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DCJS County Re-entry Task Force Initiative
In November 2005, the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) established county re-entry task forces. These task forces were designed to reduce recidivism by coordinating and strengthening community supports in response to high-risk offenders transitioning from prison back to the community. In 2011, DCJS re-vamped the CRTF initiative by requiring the use of evidence-based practices. Contracts now are performance-based and achievements are measured by the attainment of specific goals implemented to reduce recidivism.
Currently, nineteen CRTFs receive state funding. Bi-monthly task force meetings and bi-weekly case conference meetings bring together the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), other stakeholders, service providers and community resources needed to help those released from prison become productive members of the community. By providing this help, the Task Forces make an investment in each participant and enhance public safety.
In addition to funding, DCJS provides training and technical assistance to the County Re-entry Task Forces. Visit this webpage often to learn what's new in the County Re-entry Task Forces.
County Re-entry Task Force Program
The goal of New York State's re-entry strategy is to reduce recidivism and promote community safety. In November 2005, the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) developed a Task Force model to coordinate and strengthen community program services that help high-risk offenders remain crime-free as they transition from prison back to the community. The DCJS Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives revamped the structure of the CRTFs in 2011 to include performance-based contracting and the required use of evidence-based practices, including cognitive behavioral interventions and employment-focused goals.
CRTFs are charged with coordinating and managing services provided to individuals to ensure effective re-entry into the community. The task force includes the collaboration of diverse organizations to work together in support of case-managed services to moderate to high-risk offenders upon their release from prison. The use of active case management ultimately supports re-entry clients to meet the conditions of their parole and to remain crime-free and violation-free. The task force model includes agencies that represent law enforcement, community supervision, social services, mental health, victim advocacy and substance abuse treatment providers.
DCJS funds County Re-entry Task Forces to operate in the following counties: Albany, Bronx, Broome, Dutchess, Erie, Kings, Monroe, Nassau, New York, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Rensselaer, Rockland, Schenectady, Suffolk, Ulster, and Westchester.
Task Force Organizational Structure
County Re-entry Task Forces function to reduce recidivism and increase public safety through the coordination of services provided to individuals released from prison. CRTFs, working in collaboration with the NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), coordinate service delivery to moderate and high risk offenders, which address their criminogenic and stabilization needs. CRTFs also work to increase the community's capacity to assist in offender re-entry and reintegration through public education and the development of necessary services.
CRTF Leadership
CRTF leadership is based on two designated co-chairs: One represents the chief elected county official while the second is designated by the State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). The co-chairs oversee the work of the CRTF Coordinator, who is responsible for the day-to-day CRTF operations.
County Leader/Re-entry Task Force Co-Chair
The Chief Elected Official or his/her designee, may include a representative from an administrative county agency, such as the Director of Probation, the Commissioner of Mental Health, the District Attorney, the Commissioner of Social Services, the Criminal Justice Advisory Board Chair, the Alternatives to Incarceration Advisory Board Chair, or the Chair of the Board of Supervisors.
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Co-Chair
State Parole officers are legally responsible for the court-mandated supervision of individuals released from state correctional facilities to ensure compliance with conditions of release. The DOCCS Co-Chair is charged with the management and supervision of those released from prison to the community. The DOCCS Co-Chair ensures coordination between DOCCS facility staff, DOCCS field staff and the CRTF. The DOCCS Co-Chair is responsible for referring moderate and high-risk offenders released from DOCCS to the CRTF for case management.
County Re-entry Task Force Coordinator
The County Re-entry Task Force Coordinator oversees the day-to-day functions of the CRTF. Specifically, the Coordinator:
- Engages appropriate state and local partners to provide benefits, services, and community-level support that address the criminogenic and stabilization needs of re-entry clients.
- Schedules and convenes task force and case conferencing meetings with appropriate agency representatives.
- Develops detailed meetings agendas.
- Notifies DCJS of all scheduled CRTF meetings.
- Promotes the task force's role as a referral agent that connects re-entry clients with needed services.
- Acts as the primary liaison with the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to receive appropriate referrals for re-entry services, and with DCJS for program implementation.
- Coordinates case-managed services to individuals for successful community re-entry of those released from state prison.
- Completes administrative reports for submission to DCJS by established due dates. These reports include:
- Monthly Intake and Discharge reports.
- Quarterly Program Progress reports.
County Re-entry Task Force Functions and Membership
The Coordinator facilitates bi-monthly meetings of the full County Re-entry Task Force and bi-weekly meetings of the Case Conferencing Committee. The CRTF and Case Conferencing committees establish and maintain a regular meeting schedule. The Coordinator documents the activities of the CRTF and Case Conferencing Committee and develops detailed agendas for each meeting.
County Re-entry Task Force Meetings
To achieve state and local re-entry goals, each CRTF conducts strategic planning throughout the program period to develop effective approaches to serving individuals, build local capacity to meet service needs and to educate the public about re-entry efforts that seek to improve public safety. The CRTF systematically identifies gaps in services experienced by re-entry cases.
Required CRTF Membership
Re-entry Task Force membership varies by county or agency, as the needs of returning individuals and available system resources are expected to differ across jurisdictions. CRTFs include the following members:
- Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) Co-Chair.
- County Co-Chair – Chief Elected Official or designee.
- CRTF Coordinator.
- County Department of Social Services Commissioner or Designee.
- County Department of Mental Health Commissioner or Designee.
- Service providers receiving referrals from CRTF (must include housing, employment and CBI represented programs).
- Community Organizations.
- If an IMPACT county, a police representative involved with IMPACT.
- Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Field Office.
Other suggested members may include:
- An individual formerly under supervision.
- Victim Advocacy Organization(s).
- County Department of Probation Director, Commissioner or Designee.
- Local VESID (Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities) Office.
- Local One-Stop Center (Department of Labor).
- Local Housing Authority.
- Representatives from U.S. Veteran Affairs Office, State Division of Veterans' Affairs or County Veterans Service Agency.
- District Attorney's Office.
- County legislators.
- Local research partner.
- Local educators.
- Court representatives.
- Representatives from the business community.
- Strategic Planning and System-wide Coordination
Re-entry Task Forces continually assess the effectiveness of the county's re-entry system for consistency with the principles of effective practice. These include:
- Use of Actuarial Risk and Needs assessment (and the identification of Criminogenic Needs).
- Use of Motivational Interviewing techniques.
- The risk principle--targeting higher risk offenders.
- The use of cognitive behavioral approaches.
- Increased use of positive reinforcement and rewards.
- Engagement in ongoing, pro-social support.
- Measuring change and providing measurement feedback.
- Public education and outreach
CRTFs engage the community (including formerly incarcerated individuals and their families) to build comprehensive public education and outreach efforts that encourage participation in re-entry planning and programming. Re-entry Task Forces may conduct public education/outreach activities during the program period. Such activities may include, but are not limited to: public awareness campaigns; mentoring programs; community forum discussions on topics relevant to formerly incarcerated persons and their families; panel discussions featuring re-entry stakeholders; outreach to employers/job fairs and the business community; and publication of informational materials related to criminal justice topics.
CRTF Activities Report
Quarterly Activity Report, County Re-entry Task Forces, January – March 2017 (6/17). This report describes the four quarters of program activity by the 19 CRTFs statewide during the period January – March 2017.
County Reentry Task Force Program Activity Report: July 2015-December 2015 – Semi-annual program activity report of the 19 County Re-entry Task Forces during the period July 2015- December 2015.
County Reentry Task Force Program Activity Report: 2014-15 – Four-quarter program activity report of the 19 County Re-entry Task Forces during the period July 2014 – June 2015.
County Reentry Task Force Program Activity Report: Annual program activity of the 19 County Reentry Task Forces during the period July 2013- June 2014.
County Reentry Task Force Program Activity Report: Semi-annual program activity of the 19 County Reentry Task Forces during the period July- December 2013.
County Reentry Task Force Program Activity Report: July 2012 - June 2013 (10/3/2013)
Program activity of the 19 County Reentry Task Forces funded by DCJS.
Quarterly County Reentry Task Force Program Activity Report (8/13) This report describes the program activity of the 19 County Re-entry Task Forces during the period January 1 – March 31, 2013.
Quarterly County Reentry Task Force Program Activity Report (5/13) This report describes the program activity of the 19 County Re-entry Task Forces during the period Oct 1 – December 31, 2012.
Quarterly County Reentry Task Force Program Activity Report (12/12) This report describes the program activity of the 19 County Re-entry Task Forces during the period July 1 –September 30, 2012.
- 2015 CRTF Webinar - 8/25/2015
- 2015 County Re-Entry Task Force RFA Live Meeting - 3/18/2015
- 4/11/2014 - CRTF Semi-Annual Report
- 11/25/2013 - 2013 CRTF Quarterly Reporting
- 6/24/2013 - CRTF Referrals: Using Supervision Levels / COMPAS Re-entry
- 4/30/13 - Manhattan CRTF: Family-Focused Approach to Re-entry
- 03/18/13 - 2013 Renewal Application Review
- 02/07/13 - Veterans in the CJ System
- 11/29/12 - Broome CRTF Referral and Intake Process
- 11/14/12 - Funding Information for CRTFs
Legal Reference
New York State Labor Law §201-f provides that every employer shall post, in a place accessible to his or her employees, a copy of Correction Law Article 23-A relating to the licensure and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses.
Transition from Prison to the Community Initiative (TPCI)
New York is one of only eight states invited to participate in the National Institute of Corrections' (NIC) Transition from Prison to Community Initiative. This initiative involves the collaboration of criminal justice and human service agencies to work with local governments and service providers to integrate evidence-based re-entry policies and programs. Chaired by the Division of Criminal Justice Services, a multi-agency Statewide Offender Re-entry Task Force oversaw the implement the TPCI model of re-entry in New York.
Offender Re-Entry Open Meeting, (5/2007)
Transcript of proceedings during open meeting.
Interagency Offender Reentry Task Force: Interim Report (12/15/2003)
Report compiles the results of the Statewide Interagency Offender Re-Entry Task Force workgroups.
2009 Profile County Re-entry Task Force Participants, (2/2012) This report provides a description of the individuals accepted for services by the task forces during 2009.
Offender Re-Entry Open Meeting (5/2007). Transcript of proceedings during open meeting. DCJS, along with the Department of Correctional Services, the Division of Parole and the Division Probation and Correctional Alternatives hosted a day-long meeting on the barriers to successful return to communities from prison.
Interagency Offender Re-entry Task Force: Interim Report (12/15/2003). Report compiles the results of the New York Statewide Interagency Offender Re-Entry Task Force workgroups.


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in Rome: List of all the most important museums
in Rome
Visit the Vatican Museums - NEW! Reserved entrance before the official opening hours!
Barracco Museum - Corso V. Emanuele II, 168 - Historical centre - Ph. +39.06.68806848 -
Series of original Assirian, Egiptian, Greek, Roman sculptures, an axtraordinary
collection which belonged to Lord Giovanni Barracco. Noteworthy the sphinx
of Hatshepsut and the ruins of an ancient Roman house in the basement
9,00/19,00 Sundays Holidays: 9,00-13,00 Closed: monday
Free entrance under 18 and over 65 y.o.
General Info: museum shop
guided visits: guide of Rome
Official Site:
Borghese Museum and Gallery - Piazza Scipione Borghese, 5 Casino Borghese - Downtown - Ph+39.06.8417645
TThe little palace was built in 1613
to hold Cardinal Scipione borghese's collection of art. It is siege of
the Museum (on the ground floor) and the Borghese Gallery(on the first
floor). Inside are some of the most famous sculptures by G.L.Bernini such
as "David", "Apollo and Daphne" "Pluto and Proserpina", Canova's masterpiece,
the reclining statue of Pauline Borghese, and a rich picture gallery plenty
of masterpieces of absolute value amogn the others the famous "Danae"
by Correggio, Raphael's "Deposition", Caravaggio's paintings, Titian's
"Sacred and Profane love"
Hours: 9,00/19,00 Sundays: 9,00-20,00 Closed: mon.
Free entrance under 18 and over 65 y.o.
General Info: Specialized bookshop- audio guide- coffee shop - Booking mandatory, entrance granted to a limited number of persons every two hours
Walking tour Baroque Rome: The Borghese Gallery
Capitoline Museums - Piazza del Campidoglio - Historical centre - Ph.+39.06.67102071
Realized according to Michelangelo's design the Conservators' Palace and
the New palace house two museums. After a long restoration the oldest
public collection in the world opens to the public. Inside treasures of
ancient sculpture and paintings from the XIV to the XVII cent. by Caravaggio,
Titian, Domenichino...Noteworthy are the Capitoline she-wolf- the symbol
of Rome- the Capitoline Venus, the Satyr of Praxiteles. A further highlight
is the new Caffé Capitolino, a coffee which offers one of the most enchanting
views in the world
Hours: 10,00/21,00 Closed: mon
Free entrance under 18 and over 65 y.o., students
General Info: museum shop - info reservations 06-39746221
Centrale Montemartini - Art Center Acea - via Ostiense, 106 Centrale Montemartini Ph. +39.06.5748030
450 Greek and Roman sculptures coming
from the Musei Capitolini exhibited close to old machines used in the
former electric power station of Rome. A unique combination of classical
art and industrial machinery. Worth a visit because the juxtaposition
of ancient art and industrial archeology is truly spectacular.
Hours: 10,00/18,00 sat 19,00 Sundays Holidays: 10,00-19,00 Closed: monday
Free entrance under 18 and over 60 y.o.
General Info: museum shop, bar - Free entrance for disabled and under 65 y.o. - Sun morning artistic sessions for children
Colonna Gallery, Palazzo Colonna - Via della Pilotta, 17 - Historical centre -Ph. +39.06.6784350
One of the most beautiful noble palaces
which house collections. It consists of richly furnished rooms, a salon
resplendent with gilt, mirrors, crystal chandeliers and paintings by Bronzino,
Guercino, Dosso Dossi, Carracci, Tintoretto, Van Dyck…It is still a private
residence and that's why it is open only one morning a week. It contains
one of the longest halls in the world, characterized by a cannonball left
in the stairs of its marble floor after an attack by the French from the
Janiculum Hill.
Hours: 9,00/13,30 saturday - Closed: all the other days
Free entrance under 18 and over 65 y.o.
General Info: Museum shop - Closed in August. By written reservation, tours of the gallery and private apartments everyday, even in August
Doria Pamphilj Gallery - Piazza del Collegio Romano, 2 Palazzo Doria - Historical centre -Ph. +39.06.6797323
Private collection of the Doria-Pamphily
family. This Noble family still lives in the Palace and boasts an art
collection that has been built up over the centuries.Works by Caravaggio,
Velasquez, Carracci, Rubens, Bernini, Tiziano, Raffaello and others. The
ceilings of the rooms are decorated in gold.
Hours: 10,00/17,00 Closed: thursday
General Info: guided visits, bookshop - guided tour of apartments lit. 6.000
guided visits:guide of Rome
Exhibition Palace for Modern and Contemporary Art - Via Nazionale, 194 - Historical centre - Ph. +39.06.4745903
Projected by Piacentini in 1878 it was one of the building realized after
the Unification of Italy in the new capital. Neo-classic style. The space
has been dedicated for exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.
Hours: 10,00/21,00 Closed: tue
Genera Info: bar
Gallery of the National Academy of San Luca - P.zza dell'Accademia di San Luca, 77 - Historical centre - Ph. +39.06.6798850
Paintings from the XVI to the XIX cent. Particularly interesting are the
"Roman Ruins" by Pannini
Hours: 10,00/13,00 - last sun of the month 10,00-13,00 tue, thur, sat and sun
General Info: Bookstore
L. Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography - Piazza Marconi,14 Ph. +39.06.549521
Note: An
ethnographic collection containing around 60,000 pieces produced by European
indigenous cultures. The Italian prehistoric and protohistoric section
documents evolution from the Paleolithic epoch to the Iron Age
Hours: 9,00/14,00 Sundays Holidays: 9,00-20,00 Closed: mon
Genera Info: free entrance for schools - On sundays at 10.30 guided visits
Municipal Gallery of Modern Art – Peroni - Ex Peroni brewery, Via Reggio Emilia, 54 - Downtown - Ph. +39.06.67107900
It collects some of 2000 works which complete the collection. Among the
works of value there are important paintings of Roman school realized
from the beginning of the XX cent. to the 50's. The entrance ticket allows
admission even to the Crispi Gallery
Hours: 10,00/20,00 Closed: monday
Genera Info: Museum shop
Museo del Corso, Palazzo Cipolla - Via del Corso, 320 - Historical centre - Ph. +39.06.6786209
The museum traces the history of the ancient Via Lata from its origins
to present times
Hours: 11,00/20,00 Closed: monday
Museum of Palazzo Venezia -Via del Plebiscito, 118 - Historical centre - Ph. +39.06.6798865
JThe museum occupies a part of the Palazzo Venezia, which was begun in
1455 by the Venetian Pope Paul II and completed in 1465. The palace served
as a papal residence until 1564 when it was ceded to the Republic of Venice
for its ambassadors. It belonged to Austria from 1797 to 1916. During
the Fascist era, Mussolini used the palace as headquartes and spoke to
the crowds from the balcony that faces the piazza. It houses today an
important collection of paintings, statues, terracotta, reliefs, tapestries
and porcelains. Among the most important works are the Barsanti collection
of small bronzes; a Byzantine ebony marriage casket of the 10th or 11th
century; decoration by Andrea Mantegna in the Sala del Mappamondo.
Hours: 9,00/14,00 Closed: mon., 1st jan, 1st may, 25th dec
Museum of Rome - Piazza S. Pantaleo, 10 - Historical centre - Ph. +39.6.6875880
Sculptures, pictures, marble pieces, mosaics, objects of the history of
Rome dating from the Middle Ages to 1870. Noteworthy is the throne of
pope Pius IX
Hours: 9,00/13,00 Closed: monday
National Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini - via Quattro Fontane, 13 - Historical centre - Ph. +39.06.4824184
The palace was begun in 1625 by Carlo Maderno with the help of Borromini
and completed eight years later by Bernini. Inside works from the XII
to the XVII cent. The museum is the result of collections belonging to
noble families. The central hall has a splendid ceiling painted by Pietro
da Cortona with the "Triumph of the Divine Providence". Paintings by Caravaggio,
Andrea del Sarto, the famous "La Fornarina" by Raphael; a portrait of
Henry VIII by Hans Holbein, Lippi, Angelico, Simone Martini and a Bust
of Urban VIII by Bernini.
Hours: 9,00/19,00 Closed: mon
Free entrance under 18 and over 65 y.o.
General Info: Guided visits cloack room, bookshop - From june 1st to september 30th on Saturdays entrance also 21,00- 23,45
guided visits: guide of Rome
National Gallery of Modern and Contemporay Art - Via delle Belle Arti, 131 - Downtown - Ph. +39.06.322981
Works of italian and foreigner art of the XIX and XX cent. of authors
belonging to the main modern and contemporary cultural and artistic movements.
Works by the Macchiaioli, Manzù, Matisse, Picasso and Modigliani.
Hours: 9,00/19,00 Sundays-Holidays: 9,00-20,00 Closed: mon., 1st jan, 1st may, 25th dec
Free entrance under 18 and over 65 y.o.
General Info: Guided visits, bar, cloackroom, bookshop, museum shop - Coffee-shop restaurant open from 7,30 to 24,30 with indipendent entrance from Via Gramsci, 73
National Gallery of Palazzo Corsini - Via della Lungara, 10 - Downtown - Ph.+39.06.68802323
In the building of the XVIII cent. designed by Fuga are housed works of
the XVI and XVII cent.. Among the artists Tiziano, Andrea del Sarto, Giordano,
Poussin, Guido Reni, Guercino, Van Dyck, Caravaggio
Hours: 9,00/19,00 sat. 14,00 Sundays-Holidays: 9,00-13,00 Closed: mon.
Free entrance under 18 and over 65 y.o.
General Info: Museum shop
National Museum of Castel Sant'Angelo - Lungotevere Castello, 50 - Historical centre - Ph. +39.6.6819111
Originally built for the emperor Hadrian in the IIc. A.D. possibly by
the architect Demetriano, and in whose cells were buried the emperors
from Hadrian to Septimius Severus and their families. It became a fortress
and prison during the Middle Ages. Some of its famous prisoners included
Cola di Rienzo, Cellini, Giordano Bruno, Cagliostro and Beatrice Cenci.
The building became a museum in 1925 and contains sculptures, furnitures
and weapons of different origins, fragments of floor of the XIV and XV
cent. and frescoes by Perin del Vaga and Pellegrino
Hours: 9,00/20,00 Sundays-Holidays: 9,00-20,00 Closed: mon
Free entrance under 18 and over 65 y.o.
General Info: bar, cloackroom, bookshop - From june 1st to september 30th on Saturdays entrance also 21,00- 23,45 - guided visits
Roman National Museum - Palazzo Altemps - Piazza Sant'Apollinare, 44 - Historical centre -Ph. +39.06.6833759
Collection of classic sculpture coming from private collections of Altemps
and Ludovisi families. Noteworthy is the painted loggia, the Ludovisi
Throne dating back to the V cent b.C., the Ares Ludovisi, the Suicidal
Gaul and the Dying Gaul
Hours: 9,00/18,45 Sundays Holidays: 9,00-19,45 Closed: mon
General Info: From june 1st to september 30th on Saturdays entrance also 21,00- 23,45
guided visits: guide of Rome
Roman National Museum - Palazzo Massimo alle terme - Largo di Villa Peretti, 2 - Historical centre Ph. +39.06.48903500
One of the most important archeological collections in the world, Greek, Roman and Christian art found in Rome and its neighbourhood. Beautiful frescoes coming from the Domus Livia, the Domus Farnesina and the Villa of Nero at Nettuno.
Hours: 9,00/18,45 Sundays - Holidays: 9,00-19,45 Closed: monday - From june 1st to september 30th on Saturdays entrance also 21,00- 23,45
free entrance for university students
General Info: Guided visits cloack room,bookshop
guided visits: guide of Rome
Spada Gallery - Piazza Capo di Ferro, 13 Palazzo Spada - Historical centre -Ph. +39.06.6861158
The gallery is part of the Palazzo Spada begun in 1540 by the architect
Giulio Merisi. Paintings by Rubens, Durer, Caravaggio, Guercino, Domenichino,
Guido Reni, Carracci, Andrea del Sarto, , Salvator Rosa, Passarotti, Parmigianino,
Solimena. Particularly interesting, is Borromini gallery for the optical
illusion created by the artist.
Hours: 9,00/19,00 Sundays Holidays: 9,00-20,00 Closed: mon.
Free entrance under 18 and over 60 y.o.
Vatican Museums - Viale Vaticano - Downtown - Ph.+39.06.69884947
Note: The vast complex of museums, along a circuit of over 7km, which contains one of the largest collections in the world, includes the Pinacoteca Vaticana (comprising 17 rooms with paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, Fra Angelico, Bellini, Raphael, Titian; the Museo Gregoriano egizio (consisting of 10 halls with Egyptian originals); the Museo Pio-Clementino (with the famous Apollo Belvedere, the Laoocon); museo Gregoriano etrusco, Stanze and Loggia by Raphael; the Borgia Apartment (with the famous fresco by Pinturicchio); the Sistine Chapel; the gallery of the Maps, Tapestries and Candelabra; Biblioteca Vaticana; Museo Gregoriano Profano (with the Chiaramonti Niobid of the 4th-3rd cwntury B.C.) the Sala delle Nozze Aldobrandini (with the famous fresco of the Marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxana); Museo Missionario Etnologico (on the history of the Roman Catholic missions); and the museo storico (includes antique carriages, arms and uniforms of the former military corps of the Vatican).
Hours: 8,45/16,00 nov /mar 13,00 sab 8,45-13,45 Closed: sun and religious holidays
General Info: Museum shops, bar, restaurant, audio guide - free of charge on the last Sunday of each month -
guided visits: guide of Rome
Walking tour Vatican State: vatican museums, sistine chapel and St Peter Cathedral
Villa Farnesina - Via della Lungara, 230 - Downtown - Ph.+39.06.68801767
Splendid residence of the XVI cent. of the rich banker Agostino Chigi,
decorated by Raphael, not to miss the Galatea's Room, the Loggia of Cupid
and Psyche by Raphael and the Salon of Perspective by Peruzzi
Hours: 9,00/13,00 Closed: sunday
guided visits: guide of Rome
Villa Giulia National Etruscan Museum - Piazzale Villa Giulia, 9 - Downtown - Ph. +39.06.3201951
The museum was originally built as a villa in 1551-53 for Pope Julius
III by Vignola, Ammannati and Vasari; it was established as a mseum in
1889. Contains the most important Etruscan collection in the worls, including
the famous Pollo of Vejo, the sarcophagus of the Bride and Groom, sculpture,
bronzes, furniture, ivory and other objects from burial grounds. Noteworthy
also is the reproduction of the tomb from Cerveteri and the Castellani
collection of jewellery from the 18th cent. B.C. to the 19th cent. in
gold, silver etc.
Hours: 9,00/19,00 Sundays Holidays: 9,00-20,00 Closed: mon., 1st jan, 1st may, 25th dec
Free entrance under 18 and over 65 y.o.
General Info: bar, cloackroom, bookshop, museum shop - From june 1st to september 30th on Saturdays entrance also 21,00- 23,45
guided visits: guide of Rome
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Five egg whites were burning a hole in my freezer. I had used the yolks for something (crispy cereal prawns!) and decided to try freezing the whites…as I have heard so many people do. I was quite pleased that, finally, I would not be sending some poor unused whites to the bin without a fighting chance. So I smugly tucked the whites to sleep for a bit in the deep freeze and that was that.
Much too soon, little niggling egg white thoughts began to badger me. "Must use those egg whites soon!" "What will you do with those egg whites?" "Don't forget about those five frozen egg whites!"
I know you must be thinking of a ton of things to do with egg whites – meringue or some version of it – like a pavlova (which seems to be enjoying some kind of crazy resurgence!) – maybe an angel food cake or a canonigo. But you see, I am not an egg white kind of girl. I, sigh, do not like meringue (even though I think the making of it is pretty charming). I do not really like any (solely) egg white based desserts. I am more an egg yolk kind of girl – rich, creamy, intense, and loaded with cholesterol.
So what to do with those whites that didn't involve something even slightly meringuesque?
Financiers and friands. Almond meal, melted butter, and unbeaten (trumpet sounding here please) egg whites. The perfect vehicle for any egg white of mine I say! Not only are they delicious, financiers have an interesting provenance involving Parisian bankers, breakfast, and gold ingots. What more could you ask for in a lovely little cake? Friands meanwhile, are pretty much the same in make-up, although I am still a bit unsure as to their origins. Some say they are the Australian versions of financiers, and I am inclined to agree since my recipe came from one of my favourite Aussie ladies 🙂
Chocolate Hazelnut Friands
(adapted from Chocolate Friands, page 40, Simple Essentials Chocolate by Donna Hay)
- 1 cup (110 grams) hazelnut meal
- 1 2/3 cup (250 grams) confectioner's sugar, sifted
- 1/2 cup (75 grams) all purpose flour, sifted
- 1/4 cup (40 grams) cocoa powder, sifted
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 5 egg whites
- 200 grams butter, melted
– Grease mini muffin tins, or mini tart pans (I must have used over 30 over these little pans).
– Place hazelnut meal, confectioner's sugar, flour, cocoa, and baking powder in a bowl and whisk to combine.
– Add the egg whites and stir to combine.
– Add the butter and stir until just combined.
– Spoon the mixture into the tins and bake for 15-20 minutes in a 160C (320F) oven (until springy to touch). Adjust the baking time to the size of your tins and check early on how it's cooking.
I fear there may be some French bakers out there shaking their fists in the air at my mentioning financiers and then using hazelnut meal instead of the traditional almond meal in this recipe. There may even be some hissing and scratching about how a chocolate version could in no way be likened to a gold ingot – although I'll have you know that Pierre Herme, French pastry chef extraordinaire, has also made a chocolate version. The simple fact was, I had some hazelnut meal that needed using and no almond meal in sight. Plus, as any Nutella lover would know, hazelnuts and chocolate were destined to be together.
Friand or financier, I liked how these came out! Not too sweet, very chocolate-y, with the hazelnut's nutty flavour all throughout. They were not too heavy and their small size made them perfect for serving with a cup of coffee or tea…or as a nice hostess gift 🙂
I'll need to start freezing my egg whites more often!
p.s. I got these cute little tartlet pans from a famously sweet-toothed local blogger who needed to find new homes for some of the many bits of bake ware she had accumulated (as any expert baker out there with mountains of baking stuff needs to do once in a while). I also got this pan from her. Lori, your stuff have found a good home over here 🙂


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There's nothing like a Steve Jobs keynote address to get the tech world buzzing.
Jobs, a rare breed of tech CEO who also doubles as a compelling public speaker, has used his keynote platforms to introduce his company's most important products for years now. Over the past decade alone, so-called "Stevenotes" have brought us the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad, which respectively brought portable digital music players, smartphones and tablet computers to the mass market. Jobs will also be on hand at the Worldwide Developers Conference next week to introduce Apple's new cloud service, as well as the next generation of its iOS mobile operating system.
To get you ready for next week's main event, we'll take a look back at the top five "Stevenotes" of the past decade that have changed the tech industry in ways that even Jobs' own Reality Distortion Field could never have predicted.
Number Five: Apple switches to Intel processors (WWDC, 2005)
This may not have been the flashiest Stevenote out there, but Apple's switch from IBM PowerBook processors to Intel chips in 2005 set up the company to be a long-term powerhouse in the computer market and paved the way for such high-performance brands as the MacBook Pro and the iMac Core Duo that were released in 2006. At the time Jobs said the switch from IBM to Intel basically came down to choosing a processor that could give users the best performance while consuming the lowest amount of power.
"When we look at Intel, they've got great performance, yes, but they've got something else that's very important to us," said Jobs. "Just as important as performance is power consumption."
The marriage between Apple and Intel has been a success so far, as Apple laptops such as the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro are among the top laptops recommended by Consumer Reports.
Number Four: The App Store forever alters the mobile data landscape (iPhone Software Roadmap, 2008)
It didn't seem like such a big deal at the time, but we now know that the introduction of the App Store marked the beginning of the mobile application craze that has altered how users consume mobile data on both smartphones and tablets. You see, it turns out that smartphone users don't want to get data solely from their mobile Web browsers. Rather they also want to have a series of applications that are specifically tailored to perform functions such as updating sports scores, providing live stock quotes or delivering news feeds. The App Store has been a huge hit for Apple, as the store has delivered more than 10 billion downloaded apps over the past three years alone and has spawned imitators such as the Android Market and the BlackBerry App World.
How big has the mobile app market become? Earlier this year, research firm Gartner projected that mobile apps would generate $15.1 billion in revenue this year, a 190% increase from the $5.2 billion in revenue it generated last year. Gartner also says that mobile app downloads will reach 17.7 billion in 2011, more than double the 8.2 billion mobile apps downloaded in 2010. What's more, Gartner doesn't see mobile apps as just a fad, as it predicts that users will have downloaded a total of 185 billion mobile applications by the end of 2014, meaning users will have downloaded an average of more than 30 billion applications per year between 2008 and 2014.
Number Three: The iPad makes tablets a must-have item (iPad keynote, 2010)
"OK, so it's basically a large iPhone."
That was the reaction of many in the tech world when Steve Jobs first introduced the "magical" iPad tablet computer back in 2010. The tablet handily beat back the skeptics, however, as it went on to sell more than 3 million units in its first three months.
During his keynote, Jobs emphasized that the iPad would have to fill a niche somewhere between PCs and smartphones. In particular, Jobs emphasized the device's ability to combine the mobility of a smartphone with a touchscreen large enough to deliver the full Web-browsing experience of a laptop.
"It's the best Web-browsing experience you've ever had," declared Jobs. "It's phenomenal to see a whole Web page right in front of you and you can manipulate it with your fingers. It's unbelievably great -- way better than a laptop, way better than a smartphone."
The iPad's success seemingly caught the tech industry off guard as rival companies such as Motorola and Research in Motion have struggled to come up with a tablet capable of beating the iPad at its own game.
Number Two: The iPod transforms how we listen to music (MacWorld, 2001)
Anyone remember what a pain it used to be to buy an entire CD that contained one good song and 11 pieces of mediocre garbage? Yeah, we do too, which is why we're thankful Apple came out with the iPod a decade ago.
The original iPod was able to hold 1,000 songs, was 0.2 inches thick and came with Apple's own FireWire cable that let users import songs onto their iPods in a fraction of the time it would have taken using a USB cable. The smartest thing Apple did with the iPod, however, was to tightly integrate it into its iTunes interface and its iTunes Store, thus making Apple the go-to source for buying and managing music on the Web. This fit in well with Apple's overall business strategy of making Apple products into entertainment hubs that consumers would use to store and access their music, movies, books and other media.
"This is a quantum leap because for most people [1,000 songs] is their entire music library," explained Jobs. "You can take your whole music library with you right in your pocket."
Number One: The iPhone sets new standards for mobile phones (MacWorld, 2007)
"Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything," boasted Jobs during the iPhone's launch in 2007. "Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone."
While this keynote captured Jobs at his most insufferably cocky, we have to give him and his team at Apple credit for walking the walk. The iPhone was a smash hit right from the get-go as Jobs' 2007 MacWorld keynote served notice that Apple was no longer content to keep playing second fiddle to Microsoft in the computing world.
What made the iPhone so successful? Well, it was a combination of factors, including a 3.5-inch multi-touch interface with pinch-to-zoom capabilities, an easy-to-use operating system and the first mobile phone Web browsing experience capable of approximating the full Web as it appears on PCs. Oh, and it could also make phone calls if you're into that sort of thing.
In the four years since its debut the iPhone has remained the darling of the smartphone world, generating so much interest that smart journalists can rack up pageviews just by rounding up rumors about it once a week. Unless Steve Jobs somehow comes up with a device that lets users voluntarily Rapture themselves, it's hard to see him topping the iPhone.
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text: Influence of Rainfall on Insecticide Efficacy June 16, 2014 10:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email How long before a rain do you need to spray insecticide to get acceptable control? Here are some factors that can impact insecticide performance factors that can impact the performance of an insecticide during rainy weather - See more at: http://www.mississippi-crops.com/2014/06/02/influence-of-rainfall-on-insecticide-efficacy/#sthash.ciigoioR.dpuf By Jeff Gore, Research and Extension Entomologist, Anus Catchot, Extension Entomologist and Don Cook, Research Entomologist Mississippi State University Some factors that can impact the performance of an insecticide during rainy weather include (but are not limited to): Amount of rainfall – This is fairly intuitive. Obviously 1 inch of rain will have more of an impact than a half an inch of rain, and 2 inches of rain will likely have a greater impact than 1 inch of rain. However, any amount of rain can have a negative impact on some insecticides. Intensity of rainfall – This is an area we don't know a lot about. You would expect that a half inch of rain that falls over a 20 minute period would have more of an effect than a half inch of rain that falls over a 2 hour period. In other words, a hard driving rain is probably going to be worse than a slow steady rain. Activity of the Insecticide – Activity refers to whether or not the insecticide being used has systemic activity (moves into the plant) or contact activity. Systemic insecticides tend to be a little more rainfast than most contact insecticides because they can not be washed off once they are in the plant. In general, most of these will move into the plant within about 2-4 hours. Some contact insecticides may not be very rainfast, but it may not matter. This can be very complex depending on the specific crop and targeted pest (see below) Target Insect – Where the insect feeds can be very important, especially with contact insecticides. For insects that feed enclosed within plant structures (such as bollworms in cotton or soybeans) or mobile insects that are migrating into the field (tarnished plant bugs), residual control is very important. In those situations, a contact insecticide like a pyrethroid or organophosphate may not do a very good job because the rain will wash it off of the foliage before they are moving around in the crop. In other situations where the insect is exposed (bollworms in small beans or grain sorghum, or rice water weevil in rice), a pyrethroid may be the best choice because those insects will come into contact with a lethal dose almost immediately and will be controlled. If the rain washes it off after that point, it may not really matter. General Guidelines: For most insecticides, effective control can be obtained if the spray goes out about 2 to 4 hours before the rain. One major exception to this is Orthene or any of the other acephate based products. Acephate is by far the least effective insecticides to use when rain is expected, in fact generally we like to see 8-12 hours after acephate, but longer the better. Adjuvants can help with rainfastness. We did some work with adjuvants a couple of years ago and found that any good adjuvant can improve control with most insecticides. However, an adjuvant can't fix a situation where an insecticide like acephate has poor rainfastness. As far as the thrips materials go, Bidrin and Dimethoate would likely be the best option if rain is immanent. We really have no available data on Radiant and rainfastness but my guess is, based on the formulation, likely 4 to 6 hours. And as previously mentioned, acephate needs the most time. Nozzle Types: One final thought. Remember that control of some pest can vary greatly with different nozzle types. Coarse droplet low drift tips reduce efficacy on pest like thrips. Hollow Cone or Flat Fan tips with high P.S.I will greatly improve control. This will become magnified even more when frequent rains are occurring. When mixing thrips products with herbicides it is understandable (and wise) to choose low drift tips but it will likely have some impact on control. Back to news


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Today we're making a case for why our fingers are our best tool! I was forced to learn this when I arrived overseas for a job and the bag with my brushes in it didn't make it. With no time to go shopping, I sanitized my hands and just got in there! Brushes of course are amazing, but you might be surprised when you give your fingers a try. Why? Because your body temperature slightly melts the product, helping it to really become one with your skin instead of just sitting on top of it. And you can really press it into your skin as you stipple and tap your way around each feature. Here's what you need to know to pull off finger painting in a way that actually lasts:
- Cream Eye Shadow — is wearing our favorite mass market cream shadow, , while our favorite prestige cream shadow is . They're both our favorites because they don't crease ( a nightmare with typical cream shadows) and don't dissipate as the night goes on.
- Cream Blush — We live for (especially when we find it on sale!) because it's a natural product that was developed by the iconic Rose Marie Swift who is responsible for the makeup in almost every Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit campaign you've every gushed over. Her line is everything. We also really love and have for years because it doesn't disappear in a few hours.
- Tinted Lip Balm — Bria is wearing in Freesia, a gorgeous sheer finish with a calming rose scent.
- First wash your hands with anti-bacterial soap or use a hand sanitizer. After applying foundation (with your fingers so you can really massage it into the skin), swipe your ring finger against the cream eye shadow and tap and smear it along the upper and lower lid. You can choose a matte shade, a bright shade or a metallic shade… the possibilities are endless.
- Tap your index finger into the cream blush then tap it against your other index finger to warm it up and create more of a "slip". Then smile in the mirror to pop out the apples and tap it along the upper half of the each apple as you work your way across your cheekbone. Tap and swirl until it melts into your skin and looks like a natural flush.
- Swipe your middle finger against the tinted lip balm and press it into the lip area for a really natural and gorgeous sheer pop of color.
We also love using our fingers with powder products too. Metallic, shimmer and glitter shadows actually work better with our fingers than a brush because you press it into the skin. You can use your fingers with matte shadows if you're in a jam, but they can get muddy and work better with the sweep of a brush, as do powder blush and powder bronzer.


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Career Journal: When to Avoid the Management Track
By Abhijit Bhaduri
Many job titles have not changed over the years but the expectation from these jobs has evolved rapidly. One such job is that of a manager.
I'm referring to anyone who has the responsibility of managing a team of people to achieve a goal. Today, managers cannot use command and control like their predecessors did. Instead, they need to use empathy and exceptional communication skills to influence diverse team members, who may be located in different geographies.
Successful managers need to spend at least 20% of their time coaching and mentoring people.
Sometimes managers have to head teams where members are much older than they are.
They need to build their team's capability so that members can handle routine projects effectively and take on tasks that they have not done before.
Overall, a managerial position can be exciting and heady. But are you the right person for the role?
Consider the case of one of the best software engineers we had hired from an Indian engineering school. His ability to write software code was exemplary. He was rated as a top performer and got the highest merit raises.
In three years, he was recommended for promotion as a team leader. He was given the task of managing 40 software engineers to deliver a project for a prestigious client.
Within the first six months of taking charge of that team, three out of his 10 direct reports had quit. He attributed this to the high performance standards he had set. By the end of the year, the project was behind schedule and another four of his direct reports had left the company.
The team made a formal complaint about his style of managing people, saying he was autocratic and dismissive. His team members found him to be uncommunicative, and they felt he only spoke to them when he had to reprimand them. They also complained that whenever they would have a question about their compensation, career or a company policy, he would refer them to the Human Resources department. And the team complained about not having structured weekly reviews, and of not getting proper direction for their tasks.
His own manager told him that this was not acceptable. At the end of the second year, things worsened. His manager finally gave him a choice: go back to being an individual contributor, or get rated as a poor performer for the second year in a row.
His dilemma was one which many managers have faced: He enjoyed the status and power of being a manager. What he was not good at was managing people. In an informal chat, he confessed to me that he did not enjoy managing a team, but did it just because he thought that was the fastest way to get a promotion.
The inevitable happened. Two years after taking the team leader's role, this manager quit the company. He joined a startup as an individual contributor, and is now one of their star software engineers.
Similar stories have played out in other streams of work, be it the outstanding sales person promoted to sales manager, or the brilliant scientist who is asked to lead a scientific mission.
The bottom line: someone who is good at a specialized job does not necessarily make a good manager. The skills needed to succeed, for instance, as a sales person are very different from what is needed to run a successful sales force.
So, both recruiters and employees need to do a careful assessment of who is fit to be a people manager.
I know a leader who used to evaluate his star performers' managerial ability by giving them charge of a team and a small project that would run for, say, two weeks.
Once the project was done, the leader would ask the employee about the project and how he or she felt about leading the group. Some would say that they found it enjoyable and would love to lead another project soon, while others would say it was like herding cats and they were glad the project was over.
It was clear who was capable of taking the managerial leap.
Meanwhile, employees should also consider their capabilities before raising their hands for a managerial position. Here are some examples of questions an employee should ponder:
1. After completing your own task, do you enjoy taking time to help someone else with their tasks so that they can learn to do it better?
2. Do people find you to be an effective coach or mentor?
3. Suppose you are working with some colleagues on a project, and everyone has done their share of work except your best friend. Would you be able to confront your friend and yet retain the friendship.
4. The company has just rolled out a new sales incentive system that affects your division. Some of your colleagues find it to be too complex and think it's a ploy by the company to deny people their due. Would you enjoy being able to dig deep to understand the incentive system and explain it to your colleagues?
5. Are you able to see the big picture that connects the roles of your organization's different teams, and understand how they fit with the company's vision?
If the answer to the above questions is yes, then you have the makings of becoming a successful manager. If not, you are better off being an individual contributor.
Abhijit Bhaduri is the chief learning officer of Wipro Ltd., and author of "Don't Hire The Best."
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