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Singing on the Mountain hosts 95th annual event, June 23
Posted on June 12, 2019 June 12, 2019 — Community Bulletin
Press release from Singing on the Mountain:
Singing on the Mountain has been welcoming one and all for the past 95 years, and this year is no different. On Sunday, June 23rd, all are welcome to join in a free gospel music festival set in MacRae Meadows at the base of Grandfather Mountain.
The 95th annual Singing on the Mountain will return to Linville, N.C., with a full lineup of gospel music sensations, including: The Collective, The Cockman Family, Michael Combs, Patricia Smith, New Covenant and Adam Beard.
Singing on the Mountain is not only about the music, but the gospel message, as well. This year's message will be delivered by David Chadwick, host of the radio program, "The David Chadwick Show," and accomplished author, who is passionate about sharing the gospel.
The celebration will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 2 p.m., with a break at 1 p.m. for Chadwick's sermon. The day will conclude with a special performance of "Just As I Am" by all of the performers.
About Singing on the Mountain
The spirit of the Singing is not so different than the first held in 1924, when founder Joe Hartley Sr. coordinated a Sunday School picnic on the same grounds. The festival's popularity exploded in the 1960s and '70s, drawing such names as Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff and Bob Hope.
Today, the Singing is recognized by the N.C. Arts Council and Blue Ridge National Heritage Area as part of the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina and is the oldest ongoing old-time gospel convention remaining in the Southern Appalachians.
"The Hartley family still comes, and they still bring their picnic like they did more than 90 years ago," said Harris Prevost, vice president of the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, the nonprofit organization that oversees and operates the Linville, N.C., nature park. "Little has changed, except for the size of our audience and the technology we use."
Singing on the Mountain is not only well-known for its beautiful natural setting, but the notable speakers and performers it hosts, as well.
The sermon will be delivered by David Chadwick, who is a wonderful bible teacher, and is looking forward to being with us this year. David grew Forest Hill Church from one campus to six campuses over his 40 years there. Now, David has a successful radio program in Charlotte, and also leads a new church called Moments of Hope Church in Charlotte.
David and his wife, Marilynn also have a devotional ministry called Moments of Hope. David played basketball for Dean Smith while attending the University of North Carolina and has written a book about his leadership, as Coach Smith was a mentor of David's.
One of the most popular performers in the history of the Singing is performer Michael Combs, who looks forward to sharing his personal message of redemption — through music.
"After squandering many years living in the world and nearly destroying my life with drugs and alcohol, something wonderful happened in my life," Combs said. "Or, better yet, someone wonderful happened to give me life — his name is Jesus."
Almost immediately, Combs said, he found himself in a ministry of music.
"I never thought I would be doing what I've been doing for the last 25 years, but now I can't imagine myself doing anything else," he said.
To learn more about Michael Combs, visit www.michaelcombs.com.
The Singing will also host performances by: The Cockman Family (www.cockmanfamily.com), New Covenant (www.newcovenantgospelmusic.com), The Collective (thecollective1.com), Patricia Smith (abundanceofblessingsmusic.com) and Adam Beard (adambeardsinging.com/).
Free, handicapped-accessible parking is available at MacRae Meadows, located on U.S. 221, two miles north of Linville and one mile south of the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 305.
Attendees are encouraged to dress casually and bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics. Concessionaires will also be on site. A goodwill offering will be collected to support the musicians who volunteer their time to perform.
The Singing on the Mountain remains free, according to the longstanding motto: "Whosoever will may come.
For more information, please visit our website at: http://singingonthemountain.org.
Singing on the Mountain Foundation Inc. is now a non-profit organization recognized by the U.S. Treasury. The foundation is now accepting donations to help fund the yearly event. To contribute, please mail checks to the address below.
Singing on the Mountain Foundation
531 Brentwood Drive; Box 209
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Thank you to all of our members and supporters who attended our programs in the fall of 2018!
Please find the details of what was offered below.
Royal Oak Programs are a vital part of the foundation's ongoing educational mission in the United States. Since the series began, Royal Oak has planned and presented over 1000 lectures by over 220 speakers in 66 different cities across the United States. Our Fall 2018 programs are made possible by The Drue Heinz Trust and additional support from the Marian Meaker Apteckar Foundation and an Anonymous Donor.
The Royal Oak Foundation's 2018 national program of lectures was made possible by the generosity of the Drue Heinz Trust, our lead sponsor for the past 26 years. The support of the Drue Heinz Trust enables us to maintain a high quality of programming each season and for this we are deeply appreciative. For the Fall 2018 season we also gratefully acknowledge additional support for The Drue Heinz Lectures from the Marian Meaker Apteckar Foundation and an Anonymous Donor.
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In December 2016, the Indian oral solid dose manufacturing facility of Hetero Labs Limited in Hyderabad received a 13-page observation of FDAs Form 483. When FDA investigators reviewed Hetero's closed circuit TV, they identified a document shredder that had been introduced into the firm's document storage area merely four days before the FDA inspection. Extensive shredding of what appeared to be batch packaging records and batch manufacturing records was recorded on camera. Individuals were observed shredding documents in at 1:13 a.m. in the dead of the night.
Hetero Labs tried to waive off the footage as that of their cleaning staff shredding documents. They did not provide any documentation of what had been shredded. Also no explanation was given for introducing the document shredder into the "Documents Storage Area" or the suspicious timing of the activity.
Indian drugmaker Wockhardt Ltd. has been under FDAs radar for a long time. Under FDA's import alert since 2013 for violations of good manufacturing practices, their Ankleshwar plant being the third such facility to face such an action in 2016. The warning letters received by Wockhardt mention some truly unusual practices.
During a 2013 cGMP inspection the FDA investigator found torn data records in the waste area. He asked a QC officer to bring those documents for FDA review. The employee returned with about 20 documents, none of them being the data documents that were seen in the waste area. Even upon repeated questioning he insisted that those were the records that the investigator had seen.
So, the investigator went back to the trash area and discovered that the documents had been kept in a different bag. The documents contained information about master batch records, stability protocols and anti microbial effectiveness. Wockhardt was accused of impeding the investigator and trying to to delay the audit.
In the same letter, a violation of 21 CFR 211.52 mentioned that , the washing and toilet area, which was 20 feet from the entrance to the area where employees gowned to enter the sterile formulation area, had urinals that did not have proper drainage. Urine was falling directly onto the floor and was collecting there in an open drain. In addition, there was stagnant urine and extensive growth of mildew and mold, and all this was happening right adjacent to the sterile formulation manufacturing facility!
On May 7, 2014, the FDA released a warning letter to the Karkhadi (Gujarat) plant of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in India. Among the noted issues were, failure to record complete data, deleting data files, declaring samples that failed FDA requirements as "unofficial tests", and reporting only good test data as "official" from a sample batch.
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For those looking to walk away from Final Cut, you should check out Larry Jordan's (you may now him from Lynda.com training videos) podcast, "Digital Production Buzz". Larry has been doing a great job covering the new release and all the controversy.
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Columbia Business School Research Archive » Measuring the pulse of an organization: Integrating physiological measures into the organizational scholar's toolbox
Measuring the pulse of an organization: Integrating physiological measures into the organizational scholar's toolbox
Modupe Akinola
This goal of this chapter is to build a bridge between psychophysiology and organizational behavior in an effort to extend organizational theories and enhance the precision of organizational research. The first section describes psychophysiological systems and theories that can inform organizational scholars' understanding of the biological bases of behavior in organizations. The second section discusses the advantages and challenges associated with incorporating psychophysiological measures into organizational research. The third section speculates on some possible domains where the use of psychophysiological measures may provide novel insights into key organizational phenomena. In sum, this chapter provides an opportunity for organizational scholars to think about how incorporating physiological measures and outcomes into organizational research can deepen theoretical insights and enrich our understanding of human behavior in organizations.
The PDF above is a preprint version of the article. The final version may be found at < http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.riob.2010.09.003 >.
Akinola, Modupe. "Measuring the pulse of an organization: Integrating physiological measures into the organizational scholar's toolbox." Research in Organizational Behavior 30 (October 20, 2010): 203-223.

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Riot engineers bring deep knowledge of specific technical areas but also value the opportunity to work in many broader domains. As a Software Engineer, you'll also dive into projects that focus on team cohesiveness and cross-team goals. You'll lead without authority and provide other engineers with a clear illustration of extraordinary engineering.
VALORANT is Riot's take on a character-based tactical shooter (for more info on VALORANT click here!). As a Staff Software Engineer on the VALORANT team you will help Riot continue to build and deliver our exciting entry into the FPS genre. You will keep the players' experience in mind as you build gameplay systems and features. You will also work with artists, designers, and producers to deliver genre-defining experiences to our players. You will report to our Engineering Manager.
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The Rodovia dos Imigrantes (official designation SP-160) is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The highway connects the city of São Paulo to the Atlantic coast and with the seaside cities of São Vicente and Praia Grande. It follows the route of the Rodovia Anchieta and is also one of Brazil's busiest highways, especially on weekends.

The Rodovia dos Imigrantes has 44 viaducts, seven bridges, and 11 tunnels, along its 58.5 km stretch. The highway has recently been expanded, in one of the most audacious feats of Brazilian highway engineering, with extremely long tunnels and high strutting six-lane bridges constructed over the tropical rain forest, which covers the steep faces of the Serra do Mar, the cliff range that separates the São Paulo plateau from the seaside lowlands. During sunny weekends, more than one million automobiles commonly cross its near 60 km run, separating the city of São Paulo from the sea.

The Rodovia dos Imigrantes was inaugurated on Monday, 28 June 1976, by President Ernesto Geisel, due to traffic saturation on Rodovia Anchieta. Although longer than the Anchieta, the Imigrantes is nowadays busier due to its building standards, which permit higher speed limits, and its more direct path to the cities of Santos and Guarujá, the northern coast (with Bertioga), as well as the southern coast (with cities Praia Grande, Mongaguá, and Itanhaém). Its south lane was inaugurated on Tuesday, 17 December 2002.

Meaning "immigrants' highway" in Portuguese, the Rodovia dos Imigrantes was so named as a way to remember the contribution of immigrants to the cultural, economic, and social development of Brazil.

It is managed by a state concession to the private company, Ecovias, which also maintains the Rodovia Anchieta; it is, therefore, a toll road.

The two carriageways of the Rodovia dos Imigrantes are both fully reversible and traffic is managed to flow either bidirectionally (uphill on one carriageway and downhill on the other) or unidirectionally (uphill or downhill on both carriageways), depending on demand. In the unidirectional mode, the opposing traffic is diverted to the Rodovia Anchieta.

Directions
The path of the Immigrant Road crosses the following municipalities, all in the state of São Paulo: São Paulo, Diadema, São Bernardo do Campo, Cubatão, São Vicente and Praia Grande.

Tolls
The Rodovia dos Imigrantes has been tolled since its inauguration. As in all the highways that suffered concessions, the tolls of the Imigrantes suffered strong readjustments, even after discounting inflation, considered excessive by significant users.
Currently, the toll of the Imigrantes is the most expensive in the state, at R$ 26.20, valid for a round trip by car. In the stretch of plateau, the Imigrantes presents three tolls of blockade to the access to the bordering localities.

See also
 Brazilian Highway System
 Highway system of São Paulo
 Rodovia Anchieta

References

External links
 Secretary of Transportation of the State Government of São Paulo
 Ecovias

Highways in São Paulo (state)

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BEN RETURNS TO THE OPERA HOUSE, MANCHESTER FOR THIS YEARS PANTO OF SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS.
Ben has proven to be one of the country's most popular pantomime performers, and his performance in Cinderella has earned him a nomination for Best Comic at the Great British Pantomime Awards, with the winner to be announced this April.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will once again be produced by Qdos Entertainment, the world's biggest pantomime producer, continuing their partnership with Manchester Opera House. Ben will play Muddles opposite Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood as The Wicked Queen, as previously announced. Michael Harrison, Managing Director of Qdos Entertainment's pantomime division, said: "Without doubt, Ben has fast become one of Panto-land's best-loved comics, mastering the art form and making audiences of all ages laugh hysterically with his inimitable comic-timing, impressions and gags. We're delighted Manchester audiences enjoyed his performance as Buttons so much and we're thrilled to be bringing him back to the Opera House to cause even more mayhem and hilarity, as only Ben can do. We're already planning all sorts of wonderful surprises and we can't wait for the magic to begin."
Sheena Wrigley, Theatre Director at the Palace Theatre and Opera House Manchester, added "We are delighted Ben is returning to Manchester in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs this Christmas. He is a wonderfully inventive comedian who built a special rapport with audiences in 2018. Parents, kids and critics alike all loved his performance and we are very excited to be welcoming Ben back. Another ingredient in what promises to be a very special panto this year."
Delighted to be returning to the beautiful Theatre Royal, Nottingham on Saturday 31st August 2019 for another amazing evening of variety. Joining me on the show are BGT runner-up Robert White, From The Voice Nottingham's own Lia White, International Juggler Jon Udry, The return of Award Winning Illusionists Matricks, The Wonderful Voices of Paul Cobley & Ruby Washington, The Dazzling Marcia Jones Show Girls and Live Band led by my MD Will Penney.
Ben Nickless is not only a Nottingham panto legend but he's also incredibly gifted, a great singer, charming, a well crafted variety comedian and incredibly popular as stage door at 10.30pm proved. Rare!
He's an 'old-school' entertainer who can captivate an audience with impressive vocals, great gags, improv, visual comedy and classic schtick. Collectively, it's a beautiful feel-good act.
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Ben was joined on stage by the brilliant ventriloquist Steve Hewlett - he never fails. A world class vent who deserves to be constantly touring the world with Arthur Larger. Thrilled he could do the show.
Equally as polished was Steve Royale of Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights who has boundless energy and perfect northern comedy timing. Comedy pro.
Nickless stayed true to his word and delivered the epitome of an impressive variety bill including magicians, singers, a live band but ultimately he drove the show.
The show also featured Ruby Washington, Paul Cobley & MATRICKS.
Ben Nickless is best known in Nottingham for his appearances alongside David Hasselhoff in Peter Pan, Lesley Joseph in Snow White, Christopher Biggins in Aladdin and more recently in Beauty & The Beast with Sherrie Hewson & Ben Richards.
The show began with a montgage of the above who clearly adored working with him.
Most of his 'bits' were panto inspired and received an equal reaction for their creative brilliance tonight. Give the people what they want - and he did.
Where Nickless strikes gold, beyond the panto predictable, is his voices - quite sensational in places.
He's a brilliant mimic who embodies the likes of Cliff "I've not done this in two years" - to the exceptional Trump impression with a thunderous gag that the crowd adored.
Bravo to Ben for putting on this show. It would have been much easier to go solo but Ben proves, if done correctly, and made relevant for 2018 audience, the appeal of spec acts and variety is as strong as when this temple of showbiz business was first built.