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U.S. Eatery Fires Vietnam Vet, 73, After He Gives Needy Man a Free Muffin
Cracker Barrel chain says it wasn't the first time; Good Samaritan tells Fox News he isn't bitter: 'They did their thing, and now people know about it.'
A 73-year-old Vietnam War veteran was fired from a chain restaurant in Florida after giving a needy man a free muffin, Fox News reported Sunday.
Joe Koblenzer says a man recently came into the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Sarasota where he worked as a counterman and asked for some mayonnaise and tartar sauce to cook some fish. Koblenzer gave him the little packets of condiments and threw in a free muffin.
That was it for his late-in-life career at Cracker Barrel. He says it was the third time in his three years there that he'd been written up for penny-ante infractions, the previous two being when he had a soft drink from the fountain on one of his shifts, and when he supposedly gave a woman a free cup of coffee, which he denies.
By Cracker Barrel's figuring, though, it was Koblenzer's fifth bad. The company said in a statement:
"Mr. Koblenzer has worked as a host at Cracker Barrel's Sarasota store since April 2011. During the time he was employed, he violated the Company's policies regarding consuming food without paying or giving away free food, on five separate occasions.
"Mr. Koblenzer received multiple counselings and written warnings reminding him about the company's policies and the consequences associated with violating them. On the fifth occasion, again per Company policy, Mr. Koblenzer was terminated," read the statement.
The restaurant made sure to add: "Cracker Barrel is grateful for and honors Mr. Koblenzer's service to our country as we honor all service men and women and their families."
No complaints
Koblenzer isn't complaining. He says he has no beef with his former employer.
"It's a rule. They legally can do this because I did break the rule. I completely forgot about it. I am a host at Cracker Barrel with a little above minimum wage job, " he said, noting that he took the job to supplement his monthly Social Security benefits.
"I'm not casting doom and gloom on the company. They did their thing, and now people know about it," Koblenzer said.
Asked if giving that poor guy a muffin was worth it, Koblenzer said, "Yes, it was worth it. I would do it again. A moral issue comes in." He added that if Cracker Barrel had asked him to pay for it, he would have.
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TITLE=ENVIRONMENT REPORT - UN Climate Change Report
BYLINE=Cynthia Kirk
(Start at 59" )This is Bill White with the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT.
A new United Nations report says poor countries would (1)suffer the most from the effects of the warming of the Earth. The report says (2)shortages of food and water would affect some of the poorest parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America. These areas also would suffer an increase in diseases. The report says small island nations are most at (3)risk. However, it warns that (4)industrial countries would also be affected1.
The (5)Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the report in Geneva, (6)Switzerland. Government representatives from one-hundred countries (7)approved the report.
The findings were based on research from hundreds of scientists around the world. They examined how global warming will affect different areas of the world.
The report (8)confirmed the increasingly strong evidence of the effect of human activities on the world's (9)climate. It says burning (10)fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal are mostly to(11)blame.
These fuels release gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. An earlier report said global warming could cause the average temperature to increase almost six degrees Celsius2 during the next one-hundred years.
Experts say global warming may cause sea levels in heavily populated coastal3 areas to rise. The most (12)widespread direct risk to people is from flooding and landslides4. Experts say global warming may also cause an increase in diseases such as malaria5. They also say many plants and animals may disappear as their (13)environments are destroyed.
The report said poor countries are most at risk. However, it said rising sea levels in the United States may cause flooding and destruction of coastal areas. And it said melting ice caps in polar areas of the world may continue to change the climate for hundreds of years.
Scientists have warned for years about the effects of global warming. But government experts say the new report is the first to show areas of the world most at risk. Environmental groups called for government action. The latest study is one of three reports dealing6 with climate change. The reports are part of U-N talks aimed at putting an international climate change (14)treaty into effect.
Some experts, however, reject the Geneva report. They say there is no real scientific way to tell the full extent of global warming.
This VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT was written by Cynthia Kirk.
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Start by navigating to the user's profile page.
Next, click on the small blue Settings icon below the user's profile picture:
Change a user's AMP password
You have two options for resetting the password:
(1) Have AMPSport send the user an email, and let the user reset his or her own password. To do this click the "Reset user password" button.
(2) Reset the user's password yourself, without AMPSport sending the user an email. Use this if the user doesn't have an email address, or if the user isn't receiving emails from AMPSport properly. To do this click on the red highlighted words "you can manually change the user's password."
Change a user's AMP role
To change the user's Role, use the Role button and select the appropriate role from the drop down menu. Then click the "Change user's role" button to make the change.
Deactivating users (ex: last season's athletes)
Deactivating users is a great option for former season athletes and coaches whose information (test results, evaluations, wellness reporting, completed workouts, etc.) is still needed for review later. The player is blocked from accessing AMP Sport or resetting their password. If the player rejoins the team at a later date all of their previous data will remain available on the site. Use the "Disable access for this user" button.
Deleting a user (gone for good)
When it's time to say goodbye and no previous data is needed to be kept by your organization, then the "Delete this user" button will remove all of the user's data and access to the site. If the user is re-added at a later date, they will need to be set up as a new user.


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Shopping for a small business could seem an exciting thing to do, but it is fraught with danger. Authorized Liability means that the proprietor of the business organization is 100{ef25bdfc1558e42aff5d9c1e78b6309454c5f5955c0578d606dd340e4431dccc} chargeable for how the enterprise is operating. Networking is building relationships with others who're in enterprise for themselves, and possibly doing business with them yourself, then passing on their info to others that need their services (additionally referred to as a referral).
Search for government and industry service provders and business networks related to small enterprise. My business organization can have more staff firstly as a result of it is a new business organization on the market and it need lots of staff to run and get an excellent popularity so as to succeed.
In some conditions, particularly with distinctive businesses, promoting the business to staff could be the solely viable exit technique. Its different enterprise programs like Starting a business, Rising a enterprise, Financing a business, Mentoring and training, Selling to the government enable in entrepreneurial growth and enlargement.
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There will be no shortage of pressure when Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo joins Major League Baseball.
Castillo, who reportedly agreed to a seven-year, $72.5 million contract with the Boston Red Sox on Friday, will look to become the latest Cuban phenom to take the league by storm, perhaps as early as this season. While no one knows exactly what to expect, the 27-year-old has garnered praise from a couple of fellow countrymen.
"I don't know him all that well. We overlapped for about two years, playing in Cuba, so I was able to see him play a good amount," Red Sox outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, who could soon become Castillo's teammate in Boston, told ESPN.com earlier this week. "As far as impact here, or how he would be here, I can only speak to what he was in Cuba, and in Cuba I would've put him at the same level as (Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig), and look at what Puig's done here. So that could materialize, it could not, but that's what I see so far."
Comparing Castillo to Puig probably is unfair. Puig burst onto the scene in 2013, hitting .319 with 19 home runs, 42 RBIs and a .925 OPS in 104 regular-season games before earning a National League All-Star selection this season. Castillo, while talented, doesn't boast the same skill set, as his game is more centered on speed and line drive ability than Herculean power.
But the Puig comparison certainly speaks to Castillo's overall talent. It's why the Red Sox reportedly are willing to make such a sizable financial commitment. And though we'll have to wait and see whether Castillo's skills translate to MLB, Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu, who is having a tremendous first season in the bigs after signing a six-year, $68 million contract, is excited to see what the future holds.
"I'm very happy for him and I think Cuba's pretty happy for him," Areu told the New York Post on Friday. "We played together when we were growing up and coming up for the national team. He's a guy that has a lot of tools."
It's almost time to put those tools to work. Some lofty expectations lie ahead.
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George Cummings features his original song "Gumbo Man". He also teams up with Greg "Fingers" Taylor on the classic "Key To The Highway". Greg "Fingers" Taylor blows a mean harp on his rendition of "Judgment Day". Mark Whittington rips through "Love With A Feeling" and Justin McCoy puts his heart into "This Magic Moment".
"Judgment Day" - Greg "Fingers" Taylor
"Love With A Feeling" - Mark Whittington
"Gumbo Man" - George Cummings
"Key To The Highway" - George Cummings & Greg "Fingers" Taylor
"This Magic Moment" - Justin McCoy
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The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever.
God's Consistent Care
Honoring Christ In Improv, Acting, And Presenting Scripture
Am I Beyond Forgiveness By Pete Briscoe
Jesus Walks—Are You coming? Jesus Is Greater Series #9
Love and Marriage
Enduring: Promises For Every Season
Navigating Constant Change
Grace Anna Sings: Navigating Change
Symbols Of Christmas: Devotions From Your Time Of Grace
Strength In Struggle: Devotions From Your Time Of Grace
For The Love - By Jen Hatmaker
Jehovah-Rapha: The God Who Heals
Be Refreshed: Devotions For Women In The Workplace
Business Matters: A Francis Kong Devotional
Conflict, Tension, And Running To God
George Smiles From Jane's Marmalade
Millennial Kingdom Leader
He Gave Us Prophets: The Purpose of Predictions
How To Pray For Healing And Get Results
Stuck In Reverse
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Summary: Review Request: kadu - Gadu-Gadu client for online messaging https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199192 ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2006-07-23 15:26 EST ------- (In reply to comment #14) > I wrote: > > - "unstripped-binary-or-object": Fix by making the modules executable either > > with chmod at the end of %install of with %attr/%defattr > That was wrong. I rebuilt the latest src.rpm and the unstripped binaries are > still around. You need to chmod then, %attr alone doesn't help as it is taken > into account *after* the debuginfo creation. Sorry for the misleading information. I hope them is stripped good, now :-) > > Can you fix that and also %exclude > > %{_kadudir}/AUTHORS > %{_kadudir}/ChangeLog > %{_kadudir}/COPYING > %{_kadudir}/HISTORY > %{_kadudir}/README > %{_kadudir}/THANKS > > and instead add them with %doc? As I write in my first post I cannot do it, because Kadu uses these files in About window so they must be in proper directory. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review


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Cognition is beautiful'
After losing sight, John Hull knew that if he did not try to understand blindness it would destroy him. In 1983 he began keeping an audio diary.
Over three years John recorded over sixteen hours of material, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness.
Published in 1990, the diaries were described by author and neurologist Oliver Sacks as, 'A masterpiece… The most precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read.'
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Capitol Pressroom
March 26, 2014: Asm. Kolb, Michael Borges, Asm. Cusick, Barbara Bartoletti and Billy Easton
March 26, 2014
Mandate relief & the Common Core are at the top of Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb's list of budget priorities. The Canandaigua Republican joins us to discuss these topics as well as the day's news.
The New York State Association of School Business Officials has released a report looking at how the Gap Elimination Adjustment or GEA has been affecting school districts. Executive Director Michael Borges will have details.
Two views of the Education Investment Tax Credit: Asm Michael Cusick of Staten Island is the Assembly sponsor of the bill which provides a tax credit for charitable contributions to public, private and parochial schools. Billy Easton of the Alliance for Quality Education and Barbara Bartoletti of the League of Women Voters argue the credit is a backdoor way to fund private and religious schools with public money.
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Curiosity Feeds The Cat
Australia, Pets & Animals, Supermarket, Victoria | Right | June 23, 2010
Customer: "Can you help me, please?"
Me: "Yes, of course. What can I do for you?"
Customer: "Well, I want to buy some food for my cat, but mine doesn't look like the one on the packet. Can I still feed it to him?"
Me: "Yes, sir, of course."
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
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Adult: $20 - Seniors -$15 - Children (ages 8-14) $10
Time: 7:30 PM
Stage 9's second regional premiere is a Todd Kreidler's expert rendering of the classice film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner for the stage.
Description: Matt and Christina Drayton live a modern, white upper-class life in 1960s San Fansico. But their comfortable life is muddled when daughter Joey returns home iwth John Prentice, a black physician whom she has known for ten days and intends to marry. Suddenly, their longtime progressive values are challenged; Matt and Christina find themselves facing difficult personal questions about the future of their daughter and their family. And unfortunately for the Drayton's, Joey and John aren't their only surprise guests coming to dinner.
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The Hummer H2 limousine was in Bera, California built for. It has all the extras such as the Lincoln and Chrysler sedan but has some special features of the Hummer. She is a fifth door available, that the A- facilitates and out.
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Pastry: This is from the guidelines of pastry competition which you published on the AEHT website:"The final work must consist of three different items according to the chosen theme and each item has to done identically in 3 exemplars."Our teachers would like to know clearly what "these 3 different items" must be composed of. If the theme is animals, must all the 3 items be the models of animals. For example: Does "a cat, a kitten and a basket" make 3 different items? Should all the 3 items be independent from each other? For example: a basket is a different item. When you place the kitten in the basket, is it counted as 2 or 3 items? etc. This is not understood clearly.
Your interpretation is correct. If the theme is animals, the candidate choses his 3 animals and make each of these in 3 copies. The aim of this is that the candidate can show that he can make more copies of one item looking more or less identical. As for doing a basket instead of an animal, I think this should fit the theme; In this case the candidate would have to do also 3 baskets to present later 3 identical compositions (Cat+ animal 2 in a basket).
Is it allowed to use silicon moulds for making flower petals?
I would say no, but I put Mr Ronald Thill, the head-judge in copy, so he can give you a more precise answer. And maybe also one more answer for the upper question.
Decathlon: Is there a criteria for completing the tasks? Can we get it? For example: Tasks 1 and 2 are knife handling. For these 2 tasks, will the students A and B be doing the same or different things? Why does task 1 last 8 min., but task 2 10 min.?
The participants in a team choose 3 of 9 events each, from the mystery basket they choose vegetables and more, and we give them 8 and 10 minutes to create something in task 1 and 2, It's up to the team to decide what they will do in each event. The team will during the briefing create there 9 tasks and the showplate(nr 10) and the judges will judge from the teams menus and what they say they will create and do ! For example, if you say that you should do julienne with five vegetables And only make 4 you will lose points We start at 100 points and the judges will take away 0.1- 0.3 point from the team when they make misstakes, the team with highest score wins, most points is on the showplate, we will inform all teams at the briefing so everyone has got the same information how we judge and the point system!
To make task 10(making a Show plate), will all the skills from 1 to 9 be used? or Will using some of them be enough?
I transmit this questions to Mr Marcus Hallgren, Head-judge of the Decathlon.
I'm coming to compete on the cruise in November and just received the ingredients list and have a question about it. I'm taking part of pastry competition (marzipan modelling) and one of the ingredients is almond paste. In different countries almond paste and marzipan either are the same thing or not. So i would like to know if by almond paste you mean marzipan or not. I would appreciate any kind of information or maybe an email address where i could get it from.
You're right, marzipan and almond paste are the same thing. We will provide a marzipan for molding to the competitors.
The cabins are all linked to Credit cards of the respective schools, right?
All participants have to charge their COSTA-Card (=Cabin door card) with a certain amount of money, either by cash or by credit-card, using the automatic counters on the ship. The minimum amount for students is 50 €, for adults 100 €. All not included services (COSTA excursions, shopping, CASINO, etc will have to be paid with that card. Unused leftover is funded back!
Are the tips included in the tour price?
Yes, everything is included in the quoted price, regardless of cabin class.
Are drinks included in the price or drinks packages must be purchased on the ship?
All inclusive, no alcohol under 18; This is checked at each order, even if there is nothing to pay.
Who are the HEAD-JUDGES/COORDINATORS of the different competitions
Who needs a compulsory medical certificate
All students, teachers and directors who need to enter a production area (Kitchen, Pastry, Bars and Back-office of Bars, etc) or manipulate food products; No certificate is asked for Management, Tourism and Front-office competitions
All students, teachers and directors who need to enter a production area (Kitchen, Pastry, Bars and Back-office of Bars, etc) or manipulate food products; No certificate is asked for Management, Tourism and Front-office competitions
NEW: Timetable
NEW: Competition Equipment and Ingredients lists
New information on competitions details ENG | FRA and rules ENG | FRA are now available!
Annual Meeting Calendar
Medical Certificate
See http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/and http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/policies/borders/docs/c_2010_1620_en.pdf
Competition rules | ENG | FRA
Details for all competitions | ENG | FRA
This is the list of competitions that will be offered to students. AEHT will organize the competitions in a way (in the morning) so that everybody can enjoy the stays in the harbours and go sightseeing or shopping.
*This decathlon is a new competition that is introduced by the Swedish school of Köping. It will be a team competition of three students each. It is a competition that consists of ten parts (hence the name decathlon). Each student in a team competes in three parts, one part must be done by the full team.
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If the cancellation is for only one bed in a cabin, the cancellation charge will be 100 percent.
Change of reservation is possible for 5% of all passengers until 50 days prior to departure free of charge. Later there will be a fee of € 25,- p.p. After printing the tickets there will be an additional fee of € 75,- p.p.
As we organize the annual conference 2013 on a cruise ship with COSTA, registration procedure will be different this time.
Those schools who register before 31st of January will enjoy an early bird discount of 40 € per person. The costs are all inclusive: accommodation in cabins as listed, full meals, all drinks (bear in mind that students under 18 years are not allowed to order alcoholic drinks), transfer to and from airports, obligatory tips on board.
As we are aboard a cruise ship and enter kitchens and restaurants for competitions, the participants are subject to certain restrictions and conditions. Therefore everybody should produce a medical certificate (a form paper will be sent to you in time).
Pre-Registration can be done until April 2013, full registration must be completed by July 2013. Please take notice of the cancellation policy rules of COSTA.
Cabins on cruise ships are generally double cabins. These cabins can be used for singles but are very expensive (surcharge for single occupancy of 70%). Some headmasters have already indicated either to bring their wives or husbands or to choose teachers of the same gender to make accommodation in double cabins possible.
We are celebrating 25 years of AEHT and the annual conference 2013 will be a special one, a cruise in the Mediterranean Sea!
Next year's conference will take place from November 10th to 15th, 2013 on board of a cruise ship, COSTA MEDITERRANEA, and it will take us to 5 places in three different countries!
Be aware of the fact that we will be travelling in three Schengen countries and you are responsible for your individual entry requirements (valid visa are needed for some countries!).
Bearing gifts of crockery and cutlery in their luggage, Louis Robert, director of the Diekirch Hotel School in Luxembourg and an AEHT Vice-President, together with Georges Schmitz, a representative of Villeroy & Boch and with Aldo Palaoro representing the Italian cutlery manufacturer Broggi – these three men made their way to L'Aquila – the town located in the Abruzzi Mountains where just over a year ago the IPPSAR IIS 'LEONARDO DA VINCI' vocational hotel school suffered considerable damage during an earthquake.
Invitation: Bled G&T Cup 2009 EN
The International Festival of Gastronomy: SPORTS AND HEALTH will be held from 18th to 20th April, 2009 in Faro (P).
Please find enclosed: the programme the registration form
Enjoy the festival.
The 5th Competition for Receptionists and the 3rd Competition on 'CityTourism' scheduled from May 7th to 10th, 2009 in Giulianova (I) is postponed to a later date (to be confirmed) due to organisational problems resulting from the recent earthquake in the Abruzzo region.
Enjoy the competitions.
The "Hotel Academy of Presov" will organize the 16th edition of the Eurocup competition for junior bartenders from November 18th to November 20th, 2008 in Pesov, Slovakia.
Click here to download the programme, the regulations and the registration from of the EUROCUP 2008: Program Please note that the d eadline for Application A is 17 th October 2008. Binding applications of 2-membered competing school teams consisting of Application B, applications for registration of recipes of competing drinks and personal questionnaires of competitors should be sent by mail, fax, or e-mail to the abovementioned address of the Hotel Academy Prešov, not later than 10 th November 2008.
The Croatian schools' national gastronomy competition 'GASTRO 2008' took place on April 2nd-5th in Poreč, a city almost two thousand years old, located on the west coast of the Istrian peninsula on the Adriatic sea.The event was orchestrated by the hotel and tourism school of Poreč, member of the AEHT since 2003 and currently represented at the AEHT Executive Board.Some 200 students, teachers and directors of 47 Croatian schools and 2 foreign schools, including 1 AEHT member school, took part in the Gastro2008 contest. The organizers were pleased to welcome Ms Mette-Ida Gordon Padovan from Denmark with Croatian origins coming from the Hospitality College of Copenhagen (DK 04), accompanied by her professor, Mr. Christian Beck.The contests were between school-based teams, and the students had to demonstrate their practical knowledge in 9 disciplines: 1. culinary arts (preparation of a menu),2. service,3. flambé work,4. culinary arts (preparation of a cold dish),5. pastry 6. bar,7. front office, 8. tourism 9. promotion of a tourist destination.For the first time these contests were organized according to the regulations modified in accordance with the AEHT guidelines for the organization of competitions. The event is subsidized by the Croatian government and has achieved increasing success over a period of more than ten years. Several years ago it was opened up to AEHT member schools from other countries. Roll up, roll up!
Junior Bartenders Eurocup 2007
Prešov, Slovakia, 13th-15th November 2007
Article by John Rees SmithFrench translation by Nadine Schintgen
The results of the competition were announced in the middle of the afternoon to thunderous applause (see attached table of winners), then contestants and teachers had time to relax before the reception held at the Prešov Hotel Academy in the evening; a splendid buffet and infinite quantities of drink awaited us (well, this was a bar-tender competition after all); and Director Jozef Senko, flushed with the success of the event, became quite emotional while thanking all those who had contributed.The following day was devoted to excursions – first a visit to the Prešov Wine Museum followed by a wine tasting, and in the afternoon a sightseeing tour to the Spiš (Zipzer in the German of the original Saxon inhabitants) region, whose wonders include the ancient town of Levoča and the Spiš Castle. Dinner at the Fričovce manor house was followed by an evening's bowling.The organisation of the whole event ran like clockwork, with every little detail planned and perfectly executed. Congratulations to the Prešov Hotel Academy Team, and particularly to director Jozef Senko and his deputy director Marek Sotak.Any errors or omissions in this report are to be explained by your reporter's determination to ensure that he sampled a broad representative range of all the contestants' products.Winners of the R. Jelínek EUROCUP 2007 competition
- Short drink
- Absolute winners in the category of teams
- Flair style
- The most sympathetic competitor: A´se Dunbar (LTH Dierkich, Luxemburg)
- Nestlé prize for the best decoration: Andrea Ban (TUŠ Split, Croatia)
- The Presov county chairman's prize: Miščík Ľubomír (SOU SD Jednota Prešov)(the best individual from Presov county region, except for those already awarded)
- The most successful individuals from abroad:
List of 31 Slovak participating schools, R. Jelínek EUROCUP 2007
Združená stredná škola Jána Andraščíka, BardejovZdružená stredná škola obchodu a služieb, GalantaSOU spoločného stravovania, Horný SmokovecZdružená stredná škola hotelových služieb, HumennéHotelová akadémia Otta Brücknera, KežmarokHotelová akadémia, KošiceSúkromné SOU, KošiceZdružená stredná škola, KošiceZdružená hotelová a obchodná škola, Liptovský MikulášZdružená stredná škola obchodu a služieb, Michalovce Spojená škola, NámestovoSúkromné stredné odborné učilište EDUCO, NámestovoZdružená stredná škola dopravy a služieb, Nové ZámkyHotelová akadémia Ľudovíta Wintera, PieštanyHotelová akadémia, Prešov 1Hotelová akadémia, Prešov 2Stredné odborné učilište obchodné, PrešovStredné odborné učilište spotrebných družstiev Jednota, PrešovSúkromná hotelová akadémia, PrešovSúkromná hotelová akadémia ESO Euroškola, PrešovZdružená stredná škola hotelových služieb a obchodu, PrievidzaZdružená stredná škola služieb, RožňavaZdružená stredná škola hotelových služieb a obchodu, Spišská Nová VesStredné odborné učilište poľnohospodárske, StropkovSpojená škola, SvidníkZdružená stredná škola, Ul. Tovarnícka, TopoľčanyZdružená stredná škola, Ul. Vansovej, TopoľčanyZdružená stredná škola hotelových služieb a obchodu, TrenčínSúkromné stredné odborné učilište Gos-Sk, TrnavaZdružená stredná škola A. Dubčeka, Vranov nad TopľouZdružená stredná škola, Zvolen
List of 13 participating schools from abroad, R. Jelínek EUROCUP 2007
The lastest edition of the "Festival (competition) Sport and Health 2007 (topic: Tennis)" took place from April 18th to April 21th in Faro, Portugal.Enclosed you will find some pictures of the event:
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An Australian man just purchased a remote Pacific island resort, complete with palm trees, sparkling water, and pristine white sand beachfront.
The total cost? $49.
Doug and Sally Beitz — owners of Kosrae Nautilis Resort on the island of Kosrae in Micronesia — recently decided to retire and sell their resort in an international raffle, open to anyone at least 21 years old. Each entry cost just $49.
Earlier today, the couple announced that, after processing 75,485 entrants, they'd drawn a winner: A man identified only as Joshua from New South Wales, Australia.
The Beitzes have run the resort since 1994, but felt they needed to move back to their native Australia in order to be closer to family.
"We feel like a new chapter in our lives is beginning, and we're ready to pass the baton to someone else," Doug Beitz told CNN. "We've had our time in the sun and enjoyed a career most people would never even dare dream about, but our current goal now is to become professional grandparents."
Here's where the 16-room resort is located.
And here's a glimpse of what the island of Kosrae looks like (spoiler: completely stunning).
Doug Beitz said that the inspiration behind the raffle was a desire to hand off the resort to someone who really wanted it — not just the highest bidder.
"We look at ourselves as everyday people...and we think, with the raffle, we can hopefully leave the island in the hands of someone who's not a millionaire, but in the hands of someone who's just like us," he told news.com.au.
They've finally found that very lucky someone.


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Are you busy planning how you are going to keep your kids entertained over the summer holidays?
Take a look at The National Trust's '50 thing to do before you're eleven and three quarters'for some inspiration on ways for your children to make the most of the great outdoors. Choose an activity from the list or think up your own to enter our 'Little Explorer's' summer competition, and you will be in with a chance of winning our lovely BuzzyBee backpack for your busy little bees!
The National Trust campaign includes loads of great challenges for young kids to keep them amused during the summer holidays, like making a mud pie, picking blackberries growing in the wild or playing conkers, as well as bigger challenges like building a raft and catching a fish with a net.
Take a picture and tell us about your little explorers latest exploits to win one of the lovely 'Little Explorer' backpacks. Complete with lunch bag, bottle and cutlery holder they are perfect for busy explorers on the move. Further additions like wipe clean linings and easy webbed grab top handles further add to their practicality, and the fun print design is sure to be a hit.
To enter please send details of your kid's latest adventures and your email address* by deadline Monday 21st July 2014 via our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Babymel.UK. Extra points for choosing an activity from the National Trust's list. Good luck!


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Jose Mourinho hailed Manchester United's fighting spirit after they held on to beat Celta Vigo and reach the Europa League final.
Marouane Fellaini put United 2-0 ahead in the semi-final on aggregate when he headed home in the 17th minute of the second leg at Old Trafford.
But Celta grabbed a late equaliser on the night and went close to snatching victory on away goals when John Guidetti missed a gilt-edged chance with the final kick of the match.
Mourinho, who had called the match the most important in United's history, said afterwards: "Obviously Man Utd have had other semi-finals, finals, Champions League finals, and obviously this was not the most important match in the club's history or mine, but it was just a way to approach things.
"Because obviously for Celta it was the most important match of their history and it was very important for us that we equalled that desire. And in the end when the game was difficult, when they were better than us, when we were in trouble, when we were not playing well, it was that mentality and desire and togetherness that made the boys fight until the end."
United will face Ajax in the final in Stockholm on Wednesday, May 24 as they look to complete a double in Mourinho's first season in charge and secure qualification for next season's Champions League.
"It is an opportunity to win a trophy," said Mourinho. "It's an opportunity to be back into the Champions League and an opportunity to end the season in the perfect way because the final is the last match of the season."
Mourinho also reflected on the tie as a whole, with United failing to take their chances in the first leg in Spain as they only won 1-0 despite dominating.
"Every game has a different story, but our story this season is normally when we play very well we don't score enough goals, and then when you don't play so well you are in trouble," he said.
"In Vigo we played very well, from the first minute I felt calm, relaxed, everything was under control, I don't remember one chance they had, and we had big chances to kill the tie.
"Today in the second half they had nothing to lose and mentally they had that advantage – a team with nothing to lose against a team that is winning and playing at home, the team that has the responsibility on their shoulders, and they gambled.
"It's difficult when I want the players to bring the block up but they know they are winning and not far from the final so they stay back and even myself I have to choose in that moment to bring on [Anthony] Martial or [Juan] Mata or give some support because the block is staying back."
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lesson 12: Hierarchy View
In this lesson we look briefly, very briefly, at the Hierarchy View. It is essentially a list.
Fig. 12.1 shows the Hierarchy View.
Whereas the Project View stores everything that has the potential to be in our game, the "Hierarchy View" lists everything that is currently in our Scene (level). Newly created GameObjects appear in the Hierarchy View. We've examined some of its abilities already; it allows for the convenient selection of GameObjects and the creation of parent/child relationships. Primarily, however, it serves as a textual list to facilitate easy GameObject selection.
Fig. 12.2 shows the Hierarchy View Control Bar.
Like the Project View, the Hierarchy View comes with a Create button. This button re-Creates most of the GameObject drop-down menu. These and additional options are, however, more easily accessed by right-clicking in the Hierarchy View. Also like the Project View, Hierarchy has a View panel list icon and search bar.
Unlike the Project View, folder creation is conspicuously absent. An ad hoc folder system can be created by creating an Empty GameObject and making it the parent of its intended contents. The Empty GameObject should then be renamed according to the following convention: nameFolder. The Empty GameObject parent can be collapsed in much the same way a folder is closed to tidy up. This hack comes with a caveat however; as the parent, the Empty GameObject's Trasform coordinates reign supreme. Make sure any ad hoc folder (parent) shares the same Tranform values as its primary constituent (its most important child).
This lesson, in proportion to the options provided by the Hierarchy View, was short. The Hierarchy View provides the most useful way for creating and manipulating Parent/Child relationships but primarily it is a selection list. Scene View is next!


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These apps protect you against online threats like viruses and malware. They also help you, if your phone is lost or stolen to remotely lock it or find it or wipe it. Consumer Reports' testers checked to see how well each app protects a user's privacy.
Testers looked at the apps' ease of use and also their versatility, including such features as being able to back up your phone or parental controls. While some of the apps cost as much as $40 a year, Consumer Reports found that you don't have to pay for good mobile protection. Some of the best apps tested were free, and some of the lower-rated ones were the more expensive ones.
In fact, one of the best is the free app—Avast! Mobile Security and Antivirus. It has nice features like parental controls, automatic backup, and an alarm you can activate if your device goes missing.
iPhones are less susceptible to viruses and malware because Apple's store is the only source for apps. There have been few reports of any problems. However, no phone is immune to theft. If you have an iPhone, you can use the "Find My iPhone" feature to locate your phone on a map or remotely lock or delete all data to prevent a thief from accessing it.


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It's interesting how things impact certain aspects of your life. Twenty-six years ago my wife and I received the March/April 1984 issue of Country Home magazine (pictured above with a price tag of $2.50). I was going through a primitive furniture phase in my woodworking and the country decorating craze was trendy. I would look through the pages of magazines for inspiration for furniture design. This issue in particular had a sizable impact on me.
It is funny to think back on how much I liked the beat up look of primitive furniture and some particularly worn antiques. There was also a furniture line available at the time in which they took great effort to make their new pieces look old; something that is still common today. I would repeatedly walk through a local furniture store and look at the "worn" new pieces from this line (no doubt the store owner wondered why I kept coming back to her store). This magazine featured the work of a particular furniture maker who did not reproduce antiques, but did make furniture with a period look.
A unique furniture designer
The cover of this magazine says, "True to tradition: The life and craft of a Virginia cabinetmaker." Inside was a feature article about the cabinetmaker, Peter Kramer. And the article featured not only his personal collection of hand made furniture, but also a tour through his unusual home – a collection of three log homes made into one. His home was interesting to me, but I really took up with his furniture and his unique eye for furniture design (I will use the word "unique" a lot in this post).
Peter's pieces often utilized wide, knotty boards and would look right at home in a 200 year old farm house. In fact, Peter came up with a back in time imaginary community called Cloven Mill from the year 1709. He would often think of this fictional village, how the people would live and utilize furniture, and then design pieces (click photos for a larger view).
What I like most about the Peter's furniture, is that many of his pieces have a unique twist to them. In the tall chest above, there is a shallow plain drawer separated from the upper drawers by a protruding molding and the upper drawers feature Peter's scratch carving. Other examples of his work…
Peter's furniture taught me to see how I could work unique features into my furniture designs. I still get this magazine out from time to time as I think about upcoming furniture projects.
Visit Peter Kramer's website by clicking here. Just as my furniture designs have evolved, so has Peter's. His work these days are much more modern and artistic in nature.


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The Certificate 3 Guarantee is a key initiative under the Queensland Government's five-year training reform action plan, Great skills, real opportunities. The Certificate 3 Guarantee provides a government subsidy to support eligible individuals to complete their first post-school certificate III level qualification. It also supports Queensland's Year 12 graduates to transition to employment by providing fee-free training in high priority qualifications.
Training is subsidised by Queensland government and is paid to the RTO providing the training. There is a necessary co-contribution fee from the student for enrolment & training.
It is important that you consider and compare your training options and ensure they align with your chosen career pathway. Once the Certificate III course has been completed, you will have used your only Certificate 3 Guarantee subsidy entitlement.
Eligibility requirements for Certificate 3 Guarantee funding if:
- You are 15 years of age or older
- Have finished or left secondary school (with the exception of VET in Schools students)
- Are a Queensland resident
- Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident (including humanitarian entrant) or temporary resident with the necessary visa and work permit on the pathway to permanent residency or a New Zealand citizen
- Prospective students must not have or be enrolled in a certificate III level or higher qualification (not including qualifications completed at school and foundation skills training).
- Employment status does not matter, nor is there any minimum education requirement, except the standard entry requirements for the course
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Maryland offers a number of programs designed to support home ownership and to ensure the availability of affordable housing. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development facilitates a number of these programs, in addition to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs which provides services under the U.S. VA Health Care System. Programs exist to help low income citizens pay heating bills and make energy costs more affordable. The Maryland Department of Human Resources offers a number of homeless and home ownership programs through local Departments of Social Services, as well as food assistance through a variety of collaborative partnerships.
MD Housing Search
MDHousingSearch.org is a free resource for finding and listing rental housing anywhere in Maryland. From the site, tenants can search for rental properties by geographical area, cost of rent, number of bedrooms/baths, and whether the property accepts housing choice vouchers.
Visit MDHousingSearch.org for more information and to search for a property.
Department of Housing and Community Development Programs
The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) works to enhance the quality of life for Maryland residents. The Department operates and supports a number of programs designed to facilitate home ownership and buying a home. For example, the CDA Maryland Mortgage Program provides low interest mortgage loans to eligible home buyers with low to moderate income households through private lending institutions throughout the state. The Down Payment and Settlement Expense Loan Program (DSELP), also a DHCD program, is used in conjunction with the Maryland Mortgage Program that offers 0% deferred loans for down payment and settlement costs to low- and moderate- income homebuyers.
In addition, DHCD operates programs to rehabilitate homes and make them more energy efficient. For example, the Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program- Single Family (MHRP-SF) preserves and improves single family properties and one-to-four unit rental properties. MHRP-SF is a program designed to bring properties up to applicable building codes and standards. The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), operated by the Department of Housing and Community Development's Housing and Building Energy Programs section, helps eligible low income households with the installation of energy conservation materials in their dwelling units.
Visit the DHCD website for more information on these and other programs.
Source: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
Department of Human Resources- Homelessness Prevention Programs
Several programs exist to address the needs of Maryland's homeless population and those in danger of becoming homeless. However, DHR does not provide direct services to individuals seeking shelter. The following services are administered by DHR through our local departments of social services. To access any of the following programs or services, please contact your local department of social services.
- Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP): HPP provides non-monetary assistance to households with a pending eviction, and in some jurisdictions, support counselors who work with tenants and landlords to prevent evictions. By providing short-term mediation or linkage to resources, the program helps families and individuals who are at risk for eviction to stay in their rental homes.
- Housing Counselor Program (HCP): HCP operates in five jurisdictions and assists low income families who are homeless, or in imminent danger of becoming homeless to locate, secure, and maintain permanent housing. Counselors help these families establish adequate credit references and to apply for subsidized housing. The counselors also help access local public and private resources for the first and last month's rent, security deposits, utility payments, or donations of furniture. The five jurisdictions served are: Baltimore County, Harford County, Montgomery County, Washington County, and Baltimore City.
- Service-Linked Housing Program (SLH): SLH provides funds in thirteen jurisdictions to link low-income residents to community services. SLH stabilizes households that are in precarious situations, thereby avoiding episodes of homelessness. Advocates help link residents to health services, education, job training, employment, addiction treatment, and other counseling. The jurisdictions served are: Baltimore County, Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, Allegany County, Caroline County, Carroll County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Washington County, and Baltimore City.
- Emergency and Transitional Housing and Services Program (ETHS): ETHS provides state funding for emergency and transitional shelters for people who are homeless. ETHS funds shelter beds and support services such as limited rent assistance, food, transportation, and case management. ETHS is administered locally with significant involvement of local homelessness agencies in each jurisdiction.
- Homeless Women – Crisis Shelter Home Program (HW-CS): HW-CS HW-CS Home Program provides shelter, room and board, counseling, and referral services to homeless women and children. The shelters offer a 24-hour crisis hotline in addition to safe accommodations and meals. Other services include direct resource referral for housing, physical and mental health care, education, training, employment services, and case management. This program is located in Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Garrett Harford, Montgomery, Prince George's, Somerset, St. Mary's, Wicomico and Worcester Counties
To apply contact your local Department of Social Services.
Source: Maryland Department of Human Resources
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Services for Homeless Veterans
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers a number of services to homeless veterans. The Department provides opportunities to return to employment, safe housing, health care and mental health services. In addition the U.S. VA operates a 24/7 hotline for homeless veterans or those concerned about a homeless veteran to call for support.
The U.S. VA National Homeless Call Center provider free, 24/7 access to trained counselors for local resources and assistance for homeless veterans and for individuals at risk of homelessness. To speak with a counselor call 877-4AID-VET (877-424-3838).
Visit the U.S. VA Services for Homeless Veterans website for more information.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program (HCHV)
Many HCHV programs serve as the hub for a myriad of housing and other services which provide the U.S. VA a way to outreach and assist homeless veterans by offering them entry to U.S. VA care.
The central goal is to reduce homelessness among veterans by conducting outreach to those who are the most vulnerable and are not currently receiving services and engaging them in treatment and rehabilitative programs.
Baltimore Annex-Health Care for Homeless Veterans
209 W. Fayette Street
Baltimore MD 21201
Craig Cook, Program Coordinator
Perry Point-Health Care for Homeless Veterans
VAMC Domiciliary Care Program
Circle Drive- Building 1H
Perry Point MD 21902
410- 637-1342
Martinsburg, W.VAMC- Health Care for Homeless Veterans
Grant Per Diem Program
Charles Town Road (Route 9)
Martinsburg WV 25401-98
304-263-0811, ext.3840
Washington, D.C. VAMC- Health Care for Homeless Veterans
Psychiatry Service/116A
VA Medical Center
50 Irving Steet, NW
Washington DC 20422
Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Supportive Services for Veterans and their Families (SSVF)
Under the SSVF program, eligible veteran families are assisted case management, and assistance in obtaining VA and other benefits, which may include health care benefits, daily living services, personal financial planning services, transportation, fiduciary and payee services, legal services, child care services, and housing counseling.
In addition, veteran families may also be assisted with time-limited payments to third parties (e.g., landlords, utility companies, moving companies, and licensed child care providers) if these payments help veteran families stay in or acquire permanent housing on a sustainable basis.
Six organizations in Maryland received grants to support veteran families in 2013. Listed below are the organizations, the counties they serve, and their contact information.
- Alliance, Inc. (serving Baltimore, Howard, Harford, Cecil, Carroll, Anne Arundel, Frederick, Kent, Queen Anne's, Washington, Talbot, and Baltimore City) 410-282-5900, ext.3333
- Three Oaks Homeless Shelter (serving St. Marys, Charles, and Calvert) 301-863-9535
- Project PLASE, Inc. (serving Baltimore City and Baltimore County) 410-837-1400, Ext. 111 or Ext. 123
- New Vision House of Hope (serving Baltimore City) 443-838-2670
- Diakonia (serving Somerset, Wicomico, and Worchester) 410-213-0923
- St. James AME Church-Zion House (serving Caroline, Talbot, Queen Annes, Kent, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worchester, and Somerset) 410-742-1427
- Housing Counseling Services (serving Montgomery, Prince George's) 202-667-7006, Ext. 129 or Ext. 218
- Friendship Place (serving Montgomery, Prince George's, Frederick) 202-658-9599
- United States Veterans Initiative (serving Prince George's, Montgomery) 202-573-2790
- Operation Renewed Hope (serving Prince George's, Montgomery) 703-887-8117
Source: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
National Resource Directory: Homeless Veteran Support
The National Resource Directory contains a comprehensive listing of resources to connect wounded warriors, service members, veterans, their families and caregivers who support them.
Visit The National Resource Directory to find homeless resources in Maryland.
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV)
The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) is a resource and technical assistance center for a national network of community-based service providers and local, state and federal agencies that provide emergency and supportive housing, food, health services, job training and placement assistance, legal aid and case management support for hundreds of thousands of homeless veterans each year.
Visit the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans website for homeless veteran resources in Maryland.
To speak with someone at the NCHV call 1-800-VET-HELP (1-800-838-4357)
Department of Human Resources- Emergency Assistance to Families with Children (EAFC)
Emergency Assistance to Families with Children (EAFC) provides emergency cash assistance to families who need emergency help paying rent or utilities. These funds are available through the local department once per year when funds are available.
- DSS staff reviews each family situation to determine who is eligible.
- Families must have one or more children under 21 living with them.
- Families must present proof that they are behind on rent and have been/will be evicted.
- Families must present notice from utility companies that services have been/will be cut off.
For more information and to apply for EAFC contact your local Department of Social Services.
Source: Maryland Department of Human Resources
Maryland Department of Aging: Maryland Access Point
Maryland Access Point (MAP) is a statewide resource for information and assistance about long-term services and supports, particularly for older adults and individuals with disabilities, regardless of income. Information and resources are available to address a variety of needs, health, transportation, income and financial aid, senior citizen centers and clubs, daily meals, pharmacy assistance, housing, volunteer opportunities, and more.
There are 20 local MAP Information and Assistance offices throughout the state. Trained staff can provide assistance in determining needs for services and make referrals to appropriate agencies, including case management and coordination for persons requiring ongoing services.
For local office locations visit the Maryland Access Point website.
To speak with Maryland Access Point staff contact the local site office nearest you or call the Maryland Department of Aging at 410-767-1100
Visit the Department of Aging for additional supports and information.
Department of Human Resources- Office Of Home Energy Programs
The Maryland Energy Assistance Program (MEAP) provides assistance with home heating bills. Limited assistance is available to replace broken or inefficient furnaces.
The Electric Universal Service Program (EUSP) assists eligible low-income electric customers with their electric bills. Assistance is available whether you are an active customer or you are currently without service. Eligible electric customers may receive help in three ways:
- Help to pay current electric bills
- Help to pay past due electric bills
- Help with energy efficiency measures to reduce future electric bills
The Utility Service Protection Program (USPP) protects low-income families from utility cut-offs and allows MEAP eligible households to enter into a year-round even monthly payment program with their utility company.
To apply for any of these programs contact the local home energy office in your area.
To speak with someone regarding these programs call 1-800-352-1446 (For the hearing impaired 1-800-925-4434)
Source: Maryland Department of Human Resources