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Sandhata's brand new dedicated RBS Offshore Delivery Centre (ODC) opens this week in Chennai, India. The new office is located on the same business park as RBS, enabling us to build on the already close working relationships between the RBS and Sandhata team members and fostering closer collaboration on complex DevOps projects.
This ODC will enable us to provide better value to RBS as we are now optimally placed to provide them with the same top-quality service as an extension of their team, while we bear the office overhead cost.
Our high-spec facility will allow us to further reduce costs for our clients as we can bear the office costs and deliver more projects to our consistent high standard. Our new ODC gives us exceptional capability to scale up and down in line with our client requirements.
We will retain our original Chennai office to allow us to support local operations and our other local Chennai clients. We also have our Hyderabad Hitech facility to deliver ODC services to our other European clients.
We are celebrating the start of this new chapter for Sandhata with an opening ceremony on Friday 4th May, 2018.
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The Sweet Monster is, in fact, a sweets shop specializing in soft serve ice cream. From popcorn in your ice cream to their signature ice cream cakes, it's no wonder you'd least expect a breakfast line from them. After weeks of grabbing their soft serves, I finally decided to give their all-day breakfast a shot as well.
What I Had
The first thing that caught my eye was the Eggs, Waffle & Sausage ($15.90). As the name suggests, it includes scrumptious scrambled eggs, sausages, waffles, sauteed potatoes & mushrooms alongside a garden salad. The highlight to me here was clearly the eggs and sauteed potatoes & mushrooms, both paired so perfectly together.
Next, I got the Mon Ami Sandwich with Turkey Ham ($9.90). Alongside a refreshing garden salad, the sandwich came with an egg on top! Of course, as if things weren't compelling enough, chips were also on the plate!
Having a sweet tooth, I naturally had to try their Lemon Ade Float ($5.80) which to my surprise was blue! I definitely don't regret turning the entire inside of my mouth blue just for this one. The zesty burst of lemon along with the velvety-smooth soft serve creates an entirely unmatched bang on the palate.
What I Loved
Who doesn't love having all-day breakfast? That too, along with sweets of such variety! One would definitely be spoilt for choice here especially if you a HUGE sweet tooth like me.
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LEAP Program Structure
An 18-month rotational Leadership Development Program designed to groom high-potentials into future managers at UniFirst. As a cohort, Associates will be exposed to a blend of leadership education, operational knowledge, and hands-on business experience within the industrial laundry and facility services industry!
Virtual and In-person Classes
Continuous learning is at the core of the LEAP Program.
Associates rotate through cycles of classroom and online training at various UniFirst training locations.
In-person classes are facilitated by the Program Manager, Executive Leadership, and field experts.
Online learning may consist of interactive self-studies, readings, blogs, Ted Talks, and virtual classes via Skype or video conference.
Operational Area Experience
Hands-on experience is the best way to learn!
Perform the key responsibilities of the Team Partners who would work for you to better understand their challenges when you become a manager.
You will also learn and execute the managerial tasks in each of the operational areas.
Learn and practice Leadership
Theory and Practice helps you discover leadership techniques to apply to real world situations.
Use critical thinking skills, good business management practices, and techniques to engage, empower, and develop your team.
Capitalize on the industry experience of our current leaders who facilitate leadership sessions and make themselves available for informal discussions.
Personal Development
Personal development is as important as professional growth.
Developing interpersonal skills, enhancing both written and presentation capabilities, understanding and refining your Emotional Intelligence, engaging and motivating others, and using critical thinking tools are all interwoven into the learning environment of LEAP.
Featured LEAP Associates
Learn from current LEAP Associates why this program is a Big Deal.
"UniFirst has made me feel like a Big Deal since day one because their support and generosity is unreal. This is a company that truly encourages you to advance in your learning while providing you with the necessary tools to grow personally and professionally."
Gabriela Salazar
LEAP Associate
San Antonio, Texas
"As a LEAP Associate you are provided with mentors and colleagues who are there to help you through the challenges you will encounter on your journey to success. Every day I wake up excited to work with the Team Partners at this amazing company!"
Matt Seaman
LEAP Associate
Toronto, Canada
"I researched other management trainee positions during the recruiting process with UniFirst and let me be the first to tell you that is not what the LEAP Program is about. With LEAP, I am being taught every facet of the business. From being shown the Distribution Center in Kentucky to learning from the Executives in Massachusetts. The LEAP Program is a Big Deal for UniFirst and you're a Big Deal for being a part of it."
Cody Moore
LEAP Associate
Ontario, California
"UniFirst makes me feel like I am a part of a revolutionary program that would change the direction of how they train their future managers. In this program, we have been given the dynamic opportunity to be cross-trained in all segments creating a holistic view of the company, which is a Big Deal in fast tracking your development process."
Thomas Baskins
LEAP Associate
Charlotte, North Carolina
"The culture of the company has really stood out to me. Everybody I've shadowed has been very transparent and willing to help me with my experience. The Team Partners at my location have been very inviting and it feels like a family here."
Maiya White
LEAP Associate
Charlotte, North Carolina
"The LEAP Program is a Big Deal! For me, the best part of the program would be the option to go into any department you prefer. Through this program you will see so many different positions and how they correlate with one another. As someone who enjoys change, the program has been so eye-opening."
Krysta Worthington
LEAP Associate
San Antonio, Texas
"Something that stood out to me during my time in the LEAP Program is the tenure at UniFirst. At our location, there is a customer service representative who has been with the company for 35 years and an RSR (route driver) who has been with the company for 40 years. This tenure says a lot about the culture at UniFirst. We truly are a family here and it is a Big Deal ."
Adriana Lowry
LEAP Associate
Charlotte, North Carolina
"I have always prided myself in maintaining and establishing a good relationship with my customers. Being in the LEAP Program, I got professional training, smart mentors, and serious customer service skills. At UniFirst our customers are for life and a satisfied customer is the best source of advertisement."
Jesus Jaime
LEAP Associate
Ontario, California
"Getting to meet and learn from some of the company's top leadership team has been such a huge privilege and has been beneficial in helping me to reflect on myself and how I can help lead the company to further success in my future here. The culture of the company in general is supportive and has a family feel - despite being such a large organization. I have always been excited about coming to work, as I know I am part of a network of people working together for the success of the company."
John DiStefano
LEAP Associate
Whippany, New Jersey
Hear from some of the current LEAP Associates in the Leadership Development Program.
Next LEAP Training Locations
We are excited to announce our next LEAP Leadership Program training sites.
Our Cleveland location was ranked as UniFirst's #1 Plant in fiscal year 2018!
Home to 110 UniFirst Team Partners this location provides exceptional service to over 3,700 customers!
With a focus on culture and a tight-knit family feel, you can find the Cleveland team celebrating company anniversaries and birthdays, having quarterly pancake breakfasts with their General Manager, and hosting a food truck for hitting safety milestones!
If you aren't sold on the culture yet, the most tenured Team Partner at this location has been with the company for 30 years!
Fort Worth
Our Fort Worth location is the largest revenue producing Plant within UniFirst!
While maintaining its family culture, their primary focus is on the customer - all 3,800 of them!
This location is honored to have 10 Veterans and four President's Club winners among their 150 UniFirst Team Partners! Not to mention, that the longest tenure for any Team Partner here is 43 years.
Yes, that's right, 43 years of service!
*President's Club: Award for achieving outstanding sales performance goals.
Our Nashua location has won UniFirst's Bronze Safety Awards two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017.
Servicing 3,800 customers, this plant is home to 119 UniFirst Team Partners!
A diverse setting, you will hear at least four languages being spoken including English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.
Come spring there will also be ESL classes offered to those who are interested!
Among the many Team Partners, the longest tenure at the Nashua plant is 48 years!
Our Philadelphia location has a very diverse and family-oriented culture. Many of the 133 UniFirst Team Partners at the plant are from the local area and have bonds that started as early as childhood!
Bragging rights include two Team Partners who have been with the company for over 40 years and eight Veterans!
With a keen sense of community, this location takes part in giving programs such as Raising a Reader, adopting families for Christmas, among other local charities. Always ready to lend a helping hand to someone in need, the Team Partners at this location pride themselves on treating one another with respect.
Our Vancouver, British Columbia, plant is home to 122 UniFirst Team Partners and services over 3,100 customers in the area!
Among the Team Partners, the longest tenure at this location is 31 years!
With a customer focused accountable culture, they exemplify UniFirst's founding core values: Customer Focus, Respect for Others, and a Commitment to Quality.
A believer in giving back, you can find the team volunteering at local soup kitchens.
How Does LEAP Work?
This is a full-time 18-month Leadership Development Program for high potentials seeking a career in management. Upon successful completion of the program, Associates can expect an offer in several entry- to mid-level managerial roles at any of UniFirst's 250+ locations!
But first, what is your path to this leadership opportunity?
Click below to learn more.
Program Acceptance
Potential Associates can expect to take part in a rigorous interview process which includes a paid customized UniFirst Experience job shadow at a training location and the opportunity to interview with the Executive team!
After all, we are only seeking the best and brightest to lead the way!
During the Program
Once accepted into this high-touch program, as a cohort, Associates will:
Rotate through four operational cycles including:
- Service
- Production
- Sales
- Business Management
- Gain hands-on experience in each operational area.
- Train with experienced Managers.
- Partake in action learning projects that directly impact the business.
- Participate in meetings with the Program Manager to receive feedback, mentorship, and personalized development.
- Reconvene at a UniFirst training location each rotation for an in-depth understanding of our history, core values, and culture while learning from Executive Leadership.
- Rotate through four operational cycles including:
Program Benefits
For the duration of the LEAP Leadership Development Program, Associates will be offered a competitive base salary with a comprehensive benefits package.
This includes health and dental insurance, 401K with company match, profit sharing, prescheduled vacation time, and then some!
Managerial Opportunity
So, what does a managerial opportunity look like with UniFirst?
One of our main requirements for joining LEAP is the willingness to relocate upon successful completion of the program. Then Associates will have the opportunity to pursue entry- to mid-level managerial positions throughout the organization.
These roles may include, but are not limited to:
- Production Manager
- Assistant Production Manager
- Stockroom Manager
- Route Service Supervisor
- Route Service Manager
- Office Administrator
- Sales Manager
- and more!
Please note, we will be accepting applications for the next LEAP Cohort at the beginning of 2020!
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Lazy afternoon at Musso's
Our Son is leaving next week to go to graduate school in a distant city. We asked him if there were any L.A. experiences he wanted to take in before leaving, and he said he wanted to go to Musso & Frank Grill - Hollywood's oldest restaurant, and the place where Hollywood legends customarily ate, drank, and hung out.
We arrived around 3:30 pm on a Saturday afternoon - the place was quiet, lazy in between lunch and dinner. We were seated in one of the booths along the west wall in the main dining room. To either side of us, the booths were occupied by Japanese tourists.
Our waiter, elegant in a short-waisted red jacket, white shirt and black bow tie, took our order. We ordered cocktails - a gimlet for me, a gibson for [The Man I Love] and a martini with a twist for Our Son. And then we considered the menu.
[The Man I Love] wanted a steak and a baked potato. Our Son, whose diet is adventurous, considered the sweetbreads. I was intrigued by the Welsh Rarebit - a dish I was taught to make in 7th grade home economics, and never had since. Nevertheless, it was included in Jonathan Gold's list of 99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die. (It's on page 4 at the link.)
Our waiter seemed to nod in approval, especially surprised that a young person would order sweetbreads.
We also ordered a plate of olives and the celery sticks stuffed with blue cheese.
The celery sticks were fetchingly garnished with dots of black olive - the same canned black olives that nestled on a bed of shredded iceberg lettuce on the other plate. In the gimlet, a neon green marachino cherry bobbed. The crunch and the tongue-tingling taste of American Blue cheese were perfect with the austere cocktails.
When our plates arrived, the illusion teetered. Unlike Gold's description of golden cheese sauce carefully spooned from a salver, with crisp bacon to crumble on as I desired, my Rarebit was a plate of orange glop surrounded by white crustless toast, the bacon and tomato slices drowning in the goo.
Our Son stared, mystified, at his plate, where a large brown lump sat amid peas and carrots. "Is this sweetbreads?" he asked.
"Are there bones? It looks like short ribs," I said. He prodded it, and nodded. "Short ribs." It was the Saturday special. He decided to go with the flow.
Our waiter returned with a bottle of wine - A cabernet blend from Raymond Burr vineyards. Yes, Perry Mason. He flung a white napkin over his shoulder with a flourish, his eyes behind huge-rimmed glasses focused on the corkscrew. The cork was stubborn. We watched, breathless in horror as his hands trembled, then the cork popped out. He poured a taste into [The Man I Love]'s glass, then bent to retrieve the napkin, which had slid behind him onto the floor during the struggle.
We shared tastes all around. The steak was wonderful. The short ribs were tender and meaty. The Rarebit was....interesting. I really should have taken a picture of it - I don't think I'll ever order it again.
When our waiter stopped by to check on us, we chatted a bit. His name is Luis. Originally from the Yucatan peninsula, he used to be a fisherman in the Gulf before he began working at Musso's in 1955. He fondly remembered the music he used to listen to in Merida, his home town.
"The short ribs were delicious," we assured him.
No dessert for us this time. We peeked into the bar. The stools were all full, even at 4:30 in the afternoon. Could we handle just a little more atmosphere, in honor of the occasion?
Yes. Manny makes the perfect sidecar.
5 comments:
- ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...
...my Rarebit was a plate of orange glop surrounded by white crustless toast, the bacon and tomato slices drowning in the goo.
I remember buying my Mom a fondue set when I was a kid. It sounds like this was a blend of approaches?
In any case, congrats to Aunt Snow son. Good luck!
- September 19, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- September 19, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- Cheri @ Blog This Mom!® said...
Sounds like the perfect "Congratulations and Going Away" celebration. I haven't been to Musso & Franks in 20 years, and I'm pretty sure Luis was our server, too.
- September 19, 2010 at 5:51 PM
- Big Bad Bald Bastard said...
Sweetbreads are a favorite of mine- I usually get them in a Chilean/Uruguayan restaurant, they are on the Uruguayan side of the menu.
Here's wishing your son good fortune in his coming academic endeavors.
- September 20, 2010 at 12:28 PM
I've had Welsh Rarebit once, in Colonial Williamsburg, about 30 years ago. I doubt I would order it again, but it was... interesting.
I love that you take the time to get to know your server.
Congratulations and good luck to your son!
- September 21, 2010 at 8:30 PM


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When shopping for an insurance policy, don't assume the package products and prices are all that is available. Ask about premium reductions by accepting higher amounts of excess. Also check for discounts and deductions an insurer may have but not advertise for, such as safe driving records or safety devices installed in your home.
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If your insurance agent gives you some type of estimate about the value of your claim keep in mind that they will often give you estimates that are lower than what your actual losses may be. Before you accept anything they say to be sure to make your own estimations.
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The second edition of Riemann Industrial Techno Sounds is again for all producers who like to hit it harder!
Riemann took full inspiration of its homebase Berlin and comes up with this collection of rough, distorted and noisy sounds which have been created with a variation of analog distortions and filters as well as modular synths and field recordings from abandoned factory halls.
This pack is focussed on Beat Elements, Drones and Effects, however it contains also 15 Bass Loops nad 20 Synth Loops.
Inside the Beat Loops folder you can find different patterns so you can build up your track with an intro, breaks, main part and outro.
For the Drones we entered abandoned factory halls to make some new field recordings to capture the large reverberant noises of such places and wove them into endless droning synths with the help of granular synthesis and rough 12bit sampling.
The team behind Riemann Kollektion provides you with more than 15 years of experience in Techno production.
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Your morning adorable: Caracal kitten explores at the Berlin Zoo
The Berlin Zoo has welcomed a number of animal babies this year, including an anteater, black panthers, an Asian elephant and jaguars. Add Lilly here to that tally; she's one of three caracal kittens born at the zoo July 17.
Caracals are native to Africa and parts of the Middle East and India, and because they favor dry places such as the savanna, they're also sometimes called "desert lynxes." (They rather resemble lynxes, but they're probably actually more closely related to servals.) They're renowned for their impressive jumping ability and are able to leap 10 feet to catch a bird midflight.
Beyond their jumping ability, a more obvious characteristic of the caracal is its large ears, complete with long, black tufts at the end. (Lilly's tufts are just beginning to grow, but they'll be much larger when she reaches adulthood.) In fact, the word "caracal" comes from a Turkish word, karakulak, which means black ear. Researchers are unsure about the purpose for these tassels, but theories abound. One suggests that they act as a camouflaging device in tall grass; another holds that they act as antennae to help caracals hear; and still another (the most widely accepted explanation, according to the San Diego Zoo) suggests that they are used to help caracals communicate.
More photos of Lilly after the jump!
-- Lindsay Barnett
Photos: Margarethe Wichert / AFP/Getty Images


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Check if you do not have these unpleasant qualities.
You like to teach
People who consider themselves super experts and distribute "valuable" advice to the right and left, even if they are not asked about it, are usually deprived of the mind. If a person is confident that he or she has learned absolutely everything and can carry the truth into the world, the matter is bad.
He ceases to notice his own mistakes, but he actively criticizes others. As a result, he stops in development, as he is sure that I have achieved everything. And those who disagree with him are simply "silly and ignorant people". And someday they will regret it.
You constantly try to prove that you are not a fool
It seems that everything is good in this case. But periodically you have an unpleasant feeling, eating you from inside. It seems that friends and colleagues say one thing in the face, and behind your back - quite another. And you have nothing to do except making a preventive strike: actively to prove to everyone that you are not a fool.
People who are uncertain in their knowledge and skills, always have a great need of support from the outside, in recognizing and affirming their own merits. No wonder they say that an intelligent person is happy, only when he is rewarded with his own praise, and a fool is happy with the applause of those around him.
You do not know how to see the perspective
If they say about you "He does not see beyond his nose", it's possible that people around you are skeptical about your mental abilities. Such do not know how to think big, do not undertake to analyze what is happening and make predictions, including those relating to their lives.
This limitation is often manifested in the lack of interest in trends and reluctance, and even fear of looking beyond the horizon. You live in a cozy cave, and you do not want to get out from it. But this, alas, limits your development and opportunities.
You are irritated by the minds of others
There is a good phrase: the fool notices first how much smart people there are around him. If you are surrounded by extremely annoying people who "always try to show how smart they are," this is a bad sign.
Smart people tend to enjoy other people's achievements and are rather loyal to their shortcomings. And fools notice and emphasize them, love comparisons and very often condemn everyone.
You first say, and then you think
This bad habit usually leads to big problems. Fools love to say loud and rude words and do not think about the consequences that imprudent thoughts can lead to. But a thoughtlessly thrown phrase can injure no worse than a knife.
As a rule, this shows off people who do not know how to think, compare facts and draw conclusions. And others suffer from this. So that's why people think you are a fool if you first say, and then think.
You are adamant and stubborn
There is a well-known saying: the clever one changes his mind, the fool never does. Stubbornness, unwillingness to admit mistakes and to take evidence of this are bad signs.
Such people often like to make categorical conclusions about the iconic events, they are ready to prove their rightness in social networks with foam at the mouth, they immediately brand those who have a different opinion. To argue with such people is always useless.
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voy-zone, Kitten and I had a ton of fun taking pics over the holidays! It's always tough to tell which one of us is enjoying it more, she seems to love posing! We always enjoy all the flattering comments and inquiries about her panties, Kitten enjoys reading them! The more beautiful she feels, the more willing she gets! I'd also like to save people some time by stating: I *AM* aware of the fact that my photography/scanning skills aren't that great. Please don't feel like you need to point it out to me. (Also, I lost 'Rob F's E-mail addy, if you would leave us a message we'd like to E-mail you!) Thank you voy-zone for having the best site on the net!
Hidden in the Hocking forest off of Spruce run, lies a hollow not many people know about. You can't drive to it, you have to hike a long way and there's no marked trail. You just have to know how to get there. A friend of ours showed us this place and others, many years ago. The landscape has changed quite a bit in the surrounding area but luckily the hollows have gone virtually untouched. It's beautiful no matter what the season. In the summer the shade makes it cool and a great place to get naked after a long hike. Thanks for all the compliments on my last contri. If you get a chance please stop by and say hi. Luv, Natasha xoxo
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Royal Air Maroc Launches Direct Flights to Casablanca from Manchester Airport
Royal Air Maroc has launched a new route between Manchester and Casablanca. From Tuesday 28 March, the Moroccan flag-carrier will begin operating direct non-stop flights three times per week from Manchester Airport to Mohammed V International Airport. The service will


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Despite the huge popularity of Forex, trading continues to spread.
Every day, hundreds of thousands of Internet users begin to study all the subtleties of earnings on changes in exchange rates and stocks, but not all achieve excellent results.
A huge number of people, even after a long training, cannot reach a stable income. It would seem that the differences between a successful trader and a loser are obvious.
The most successful traders always calculate everything correctly and subtly analyze all the little things, but there are much more differences between losers and "sharks" in this sphere.
Getting to profitable trading is not so easy , therefore, the most successful traders will never say that they have easily made their way. Nevertheless, everyone has a chance, and if you are determined to build a career, continue to learn and not stop at nothing.
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Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna Employment
Job description
Construction Supervisor for Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna, working in Harford and Cecil Counties. Work consists of building modest homes with low income families and community volunteers. Responsible for finishing the home on time and within budget. Must have at least 5 years' experience in residential construction, knowledge of codes, plans reading, and safe work site practices, as well as a clean driving record, computer literacy, and ability to work well with a diverse group of people. Two full time positions available; would consider a part-time supervisor as well. Competitive pay, generous benefits for full time work, Paid Time Off (sick/vacation), consistent hours Tuesday – Saturday 7:30 am to 4 pm. Please provide a cover letter with salary requirements, resume, and three professional references by email with CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR in the subject line to email@example.com. Positions remain open until filled. Equal Opportunity employer. Come build with us!
Location: Aberdeen ReStore, 1013 Beards Hill Road, Aberdeen
Job description
Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna (HFHS) builds safe, affordable homes in partnership with its sponsors, partner families, and volunteers.
The HFHS ReStore is a nonprofit home improvement store and donation center that sells new and gently used furniture, home accessories, building materials, and appliances to the public at a fraction of the retail price. The ReStore operates by accepting donations of items from corporate businesses, retail businesses, office supply companies, home improvement store remnants, contractors and individual residential donors. The donations are then resold for the public to purchase and proceeds are put back into building more homes for families in need within Harford and Cecil Counties.
Location: Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna, Bel Air MD
Position: DONATION AMBASSADOR
Type: Part-time-2-3 days a week- at a rate of $13-$14 per hour; pay may be increased with time/experience
The Donation Ambassador supports the ReStore team in the handling of donated goods from the point of donation pick-ups out in the community through delivery to the ReStore's receiving area and sales floor.
Most of your time will be spent picking up donations in a box truck of 14 to 26 feet or a small van. You will be a vital point of contact with our donors at their home or place of business, accepting and loading donations with a smile, occasionally managing the polite refusal of donations and providing safe transport of saleable goods to the ReStore's processing area. You'll build working relations with coworkers or volunteers and be able to explain to donors, customers and volunteers Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna's mission and how the HFHS ReStore supports it. You will assist in the processing of donated items within the store and a variety of other tasks assigned as needed.
- High School Diploma or GED required. Six months of driving, warehouse or retail experience preferred.
- This position will require the ability to repeatedly lift and move 50lbs or more during the loading, unloading and processing of donations and the willingness to be outdoors picking up donations in a variety of weather conditions.
- Work with a variety of people of ethnic, religious, gender, different capabilities and diverse backgrounds, and have the ability to lead, teach or supervise others while completing the tasks for the day
- Ability to handle any item and move them within store/donors' home with care without damaging personal property/purchased items/donations
- In order to be considered, applicant must have a current valid driver's license and meet the Company driving standards. Employment is subject to background check and drug screening. Must have clean driving record and submit MVA record for past five years.
- Self-sufficient and cooperative nature
- General knowledge of Harford or Cecil county roads
- Knowledge of and commitment to the philosophy of Habitat for Humanity
- Knowledge of furniture, appliances and building materials a plus. Forklift experience and/or certification a plus. CPR/First Aid training will be provided.
Pay will start at: $13.00 per hour
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Any open positions are listed below. Please click the position title to find out more about the position details and/or apply for the position. If you have any questions, please contact John Lanigan at firstname.lastname@example.com or 410-638-4434 x3 Thank you!
National Construction Crew Leader
To find out more about the AmeriCorps program, please go to this website: https://www.habitat.org/volunteer/long-term-opportunities/americorps/about


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Mexican Muralism Artworks
Started: 1920
Ended: 1950
Artworks and Artists of Mexican Muralism
The below artworks are the most important in Mexican Muralism - that both overview the major ideas of the movement, and highlight the greatest achievements by each artist in Mexican Muralism. Don't forget to visit the artist overview pages of the artists that interest you.
The Creation (1922)
Artist: Diego Rivera
Artwork description & Analysis: The Creation was Diego Rivera's first government-commissioned mural painting, chosen for Mexico's oldest high school. Dr. Atl had originally been commissioned to paint the mural before the Revolution took place in 1910, and Rivera's work was both a continuation and advancement of the earlier artist's revolutionary ideas.
Mural - Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, Mexico City
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Los Danzantes de Chalma (1922)
Artist: Fernando Leal
Artwork description & Analysis: Although Fernando Leal did not gain the fame of the "big three" Mexican Muralists, he was one of the first artists approached to decorate the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, because of his interest in depicting the local Mexican people. His mural is Post-Impressionist in style, influenced by depictions of non-Western people by artists such as Gaugin.
Mural - Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, Mexico City
The Banquet of the Rich (1923-4)
Artist: José Clemente Orozco
Artwork description & Analysis: This mural was painted in the three-story courtyard of the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, commissioned by the post-revolutionary government as part of their mural project for the school. In it, we see Orozco's characteristic caricature style, which was notably different to the Mexican-Italianate style being developed by Diego Rivera. Orozco borrowed this artistic technique from his years illustrating propaganda papers under the direction of Dr. Atl during the revolution. Jose Vasconcelos, who oversaw the mural project, recalled that Orozco was the "only painter who did not obey my orders and who painted what he wished."
Mural - Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, Mexico City
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The Liberated Earth with the Natural Forces Controlled by Man (1926)
Artist: Diego Rivera
Artwork description & Analysis: This striking mural was painted for the altar wall of a chapel at a Mexican University. It represents the peak of Rivera's style in Mexico; it is much less Italianate than his earlier attempts, instead embracing a muscular, uniquely Mexican aesthetic in bold earthy colors, which recall traditional Mexican art. Shockingly, considering its holy location, the mural depicts a voluptuous pregnant, nude woman, representing a fertile earth liberated through social revolution.
Mural - Chapel, Autonomous University of Chapingo, Mexico
Prometheus (1930)
Artist: José Clemente Orozco
Artwork description & Analysis: When José Clemente Orozco was chosen to paint a mural of Prometheus for Pomona College, he was relatively unknown as an artist in the United States. This mural is in fact the first example of Mexican Muralist art in the US, extending the relevance of the movement beyond the borders of the country that originally produced it.
Mural - Pomona College, Claremont, USA
Detroit Industry Murals (1932-33)
Artist: Diego Rivera
Artwork description & Analysis: Diego Rivera was invited to paint a series of large-scale murals for the Ford Automobile production plant, which he worked on for nearly a year between 1932 and 1933. They are a key example of the evolving tenets of Mexican Muralism, which started as a highly politicized movement motivated by socialism yet had transitioned toward a glorification of American capitalist society. When the Mexican government outlawed the Communist party in 1929, Rivera continued to receive commissions and was concurrently expelled from the Communist party for his lack of protest.
Mural - Detroit Institute of Arts
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Portrait of the Bourgeoisie (1939)
Artist: David Alfaro Siqueiros
Artwork description & Analysis: Although David Alfaro Siqueiros was one of the "big three" muralists, it wasn't until later that he became thoroughly well-known both in Mexico and internationally. One of the key works that propelled him to fame and cemented a later style of Mexican Muralism was his Portrait of the Bourgeoisie. It was painted for the headquarters of the union of electrical workers, who wanted a mural that would cement their position of public importance and power.
Mural - Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas headquarters, Mexico City
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Relation of Man and Nature in Old Hawaii (1949)
Artist: Jean Charlot
Artwork description & Analysis: Jean Charlot was one of early artists commissioned for the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria in the early 1920s. He was still painting murals a quarter of a century later, having remained on the periphery of the Mexican Muralist movement. Charlot was French-American by birth and his explorations into cultural self-identification from an outsider's point of view extended beyond the Mexican people and their revolutionary leaders.
Mural - University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is an odd place to seek counsel on the Constitution. As a Senate candidate in 2010, Paul told a Louisville editorial board that he opposed the federal ban on whites-only lunch counters, claiming that the right of "private ownership" should trump the right to be free from racist discrimination. Opposing a core protection for racial minorities, according to Paul, is "the hard part about believing in freedom." He later suggested that civil rights laws targeting private businesses may exceed Congress's power under the Constitution's Commerce Clause — a view the Supreme Court unanimously rejected in 1964.
Yet the Heritage Foundation, one of the backbones of the conservative movement in Washington, DC, invited Paul to speak at length on the Constitution and the role of the judiciary earlier this week. If the audience was upset that voters sometimes elect leaders who disagree with the Heritage Foundation, they were no doubt enraptured by Paul's vision for the courts. Senator Paul's speech was a repudiation of democracy, and he called for the Supreme Court to assume a dominant role in setting American policy that it abandoned three generations ago. Under Paul's vision, the minimum wage is forbidden and union busting is constitutionally protected. The New Deal is an illegitimate expansion of federal power, and more recent efforts to ensure that no one dies because they cannot afford health care are an abomination.
"I'm a judicial activist," Paul proudly proclaimed.
At first glance, Paul's speech seems extraordinarily ambitious. The Supreme Court undoubtedly took a sharp right turn as soon as Justice Samuel Alito became the fifth member of its conservative bloc, but it has a long way to go before it repeals the twentieth century. Though Justice Clarence Thomas authored multiple opinions revealing his belief that the New Deal and the Civil Rights Act are unconstitutional, no other justice has ever joined one of these opinions.
Senator Paul, himself an elected official, believes that the problem with American government is that it gives the people too much say over how they are governed.
Nevertheless, Paul's speech to the Heritage Foundation is worth watching in its entirety. It lays out a vision that is closer than the Court's current precedents suggest, and that could easily become a reality if the Court's older members are replaced by younger conservatives. Moreover, as I explain in my book, Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted, a Supreme Court committed to Paul's economic agenda would hardly be unprecedented in American history. If anything, Paul is asking the Court to return to its self-appointed role as the vanguard against democracy.
Thrown To The Wolves
Paul's remarks to Heritage are refreshingly candid. He does not simply embrace the banner of judicial activism, he explicitly presents such activism as the antidote to democracy. "Does anyone know why Justice Roberts did not strike down Obamacare?" he asks the audience, before answering his own question with "judicial restraint." To the members of the audience who are inclined to oppose judicial activism — and he begins his talk with an informal poll of the audience which suggests that that could include all of them — he quips that their support for a restrained judiciary must indicate that "everybody here is for Obamacare."
This quip is, of course, rooted in a fallacy. Some examples of policies that do not violate the Constitution include the Iraq War, the Bush tax cuts, and the federal ban on marijuana. But the fact that someone recognizes Congress's legitimate power to set tax rates or to ban sales of a particular product hardly means that they endorse the specific policies that elected officials write into the law. A democratic republic, by its very nature, gives elected officials discretion to govern — and that means that they will sometimes govern very badly without exceeding their lawful authority. As Chief Justice John Marshall explained in 1824, "[t]he wisdom and the discretion of Congress, their identity with the people, and the influence which their constituents possess at elections . . . are the restraints on which the people must often rely solely, in all representative governments."
Paul, however, sees things differently. The problem with judicial restraint, he claims, is that it permits the legislature to do "bad things." (In fairness to Paul, one "bad thing" that he singles out is public school segregation. The courts do have a legitimate role to play in striking down unconstitutional laws, even if Paul wants them to exceed that role.)
Lest there be any doubt that Senator Paul, himself an elected official, believes that the problem with American government is that it gives the people too much say over how they are governed, Paul endorses the Supreme Court's long-ago overruled decision in Lochner v. New York. Lochner, which Paul has also praised on the Senate floor, invented a so-called "right to contract" that employers could use to resist laws protecting their workers. The idea was that the Constitution places strict limits on any laws that interfere with people's ability to enter into contracts. So if an employer wants their employees to work 18 hours days, or if it wants them to sign away their right to unionize, or if it wants to pay them just a few pennies an hour, then the workers who agree to do so cannot seek refuge in the law even though they were forced into these jobs by desperate circumstances.
If Roberts truly is democracy's vanguard against an activist judiciary, then proponents of judicial restraint are in deep trouble.
For decades, the Supreme Court wielded Lochner to strike down minimum wage laws, laws protecting the right to organize, and similar protections for workers. Lochner is now taught in many law schools as an example of how judges should never, ever behave.
Paul credits an attorney named Timothy Sandefur during his speech laying out his own vision of the Constitution. Sandefur, a lawyer with the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation, may seem like an unusually obscure source for a United States Senator to seek out for guidance, but Sandefur is also one of the nation's most vocal and straightforward proponents of the idea that America has too much democracy. Writing for the Volokh Conspiracy, a popular libertarian legal blog, Sandefur compared the notion that elected officials may enact laws that bind others to predators stalking and eating their prey. "[T]he central value of the U.S. Constitution," he writes, "is to protect individual liberty — the 'sheep's view' of freedom — and not, as the consensus of today's lawyers, judges, and law professors seems to hold, the 'wolfish' notion that people have a basic right to control the lives of others."
In a subsequent post, Sandefur argues for constraints on democracy that are so rigid that they would even prevent the American people from amending the Constitution to permit many policies that Sandefur opposes. The Constitution, he argues, cannot be amended to abridge "natural rights." Indeed, Sandefur claims, any government that abridges these rights is "illegitimate." That may seem like an uncontroversial point — if the Constitution were amended to reestablish slavery, for example, most people would agree that such an amendment violates basic human rights — but Sandefur isn't just concerned about slavery when he speaks of natural rights. To the contrary, in a 2010 book, Sandefur describes one of the Court's most aggressive cases applying the Lochner decision as "firmly grounded" in "natural rights tradition."
The man Senator Paul cites in his speech, in other words, believes that no government is legitimate if it has a meaningful ability to protect workers from rapacious employers. The right to exploit your employees flows from an even higher source of law than the Constitution itself.
The Assassination of The Constitution by the Coward John Roberts
In Paul's narrative, Chief Justice Roberts plays the role of the villain. Entrusted with defending the Constitution, Roberts was called upon to judge a law Paul views as unconstitutional. And, in an act of great betrayal, Roberts placed the democratic value of judicial restraint before his obligation to enforce the Constitution — or, at least, to enforce the Constitution as Paul understands it. In Paul's unnuanced view of Roberts' decision upholding most of the Affordable Care Act, "Justice Roberts laid down the gauntlet and said judicial restraint is why the majority can do whatever it wants, basically."
If Roberts truly is democracy's vanguard against an activist judiciary, then proponents of judicial restraint are in deep trouble. It is true that Roberts has, at times, spoken eloquently about the limited role of judges in a democracy. When a court goes beyond its limits, the man who would soon become Chief Justice of the United States warned during his 2005 confirmation hearing, "they lose their legitimacy." He added that he would "prefer to be known as a modest judge."
Since joining the Court, however, Roberts and his fellow conservative justices charted a very aggressive course. The Roberts Court practically declared war on campaign finance laws. Indeed, the logic of Roberts's own opinion in McCutcheon v. FEC, if taken to its end point, could allow lawmakers to sell their time by the minute to lobbyists, so long as the lawmaker does not actually promise to cast a particular vote or take a particular action in return for the money.
Beyond the campaign finance context, in Hobby Lobby the Roberts Court gave business owners unprecedented new rights to disobey laws they object to on religious grounds. Roberts and his conservative brethern gutted a core provision of the Voting Rights Act. They've protected companies where bosses sexually harass their subordinates. They've made it easier for employers to retaliate against workers who file civil rights claims. When two school districts implemented plans intended to racially integrate their public schools, Roberts chastised these districts for considering race at all. "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race," the chief justice wrote, "is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."
The arc of justice may be long, but Chief Justice Roberts is bending it towards Rand Paul.
The arc of justice may be long, but Chief Justice Roberts is bending it towards Rand Paul.
Roberts, in many ways, straddles a generational divide among conservatives. He came of age at a time when the memories of decisions like Roe v. Wade still burned hot in the minds of the American right. And this gave him an understanding that an activist judiciary can be his ideological enemy. As a Reagan Administration attorney at the dawn of a promising career, Roberts quipped that "[t]he generally accepted notion that the court can only hear roughly 150 cases each term gives the same sense of reassurance as the adjournment of the court in July, when we know the Constitution is safe for the summer."
For much of American history, however, the judiciary was conservatism's greatest ally in government. As I lay out in Injustices, the notion that the Constitution hobbles government's power to regulate business or the workplace began to gain steam shortly after the Civil War. In the 1890s, the Court imposed strict limits on the federal government's power to rein in harmful business practices or to tax the income derived from amassed wealth. One of the principal architects of this effort to shield capital from democracy, Justice Stephen Field, claimed towards the end of his life that a federal income tax law was an "assault upon capital" that would lead to "a war of the poor against the rich . . . constantly growing in intensity and bitterness."
Lochner came in 1905, and it similarly hobbled state governments' power to protect the weak and the unfortunate. Though Lochner was overruled in 1937, the Lochner Era was hardly replaced with an age of judicial liberalism. Indeed, if anything, the judiciary was far too restrained in enforcing individual rights explicitly protected by the Constitution in the years immediately following the demise of Lochner. This was the era that included the Korematsu decision, which upheld Japanese American detention camps. Before Chief Justice Earl Warren joined the Court in 1953, one of the Court's own members claimed that there were probably five votes to uphold public school segregation.
Warren, however, helped breathe new life into the Constitution's protections for racial minorities, dissenting voices and the criminally accused. Even after Warren retired, the Court embraced equality for women and the right to choose to have an abortion. This later decision, along with Warren era criminal justice decisions, enraged conservatives when Roberts began his formative years as an attorney. When the young Roberts spoke of the Court as a threat to the Constitution, he no doubt was echoing the views of his conservative mentors who'd lived through the Warren era and still smarted from the experience.
As time creates more distance between the present and the Court's brief flirtation with liberalism, however, more and more conservatives are likely to realize something that Paul has already learned — the Supreme Court can be a powerful force for conservatives, enabling them to enact an agenda that they are unable to advance in the elected branches of government. Indeed, for much of the period between the Civil War and the New Deal, Supreme Court litigation was the most powerful tool in the right-wing arsenal, a weapon that could sweep aside the collective will of the American people based on the command of just five men in robes.
Roberts' flirtations with judicial modesty grew out of an anomalous period in Supreme Court history, when the Court thought very differently than it does today. There is no longer much strategic reason for conservatives to embrace judicial restraint.
The Board of Censors
Lest there be any doubt, decisions like Lochner — and much of the jurisprudence from the Lochner Era — had little grounding in objective law. The hallmark of the Lochner Era was the completely arbitrary nature of the Supreme Court's decisions. The justices forbade many laws preventing employers from overworking men, for example, but it permitted similar laws prohibiting employers from overworking women (although they eventually rethought this arrangement and forbade laws protecting women in the workplace as well). Similarly, when unions sought protection from Congress, the Supreme Court cut them off, claiming that Congress is powerless to act because "labor organizations have nothing to do with interstate commerce." Yet when a mining company sought assistance in handling an overly aggressive union, the Court suddenly decided that it was perfectly fine for the federal government to regulate unionized workers — at least when the regulation benefited management.
The justices of this era, in other words, based their decisions less on neutral legal principles and more on their ideology, judgment or whims. In effect, they appointed themselves America's censors, empowered to invent new doctrines and to ignore existing ones at will. And in that self-appointed role they could and did veto decisions made by the people's elected representatives.
A case currently pending before the Court will reveal whether the current justices are willing to do the same. On the surface, King v. Burwell and Lochner have little in common. King is primarily a statutory interpretation case asking how the Affordable Care Act should be read (although there is a constitutional issue in King that could save Obamacare if the justices choose to misread the statute). Lochner, by contrast, was a landmark constitutional decision that read new rights into the Constitution primarily protecting employers from attempts to better the lives of their workers.
King comes down to whether the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are capable of reading more than seven words.
The King plaintiffs, however, share a very Lochnerian desire to advance their legal arguments regardless of what the law actually says. Under the Affordable Care Act, states may elect to set up their own exchanges where people can buy subsidized health plans or they can elect to have the federal government run their exchange for them. The King plaintiffs argue that tax credits, which help exchange customers afford their health plans, are only available in states with state-run exchanges.
To press their argument, the plaintiffs rely on a passage of the law which, if read out of context, suggests that tax credits are only available "through an Exchange established by the State." Yet the Affordable Care Act is much longer than just seven words, and the rest of the statute makes quite clear that tax credits should be available in all 50 states. Among other things, another provision of the law provides that any exchange, whether state or federally-run, "shall be" an "entity that is established by a State." The law, in other words, defines all exchanges as "an Exchange established by the State," even if they are operated by the federal government.
King comes down to whether the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are capable of reading more than seven words. If they follow their own precedents, which provide that "a reviewing court should not confine itself to examining a particular statutory provision in isolation" as the "meaning — or ambiguity — of certain words or phrases may only become evident when placed in context," then the King plaintiffs will lose their case. Most cases that reach the Supreme Court are difficult. This case is easy.
The Court will most likely announce its decision in King this June. When they do so, the rest of the nation will learn whether five justices have taken up Paul's cry for more judicial activism, or whether a glimmer of the judicial restraint that conservatives embraced after the Warren era remains alive on the Supreme Court. At this stage, it is anyone's guess whether objective principles of law will actually matter in King.


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When an influential warlord at the center of recent bloody clashes in Tajikistan's eastern Gorno-Badakhshan region surrendered to authorities earlier this month, he claimed he did so to comply with a call by the Aga Khan. The religious leader is revered by the region's Ismaili Muslims -- but his influence goes far beyond Badakhshan. RFE/RL has taken a look at the Aga Khan – a religious leader, multimillionaire philanthropist, and a man known for his lavish lifestyle and interest in beautiful women and racehorses.
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Nearly a century ago, ethnic Armenians fleeing mass killings by Ottoman-era Turks sought shelter in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. In the decades to come, they evolved into one of the cosmopolitan city's most vibrant and prosperous minority communities, working in trade, education, medicine, and carpentry. But mounting violence in the city has cast doubt on the fate of the city's ethnic Armenians. Many have already fled the city that once offered their parents and grandparents safe harbor.
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Afghan Villagers Hit Back Against Taliban
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I've been hanging my show and doing all the scrambling around with that, so I'm behind scanning and putting up my sketches. Here are a pair I did in Overton Park. I've got a new green ink I'm excited about. It's not that cool, unnatural road sign ink. It's warmer and more like foliage, so I wanted to test it out in the forest. I've really been enjoying sketching with fountain pens lately. This is a nice addition to my kit.
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I've been kicking around some ideas for a new fiction short story recently. I always try to inject each fiction story with real phenomena, familiar spooky scenarios, or aspects of folklore that help them ring true in some way for readers. In my short story Nick's Tape, for example, several elements came together (ex: EVPs, haunted objects, etc.) to drive the story in what is hopefully an entertaining way.
I have yet to write a story concerning the UFO phenomena, and it was an area that started to gain some traction for me personally. In my book Lone Star Saucers: Searching for UFOs in Texas I focused primarily on UFO sightings versus delving too far into alien or extraterrestrial phenomena. The rationale was that the book was focused on the sightings of these strange craft rather than on the potential occupants or what the intentions of these things are. Close encounter reports have many similarities, but as many if not more unique little details that are quite different case-by-case when you read the literature. From Mothman-related shenanigans to Men In Black visitations some tales are truly terrifying, but many more are just plain weird.
Jacques Vallee, Budd Hopkins and John Keel have detailed many of these reported encounters at length over many decades; and after recently revisiting some of their works I felt it might be fun to write a short story that highlights some of the really strange aspects that have been reported in famous cases to underscore for readers that in the case of close encounters the reality of events is indeed at times much stranger than fiction.
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