text:
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival Celebrates 2016 Season Highlights & Announces 2017 Playbill
SEPTEMBER 24, 2016, VANCOUVER, B.C. – The 2016 Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival has ended on a major high note, with a total season attendance of just over 100,000 and four Shakespeare productions that each generated rave reviews from both critics and patrons.
On the BMO Mainstage, a music-filled production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, set in 1968 Windsor, Ontario and directed by Johnna Wright, alternated with Shakespeare's powerhouse tragedy Romeo and Juliet, directed by Kim Collier. The Howard Family Stage (Douglas Campbell Theatre) offered an American Civil War-era Othello, directed by Bob Frazer, and a magical interpretation of Pericles, directed by Lois Anderson; both plays' performances sold out regularly and extra shows were added in September. Many of Bard's special events returned in 2016 and all generated strong ticket sales, including the extremely popular Bard-B-Q & Fireworks. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra returned to the BMO Mainstage for another successful partnership. The UBC Opera Ensemble and Vancouver Opera Orchestra delighted patrons with the Opera & Arias' costumed concert staging of The Magic Flute. Wine tastings continue to sell out year after year and Family Nights built on last year's momentum as new generations of theatre-goers learned to embrace Shakespeare.
"We are enormously thrilled with the attendance this year," said Christopher Gaze, Bard on the Beach Artistic Director. "This year we matched our previous all-time record, where in 2014 just over 100,000 attendees took in the delights of Shakespeare and more. We also achieved our financial goals this year, and as a not-for-profit Festival with 70% of our costs funded by our ticket and retail revenue, we are grateful for that success. Now our focus is on 2017, and our plans to inspire, provoke and delight audiences for another season."
Bard continued its dedication to sharing Shakespeare with young people in 2016, offering engaging education programs and accessible pricing. Over 7,000 patrons aged 6 to 22 took advantage of the $29 GLOBAL BC Youth Price, and 6,252 students attended student matinees in June and September for a deeply discounted student price. Bard on the Beach continued its summer educational offerings with sold-out Young Shakespeareans Workshops in July and August (ages 8-18); 240 participants gained experience performing and playing Shakespeare, led by current and past Bard acting Company members. The Riotous Youth program continued for its third year, giving a gifted group of 19 to 24-year-olds the chance to continue their training in Shakespearean performance, assist in various administrative roles and with the Young Shakespeareans Workshops, and deliver In a Nutshell pre-show talks in the Bard Village.
More than 240 volunteers gave their time to provide administrative and Front of House assistance, contributing over 15,000 hours of service throughout the season. Bard audience members generously contributed more than $19,000 to Performing Arts Lodges (PAL), Theatre Cares and the Actors Fund, and Bard offered hundreds of complimentary tickets to various local charities and under-served communities throughout the season.
Bard's 2017 Season Brings High-Spirited Comedies, Provocative Dramas and a Limited-Run BC Play
The 28th Bard season, running from June 1 to September 23, 2017, features four Shakespeare plays plus a short-run contemporary drama; together they will take audiences from the Renaissance to modern-day Venice and Vancouver. Opening the Festival on the BMO Mainstage is a new production of an audience favourite, Much Ado About Nothing, set in 1959 Italy and inspired by the era's extravagantly entertaining Italian films, with John Murphy (Measure For Measure, 2013) directing. Alternating with Much Ado is The Winter's Tale, a magical and poignant family drama, set in Sicily and Bohemia and directed by Bard's Associate Artistic Director Dean Paul Gibson (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2014).
On the Howard Family Stage, award-winning Canadian actor-director Nigel Shawn Williams will direct a provocative new staging of The Merchant of Venice, set in contemporary Italy; it will alternate with a new production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona, directed by Bard Artistic Associate Scott Bellis (The Comedy of Errors, 2015). Rounding out the 2017 lineup is a short-run production in September to complement The Merchant of Venice. Shylock, directed by Sherry J. Yoon, is a single-hander written by BC's Mark Leiren-Young; it was first produced at Bard in 1996. It imagines a modern-day actor playing Shylock, who wrestles with the timely issues of censorship and political correctness.
Updates on Bard on the Beach's 2017 Festival will be posted regularly at bardonthebeach.org. Advance sales of 2017 Season Packs begin on Monday, Sept 26, 2016, offering a substantial discount on voucher packs for either four or five productions. Single tickets go on sale in April, 2017 through the Bard website or through Bard's Box Office at 604-739-0559.
2016 season photography is available on the Bard website.
Please contact Cynnamon Schreinert for password access or post-season interviews.
Published on Sep 26th, 2016
Barbara Pollard Hamlet Christopher Gaze Bard on the Beach Measure For Measure Twelfth Night Village site General A Midsummer Night's Dream Equivocation Shakespeare Nicholas Harrison comic Fun Theatre Music behind the scenes Shakespeare in Love Actor Box Office Actors Vancouver Elizabeth Rex Costumes


text:
Nightmare is a horror video board game released in 1991 by A Couple 'A Cowboys and J. W. Spear & Sons as part of the Atmosfear series.

The game is set in a place known as "The Other Side". This place has six Harbingers, each of whom has authority over a Province. To play the game, each player adopts the persona of one of the Harbingers: Gevaudan the werewolf; Hellin the poltergeist; Khufu the mummy; Baron Samedi the zombie; Anne de Chantraine the witch, and Elizabeth Bathory the vampire. The final character in the game is the Gatekeeper, whose job is to ensure that the other characters do not escape from The Other Side.

Gameplay

The game requires 3–6 players to attempt to collect keys while trying to beat the clock included on the video cassette. At random intervals, the game stops and The Gatekeeper appears to either taunt, reward, or penalize the players in a variety of ways. Prior to beginning the game, the players are required to write their "greatest fear" on individual slips of paper. The game is won by collecting six special keys before making it to the center of the game board where the player draws a 'fear'. If that player draws someone else's fear, the tape is stopped and that player is declared the winner. If no one is able to accomplish this within 60 minutes, The Gatekeeper is declared the winner.

Characters
The six Harbingers in the game are: Gevaudan the werewolf; Hellin the poltergeist; Khufu the mummy; Baron Samedi the zombie; Anne de Chantraine the witch; and Elizabeth Báthory, the vampire. Each of the Harbingers is based on either a real person or a myth, except for Hellin. Hellin, "in hell" reversed, is the only Harbinger entirely created by Brett Clements. Hellin is also the only character with limited background information, as Brett wanted players to use their own imagination for this character. Baron Samedi got his name from the voodoo loa of the dead, though the game's creators misattribute him as the ancient Arawak Indian God of the Dead. Anne de Chantraine is based on a 17-year-old French girl who was burned at the stake for witchcraft. Elizabeth Bathory is based on a serial killer who is believed to have murdered and drunk the blood of about six hundred and fifty virgin girls. Khufu is based on a Fourth Dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh. Gevaudan is supposedly based around a man who was hunted by armies of people for supposedly carrying the sickness of lycanthropy, but actually named after a rampant wolf.

The final character in the game is the Gatekeeper (played by Wenanty Nosul), whose job is to make sure the other characters cannot escape from The Other Side to the real world. The Gatekeeper's character is based on the old cemetery gatekeepers, whose job was to guard cemeteries from grave robbers.

Video

Packaged with the game is a sixty-minute video cassette that explains how to set up and play the game. The video contains footage of The Gatekeeper, a man who often interrupts the game to occasionally punish or reward the players at random. For example, if a player fails to answer him with "Yes, my Gatekeeper", he may banish them to the Black Hole. At the end of the game, if no player has won, the Gatekeeper appears and ends the game, declaring himself the winner.

Development
Phillip Tanner and Brett Clements met in 1982 – they were reporters for Simon Townsend's Wonder World – and a year later, they both set up their own television production company, A Couple 'A Cowboys. They developed a pilot and took it to Village Roadshow, who within 24 hours signed a marketing and distribution agreement. Nightmare was released in September 1991. In Europe, the game was renamed to Atmosfear to avoid legal issues with the name Nightmare, which was already taken. On the game's release, a marketing campaign was launched with advertising appearing on television and in cinemas.

Reception
The game was popular in Australia, leading to sold out "dance parties" and a number of advertising deals, including one with Pepsi. A song and a music video were also created for the game. Clements and Tanner sold the two millionth board game during the 1993 Christmas period.

Expansions
Following the success of Nightmare, four game expansions were announced but only three were released. Each expansion comes with a new tape, new time and fate cards and changes to rule conditions, with a different character hosting each new tape. Nightmare II was hosted by Baron Samedi and released in 1992. Nightmare III was hosted by Anne de Chantraine and released in 1993, and incorporated the use of spells. Nightmare IV was hosted by Elizabeth Bathory and released in 1994, and incorporated a punishment class based around vampires that played by their own set of rules. The game's fourth expansion, based around Khufu, was going to be released in 1995, but faced with declining sales of the series brought on by some twists in Nightmare IV (Bathory eliminating a player from the game completely in the last five minutes possibly chief among them), it was cancelled and replaced by The Harbingers.

During an interview with Hard Copy in 1992, they discussed the possibility of there being a movie based on the characters.  This, too, fell through because of the declining sales.

See also

List of Australian inventions
List of board games

References

External links

Board games introduced in 1991
Party board games
Atmosfear (series)
Nightmares in fiction

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Discover Antwerp Through Experience (Via This is Antwerp)
Sponsored / Publication
This is Antwerp: why you'll want to visit Europe's most atypical city
Words by It's Nice That, Monday 24 June 2019
Planning your next weekend away but feeling a bit bored of Barcelona, nonplussed by Paris, or unsatisfied by Seville? Why not think about spending a few days in the charming Belgian city of Antwerp.
One of the most innovative and engaging of Europe's smaller cities, Antwerp's been gaining a reputation for boundless creativity over the last few years, thanks in no small part to the pioneering efforts of the now annual artistic bootcamp that is D.A.T.E. — Discover Antwerp through Experience.
This May, the city hosted a kind of uber-D.A.T.E. inviting 12 previous participants back to Antwerp to delve even deeper into the city and what's going under the surface, bringing together a dozen super talented creatives from across the globe for a week full of unique visits
and inspiring meetings.
By day the chosen creatives got to spend valuable time with Antwerp locals, documenting their experiences in a variety of on-the-hoof mediums, and then in the evenings everyone gathered at Onder Stroom – one of the best known cultural hubs in the city – to discuss what they'd experienced and how those experiences could be translated into a limited edition art book, celebrating everything brilliant about Antwerp.
"The first time I've ever visited, I honestly didn't suspect there was such a vibrant creative scene hiding in plain sight," says photographer Nabil Nadifi, who first took part in D.A.T.E in 2016, and was back for this year's instalment of the series run by This is Antwerp, the tourism group dedicated to unearthing the most wonderfully atypical things going on in the city.
For Spanish illustrator Jose Roda, the appeal of D.A.T.E – and one of the reasons as to why he says he feels "truly grateful towards Antwerp and its people," for having been asked back to participate in the bootcamp – lies in "getting to know more about the work and creative circumstances of diverse people you meet during your stay at Antwerp: discovering how things work over there, how each one has accomplished what they have. That always helps when it comes to broadening your own horizons and finding very enriching new perspectives."
That sense of immediate creative inclusivity is echoed by Shirin Mirachor, co-founder of Get Me, a Dutch creative agency who work with policymakers, cultural institutions and companies within the private sector, bringing art and politics together.
"In max speed, you get to know sides of the city that normally take some time to discover," Shirin says. Tasked with examining the notion of subcultures, Shirin's group probed into alternative, underground Antwerp. "It provided me a better understanding of what I stand for, and how I could contribute to the city, and the city me."
In just four days, Shirin, Jose, Nabil, and the rest of the assembled designers, illustrators, photographers, and multi-disciplinarians put together a 166 page books which celebrates all things Antwerpian.
That isn't the only thing the participants have taken away from their time in the city. For Shirin, a trip to the hairdressers proved a memorable experience. "I'm super amazed by all the beautiful creative spaces in Antwerp – they're as distinctive as they are serene. But what really stuck with me was the Labi Barbershop, a barbershop that became a community – and felt so real."
Nabil's highlights included striking up a conversation with a restaurant owner who just so happened to have been good friends with the one and only Keith Haring, and finally meeting local stylist Farah El Bastani. "She's been killing it for years," Nabil tells us.
"One of the most gratifying things I did was walk around the city at night listening to music on my headphones," says Jose. Having spent an (enjoyably) full-on week in collaborative mode, he was ready soak up a moment of oneness with the city itself. "Oh, and I couldn't get the plane home without having one last plate of frites, of course."
Chips and creativity: what more could you want?
www.thisisantwerp.be

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Ole is the CDO at kfbg.
kfbg is the holding of kfgn, a group of seven sites across Germany conducting clinical trials for the pharmaceutical industry. Established in 1995 kfgn calls on more than 20 years of experience in clinical research. As a holding kfbg is continuously looking for opportunities to further develop the business of the group in existing and related areas. Together with its co-operation partners kfbg is driving the digitalization of clinical research. Due to its expertise in clinical research kfbg is also a partner for the joint development of digital therapeutic solutions and innovative medical devices for every day medicine.
Ole is currently working on several projects together with start-ups. They focus on the validation of therapeutic concepts as well as diagnostic solutions as new means for doing clinical research and their usage in regular therapies. Ole has a deep understanding for clinical research and the clinical research market.
Before joining kfbg Ole has worked in various positions in the chemical and health care industry with latest positions in finance. He holds a master's degree in management (Dipl.-Kfm.) and a Ph.D. in Organization from the University of Mannheim with a research stay at Stanford University. He is a lecturer for Organization at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.


I was searching for a Property and found this listing (MLS® #10247567). Please send me more information regarding 2343 Old Greenbrier Rd, Chesapeake, VA, 23325. Thank you!
I'd like to request a showing of 2343 Old Greenbrier Rd, Chesapeake, VA, 23325 (MLS® #10247567). Thank you!


Good morning. I am pleased to be with you today to present my proposed Fiscal Year 2008-2009 state budget.
We are gathered once again to begin the fundamental task of governing: setting priorities, making choices, and allocating resources in the budget to keep Pennsylvania moving forward. Today marks my seventh budget address - counting 2003, of course, when it was so much fun that we did it twice. Working together, we turned the many crises that we faced into tremendous opportunity for the people of Pennsylvania, and I am proud of the bipartisan spirit that has - in the end - always prevailed and allowed our Commonwealth to move decisively ahead.
Now, it's true that we don't agree on everything, and our bipartisanship can be pretty spirited at times. But make no mistake; it has been the key to the success that we have enjoyed over the last five years.
Back in 2003, when it was clear that we needed to take dramatic action to jump-start the Pennsylvania economy, we enacted an Economic Stimulus Program that resulted in the investment of nearly $3 billion in Pennsylvania's economy - investments that, when combined with the Commonwealth's other economic development programs, have helped provide assistance to more than 78,000 Pennsylvania businesses; attracted more than $19 billion in private capital; and helped create 189,600 net new jobs - and so today we have the highest number of jobs in the Commonwealth's history and an unemployment rate at or below the national average for 51 of the last 60 months. All of this was achieved in just five years.
While other states were maintaining the status quo, we made the difficult choice together to invest in Pennsylvania's future. Today, at a time when the national economy seems to be spiraling into a recession and many other states are struggling to deal with the impact of the national downturn on their budgets, Pennsylvania is in much better shape.
As you will see, the budget that I present today is tight, but we are not nearly confronted with the overwhelming budgetary problems that challenge many other states. California is facing a deficit of $14 billion, our neighbor New Jersey is trying to close a gaping $3.5 billion hole in their budget; Florida has a $2 billion deficit, Illinois $2.5 billion, New York $4.4 billion, Arizona $1.3 billion, Virginia $1.2 billion, Ohio $733 million and the list goes on. At least 24 states face state budget deficits that total $34 billion. At the end of January, Pennsylvania's general fund revenues are $199.4 million over the estimate and we are projecting that at the end of this fiscal year our revenues will exceed the estimate by $427.5 million. Think of that - while those other states are facing these daunting deficits, we in Pennsylvania will have an end of the year surplus of more than $400 million.
That we are positioned to protect Pennsylvania's progress is no accident. It is the result of hard work, tough choices, and a willingness to focus not just on the challenges that we face, but to think about the road ahead. I commend you for that vision, and I look forward to continuing in that spirit this year.
Sadly, over the last five years we have honored another, far more solemn "tradition" as well - paying homage to the thousands of Pennsylvanians who stand in harm's way in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout the world. It's worth remembering that what we say and do about the budget has important consequences for all of us in Pennsylvania; but for the Pennsylvania service women and men on duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, their actions and their decisions each and every day can mean the difference between life and death.
No other state in the nation has sent more National Guardsmen and women to serve in the Global War on Terror: 16,000 members of the Pennsylvania Guard have served, and 39 have died, including four in the last year alone. Since the start of the war, thousands of Pennsylvania soldiers from all branches of the service have answered the call in the war torn regions of the world, and 195 have given their lives.
They deserve our deepest thanks, and I ask you now to join me in a moment of silence to honor those who have given the ultimate sacrifice; we should remember them and their families in our prayers. Let us keep the Pennsylvanians currently serving abroad in our hearts each day, and let us pray that they will be back home in Pennsylvania, safe and sound, one day soon.
Despite our progress, we face uncertain economic times both in Pennsylvania and throughout the nation. While the talk of recession alone may make it inevitable, I am heartened that both parties in Washington are working together to spur the economy with hopes that a recession never takes hold. The White House and the Congress appear close to finalizing an economic stimulus package. It is an important step that, when combined with the emergency interest rate reductions enacted by the Federal Reserve Bank, may yet rally the nation's flagging economy. Coming on the heels of the biggest national spike in unemployment since 9/11, and growing crises in both the housing and banking industries, we should commend our leaders in Washington for working to try to head off this downturn.
But we should do more, and do our part, here in Pennsylvania.
It is incumbent on us to follow the Congress' bipartisan example by doing all that we can to help those who will be hurt by the downturn in the nation's economy. I believe that we must act here at home to help the thousands of Pennsylvania working families who are being hit the hardest. We have come too far in the last five years to allow the national economic trends to stop us now.
That is why the budget that I am presenting today incorporates a comprehensive plan called Protecting Our Progress, one that calls for immediate action to stimulate the Commonwealth's economy and keep us moving forward. This budget outlines a series of steps to achieve this goal. Just as the economic stimulus program we created in 2003 has worked to revitalize and strengthen our economy, this short term economic stimulus program will protect that progress and will keep us strong.
First and foremost, I am asking that we immediately follow Washington's lead by enacting a one-time Protecting Our Progress tax rebate of up to $400 per household for 475,000 working families in Pennsylvania. We can issue this tax rebate within eight weeks of your action because we know who these families are - they are the hard working families who currently take advantage of our Tax Back program. While they don't pay any state personal income taxes, they do pay a disproportionate amount of their income in sales, gas and local taxes and they need our help NOW.
Lending a hand to our fellow citizens in need helps all of us in two very important ways. First, it will bring stability to these households, which have been hit hard by recent increases in the cost of energy, fuel, health care, and even food. Helping them pay their bills will keep their credit sound, and that keeps the economy stable. Second, the families we're targeting have limited resources, and they are more likely to spend these funds in the consumer sectors of the economy. When they do, that spending will help stimulate our economy, and that helps us all. It is my hope that this one-time rebate will be the precursor of a Pennsylvania Earned Income Tax Credit to be created in next year's budget.
· We need to extend the successful Keystone Opportunity Zone program to accelerate the reuse of abandoned land and former industrial sites. For existing land within a Zone that has not been developed, we should extend the tax abatement period for another seven years. This extension will do for other cities what the Keystone Opportunity Zone did for Towanda. Had it not been for the KOZ incentives, the DuPont Corporation would have closed its plant in Bradford County and moved those jobs to Asia. That KOZ saved 600 Bradford County jobs.
· We should immediately pass legislation that will release $750 million in capital funds to help hospitals expand, construct new community-owned facilities and improve our towns and cities. Right now there are $200 million in projects that could break ground before the end of this calendar year if the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program legislation is passed. Projects like the new Emergency Department at St. Clair Hospital in Allegheny County, or the great Union Station redevelopment project so critical to the revitalization of Pottsville.
· Not only is it long past the time for action on these and the many other worthy projects; we can use these redevelopment funds to stimulate our economy and put more Pennsylvanians to work. To ensure that these funds will impact our economy quickly, of this $750 million, $250 million will be awarded only to projects that can begin construction before the end of 2008.
· We need to enact the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Strategy, which will permit the investment of $850 million in one of the most promising sectors of our economy: the emerging new technologies and innovative ideas that can help us lower our energy bills and reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. Our investment will attract $3.5 billion in new private capital, and it will create 13,000 new jobs in a true growth sector. Last spring, Sen. Brubaker introduced me to Seth Obetz and Herb Flosdorf who hoped to build an ethanol plant in Coney Township in Lancaster County. This project is ready to go, right now. Pennsylvania has the potential to be a major player in the alternative fuels sector if we invest our resources wisely to attract companies just like this one to our Commonwealth.
· At long last, we should pass the Jonas Salk Legacy Fund to provide $500 million in seed capital and support for Pennsylvania's nationally renowned health science research centers. These funds include support for $1 billion in health-related research and treatment facilities such as the Penn State Cancer Research Center and the Children's Hospital Disease Center in Philadelphia. It is money that will create jobs and ultimately save lives, and it is available at no expense to state taxpayers because it will be funded by redirecting a portion of the Tobacco Fund revenues. At a time when it is critically important to stimulate the Pennsylvania economy, the Salk Fund can provide bricks and mortar support for the $750 million in planned medical research facilities that are shovel-ready right now.
· We need to launch Rebuild Pennsylvania - a plan to speed up the revitalization of our infrastructure - with over $270 million to repair our aging bridges, address our unsafe high-hazard dams, expand capacity at several regional airports, improve the state's rail lines, and complete scores of critically important flood mitigation projects throughout the Commonwealth. Over three years, Rebuild Pennsylvania will take 1,000 bridges off the structurally deficient list and within ten years cut by almost half the number of bridges in need of repair. It will remediate every state-owned high hazard unsafe dam and help counties and local government repair their unsafe dams as well. The repair of these dams is a moral and physical imperative that I am determined to get done before I leave office.
· Finally, we must find a way to repair our infrastructure at the lowest cost to the taxpayers. To those who want to repeal the authority to impose tolls on I-80, I want to be clear that I will not sign any repeal unless we replace the vital funding those tolls will provide. Leasing the Turnpike may achieve this goal, and for that reason I believe this concept deserves very serious consideration. Let me also acknowledge the efforts of Senate President Pro Temp Joe Scarnati, who has made it clear that he is committed to finding new ways to work together on this important issue. I will continue to work with him and others to make sure funding is in place to address the urgent repair and upgrade needs of our roads, highways and bridges.
The economic stimulus initiatives that I have set forth represent a comprehensive effort to move forward in spite of the economic challenges that confront us. Some of these initiatives are new, particularly those that call for immediate short-term help for working families. But several of these ideas - the Salk Fund, for example, and the Energy Independence Strategy - have been introduced before. And, in many cases, Redevelopment Assistance projects that will have an immediate positive impact on the economy have languished on the drawing board for years. We have discussed and debated many of these ideas for months and months, and it is now time to act. Our state's economy, and the millions of lives that are tied to it, demand that we take these necessary steps as quickly as possible.
Now I realize some of you have staked out a position that the commonwealth should do nothing that increases its debt. This stimulus plan, including the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, Rebuild Pennsylvania and the Business in our Sites will add, by 2010, $11.7 million to the debt service expense in the General Fund budget, an amount that is less than 1% of our total General Fund debt service expense. And I ask that all of you keep in mind that Pennsylvania ranks lower than 26 other states in terms of its ratio of state General Fund debt to personal income ranks. Our debt service is equal to 3.3% of all state revenues. Standards and Poor's considers any debt level under 5% of revenues to be a "low debt burden." And, remember as Ben Bernanke said, with the lowest interest rates in years, it is truly a propitious time to invest in the future.
I urge you to act right away to provide the tax rebates to the working families who today are finding it difficult to make ends meet. I propose that we immediately borrow the necessary $130 million to pay for these rebates from the nearly three quarters of a billion dollar balance of the Rainy Day fund. Upon final budget passage we can repay the Rainy Day Fund and restore the balance to exactly where it stands today. The Job Creation Tax Credit threshold can be changed immediately without any impact on our budget. And of course Jonas Salk, our Energy Fund, and raising the debt limit on our Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program are all worthy of your immediate action, and will start energizing our economy prior to the passage of our budget.
In many ways this plan offers a more strategic targeting of stimulus resources than the federal program because this approach stimulates our economy by creating jobs that cannot be outsourced and will result in orders for construction and related materials from Pennsylvania and American suppliers. All in all, this stimulus program in its first year will pump over $2.3 billion into our economy but tap only $149 million of General Fund resources.
In his first one hundred days in office, Franklin Delano Roosevelt called the U.S Congress into special session to address the horrific economic conditions of the nation. They responded with great vigor and speed. The New Deal paved the way for the last 75 years of economic progress. In urging its passage, President Roosevelt said: "This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper." While our fate is not nearly as bad today, the trends do look awfully bleak. That is why I urge swift action on these stimulus initiatives so that we can be assured that our economy will continue its revival and our citizens will prosper.
Ironically, the Great Depression grew out of a banking crisis. Today, our nation also confronts a banking crisis of significant proportions. To address the crisis he faced, President Roosevelt said, "We must work against a return of the evils of the old order; there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people's money." His words have striking relevance today. That is why I urge swift passage of the package of mortgage banking reforms that are championed by Representative Pete Daley and Sen. Pat Browne. We have all learned this lesson the hard way -- our laws and regulations need to be tightened to protect homeowners and communities. Nothing is more important to Pennsylvania families than their homes; we should move swiftly to secure them.
Doing nothing is not an option if we want to protect the gains we've made together since 2003. But by acting now, we can stimulate Pennsylvania's economy, protect our citizens from the impact of a national downturn, and continue to make the Commonwealth more competitive in the battle for jobs and opportunity.
This is not a Democratic or Republican crisis, and the response in Washington should serve as an example to us all. So let's follow their lead. I welcome suggestions from all four caucuses on how to supplement, modify or improve this stimulus plan, just as President Bush did. I am willing to incorporate reasonable legislative suggestions into this vital effort. Let's once again put Pennsylvanians ahead of partisanship, recognizing that when we do, there is no limit to what we can achieve.
This budget calls for Pennsylvania to husband its resources, and to make the same kinds of strategic investments that grow key sectors of our economy. We need to prioritize our investments and focus on our economic strengths to maximize the return for the taxpayers. One of the best ways to do this, as I said earlier, is through renewed support for Pennsylvania's burgeoning alternative energy industry.
Ladies and gentlemen, the fact is that Pennsylvania's economy is growing "greener" every day. Since 2003, with the help of more than $120 million in state funds and nearly $300 million in federal funding, Pennsylvania is now a national leader in the field and we are home to some of the world's leading renewable energy companies.
One of our goals is to produce, in Pennsylvania, at least 18 percent of all the clean renewable energy sold in the state by the year 2021. And we're going to do it. Working together, we passed the Advanced Energy Portfolio Standards legislation in 2004 which has set off a rush of economic activity in the production of renewable energy.
But we also must do the same thing for our fuel consumption and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. I call on you once again to pass the Penn Fuels Initiative bill, which requires that one billion gallons of Pennsylvania-grown biofuels, including ethanol, be produced and consumed in Pennsylvania by 2017. In the recently passed federal energy bill, conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats alike voted to increase the federal ethanol standard six-fold. But they also did something visionary - requiring that a substantial percentage of that ethanol come, not from corn, but from cellulosic material such as switchgrass, wood chips, wood fiber and agricultural waste. Pennsylvania has these feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol in abundance, so I ask you to follow their lead and require that a significant percentage of our ethanol requirement come from these sources as well. It doesn't take much imagination to see Pennsylvania's energy economy booming when we become to cellulosic ethanol what Iowa has been to corn-based ethanol.
The time for action is long overdue. We can and we must achieve independence from fossil fuels in general, and we can and we must reduce our dependence on foreign oil in particular. It's good for the environment, and good for the Pennsylvania economy, too. The state that becomes a leader in renewable energy will be a state that will have a vibrant economy for decades to come.
Protecting Pennsylvania's progress requires that one of our highest priorities must be to reduce the cost of health care for all businesses across the state, even as we meet our moral obligation to ensure access to affordable health insurance for all Pennsylvanians. That is why I once again ask the Legislature to enact the Prescription for Pennsylvania, the comprehensive health care plan that I originally introduced a year ago. The Prescription for Pennsylvania will lower the cost of health care for all of us, and it will improve our quality of care at the same time.
I am pleased that we have made steady progress on this initiative, and I commend the members for working diligently to address these critical issues. It's important to remember that before MRSA became a household word in America, we had taken action with the best legislation in the nation to curb its spread. We enacted Act 52 of 2007 which requires health care facilities to report all incidents of health-care associated infections, and they must adopt plans that incorporate "best practices" to reduce or eliminate them. It is the first law of its kind in the history of the Commonwealth, one that actually incentivizes hospitals to reduce infections by awarding "performance payments" when these institutions reduce infections by at least 10 percent. The first funding of these lifesaving incentives is included in this budget.
Working together, we also enacted new measures to ensure that all licensed health care providers - including nurses, midwives, physicians' assistants and dental hygienists - can be more fully utilized. They have dramatically increased the accessibility of health care for many of our citizens and have helped to reduce and constrain cost. We must also improve the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes and asthma, which together account for nearly 78 percent of all health care costs in Pennsylvania.
The savings are enormous - $2 billion in 2005 alone, simply through better management of chronic conditions. This budget launches our chronic care management efforts and perhaps the most ambitious statewide electronic medical record system in the nation.
The budget includes other elements of the Prescription for Pennsylvania plan: prescription drug coverage for the poorest Pennsylvanians who receive health care but no drug coverage; targeted funds to increase access to primary health care in underserved areas throughout the state; and our first-ever funding of health "equity" strategies aimed at eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in access to quality health care.
These programs, together with the tremendously successful "Cover All Kids" initiative to provide universal health insurance to all Pennsylvania children (which has resulted in a 20 percent increase in enrollment in just two years), will extend the health care safety net to many more of our most vulnerable citizens. Thanks to your earlier efforts, that safety net also includes the expansion of the great prescription drug programs - PACE and PACENET - which compared to 2002 now helps 42% more senior citizens.
And finally, the medical malpractice reforms enacted over the last four years are clearly working: the number of practicing physicians in Pennsylvania has remained stable; malpractice insurance rates are decreasing; malpractice claims are down by more than one-third since 2002; and the dollar value of claims paid last year from the MCARE fund was the lowest in more than a decade. In fact, for the last three years our two largest private insurers have not increased rates and this year, reduced them by seven and eleven percent. Together, I believe we can drive these costs down even further. And, we must ensure that as we cover the uninsured we maintain our commitment to help health care providers purchase medical malpractice liability insurance. There is no question that we have made a good start in addressing health issues in general and the Prescription for Pennsylvania in particular, but I urge you to work with me to finish the job and ensure access to health care that is affordable to all.
It should shock the conscience of every Pennsylvanian to know that nearly 800,000 of our citizens lack health insurance. They pay a terrible price, but we do, too, because when they arrive at a hospital emergency room in need of treatment for which they cannot pay, we all pay the bill. Expanding affordable health care makes sense, and investing in ways to provide it while also reducing its cost for Pennsylvania companies is a vitally important way to improve our economy. In the first six years of this decade, health care premiums skyrocketed by more than 75 percent. During this same period, 450,000 workers lost employer-provided health insurance in Pennsylvania, more than any other state in the nation except California. At the same time, three states have already acted to make affordable health coverage available to all of their citizens.
We can't kid ourselves any longer. The cost of escalating health care coverage is crippling small business in Pennsylvania, and for growing numbers of our fellow citizens, lack of health insurance can literally be a death sentence. If you are a working Pennsylvanian without health insurance and you get cancer you may be able to get sporadic treatment in hospital emergency rooms but you will never be able to get access to the consistent treatment and the extraordinarily expensive medications you need to win the battle to stay alive.
There really is only one answer: We must tell our sickest Pennsylvanians that we are going to help them by ensuring access to health care for every citizen and we're going to do it this year.
Cover All Pennsylvanians is the means to achieve this objective. When I introduced it last year, I said that the program would be supported by the state and offered through private insurance companies. The key is that all uninsured adults in Pennsylvania, no matter what their employment status or income level, will have the chance to purchase affordable health insurance under our program.
And let me be clear about how we intend to pay for it: when I introduced the program last year, I said that funding support could come through federal Medicaid funds and enrollee premiums, redirecting funds currently used to fund the Adult Basic program, and new and increased taxes on tobacco products - a tax widely supported by our citizens. I also called for the creation of a Fair Share Assessment. But to help achieve consensus in support of the program, however, earlier this year I proposed an alternative funding approach that taps the surpluses from the state's Health Care Provider Retention Account, which helps physicians defray the cost of their medical malpractice premiums. We can both help our doctors meet their medical malpractice costs and give working Pennsylvanians access to affordable health insurance with these funds.
While we can discuss alternatives about how to pay for it, it is well past the time to commit to providing affordable health insurance to all of our citizens. It is the right thing to do, and it is also the smart thing to do. Providing coverage for all at reasonable rates means that taxpayers and the ratepayers themselves won't be saddled with having to pay for uncompensated care. It provides a way for small businesses to offer coverage that they can afford, positioning these companies to be more competitive than ever before.
Finally, I urge the Legislature to enact the other remaining elements of the Prescription for Pennsylvania: protecting public health by banning smoking in public places; smoothing out the spikes in health care premiums through better management of the individual and small-group insurance market; and protecting our health consumers by making it illegal to refuse to insure them at reasonable rates because of a pre-existing medical condition. This reform will insure that in the future a diagnosis of cancer will no longer be an automatic death sentence for any Pennsylvanian.
Now, I recognize that there will be those who argue that health care reform is too intrusive, or too expensive, or that concerns about the expanding role of state government compel us to resist implementing these reforms. The fact is that Cover All Pennsylvanians, and our entire Prescription for Pennsylvania, will add no more than 100 state employees. And the facts make it perfectly clear that when it comes to health care reform, the most expensive option remains doing nothing. Added together, health care inefficiencies last year cost Pennsylvanians more than $7 billion a year, an amount equal to more than 25 percent of the entire state General Fund budget.
So let us act to ensure greater affordability, greater access, and improved levels of care for all of us, while improving the competitiveness of Pennsylvania businesses.
The great strides that we will make in Protecting Our Progress - through strategic short- and long-term investments in our economy, establishing Pennsylvania as a national leader in the effort to reduce American dependence on nonrenewable energy sources and foreign oil, and in seizing the initiative to control spiraling health care costs - all of these measures bode well for Pennsylvania's ability to survive and thrive during a time of national economic recession.
But I don't want to mislead you. The truth is, no matter how well we prepare, we're not out of the woods by any means. Despite our progress, ours is a boat that can still be swamped by the shifting tides of the national economy. As a result, this state budget is very challenging, and it requires that we spend our resources as wisely as possible.
For these reasons, it is a low-growth budget with an increase of just 4.2 percent over the current year's budget keeping pace with the current inflation rate of 4.1%. The majority these increases are for funding of mandated or other essential services like Medical Assistance and Corrections. Moreover, this budget also makes it clear that as a government, we must lead by example in a challenging economy and continue to squeeze every nickel of waste and inefficiency from the cost of government.
Today, the Commonwealth's administrative spending is still 2.3 percent lower than it was five years ago. That means we are spending over two percent less in real dollars on the business of running the government - without even adjusting for inflation. And we have implemented a variety of cost-saving measures to drive down the cost of government by $1.2 billion annually - savings that we redirected into expanding and improving citizen services.
· More than 17,000 additional applications for PACE and PACENET benefits were processed in 2007 by the Department of Aging than there were in 2002.
Recognizing that state government has become significantly more productive and efficient as a result of these initiatives, we nevertheless understand that we must do more in this regard. For this reason, I asked agencies to cut their preliminary budgets by $100 million.
Let me make one final point on the subject of state spending. The critics have made something of a sport out of attacking the amount that the Commonwealth spends each year on "welfare." The clear implication of these attacks is that we are pursuing an agenda that seeks to expand the "welfare state."
The time has come to stop the demonizing the welfare budget. The fact is its growth is not fueled by welfare recipients. I want you to listen carefully to these facts: since 2003, the Commonwealth has been recognized repeatedly by the federal government for its effective oversight of the Food Stamp, Child Support Enforcement, and welfare programs. Today, our welfare rolls are lower than anytime since 1961. The principal reason for the increasing Department of Public Welfare budgets is rising Medical Assistance costs - incurred through programs that care for the elderly and disabled in communities across our Commonwealth. These are necessary and appropriate expenses, to be sure, and it is our obligation to fund them.
If you think that the widow of World War II veteran in a nursing home is not entitled to Medical Assistance you are sorely mistaken - and if you don't, then by no means can you justify attacks on our Medical Assistance increases. Let's pledge today to stop misleading our citizens about these costs, because the inaccurate attacks on these vital social programs strike fear in the hearts of the seniors and disabled whose lives depend on these very programs.
Finally, and proudly, I want to turn to the investments that we have set forth for public education in this budget. We have made historic progress in improving the opportunities for young people across the Commonwealth to obtain a quality public education. Teachers and administrators all over Pennsylvania have worked diligently to maximize the benefit of the wise investments we have made together in pre-K and early childhood education, tutoring, high school reforms, Classrooms for the Future, and the Accountability Block Grant.
Back in 2003, critics said that money alone would never solve the problems of public education, but the fact is that many of our public schools were desperately short of the funding they needed to even have a chance at providing quality education. Working together, we are closing that gap, and the results demonstrate that our investments have been worthwhile.
The percentage of students who have grade-level or better skills has increased in every grade since 2002. In fact, according to the most respected national experts who annually produce the Nation's Education Report Card, Pennsylvania is one of only nine states that have made significant improvement in both elementary reading and math skills since 2003. I know you were as excited as I was to read the Quality Counts reports recently issued by Education Week that found only three states in the nation doing better than Pennsylvania on a host of key achievement indicators, including our number one ranking in early childhood education improvement.
Our progress is undeniable - but so is the challenge before us. Forty percent of our high school graduates still cannot do twelfth grade work. We have collectively made a commitment that by 2014 every student in our schools will be able to read, write and do math at grade level. I am determined to work with you to live up to that commitment.
· Our especially effective Accountability Block Grant which is responsible for boosting our full-day kindergarten rate up to 63%.
The budget also provides a 5.9% increase in the Basic Education subsidy, and $30.3 million more for the Special Education subsidy.
But most importantly, this budget begins the process of building a new school funding formula that will finally provide all Pennsylvania public schools with the resources they need to provide a quality education. And it is built on the study that was done at the direction of the General Assembly.
As you know, the General Assembly's recently released "Costing-Out Report" provides specific school funding targets for every Pennsylvania school district - remarkably, the first such document of its kind in state history. The study found that the "adequacy gap" for basic education funding is $4 billion, of which we believe $2 billion is the state's share.
I am proud to report that this budget incorporates the findings of your Costing-Out Study, and includes a new funding formula that phases-in over six years the funds to help all Pennsylvania school districts reach the funding targets established by this groundbreaking research.
· It charts a course for future funding that is both responsible and sustainable, subject to the challenges of the state budget or the national economy.
This proposal anticipates that it will take six years to phase in the state share of adequacy funding. And it relies on strict accountability controls for the use of these new resources. I strongly agree with the sentiment voiced by a representative of the House Republicans who said in Sunday's Philadelphia Inquirer that we cannot continue to give new funds to districts without holding them accountable. We must ensure that more money means more and better educational services for our students. I am proposing that we require that new state funds over the Act 1 index rate be spent on programs that improve student achievement such as extra time for learning, new and more rigorous courses, advanced teacher training, early childhood education, bolstering the recruitment of more effective teachers and administrators, and then making sure that the compensation for these school leaders is tied to performance as well.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly with respect to accountability, this plan calls for the Department of Education to serve a special watchdog function for fifty-five school districts identified statewide as needing improvement. For these districts, the Department must approve all individual school district plans for investing new taxpayer dollars, so that we can be confident that the resources are being targeted in the most effective manner for the children of these schools.
Ladies and gentlemen, your Costing-Out Study makes good sense, and it sets targets that we must achieve if we are to meet the 2014 goals of No Child Left Behind. I have incorporated the Study's findings and recommendations into the budget because they help protect the historic progress we have made thus far, and because they offer what may be our best chance in a generation to adequately fund public education in Pennsylvania. For the sake of our children's future, and for the sake of Pennsylvania's continued competitiveness in the global economy which depends so much on the availability of highly skilled workers, we must come together to achieve the goals of the Study as incorporated in this budget.
In the final analysis, good government is about finding ways to meet the challenges that we face each year, and to respond in ways that serve the interests of the taxpayers without losing sight of the long-term consequences of our actions. In other words, it's our job to move our Commonwealth forward, and then protect that progress.
The budget I propose today confronts the looming prospect of a national recession by proposing a series of economic stimulus initiatives that will prevent, or at least mitigate, its impact on Pennsylvania families and businesses.
It is a slow-growth budget, one that keeps a tight rein on state spending even as it calls for renewed efforts to reduce the cost of government. But it also focuses on our future, calling for strategic investments in energy, health care, and education to ensure that Pennsylvania is positioned both now and in the future to take its rightful place among the leading states in the nation.
But in the end, as always, it is a budget that compels us to work together to address the challenges that we face. Over the last five years that it has been my honor to serve as your Gov., I have consistently been reminded in ways large and small that while we disagree - and disagree passionately - on a variety of issues, on the things that really matter, we share remarkably similar views.
We all want to strengthen our economy to create new jobs and opportunities for our fellow citizens. We all share an abiding commitment to improving the lives of individuals and families in every corner of the Commonwealth. And we all want a better future for our children.
We have it in our power to achieve all of these objectives, and the time to start is NOW. Because of the conditions that exist today, the people of Pennsylvania are watching us more closely than ever to see if we can put aside our differences and get things done. I know that working together, we can prove that Harrisburg can and will be the catalyst for the change that allays their fears and brightens their future.


I read with interest the article about the Massachusetts Judicial Youth Corps (�Learning about courts through Youth Corps,� Telegram & Gazette, Aug. 19).
Because of the generosity of the local bar association, 20 Worcester public high school students had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend the summer learning about the court system in a hands-on way.
I would like to congratulate the bar association, and all of the folks who made this program possible for our students, the future leaders of this city.


text:
Welcome to The Histochemical Society!
The HCS Mission Statement
The Histochemical Society is an organization of scientists sharing a passion for the development and use of visual techniques that provide biochemical and molecular information about the structure and function of cells, tissues and organs and for the dissemination of this knowledge through education and outreach.
The Society fulfills its mission through publishing its Journal, the Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, and through the management of annual meetings and short courses. We invite you to explore our website, journal, newsletters, awards programs and course offerings. Email us with any questions or to receive additional information about our society.
The Benefits of Membership
HCS members are a part of a community of professionals with shared interests in immunohistochemistry and cytochemistry. Members forge lasting friendships and collaborations in science. Membership provides access to HCS newsletters, membership directory, and JHC discounts. Membership also provides opportunities for short courses, a robust awards program and meeting discounts.Join this interactive collaborative group today!
Journa l of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry (JHC)
JHC has been a pre-eminent cell biology journal for over 50 years and is a leader in the field of current imaging techniques and publishes primary research articles, timely reviews, editorials and perspectives on the structure and function of cells, tissues and organs. It is intended as a central source for research into mechanisms of development, differentiation, and disease. High priority is given to submissions where imaging techniques are complemented by new genetic, molecular and biochemical approaches.
Submit Your Manuscript to JHC
SAGE-Journals: Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry: Table of Contents
Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry: Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry: Table of Contents


text:
Assistant/Associate Director of Global Programs
The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia
Executive, Director, Management
This position is located in Rosslyn, VA The Darden School of Business has an exciting opportunity for a programmatic specialist to join its Center for Global Initiatives (CGI) as an Assistant Director of Global Programs or an Associate Director of Global Programs . The incumbent for both levels will have the primary role of ensuring the successful delivery of travel course programming, sponsored by CGI, primarily for the professional degree formats. This position will play a leading role in planning domestic and global travel courses for Darden students pursuing an executive or a part-time MBA. This responsibility might also encompass planning global virtual courses and/or supporting domestic travel courses for residential MBA students. The Assistant/Associate Director will collaborate closely with the CGI global programs team, professional degree programs team, faculty leaders, students, and program vendors. Due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, we anticipate that the Assistant/Associate Director of Travel Programs may manage some domestic programs at the beginning of their role and gradually transition to a portfolio of more global programs, however, we anticipate that it will likely be a mix of both. The Assistant/Associate Director of Global Programs is responsible for logistical and operational delivery of the professional degree format travel program offerings under the guidance and leadership of the Executive Director of the Darden Center for Global Initiatives and in close collaboration with the Director of Executive MBA Global Programs. This position leads and manages the planning and execution of domestic and global programs for Darden students. This work involves providing recommendations on program structure and development, managing all administrative aspects of the implementation of programs, and supporting students and faculty on the ground when these courses run. This position will also be asked to be present at some weekend executive MBA residencies and evening programming with the part-time MBA students in Rosslyn to communicate opportunities and plans for travel courses and answer student questions in-person. This position may require one to four weeks of global travel each year and will have a high degree of student contact. Some evenings and weekend work required. To be considered for an Assistant Director role, responsibilities include: Work closely with the Executive Director and Director of MBA Global Programs, program faculty, professional formats MBA program team, vendors and other stakeholders to manage operations of travel courses. This includes travel coordination for faculty and staff, outreach for company and/or cultural visits, scheduling, student preparation and communication, financial management, and online course preparation through Canvas. Attend and support executive MBA program weekends during Rosslyn residencies (ie, approximately one weekend per month) and, as needed attend and support programming for part-time MBA students in Rosslyn. Travel one to four weeks annually to manage operations on-site for travel courses with the executive MBA or part-time MBA students and faculty. Work closely with faculty and support teams to develop, implement, and manage course sites on Canvas. Deliver outstanding faculty customer service, helping the faculty member take their course from an idea to a fully developed program. Utilizes a service-oriented mindset, conscious of faculty member time and willing to go the extra mile to align with reasonable individual preferences. Deliver outstanding student customer service, with clear, consistent and timely communications, and as a trusted advisor as students navigate their options for courses, and the challenges of academic travel. Act as a true team player across various internal and external stakeholders; prioritizing both long-term relationships management and logistical needs. Partner with and support the work of other relevant Darden departments. For example, working with admissions to answer prospective student questions with regards to travel courses or partnering with alumni engagement and advancement when travel courses involve opportunities to visit alumni (or their companies). Support other CGI activities in Rosslyn as needed and relevant, such as helping with logistics for international partner programs visits. Monitor expenses and ensures compliance with the University's policies and procedures for assigned global residencies In addition to the above, Associate Director level responsibilities include: Have primary ownership of assigned programs, including budget, staffing and resource allocations. Work directly with faculty and academic leadership to foster the curricular integration of programs. Act on behalf of CGI senior leaders, as needed. Develop and implement program initiatives, curricula, and strategy. Advise leadership and other stakeholders regarding programmatic issues, academic requirements, registration, financial aid, and housing. Spearhead marketing initiatives, particularly as related to prospective students, in alignment with admissions and leadership goals and objectives. Supervise and manage the activities and performance of junior team members, as needed. Knowledge, skills and abilities for Assistant and Associate Director: Experience managing and executing complex logistical projects. Experience working across cultures; professional experience overseas a plus. Experience working with diverse graduate students and faculty. Strong project management skills. Comfort with technology and an ability to learn new systems and platforms quickly. Ability to translate thoughts and directives from several areas into a cohesive plan of action. Ability to manage and coordinate across multiple time zones. Ability to coordinate the activities of multiple parties to achieve desired objectives. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement. Ability to manage multiple priorities and solve challenges as they arise. Strong attention to detail. Diligent follow-up skills and pushing projects/initiatives forward. Microsoft Office Suite with advanced skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Learning management systems (Canvas), survey software (Qualtrics, et al.), database management (SalesForce) preferred. Required education and experience: Assistant Director: Master's Degree with at least five years of relevant work experience. Associate Director: Master's Degree with at least five years of relevant work experience, seven year of experience of higher education global programming experience preferred. This includes experience collaborating with faculty and senior leadership to foster the curricular integration of programs and the ability to develop and implement program initiatives, curricula, and strategy. Experience leading teams, projects and the ability to mentor and motivate junior team members. To Apply: Please apply through Workday , and search for R0030606. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs'. Complete an application online with the following documents: CV Cover letter Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration. For questions about the application process, please contact Ashley Cochran, Senior Recruiter at alc6dk@virginia.edu . For more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please see and https://embarkcva.com/ . For more information on the benefits at UVA, visit hr.virginia.edu/benefits . COVID Vaccination Requirement Due to the scope of President Biden's Executive Order 14042 issued in early September, all University employees, including remote employees, must receive their final vaccination dose by January 4, 2022, unless they have a University-approved religious or medical exemption. The University has updated policy SEC-045 to reflect these new requirements. If hired by the Academic Division , excluding School of Medicine, School of Nursing, UVA Physicians Group, and the Health Systems Library, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination or be willing to be vaccinated by January 4, 2022. Academic employees may apply for a University-approved medical or religious exemption. Note: Some medical and safety-sensitive positions require vaccination and are not eligible for an exemption. For more information on how vaccination requirements will apply to you, please visit the UVA New Hire Vaccination Requirements webpage. The University of Virginia, i ncluding the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.
Musical Director - High School -
Save Musical Director - High School -
Assistant Director II of Procurement and General Services
Save Assistant Director II of Procurement and General Services
Save Energy Manager
Executive Education jobs in Washington D.C.
Management Education jobs in Washington D.C.
Director Education jobs in Washington D.C.


text:
Around the reservation: week of Nov. 8
Originally Published: November 7, 2017 9 a.m.
Coconino County Offices closed Veterans Day
All Coconio County Offices are closed Nov. 10 in observance of Veterans Day.
While the administrative offices will be closed, dispatch, patrol and detention will conduct business as usual. Records will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please dial 9-1-1 for emergencies. For non-emergencies, dial (928) 774-4523 to connect with non-emergency dispatch number or to leave a message for one of the administrative offices.
Coconino County's parks and natural areas will remain open during the holiday, but administrative offices at Fort Tuthill will be closed and limited staff or services will be available. The Fort Tuthill Bike Park is open. Drinking water has been turned of at all parks, but bathrooms are still available at Raymond, Peaks View and Sawmill County Parks and bathroom are available at Louise Yellowman County Park, located in Tuba City.
Christmas Bazaar at Navajo County Fairgrounds Nov. 9-11
Holbrook's biggest rummage sale and quilt auction takes place Nov. 9 and 10 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Nov. 11 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with homemade crafts and food at Navajo County Fairgrounds.
Cornfields Chapter sponsoring a free nonprofit workshop Dec. 4-6
Cornfields Chapter is sponsoring a free nonprofit workshop at Twin Arrows Casino Dec. 4-6. The workshop is for anyone who wants to develop a nonprofit and search for potential grants.
Navajo Winter Tale to Re-Story the Wolf: two evenings of storytelling in Sedona and Flagstaff Nov. 9-10
The Plan B Foundation to Save Wolves will sponsor a special two-city tour of the traditional Navajo winter story about leadership and the wisdom of the wolf (Mai Tso) told by gifted storyteller and folklorist Sunny Dooley, at The Collective in Sedona Nov. 9, Vista Hall, 7000 AZ-179, Sedona. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., storytelling begins at 6 p.m., and at the Museum of Northern Arizona Nov. 10, Branigar Hall, 3101 N Fort Valley Rd, Flagstaff. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and story telling begins at 7 p.m.
Dooley, a well-known and gifted Navajo storyteller, will tell the story in English, unfolding in rich and entertaining detail how two mammals, two birds and an instigator insect changed the world by bringing integrity to leadership and a voice to all the people.
Appropriate for all-ages, this Navajo tale shares culturally grounded lessons of leadership and demonstrates that nature is a powerful teacher for humankind.
Proceeds from both events will benefit the work of the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project.
Tickets are a minimum donation of $10 per person and are available online in advance at https://www.planb.foundation.
More information is available by contacting Emily Renn at info@gcwolfrecovery.org or by calling (928) 202-1325.
Around the reservation: week of Oct. 25
Around the reservation: week of Nov. 22
Aournd the reservation: week of April 26
Around the reservation: week of April 19


Runners understand that easy running is really just a term for controlled effort and that it only comes after hundreds or thousands of miles have passed beneath your feet.
For runners without a sound race strategy and some serious self-discipline, mile two is where PR's fade to black. Here are a some things you can do to run a better second mile in your next 5K race.
Perfection doesn't exist in the world of running. There are great runners, great venues, great weather, great competitors, and great races. There are no perfect days. The secret to running and racing is acceptance, perseverance and positivity.
My point is not that these races are bad. I admire the runners who compete in these events. My point is that these overly expensive, aggressively marketed and highly socialized races can push runners to jump in too early, or for the wrong reasons. Peer pressure, intentional or not, is a difficult thing to resist.
Fitness professionals praise simple, sustainable and modifiable moves.


The Walking Dead. I watched the first episode. Alone. In the dark. It scared me. What can I say? Waking up in an abandoned hospital is a nightmare of mine.
Haven. Maine + Stephen King + the unexplainable. These are a few of my favorite things.
Dark Skies. I don't know why I torture myself with horror movies, they scare me quite effectively (at least the ones that don't show too much, showing too much always decreases the scare factor). I'll be watching this one because of Keri Russell.


Take a look around in nature, and you will see thousands upon thousands of examples of symbiotic relationships between different organisms. Symbiotic relationships are those in which both parties experience mutual benefits. Think of the clown fish and anemone in Finding Nemo. As Health iPASS continues our mission to lead patient revenue cycle management we continuously seek this type of win-win relationship with those who swim in our same industry fishbowl.
As we have mentioned on our blog before, Health iPASS is always monitoring the patient revenue cycle marketplace for new avenues toward helping our clients increase operating income, provide greater price transparency, and reduce bad debt and aged A/R, all while providing the excellent patient experience the modern healthcare consumer craves. That's why we are excited to announce our partnership with DoctorConnect, a known industry leader in automated appointment reminders with a full suite of operations-enhancing capabilities.
Our strategic alliance with DoctorConnect will enable Health iPASS to significantly expand our footprint in the healthcare IT space by leveraging and expanding our prospective networks. According to Catherine Sampels, Director of Sales at Adtel International, "We are honored to partner with Health iPASS. We believe the integration of our platforms will improve front and back office efficiency, revenue [collection], and patient experience. We are excited to offer our existing clients a way to automate patient payments with Health iPASS." By combining our platforms, clients can experience the patient revenue cycle benefits provided by Health iPASS, as well as the added layer of patient communication touch-points provided by DoctorConnect.
We at Health iPASS are confident that our partnership with DoctorConnect will prove to be a true symbiotic relationship and that we will each learn from and grow with each other. With two big fish in the Chicago healthcare IT pond swimming together, we expect to achieve great things!
For the full story, check out our press release regarding this new partnership.


It involves a baby play pen!
Instagram's favorite couple Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson continue to hit us with the baby pig content, and honestly we're here for it.
After confirming the rumors that the duo adopted a baby pig, we've seen the piglet (affectionately called Piggy Smalls) appear all over the social media feeds of both stars. And now, Ariana is letting us in on the secrets of how she takes care of the newest addition to her family.
In an Instagram post from earlier this morning promoting her new perfume "Cloud" at Ulta, astute observers noticed what looked like a baby crib behind her, sparking yet another round of (short-lived)pregnancy rumors. .
But Ariana quickly posted a follow-up comment clarifying what the crib and colored light behind her actually were. "That's piggy smalls' play pen in the background," she noted. "The red is to keep ha [sic] warm." Awww.
Ariana and Pete are already parents to a handful of dogs, but Piggy Smalls seems to hold a special place in their heart; Pete even got a tattoo of their new pet, officially immortalized forever.
While the verdict is still out on exactly how legal Piggy Smalls actually is — as Teen Vogue has reported before, pet pigs are actually illegal in New York City where the couple is based — we're honestly just happy whenever we get a glimpse into their life.
But whatever happens, we promise not to sell them out as long as they keep the Piggy Smalls updates comin'.


text:
Texas Court's Writ of Mandamus Relieves Discovery Pressures on Tire Manufacturer
A court in Harris County, Texas provided relief to Michelin North America Inc. in a case involving allegedly defective tires when it threatened to issue a writ of mandamus in favor of the tire manufacturer. The Texas appellate court conditionally granted Michelin's request for the extraordinary relief on November 24, 2015, ordering a district judge to vacate an order granting plaintiff's motion to compel permitting an inspection and videotaping of the defendant's tire manufacturing plant. Although this Texas state appellate decision lacks precedential value beyond the state, it can be used as a guidepost for the type of arguments a court may find compelling when a manufacturer resists discovery regardless of venue.
In the underlying case, plaintiffs allege that rapid air loss in an allegedly defective tire caused a driver to lose control and veer into oncoming traffic, leading to a serious collision. The tire in question was manufactured at Michelin's Fort Wayne plant. The August 2014 collision resulted in the death of a driver of a nearby vehicle, as well as serious injuries to the occupants of the vehicle that crossed the centerline.
Michelin was sued for wrongful death under theories of negligence and strict liability. Plaintiffs served discovery on Michelin requesting entry at Michelin's Fort Wayne plant to inspect and videotape the tire building machines shortly after the lawsuit was filed. Michelin objected to the request for entry and inspection claiming trade secret privilege, undue burden, and lack of relevance. Michelin argued the evidence requested lacked relevancy because the first and second stage tire-building machines now produce different tires than those manufactured in 2011, when the allegedly defective tire was manufactured.
Plaintiffs filed a motion to compel the inspection, and Michelin responded filing a motion for protective order. The trial court heard the motions and on April 21, 2015, granted plaintiffs' motion to compel access to the two tire building machines at the facility. Michelin then quickly filed a petition for mandamus relief from the trial court's order with the court of appeals.
The appellate court reviewed Michelin's petition under an abuse of discretion standard, typically a very heavy burden for a party resisting discovery. Under Texas law a trial court only abuses its discretion if it reaches a decision that is so arbitrary and unreasonable as to amount to a clear and prejudicial error of law. That said, the trial court is tasked with balancing the burdens and the benefits of obtaining discovery.
Michelin's arguments in its petition were largely grounded in Michelin plant manager Brian Peirano's affidavit. Mr. Peirano had worked at the Fort Wayne facility since 2006 and established in his affidavit that the two tire-building machines used to make the subject tire had been modified substantially since 2011. In addition, Mr. Peirano also stated that allowing the videotaping of the two tire-building machines would cause a major disruption for plant operations. Due to the location of the subject machines, an additional ten machines would have to be idled and a manager would have to be taken away from his usual responsibilities in order to accommodate this inspection. These accommodations would result in a significant loss of production and revenue for the facility.
Within two weeks of oral argument the appellate court issued its opinion and concluded that the trial court abused its discretion by ordering Michelin to allow the plaintiffs access to the two subject tire machines at its Fort Wayne plant and the error could not be cured by appeal. The appellate court's order not only represents a victory for Michelin, but also for other manufacturers which may also face business disruption and the potential exposure of trade secrets associated with the inspection of its premises and observation of its manufacturing processes.
Cozen O'Connor - Robert L. Bowman
Product Regulation & Liability
Motion to compel
New York Appellate Court: Liability Insurer Cannot Recover Defense Costs Absent Express Policy Provision *
COVID-19 Pandemic Creates Unique Hiring Concerns For Remote Employees *
Charity Shenanigans | Virtual In-Game Rewards Not Real | Apps' Data Privacy Lapses *
2022 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery Program Announced *
It's No Surprise that the Administrator for the Estate of Whitney Houston's Daughter Quit *


text:
A subscription-based news ecosystem, if you can keep it
Reuters/Shannon Stapleton
"Last week, discussing its quarterly earnings, the New York Times reported spectacular growth."
From our Series
Our home for bold arguments and big thinkers.
By Frédéric Filloux
Editor, Monday Note
February 7, 2017 This article is more than 2 years old.
Several forces are pushing value-added news toward subscription-based models. Seizing the opportunity will require major changes—such as developing a strong customer culture. There's a long way to go.
There are solid indications that more people are willing to pay for news. This is reason for prudent optimism when contemplating the future—but a clarification is required before going further: this applies to genuine value-added/original news produced by newsrooms, not to ersatz, largely recycled, superficial commodity information. Big difference. The former is inherently expensive and difficult to streamline. The latter is cheap to produce at scale and some players in this category will continue to thrive in distributed content ecosystems, mostly on video.
Four factors contribute to the resurgence of paid-for news.
The weakness of digital advertising for news. In short, all indicators are flashing red. Regardless of the metrics—revenue per page, per user, tolerance to ads, ad-blockers—the picture is bleak. Except for special products such as branded contents that very few organizations are able to scale at the right level, the bulk of digital ads is performing poorly.
The hijacking of distribution platforms. Combined, Facebook and Google capture roughly 75% of digital ad spending in the United States and 95% of its growth.
The rise of Fake News. Regardless of their actual effectiveness, the dissemination of false informations has been a highlight of the presidential campaign. Mostly spread over Facebook, the phenomenon fueled the discredit of the pervasive social network where 45% of Americans first get their news.
The Trump Communication Machine. With the novel concept of "alternative facts," presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway has unwittingly stressed the importance of credible information. Put another way, with people now leading the country who repeatedly lie and mislead their constituents, a large segment of the audience, regardless of political affiliation, acknowledges the need for fact-checked information.
As a result, the number of readers willing to pay for news is on the rise. Last week, discussing its quarterly earnings, the New York Times reported spectacular growth for paying readers: + 276,000 net new digital subscribers for the last three months of the year. "The single best quarter since 2011, the year the pay model launched," according to the company. The Times now has 1.6 million digital subs who brought in $223 million in 2016 (Q4 financial statement here)—a revenue line that didn't exist six years ago.
A look at the ARPU compared to unpaid models (such as Buzzfeed) and distribution platforms shows the importance of paying subscribers in the Times' economics. The ARPU of a digital subscriber is seven times higher than the average non-paid reader of the NYT, and 46 times higher that the advertising revenue spread on the Times' entire audience.
Monday Note
While precise figures have yet to emerge, many news organizations that rely on subscriptions feel the same trend. From Brexit to Trump, the rise of populism favors a flight to quality information.
This should be a cause for celebration. But it order to consolidate this shift, news organizations—especially legacy ones—need to undergo substantial transformation in the way they treat their clients.
Three personal anecdotes.
#1. A couple of years ago, while being a long time subscriber to the digital edition of Wall Street Journal, I was grossly overcharged by Dow Jones. Unbeknownst to me, of course, the company substantially raised my digital subscription by splitting and then adding back its components (desktop and mobile). I tried to investigate and quickly gave up. They lost me as a customer.
#2. Last year, I wanted to terminate my subscription to the digital version of the Financial Times. I have the utmost respect for the paper, but the ratio of cost to reading time no longer felt attractive (plus their mobile web app has fallen behind). I contacted the subscription department: "Sorry sir, we don't allow any anticipated cancellation. Your subscription still good for, see… nine months. You'll be able to cancel after that…" In due fairness, when I notified the FT that I won't renew my subscription anyway, they quickly came back with a better deal (which has been readjusted upward later…). I'll be sure to exit the FT.com when I have a chance.
#3. Last month, my NewYorker subscription purchased through iTunes stopped working on my iOS devices. I called the venerable magazine.
—Sorry sir, you got your subscription through iTunes, there is nothing we can do for you…
—Wait a minute. Where does my money goes in the end? In your account, right?…
—Sorry sir, as I said (…)
I sent an email to Apple who responded 24 hours later by the following:
Provided by author
Between the lines, you read: OK, let's not waste time here; these suckers at the customers relation of the New Yorker are unable to help, let's not put that in the way of your relationship with us Apple: you get a full refund and we'll deduct that from our monthly payments of the New Yorker.
Call it a triple whammy: not only the New Yorker lost me as a customer (I manage to read it other ways), but they lost money on my subscription. Even worse: I might settle for the "12 weeks for 12 dollars" offer, which is a terrible deal for Condé Nast because they have to deliver a physical product for one dollar a piece.
Among multiple of my acquaintances, these three little tales where met by "Oh, it happened to me too." I'm afraid these are not mere anecdotes, but that they accurately reflect the state of the industry when it comes to customer relations.
These brands are stuck in an antiquated "captive model" in which the customer has no choice but to surrender to their mediocre system. In doing so, they miss two crucial elements. One: the choice to get my news has never been wider; today, being deprived of the WSJ or the FT is much less painful than it was 10 or 20 years ago. Two, when it comes to customer service, me and 244 million Amazon customers, 150 million iTunes users, and 74 million Netflix subscribers have references that set a high bar for expectations.
Amazon, for instance, sees that I am a loyal customer of 20 years, with a high ARPU and next to zero incidents. Their customer service treats me accordingly whether for a refund or to return an item, even if the mistake is mine. This is exactly what I expect from a digital media company that I pay several hundred dollars a year to. Do I (or will I) miss the WSJ and the FT? Yes, but my irritation for feeling "milked" outweighs my attachment to the products.
The New Yorker/iTunes anecdote is actually the most interesting. In that case, the platform—iTunes—became the remedy to the publisher's shortcomings when addressing my customer dissatisfaction. It is also notable because, in the near future, platforms could become a key intermediary for subscriptions because they are likely to yield much better performance. (More on this in a future Monday Note on how platforms could disrupt the paid-for model).
All of the above makes me believe—to my utmost regret—that traditional publishers might not take advantage of the rebound in the paid-for model. Amazon and others have been in business for more than two decades now. If the publishing industry has not been able to learn best practices from them, I don't see it happening now.
I truly hope to be proven wrong.


We manufacture custom lapel pins, keyholders and all emblematic jewerly.
The best quality lapel pins, and the ones that offer the highest perceived value.
Perfect Process for designs with halftones that make it difficult to provide accurate artwork.
color match, high quality, and moderate price.


Japanese House Escape 2 - Play The Best Free Online Games at Dozengames.
Japanese House Escape 2 is another escape the room game in this game series. Your mission is the same, gather items and solve puzzles in order to get out of the room. Good luck!


text:
Top 10sBooks
Anne Enright's top 10 slim volumes
Tue 20 Mar 2001 19.00 EST
Anne Enright's latest novel, What Are You Like?, tells the tale of twins who are separated at birth and lead dislocated lives until finally they meet at the age of 25.
Anne Enright is also the author of The Wig My Father Wore, and a collection of short stories, The Portable Virgin.
Buy What Are You Like? at Amazon.co.uk
1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
This is a perfect book.
2. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Unfashionable and troubled, this small novel is written with intense clarity - sentence for sentence it is still more unsettling than many unpleasant books that have been written since.
3. The Newton Letter by John Banville
A reclusive academic becomes entangled in the lives of two women who live in a decaying big house. An exquisitely written, classic threesome: wanting both he gets neither, or half gets them? Or something.
4. Coup de Grace by Marguerite Yourcenar
Another threesome, this time involving two men and a woman on the run from the Russian revolution. The wrong people fall in love and, in a wonderful denoument, the wrong people get killed.
5. Afternoon Raag by Amit Chaudhari
Chaudhari's other books may be even better, but I am saving them for a rainy day. This is the story of a student who comes from Bombay to Oxford. Again there are two women, but in this version nothing at all seems to happen, in the most beautifully modulated way.
6. Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
For the young girl in all of us. Onegin rejects Tatiana, then falls in love with her when it is too late. An incredibly graceful tale about the elusiveness of love.
7. The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys
An elegantly sustained historical whimsy. Napoleon escapes St Helena, leaving a proxy to die in his place. When he returns to France, he finds that his great moment has passed.
8. Good Morning Midnight by Jean Rhys
Drink, desperation and the search for a good hat. Jean Rhys is a terrifying writer and here she is on familiar ground as she charts the nervy, banal disaster that is a woman on her way down.
9. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
This was the most exciting book of my adolescence: all the big questions packed into a small, highly ironic space. It was the first and neatest treatment of a very modern theme - too much information and the paranoia it provokes.
10. A Kid for Two Farthings by Wolf Mankovitz
One of my favourite books as a child, this tale needs an adult reading to get the full poignancy. It tells the story of a boy in London's east end who buys a crippled goat that he thinks is a baby unicorn.


Abstracts on all cardiac arrhythmia aspects will be welcomed and selected abstracts for oral or poster presentations will be presented in sessions not competing with pre-arranged lectures or workshops. The poster presentations will be chaired and the presenting author will highlight their work to the 2 chairpersons and to the attending audience. The best oral and poster abstract presentations will be awarded this year a total of 7000 euro.


All praise to Jesus, Lamb of God!
This old hymn needs to be sung again... let the psalmist anointing bring it forth now to be sung by the church in Jesus name.
Hallelujah! For our wonderful trespass offering that we can experience every day!
By one pure sacrifice, eternal cleansing found. O Lord Jesus, lamb of God all praise to you.