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For the past few years we have been baking our Thanksgiving turkey in a trash can. Sounds weird and WTF, right? Here it is in pictures:
The final trip to Quebec for Convocation
This past weekend was our final trip to Quebec with middle child (note I say middle child since the young man still has two more years oh gawd). We were going Bishop's to watch her graduate from University. After five years of living in Lennoxville for nine months of the year, it had finally come to an end, there would be no more 9+ hour drives up on Saturday, collapse into bed, than the next morning open our wallets take her grocery shopping Sunday morning, say goodbye, and start the drive home. Knowing it would be the last time she would see a lot of the friends, it was a sad trip for her, friendships she had built up over the five years she spent at Bishop's University.
The drive up was not a quiet drive at all. We were not only taking middle child but two of her best friends. Having driven with the girls many times, the first thing one of them asked was whether or not we would play the alphabet game? (This is where you start at the beginning of the alphabet, try to find the letter 'a' on a truck, continue on until you have found all the letters, then start again, this time using signs on the side of the road).
The drive started off fine, the usual stop at the drive-thru for coffee, tea, ice coffee, sandwiches, muffins, etc., and since we left at rush hour, traffic was congested so we hopped on the toll highway to try to avoid tie-ups. All was going fine until it started to rain, well drop buckets of raindrops that we had to have the wipers on high for a good portion of the first two hours. Then all of a sudden, the wiper flies off, with the arm still attached it scratches deep into the glass, sounding far worse than nails on a chalkboard.
We pulled over to the side of the road as soon as possible, and hubby walked down the side of the road trying to find the wiper hoping it would still be in one piece. No such luck though, just as he saw the wiper, it was run over by a vehicle rendering it useless. Still raining outside, and in need of a wiper we found an extra one in the back of the van. The only problem with this wiper – it was for the back window, thus half the size of a regular wiper. Hubby moved the wiper on the passenger side window to the driver's side, and installed the smaller wiper on the passenger side.
A bit further down the road we stopped at the store to find new wipers. Well apparently you need a degree to understand how to install a wiper! In the rain, trying to read instructions, through foggy glasses, hubby finally is able to attach the new wiper. He then goes to remove the much smaller wiper on the passenger side, but it is jammed in so tight it won't come off. We have no choice but to leave it where it is, and hope it does an adequate job. As the rain starts to come down harder, friend number one can't get her seatbelt on because part of the belt was stuck in the door. Hubby gets out of the van again, in the rain, and after a few tries is able to open the door to unstick the seatbelt. We stop for coffee before entering the highway again.
Continuing on with our drive, the girls take control of the music, and we grudgingly joyfully listen to the girls sing for the next eight hours. Eventually we arrive in Lennoxville, drop the girls off at our son's apartment (which was not cleaned by the previous tenants – eww!!) with air mattresses, alcohol and clothes, well hubby and I go to a motel.
Saturday morning we are up early (habit from all those years of feeding the dogs at 6:30 a.m.) so we pick up the flowers I had ordered earlier in the week for middle child. She did not want the usual roses but Gerber Daisies. The rest of the morning was spent waiting for the girls to get ready, then pictures were taken at the apartment, and on campus. Thankfully the rain we had on Friday, did not appear on Saturday, it was a tad cold but otherwise a bright and sunny day. At last we headed into the auditorium for the convocation.
With our new graduate we headed off to North Hatley for more pictures, and dinner at Le Pilsen Pub and Restaurant. After a delicious meal, we headed back to Lennoxville to drop middle child off at her brother's apartment once again with explicit instructions to have everyone out of by 9 a.m. because we would be starting the drive home.
The drive home was a non-event with the girls pretty much sleeping all the way. As usual there were numerous stops for more coffee and bathroom breaks.
October has passed
October was a somewhat busy month this year, and also a month where I backed off social media quite a bit. I would check my Twitter, Facebook feeds daily, Google+ not so much, I read blogs but only seemed to have the energy to comment on a select few. My mind itself was blank, not really knowing what to blog about.
At the beginning of the month we celebrated Thanksgiving here in Canada. Our two kids who still attend College and University out-of-town were able to make it home, putting a very large smile on mom's face. I see middle child much more often since she is only a few hours away, and is able to commute home every other weekend with one of her classmates. Whereas, I had not seen the young man since the beginning of September, he is a good nine hours away in Quebec. He arrived home well after midnight, and though very tired, gave his mom one of the hugs you really never want to end.
We celebrated Thanksgiving at home again this year, I do miss going camping during that weekend, but it is far too difficult to coordinate. Instead of baking our turkey in a conventional oven, we baked it in the backyard in a garbage can. Sounds completely weird, but a twenty pound turkey is cooked in roughly two hours and is delectable. Everyone complimented on how well it tasted, it literally melted in our mouths. If you are interested in viewing the video, you can see it here. Please note that Cocoa did have a taste of the turkey before baking, but we figured since we were cooking it at such a high temperature, a few licks of the turkey was no big deal.
Thanksgiving weekend is also the weekend of our Wedding Anniversary, this year we celebrated 27 years of wedded bliss. Actually, we did absolutely nothing, which is quite fine with me. I am not one for celebrations, preferring small quiet get-togethers.
October has been a month of sorrow, with the murder of Cpl Nathan Cirillo. I did not know him personally, but being from my hometown, and the same age as my eldest, plus the fact he was killed standing guard at our National War Memorial, affected many of us Canadians to the core. In the past I have not attending the Remembrance Day ceremonies held on November 11th of each year, this year will be different, I will attend and thank all of those who have died for our Country.
The last few weeks of October have also been quite depressing, dominating the headlines now is the alleged sexual assaults committed by Jian Ghomeshi, former host of the 'Q' on the CBC. Many of the arguments have centred around women not coming forward and pressing charges (as of yesterday, two women have gone to the police). From my own past experiences I understand why most women do not come forward. I was explaining this to my husband last night, and told him how my own sexual assault still haunts me, and if things had been different back then, I would have gone to the police, I do regret that but at the same time will live with my decision.
More happy/sad news ~ the eldest is moving out this month, she will not be five minutes away but instead an hour. Sure we can chat daily on the phone but it is not the same as her sitting with me in the living room chatting. Thus with the other two still away at school, we can be referred to as "empty nesters" for now.


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Indie games and their developers have long had a strong presence at rAge, and this year is no different. I got in touch with RetroEpic Software to see what they would be bringing to the home_coded stand. Hit the jump for more.
Based in Cape Town, RetroEpic Software is an indie team that has several mobile titles and game jam projects under their belts. For rAge 2015, they're bringing two mobile titles to let the public get their grubby paws on.
The first is A Day in the Woods, a game so charming that I'm compelled to accept its invitation to dance. The game looks like it is entirely carved from wood, and brings a twist on sliding-block gameplay. From the look of the trailer, players control a Wisp, sliding blocks to help Red Riding Hood escape from the Big Bad Wolf. And giant spiders. A spokesperson confirmed that the game will be playable on iPads at the stand, and that a new update will be unveiled (this game did make an appearance at rAge in 2013, and was covered on NAG Online).
RetroEpic's other title will be Ginjah, a memory-matching game that promises to have a: "paw-some twist". The descriptions for the game are similarly riddled with cat puns, so I assume there are more than a few cat lovers at RetroEpic. Anyway, little of the gameplay has been revealed, but it seems to capture that spirit of having a cat interfere with whatever you're working on. Ginjah will be demoed at the stand on iOS.
And of course, it wouldn't be rAge without swag. Stickers and other memorabilia for both games will be available, and the games are also entirely family friendly. Obviously you'll find me there, because mobile games are kind of my thing.
For tickets and other info, check out the rAge 2015 website.

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BROCKWAY – Guardian Home & Community Services has announced it is joining with the Pennsylvania Homecare Association to participate in Bring the Vote Home, a nationwide citizenship project to help senior, disabled and homebound Pennsylvanians who have difficulty travelling to polling places cast their votes during the 2012 election cycle.
"We are proud to be participating in Bring the Vote Home on behalf of our homebound patients. I think many of us assume that everyone can easily get to the polls or figure out what is required to register. That's not always the case. With the new state law on Voter ID and the importance of the election itself, we felt it was important for us to participate and encourage our patients and staff," said Community Liaison Julie Stewart.
Cathy Grove, executive director of Guardian Home & Community Services added, "Not only are our patients unable to get out to vote, but their caregivers may have difficulty as well trying to find relief of their commitment to the patient to leave the home."
Guardian Home & Community Services will be conducting a voter drive among its staff, patients and consumers. Caregivers will assist their patients and their families in registering to vote or in applying for absentee ballots. Some important dates to remember are Oct. 9t, deadline for registering to vote; Oct. 30, absentee ballot registration submitted; Nov. 2, absentee ballot returned; and Election Day on Nov. 6.
If anyone needs forms or further assistance they can call the Guardian office at 814-265-2197 or their county voting office. Clearfield County Elections office can be contacted at 814-765-2642 and Jefferson County Elections office at 814-849-1605.
Pennsylvania's homecare community cares for millions of senior, disabled and chronically ill patients each year, including more than 2.2 million Medicare beneficiaries who receive clinically advanced, cost-effective care services in their own homes. Guardian Home & Community Services alone has provided care to more than 450 patients. Many healthcare treatments that were once only offered in a hospital or a physician's office can now be safely, effectively, and efficiently provided in people's homes by skilled clinicians. Home healthcare is less expensive, more convenient and as effective as care provided in institutional settings.


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MSO InCableNet gets Rs 300 crore cash infusion
MUMBAI: The folks at the Hinduja group-owned cable TV MSO InCableNet and InDigital must be a happy bunch. The reason: Grant Investrade Limited (GIL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hinduja Ventures, has decided to invest Rs 300 crore in the cable distribution business managed by InCableNet and InDigital in India.
The capital infusion, according to a press note released by the company, is happening to take advantage of opportunities government mandated digitisation of cable TV.
"Phase I and phase II of the Digital Addressable System (DAS) have already been completed and several consolidation opportunities are coming up. The capital will be used to expand the digital base of IMCL and to improve customer services," said the release.
Hinduja Ventures director Ashok Mansukhani when contacted said, "The purpose of promoter infusion through GIL is to help IMCL stabilise phase I and II which has completed set top box installations. It is up to IMCL management to also grow in new geographies for phase III and IV which are due to be digitalised by 31 December, 2014 either organically or inorganically."
The investment has come in at a time when there is a lot of buzz on whether the MSO is in the running to acquire or partner the Kolkata-based MSO Manthan Broadband. Unwilling to confirm or deny anything Mansukhani said, "There are of course plans to expand our geographical presence. Kolkata is an interesting city to venture into, but nothing as of now has materialised."
He further added, "We already have 22 joint ventures and would obviously like to expand. These things keep happening in the cable TV business."
The infusion of cash couldn't have been more timely. Industry observers have been watching closely waiting for the MSO to get active.


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If you live in or anywhere around Utah, there are some fabulous conferences coming up in the next three months!
Have you been to any of these conferences, or are you planning to go this year? Do you have any others that are a favorite in or out of Utah? I'd love to hear about them!


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The Joy of Social Hour! De Anna Melendez
For centuries food has brought families, cultures, and people together. Food is the universal language for all of mankind, a language of love and joy. In the Bible, there are several passages that reference food. One of my favorites is: "A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25 | NIV"
In Unity, the Power "Life" is represented — …"The ability to energize, vitalize, enliven, animate, and invigorate… We are to experience life as an idea that not only enriches the soul, but also lifts the physical body into a perfect expression of the pattern God implanted in it from the beginning."
This past Sunday during the social hour did you notice that the community center after services was filled with congregants? The aroma of turkey warming, the sound of laughter and conversations among members and guests were heard throughout the building, and Dutch was in the corner serving Blue Bell vanilla ice cream on cones at his make-shift ice cream station, a favorite dessert for the children and adults alike.
I've been serving as a social host team member since April of 2016 and it has been a privilege and a joy to serve in this capacity. It's magical to watch faces light up once they have enjoyed a wonderful meal, in-depth conversations, fellowship, and friendship. It does something special to our Spirits. The kind gestures of a member's word of thanks or compliments for that special dish you made, not to mention their satisfied appetites, go a long ways. Our social hour at Unity is one of my favorite events.
I was first introduced to Unity in La Brea, California in 2004. The social hour after services is one of my fondest memories of my Unity experiences. I was living in Southern California to be close to my youngest son. I was away from family and friends in Texas and missing home. The Unity family became my family. I made such special friendships during this time. They provided me with unconditional love, acceptance, and warmth that will always be remembered.
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Lastly, to the lovely member who made the suggestion to place the broccoli recipe in this week's newsletter (made with fresh broccoli from a local community garden), here you go! Look below and you will find it.
Bon appetit!
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Broccoli Salad with Bacon Recipe
- 2 large bunches fresh broccoli florets, chopped
- 8 slices bacon, cook and crumble the bacon (or bacon bits)
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- ½ cup carrots, shredded
- ½ cup sunflower seeds (or nuts of choice, i.e. almonds)
- ½ cup Craisins
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Stir together mayonnaise, honey, and lemon juice and set aside.
- Cook and crumble the bacon.
- Chop the broccoli and onion.
- Shred the carrots (or buy shredded carrots)
- Add sunflower seeds and the Craisins to the broccoli, carrots, and onion.
- Mix all ingredients well with the prepared dressing.


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061. Day 66. Monday 17th May 2009. News we did not want…
Not much to report today as we expected the MH to be ready by the afternoon so it was a sort of quiet day at R&C home. Bob, the auto leckie called.
Uh oh! They put the alternator on the test bench and it ran OK but they still could not pinpoint a fault except to suggest they replace the regulator attached to the alternator. The cost of a new alternator is too expensive so they have ordered a replacement regulator from Sydney which should arrive in the morning.


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36-6A-1.1 State Board of Dentistry--Members.
36-6A-2 Repealed.
36-6A-3 Appointment and term of lay member.
36-6A-4 Terms of office--Vacancies.
36-6A-5 Officers of board.
36-6A-6 Board continued within Department of Health--Records and reports.
36-6A-7 Acceptance of funds by board--Separate fund--Payments from fund--Expense limited by revenue.
36-6A-8 Compensation of board members and secretary-treasurer--Expenditures.
36-6A-9 Affiliation with American Association of Dental Boards and testing agency--Dues--Meetings.
36-6A-10 Board meetings.
36-6A-11 Quorum.
36-6A-12 Removal of member.
36-6A-13 Immunity from liability.
36-6A-14 Powers and duties of board.
36-6A-15 Restrictions on rule-making power of board.
36-6A-16 Repealed.
36-6A-17 Enforcement of chapter.
36-6A-18 Assistance in enforcement--Expenditures--Employment of attorney.
36-6A-19 Subpoena power of board--Administration of oaths.
36-6A-20 Depositions.
36-6A-21 Repealed.
36-6A-21.1 Inspection of premises--Confidentiality of records.
36-6A-22 Complaints--Records--Investigation--Dismissal--Hearing--Appeal.
36-6A-22.1 Report of suspension or revocation of practice privilege by facility.
36-6A-22.2 Discovery--Evidence in contested case--Personal injury or wrongful death actions.
36-6A-23 Sanctions authorized for violation of chapter.
36-6A-24 Summary suspension of license or registration--Grounds--Hearing--Appeal.
36-6A-25 Reinstatement of suspended or revoked license or registration.
36-6A-26 Repealed.
36-6A-27 Immunity from liability for acts of members of professional committees--Confidentiality of committee communications.
36-6A-28 Unauthorized practice or representation as dentist or dental hygienist, radiographer, registered assistant, or specialist--Misdemeanor.
36-6A-29 Fraudulent or misleading advertising--Misdemeanor.
36-6A-30 Sale, offer, or advertising of dental services by unlicensed or unregistered person prohibited--Misdemeanor.
36-6A-31 License required to practice dentistry--Exclusive responsibility of dentists.
36-6A-32 to 36-6A-32.2. Repealed.
36-6A-32.3 Prescription or administration of drugs.
36-6A-32.4 Performance of dental services outside scope of education, training, or experience prohibited.
36-6A-33 Persons excluded from unauthorized practice or prohibited services provisions.
36-6A-34 to 36-6A-38. Repealed.
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When I learned to sew last fall I set a goal of creating 35 projects by my 35th birthday (a.k.a. 35×35). Then I took ten months to pursue schooling in nutrition and find myself having completed six sewing projects with 14.5 months to go until my 35th birthday. I'm changing my goal to be 35 craft projects. The point was to try new things and use the creative side of my brain more, so I'm okay with whatever medium that comes in. It doesn't always have to be cotton.
I knew I wouldn't have much time for fall decorating given my school finals, but I wanted to have a little something in the house. Last year, (my favorite blogger) Elise shared a felted garland she created as part of her handmade holiday series. I decided to change up the colors and use her instructions to make a fall garland for our table.
Out of convenience I went to the Joanne's that has much less variety and had to work with the felt they had available. In the end I really love the color combo of orange, green, purple, cream, and tan. Typically I am not a big fan of purple, but it works here.
This project is incredibly cheap, easy and quick. I cut the fabric during one episode of Burn Notice and put together the garlands during a second episode. I ended up having about half the felt left when I was done with my first garland. I'm not sure if I misread something or if mine is that much shorter than Elise's. Either way, I made a second garland and sent it to my sister for her table.
Project: 7/35
Time: 2 hours for 2
Tutorial: felted Christmas garland
Cost: $6.14 for both (1/4 yard of 5 felt colors; roll of twine)
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The summer cocktail is an ephemeral thing. It must be as light and breezy as the beach, refreshing as an ocean dip, and as frivolous as that bikini. IPAs, Coronas, and Rose's often take the appellation and more adventurous drinks might be a juniper gin & tonic or a cava if we're feeling Mediterranean.
But I wanted more. Something to lift me up for summer, something where I could soar with the seagulls, and definitely something I hadn't tried before.
Enter Masahiko Endo, head bartender at Mizunara: The Library and an all around good drink guy. We tasked him with concocting three playful summer drinks even a food writer could make (remember: those who can't do write criticism).
Try one at home and if that doesn't work, head to Mizunara and have Endo fix you up one.
Whisky Gin "Jar"
A sweet, shaken, mid-afternoon cocktail in a Mason jar. Maybe instead of those "white trash" parties you can have "upper middle class" parties and serve these.
- 45ml scotch whisky (note: 45ml = 1 shot)
- 45ml fresh orange juice
- 1 tsp honey
- 4-5 pieces sliced fresh ginger
Pour ingredients into a Mason jar and add a few ice cubes. Screw on the lid and shake, shake, shake. Add 90 ml of ginger ale. If you're feeling perfectionist-y, squeeze in fresh lemon or lime.
Campari Mojitonic
This is a mojito that's not too sweet (hello Campari and grapefruit) and without all that annoying "stuff" you get when you order one in a bar. Fresh and easy, like the name of my conceptual seafood restaurant.
- 1/3 of a lemon
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 45ml Campari
- 30ml grapefruit juice
Squeeze lemon and sugar inside a glass and muddle. Add several cubes and the other ingredients. Stir, you know, just for fun. Top up with some tonic water and add some fresh mint. Serve with a straw. And a smile. You devil, you.
Sherry Gazpacho
For the times when it's time to out-bloody that Bloody Mary. The sherry gives it a nice tangy taste and peppers the hot stuff. Maybe it will be your new go-to brunch drink. Who knows?
- 60ml Fino sherry
- 2-3 small slices sliced red chilli
- 30ml orange juice
- 90ml tomato juice
- 1 teaspoon Lea and Perrin sauce
- Just a little salt and pepper
This one's simple. Put several ice cubes into a tumbler. Pour in all ingredients. Stir well and serve.
If you want to check out the bar:
Mizunara: The Library
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All to often when we talk about finding a calling in life but not so often that we can have a calling within a calling. This one is pretty cool since it involves NASA and nuns. An former aerospace engineer and current professor at the University of Prince Edward Island is taking a sabbatical and becoming a member of the Congregation of Notre Dame. The CBC has a unique interview up as well so if you have some time take a listen. Sure she didn't really work for NASA but for a company that worked for NASA but we're all suckers for alliterations. The link between faith and science is real and not as weird as it seems. I mean the Vatican has it's own science focus, with Guy Consolmagno, SJ the director of its Observatory and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. However many people swear that the Church doesn't know anything about science or the fact that a bunch of huge topics come from Catholics. Genetics comes from Gregor Mendel who was an Augustinian monk, Big Bang Theory was proposed by Fr. Georges Lemaitre, the list goes on and even just Catholics in general they've had the first steps. From geology and astronomy to zoology and medicine Catholics have made and continue to today to make impact in all fields of science.
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In the past I think I've mentioned Scapulars, the brown one is the most common. The scapular comes from the monastic scapular which started as like an apron and is mentioned in the Rule of Benedict, as time has progressed the scapular has become a part of the habit of many monks and nuns. It is typically the outer most layer and goes from shoulder to shoulder and often covers the front and back. This is often described as the yoke of Christ and shows obedience. In the Middle Ages this was made smaller and the oblates (monks and nuns in society wore them), this lead to the development of the third orders where lay faithful would follow the Rule of the order and support them. These individuals would sometimes wear a tertiary habit like a scapular and overtime it became a high honor and great privilege to be granted a small cloth attached by bands which one wore over the torso. This is the basic devotional article which we have today.
The most common of the scapulars is the Brown one of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, it is worn by the Carmelites and by a great many of people around the world. The Vatican recognizes many different color scapulars, Brown, White, Blue, Red, Black and there are even some scapulars that combine the other scapulars together into one. As Our Lady of Fatima told the Children "The Rosary and the Scapular are inseparable." This is why it is important, if you don't wear a scapular it isn't that bad it is just another devotional aid that people use. If it is at all possible make an effort to try to lead a more spirit filled life, by adding praying the Rosary or wearing a scapular.
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
This week the readings come from the Prophet Isaiah 66:10-14c; Psalm 66; Paul's letter to the Galatians 6:14-18 and Luke's gospel 10:1-12, 17-20.
This week we hear Jesus commission his 70/72 followers to go out saying "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." he continues saying "I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves." The world is a tough place but we are sent out in pairs now these were the apostles and disciples who were sent out. We should feel like this commissioning is spoken to us as well today as it is the same today as it was back then, the world is like a pack of wolves and we are the sheep. Let us go out proclaiming that the Kingdom is at hand bringing only ourselves and accepting the kindness of other for places to stay and food to eat. This is what the mendicants do to this day, they beg for their daily bread and funding. If we have the resources let us offer some help to some religious order. Let's be willing to follow this mission and remember what Jesus says in verse 16 "Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me." This is how we should be approaching the world accepting the help of others and if we don't get any leave and try someplace else.
Holy Saturday, Divine Mercy Novena Day 2
"Today bring to Me the Souls of Priests and Religious, and immerse them in My unfathomable mercy. It was they who gave me strength to endure My bitter Passion. Through them as through channels My mercy flows out upon mankind."
Most Merciful Jesus, from whom comes all that is good, increase Your grace in men and women consecrated to Your service, that they may perform worthy works of mercy; and that all who see them may glorify the Father of Mercy who is in heaven.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the company of chosen ones in Your vineyard — upon the souls of priests and religious; and endow them with the strength of Your blessing. For the love of the Heart of Your Son in which they are enfolded, impart to them Your power and light, that they may be able to guide others in the way of salvation and with one voice sing praise to Your boundless mercy for ages without end. Amen.
Today we turn our focus on all those who we often forget about, the priests and the men and women religious. Perhaps we could pray for an increase in religious vocations. These men and women have an important role as many have taken a role in education others in health care. Many of the Saints are religious men and women so we can look to them and those living as examples of how to live our lives.
Netflix has another wonderful food series with Michael Pollan's Cooked. I've been a fan of Michael Pollan, the food writer that has written a lot about food in the past decade for . His focus has been food since The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006). I've read his books In Defense of Food (2008) and Food Rules (2009) which offers three simple dictates, Eat food(that your grandmother would recognize as food) mostly plant, not too much. In Cooked he looks at the process of cooking through the elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) and adds that we should be cooking the food that we consume with family.
The Netflix series is four episodes each focusing on one of these. It begin with Fire and takes a look at Carolina Barbecue, in Water it looks at braising, in Air it talks about bread an in Earth it talks about fermentation. In each episode we visit with a person or group of people doings something. In the first episode we meet a pit master from North Carolina and a group of Martu in Australia and the discussion is about we started cooking and our brains grew as we could eat more calories quicker. In the second episode we go to India into a community kitchen and talk about cooking in pots. In the third episode we go to Morocco and a mill there talking about the how wheat runs the world and in a majority of the world they can't grow enough wheat for themselves in their nations. In the final episode we met The Cheese Nun (Sister Noella Marcellino), some food scientists, touch on beer brewing and go to a cacao farm. The show offers some interesting opinions like that the rise of Gluten intolerance in America might be due to the over processing of wheat in America and the food industry in general. There are some cool bits about like how about a third of the food we eat in fermented (ketchup, cheese, hot sauce, chocolate, etc.) or how some anthropologists say that human became a civilization to brew/ferment alcohol while other say that it's because of bread. I think my favorite quote from the whole show was "Eat whatever you want as long as you make it." It did offer some unique experiences like I didn't really know how chocolate was made so that we interesting for me and I liked the part with Sister Noella since it's a unique call and cheese making is something that I would like to do at least once in my life.
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Last week we talk about feeding a multitude of people, this week the amount of people changes and the focus is on bread. We begin in Exodus where the people of Israel were grumbling about how they are starving and would rather be back in Egypt where they had enough food to eat. The Lord heard this and said to Moses, "Tell them, in the evening you will eat flesh (quail) and in the morning you will have your fill of bread. So that you may know the I the Lord am your God." In the evening quails covered the camp and in the morning after the dew fell as it evaporated it left fine flakes on the ground. They asked Moses what it was, and he replied that it was the bread that the Lord have given you to eat. Paul's letter really doesn't have a strong connection to the bread mentioned in the first reading and Gospel. Paul continues talking to the Ephesians and says that we all who have heard the message of Christ should become a new self one that is created in righteousness, holiness and truth.
This brings us to the Gospel of John and we pick up about ten verses from where we ended last week with the feeding of the multitudes. Jesus walks on water in the part that we skip. The people, those who came to the multiplication of loaves and fishes, saw that Jesus was no longer on that side of the sea and they headed to Capernaum to find Jesus. Jesus tells them to not to work for food that perishes but for food that gives eternal life. Someone in the crowd asks Jesus for some of this eternal bread, Jesus replies "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger and whoever believes in me will never thirst." Just as the Israelites who grumbled for sustenance in the desert we have Jesus who is there to provide for us. This is why Paul says that we who have heard the message of Jesus should be new people as we no longer hunger. We should be able to recognize that we are given all that we need with from the Lord and we don't need much more than that.
Young Nuns, youth and religious life
I stumbled on a documentary on YouTube about Young Nuns in Britain and it reminded me about that Lifetime "docu-series" The Sisterhood: Becoming Nuns which was on last fall. Both of these are interesting looks at the religious life, which is a splendid idea as there aren't many people who really know what the religious sisters do. The closest that most of us get to Nuns is The Sound Of Music and we hear bits Nuns in education or healthcare but that's about it. There has been an increase of individuals that are going into vocations. If you have some time watch this or the thing from Lifetime I found them both to be very informative of what some individuals are doing and that there is a strong desire among some of the younger "JPII Generation" to go into religious life, so there is some hope for the future as there are more people actually interested in their faith.
News Roundup
Mother Teresa is finally going to be canonized. Mother Teresa and John Paul II are perhaps the most well known holy people in the past 50 years so it is about time that she is named a Saint. Mother Teresa will be canonized sometime in September 2016 about 19 years after she died this is rather quick for sainthood.
Beer: There is a cool video about the Trappist monks in Spencer. The Spencer Trappists are the only monastics in America who brew beer. Beer brewing is one of the long standing traditional things that monks did. In Europe this is huge thing and it is often considered some of the better beer in the world. Typically in American monks would be making fruitcake, fudge, cheese balls or something like that so the Spencer Trappist are really doing a good thing, I've read that a Trappist community in California has winery. It this trend continues it would be cool if like the Trappists in Kentucky started distilling. So many of the monastic orders in America are educational that having some monks that make things is pretty cool.
Lesser known… happenings
This week we celebrate a unique holiday\observance the Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War which is observed on the eight and ninth of May. May 8 marks VE Day (Victory in Europe) when the Nazi's surrendered. I hope that 70 years later we can reflect on those who gave the ultimate sacrifice as well as those who made it back although some have died in the years since there are still some Veterans from the Second World War still alive today.
Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, SC (26 March 1901–8 May 1927)
Sister Miriam Teresa is only a blessed but is a relatively new one, this is her first feast day, Pope Francis declare her a blessed in October. She was born in New Jersey to Ruthenian (Eastern Slovakian) immigrants and was the youngest of seven. Teresa as she was named at birth received all the sacraments in the Ruthenian Rite one of the Eastern Catholic rites in union with the Church in Rome. She was a regular girl and after graduating high school in 1917 Teresa wanted to join the Carmelites but her mother was sick so she stayed and cared for her. After Teresa's mother passed from the flu in 1918 she was persuaded by her family to go to college. Teresa enrolled at the College of Saint Elizabeth and majored in literature and in 1923 graduated with highest honors. She longed to become a religious sister in '24 she prayed for direction in her life, that summer/fall she visited with the Discalsed Carmelites in the Bronx. Because of health problems the Carmelites suggested that she come back in a few years. With this rejection her family suggested that she go with a teaching order so she eventually joined the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth. After the death of her father Teresa joined the order in 1925. A little over a year later Teresa fell ill and had surgery and this is where the story end. Teresa never recovered from this illness and in 1927 she made final vows "in articulo mortis" (danger of death). If you can read some more about her this week.
Lesser Known Saints
Darerca of Ireland (d. 5th century)
Darerca is a unique saint, but that may not be totally true. It seems that during the middle ages writers wove legends around her story and what we have now is a weird hodgepodge of facts and legends. According to writers Darerca was the sister of the great Saint Patrick, this is one of the things that many modern scholar believe to be untrue. She was twice married and had seventeen sons and two daughters all of whom became saints.
Mac Cairthinn, also Macartan (d. 506)
Macartan is a more reliable saint, he is known as Saint Patrick's strong man because of his dedication to the young Irish church. He might have been the uncle of Brigid as well. According to legend Macartan heard of Patrick's preaching and he left everything and went to find Patrick. When he finally heard Patrick preaching and was baptized and became the a constant companion of Patrick. Helping him where ever he went even carrying Patrick over rivers. Towards the end of Patrick's life Macartan had gotten tired of carrying Patrick everywhere and asked if he could settle down and live out the rest of his life in peace near Patrick. They established a monastery in Clogher and it is said that Patrick gave Macartan his staff and a bunch of relics including the Domhnach Airgid.
Nicholas Owen, SJ, (c.1562-1606)
Nicholas Owen was the builder of the priest holes in England. Nicholas was born in a devout Catholic family when Catholics were in violation of the law. He was an apprentice joiner where he honed his skill at building, from here he entered the service of the Jesuits building priest holes in homes of Catholic families around England. It is widely rumored that he was the mastermind behind John Gerard's escape from the Tower of London. Owen was eventually caught and he gave himself up as he hope to protect two priest who were hiding. Many catholic magicians consider Nicholas Owen the patron saint of Illusionists and Escapologists.
Margaret Clitherow (1556 – 25 March 1586)
Margaret is sometimes known as the Pearl of York. Not much is known about he early life but at fifteen Margaret was married to a butcher, who was a protestant but had a Catholic priest as a brother, and at 18 she converted to Catholicism. She became a friend of the persecuted Catholic population in the north of England. Her son became a priest and she held masses in her home. In the attic of her house there were secret passages to get out if the place were raided looking for Catholics. In 1586, Margaret was arrested for harboring a Catholic priest, she didn't want to have her children testify about what was going on so she refused trial and was tortured. Margaret was crushed to death on Good Friday of that year,. After her execution Queen Elizabeth I wrote to those in York that she was shocked that a woman would be treated like this.
Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (29 June 1832 – 23 March 1914)
The most recent saint the week Rafqa was born in Lebanon, she was baptized Boutrossieh (Petra the feminine for Peter,) and her family wasn't that well off, her mother died when she was seven and at eleven her father sent her to work as a servant in a house in Damascus. When Rafqa returned she found that her father had remarried and the stepmother wanted Rafqa to marry the stepmother's brother., while her aunt wanted Rafqa to marry her cousin. Rafqa wanted none of this and she decided to enter a convent she joined the Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception or the Mariamettes. It is here where she took the name Anissa (Agnes) and at 30 she took her first temporary vows. This lasted for a while until 1871 when the Mariamettes merger with another order forming the Order of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, at this time everyone was given the option to stay with the order, join a different order or become lay again. Rafqa decided to join a different order, she wanted to become a cloisterd nun rather than a teaching one, and the Baladita Order or the Lebanese Maronite Order of St. Anthony was a perfect fit. It is here that she finally takes the name of her mother Rafqa (Rebecca) and at 40 she found a place to stay. While in the Baladita Rafqa began suffering pain continuously from 1885 to her death.


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Originally published in Loss Prevention Bulletin 257 - October 2017
Tony Moore
In 2013, Judith Hackitt, then IChemE President and Chair of the Health and Safety Executive, congratulated an audience at the Institution of Civil Engineers on the "excellent progress" that had been made in changing "safety culture", but at the same time, warned that they had done "very little to address issues of process safety" as a result of which such disasters as Buncefield, Texas City, Macondo and "many more" had occurred.1
Difference between personal and process safety
In the context of this paper, the management of personal safety includes such things as ensuring that personnel wear appropriate protective equipment and making efforts to avoid slips and trips on site. There seems to be general agreement that progress has been made on personal safety and it has become "embedded in the chemical and oil and gas sectors."2 Process safety, on the other hand, focuses on preventing fires, explosions and accidental releases at facilities handling hazardous material, and responding to them should they occur. In its final report on the Macondo accident, published in April 2016, the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) reported that analysis has repeatedly shown that "imbalanced indicator programs focusing mostly on personal safety without an equal focus on process safety will not adequately inform a company of its emerging major accident risk, yet companies, industry groups, and even regulators continue to rely on such practice."3
Reporting specifically on the two companies mostly heavily involved, the report said that whilst both British Petroleum (BP) and Transocean "collected, measured, and rewarded personal safety" issues, they failed to give "process safety the same attention".4
Indeed, BP were accused of making decisions "that increased risk" and of displaying "a lack of oversight and operational discipline" in that what happened in the Macondo accident "were failures in process safety" designed to save "the company time and money".5
Preparation consists of those measures to be taken to enable organisations to rapidly respond to an impending or actual serious accident, and prevent it from causing further damage. There are four key components to being ready for such an incident:
- realistically assessing all credible risks;
- planning;
- the selection of staff with the right skills;
- training.
For the four components to be meaningful, chief executive and board support is essential. Top management must be committed in ensuring that all four are, from a practical point of view, part of company policy and not just words written on a piece of paper. Being ready is a continuous process, not just a chore to be forgotten when done once. Strong leadership is vital in ensuring that an organisation devotes sufficient time and effort to prepare for and be ready for such an event. The actions necessary to ensure this is so may be delegated, but responsibility and accountability will always remain with corporate management, so it is essential that they promote an environment in which process safety and production are seen as equally important.6
This does not appear to have been how BP looked at it in 2010 because the company was totally unprepared for the Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, in which 11 people were killed, and it took 87 days to stem the resultant oil leak. Consequently, in what was the largest accidental oil spill in history, there was extensive environmental damage. The lack of preparedness was later confirmed by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tony Hayward who admitted that BP "was not prepared", that its "contingency plans were inadequate", and the company was "making it up day to day" in the early stages.7
CEOs and other senior managers must broadly understand the vulnerabilities and risks involved and take responsibility for emergency planning for the range of consequences that could arise from a process safety incident, including the consideration of worse-case scenarios. Experience shows that the events for which a plan has been designed never go exactly as expected. Indeed, the military have a saying, "no plan survives first contact with the enemy". It is the same with a major accident. No matter how carefully an organisation has planned, something will always occur that has not been considered. Therefore, at some point the plan will need to be modified. Sometimes there are options but there are serious time constraints. So there is likely to be a need for quick decisions. Inaction or inappropriate decisions can produce undesirable consequences and may have far-reaching implications. It takes a particular kind of person to make the right decisions under such circumstances.
In deciding the skills that are necessary to manage an event following a serious accident, there are two schools of thought. The first sees the skills merely as an extension of those used by managers in ensuring that the product is produced, stored or transported. Others see the skills necessary to manage the events following a major accident as distinct from those required in everyday operations.8
As long ago as 1990, Lord Cullen, in his inquiry into the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster, in which 167 people died, claimed that the role of the Offshore Installation Manager (OIM) demanded "a level of command ability which [was] not a feature of normal management." He then devoted a whole chapter to "training for emergencies" in which he stressed the need for regular and realistic training.9
It is important to recognise that not everyone has the ability to manage emergency situations. Those who have a talent for successfully managing an organisation that is running on an even keel do not necessarily have the skills to manage an incident that involves uncertainty. As Lagadec has pointed out, "a great manager, who excels in periods of calm, will often be completely at sea when his universe topples into what, for him, is something quite unimaginable." He added that what was needed on such occasions are "people who are prepared to expose themselves," but unfortunately "such people are not legion".11
Response relates to those measures that can be taken immediately prior to an accident or emergency, if there is some kind of warning of the impending event, and those measures to be taken during and following the impact. Effectively responding to a serious accident will be the most challenging part of any senior manager's job, from the Chief Executive Officer down. The ability of an organisation "to respond will be reflected in the effectiveness of their internal communication systems, the preparedness of their staff, and hence the quality of their pre-hazard training, their ability to communicate with potential hazard victims and advise them on appropriate actions, and their ability to mobilise resources for hazard response activities."12
Taking these four abilities in turn, firstly, an absence of effective internal communications was a factor which led ConocoPhillips (UK) Limited being fined £3 million and ordered to pay costs of almost £160,000 after it admitted at Lincoln Crown Court in February 2016 that it had put workers" lives at risk during gas leaks on a gas platform. The incident happened on the Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System (LOGGS) between 30 November and 1 December 2012. Gas was released into the atmosphere whilst work was being undertaken to replace a gas pressure control valve. The lives of the 66 workers on board were put in danger of death or serious injury from two sources, particularly if an ignition had resulted in an explosion. A breakdown in communications across the five platforms of LOGGS meant that some workers incorrectly believed the platform was free of gas. In addition, a loss of electrical power made management of the emergency more difficult, the company having failed to consider this as a possibility.13
Secondly, mention has already been made about the preparedness of staff and the quality of pre-hazard training in relation to the Piper Alpha and Texas City disasters. Thirdly, the ability of BP to communicate with potential hazard victims was seriously defective. When an organisation "is grappling" with the results of a serious accident, "it is vital to get your side of the story out" and "you need the news media to transmit information to the public."14 But, as the company spokesman, CEO Tony Hayward "made a series of mistakes" and he eventually admitted the company had "not [been] prepared" to deal with "the intensity of the media scrutiny."15 At the outset, BP was accused of being slow to acknowledge there was an initial problem and of not responding quickly enough. The company took four days to realise that the well was leaking; it was slow to express concern, compassion and full apology to victims who were most affected by the spill; and it intentionally underestimated the extent of the spill, stating that only 1,000 barrels (159,000 litres) were actually spewing into the Gulf daily, but quickly revised it upward to 5,000 barrels (795,000 litres) as other sources queried the first figure. To compound these errors, instead of expressing "compassion" towards the victims, Hayward initially took it "lightly", minimised its impact on the environment by suggesting it was "relatively tiny" in comparison with the big size of the ocean."16 Finally, given that it took BP nearly three months to stem the leak in the Gulf of Mexico, it was apparent that the company were unable to mobilise the necessary resources to respond to the blowout.
Flawed culture not confined to the process industries
The failure of corporate management to plan for and respond to emergencies is not confined to the process industries. For instance, following the capsizing of the Herald of Free Enterprise in 1987 when 187 people lost their lives after it sailed with the bow doors open, it was revealed that senior managers in Townsend Car Ferries failed to heed the suggestions of the ferry masters over a period of two years prior to the accident that there should be a warning light on the bridge to warn them when the bow doors were still open.17 Consequently, no plans were in place to enable a master and crew to respond to this type of emergency. Whilst it was clear that the initial cause of the accident was the failure of a member of the crew to close the bow doors, the inquiry chairman, Mr Justice Sheen, stressed that "the underlying or cardinal faults lay higher up in the company" adding "from top to bottom the body corporate was infected with the disease of sloppiness".18 On a slightly different tact, whilst there were plans in place at Stoke Mandeville Hospital to respond to outbreaks of Clostridium difficile between 2003 and 2006, the Healthcare Commission found a "significant failing" by senior managers in that they persistently overrode the advice of the infection control team, i.e. those responsible for implementing the plan to control infection, in their desire to achieve government targets.19 This is similar to organisations that emphasise production over process safety as was apparent in the Pike River mining accident in New Zealand in November 2010, when 29 people lost their lives. The Royal Commission appointed to investigate the tragedy found that "the board's focus on meeting production targets set the tone for executive managers and their subordinates" and failed to ensure that the workers "were being protected". The Commission found that the general attitude of the Board Chairman, John Dow, "was that things were under control, unless [he was] told otherwise" but, said the Commission, "this attitude …. exposed the workers at Pike River to health and safety risks."20
Seven months earlier, in April 2010, a coal dust explosion in the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia, killed twenty-nine of the thirty-one miners who were at the site at the time. The resultant investigation by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) found that there had been flagrant safety violations. The company running the operation, Massey, had deliberately broken the law thus "endangering the lives of their miners". Alleging that Massey's corporate culture was the root cause of the tragedy, it found that the company "promoted and enforced a workplace culture that valued production over safety." The company was issued with 369 citations and orders, including 21 flagrant violations, and the MSHA imposed the largest fine in its history, nearly $11 million.21 But a more serious warning notice came to corporate management in April 2016 when the Chairman and CEO of Massey's, Donald Blankenship, was sentenced to a year in prison for conspiring to violate federal mining standards. He was also ordered to serve a year of supervised release and pay a fine of $250,000.22
The Royal Commission into the River Pike mining disaster pointed out that protecting the health and safety of workers was "part and parcel of an organisation's functions and should be embedded in an organisation's strategies, policies and operations."23 It briefly outlined what the board should have done. It needed: "to have a company-wide risk framework and keep its eye firmly on health and safety risks. It should have ensured that good risk assessment processes were operating throughout the company. An alert board would have ensured that these things had been done properly. It should have familiarised itself with good health and safety management systems. It would have regularly commissioned independent audit and advice. It would have held management strictly and continuously to account."24
It follows that the responsibility for ensuring that plans are in place to provide an effective response to major accidents and emergencies rests with the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of the parent company. It is their responsibility to ensure that there are competent management, engineering, and operational personnel at all levels.25 It is their responsibility "to engage with the workforce", ensuring, amongst other things, that emergency response plans are developed and maintained at all sites within the company and at an organisation-wide level, with appropriate levels of competent resources, both human and technical, available to execute the plans26. But, on too many occasions, senior management have ignored the warning signs of the possibility of a serious accident, sometimes for years, and have allowed organisational and safety deficiencies to exist which has meant that when such an incident did occur the response was less than effective.
Just over twenty-five years ago, Lord Cullen found "the quality of safety management by operators is fundamental to offshore safety", but he added, "no amount of detailed regulations for safety improvements could make up for the deficiencies in the way that safety is managed by operators."27 Although Cullen was referring to offshore safety, his comments are equally applicable to any organisation involved in the manufacture, storage or transportation of hazardous materials. Safety, particularly process safety, is an attitude of mind. Over twenty years ago, Patrick Lagadec claimed that, amongst senior management, there was "often a considerable reluctance to learn" about the possibility of serious accidents. Pointing out that such events happen rarely, managers decided "their time [was] best spent on other important issues."28 But, as Donald Blankenship recently discovered, corporate management has a legal, as well as a moral responsibility to ensure that process safety is at the top of the company agenda.
- Hackett, Judith (2013). Process Safety – Do they mean us? Presentation to the ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) and Costain Health and Safety Lecture. London: Health and Safety Executive.
- ibid
- US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (2016). Investigation Report: Executive Summary – Drilling Rig, Explosion and Fire at the Macondo Well, 11 Fatalities, 17 Injured and Serious Environmental Damage, p.15, paras. 26.
- Ibid, para. 27.
- Elkind, Peter; Whitford, David; Burke, Doris (2011). BP: An accident waiting to happen. See www.fortune. com/2011/01/24bp-an-accident-waiting-to-happen accessed 3 January 2017
- Corporate Governance for Process Safety: Guidance for Senior Leaders in High Hazard Industries. OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Environment, Health and Safety, Chemical Accidents Programme, June 2012, p. 12.
- Lawless, Jill (2010). "Ex-CEO says BP was unprepared for oil spill". Boston Globe, 9 November
- Moore, Tony (2008). Disaster and Emergency Management Systems. London: British Standards Institution, p. 112.
- Cullen, The Hon. Lord (1990). Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, Volumes I and II (Cm 1310). London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office.
- US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (2007). Investigation Report: Refinery Explosion and Fire. Report No. 2005-04-I-TX, p. 94.
- Lagadec, Patrick (1993). Preventing Chaos in a Crisis. London: McGraw-Hill, p.320.
- Penning-Rowsell, Edmund (2005). Criteria for the design of hazard mitigation institutions. In Hood, Christopher & Jones, David K.C (2005). Accident and Design: contemporary debates in risk management. London: Routledge, p.134.
- . HSE Press Release (2016). "Fuel giant sentenced over offshore platform gas releases, dated 8 February
- Bonner, Dr. Allan (2010). An Ounce of Prevention: Navigating your way through Damage Control and Crisis Response. Edmonton: Sextant Publishing, p. 105.
- . (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11713594 accessed on 11 November 2016)
- Mejri, Mohammed and De Wolf, Daniel (2013). Crisis Management: Lessons from the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill Oil. In Business Management and Strategy, Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 79
- Ministry of Transport (1987). MV Herald of Free Enterprise: Formal Investigation (Chair: Mr Justice Sheen), Report of Court No. 8074. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, pp.23-25.
- Ibid, p.14.
- . Healthcare Commission (2006). Investigation into the outbreaks of Clostridium difficile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, p.6.
- Royal Commission on the River Pike Coal Mine Tragedy. Wellington: New Zealand Government, Volume 1, chapter 2, para 46.
- News Release of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 12 June 2011.
- New York Times, 6 April 2016.
- . Royal Commission on the River Pike Coal Mine Tragedy, op. cit. 20, chapter 28, para 1.
- Ibid, chapter 2, para. 45.
- OECD, op. cit. 6, p. 14.
- . Ibid, p.15.
- Cullen, op. cit. 9, p. 301.
- Lagadec, op. cit. 11, p. 320.
Biographical Note
Tony Moore is a former Associate Director of the Resilience Centre at Cranfield University. He was successively Chairman and Vice-President of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management. He was the co-editor of three issues of Tolley's Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Management and is the author of the British Standards Institution's publication on Disaster and Emergency Systems. He is a regular contributor to Crisis Response Journal.


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Planning trips is a favorite of mine, I love over analyzing details. Finding the perfect places to go & making the most of each trip our family takes. And I hope that my over researching helps others out too & today I am sharing our top favorite hikes in Big Bend National Park. This should go without saying, but all hikes are "family friendly" since we are a family we two children.
Lost Mine Trail (4.8 miles round trip/out & back) – This trail is one of the most popular & the parking near it fills up QUICK during busy season, so get there early. Once parking fills up for the Chisos, they will shut down the road to it & allow one car in as one car leaves (this happened to us on our first trip to Big Bend).
This trail climbs steeply in and out of juniper, oak, and pine forest with breath taking views at every turn. Although there are views of forest around you, the trail itself is very exposed to the sun. The trail quickly levels out at the ridge with views of Pine Canyon and the Sierra del Carmen in Mexico.
Note: No restrooms/water stations at the trailhead.
Mule Ears Spring Trail (3.8 miles round trip/out & back) – A trail through a rocky dessert that started at the foothills of the Chisos Mountains, there are lots of steps & ups/downs through this trail that makes it almost comical at the lack of elevation that is marked on this trail. You'll be going up a few flight of "stairs" & then right back down, this isn't a flat hike at all. The spring was overgrown but had a very nice shaded spot to sit for a rest after trekking through the exposed dessert trail.
Window Trail (5.6 miles round trip/out & back) – Although 5.6 miles may seem like nothing to some, you've got to take the extreme change in elevation & the return being uphill into consideration when taking this trail. With over 1000 ft of elevation change (with the return hike being uphill) it can be a rough hike but the view at the drop off is something that will have you smiling from ear to ear and your heart racing. If you want the same beautiful drop off view but want to shave off almost 2 miles & 500 feet of elevation you can opt to start at Chisos Basin campground instead.
Grapevine Hills Trail (2.2 miles round trip/out & back) – To get to this trail you first drive 6 miles down a rocky dirt road & I've got to say, every drive is a very scenic route in this park. The trail follows a gravel wash & then the real fun in the last quarter of the trail where you get to climb this gorgeous boulder to see the balanced rocks.
Santa Elena Canyon Trail (1.7 miles round trip/out & back) – This was the only trail that we couldn't quite figure out where it started since we had to trek through the Terlingua Creek & up muddy overgrown areas to find the trailhead. Be patient when looking for this trailhead if water is running (some have had it completely dry) & be aware you might be getting wet. The water was knee deep when we explored this trail which was fine because we had already planned to let the kids play in the Rio Grande. This trail leads into the stunning Santa Elena Canyon & after crossing Terlingua Creek, the trail ascends into paved steps & then descends onto the rest of the hike that includes ridges that hug the Rio Grande. There is a spot that leads right into the Rio Grande at the turn around of the hike.
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Christening Party on Sydney Harbour
Celebrate a Christening on the magical waters of Sydney Harbour
A party on Sydney Harbour is the ultimate celebration and what better way to celebrate a christening?
At Vagabond Cruises, we're here to help you make the most of your christening with many catering, bar, and entertainment options to choose from with both day and night cruises available. You can be assured that your engagement party will be a day you and your guests will remember!
Cruise info
Christening Party Cruises on Sydney Harbour
With over 30 years of experience, Vagabond Cruises is Sydney's longest running boutique cruise company on Sydney Harbour.
We have hosted thousands of christenings and milestone celebrations across the beautiful waters of our famed and beloved harbour.
Some of our satisfied clients include the Commonwealth Bank, Qantas, Coca-Cola, Medicare Australia and even the Australian Navy to name a few.
Our professionalism, flexibility and prompt customer service are what set us apart from the rest. As a private family business, we are large enough to supply you with anything you need yet still small enough to care.
We don't just have the ordinary requirements you would expect from any cruising company like premium insurance cover, and compliancy with NSW Maritime safety regulations; our aim is to provide you with a quality experience that's professional, enjoyable and hassle-free.
- Small or large groups – book from 20 - 350 guests
- Excellent food, atmosphere & presentation
- A variety of menu and bar packages available
- Onboard entertainment available
- Flexible quotes and tailored service
- Loyalty membership and discounts for repeat customers
Simply fill out the enquiry form or call us on 02 9660 0388 for a quote!
Catering options
At Vagabond we take pride in our quality catering. From our famous buffets to silver service set menus, to light canape selections, everything is freshly prepared onboard by experienced chefs to our high standards of flavors and presentation.
Menu options include:
Vagabond Buffet
A delicious buffet including appetizers, buffet with plenty of mains and dessert served with coffee and tea
Captain's Buffet
4-course seated buffet including roving appetizers, seated entree, buffet with plenty of mains, and dessert served with coffee and tea
Vagabond Seafood Buffet
Includes an abundance of seafood plus plenty of carvery and white meat for those who can't eat seafood. Appetisers and dessert also included
Captain's Seafood Buffet
For serious food lovers, this buffet is an absolute feast including four roving appetizers, multiple carveries, plenty of seafood and much more! Decadent dessert completes the menu
Vagabond Cocktail
Substantial fingerfood meal served up on platters throughout the duration of the cruise
Captain's Cocktail
Premium fingerfood selection on platters throughout the night.
Vagabond Set Menu
A delicious 3-course set menu served alternate drop to the table
In addition, we can cater to individual ethnic requirements such as Indian, Outback Aussie, Hellenic, Lebanese, Oriental and more! Just ask and we'll tailor a menu to your specific dietary requirements.
Contact us now on 02 9660 0388 or fill out the enquiry form for a detailed quote today!
Bar options
All our vessels offer fully licensed bars onboard with drinks available on a cash bar basis. The following bar upgrade packages are also available with a pre-booking.
Option 1: House Beer and Wine Bar
Beer: Carlton Cold, VB, Tooheys New & Cascade Light
Wine: Angove's Wine – Semillon Chardonnay, Shiraz Cabernet, Sparkling Wine
Non-Alcoholic: Soft Drinks and Juices
Option 2: Premium Beer and Wine Bar
Beer: Crown Lager, Pure Blonde, Carlton Cold, VB, Tooheys New & Cascade Light
Wine: Angove's Wine – Semillon Chardonnay, Shiraz Cabernet, Sparkling Wine, Studio Series Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot
Non-Alcoholic: Soft Drinks and Juices
Option 3: Basic Spirits Package
Beer: Carlton Cold, VB, Tooheys New & Cascade Light
Wine: Angove's Wine – Semillon Chardonnay, Shiraz Cabernet, Sparkling Wine
Spirits: Vodka, Gin, Bacardi, Bourbon, Scotch, Rum and Ouzo
Non-Alcoholic: Soft Drinks and Juices
Option 4: Premium Open Bar
Beer: Crown Lager, Pure Blonde, Carlton Cold, VB, Tooheys New & Cascade Light
Wine: Angove's Wine – Semillon Chardonnay, Shiraz Cabernet, Sparkling Wine; Studio Series Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot
Spirits: Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Vodka, Gin, Bacardi, Bourbon, Scotch, Rum and Ouzo
Liquors: Southern Comfort, Tia Maria, Kahlua, Tequila, Baileys & Sambucca
Alcoholic Sodas: Breezers & Cruisers
Non-Alcoholic: Soft Drinks and Juices
Option 5: Soft Drink Bar
Non Alcoholic: Soft Drinks and Juices
Other Bar Service Options
Consumption Bar:
Our staff will keep a record of drinks served during the cruise and a bill will be presented at the end for settlement
Dry Till:
You nominate and pre-pay an amount that you wish to allocate (e.g. $500.00). The Cruise Director will notify you when this limit is approaching. You may then nominate an additional amount or cash bar service only
Cash Bar:
Pay as you go at the bar
RSA regulations apply. Any customers showing signs of intoxicated behaviour will be asked to slow down or banned from the bar. Aggressive behaviour will result in calling the Police and immediate drop off at the nearest wharf.
Entertainment & extras
Entertainment, decor and other extras
With corporate events, it's not always just about Sydney Harbour.
Sometimes it's about nailing the presentation or providing entertainment that really makes your event unique and memorable.
At Vagabond we understand this, and go the extra mile assist you with sourcing entertainment and extras to make sure the cruise has all the extras it needs.
Popular entertainment options
- Live Brazilian floor show
- Jazz musician or band
- Rock band
- Face-painting
- World dance show
- Live harbour commentary
- Comedy magician
- Floating casino
- Clay pigeon laser shoot
- World dance spectacular
- Adult entertainment
- Anything you suggest, let us know and we can source it!
Popular Extras
- Presentation equipment; lectern, cordless mic, projector and screen
- TV screens + DVD players
- Coach and bus hire
- Anything you suggest, let us know and we can source it!
All items are priced upon application. Call us at 02 9660 0388 or fill out the enquiry form to let us know how we can make your cruise more entertaining.


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Creating a job
This page describes how to create a Bamboo job in a stage of a plan.
- You can either create a new job, or clone an existing job.
- You must have the 'Admin' or 'Create Plan' global permission to create jobs.
- A job allows you to collect together a number of tasks that you want to be run sequentially on the same agent.
To create a new job for a plan:
- Click Dashboard and then the All Plans tab.
- Click the name of the plan in the list.
- Choose Actions > Configure Plan.
- Click on the Stages tab.
- Click Add Job in the stage where you want the new job.
- Click either Create a new job or Clone an existing job.
- If cloning a job, complete the 'Job to clone from' section:
- Plan to clone from — Select the plan containing the job you wish to clone. Plans are grouped by project in the list.
Only plans for which you have the 'Clone' and/or 'Admin' plan permission are shown.
- Job to clone — Select the job you wish to clone from your selected plan. Jobs are grouped by stage in the list.
- Plan to clone from — Select the plan containing the job you wish to clone. Plans are grouped by project in the list.
- Complete the 'Job Details' section.
- Select Yes please! to enable this job, if required. Enabling the job instructs Bamboo to execute the job whenever the job's plan is built.
- Click Create Job.
If you wish to configure tasks for the job, such as configuring a Repository Checkout, please refer to Configuring jobs.
Screenshot: Creating a new job
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Ransomware threat increases in health sector; report
Intel Security investigates ransomware, mobile, and macro malware threats surge in Q2 2016
Intel Security has assessed the growing threat towards the healthcare industry in Q2 2016 in its latest "McAfee Labs Threats Report: September 2016".
Intel Security investigated a string of attacks upon hospitals in 2016, the ransomware networks behind them, and the payment structures enabling cybercriminals to monetise their malicious activity. The researchers identified nearly $100,000 in payments from hospital ransomware victims to specific bitcoin accounts.
While healthcare is still clearly a small proportion of the overall ransomware 'business,' McAfee Labs expects a growing number of new industry sectors to be targeted by the extensive networks launching such attacks.
In the first half of 2016, researchers identified a ransomware author and distributor who appeared to receive $121m (BTC 189,813) in payments from ransomware operations targeting a variety of sectors. Dark net discussion board communications suggest that this particular cybercrime actor had accumulated profits of $94m during the first six months of this year.
The research team attributes the increased focus on hospitals to such organisations' reliance on legacy IT systems, medical devices with weak or no security, third-party services that may be common across multiple organisations, and hospitals' need for immediate access to information to deliver the best possible patient care.
Vincent Weafer, Vice President for Intel Security's McAfee Labs, said: "As targets, hospitals represent an attractive combination of relatively weak data security, complex environments, and the urgent need for access to data sources, sometimes in life or death situations. The new revelations around the scale of ransomware networks and the emerging focus on hospitals remind us that the cybercrime economy has the capacity and motivation to exploit new industry sectors."
"Industry sectors such as healthcare and manufacturing present both opportunity and motive for cybercriminals," Weafer continued. "Their relatively weak defensive capabilities coupled with highly complex environments simplify breaches and subsequent data exfiltration. The cybercriminals' motive is ease of monetisation, with less risk. Corporations and individuals can easily cancel stolen payment cards soon after a breach is discovered. But you can't change your most personal data or easily replace business plans, contracts, and product designs."
The research revealed that more than 25% of respondents do not monitor the sharing of or access to sensitive employee or customer information, and only 37% monitor the usage of both, although this figure rises to almost 50% for the largest organisations.
The survey results also indicate that nearly 40% of data losses involve some kind of physical media, such as thumb drives, but only 37% of organisations use endpoint monitoring of user activity and physical media connections that could counter such incidents. While 90% of respondents claim to have implemented cloud protection strategies, only 12% are confident in their visibility into the activity of their data in the cloud.
Weafer concluded: "We will always face challenges as we work to prevent the exfiltration of data, wherever it is stored and however it is handled. But organisations can learn a great deal from this study's consistent theme of the value of greater visibility into events and incidents across the enterprise, and the longer-term value of the data drawn from this monitoring to construct stronger security postures."


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Global In-Mold Labels Market: Overview
In-mold labeling (IML) is the process to fuse high-quality graphic images on plastic containers while molding. It has open up new opportunities for thermoformed plastic containers, injection-molded, and blow-molded. IML is a process of printing high-quality in-mold labels at comparatively low prices. IML technology gives additional advantages such as waterproof, transparent, and permanent molded labels. Some of the major end-use applications benefited are household, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, paint, and cosmetic containers. In-mold labeling is adopted by several industries to enhance brand image at points of sale. It is widely accepted as the creative solution for custom projects.
Global In-Mold Labels Market: Growth Factors
Nowadays, people have become more conscious about attractive packaging and labeling; this is anticipated to enhance the market growth in the near future. In-mold labels give detail information of the product; this is one of the major driving factors boost market growth. It assists in building the brand image for future perspective and is anticipated to witness growth in the future. Low-cost in-mold labels are cost-effective for the entire container which in turn is expected to fuel the market demand in future. These labels provide proper product specifications by using 360-degree graphics on entire container. Thinning of containers for cost reduction and packaging waste is restraining the market growth to some extent.
Global In-Mold Labels Market: Segmentation
The global in-mold labels market is segmented on the basis of printing technology as gravure, offset, flexographic, and others. Based on technology, the global market is categorized as thermoforming, injection molding, extrusion, and others. Further, the global market is divided on the basis of material as polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene (PP), ABS resins, and others. Of which, polypropylene (PP) is the dominating material segment in the international market. It enhances product value due to its essential moisture-resistant property. Furthermore, the market is fragmented based on end-use applications as consumer durables, food & beverage, automotive, and others. Of which, food & beverage accounts for the largest market chunk owing to demand packed and branded products. Rising awareness towards the authenticity of the product also positively impacts the global in-mold labels market.
Global In-Mold Labels Market: Regional Analysis
Europe is the leading segment for in-mold labels owing increasing use in end-use applications such as industrial packaging and FMCG products. Rising financial stability positively impacts the in-mold labels market in this region. Whereas, high demand for in-mold labels from Germany and France due to developing manufacturing sector is anticipated to foster the growth of the market in this region. However, North America shows a considerable growth in in-mold labels market and is expected to continue this trend in future. Further, dramatically enlarging food & beverage industry in Asia Pacific and Latin America is also anticipated to boost the market in the near future.
Global In-Mold Labels Market: Competitive Players
Some of the key players in the global in-mold labels market include Mepco, Avery Dennison Corp., Century Label, Allen Plastic, Ameri Seal, Color Craft Label Company, Fort Dearborn, CCL Industries Inc., Gilbreth, Holostik India Limited, Color Flex, Bemis Company Inc., Anchor Packaging, Classic Label, Label World, Bothra Industries, MCC Label, Ameet Metaplast, Consolidated Label, and Axon. Other keys players influencing the global market are Wepackit, Karlville Development, LLC, Sovereign Labelling System, Hammer Packaging, The Dow Chemical Company, Printpack, Edwards Label, ShrinkSleeveLabels, MRI Packaging, Smyth Companies, MPI Label System, Sleever International, PDC International, SleevCo, Packology, and Sleeve Seal. Companies adopt new strategies such niche product innovations for their market growth. For instance, UK Converter has launched a removable in-mold label. It can be removed after use or recycled.
Global In-Mold Labels Market: Regional Segment Analysis
- North America
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- Asia Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- Latin America
- Brazil
- The Middle East and Africa
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Applications are invited from Male Indian Citizens for recruitment as Religious Teacher in Indian Army as a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) for RRT 85 and 86. The Indian Army JCO 2020-18 Online registration of applications will open from 10th October 2020 to 8th November 2020.
Name of the Post
Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) in the Army as Religious Teacher (RRT 85 and 86)
Detailed notification will be available soon. The Online applications will open from 10/10/2020 and close on 08/11/2020.
|DAVP Notice >>
|Online Registration >>
Indian Army invites applications from eligible male candidates for recruitment of Religious Teachers in Indian Army as Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) for RRT 83 & 84 courses. The online registration start from 10th October 2020and close on 8th November 2020.
Religious Teachers preach religious scriptures to troops and conduct various rituals at Regimental/Unit religious institutions. Their duties also include attending funerals, ministering to the sick in Hospitals, reading prayers with the convalescents, visiting soldiers undergoing sentence, giving special religious instructions to the children and enlisted boys besides attending generally to the religious institutions and welfare of the Officers, Soldiers and their families.
Total Vacancies
Pandit (Gorkha) for Gorkha Regiments
02 (Only for Gorkha candidates)
Maulvi (Shia) for Ladakh Scouts
02 (Only Ladakhi Muslim Shia Candidates)
Bodh Monk (Mahayana)
03 (For only Budhist (Mahayana)candidates)
Age Limit:
Civilian Candidates -> 27 to 34 years as on 01 October 2020 (i.e. Candidates born between 01 Oct 1983 to 30 Sep 1990 (Both dates inclusive)).
Serving Combatants on Remusteration -> 25 to 34 years as on 01 October 2020 (i.e. Candidates born between 01 Oct 1983 to 30 Sep 1992 (Both dates inclusive)).
Pay, Allowances and Perks: The JCO (RT) will be placed at the minimum pay scale of ₹ 9300-34800. in addition they will be entitled to DA, free accommodation, entitled ration for self, uniform, free medical and leave travel concession for self, family/and dependents, canteen facilities and other allowances as admissible to the regular Army.
Educational Qualifications: The minimum educational qualification for appointment to Junior Commissioned Officers (Religious Teacher) will be Graduate in any discipline from a recognized university. In addition to this they must also possess following qualification according to the religious denomination of the individual :-
Pandit -> Hindu candidates with Madhyama in Sanskrit or Bhushan in Hindi or equivalent standard in the regional language concerned (OR) Those who have passed BA with Sanskrit / Hindi as one of the elective (Main) subjects but have not done Madhyama in Sanskrit or Bhushan in Hindi.
Granthi -> Sikh Candidates with Vidwan in Punjabi or equivalent standard in the regional language concerned (OR) Those who have passed BA with Punjabi as one of the elective (main) subjects but have not done Vidwan in Punjabi.
Pandit (Gorkha) for Gorkha Regiment -> Hindu (Gorkha) candidates with Madhyama in Sanskrit (OR) Bhushan in Hindi or equivalent standard in the Nepali Language (OR) Those who have passed BA with Sanskrit / Hindi as one of the elective (Main) subjects but have not done Madhyama in Sanskrit or Bhushan in Hindi.
Maulvi (Shia) for Ladakh Scouts -> Muslim Shia ladakh personnel candidates with Maulvi Alim in Arabic, Adib Alim in Urdu or equivalent standard in the regional language concerned (OR) Those who have passed BA with Arabic/Urdu as one of the elective (Main) subject but who have not done Maulvi Alim in Arabic/ Adib Alim in Urdu.
Bodh Monk -> Budhist (Mahayana) candidates who have been ordained Monk/Budhist Priest, by the Appropriate Authority. The term Appropriate Authority will mean Head Priest of the Monastery where the person has been initiated into priesthood. The head priest should be in possession of Geshe (Ph.D) of Khanpa or Lopon or Rabjam with proper certificate from Monastery.
Medical Standards:
(a) A candidate should have robust physique and mental health, chest should be well developed having minimum 5 cm expansion, should have normal hearing with each ear, should have sufficient number of natural teeth, i.e. 14 dental points with healthy gums. Should not have diseases like deformity of bones, hydrocele, varicose veins or piles.
(b) Candidates may contact nearest recruiting office / zones of the advertisement for existing rules on acceptable medical standards.
Physical Standards:
Minimum Standard
Height (Cms)
160 (157 for Pandit Gorkha, Bodh Monk & Maulvi Shia
Chest (Cms)
Weight (Kg)
50 (48 for Pandit Gorkha, Bodh Monk & Maulvi Shia)
Physical Fitness Test
Candidate should be able to run 1600 Meter in 08 Minutes
Selection Process: Written Examination and Interview. The Screened candidates will be put through written examination which will be conducted on 26th February 2020 and will comprise of two papers:-
(a) PAPER-1 (Marks - 100) -> Common to candidates of all Religious denominations. Only a qualifying exam and marks not counted while preparation of merit list for appearing in the interview or final selection. Pass marks 40%.
(b) PAPER- II (Marks - 100) -> Specific to particular religious denominations to which the candidate belongs. Candidates to secure minimum 40% marks to be eligible for Interview
How to Apply: Eligible candidates are required to Apply online. The Online Registration open from 10/10/2020 at 10:00 Hours and close on 08/11/2020 up to 17:00 Hours.


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How Does One Ski the World with No Snow? Just Watch
What happens when there's no snow on which to ski? You ski anyway! Well, for the most part at least. In this Audi ad that's part actual skiing, part daredevil, and part composite, you can travel a bit of the world and see amazing sites in China, Kenya, Turkey, and more simply by watching these unbelievable downhill moves.


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Altitude: 685 m
Population: 3,000
The people of Villamontes are primarily of indigenous Guarani descent, as the natives came over from Paraguay during ancient times and settled in the Chaco regions of modern day Bolivia. In later years, the town was an important site during the Chaco Wars between Bolivia and Paraguay. In the 1934 Battle of Villamontes, the Bolivians achieved victory over the Paraguayans, which allowed them to further expand and regain possession of valuable oil fields.
Modern day visitors be warned, this town is hot. Some even say that it's the hottest town in all of Bolivia, so take care to stay hydrated and don't spend to much time in the sun. Aside from the blistering heat, however, Villamontes does offer a number of activities for the passing traveler. Shoppers will enjoy browsing the locally produced basketwork and cane furniture, while history buffs should certainly stop by The museum of Military Heroes of the Gran Chaco, a museum dedicated to the soldiers of the Chaco War, with various photos, medals and other memorabilia.
Travelers may also want to consider coinciding their visits with one of the festivals that this town is known for. During the Festival de Pescado (August), for instance, locals fish in the RĂo Pilcomayo and hold parties with music, dancing, storytelling and of course, drinking. The Cattle Fair in late August/Early September has similar festivities, along with rodeos, parades and tons of food.
Those looking to stay a night or two in Villamontes should consider the following options:
To satiate your appetite, Parillada El Arriero (near the main plaza) is probably one of the cheapest options, serving mostly local fare. Churrasqueria Argentina (also near the plaza) is a great place to go for pizzas and grilled meats. Top it off with ice cream for dessert at Heladeria Noella.
Other places nearby Villamontes: Parque Nacional Kaa-lya del Gran Chaco, San José de Chiquitos, San Javier, San Miguel de Velasco, Amboro National Park, Camiri, Buena Vista, Samaipata, Yacuiba and Santa Cruz.
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