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" Brand: Crosse & Blackwell / Type: Sauce "
When it comes to things that I can make up and eat fast without any fuss I am a big fan of them. I live alone and I love pasta and a quick look on the back of this sachet when I was in my local B & M store told me that in the microwave this could be cooked and served in 10 minutes flat and would only cost me 29p for a pack....well I was sold and actually bought a few packs of this as I knew this was cheap and it was from a brand I have heard of!
The Packaging:
This comes in a bright blue, white and black paper style large flattish packet and on the front of it we are shown the made up pasta and we are told that it is Crosse & Blackwell Pasta & Sauce, Chicken & Mushroom Flavour and we are also told that it is low in fat and weighs 70g (dried weight) and then on the back of the pack other information listed includes cooking instructions being given, ingredients and allergy advice is given, a full nutritional chart is listed, the best before date is displayed and contact details for the manufacturer is given. Nice enough, easy enough to tear open and with minimal packaging this is.
The Pasta:
What you get is lots of yellowish powder with dark green flecks running throughout it which is parsley and bits of yellowish, small pieces of pasta and not very many of them. Its easy to mix up and you are meant to use water and milk and some butter or substitute can be used should you want to. I pop mine in the microwave for 7 minutes, stirring half way though and then I leave it for 3-4 minutes which we are advised to do to allow the sauce to thicken up.
The first time I opened up my microwave and saw this pasta cooked through I was really surprised. I'd already been able to smell a very appertising, meaty and very chicken like aroma but I was greeted by really nice looking and loads of pasta! The little pieces of dried pasta had expanded into great big soft but not soggy pasta tubes, the sauce was creamy in colour with the parsley flakes still being visible and the sauce was really thick on it but not gloopy. The whole lot looked really nice and appealing to me.
Taste wise I really so like this. The pasta is tasty, the sauce well seasoned, I can't see on the ingredient list any chicken in this at all, substitute, dried or not..... however this does taste of creamy mushrooms however that is only powder so there are no actual mushrooms in it. It has a slight taste of onions in it but really all this is, is pasta in mushroom sauce with bits of parsley visible but its nice and it is smooth and very filling indeed!
This I eat alone or as an accompaniment to a main meal and with only 226Kcals and 1.1g of saturates per pack made up I think its great!
Available from all good supermarkets, I buy mine in an array of flavours from B & M....Google if you can't find it easily though!
This review is also posted on Ciao under this same username.
My sister introduced me to Pasta & Sauce one evening when we had returned from the pub after a few too many drinks. By the end of the evening, if i'm still standing i'm usually pretty hungry. At my house i usually have things like chicken wings and pizzas in for those kind of occasion but i was stopping over at my sisters house and she doesn't stock much finger picking food. What she did have was a Chicken and Mushroom Pasta & sauce. Now i was abit weary too start off with as i dont like mushrooms, but she assured me that there was no big bits in it, it was more of a flavouring thing.
So 10 minutes later i was sat there with a bowl full of pasta on my knee and a fork. And i have to say it was really very nice and my sister was right there was no actually mushrooms in there. On my way home the next day i popped into Morrisons to stock up on these delicious packets of pasta. They are 79p which i dont think is a bad price as its a full meal in itself. It does say on the packet that it contains 2 servings but i can manage to eat the whole lot myself.
The packet contains dried pasta tubes, cornflour, yeast extracts, wheat flour, skimmed milk powder, whey powder, onion powder, chicken powder, mushroom extract powder, vegetable oil, sat & dried parsley. There is no artificial colours or preservatives, no hydrogenated oil an its low in fat.
Calories 221 Fat 2.4g Salt 1.15g personally i think thats pretty good.
There are two ways of cooking the pasta, on the hob or in the microwave.
On the hob
Pour 120ml of milk & 280ml of water into a pan and bring to the boil, add the pasta & reduce heat. Simmer for 8 - 10 minutes until pasta is cooked and the sauec is too the desired consistency. Stir frequently.
To microwave (750/800w)
Empty packet into 1.4 - 2 ltr bowl, add 120ml of milk & 280ml of water, microwave on full power for 7 minutes stirring half way through. Leave to stand for 3 - 4 minutes to let sauce thicken.
I prefer to cook mine on the hob, which is quick and easy to do. I then pour it into a bowl and grate cheese on top of it ( i sometimes get a little carried away) this adds to the taste and makes it more enjoyable. The textures good & the pasta does cook through properly. The sauce is usually just about right, not too runny and not too thick. I do have to be careful though when i first start to tuck in as theres a good chance of burning your tongue. I really am going to have to be more patient in future.
The pasta sauces come in a few different flavours, Chicken and Mushroom, Cheese & Ham, Cheese and Broccolli. Morrisons also do there own pasta sauces which are just as nice as the Crosse and Blackwell and they are about 10p cheaper.
I am now addicted to Pasta & Sauce meals and always have a full stock in the kitchen of all the different flavours & of different brands. Theres nothing like a bit of variety.
Bought this yesterday in the midst of a nasty hangover and food always makes me feel better.
So when I finished work at 4m I ran (well walked fast) to Wilkinsons as I was having a bad craving for Pasta but couldn't be bothered cooking it all!
I chose to go to Wilkos for the simple reason that it was nearer than Sainsburys and I knew it was open till 4.30pm.
Went straight to the new food bit and these caught my eye, 79p each and buy 1 get 1 free, 2 meals for 79p? can't go wrong!
There were 3 flavours to choose from; Chicken & mushroom flavour, Cheese & broccoli and Tomato & herb. I chose the Cheese & broccoli and Chicken & mushroom, these were just 'flavours', I checked the packets and both were suitable for Vegetarians.
The 'Pasta in 5' is made by Crosse and Blackwell, so a tried and trusted brand name. I chose to have the Chicken & Mushroom flavour for my tea (having the other for lunch today) so this is the one I am reviewing.
The pasta is in a foil sealed pouch, this flavour is in a dark blue pouch with red Crosse and Blackwell branding.
According to the pack, one packet of pasta contains approximately 2 servings, now I'm only little and half a pack of this wouldn't do a thing to my rumbling tummy! I can easily manage a full packet.
The instructions were simple, either microwave or cook in a pan for 5 minutes, just add water and butter (optional) I really fancied something creamy so added half
water and half milk instead and this worked fine!
I decided to cook mine on the hob as feeling as delicate as I did I didn't fancy cleaning out the microwave if it overflowed everywhere.
I didn't add butter as I'd added the milk and didn't want it too rich just creamy!
So I poured the packet mix into the milk and water once it was boiling and was pleased to see it looked good, dried pasta swirls with bits of dried mushroom clearly visible.
The powdered sauce smelt good too a bit like mushroom soup and I was now looking forward to tasting it!
I kept stirring because as you probably know, any sauce made with milk sticks badly to the bottom of pans and again I didn't fancy working hard scrubbing pans! I guess if I'd just used water as instructed it wouldn't have mattered and I wouldn't have needed to keep stirring but I didn't mind as it smelt good and it was only for 5 minutes.
So 5 minutes later, the milk and water had turned into a thick creamy sauce and smelt and also looked gorgeous! I put it in a bowl and grated some cheese on to it (just to add more fat lol) and sat down to taste.
Mmmmm, wow!
A really obvious mushroom taste, wouldn't say I could taste chicken (not that I've ever eaten chicken but I've had chicken crisps etc). The previously dried bits of mushroom had puffed up and tasted lovely, a great texture not rubbery like you can sometimes get from dried veg.
There were no other 'bits' in the sauce apart from a few tiny green bits of herbs which I couldn't really feel in my mouth but could taste.
Really thick and creamy, I'm glad I added milk though it would up the calorie intake for anyone watching their weight I do recommend it for the taste!
So the boring bit...Nutritional info:
Per pack: 568 calories (like I say probably more if you add milk)
22.7g of fat
73.4g of carbohydrates
1.2g of salt
So as you could probably have guessed, this isn't great nutritionally but what would you expect from a packet mix of pasta and creamy sauce! I only eat these when I'm being lazy and because I'm feeling better today I'll take the time to add some veg too but I just couldn't be bothered yesterday!
A great hangover cure though, It really did perk me up!
Defintely recommended and definitely at this price, I've checked Mysupermarket.co.uk and at Sainsburys and Tesco this costs around d 99p at the minute. Still a good price but much better offer at Wilkinsons at the minute so get your bums there if you like the sound of it and feel like being lazy!
Having just had this for lunch, I am going to give you a first hand account on my experience with this pasta. It was rather tasty but lacked a strong flavour to it. It cooked in a short time and was very easy to make and filled me up.
The pasta comes in a paper packet, which is coated with a shiny layer on the outside that has all the design on it. With the lack of foil insulation, the pasta isn't kept as fresh, but it is dried anyway and well-sealed. The front of the pasta has a large picture of a bowl with the pasta in it. It is the first thing that catches your eye, and looks lovely causing you to pick it up. It does actually look like the pasta after you cook it, but not as saucy. Surrounding the picture is a blue shiny part with the Crosse & Blackwell logo along with the largest letters that read 'Pasta in 5!' Below is the flavour, being chicken and mushroom along with a short description: 'Great tasting pasta spirals in a chicken and mushroom flavour sauce mix'. In a red section to one side, which has a shiny appearance too clarifies the 5 minute cooking time by saying 'Microwave in 5 minutes... just add water and butter'. The front has quite an eye-catching design and looks rather tasty.
Turning the packet over, the colour scheme as changed to a non-shiny light blue colour. You can easily read the cooking instructions from here whether you cook it on the hob or in the microwave. On the right are the ingredients along with the nutritional information. It mentions that the pack contains 2 servings, but I would say this is as a snack or part of a main meal. Each packet can serve one as a main meal for lunch of dinner. You must store in a cool, dry place. The best before end date is also printed on the back, and shouldn't be eaten past this date. Considering that mine says April 2009, it gives plenty of time for you to eat it in.
The pasta itself is reached by just ripping off the top of the packet. It comes as dry pasta in small spirals mixed with a powder that gives it the flavour, as well as bits of dried mushroom to add to the taste. There is no reason why you can't add your own ingredients to it.
This pasta is very easy to cook, whether you microwave or do it on the hob. On the hob is a bit slower, but easier to keep an eye on and less likely to overflow. When you do it in the microwave, it still needs to be covered and kept a close eye on or it tends to bubble up and overflow, which causes a mess and ruins the pasta. Having timed it, it took me almost 6 minutes on the Hob to cook. However, from eating it I found that it could have done with a bit longer although the sauce had all been taken up. I even put in over the guideline of water, but it still wasn't enough to cook it, and left me with a few drier bits of pasta. Below are some easy steps to cooking it on the hob, which is recommended over the microwave:
1. Place 375ml of water and around 15g of butter in a saucepan
2. Bring to the boil
3. Tear off the packet at one end, making sure you have shaken it to get the contents to the bottom
4. Pour into the boiling water and shake and tap the sides to get all the powder in
5. Simmer on low heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally
6. Turn off the heat/remove from heat and leave to stand for 2 minutes
7. Stir well and serve immediately
The cooking instructions are easy to follow, and it is very easy to cook. One thing I would advise is to add way more than 375ml of water. Try around 400ml or a bit more, because it doesn't do any harm and all it does is soften the pasta a bit more. With around 390ml, I still had dry bits of pasta in there that weren't fully cooked! It is very quick to cook compared to other pasta sauces, and requires no real washing up as all you need is a saucepan and wooden spoon to stir with.
It was piping hot, even after standing for 2 minutes when I served it into a shallow but wide bowl, which is ideal in case it is saucy (which mine wasn't). It had a somewhat creamy taste and you could taste the slightest essence of what you could call chicken. To be honest, it didn't really taste of chicken much, but you wouldn't expect it to. The stronger taste was of the mushroom that was in there, and this was probably helped by the bits of mushroom as well as the powdered flavouring. One thing to make sure you do it stir it well when cooking it, to prevent powder getting stuck in the spirals, which somehow doesn't dissolve and ends up on your plate as a hard piece with an intense taste, which isn't nice. This happens with all pasta in sauces like this, so you can't really complain. Considering it took just over 5 minutes to cook and 2 minutes standing time, it wasn't bad at all and was hot and filling. I would also suggest adding more water than 375ml if you want your pasta properly cooked or a bit softer, as 390ml wasn't even enough for mine.
Nutritional Information
The pasta contains a lot of calories and fat per packet, which isn't very good for you. I wouldn't recommend having these on a regular basis as you will just get fat, and they aren't very healthy.
PER PACK (Cooked):
Energy - 568kcal
Protein - 17.6g
Carbohydrate - 73.4g
Of which sugars - 12.8g
Fat - 22.7g
Of which saturates - 14.4g
Fibre - 9.6g
Sodium - 1.2g
This provides over a quarter of your daily guideline amount of calories. Over 73g of carbohydrate is an extraordinary amount, which will just provide extra fat storage for you, so it really isn't good for you. Over 22g of fat is a lot too, with over half of that being saturated which is even worse for your health. With 1.2g of sodium too, this is almost at your guideline daily amount, and considering that all foods have sodium, it is a large amount to have in one meal. For a lunch, it is very bad to have regularly, but perhaps once every week or two for dinner isn't terrible.
I bought my packet for 89p at Tesco. The price isn't bad considering it can easily be had as a main meal at dinner time, or even for lunch it isn't a bad price. They are very cheap and I like to buy quite a few to keep in the cupboard for emergency meals!
This pasta is very filling and is a great emergency snack or great for lunches and even dinners. They are very easy to make and only take just over 5 minutes to make and serve. They taste rather nice, but the cooking instructions may need to be adjusted to get your pasta just right. They lack flavour, don't come in a foil insulated packet and are very bad for you with extreme amounts of fat and carbohydrate in them, making up over a quarter of your daily guideline amount. They are good as a treat now and then, but not recommended to be eaten regularly as they will just pile on the weight!
Thanks for reading,
- Recon -
A meal in a packet??? What a great idea!!!! I first tried a meal in a packet whilst I was at university and went through the 'I can't be bothered to cook' stage of life. I first bought pasta and sauce in a packet because my mates recommended them and tried many different brands but I have to say that the Crosse & Blackwell range are probably one of my favourites. This review focuses on the Chicken and Mushroom flavour product which I have tried on many occasions.
The Packaging
The product comes in a large paper packet which is lined with foil to keep the contents dry and fresh. It has the brand name and flavour in huge letters on the front and the packet is red in colour which makes it pretty easy to find on the supermarket shelves amongst all the other pasta in a packet products. The packaging also contains the cooking instructions as well as the nutritional information and the company are keen to point out that this product contains no artificial colours, artificial preservatives or added MSG. The pack I bought recently contained 180g for the price of 120g which is approximately 3 servings.
There are two ways of cooking this product, either in the microwave or on the hob. I personally prefer to cook the product on the hob as it is easier to keep an eye on how its cooking although the microwave method is quicker if you are rushed for time. When cooking the pasta you also need to add 180 ml of milk and 420ml of water and an optional 22g of butter or margarine (It tastes much better if butter is used in cooking). The mixture need to be allowed to simmer for about 10 minutes before serving and should then be left to stand so that you don't burn your mouth (Which I have done on several occasions).
Nutritional Information (Per 100g)
Energy - 484KJ (114kcal)
Protein - 5.3g
Carbohydrate - 20.8g
Of which sugars- 2.5g
Fat -1.1g
Of which saturates - 0.2g
Fibre - 1,9g
Sodium - 0.3g
Once cooked the products looks really tasty with the sauce looking quite thick and the herbs in the sauce add a nice bit of colour. The smell is gorgeous and really gets your tummy rumbling and unlike many products like these it actually smells of
chicken and mushroom.
The Taste Test
The meal tastes pretty good considering that the minimum amount of effort was put into making it. Obviously its got nothing on freshly made pasta and sauce but when you are rushed for time it is definitely and eatable option. I always have a few of these in the cupboard just in case I find myself short of time and need some food quickly. One problem of the product is that sometimes the powder that's makes up the sauce gets trapped in the pasta tubes and when you eat it you may find a load of powder inside a tube of pasta which isn't too pleasant.
The Price
This particular packet cost me 89p which I think is pretty reasonable since you get three servings out of a packet. Compared to supermarket own brands this is a little more than the average price but you pay for what you get and it tastes pretty good.
The Verdict
I really like this product mainly because of how easy it is to make and how cheap it is. It tastes really nice and is probably a lot better for you than other packet meals such as a pot noodle. The other bonus of the product is that it can be used to accompany other foods and you can add real chicken to it for a more chickeny taste. For anyone who has a hectic lifestyle or just can't be bothered cooking I would definitely recommend this product.


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March 18, 2014
Tommy Shomo '69
Chris Howard is in the fifth year as President of Hampden-Sydney College, and it is an appropriate time to reflect on those years.
On March 12, I sat down with President Howard to do just that, but before I relate that discussion it is worthwhile describing Hampden-Sydney on July 1, 2009. The endowment had dropped 19%; the opening enrollment that August would be 1068, down 5%. The 2009-2010 budget, which had been fashioned by the Board the previous spring, called for substantial belt tightening.
Howard: When I arrived on campus nearly five years ago, the Board had directed the elimination of a $1.8M deficit for 2009-10. At the same time, families' ability to pay college costs had been devastated by the worst recession since the Great Depression. Attracting and retaining the best students meant increasing financial aid, a point faculty made clear to me as I met with almost all of them during my first six months on campus. More financial aid pushes up the discount rate. However, in 2010 we increased scholarship and fellowship aid by over $1 million; by $1.5 million in 2011; by $1.9 million in 2012, and over $2 million this year. The opening enrollment slipped by only 1% in 2010 and by only one student in 2011. In 2012, the enrollment grew by 2%. We saw a .9% drop in the opening enrollment this past August the result of reducing the discount rate for entering freshmen.
Note: "How The Cost Of College Went From Affordable To Sky-High," NPR Morning Edition, March 18, 2013
Note: "How America Pays for College," the 2013 survey by Sallie Mae found that grants and scholarships now fund the greatest share of college costs.
Please explain further what is meant by the discount rate.
Howard: The discount rate refers to the amount of tuition and fees "discounted" to students through scholarships and need-based financial aid. I imagine that there has never been a time in the history of the College when we have not had to financially help some of our students. Directly across from the door of my office hangs the portrait of Mr. P. T. Atkinson who was Treasurer of the College from 1919 to 1957. There are still living alumni whom "Mr. P.T." helped with small sums in the informal way things were then done. Today there is nothing small or informal about the process. This year [2013-14] Hampden-Sydney will expend $22,409,208 in institutional funds for scholarships and fellowships. That is 33.3% of the operating budget.
What is the current status of the endowment?
Howard: The estimated endowment market value at December 31, 2013, is $142.2M, almost matching the high $142.4M. Our endowment investment policy is set by the Board of Trustees. In 2009, the Finance Committee of the Board moved our investments under Spider Management Company which provides investment management services to endowments, one of which is the University of Richmond. Spider Management has a specific charge to preserve capital. The idea is to mitigate down-side risk but it also means you don't necessarily make out-sized gains. We have taken a 5% draw (standard best practice for colleges of our size) in each of the last five years except one [2011-12] when we took a Board-approved additional draw of 2% for operations, including an across-the-board raise for faculty and staff.
Would you talk a little more about faculty and staff compensation?
Howard: In the summer of 2010, I had a meeting with faculty and staff to announce an across-the-board pay cut of 1.54%. I was happy that after that year's opening enrollment was established we were able to restore almost all the cut, but you can imagine the initial impact on morale. In the last four years, all faculty and staff have had two pay raises - 2% in 2011-12 and 2% in 2013-14. Even in the years when faculty and most staff did not receive raises, we provided raises to our lowest paid employees. In the last four years, faculty who were granted tenure received the commensurate raises, and no sabbaticals were denied for financial reasons.
Enough good cannot be said in praise of the men and women who make Hampden-Sydney what it is. We have tried to assure that, although budgets are tight, we allocate sufficient resources to retain and attract high-quality faculty and to support their work. Our tenure-track faculty turnover rate for the last ten years is less than 1.5% for non-retirees. Professors like Kristian Hargadon '01, James Janowski, Sarah Hardy, Mike Wolyniak, and Alex Werth are publishing in the top journals and taking our students with them to conferences. Student travel stipends are requested by faculty and to date this year every request to include student travel to academic conferences has been funded by the Provost. We are enormously proud of the achievements of our entire faculty.
Let's turn to over-all budget priorities.
Howard: Scholarships and fellowship are 33.3% of the 2013-14 operating budget, making them our largest expenditure. Second is instruction at 18.2% and to this should be added 3.9% for academic support which includes the library and computing center thus totaling 22.1%. For comparison, Athletics [varsity and intramural} is 3.7%. In the last five years scholarships and fellowships have increased by 45.7%. In the same period total current revenues increased by 12.3%. Individual allocations are always going to be subject to debate, but the two realities are that student aid is and will continue to be our greatest expense and instruction and academic support our first priority.
Please talk about the College's fund-raising.
Howard: When I arrived, the College had just successfully completed a $100M capital campaign. That substantial undertaking temporarily tapped out our donor base. Many campaign gifts were made in five-year pledges and when the economy went sour, some donors had to stretch those pledges to eight years. Feeling the impact of the economy, the College had to focus on the Annual Fund, now called the Hampden-Sydney Fund, which supports annual operations. Current fund gifts (unrestricted and restricted combined) were $3,123,470 on June 30, 2009. At the end of the next fiscal year, they increased to $3,181,443, for 2011 another increase to $3,460,465, for 2012 another increase to $4,054,631. The last fiscal year was a paradox, the amount given dropped to $3,756,296 but the percentage of alumni donors was the highest in six years. The increase in alumni donors is attributable to the CASE [Council for Advancement and Support of Education] award-winning "3000 Alumni Strong" campaign.
However, there is more to annual fund raising than the Hampden-Sydney Fund. If you add gifts to the endowment, the physical plant and annuities/life funds, total annual giving was $11,320,944 the third highest total in the history of the College.
I recognize the importance of the Hampden-Sydney Fund, but the College faces some significant capital needs.
Howard: As you know, in 2011 we completed the Ty Cobb Baseball Park, a project paid for in-full by the donors. Also In 2011 the Wilson Center was expanded and remodeled providing meeting space for over 250 students each semester. There are now 115 students enrolled in Wilson Center programs. We exceeded our goal of $1.6 million to renovate most academic class rooms on campus. The phased renovation will be completed in 2018. Architects are currently working on a plan for a phased renovation of Winston Hall, which will provide greatly enhanced facilities for art, music, and photography. $1M has been raised for this project. We have a matching grant to substantially fund the design work on new science facilities. Three million dollars is in hand for the new student center. The renovation of Winston is a manageable project; the new student center is an achievable goal; new science facilities are a significant challenge. We will see progress in the next two years on these capital projects. The Strategic Plan approved by the Board in November 2011 calls for completion by 2020.
Let's turn away from dollars and talk about students. How many come here and how many stay?
Howard: Enrollment numbers are critical. Tuition and fees account for approximately three-fourths of the total cost of a student's education. That has not changed in decades. The freshman class that entered in August after I arrived in 2009 numbered 295, the smallest since 2000. The freshman class entering in 2010 rose to 315; entering in 2011, 320: entering in 2012, 342, second highest in the history of the College. Last August we dropped to 292 as a result of lowering the discount rate for freshmen. In the past four years, applications have increased by 15.5% and the acceptance rate declined by 1.1%. For the freshman class entering in 2014, applications have exceeded 3500; that is the largest number in the history of the College. We anticipate a class of 310. In the last four freshman classes we have seen a slight increase in high school GPAs and Mean SAT Composite scores.
The graduation rate is the other part of the enrollment equation. Anita Garland and her staff do a terrific job recruiting each freshman class only to see a third of them melt away over four years. This is heartbreaking because every young man who is accepted by Hampden-Sydney is capable, with effort, of graduating. It is not that our graduation rate is low but that it is lower than we want it to be. In fact the graduation rate for Hampden-Sydney men is 11% higher than the national six-year average for men at all colleges and universities. Hampden-Sydney's graduation rate has averaged 66% in the last five years and 65% in the last 10. The Strategic Plan calls for a graduation rate of 72% by 2020.
We don't improve the graduation rate by helping more juniors become seniors, which is too late. The graduation rate is improved by helping more freshmen become sophomores and more sophomores become juniors. The Strategic Plan calls for an emphasis on the first and second year experience. To this end we have launched the Good Men Plan (GMP) and the Sophomore Vocational Reflection Project. This is the first year for the GMP and the second for Sophomore Vocational Reflection. We are working on the assumption that before a young man can determine what he wants to do as a career, he needs to understand what kind of man he is or wants to become and how that realization will shape his choices. This is the essence of a liberal arts education, but Hampden-Sydney believes that reflection is legitimately conducted outside as well as inside the classroom. The GMP and Sophomore Vocational Reflection stress the interdependence of talents, values, and vocation. What am I good at and enjoy? What do I value? What is my calling? Answering these questions provides an incentive for a student to succeed academically if we help him see a clear relationship between the classroom and his calling.
What about after graduation?
Historically, about 50% Hampden-Sydney men go to graduate school within five years of graduation. This is still true and, frankly, I believe that percentage will increase.
The College has numerous cooperative programs [13] and graduate business agreements [5]. A few are at the undergraduate level but all are designed to enhance professional preparation or advancement. Four of the graduate business agreements [William & Mary, Duke - Fuqua, UVA - Darden School, Wake Forest] have been negotiated in the past four years.
The Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory indicated a desire for more Career Education services and opportunities. We provide practical job-search instruction through the recently instituted Professional Development Institute (PDI). A number of career specific guides call Tiger Tracks were created at my direction by Drew Prehmus '08. These are used both in recruiting, advising, and career education.
However, I really believe that the best pre-professional program offered at Hampden-Sydney, or anywhere else, is the Rhetoric Program. That is certainly what our alumni tell us. Hampden-Sydney does not just offer rhetoric, we require it.
NOTE: "The Atlantic" Focuses on H-SC Rhetoric Program
What is the Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Survey?
Noel-Levitz is a highly respected higher education consulting firm which is working with Hampden-Sydney on service excellence and student engagement. They conducted a survey of our students to determine those areas students consider of high importance and how satisfied students are in those areas. Their findings will, among other things, help us best utilize the new student center.
Before we leave the topic of students, I would like to ask about diversity?
NOTE: All statistics used above are public and can be found in the 2013-14 Fact Book.
When you were hired, the Board mandated that you "raise the College's profile." How have you done that?
Howard: One way is to affiliate with organizations, such as National Security Education Program Board, the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Olmstead Foundation, known for excellence and populated with key opinion leaders from across civil society. Hampden-Sydney College's name on the masthead of these groups has helped to achieve the Board's mandate. In the last five years I have not agreed to any affiliation without making it clear that the duties involved cannot conflict with my obligations to the College. Modern technology allows me to be in touch with College staff no matter where I am.
It is not unusual for a college president to serve on the board of another institution as I serve on the board of Baylor University. The networking opportunities for our College are many, for example on the recommendation of a fellow Baylor board member who personally contacted the headmaster, I was invited to speak at Episcopal High School, a top prep school in Houston.
My work with the Aspen Institute led to my moderating a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival, which was the inspiration for our "What Works" initiative.
I am asked to be a guest speaker for many civic, religious, educational, and business groups. Speaking engagements serve as opportunity to get the word out about Hampden-Sydney. My talks about leadership, character, and the purpose of higher education reference the College and the great things happening on the Hill.
I have spoken at over 55 public and private high schools in nine states to hundreds of potential students. All honoraria I have received for such speaking engagements have been donated to the College.
Very quickly, what is "What Works"?
Howard: I think that as a men's college, Hampden-Sydney needs to be a national thought leader about the education of boys and young men. Right now "What Works" is a booklet in production, a conference July 25th in planning, and various other ideas in development. It is a little early to talk about it now, but when we do start talking about it, we believe a great many people will listen.
Where at Hampden-Sydney have you made an impact?
Howard: We talked earlier about the big challenges. Some of the smaller things which I have helped to accomplish are important to me because they had a direct impact on individuals. The "Philanthropy in Theory and Practice" taught by Dr. Saranna Thornton was funded by Doris Buffett's Learning by Giving Foundation and benefited our students and the Prince Edward County Community. The Berwick Endowed Scholarship, which benefits John Wirges '15, developed through Aspen Institute connections. Ken Simon'11 and Akbar Salaam'12 had fellowships at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. Five Hampden-Sydney students were selected for the College Leaders Program at the Sorenson Institute. Dr. John Eastby was able to participate with several H-SC students in a program at the French- American Foundation, and John attended a workshop at the Council on Foreign Relations. Ben Durham '14 had a summer technology internship at the Olmsted Foundation; Dontae Buck '15 attended the Character Education Partnership at the Air Force Academy, and Nathan Shepherd '14 and Diego Velasco '14 attended the 2013 McDonald Cadet Leadership Conference at the United States Military Academy at West Point. These initiatives are important to me but I realize that only by looking back from future years is it is possible to assess what has had a significant impact on an institution as old as Hampden-Sydney.
We have talked about budgets and buildings, students and dollars, how do you feel about the College?
On the day almost six years ago when I came to Hampden-Sydney after my first interview, I just knew it was special. Since then I have learned from committed faculty and staff, engaged alumni, and involved students that there is no place like the Hill.
This is my family's home. A few years ago, Barbara said something about our young men, and I thought she was referring to our two sons. It took me a few minutes to realize she was referring to our students. We love the students that much.
Love matters. What also matters is the deep and abiding respect and appreciation we have for this unique place. I never cease trying to do my best for Hampden-Sydney. I am always on the move, networking, connecting, and talking. Those on the receiving end of my comments may think I am trying to set a record for mentioning Hampden-Sydney in a single conversation.
I am also listening to the comments, criticisms, and concerns of all those who are deeply committed to this College.
It takes time to establish relationships - professional and personal - and there are always missteps in the process. I am sincerely grateful for the devotion and work of the men and women of the Hampden-Sydney faculty and staff. They are my colleagues in every sense. Hampden-Sydney students are young men of honor, intelligence, ability, and potential. I respect their individuality and support them as they make the final transition into manhood without shirking my obligation to help guide that course.
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The Sopranos: The Complete Second Season
2000 - (2001) - Brad Grey Television/HBO (HBO)
review by Graham Greenlee of
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Program Rating: A-
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): B+/B-/B-
Specs and Features
Approx. 696 mins, NR, letterboxed widescreen (1:77:1), 16x9 enhanced, 4 single-sided, dual-layered discs (no layer switch - 4 episodes on Disc One, 3 on the rest with additional material on Disc Four), custom "library-box" packaging, audio commentaries on 4 episodes (
From Where To Eternity
The Knight in White Satin Armor
), 2 featurettes, filmographies, animated film-themed menu screens with music, scene access (7-8 chapter stops per episode), languages: English (DD 5.1 and 2.0), French and Spanish (DD 2.0), subtitles: none, Closed Captioned
"Mama always said you'd be the chosen one "
Not having HBO, my introduction to
The Sopranos
was only through news stories and award shows. I didn't actually see an episode until I broke down and rented the first volume of the first season a few months ago. The first four episodes of the series brought an amused, but worried, curiosity. The show's characters seduced me by how real and identifiable they were. I especially love Edie Falco's Carmela. But when I got too comfortable, the series jarred me with gratuitous violence. You get to know any given guest-spot actor... and he gets killed before the end of the episode.
Thus, I both love and hate
The Sopranos
at the same time. Violence and language are perfectly fine in their place, but I found its inclusion in this show to basically reason, "Hey! We're on HBO! Let's do something we can't do on a network!" Badda-Bing! A girl takes off her top, gets shot in the breast, and says "
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When given the chance to review the entire second season of
The Sopranos
, it came with both interest and reluctance. Are these characters or situations I really want to revisit? It only took five minutes to be convinced: YES!
Season Two
picks up where the first year left off, and is accessible to new viewers at any rate, though with the first three seasons now available on DVD, I would think you'd start with season one.
But, and I'm sure you already know this,
The Sopranos
is an adult show. Some of the story lines could easily be "cleaned up" for network television, but they would lose a lot of the character. Even though I really enjoy ASPECTS of the series, I myself am not so quick to recommend it. But if you are reading this, I'm sure you don't need any convincing. I judge this box set not on my personal feelings of what I feel is the extraneous way of telling the story, but rather on the storylines themselves and the quality of the performances. I'm sure I'm not the only person offended by some of the content, but I know that if you're reading this review, it's a non-issue to you already.
Disc One
Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office
(Episode 14) - Tony's hippie-dippy sister, Janice, comes to Jersey to visit the hospitalized Livia, their mother. Tony's a bit worried, because Janice is not the flighty person she seems, and he fears that she's vying for not only her mother's favor, but also for a way to take control of Tony's territory. At the same time, Tony's psychiatrist, Dr. Melfi, has been hiding in a motel room, after an attempt on her life in the previous season. Tony pleads for her to treat him again, but she flatly refuses on personal grounds.
Do Not Resuscitate
(Episode 15) - Big Pussy, already under Tony's suspicious eye, begins meeting with a FBI agent, after he is worried that his wife not only suspects him of his lifestyle but that's she considering divorce. Meanwhile, Janice wheels and deals with Tony to keep Livia's house in the family, despite Tony's frustration towards both his mother and his sister. At the same time, Uncle Junior urges Tony to make peace with Livia as she's dying, and accidentally has learned that her kids have her on DNR.
(Episode 16) - Richie Aprile is released from jail, and immediately rekindles both his relationship with Janice and his old boss Tony. Dr. Melfi has been seeking some psychiatric help of her own from Dr. Kupferberg, her old mentor. She flipped out in front of Tony, when he sought parenting advice after his daughter Meadow has thrown a party at Livia's house.
(Episode 17) - Tony takes Paulie and Christopher to Italy on a business trip, where he meets a female don and gains a new lieutenant, Furio. Back at home, Carmela is counseling Pussy's wife, Angie, not to divorce him.
Disc Two
Big Girls Don't Cry
(Episode 18) - Furio comes to America, and Tony gives him a job at childhood friend Artie Bucco's restaurant. Janice continues to infuriate Tony by trying to take out a loan on Livia's house, but to his relief, Dr. Melfi accepts him back into her practice. And Christopher takes an acting class, though he quickly beats up another classmate.
The Happy Wanderer
(Episode 19) - The owner of a sporting goods store owes the mob big time after losing in a poker game, and Tony accepts his son's SUV as payment. But after Tony gives it to Meadow as a present, she recognizes it as her friend's car, destroying their friendship.
(Episode 20) - Christopher meets Amy, a development exec who's currently working on a movie with Jon Favreau. During an affair, she agrees to give Jon the script, but Christopher discovers that they've been working some of his "family" secrets into the film that they're currently working on. At the same time, Anthony Jr. discovers existentialism after he crashes the family car, and declares that God is dead and the universe doesn't matter. Even grounding means nothing.
Disc Three
Full Leather Jacket
(Episode 21) - Racked with guilty about his affair, Christopher asks Adriana to marry him, and she accepts, but he's soon afterwards shot by two thugs working for Richie. Meanwhile, Carmela doesn't want Meadow to go to college to Berkeley, and uses some intimation tactics to get her next-door neighbor's Georgetown-alumni twin to write a letter of recommendation.
From Where to Eternity
(Episode 22) - Pussy becomes so paranoid that Tony thinks he's tipping off the family secrets to the FBI, that he agrees to kill the thugs who shot Christopher. Meanwhile in the hospital, Christopher becomes quite scared when he finds his mortality. And Carmela finds out about Tony's mistress, and begins to doubt her commitment to Tony, and her advice to Angie.
Bust Out
(Episode 23) - A confused Carmela kisses her hunky wallpaper guy, but is stung when he stands her up on a date. At the same time, the Feds tell Pussy that they saw Tony whack one of the thugs, but can't ID the accomplice, who just happens to be Pussy who, of course, denies it was he.
Disc Four
House Arrest
(Episode 24) - Tony, worried that the Feds are watching him closely, visits his sanitation business for the first time in years, and is shocked when he finds that Richie and Junior are using the business to deal cocaine. At the same time, Junior begins to date a policeman's widow who doesn't know that he's under house arrest.
The Knight in White Satin Armor
(Episode 25) - Richie wants to kill Tony for cutting off his drug dealing, and Junior warns Tony. So Tony tries to whack Richie, but Janice gets to him first, shooting him during a heated argument before their wedding night. Wanting to get closer to Carmela, Tony tries to break it off with his Russian mistress, but she tries to commit suicide and Carmela doesn't believe Tony was sincere.
(Episode 26) - Tony gets busted on fraud charges, after Livia gets stopped by the Feds on her way to her other daughter's house in Arizona using a stolen ticket. Tony gets suspicious of "certain" individuals in his organization when the Feds start asking him some oddly personal questions. Through a dream, Tony realizes that Pussy has been leaking secrets to the Feds, and takes it upon himself to whack Pussy.
This season works as a self-contained unit, with the underlying thread being Pussy's betrayal of Tony. It's all very operatic, but very believable at the same time. Every actor featured has a complete arc and juicy things to do. Edie Falco's Carmela is torn between her religious devotion to her marriage and the obvious signs that Tony is not the faithful husband she wishes he'd be. Aida Tuturro's Janice is a conniving opportunist who gets shocked back into sincerity when she accidentally kills her fiancée. Vincent Pastore's Pussy has been on the outside of the law, and attempts to do the right thing, as hard as it is for him to hurt Tony. And Lorraine Bracco's Dr. Melfi is forced to face her own demons after she's been chased by the mob.
But the best performance of all of these is of James Gandolfini's Tony. Gandolfini rightly won his Best Actor Emmy, as the mob boss who has hate and fury surrounding him at all times. Though he wants a good life for his wife and kids through the only means he knows how, he is caught in a lifestyle that is now beginning to catch up with him. As the Feds circle around, thanks in part to Pussy, Tony begins to realize that his control, the one thing that over everything else he's had, is spiraling out of hand. Even though this season ends right as he's finally confronted by the Feds, the audience, as well as Tony, knows that the party is about to come to a crashing halt.
And despite the amazingly strong thread, my favorite episode is the detour of
, a great episode that features a heartbreaking storyline that culminates in Christopher's dream as a writer being permanently dashed against the rocks. Including the inspired casting of Alicia Witt as Amy, Christopher's new love interest and Anthony Jr.'s hilarious exploration of existentialism as the B-story, this episode is just perfect.
The second season is presented in 1:77.1 anamorphic widescreen, the aspect ratio the show is currently showing in re-runs. Originally shot in this aspect ratio, and not the full-frame original broadcast, the episodes maintain a very cinematic quality in both style and lighting. The transfer is good, but not great. Overall, the episodes are a bit lacking in detail, and some of what appears to be grain is present. However, there are no problems with edge enhancement and the colors do not bleed. I was expecting a little more out of the transfer, but I'm sure that it's the cinematography style and not any defect in the disc or the format.
Episodes are presented with a 5.1 surround track, although there is very little difference between this track and the 2.0. That's not to say that it's a bad track, as the dialogue and other elements can be heard clearly. But the surrounds are never in much use, except for occasional music cues and some directional gunshots.
The set includes four commentary tracks that vary in both tone and style, as do the episodes they represent. On
, we see that director Tim Van Patten really loves these characters, as his comments are mostly on the history of the characters and the reasoning behind why they are doing what they do in the episode. There are some long pauses, but most the information here is pretty interesting. On
From Where to Eternity
, director Henry J. Bronchetein and Line Producer Ilene Landress discuss a lot of the little detail choices they made in the episode and point out several things that I never noticed (for example, Christopher's hospital room has two entrances, and both are used for different reasons. If a character runs into the room, they run through the door that is further from the bed, so they'll be running for a longer period of time). On
The Knight with White Satin Armor
, we hear from director Alan Coulter, who is THE
director. Coulter explains that a lot of the choices that he made for the episode were made to fit with the continuity of the series, and gives explanations behind several of them. Line Producer Ilene Landress has to prod him every now and then, but overall, the most informative track. Lastly, on
, director John Patterson supplies a lot of really good information behind the location shooting. The information is great, but the delivery is very flat (think a less-energetic Ben Stein). It makes the commentary a little boring for the casual listener, but there's a lot of great information in here.
Included on Disc Four are a few additional extras.
The Real Deal
featurette runs about 4 and a half minutes, and with critics and "experts" taling about the authenticity of the series and how great it is.
A Sit Down with the Sopranos
runs 13 and a half minutes, and is a collection of interviews with the cast and creator David Chase.
As if that wasn't enough, also included are some bland filmographies and a listing of all the awards this season won and was nominated for. To be honest, the extras on this set were INCREDIBLY self-serving. It's one thing to have a behind-the-scenes featurette, but it's another to have two featurettes on how great the show is. While the commentaries make up for the lack of in-depth features, I would have loved to see a featurette showing the process of how an episode is written, filmed and then edited. Or outtakes. Or deleted scenes. Or ANYTHING. Still, fans of the show certainly aren't complaining, and the commentaries wetted my appetite just fine.
If you aren't of the faint of heart, you will thoroughly enjoy this season of
The Sopranos
. I don't agree that this is one of television's greatest series, but it's certainly fine, heavy-handed entertainment.
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The rapid growth in the number of users using social networks and the information that a social network requires about their users make the traditional matching systems insufficiently adept at matching users within social networks. This paper introduces the use of clustering to form communities of users and, then, uses these communities to generate matches. Forming communities within a social network helps to reduce the number of users that the matching system needs to consider, and helps to overcome other problems from which social networks suffer, such as the absence of user activities' information about a new user. The proposed system has been evaluated on a dataset obtained from an online dating website. Empirical analysis shows that accuracy of the matching process is increased using the community information.
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The form itself is standard amongst many companies and is used to determine the scope of the potential accommodations that you may need and to also determine whether your disability is real.
There is no provision in the law which allows your employer to release you from work until you fill out a reasonable accommodation form though. That would be a violation of your rights and discrimination based on your disability.
I would contact your HR department immediately and tell them that they can't release you from work as this would be in violation of the ADA and that if they do you will immediately contact the EEOC and report the violation and ask for penalties. Tell them that you are handling the RAR form and will get it back to them ASAP but that they have no right to then dismiss you from work, as this would be PER SE discrimination.
The EEOC puts out a guideline for handling reasonable accommodation requests. It is at: http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/accommodation.html#general
While the employer may request documentation, there is no indication that the proper procedure would be to force you to not work until you provide the documentation. That is ludicrous! Rather, the employer may simply not make further accommodations until you provide the documentation. Their action is in violation of the EEOC regulations and the ADA.
ok... the dr completed number 2 at his office just now. But what about number 1? why do i have to be cleared from Medical? Do i have to subject myself to a medical exam?
I called HR guy and told him i was going to be at work on monday and he couldnt stop me from coming to work according to ADA. and the HR guy said " well i have to see where that is in writing?" and that I could not come to work.
also was told it would be without pay and that i could use a vacation day.
1. You are released from work effective COB 22 Feb 2013, until cleared from Medical to return to work.2. Must completed the attached RA Health Care Provider Information form and return it to Medical.3. Once all documentation has been completed then we can continue to pursue other work related accommodations.
So really need something to show that they have to allow me?
Is it referred to in the EEOC link?
thanks... wish i had more for a bigger tip. Sincere Appreciation to you
The HR guy is wrong. The EEOC guidelines don't specifically state that your employer can refuse to let you go to work until you turn in a Reasonable Accommodation Request that is approved by their medical department. It is a simple matter of logic that if the employer is prohibited from discriminating against you based on your disability, and you have lodged a reasonable accommodations request, then telling you that they will not let you work until they "approve" your request is illegal discrimination.
I would come to work on Monday and I would tell the HR guy that you've spoken to a lawyer who says they can't take you off work if you are able to do your work under the current accommodations and that if they do take you off work you will file an EEOC claim.
Good Luck,
this is a fortune 100 company. international aerospace corporation
doesnt some of this stuff like accessible restrooms already supposed to be in place? a door that you can open? i am more than taken aback. everyone there has been supportive from the site leader down to my employees. i am hoping this is just an HR wannabe lawyer who has gone astray>
Things like making restrooms accesible is not something that is done automatically and is not something that is automatically required when and if the building was constucted prior to the enactment of the ADA.
I am suprised as well that this company, given its size and complexity, would do something like this. I imagine that the HR guy is simply incorrect on the proper procedure to follow. You might want to see if you can call the legal department internally and ask them to intervene for you with HR. It is silly that he is trying to tell you that you cannot come to work.


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|This is a tough downclimb when it's wet if the fixed lines aren't there (they weren't when I climbed it in 2003 or so). I think it's harder than the usual 4th class Colorado peak scramble.
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|Northwest face is a better route. Steeper, lots of fourth class, more direct, really just better. be ready for loose blocks.
By Jesse Morehouse
From: CO
Aug 30, 2008
rating: 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b
This route was the scene of an avalanche with one fatality and one seriously injured (and lucky) survivor in the early winter of 2007/2008. Friends of the subjects said they had chosen this mountain and this route for a winter ascent because they thought it safe from avy danger.
The comment of one local was that the reason no one dies in avalanches here is that no one familiar with this area would consider doing this climb in the winter.
I'm sharing this as an FYI for others who may consider similar endeavors in the future. Obviously not impossible to do safely, but you had better know what you are doing and respect the white monster.


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Changes in Transferable Knowledge Resulting from Study in a Graduate Software Engineering Curriculum
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This paper presents the initial results of a study of the evolution of students' knowledge of software engineering from the beginning to the end of a master's degree curriculum in software engineering. Students were presented with a problem involving the initiation of a complex new project at the beginning of the program and again at the end of the program's formal coursework. After considering the problem each time, students were asked what questions they had as the senior software engineer, which software engineering processes need to be put into place, and to enumerate any other issues they saw. Statistical analysis indicates that their enumeration of software processes in the post condition is very significantly richer than in the pre condition. They also gave significantly more responses about requirements, design, and engineering management in the post condition. Qualitative analysis suggests that the students' questions in these areas were also more sophisticated in the post condition, suggesting, in accordance with the theory of "transfer as preparation for future learning," that they are moving along a trajectory towards expertise.
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PLANS are set to be submitted to build homes on a derelict site in a Colchester village.
Developer Bloor Homes has sent letters to Rowhedge residents, inviting them to an exhibition event, where it plans to unveil its plans to build a number of homes in the former Rowhedge Port.
Bloor Homes, which has not announced exactly how many homes it wants to build, will also outline its plans to build a new access road between Rectory Road and Rowhedge Wharf.
Martin Hughes, a spokesman for Bloor Homes, said the development will take some time because of the complex access issues.
He said: "The idea is to get the road application going before the substantive application, which deals with the homes and community facilities will be submitted."
The leaflet was delivered to villagers on Wednesday.
The event, at Rowhedge Village Hall, in Rectory Road, will take place on Thursday, March 13 between 2pm and 7pm.
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The Alumni Association has two branches:
Alumni Association Contact Person: Charlotte Landreau, Melissa Hedwall
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The Herald Tribune, Kilgore told its owners in 1958, was too much defined as not-The-Times.
Rupert Murdoch, when buying the Journal in 2007, had said that Kilgore "invented modern journalism."
Kilgore made a few key points then that hold great value today as well.
Kilgore told Politico he could not comment on personnel matters.
Kilgore and Matt Stall had vanished as if the earth had swallowed them.
Smith and Kilgore are at a loss to explain the three exceptions.
Mrs. Kilgore was sewing; Silas read the newspaper, and Joseph sat up by the fire.
If this man was Kilgore, your father would have found his opportunity to kill him.
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Governor Christie Believes That No Life Is Disposable And Has A Proven Record Of Protecting And Caring For The Most Vulnerable Among Us
"[A]s a father of four children… I can tell you that what I feel in my heart is there but for the grace of God go I. Any one of us from anywhere in this state can have this happen to us, and the loss of a child or a grandchild is an unthinkable tragedy because of how unnatural it is in the course of human events. We expect them to be there for us when we die, not the other way around, and anything that we need to do to be able to give that person the tools to salvage their own lives is something that I believe we should be involved in. That's why I'm proud of what we've done and we're going to continue to work hard to try to do it…."
-Governor Chris Christie, April 11, 2013
Reaffirming That No Life Is Disposable:
Acting on his belief that every human life is precious, while fulfilling his commitment to emphasize drug rehabilitation efforts and his different approach dealing with drug abuse and addiction, Governor Chris Christie, today, will sign the bipartisan Overdose Protection Act (S2082) into law.
The legislation takes a two-prong approach to help prevent drug overdose deaths in New Jersey:
The bill combines important aspects from the Opioid Antidote and Overdose Prevention Act with the Good Samaritan Act, which Governor Christie recommended changes to in October 2012.
Expanding The Drug Court Program For Non-Violent Offenders:
Last year, Governor Christie followed through on his commitment to take a smarter and more effective approach in how the state treats drug-addicted offenders by signing into law landmark, bipartisan legislation to put in place a statewide, mandatory drug court program. The legislation acted on the principles laid out by Governor Christie– that no life is disposable and that it is a commonsense, fiscal, and moral imperative to help individuals dealing with drug addiction reclaim their lives with treatment, rather than warehousing them in prison.
In fiscal year 2014, Governor Christie further acts on his commitment by increasing funding by more than $7.5 million for drug court operations and the resulting treatment costs.
Governor Chris Christie Is Building On New Jersey's Strong Record Of Combating Recidivism:
In November 2011, taking action to build on the nationally recognized success of New Jersey's prisoner re-entry, rehabilitation and prevention programs, Governor Chris Christie outlined an initiative to help even more offenders get the support they need to successfully re-enter society, break the cycle of criminality and lead productive lives.
New Jersey is widely recognized as a national leader in reducing incidents of recidivism and reducing its prison population:
Ongoing Program Assessment And A Real-Time Recidivism Database:
The path forward to improve prisoner re-entry requires the Administration to gauge the successes, failures and the depth of gaps in program delivery – inside and outside of prison. Programming gaps will be rectified by expanding existing, successful programs and hitting capacity thresholds, particularly relating to program delivery within prison.
Expanding The Veterans Haven Program:
The Christie Administration is furthering support for the expanded Veterans Haven program. The Veterans Transitional Housing Program – Veterans Haven – is a facility for homeless veterans. After being medically evaluated at a VA Medical Center, eligible veterans participate in a long-term program focusing on psychological, social and vocational rehabilitation.
The Governor's fiscal year 2014 budget is increasing state funding by $244,000 as the facility continues to ramp up toward full occupancy.
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I have an android app for my website and I want to inform users who visit the site about it.
I have seen that :
give a very nice option to users who visit the site.
So far I can identify if the user is accessing the site through an android device using :
if( /Android/i.test(navigator.userAgent) ) {
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I will then use the setcookie() function to find out if this is the user's first visit and store the response.
What I require is an option better than the "plain confirm" I am using to ask users if they want to download the app.
I do not even need a confirm box, I just need to notify a new user that an app is available for the website and give the option of download or skip.
Look into Javascript popups and modal screens.
Thank you for the reply.
Is there a specific jquery you have in mind that throws a window to cover up the entire screen space, remembers the response of the user and is customizable?
I tried the openmodal jquery but could not get it to work!!
jquery popups should be a simple task to implement. Should just be a matter of including the .js and css file after the jquery reference. Then it should work. If not you can post your error messages in the javascript thread and the guys there should be able to help you get it working.
That being said, I have seen a lot of sites just do it with a simple javascript alert() message. And it works fine. So it is up to you how you approach it, but there is no need to get really fancy, but would not hurt if you did.
thank you for the reply, I will test out some other things and let you guys know if there is any problem.


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I'd be really happy with that draft. We don't need a WR...but imagine giving another (potentially) great one to Rodgers
I'd be really happy with that draft. We don't need a WR...but imagine giving another (potentially) great one to Rodgers
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To explain just how bad the secondary has been, right now the Eagles need 2 safeties, and at least 1 cornerback. Yes, they have been that weak in the secondary. Like I said, they don't have one safety with NFL starter talent. So fine, they can get a good safety in the 3rd, but are they going to get a CB and another S in the 4th and 5th that can also start?
The Browns need CB help more than a pass rusher, and 5 spots when there are no Luck, RG3, Claiborne, Kalil equivalent prospects available, isn't that much of a reach. Since Phil Taylor came back, the line is different. I agree adding Montgomery would make a nice duo, but they really seem to be ok there and it's not like he's the second coming of Bruce Smith. CB is a huge hole opposite Joe Haden.
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The Future Jacksonville Jaguars Offense
Just take the 1 O lineman in 30 picks into account in the future.
2017 Blowout Mock Draft
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1. Christian McCaffery RB/WR/PR/KR Stanford
2. Marcus Williams FS Utah
3. Bucky Hodges TE Virginia Tech
4. ArDarius Stewart WR Alabama
4. Samaje Perine RB Oklahoma
5. Devonte Fields OLB Louisville
5. Corn Elder CB Miami
6. Isaiah Ford WR Virginia Tech
6. Josh Dobbs QB Tennessee
7. Grover Stewart DT Albany State
Traded #50 for #60, #133, #211
Traded Doug Martin for #146
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Lewan is more likely than Matthews there.
Te'o is too low. Vikings probably will go WR first round, tbh.
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I'm really feeling like we need a QB in the first 2 rounds...this team is going to be awful until we get someone behind center that can do something.
Manti Te'o will not be around at 17 he will be a top 10 pick easily and if he isn't the Bills need him with the projected 11 pick
I'd gizz with those picks for the Phins... but alas I know Ireland will **** this up.
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How do you get rid of a brain freeze?
Put your tongue on the roof of your mouth. Hold it there until the feeling goes away. Works almost instantly!
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Nothing ruins the refreshing consumption of a cold substance on a hot day like a painful brain freeze, also know as an ice cream headache and medically as Spheno Palatine Gangleoneuralgia (the pron...
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A COMMUNITY group battling to re-vamp a run-down children's playground in Highbridge has raised more than £200 by holding a Christmas Fayre.
Members of Hope for Highbridge sold cakes and ran raffles at the Community Hall in Market Street to raise cash for a fund to keep the group afloat.
Vice chairman Tina Gray told the Weekly News: "We raised around £240 for the fund. I couldn't believe amount of people who turned up. "We were able to tell people about our current project to get work done on the play area at Talbot Close."
The group was established by Sue Walton, who wanted to see more done to make Highbridge into a town people are proud of.
The fayre supported craft traders from the area and organisers hope to encourage shoppers to buy Christmas gifts in the town.
The group is also looking at setting up a youth club aimed at people aged 12 to 17.
Tina added: "The Dreamescheme is excellent and the current youth club, in pierce drive, is brilliant. But we need something older kids to do in the area. It will give young people somewhere safe to go and socialise."


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The more we try to look through the gauze, the more it all begins to look like gauze.
Over dessert, we look through the Post-Its full of squiggly pictures.
"If you look through Public Integrity indictments, honest-services fraud is part and parcel of most cases," he said.
Still, she wanted me to look through her iTunes receipts and tell her what I saw.
We did seven or eight takes, but when I went to look through the footage, take one was so real.
Guido, look through my window vines there Where the stars rise.
After a look through the corridors of the prison, Life went to bed himself.
By knowledge and thought we will look through a stone wall if we look long enough, for we see less through eyes than through Time.
look through the history of medicine from Boerhaave to this present day.
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During our Winter season, you can catch a ride to 8,540′ on Mt. Hood. When in operation, the Palmer Snowcat opens up 3,690 vertical feet of snowcat skiing and riding from the top of Palmer to the bottom of the Jeff Flood Express.
This service typically runs on weekends and holidays from 10am to 2pm when weather permits, and is FREE for lift ticket and season pass holders. Check the Conditions page for Palmer Snowcat operating hours.
Take the Magic Mile up and unload to the right. Proceed toward Silcox Hut and you'll see the line for the snowcat. We always have a Ski Host in a yellow jacket managing the line – so feel free to ask them any questions. A ski patroller will accompany you to the top and will advise you on any specific conditions you will need to be aware of as you begin your snowcat skiing or riding adventure!
Conditions can change rapidly on Palmer. Snow conditions are often variable – skiers and riders are urged to use extreme caution. The Palmer Snowfield is recommended for advanced skiers and riders only.
Why isn't the Palmer Chairlift open during the winter?
The Palmer Express Chairlift was installed in 1996 to service our summer ski operations. We wish it was possible to maintain the Palmer Chair during the winter – but frequent and heavy winter storms coat the lift towers in thick snow and ice. These storms often have wind speeds exceeding 100mph and brutally cold temperatures. These factors make de-icing the lift virtually impossible. It's typical that in the spring we have to replace many of the components on the lift that have broken or that have otherwise been compromised by the elements. So, in place of the lift, we offer our Snowcat service for your snowcat skiing enjoyment. Read More


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C1 a person who owns or rents a small piece of land and grows crops, keeps animals, etc. on it, especially one who has a low income, very little education, and a low social position. This is usually used of someone who lived in the past or of someone in a poor country:
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Parcel shipping to France through International Courier Services
There are four international parcel shipping cost factors that affect the cost of international parcel shipping to France. These are:-
1, The size of the parcels being sent. The larger the box or boxes that you send internationally the more space they take up on the van, boat or aeroplane. Therefore the smaller the volumetric size of the shipment, lower the volumetric carriage charge will be.
This is specifically important for large lightweight items. Some international courier services will surcharge if a parcel is not able to be machine sorted at their hubs due to the length, usually this applies to items over 120cms. So if your parcels are long and can be packed in shorter multiple boxes this may lower your parcel shipping to France costs. .
2, The weight of the parcels being sent. The heavier a shipment is, the more it costs for the carriers to move it.
3, The speed of the service being used. If you send with an express service your parcel to France moves by air and is far more expensive than moving it by an economy road shipping service.
4, The liability for loss and damage that the courier service accepts. If the parcel is insured for a high value by the courier service then this will increase the cost to the sender.
Before you choose which service to use, you need to also consider how your goods will be packed. The contents of your parcels must be suitable for transport by whichever service you select. If you are using a parcel shipping service, they will place your parcel in a van with other goods and it may move around in the back hitting other parcels and have other parcels on top. The boxes may be placed any way up, often on a side and the contents of the box should be packed in a way that the contents that you send can withstand this without becoming damaged.
So if you are packing your goods in a box, you should always use a brand new for strength this is double or triple walled cardboard. Each item in your box should be packed in a way that nothing but packaging padding is touching the insides of the box. The inside packaging should not only prevent each item from touching the box sides, but also from touching other items in the box and ensuring that nothing can move around inside. If contents are packed in this way, the box should be able to be dropped off a table onto the floor and the goods inside be in perfect condition.
If you are shipping fragile items domestically to another international Country that cannot withstand this type of treatment, then you have two choices. Firstly hand-carry the boxes yourself or I would recommend that they are shipped only on a pallet. Goods that are packed on a pallet are held the same way up during transport and have nothing touching their sides or on top of them. They are moved only by fork lift and this is the most secure way to transport fragile items.
I hope these points explain the factors that affect the shipping cost of shipping parcels to France and that the packaging information helps you to ensure that anything you send arrives in good condition.


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The 3 Series Gran Turismo US Debut in New York!by Tim Jones on March 27, 2013 at 10:46:00 AM
BMW is continuing to expand their model line up and the New York Auto Show is the first place in the United States that you have been able to see the 3 Series Gran Turismo model in person.
The new BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo will arrive in the US, as both a 328i and a 335i, in the summer of 2013 as a 2014 model.
First Look at the 2014 BMW F34 3 Series Gran Turismo Editionby Mark Jurista on February 06, 2013 at 11:23:21 AM
The all-new BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo adds an innovative new concept to the BMW 3 Series line-up. The BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo is, first and foremost, a driver's car which combines the dynamics that have earned the new 3 Series a spot on "Car and Driver's" 10Best list for 22nd consecutive years, with luxury seating for four and generous and flexible luggage capacity.
Spied: 2014 BMW 3 Series Gran Trismo - Without Camoby Tim Jones on December 03, 2012 at 12:54:01 PM
The spy photographers at MotorAuthority have caught the model year 2014 BMW 3 series Gran Trismo fully exposed. The hatch back F34 3 series variant retains the sedan headlight shape and front end, adds in the the F32 coupe side vents (see the F32 4 series coupe exposed) and grafts on the hatch back and rear end of a 5 series GT. The initial reaction to the design is not entirely positive. The...