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The St. Johns County School District expects the half-cent sales tax to exceed 2016-17 projections by nearly $4 million.
Superintendent Joe Joyner made the announcement during the school board workshop Tuesday morning, saying the increase is good news amid concerns of student growth and budget constraints.
"Our projection for the year was about $13 million and now it's about $17 million," Joyner told board members.
The tax, which adds a half-cent to the current county rate of 6 percent, is meant to fund capital outlay needs within the school district such as construction, technology upgrades and security improvements.
For the past several months, Joyner said the half-cent sales tax has surpassed monthly expectations, a trend he hopes continues into the future.
Still, the small increase won't be enough to balance the loss of capital outlay funding from the state, which fell from $86 million in 2006 to $75 million in 2016.
The school district has grown 45 percent in those 10 years with no signs of slowing down. Over the next decade, more than 15,000 new students are expected to fill schools.
Paul Rose, the executive director for facilities and new construction, told the board construction for the new elementary school in World Golf Village is well underway. The new facility is projected to open for the 2017-18 school year to help relieve over-capacity surrounded schools.
Rose said the two K-8 schools for the Aberdeen and Nocatee areas will open the following year, but in the meantime, expansions at Crookshank Elementary and Nease High School will hopefully meet the needs of some of the student growth.
FCTC update
Talk quickly transitioned into an update on First Coast Technical College as it prepares to open with other St. Johns County schools on Aug. 10.
According to Patrick Snodgrass, the director of purchasing, all programs and the curriculum will be in place for the college, although registration is currently lower than expected.
Board members discussed the possibility of changing FCTC's name and Frank Upchurch, the school board attorney, said it wouldn't be a bad idea for the future.
"I would recommend changing the name from 'college' to 'center' to show this is not the same institution as it was before July 1," Upchurch said.
Joyner said the board should wait to enact a resolution to change FCTC's name because the district is still handling employee contracts that could stem legality issues should a name change occur.
Opting out
The district will address the issue of students "opting out" of state-mandated testing in its 2016-17 student progression plan, which informs the public of school board rules and procedures used to implement state requirements.
According to Christine Stephan, director for instructional services elementary education, clarification in the plan gives parents and students choosing to "opt out" a set of concise guidelines.
"It provides clarification that all students are required to participate in the state and school assessment plan," Stephan said. "This is especially important for third grade because the they have to show they've mastered the reading requirements to be promoted to fourth grade."
Third-grade students who do not participate in the reading requirement portion of the FSA also have the option of taking the SAT-10 or completing a state-issued reading portfolio.
Stephan said if a student does not take or pass one of the options, they will be unable to advance to the fourth grade.
But there is light at the end of the tunnel, she added. The progression plan also has language concerning mid-year promotion should a student pass the SAT-10 or portfolio.
"Students could finish their portfolio or retake the test and show that they are mastering their reading standards and can be promoted midyear," Stephan said. "We prefer that's something they do early in the school year. It's not something that will be done frequently, but it will be done for those students who are very close."
Stephan said she hopes these clarifications and standards guide parents who choose to opt their children out of testing as well as remind them of state mandates.
"If the student refuses to participate in the tests or the parents refuse to let them participate, it will be necessary to retain the student," Stephan said. "In other words, [the students] have to show mastery in some way and those are the ways they can do that."


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Usually, I'm fairly responsible about my time management; I make sensible decisions, putting work and other obligations first. But this past Thursday night, I found myself still up at 2 AM–even with the start of my workday at the Consulate looming a mere 6 hours away–because I couldn't tear myself away from a casual ladies' night that brought together women from the Consulate ( a shoutout to our awesome hostess, if you're reading!). I drank 3+ glasses of wine (amazing, since I'm usually a 1-glass-and-done kind of girl) and laughed until I had tears in my eyes… laughed harder than I have in months.
In the back of my mind, sensible Lauren was reminding me that I had to get home, that I still needed to shower and send off a bit of correspondence, that I had work in the morning. But I was having a desperately hard time prying myself away from the company. The women at the Consulate–Foreign Service officers and diplomatic spouses alike–come from incredibly diverse perspectives, experiences, and places. Occasionally, these differences cause conflict. But 95% of the time, I'm amazed by how lively, accepting, and kind our community is. Sitting there at 12:30 in the morning, trying not to wet my pants from giggling, I had two simultaneous thoughts running in the back of my mind:
"I can't believe I've had the pleasure of getting to know these women, against all odds, despite the long distances we've had to travel to be here."
"I can't believe I have to say goodbye in two and a half months."


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"Your assignment, should you choose to accept it…" my Experimental Psychology professor said solemnly as he placed the rat into my hands.
What a joker. There was no "choosing" in this assignment. The rat was the course's final exam.
My job was to recreate this rodent into a lever-pressing dynamo. So I dubbed him "E.B." — he was a White rat, after all — and set to work.
Well, it turned out that the gods were smiling on me that day. I had hit the rodent jackpot — E.B. was a GENIUS!
By the end of day two he was hitting the lever like a champ and living the good life — fat and happy on food pellets. He was AMAZING!
Trust me, his lever-pressing success had nothing whatsoever to do with my animal training skills. Just ask my dog to perform any of the basic canine commands and you'll get only an eye roll. I am THAT bad.
Anyway, my professor tested E.B., and "we" aced the final exam. However, since "we" had accomplished our task so early, the professor suggested that I challenge my charge.
So I added a small light with a pull chain. E.B.'s task was to pull the chain with his teeth to turn on the light, and then press the lever for the pellet.
No Sweat!
E. RAT-of-the-YEAR B. mastered that in a few days.
"Add another challenge," said Dr. Professor.
So AWESOME RAT NINJA E.B. sniffed the back corner of the cage, turned on the light, and then pressed the lever.
Again and again and AGAIN.
And you can probably guess what my professor said after that.
So the next plan was this — sniff the back corner, turn in a complete circle, switch on the light, press the lever, and rejoice in pellet rapture.
But things did not go according to plan.
E.B. sniffed the back corner like a champ. Then he spun in a beautiful circle worthy of the Nutcracker's Rat King. The pull chain part was a different story, however.
Instead of simply pulling the chain, he made a wild leap, latched his jaws onto the top of it, and would NOT let go.
E.B. swung around that cage like some demented rodent Tarzan.
Apparently, he had reached maximum rat brain capacity.
So I gave him a handful of pellets, smoothed his soft fur, and thanked him for the "A". Then I let him retire his ratty training shoes.
It's funny how often my old lab rat comes to mind these days — especially when I am working on my laptop and pressing these little keys (levers).
Because sometimes when I press them — I get EMAIL! (pellet) WRITING ASSIGNMENTS! (pellet) FACEBOOK NOTIFICATIONS! (pellet) SKYPE! (pellet) BLOG COMMENTS! (pellet).
And then there's the biggest pellet dispenser of all — Google hits for the insatiably curious. As in…
So what exactly was the conclusion of Julius Caesar's autopsy report?
Wow (pellet).
Do frogs really use their eyeballs to swallow?
Whoa (pellet).
Exactly how do you neuter a billy goat?
Yikes (pellet).
So, for the past month I've been the subject of my own experiment.
In order to keep myself from reaching maximum rat brain capacity, I completely shut down the lever machine once a week from Friday night to Sunday morning.
And you know what?
I think I may have missed a Kardashian wedding or two.
It feels GREAT!
And I haven't swung from a light chain in weeks!
PROMPT: Don't just take my word for it. There's some evidence to suggest that we could all benefit from unplugging for a day or participating in a "digital detox" vacation. It's worth a try. Free your mind… creative thinking is sure to follow!


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While it is true that a timeshare contract is a binding legal document, it is often mistakenly thought that such a contract cannot only be cancelled. In fact, most timeshare companies maintain that their contracts are non – cancellable. This misconception is perpetuated by timeshare companies and user groups that are funded, maintained and controlled by the timeshare industry.
The FHA 203k loan program provides home buyers the opportunity to buy and fix up a property, without exhausting their personal savings.
Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's appointee as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has introduced a number of changes at the consumer watchdog, but Democrats in Congress are not letting him off easy.
Following reports that Mulvaney is reorganizing the CFPB's Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity (OFLEO) and stripping it of enforcement and supervisory authority, 53 Democrats in Congress have sent a letter to the bureau seeking information on the move.
Although the representatives admitted in the letter that details of the change have not been fully disclosed, they said that the reorganization will hinder the OFLEO's work, citing Mulvaney's letter to staff where he said the office will now instead focus on advocacy, coordination, and education.
In the letter, the representatives asked Mulvaney and Deputy Director Leandra English whether the CFPB performed a legal analysis to determine whether the reorganization would hinder the bureau from carrying out oversight and enforcement of federal fair lending laws. The letter also sought information on how the change affects the CFPB's decision-making process with regard to enforcement and other actions to protect consumers from unfair discrimination.
The representatives also sought information on whether Mulvaney or any other CFPB employee consulted with any outside entities on the reorganization and whether Mulvaney consulted with other officials, employees, or political appointees at Office of Budget and Management or the White House about the reorganization.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Committee on Financial Services, spearheaded the letter. The representatives asked the CFPB to provide written responses by no later than March 1.
Related stories:
Comptroller of the Currency praises Mulvaney's moves at CFPB
Mulvaney assumes direct control of CFPB fair lending office


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OWN PRIVATE HOT TUB This beautiful and spacious cottage has its original beams and finished to a high standard. the kitchen has fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washer/dryer, microwave, oven /hob, iron and board. The lounge has a dining table, radio/CD, Sky & freeview TV/DVD and sofa bed. The bedroom has a King (5foot) bed, remote controlled ceiling fan, freeview TV/DVD and hair dryer. The bathroom has a large shower. All rooms have central heating. Free Wireless Internet Access is Available.
Outside is a private patio area table & chairs, BBQ, sun loungers and last but not least a Hot Tub for your personal use. Private Parking. Mini breaks available from £290, also weekly rates. Change Over Days are Monday and Friday! Look out for Special Offer and Discount Breaks. You can find availability & prices on my own website (see More Information below).
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£100 deposit required and the remainder eight weeks before your stay
Nearest Train Station or Airport: Melton Mowbray/East Midland
Recommended Places to Visit: Visit Melton Mowbray; home of the pork pie, stilton cheese and excellent sausages. This is a good location for exploring the Midlands, Nottingham, Rutland Water, Stamford, Lincoln and many other places within easy distance for day trips. Locally, there is a wild flower farm, Belvoir Castle with a good prgramme of events and numerous little villages.
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text: Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez-Pinault (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsalma ˈxaʝek]; born September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz) is a Mexican actress, director and producer. Hayek is the first Mexican national to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood. She is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of three Latin American actresses (the other being Catalina Sandino Moreno) to achieve a Best Actress Oscar nomination.


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Get a new camera for Christmas or Hanukkah? Congrats! I just got socks and my Aunt Rose knitted me a sweater. Now that you've gotten your shiny, new camera out of the box it's time to pick up the gear you'll need to start shooting like a pro. It's important to note that while you might already have…Read More →


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BBC World and Phoenix Television Today
Rong Zeng
The questions this book seeks to address could not be more timely. As China seeks to know more about the world, where she is an increasingly significant economic and cultural player, and the world seeks to know more about China, rival approaches to journalism, media, and the production and distribution of news and information are becoming critical areas for study. As well as examining rival political histories and systems, this inevitably necessitates tackling the deeper cultural questions that impact on the general expectations of journalism, and therefore of its actual practice too. It follows that although the most basic practice of journalists and their newsroom procedures might appear similar or even identical, when studied in their own particular context, the differences become far more obvious.
This study demonstrates that although technological changes, 'always-on' delivery systems, globally dispersed audiences and consequent deadlines lead to apparent similarities in journalistic practice and procedure, these factors actually mask significant long-term differences. Chinese journalists see themselves primarily as 'information providers', with all context and commentary provided by more senior staff, while BBC journalists see themselves less as information providers, and more as 'storytellers' responsible for their own context and commentary. British journalists are found to be nearly always suspicious, or at least questioning, of 'official' sources of information and comment, whereas their Chinese counterparts are much less so. This less questioning approach is explained by reference to Confucian attitudes to hierarchy and mutual respect, as well as to more recent political history, which on occasion still features direct state control of editorial content and commentary.
It has always seemed to me that journalism has two essential parts: the 'finding out' and the 'telling'. My limited experience of Chinese journalists and media organisations has found them to be increasingly savvy about the 'telling', but still very uncertain about the 'finding out'. The idea that it is acceptable for journalists to be questioning and even sceptical of the authorities may not only conflict with their deep-seated notions of hierarchy and respect, but also with the political authorities who have the power to protect themselves from anything inconvenient or embarrassing. What is clear is that this attitude marks a fundamental difference between much journalism in China and journalism here in Britain and the West.
The author is cannot be certain that in the long term very much will change on these broader fronts, but I am not entirely convinced that she is right, and for two reasons. The first is that, as China embraces a market-based economy, the requirement for verifiably accurate information becomes absolutely critical, particularly with regard to company and sectoral output and performance. Without that the system cannot function, and without journalists and media organisations who are both trustworthy and have the ability to provide it, the economy may eventually falter. The second reason concerns the character of Chinese journalists themselves. When asked as part of this study to talk about their personal aspirations, top of the list were 'heroism in investigation' and 'curiosity in observation', both of which would be very worthy additions to any book of journalistic ethics.
This study could therefore not be more timely.


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[Monorail] Maharajalela is the 3rd station along the KL Monorail System. Monorail Maharajalela is on Maharajalela (city), J; is on Monorail; is on Maharajalela (cheras), J; is near Belfied, J; is near Stadium, J; is near B Merdeka; is near Petaling, J; is near Kampong Attap, J; Monorail Maharajalela is geographically located at latitude(3.1389 degrees) 3° 8' 20" North of the Equator and longitude (101.6993 degrees) 101° 41' 57" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Kuala Lumpur.
The locations related to Monorail Maharajalela are represented by the nearest distances for a beam of light to travel and may not be nearest by road. For example, Monorail Maharajalela is located 118 metres from Guan Yin Temple. Monorail Maharajalela is located 154 metres from Chinese Assembly Hall. Monorail Maharajalela is located 165 metres from Police Ippd Dang Wangi. Monorail Maharajalela is located 181 metres from Stadium Merdeka. Monorail Maharajalela is located 188 metres from Chinese Temple Chan See Shu Yuen.
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Smk Victoria Inst 0.4km, SJK (c) Jalan Davidson 0.5km, SJK (c) Kuen Ching 1&2 0.6km, are places of learning (school, college, university) located near Monorail Maharajalela.
Christian Cemetery Jalan Loke Yew 0.8km, Dataran Merdeka 1.2km, YMCA Field, Brickfields 1.2km, are parks, playgrounds, open fields or commons located near Monorail Maharajalela.
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I had my first real experience with soy milk today. It went… okay.
I'm giving some thought at the moment to going vegetarian for environmental and humane reasons, mostly the former as I've still no real problems with killing an animal to eat it.
However being unsure as to how the animal has been treated means that I can't really in good faith continue to buy meat indiscriminately.
Milk would definitely fall into the humane category though, so thought I'd experiment with soya milk. It tastes a bit weird, like unsweetened condensed milk would be the closest I could come to describing it, or perhaps there's another taste behind that I can't quite place.
I had a small drink of it earlier and it was okay, but my 3/4 full cup of tea beside me that's been growing cold for about 3 hours may be a testament to me not liking it.
I'll try again tomorrow after the weigh in and give my conversion some more though.


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Okaro White hadn't seen the hit he had become on Social Media with the take offs to his perfect start to his NBA career, including the Twitter handle that was being updated with each Miami Heat victory:
11-0karo. …
12-0karo. …
So when the Heat's winning streak was halted at 13 games Saturday in Philadelphia, White, who has a Twitter account but says he has not been on it for a few years, wondered what happens now.
"I appreciate the fans and the fan base and everybody who kept that going," White said. "That was great.
"We'll see if they change it now."
So much has happened for White in the last month. He was called up from the Heat's D-League affiliate in Sioux Falls and signed his first 10-day contract on Jan. 17, the day the Miami started its run by defeating the Rockets. He then played in his first game and scored his first NBA points two days later. He signed another 10-day deal about a week later and then inked a two-year deal when that was up, before Miami would ever lose a game.
Oh, and he hit some big shots and played crunch-time minutes as the Heat continued to roll.
In all, he is 13-1 in NBA career going into Monday's game against Orlando.
"I enjoyed it," he said. "It was a good run. It was good for the team, good for me also. We're just going to keep going. We got Orlando next and that's all we can really focus on."
White, a 6-foot-8 forward out of Florida State, is averaging 4.5 points and 2.6 rebounds while playing 16.8 minutes per game. He provides energy from a bench that is a major reason for this turnaround.
White credited coach Erik Spoelstra for keeping the Heat grounded during the steak.
"Coach Spo, man, coach Spo is a great coach," he said. "I've played for a lot of coaches and he's definitely one of the best ones. He gets us going from game to game."
And, like his teammates, White got the memo from Spoelstra and his staff: Do not talk about the streak. It never was about the streak.
"It was just about winning," White said. "Being with these guys in the preseason, there's winners in the locker room. Just to go on whatever we went on has been great since I got here. We're just going to look forward to the next one."
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In the modern era, technologies are rapidly change and it creates tough competition for companies to adopt them to fulfil demand of techno-savvy customers in an appropriate manner. In the present case concerned, ABC organization has been taken which is known for providing better recruitment and selection services to its customers in stipulated time. This report describes different business activities of ABC company such as quality control, health and safety of employees in workplace in a proper way. With help of the research, organization would be able to solve current issues and better compete with other business rivals present in industry.
ABC company is a national company which provides various unique services to different multi national companies such as Tesco , Asda and British Airways etc. It creates healthy and user-friendly environment for its employees so that they will motivate to give their best and contribute in the growth of firm. (Jones, 2008) ABC has followed autocratic leadership and all major decisions are taken by their leaders and subordinates are not allowed in decision making process. Due to lack of involvement of employees, it was facing various issues in the workplace such as lack of coordination and communication among staff-members and high operations cost etc.
The organization performs various functions such as recruitment & selection, finance management and human resource management activities to provide better services to its clients. Relationship between different departments of ABC plays a crucial role in successful implementation of organizational policies and offer quality of human resources services to them in compatible price. Autocratic leadership style and culture of environment followed by company are major factors have created job dissatisfaction related problems in workplace. Staff-members of company were feeling demotivated and failed to give their best towards achieving common goal of enterprise in stipulated time (Burke, 2011).
Mission: Main mission of ABC company is to provide unique and better quality of recruitment and HR services to their clients at right time at right price. By finding the best and talented employees for their clients organizations, it can increase their confidence in services of firm.
Aim: ABC want to become a leader in the market by recruiting talented workforce and skill-full employees for its clients companies according to their requirements.
Major goals of the company is to better control and support the human resource activities of clients organizations so that they can effective utilize their resources without any interruption. Fulfil the expectations of clients through enhanced staffing and deliver human resource related facilities in assured time period to boost up their confidence (Prajogo, 2004).
Value: By considering technical advancement in competitive circumference to offer ethical service to corporate customers and maintaining long lasting relationship with its existing and attracting new customers towards brands. Organization can create it's value by offering best quality of recruitment and selection services to its clients companies by effective utilizations of its human and financial resources using ERP and CRM tools in workplace.
By using virtual map and series of steps and diagrams, firm can see their working. As well as success of the company is highly dependent on ability of company in terms of effective utilization of its resources and communicate all its objective with employees, customers and other people associated with firm.Complete process map of recruitment and selection procedure used by ABC company can be understood with help of below figure.
The mission of the company is to recruit talented candidate to its corporate clients. But in the success path of firm several hurdles are creating problems such as lack of combination and coordination, poor leadership and effective supervision etc. However, organization can overcome such kind of issues through monitoring over activities and establishing quality gateway for improvement of services (David, 2009). It will help organization in meeting the needs and encourage human resources to develop skills for better recruitment process. By setting quality of standards and proper monitoring of gate way, company can boost up its performance and help company to select best and talented employees from them. In cut throat competitive market, it is essential for ABC firm to provide training to its staff-members and aware them about latest change arise in industry and market trends.
Current position of ABC is not good and it has facing various issues in its business operations so that proper planning will be required to implement accomplish strategic goals and objectives of firm in stipulated time. Major goals and objective of UK based recruitment firm can be described as follows:
For better accomplishment of goals and overcome the issues, it is required that ABC should establish direct communication with its employees and other business partners by using various methods such as timely schedule meeting, feedbacks and group discussion with workers in particular time period. (Weber, 2010). As well as firm should increase transparency in preparation of job documentation of new candidates to decrease the ratio of fake candidates. It will help recruitment based company to make long lasting relationship with its clients organizations. By allocating resources to its employees on basis of their skills and knowledge, UK based recruitment firm can set and accomplishment of a range of administrative policies and increase motivation of staff-members to retain with company for long time period.
For proper alignment of resources in an efficient manner, SMART objectives have been framed. To overcome poor management practices and inadequate kinds of leadership issues, it is necessary for ABC company to set attainable and measurable goals which can be achieved in stipulated time period. (Reuvid, 2012. ) Specific goal of ABC company is to cut down its operational expenses on human resource management by 50% within the next year. This goal of the company is measurable within target time-frame. Cost saving goal decides by organization is attainable but to accomplish it, willingness and capability of employees are required. By reducing staff-members by 20 percent in 20 weeks , firm can achieve it in stipulated time. Hence, it can be said that by implementing SMART objectives in an appropriate way, ABC would be able to overcome its issues arise in workplace and achieve growth in market with better competing other business rivals.
By set-up new system and improving quality of system, UK based recruitment company can overcome issues that it has faced. It can use KAIZEN tool to improve its current services and process in a proper way. This tool will be beneficial for firm in terms of achieving its goals and providing better training to its employees so that they will be able to offer quality of recruitment and selection policies in workplace (Gardner, 2004. ). By doing it, they can increase confidence of their corporate clients to retain with firm and use human resource related services for long period of time. It also emphasizes on improvement of various business-processes and it will force everyone to work in an appropriate manner. ABC can be used Zero Based Budgeting to manage its financial resources and overcome its financial loses. By using it, enterprise will be able to rectify and control over each and every expense that will help firm to reduce extra costs and reduce useless activities. ABC can develop new systems to achieve objectives by defining time-scale (Pagano, 2006.).
ABC can accomplish its operational plan activities by using balance score card method. This tool will help firm to measure its performance in terms of various aspects such as customers , financial viewpoints, learning and growth and internal business viewpoints etc (Koppich, 2004.).
According to present case scenario, ABC has faced various issues such as lack of communication and coordination among employees, inadequate leadership and failed to offer quality of human resources services to its client organizations. Total Quality Management tools like Six Sigma and Just -In -Time tools will be beneficial for the company in terms of providing quality of services and solve issues arise in workplace. These data driven approach helped firm to examine different needs and demand of customers. By using these tools, organization can be able to fulfil its strategic plan and complete all tasks in an appropriate way (Elisabeth, 2014). Brand image and customer loyalty would be enhanced by using Six Sigma tool in business operations of enterprise. By solving customers queries on time and taking feedback regularly, ABC would be able to change perceptions of customers towards human resources services provided by company (Wysocki, 2011.).
ERP will be helpful for the company because it provides an integrated view of core business processes and it can easily track business resources such as cash, human capital and status of HR applications of candidates etc. By using it, ABC firm can integrate its various departments and facilitate to organization to complete all their activities in stipulated time. Various characteristics of enterprise resource planning such as managing better relationship with stakeholders, suppliers, and customers , standardization of business process and increase transparency in workplace are major factors which motivate firm to implement recruitment and selection policies and offer quality of services to their client organizations in an effective way (Elisabeth, 2014.)
Quality plays a critical role in successful deployment of recruitment and selection services provided by firm to its corporate clients. By developing good quality, enterprise would be able to increase satisfaction level of customers and enhance motivation level of its employees to contribute in growth of firm. It makes customers loyal and maintain long lasting relationship with them in a significant manner (Burgon, 2014.). According to present case concerned, it is essential for UK based recruitment enterprise to develop quality culture where managers and subordinates can share their views and involves in decision making process.
By understanding basic needs of staff-members and act according to fulfil those demands in an appropriate manner that will delight customers indirectly. Because by doing this, firm can create healthy working environment and boost up morale of employee's.
In global changing scenario to retain its current position and achieve growth in market is very critical task for firm. But organisation can achieve operational excellence and improvements in all their processes through effective utilizations of its human and financial resources with technological advancements. By considering auditing and assessment process, it will able to overcome its financial loses and to identify gaps in a proper way. This process will help company to eliminate those issues in a significant manner. Besides that firm can change its current leadership style and adopt demographic leadership style to increase involvement of employees in decision making process to get best result from them (Jones, 2008.) By maintaining transparency and clearly detail provides to their staff-members , it can enhance coordination and integration among its top mangers to low level manages in an effective way. ERP and CRM tools would be beneficial for ABC company in terms of establishing better relationship with their business partners and customers with reducing uncertainties in workplace.
In dynamic environment, technologies are rapidly changing and due to lack of knowledge of new machineries accidents are increasing day by day. In competitive market, it is essential for UK based recruitment firm to follow health and safety policies in workplace to improve conditions of employees. Health and safety act, 1974 would be beneficial for firm to overcome health and safety of issues and increase safety in workplace. Apart from this, organization can applied management of health and safety at work regulation 1999 to improve health and safety of its staff-members.
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S: Entzian Family Recipes
FC: Entzian Family Recipes
1: Table of Contents Quick Meals and Soups Main Dishes and Sides Breads and Cakes Cookies Pies and Dumplings Canning and Preserving Traditions
2: Quick Meals and Soups
3: 2 cups flour 1 egg salt 1 tbsp sugar milk Mix flour, egg, salt, and sugar. Add milk until the mixture is slightly thicker than pancake batter. Pour mixture into pan, stirring until all batter is cooked through and starts to brown on the outside. Schmudda will look like pieces of pancake. Serve with peaches and sugar. | 1 cup flour 1 cup milk salt 2 eggs 1/2 tsp oil Whisk together all ingredients. Heat a lightly oiled skillet over medium high heat. Scoop batter into pan and tilt to thinly coat whole pan. Cook 2 minutes on each side. Fill with jelly or as desired. Serve with tomato soup. | Schmudda | Palacsinta (crepes) | A typical quick meal for Grandma and her siblings was Palacsinta, Hungarian crepes, served with tomato soup.
4: Grandma's Potato Soup 6 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed 2 carrots, diced 2 celery stalks, diced 2 quarts water 1 onion, chopped In large pot, cook potatoes, celery, and carrots in the water until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain and keep stock. In pot, sauté onion in margarine until soft. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Gradually add milk and stir constantly until thick. Gently stir in cooked vegetables. Add 1 cup of reserved liquid until desired consistency. 8-10 servings. | 6 tbsp margarine 6 tbsp flour 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1 1/2 cups milk
5: Bean Soup Soak beans (navy or dried lima beans). Cook with carrots, onions, celery, seasoning, and ham bone. Add slices of dill pickles when serving. | Pea Soup Cook peas, ham, potatoes, carrots, onion, and celery with enough water to cover. Add dumplings, if desired. | Dumplings 2 cups flour 4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 egg 3/4 cup milk Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Drop by the spoonful into boiling soup or stew. Cover tightly and steam until done, 12-15 minutes.
6: Main Dishes and Sides
7: Gefiltekraut 2 lbs ground beef 2 lbs ground pork 1 cup onions, chopped 3 cloves of garlic, chopped 1 cup rice, raw 1 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1 egg medium head of cabbage 2 qts sauerkraut Mix meat, onion, egg, spices, rice, and garlic. Form small meatballs. Wrap meat mixture in cabbage leaves. (Steam cabbage first or freeze and then defrost, so that cabbage leaves are flexible). Alternate layers of sauerkraut and bundles in pot, ending with sauerkraut. Add small amount of water to prevent sticking. Simmer 2-3 hours. Makes about 35 bundles.
8: Sweet and Sour Cabbage Great Grandma's recipe 1 medium head of cabbage, shredded 1 tsp salt 1/8 tsp pepper 1/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 2 tbsp flour 2 tbsp bacon drippings | Boil cabbage until tender. Drain. Add salt, pepper, sugar, and drippings. Mix flour and vinegar and add to cabbage.
9: Baked Beans 2 cups dried beans 1/3 lb bacon, diced 3 tbsp molasses 3 tbsp brown sugar 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp yellow mustard 1 medium onion, diced 2 tbsp ketchup water to cover | Soak beans overnight. Drain. Heat pressure cooker and sear bacon. Add remaining ingredients. Close cover securely. Cook 45 minutes at 15 lbs. Let pressure drop of it's own accord. Serves 5-6. | Corn Pudding 3 eggs 2 cups canned corn 2 tbsp melted butter 2 cups evaporated milk Preheat oven to 350. Beat egg well. Combine with corn, melted butter and milk. Stir well. Add seasoning, flour and sugar. Pour in well buttered casserole. Dot with butter. Bake for 40 minutes or until firm. | 1 tsp salt 1/8 tsp pepper 2 tbsp flour 2 tbsp sugar butter
10: Fry onions in shortening until yellow. Remove onions. Roll meat in flour mixed with seasoning and spices. Brown in hot shortening. Add boiling water, cover, and simmer until meat is tender, about 1 hour. Add potatoes, peas, and carrots and cook 10 minutes longer. Pour meat mixture into a greased casserole. Lay onion mixture on top. Place pastry on top. Punch holes in pastry. Bake at 450 for 30 minutes. Pastry: Mix flour and salt. Add half of the lard and cut in until fine. Add remaining lard and cut in until the size of peas. Mix in egg. Roll 1/4 inch thick. | 1 cup onions 1/4 cup shortening 1 lb steak, cut into pieces 1/4 cup flour 2 tsp salt 1/8 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp paprika Dash of ginger Dash of allspice | 2 1/2 cups boiling water 2 cups raw potatoes, diced 2 cups carrots, diced 1 cup peas, frozen or fresh 1 cup flour 1/8 tsp salt 1/3 cup lard 1 egg, slightly beaten | Beef Pot Pie
11: 1/2 lb bacon 1/2 cup onion, chopped 2 tbsp flour 2 tbsp sugar 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp celery seed Black pepper 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 6 cups potatoes, sliced and cooked Cook bacon until crisp. Drain and crumble, reserving 1/4 cup fat. Cook onion in fat until tender. Blend in flour, sugar, salt, celery seed, and a dash of black pepper. Add vinegar and 1 cup water. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Add bacon and potatoes. Heat thoroughly, tossing lightly. Serve warm. | German Potato Salad
12: Hungar Sheboyna (Hungarian Beans) Paprika Fresh or frozen green beans Potatoes Smoked sausage Sauté green beans in large pot with paprika for a few minutes. Add potatoes, sausage, and water to cover. Cook until potatoes are soft. | This was the first meal that Grandma cooked for Pop. She didn't know how to cook very well then. She thought paprika was the same thing as red pepper. Their first meal was really spicy but they ate it anyway!
13: Breads and Cakes
14: Marie's Country Bread 2 pkg active dry yeast 2 cups warm water (105-115 degrees) 1/2 cup sugar 1 tbsp salt 2 eggs 1/4 cup vegetable oil 6 – 6 1/2 cups all purpose flour Dissolve yeast in warm water in large mixing bowl. Stir in salt, sugar, oil, eggs, and 3 cups of flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in remaining flour until dough is easy to handle. Turn on lightly floured surface and knead 8-10 minutes. Place in bowl greased with Crisco - turn greased side of dough up. Cover with a towel. Let rise in warm place until double – about 1 hour. Punch down dough – divide into half and shape into loaves. Place in greased pans. Brush with oil or melted butter. Let rise about 1 hour. Bake at 350 about 30-35 minutes. Remove immediately from pans onto racks to cool. Rub tops of hot loaves with stick of butter for a soft crust. | You can easily turn this recipe into raisin bread by adding raisins to the dough. After the initial rising, roll out and add melted butter, spices, and cinnamon, and roll into a loaf.
15: Raisin Bread 2 pkg yeast 1 cup warm water 3 cups milk 1 cup sugar 3 tsp salt 1/2 cup shortening 2 eggs 6 - 6 1/2 cups flour 4 cups raisins cinnamon nutmeg cloves allspice Dissolve yeast in warm water in large mixing bowl. Beat in milk, sugar, salt, shortening, eggs and raisins. Beat in 3 cups of flour until smooth. Add remaining flour until the dough is easy to handle. Turn on lightly floured surface and knead 8-10 minutes. Place in bowl greased with Crisco - turn greased side of dough up. Cover with a towel. Let rise in a warm place until double - about 1 hour. Punch down dough. Divide into half and roll out. Sprinkle dough with desired spices. Roll up and shape into loaves. Place in greased pans. Brush with oil or melted butter. Let rise about 1 hour. Bake at 350 for 45-55 minutes. Remove immediately from pans onto racks to cool.
16: Sweet Roll Dough 1 package active dry yeast 1/2 cup warm water 1/2 cup lukewarm milk, scalded then cooled 1/3 cup sugar 1/3 cup shortening, margarine, or butter, softened 1 tsp salt 1 egg 3 1/2 – 4 cups all purpose flour Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large mixing bowl. Stir in milk, sugar, shortening, salt, egg, and 2 cups of flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in enough remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place in greased bowl and turned greased side of dough up. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double, about 90 minutes. Punch down dough. Shape and let rise again. Bake as directed in the following recipes. | Peach Cake After the sweet dough rises initially, roll the dough out thin, enough to fill 3 8x8 square pans. Top with sliced peaches and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Let rise another 30-45 minutes. Bake at 350-375 for 20-25 minutes.
17: Sticky Buns After the dough rises initially, roll the dough out into a thin rectangle. Spread pats of butter over the dough or drizzle with melted butter, and add desired filling of sugar, cinnamon, nuts, raisins, and coconut. Roll the rectangle and make 1 1/2 inch slices. In the bottom of a square or round cake pan, place butter, brown sugar, and honey. Place the sliced bun dough on top of the butter and sugar, slightly apart. Allow to rise again, about 30-45 minutes. Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes.
18: Hot Milk Cake 4 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 4 tbsp butter 1 cup hot milk Beat eggs and vanilla until thick and creamy. Slowly add sugar and beat 5 minutes. Fold sifted dry ingredients into egg and sugar mixture. Heat milk and butter to boiling point and add all at once, mixing well. Pour into two 8 or 9 inch greased pans and bake at 365 for 30 minutes.
19: Prepare first seven ingredients the day before by soaking overnight in sherry, orange juice, and lemon extract. The next day, drain. reserving the liquid. Chop the fruit and raisins and sift a little flour over it to absorb the moisture. Mix well with fingers. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter. Gradually add sugar and beat. Add beaten eggs. Add flour alternately with reserved juice. Mix in fruit. Line greased pan with greased wax paper and pour in batter. Bake in tube pans about 2 hours and 15 minutes at 300. When cool, wrap in waxed paper. Keep in covered tins or freeze. Makes 7 1/2 lbs. *You may substitute the pineapple, cherries, and citron for an equal amount of mixed candied fruit. | 2 cups white raisins 1/4 lb candied pineapple* 1/2 lb candied cherries* 1/2 lb citron* 1/2 lb cut almonds (2 cups) 1/2 lb dates 1/2 lb figs 1 cup orange juice 2 tsp lemon extract 1/2 cup sherry | 4 cups sifted flour 3/4 tsp salt 1 cup butter 2 tsp baking powder 2 cups sugar 6 eggs 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cinnamon | Fruit Cake
20: Dumplings, Pies, and Strudels
21: Apple Dumplings 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup shortening 2/3 cup milk 6 baking apples 1/3 cup sugar 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp butter or margarine Milk Sauce (see below) Heat oven to 350. Mix together flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in shortening. Stir in milk and mix until soft dough is formed. Turn out onto a floured surface. Knead lightly. Roll 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 6 squares. Core and peel apples. Place one on each square. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle into center of each apple. Add 1/2 tsp butter to each. Moisten edges of dough. Press corners up over apples. Brush with milk. Place in greased baking pan. Bake for about 20 minutes. Add sauce and bake for another 20 minutes. Sauce: 1 1/4 cups brown sugar. 2/3 cup water. Combine in saucepan and bring to boil. Pour over dumplings.
22: Pie Crust Single Crust 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup Crisco 3-6 tbsp ice cold water Double Crust 2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp salt 3/4 cup Crisco 4-8 tbsp ice cold water Deep Dish Double Crust 2 2/3 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp salt 1 cup Crisco 6-10 tbsp ice cold water | Blackberry Pie 1 1/4 cups sugar 1/4 cup all purpose flour 2 tbsp cornstarch 1/4 tsp salt 4 cups blackberries Pastry for 2-crust pie Heat oven to 400. Combine sugar, flour, cornstarch, and salt. Toss with blackberries. Line 9 inch pie plate with pastry. Add blackberry mixture. Add top crust and flute edges. Cut slits to allow steam to escape. Bake for 40-45 minutes.
23: 1. Blend flour and salt in medium mixing bowl. Cut chilled shortening into 1/2 inch cubes. Cut chilled shortening into flour mixture using a pastry blender, fork, or two knives, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs with some small pea-sized pieces remaining. 2. Sprinkle half the maximum recommended amount of ice cold water over the flour mixture. Add more water by tablespoon until dough is moist enough to hold when pressed together. 3. Split dough in half if making 2 crusts. Flatten dough balls into 1/2 inch thick round disks. Roll dough from center outwards on a lightly floured work surface into a circle 2 inches wider than the pie plate for the bottom crust. Transfer dough to pie plate. 4. For a single pie crust, trim edges of dough, leaving 1/2 inch overhang. Fold edge under. Flute dough as desired. Bake according to recipe instructions. 5. For double crust, roll larger disk for bottom crust, trimming edges of dough even with outer pie plate. Fill according to recipe directions. Roll out smaller disk. Transfer to top of pie. Trim edges of dough leaving 1/4 inch overhang. Fold top edge under bottom crust. Press edges together and flute as desired. Cut slits in top crust with fork to vent steam. Bake according to recipe directions. 6. If prebaking crusts, thoroughly prick bottom and sides of unbaked pie dough with fork to prevent it from blistering or rising. Bake at 425 for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
24: Pumpkin Pie 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1/4 tsp ground cloves 2 large eggs 1 can (15 oz) pure pumpkin 1 can (12 fl. oz.) evaporated milk 1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell Heat oven to 425. Mix sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger, and cloves in small bowl. Beat eggs in large bowl. Stir in pumpkin and sugar-spice mixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk. Pour into pie shell. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350; bake for 40-50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 2 hours.
25: Microwave Apple Crisp 7-8 apples, sliced. 1/4 cup butter or margarine 2/3 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg, optional Put apples evenly in a 9 inch microwave safe pan or casserole. Combine remaining ingredients, mixing until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples. Cover with a paper towel and cook on high 8-10 minutes until apples are tender. Let stand 5 minutes, uncovered, before serving. Serve warm with ice cream if desired.
26: 2 1/4 cups flour, sifted 1 tbsp sugar 1/4 tsp salt 2 eggs 2 tbsp butter or margarine, melted 1/2 cup hot water 1. To make dough, sift flour, sugar, and salt onto waxed paper. Break one egg into a 1/3 cup measure. Add yolk of second egg. It should be about 1/3 cup, so add or take away additional egg white as needed. Place eggs into a large bowl and beat slightly. 2. Stir in 1/2 cup of the sifted dry ingredients to make a paste. Melt butter or margarine in the hot water and cool to lukewarm. Stir into the egg mixture, a third at a time, alternately with the remaining dry ingredients, beating well after each addition. This should take about 10 minutes. Dough will be very sticky and elastic. 3. Scrape dough from bowl onto a pastry board or countertop. Working with your hands, pick up dough and slap it down as if you were bouncing a ball. Pull up and slap down again – repeat for 10 minutes, about 150-200 times, or until dough no longer sticks to hands or board. Scrape dough back together if it spreads. | Strudel
27: 4. Knead a few times and shape into a ball. Put ball of dough on buttered warm plate. Turn to coat all sides. Cover with a warm bowl. Let dough rest in a warm place 20-30 minutes while preparing the filling (see next page). 5. To make the strudel, spread a clean large tablecloth over your table. Sprinkle cloth with 2 tbs flour and rub in until just a film remains on the surface. Set ball of dough in middle of cloth and pat into a square. With rolling pin, roll dough, turning often to keep from sticking to the cloth. Roll to an 18 inch square. 6. While rolling, you will see little bubbles in the dough. Brush dough lightly with some melted butter (1/2 cup). 7. Now start stretching. It will take 5-8 minutes. Use your fists or the palms of your hands to start. Put your hands under the middle of the dough, moving around and around the table, stretching the dough a little at a time, stretching a little more each time, until it becomes tissue-thin and hangs over the sides of the table. Trim off the thick edges. 8. Put filling inside and roll into a log. 9. Bake at 375 for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Makes 12 generous servings.
28: Apple Strudel Filling Drizzle melted butter over dough. Layer on thinly sliced apples. Sprinkle on cinnamon and sugar. | Punky Strudel Filling Drizzle melted butter over dough. Layer on grated or very thinly sliced pumpkin. Sprinkle on cinnamon, cloves, ginger, or pumpkin pie spice and sugar.
29: Cookies!
30: 1 cup butter or margarine 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted 2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 cup walnuts, chopped | Brown 1/3 cup butter over medium heat. Blend with 3 cups sifted confectioners sugar, 3 tbsp cream and 1 1/2 tsp vanilla. Spread on brownies. Let set. Drizzle with mixture of 1 square unsweetened chocolate, melted, 1 tbsp butter, melted, and 1 tbsp confectioners sugar. Let chocolate set before cutting. | Fudge Ripple Bars | Heat oven to 350. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Blend in chocolate and vanilla until well mixed. Sift together dry ingredients. Blend into creamed mixture. Stir in nuts. Spread in lightly greased and floured jelly roll pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool and frost. When frosting sets, cut into bars. Makes 56 delicious bars. | Fudge Ripple Frosting
31: 1 cup butter 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp almond extract 1/4 tsp salt 2 1/4 cups sifted all purpose flour 1/4 tsp baking powder Heat oven to 375. Cream butter and sugar well. Beat in egg and almond extract. Gradually blend in dry ingredients which have been sifted together and tint dough with a few drops of food coloring if desired. Mix well. Fill cookie press. Form cookies on ungreased cookie sheet. Decorate with sugar or tiny candies. Bake 10-12 minutes. Remove at once from sheets to cool. | Preheat oven to 350. Combine all ingredients and mix well. Drop from a teaspoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Press a criss cross on each cookie with fork prongs that you have dipped in water. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden. Cool on cookie sheet for about 1 minute, then remove to racks to finish cooling. | Spritz Cookies | Peanut Butter Cookies | 1 package yellow cake mix 1 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup cooking oil 2 tbsp water 2 eggs
32: Canteen Cookies 1/2 cup Crisco 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1 cup flour 1 tsp vanilla Heat oven to 325. Combine Crisco and salt. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar and cream well. Add 1 cup flour and blend. Spread in 8x12 greased pan. Bake for 20 minutes. Add remaining cup brown sugar and vanilla to eggs. Beat until thick and foamy. Then add 2 tbsp flour, baking powder, coconut and nuts. Blend. Spread over baked mixture. Return to oven and bake for 25 minutes. Cool and cut into small bars. Makes 3 dozen. | Sugar Cookies 1/4 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla Mix butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla thoroughly. Blend in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and chill at least 1 hour. Heat oven to 400. Roll dough 1/8 inch thick on lightly floured board. Cut into desired shapes. Decorate with colored sugar and sprinkles. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 6-8 minutes or until very light brown. Makes about 4 dozen cookies. | 2 eggs, beaten 2 tbsp flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 1/2 cups sweetened coconut flakes 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped | 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt
33: Pop's Cocoa Brownies 3/4 cup melted butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 3 eggs Heat oven to 350. Blend butter, sugar, and vanilla until well-mixed. Add eggs and beat until well mixed. Combine dry ingredients and add to egg mixture. Bake in greased 8 inch pan for 40-45 minutes or until brownies leave the sides of the pan. | Snickerdoodles 1 cup soft shortening 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 eggs 2 3/4 cups sifted flour Heat oven to 400. Mix together shortening, sugar, and eggs. Sift together other ingredients and mix both mixtures together. Chill dough. Roll into balls the size of small walnuts. Roll in a mixture of 2 tbsp sugar and 2 tsp cinnamon. Place about 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned but still soft. (These cookies puff up at first then flatten out with crinkled tops) Bake for 8-10 minutes. Makes about 5 dozen cookies. | 3/4 cup flour 1/2 cup cocoa 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt | 2 tsp cream of tartar 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt
34: 3/4 cup butter flavored Crisco 1 1/4 cups brown sugar 1 egg 1/3 cup milk 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 3 cups Quaker Quick Oats 1 cup all purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1 cup raisins Heat oven to 375. Grease baking sheet with Crisco. Combine Crisco, brown sugar, egg, milk and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer until well blended. Combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Mix into creamed mixture at low speed just until blended. Stir in raisins. Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Makes about 2 1/2 dozen. | Oatmeal Cookies
35: Pecan Sandies 1 cup butter 1/3 cup sugar 2 tsp water Cream butter and sugar. Add water and vanilla. Mix well. Blend in flour and nuts. Chill 4 hours. Shape into balls. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets at 325 for 20 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool slightly and roll in confectioner's sugar. Makes about 3 dozen. | Chocolate Chip Cookies 3/4 cup butter flavored Crisco 1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar 2 tbsp milk 1 tbsp vanilla 1 egg Heat oven to 375. Combine Crisco, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer until creamy. Beat egg into creamed mixture. Combine flour, salt, and baking soda and mix into creamed mixture until just blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes for chewy cookies or 11-13 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool on baking sheet 2 minutes. Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies. | 2 tsp vanilla 2 cups sifted flour 1 cup chopped pecans | 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp salt 3/4 tsp baking soda 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
36: Combine sour cream and water. Mix well. Stir in yeast. Let stand 3 minutes. Stir until yeast is completely dissolved. Set aside. Place margarine and 1/2 cup flour in small bowl. Add sour cream mixture and beat 1 minute at low speed. Add 2 egg yolks and 1/4 cup flour, beat at medium speed 1 minute. Stir in enough additional flour (about 1 – 1 1/2 cups) to make a soft dough. Turn onto floured board. Knead 8-10 minutes. Divide into 3 pieces. Wrap in wax paper. Chill 2 hours or up to 5 days. When ready to shape, combine walnuts, sugar, and vanilla extract. Fold in egg whites. On a board dusted with confectioner's sugar, roll each piece of dough into a 10 inch circle and cut each into 12 wedges. Top wide edges with 1 tsp filling. Roll from wide ends. Place on greased baking sheets with points underneath. Bake at 375 about 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool on wire racks. Frost with confectioner's sugar frosting. | Dough 1/2 cup sour cream 1 tbsp boiling water 1 package dry active yeast 1/2 cup margarine, softened 1 3/4 - 2 1/4 cups flour, separated 2 egg yolks | Filling 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 egg whites | Kifles
37: Canning and Preserving
38: Sweet Pickle Chips 1 1/2 gallons cucumbers, sliced 2 gallons cold water 2 cups pickling lime Glass or enamel pot or crock - do not use aluminum for pickles! Add water to pot or crock. Add pickling lime and dissolve. Add cucumbers. Let stand for 24 hours. Drain. Rinse in cold water. Let stand covered in cold water for 2 or 3 hours. Drain off again. 1 1/2 tsp pickling spice in cheese cloth 1 1/2 tsp celery seed 4 1/2 lbs sugar 2 tbs salt 1 1/2 qt white vinegar Mix together above ingredients in pot or crock and return cucumbers. Let stand overnight. Bring to boil. Pack in jars with juice and seal.
39: Dill Pickles Select very fresh cucumbers. Wash and pack in clean jars. Place several sprays of dill on top. Heat 1 qt. water, 1 cup vinegar and 1/4 cup pickling or canning salt to boiling. Pour over cucumbers, filling jars to within 1/4 inch from the top. Add a clove of garlic or pickling spices. Seal. | Sauerkraut 2/3 cup pickling salt 20 lbs cabbage Shred cabbage. Add to crock. Add salt. Stomp salt into kraut. Add more cabbage and salt on top until full. Cabbage juice should cover the kraut. Put weight on top (plate with rock or heavy can, for example). Leave it. Check occasionally, skimming off any mold. Check more frequently until done. Taste to know when done. Put in jars. Process in hot water bath about 30 minutes.
40: Spice Tomatoes Great Grandma's Recipe Tomatoes to fill a 6 qt pot water to cover 5 cups sugar 2 tbsp salt 2 tbsp cinnamon 2 tbsp cloves Cook tomatoes and drain well. Add sugar and spices. Cook several hours until thick and tomatoes have broken down. Jar and process. Serve over hash. | Homemade Lard Soap Add 3 qts cold water to bowl or pot, reserving one cup of water. Add one can of lye to reserved water, stirring until lye is dissolved. Return lye mixture to the pot. Slowly add 10 cups of warm lard. Keep stirring until it starts to thicken. Then add 2 cups Borax and 2 or more cups powdered Tide. Stir until thick. Pour into enamel pans to harden. Cut before it gets too hard. Lay flat until dry and hard.
41: 24 lbs apples (about 55 or 1 bushel basket) 12 cups (5 lbs) sugar 3 tbsp cinnamon 1 tsp cloves Core and quarter apples and cook in pot with water. Drain apples. Run through food mill. Add sugar and spices to processed apples in enamel roaster and roast at 250 degrees for 4-5 hours or until thickened. Stir occasionally. When thick, put in hot sterilized jars and seal. Makes about 17 pints. | Apple | Butter
42: Traditions
43: Our Thanksgiving Dinner Menu Turkey Gravy Gefiltekraut Stuffing Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Corn Lima Beans Rolls Pickles Stuffed Celery Cranberry Sauce Apple Pie Pumpkin Pie
44: When asked for her apple pie recipe, Grandma said "Oh, that's just common sense." | Grandma washes her foil and plastic bags, and a Country Crock container labeled "tomatoes" likely does not contain butter or tomatoes. | As a child, Pop would buy chunks of brown sugar because it was cheaper than candy, and raisin pies for a nickel. | Good bread, Good meat, Good gosh, Let's eat!
45: Come Lord Jesus, be our guest, and let these gifts to us be blessed. | , | Pop's two favorite kinds of pie - Hot and Cold | When Pop and Grandma lived with Great-Grandma, she would make the same meals every week. Grandma's favorite night was Wednesday - homemade baked beans. | In their first year of marriage, there was a hail storm on the farm. Grandma and Pop only made 68 cents for the whole year.


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Sighnaghi - First glance at Sighnaghi
This is the view visitors have when arriving in Sighnaghi, at least when coming from Tbilisi.
A very pretty sight when you arrive somewhere for the first time.
Sighnaghi is a small town in the east of Georgia, in the province Kakheti.
With 2.300 habitants its one of the countrys smallest towns.
Beautifully situated on a hilltop, with most of its buildings from the 18th or the 19th century and with many cypress trees, guide books describe Sighnaghi as an Italian-looking town.
Perhaps my memories of Italy have been faded too much already because I didnt think that the town had much Italian atmosphere. Maybe with the exception of this view at the arrival.
In contrast, I found it a wonderful Georgian city. More pictures will show that later.
Sighnaghi has been renovated thoroughly and yes, it is touristic (at least according to Georgian standards). But it is a very beautiful and picturesque town and a real paradise for photographers.
There are also lots of inexpensive hotels and guest houses.
The town looks out over the Alazani Valley towards the Caucasus.
On the picture the Caucasus peaks are hidden behind the clouds. These clouds usually cover the tops. You will need to be very lucky and have a special day to see the snowcapped peaks.
Economically important for Sighnaghi are the production of wine, traditional carpets and tourism.
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npecanhuk (79319) 2014-02-02 18:30
Hello Paul!
Very beautiful place!
Very attractive picture!
Special regards to the chosen pov, composition, colors and exposure!
I really like the way you placed the branches of the trees on the upper fg!
That sky looks so nice too!
TFS - congrats,
worldcitizen (12978) 2014-02-02 18:36
Hello Paul,
very lovely hilltop view. I like the way you positioned the houses in between the greenery on the bottom, and the silhouettes of leaves on top. That horizontal line of puffy clouds also adds to the beauty of the scene. You really did a lot of exploring in Georgia, and it looks like you found many lovely towns.
mirosu (16313) 2014-02-02 19:51
Hello Paul,
What a glorious colorful shot depicting the architecture and nature beauty and its peacefulness with the nice greens and blues catching the attention together with the contrasting red roofs adding the overall beauty to the image. I really like the POV and the composition as well as the colours and pin-sharp details. Indeed a very poignant image so well planned and shot delightfully. Great work my friend.
fabbs99 (17179) 2014-02-02 21:30
Hi Paul,
Great landscape shot.Lovely colors and perfect sharpness.TFS.
jjcordier (79299) 2014-02-02 23:21
Très jolie photo de ce beau village géorgien remarquablement situé sur cette colline dominant la vallée. Beau ciel en arrière-plan.
dta (95908) 2014-02-02 23:21
Bonjour Paul ,
Une autre image très intéressante du reportage sur ce pays assez peu connu . Entre le feuillage sombre des cyprès et celui argenté des oliviers (semble-t-il) , ce village aux toits rouges ne manque pas d'allure . C'est vrai qu'il à un air méditerranéen . J'aime aussi la bande nuages blancs en fond de décor .
Subhogen (4067) 2014-02-03 3:50
Hello Paul,
Great view of identical looking houses on the hill top from your far away POV. Like the natural framing with the trees. From the TN I mistook those clouds as snow capped mountains. :-) but here the clouds are attractive as well and add a different layer to the composition. Thanks for sharing a nice photo.
jhm (192699) 2014-02-03 4:14
Dag Paul,
Wat sneller geplaatst dan voorheen, maar opnieuw een volwaardige foto.
De takken aan de bovenkant vormen een mooi frame en zorgen voor een contrast tegen de rest van de foto.
Het dorp en de wolken doen hier de rest.
Heerlijke foto om naar te kijken.
Sergiom (116352) 2014-02-03 5:38
Bonjour Paul,
J'aime beaucoup le cadrage supérieur fait des branches d'arbre. Il situe bien l'ensemble et donne de la profondeur à la composition.Le village est très beau entre la verdure et le blanc des nuages.
saxo042 (38078) 2014-02-03 8:23
Hi Paul,
A very attractive town where all roofs have the same colour. This is a very good uniformity that adds value to the scene. A very lush green surrounding and a good depth with the closer branches. A really stunning view!
Kind regards
ikeharel (99499) 2014-02-03 9:56
Can't pronounce it's name, Paul - but a beautiful sight of this small hilly town.
Red roof-tops and tower contrast well onto the green slop and blue sky.
Clouds approaching from far in the west, looks as a biog "curtain" on nature's "stage".
Good evening,
Romano46 (18472) 2014-02-03 10:29
Ciao Paul
una bella cartolina dalla Georgia nella quale i colori hanno una notevole importanza e danno una particolare nota di piacevolezza alla composizione.
Ottimi nitidezza e contrasto.
Ciao e buona serata
cornejo (61488) 2014-02-03 11:21
Hi Paul, very good view of this interesting town framed with interesting branches, very well captured with a great pov in this great and beautiful photography. An interesting image of a pretty interesting place, very good sharpness, depth and quality. A good job well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good night and happy week.
Warm greetings from southern Spain.
mkamionka (54542) 2014-02-03 13:57
Hi Paul,
beautiful panoramic view of this lovely town. The composition has several interesting layers the white clouds for example or the silhouettes of the tree branches. Nice effect as if we were watching the place from a secret hide. Very pleasant colors and yet so natural. Your reportage seems soon to cover the whole Georgia. Very impressive!
Excellent work,
photoray (13981) 2014-02-03 18:57
Howdy Paul,
Fine view framed by the trees of Sighnaghi red tile roof top village, on top of the forested hill, with a distant cloud grouping.
Well done,
PS: Yosemite Valley can become very cold during a winter snow storm below freezing temps, but warm up to sweater weather afterwards when the sun comes out. And in the summer it usually is in the 60 and 70 Fahrenheit temps.
Sonata11 (34119) 2014-02-03 20:58
Hello Paul,
Wow! what a spectacular view. Very beautiful capture of this scenery. Beautifully composed and executed image. I love it a lot. Best regards, Barbara
batalay (41261) 2014-02-03 22:55
Hello Paul,
The overhanging pine branches and the cottony clouds provide a useful frame to present Sighnaghi. And as your note suggests, it does have an Italian look, evoking scenes from Silvio's gallery of Umbria. Your notes are always a pleasure to read.
Warm regards,
chrislo (4097) 2014-02-04 1:28
Dag Paul,
Prachtig uitzicht op dit kleine stadje met zijn rode daken. De foto is goed samengesteld met de takken die zorgen voor een mooie doorkijk. De wolkenstrook die dwars door het beeld gaat geeft de foto een mooi contrast en extra dieptewerking. De fotokwaliteit is erg goed, met prima scherpte en aantrekkelijke kleuren. Het is echt een genot om naar je foto's van Georgië te kijken en iedere keer weer iets nieuws te ontdekken.
Vele groeten,
abmdsudi (82612) 2014-02-04 5:48
Hi Paul
A stunningly bright and colourful shot lots of greenery where focus of attention is on the catchy red roofs nestling on the hill. Looks like a great place to visit and wonderful for walks and photo shoot. The comp and detail a cracker with delightful stretching clouds finishes off handsomely, Congrats.
Best regards
holmertz (84339) 2014-02-04 10:10
Hello Paul,
Sighnaghi was one of the placees I decided to skip during the last few days in the country because I just felt exhausted. It's a pity. A view like this would be tempting and you composed it well with the overhanging branches covering part of the sky. The clouds almost give the impression of snow-covered peaks. Maybe there was actually real snow behind the clouds. The colours are superb and the red roofs contrast nicely to the green hill.
Kind regards,
m (0) 2014-02-04 10:58
Hi Paul,
beautiful, sunny and romantic, with a spring mood already!:) Love the view and colors creating a really nice contrast here. Gorgeous place!
Best wishes!
jacquest (19251) 2014-02-05 15:13
Bonjour Paul,
J'aime beaucoup cette image avec les toits rouges bien cadrés sous les branches et ce fond de ciel un peu menaçant. Les maisons sont bien éclairées et le rouge ressort sur le paysage avec netteté.
Meilleures salutations
Kamilutka (8107) 2014-02-06 3:53
Hello Paul,
great view on this small and pretty town on the hill. Very good use of the branches and bushes to frame the whole image in natural way.
Lovely depth and beautiful, saturated colors.
Thanks for sharing
Best regards
danos (110395) 2014-02-06 4:55
Hi Paul,
nice the view of the village on the top of the hill as surrounded with all these trees and grenery, making the image even more effective and as a postcard.
Excellent the light and the colour management as the beauty of it.
Oceania (5202) 2014-02-06 7:15
Hi Paul,
A group of red-roof buildings sits on the lush green hill. How beautiful is that! This picture was perfectly composed and the color is very attractive. I really like it.
claudeD (47754) 2014-02-06 11:24
Hello Paul,
Excellent clarity and perfect composition for this very fine shot. The colors and the dof is very fine in this picture. Very good contribution to TE.tfs.
With tegards from Luxembourg
mesutilgim (116288) 2014-02-06 11:31
Hello Paul,
Anothe nice entry from Georgia. Very nice cloudy sky crowns the scenery.
The natural framing with the branches of the pine a the top part is nice.
TFS and best regards
Fis2 (144195) 2014-02-06 11:55
Witaj Paul!
Wonderful view, splendid place.
Excellent composition and colours.
I like light and sharpness.
Well done.
Good night
kato (11630) 2014-02-07 3:59
Hello Paul,
You're capturing well this landscape by a good composition and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see the small town on hilltop and the surrounding rich greenery. It's also impressive in red roof of house. This is a place with the sufficient view which can overlook a plain. And, the belt of summer cloud draws out a special bonus.
Kind regards,
Royaldevon (65138) 2014-02-07 7:31
Hello Paul,
One could easily be forgiven for believing that this is Italy! It certainly has the look.
I like how you have included the overhanging branches, giving a natural frame, adding depth and, also, a sense of peeping into a secret area.
Your shot is beautifully composed with regard to the rule of thirds and you have used a great dof.
Have a great w/e,
Bev :-)
Gigidusud (21669) 2014-02-07 12:58
Bonsoir Paul,
Très joli ce village perché dans son écrin de verdure. Bien vu le cadrage par les branches en silhouettes. J'aime beaucoup!
RhodieIke (11752) 2014-02-07 22:21
Morning Paul,
We are up high and viewing through the trees on to this super town of Sighnaghi.
It certainly looks pretty elevated on this hilltop.
Great Pov, splendid colours, and well managed and presented.
Trust you are well and not having bad weather as we are in the UK, wind and rain, days of it.
Cheers, Iain.
Hi Paul,
the view is very nice, nice colors and details. good light management.
krzychu30 (15512) 2014-02-09 2:00
Hello Paul,
magnificent first impression of Sighnaghi!Impression,that makes we wanna get to know this little town better as soon as possible.
I like your presentation from this POV.These tree branches provide really nice natural frame for the scene.For me also the cloud formations are something,that help you to achieve so spectacular overall effect and finally combination of three dominating colors-green,red and blue-beautiful and expressive.
Have a nice sunday
adramad (62896) 2014-02-09 8:47
Hi Paul.
A superb picture of this population as well placed on top of the hill, full of thick woodland, creating a beautiful contrast with the red of the roofs, with splendid POV including the backlight of those tree branches on top of the image. the splendid sky is also a great bonus to the composition, and in itself ideal.
The color is beautiful, just like the perfect lighting and good sharpness.
Well done.
Have a nice Sunday afternoon.
All the best.
emka (140814) 2014-02-09 22:47
Hello Paul,
The shape of the tower of the church indicates it is not in italy, but the small town looks very beautiful indeed. Nice red roofs. Splendid composition with the framing of the trees and the layer of clouds. it looks well worth seeing. I have it on my bucket list :).
josepmarin (59383) 2014-02-10 0:17
Hi Paul,
the branches hanging from upside of the framing are a good idea for to enhance the quality of your composition. They create a good contrast between the blue sky, the white clouds, the red roofs of this charming village, and the green vegetation.
The ensemble is very attractive and has a high graphical level.
An elegant work.
Best regards,
Angshu (56760) 2014-02-17 21:31
Hello Paul
A lovely place indeed! Sighnaghi sits pretty on the top of a hill with fine red roofs and the tower dominating above. Well framed with the foliage which looks beautiful. Reminded me of a village in hillside Turkey called Sirince...Lovely work!
Best Regards
elenimavrandoni (0) 2014-03-06 18:04
Paul, your series from your journey in Georgia are simply beautiful and very inviting!! your images are fantastic and your notes more than informative!!
thank you very much for visiting me and for your kind comment!!
warm regards
jmdias (93149) 2014-05-31 6:49
maybe the roofs were so red to be an Italian village. haha.anyway to compare a country with another is ever not so good, sometimes even a side of my small town doesn't look like the other side...
nice view using the leaves like a framing, we can enjoy the view with this slope ahead and the far landscape that shows where the town was build. nice job.
boa (8039) 2015-09-27 13:42
Hi Paul,
I told my driver to stop the car at exactly this point too. The reason is obvious, Sighnaghi is located in beautiful surroundings with impressive views in all directions. I was lucky to have good weather with a clear sight but I think that the clouds in your shot adds a good contrast towards the blue sky. Nice composition!
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- Date Taken: 2013-08-06
- Categories: Natureza, Arquitectura
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS
- Exposição: f/4.5, 1/800 segundos
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