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By: John Axtell Posted at: 02/08/2018 06:35 PMChadron High team flanked by L-R: Dr. Joel Hyer, Gary Dusek, Josh Hinrichs. (Photo by Tena L. Cook/Chadron State College)
CHADRON - Chadron High School claimed the overall title at the Best of the West Business Invitational last Friday at Chadron State College. Some 60 students from Chadron, Alliance, Bridgeport, Hay Springs, and Hemingford took part with Alliance the runner-up and Hemingford 3rd.
The competition included written tests in 7 subject areas as well as a job interview contest for seniors. In the team standings, CSC faculty and student members of Phi Beta Lambda judged and ran the event, which was co-sponsored by the college and the Nebraska Council on Economic Education,
The competition followed FBLA - Future Business Leaders of America rules, which council field representative Josh Hinrichs said made it good preparation for the FBLA State Leadership Conference coming up in Omaha this April.
Chadron State is home to one of 5 small business development centers in the state run by the Council on Economic Education and center administrator and CSC professor Dr Gary Dusek says local and state staff provided a lot of help in planning the competition.
CSC Dean of Business, Entrepreneurship, Applied and Mathematical Sciences, and Sciences Dr Joel Hyer says he was was impressed with the turnout and the quality of the participants.
Individual results:
Accounting: 1, Teresa Gottwald, Chadron High School, 2, Kaelob Marx, Hay Springs High School, 3, Brooklyn Stack, Chadron High School
Business Calculations: 1, Hunter Hawk, Chadron High School, 2, Molly Lambert, Bridgeport High School, 3, Jensen Curtis, Alliance High School
Business Communications: 1, Hunter Hawk, Chadron High School, 2, Hannah Middleton, Alliance High School, 3, Rayleigh Farrenkopf, Bridgeport High School
Financial Math: 1, Kenneth Wyland, Hemingford High School, 2, Rebecca Hanson, Hemingford High School, 3, Alex Neefe, Hemingford High School
FBLA Principles and Procedures: 1, Kelsey Horton, Alliance High School, 2, Abigail Gardner, Chadron High School, 3, Ashley Burrows, Hay Springs High School
Introduction of Business: 1, Abigail Gardner, Chadron High School, 2, Trace Bilby, Hay Springs High School, 3, Danea Hanson, Hemingford High School
Job Interview: 1, Aubree Noble, Chadron High School, 2, Sarah Kesterson, Bridgeport High School
Personal Finance: 1, Sarah Kesterson, Bridgeport High School, 2, Kaelob Marx, Hay Springs High School, 3, Jensen Curtis, Alliance High School


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helen mirren
adding page because of this 1975 interview:
you are what you are.. and you are what other people think you are.. you can't avoid that..
in quotes.. what do you mean by that
also my nervous ness gauge
tattoo –
4 min – came from sober background… what kind of people were they.. i hate calling people anything.. they're my parents… it's very dangerous to stick labels..
labels ness..
convent.. i don't like schools.. teacher.. didn't enjoy that.. i didn't find the school system at all conducive to ed.. i find all schools repressive.. i don't think the convent made it any more repressive..
much greater question (than if can sit on grass et al).. of lack of liberty .. is what happens to people's minds in schools…
what happened to your mind.. i don't know .. i'm still finding out i suppose.. i think you go on living with what happened to you in your early life for the rest of your life..
voluntary compliance ness… – beliefs/dispositions from early pressures
i've wanted to be practically everything… i admire the people who are more than one thing enormously…
how might fulfill self in future.. i'm not a planner.. i don't like planning of any sort… i believe in a true following of instincts.. and that's difficult to describe.. because it's not just doing what you want to do.. that's a very sort of impoverished idea of following instinct.. rather.. always keeping open to possibilities.. and when they come you go with them..
p 2
i've always been attracted to circus/transient life..
on not liking finely sewn suits
3 min – on feeling uncomfortable (taking clothes off).. i thought that was my problem.. and one of the things that you were taught at school.. that you spend the rest of your life fighting to get out of..
4 min – the thing about being naked in that sense.. is that you're the only one.. (so everyone should do it)..
3 min – fantasy – about world being a happy place.. and that's rather impossible
perhaps not impossible.. just have to let our imaginations free (back to the liberty of the mind)… a nother way
4 min – circus.. is it an escape..? no.. i think it's the rogues and vagabonds.. i think actors have this sort of attraction to people who move around a lot.. are not rooted.. i'd like to be a vagabond.. i find it easy to leave. .. i love going..
6 min – never cut out to be a teacher.. i hated school.. worse as a teacher.. couldn't imagine the horror that went on in a staff room.. i thought teachers were better than pupils.. i discovered not a bit of it.. they were as pathetic/petty.. as we were..
7 min – i always hated school.. i don't see why someone should have to stop talking if they want to talk
9 min – at 14.. perhaps knowing where babies came out.. but not how they got there
11 min – marriage.. i'm not attracted to it.. it's a bit like junkit.. just not naturally attracted to the idea.. i have no theories about it whatsoever.. there's nothing so moving as seeing a good marriage..
one of first times i started to notice Helen.. (not that i hadn't cared about her before.. just didn't real know of her)
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Dame Helen Lydia Mirren DBE (née Mironoff; born 26 July 1945), is an English actor. Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967, and is one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, having won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007, after two previous nominations, for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen. In 2015 she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, after two previous nominations, for her performance inThe Audience, in which she also portrayed Elizabeth II. The Audience was written by Peter Morgan, who also wrote The Queen. Mirren won her first of several Emmy Awards in 1996 for her performance as police detective Jane Tennison on the acclaimed ITV series Prime Suspect, which ran for a total of seven seasons between 1991 and 2006.
Some of her other notable film roles include Marcella in the 1984 film Cal, for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, 2010 (1984), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989),The Madness of King George (1994), Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Gosford Park (2001), Calendar Girls(2003), The Last Station (2009), Hitchcock (2012), and The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014). She also starred as Victoria Winslow in the action-comedy films Red and Red 2.
In 2003, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for Services to the Performing Arts. In 2013, Mirren was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2014, BAFTA announced that Mirren would be the recipient of the Academy Fellowship.
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Sic Semper Tyrannis
air date: 2015-09-22
A army convoy is attacked to be able to steal a missile that's a part of a Naval train. Delight and the group, believing that it's perpetrated by a bunch of anti-American militants, make plans for a harmful undercover operation with probably lethal penalties.
Shadow Unit
air date: 2015-09-29
The NCIS group investigates the homicide of a blogger devoted to exposing authorities corruption and cover-ups and discovers a Navy Seal and CIA humanitarian mission with a darkish secret.
Touched by the Solar
air date: 2015-10-06
When a feminine fight pilot and Navy hero dies in an air-show aircraft crash, the NCIS group should examine if it's the fault of the pilot or the brand new jet that was simply accredited to deploy to bases globally.
I Do
air date: 2015-10-13
The NCIS group should decide why a murdered Navy drone pilot was utilizing a black market drone to acquire army surveillance, and whether or not the drone's footage is linked to his loss of life.
Overseas Affairs
air date: 2015-10-20
Particular Agent Delight is shipped a companion from the Australian Defence Drive Investigation Service, Particular Agent Naomi Parsons, after an Royal Australian Navy Lieutenant, who was key to worldwide negotiations on nuclear weapons, is murdered in New Orleans.
Insane within the Membrane
air date: 2015-10-27
The group's participation within the annual Crimson Costume Run is lower brief when a Petty Officer is discovered lifeless within the French Quarter from a drug overdose.
Damaged Hearted
air date: 2015-11-03
The lifetime of a genius Navy coder employed by Brody's mom, Olivia Brody, hangs within the stability after the center supposed for his transplant is stolen. Olivia joins the NCIS group as they race to find the lacking organ.
air date: 2015-11-10
Delight and Sonja are ambushed after touring to Texas to escort a key witness for the trial of an notorious arms vendor who Delight apprehended.
Darkest Hour
air date: 2015-11-17
The fiancé of Delight's daughter's buddy goes lacking throughout a blackout; and the group locates the person's lifeless physique, which holds clues to the reason for the blackout.
Billy and the Child
air date: 2015-11-24
The homicide of a Marine gives new clues within the first case Delight and Lasalle ever labored collectively, simply earlier than Hurricane Katrina struck town and washed away any proof. Additionally, the group celebrates Thanksgiving collectively in Delight's bar.
Blue Christmas
air date: 2015-12-15
A string of Christmas burglaries turns lethal and the proof leads the NCIS group to Wade's adopted son, Danny. Additionally, Lasalle and Brody tease Sonja concerning the excessive stakes of drawing Delight within the group's Secret Santa vacation alternate.
Sister Metropolis: Half Two
air date: 2016-01-05
Whereas Particular Agent Delight and the New Orleans group examine a Russian sleeper agent who was concerned with Abby's brother, Luca, Sebastian flies to D.C. to companion with Abby on the forensics within the case. Additionally, Bishop drives via the night time to ship a bundle and work the case with the New Orleans group.
(Sister Metropolis (1) aired on NCIS, season 13, episode 12.)
air date: 2016-01-19
The group investigates the homicide of an immigrant petty officer that was staged as a suicide. Additionally, the brokers secretly create a web based relationship profile for Delight.
Father's Day
air date: 2016-02-09
A Mardi Gras occasion at Delight's bar finally ends up being lower brief after he and Mayor Douglas Hamilton are kidnapped by some unknown assailants.
No Man's Land
air date: 2016-02-16
When a thriller man saves the lifetime of a Lieutenant after which disappears from the scene, the NCIS group unravels a brand new case when forensic proof suggests he's a soldier who was captured in Afghanistan years in the past and by no means discovered.
Second Possibilities
air date: 2016-02-23
After monitoring stolen Navy TNT to a cocaine warehouse, Particular Agent Delight and the NCIS group uncovers a home drug ring that's producing their very own cocaine and headed by Sonja's childhood buddy, Marion Watkins.
Radio Silence
air date: 2016-03-01
A Navy captain finally ends up being murdered throughout an look on a neighborhood radio present. Delight's daughter returns dwelling to debate her plans for the longer term.
If It Bleeds, It Leads
air date: 2016-03-15
Agent Brody realizes that there's a connection between the case of a sailor hit by a celebration bus and the loss of life of her sister.
Means to an Finish
air date: 2016-03-22
The NCIS group discovers a surveillance van stuffed with pictures documenting Particular Agent Delight's each transfer after his daughter Laurel is attacked on campus and positioned in protecting custody.
Second Line
air date: 2016-04-05
The NCIS group investigates the homicide of a Navy Lieutenant throughout a French Quarter second line funeral procession, a New Orleans custom that celebrates the not too long ago deceased with a musical road parade.
Collateral Harm
air date: 2016-04-19
After a Navy lieutenant dies throughout a clandestine go to to a basic's lodge room, Particular Agent Delight and the NCIS group are requested to interrupt customary protocol for the homicide investigation.
Assist Needed
air date: 2016-05-03
A Navy culinary specialist is the goal of an explosion whereas visiting her household's 100-year-old restaurant within the French Quarter. Additionally, Brody is in D.C. monitoring a lead within the Normal leak case.
The Third Man
air date: 2016-05-10
The NCIS group companions with Homeland Safety after the homicide of a Navy grasp diver is linked to chatter of a international assault on town.
Sleeping with the Enemy
air date: 2016-05-17
The NCIS group uncovers a mole within the ranks whereas working with the Division of Homeland Safety to find 900 lacking kilos of explosives that pose an imminent risk to New Orleans.


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Beloved Community 2015
In 2015, 47 participants (including food vendors) reported an average of 43.8 community members with whom they had meaningful contact at our Beloved CommUnity event on 7 June. Attendance was over 300, and 100% of participants said they are looking forward to being present next year; we were also approached by several other organizations requesting space in 2016.
This year, a professional development conference is being organized. We intend to provide our Partner and Patrons with meaningful information and resources to increase their effectiveness and with an opportunity to network and share existing resources.
Third Annual
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Event 2017
Protect -Preserve - Play
Your Community - Your Environment
June 2017, Lewisburg, PA
PRESS: Interview with Erika Funke of WVIA
Here's a link to the (Protect, Preserve, and Play) video on environmental agencies and public knowledge made by the Environmental Studies students for their senior capstone seminar:
Community Circle Singing
The CommUnity Zone in partnership with the Donald Heiter Community Center will host a yearly Youth Winter Talent Show with student acts between the ages of 5 and 16. If your talent is not quite ready for prime time, we do need and desire an enthusiastic audience, so please plan to come and see what we are sure will be a special night of fun.
Community Circle Singing is a joyful expression of art and mindfulness. Its roots go back to human's first utterances and campfires, It is a viable tool for community building as it calls us into heart to heart relationship as we breathe together. As we sing in the circle chants and improvised moments of song--we create beauty while at the same time gather strength for daily life in our troubled world. Circle Singing is open to anyone wanting to experience the act of singing, that is not only for the professional pushing a product, but is for all of us seeking self and communal expressions of being in the now with hope for the future and reverence for the past. All ages and abilities welcome!
2016 Solidarity Rally
Lewisburg PA • October 2016
PRESS: Rally offers opportunity for young to connect over social issues
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Don't Just Live - THRIVE!
A Healthy Community Event
June 2016
Kit Sisson is a retired zoologist and her classes included teaching human anatomy and physiology. She began learning tai chi in Chicago at age 65 to help with arthritis and a compression fracture in her spine. Her instructor was from Hong Kong and taught the 37 position tai chi chuan form of Cheng Man Ching. In 2000, Kit moved to Lewisburg and soon began teaching tai chi at the Senior Center and the public library. A few years ago, she moved the classes to the Heiter center. She gives free lessons in the 37 position tai chi, the 32 position sword form she learned from YouTube, and Qigong. Even private lessons are free.
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Aug 18, 2016, 5:00 am SGT
Source: http://www.straitstimes.com
It was heartening to read about the study done by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School on unemployed Singaporeans seeking managerial and professional positions ("Job search fatigue and re-employment quality"; Monday).
It offered insight into the plight of those who have lost their jobs and suggested ways to minimise job search fatigue. Let me add more suggestions.
First, we must provide some social security and arrange some sort of bridging finance scheme for the duration of the job search until a person manages to get the next job. Why not take a portion of a worker's paid tax and Central Provident Fund money and reserve it for job-loss financing, subject to a time limit?
Second, all stakeholders of society, from the job seeker's family and friends to social institutions, must make all possible effort to boost the morale of the job seeker.
Regular counselling, networking with prospective employers, arranging part-time jobs and matching his skills are possible things to put into action.
We should not forget that keeping a valuable resource idle is a loss for the country.
How fast a job seeker gets the next suitable job is also the responsibility of society, and not just the responsibility of the individual person.
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As a small business owner, times have been tough these past few years. But I have great optimism for the coming year.
I believe that 2011 will see the emergence of amazing new trends that will work to advance my company and my own personal mission.
The Green ABC's for Kids was built on the premise that kids are great motivators. And, since kids are such great motivators, it would be a given that once exposed to the vocabulary of sustainable concepts they would inform their parents on a daily basis to recycle, go to farmers markets, and turn off those vampire appliances!
The Green ABC's has a great foundation and now we seek to advance our products and ideas into the world. The emerging trends such as urbanization, where local comes first, and eco-superior attitudes where consumers are wising up and realizing that lots of green washing claims are being made can only help the Green ABC's mission.
Because we seek to localize our sustainable message and throw our message into the future by utilizing that consumer segment that is the futures best messenger- the power of the kid!
How will I do this?
Our first step is to produce a series of programs recorded live at Access Fort Wayne where we will host a panel of four local kids along with those people from our Fort Wayne community who are involved in alternative transportation, the local food movement, clean water/rivers, recycling, natural habitat conservation, and energy savings tips.
That is the mission of the Green ABC's for Kids!
However, my personal mission is to bring my community together by using sustainability as a central connector. The Green ABC's for Kids is a concrete beginning- but there is much more on the way.
I will recover from the recession by removing the obstacles that stand in the way of my success by:
- Removing the clutter and recycling, restoring or reusing what's good.
- Advance my business for the good of myself and my community
- Keep healthy and involved with family and friends- so that I will be raring to go when our good times appear again.
Ideas are wonderful things. They burn bright as they first appear on the horizon, but without execution they are like falling stars that vanish from sight.
That is why a new year is so wonderful. It allows us all to begin again to implement great ideas. How will I recover from the recession? By carrying on, helping others to prosper, and injecting good, sustainable ideas into the heads of kids, and make them tomorrows business leaders.


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Britain's inventors, makers, and licensees of products are being given the chance to sell their new wares in front of potential customers and the buyers of major retailers in new Channel 4 series Buy It Now w/t, presented by actor, singer, presenter and comedian Brian Conley, it was announced today (MON).
The new 30x30' daytime series produced by Studio Lambert will invite individual sellers to showcase their product to an audience of potential customers. Pitching anything from toys to clothes to gadgets, each seller has only 90 seconds to get the customers interested – and retain them when they reveal the price of their product – as the customers will be parting with their personal money for the product.
This audience are in effect a market research group for a handful of professional buyers for large, well-known retail organisations who are watching the seller and the customers. If the seller makes a sale to the audience they get the opportunity to do business with the retailers, if not they are spun off the revolving stage, making way for the next seller.
Brian Conley said: "I'm looking forward to being involved in this fantastic new show. This is a great opportunity to showcase your design idea to the country, it's going to be lots of fun and I cannot wait to get started!"
Channel 4 Commissioning Editor Tim Hancock said, "Buy It Now takes the business pitch show and spikes it with glossy entertainment values. We love how it speaks to our viewers' love of regular people doing extraordinary things, and we can't wait to see what the British public have been tinkering away on in their garden sheds."
Studio Lambert's Creative Director Tim Harcourt said: "This is the country of brilliant product designers from Sinclair and Dyson to Owen McClaren and his collapsible buggy so if you have the next spiralizer, thermos flask or even a new product that we haven't realised we need yet, I suggest you come and put it in front of our buyers from the public and the retail world. It's a brilliant opportunity to make big sales."
Buy It Now is produced by Studio Lambert and was commissioned by Gill Wilson, Head of Features for Channel 4 and Tim Hancock, Commissioning Editor for Features and Daytime for Channel 4. Tim Harcourt and Cat Lawson are the executive producers for Studio Lambert.
If you have an interesting new product please visit: http://www.studiolambert.com/buyitnow.html
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Inverted Luma Matte in Boris RED
Hi, I am a Boris RED user, and I am wondering how to set an inverted luma matte (called "Luma Matte Inverted" in After Effects) as a track matte for any media. In After effects, all that you have to do is go down to the track that you are interested in, go to the "TrkMat" options, and select "Luma Matte Inverted." How would I do the same thing in Boris RED?
My purpose is to do some depth compositing with some z-pass material. By the way, does anybody know of a good tutorial/walk through of how to do depth compositing with z-pass...in RED?
Any help is appreciated.
Hi Daniel,
In Boris RED, you will find that you can twirl open any track to reveal what we refer to as sub-tracks. When you do this you will see the following sub-tracks in this order, from bottom to top:
Media - Mask (face mask) - Face - Transformations group - Mask (shape mask) - Track Shape
The two mask sub-tracks are used to apply a matte / mask either pre transform or post transform. Here's how it works ... you can drag any track containing a media element (a binary bitmap mask shape or a soft/hard pixel matte or any combination thereof) onto either the pre or post transform mask tracks. If you place the mask media track on the face mask then the mask will move as the media is transformed. If you place the mask on the shape mask track, then the mask will remain static, regardless of any transforms that you apply to that shape track.
To invert the matte, you can click on the invert mask toggle button, which is located at the far right of the mask track, beside the keyframe control section of the timeline.
For depth compositing, you might want to experiment with the BCC Z-Blur filter - it was designed specifically for this task. If you load the filter and click on the Help button, this will launch a detailed PDF that will walk you through how to use the filter.
Awesome! Thanks Peter,
I experimented with the Z-Blur filter. It is useful, but it does blur instead of straight mask, even when you have the blur amount set to the max.
I appreciated the help on tracks. I was able to set my z-pass image as a mask/matte for a track. I applied a color choker to the image so that I had contrasting white and black. However when the image is acting as a matte for a track, it doesn't recognize black as alpha/transparent and white as opaque. How do I fix this.
The reason that I know that the matte was working was because the z-pass image that i was using as a matte already had some alpha channel information/regions on it. Therefore I was able to see my masked media behind the portion of the image that was alpha/transparent.
What I am trying to do is take away the initial alpha channel info and set the highly contrasted white and black as opaque and transparent (respectively).
...any suggestions?
Thanks again,
Hey Daniel,
Glad that helped.
So regarding the alpha issue ... keep this rule in mind: any track that is outputting alpha can be nested in the mask track of any other track (pre or post transform) to act as an alpha matte for that track. With that, I'd suggest the following steps:
• click on the monitor icon on the track with alpha to view the output of this track in another viewer so that you can ensure that this track is indeed outputting alpha / transparency. (if you have not done so already, you might want to enable the checkerboard option to view alpha information or you can set the viewer mode to alpha instead of rub)
• once you have confirmed that the track has alpha, you can move forward and nest this in the mask track of the track that you need to have the track matte. TO do this, just drag the track with alpha onto the mask sub-track of the second track
• if you need to invert the matte, you can click on the invert mask button, which is at the far right of the mask track
Please let me know if this helps.
Hey Peter,
Again, I appreciate any help that I can get with RED. Unfortunately, the ammount of help, documentation, and tutorials that you can get a hold of for RED is miniscule compared to what you can get for After Effects, but these forums are a good remedy for this situation.
I thought that I would post a summary of what I did for some simple depth compositing in RED for anybody else who might have the same needs.... My goal at this point would be to figure out whether or not the way I did things was the most effective way to do them.
My original goal was to do some depth compositing in Boris RED. I had some main/background footage, some z-depth footage, and some other footage that I wanted to depth composite (some smoke/dust in this case). Since I had the z-pass footage already, I didn't really need to use the BCC Z-Blur filter. However in order to use the z-depth footage, I had to raise the contrast of the luma information (crush it so that it showed highly contrasted whites and blacks only...), create alpha information for it, and, eventually, set it (the crushed z-depth with new alpha...) as a matte/mask for my dust media. Fortunately, there is a filter that does the first two things for you-BCC Make Alpha Key. This filter will basically crush the image for you, set alpha information for white vs. black, and provide additionally useful capabilities such as feathering your contrasting whites and blacks.
Once the z-depth footage had been edited with the BCC Make Alpha Key filter, I used it as a matte for my dust footage by dragging it (the z-depth...) onto the track mask (the first mask track that you see when you twirl down/expand a main track).
This is what worked for me (in my first test project). I might be a little wrong in my usage of some of the terms. If anyone wants to correct it, feel free.
Thanks again for all of the help. If anyone wants to add anything that they think would be helpful, please do. I would also be interested in knowing if there are more effective ways of doing this...is RED.
Happy compositing,
If you need to convert color channels of a video track to an alpha channel then apply bcc make alpha to the video track that you want to work as a hicon.


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On internet I saw some discussions about wild ginseng, half wild ginseng, and farm ginseng. I was not familiar with ginseng and got very confused. Then I found your website which seems to present a very reputable ginseng farm. I called the customer service, they professionally answered all of my questions with great details. So I bought these ginseng roots for my family and would take several pounds back to Asia for my relatives. The packages provided are useful, especially the little gift bags are easy to carry and nice for packaging. I look forward to seeing my relatives like the ginseng.
I was searching online and found a couple of websites. I saw your farm and knew that your ginseng is from Canada. The ginseng we find in market is usually in the form of ginseng capsule. I am not sure how much real ginseng is inside those capsules, so I prefer to buy ginseng roots directly from your farm. I tried the roots. It's very hard, and not easy to cut, so I just boiled it in water for some time, then drank the ginseng water and chewed the roots. Your ginseng tastes great. I will buy again from you next time.
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Risen Savior Lutheran Church
1755 Quacco Rd.
(1 mile south of I-16 on Pooler Parkway)
Pooler, GA 31322
Phone: 912.925.9431
Contact Us
October 31, 2017 is the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. This event has a profound impact on our world and society...having been ranked as the 2nd most important historical event in the last 1,000 years. Risen Savior is celebrating this 500th anniversary in a number of ways.
National PBS Documentary: You can watch some of PBS' national documentary on Martin Luther HERE. This documentary was developed and filmed by our national church body, the Wisconsin Ev. Lutheran Synod.
Free Book: As part of the Reformation 500 celebration, the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) prepared "Ninety-Five Theses for the 21st Century". Unlike Luther's 95 theses, these 95 present all of the basic teachings of the Bible confessed in the Lutheran Church. This book will be October's free book during Risen Savior's worship services.
Reformation 500 Worship Series: Our worship during late October and November will focus on the teachings of the Bible that were brought back to the forefront of the Christian church: grace alone, faith alone, Scripture alone, and Christ alone. This worship series will include a special Reformation celebration on Sunday, October 29th at 10:00am. EXPLORE the "Reformation 500: Still" worship series.
Sunday Power Hour: Our Sunday Bible class is taking an in-depth look at Luther and the events which shaped the Reformation of the Church. This class will help you to understand the Reformation and the teachings which your faith holds to as a Lutheran Christian. This class is based on the book, "The Life and Faith of Martin Luther". Risen Savior does have limited copies available which you can purchase and read along from week to week.


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Join Ian Murray MP and Daniel Johnson MSP to campaign against the closure of Morningside Post Office. We will be collecting petition signatures at a street stall between 11am and 12:30pm on Friday 13 January, outside the Post Office (265 Morningside Road).
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A considerable amount of research has been devoted to establishing a relationship between strategic management and business performance. The spectrum of conclusions ranges from strong positive correlations to claims that the role of formal planning systems in business management is only informational (Rogers, Miller & Judge 1999, 567–568). Hill, Jones & Galvin (2004, 23) take a position in this debate by claiming that "strategic planning, on average, has a positive impact on company performance".
This claim further referred to as the 'Performance Claim', is based on research conducted by Miller & Cardinal (1994) and Rogers et al. (1999). Many academics question the usefulness of formal strategic planning systems as a means to improve company performance and argue that serendipity plays a critical role in determining competitive advantage (Mintzberg 1979, Hart 1992, Hamel 1996).
This essay evaluates the claim that strategic planning has a positive influence on company performance. This paper argues that an organisation can not rely solely on formal systems to develop a corporate strategy. Although empirical research points towards a positive correlation between strategic planning and company performance, these studies suffer from some methodological problems.
It will further be argued that because strategic management is not an exact science, strategy formulation requires a great deal of intuition and company performance relies to some extent on serendipity. This finding does, however, not imply that strategic planning as a formal exercise is futile. Strategic planning is vital for excellent management of an organisation. Not as a means to plot the course for years ahead, but as a way to be able to anticipate the unpredictability of external influences.
In the next section of this essay, the terms of the performance claim will be clarified. Following a discussion of research supporting and rejecting the Performance Claim, the different viewpoints are analysed and, an integrated approach to strategic planning will be proposed.
Strategic Management and Business Performance
The Performance Claim (Strategic planning, on average, has a positive impact on company performance) has two terms that need clarification before it can be assessed: strategic planning and company performance.
What is strategic planning?
Hill et al. (2004, 5) define strategy regarding its function as: "an action a company takes to attain superior performance". Functional definitions are, however, not suitable to assess the Performance Claim. When a strategy is defined as the action(s) taken to improve performance, the claim that strategy enhances performance becomes a tautology (Actions taken to attain superior performance, on average, have a positive impact on company performance). A different kind of definition is required to assess the Performance Claim.
Mintzberg (1979, 11) argued that strategic planning is a multifaceted phenomenon which is impossible to define in a short essential definition. He rejects any interpretation of strategy that restricts it to explicit, a priori guidelines and expands restrictive definitions by including evolved, a posteriori, consistencies in decisional behaviour as a strategy. Mintzberg advocates a phenomenological approach and defines strategy as a "plan, ploy, pattern, position and perspective" (Mintzberg 1987).
The multifaceted approach of Mintzberg is more suitable to assess the Performance Claim because it explains what strategic management is or can be, not what it is intended to do. Strategic planning is the formal process, or set of processes used to determine the strategies (actions) of the organisation (Hill et al. 2004, 5). Not all strategy is, however, derived from a formalised process. Hill et al. (2004, 23) distinguish, following Mintzberg, between intended strategy and emergent strategy. In intended strategy—the formal strategic planning process—strategic choices are based on rigorous analysis of external and internal factors.
Emergent strategies, on the other hand, originate from organisational grassroots. Emergent strategies are not developed but evolve in an organisation through actions that the organisation takes in reaction to internal and external circumstances (Hill et al. 2004, 20). The discourse around the Performance Claim focuses on the impact on the performance of strategic planning as a formalised process. In this essay, the Performance Claim will be evaluated from both perspectives.
Company performance
Company performance is traditionally related to increasing shareholder value. Performance can, however, also be measured regarding reduction of environmental footprint, improved occupational health and safety performance, increased customer satisfaction and so on. All research referred to in this essay uses the restricted interpretation of company performance, e.g. financial performance.
A key term in the Performance Claim is that company performance is on average positively affected by formal strategic planning. The research referred to in this essay (Miller & Cardinal 1994, Rogers et al. 1999) investigated whether a positive correlation between the amount of strategic planning and company performance exists; the more formal strategic planning, the better a company will perform.
The Performance Claim
The Performance Claim states that there exists a positive correlation between the extent of formal strategic planning and financial company performance.
Miller & Cardinal (1994) argue that strategic planning positively influences financial performance of an organisation. They investigated how firm size, capital intensity and environmental turbulence influence performance in firms with different degrees of formal strategic planning. The authors concluded that the mean correlations support the thesis that planning positively affects growth and profitability. The correlations show a fairly large fluctuation (0.30 < r2 < 0.71), but are skewed towards positive performance. They also concluded that stronger planning-profitability correlations emerge when firms face turbulent environments (Miller & Vaughan 2001, 1658).
Rogers et al. (1999) argued that a direct link between strategic planning and performance could not be made without considering the moderating effect of the actual content of the strategy. They investigated whether the relationship between strategic planning processes and organisational performance depends on the content of the strategy pursued and not just the extent of planning. Strategic planning was measured by using a questionnaire completed by representatives of several banks, which resulted in a set of planning dimensions: accounting control, integration & coordination, flexibility, goals & plans, scanning and broad analysis. When the data was controlled to include strategy content, it was found that strategy content moderates the relationship between planning and performance. The overall conclusion of their research was that formal strategic planning positively influences company performance, as expressed in the Performance Claim.
Mankins & Steele (2005) support the Performance Claim but argue that companies typically only realise 63% of the potential value of their strategy because of defects in planning and execution. Mankins and Steele provide a list of causes of performance loss but do not recognise that contingencies can negatively influence company performance. They thus imply that any strategy can be realised, as long as planned and executed appropriately.
Emergent Strategy and company performance
Several researchers emphasise the importance of emergent strategy formulation and downplay the role of formal strategic planning. They argue that luck plays a critical role in whether an organisation is successful or not (Mintzberg 1979, Hart 1992, Hamel 1996).
Strategy formation is, according to Mintzberg, the interplay between the formal, intended strategies and informal, emergent strategies, mediated by leadership (Mintzberg 1979, 72). He emphasises that strategy is not a fixed plan, nor does it change systematically at prearranged times at the will of management (Mintzberg 1979, 84). Mintzberg emphasises the unpredictability of the external environment. An organisation can find itself in a stable environment for long periods of time, without the need to change its strategy. Sometimes the environment can, however, become so turbulent that even the best planning techniques are useless because of the high level of unpredictability (Mintzberg 1979, 75). This seems to contradict the finding of Rogers et al. (1999) that stronger planning-profitability correlations emerge when firms face turbulent environments. Companies that perform well in a chaotic environment acknowledge that circumstances are in eternal flux. Both Rogers and Mintzberg are correct, the world is unpredictable, but proper strategic planning includes provisions for this uncertainty, such as scenario planning (Hill et al. 2004, 23).
Hamel (1996) argues that strategic planning as it is practised in business management is not strategic at all. He claims that strategy development tends to be a reductionist process, based on simple rules and heuristics, working from the present to the future, rather than the other way around. The strategic planning process is mostly extrapolative, and it is assumed that the future will resemble the past, an assumption that David Hume has shown to be irrational more than 250 years ago (Prevos 2005). Hamel emphasises the creative aspect of strategic management and points out that it is not a rote process that can be instrumentalised in neat systems, but a quest that must be a subversive revolution to improve company performance (Hamel 1996, 71).
An integrated approach
Hill et al. (2004, 130) argue that, although luck may be a reason for an organisation's success in particular cases, it is an unconvincing explanation for the persistent success of a company. They find it "difficult to imagine how sustained excellence … could result from anything other than a conscious effort" (Hill et al. 2004, 130). There are, however, many examples of how luck has positively influenced the future of organisations dramatically, and vice versa how unpredictable external circumstances have negatively influenced an organisation's fortune.
Empirical research shows a positive correlation between the extent of formal strategic planning and company performance (Miller & Cardinal 1994, Rogers et al. 1999). This research does, however, not prove a causal link between strategic planning and company performance. From an evolutionary perspective, only those companies that maintain a positive performance will survive. The research did not include an analysis of failed companies and their strategic planning. Furthermore, the research focusses on realised strategies. Mintzberg argues in this context that achieved strategy is always a combination of intended and emergent strategies (Mintzberg 1979, Mintzberg 1987). Following Mintzberg's typology of strategy formulation, the positive correlation between strategic planning and performance is not only based on formal, intended, strategy. Emergent strategy, and thus serendipity, luck and informal strategy formulation, play an essential role in achieving positive performance. This concept also explains the seeming contradiction between Rogers and Mintzberg regarding the influence of turbulence. Hill et al. (2004, 21) recognise the mutual importance of intended and emergent strategy and stress that management needs to understand the process of emergence and intervene when appropriate. Even though these strategies evolve without going through the formal process, management needs to evaluate these and select those that align with the vision set for the organisation.
Hart (1992) summarises the discourse between proponents of strict formal planning and those that stress the limits of this approach. He refers to formal planning as the rational model for strategy formulation. The rational model advocates to consider all available alternatives, identify and evaluate all of the consequences of each option and then select the preferred alternative. Researchers challenging this approach argue that organisations can achieve only limited rationality because of individual cognitive limits, heuristics and biases in human judgement.
Hart proposes an integrated approach to strategy formulation. Hart argues that prior literature on the subject has focused on a particular theme and has failed to capture the full range of the phenomenon of strategic planning.
An integrated approach to strategic management is required to get the full benefits. Strategic planning will not automatically positively influence performance once put into place; it requires constant "tinkering and kludging" to deal with continually changing circumstances.
Strategic management as a science
Research into strategy formulation has resulted in a plethora of strategic management theories. The fundamental differences between individual approaches and the fact that they come and go in quick succession support the claim that there is no firm scientific basis for theories of management (Miller & Vaughan 2001, 5).
Strategic management theory is an eclectic field with contributions from military history, engineering, industrial economics, organisational sociology, behavioural, cognitive and social psychology, anthropology and political science (Foster & Browne 1996, 21). Strategic management is thus more aligned with social sciences than the exact sciences and as such needs a methodology to suit the unpredictability of human behaviour, rather than a rational model, feigning predictability.
Management deals with human beings and their social interaction and both the external and internal environment are in a constant state of flux. A strategy will only improve performance if its formulation takes the fundamental unpredictability of the world into account. Strategy cannot be formulated through rational systems that model the real world. Formulating strategy is a continuously developing narrative between the organisation and the external environment.
In this essay, the question of whether strategic planning has, on average, a positive impact on company performance has been investigated. It has been argued that this is indeed the case, but a business can not rely on formal strategy planning alone to affect performance positively.
Although research (Miller & Cardinal 1994, Rogers et al. 1999) has established a positive correlation between strategic planning and company performance, it has not found a causal relationship between formal strategic planning and improved company performance. Strategy formulation is a complex synergy of intended and emergent strategy, and positive company performance is brought about by a combination of both.
It has also been argued that strategic management as science is closely related to social sciences and that the methodology of strategy formulation needs to fit the nature of the discipline. This idea does not mean that strategic planning is a futile exercise. Even in uncharted waters, a course needs to be chosen, even if there are no reference points for orientation. Strategic planning is vital for ensuring continued good company performance. Only those organisations that practice some form of strategic planning will survive. Not strategy as a rational model to plot the course for years ahead, but as a narrative between the organisation and the external environment, anticipating the unpredictability of external influences.
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Meet Ken.
Ken is a bus driver, and one of his routes is from downtown Barrie to the Simcoe Alternative Secondary School's south Barrie campus. Students at this location include parents with young children who attend the Young Parent Program, so many of Ken's passengers are young parents and their infants or toddlers.
I've been driving for 18 years. When I first started I drove a young mom who was about 13 years old. She and I would talk about the program. I think it is a very good program, especially for single moms, so they can continue their education.
Community service has been a large part of Ken's life. He has been a long-time member of the local Lion's Club and is currently a member of the Board of Directors. He has also been a Big Brother. This commitment to his community spills over into his professional life. This year, Ken donated a Christmas tree for the students at the 'alt school' to decorate, and dressed up as Santa Claus for their school Christmas party. He has also arranged for the school to use the Lion's Gate Banquet Hall for their commencement ceremony.
I think that people need to give back, especially if they've had a successful life. So that's what I do – give it back. I have fun with it. I could retire, but I have too much fun with the kids.
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As part of Redstones drive to expand into London, we're pleased to announce that we're due to open a new branch in Dartford led by our new franchisee, Amar Gill.
Proving that our franchisees come from many sectors, Amar previously worked in insurance for 12 years but wanted a career change, having developed a passion for property by dealing with different types of property in the insurance sector.
Having family members with franchises, Amar had been researching franchising as a career option for 4 years and felt that the franchise market was growing from strength to strength.
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The Great British fry up is enjoying a renewed surge in popularity, it has emerged, as research shows sales of eggs, bacon and sausage have all increased.
More than 140 million more cooked breakfasts were served this year compared with 2013, an increase of nearly 10 per cent.
However, experts suggest that people are enjoying smaller cooked breakfasts more frequently, rather than cooking up a full English every morning.
Eggs were included in 805 million breakfasts at home, up nearly 14 per cent on a year ago, while demand for bacon and frozen sausages increased by seven per cent and 30 per cent respectively.
Other breakfast favourites such as baked beans, tomatoes and ketchup are also more in demand for morning meals in homes, according to market analysts Kantar Worldpanel.
A demand for natural sources of protein and the rise of slimming regimes such as the 5:2 diet are thought to be fuelling the demand for cooked breakfasts.
Eggs in particular are growing in popularity as people believe going to work on an egg keeps them feeling fuller for longer.
Jennifer Leck, of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, told The Grocer: "Consumers want to get through to lunch without spending any money. Products that help them do this are benefiting."
The research also showed a move away from the habit of having breakfast on the go, which had previously fuelled demand for portable foods such as cereal bars.
UK households had 10 billion breakfasts at home in the six months to May 2014, up 0.3 per cent. Over the same period, consumers took 105 million breakfasts from home to be consumed elsewhere, down nine per cent.


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Tips for Getting Better Sleep
Sleep is important for everyone, but given the especially grueling work of those in the health care profession it can be an issue of patient safety. Non-traditional work hours and changing shifts can make it especially difficult, but with patients lives at stake it's something every health care worker needs to prioritize. We've put together a list of tips for helping you get better sleep.
Consistent schedule: creating a consistent sleep/wake schedule, even on the weekend can do wonders. It gives your body the opportunity to adjust to whatever schedule you are working. The temptation to sleep in on the weekends can be hard to resist but if you have a consistent work schedule, changes in your sleep schedule can actually do more harm than good.
Exercise: Getting regular exercise is one of the best things you can do to help your sleep routine, but you have to be smart about it. Exercise releases endorphins that can ramp you up, so you want to schedule your exercise times early in your day.
Healthy eating habits: Your body needs to slow down in order to truly rest. If it's busy processing a heavy meal, it may not be able to do this. Try to eat your heaviest meal early in your day and eat increasingly lighter as the day goes on.
Watch your caffeine intake: Avoiding caffeine is very hard to do. Especially when you are tired, but a lot of times it does more harm than good. Eliminating caffeine entirely would be optimum, but if not, limit yourself to early in your shift, especially if your schedule is inconsistent.
Avoid alcohol: That glass of wine before bedtime may call your name and make you feel more relaxed but it can wreak havoc on your sleep. Focus on other ways to relax before bedtime and leave that glass of wine for girls' night out.
Focus on stress relief: Stress is one of sleeps biggest enemies. Many a good night's sleep has been robbed by running thoughts. To combat this, first try to tackle the things you can control. Putting something off only increases the stress. For the things you can't control, consider incorporating relaxation techniques into your daily routine. Meditation, deep breathing exercises or yoga can make a big difference.
Relaxing bedtime routine: If you have kids, you probably have a bedtime routine for them. Bath, brush teeth, pj's, book, song, lights out. But kids aren't the only ones who can benefit from time to transition from the active state of the day to the resting state of the evening. Plus, the consistency helps signal to your body that it's time to rest.
Screen free time: This is extremely hard in our current plugged-in society. But as relaxing as Angry Birds or the latest episode of Greys Anatomy in bed seems, the light from the screen activates your brain even after you've shut it off. When creating your relaxing bedtime routine, leave the iPad out.
Shift work techniques: Working an inconsistent schedule can make getting productive sleep difficult under even the best circumstances. Here are a couple of tips to help.
- Trying to sleep at night is hard enough, trying to sleep during the day is like pushing a bolder up hill. Try to give your body the signals it's looking for by making your sleep area dark and keeping your work area brightly lit.
- Caffeine consumption is especially important for a changing schedule. Be even more diligent about limited caffeine to early in your shift to allow your body plenty of time to eliminate the stimulant before you need to sleep.
- For more specific information on surviving shift work, see this article from Nursing World. http://nursingworld.org/Content/NavigateNursing/AboutNN/Fact-Sheet-surviving-shift-work.pdf
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a way to jump out from your hand.
Poetry, done to a beat,
a beat of words, said right in time,
without confusion of the music,
but just the rhythm and the rhyme.
Poetry, phrase harmony;
the way a noun and adverb meet;
the way they line up side-by-side,
and all Not needed they delete.
Poetry, the passing thoughts,
and all the others I hold dear,
of all the people and the places
that I've written down right here.
Poetry, the gift of words,
and putting them together too;
Without the pen and paper
what in the world would my mind do?


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Dechra Canine Struvite Management Ccd Dog Food - 2.5Kg By Dechra Specific
Weight: 3.16kg
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Dechra Canine Struvite Management Ccd Dog Food - 2.5Kg Description & Review
Dechra Canine Ccd Struvite Management Dog Food Key Benefits:
- Dissolution & reduced recurrence of struvite:The diet has a reduced content of magnesium and phosphorus (components of struvite crystals) for dissolution and reduction of recurrence struvite crystals and stones.
- Urine pH control: A urine pH below 6.4 dissolves existing struvite crystals and minimises the risk of precipitation of new struvite crystals.
- High digestible: High quality and highly digestible ingredients ensure a maximum uptake of nutrients from the diet, whilst reducing faecal output.
- Joint, skin & coat support: EPA and DHA are both omega-3 fatty acids with a beneficial effect on the maintenance of healthy joints, skin and coats.
Ingredients: Maize starch, wheat, maize protein, animal fat, eggs, minerals, fish meal, powdered cellulose, hydrolysed pork protein, vitamins and trace elements, methionine, psyllium husk, sunflower oil.
Antioxidants: EC approved additives: BHA, BHT, propyl gallate.
It contains no artificial colours or flavourings.
Feeding guide:
The daily individual requirement may vary depending on factors such as breed, environment, season, activity etc. It is therefore advisable to continue monitoring condition and body weight, adjusting the amount fed accordingly.


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Delicious Summer Treats
Here are four great tasting recipes to try including drinks, salads, soup and fried chicken!
Watermelon Slushie
1 Qty 6 to 7lb watermelon
2 Limes
½ Cup Lime Juice
Soda Water
Slushie Syrup
2 Tbsp Granulated Sugar
¼ Cup Water
¼ Tsp Salt
Remove the seeds from watermelon.
Zest your limes (wash off the waxy coating on your limes and use a grater board to make shavings from the skin of lime).
Next make the Slushie Syrup in a small saucepan. Combine the salt, sugar and water, bring to a boil and then reduce heat to simmer until the sugar dissolves which should be about 2-3 minutes.
Remove pan from heat and stir in the lime juice and lime zest. Then let cool completely.
Once cooled, use a strainer and pour the liquid into a measuring cup.
Take ½ of the watermelon pieces and ½ the syrup into a blender and puree until smooth.
Strain into a metal loaf pan and repeat with the remaining watermelon pieces and syrup.
Cover and freeze (should take about 8 hours)
When ready to serve, use a fork and scrape the shavings to make large flakes and put in glasses
Top your glasses with the soda water and enjoy!
Tossed Salad
½ head lettuce, washed, torn into bite sized pieces
4 ounces spinach, fresh whole leaf
1 green onion, washed and minced
1 fresh tomato, washed and diced
1 cucumber, peeled, quartered, and sliced thin
Place in a large bowl and mix well! For slight variations of this tried and true classic, you can add items like hard boiled eggs, thin shavings of ham or turkey, onion slices or chopped green, yellow and red peppers. Makes 4 servings.
Creamy Cauliflower Soup
1 pkg. Monarch Cream of Chicken Soup Mix with Vegetables 1 c. Cauliflower 1/2 c. Fat free cottage cheese 1 c. Water 1 tsp. White pepper
Puree cauliflower and cottage cheese in blender. In small saucepan, stir soup mix and water until smooth. Bring to boil over medium heat. Reduce heat. Add puree mixture and simmer for 6 minutes or until cauliflower is cooked. Serves 2.
Per Serving: Calories: 87.5 Protein: 13 grams Carbs: 8 grams Fat: 0 grams
*Too bland? Kick up the flavor with garlic powder or onion powder.
Fried Chicken
1 pkg. Sea Salt-N-Vinegar Voyage Soy Chips 4 oz. Chicken breast 1 Egg white 1/4 tsp. Garlic powder 1/4 tsp. Paprika 1/4 tsp. Ground pepper flakes, sale and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a bowl, combine crushed Soy Chips and spices. Place egg white in another bowl. Dip chicken in egg white, then roll in Soy Chip crumb mixture. Place chicken in a small baking pan. Spray chicken with "I can't Believe It's Not Butter" spray. Bake for 20 minutes or until done. Serves 1.
Per Serving: Calories: 275 Protein: 46 grams Carbs: 12 grams Fat: 5 grams
*For a crispier coating, cook the chicken 5-10 minutes longer and flip the chicken breast when half done.
- Blog Administrator