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What if I cannot find a job advert in my area?
We only recruit in the areas where we need staff and when we need them; therefore, you will only see adverts for the areas in which we need staff. If there isn't a vacancy in your area please regularly check the portal as our requirements constantly change. Please note you must be able to travel to the area you are applying to work in for e.g. there is no point applying for a role in Edinburgh if you live in London.
Why do I need an email?
At G4S Events, due to the volumes of people we recruit, it is vital that you keep your email address up to date. All our candidates need to ensure that that the address they use to apply for the role (register for) is monitored by you. This is how we will communicate with you regarding the recruitment & screening process and our onboarding process should you be successful. So please ensure that this email remains valid, and that you check it regularly.
How do I book an Interview with G4S Events?
Once you have registered and applied for a role online you will be presented with interview slots that are available to book immediately. If none of the available slots are suitable for you please do not book one, we will contact you via email when/if new slots become available.
If you haven't been able to book an interview day this means there are none available as demand for our interview slots is high and they do fill up very quickly.
If you cannot see a vacancy for the area you currently reside, this will be because we are not currently recruiting at the moment.
How do I change/rebook my interview slot?
If you wish to rebook or change the date and / or time of your interview please log back into the Careers portal where you will see the link to rebook or change your interview slot directly under "my applications". Please be aware there are limited numbers of interview slots in any one area.
How do I cancel my interview slot?
If you wish to cancel an existing events interview booking, please log back into the careers portal where you will see the link to cancel an existing interview directly under "my applications".
There is only 1 interview slot and I can't make that day what do I do?
Due to the volume of recruitment undertaken in events, we can only facilitate a limited number of interview dates and times. If none of these dates and times are suitable for you, please regularly check the portal as additional dates will be added depending upon demand. Please also note, we only hold interviews in each area when we have a current vacancy. It is your responsibility to make your own way to the interview.
Can I attend more than one recruitment assessment day?
There is no need to attend more than one interview day. Once you have attended an interview you will be in our system and we will contact you regarding the next steps. Please also note, you can only apply for one vacancy with G4S Events. Candidates who are successful will have the opportunity to work at a number of events regionally & nationally which is managed by our Operations team. Therefore you DO NOT need to attend another interview for an additional role/position/event
What happens at the recruitment day?
Arrival – on arrival we will check you in and check you have the correct proof of ID and proof of address documentation. This is why you need to previously book an appointment
You will be required to complete a CRB form (if applicable). You will be handed an Events Experience leaflet that answers a number of different questions (in more indepth) you may have.
You will then be interviewed by one of our Resourcing Team. It is during this interview process that we will go through your online application to ensure it is complete. It is vital that you complete as much of your on-line application as possible prior to your interview. This will ensure your application form can be processed quickly and efficiently on the day.
You will then have your photograph taken and your ID documents will be checked and photocopied.
You ask for a lot of data for my online application. Why is this?
Due to the nature of our business and the clients/events/venues/patrons attending events we work in – we must ensure we are through with our application process. If you are concerned with any part of the application process you can speak to one of the resourcing team or our Events HR team.
How long will the recruitment day take?
It will take approx. 45mins to 2 hours to go through the whole process. This will depend on how much information you have provided on your application form prior to interview. The more information you have provided beforehand – the quicker the process will be. During peak periods of interview timings, the process can last up to 2 hours.
What documents do I need to bring with me?
You need to bring the following documentation to your interview:
- Valid Passport or full length Birth Certificate
- Proof of Right to Work in the UK
- Proof of address (driving license or utility bill/bank statement dated within the last month. Please note pay slips and mobile phone bills are not acceptable)
- National Insurance Card (if you haven't got your NI card we would also accept a P45 or P60)
- Bank account details
If you are in possession of a valid SIA Door Supervision or any other SIA license please also bring this/these along with you.
If you have any other relevant training certificates e.g. First Aid / X-Ray Operator certificates etc. please bring these along and we will take a photocopy for your file. If you don't have these to hand for your interview, that is fine we can obtain these at a later stage if you are successful. We will also email a link to you that enables you to locate the interview location on a Google map.
You will recieve a full document list of what is needed to be brought along once your application is made/confirmed.
What if I do not have my passport or full length birth certificate at the recruitment day?
Unfortunately, if you do not have your proof of Identification and your Right to Work documentation with you we will not be able to proceed with your interview. You will be turned away from check-in and asked to rebook another interview when you have the required documentation. This is due to the strict screening standards we have as a company.
What happens if I forget any ID documents?
Unfortunately, we will not be able to interview you. Due to our strict Screening & Vetting procedures we need to sight your original Identification documents during the interview process.
What happens if I don't get my missing documentation to you within 7 days?
If you fail to provide your missing documentation to us within the 7 working days of your interview your application will be withdrawn. As you can understand we need to process our applicants to screening as soon as possible.
Who do I contact if I'm running late for my interview?
If you are running late you should still come to the interview as normal. If you miss your time slot you may need to wait while we try to fit you in as best we can. If we are unable to accommodate you at your interview day you will need to rebook for another day. Please do attempt to make the interview time you were allocated.
What happens if I miss my interview slot?
If you fail to arrive for your interview you will receive an email from us with a link to rebook yourself for another interview date and time (depending on current availability & demand). However, if there are no more interview sessions available we will withdraw you from this vacancy and you will need to re-apply for another vacancy at a later time. As you can appreciate the demand for our positions is exceptionally high, therefore, to avoid disappointment please book into an interview date and time that is suitable to you at the time of completing your on-line application.
When will I know if I have passed my interview and what will happen next?
Following your interview you will receive an email highlighting whether you are successful or unsuccessful. If you are successful your application will be sent to our Screening Department where the appropriate company screening and vetting checks will be carried out. This does take time, as we are reliant on your previous work/educational history getting back to us promptly. Should our Screening team contact you for additional information please get back to them as soon as possible, as this may hold up your application.
You can check on the status of your application by logging into your profile on the Global Careers Centre, where you first registered.
If you unsuccessful, you are not eligible to apply of another events role for 6 months.
One of the documents it asks me to fill in is an Educational Reference Form, do I need to do this?
Yes, in order to process your application through our screening quickly please bring this document with you to the interview filled in by your university/college. If you are Not currently in education (or have been in the last 5 years) you dont need to bring this.
One of the documents it asks me to fill in an Unemployed form by the Job Centre, do I need to do this?
Yes, in order to process your application through our screening quickly please bring this document with you to the interview filled in by your local Job Centre. If you are not currently registered unemployed (or have been in the last 5 years) you Do not need to bring this along.
I haven't heard from G4S Events In a while?
All our candidates need to go through our enhanced Screening & Vetting process due to the nature of events & clients we work at. This process can take up to 4 -6 weeks depending on your application data and how prompt your employment & personal references respond to us. If your application has exceeded over 6 weeks, please feel free to contact us by email at firstname.lastname@example.com stating your full name, area, job applied for and date of interview. We can only respond to direct candidates.
What If I am unsuccessful at the interview day?
Unfortunately, you cannot re-apply to work with G4S Events for a period of six (6) months if you were unsuccessful at interview.
I actually want a full time job with G4S?
Unfortunately within G4S Events we don't have any full time roles. All of our roles are casual due to the nature of our events; however this is ideal for people looking for a flexible role at evenings & weekends. However if you are looking for a full time role please see our website www.g4s.com/careers
We also are unable to provide any updates on any other recruitment applications which you have with the wider G4S Business. We advise you get in touch with your initial contact for this role.
What do I do if I am no longer interested in applying for this role and want to
withdraw my application?
You need to email us firstname.lastname@example.com advising of your full name and the vacancy you applied for. Once we withdraw your application from our system you will receive an email confirming that your application has been withdrawn.
The answer to my question isn't on these FAQs?
Please feel free to email us on email@example.com However Please ensure you state your full name, area you reside, the job you have applied for (if applicable) and a contact number for yourself. We aim to respond to all our emails within 48 hours however during peak recruiting periods it may take slightly longer.


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Karl Storz is seeking a patent attorney for their Goleta, California office.
JOB SUMMARY: Brief description of what this person does, in simple direct terms.
Under general guidance but limited direct supervision, will perform patent and trademark drafting and prosecution services, and will draft licenses related to intellectual property rights. Provide direct oversight of the Karl Storz North America IP Staff.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: List the essential duties and responsibilities of the position, in order of importance and/or amount of time spent.
- Prepare, file, and prosecute to issuance provisional and non-provisional patent applications.
- Draft and review business contracts, including distribution, supply and manufacturing agreements, purchase agreements, licenses, non-disclosure agreements.
- Prepare intellectual property related legal opinions on issues such as freedom to operate, ownership, infringement, and validity.
- Perform patent related due diligence in commercial transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and licensing.
- Communicate effectively with business areas, such as R&D, marketing, and sales on patent and trademark matters.
- Draft, file and prosecute patent applications on behalf of company before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); provide legal representation in cases of patent infringement and related litigation matters. Conduct searches of prior art to evaluate whether an invention has been previously represented in the public domain and is patentable.
- Review and draft contracts for the company (both general business related and intellectual property related) as assigned.
- Keep fully informed of all new and/or evolving developments in patent and trademark law and keep executive management informed of applicable new laws, their impact on the organization, and the progress and results of court cases and/or legal opinions.
- Develops operational policies and procedures for tracking, maintaining and updating legal documentation and records.
- Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.
- Regular attendance is an essential job function.
- Will spend part of his/her time as a member of continuous improvement teams undertaking projects and seeking ways to improve the quality of KSI's products and services.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITES: List other important functions that are secondary duties but may be time consuming.
- Investigate and analyze competing products for possible infringement of KS patents; reporting findings to Senior KS Executive Management and KST Patent Management.
- Manage coordination of relevant cross-company IP issues; providing feedback and recommendations to KS Executive Management and KST Patent Management, as appropriate.
- Monitor and analyze competitive patents, reporting and making recommendations to Senior KS Executive Management and KST Patent Management, as appropriate.
- Train and support key KS employees at various responsibility levels on patent search skills and techniques, and related patent claims interpretation, in and related to their particular specialty.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES: What does a person in this position need to be able to do?
- Knowledge of state and federal laws governing intellectual property and patents.
- Knowledge of patent related case law from the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and U.S. District Courts, and experience in analyzing the patentability of inventions and the validity of patents, and drafting related opinions and or other legal documents.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to conduct complex and extensive research, write reports, legal briefs, business and legal correspondence.
- Ability to use patent and trademark tracking software in order to track deadlines.
- Knowledge of medical device quality system regulations and standards (eg, U.S. FDA Quality System Regulation 21CFR Part 820, ISO13485, ISO9001)
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: What is the usual educational background and work experience of an individual qualified to perform this job?
- BA/BS degree (or equivalent training and experience) in scientific or engineering disciplines
- J.D., member of CA or other State Bar; license to practice law in the state, required
- Minimum of five years patent prosecution experience; plus registration to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- Experience reviewing and drafting contracts is preferred
- German language is a plus.
Online - Karl Storz - Open Goleta positions - Position #8492
Additional Info
Employer Type: Large Corporation
Job Location: Goleta, California

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Q: I removed a Windows 8 Mail application mail account that was replicated from my other machines, but the account reappeared again--why?
A: Windows 8 features the ability to sync various types of settings between machines for a user account associated with a Microsoft ID (formerly known as Live ID). Among these settings are application settings such as the mail accounts.
It seems there is a "feature" right now that enables the following to happen: Even after you remove an account from Mail (and therefore calendar and contacts as well) just for the current machine, it will actually replicate back to the machine again and reappear.
The only way to stop the account coming back is to do one of the following:
- Remove the Mail application (if you don't need it on that machine).
- Disable the synchronization of application settings for that machine (because Mail accounts are part of the application settings replication) by setting App settings to Off in the Sync your settings area of PC settings (which is available via Settings charm--Win key+C--on the Start screen and selecting the Change PC Settings link).
PC Settings Sync Your Settings Option
The downside to doing this is that it means other application settings won't replicate between your machines.
You might also be interested in my FAQ "Q: How can I force an update of my Windows 8 or Windows RT environment?"
See more FAQs at John Savill's page.


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You may have already heard that the second half of the season was described as "hell," and a new "Distinguished Gentleman" is being cast, leading some to think a character could die and be sent to the Underworld, led by a version of the devil, aka Hades. There are a lot of relatively new hints leading to a yes on that front.
Let's start with this new spoiler from TVLine, in answer to a "hell" question:
Any clues as to whether Once Upon a Time viewers are literally going to "hell" aka the Underworld, and if so, as a whole cast? Or is it possible it comes to Storybrooke? –Karen
Details — on any confirmed trip to Hell or otherwise – are scarce thus far, but this much I can share: For an early Season 5B episode, the ABC series is guest-casting the roles of a "dashing, strapping young man" who is "single-minded in his pursuit of his destiny: to be the greatest hero who ever lived" and a "plucky, 18-year-old female adventurer with a sly sense of humor and a tough, no-nonsense spirit."
Those descriptions sound like Hercules and Megara, aka Meg, right?
We're not likely to see them until the second half of the season, but let's throw this into the fire too, from the new Entertainment Weekly spoiler roundup:
Did Emma have to crush a heart to cast this new curse on Once Upon a Time? — Kat
"Yes," EP Edward Kitsis says. "Can't make a dark curse without crushing the heart of the thing you love most." Which begs the question whether someone in Storybrooke pulled a Snowing and split their heart. "There's other stuff going on than what appears on the surface right now," EP Adam Horowitz says. Adds Kitsis: "The question you're asking is whose heart is it and is someone going to die? We're not going to answer that, but we will say the information you need to guess has not appeared yet ... or has it."
Plenty of fans have suspected that someone will have to die, with a few pointing out that the title of the midseason finale is "Swan Song." Horowitz just recently spoiled the name of the 2016 midseason premiere episode, which certainly hints to death:
Here's another #OnceUponATime#titlespoiler -- it's a special one -- #100thEpisode -- hope to see ya Sunday! pic.twitter.com/Lsc8yk2uJX
— Adam Horowitz (@AdamHorowitzLA) October 29, 2015
That 100th episode is also when Cora (Barbara Hershey) is returning, EW said, and since we last saw her dead, maybe we'll see her dead again in "hell."
So death is probably coming, plus trips to the Underworld and (hopefully) some time with Hades (please be as awesome as James Woods!), Herc and Meg. You excited?
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.33 per cent in April against March, 1.89 per cent against April 2015, and 1.33 per cent against December 2015, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Vietnam's CPI in the first four months of 2016 was therefore up 1.41 per cent year-on-year.
In the eleven goods and services in the CPI basket, eight saw month-on-month increases, including transport services, by 1.73 per cent, housing and construction materials 0.71 per cent, medicine and healthcare services 0.45 per cent, education services 0.37 per cent, and tobacco and beverages 0.17 per cent.
Food and postal services remained unchanged against March while entertainment and tourism fell slightly, by 0.01 per cent.
The GSO attributed the increase of 1.11 per cent to cereal prices to seasonal factors, with April being a time for collecting rice for fulfilling export contracts while drought in the central and central highlands region and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta have also had an impact.
Transport costs increased in April due to higher petroleum prices, of VND1.190 ($0.05) per liter and diesel VND290 ($0.01) per liter, leading to month-on-month increases in the fuel price of 3.83 per cent and national CPI of 0.16 per cent.
Healthcare services cost in April increased 0.47 per cent as a result of new regulations from the Ministry of Finance.


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Recent news that the Excalibur has trimmed its bell desk and valet workforce is food for thought. On first read, it's another sign that the economic recovery hasn't taken root on the Strip, and that it's not time to unfasten our seatbelts just yet. But looking more deeply yields, perhaps, an insight about the changing face of Las Vegas.
First of all, this isn't necessarily a sign of decreasing demand or even tourist spend—although there are enough of those in casino restaurants that have cut their hours and days of operation. While it's tempted to view this in its broadest context—a hotel is cutting its workforce—and suggest that this is the canary in the coalmine pointing toward a difficult fall and winter, let's examine the news more closely. Deep in the article came a fact that I found illuminating: only 4 percent of Excalibur guests use the bell desk to have their luggage delivered to their room.
First of all, that's still a fair amount of trips with the luggage cart. Assuming an occupancy rate of 90 percent, my math suggests that about 144 guests a day don't haul their bags up the
elevator and down the hall themselves. But it seems that the Excalibur's managers think that the benefit those 144 guests get from the service isn't outweighed by its expense. As a result, unless you're a VIP, part of a group, or disabled, you'll be lugging your stuff to the front desk and to your room yourself.
Here's the point where most Vegas cognoscenti will smirk (or even sneer) and say that this is the Excalibur, what did you expect? After all, it's never been one of the higher-end resorts on the Strip, and it's not a shock that the guests there aren't lining up to tip bellmen for carrying their bags to the room.
I'd counter that the Excalibur is hardly still in the opening shakedown phase, where managers discover how the operational realities differ from conditions on the ground and adjust accordingly. The casino has been open for more than 22 years, and even at the start, there was an expectation that a significant number of guests would be using the bell desk to deliver their bags.
I wish I had the numbers on how many guests did this through the years. I don't, so I'm going to theorize that since the recession we've seen fewer guests, particularly at lower-end properties, asking the bell desk to carry their bags. Part of it's likely money. The service is free, but a tip is expected, and when most visitors find their discretionary dollars already stretched to the limit, tipping $5 for something you can do yourself seems a bit decadent.
But I think it's deeper than that. I think that visitors are changing their mindsets and their habits. Once, a trip to Vegas meant splurging on everything: gambling longer, eating more, and,
well, you can use your imagination. Now, with resort fees and other add-ons popping up everywhere, visitors are more wary. They're coming to accept being charged more, maybe, but it might be making them a bit less free with their money.
Right now, this is just a theory, and it would be nice to get the data to prove or disprove it. Looking at how rates of tipping have fared since the resort fee onset might yield some clues. This might seem like a minor thing to study, but from these small patterns, the bigger picture emerges.


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By Sara Gates
Deborah Ben-Canaan, partner at recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa, LLC, laid out some tips for attorneys looking to make the plunge in-house — a market she called "very robust right now."
"There are a lot of companies hiring and a lot of candidates looking," said Ben-Canaan, in a recent interview.
Among other things, Canaan said that associates years four to six are the most marketable for an in-house move, and that recently, companies have been looking to hire lawyers to fill positions in their international compliance divisions.
Below are some of her comments.
The Best Time to Make the Move
"The lesson is, if you want to go in-house [from a law firm], go in-house during years four to six," Ben-Canaan told Big Law Business. "Years four to six are the most marketable times for a law associate to move in-house. They have enough experience at that point to work independently."
Yet, they are not too expensive, Ben-Canaan added, noting that that's the reason why it is more difficult for attorneys to go in-house after they make partner. Oftentimes, attorneys may have to take a pay cut in order to take an in-house position. But, the decrease in compensation may be offset by equity options.
What Are Hiring Executives Looking For?
At the associate level, hiring executives may be looking for two different types of candidates — either a seasoned associate who can handle general business matters or a junior associate with a particular specialty (for example, a fourth year corporate securities attorney). At the general counsel level, hiring executives prefer attorneys who have already worked in-house.
"Once you get up to the general counsel level, it's more about gravitas and emotional intelligence," Ben-Canaan said, adding that the "chemistry with the CEO becomes critical."
Read more of this feature at Bloomberg BNA Big Law Business.
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If you have Medical Assistance (MA) or MinnesotaCare coverage, we must redetermine your eligibility once a year to see whether you are still eligible for health care coverage. This process is called a renewal. You must report changes affecting your eligibility throughout the year as they occur.


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Meet our students; read about their backgrounds, professional engagements, teaching positions, and educational histories.
Doctoral Conductors (enrolled in coursework)
- Han Na Jang
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- Joshua Harper
- Sam Ritter
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Masters Conductors
- Daan Bee Kim
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Students in the Jacobs School Choral Conducting department participate in numerous professional organizations.
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Listen Learn Care Foundation
The Foundation has evolved from a disaster-relief Foundation to an organization guided by the principles of Listen Learn Care. The Foundation is committed to making a difference with children, families and communities throughout the world.
- Listen to the needs of the community and continually seek out ways to serve children, families, organizations, and society;
- Learn new approaches to developing innovative, collaborative, and sustainable solutions to pressing social, economic, and environmental issues and concerns;
- Care by sharing knowledge and expertise, and by creating, supporting, and implementing a wide range of philanthropic programs and initiatives that make a difference in our world.
The Difference Maker! Movement's priorities, which form our Caring Agenda, include:
- Equipping children with tools to succeed in school and in life;
- Engaging individuals who desire to make a difference in the world through donations, volunteerism, and information sharing;
- Enhancing the capabilities of nonprofit organizations by providing the expertise, resources, and collaboration they need to increase their capacity while becoming more efficient and effective;
- Partnering with businesses of all sizes to develop and implement philanthropic programs that engage their employees and deliver measurable results; and
- Helping communities prepare for disasters, and recover and rebuild afterwards.
We adhere to moral and ethical principles in all of our decision-making, actions and communication. We seek optimum knowledge to make sound and unimpaired choices. We build trust and confidence through the exercise of integrity.
We acknowledge and assume responsibility for our actions, decisions and policies. We accept our obligation to accurately communicate and explain our choices and their resulting outcomes.
We aspire to exercise originality, creativity, ingenuity, inspiration, and inventiveness in our thought processes.
We highly regard and value diversity in perspectives and opinions. We admire everyone who shares our Vision and Mission.
With a sense of unity and enthusiasm for our shared interests, we greatly appreciate everyone who participates in our journey and contributes to the well being of all by being a Difference Maker!
In 1994, the Foundation, then known as the Office Depot Disaster Relief Foundation, was created in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Andrew, as the company's South Florida associates and surrounding communities struggled to get their lives and businesses back to normal. Thereafter, between 1994 and 2006, the Foundation continued to assist many other associates throughout the country similarly impacted by natural disasters.
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In 2006, it was decided that the then the company's community relations functions would roll into the Foundation, and it was renamed the Office Depot Foundation to reflect its expanded mission.
At this time, the Foundation adopted a set of strategic priorities to guide its work and demonstrate its commitment to local communities around the world. These priorities were known as the "5 X 5 Program" because it encompassed five key ways for the Foundation to carry out its mission – "Listen Learn Care" – for the next five years.
The Foundation's priorities focused on helping children succeed in school; enabling nonprofit organizations to become more efficient and effective; assisting people and businesses in preparing for disasters and recovering and rebuilding afterwards; strengthening local communities through grants, product donations and volunteerism; and encouraging community development through entrepreneurship and economic innovation.
During these five years, the Foundation successfully enhanced existing initiatives and conceived, planned, and implemented significant new programs that unquestionably made a positive impact on children, families and communities. Having achieved its objectives through the 5 X 5 Program, the Foundation developed a new set of strategic priorities to guide it for the next five years – The Caring Agenda.
Introducing "The Difference Maker! Movement"
In 2017, the Foundation initiated a very important new program − the Difference Maker! Movement. This program is designed to assist individuals and nonprofit and for-profit businesses to meaningfully contribute to the well-being of our community. The creation of the Difference Maker! Movement is in keeping with the evolution of the impactful, important, and award-winning programs developed by the Foundation over the last 10 years.
Making a Difference
- The Foundation is remarkable as a nonprofit in that it serves children, individuals, charitable organizations, and businesses with the common objective of maximizing their potential to be difference makers.
- While there are numerous nonprofits that benefit children, help individuals support causes they are most passionate about, provide capacity building and resources to charitable organizations, and assist businesses with their philanthropic activities, the Foundation is unusual in that it does all four.
- The Foundation's comprehensive platform offers potential donors the opportunity to accomplish multiple goals through a single nonprofit.
- The Foundation adheres to the principles of its mission of – Listen Learn Care – in all of its programs and interactions with children, individuals, nonprofit and for-profit businesses. The common threads are that the Foundation assesses needs, researches solutions, and collaborates with partners rather than simply providing short-term aid.
- The Foundation has the expertise needed to "teach organizations how to fish" (rather than just "giving them a fish") and the hands-on experience required to successfully fish with them.
The Team
Mary Wong, President, Listen Learn Care Foundation
Mary Wong was named President of the Office Depot Foundation (now the Listen Learn Care Foundation) in 2006 after serving as Director of Community Relations for Office Depot since 2000. She serves on the boards of the United Nations Women's Committee and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center, where she co-chairs the Business Disaster Assistance and Recovery Program. She is a former member of the White House Disaster Assistance Recovery and Volunteerism Committee and served on the board of directors of the Epilepsy Foundation of America and Feed the Children.
In 2015, Mary was recognized as Food For The Poor's Ambassador for the Poor and was honored at a special Back to School Breakfast by the American Association for Caregiving Youth. In December of 2015, she was named Entrepreneur of the Year by South Palm Beach SCORE, and in February 2016, she received the Emerald Award for Global Citizenship from the Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida. Mary was also named the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America's 2012 Champion for Drug-Free Kids and was one of America's Top 20 Women in Philanthropy and Social Innovation, conferred by Michael Chatman, host of #whyigive on Twitter.
An avid gardener and lover of creatures and crafts of all kinds, Mary is always buzzing with ideas to make a difference. She is a dedicated supporter of animal rescue organizations and a devoted dog owner.
In total, Mary was with Office Depot more than 22 years, serving first as a store manager in Minnesota and then as a district manager in Chicago.
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UTC Climate, Controls & Security
Comcast Florida Region
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Kosovo may write off a range of debts racked up by citizens before 2009, the government said Thursday in a move to tackle widespread dissatisfaction fueling unrest and a new wave of emigration to western Europe.
Just two months in office, the government has been rocked by some of the worst civil unrest since Kosovo declared independence in 2008. It is also grappling with a dramatic surge in the number of Kosovars smuggling themselves illegally into the European Union.
Finance Minister Avdullah Hoti said the government was considering canceling the debts of Kosovars to the state from before the end of 2008 — meaning unpaid taxes, customs duties and utility bills.
"We agreed to create a commission that will review the possibility of forgiving all debts of businesses and citizens to the Kosovo institutions and public companies until December 31, 2008," Hoti said at a news conference. "We feel it is necessary to have a fresh start with the new government."
The government said it had picked 2008 because that was the year, in February, when Kosovo seceded from Serbia with the backing of the West.
The majority ethnic Albanian territory, a former province of Serbia, became a ward of the United Nations in 1999 after NATO bombed to drive out Serbian forces accused of massacring and expelling civilians in a two-year counterinsurgency war.
The government did not specify what the debt write-off would cost, but the move may stir concern among Kosovo's Western backers and the International Monetary Fund.
Nonpayment of utility bills is widespread in Kosovo, which is still plagued by electricity shortages.
Poverty, unemployment and corruption are the main drivers of a sudden spike in the number of Kosovars trying to reach western Europe, slipping over the border between Serbia and EU member Hungary under cover of night.
Since September, more than 30,000 have been caught by Hungarian authorities and applied for asylum, most of them then slipping the net of immigration authorities to push westward to Germany, Switzerland and other more affluent countries in the hope of finding work.


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John W. Weaver, 87, of Lehighton R.4, was dead on arrival Monday at Gnaden Huetten Hospital, Lehighton, after being stricken at home. He was the husband of the late Eva (Burger) Weaver.
He was employed by Bethlehem Steel Corp., for 10 years, retiring in 1960.
Born in Andreas, he was a son of the late Emandus and Rose (Measmer) Weaver.
Surviving are four sons, Nevin of Lehighton R.4, Delbert of Andreas R.1, Ray of Levittown, Bucks County, and Curtis of Norristown, Montgomery County; a sister, Mrs. Helen White of Weatherly; seven grandchildren and two great- grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the T.K. Thomas Funeral Home, 145 Delaware Ave., Palmerton. Calling hours will be noon Thursday until services.


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License to Steal
By Michael Kaiser
Last week I had the pleasure of attending License to Steal, the National Wine Marketing Conference. The conference was held at the Lodge and Conference Center in Geneva State Park in Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. Located right on the shores of Lake Erie, Geneva is home to many wineries in OH. The Grand River Valley appellation is perfect for growing Riesling and other varietals such as Cabernet Franc and Vidal Blanc.
License to Steal is the brainchild of Donniella Winchell, the Executive Director of the Ohio Wine Producers Association (and long time champion of WineAmerica). It is the first wine conference completely devoted to marketing. The marketing directors from several state associations organize the topics and content of the conference. This year Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York all had a hand in developing the agenda for the conference. Wineries from Maryland to Texas were in attendance.
I was a featured speaker on the second day of the the conference. My topic of discussion was the CARE Act and other federal issues that will impact the wine industry. I also discussed the importance of joining WineAmerica. It was great to see so many members in attendance.
The License to Steal Conference is an important tool for any winery, no matter the size, to learn how to better market themselves to consumers and retailers. Social media dominated the discussion, as expected. Facebook and Twitter have really surged in use by wineries and License to Steal can teach wineries how to really use those programs to reach out to their consumers. I urge any winery looking to change or improve their marketing practices to attend License to Steal next year.
On my way back to the Cleveland airport I stopped at Ferrante Winery. Ferrante is a long time WineAmerica Member. Nick Ferrante, who is a third generation winemaker at the winery, and has become known for his Rieslings. If you are ever in that area of Ohio I urge to to stop at Ferrante Winery and all of the other great wineries in the region.
This week it is on to the Pennsylvania Wineries Association meeting. I'll have a report on that later in the week.
Government Shutdown Will Include TTB
With the very real possibility of a government shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations, the TTB has issued guidelines for their shutdown procedure. The attached link has all of the information. If you have any questions please contact us.
WineAmerica Signs Letter Requesting Continuing Funding of USDA Research
April 1, 2011
The Honorable Harold Rogers The Honorable Norm Dicks
Chairman and Ranking Member
Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Dicks:
The undersigned organizations represent a broad coalition that is extremely concerned about the elimination of vital research funding for American agriculture under the most recent Continuing Resolution.
Under House Joint Resolution 48, funding was eliminated for the remainder of the year for all special research grants under the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), and all "Congressionally directed" research projects in the ARS budget. The total amount of this account for FY 2011 was $89 million from the NIFA budget and $42 million from the ARS budget, which is a small sum in comparison to the overall federal budget, but a critical amount considering the essential research being conducted in almost every state. Moreover, these research efforts support jobs and future technological advancements that will help our country maintain its ability to address future global food security issues.
Specifically, NIFA and ARS funding supports vital research essential to combat pests and diseases, address food safety and security issues, environmental compliance, and to enhance the nutritional value of certain crops. Additionally, the beneficial impact of the vital funding that effective agricultural research can deliver has been identified as a 30 to 1 return on investment for the American taxpayer. What makes this situation even worse is that NIFA and ARS are allowed no alternatives to achieve savings. Rather, they are directed to target and eliminate "Congressionally-directed" research projects without regard for the importance of, or the need for, the research being conducted.
Though we are respectful of the difficult task that confronts Congress and the important efforts that have been taken to begin to reducing our federal deficit, we believe that the costs of eliminating this funding, and thereby these research functions, far outweigh any immediate benefit in regard to spending reduction. In the future, the funds that the federal government will need to provide to fill this void, particularly in the area of pest and disease eradication will far exceed the small yet vital investment that these competitive
grants currently receive.
We respectfully ask that a funding level equal to that in FY2010 be provided for these essential activities.
Thank you for considering this important issue.
American Nursery and Landscape Association
Blue Diamond Growers
California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers
California Grape and Tree Fruit League
California Table Grape Commission
Cal/West Seeds
Cape Cod Cranberry Growers
Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association
Del Monte Foods
Empire State Potato Growers
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association
Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
Idaho Grower Shippers Association
Idaho Potato Commission
Maine Potato Board
Michigan Carrot Development Program
Michigan Potato Industry Commission
National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance
National Association of Wheat Growers
National Aquaculture Association
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
National Grape and Wine Initiative
National Grape Cooperative Association/Welch's
National Milk Producers Federation
National Potato Council
National Watermelon Association
Northern Plains Potato Growers Association
Northwest Agri Products
Northwest Horticultural Council
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Oregon Potato Commission
Produce Marketing Association
Seneca Foods Corporation
Society of American Florists
Texas Produce Association
United Fresh Produce Association
U.S. Apple Association
U.S. Dry Bean Council
Washington State Hay Growers Association
Washington State Potato Commission
Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers
Western Pistachio Association
Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine
Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association
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Wineries Unlimited Wrap-Up
By Michael Kaiser
Last week the 35th Annual Wineries Unlimited Trade Show and Conference, presented by Vineyard and Winery Management Magazine was held at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia. The 2011 Conference was the first to be held in Virginia and it did not disappoint. The Virginia wine industry really embraced the Conference and showed why it is one of the most important wine states in the country.
Wineries Unlimited is always a good conference for WineAmerica. We see a lot of old friends and we get to make some new ones. This year was no different. As always, we shared a booth on the trade show floor with the WineAmerica Insurance Administrators who were excited to talk about their new insurance program. Their new underwriters (Markel) are located in the Richmond area. The trade show was an excellent way for us to illustrate why wineries should belong to WineAmerica.
From viticulture and enology to marketing, Wineries Unlimited is a very good way for existing and new wineries to learn how to make their business more successful. Jim Trezise, the president of the New York Wine and Grape Foundation (and WineAmerica Executive Committee and Board Member) gave the keynote address at the conference. Additionally, at the Best of the East Grand Gala, Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia was the featured speaker. The Governor and First Lady of Virginia have been huge supporters of the Virginia Wine Industry since he took office in January 2010. This March, during Virginia Wine Week, the first lady planted Chambourcin vines at the Virginia Governor's Mansion and they hope to turn that into a wine. Todd Haymore, the Virginia Secretary of Agriculture, also spoke at the Gala. His presentation focused on how the Virginia wine industry has grown in recent years.
The slogan for Wineries Unlimited 2011 was: "Virginia is for Wine Lovers" and the program and attendance confirms that. We look forward to the 36th conference in 2012.
I hope to see some of you at the "License to Steal" wine marketing conference next week in Geneva, Ohio. I will be a featured speaker.


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Waltz your way down the beautiful Danube while majestic palaces and cities pass by
Your Door to Door service will transfer you to the airport for your flight to Vienna. Our local coach will meet us and transfer us to the ship in time to settle in to your cabin before your Welcome Cocktail and introduction by the crew.
After breakfast this morning we have a guided visit of the Schoenbrunn Palace & Gardens the Hapsburgs summer residence.We return to the ship for lunch and then enjoy a guided tour of Vienna, the Imperial residence for more than six centuries. Vienna has been deeply marked by the seal of the Habsburgs and the Austrian capital owes its attraction above all to its monuments. The Christmas markets are also part of this refinement and you are invited to explore the Christmas market in front of the City Hall, marvellously decorated and features a variety of entertainments.
We spend the morning sailing, having breakfast and lunch on board. We arrive in Budapest around 5pm, our Head Chef will invite us to the restaurant where we will celebrate Christmas Eve around a glittering Christmas tree and enjoy a succulent dinner.
Merry Christmas! We spend Christmas morning with our guide on a panoramic tour of Budapest, the Pearl of the Danube. Highlights include the Castle quarter at Buda via the Chain Bridge. The Fishermans Bastion with its impressive views of the city and the Matthias Church, the oldest in the city founded in 1015 by Saint Stephen. Then on to Pest and the Heroes Square. Onwards to Andrassy Avenue and St. Stephens Basilica and finally the famous Parliament building overlooking the Danube. Lunch will be served on board with the afternoon at leisure to relax and open your presents or explore Budapest on your own.
We sail this morning with lunch taken on board. We then enjoy a guided visit of Bratislava starting with a panoramic tour of the city and the castle, dating back to 1811 and enjoying breathtaking views of the city. Highlights of the visit include the Old Town and Michaels Gate, which survives from the Middle Ages, and also the central square surrounded by elegant buildings and dominated by the old Bratislava Town Hall.
Disembark after breakfast and transfer to Vienna for flight to UK and your Door to Door transfer home.
MS Vivaldi ****
A Three deck ship with 88 cabins and carries 176 passengers. Facilities include lounge bar with dance floor, bar, dining room, sundeck with deck chairs, lift and library. Cabins are en suite, airconditioned and have hairdryer, satellite TV, picture window and safe.Wi-Fi is available on board.
Price includes:
Door to Door service
Return flights
Porterage F
5 nights All Inclusive accommodation on board MS Vivaldi (all breakfasts, lunches and 3 course set menu dinner, all local wines, spirits, beers and water during meals and at the bar)
Coach tours as mentioned in the itinerary
English speaking guide during excursions
All entrance fees mentioned
Services of a Tour Manager throughout
Single supplement: NIL limited availability Middle Deck supp: £60 Upper Deck supp: £70
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| Bath
Avon Street / Riverside Coach Car Park
| Bridgwater Mount Street Bus Stop
Rear of Angel Place Shopping centre
|Bristol Anchor Road West
| Anchor Road, Outside @ Bristol-We The Curious
Westbound Bus Stop
|Bristol Bedminster ASDA
| Bedminster Bus Shelter - East Street
In front of ASDA Store
|Bristol Downend
| Bristol Downend
Lloyds Bank
|Bristol Filton
| Bristol Filton
The Air balloon Pub
|Bristol Fishponds
| Fishponds - Fishponds Road,
Bus Stop Outside Lodge House, BS16 3HZ
|Bristol Kingswood
| Kingswood - High Street Bus Stop
Opposite the Civic Centre, BS15 9TR
|Bristol Knowle
| Knowle
Broadwalk Shopping Centre
|Bristol Redfield
| Redfield - Bus Stop outside Aldi
Church Road
|Bristol Westbury-on-Trym
| Westbury-on-Trym Library
Bottom Falcondale Rd.
| Chippenham The Bridge
In Front of Johnsons Dry Cleaners
| Cirencester Little Chef/Burger King
Hare Bushes Services, A429 Burford Road, GL7 5DS
| Clevedon
Tui Travel Agency
|Exeter Services
| Exeter Services - M5 - Pickups from here may be
fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach
| Frome
Market Place
| Gloucester outside the British Heart Foundation
Shop, Northgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1SL
| Gordano M5 Services CAR PARK
| Highbridge, Church Street Bus Stop
Near to Church
| Ivybridge Leisure Centre Car Park - Pickups may be
fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach
|Junction 27 M5
| J27 M5 - Burger King/ Travelodge
Pick ups maybe fed to Gordano Services
|Leigh Delamere Services
| Leigh Delamere - Outbound - Eastbound Side
Return - Westbound Side - Coach Park
| Liskeard Lloyds Bank
The Parade, Liskeard, PL14 6AW
|M5 Junction 13
| M5 Junction 13, Starbucks Formerly Little Chef
| Melksham
Town Hall.
|Midsomer Norton
| Midsomer Norton
Town Hall
|Newton Abbot
| Newton Abbot Railway Station Lay By
Pickups may be fed to Gordano Services M5-J19
| Plymouth Railway Station SE Bound Bus Stop
Pennycomequick Hill/ Saltash Road
|Shepton Mallet
| Shepton Mallet Station Road Car Park
Bus Stop near Monument
| Somerton The Cross - Pickups from here may be
fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach
|St Austell
| St Austell-Railway Station
| Street
Bayliss Centre
|Taunton Herons
| Taunton - Hankeridge Farm Bus Stop,
Herons Gate by Halfords Superstore.
| Thornbury
Aldi Lay-by
| Torquay Coach Station
| Trowbridge
Town Hall
| Truro Fairmantle Street Coach Park
| Wells
Princes Road Car Park
| Westbury
Haynes Road bus stop
| Weston-super-Mare
Locking Road Car Park
| Yeovil Bus Station - Pickups may be
fed to Gordano Services M5-J19 to meet coach
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Eden Prairie, Minnesota- 14 July, 2009. WAND Corporation announced today its decision to donate a three panel digital menu board for Wendy's at the Dave Thomas Memorial Classic. This annual golf event for charity has been hosted by Wendy's FourCrown for over a decade, with the proceeds going to benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. The outdoor triple-panel all-digital menu board is brand-new, field-ready technology, as there are only two other units like the one being auctioned for charity in the world.
By 2009, the Dave Thomas Foundation had successfully matched over 1,000 children with loving families in a permanent environment. In its 20 year relationship with the Wendy's community, WAND Corporation has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities, such as the Dave Thomas Foundation, as part of its perpetual drive to give back.
"Wendy's FourCrown has been a longtime partner of WAND Corporation, and it should give us all great pride that we are able to work together as a team to benefit the worthy cause that is the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in this way," said WAND Corporation Chief Operating Officer, Greg Perrill. "We're pleased to be unveiling the first in a new generation of outdoor digital technology for this charity event," continued Perrill.
The three-panel outdoor digital menu board that WAND Corporation will donate has an estimated value of more than $25,000 and will be auctioned off at Wendy's FourCrown's annual golf event being held at the Wayzata Country Club, 19-20 July. The proceeds from the golf event will go to benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
"Throughout the years, WAND Corporation has been extremely generous in its contributions to our annual golf event and auction," said Mike Givens, co-founder and president of Wendy's FourCrown. "The proceeds raised at this annual event are helping hundreds of kids find permanent homes with loving and caring adoptive parents. WAND Corporation, along with our many other generous sponsors, help raise several hundred thousand dollars each year to benefit this great cause. In addition, WAND Corporation and FourCrown have had a long and productive partnership of providing our restaurants with the latest in new technology and systems to better operate our restaurants," Givens continued.
Wendy's FourCrown was the first Wendy's franchise that WAND Corporation worked with, nearly 20 years ago. Together they have worked as a team as Wendy's FourCrown has grown to its current size, 59 stores, and enjoy a mutually beneficial, respectful business relationship.
About Wendy's Fourcrown
Wendy's FourCrown operates 59 Wendy's restaurants and is currently the only Wendy's franchisee in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Area and in St. Cloud, MN. Founded in 1985 by Mike Givens and Dan Opitz, Wendy's FourCrown's overall objective, "is to have the finest collection of stores, by all criteria, in the entire Wendy's system". As a family-owned business, Wendy's FourCrown has been built on family values and has always sought to do the "right thing" for its employees, customers, and partners, including through charitable donations of time, labor, and financial contributions. For more information please go to www.wendysfourcrown.com
About WAND Corporation
WAND Corporation is the world leader in POS software for Quick Service Restaurants, and a leading innovator in digital menu boards. Much more than digital signage, digital menu board technology shows the customer what they want, when they want it. In addition to its involvement with Wendy's in Minnesota and throughout the United States, WAND Corporation works with thousands of other QSR restaurants, including Arby's, A & W, Burger King, Checkers/Rally's, Church's Chicken, Dairy Queen, Hardee's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Long John Silver's, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, and Taco Bell. With over 150 employees and more than 22 years of experience in a rapidly changing industry, WAND Corporation is a nimble, thriving QSR innovator, having never lost the spirit that was the inspiration for its birth in 1987. More information is available at www.wandcorp.com.
For media inquiries, contact Laura Chaney at (952) 279-2385 , or [email protected]
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Its National Scrapbooking day, and Gotta Pixel is Celebrating in a big way. There are loads of challenges, games and contests planned for chances are some really awesome prizes. Not to mention the entire store has been marked down to 40% off from April 30th - May 3rd. Stop by and check out the forum throughout this weekend to see all the many ways you can win. (Also word is going around that the
Facebook fanpage might have a prize or two as well).
My Entire Gotta Pixel Store 40% Off
Plus, I've created THREE special iNSD Grab Bags that are packed full of amazing product for just $3.50 each!
These are fully revealed in the extra images in my store :)
Bella Gypsy & I have teamed up for May Templatepalooza & it's a SUPERSIZED edition. Instead of 4 template packs, this month we've included 6 brand spanking new full size template packs for you! These are also revealed in the store previews :)
On sale now just $2.99, that's a steal!
There is also a great amount of Chats and crops going on throughout the weekend so there is sure to be something for everyone.
Don't forget to join me for my 2 Special iNSD Speed Scraps!
Hop On The Gotta Pixel Blog Train!!
Plus, there is a fabulous blog train going on this weekend, as our way of saying thank you to all of you for your continued support throughout this past year. Many of the GottaPixel designers have gotten together and created an amazingly huge collaboration for you- FOR FREE! Below you will find my contribution to the blog train.
The train will run from April 30th- May 3rd. After the 3rd the links will be disabled. Below is a list of all the participating blogs, each one holds a new piece of the collaboration. If at any point you get lost, you can always come back here for the master list. (If you find someone has yet to post, please check back as some of our time zones vary) I hope you enjoy, and have an awesome iNSD!!
GottaPixel: http://www.gottapixel.net/forum/blog.php
Liz (SweetDigiScraps): http://sweetdigiscraps.blogspot.com/
Stacy Carlson: http://www.scrappingbuzz.com/
Litabell's Designs: http://litabells.blogspot.com/
Isabel Mendez (Crisdam Designs): www.crisdamdesigns.com/blog
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Captivated Visions http://blog.captivatedvisions.co.uk/
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Denise Liemert - http://dl-creativedesigns.blogspot.com/
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Colie's Corner http://coliescorner.blogspot.com/
Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you have a happy iNSD!
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When you're raised on the fringe of Glacier National Park, there's no telling where life will take you, but chances are, you'll follow the call of the wild. Sisters Hilary Hutcheson and Whitney Milhoan were whitewater and fishing guides by the time they were 15. If angling culture has exhausted every brother-and-fly-fishing trope from A River Runs Through It, it might look to the Lange Sisters (as the two were called around town) for new inspiration set in the same wilderness, on the same rivers, with equally skilled anglers.
"We were encouraged to follow our passions," said Whitney, age 36. "The message from our parents was, 'We are a people deeply rooted in outdoor experience. Here's what can ground and inspire you, now find your own path.' We linked up with our passion early and supported each other."
"We found fly fishing together," explained Hilary, age 38. "You hear some kids say they hate their brother or sister. We never felt that way. We were great playmates and adventure buddies."
Both Hilary and Whitney are petite, but filled with energy and positivity that belies their stature. They move like people who do nothing but move for a living—exact, natural, and self-possessed. The two have long collaborated as siblings and guides. But on a September day at the foot of the Apgar Range in West Glacier, Montana, the two worked together for another cause: Casting for Recovery (CfR), Whitney, as executive director of the organization and Hilary as a volunteer instructor.
For 20 years, Casting for Recovery (castingforrecovery.org), has helped women with breast cancer through a program that combines education and peer support with the therapy found in fly fishing. The nonprofit hosts retreats, offering groups of 14 women at a time the opportunity to learn to fly fish. In the process, participants find inspiration, discover renewed energy for life, and experience healing connections with other women and nature. The organization has expanded to 40 states and now hosts around 50 events annually, as well as six international programs.
CfR's retreats are open to breast cancer survivors of all ages, in all stages of treatment and recovery, and are entirely free to participants. To make them free, CfR counts on the financial support of donors. The retreat in West Glacier was sponsored by Cabela's Outdoor Fund, Lakestream Fly Shop, Whitefish Community Foundation, Ila B. Dousman Fund, Inc., Flathead Valley Trout Unlimited, and the Dolan Family. Fourteen Montana residents were selected by lottery to gather here for a three-day event.
CfR opened a Montana chapter in 2010, at which time Whitney volunteered at the first retreat. The West Glacier event marked the fifth that the sisters have worked on together.
"I was a guide through college and most of my twenties. I got a degree in sociology and started working with nonprofits that used outdoor experiences to promote wellness," explained Whitney. After working as program director for First Descents, an outdoor adventure program for young adults with cancer, Whitney became executive director of CfR in 2013.
In a past life, Hilary was a news anchor in Missoula, Montana, and then Portland, Oregon. She returned to her home territory of Glacier with her young family, started an outdoor PR firm, a television show (Trout TV), and began guiding again. She also opened a fly shop. Hilary continued, "Whit always says, 'All roads lead back to Glacier.' We've been a lot of different places and done different things, but have always felt rooted here."
Now, the sisters continually find ways to join forces. With Whitney's work in the nonprofit world and Hilary's role as a media producer and marketer, it's a natural fit.
"We work more together now, more than ever before," explained Whitney. "So many brands are interested in female anglers and trying to encourage, support, and engage them. There's been a lot of opportunity for us to collaborate."
In addition to being full-time working professionals, the two are mothers, with children ranging from toddlers to teenagers.
"Being moms makes us better, more efficient in our professional lives. Once you're a mom, you only have so much time and energy. I have a thicker skin with tough organizational decisions," said Whitney. "Our kids see us stand behind projects and causes that matter to us. That's important and it's a luxury in our line of work. We are total train wrecks most of the time. But we're doing good work, pursuing passions, and applying energy and talents in things that matter."
"We consider ourselves moms first," Hilary added. That's the most important thing—these humans that we're responsible for. And then, you do your very best. Once you feel you're doing your best, then shoot, anything you can do in work and play is gravy. We also have incredible support from our husbands, friends, and family. And we have great support staff."
Another thing that's saved them is their approach to parenting. "We've never been the moms who say, 'We can't fish because the kids take a nap at 10:15 a.m. every day,'" said Hilary. We've never raised them by the book. When kids are hungry, feed them. And when they're tired, they sleep. When it's time to fish, we fish."
Hilary, mother of two girls ages 12 and 14, could write a manual for parents who want to get their teens out on the water and most importantly, have a good time.
"What I've found," she divulged, "is that the river to them isn't a peaceful place. It's a fun place. They want to bring friends, have phones. I fought that, thinking we needed peace and quiet. And now, we have snacks, selfies, and music. I'd rather have them out there listening to music than not there at all. We play music in my skiff on the Flathead. We'll go cliff jumping, swim, catch frogs. They like to hang off the side of the boat while I'm rowing and kind of body surf. Please note: There's no motor."
"I was about to call Child Protection Services," Whitney interjected.
"They wear life jackets, I swear! I had visions of my children out there making long beautiful casts and slaying fish. For them right now, this is the experience relevant to them—being out there with friends, being young and crazy. Making that mental adjustment has really helped me get them out there more."
With fly fishing, both parents and children are immersed in the activity rather than one party or the other. Most sports place children on the field and parents on the sidelines cheering. But with fishing, everyone's in the game. It's truly a shared experience.
"With fishing, we're in the boat with them, which is really effective and special," Hilary said. "A lot of people use fishing to get away from their families, to get away from work. I understand why. However, there's also an opportunity in fly fishing to share it with your family and all be part of it."
Whitney, mother to a three-, five-, and seven-year-old, offers perspective on getting the younger set out there: "The trick with small children is that everything has to be fun and funny. You have to catch it before they melt down. If they fall in the mud, you have to make it funny before it's embarrassing. Keep it low pressure. My kids are still young enough that everything is awesome. Every little fish is beautiful. Kids change your personal goals and what you consider successful."
"People ask how we juggle work and family," Hilary said, changing the direction of the conversation, "But look at all the women here at CfR. They've been doing that, but with cancer. And that's what's so humbling about this. These women are animal rescuers, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, teachers, welders, electricians, stay-at-home moms, single moms, grandmothers. They're accomplished at many activities and talents and are battling cancer. They have fought through it and won."
CfR has served women longer than the industry has actively demonstrated earnest efforts to engage female participants. With that experience and success, the organization acts as somewhat of a poster child for women in fly fishing, offering ample perspective on engagement and retention. Whitney sees two big takeaways: creating a low barrier to entry and retention through a sense of community.
"We've created a really approachable environment," Whitney explained. "The retreats are fun. Women are hungry for knowledge, and through the fishing they simultaneously experience being with others, adventure, stepping outside their daily lives. That's applicable to everyone. That's not women-specific or cancer-specific. That's the beauty of this sport."
CfR participants not only fish—often for the first time—during the weekend of the event, but many continue to fish. Whitney highlighted this sustained interest: "The number of women who come through CfR continue to fish at a higher rate than what is representative of the sport at large. It comes back to that community piece. They connect with local guides and stay in touch with them. They have instant support from the angling community."
The West Glacier retreat followed the usual CfR format, beginning with fly-fishing fundamentals, prepping the group to fish from drift boats on the final day. We gathered around a casting pond to watch Hilary demonstrate, and then broke into groups to let participants try it with one-on-one instruction with volunteers.
Lee Giesy of Whitefish, Montana waited eight years to get one of the coveted retreat spots. She's hoping to write a technical book about her battle with cancer and the recovery process, a resource she feels is missing for cancer patients.
"One of the hardest parts of recovery is feeling like a useful member of society. Your whole life is forced into slow motion when you have cancer. It's amazing to be here. To be able to enjoy our resources right here in Montana, to get outside and do something positive," she said.
CfR volunteers and fishing guides are equally anxious to secure spots, and the waiting takes years to ascend. Beth Shidner, an oncology nurse from Jackson, Wyoming and a CfR medical facilitator, was there to facilitate group talks about chemotherapy.
"It's nice to see a sisterhood here," she says. "They don't get that discussion in the infusion room. Here they can sit down and talk about anything they could possibly talk about, laugh and cry together."
Debra MacLaine of Lakeside, Montana, was a past participant and now acts as a CfR volunteer: "I found out about CfR through brochures in my doctors' offices. It was wonderful to have this new family. I never went to counseling or had a support group. It was nice to branch out and be with people in the same situation who could relate and who could equally appreciate being outside, because it was such a fortuitous thing that we were alive and able to do this."
This spring, CfR will for the first time ever team up with Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, a fly-fishing therapy program addressing the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled veterans and active military personnel. Many disabled veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or from physical disabilities, and have also been diagnosed with breast cancer. Recognizing an opportunity to serve disabled veterans fighting battles on two fronts, the groups developed a retreat for 14 vets at Harman's Luxury Cabins in West Virginia, on the headwaters of the Potomac River. Harman's Luxury Cabins donated all accommodations for veterans, staff, and volunteers. At the time of this writing, CfR was still looking for donors to defray the other associated costs of the event, which amount to about $1,500 per participant. Visit donate.castingforrecovery.org and in the comments section, specify you'd like your donation to be used exclusively for the veterans retreat April 21-23, 2017.
"Our grandmother died of breast cancer and her sister too," said Hilary.
"Working with cancer survivors, I've lost a lot of friends to cancer," said Whitney. "The power of what we're doing for survivors is applicable across the board. In terms of physical and mental wellness, the bottom line is the power found in authentic outdoor experience. If you can take that and share it with a group of people that really need a break and inspiration, to be reconnected and re-energized or introduced to a supportive community, it provides such a powerful and simple concept. But certainly not specific to breast cancer. The benefits are universal."
"You can see what fly fishing does for healthy people," said Hilary. "So think about what it can do for people who actually need a bit more of a boost. There's a healing there that's important for folks who don't even know they need it."
Sarah Grigg (sarah-grigg.com) is a writer and editor based in Bozeman, Montana.
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MickeyMouse busts Kinc's 3Dmark05 record – 34,792
He is currently aiming for 35,000, but so far we haven't heard of any more achievements. He did set a new single-card world record with 31,492 points just recently, and with X38 around the corner 35,000 will be reached, eventually. If not by MM, by someone else.


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Via discussion on Twitter, I was led to an article by Salman Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, which included this little gem:
Today students in most classrooms sit, listen and take notes while a professor lectures. Despite there being anywhere from 20 to 300 human beings in the room, there is little to no human interaction. Exams often offer the first opportunity for the professor to get real information on how well the students digested the knowledge. If the test identifies gaps in students' understanding of a basic concept, the class still moves on to a more advanced concept.
Virtual tools are providing an opportunity to rethink this methodology. If a lecture is available online, class time can be freed for discussion, peer tutoring or professor-led exploration. If a lecture is removed from class time and we have on-demand adaptive exercises and diagnostics, there is no need to continue the factory model inherited from 19th-century Prussia—where students are pushed together at a set tempo. Instead students can progress at their own pace and continue to prove their knowledge long after the formal course is over.
You are hereby invited to insert a loooooong, drawn-out sigh at this point in the post.
Did you hear the sigh? Good.
I am not going to say that there are no faculty anywhere, in any discipline, who stand in front of the class and lecture in a monotone while the students play games on their cellphones obediently record their words of wisdom. In fact, I can well imagine that there are some disciplines in which this scenario occurs on a regular basis. But. When I was an undergraduate at UC Irvine from far too long ago 1988-92, I spent most of my time in lecture courses (40-75 or so students) with the older, more "traditional" professors, and none of them taught this way. I repeat: none of them taught this way. There was always interaction, in the form of questions, discussion, etc. (sometimes aided by TAs). Moreover, there were papers (because, well, English department). There were quizzes. We were neither sitting there passively nor playing games on our cellphones (OK, we weren't doing that because that was the pre-cellphone era, but you know what I mean). And there was this fascinating concept known as "office hours," of which I availed myself on a reasonably regular basis. Moreover, when I took courses outside the English department, thanks to that phenomenon known as "GE requirements," those faculty also expected us to utilize our vocal cords in a useful manner.
A-ha, readers cry! That was an R1 with a well-off student body! Well, then, wander on over to my regional comprehensive. If you walked into one of my classes, you would find that a lot of my lectures involve me asking lots and lots of questions of the students--and most pedagogical theory types would consider me a pretty traditionalist sort of prof. (And when I'm teaching poetry, I'm usually extemporizing from marginal notes in order to get around the "droning in front of the classroom" issue; I use written notes for longer works or for presentations with lots of factual material.) The students do regular group work, they do oral presentations (group and individual), they write essays, they take quizzes, and, more recently, they also post to a wiki. We are already doing discussion in the classroom. I don't know if the problem here is a bias towards science instruction; it's certainly not news to commentators on humanities instruction that our classrooms come "flipped," as it were. Now, certainly there are real issues with students operating at different levels of achievement or preparation, but even those aren't insurmountable in a face-to-face situation (tutoring, tailoring grading to individual progress, office hours, etc.).


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I am in the kitchen, whipping up a batch of fig cake, and as I sort through the handwritten recipes in my collection, I recall the two grandmothers who were related to me not by blood but by love. In 1988 my husband, his sister and I traveled to Brandon, Miss., to visit their grandmother, Sadie, who was known to the family as Big Mama. I recall that I was a little apprehensive, since I had never met the Mississippi Murray clan, which included a slew of aunts, uncles and cousins whose roots were imbedded in Southern soil for generations back.
I had spoken to my husband's Aunt Barbara on the phone and envied her breathy, smooth-as-honey accent. Although I'd lived in the South since age 7, my speech still harbored traces of my early days in New York, and I sometimes felt that I would never truly fit in among Southerners. Often, when I met a person born and bred in the South, I'd get a curious look and then the inevitable question, Where are you from?
Big Mama had raised seven children on a farm, where she and her husband had lived very simply as sharecroppers. Although she was a widow in her 80's at the time we visited her, and was living in a small apartment in an assisted-living community, I remember noting that she had planted a patch of garden out front, and it sported some fine-looking tomatoes.
As we knocked on the door, I said a silent prayer that she wouldn't be disappointed in me. I hoped she wasn't expecting a blue-eyed belle with a southern accent, because she would surely be let down.
When the door swung open, I saw a plump, white-haired lady who, in her flower-print dress and apron, looked like the quintessential grandma. After hugging the two grandchildren she hadn't seen in many years, she took one look at me, declared me pretty and then wrapped her arms around me. Sinking with delicious abandon into the soft, comforting flesh of her bosom, I remember how I regretted not having known any of my own grandparents.
That evening, she took the whole crew of uncles, aunts and grandchildren out for an all-you-can-eat fried catfish meal at a nearby restaurant and then back to her little apartment for slices of her still-warm, home-baked fig cake. No one said a word about my accent.
Soon after our visit, she started mailing me recipes and often enclosed a little note with them. Each time she would repeat how much she had loved meeting me and how she longed to see us again. She told me she still enjoyed fishing and would take us to her favorite fishing hole on our next visit.
My husband's maternal grandmother, Gladys, hailed from Rome, Ga., and was a very different grandmother from Big Mama. For one thing, she didn't like the titles mom or grandma, so the family called her Gladys. A slim lady who wore her long hair twisted upon her head in a braid, she liked traveling to Greece, reading National Geographic magazines and tooling around town in her late-model Mercedes.
Right after Jef and I married, we moved to Virginia for two years, and Gladys started sending me her favorite recipes in the mail, always handwritten and always with a note or two about her family's reaction to the food.
On her lemon pudding recipe, she noted that her family could eat the entire dessert at one sitting, and in the recipe for banana bread she added the comment, best ever. At the bottom of the recipe, she wrote a few lines describing her little black dog, Callie, who was spending that particular day in the yard snoozing in a patch of sun.
Every time I bake banana bread, I remember the day I was introduced to Callie, who had a reputation for biting strangers, a reputation that suited Gladys just fine, since she lived alone and wanted protection.
As I reached down to pet the dog, I detected, at the last second, a flash of white teeth that made me cringe in fear. For some reason, though, Callie did an about-face, suddenly wagging her tail and nuzzling my hand. She knows you're family, Gladys explained, and in that moment, I felt that I truly was.
Today, as the scent of the spicy fig cake fills the kitchen, I turn over the crumpled recipe, written in Big Mama's own hand, and realize how much I regret that we never did go fishing with her.
Gladys and Big Mama and the little dog are all gone now, but they will always seem close to me in the kitchen, where I feel their presence in the sacraments of cake and pudding.
Every Sunday at church, whenever I pray for the dead, I always include the trio, even though I figure they must have been shoo-ins for heaven. I guess that praying for them, like eating the food the two women loved to prepare, gives me a feeling that we are still connected.
Sometimes I envision the two grandmothers sitting on a porch in heaven, munching on freshly baked bread and trading recipes and memories. I also envision a small black dog hunkered down in a sunny spot, begging for crumbs and occasionally baring her teeth just a little, as if she were pining to meet a stranger.


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