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For example, the WAP developed many significant programs in art, theater, music and writing in order to allow American artists and actors to give concerts, shows and circuses, perform plays, paint murals and produce books. Many projects developed by the WAP were criticized. Critics called the WAP programs "boondoggles", arguing that most of the projects were aimed at buying political favor. However, local communities earned much profit from the WAP projects. The paper provides individual reflection of the topic and the discussion of the references used.
The WAP successes and failures have been widely discussed in literature because this agency contributed to the development of American society during the period of Great Depression, addressing the needs of working class people, the poor and the unemployed. Introduction It is known that the creation of the Works Project Administration (WAP) in 1935 was n important event in the lives of many American citizens. This event was associated with the 1936 elections because Roosevelt was focused on the support of the poor and working class people (Borer et al. 2010). The U. S. President Roosevelt changed the New Deal course, addressing the needs of the working class people through six major initiatives: the expansion of public works programs and policies, providing support to the rural poor people, the promotion of organized labor, providing benefits to the retired, the promotion of business regulation through heavier taxation (Borer et al. , 2010). The WAP has become a new project of the U. S. President. The initial name of this institution was the Works Progress Administration.
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The institution was renamed in 1939. The Works Project Administration was established based on President Roosevelt executive order with the major goal to provide employment to more than "1/3 of the masses left Jobless during the Great Depression" (Grass, 2010, p. 660). The WAP activity was eliminating in 1943, when the World War II was launched in European countries and the level of employment was considerable improved in the U. S. Due to the growth of the private sector (Borer, 2010).
The WAP successes and failures have been widely discussed in literature because this agency contributed to the development of American society during the period of Great Depression, addressing the needs of working class people, the poor and the unemployed. Review of Literature The successes and failures of the WAP have been widely discussed in academic literature and the mass media. According to researchers, the Works Project Administration (WAP) helped to employ over 8. Million Americans on different "socially beneficial projects" (Grass, 2010, p. 660). Over 8 years of the WAP existence, he WAP constructed many physical infrastructures, including bridges, roads, public buildings (schools, post-offices, hospitals, airports) and other significant facilities (Grass, 2010). Besides, the WAP provided assistance to writers, producers, musicians, performers and artists who contributed to the development of art and culture in the U. S.
For example, the Federal Writers Project (FEW) was created by the Works Project Administration during the period of the Great Depression of the sass. The FEW was an important project of the New Deal policy as it helped to promote art and culture ND assist everyone who was involved in art in the U. S. During the sass. According to Woodward (1938), the WAP library projects provided library services to millions of Americans, improving cultural development of the nation. However, many experts believed in the effectiveness and usefulness of the WAP projects.
According to Glenn Altogether (2008), "an unreconstructed New Dealer, Taylor dismisses or ignores evidence that public works projects did not promote -and may have retarded - recovery' (p. 1). Taylor celebrates the functioning of the WAP for "treating people as a resource and not as a commodity' (Altogether, 2008, p. ). Actually, millions of American people were thrown out of work because of the negative effects of economic crisis. The New Deal programs and policies gave many Americans an opportunity to "sweat in honest work as part of our democracy' (Altogether, 2008, p. 1).
According to statistical data, in the sass, the WAP helped to build more than "650,000 miles of roads, 78,000 bridges, 800 airports and served 900 million hot lunches to school children" (Altogether, 2008, p. 1). In general, the WAP was an effective public works project, administered by Presidents Roosevelt and his Administration. The agency was focused on the key principles of Roosevelt New Deal course, providing relief to many thousands of unemployed Americans and millions of working class people, as well as considerable financial support into the devastated private U.
S. Economy (Meant & Hellmann, 2000). Reflection of the topic and discussion of the references used in the paper The topic discussed in this paper is an important one for Americans because it reflects American history and helps to find the proper answers to existing questions in the field of social security. The creation of the WAP in 1935 was a significant event in American history. I believe that the programs developed by the WAP were part of President Roosevelt public works strategy. I believe that the WAP was a successful initiative because it contributed to the U. S. Placement and addressed a wide range of problems caused by the Great Depression. Millions of Americans were involved in various programs developed by the WAP. Although the WAP was criticized by Conservatives and businessmen, the WAP projects were successful and beneficial for many Americans. The WAP projects gave hope to the unemployed and the poor people. The references used in this literature review paper are reliable and valid. The authors are qualified to write on this topic as they have enough knowledge and experience to discuss important historical and political events.
Most of the authors are historians and political experts. They are competent in the discussion of various political issues and historical events, especially those that contributed to the development of American society. However, I did not like the criticism of the WAP projects provided by Conservatives and businessmen. I cannot agree with them because their complaints were invalid in some way. They ignored positive aspects of he WAP and did not take into consideration the problems of millions of Americans who lost Jobs during the Great Depression period.
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Batsaikhany Ariunbold  (; born on 3 April 1990) is a Mongolian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Mongolian Premier League club Erchim and the Mongolian national team.

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Comet Ikeya-Zhang Photo Gallery
Summary: In Early March 2002, Comet Ikeya-Zhang became a naked-eye fuzzball in the evening sky. It soon brightened to 3rd magnitude and delighted sky watchers with its remarkable photogenic tail. The comet even had a stunning close encounter with the Andromeda Galaxy. But all good things must come to an end. On April 30th, Ikeya-Zhang made its closest approach to Earth (0.41 AU) and since then has been receding toward the outer solar system. The fading fuzzball now (on May 2, 2002) glows like a 5th magnitude star at the limit of naked-eye visibility. Soon it will be impossible to see without a telescope. So farewell, Ikeya-Zhang! It was a great show while it lasted.
Spaceweather.com wishes to thank all those who submitted to the Comet Ikeya-Zhang gallery! The comet is now fading, and the gallery is now closed to submissions.
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Alex Roca & Angels Escuer,
Hortoneda, Spain
March 19 #1, #2, #3 Our good friends Alex Roca and Angels Escuer sent these three images of the comet. They used an MX5 CCD with an objective of 35 mm, mounted on a motorized telescope. The black lines are overhead wires.
Francisco RodrÌguez RamÌrez,
Canary Islands, Spain
March 19 #1 Comet Ikeya-Zhang over Tenerife.
Francisco Ramirez captured this 30-second exposure of Comet Ikeya-Zhang from the top of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
Garth Arsenault,
Hampshire, Canada
March 18 #1 Garth Arsenault took this image of the comet above the trees of Canada. A 20-second exposure, taken with a Yashica GT Rangefinder with 45 mm lens.
Jan Koeman,
Kloetinge, Netherlands
March 18 #1, #2, #3 Jan Koeman: "The waxing moon at the moment is not favorable to see the faint tail of the comet, but yesterday we could observe the comet with around 300 visitors at the "Philippus Lansbergen Obervatory" in Middelburg, all looking one-by-one through the 2 8"SCT and one 4"Newtonian telescopes we used!"
Dominic Cantin,
March 17 #1, #2 These beautiful photographs of Ikeya-Zhang by Dominic Cantin, include galaxies M-33 and M-31 (Andromeda).
Carl Archuleta,
March 17 #1 This image, taken by Carl Archuleta on March 17th with a Nikon Coolpix 995, shows Ikeya-Zhang very much as it appears through binoculars or a small telescope.
Alex Roca & Angels Escuer
Lleida, Spain
March 15, 17
#1, #2, #3 Alex Roca: "These three pictures weree made with a Konica camera, mounted and hang-guided on a telescope with an objective of 135 mm. The focal ratio was 3.5 and each exposure was 3 minutes. The first two pictures were taken on March 15th and the last one on March 17th. They were taken at 18:30 UT, while the comet was very close to the horizon."
Rijk-Jan Koppejan,
Middelburg, The Netherlands
March 17 #1 Rijk-Jan Koppejan: "Today I made a sketch of Ikeya-Zhang. The weather has been miserable the last few weeks, so I was quite happy to view the comet at last. Sketching is a nice way to observe: it forces you to watch very closely and it's available to everyone. I used a Celestron 8" SCT with a 40mm eyepiece."
Greg Sellek,
March 17 #1 This image was taken from the Madison Astronomical Society's dark sky site, Yanna Research Station, in Madison, WI. Details are included with the picture.
Brian Larmay,
Ottawa Lake, Wisconsin
March 16 #1, #2, #3, #4 Brian Larmay captured this picturesque series of images, including a portrait of Ikeya-Zhang and the Moon, in Southeastern Wisconsin.

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The workers diet is generally not very good and they eat a lot of it. Chicharron is a favorite and is cooked up every morning in multiple places around Melaque in these large vats. Wednesday is beef day at this Jaluco butcher shop ... along with the usual pork. You usually have to get there before 10am or it will be gone ... or at least the best parts of meat. Chicharrón is mainly skin but also any tender part of the animal ... cooked until it is unrecognizable and crunchy. One kilo of tortillas and a large bottle of Coke makes breakfast.
Carnitas is another breakfast favorite and these stores/restaurants usually close by noon. Carnitas (little meats) is boiled pork that can be ordered as meat only or about 1/4 fat. Carnitas usually come with tortillas and salsa.
The exceptions to this heavy, greasy diet are when one of the workers wife makes something at home and she brings it over. They live just a block away and often there are nice surprises. Still the large bottle of Coke is required.
I was out at the house today puttering around and our local taco lady came over to say her two girls were dancing in the Virgen de Guadalupe dance just down the street. Went over and was offered a seat (old folks you know) and a glass of juice while we watched.
They are finishing up the bodega/workshop and I wanted a storage shelf around the room. This will also be the safe storage room for valuable stuff when I'm away. I put up a second layer of bricks on the outside walls up to the 2 meter level and this shelf sits on top of the second wall.
Thursday the military were all over the area giving out Mexican flags but they missed our place. The workers found a couple extras and mounted this one on my tinaco yesterday morning. They found one for Jimmy's place so we both proudly fly the green, white and red.
Chiticahua is what the migrant workers are called by all the locals, supposedly from the state of Guerrero. They are basically gypsies following the crops and December is chili season - weeding, thinning and picking in a few weeks. Pinal Villa and much of the Melaque area fills up with these people who have little money to pay rent.
Our neighbor two lots away has rented to a large family. His property has water and nothing else. The migrants sleep on the ground and use neighboring lots for their bathroom. Sandy, my Canadian neighbor, mentioned the other day she saw a woman heading for the lot next to me with a roll of toilet paper. Today I and 3 neighbors cleared and burned the lot of all the privacy providing tall grass and brush ... and then the adjoining lot so they didn't just move over a bit.
I feel sorry for the migrants but have no sympathy for land owners that can't provide the most basic facilities to their renters. Dig a frickin' hole and cover it when they leave at least !!
The last couple of days has been connecting the grey water from the upstairs laundry to a new fosa (septic) and registro (connection box). Since we don't have sewer in Pinal Villa everyone has septic tanks and it's not a good idea to mix laundry water with bathroom drainage. Also the house is 20 meters long and roof drainage may be an issue next summer. I may install an extra downspout beside the 3 roof drains in front.
Since we may have city sewer some day, the connection box will be used to redirect water to the street. The normal house drainage also has it's own connection box that can be directed to either the street or a separate septic. Both of these systems will meet next to the street in another connection box that the city will hook up to. A bit complicated but it should work well and I shouldn't have to re-engineer anything.
Six guys working on the house today kept me running!
Had to rent three sets of staging (andamios, torres) to safely stucco the 2nd floor of the laundry room. I was relieved that they were a sturdy as they were when locked together. Last thing we need is someone getting hurt. Oscar will do the 'fine' coat today so we can return the third andamio. The two remaining sets will be used by a neighbor who will start to stucco the front of the house and front walls.
They did the upstairs laundry room in the last few days and today the stairs. To do the outside wall of the wash area they need three sets of "staging" (andamios) and we won't have those until next week. Stairs look nice but this is not the final coat. Finished will be much smoother.
We're now talking about cutting air vents in every room, size they should be, where located and what tools we will need. Need to do that before stucco and the stucco needs to be finished before the wiring, electrical fixtures installed and bathrooms are finished. I'm thinking of using a ventilation block (design that air passes thru) and mosquito net behind it.
Jimmy, Sandy and I are going to Home Depot in Colima this Sunday to look at doors, tools and block designs. The two of my interior doors are going to be wood and I want to have one on hand to make an exact fit.
Painting rebar is my latest activity after cleaning up when the new roof supports where taken down yesterday. I was amazed at how much stuff was left either on the floor or still embedded in the ceiling. Half the rebar still there will be cut off because it won't be used to continue building but the other half needs paint or it will rust quickly.
Then there's the sand ... and lots of it. This time we ordered clean sand for less work 'screening' the rocks out of it. Not as important with cement but stucco needs a uniformly fine sand.
Got walls almost all around the roof area now. The last section needs castillos (posts) to support a future screened room plalapa and I picked up the materials for that last night. Even included two galvanized posts for a future clothes line.
We're hoping the guys that put up the wood supports for the roof will take them down today so we can start work inside the house next week. Lots of cleanup and wiring yet to do before any stucco work can be done.
The two fotos below are of Jimmy and Sandy's place behind me. The house represents about 6 weeks work. Still another course of bricks before he does the roof. Their garden is looking good and is about two years along. I still don't have room for much in the way of plants.
Today they finished putting up the Panel-MG for the hand rail (pasa mano) and started a one meter wall around edge of the roof. The wash area still has it's roof supports so work there will wait a few more days. The main roof still has a week to go before the supports come down.
I'm anxious to see the work on the handrail as I've never seem them work with the Styrofoam panel. We decided to put four cut-outs for looks and a little more light in the evening.
Sad to say we are stuck with Mexican steps (short run almost equal to the rise). One fewer step with more foot space on each would be nicer. The maestro has some good ideas for the steps but that's finish work and will have to wait.
Two loads of sand, one and a half loads of gravel and 100 bags of cement. Of all that we had about a half load of sand left, a quarter load of gravel and used exactly 100 bags of cement. There is also about 120 pieces of six meter rebar under the cement on a 120 square meter roof.
No cement pumpers used here - it was the bucket by bucket brigade up the street side of the house. Street was closed to all but bicycles for almost 4 hours. The roof foto only shows the beginning of the pour but it is all up there. My job now is to water the roof at sunrise and sunset so it dries slowly.
Mi Bautizo (baptism) is what the card the neighborhood kids gave me because one of their moms would have a baby in a few days. At least that's what they used for an excuse for a fiesta. The card was actually from last May for another Bautizo at the church.
Why me? Because I have fruit for the pinata, maybe a gift and some money for globos (balloons). I let the kids in the yard to get some limones (limes) and guayabas then they noticed the ciruela (plum) tree. We had to place a ladder against the wall to get the ciruelas and nobody fell!! The ciruelas were just turning red so this is the first time I tried them. Very large pits.
They needed the balloons for decoration but also for the game of gallina where everyone ties a balloon around their ankle and take turns trying to stomp on the other persons balloon. Kinda like chicken fighting.
They also needed me for duct tape to make the pinata. Problem was it was so strong it wouldn't break so it was decided to throw the prizes off the a neighbor's roof. Not good for the fruit as they exploded on impact except for the limes. They did make a good cleanup crew using every broom in the neighborhood.


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Curbing Fossil Fuels - Carbon Pricing and an End to Subsidies (WEF Summaries)
Carbon pricing and fossil fuel subsidies were popular topics at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. The comments made by economists, business leaders and climate experts signal a global readiness to price carbon and remove oil subsidies.
Investors and business leaders need and want regulatory certainty. Regulations on fossil fuels are coming the only question is when. Climate economist Lord Nicholas Stern was among those who argued that we need to see carbon taxes and eliminate oil subsidies.
If we are to get serious about tackling climate change we will need to curb fossil fuel use. One of the best ways to do so is through carbon pricing schemes. Rowan Douglas, CEO Capital, Science & Policy Practice and Chairman, Willis Research Network, said, "Carbon pricing is a very important tool in the armory. I think it is difficult to see the world achieving its targets without some sort of pricing mechanism for this critical pollutant."
Stern said, "Those of us who think that market economies work well, are also those who think when we see a major failure like this that the right thing to do to get the markets to work well is to correct it. And there's a very simple correction: it's carbon pricing. It can raise revenues for all the important things we have to do, like enhancing the life of poor people, [and] investing in innovation, health and education." He also said, "If you want to put a carbon tax on, now is absolutely the right moment."
Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group, Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change said, 'We want carbon pricing. If you price carbon, we will be able to reduce emissions,' then that will be a powerful message." World Bank President Jim Yong Kim urged governments around the world to agree on a pricing system for climate-changing CO2 emissions.
We are seeing momentum build for some form of carbon pricing scheme. Kim noted there had been progress over the last 12 months, including the UN general assembly's commitment to set a carbon price. The head of Unilever, Paul Polman explained that businesses are also getting on-board, "50 of the top-200 companies now have an internal price for carbon. In New York, we had 1,000 businesses who signed a statement calling for a price on carbon."
In the US the Republican controlled congress stands in the way of carbon pricing. As Al Gore said in Davos, "We need to put a price on carbon and we need to put a price on denial in politics."
In addition to carbon pricing we also need to eradicate fossil fuel subsidies. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin group said, "We have to make sure there are no more coal-fired power stations built anywhere in the world from today onwards. And we've got to get rid of all fossil fuel subsidies."
Nobel Economics Prize laureate Michael Spence talked about progress being made removing oil subsidies in the developing world. "Fortunately, they [oil subsidies] are in the process of disappearing. Energy subsidies are a catastrophic policy. They produce a distorted development of the economy and all kinds of bad things."
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Bike Counters Find Cycling Trips Have Doubled on Laurier Ave
September 22, 2011 | By Alanah Heffez
Bicycles tend to be quiet, flexible, and take up little space. Unfortunately, this affords cyclists relatively little visibility on the city streets. Jean-Francois Rheault, North American director of Eco-Counter, a company that specializes in counting pedestrians and cyclists, says that, consequently, engineers tend to underestimate the number of cyclists on Montreal's bike network by a factor of 10 – 100.
Fortunately, Eco-Counter is tallying the true number of bicycle trips on ten of Montreal's most important bike paths. At conferences he attends, Rheault says, local engineers will guess that a bike path like de Maisonneuve is used by 80-800 cyclists per day when in fact Eco-Counter's sensors have recorded up to 8000 trips on a sunny weekday (on a rainy day there will still be around 4000 trips).
Last year, McGill University analyzed data from five of Eco-Counter's sensors and concluded that bicycle trips in Montreal had increased 35-40% between 2008 and 2010 (Gazette article). Rheault shared some of this year's findings with Spacing Montreal.
Cycle trips up 125% on Laurier Avenue in 2011
When the Plateau Mont-Royal borough introduced two bike lanes on Laurier Avenue and reduced motorized traffic to a single lane, the number of cyclists to use this route more than doubled. In May 2011, eco-counter recorded an average of 980 cyclists per day on Laurier Ave. After correcting for differences in the season, they calculated an average of 2200 trips per day after the bike lanes were introduced, a 125% increase! (The seasonal correction factor is calculated from hourly, daily, and monthly fluctuations in usage, as well as fluctuations due to weather conditions, from all 10 bicycle counters in Montreal).
While this increase probably does not represent new cyclists on the streets, it is interesting to note that the number of bikes on Laurier Ave is now approaching the number of cars on Laurier before the modifications were made (between 2000-4000 car trips per day). In this light, it does not seem so extreme to give half the street over to cyclists!
Bike lanes now take up half of Laurier Avenue... and there are as many cyclists as cars on the road
Rheault also says preliminary studies have shown a 10% increase in bicycle trips on the Boyer bike path in Petite Patrie between 2010 and 2011. He attributes this increase to the construction of a separated bike path on Christophe Colomb that provides a safer and more comfortable way to cross the CP tracks.
Since a separated bike path was built under the CP tracks, bike trips have increased 10% on Boyer in Petite Patrie
And while de Maisonneuve remains the busiest bike path in the city, Rheault says that they have recorded as many as 300 bike trips within 15 minutes on Milton street near University. Ideally, he says this kind of information should affect how the cycling network is designed in particular locations.
Helping cyclists gain visibility on city streets
Bicycle Sensors by Eco-Counter http://www.eco-counter.com/
Even after learning where eco-counter's sensors were located* and what to look for, I barely noticed the thin, diamond-shaped marks in the bike path (you can spot one in the photo at the top of the post). But each time that a pair of bike wheels cross the loop, they interrupt an electromagnetic field and the signal is transmitted to a nearby sensor and recording device. Though the technology is developed by Eco-counter, they are owned, installed and maintained by the City of Montreal. Once a month, a City worker downloads the information and sends it to researchers at Eco-counter and McGill university who crunch the numbers.
Ottawa also recently installed five bicycle counters, and will be putting in another three very soon. But they have created an even more dynamic system, where sensors are hooked up to a modem that transmits the bike-tally on a daily basis. According to Rheault, transmitting data by modem is cost effective compared to manually downloading it. More importantly, the data becomes easily accessible to the public, so anyone can check how many people have cycled Ottawa's Laurier path on a given day.
This fall, Ottawa is taking it up another notch by installing a bicycle barometer which will publicly display the real-time bicycle count in a public place. Should be a great antidote to drivers who complain that bike paths are underused: just because cyclists aren't in gridlock, it doesn't mean we aren't using the streets!
*The ten eco-counter sensors are currently located on Berri, de Maisonneuve (2 locations), Saint-Urbain, Bréboeuf, Rachel, Parc south of Duluth, Pierre Dupuys (measuring bikes heading to the Jacques Quartier bridge), Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Christophe-Colomb and Univeristy.
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Sam I
I wonder whether these are new trips or whether the bike path on Laurier is sufficiently attractive to divert trips which would have taken St-Joseph, St-Grégoire, etc.
I have worked on St-Joseph for years, and I have never encountered many cyclists. It's probably one of the most unpleasant traffic sewers in the Plateau; no wonder they stay away.
i live on parc and bernard, and anytime i'm heading east >5 blocks i make a point to use laurier, because it is incredibly pleasant compared to everything else (rachel bike path included – that thing is narrow and scary). it's much safer and more efficient on laurier, the flow of bikes occupies more or less a slow and fast lane, and people aren't opening car doors in my face all the time. i love it, and i'm not surprised it's getting so much use. thanks for the great article spacing montréal!
One of the best things about the Laurier bikeway is that eastbound between St Laurent and St Hubert (if memory serves) there is no adjacent car parking, which means you won't get doored. Alas, east of St Hubert, you can still get doored, which really sucks, as you can see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CudJvSbS2aY
Christian Thibault
West bound, the new bike path on Laurier between Brébeuf and Saint-Laurent was needed. It is much safer than Saint-Joseph-highway, Mont-Royal-door-prizes, Marie-Anne-war-zone, or Rachel's-dangerous-bike-path.
Drivers can keep complaining, that was a great move.


Lightly seasoned calamari rings with sliced hot cherry peppers, breaded and flash-fried, served with a side of Dominick's marinara sauce.
Two jumbo lump crab cakes made with our house foccacia bread baked golden brown and served over a red chile remoulade with crispy croistini garnish.
Homemade creamy risotto balls stuffed with fresh mozzarella cheese lightly breaded and fried served over a spicy garlic pepper sauce.
Large mushroom caps stuffed with ground Italian sausage, peppers, spinach and onions then baked to perfection and drizzled with a lemon basil cream sauce garnished with fresh basil and diced tomatoes.
Mussels sautéed with onions and garlic in your choice of red or white wine sauce.
Romaine lettuce, red onion, Gorgonzola cheese, tossed in our homemade, creamy balsamic vinaigrette dressing.
Romaine lettuce, tossed in our signature Caesar dressing with large homemade croutons topped with shaved Parmesan cheese.
A mix of artichoke hearts, green olives, kalamata olives, hot cherry peppers, capicola, prosciutto, pepperoni and mozzarella served on a bed of mixed greens with grape tomatoes topped with shaved Parmesan and balsamic reduction.
A colorful blend of seasonal tomatoes layered with fresh mozzarella over a bed of mixed greens drizzled with a balsamic reduction and extra virgin olive oil garnished with fresh basil.
Mixed greens, diced tomatoes, bacon, chicken breast, penne pasta, green onion, and Gorgonzola cheese, tossed with our homemade, creamy red wine vinaigrette. Add grilled chicken or shrimp 5 / 8.
Fresh spinach tossed in a warm bacon vinaigrette with goat cheese, sweet dried cranberries, and large homemade croutons.
Roasted chicken, Italian sausage, garlic, and hot cherry peppers sautéed in a rosemary infused white wine sauce tossed with roasted potatoes.
A 14oz Ribeye topped with herb garlic butter and served with broccoli and Gorgonzola scalloped potatoes.
8oz. butterflied pork chop stuffed with minced vegetables, cheese, and Italian sausage pan seared, oven baked and served over Penne pasta tossed in a Gorgonzola cream sauce with spinach, garlic, and diced tomatoes.
Boneless, skinless chicken breast wrapped with prosciutto and mozzarella and sautéed in a Marsala wine sauce with spinach and mushrooms.
Thin slices of skin-on eggplant lightly breaded, flash-fried, topped with Dominick's marinara sauce, mozzarella and baked golden brown. Served with a side of pasta.
Penne pasta, fresh ground Italian Sausage, Spinach and Cannellini Beans tossed in a Spicy Garlic White Wine sauce.
Cheese filled Tortelloni with sun-dried tomatoes and kalamata olives in a roasted red pepper and feta cheese Alfredo sauce garnished with fried spinach.
Fresh pasta sheets filled with ricotta, mozzarella, pecorino, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, roasted garlic, and caramelized red onions baked in an Alfredo sauce and topped with Dominick's marinara sauce.
Penne pasta tossed with your choice of sauce topped with mozzarella and baked golden brown. Marinara, Pesto, Napolitano, Bolognese or Alfredo.
Sliced chicken breast and Italian sausage sautéed with caramelized red onions in a spicy fra-diavlo sauce tossed with penne pasta topped with mozzarella and baked golden brown.
Sliced Portabella mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, red onions, and spinach sautéed in a marsala cream sauce tossed with raviolis stuffed with a savory mushroom blend.
Sliced chicken breast sautéed with bacon and green onions in a creamy egg sauce tossed with Linguini and garnished with grated pecorino cheese, fresh basil, and diced tomatoes.
Cheese filled ravioli with your choice of sauce topped with mozzarella and baked golden brown. Marinara, Pesto Napolitano, Bolognese or Alfredo.
Boneless, skinless chicken breast lightly breaded and flash-fried, topped with Dominick's marinara sauce, mozzarella, and baked golden brown.
Boneless, skinless chicken breast sautéed in a white wine lemon butter sauce with capers.capers.
Boneless, skinless chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms caramelized red onions and spinach in a tomato cream sauce topped with melted gorgonzola.
Boneless, skinless chicken breast sautéed with bacon, mushrooms, green onions, and diced tomatoes in a creamy Alfredo sauce.
Boneless, skinless chicken breast sautéed with portobello mushrooms in an almond Marsala cream sauce.
Boneless, skinless breast of chicken sautéed with mushrooms in a Marsala wine sauce.
All Chicken dishes come with a side of pasta.
Thin veal cutlets sautéed with mushrooms in a Marsala wine sauce.
Thin veal cutlets lightly breaded and flash-fried layered with spinach, toasted almonds, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh mozzarella served on a bed of tomato cream sauce.
Cutlets of veal wrapped with prosciutto and mozzarella and sautéed in a Marsala wine sauce with fresh spinach and mushrooms.
Thin veal cutlets, lightly breaded, flash- fried and topped with Dominick's marinara sauce, mozzarella and baked golden brown.
Thin veal cutlets sautéed in a white wine lemon butter sauce with capers.
All Veal dishes come with a side of pasta.
Two of our famous crab cakes served atop a bed of Angel Hair pasta tossed in a roasted red pepper Alfredo sauce with steamed broccoli.
Tilapia filets sautéed with garlic and spinach with a hot cherry pepper cream sauce served over Angel Hair pasta and drizzled with a spicy Chile sauce.
Large Tiger shrimp sautéed with garlic, and tomatoes in a light white wine butter sauce. Served over angel hair pasta.
Littleneck clams in a garlic butter white wine sauce with a touch of red pepper served over linguine noodles.
Large Tiger shrimp sautéed with Italian sausage, hot cherry peppers, in a spicy red seafood sauce served over Angel Hair pasta.
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The gates of Troy have been breached! At least, they might be soon.
In a somewhat surprising turn of events, the ACCC is considering a class exemption for collective bargaining by eligible businesses, agribusinesses and franchisees. Currently, collective bargaining is only allowed if a business obtains permission from the ACCC.
In collective bargaining, two or more competitors work together to negotiate with a supplier or customer about terms, conditions, or prices, or a combination of all three.
Its cousin, collective boycotting, involves competitors agreeing not to acquire goods or services from, or supply goods or services to, a business with whom the group is negotiating, unless the business accepts the group's terms.
Acting in such a way runs a very big risk of running foul of various provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act.
Authorisation is where a business applies on behalf of the collective bargaining group to obtain permission from the ACCC to engage in collective bargaining. However, the ACCC will only grant authorisation if it is satisfied that the likely public benefit from the collective bargaining outweighs the likely public detriment.
Alternatively, a business can rely on notification to avoid breaches of competition law. With notification, a business can lodge a collective bargaining notification with the ACCC on behalf of the collective bargaining group. If the ACCC does not object within 14 days (or 60 days for a boycott), the collective bargaining group can proceed.
Between 2007 and 2017, the ACC received 160 authorisation and notification applications, and granted or took no further action in respect of 147 of them. The rest were denied or withdrawn. It is therefore generally a successful procedure, but not a regularly used one.
With the proposed class exemption, eligible businesses would not need to seek authorisation from, or lodge notifications with the ACCC. This would save time and effort in preparing the relevant documents for the ACCC and allow the benefits of collective bargaining to be obtained sooner.
would result in, or would be like to result in, a benefit to the public that would outweight any detriment.
the value of the contract that each member of the group expects to enter into.
For businesses that fall outside the exemption, they would have to go down the usual path of seeking authorisation or lodging a notification.
The ACCC hasn't completely abandoned its skepticism of collective action though – the proposals would only relate to bargaining, not boycotts. Boycotts would still require authorization or notification.
The ACCC is currently seeking submissions from interested parties, and the deadline for submissions is 21 September 2018.
If you need advice on what the proposed amendments mean for your business, or want assistance on making a submission on why the proposed exemption is a great or terrible idea, please do not hesitate to contact us.


Chipotle just revealed some new details about its first-ever dessert.
On Tuesday, CMO Mark Crumpacker announced during a presentation at the ICR Conference that the company had concluded testing its still-unnamed dessert that could roll out in the spring.
"It only adds one ingredient not already found in our restaurants, it's easy to prepare, and it's delicious," Crumpacker said.
The dessert would be the only sweet on Chipotle's menu.
"We don't view new menu items as significant drivers of our business," Crumpacker said. "The simplicity of the Chipotle offering is central to our success."
When the chain introduced chorizo in October, it became just the second major menu addition in the last two decades, part of an aggressive new strategy to win back customers after plunging same-store sales in the wake of two E. coli outbreaks. Chipotle has continued to struggle to win back customers. On Tuesday, the company announced that comparable-store sales are estimated to drop 4.8% in the fourth quarter, falling short of the 3.7% decline that analysts forecast.
Chipotle has been teasing the possibility of adding dessert to the menu since October when the company announced it was testing two desserts and would soon roll out one out nationally. However, the chain has been tight-lipped when it comes to details.
Now, at least, customers know one thing: all ingredients, except one, can already be found at the burrito chain.


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Kings Canyon (Australia)
Overview of Kings Canyon from the Rim Walk.
Kings Canyon is a canyon in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is part of Watarrka National Park, about 323 km (201 mi) southwest of Alice Springs. The walls of Kings Canyon are over 100 metres high, with Kings Creek at the bottom. The rock is sandstone. At the top of the gorge is a maze of weathered rock domes, a lot like those found in Purnululu.
Kings Canyon and the area around it is Aboriginal land. It is part of the Luritja people's traditional country, and title over the land was granted to them in July 2012.[1] Before the arrival of Europeans in the region, the damp climate at the bottom of the gorge was an important refuge during droughts. Rock engravings at the base of the canyon date are many hundreds of years old. Many of them are sacred sites for Luritja and are closed to visitors. The name Waṯarrka refers to the area around the sacred Dreaming path that runs through the park; it comes from the Luritja name for the Acacia ligulata tree.
↑ Central Land Council (25 July 2012). "Watarrka hand back will provide meaningful partnerships in joint management". Retrieved 1 November 2012.
Coordinates: 24°15′29″S 131°33′45″E / 24.25806°S 131.56250°E / -24.25806; 131.56250
Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kings_Canyon_(Australia)&oldid=4389646"
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Clif High – Next Level Woo
August 18th, 2021 Wake Up Fools
Next Level Woo
Clif High's predictive linguistics are better at forecasting the rise and fall of emotional tensions than they are at precisely predicting their causative agents.
Back on August 5th, when he posted this video, Afghanistan was not at the forefront of the minds of most. Forced vaxxinations and lockdowns were. But Clif was very clear that there was going to be an event occurring around August 14-15th that would cause an uproar among the people.
On August 13th, Biden's (or rather, China's) DHS made a an absurd announcement, which conferred "domestic terrorist" status to over 50% of the US population, who oppose the draconian COVID measures and who have questions about the 2020 Election.
This coincided with the Tennessee governor signing an executive order to call up the National Guard "in connection with certain health care and emergency services operations" and to construct "temporary quarantine and isolation facilities". This coincided with the Army National Guard posting recruitment ads for the job of "Internment/Resettlement Specialist" and the emergence of military documents about procedures for detaining US citizens.
It also coincided with New York Congressman Ritchie Torres' bill, HR 4980 to mandate vaxxines for all airline passengers and with the Los Angeles City Council's unanimous vote to deny unvaxxinated people access to grocery stores (this, even though the LA County Sheriff had weeks ago said he will no longer enforce any COVID mandates).
However, the Taliban were sweeping across Afghanistan and within 36 hours of the DHS announcement, Kabul had fallen, with the puppet Afghan president fleeing to Tajikistan with as much cash as he could take with him. According to Reuters, "Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. And some of the money was left lying on the tarmac."
It is my dearest hope that the loss of credibility that the fall of Afghanistan has brought upon the so-called "Liberal Establishment" will spill over to the public's view and response to all the COVID tyranny. This same Liberal Establishment has been engaged in a genocidal campaign, directed especially against the peoples of the West and it must be stopped now.
Clif High is back, with predictions for a very difficult emotional period, marked by a mass die-off of the vaxxinated between December and May, for which we need to prepare.
He says, "We see how weak…the Biden's Pretendency is. They know they didn't win. They know they cheated. They also know that we know and that pretty soon, all the Normies will know."
And as soon as the Normies know, it will all fall apart for the Globalists, which he says is what explains the evasive behavior of the Biden White House; going on vacation, not answering questions – and in the case of our putative future president – disappearing altogether.
"This is Next Level Woo," he says, "Yes, the American military left Afghanistan. Yes, it was a defeat for the American Empire. But the American Empire was based on the Petrodollar and is not America. It was the USA Petrodollar Empire that died in Afghanistan."
He says – and I feel this in my bones to be true – that the fall of Afghanistan is actually a "Victory on the road to defeating the Globalist monster that rules Planet Earth…Biden is the face of the Globalists for the whole planet…We're at a point where they have taken a huge, huge, huge blow…The Globalistas have lost Afghanistan and the US Globalist Petrodollar Empire has lost in Afghanistan."
Clif explains that his father was a commander and he was an Army Brat, living on bases all over the world. From his point of view, the US military won World War II but the United States lost World War II, because it was in reality 100% taken over by the Globalists at that point in time.
They had previously had foothold, starting in 1913, with the founding of the Federal Reserve Bank. "And so we've been occupied since 1913 and they use our army – and that's all they have. They don't have an army of their own…
"They have NATO. So they've convinced all the countries of Europe to pony-up their sons and daughters to go die for the Globalists – just the way they did for the United States."
He says his father saw this and he wasn't in denial about any of it, "And he told me, repeatedly, just to make the point, that the United States Army was not supposed to win in Vietnam. That was never the plan. They weren't going to let us win in Vietnam. They weren't going to let us win in Korea. That was never the goal.
"The last time the US Army was on a winning streak was with MacArthur, when he was kicking the s*** out of China and he was brought back by Truman – who was a Globalist– because…they couldn't have a free China, because they had to have Mao take it over…
"So the United States Army being removed from Afghanistan, I think is a great victory."
He continues, "The Globalists…in their thinking, they've simply handed Afghanistan over to the next owners, who are the Chinese. I don't think that's going to work out so well for them…
"Over the next three weeks, we're going to see a huge tranche of Normies that wake up and everything's going to get real frothy, as these people come to an awakening and have bazillions of questions…
"During this period of time, those of us that have answers should be able to hand it out and those of us that don't know but know that somebody does can point. We can do this for all the Normies and we can start getting everybody onto the same page of the Woo that we're gelling up on; this morass of unknown.
"The Woo is everything that has been hidden from ourselves…the Woo is that aspect of life that is denied."
He says we're moving into a very tough period that will have some relief in January. We will still have a long, hard slog but we will know, from January going forward that we are making progress.
"By 'we', I mean us, that are not the Globalists…70% of the Normies will have the delusion of the two-party system, here in the United States falling away. They'll have the delusion of the Petrodollar falling away, the pandemic falling away, the Globalist wars…falling away."
Clif says, the die-off from the vaxx will extend for several years, with a big intermediate peak going through to next May. "There's going to be a lot of dead people. We will not be able to prevent the deaths, we will not be able to do anything other than to cope with the impact on the social order."
The people behind the vaxx intended to kill billions of people and he says they must be held to account. He thinks that fitting revenge against people like Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci would be to give them 10 or 20 doses of the jab and to keep them in prison to see how long they last.
Lots of other valuable info in this video, that can help us to cope with what's to come.
Thanks to: https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net
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2 Responses to "Clif High – Next Level Woo"
Lawrence Berg says:
My maternal grandfather was a taxi driver. My paternal grandfather was a house painter who mixed his own colors. You've written a good article here, but please understand that racial generalizations are divisive. We're trying, as Clif says, to unite 90% of the people against this tyranny and get rid of the small fraction who have been in control for way too long. Thanks.
Genya says:
CLIF, HERE'S MESSAGE FROM YESHUA. YESHUA IS Q. YESHUA CHOSEN TRUMP FOR THE JOB IN THIS SPIRUTUAL WAR. YESHUA GUIDES, SUPPORTS AND LOVES OUR PRESIDENT. TRUMP FOLLOWS YESHUA DIRECTION. WHO GOES AGAINST YESHUA IN THIS BIBLICAL FIGHT, GOES AGAINST OUR LORD. DIVINE IS IN CHARGE.


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Jean-François Tournon (6 August 1905 – 12 April 1986) was a French fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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Russian Aerospace Forces Destroyed 26 More Pieces Of ISIS Military Equipment Amid Clashes In Southern Raqqah (Video) 4.5652173913043 out of 5 based on 23 ratings. 23 user reviews.
The Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed 26 more pieces of the ISIS military equipment and 2 fortified strong points belonging to the terrorist group, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday.
"Russia's aerospace force during last night and the day of Monday went ahead with successful attacks against facilities of the Islamic State [ISIS] to destroy four tanks, 16 cross-country vehicles armed with heavy machineguns, six trucks carrying ammunition and two fortified points, including artillery positions," the ministry said.
The announcement came amid the continued clashes between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and ISIS in the Ghanem Ali area in southern Raqqah.
According to the defense ministry, following the failure in southern Raqqah ISIS is now trying to re-group its forces in the province of Deir Ezzor.
On Sunday, the Russian military announced that its warplanes have destroyed the most battle-tested and well-armed unit of ISIS in the Euphrates River valley. Over 800 ISIS members, 13 battle tanks, 39 pickup trucks armed with large-caliber machine guns and 9 mortars and artillery guns were reportedly eliminated.
This is a continuation of more losses suffered from yesterday's published losses, these barbarians need to learn some basic strategy that in an open desert you are at the mercy of air attacks.
ISIS got soft thinking the US airforce was the ultimate, in dishing out punishments, only to find out that Russian Air Force gives them a hammering like they never seen before.
It is disgraceful the the Western MSM does not report on this issue. As we know the Israeli's and US have been supporting ISIS since its inception.
Daesh/ISIS lost 800 men in the counter offensive from SAA they had members of Tigers elite unit and RG 124th members in this fire brigade, they were mixing them right and it worked effectively. The reinforcements coming to support were obliterated by Russian fighters, if it were SyAAF the US would have claimed they were attacking SDF troops and shoot them down.
The only ones fleeing are the looters from US/Coalition whom were there as advisers stealing gold money and artifacts.This has always been their modus operandi in the region, steal as much as you can and get out.
The SAA will hopefully be able to achieve their objectives before the US can put together a credible force not made of foreigners which as it stands they have in Shadaddi.
The ISIS loses are really starting to add up!
This should make the taking of Maadan easier.
Could it be that the Syrians didn't resist the counter-attack by the US head-chopping, heart-eating rapers, rather than react quickly after being surprised?
as it seems…..they denefited from the counter attack. they had a large amont of isis fighters in one place along with precious tanks and other hardware….now they eliminated them…..rather than escaping to another place and continue the fight. obviously isis made a very bad decision. they had a huge victory and then they vanished !!!
This conflict east of government positions all of the way to the Iraq border has turned into death zone, kill box territory for the Jew's regime change lackeys in the 99% of land outside of river bank and remote villages. Once they enter the death zones, they can be, and frequently are, targeted for extermination. As their Jew masters do nothing and watch their slaves die horrible deaths.
Carpet bombing can be very effective in open territory like this with few or no civilians present. The Russians have precision munitions and with modern computer equipment which they also have. Free fall munitions can also be dropped in with a high degree of precision and effectiveness. As the Jew slave invaders are learning to devastating effect.
I do not believe Suk 25s were available during the Palmyra debacle, they were pulled out for modernization, and subsequently the Russian Air Force lacked a true ground attack aircraft.
Now the Suk 25's are back, and the Russians are using the Tyas airbase, which is far more advantageously positioned for operations in Racca and Deir Ezzor provinces, they can reach a target within a few minutes and start the turkey shootout, go back refuel and reload several times a day.
But Putinm the almaghty told, in 1 day can send back 100+ planes. if he want, he can send another planes. but he wished to see fall palmyra. i have picures and videos, russian soldiers left heavy equipment for isis. if thes were had brain, blow them up.
These are lies, ISIS managed a surprise attack with the help of the CIA and coalition jamming aircraft. This happened at the Time most of the Syrian and Russian assets were concentrated on taking of Aleppo. When considering the propaganda value of captured or dead Russians, the Russians made the decision to abandon some equipment that was later destroyed by air power. ISIS took a worthless city, in the middle of an open desert, and lost it 3 month later, having lost so much man power, that they would never mount another real offensive for the rest of the war.
so, if some jihadists can arrange so huge surprise attack, themn russian and syrian soldiers are less then dogs. there is no excuse for them. uncle stalin would made with all of them very short process.
I don't think your comment makes sense. At the time the attack happened, ISIS was still a force to be reckoned with. They controlled Mosul, most of Syria. Today, ISIS is a ghost shell of its former self, now that Trump cut of the Saudi terror dollars, losing like a Chinese degenerate at a baccarat table. Your comment about Stalin is neither here nor there. Stalin wasn't a particularly good general. He was a bandit that was willing to kill a lot of people to get his way. I guess I expected a more intelligent response. Lo siento, amigo.
Few of his comments make much sense. He's either not the sharpest knife in the drawer, or is deliberately trying to dumb down the the forum. I'd guess a little of both.
carpet bombing was never effective. germany, coalition, later vietnam were without significant effect.
US Carpet Bombing does have an effect Solomon. The American planners are rather short sighted though and do not consider that they will be despised and hated for many generations after such indiscriminate assaults.
Keep stacking up the pyramid of dead rats.


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LAS Vegas has a Mancunian accent - until Sunday at least. The desert city has been transformed by boxing fans from Manchester.
Walking down the Strip, with its dazzling array of casinos, hotels, strip joints, and restaurants, every few yards you bump into a pasty-faced lad with tattoos, talking about tickets.
Walking into the lobby bar of the MGM Grand, whose Garden Arena will stage the fight, is a little like popping into the New Inn in Hattersley, the pub which Hatton's parent Ray and Carol used to run.
Carol is one corner, supping a Bacardi and coke, surrounded by family members.
Hatton's face is everywhere, peering down from huge TV screens at the airport, flashing out proud from the plasma boards hung around the MGM Grand, even on the blackjack and roulette tables.
Action sequences of some of his great knockout wins, and those of his immensely talented opponent Floyd Mayweather, are also being played everywhere, in a loop.
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VVGA is een omnisportvereniging uit Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland. De vereniging kent afdelingen voor bridge, tennis en voetbal.

Op 24 mei 1913 werd de club opgericht als Voetbal Vereniging Gemeente Ambtenaren, later werd de naam gewijzigd in Vereniging Voor Gemeente Ambtenaren. In het verleden telde de club ook een honkbalafdeling, waarvan het eerste team in 1933 landskampioen werd.

Voetbalafdeling
De club speelt op het eigen terrein in het Amsterdamse stadsdeel Watergraafsmeer. In het seizoen 2018/19 komt het eerste zaterdagelftal uit in de Reserve 3e klasse, daarnaast komen er nog een 35+ en een vrouwenvoetbalelftal op zaterdag in competitieverband uit. Het eerste zondagelftal komt dit seizoen in de Reserve 4e klasse uit, daarnaast speelt er nog een 35+ team op zondag. In het zaalvoetbal komen vier mannenteams uit.

Standaardelftal
De vereniging komt sinds de degradatie uit de Vierde klasse in het seizoen 2009/10 niet meer met een standaardelftal uit in competitieverband. Sindsdien speelt het in de reserve klasse (zaterdag) van het KNVB-district West-I.

Competitieresultaten 1947-2010
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Abstracts: Teacher Perceptions of Newly-Appointed Principals: Benefits and Challenges of Internal Appointments – A Case Study
Teacher Perceptions of Newly-Appointed Principals: Benefits and Challenges of Internal Appointments – A Case Study
Bernardita Moreno(presenting / submitting)
Emerging Researchers' Group (for presentation at Emerging Researchers' Conference)
ERG SES H 04, Management and Education
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Arnaud Dubois
Leadership is important to the success of any school. Research during the last 20 years has provided insight into the complex reality of school leaders, their accountability and the public scrutiny to which they are subject. Given that the role of the established school principal is already intricate, then the challenges faced by an incoming principal can only be even more complex irrespective of its demographic and cultural context. A change in leadership has a ripple effect on everyone in the school community, yet few people are more aware of this change than the teaching staff. For teachers to be able to fulfil their role as inspiring educators who motivate students to learn, they themselves also need to be motivated. This case study is one of a three-case doctoral study (in progress) entitled: "Teacher perceptions of newly-appointed principals in Victoria, Australia".
The purpose of this particular qualitative case study was to seek an understanding of how teachers make sense of a change of leadership in their school when the new leader is an internal appointee. It explores how teachers perceive the identity of the new leader and the extent to which these perceptions impact on teacher wellbeing, morale, principal-teacher relationships and their instruction in the classroom. This study aims to contribute theoretically and practically to the field of educational leadership, specifically to principal succession, through the analysis of data collected with regards to enhancing the process of principal succession, and promoting positive organisational outcomes that benefit the entire school community.
The study aimed to answer the following research questions:
How do teachers and principals make sense of the principal succession process and adapt to a change in leadership when the new leader is an internal appointee?
How do new leaders define, shape and develop their identity as a principal, particularly when their appointment was made from within the organisation?
How do teachers perceive their new leader?
How do teachers adapt to the change of identity of an internally-appointed leader and assimilate this role change?
To what extent do these perceptions impact on teacher wellbeing, morale and pedagogy?
In what way do teacher perceptions of new leaders differ from the perceptions that new leaders have of themselves?
How can the process of principal succession be enhanced to promote, develop and sustain positive organisational outcomes that benefit everyone in the school community?
How can teachers be supported during the first year of a new principal's appointment?
The theoretical framework for this study in underpinned by three main premises: (1) that leadership is fundamental for school success and second only to teaching from school factors that impact on student learning, (2) that principal succession is possibly the most significant event in a school's life and more often than not, the least successful. A new principal "changes the line of communication, realigns relationships of power, affects decision making and generally disturbs the equilibrium of normal activities" (Miskel & Cosgrove, 1985, p. 88), (3) that school principals, new or established, play a central role in the creation and sustainability of social capital amongst all staff, thus highlighting the importance for newly-appointed principals to manage effectively their relationships with the teaching staff so that teachers may continue to feel supported and motivated as they continue to fulfil their roles. Although principal succession has been studied from diverse angles, this study focuses on teachers and their perceptions rather than any other group of stakeholders; a group that, according to the literature review, has not been explored extensively.
This study used a qualitative case-study approach for its design and methodology through the use of 3 case studies within metropolitan Melbourne, Australia out of which one case study will be discussed in this paper. Purposeful sampling was used to identify schools that had experienced a change of principal in the last 24 months and 10 teachers from each school were invited to participate based on a broad representation of the population based on age, gender, role in the school, years in the profession and years employed at the school. This design was chosen based on the research questions and the nature of the data desired. A qualitative methodology best suits this type of study given the interpretative nature of qualitative inquiry where the concern is with how people make sense of experiences, how they construct their worlds and what values they assign to those experiences. The aim is to observe, describe and interpret the nature of this experience through an understanding of how teachers perceive their new leader, respond to his/her practices and whether these perceptions impact on teacher wellbeing, morale, principal-teacher relationships and their instruction in the classroom. At the same time, this research will investigate the perceptions that new principals have of themselves and how these perceptions appear when compared to those expressed by teachers. Data were collected using three tools: individual semi-structured interviews of principals and teachers, non-participant observations (staff meetings, professional development sessions, assemblies, etc.) and some document analysis mainly to support the findings from the interviews. Data were analysed using Patton's (2002) cross-case inductive analysis approach using content thematic analysis for identifying, coding, categorising and labelling the patterns emerging from the data. The data will be reported/presented by individual cases as well as a cross-case discussion.
This case study reveals that whilst the majority of teachers welcomed the appointment of someone known to them, they also experienced a challenging period of adaptation as they came to terms with the new principal. These affected aspects of their wellbeing and overall job satisfaction. The most significant finding pertains to the difficulty that teachers found in adapting to having the same person in a new role. Despite the new principal being a familiar face, the overall challenge to teachers was to adapt to the new leader no longer being in his/her previous role, especially after having previously been regarded as very successful in that role. The biggest challenge and transition for teachers, therefore was not the coming to terms with the new principal, but rather learning to accept and adapt to the person who has been chosen to take over the role left by the new principal. Teachers missed the presence of the new principal in his/her previous role, and this sense of loss impacted on their overall wellbeing and connection to the school. With regard to the new principal, the majority of teachers affirmed that the impact the new principal would have on their professional development would be indirect. To those striving to develop their own leadership skills and who aspire to hold leadership roles in the future, the impact from the new principal is direct, and therefore significant in the development of their future leadership ambitions. The study of the principal also demonstrated that a change of identity was a complex process, particularly regarding the management of staff and supporting teachers. This is especially relevant for internal appointees whose professional identities and relationships evolve significantly during this time.
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Bernardita Moreno (presenting / submitting)
Melbourne Graduate School of Education