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|By Liz McMillan
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|April 28, 2012 05:00 AM EDT
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The Platform as a Service (PaaS) market grew out of the fact that no other cloud solution addressed the ever-increasing complexity of managing and writing modern applications: no frameworks, libraries or APIs alone could tackle the sticky application engineering challenges. Unfortunately, PaaS 1.0 is what people are now seeing as strictly a "tool" to easily deploy apps to the infrastructure in a self-service way with little or no differentiation among offerings. However, in order for PaaS to reach its full potential and become the modern day abstraction layer for software delivery, we must enter the PaaS 2.0 phase.
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 10.5 had arrived last August with Android 8.1 Oreo. It is now going to get the Android Pie update.
The update carries build number T835XXU2BSD1 and is currently only rolling out to the LTE model (SM-T835) in France. It brings in features like App Actions and Slices to this slate along with Samsung's latest custom skin – One UI.
This update also bumps up the Android security patch level on the Galaxy Tab S4 10.5 to March 1, 2019 instead of the latest April patch. Apart from that, it brings Digital Wellbeing and Dark Mode in Settings.
The Galaxy Tab S4 10.5 is the third Samsung device to get Pie update this week. Earlier the Galaxy J6 and Galaxy J8 also got the latest version of Android.

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This Cobble Hill spot features a painstakingly restored Art Deco bar and a relaxed, genial vibe. What was once a haunt for longshoremen is now a neighborhood place to settle in for burgers and a beer or any of proprietor-barman Toby Cecchini's well-made cocktails.
THE DRINK TO DRINK: Long Island Gimlet (gin, ginger-lime cordial, fresh lime)
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: The kitchen closes one hour before the bar, so order that Buffalo fried cauliflower while you can.


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Jan Struther was the pen name of Joyce Anstruther, later Joyce Maxtone Graham and finally Joyce Placzek (June 6, 1901 – July 20, 1953), an English writer remembered for her character Mrs. Miniver and a number of hymns, such as "Lord of All Hopefulness".
She was the daughter of Henry Torrens Anstruther and spent her childhood in Whitchurch in Buckinghamshire, England.
In 1923 she married Anthony Maxtone Graham, a broker at Lloyd's, by whom she had three children. In the 1930s she started to write for Punch magazine, and this brought her to the attention of The Times newspaper, where Peter Fleming asked her to write a series of columns for the paper, about "an ordinary sort of woman who leads an ordinary sort of life - rather like yourself". The character she created, Mrs Miniver, proved a huge success, and the columns were subsequently collected into book form in 1939.
Upon the outbreak of war, this book was used as the basis for a patriotic and sentimental film about Mrs Miniver, released in 1942, which won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
By this time, Struther had herself gone to America as a lecturer. In the 1940s Struther was a frequent guest panelist on the popular American radio quiz show Information Please, where she provided a warm and witty presence. She was one of the few women panelists to appear repeatedly on the program. In a possibly apocryphal story by fellow panelist Oscar Levant, Struther's appearances on the show stopped abruptly after she answered a question by referring to Agatha Christie's book Ten Little Niggers, which was the original British title of the book Ten Little Indians (later retitled And Then There Were None). Struther was supposedly so hurt and surprised by the backlash to her reference that she refused to appear on the show again.
Her long marriage to Anthony Maxtone Graham eventually failed, and Struther started an affair with Adolf Placzek, a Viennese art historian 12 years her junior. She married him as her second husband, 5 years before her death.
Her final years were marked by severe depression, leading to a five-month stay in a psychiatric hospital. Following a mastectomy for breast cancer, she died in of cancer in New York in 1953 at the age of 52. Her ashes are buried beside her father in the family grave at St. John The Evangelist Church, in Whitchurch.
As well as the creation of the character Mrs Miniver in a fortnightly column in The Times, Struther is remembered for her hymns for children, including "Lord of All Hopefulness", "When a Knight Won His Spurs" and "Daisies are Our Silver". These resulted from an approach by Canon Percy Dearmer of Westminster Abbey, who in 1931 was commissioned by Oxford University Press to compile a collection of hymns. Ironically, Struther herself was an agnostic, although she did go to church.
Struther is the subject of a biography, The Real Mrs. Miniver, written by her granddaughter, Ysenda Maxtone Graham. ISBN 0-7195-5541-8
She is the great-aunt of Ian Maxtone Graham, former co-executive producer of The Simpsons.
Jan Struther was the pen name of Joyce Anstruther, later Joyce Maxtone Graham and finally Joyce Placzek (6 June 1901 – 20 July 1953), an English writer remembered for her character Mrs. Miniver and a number of hymns, including Lord of All Hopefulness and When a Knight won his Spurs.


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Welcome to Canada – Welcome to Cornwall!
Starting over in a new city can be a challenge, especially if you are coming from another country and another culture.
Fortunately, Cornwall is modern city with many amenities, and the people who live here are very welcoming and friendly. We have created an immigration website with an abundance of information about living and working in Cornwall, along with links to a variety of organizations that can help you.
You can also request a free copy of our New Resident Guide, a 70 page document filled with information about getting settled in Cornwall, including finding a place to stay, schools, healthcare professionals, and more. You can request a free copy via our Request Info page.
Getting a Job
Employment Opportunities are posted to this website as they become known or available. Check often and bookmark the site!
More Help
TR Leger Immigrant Services is a valuable resource for newcomers, offering a variety of settlement services and advice.
The 5EO Local Immigration Partnership works with immigrants, community agencies and local businesses to promote a welcoming atmosphere for newcomers.
Starting a Business
Many newcomers have the drive and experience to become successful entrepreneurs. If you are interested in starting a small business, you will want to stop by the Cornwall Business Entreprise Centre. The CBEC staff offer free consultations and can assist you through the process of registering your new business.


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Kindergarten Policies
- Asthma
- Behaviour Guidance
- Code of Conduct for Parents/Volunteers
- Complaints
- Delivery and Collection
- Emergency Evacuation
- Enrolment
- Excursion
- Fees
- HIV, Aids and Hepatitis
- Hygiene
- Special needs
- Nutrition
- Parental Access and Involvement
- Privacy
- Qualified Staff
- Staff Absence
- Sunsmart
Full versions of all the policies are available in the Parents Library at the kindergarten.
Parents will be asked to complete forms with details of:
- Your name and address
- Emergency contact details
- Details of those people authorised to collect children from Kindergarten
- Health and development information about each child
Information provided will be used for assisting the teachers with planning and implementation of the kinder program along with general health and safety reasons.
Parents will be asked to sign a permission form before distributing details for any other purpose e.g. class contact lists.
All confidential records relating to the children are stored in the Kindergarten office. Access to these records is restricted to staff as appropriate.
Parents may have access to the records on their child at any time. Any information about each child's development and attendance at kinder will be treated in strictest confidence between the parents/guardian and the staff member.
In the case of emergency, a relief teacher or a member of the Executive Committee would access the information.
St Johns Kindergarten is committed to the safety and well-being of all children, staff and volunteers attending the kindergarten. We believe that positive behaviour in all children is to be encouraged and that all children need to be respected and valued as individuals.
We believe that setting limits for behaviour is important for safety and protection of children, adults and the environment and that ultimately limit setting will develop self-discipline in children. The aim is to help children learn the consequences of their behaviour and developing an understanding of their actions. Children will never be smacked, nor degraded verbally or isolated. Managing behaviour positively assists in promoting a predictable and caring environment for all children. When a child is displaying on-going or risky behaviour, your child's teacher may wish to advise a Behaviour Management Plan with you. When children routines change, (sick relative, moving house, parental absence as well as smaller things, late night, resent change in diet) their behaviour may reflect this. This is why it is very important you communicate this with your child's teacher so they are aware and supportive, making allowances for unusual behaviour.
Healthy Eating Policy
Our Kindergarten promotes healthy eating, regular meals/snacks and encourages children to drink plenty of water.
Please ensure your child has a lunchbox and large bottle of water. Please pack snacks and lunches in packs that are easy for your child to open and close. An ice brick or frozen gel in lunch box will help to keep your child's food cool and safe.
Around a quarter of all Australian children aged 5 are either overweight or obese according to measured BMI. (sourced from Australian Bureau of Statistics 2013). Furthermore, the type of food (amount of sugar, salt, colouring preventives) can have an alarming effect on children's behaviour, brain function and learning capacity.
Therefore we request lunchboxes to contain limited packaged food and lots of fresh food.
For example: Fruits and berries (tip: allow your child to pick the section for the week) Veggies- carrot (grated, sticks, purple, baby), celery, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber corn cob. Others- olives, falafels, can of beans, tuna, whole hard-boiled egg, rice cakes, cheese and whole-grain crackers, Low-sugar yoghurt. Wholemeal/multigrain sandwich or wrap with filing- ham, cheese, vegemite, left overs, carrot, egg, pickles. Left over rice, pasta, roast veggies/meats.
Please do not include LCM bars, Roll-ups, Fruit tails, Fried Potato chips, cookies, chocolate, cakes or any other 'sometimes foods' in your kindergarten lunch box.
Four year olds have a weekly delivery of fresh fruit and vegetables with is available for children to snack on during the day, if need be.
There we are cooking and food experiences during the year. These experiences will be supervised closely by staff and planned in conjunction with the parents of any child/children who may have food allergies or sensitivities.
Parents are expected to apply a broad spectrum, water resistant sunscreen to their child prior to the kindergarten session. Staff will reapply during the day (Parents may choose to supply their own sunscreen, which must be clearly labelled).
A hat is compulsory from September to May. Appropriate Sun smart hats should cover the face, ears and neck. Broad brimmed or legionnaire style hats are best. Baseball caps are not suitable for sun protection and cannot to be worn during session. Children who do not have a hat will be required to play in areas protected from the sun. All hats should be clearly labelled with your child's name. The service will provide appropriate spare hats in an 'emergency' which will be laundered after each use.
Delivery and Collection of Children
In compliance with the Children's Services Regulations, you must sign in and sign out your child in the Sign-in Book upon arrival and departure. It is most important that the times you record are accurate. Children will be permitted to leave the Kindergarten only with authorised persons. We understand that sometimes it is not possible for the usual person to pick up your child. If you have arranged for someone different to collect your child, please record their details on your child's enrolment form, their full name in the Sign-in Book and communicate this to the staff on the day. If parents are living apart, have shared custody of a child, or no court order claiming otherwise, staff are unable to prevent which parent collects the child.
Late pick up
If a parent fails to pick up a child, 15 minutes after the conclusion of the session, kindergarten staff will contact the parents and/or guardians in the first instance and then those on the child's parent-authorised pick up list (from the enrolment form) to collect the child.
If the child has not been collected within 60 minutes of the conclusion of the session, and staff are unable to contact the parent or a person on the authorised pick up list, kindergarten staff will contact the regional branch of the Department of Education and Training (DET) and advise them of the situation. If this occurs, the child will be collected by a Community Services Representative and the parent will be required to liaise with DET to arrange to pick up their child
Nominal late fees:
Late fees are charged at $20 in 15 minute blocks, or part thereof, from the conclusion of the session.
Accident, illness and injuries
All accidents, illnesses and injuries which occur at Kinder must be recorded on an Accident, Injury, Trauma form or Illness Record form. Staff will complete these forms. Parents will be asked to sign the book if their child has an accident or illness at kinder. In the event of a serious accident, an Incident Report Form must also be completed and sent immediately, as practicable, to DET, with a copy of the Accident, Illness and Injury form.
Sick Children
When your child is ill, please contact teachers via phone or email. Please be vigilant on allowing your child to get well before returning back to kinder. This protects the other children, families and staff of contracting illnesses. Children, as well as adults heal faster and better when resting, furthermore, health is vital to ensuring your child gets the most out of their kindergarten program.
Infectious Illness
If a child is diagnosed with an infectious disease, please notify the kinder either by phone or email. It is most important they stay at home for the full duration, as prescribed by the Department of Health Infectious Diseases schedule.
You must provide full written instructions from the doctor and signed permission on a medication form. Your child's medication and allergy information is kept in the kitchen to enable easy access for staff in case of emergency. Medication is to be kept in their original containers bearing the original label. The parent/caregiver must tell the staff where the medication is kept e.g. fridge. You will be required to sign the medication form at the end of the session to acknowledge that your child's medication was correctly administered.
Allergies/Asthma and Anaphylaxis
St John's has a comprehensive health policy that supports the recommendation that no nuts or nut products and packaging that has contained nuts are brought to kinder. This may be extended to other allergens known to children who have been diagnosed with anaphylaxis (life threating allergy). E.g. Egg, Sesame. This is to minimise the risk to any children attending kinder who have anaphylaxis.
Please ensure that your child has an up-to-date health alert plan, sign by your doctor and up-dated photo attached. We cannot allow any child to attend the service and be placed under the staff care without these forms correctly and completely filled out.
Complaints, Queries and Feedback
If, at any time throughout the year, you would like to discuss your child or the Kindergarten program, please approach your child's teacher to make a suitable time to talk with them. You are also welcome to discuss any concerns with Beverley Nolan, St. John's Kindergarten nominated supervisor, Samantha Williamson, President of St John's Kindergarten Committee of Management and a Children's Services Advisor at DET. Your feedback helps us to continuously improve the kindergarten.


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It's been a long time since my previous update so to keep up with the tradition of monthly updates, this time I'll be putting up an in-depth and totally unnecessary review of my home theatre/entertainment set up.
I've not decided yet on how many parts this will be but I'm aiming for three, a trilogy if you may. Who knows, it might even be a triview of epic proportions. Or if there is more to add, it might even be a "trilogy in more than 3 parts". First and foremost, a picture of the whole shebang.
Since most of my readers (all 3 of them) might not give a damn about the technical stuff in this review, I'll have lots of pictures and explain it in layman's terms or street talk or whatever they call it these days to show what's so cool about spending a small fortune. First up is the centre of attention, the big ass TV.
"A TV is like your penis, it's always never big enough." Applies to boobs as well I guess. But hey 40″ is big enough for a TV (40″ is a tad too much a measurement for a penis, but boobs maybe, whatever floats your boat). First and foremost, the said TV is a Samsung LCD TV, model LE-40M86BD Euro version. It cost me nearly 1.6 big ones in those fancy European currency. I won't go into anymore details as I'll just bore you to death and I'm just that lazy.
Anyway, the picture is sweet, the colours are true to life and porn has never been better watching National Geographic is like being there. But of course, it all boils down to the source material. If you have some bootleg, out-of-focus, recorded-by-a-Parkinson's-sufferer-in-a-cinema kind of movie material, it'll never help. But with high definition material like Blu-Ray movies, you can tell if Bond needs to book an appointment with his beautician to remove all those black heads.
There are of course some bad points with this TV. The sound is shitty. It's sufficient for normal news viewing but for movies, I need to pipe the sound through my surround system (more on that soon hopefully). Besides, there is this annoying thing of having to press numerous times on the remote to change between inputs. Couch time is sacred to a Malaysian you hardworking Koreans!
Being able to watch movies and game for insanely inhuman long periods of time calls for the highest degree of safety and comfort to one's posterior. Therefore, a suitable "Posterior Comfort and Protection Unit" is of utmost importance. "This unit fits itself snugly to your behind, producing a natural form that caresses and enhances beauty of your posterior, while providing the best comfort to the user and style to the modern living room", at least that's what my neighbour said to me when I got it from him before he decided to throw it away.
With all those hardware, one must have the software to match. Like the saying goes, "a chain is only as strong as its weakest link" or something like that. It's like having a wife with the body of Angelina Jolie who doesn't know the difference between a dimple and a nipple, you'll just get to have very hot sex but fall asleep after that because of boredom. Wait, that didn't turn out right, but you get the drift.
Nothing much to talk about this faithful device here. It's been 2 years since I got it and still works like new. Only managed to get the main part in the picture as it makes little sense to photograph 5 similar speakers, just use your imagination or print the picture out 5 times.
That grey thingamajig with an antenna is a wireless device to connect my Playstation 3 to Internet (more on that in the next review).
That's all for the first installment of my humble review. Hope it brought you some laughs and envy. Next up, the heart of all this, my Sony Playstation 3 and its bastard son, the Playstation Portable. Before I go, I leave you with a behind the scenes picture of the making of this review.


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WINNIPEG — More changes are coming to health care in Winnipeg, the latest aimed at reducing the number of people who go straight from hospital to care homes.
But the NDP and union leader say they're worried the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's new Priority Home program is another step toward privatization.
The service, which launches Nov. 1, is meant to provide transitional home care to clients who might otherwise end up in long-term care.
Gina Trinidad, the WRHA's chief health operations officer, says the program will provide short-term intensive and restorative service to eligible clients for up 90 days.
He says it will also provide a rapid response nursing service, focusing on decreasing admission to hospitals and preventing avoidable hospital visits or emergency visits for individuals with medically complex needs.
The WRHA says that after that 90 days, many individuals should be able to stay in their homes with regular home care.
The health authority also says much of the work is being contracted out to two private companies, due to the program's roll-out timeline.
Health care aide and support worker positions will be filled by private companies We Care health services and ParaMed, while positions like nurses, occupational therapists and rehab assistants will come from the existing WRHA pool.
The use of private companies is concerning to Michelle Gawronsky, president of the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union, which represents thousands of Manitoba health care workers.
"This is work that's been done by our members for the last 30 or 40 years," Gawronsky says. "So it's not that this is anything new; it's not an add on. They're taking dollars that are going to go into a private company."
Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew expressed similar concerns about privatization, and says he's worried the changes could affect the quality of care.
"Are there going to be lower standards? Is each person who delivers home care going to have to serve more elders, more seniors?" says Kinew.
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Diet is the narcissism which innovate the body life, structure and psychology of a person during his growth in the human life. Not only in human beings, is diet necessary but also in mammals. If we don't have a nice diet,we cannot survive in a healthy way.Someone has rightly said,"Working is only possible if we have a good health".
Balance diet as we all know is the diet which helps our body to work properly.It contains proteins, fibers, nutrition etc. One should add grains, fruits, vegetables and dairy products in his diet.
The main essential types of food groups:
1. Milk and Diary products: Milk products provide calcium to our body. Calcium in turn makes our teeth and bones stronger. Cream, ghee, yogurt,milk are following examples.
2. Fruits and vegetables:Fruits and vegetables are a huge source of vitamins and minerals."An apple a day, keeps a doctor away" is the common proverb used by many people.
3. Roughage and fiber: Roughage and fibers are one and the same things. Fibers are the starchy foods which work as a fuel in our human machine. Bread, cereals,,salad and brown rice are great sources of fibers.
4. Non vegetarian proteins : Meat, fish chicken are also vital source of supply of proteins and vitamins in our dietary plan. Non vegetarian products also help in the sustenance of the basic food chain.
There are many more such groups which are necessary in our diet which can cultivate in the advancement of foodies theorem.


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Month: August 2014
Fractured time, fractured images
It's been a messy week. I have been working on too many things at once; with each project producing more and more sub-projects and tasks, and my "to-do" list begininng to resemble a Russian novel — with a cast of thousands.
I had intended to respond to Sally's phoneography challenge with some street photography, but I didn't manage to get out on the street. The mall and the supermarket would have done, but my phone's battery died after a few fun shots in the produce department.
So, no street photography. Instead some very symbolic shots of endlessly repeating vegetables and fruit generated with my new "fun" app fractalPhoto.
Sally at Lens and Pens by Sally hosts a weekly phoneography and non SLR digital devices photo challenge. You can join in here.
Wordless Wednesday: camelia
Random moment of delight: on slow walks and busy spiders
Yesterday was the first in a long time I've given myself permission to go for a walk instead of starting work straight away. Not a particularly long walk – and I did take my camera – but enough to feel invigorated (probably by the cold) and humming with plans and ideas.
The trees were full of spiderwebs, hung with tiny beads of moisture and the morning light produced unexpected colours as a backdrop.
Truly a random moment of delight.
Meghan AKA Firebonnet hosts the Random Moments of Delight Challenge. You can see the latest moment here.
DP Photo Challenge: Fray
Being more of a dressmaker than a gardener, I tend to think of fraying in a negative way. Frayed fabric is weakened and liable to fail. Yet looking at the roots of a lemongrass plant, what appears as fraying is actually the plant's strength. Roots that spread outwards, fraying more and more into chaotic threads deliver more nutrients and provide stability for the stems and leaves above ground.
The theme of this week's Daily Post Photo Challenge is fray. You can join in here, or enjoy some other bloggers' take on the theme:
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Steel & grease: the new project in our garage
I am the daughter of a perfectionist tradesman; practical and unafraid to get stuck in and fix things when they break. But my long tenure as the Big T's co-habitee has, I confess, made me a bit lazy. Like my dad, T is enormously handy. He has built bits of our house, maintained our cars, and sorted out the kind of plumbing and electrical problems that other people would have paid a professional to do. And I have definitely developed a tendency to ask for his help rather than trying to do maintenance and repair stuff myself.
T spends his days at a computer screen; a mechanical engineer whose work is mainly virtual. But he's a man who needs a project; a tools out, hands dirty, greasy smell project. Several years ago he restored his old motor bike which had languished in his parents garage while we were in the UK. He doesn't ride as often as he'd like — but at least now he can.
A few months ago he bought another bike to restore. So once again half of the garage is spread with tools and parts. This is totally outside my realm of either knowledge or interest, so I content myself with occasionally taking photos of these machines.
Black and white photography works well for machinery; allowing a focus on shape and texture. I shot these deliberately in quite poor light without my glasses on. I figured I didn't really understand what I was photographing so I'd just — literally — point and shoot.
I have friends (and of course a partner) who can look at these photos and not only know what all the parts are, but whether they are original or aftermarket, and can probably tell what size and make the bolts are. I just look at them and think; nice detail, cool contrast.
Sally's Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Photo challenge this week at Lens and Pens by Sally is black and white. Pop over and have a look.
DP Photo challenge: silhouette
I usually think of silhouette images as being created by relatively bright light behind the subject, yet in these two shots, the light was minimal and diffuse – a misty winter morning.
The two shots below, by contrast, were taken at particularly intense sunrise and sunset.
This post was written for the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge. You can take part here. Or enjoy some other bloggers' contributions:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette
Travel theme: horizon
The picture-perfect volcanic cone of Rangitoto Island is visible from all over Auckland. It is the biggest thing on the horizon.
Ailsa's Travel Theme this week at Where's My Backpack is Horizons.
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First published February 2017 | Words and photos by Vietnam Coracle
A romp through the Central Highlands, the Truong Son Dong Road is a ride to be savoured, both for scenery and for sheer riding pleasure. Many sections are brand new: in excellent condition as they pass through dense jungle, cutting dangerous passes along steep ravines, meandering, like a river of asphalt, through rolling farmland. And yet, traffic is light and the land sparsely populated, with minority towns with strange and exotic sounding names, like Ayun Pa, K'Bang, and Ea Ly. The name of the road in Vietnamese, Đường Trường Sơn Đông, has romantic connotations: literally 'Road to the East of the Long Mountains'. Historical, poetic, and mystical overtones run throughout this journey: the Central Highlands has long been a place of spirits and ghosts, of myths and fairy tales, of unknown peoples and wild animals, and of war. The geographical 'abdomen' of the nation, control of the Central Highlands has always been strategically important: to the Vietnamese, the French, the Americans. As such, there's a military undercurrent to this route which, at times, feels like a highway built to aid guerrilla warfare. This is my guide to The Road East of the Long Mountains.
*Special thanks to Vietnam Back Roads Facebook group for posting about parts of this route
Mystical overtones & military undercurrents: the Truong Son Dong Road is a ride to be savoured
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- Total Distance: 725km
- Duration: 3-6 days
- Route: the heart of the Central Highlands on the Eastern Mountain Road [MAP]
- Road Conditions: excellent new roads, light traffic, a few bumpy patches
- Scenery: mountains, lakes, rivers, forest, farmland, highland villages & towns
- SECTION 1: Dalat to Lake Lak: 160km
- SECTION 2: Lake Lak to M'Drak: 130km
- SECTION 3: M'Drak to Ayun Pa (via Ea Ly): 115km
- SECTION 4: Ayun Pa to K'Bang (via Dak Po): 110km
- SECTION 5: K'Bang to Quang Ngai (via Son Tay): 210km
I've written this guide in 5 sections, all of which are relatively short and can be comfortably completed in a day. The main purpose of this guide is to ride the length of the Truong Son Dong Road. Although the southern and northern parts are still under construction, the central section (which this guide focuses on) is in pristine condition. It's possible to join the Truong Son Dong Road at several points along its length (see the red east-west lines on my map), but I've chosen to write this guide starting from Dalat, because this is where the road will eventually reach, and it seems fitting to begin this crawl through the Central Highlands from the hub for travel in the region. When it's finished, the Truong Son Dong Road will link up with the Pine Tree Road (just north of Dalat) and run all the way north to Thanh My (60km west of Danang) on the Ho Chi Minh Road. Currently, the Truong Son Dong Road is complete from M'Drak to Son Tay, all of which is covered in this guide. There are also some fully complete sections of the road which do not yet link up with the rest of the route: I've marked some of these short but impressive stretches in red on my map, but at present they are dead ends. Although parts of this route are quite remote and see very little traffic, there are gas stations and villages at fairly regular intervals, and in my guide I've included suggestions of places to stay and eat along the way. The best time of year is spring or summer (March-July), but weather is always unpredictable in this mountainous region, so be prepared for sun, rain, cold, and heat.
Many sections of the Truong Son Dong Road are brand new, yet traffic is light and the scenery is good
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Through the Central Highlands on the Eastern Mountain Road
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Route: Dalat to Lake Lak | Distance: 160km [MAP]
Head west out of Dalat on Cam Ly Street, leaving the greenhouses, tourists, and increasingly heavy traffic of this mountain city behind. Hang a left (due southwest) on the road down the mountain to Ta Nung Village. Recently upgraded, this mountain pass zigzags through pine trees and mist to a heavily cultivated valley. Continue south through Ta Nung, perhaps stopping for a look at the impressive Elephant Falls and snapping a few photos of the coffee plantations (although there are plenty more of those to come on this road trip), all the way down to the intersection with Route QL27. Bear right (due northwest) onto QL27 and follow it through a featureless, farmed valley, until the road begins to climb.
Stop for a look at the impressive Elephant Waterfall on the way south from Dalat to join Road QL27
Two consecutive passes (the first quite slow and bumpy; the second very smooth and great for riding) take you around the western edge of the Lang Bian Plateau. It's quite a scenic ride, with jungled mountains broken by coffee, banana and corn plantations. This is coffee country, and, depending on which season it is, the cool mountain air is either heavy with the nutty, earthy aroma of the coffee bean, or the sweet, flowery fragrance of the coffee blossom. Vietnam is currently the second largest producer of coffee in the world: cultivation of the bean is on a massive scale in this region. It provides an income to millions of Vietnamese, but it also comes at huge cost to the forests. Much of the landscape you see on Route QL27 was primary forest not long ago, but now, in some areas, there's barely a tree left standing for all the hundreds of thousands of coffee bushes that have been planted. It's a plundered but productive landscape as you ride northwards on QL27: up and down more mountains passes, over valleys flooded for hydroelectricity projects, past minority hamlets of wooden longhouses choked by smoke from the hearths, on an excellent, meandering, tarmac road all the way to Lake Lak.
Coffee country: this cash crop grows up the mountainsides & along the roadside from Dalat to Lake Lak
A natural lake in a wide valley ringed by mountains, Hồ lắk (Lake Lak) has long been touted as a tourist attraction. It's a very pretty place with a friendly little town (called Lien Son), a large ethnic minority population, and several accommodation options. But, although there's something magical about the silence here and the pink sunsets over the placid waters, Lake Lak has yet to grow into a destination in its own right. Rather, it's perfect for a stop on a road trip to somewhere else, as in this case. Stop early in the afternoon so as to have time to soak up the atmosphere here and choose from several accommodation options: Try the clean, simple and friendly Moi Truong Hotel (40 Au Co Street; 200,000vnd), or one of several roadside nhà nghỉ (local guest houses), such as Nha Nghi Ho Lak (201 Nguyen Tat Thanh Street; 200,000vnd), or get a lakeside cabin at Lak Resort ($25), or splash out on the new, very atmospheric, lake-view wood-and-canvas longhouses at Lak Tented Camp ($90). Good street food, including noodle soups and bánh xèo (Vietnamese savoury pancakes) can be found on the high street near the local market in the mornings and evenings.
Lake Lak is in a very pretty area: perfect for a night stop on a road trip through the Central Highlands
Route: Lake Lak to M'Drak | Distance: 130km [MAP]
Continue north from Lake Lak on Route QL27, passed shimmering rice paddies, grazing cattle and a backdrop of mountains, to the junction with Road TL12. Now, it's decision time: from here there are two options to get to M'Drak, both of which are 130km. Option 1 is slower because of some rough road conditions, but more scenic; Option 2 is quicker because it uses highways, but less interesting.
OPTION 1: (Marked in grey on my map.) If the weather is good and you have some time to spare, turn right (due east) on Road TL12 and follow it all the way around until it hits Highway QL26. Turn left (due north) onto QL26 and head up to M'Drak. This route leads around the northern edge of Chu Yang Sin National Park, including some good scenery from Cu Dram (about midway on TL12) until Highway QL26. But Road TL12 is only in OK condition: the second half is the worst, and if it's been raining it can be very slow going. However, if weather conditions are good, the potholes and scarred road surface will still slow you down but won't spoil your enjoyment. If you run out of time, there are a couple of local guest houses (nhà nghỉ) at Cu Dram. Once you meet Highway QL26, it's a smooth, fun, meandering ride up swirling passes to M'Drak. It's interesting to note that, just south on Cu Dram on Road TL12, is a small village called Yang Mao, where there's an isolated and beautiful section on the Truong Son Dong Road. For several kilometres south of Yang Mao this brand new road (see the red line on my map) weaves along a pretty and remote valley, until it ends at a construction site, where they are continuing to carve the road into the mountains. When it's finished, this road will go over the mountains and meet the Pine Tree Road and then on to Dalat, thus completing the southern extent of the Truong Son Dong Road. But, for now, it's a dead end.
Option 1: the 'back road' to M'Drak, passing by an isolated section of the Truong Son Dong Road
OPTION 2: (Marked in blue on my map.) If the weather has been wet, or if your time is limited and you want to get to the beginning of the Truong Son Dong Road (at M'Drak) as soon as possible, simply continue north on QL27 to the intersection with QL26. Turn right (due east) and take QL26 to M'Drak. It's an easy, fairly scenic, but not particularly exciting, ride. (Note: although it looks like there are more direct routes between QL27 and QL26 [like DT9, for example] these roads are often in bad condition and not worth the risk of getting stuck.)
Option 2: the main road to M'Drak, across a misty and heavily cultivated plateau
M'Drak has a couple of decent guest houses, including Yen Nhi (0984 351 578) with simple but clean rooms for around 200,000vnd and a friendly owner (Nha Nghi Yen Nhi is signposted off the main road opposite the large Honda garage, down an alley). There are plenty of food and drink options on the highway as it passes through town (don't forget to try the excellent local coffee). Just south of M'Drak there's another dead-end section of the Truong Son Dong Road (see the red line on my map). It's in perfect condition, including a surreal stretch where it widens into a airstrip before coming to an abrupt stop, ending in a muddy lane. This will eventually continue south to Yang Mao (near Cu Dram) where it will meet the section of road that is already completed over there (as mentioned in Option 1). But it will be a long time before this is completed.
Note: M'Drak, on Highway QL26, is where you will join this route if you are starting from Nha Trang (see the east-west red line on my map).
Just south of M'Drak, a dead-end section of the Truong Son Dong Road widens into an 'airstrip'
Route: M'Drak to Ayun Pa (via Ea Ly) | Distance: 115km [MAP]
Just north of M'Drak turn right (due northeast) onto an new but unmarked road which quickly joins up with Road DT693 (also marked as QL19C). After a couple of minutes, bear left (due north) at Ea Lai fork. This incongruous turning is the beginning of the central section of the Truong Son Dong Road. From this point on it will lead you across plateaus, over mountains, and through jungles for nearly 400km, and most of it will be deserted: a whole new road through the middle of the Central Highlands almost all to yourself. In its current state it's about 70% complete: from M'Drak to beyond Son Tay. But, when it's finished, it will lead from Dalat all the way to Thanh My, on the Ho Chi Minh Road. Bits of it are not yet marked on any maps, including Google Maps (although I'm sure this will change very soon). This is the case with the middle of the first section, from the Ea Lai fork north to the junction with Route QL29. I've drawn the route as I best I can on my map (see the red line), so it should be pretty easy to follow.
The central section (nearly 400km) of the Truong Son Dong Road is complete from M'Drak to Son Tay
Parts of the first first section of the Truong Son Dong Road, from Ea Lai to QL29, are made of large concrete slabs (much like the Western Ho Chi Minh Road), but other parts are smooth tarmac. It's a rolling route up and down steep slopes covered in coffee, sugar cane, eucalyptus and rubber plantations. The riding is excellent and the scenery is very pretty as the road ploughs through Ea So Nature Reserve, with large stands of jungle and mountain rivers – great for a dip if the weather's warm. Even in bad weather, it's a thrilling stretch of road.
Note: despite Google Maps showing the route of the Truong Son Dong Road from M'Drak to QL29 running due west, parallel to the course of the road I've marked on my map, in reality there was no evidence of this at all. I was constantly reassured by locals that the road I was riding on – the one marked on my map – was, indeed, the Truong Son Dong. I made two separate passes over two weeks to make sure of this, and, at the very least, can guarantee that the road marked on my map exists, is in good condition, and passes good scenery.
The Truong Son Dong Road north from M'Drak to QL29 (despite not showing on Google Maps yet)
Turn right (due east) at the junction with Highway QL29 and follow the latter for a few minutes to Ea Ly village. Turn left (due north) onto a road that's all but a white line on Google Maps, but in reality it's the continuation of the Truong Son Dong Road. Switching from freshly laid asphalt to large concrete slabs, the road blazes up hillsides, across farmland, over rivers and lakes until it hits Route QL25 at the Cau Le Bac junction. Mango, cashew, and cassava plantations decorate a flat basin, surrounded on all sides by forested mountains. There's hardly any traffic: goats, cattle, pigs, and chickens own the roads here. Minority villages, consisting of wooden plank homes raised on stilts a metre above the dirt, are scattered across the landscape. Many of the women and girls wear their colourful, highly decorative, traditional dress. Adults have handsome faces, big smiles, and their kids are playful when you stop by the road. But it looks like a rough, tough life here: the daily work is physically demanding and starts from a very early age: young girls carry wicker baskets full of wood on their backs, the same labour that has bent their grandparents double.
From Ea Ly to Cau Le Bac the road passes through a basin of farmed land populated by minority groups
At the Cau Le Bac intersection, turn left (due north) for a brief stint on Highway QL25 up to the exotic sounding town of Ayun Pa. It's a good 25km ride, including a lush, wide pass, but even this short stretch can be blighted by trucks and dust: if anything this serves to remind you how lucky you are to be riding the empty tarmac of the Truong Son Dong Road. Ayun Pa makes a good lunch stop, and there's a guest house (Nha Nghi Hoang Lan; 43a Tran Hung Dao; 059 3852 180) as the road enters town, if you need it. Otherwise, you can bypass the town altogether by bearing right before the high street along a fabulous dyke road above a sea of rice paddy.
Note: the Cau Le Bac intersection on Highway QL25 is where you will join this route if you are starting from Tuy Hoa (see the east-west red line on my map).
Ayun Pa is a convenient lunch or night stop, or bypass the town via a scenic dyke road above rice fields
Route: Ayun Pa to K'Bang (via Dak Po) | Distance: 110km [MAP]
Ride out of Ayun Pa on Road DT622, heading north. After a bumpy and busy beginning, the road smooths out, and it's an easy, unimpeded ride for 80km all the way to the intersection with Highway QL19 at the Dak Po crossroads. Characterized by an enormous agricultural plateau that the region is famous for, this is a relatively boring but quick ride across a patchwork quilt of large, windswept fields, past minority villages which either look grim and bleak in the grey highlands drizzle, or warm and attractive in the sharp light of a good highlands day. The road is arrow-straight as it crosses the wide, treeless plain, ringed by distant mountains: it feels like riding across a vast crater. A small pass leads over a forested ridge, after which the terrain is undulating, and the Truong Son Mountains – the jagged spine of Vietnam – rise tall and menacing, covered in cloud, to the north and west.
From Ayun Pa the Truong Son Dong Road runs straight as an arrow across a vast, dry plateau
If you're short on time, turn right at the crossroads onto QL19, where there's a guest house (Nha Nghi Thuy Chung; 0168 9013 435) on the left side of the road after a couple kilometres, in Dak Po. But, if time is no concern, it's best to continue straight over the crossroads, heading north towards K'Bang. This is a pleasant and easy stretch of road through a rolling, rural landscape dotted with red-tile-roofed farmhouses. The lower slopes are cultivated with banana, sugar cane, eucalyptus and cassava, but the higher ground is still cloaked in dark green jungle. It's a peaceful, bright and warm valley. Traffic is light, the tarmac is freshly laid, and the riding is good as the road weaves across this agricultural landscape.
Note: the Dak Po crossroads is where you will join this route if starting from Quy Nhon on Highway QL19 (see the east-west red line on my map).
Ploughing a course through a peaceful, farmed valley: the Truong Son Dong Road near K'Bang
Buffalo wade through streams and bathe in muddy puddles, children play in the red dirt of dusty front yards or herd cattle, while their parents cook, clean, hoe and harvest the fields. This is a gentler version of the Central Highlands: not overly farmed or exploited on an industrial scale like some parts of the region are. But, in a country like Vietnam, where almost any crop can be cultivated, and with a rapidly increasingly population and a growing economy, the pressure on land is huge, both for agriculture and for urbanization. Land is precious and must be made the most of, which, for now, means farming and building. In a few years, the forests on the high ground here will surely be replaced by crop fields.
The Central Highlands is a major centre for agriculture: but pressure on land has led to deforestation
After 25km the road drops into the likable town of K'Bang (which sounds like the onomatopoei used in comic books when a superhero punches a villain: K-Bang!). A friendly place with several decent guest houses and food joints along its main street (Quang Trung), K'Bang makes a good night stop. Try Nha Nghi Ly Kinh (468 Quang Trung Street; 0963 223 244; 150,000-200,000vnd) at the northern end of town, or Nha Nghi Xuan Hoa (235 Quang Trung Street; 0982 034 274; 200,000vnd) in the middle of town. If you're not staying in K'Bang, continue straight on the road as it bypasses town and heads northwards, into the jungle.
K'Bang (in the distance) is good for a night before continuing north on the Truong Son Dong Road
Route: K'Bang to Quang Ngai (via Son Tay) | Distance: 210km [MAP]
North of K'bang is where the wilderness begins. Not 10 minutes out of town, the Truong Son Dong Road (marked as DT669) turns into concrete slabs, like a giant pack of dominoes laid on their sides on a rolling path through thick jungle. The scruffy patchwork of highland farmland fades away, as towering tropical trees close in on the road. Coffee plantations threaten the forests here – an environmental hazard made worse by the easy access which this road affords – despite signs in the local ethnic minority dialect promoting the protection of the jungle canopy. Not long after leaving K'Bang, the road widens into a 6-lane, dead-straight, utterly deserted highway in the middle of the remote jungle. This is known as the 'airstrip'. Initially, I had assumed it was an old US air base, a relic of the 'Vietnam War'. But locals tell me it's new, just a few years old, constructed at the same time as the Truong Son Dong Road . It's a surreal and strangely haunting sight.
North of K'Bang the Truong Son Dong Road widens into an 'airstrip' in the middle of the jungle
After the 'airstrip', all people and traffic disappear as the road plugs you deeper and deeper into a rich seam of highland forest. The riding is excellent: the road is in good condition with multiple switch-backs, long meandering stretches, and fast straights. For pure riding sensation and pleasure, it's on a par with the passes between Thanh My and Prao on the Ho Chi Minh Road. It's as if a Moto GP race track had been laid in the middle of the Vietnamese jungle. Stop to wash in mountain streams and gaze over the endless canopy of trees – echoing to the strange sounds of unknown animals – and enjoy the peace and absolute quiet of this place. But remember to fill up with gas in K'Bang, because there's precious little available on this stretch of road, or indeed, on the next. (If you really do get stuck for gas, some of the local wooden homes should be able to supply you with some: just ask for xăng).
Meandering through the jungle, this empty stretch of the Truong Son Dong Road offers great riding
At the remote Xa Hieu crossroads with Road QL24 (also marked AH132), you could choose to turn left (due west) to Kon Tum and the Ho Chi Minh Road, or right (due east) to Ba To and Highway 1 on the coast. But the wildest and most scenic option is to continue straight on (due north), following the Truong Son Dong Road on a death-defying pass, crawling along a mountainside draped in dense jungle, high above a raging river. In bad weather, when visibility is sometimes less than a few feet, this can be a terrifying ride, with landslides, mudslides and rockfalls sending whole trees tumbling down the cliffside and, in some cases, sections of road plunging into the valley. But, in good weather, it's an extremely beautiful section of mountain road through alpine scenery laced with pretty rivers and waterfalls. Either way, it's important to ride carefully, and make sure you bring a jacket, because it can get chilly up on this pass.
North of Xa Hieu crossroads the Truong Son Dong Road cuts a terrifying pass through a steep valley
Waterfalls crash down the sides of mountains, roaring as they pass under the road. Next to one of the cascades a bold, proud sign reads Đường Trường Sơn Đông – The Road East of the Long Mountains: a monument to this (ongoing) feat of engineering. Slowly, the road helter-skelters down the mountainside and brushes the banks of a cold river. The peaks looming in the distance become higher as the road nears the foothills of Ngoc Linh, the highest mountain in all of central and southern Vietnam (2,598m). The air is cooler here and the valleys tighter, planted with cinnamon and eucalyptus trees.
Monument to a great engineering project: the sign reads 'Road to the East of the Long Mountains'
The town of Son Tay (Western Mountain) clings to the banks of a great river, tamed by a hydroelectric dam. A small, quiet place in a magical position, Son Tay is, for the time being, the end of the Truong Son Dong Road. It makes sense to stay here a night, after the long crawl through the mountains. There are a couple of nhà nghỉ (local guest houses): try Nhà Nghỉ Châu Phong Diễm Châu (091 412 0145; 200,000vnd), on the edge of town before crossing a small bridge over the river. Rooms are simple but clean and the family are hospitable. The high-street has several cơm phở (rice and noodle) places for meals: try to find one selling mì quảng, a delicious and much-loved noodle dish, famous in this area.
Mi quang noodles, a regional speciality, in Son Tay Village, at the end of the Truong Son Dong Road
Although the Truong Son Dong Road does continue north from Son Tay (marked as Road 623 – see the red line on my map), at the time of writing it was impassable due to ongoing construction and landslides. This section of road will eventually lead over the mountains to Kham Duc and Thanh My, where it will join up with the Ho Chi Minh Road. Currently, some short and scenic sections of this part of the Truong Son Dong Road are complete, but they do not yet link together. However, it's well worth asking for the local opinion on the road north when you are in Son Tay, because the next section is bound to be a spectacular ride (and it would be a very neat link with the Ho Chi Minh Road continuing northwards). But, for the time being, in order to continue this road trip, head east out of Son Tay, on Road DT630, towards Son Ha (also known as Di Lang). This is another wonderful ride over mountains bursting with tropical foliage and fruits, and heart-melting views over valleys and villages tucked into the folds of misty hills. Son Ha (Mountain River) is a surprisingly large town and a very likable place. There are several guest houses (Nhà Nghỉ Duy Nghĩa is a good option; 0169 356 9176; 200,000vnd), lots of cafes (try the strong brew at Monaco Coffee), and plenty of informal places to eat.
The mountain road from Son Tay to Son Ha: another wonderful ride through gorgeous highland scenery
There's an enticing mountain road north of Son Ha (Road DT626), but again I was informed that its current condition is bad. So continue east from Son Ha on Road QL24B, along the lush valley of the wide, fast-flowing Tra Khuc River. This road is fine but rather beaten, so watch out for potholes. Quang Ngai is a seldom visited city on Vietnam's main artery, Highway 1. A medium sized city, its back-streets are tree-lined and its riverfront roads, along the Tra Khuc River, are a great place for a late afternoon stroll. There are lots of accommodation options: $25 gets you a river-view room and a large swimming pool at the My Tra Riverside Hotel, or $10-$15 will get you a decent, clean room at Dong Khanh Hotel. There are good food stalls along the waterfront on Ton Duc Thang Street, or look out for signs in town for cơm gà (chicken and rice) for which this province is famous: try it at Cơm Gà Nhung (136 Phan Dinh Phung Street). On the north bank of the river, an enormous new cafe and entertainment complex has recently opened. Coffee Ocean Blue is a fabulous place to watch the sun set over the river behind Ngoc Linh Mountain. On the opposite side of the street, the incongruous bar/club would be more at home on one of the Mediterranean 'clubbing islands'. But it's extremely well done and the only place in town to get a good cocktail and party all night (well, until around 11:30pm). Think stone dance floor, bamboo bar, soft seating chill-out area, laser shows, live DJs and, erm, pole-dancing. A fun and slightly surreal night is guaranteed.
A new club has opened in Quang Ngai: it's a lot of fun after several days in remote mountains & villages
From Quang Ngai there are several options for continuing your road trip. Heading North: continue along the coastal back roads to Hoi An and Danang (see the map in my Beach Bum route), or link up with the Ho Chi Minh Road at either Kon Tum (connecting via Road QL24) or Kham Duc (connecting via Road QL14E). Heading South: loop back on coastal back roads to Nha Trang (see the map in my Beach Bum route), or loop back to Dalat by linking up with the Ho Chi Minh Road at Kon Tum (connecting via Road QL24). Another option is to put your bike on the train at Quang Ngai station and send it on to any of the mainline stations, north or south, along the coast.
From Quang Ngai continue north or loop back south: but it's goodbye to the Truong Son Dong Road
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Case study: Project 'I Volunteer!'
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Today EPALE celebrates International Volunteer Day. The name Willem De Meyer first appeared on EPALE in October 2010 when we shared his story about his involvement in the HIHTAST project. For International Volunteer day we interviewed the IT specialist and teacher and asked him about his experience with the 'I Volunteer!' project.
My name is Willem De Meyer, I was born in Belgium and a teacher in adult education since 2002. I've a degree in IT-science but I later got my pedagogical degree because teaching was what I really wanted to do.
I started to write books to help people learn more about computers in an easy way. In total I have published 18 books in Dutch.
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How did you get involved in the 'I Volunteer!' project?
It all started in 2006 when I went to a contact seminar in Radenci (Slovenia) and I met some interesting people from 6 partner countries for a great project named I Volunteer!.
I started the project because I wanted to build a volunteer network in Europe.
Tell us more about 'I Volunteer!'
This project lasted between 2007–2009, and promoted volunteering as a way of boosting the social inclusion and integration of both vulnerable groups and the volunteers themselves. Partners from six European countries came together to recruit, train and motivate the volunteers who then went into their communities to help people with disabilities, older people, ethnic minorities and immigrants.
In some countries doing voluntary work is not very common, while in others it's a second nature to do it without expecting to get anything out of it. It was very inspiring to see people's motivations for working as volunteers. The methods used for recruiting people and keeping them motivated were different in all countries and the partners learned a lot from each other.
There is a need in the society for voluntary work and there are people who are ready to help others unconditionally. Even when they are not paid, volunteers work hard, improve their skills and learn new ones.
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We created the 'I Volunteer circle' which shows the 4 steps of turning voluntary work into a success.
The different European countries had different approaches to these 4 basic steps but the end goal was the same. It's a very simple but also powerful method. Partners who were doing great in a certain aspect of the method (e.g. recruiting), helped the other countries.
What were some of the challenges you had to go through?
For Latvia we created a platform where people could offer themselves as a volunteer and describe the voluntary work they were ready to do, but also where organisations could present themselves as employers for volunteers. Despite that, the financial crisis made it difficult to find many volunteers in that country, but in others we were more successful.
Nonetheless, we overcame all the difficulties faced during this project, because nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.
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What are the results of this project?
The results from I Volunteer! included a CD with best practices, the 'I Volunteer circle', the Latvian platform, the job-specific knowledge volunteers received, and a new Grundtvig project for one of our partners named I'm Your Guide. The best and most precious result, though, is the volunteers' work. They were really motivated and were a guiding light for the people around them. Even after the project's end the networks of volunteers still exists and new people want to join the volunteer ranks. Some enjoy it so much that they spend more time at the "workplace" than at home.
What did you get from this experience?
The project enriched me as a person and I met some very interesting and motivated people that I'd like to do another project with. Once again for me, the biggest benefit from the I Volunteer! project was the contacts with other people from Europe and the need to go back.
The most enriching of this project was working with other European people in their own country. Other people's methods of approach are different, and sometimes better than the ones we use. We learnt that we sometimes need to look further and use a "foreign" approach to problems. The collaboration with people from different layers of the society was educative and without this project our view would be quite limited.


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Accompanying the film on its release to cinemas is a bonus seven-minute documentary, Work & Play: A Short Film About The Shining (2017), directed by Matt Wells for Park Circus.
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Dear Church Family,
The Bible describes the 'bad news' of the fall of man – his sin and sinfulness – in no uncertain terms. Yet, in chapter 7 of the Westminster Confession of Faith (as we examined this past week in the adult Sunday school class), we learn of the gracious condescension of God by way of covenant. In his book Confessing the Faith, Chad Van Dixhoorn gives this definition of a divine covenant: "a sovereignly determined and administered arrangement between God and man, with penalties and promises" (97).
There are two biblical covenants which are taken up and described in this chapter: the covenant of works and the covenant of grace.
The Covenant of Works
In the Garden of Eden, God entered into a 'covenant of works' with man. God gave Adam free reign of the garden, to eat freely from it; however, He commanded him to not eat of one tree: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Having been created in a state of righteousness and holiness, Adam had the ability to obey or disobey this command. If he obeyed, God promised him life; if he disobeyed, the penalty was death (Galatians 2:16-17). The Westminster Shorter Catechism speaks of this covenant as a 'covenant of life' in which God required perfect obedience…upon the pain of death (WSC 12).
As we know from Genesis 3, Adam disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit. Based upon passages like Romans 5:12-20, theologians have referred to Adam as the covenant (or federal) head of all mankind: through Adam, sin and death entered the world and death spread to all men because all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 5:12; 3:23). Thus, because of man's falling into a state of sin and death, the wrath of God abides upon all men (John 3:36; Ephesians 2:1-3). Man failed to meet the requirements of the covenant of works and lost any hope of life, blessing, and intimacy with the Creator
The Covenant of Grace
In His lovingkindness and according to His good pleasure, God made a second covenant which theologians typically refer to as the 'covenant of grace.' The covenant of grace is very different from the covenant of life. For one thing, the covenant of grace has a different requirement: instead of perfect obedience, the condition is faith in Jesus Christ for salvation (John 3:16-18, 36). And, in this covenant of grace, God ordained (or predestined) some to eternal life. He promises to save them by giving them His Holy Spirit, making them willing and able to believe (John 6:44-45; Acts 13:46-48; Galatians 3:11).
There are many who still seek to earn salvation through obedience, but it is futile. The good news of the gracious covenant of grace is that Christ has met the demands of the covenant of works on our behalf. And, in His sacrifice, Jesus underwent the penalty of death for us: God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21).
The Old and New Covenants
The covenant of grace begins in Genesis 3:15 and continues through to the end of Revelation 22. After the fall of man at the beginning of Genesis 3, the Scripture is one big story of God's plan of salvation through the covenant of grace – from start to finish. At the same time, in the Scriptures, there is often a distinction made between the old covenant and the new covenant.
Simply put, the old covenant (or old testament) refers to the covenant of grace before the incarnation of the Son of God, before Christ came into this world; the new covenant (or new testament) refers to the covenant of grace renewed (or fulfilled) through Christ's work in His first coming and His future return, our present era. Though the entire Bible speaks of one covenant of grace, it also speaks of how this covenant of grace begins in the old covenant and is ultimately fulfilled in the new covenant.
For instance, in the book of Hebrews, we learn that when God established the new covenant through Jesus Christ (as foretold in Jeremiah 31:31-34), He made the first covenant (the old covenant) obsolete (Hebrews 8:13).
The Differing Administrations of the Covenant of Grace
Thus, the Westminster Confession of Faith speaks of how the covenant of grace was administered in the old testament by "promises, prophecies, sacrifices, circumcision, the paschal lamb, and other types and ordinances" that all pointed to Christ who was yet to come. Though these elements were a mere shadow of what was to come, the substance (or essence) of them was Christ (cf. Colossians 2:17). Therefore, the Holy Spirit used these old covenant shadows to grant redemption and sanctification to God's people. (WCF 7.5)
In the new covenant, the covenant of grace is dispensed through means that are more simple, yet more powerful: the preaching of the Word and the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper. In these new covenant administrations, the covenant of grace reveals the work of Christ in His death and resurrection and the fulfillment of all the old testament promises (2 Corinthians 1:20). Indeed, these means of dispensing God's grace in the new covenant are at the heart of the Great Commission to make disciples through baptizing and teaching all of Christ's commandments (Matthew 28:18-20).
In the end, we find that whether a person lived before Christ's first coming or after, every human being has one of two possible covenant heads. "In Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive" (1 Corinthians 15:22). One is either in Adam, abiding under the wrath of God and the just punishment of the covenant of works; or one is in Christ, abiding under the grace of God and the blessing of eternal salvation through faith in Him.
Let us praise God for the good news of the gospel which is made more poignant through an understanding covenant history between God and man: through Adam's disobedience, we were all made sinners; yet, through Christ's obedience, we are made righteous by faith in Him (Romans 5:19).
The Lord be with you!
- Pastor Peter M. Dietsch