. With five minutes left, Xavier Beitia lines up for a 39-yard field goal. The season prior, he had missed a 43 yarder wide left to lose to these Hurricanes. Aguayos friends, being Miami fans, taunt him as Beitia approaches the ball. Aguayo watches vigilantly and cannot believe what his eyes seewide right.
Miami would go on to win that Orange bowl as tears fell from 10-year-old Robertos eyes.
Ive seen all of them, especially the last one when we were playing Miami [with] Beitia, Aguayo said. I remember watching that game. I was at my friends house for his birthday and I had all my Florida State gear on and I remember he missed that field goal and I starting crying. I had to get out of the house and all my friends were like yeah Miami!
Nine years since the 2004 Orange Bowl and Roberto Aguayo has the opportunity to change the culture of Florida States kicking history; that history coming with a handful of opportunities missed, championships lost, kicks shanked.
In 1991, Gerry Thomas famously missed a field goal wide right that would have beaten those same Miami Hurricanes. It started the cursed trend as, the next year, the Noles lost again to the Hurricanes on a field goal that went wide right by new placekicker Dan Mowery. Almost a decade later in 2000, FSUs placekicker Matt Munyon missed wide right againstwho else?Miami. Beitias missed kick four years later followed the right-leaning course.
A lot of people talked about the wide left and wide right, Aguayo said. A lot of people in my hometown wanted me to go to Florida or Miami, and say Oh, youre going to the wrong school. Thats the wide left, wide right school but through the years weve had good kickers: Sebastian [Janikowski], Graham Gano and obviously Dustin [Hopkins].
Aguayo has big (and in one case, golden) cleats to fill based on the statistics of kickers he listed above. Janikowski was the first kicker in history to be drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft. Gano is the only kicker in FSU history to convert over 90 percent of his field goals in a season. On top of that, Hopkins has the most points scored by any kicker in NCAA Division I history with 442. All three kickers are active in the NFL. Regardless of the inevitability of comparison to Hopkins, the recently graduated 4-year-starter, Aguayo is ready to kick it to his own beat.
Im going to not try and live in his spotlight because a lot of people are going to expect me to be him but Im just going be myself and do what Ive got to do, kick the field goals Ive got to kick and do what I can to help the team win, Aguayo said.
There is no denying, though, that observing Hopkins last season has improved Aguayos game. Aguayo explained that playing behind Hopkins gave him the opportunity to learn. He improved his accuracy, he learned little mental things like how to judge wind speeds and how to focus in on kicks. To Aguayo, Hopkins was a higher mentor.
As the starting kicker this season, Aguayo will use what hes learned from Dustin and throughout his high school career to be successful. He explains what has always gone through his mind as he lines up for a kick.
I zone everything out, Aquayo said. I just focus. You know how golfers go up to putt, especially Tiger, they are just zoned in on every little thing. I look at the uprights, I take my steps and just kick the ball.
Charles Kelly, Special Team Coordinator, believes just like a golfer, Aguayo really is focused on teeing off.
Its a little bit like playing golf, Kelly said. Your biggest competition is yourself. Its focusing on you and what you have to do. I like [Aguayos] work ethic. I think when a guy works at his trade and takes it serious, hes very focused, and I think hes going to improve. No doubt hes very talented just like the other players on the team but hes taking the approach of working really hard. I like his demeanor.
Jimbo Fisher has coached successful kickers during his tenure at Florida State, Gano and Hopkins. Fisher believes kicking is a mind game and Aguayo is able to keep his mind blank.
He doesnt overthink things. He does a very good job at not overanalyzing things and I think you can do that especially when youre a specialist, a kicker or a quarterback. He doesnt dwell on things and hes able to move on.
While Aguayo keeps his mind blank and focuses while kicking, he does hope to change the culture at Florida State as a kicker.
I take that out of perspective, Aquayo said, referring to Florida States missed kick history. I know what I can do and I feel confident. You cant linger on that stuff.
Hopefully I can be one of those guys that starts changing it and go down the middle.
Mark down November 02, 2013 on the calendar. That day, Aguayo will have his chance.


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April 30, 2014
Children and families will bloom outside this spring as the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center of The University of Texas at Austin unveils its new Luci and Ian Family Garden at a public grand opening on Sunday, May 4.
The 4.5-acre Family Garden is the only native plant garden in Central Texas developed for families. It is designed to encourage hands-on, creative outdoor play, with sustainable features including giant birds' nests, a creek, caves and a maze.
Named after lead donors Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, and her husband Ian Turpin, the $5 million Family Garden will double the maintained garden acreage at the 279-acre Wildflower Center.
"The Wildflower Center is on the cutting edge of sustainability," says Luci Baines Johnson. "Our hope is that the Family Garden will be a place where families go to play and discover the wonder and importance of nature."
The Luci and Ian Family Garden aims to connect children and families to the natural world by providing more than a dozen interactive and educational features made of natural materials such as Nature's Spiral, a mosaic–inlaid limestone wall that illustrates the spiral shapes found in nature. Other features include a maze made of native shrubs, giant tree stumps for kids to climb on, giant birds' nests made from native grape vines, a grotto with caves and a waterfall, a lawn designed with native turf, a creek with dinosaur footprints and water activities, and much more.
"There is nothing like this garden in Texas on many levels," says Susan Rieff, executive director of the Wildflower Center. "The Luci and Ian Family Garden will offer children a safe environment for exploring the natural world that we hope will instill a sense of wonder and excitement."
Designed by landscape architect and artist W. Gary Smith and architecture firm TBG Partners, the Family Garden is a model for eco-friendly landscaping as a pilot project of the national Sustainable Sites InitiativeTM (SITES) program. The Wildflower Center developed SITES in partnership with the U.S. Botanic Garden and the American Society of Landscape Architects. It is the most comprehensive national system for rating the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes.
The Luci and Ian Family Garden was made possible by more than 200 generous donors, including Lynda Johnson Robb, also daughter of President Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, whose family funded the Robb Family Pavilion. Taken together, these donors contributed more than $5 million to fund the project.
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is located at 4801 La Crosse Ave, Austin, Texas 78739. To learn more about the Family Garden, built by SpawGlass, visit, http://www.wildflower.org/family_garden.


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Manado - Bunaken - Tangkoko - Minahasa - Sangihe/Talaud - Gorontalo - Togians
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These pages are meant as an additional source of information for everyone planning a trip to North Sulawesi (Manado, Bunaken, Lembeh, etc.), Gorontalo and the Togian Islands/Central Sulawesi. They are not meant to be complete, used as the only source of information, neither are they meant to be objective. A lot of information that has been included here is based on my eight years of living in North Sulawesi (1993-2001) and yearly return visits since then. Personal experiences thus play a role, and apart from this it's simply not possible to include every single hotel, dive center or tourist site in the area. Therefore you should consult other information sources as well; some great links to websites about (North) Sulawesi you'll find on the Links page. Probably most important is the information that you get from other travellers.
I'm trying to keep this site as up-to-date as possible but since I'm not living in North Sulawesi anymore I'm most grateful for all kinds of information that is sent to me. Tell me if there's anything that you feel should be included here, or about your experiences while traveling in North Sulawesi. Just email me; I will read everything thoroughly and reply.
You will see ad-like boxes with recommendations for various operators on some of the pages. All of them have been checked; if they weren't good they wouldn't be on my site.
(North) Sulawesi - IntroductionFor a short introduction into North Sulawesi's geography and two maps please click here.
Click on the buttons on the left side (top) and you will find information about Manado, the Bunaken National Marine Park, Lembeh Strait, Scuba Diving, the Minahasa Highlands, the Tangkoko Nature Reserve, the Sangihe-Talaud Islands, onward travel to Gorontalo/Togian Islands/Central Sulawesi and about how to get to the Philippines from Manado.
On the Before you travel page you can find some information on what you should consider before your trip and some other travel hints.
Check Indonesia's visa regulations that are in place since February 2004. Depending on what country you are from you might have to apply for a visa before traveling to Indonesia.
Other resources about North Sulawesi & Indonesia are on the Links page. There are also some useful and recommended links for Central and South Sulawesi.
One site I want to mention here is Snorkelling and Diving on Bunaken Island by my good friend Papa Klaus, with some excellent background information not only about Bunaken. It's also good fun to read.
For more general information about North Sulawesi (history, culture, nature) take a look at www.north-sulawesi.org
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Hawthorne Army Depot is located in the west central part of Nevada close to the California state line. It is approximately two hours southeast from Reno on U.S. Highway 95. The facility's area is 147,000 acres. In addition to on-site facilities at the Fallbrook Naval Weapons Station, the Marine Corps Programs Department operates a 49,000-acre live fire ordnance test facility at Hawthorne, Nev.. The Hawthorne range provides the capability for a full range of state-of-the-art ballistic and functional testing for all weapons from grenades up through the 155 mm Howitzer. Capabilities include full instrument ranges with state-of-the-art radar tracking and video/audio recording equipment. Source of information: GlobalSecurity.org/Hawthorne Army Depot. This area is due east of us and is the direction of the blasts. This to me is a better explanation than sonic booms considering the schedule and frequency of events.


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What's the best way to rapidly reduce swelling after jaw surgery?
In this post, I'll share my personal success story (and a few strategies) for how I was able to quickly reduce swelling after jaw surgery.
(Psst you may also want check out After Jaw Surgery, my Ultimate Guide to Jaw Surgery Recovery)
After my upper jaw advancement surgery, I wanted my facial swelling, crusty lips, and general mask-like appearance to go away as quickly as possible so I could see what I was really going to look like for the rest of my life. I had very little swelling for the first 60 hours after jaw surgery. I commended myself on all the bromelain I took in the weeks leading up to jaw surgery and thought I was in the clear.
But, on the fourth day, my jaw surgery swelling reached its ugly peak. On the fifth day, Dr. Li called me Richard Nixon. On the sixth day, still nothing had changed and so I resigned myself to the slow recovery process I'd heard about and feared.
Then, magically, on the seventh day, something changed. I could smile without pain, I could laugh without restraint. People stopped looking at me with pitying glances. And, for the first time, I looked in the mirror and saw the old me instead of the expressionless, puffy dolls' face I'd been seeing for the past 7 days.
(Learn more about how to quickly reduce swelling after jaw surgery with my Super Cheap and Good Ebook Guide to Reducing Swelling After Jaw Surgery! :))
At just 2.5 weeks after jaw surgery, no one could believe I had had surgery! While this irked me slightly because I was still on my crappy restricted diet of mush and gruel, I was secretly thrilled not to invite stares anymore, and even happier with how healthy and right my smile was looking.
Here are 5 natural methods I employed to quickly reduce swelling after jaw surgery:
1. Follow a high-dose regimen of vitamins and supplements
Bromelain is a powerful enzyme that's been approved by the German government as an effective anti-inflammatory for surgery, especially around the nose and sinus. It's also known as a treatment for sports injury, digestion, and cancer.
Turmeric is recognized in traditional Indian Ayurveda and Western naturopathic medicine as a potent anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer agent. The International Journal of Cancer reported that its active ingredient, curcumin, killed cancerous growth in lab tests. I've also had Indian master yogis tell me it works wonders for flexibility and joint health. This results page has tons more info.
Quercetin is one of my favorite bioflavanoids because it's an antihistamine. Since transitioning to a healthy diet and lifestyle as an adult, my allergies have been much less severe than when I was a junk-food eating teenager. But, I still take quercetin to calm my occasional allergy symptons, which I did NOT want to experience after upper jaw and septum surgery. Luckily, it's also known to be an anti-inflammatory and, like many anti-inflammatory treatments, an anti-cancer agent. (Chinese medicine and Western naturopathic medicine both link chronic, systemic inflammation to cancer, so the dual role of these treatments makes sense).
Vitamin C is, quite simply, one of the world's greatest CHEAP cure-alls. In fact, Michael Murray, the author of the The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine Third Edition, says it is the most cost-effective anti-oxidant you can find on the market. What American doesn't love bang for their buck? You'll always find an extra-large bottle of high-quality food-based Vitamin C in my cupboard, like the one from Rainbow Light.
2. Two Walks a Day
Even if I was feeling tired, freakish-looking, and lazy, I forced myself to take a shower, put on normal clothes and take TWO 15 – 30 minute walks every single day. Dr. Li said that walking helps with lymph drainage after surgery, and that patients should start going for short walks the day after surgery – I take his word for it. I noticed that my swelling was usually at its daily peak in the morning, after a night of being immobile and horizontal. My swelling was at its most minimal after my walk. It's also important to leave the couch and accompanying furry friends, if you have them, and get out to breathe and exercise.
3. Ice like you just ran a marathon
I ran a marathon in 2003, one of the hardest and most rewarding accomplishments of my life. After the race, I took an ice bath, as recommended by some huge runner's bible I'd bought. Though it was excruciating, I had no absolutely no muscle soreness after the marathon and was ready to run again in only a few days. After jaw surgery, I iced for 30 minute increments, off and on all day long, for the first 3 to 4 days. I often noticed an immediate swelling reduction after icing, so I know it paid off.
4. Stay very well hydrated
Water can help to flush out excess bloating and swelling. It can be tough to drink anything when you're dealing with jaw surgery, but it's critically important and well worth the extra work.
5. Try Traumeel and arnica
Traumeel Gel is an arnica cream that's a fantastic recovery aid for any type of injury or trauma, as the name suggests. I applied Traumeel to my face several times a day, for the first 7 days after jaw surgery. Traumeel, and Arnica Montana pellets, addresses the swelling and also bruising. Bruising is common with jaw surgery, but I actually experienced zero unsightly bruising.
Is it worth it to take extra measures to reduce swelling and pain faster? I think so. You might have read on other sites, or heard from your surgeon, that the swelling can sometimes take 4 months to go away. 4 months!! I remember thinking, heck no, that's not gonna be me, especially for the visible, external swelling. I was ready to get back to my normal life, and did not really feel like waiting 4 months. I believed it was possible to do better than this, and now I know it's possible — using myself as my own guinea pig.
Are you looking for more after jaw surgery recovery strategies?
Then you may want to check out After Jaw Surgery, my Ultimate Guide to Jaw Surgery Recovery.
The After Jaw Surgery Ultimate Guide includes:
– More easy ways to rapidly reduce swelling after jaw surgery in your face and neck
– A comprehensive list of inexpensive supplements that are actually worth it
– Recovery nutrition: what you need to know, and a few no-nos that will surprise you
– Fun inspiration for your recovery, and why you should get excited now!
And, it's Super Cheap at $9.95 (otherwise known as a coffee and a bagel at the airport).


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Here's how RW members rated this race (130 votes).
In short: glorious new forest scenery on a sunny dayDate of review: November 25, 2007
In short: Racenewforest does it again!!In full: Yet again Richard and his team have excelled themselves and staged a tremendous race. Chip timing excellent, great to get instant results on screen at the end. Good atmosphere. Weather helped, apart from a cool headwind on many sections. Most enjoyable, and a PB for me. That said it was my first half marathon outside of two Half Ironman triathlons. Will do more, and definitely back for this race next year!!Date of review: November 25, 2007
In short: A great hilly half. Fantastic value for money. Well organised. What more could you ask for.Date of review: November 25, 2007
In short: Good but just needed more support around the courseIn full: Well done to all the marshalls and scouts excellentDate of review: November 25, 2007
In short: Shh....I want to keep this quietIn full: Travelled a fair way for this one. What a truly excellent race! Not a PB course due to hills. Great scenery, 200 people max, friendly marshalls, good organisation. Free Tea and buns, medal and a T-Shirt....but dont tell anyone. Ok?Date of review: November 25, 2007
In short: Thanks to the organisers for a really great race, see you next year!Date of review: November 25, 2007
In short: All round great race, challenging enough & great viewsIn full: A course with great scenery on the edge of the New Forest. A couple of good climbs add some challenge and there are plenty of bends to keep you wondering about what is coming next. Superb.Date of review: November 25, 2007
In short: For those who do not mind the odd hill - lovely scenery!Date of review: July 31, 2007
In short: fantasticIn full: One of those races I don't want to rave about coz you don't want to ruin it but I guess they cap the amount of runners so... how many races can you run through hills, floods, a monsson, then fork lightening followed by golf ball sized hail that completed coated the road white and say that it was one of my best races this year. Truely awesome.. thank you.Date of review: November 29, 2006
In short: My first half marathon and despite the awful weather conditions and the hills I can say I'm glad I did it. Friendly runners, excellent marshalls and water volunteers for helping out in such awful weather, tea and bun and a reasonable time!Date of review: November 28, 2006
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December 1, 2015
Some Grand Valley Youth are putting a different spin on how to quit smoking. Students Working Against Tobacco, or SWAT, is a youth organization that campaigns against smoking.
It was their first street marketing experience. SWAT was out at the Farmer's Market on Main Street to recruit new members, and make an impact on people.
Members from the SWAT team drew bodies in chalk on the street to show how many that 50 people die an hour from smoking. SWAT's mission is to reach young people because they are the ones the tobacco companies target.
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From TF2 Wiki
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Trading is an in-game system first introduced in the Mann-Conomy Update that allows players to swap weapons, hats, misc items and tools, with others in order to obtain items they desire.
To reach the trading screen from the main menu, select the Manage Items button, and then the Trading icon.
A player may select a fellow user from their friends list, from the current game server or by entering their Steam Community URL. A trading request will be sent to that player, providing they are online and are currently playing Team Fortress 2. Should the reciever choose to accept the trade, the game screen will be replaced with the trading screen. Should the player deny the trade or not accept within the 30 second time limit, the trade will be cancelled.
Up to eight items of any kind can be traded from one player to another. Items may be selected and dragged from the user's backpack on the left side of the screen to the upper eight trading boxes on the right side of the screen. The lower eight trading boxes display the other user's trade offer. The trading window also shows the color of the item's Rarity as a background and outline. Both users can communicate and determine the trade using the provided private chat box visible under your backpack.
Gift Wrap allows you to "wrap" an item, creating a "Carefully Wrapped Gift". Some normally untradeable items can be wrapped and traded. A wrapped item can be delivered to offline players. Gift Wrap is available in the Mann Co. Store for $1.99 / £0.99 / €1.99.
After reviewing the items offered in the trade, both users must click the "Ready to Trade" checkbox. If the offer is changed, the players will be required to click "Ready to Trade" again. Once both users are ready to trade, they must then click "Trade Now" to complete the trade.
It is possible to continue playing, and leave the trading window in the background, by pressing the 'escape' key. A player wishing to block all trade requests can do so using the game options.
Trading Tips
Keep the following tips in mind for an enjoyable trading experience.
- Pay attention to the background color of the items being traded, signifying Rarity.
- Always re-check items being traded after seeing the "Offer is changing... Please wait" message.
- Take your time when conducting a trade. Don't give into the other player's pressure if they're pushing you into a trade you're not happy with.
Due to the wide range given to trading, players may be subject to scam attempts and/or offer disagreements. It is advised to avoid the following practices.
- Multiple trade transactions: Trading more than 8 items over two separate trade transactions is a risky and best avoided practice. There is no guarantee the other trader will not simply disappear after the first trade.
- External trades: Trading in-game items for money and/or Steam games is extremely risky and not supported by Steam's Terms of Service.
- Crate opening services: Some users may offer to open your crates in exchange for an item or a promise on return of the contents. Be aware that since you agree to the trade, they are not obliged to return any items found in the crates given.
- Raffle contests: These usually consist of the players giving a low value item, such as scrap metal, to enter a raffle for a chance to win a high value item, such as a hat. There is no way to guarantee the contest is carried out fairly; in all likelihood the "random winner" is in on the scam. An alternative outcome to this scam is that the host of the raffle, i.e. the person receiving all the entry items, may simply leave the server with the low level items they have collected.
- Gift Wrapped items: Make sure that during the trade regarding a gift wrapped item, you ensure that the wrapped gift shows on the bottom right hand corner, a picture of the item you want and not some other item picture.
- Name Tags/Description tags: People can change the name/description of default weapons in order for it to have the same name and description as other weapons. Example: People will name a rocket launcher the rocket jumper and change the description so it looks like a rocket jumper and sell it to inexperienced players.
Community trading glossary
With the implementation of the trading system the community has started and since then continuously used specific terms describing items' specific attributes concerning their usability in trading and crafting as well as their trading value.
- "Clean" items
- Refers to hats, weapons and Miscellaneous items that have not been gifted to obtain the "Gifted from" text. They can be directly used in the trading process (without requiring the use of a gift wrap). They are also generally craftable (with few exceptions).
- "Dirty" items
- As opposed to the "clean" ones, these are not directly tradable (Mann Co. Cap e.g.) and are not usable in crafting. Items that have been gifted or bought from the Mann Co. Store are neither tradable, nor craftable, unless gift wrap is bought once more for these mentioned items in order to make them tradable (not craftable) once again.However, you would continuously require further gift wrap for further trading of these items in the future.
- "Crate hats"
- These are hats that are obtainable by unlocking a Mann Co. Supply Crate with a Mann Co. Supply Crate Key (Note: Unusual hats are not considered to fall under this category, despite originating from crates). Whether the hat was crafted or found via the Item drop system, it is still considered a "crate hat" since it is one that could be obtained from a crate.
- "Sweeteners"
- Sweeteners are additional non-specific items usually added into a trade negotiation where the value on one side of the trade is perceived to be notably different in comparison to the other. The goal of adding sweeteners is often to provide additional incentive to trade, despite the perceived difference in value of the original item(s).
- "Upgrading/Downgrading"
- A term used to describe trading a vintage item for a corresponding non-vintage item plus extra material, or vice versa. In some cases, may also be used to describe trading for the same, but different level item to attain a specific level item.
Scrapbanking is a common trade practice in TF2. It involves one person, who had crafted scrap metal, who offers it for any two weapsons. This cuts down on the time it takes for people to obtain scrap metal and therefore has become very popular.
Advantages of Scrapbanking
- Person trading Weapons
Cuts down on the time needed to get scrap metal for trading and removes the need for same class weapons for crafting.
- Person trading Scrap
Gives the user a wide variety of weapons to trade for different prices, resulting in a slow, but easy way to gain a profit.
Common Abbreviations
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Local Policy Conferences
The Center sponsors an annual conference that addresses
Staten Island's public policy concerns. Guest speakers
offer their expert insights and describe "best
practices" from around the region and the nation.
The conferences provide a forum at which Staten Islanders,
faculty, staff, and students come together to consider
and discuss policy alternatives. Related to the annual
conferences, SIP also sponsors public opinion polls
of Staten Islanders designed to ascertain their attitudes
toward the challenges that confront the Borough.
In March 2004, SIP hosted its first invitational conference,
"Staten Island Mass Transportation and Traffic:
Environment and Economy." Guest speakers, public
officials, and College faculty and staff debated potential
solutions to the daily problems faced by commuters.
Experts offered their views on matters such as transit
financing and the relationship between economic growth
and infrastructure development. Prior to the conference,
Staten Islanders were polled about transportation
and traffic on the Island and asked their views on
future improvements. With the support of the Staten
Island Chamber of Commerce, two SIP Faculty Associates
authored a report that outlined short-and long-term
solutions to the Island's transportation challenges.
In March 2003, SIP partnered with the New-York Historical
Society to present the "Conference on the Mayoralty
of Robert F. Wagner," in honor of the 50th anniversary
of the election of New York City's 102nd mayor. Discussions
featured panelists involved in civic affairs during
the Wagner years, as well as political historians
and other specialists.
In 2005, SIP's policy conference, "The Staten
Island Economy: Past, Present, and Visioning the Future,"
focused on Staten Island's economic development. In
2006, SIP is projected to hold a policy conference
on civility and social capital.
SIP also sponsors ad hoc events on topics of concern
to Staten Islanders, including the "Conversations
on Politics" series at which local office holders
engage in thoughtful question and answer sessions
with members of the faculty before an audience of
students and community residents.
Faculty Research Seminars
In February 2004, the "SIP Faculty Research Seminar
on Staten Island and Its Contexts" convened a
group of 14 faculty for a yearlong, interdisciplinary
seminar focused on Staten Island topics. The group
heard lectures from guest speakers and presented research
findings. The seminar promoted research agendas focused
on local issues in a variety of disciplines, including
communications, education, political science, history,
the health sciences, and ecology. The Staten Island
Colloquium, a joint project of SIP and the Library
Department's Archives and Special Collections, offers
faculty and staff the opportunity to present research-in
progress before an audience of students, faculty/staff,
and members of the Island community. Presentations
for 2005-2006 include projects that focus on local
voting behavior, municipal governance, the Borough's
immigrant communities, and the arts on Staten Island.
The Staten Island Colloquium meets twice every semester.
SIP Working Papers Series
The SIP Working Papers Series allows for the dissemination
of faculty research. "CSI-SIP Poll: Staten Island
Traffic and Mass Transportation," provides an
analysis of the poll results from the 2003 transportation
conference. "Present Problems and Future Solutions
to Staten Island's Transportation System," analyzes
Staten Island's transportation problems.
Archival Collection
SIP actively promotes the growth and development of
the Archives and Special Collections of the CSI Library.
The Archives is a repository of the papers of Staten
Island elected officials, and of other documents related
to the Borough. The Archives also houses and supports
the College's various Oral History Projects that focus
on the life and times of Staten Islanders.
SIP is active in a variety of initiatives and partnerships
that promote and educate emerging Borough leaders.
Since 2003, the CSI Office of Continuing Education
and Professional Development has sponsored the Staten
Island Leadership Institute, a ten-month program that
exposes mid-career professionals to both the philosophical
and practical dimensions of local public affairs matters
through field visits and guest lectures. Eighty Island
companies, governmental agencies, and health care
institutions offer internship and fellowship opportunities
to CSI students. Hundreds of students each year work
in the government and not-for-profit sectors through
credit-granting internship programs.


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Wow customers with tools and services that satisfy their post-recession agendas
It's often said that success comes from fulfilling others' needs, so as the economy recovers, it's imperative that owners of small to midsize staffing firms keep their finger on the pulse of buyers. Of course, buyers are always looking for industry staples like great candidates and top-notch service, but this time they're seeking additional tools and solutions to meet their broader strategic agendas.
Buyers are tasked with increasing operating efficiencies and lowering fixed labor costs by shifting staffing duties away from line managers while finding new ways to utilize outsourced human capital. Although their wish list may not be revolutionary, staffing firms that manage to fulfill their needs can stake out a fresh position in the marketplace.
"There are opportunities to fill service and technology gaps and staff everything from astronauts to zoo keepers for anyone who is willing to listen and come up with a solution," says Lori Williams, an industry consultant and principal with Creative Management Consultants. "Unfortunately, some owners may miss out because they haven't changed their business model in decades."
So if your staffing firm offers these services, shout it from the rooftops; if not, consider expanding your repertoire to retain current customers and entice new ones.
Unique Markets
On the surface, it appears that high levels of unemployment and a saturated marketplace might preclude small, commercial staffing firms from expanding into profitable niche segments. But many niche firms are struggling to fill a broad range of positions. At the same time, buyers from the Pacific Northwest to the East Coast report critical shortages of skilled workers in some categories.
For example, rehabilitation specialists would rather be free agents than full-time employees and they're hard to find, according to Rhonda Stickley, senior director of Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning for Providence Health & Services. Yet local healthcare staffing firms can't always fill her requisitions for physical or speech therapists, because they're busy looking for travel nurses and pharmacists.
She sees an opportunity for an innovative, local firm to dominate the space by catering to the unique work preferences of rehabilitation specialists and offering them guaranteed pay, benefits and travel assignments.
"Owners can't be afraid to take a reasonable risk to increase revenue or they'll cease to exist," says industry consultant Mike Neidle, president of Optimal Management Inc. Often, all a midsize firm needs to do is hire a single expert or reallocate internal resources to inject itself into a prime sub-niche market, Neidle says. Creative executives always find a way to overcome superficial barriers.
Neidle cites an instance where an owner exploited a neglected sub-niche market by capitalizing on an imbalance in the local labor pool. The owner applied for a government grant, hired a trainer and turned unemployed IT professionals into valuable entry-level tech writers. Because the federal government and many states provide workforce training subsidies, staffing owners can take the opportunity to build an inventory to pierce difficult sub-niche markets.
In another instance, a reluctant staffing firm owner overcame concerns about workplace injuries by creating a customized safety program and profitably supplying contingent plant specialists to the petrochemical industry.
"There are unique markets in every city that are not on the radar," says Neidle. "Instead of competing for the same business with everyone else at terrible margins, why not talk to your customers, understand their problems and offer something different."
Turnkey Solutions
From manufacturing to marketing and IT, companies are saddled with a backlog of projects that were shelved during the recession. But line managers won't be ordering contractors or temps any time soon because they lack the internal resources and time to manage such a large inventory of projects.
Instead, line managers want turnkey solutions that include a project manager; a stable group of contractors; a mix of offshore services; and non-traditional pricing such as time-and-expense, fixed-price, risk/reward or value-based models.
In fact, IT managers say they're willing to pay more for a team of hard-to-find SAP or EPIC consultants who won't defect in the middle of the project, and offering guarantees or bonuses to such professionals can help staffing firms boost the profitability of turnkey, fixed-price projects.
"Staffing firms can make a lot of money by estimating a baseline cost for each project and offering to share any savings with the client," Neidle says. "Offer the project manager and contractors incentives for beating the budget, so they'll focus on outcomes and shun competing offers."
Stickley says staffing firms have a competitive advantage over traditional consulting firms because they can solicit contingents from several divisions or build strategic alliances and assemble industry-specific, cross-functional teams.
"There's an opportunity to help healthcare providers automate patient records, create new operating efficiencies and manage projects related to healthcare reform by offering specialized cross-functional teams comprised of IT, business analysts and clinical professionals," she says.
Program Makeovers
Many contingent workforce programs are out-of-date after the long recession. And because line managers don't have time to tackle such a project, some buyers are soliciting outside help to revise job descriptions, supplier scorecards and create uniform summaries for candidate submittals, for example. Meanwhile, buyers who contract with managed service providers (MSPs) could be shopping for a complete makeover.
Although MSPs have been successful in lowering hourly bill rates for contingent workers, they've inflated internal operating costs by shifting the responsibility for screening and selecting candidates onto line managers. Smaller staffing firms may be able to carve out a position in large accounts by reviving traditional on-site services or dedicated recruiters to relieve overtaxed line managers.
"We need someone to come in and look at all our staffing duties to see where they belong, because we've got too much on our plates," says Andrea Grex, program manager for Wolters Kluwer. "MSPs have reduced our hourly rates, but their model drives most of the tasks back to the hiring manager; there has to be a better balance between self-service and margin management. "
Strategic Workforce Planning
Many companies downsized their human resources departments and in-house recruiting teams during the recession, and they are reluctant to rehire now that the economy is improving. Instead, they're considering recruitment process outsourcing for some hiring needs and increasing their reliance on agencies for temp-to-hire and full-time placement in other areas.
This reluctance to upsize human resources is a boon for midsize staffing organizations because it provides an opportunity to close the gap by offering current clients counter-cyclical and complementary human resources services such as outplacement and consulting expertise for employee benefits, payroll and communications.
But the emerging need for holistic workforce planning could be the most lucrative opportunity, because it gives staffing owners an overview of the entire enterprise and the chance to proactively suggest strategic and innovative solutions to a variety of human capital challenges.
One staffing firm owner recommended to a buyer a pilot program utilizing virtual call center contingents, after learning about customer dissatisfaction with offshore agents during a workforce planning session. Another staffing firm, after hearing about an upcoming early retirement program in an oil and gas company, proposed the oil and gas company bring back its retirees as part-time contingents in order to preserve critical institutional knowledge.
"Most staffing firms are focused on survival, and there's constant pressure to bring in orders," Creative Management Consultants' Williams says. "Yet adopting a more strategic approach and proactively solving customer problems can turn desperate order takers into order makers."
Next-Generation Tech
Technology is always advancing. As a result, many buyers may find their tools and technology out of date coming out of the recession. Review your current offerings and your buyers' needs. While most companies transmit orders and manage staffing transactions via an automated tool, first-generation systems don't provide the functionality, consolidated data and strategic capabilities that buyers need to meet their near-term objectives. Fulfilling their technical wish list is not optional for owners of small to midsize staffing firms, Williams says — it's a matter of survival.
• Mobile apps — Managers want to be able to review candidates and initiate staffing transactions anytime and anywhere. And with companies increasing their global footprint, line managers are travelling more and communicating via mobile devices.
• Consolidated data — In most cases, information for traditional consulting firms and independent contractors is housed outside a company's vendor management system, making it difficult for buyers to mitigate risks and control costs by enforcing assignment terms, monitoring statement-of-work engagements or preventing contractors from switching consulting firms to secure higher pay rates.
• Performance management — Managing the performance of contingent workers is a top priority for line managers because the process optimizes expenditures. But current software programs don't provide an administrative tool or overlay, so buyers want a single platform that incorporates contingent job descriptions with individual performance goals and links post-assignment performance data to supplier scorecards.
• Business intelligence — Buyers have taken a seat at the strategy table within their organizations, but many lack the required business intelligence to help line managers weigh their options and discern the ideal solution. For example, Wolters Kluwer's Grex would like an automated decision tree that uses historical data to compare the costs and advantages of full-time hires with long-term or short-term temps, independent contractors or even the services of an offshore provider.
"We need analytical tools and information to understand the plusses and minuses of each human capital solution so we can take a consultative approach and make appropriate recommendations to line managers," Grex says.
Leslie Stevens-Huffman is a freelance writer in Southern California who has 20 years' experience in the staffing industry. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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Knee injury nearly cost coach Steve Goulding his leg
- From: Mercury
- August 06, 2014
AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame inductee Steve Goulding has told how a horror injury in the 1990 TFL grand final – similar to the one suffered by Glenorchy playing coach Aaron Cornelius – nearly cost him his right leg.
Cornelius badly dislocated his knee and severed a blood vessel after landing awkwardly following a spectacular mark against Clarence last weekend.
Glenorchy board member Julian Amos said he would be moved from the intensive care unit to recovery today and family were delighted with his progress in the past 24 hours after two bouts of surgery on Saturday night and Monday morning.
He was well enough to speak to Magpies interim coach Matthew Smith yesterday but it is unknown whether the former Brisbane Lion will be able to play again.
Goulding, who was captain-coach of North Launceston in 1990, was injured in the opening minutes of the decider against the Tigers when crunched in a tackle.
He told the Mercury yesterday that he only found out later how serious his injury was.
"I got tackled as I was kicking the ball, the weight of the tackle put pressure on my knee joint and basically my shin bone buckled underneath my thigh bone and stayed that way," the Bombers 1989 and 1990 best and fairest and 1979 premiership player said.
"I got taken to the hospital with my knee still dislocated and they operated to pull it back into place.
"I had an artery that was torn so they monitored that and thankfully for the time they had allotted [to fix it] they got it under control.
"They were taking some scans to find out where the issue was and I only found out later that after about four hours, and don't quote me on the exact time, but roughly about four hours if they hadn't stopped the bleeding I was in danger of losing my leg.
"I didn't find that out until a day or two after, which was good because I didn't panic."
Goulding, who also played two games for North Melbourne, spent six seasons in Western Australia with Claremont and represented Tasmania at the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival, retired after the 1990 season but coached for another two years.
He decided against having a full knee reconstruction – his PCL and ACL ligaments were also damaged in the tackle – but believes if there are no further complications for Cornelius, he could one day return to the field.
Cornelius's dad David said on Monday doctors found no muscle damage in his son's lower leg but he is still facing at least six weeks in hospital recovering.
"To this day I still haven't had the knee reconstructed to mend it and that is probably the one bit of advice I would give him," said Goulding, whose son Chris left for the Basketball World Championships with the Boomers yesterday. "He is at a younger age than I was and hopefully will still be able to play footy again.
"I think I had four knee injuries in three years and didn't feel like going back in at the time and getting it reconstructed. To this day occasionally I have some issues with the knee and go into the physiotherapist and they tend to call everybody in to have a look at it.
"It tends to wobble around a lot more than it should because it hasn't got either of the cruciate [ligaments].
"Basically it is stabilised by the muscles around the knee rather than the posterior and anterior cruciates."


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These two paths followed the Lackawanna River for forty miles. Then Lehigh Path helped to connect New York to Western Pennsylvania. Being part of what now is called the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor which covers 165 miles across five Pennsylvania counties. Lackawanna River Heritage Trail, present name of the Lackawanna Path was 70+ Miles and followed the New York State border to Susquehanna River at Pittston, Pennsylvania.
History of the County of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania#History_Lehigh_County.2C_Pennsylvania has additional information about the area in the 1900's.
Lakawanna Path is presently called Lackawanna River Heritage Trail. Some of the history of the County of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania#History_Lackawanna has additional information about the area in the 1900's. You also can find more information about the early history of the area at Lackawanna Town, also more at details are included in the article about Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Thornhurst is a very old township in the area and gives details about the general area and some of its history.
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Looking Out My Window is a series that I shot using my large format 4x5 view camera and Ilford 4x5 film. My inspiration for this series was the Czech photograher Josef Sudek. I started the series with a more traditional approach to still lifes and it evolved from there. The beautiful fig leaf which landed on my doorstep was the catalyst for this project. From that moment, I decided that my series would be about found natural objects and the rain would be an homage to Sudek.
Each photo I printed on 11"x14" warmtone paper and window matted on a 16"x20" board. Each negative I hand developed and printed on an 8x10 enlarger.Photography2014
The beautiful Tatijana. Shot with a 4x5 large format camera.Fine Arts, Photography2014
4x5 Large Format. This is a single 4x5 negative.Photography2014
White roses on wood shot with a 4x5 large format camera.Photography2014
White 8.5x11" paper and a single light source.Photography2013
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This series began when I decided to find inspiration in the most unlikely of places, the 99CentOnly Store. As I walked up the colorful and cluttered aisles of the store I noticed the synthetic plastic flowers on a rotating rack. I decided to challenge myself and see if I could make these synthetic flowers look alive and beautiful. Through this series, I began to question what is man made and beautiful and what is nature made and beautiful.
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All photos were taken with a Hasselblad 501C with Kodak Portra 400 color negative film.Photography2013
Shot with Kodak Portra 120 Film.Photography2014
Paris will always be my favorite city.Photography2013


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Briefly: PDFpen update released, Free OS X Lion webcast
updated 10:15 am EDT, Tue October 25, 2011
Mac OS X Lion: Pogue's Take
Smile Software has updated its PDFpen software with new preferences, while David Pogue has announced that he will be holding an instructional OS X Lion webcast on Nov. 2nd
Smile Software has released an updated version of its PDF editing tool, PDFpen. Version 5.6 allows users to set the name used with notes and comments, and adds support for anonymous notes and comments. The update also features a new preference that allows documents to be displayed at their physical size. Additionally, numerous bugs and crashes have been resolved. PDFpen 5.6 and PDFpen Pro 5.6 can be purchased online for $60 and $100 respectively.
Free Mac OS X Lion webcast
On November 2nd David Pogue, a technology columnist for the New York Times, will host a free webcast that discusses Apple's latest OS X release. Mac OS X Lion: Pogue's Take will explore what Pouge believes to be the best new features in Lion, as well as how to use these tools to improve workflow. The webcast is scheduled for 10AM Pacific Time and will last for approximately one hour.


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Scarsdale's superintendent has the highest amount of total compensation, but Edgemont's superintendent has the highest base salary in the in the Lower Hudson Valley. This spreadsheet shows the total compensation of school superintendents in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam and how they rank in the region. To download the chart, click here: Superintendent salaries in the Lower Hudson Valley.


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Searchlight steps into US release of Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire
Fox Searchlight is teaming up with Warner Bros on the upcoming Danny Boyle release Slumdog Millionaire after scheduling issues made it 'impossible' for Warner Bros to handle the release this calendar year. The film was originally acquired by the now defunct Warner Independent Pictures (WiP).Searchlight will handle marketing and distribution of the film, which is set to receive its world premiere in Toronto and will open in North America ...
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Faulkner pitcher Corey Black was drafted in the fourth round by the New York Yankees on Tuesday.
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Faulkner pitcher Corey Black plans to skip the lengthy negotiations, sign quickly and don pinstripes for the first time.
Black was a fourth-round draft pick of the New York Yankees on Tuesday in a spot that's budgeted for a $275,000 bonus. Black won't haggle over the price.
"I definitely want to get in the program, meet everybody and start working at my new job," Black said. "I'm blessed for the opportunity to play for such an elite organization." ...