it is a 100% student focused institution that has the students best interests at heart however could have more activities and clubs available such as :a dance team,football team,shuttles to the mall or even a place where students can go to have safe fun on campus.
The campus is gorgeous, and there are plenty of things to do. The professors are, with an exception or two, very helpful and the classes are small. There's not much to do or places to eat in town, but there's plenty within thirty minutes of the campus. A recent change with the kitchens has made a large portion of the student body upset, and not only at this campus.
Potomac State is a very safe college and great for students who are unsure about going to college. It is a great way to be on your own and see what college is like. Most students transfer to the main campus in Morgantown at WVU for a bigger campus feel and more majors to choose from. Overall it is a beautiful campus with pretty decent food but not much to do other than go to class and attend volleyball and basketball games.
It was a very nice, friendly campus! I enjoyed it very much when I visited this last weekend. Small classes where my professors are free all the time makes it worth anything. I am so excited to be attending in the fall and ready to get involved.
It is a wonderful school to start out at it even complete a 4 year degree at. It's a small campus that is very well kept and has a friendly atmosphere. Even the small class sizes are amazing because it allows students to have one on one time with professors and get the most out of their education.
I have made a lot of friends, thanks to this school. Considering it is a small college, teachers here are very helpful and devoted to us. They are kind-hearted and non judgement. It is a safe community and I can be myself here. They want us to interacted, sign-up for clubs and overall have a blast, it is college and a once in a lifetime experience.
Potomac State College is a school mostly for people who only want to focus on school. If you don't want the "real" college experience then this is the school to attend. The professors are amazing, the resources, are great, but the activities on and off campus do not happen often.
Many people come here because it is really inexpensive. Some programs are better than others but I haven't really met anyone who is super serious or loves this school. Its Meh. Nothing really to do except maybe a once a week activity and everyone gets drunk and high on weekends. The halls smell like weed anywhere you go. Make some friends, you will heavily rely on them to hang out because there is nothing else to do. However, the class sizes are perfect and the professors are pretty chill (for the most part). To sum it up, you get what you pay for.
My school is a small close nit community where it is easy to get to know everyone and be able to get the help you need in classes.
The advice I would give myself is be prepaired for a whole new perspective when it comes to studying and getting work done. The reason for that is I was not prepaired for what happened and at first it really hurt me until I got adjusted to how things worked and what was expected of me in all of my classes. Just getting through my first semester was one of the hardest things I have done. If I was able to go back in time by, I believe by letting my high school self know what was waiting in college I may have done a little better with a greater understanding of how things work in college.
What i consider to be the best thing about my school is the small class sizes, so you get to know your instructors on a personal level, and the hands on experience that we recieve.
This school is very diverse and welcomes all races.
I would telll my younger self that to do your best and accept any and all helping hands. I would tell a my younger self to get more involved with the student success because the success is always a helping hand away.
The area that the school is located. At times this school on the weekend can be extremely boring. There is nothing to really do here on the weekends, most of the kids goes to morgantown for the weekend to party.
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Short lines with leader on the right. Fortress hold with fingers interlaced or close V-hold.
To the R in a (Triple Step, (drop into L across infront, R) x 1.5), double hop, R side, L touch close. 7 steps back swivelling toes out syncopated, R stamp touch close.
As Usual Styling but commence L across infront in previous count, lift R in L hops, swivel feet further, don't stamp final R touch.
As Usual Styling but move diagonally outwards in the Triple Step, R forwards instead side, kick forwards instead swivelling feet, flick foot up behind before the stamp.
As Bozigian 2005 Styling but diagonally inwards in Triple Step, R side instead of forwards, L touch infront and no flick behind before the stamp.
Dalila Heath (who learnt it from Tom Bozigian) at the 2001 Eastbourne International Folk Festival. Tom Bozigian's 2005 version from his session at Doe Dans 2005 in The Netherlands. Tom Bozigian's 2011 version from his Balkanplus/Akhtamar day class in London 2011. Tom Bozigian's 1978 version (which he learnt from Jimmy Haboian in Detroit in the early 1960s) from his notes which were distributed in the Hilel Dance Group class in Hatfield, UK, 1978, via Frances Horrocks, former SIFD head, in 2008.
Written 2002/7/21. Updated 2005/9/20, 2007/8/29, 2008/7/13, 2008/7/21 & 2011/4/19.
Disclaimer: Mistakes are quite likely in the notes and no guarantees are made as to accuracy. There may be other versions of the same dance or other dances with the same name. Music may differ, particularly in speed, introduction and duration, between performers. The division into parts, bars & counts might not be standard. These notes of the dance are freely distributable (under GPL or CC-by-sa) in so much as the note's author's contribution but the choreography and/or collection were by other people and so their copyright might apply to the dance itself. Better than using notes, go to a dance class where it is taught by Dalila Heath or Tom Bozigian.


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Hackney's Stoke Newington Town Hall played host to the annual Hackney Homes Active Residents Awards, reflecting on the great work of local residents over the past year and recognising those who go the extra mile to make a positive difference in their communities.
Over 100 local people who are involved in a variety of community engagement projects attended the celebration on 21 May, which launched with a high energy, entertaining performance from street dance group, Nemesis Dance.
More than 80 nominations were received across four categories – Young Resident of the Year, Resident of the Year, Community Project of the Year and the Ron Devoti Award for Long Service to Hackney.
Clapton resident, Mavis McGee, received the award for Long Service to Hackney. Mavis dedicates much of her own time to community work, making a difference to the lives of local residents as Chair of Clapton Neighbourhood Panel and a leading member of Landfield Tenant and Resident Association.
After receiving the award, Mavis said: "I love this event, it's a nice gathering to meet people from estates we didn't know. This award was unexpected. I enjoy getting involved in the community because I want to improve the place I live in and make a difference."
The Resident of the Year honour was awarded to Chair of High Hill TRA, Shade Ajigbeda for her proactive involvement in the community. Shade has been successful in delivering community projects and the development of a number of youth programmes after recognising a need for more activities for young people where she lives.
Of her success, Shade said: "I'm honoured and humbled to have been nominated and actually win. Thank you for recognising all our hard work. It was definitely worth it. It's not where you live it's how you live. We need to keep improving our community to help the next generation."
Other winners on the night included Rochelle Edwards Boyce for the Young Resident of the Year and Wenlock Barn Youth Forum for the Community Project of the Year.
Guest speaker at the ceremony was Shaun Wallace, Barrister and TV personality appearing on ITV's The Chase. Previously a teacher in Hackney for 14 years – teaching over 3,000 Hackney students - he spoke of this formative experience as spurring him onto achieve greater things in his life, including becoming a Mastermind Champion.
It's been an inspiring evening and as always it's great to hear all the stories from residents across the borough about their amazing work. I'd like to congratulate all those nominated and pay tribute to the fantastic winners.
Cllr Philip Glanville, Cabinet Member for Housing
The event also showcased a "Hackney Housing at 50" exhibition, with photographs from residents of Hackney dating from 1965 – when the old metropolitan boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington were amalgamated – all the way to the present day.


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MISSIONS PURSE is a Ghanaian indigenous, independent interdenominational mission's service agency registered in Ghana in 2010, for the purpose of addressing some of the basic needs that confronts indigenous Ghanaian and African missionary families and communities to enhance the work of missions in Ghana and Africa as a whole endeavoring to fulfill the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ .
All About Missions Purse
Introducing Missions Purse: An indigenous Ghanaian Missions Service Agency.
"Putting a Smile in the Missions Community "
Missions Purse is an indigenous Ghanaian Christian Missions Service Agency set up to support Christian Mission work in Ghana in particular and Africa as a whole. As a para-missions organization we do not send out missionaries, rather we come along to undergird missionary agencies and missionary families working in unreached and remote communities and to further help in the development of such communities.
Missions Purse is registered as a non-profit organization under the Companies Act. of the Companies Code 1963 (Act.179) of the Republic of Ghana. Missions Purse is s also a registered member of Ghana Evangelical Missions Association (GEMA), a national network of missionary organizations, churches and par-church groups in Ghana. GEMA is recognized and affiliated with African Missions Association (AfMA) a regional Christian mission's body in Africa. Globally, GEMA is an affiliate member of the Missions Commission of World Evangelical Alliance (WEA).
The aim of Missions Purse is to advocate and partner with like-minded organizations to sensitize, equip and raise support for the emerging and resilient but impoverished mission's enterprise in Ghana in particular and Africa as a whole.
Missions Purse provides a platform that offers opportunities for organizations and individuals to jointly and effectively partner for the achievement of the fulfillment of the Great Commission of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through our various programs. We invite all who owe it as a duty to send the gospel to the ends of the world to join hands with us now for the harvest is plenteous indeed.
The Christian community in Ghana and Africa as a whole in the past two decades has recognized the emerging missionary force that the Lord is preparing in the global south for world missions. In this vein several Christians have been trained who are ready to send the gospel to unreached communities in the remotest parts of our countries and beyond, however key among the constraints that militates against this effort is inadequate logistical and financial support. Our carefully designed projects are tailored to address most of the challenges. We invite you to make your contributions for the realization of this noble vision. God richly bless you.
In the past two decades several indigenous missionary agencies have been started in Ghana and have been able to train several young and enthusiastic missionaries who are ready to sacrifice the pleasures of city life to venture out to deprived and unreached communities with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The interventions by these missionary agencies or para-church agencies have become necessary so as to compensate for the complacency and apathetic attitude of most well-endowed main line churches in Ghana and Africa whose policy does not endear and support mission efforts. Mostly, these main line churches have limited their outreach efforts to only commercially viable communities to the neglect of communities without Christian witness.
However, most indigenous churches and non-denominational missionary sending organizations who had taken up the challenge to train and send out missionaries to unreached communities without Christian witness are constrained logistically and financially. The fact remains that missions work needs much financial investment and takes time to begin to yield fruit hence, the need to forge strategic partnerships to accomplish the Great Commission in our part of the world. It is also believed that the church in Africa and Ghana is no exception, is and has become a potentially missionary sending force yet it (the church) it is yet to adequately educate her members to give for the support of missions. The aforementioned reasons and other related challenges have adversely constrained missions work in Ghana.
Small Business Grants for Missionary Spouses
Most indigenous missionary organizations in Ghana struggle to meet their budget needs. This is largely due the fact that a large portion of the Christian community in Ghana and Africa are yet to have a clear understanding and perspective of the Missions or World Evangelization. Church structures of most mega churches that have a lot of resources do not encourage and support missions work. Thus few individuals, churches and organizations are moved give to the cause of missions. These factors to a large extend do not make the missionaries work attractive. Most couples who venture into it do that out of passion, love and sometimes absolute sacrifice. It is therefore not strange that most missionary couples you meet on the field are saddled with financial challenges.
Missions Purse has therefore seen the need to mobilize funds to provide grants to missionary spouses as a seed capital to undertake appropriate business ventures that would help them generate extra income to cushion the missionary's meager income and to help meet the basic needs of the family. Your contribution will help keep a missionary family on the field.
Indigenous missionary families are saddled with inadequate food supply; their children are mostly deprived of good education as compared with their peers in the cities. It is pathetic to see some missionary children become disillusioned and sometimes abandon the faith. Some Missionaries have lost spouses and children and many others their own lives through demonic attacks, and most missionary families risk breaking up. It is against this background that we seek partners from individuals and organizations to help us provide Small Business Grants to missionary spouses. This will empower them financially to venture into some sort of economic activity that will help contribute to the family income to help sustain and keep them on the field.
Two thousand (US$ 2,000) which is equivalent to about 10,000 Ghana Cedis is a good start up for any small business. In order to be to sustain their businesses we pair these women together in three to five in a group and give them training in basic bookkeeping and business skills. We also follow them up periodically to ascertain the profitability of their enterprises. You can choose to adopt a missionary spouse or contribute towards achieving this goal.
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'SNL' Continues Its Very Tired, Sorely Disappointing Season with Host Claire Foy
By Dustin Rowles | TV | December 2, 2018 |
Cold Open — Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump returns (ugh), hanging out on his hotel balcony in Argentina during the G20. Ben Stiller makes another cameo as Michael Cohen; Fred Armisen plays the Crown Prince; there's Vladimir, Melania, and Rudy, too. As Trump sketches go, it's painfully basic, a remix of every other Baldwin/Trump sketch. (Watch Here) (Score: 4 out of 10)
Claire Foy — Foy says and does absolutely nothing of interest. She barely even bothers with a monologue — it's two and a half minutes long — but she is nevertheless a delight. If you adore Claire Foy, as you should, the monologue will do nothing to disabuse you of that. Otherwise, it's skippable. (Watch here) (Score: 3 out of 10)
Netflix Ad — SNL takes an obvious joke about Netflix — they make a lot of content! — and turn it into an obvious ad. Nothing to see here, either (except, maybe the dark and gritty Family Matters reboot). Rough night, so far. (Watch Here) (Score: 3 out of 10)
Morning Joe — If the fact that Joe and Mika got married last weekend hadn't time-stamped this sketch, I wouldn't have been able to distinguish it from previous Morning Joe sketches. It's the exact same jokes as previous iterations of this sketch, and Claire Foy is barely utilized. So far, Jennifer Lawrence's Dior commercial is the best thing I've seen tonight. (Watch Here) (Score: 3 out of 10)
PBS Special: Letters from the Trenches — A frustrated English soldier sends letters to his wife from the trenches, but she gives him very little with which to work. It's cute for about 30 seconds, but the rest is painfully predictable but at least Foy is used here. Another (Score: 3 out of 10) (Watch Here)
Dad Christmas — On December 26th, kids visit their Dad for their first Christmas after the divorce. Obvious single divorced Dad tropes! I'm going to give this one a (Score: 4.5 out of 10) just to break things up.
Weekend Update — There's one good joke in tonight's "Update" (the one about Steven Tyler), but it's otherwise a snore. Beck Bennett introduces a terrible new character who "sees things just a little bit differently," and Leslie Jones does a segment about how she's given up sex because she's 51. It ends with Jones trying to get to Michael Che through Jost after Che jokes that Judge Judy is hotter than her. "Update" concludes in a half-hearted tribute to George H.W. Bush. The show's just not working tonight. (Score: 3.5 out of 10)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — It's a parody of that scene in Willy Wonka with the two sets of grandparents in bed, only here one of the sets of grandparents start banging each other while everyone else in the room tries to look away. It's dumb as hell, but it may also be the best sketch of the night, so far, which really isn't saying much. That said, Heidi Gardner is weirdly great in this sketch. You'll like this one, too, Mat. (Score: 5 out of 10)
Home Shopping Network — Cecily Strong plays a woman who appears on HSN to sell handmade "teeny adorables," but completely loses it when she realizes she left them in her Uber. It's basically just two minutes of Cecily screaming network-safe profanities, and that's not the worst thing. "WHY HUBRIS WHY EAT MY ASS TO HELL." (Watch here) (Score: 5 out of 10)
Staten Island Cable — Remember Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph's "Bronx Beat"? This is like that, only it's set in Staten Island and it's not good. (Watch here) (Score: 2.5 out of 10)
Holiday Message from the Women on SNL — For the final sketch of the night, the cast finally wakes up with a rendition of "All I Want for Christmas," and all they want for Christmas is the Mueller report. This is terrific, and I wish the rest of the show had half the energy. Unfortunatley, due to rights issues (I assume), it is not embeddable. The best I could find is someone recording their TV with their phone. (Score: 8 out of 10)
All I'm asking and hoping for. Thanks @nbcsnl #snl for giving me my holiday anthem #AllIWantForChristmas #Mueller pic.twitter.com/6rs5RtD5z9
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That last number aside, it's been a bad night of SNL, and to be honest, it's been a lousy season. Kate McKinnon tends to dominate every episode, but she's fallen into something of a rut. The veterans haven't brought anything exciting to the proceedings in a long while, while Pete Davidson's former relationship with Ariana Grande and his tiff with the Republican Congressman with an eye patch may be the only memorable things about this year of SNL. Some of the best cast members — Heidi Garnder, Melissa Villaseñor — have barely been seen, while Chris Redd is being sorely underused. I'd love to say something nice about the new cast member Ego Nwodim but she's not really been given any opportunities at all, which is a shame because SNL is in desperate need of fresh blood. It's not a bad cast; it's just a tired one. It might be time for Kate, Aidy, Beck, Colin, Che, Leslie Jones, Cecily and Keenan to step aside for the younger cast members, because the show is in desperate need of a shake-up.
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Working on an internet facing site there was a requirement to show frequently asked questions (FAQ's) as related items to a page. The amount of FAQ's is about 500.
To have full control over the solution we decided to use a Content Query WebPart together with Managed Metadata. The managed metadata is one of my favorite service applications when it's about content.
On the FAQ's we can add managed metadata terms and on a Content Query WebPart there filtered on a PageFieldValue. This PageFieldValue needs to of the type Metadata and with the right configuration of the CQWP the solution is simple and needs no code.
Define in the Managed metadata service application a termgroup that can will contain al terms on which we can relate items.
After that we can create a sitecolumn of the type metadata and bind it to the termgroup we just created. If you have trouble to create this column check my post on How to provision Managed Metadata columns.
Extend the contenttype of the page with this column. After this we have created a PageField of type Metadata. Filtering will be done over the values in this field.
Next step will be adding a Content Query WebPart to your page. There you can define a filter on the column you've added.
Managed metadata column in my case is able to contain more than one value. On the FAQ side as the page side as well. With this we create a many to many relationship. However filtering in this way is not possible with the edit box of the CQWP. So is it not possible? No!
We export the webpart. In the xml there are two elements that we must see. These are the properties; FilterOperator1 and FilterDisplayValue1. FilterDisplayValue1 has the right and expected value. However the FilterOperator1 has the value Eq. This will not do it. When multiple terms are coupled to a FAQ it will never appear in this result.
So we replace the Eq of FilterOperator1 with ContainsAny, For the full reference on operators check this.
After the modifications we can upload the webpart to the webpart gallery. The webpart works as expected.
This solution works for me. There are some thought you must take in … before using this. Configuring the CQWP is not a piece of cake and SharePoint will reset the ContainsAny if you make a change in the editor.
The CQWP is a very efficient webpart to grab data all over the site. However if your FAQ (or other content) is over your site, it has to query your whole site. This can be very inefficient. This solution works fast because all my FAQ's are in one page library.
Is it possible to query / return other pages from the CQWP. I have a field called topic. I want the webpart to returned related pages when the page topic matches that of other pages. So if a page is published with the tag news in the topic field I want the CQWP to return related pages that also contains the topic news.


Due to increasing work, our client are looking for Industrial Door Service Technicians /Engineers based in Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, London and surrounding areas, to join their teams in providing an installation service, the service and maintenance of industrial doors and docking equipment to all their customers.
Our client are committed to the personal development of all employees and can proudly confirm that these positions include a host of benefits. A Company van, laptop, mobile, corporate clothing and mobile telephone are provided. An attractive remuneration / benefits package is offered including an attractive base salary (dependent upon skills and experience), you are paid from the moment you leave your home in the morning, regular paid overtime after the basic 39 hours, there is ample opportunity for overtime, contributory pension, sales bonus scheme, life assurance scheme, employee share save scheme and specialized training on high-quality products, provision of all equipment and PPE along with excellent company working practices.


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Hiring people from overseas (updated November 2021)
Australian workplace laws apply to overseas workers
Importance of checking work rights
Visas (including Dairy Industry Labour Agreement)
Overseas workers are entitled to the same entitlements as Australian workers including pay rates which correspond to the classification in the Pastoral Award 2020, overtime and penalty rates and superannuation. Read more about pay rates
Unfair and unlawful dismissal laws also apply as do discrimination laws and work health and safety laws.
Australian taxation laws apply but there are differences which depend upon whether the overseas worker is defined as an 'Australian resident'. For further information about tax and overseas workers (inc. case study examples) see our overseas workers taxation fact sheet
Work rights
Employers considering employing non-Australian citizens or permanent residents (e.g. working holiday makers) should be aware that some visas prevent or restrict the right of a person to work in Australia. Every worker from overseas must have a valid Australian visa with work rights.
Illegal workers are non-Australian citizens who are working in Australia without a visa, or who are in Australia lawfully but working in breach of their visa conditions. Work means any activity that normally attracts remuneration. In other words, even unpaid workers will be considered to be working if their work would normally attract remuneration.
Employing an illegal worker is a criminal offence
Employers are responsible for checking all workers' rights to work in Australia. It is an offence under the Migration Act 1958 to knowingly or recklessly allow workers to work, or to refer workers for work, where those workers are from overseas and either illegally in Australia or working in breach of their visa conditions.
People found working without a valid visa can be removed from the workplace without notice to their employers. To avoid the disruption and loss of investment caused by the sudden removal of an employee and the potential for criminal charges, employers should check the work entitlements of new employees.
Employers are responsible for checking all workers' rights to work in Australia. If employees or job applicants refuse to cooperate, they should be told they will not be employed until such checks have been satisfactorily completed or until their entitlement to work can be verified.
Employers should check the work entitlements of all job applicants. If employers check the work rights of all employees and applicants, they will be in a better position to defend allegations of breaches of the racial discrimination legislation by prospective employees who object to questions relating to their origin.
Checking a prospective employee's entitlement to work in Australia
Work rights can be checked by asking to see a person's passport or other evidence of Australian citizenship, such as a birth certificate or certificate of citizenship, as well as appropriate photo identification.
The free Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) service is the safest and easiest way to check work entitlements of all new workers from overseas, providing you with current visa information. You may also like to read Department of Home Affairs information, or the information at Fair Work Ombudsman.
Employers who do not have immediate access to fax or email have a period of 48 hours in which to conduct any checks.
Providing these checks are initiated within 48 hours of an employee starting work and the employer does not know the person is an illegal worker, the Department of Home Affairs has said that they will not be referred for prosecution, even if the employee turns out to be an illegal worker. Employers relying on the 48-hour checking period will need to have records of the date and time when the employee started work to enable calculation of the 48-hour period.
Employers who discover an employee is an illegal worker must end the working relationship immediately.
How often to check?
Australian citizens and permanent residents need 1 single check at the time of employment. Temporary visa holders must be rechecked to ensure that no changes to their immigration status have occurred. It is advisable for employers to check on VEVO every 3 months.
New Labour market testing requirements as of 1 October 2020
All nominations lodged on or after 1 October 2020 must comply with new rules regarding about labour market testing.
The new rules apply to 482 and 494 visas in the Employer sponsored stream and the 482 and 494 visas in the Dairy Industry Labour Agreement stream.
Read the rules at the Department of Home Affairs website.
Essentially in addition to previous requirements for labour market testing, you must also do the following:
Advertise the nominated position on the Government's Jobactive website
The Jobactive advertisement must have included all of the information required to be included previously which is detailed via the link listed above
Jobactive advertisements are expected to have run for at least 4 weeks
Applications or expressions of interest for the advertised position must have been accepted for at least 4 weeks
Evidence of a total of 3 advertisements, including an advertisement published on the Government's Jobactive website, must be provided at the time the nomination is lodged
Visit the Jobactive website registration page for advertisements
Employer Sponsored Visas
There are a number of visa options for lawfully operating Australian employers to sponsor and employ skilled workers who have recognised qualifications and skills or experience in particular occupations required in Australia.
Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (TSS Visa subclass 482)
Note: Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (TSS Visa subclass 482), previously subclass 457 – significant changes have been made to this Visa.
From 11 March 2019, the occupation of Dairy Cattle Farmer is on the Regional Occupation List rather than the Short-Term Skilled Occupations List (STSOL) which gives access to 482 visas with up to a 4-year term and possibility of renewal for up to a further 4 years.
A business can sponsor someone for this visa if they cannot find an Australian citizen or permanent resident to do the skilled work. Download: Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (TSS Visa subclass 482) fact sheet (Updated May 2021).
Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) Visa (subclass 494) – (replaced 187 visa on 16 Nov 2019)
The Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa subclass 494 visa replaces the 187 visa. Download the 494 fact sheet.
– Information on Labour Agreements can be found at the Department of Home Affairs
– Dairy Industry Labour Agreement Template:
Senior Farmhands (FLH5 to FLH7) and Farmhands (FLH3) can now be employed under the Dairy Industry Labour Agreement.
The Dairy Industry Labour Agreement is a formal agreement between the individual farmer and the Department of Home Affairs.
The visa obtained under the Labour Agreement subclass 482 (TSS visa) or subclass 494 (SESR) lasts for up to 4 years (482 TSS visa) and 5 years (494 SESR visa), with the possibility of an extension.
Note: that labour market testing must have been undertaken within 12 months of nomination and you must be able to demonstrate at least 2 attempts to test the Australian labour market. At least one advertisement must have national reach and the other may be local and can include the business' own website. The English language requirement for the TSS and SESR visa is at least IELTS 5 overall with no minimum component score.
The Dairy Industry Labour Agreement (DILA) can provide a pathway to permanent residency for overseas workers who are engaged under a Labour Agreement for a period of at least 3 years.
Existing Labour Agreement holders need to seek a variation to their agreements to sponsor current Subclass 482 (TSS) visa holders (or the previously used Subclass 457 (TSS) visa holders) for an Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) (subclass 186) visa. The subclass 494 (SESR) also contains a pathway to permanent residency.
Dairy Australia understands that labour market testing undertaken for 482(457) visa will suffice for a Labour Agreement stream ENS 186 visa application. Note however that the IELTS score for the ENS subclass 186 visa is a 5 with at least 4.5 in each component.
Those that wish to vary their existing DILAs will need to complete a Deed of Variation request and return it to the Department of Home Affairs. Contact: labour.agreement.section@homeaffairs.gov.au
Download: Labour agreement fact sheet (need to know)
Download: Labour Agreement FAQs (updated Nov 2021)
Individual farmers who are seeking to engage overseas workers under the Labour Agreement must make a formal application to the Department of Home Affairs – contact labour.agreement.section@homeaffairs.gov.au
You need to set up an ImmiAccount with the Department of Home Affairs and complete the online request form: accessed here https://online.immi.gov.au/lusc/login
We also have a skills assessment sheet and employment letter of offer template, plus the Department of Home Affairs Information about requesting Labour Agreement guide (booklet)
See below for more resources.
Once the Application for a Labour Agreement has been approved, you can proceed to nominate an overseas worker. You can complete this process online here
The worker will lodge a visa application separately online.
Fees apply. For more information, visit Department of Home Affairs
Working Holiday Makers
To meet the seasonal nature of work on dairy farms, it may be worth considering working holiday makers for short-term employment.
Note: COVID-19 has impacted on working holiday visas – stay up to date with the latest information at home affairs website
The working holiday maker program is a cultural exchange program which allows visa holders to supplement their holiday funds through short-term work. Working holiday maker visa holders working in the dairy industry can work full-time for a period of 12 months with the one employer.
The Working holiday visa (subclass 417) is for young people who want to holiday and work in Australia for up to a year, encouraging a cultural exchange and closer ties between Australia and eligible countries. Working holiday visa holders who performed 'specified work', in an eligible regional Australian area for a minimum of three months (88 days) while on their first working holiday visa may be eligible for a second working holiday visa. Note: maximum of 12 months' work with any one employer but can be extended to allow for return to a previous employer.
Note: From July 1 2019, second holiday year 417 and 462 visa holders (as below) may be eligible for a third year working holiday visa, allowing visa holders to stay in Australia and work for an additional 12 months if they have worked for 6 months in a specified field or industry in a designated area of regional Australia.
'Specified work' includes (among other things) general maintenance crop work, harvesting and/or packing fruit and vegetable crops and immediate processing of animal products. Dairy farming is 'specified work'.
3 months of specified work means a period equivalent to three 'calendar months', which is taken to be a minimum period of 88 calendar days, inc. weekends or equivalent rest days during the period of employment. In the dairy industry, there are a variety of roster situations which can be considered standard practice due to the 24/7 nature of the industry with early morning and late afternoon work – read the fact sheets for each visa which include an example of how to calculate the 88 calendar days.
The Temporary work and holiday visa (subclass 462) encourages cultural exchange and closer ties between Australia and eligible countries by allowing young adults (18-30) to have an extended holiday during which time they may engage in short term work or study. As with the working holiday visa, visa holders who performed 'specified work', in an eligible regional Australian area for a minimum of three months (88 days) while on their first working holiday visa may be eligible for a second working holiday visa. See note above on second and third year requirements from July 2019.
The Special Category visa (subclass 444) is a temporary visa which allows New Zealand citizens to stay and work in Australia, as long as they remain a New Zealand citizen.
Read more about employing backpackers – download our backpackers – what to pay them fact sheet.
General Information Format
Pay rates web page
Overseas workers taxation fact sheet (Nov 2021) PDF
Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) web page (external)
Do your employees have a valid visa to work in Australia? PDF
Backpackers – what to pay them PDF
Visa pathways chart (Nov 2021) PDF
Labour Agreement – updated as listed
– Dairy Industry Labour Agreement (Nov 2021) PDF
– Labour agreement fact sheet (need to know) PDF
– Labour Agreement FAQs (Nov 2021) PDF
– Employment letter of offer template Word
– Skills recognition fact sheet PDF
– Position description Dairy Cattle Farm Operator AND Senior Dairy Cattle Farm Operator
(Found in Schedule 2, page 18 and 19 of Dairy Industry Labour Agreement Template) PDF
– Information about requesting Labour Agreement web page
Visa Subclass Resources
Updated Nov 2019: Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 494) PDF
Updated May 2021: Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (TSS Visa subclass 482) (previously subclass 457) PDF
Updated Nov 2021: Working Holiday visa (subclass 417) PDF
Updated Nov 2019: Temporary Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462) PDF
Special Category visa (subclass 444) PDF


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John Singleton Mosby, född 1833, död 1916, var en amerikansk jurist från Virginia vilken var en framgångsrik konfedererad jägarofficer under det amerikanska inbördeskriget. Välkänd både i nord och syd för sina operationer bakom unionsarméns linjer blev han efter kriget republikan och personlig vän med president Grant. Mosby var amerikansk konsul i Hongkong under Rutherford B. Hayes och var specialagent i inrikesdepartementet och jurist i justitiedepartementet under Teddy Roosevelt. Däremellan var han jurist åt Southern Pacific i San Francisco.

Ungdom och krigets början
Mosby var liten och spenslig och ofta sjuklig. I skolan blev han mobbad. Det fortsatte även när han var student, men han sköt då ned sin plågoande. För detta dömdes han till 12 månaders fängelse. I fängelset studerade han juridik med åklagarens hjälp och blev efter fängelsetiden advokat. Mosby var unionist och vid presidentvalet 1860 var han en av de få i Virginia som röstade på nordstatsdemokraternas kandidat Stephen Douglas. När kriget bröt ut tog han dock ställning för sin hemstat och anmälde sig som frivillig till armén trots att han var gift och hade barn. Mosby var menig i ett kavalleriregemente, men fick tidigt under kriget uppdrag som kunskapare bakom fiendens linjer. För sina insatser befordrades han till löjtnant 1862, men då regementet samma år fick Fitzhugh Lee som chef tog Mosby avsked som officer och blev menig igen, eftersom han inte kunde tåla Lees militära pedanteri. Han kunde dock fortsätta med sina aktiviteter. Fitzhugh Lee uppskattade inte Mosbys insatser vilka han såg som omilitäriska och föga gentlemannalika, men Mosby beskyddades av J.E.B. Stuart vilken tillät honom att självständigt leda och genomföra överfall och spaningsuppdrag med mindre styrkor.

Förbandschef

På våren 1863 lyckades Mosby i en av sina mest spektakulära operationer snappa bort en unionsgeneral från hans kvarter. Mosby blev strax därefter befordrad till kapten och på sommaren till major. Krigsministern James Seddon beundrade Mosby och han bemyndigade honom att rekrytera en egen kavalleribataljon som öronmärktes för jägaroperationer. Robert E. Lee uppskattade också Mosbys insatser, men som så många yrkesmilitärer var han tveksam till hans metoder; framförallt att bataljonen var inkvarterad hos civila i dess basområde i det av unionsarmén ockuperade Loudoun County, och bara samlades inför aktiva operationer. Lee hade också svårt att förstå att många jägaroperationer bäst utfördes med mindre styrkor och ville att Mosby helst skulle använda hela sin bataljon vid offensiva företag. Mosbys operationer gav ofta stora rubriker både i nord- och sydstatspressen och han blev ett välkänt och fruktat namn i unionsarmén. I början av 1864 befordrades Mosby till överstelöjtnant. I slutet på samma år utökades hans bataljon till ett regemente och Mosby befordrades till överste. Under kriget tog han och hans män flera tusen fångar och förde bort ännu flera drag- och slaktdjur från unionsarméns depåer, men förbandets viktigaste insats var att binda upp stora truppstyrkor med järnvägsbevakning och trängeskort. Mosby sårades flera gånger, bland annat i magen; ett sår som han mirakulöst nog överlevde vid en tid då 95 % av alla magskott slutade med döden.

Grants vän
Efter kriget bedrev Mosby med hjälp av det rykte som han förvärvat under kriget en framgångsrik advokatpraktik i norra Virginia. Mosby ville åstadkomma en försoning mellan de konservativa krafterna i Virginia och det republikanska partiet. Han stödde därför Grant i presidentvalet 1872. I samband därmed sammanträffade han med Grant i Vita Huset och de blev snabbt vänner. I Virginia mottogs dock inte vad man betraktade som Mosbys "avhopp till fiendesidan" med någon entusiasm, något som gick ut över hans verksamhet som advokat. Rutherford B. Hayes utnämnde honom till amerikansk konsul i Hongkong där han rensade upp i ett träsk av korruption i det amerikanska konsulatsväsendet. När Cleveland blev president ersattes han 1885 som konsul av en demokrat och Grant ordnade ett arbete åt honom som jurist åt Southern Pacific Railroad i San Francisco.

Roosevelts skyddsling

När Mosby blev friställd 1901 var han utan både pension och sparpengar och president Roosevelt ordnade ett arbete åt honom som specialagent för inrikesdepartementet. I sitt nya ämbete tog han itu med de omfattande bedrägerier som gjorde det möjligt för stora boskapsägare i Nebraska att gratis förfoga över enorma arealer av federal betesmark. Roosevelt stödde honom i hans strid med boskapsägarna, men Mosby anklagade också de två republikanska senatorerna från Nebraska för delaktighet i bedrägerierna och det var att överstiga en politisk gräns som inte fick överstigas. Mosby blev omplacerad till justitidepartementet som biträdande jurist, med sin svåger som byråchef. Mot slutet av sitt liv bodde Mosby hos en av sina döttrar och fick under flera år lön utan att behöva arbeta. Han använde tiden för skriftlig polemik rörande gettysburgfälttåget där han försvarade J.E.B. Stuart. Mosby avled under ett kirurgiskt ingrepp 1916.

Populärkultur
John Mosby var förebild för TV-serien The Gray Ghost 1957-1958, vars pilotavsnitt följdes av ytterligare 38, men serien lades ned efter en säsong. Mosby var även huvudperson i åtta böcker skrivna av Ray Hogan 1960-1966.

Referenser

Vidare läsning
 Goetz, David (2012), Hell is being Republican in Virginia, Xlibris Corp.
 Ramage, James A. (2010),Gray Ghost, The University Press of Kentucky.

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Tim Farron MP, President of the Liberal Democrats, was right to highlight some of the challenges facing all entrepreneurs in this country - but the idea that Britain's scientific community is failing at business is simply not accurate.
Reports estimate that in 2011 staff, students and graduates from UK universities produced more than 3000 companies. The combined turnover of companies originating from universities now exceeds £2.5bn and provides employment for more than 30,000 people. And over many years, UK universities have demonstrated, that (£ vs $) we are much more cost effective at starting companies than the US.
There is no doubt there is much we can learn from our US colleagues about fostering a greater culture of entrepreneurship and risk taking. The scientific community are willing to do so, but it is for policy makers, politicians, universities and financiers to work together to provide the necessary ingredients for them to thrive - capital, labs and perhaps most importantly - a can-do attitude.


Love is sacred. When our friends or family get engaged, it demands our heartfelt respect.
The months leading up to a wedding demand our time, and possibly a few favors, small and big.
I don't mind putting Save the Date magnets on my fridge. I don't mind dropping a thousand dollars to fly to my cousin's wedding in Aruba (his wife-to-be has always wanted to get married on a beach, not that they don't have those in, I don't know, Pensacola, Florida or somewhere like that). I truly and honestly don't mind forgoing all selfish desires and celebrating the miracle of marriage.
1. Realize that Wedding Crashers is entirely fictional.
Do you really believe that every young damsel at the reception is just going to throw themselves at you because weddings send them into some kind of hormonal trance? Out of all the ladies you have your eye on, some of them are already married or engaged. Consider the remaining talent pool, and you'll quickly realize how many are just there to dance with each other. Seriously. They are there to find a spot on the dance floor, kick off their heels, and only dance with each other the entire night.
Wedding Crashers is to actual weddings as 300 is to a high school production of Oedipus Rex. Just focus on being yourself. Don't try to be Vince Vaughn. Mostly because he's not funny anymore (see: The Internship).
Old people really wheel out for weddings. Don't get stuck in conversations with them too long; it will tire you out more than the dance floor. You don't have to be a jerk, but you need to be able to avoid their lecturing stories and meaningless platitudes. "Excuse me, your breath smells like old newspapers", or "My spaceship is here, I really must be leaving" have worked for me in the past. Either way, once you excuse yourself they'll stare off into space and mumble (to no one), "What a nice lad…". Also, they'll be gone early. Those fuckers pass out at like 8 PM. The clock is like your help defense.
Just don't eat it, it will spike your blood sugar while you're trying to keep your buzz on. I don't really know more science than that but I don't need Stephen Hawking to tell me that whiskey and frosting sloshing around in my stomach might make me vomit on everyone and everything.
Even if you don't drink—which is fine; I'm too old to call people out for not trying to have fun—you would probably be happier abstaining. You're full already, you don't need it, and it might not even be good.


I was so glad to see them!
This is the time of year when Monarchs begin their journey south to Mexico to spend the winter. Individual butterflies can travel as many as 3,000 miles, from the northern United States and Canada, to central Mexico. It's nice to be able to offer them food along their way – Joe Pye Weed and other native flowers are especially good nectar sources.
You may have noticed that there haven't been many Monarchs this year. That's because their numbers are declining dramatically. Last winter their population was lower than it's ever been; less than half of what it was the winter before.
As more of our land is developed, there are fewer and fewer milkweed plants for Monarch caterpillars to eat. Agricultural practices are also changing – we're leaving fewer milkweed plants along roads and field edges and in row crops, we're planting more fields and planting them all the way to the edges, and we're using more pesticides.
Click HERE, and HERE to read two articles about the status of the Monarch population by Chip Taylor, director of Monarch Watch.
So the more help we can give them on their journey, the better. Thanks to everyone who has been helping plant native flowers around the condo – Monarchs need all the help they can get!


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I may be able to, though have finals and family stuff until the new year. I have the most recent experience in pathfinder, and it has very nice drop-in drop-out encounter, campaign, and EXP handling, so I would likely go with that. Also, http://www.d20pfsrd.com/ contains the official pathfinder rules and manuals, all of them, including third party stuff. This system is used in conventions and such for balanced, long term persistent characters of differing levels capable of being used together in campaigns run by any GM running the core rules, so if people miss a meeting it won't ruin their character.
Have full access to Roll20, been wanting to take a crack at the API, but real life happens. I will be unable to really solidify anything until the new year.
Fair warning: I get crazy with my story-archs and worlds. If we want a typical, "Your quest is to slay the local rat infestation, given by the tavern keeper" sorta deal, I might not be the best for the job.
Well, here's hoping we can start the new year with some Pathfinder fun. You're hired. Can you start on January?


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Putin on track for commanding win as Russians vote
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looked to be victorious and win a fourth presidential term on Sunday, with the only possible hitch being if large numbers of voters decide to opt out and not vote.
Polls have given Putin, who, if he is re-elected, would be the vast country's longest serving ruler other than Joseph Stalin, around 70 percent support. Polls are set to close at 2 p.m. ET in Kaliningrad, which is in Russia's westernmost region.
With his win assured, Moscow has launched a high-pressure get-out-the-vote effort to drive up turnout and assure Putin a larger margin and a mandate to enact his agenda.
The eight presidential candidates were barred from campaigning Saturday, but the message to voters was clear from billboards celebrating Russian greatness — a big theme of Putin's leadership — and Kremlin-friendly media coverage.
Russian Presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak casts her ballot for the Russian presidential election, in Moscow, Russia, March 18, 2018. (AP)
Putin urged Russians on Friday to "use their right to choose the future for the great Russia that we all love."
TRUMP AND THE RUSSIA PROBE: WHAT TO KNOW
While Putin has seven challengers, none is a real threat. The last time he faced voters was in 2012, when he was up against a serious opposition movement. But since then he has boosted his popularity thanks to Russian actions in Ukraine and Syria.
Yevgeny Roizman, the mayor of Yekaterinburg, Russia's fourth-largest city, says local officials and state employees have all received orders "from higher up" to make sure the presidential vote turnout is more than 60 percent.
"They are using everything: schools, kindergartens, hospitals — the battle for the turnout is unprecedented," said Roizman, one of the rare opposition politicians to hold a significant elected office.
Communist party candidate Pavel Grudinin prepares to cast his ballot in the presidential election at the Lenin state farm outside Moscow, March 18, 2018. (AP)
A doctor at one of the city's hospitals told The Associated Press how one kind of voting pressure works.
The doctor, who gave her name only as Yekaterina because of fears about repercussions, said she and her co-workers were told to fill out forms detailing not only where they would cast their ballots, but also told to give the names and details of two "allies" whom they promise to persuade to go vote.
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"It's not something you can argue about," she said at a cafe Saturday. "People were indignant at first, said 'They're violating our rights' … but what can you do?"
Yekaterina said she isn't sure what she'll do with her ballot, musing that "maybe I'll just write 'Putin is a moron.'" But she clearly understands that not showing up at the polling place Sunday will not only endanger her job, but will reflect badly on her boss, whom she likes.
The Russian doctor said she wouldn't go to vote if she wasn't forced to.
"What's the point? We already know the outcome. This is just a circus show," she said.
More than 1,500 international observers are joining thousands of Russian observers to watch the vote. The government wants to ensure that this election is clean after ballot stuffing and fraud marred the last Russian presidential election in 2012.
A child plays with a balloon near voting booths inside a building of the Kazansky railway terminal during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia, March 18, 2018. (Reuters)
A Russian election monitoring group said Saturday it has registered an "alarming" rise in recent days in complaints that employers are forcing or pressuring workers to vote.
Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the independent Golos center, told the AP on Saturday the group has also recorded smaller complaints, such as gimmicks like discounted potatoes for people who vote, or schools holding special performances on Election Day to lure parents to an onsite voting station.
He said his own group has come under increasing pressure as the election approached, and warned that independent observers may be targeted by some kind of "attack" on voting day. He didn't elaborate.
IN JOINT STATEMENT, WORLD LEADERS AGREE RUSSIAN BEHIND NERVE AGENT ATTACK ON FORMER SPY
As U.S. authorities investigate alleged Russian interference in President Trump's 2016 election, Moscow has warned of possible meddling in the Russian vote.
Turnout-boosting efforts have been the most visible feature of the campaign — and all come from taxpayers' pockets. In Moscow alone, authorities are spending 50 million rubles ($870,000) on balloons and festive decorations at polling stations.
In Moscow, first-time voters will be given free tickets for concerts featuring some of Russia's most popular artists who have campaigned for Putin. For older voters, Moscow health authorities will be offering free cancer screenings at selected polling stations.
Election observers and local media have reported threats and coercion of voters to re-register at their place of work and report later that they have voted.
– Russian doctor Yekaterina
Ella Pamfilova, chairwoman of the Central Election Commission who was appointed to clean up Russia's electoral system, vowed to respond to complaints about being coerced to vote.
"No manager has the right to tell them where to vote," she said recently
Voters in Russia's Perm region said they were coming under pressure from their employers to vote Sunday — and to prove it. Messages were sent Friday to regional employees, warning that information about their voting habits would be submitted to management.
Putin has pledged to raise wages, pour more funds into the country's crumbling health care and education and modernize dilapidated infrastructure.
Putin's main foe, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was barred from the race because of a criminal conviction widely seen as politically motivated. Navalny has called for a boycott of the vote.
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Former House Speaker and Convention Chairman E.L. "Bubba" Henry has completed an initial manuscript and is now co-writing the final product along with LaPolitics publisher Jeremy Alford, a contributor to The New York Times and co-author of LONG SHOT.
Fellow delegates Boysie Bollinger and Patrick Juneau are also serving as president and treasurer, respectively, of the board of directors overseeing this effort.
Clancy DuBos of Gambit and WWL-TV has been retained as the editor and Martin Johnson, the Reilly Political Communications Chair at LSU, has agreed to serve as the project's PhD advisor. Research assistants include Sarah Gamard, LSU's 2017 Maginnis Scholarship recipient, and Mitch Rabalais, a history major at SLU.
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03-17 12:02:13.203: W/System.err(5822):     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1076)
03-17 12:02:13.203: W/System.err(5822):     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:569)
03-17 12:02:13.210: W/System.err(5822):     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:856)

The method is written as :
public SoapPrimitive Base64ToImage(String base64String, String imgName) {
    SoapPrimitive result = null;

    try {
        SoapObject request = new SoapObject("http://tempuri.org/",
                "Base64ToImage");

        request.addProperty("base64String", base64String);
        request.addProperty("imgName", imgName);

        SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(
                SoapEnvelope.VER11);// soap envelop with version
        envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request); // set request object
        envelope.dotNet = true;

        HttpTransportSE androidHttpTransport = new HttpTransportSE(url1);// http
                                                                        // transport
                                                                        // call
        androidHttpTransport.call(
                "http://tempuri.org/IService/Base64ToImage", envelope);

        // response soap object

        result = (SoapPrimitive) envelope.getResponse();
        Log.e("Base64ToImage", result.toString());

    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return result;

}

I am not able to figure out what exactly is the issue here.
Please help ! Thanks in advance!

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Public TV audience broad
http://cuttingsarchive.org/images/1/1e/1983-10-24_Central_Michigan_Life.jpg
Publication: Central Michigan Life
Author: H.V. Wood
The viewing audience for Central Public TV is as diverse as the station's programming, but attracting other viewers remains important.
Public TV has the potential to reach 980,000 people in its viewing area, said Monte Higgins, TV station manager.
"Our programming slogan is 'Something for everyone,'" Higgins said. "We have all kinds of programming. Everything from country western to opera, from 'Combat' to American Playhouse.'"
Public TV has a more diverse audience than public radio because public radio's programming of classical music, jazz and news is aimed at a more specialized audience, Higgins said.
"You won't get the guy who likes country western listening to WCMU," he said.
By implementing a variety of programming from many sources, a public TV is working to woo more viewers.
The old war series "Combat" and the British sci fi show "Dr. Who" were added to the programming schedule to do just this, he said.
"Dr. Who" was originally aimed at a teenaage audience, but now attracting mostly families, Higgins said.
Off-network series are one source of programming. Public TV purchases the show's from commercial and non-commercial syndicators, said Rick Rick Schudiske, Public TV program manager.
The other two sources are the public broadcasting service and regional networks of public stations such as the Eastern Educational Network, Rick Schudiske said.
Those programs are used to get the viewers, the all important ingredient for public TV success in providing service to people, Higgins said.
"The name of the game is to get viewers. We've got the second highest 'cume' after Chicago, he said. "Chicago has a more aggressive programming philosophy... we had a 'cume' of 59 last year and now all about 57 and a half."
The "cume" is Nielsen ratings jargon for the total viewers watching a station for 15 minutes in any given time during the week, Higgins said.
There are 17,430 households in Isabella County and public TV gets a "cume" of 40.7% of those households, he said.
Some of public TV's highest rated shows are "Dr. Who," "Classic Country," "Austin City Limits," Washington Week in Review," and "Wall $treet Week," Higgins said.
Public TV finds out what type of programming its viewers watched by sending a viewer survey forms after fundraisers with viewers' notices reminding them of their public TV pledge, Rick Schudiske said.
A committee made up of Higgins, Rick Schudiske, William Grigaliunas, director of public broadcasting, Tom Edres, assistant to the director and chief engineer David Vest tabulated the results, and makes decisions from there, he said.
Approximately 85 to 90 persent of the viewers who pledge money do send payments, and almost all of the envelopes containing return of your survey form, Higgins said.
Public TV collected 5,000 survey forms during the March and August fundraisers, he added.
Public TV mostly gets a great variety of responses, but there were five specific groups of viewers, he said.
Some people wanted repeats a programs already run, like the British comedy "Good Neighbors." Another group of viewers, heavily supported "how-to shows like "The Magic of Oil Painting" with Bill Alexander, Rick Schudiske said.
The third group of people wastes wanted less sports. Public TV agreed with them, and reduce their sports programming like tennis matches. The tennis was dropped because the major networks were starting to give the sport more coverage, he said.
The fourth group of people wrote in thinking a show had been canceled, like "Frontline" with Jessica Savitch, which will return in January, Rick Schudiske said.
The last group of people had mixed reviews, with some wanting more wildlife shows, and the others requesting less wildlife and more musical programming.
APA 6th ed.: Wood, H.V. (1983-10-24). Public TV audience broad. Central Michigan Life p. 11.
MLA 7th ed.: Wood, H.V.. "Public TV audience broad." Central Michigan Life [add city] 1983-10-24, 11. Print.
Chicago 15th ed.: Wood, H.V.. "Public TV audience broad." Central Michigan Life, edition, sec., 1983-10-24
Turabian: Wood, H.V.. "Public TV audience broad." Central Michigan Life, 1983-10-24, section, 11 edition.
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Numerical study of particle deposition in bends of a circular cross-section-laminar flow regime
Chuen Jinn Tsai, David Y.H. Pui
Particle deposition in a 90° bend has been studied numerically using a realistic three-dimensional developing flow field. In addition to the Stokes number as the impaction parameter, both the curvature ratio and the Dean number have been found to have considerable effects on the deposition efficiency. At a fixed Stokes number, the deposition efficiency increases with an increasing Dean number and a decreasing curvature ratio. The inlet velocity profile also influences the deposition efficiency. In the case of a parabolic velocity profile, the deposition efficiency is always higher than that of a uniform profile. These increases in deposition efficiency are due to the increase of secondary flow strength and the increased skewness of the axial velocity profile toward the outside of the bend.
Aerosol Science and Technology
Acknbwledgment This research is supported under a grant by the Minnesota Supercomputer Institute and by the Particulate Contamination Control Research Consortium at the University of Minnesota. The generous support of the supercomputer time from the Minnesota Supercomputer Institute has made this study possible. Members of the Research Consortium include: Air Products and Chemicals, Applied Materials, The BOC Group, Don-aldson Company, Inc., IBM Corporation, Magnetic Peripherals, Inc., Millipore Corporation, Nupro Company, Texas Instruments, Inc., and TSI, Inc. The supports of the Consortium and the Supercomputer Institute are gratefully acknowledged
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Tsai, C. J., & Pui, D. Y. H. (1990). Numerical study of particle deposition in bends of a circular cross-section-laminar flow regime. Aerosol Science and Technology, 12(4), 813-831. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786829008959395
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In: Aerosol Science and Technology, Vol. 12, No. 4, 01.01.1990, p. 813-831.
Tsai, CJ & Pui, DYH 1990, 'Numerical study of particle deposition in bends of a circular cross-section-laminar flow regime', Aerosol Science and Technology, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 813-831. https://doi.org/10.1080/02786829008959395
Tsai CJ, Pui DYH. Numerical study of particle deposition in bends of a circular cross-section-laminar flow regime. Aerosol Science and Technology. 1990 Jan 1;12(4):813-831. doi: 10.1080/02786829008959395
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Columbus, Ohio The Ohio State University women's and men's swimming and diving teams will host their annual Ohio State Swimming & Diving Invite Friday through Sunday, Dec. 5-7, at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. Swimmers and divers from 14 different schools will be competing at this year's event, which is run in the order that NCAA and conference championships are contested. Admission is free.
The men's field will include student-athletes from the following eight schools: Cleveland State, Duke, Iowa, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State and South Carolina.
Swimmers and/or divers from 12 teams will compete in the women's field. Those schools include: Arizona State, Bowling Green, Cleveland State, Florida State, Indiana, Minnesota, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State and Purdue.
Go to www.OhioStateBuckeyes.com and drag down "sports" in upper right corner and choose women's swimming and diving. Once in the women's home page, click on Live Meet Scoring on the right hand side of the page.
All Media members interested in covering the event should submit credential requests via e-mail to Kendra Lee at lee.3147@osu.edu.
Media credentials may be picked up on the days of the event from the "Red Coat" stationed at the main entrance of the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion.
McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion and the Tuttle Park Place Parking Garage north of the facility.


Alfonso Cuaron has spent the last few years putting together his next feature film, Gravity, and it promises to be one hell of a visual spectacle. Every frame of footage we've seen thus far has been absolutely stellar and beautiful, and from the looks of the trailers it appears that the only real way to see the movie will be on the biggest screen imaginable. Fortunately, when Gravity comes out this fall it will be getting a special run in IMAX theaters, and today we have a brand new poster, courtesy of the official IMAX Facebook page, celebrating that fact.
In the movie, Sandra Bullock stars as Dr. Ryan Stone, a scientist who travels into space to help repair a broken satellite. Working alongside astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney), the mission appears to be going well - that is, until tragedy strikes. A cloud of space debris rocks the satellite that Stone and Kowalsky are working on, and the impact sends them hurtling into space. Together they try to escape the void of space and somehow get back to Earth before their oxygen supplies are completely eliminated. It's been reported that Bullock and Clooney are the only actors who show their faces in the movie, though a recent trailer seemed to reveal that Ed Harris is part of the cast as well.
With the film set to hit the festival circuit in the next few months, with premieres set up at both the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, we've been seeing quite a lot from Gravity of late, even though the film won't actually be in theaters until October. Not only do we have this fantastic new IMAX poster, we recently got to attend a panel for the movie at San Diego Comic-Con (which you can read all about HERE), and Warner Bros. released a trio of trailers that hit cinemas last week. You can watch all three of those previews below.
Gravity, which is Cuaron's first feature since the absolutely brilliant Children of Men in 2006, is easily one of our most anticipated titles in the rest of 2013. See it in both 3D and IMAX when it comes to theaters on October 4th.


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Mark Cuban Thinks Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency Project Is 'a Big Mistake'
Icons & Innovators
The 'Shark Tank' investor joins a growing chorus of high-profile voices against Facebook's planned cryptocurrency launch.
By Cameron Albert-DeitchAssistant editor, Inc.com@c_albertdeitch
Facebook's upcoming cryptocurrency project Libra has plenty of doubters. Add Mark Cuban to the list.
On Friday, Cuban spoke out against the Facebook initiative, calling it "a big mistake" in comments to CNBC. "I think globally and in countries where there isn't a lot of rule of law, or a lot of government stability, or currency stability, then it could be dangerous," the Shark Tank investor said. "There's going to be some despot in some African country that gets really upset that they can't control their currency anymore and that's where the real problems start occurring."
Cuban joins a growing chorus of high-profile voices against Libra, which was announced by Facebook last month and is set to launch in mid-2020. Members of the U.S. Congress expressed concern almost immediately, and on Wednesday, U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell told a congressional committee that "Libra raises serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, consumer protection, financial stability."
International regulators from Financial Stability Board chair Randal Quarles to French finance minister Bruno Le Maire and Bank of England governor Mark Carney have been equally candid about their uneasiness. Meanwhile, some of Facebook's Libra partner companies--which include Uber, PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard--reportedly signed non-binding contracts and have yet to spend any money on the project.
Hearings on Libra in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives are scheduled for July 16 and July 17, respectively.


• McKean County Board of Commissioners, 10:30 a.m., county courthouse, Smethport.
• Friends' Memorial Public Library Soup and Pie Luncheon, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kane Area Community Center. Takeouts available.
• Kane Borough Sewer Authority, 4 p.m., borough building, Bayard Street.
• Kane Parks Commission, 7 p.m., borough building, Bayard Street.


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Roundup of Shanghai Rights Activists on Eve of NPC Session
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Shanghai authorities have been rounding up petitioners and other dissenters in an apparent move to impose order on major urban areas on the eve of the new sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing.
Sources in China told HRIC that Liu Xinjuan, Tang Xiazhen and several others went to Beijing to petition the government on February 17. On February 22, Shanghai officials based in Beijing detained the petitioners and escorted them back to Shanghai on the morning of February 24. Two hours after Liu Xinjuan returned to Shanghai, public security police from the Minxin District Qibao Dispatch Station forcibly admitted her to the Minxin District Mental Health Center.
This is the fourth time since 2003 that police have imposed psychiatric treatment on Liu Xinjuan. She was released from her last treatment on January 20 of this year. Liu's son, Feng Lianxi, said the police officer responsible for admitting Liu to the mental health center was Gu Fenggao, the same officer as on previous occasions. Feng said that Liu's rough treatment in the psychiatric hospital in January left her with contusions on her head and bruises covering her body. Feng said hospital officials told him they would not release Liu this time without the permission of the police.
Sources also told HRIC that petitioner Wang Liqing was also recently placed under residential surveillance in her home. Police from the Hongkou District State Security Bureau and the local PSB division subsequently detained Wang's brother, Wang Lizhuang, on the afternoon of February 24 without producing a warrant, then carried out a search on his home, taking his computer, discs, journals and other materials. Sources say police suspect Wang Lizhuang of disseminating information over the Internet regarding the Shanghai activists' participation in the hunger strike of human rights defender and lawyer Gao Zhisheng.
Sources further revealed that Shanghai's Daqiao PSB station placed long-time petitioner Mao Hengfeng under residential surveillance on February 13. On February 21, Mao's lawyer, Wu Guoce, attempted to visit her, but police refused him access on "state secrets" grounds.
Beginning in mid-February, local authorities also detained or imposed residential surveillance on activists Ma Yalian, Chen Xiaoming, Fu Yuxia and Du Yangming. Police took Tian Baocheng and his wife along with another petitioner, Sun Jian, to a vacant hostel on the outskirts of the city, and Shen Yongmei was held in a hostel in Shanghai's Jinshan District.
The Chinese government's crackdown on its more vocally critical citizens before high-profile meetings such as NPC and CPPCC sessions undercuts the legitimacy of what is supposed to be a representative process. This suppression, which includes the illegitimate incarceration of individuals in mental health institutions and detentions based on protected exercise of expression, also renews ongoing concerns over China's capacity to deal with the root causes rather than the symptoms of public discontent and unrest.
Following are contact telephone numbers for some of the Shanghai authorities involved in Liu Xinjuan's detention:
Minxin District Qibao Dispatch Station: 021-64619110, ext. 8315
PSB officer Gu Fenggao of the Qibao Dispatch Station: 13701703365
Minxin Mental Health Center: 021-64924676, ext. 837