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As live music is poised to make a return with warmer weather this spring and summer, the virtual concert trend is not one that is going to fade away quickly.
Fresh off the announcement of the headlining Drive In tour, Skillet drummer and solo artist Jen Ledger announced a unique virtual opportunity for her fans on March 16.
According to a post on social media, Ledger will perform in an interactive at home concert. "It's an interactive, virtual concert where you and I get to interact with each other during the show," she said in the post. These at home experiences are powered by Soldiers for Faith ministries in conjunction with Unspoken lead singer Chad Mattson.
Meanwhile, Skillet will be headlining a drive in tour in the southern and midwestern states in April and May.
Ledger released "My Arms" in 2020 following her successful debut self titled EP in 2019. Keep up with all things Ledger by following her on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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Brighten up the gloomy weather with colourful Summer Tops for Women from VERO MODA!...
Brighten up the gloomy weather with colourful Summer Tops for Women from VERO MODA! From prints to patterns, the perfect designer top can seamlessly amp up your simple jeans-and-top look!
Here is a curated collection of the Trending Now: Summer Tops for Girls by VERO MODA.
Ray of Sunshine
The Summer Collection is all about comfort and colours, and this yellow blouse is the perfect blend of both. From a piquant shade to a comfy yet stylish fit, this must-have will blow away the blues this season!
Style this casual top for girls with a pair of jeans or some comfy trousers, and you're ready to rock that Sunday brunch.
Tie-Dye in the Rain
Make a statement in this cute and colourful top by VERO MODA. Bring out the colours this season with this pretty tie-dye top.
Pair it up with denim shorts, and be that ray of sunshine on a cloudy day!
Memories of Sunny Days
Florals are the best way to reminisce about a sunny day. Relive the summer with this bright red floral top for women that is a perfect mix of romantic yet chic style. Style it up with a cute denim skirt or a pair of colourful denim shorts, and bring a splash of colour to the monsoons.
Want to make a statement this monsoon? This Summer Tops collection is just the thing for you! Visit your nearest VERO MODA store or explore a range of tank tops, crop tops, shoulder tops, long tops, lace tops, and more online at www.veromoda.in.


text: My favourite 3 letter word: APT for advanced persistent threat. These are some powerful accounts of just how far state-sponsored attackers can go. Cyber espionage opens the networks to prolonged intrusion, strategic curation over months without detection, to then craft the most effective operations. We're finding the footprints in the butter they wanted us to find, years later. Which means where else have they been and what else have they done? Fascinating stuff we need to learn from and apply.


text: I had been thinking about doing this throw for awhile now, and finally took the time to put my thoughts into action. I had the idea that the block needed to be mounted on a board so it wouldn't spin and the board needed to be mounted a certain way, etc… too much trouble!! Finally, Night-Hawk and I decided to do a simple test to see if it was worth the effort to proceed with the plan. I happened to have a chain hanging from a tree limb that was used for one of those 1-man hammock chair swing things. That seemed like a perfect place for our test. We then simply nailed a short section of chain to a small Sycamore target block that I had and attached it to the main chain with an S-hook. That's it! We then let it rip and let the 'hawks fly. It was a blast. I even stuck a few 'hawks from 2 and 3 rotations with the block swinging. We decided that having the swinging target able to rotate was a good thing. That way we could use both sides of the target. After doing this test we decided that the set-up need not be any more complicated than this. During the recent holiday weekend we tested the set-up with a few other friends and all seemed to think that this was a great new innovation. Because the target is constantly moving we had many more misses than throwing at a stationery target. This results in the 'hawks getting beat up and dirty and even handles breaking at a much higher rate than normal. "Buyer beware". The moving target will certainly challenge the integrity of your tomahawks. It seems that a smaller lighter 'hawk is more suited for this as you need to be more responsive to where the target is at any given instance and have a quicker throw. I use the amazing Beaver Bill Mouse Hawk, because it is lighter with a shorter but full size handle which makes it very sturdy but quick to throw. Really any of the "Thin-Line" models work for this because of their superior "sticking" ability. With the target spinning and the 'hawk trying to penetrate the grain at various angles, you need all "sticking" power you can get. We came up with several ideas for various competitive games to use with the moving target that we are going to try out. Mean time, give this a try, you will really enjoy it! Now have fun!


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WHAT: This webinar examines what metrics should be considered as part of implementing and maintaining a Manufacturing Execution System, or MES. Different metrics should be identified, depending upon the lifecycle stage of your deployment. Pick the right metrics for MES success to gain stakeholder acceptance and justify future investment to gain the full scope of possible performance improvements.
WHO: Jan Snoeij, President and Sr. Business Consultant at the Manufacturing Operations Management Institute (MOMi), will lead the discussion on this topic. Drawing upon his many years of experience, he will provide thoughtful insights on how and what to measure as part of evaluating the success of a Manufacturing Execution (MES), Quality Management (QMS) or Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) System in the context of a digitalization transformation strategy. Jan is actively involved in MESA International as a member of the International Board and various working groups.
WHERE: Watch here: https://info.ibaset.com/on-demand-webinar-pick-the-right-metrics-for-mes-success
WHEN: Live 30-minute broadcast will occur on Wednesday, March 10 from 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. PDT / 11:00 – 11:30 EDT.
About iBase-t
iBase-t is a leading provider of manufacturing, quality and MRO solutions that enable digital continuity across the enterprise. With 30+ years of experience in highly engineered, regulated industries, iBase-t simplifies the complex by empowering customers to gain real-time visibility, take control, and drive velocity across operations. The iSeries, powered by Solumina, has a cloud-native microservices architecture with open APIs that extends a digital ecosystem to drive innovation, simplify hardware and software systems integration, and deploy advanced technologies. iBase-t works closely with many industry leaders, including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney, and Textron. Learn more at iBase-t.com


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HP Envy battery not charging
I have HP Envy Notebook (Model:15-q667nr).
It was working perfectly since this morning it stopped charging battery. When connected to charger the charging light on laptop keeps changing to orange, white and then off.
Charging icon keeps circling between charger connected to charger disconnected.
I tried to remove battery and the laptop works fine on charger without battery.
Please can someone suggest what possible issue this could be?
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You've got your rifle scope ready, great! Now that you've got the basics covered, you need to make sure that you know the tips and tricks on how to get the clearest shot in the field.
Listen carefully, okay? We're letting you in on the secret of your rifle scope's parallax: what is it? Why do you need it? How do you adjust it?
This is your one-stop scope parallax adjustment guide.
- What Is Rifle Scope Parallax?
- How Do You Know When You're Experiencing Parallax?
- Do I Have to Adjust the Parallax?
- Anatomy of the Rifle Scope
- How Do You Adjust the Parallax?
- Is It Necessary to Adjust While in the Field?
- Why Do I Need to Know About Parallax Error?
- Who Is Parallax Adjustment For?
- Benefits of Parallax Adjustment
- Disadvantages of Parallax Adjustment
- Final Thoughts
What Is Rifle Scope Parallax?
Parallax refers to the apparent movement of objects when viewed from different positions. It's an optical illusion that "seems" to happen when you move your head in favor of a differently angled view.
No, the object is not moving — it's your sight that's simply changing when you move your head!
In other words, the position of your reticle on your target and the relationship of your eye or what you see.
Tell us if this sounds familiar:
You're hunting deer.
Your reticle is aligned exactly with your target.
And after shifting your eye position, parallax kicks in (you don't notice this immediately), and upon firing, you miss the bullseye!
You may THINK you're looking at the center, but really, it's actually a little more to your left or right.
In rifle scopes, this occurs in any of these two situations:
- When the target image is not in focus, or
- When the focal plane of the object in the rifle scope is not on the same optical plane as the reticle
It's also more common when aiming over long distances. And that's why you should take note of the focal plane.
Scopes that do not have adjustable parallax have a fixed parallax.
But often confused with the focus, you might also forget that your rifle scopes usually have their own separate parallax adjustment knobs.
So really, how are they different?
Parallax vs. Focus
Parallax does not affect the focus of both the reticle and the image.
What parallax does is it only accounts for the possible shift in your perception. Not at all the ability of the rifle scope to give you a clear view.
Simply, parallax refers to the position of the reticle on your target in relation to your eye.
It's quite literally what you're seeing through your rifle scope.
How Do You Know When You're Experiencing Parallax?
When looking through the scope, try to adjust your gaze slightly. Change your angle and position.
If the reticle appears to be floating or unknowingly moving from left to right, then you've got yourself a parallax.
This means your parallax is not properly compensated for at that range.
Notice that reticle movement is apparent in reference to the target image because the focal planes are not aligned. Rather, they are at an angle. Your reticle shouldn't be moving at all if adjusted properly.
No matter how you position your head, no matter where you hold your gaze, the reticle should stay in place.
More importantly, your reticle and target should be on the same focal plane.
Do I Have to Adjust the Parallax?
Yes – you most definitely should. Why?
- Simple answer: To get a more accurate shot.
- The ergonomic and efficient answer: To account for human error.
You're obviously out in the field to shoot. And for you to do that, you need to ensure accuracy and precision. That's what adjusting the focus and eliminating parallax is for.
But also, an often overlooked consideration is that parallax needs to be corrected because we're all human!
Parallax adjustment may seem as simple as aligning the reticle to the target. It's actually that contextually simple.
And yet, it's only possible maybe if you have the ideal cheek weld and you have the superpower to always have your eyes come back to your scopes the exact way at any given time.
But this doesn't happen in real life. And this is why we make room for all these adjustments, whether it's with the cheek weld or on other things.
Anatomy of the Rifle Scope
In order for you to completely understand parallax adjustment and HOW you can get your parallax corrected, let's quickly brush up on your anatomy first.
Of course, you have the following primary components:
- Objective Lens
- Focus Lens
- Magnification Lens
- Ocular Lens
- Reticle
For parallax adjustments, we pay close attention to the roles of the lenses.
Objective Lens
Sometimes referred to as the bell, you adjust this when using an adjustable objective (AO).
From a given distance, shifting the AO would easily shift your reticle to align itself with the image along the same focal plane.
One added benefit is the depth focus of an AO. Especially for a far distanced target in a wide enough range, this would account for less head movements.
In the end, a parallax-free shot is easy to achieve for a scope with an adjustable objective. This is because such scopes do not have an additional turret to pay attention to when doing a parallax-free shot.
Focus Lens
You adjust this when correcting a side focus.
Shifting the side focus to a higher degree will shift the assembly towards the objectives. Shifting it to a lower distance thus shifts the focus lens closer to the ocular assembly.
The side focus is convenient because of its visible marks. You'll especially find it beneficial for wind reading under certain weather conditions.
The presence of a side focus turret may also help to control the illumination in a reticle. That's why side focus is usually highlighted when doing an adjustment.
The side focus is used for more deliberate shots while the AO is for hunting. Both of them, however, are great for long-range shots. The side focus just barely edges AO out because of its markings.
How Do You Adjust the Parallax?
First, have your knob or ring set at the maximum value past infinity.
With prior knowledge about your scope, also make sure your rifle is zeroed. This is so that all scope adjustments will be optimized to account for scope parallax issues.
Follow these step by step:
- Stabilize your rifle. First, aim at your target while resting on sandbags or machine rests.
- Put as much distance between you and the target within your shooting range.
- Set your magnification setting to the maximum distance.
- Use your scope to set up a good sight picture. A good sight picture is key for good results.
- Move your head and shift your gaze while accounting for eye relief. Look for any signs of parallax.
- Adjust the focal planes until there is no movement of the reticle when you shift your gaze. Do the focal plane adjustment using the turret, objective ring, or AO.
- You may mark all necessary points to ensure the non-movement of your knobs.
These steps are important in order to also account for any inconsistencies in yardage markings. Wrong yardage markings or focal plane adjustments will affect the results.
You may try this scenario after scenario by adjusting your shooting range, your shooting position, or your cheek weld position. This way, you're aware of any difference each parallax adjustment feature makes!
Point at your target image, verify your magnification, and do every single thing possible to consider. This is quite possibly the perfect way to fix your scope's parallax setting.
Sounds tedious but easy, right?
Device measurements are accurate to a fault. They may fully serve as mere guides but remember: it's what your eye perceives that's more important.
Is It Necessary to Adjust While in the Field?
Yes. Do so while varying your distance per target.
Muscle memory while in the field is important. It allows you to instinctively set your rifle and scope according to the appropriate parallax dial.
To illustrate parallax dial, imagine this situation:
- For a target at the 10-yard mark, you manually try to point towards it, adjust your side focus, your AO, and your focus plane. You do everything by the book.
- Once you've adjusted side focus, then you carefully check for the presence of parallax with the parallax adjustment dials.
- You do the necessary changes until you see that your optimal and parallax-free image is at a dial measure of 12 yards.
- You take note of every ring adjustment, each magnification, and every single thing that you have done to achieve such image.
- Thus, when you realize that your dial parallax setting is set at 12 yards, you'll know that a parallax adjustment under the situation in the future should follow this protocol.
- For a target with a mark 10 yards away from you, your dial and parallax setting should be at the 12-yard mark.
This means that each side focus parallax adjustment to align your reticle to the target on the same focal plane should become a muscle reflex for you. Each mark should become familiar to you, whether it's the side focus or not.
Under this context, parallax adjustment becomes a skill more than a simple following of procedure for the parallax dial.
Why Do I Need to Know About Parallax Error?
Correcting parallax understanding allows us to value parallax error. By acknowledging the existence and causes of parallax error, we are able to take shots with certainty and confidence.
The gun may be something that's important, but overlooking simple factors such as parallax error may be more detrimental to you than it is a nuisance.
Then again, despite doing all that you can to achieve parallax correction, parallax error will always exist to an extent. The human eye has a natural eye aberration that makes parallax error an always recurring issue.
We can, however, minimize parallax error.
Who Is Parallax Adjustment For?
The majority, if not all hunters, should know how to adjust their own rifles. Regardless of whether or not you're using power scopes, knowledge about this would always be useful in the field.
But if you belong to any group from this list, then you're most likely to be part of the good majority of those who need to have theirs adjusted and eliminate parallax:
- Pellet shooters and air gun shooters
- Long-range target shooters
- Varmint hunters
- Big game hunters
Benefits of Parallax Adjustment
With a general notion for a clearer image and target view, a handful of benefits can be gained when you eliminate parallax:
- More accurate and precise shots
- The image easily appearing at the same focal plane as the reticle
- Easier to improve one-shot kill rate
- Easier to shoot at varying distances because of flexible parallax setting
- More versatile gun for all hunting conditions and distances
- Reduces the demand for accessories such as cheek weld, sandbags, tripods, etc.
Disadvantages of Parallax Adjustment
It goes without saying that there are also disadvantages that come with adjusting your gun's parallax:
- Makes things complicated when you sight in rifle scopes
- Heavier and harder to carry scope
- More costly than getting better optics, a fixed objective, or cheek weld
Yet despite these disadvantages, you have to assess your situation.
Once out in the field, time is of the essence. Do you think you'd have the time to manually adjust your gaze? To adjust your head and your eye? To adjust your range and distance?
Honestly, the tradeoffs are simply outweighed by the benefits. What is the extra weight and cost for a guaranteed parallax-free shot?
Especially when hunting in a group, knowledge about the basics really wouldn't hurt anyone.
The fact of the matter is: If you have the choice to make your hunting easier and more accurate, TAKE IT.
Final Thoughts
With shooting, one of the first things you should consider is the state of your rifle and scope. After that, you have to make sure that all details and accessories are accounted for.
With shooting, a single movement can disrupt your whole game.
Attention to detail is important.
Knowing what parallax is and how it affects your performance is important in order for you to get a good game. Because sometimes, it's is all about perspective.
REMEMBER: Do NOT be afraid to make parallax adjustments. Do NOT be afraid to make them until it becomes natural, reflexive, and instinctive to you.
Good luck, and we hope you get that parallax-free shot!
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Summer Chicken Skewers
Category Chicken
Another summer recipe which will quickly become a family favourite.
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
5 minutes
- 800g chicken tenderloins, cut into cubes
- 1 small red capsicum, deseeded, cut into cubes
- 1 small yellow capsicum, deseeded, cut into cubes
- 2 small zucchini, cut into rounds
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Vegeta Twist Chicken and Poultry Seasoning
- Salad leaves, to serve
- Soak skewers in water for 30 minutes. Drain. Thread chicken onto skewers alternately with vegetables. Brush with oil. Sprinkle with seasoning.
- Preheat barbecue grill or frying pan on high heat. Reduce heat to medium. Cook skewers for 5 to 6 minutes, turning occasionally, or until cooked through.
- Serve skewers with a cool salad or rice.
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Chef Guy of the White House Chef Tour has prepared meals for world leaders and dignitaries at the White House for years. This particular recipe is a show stopper! It's wonderful on a buffet or just a hot summer evening. The Clintons loved lobster but President Bush, Sr. did not. This unique dish is a great recipe to make on the 4th of July for a delicious change of pace.
Lobster Figaro
1 tablespoon chopped (fresh) tarragon
3 2-pound lobsters, boiled and split
2 cups cooked crab meat
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup of mayonnaise
Remove the lobster meat and chop in chunks. Save the shells. Combine the lobster and crab meat together. Mix mayonnaise, tarragon, tomato paste, and lemon juice. Add to seafood and fill the shells with this mixture served chilled.
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Southern Maine Partnership
4th annual Assessment for Learning & Leading Conference 2019: Brain-Based Strategies to Cultivate Positive Learning Environments. May 6-7, 2019, Abromson Hall, USM, Portland. REGISTRATION!
Southern Maine Partnership
4th annual Assessment for Learning & Leading Conference 2019: Brain-Based Strategies to Cultivate Positive Learning Environments. May 6-7, 2019, Abromson Hall, USM, Portland. REGISTRATION!
In today's news
The University of Southern Maine announced Wednesday that an anonymous donor has contributed $1 million toward its new Center for the Arts project which will be located on the Portland campus.
The Center for the Arts will feature a 1,000-seat concert hall – about half the size of Portland's Merrill Auditorium – as well as a recital hall, black box theater performance and an art gallery.
READ MORE in the Press Herald.
Teaching Artist – actor, theatre maker
This is one of several blog posts in 2018 that include stories of the Maine Arts Leadership Initiative (MALI) Phase 7 Teacher Leaders and Teaching Artist Leaders. This series includes a set of questions so you can learn a little bit about each leader. CLICK HERE for more information on MALI. CLICK HERE for more information on the 93 Teacher Leaders and 8 Teaching Artist Leaders. CLICK HERE for Arts education resources. CLICK HERE for the MALI Resource Bank. Search in the "search archives" box on the bottom right side of this post for past teacher leader stories. Thank you Dana for sharing your story! You can find Dana's teaching artist profile on the Maine Arts Commission roster.
Dana Wieluns Legawiec ('Wheel-ins' 'Luh-GAHV-yetz') is an actor, theatre maker and arts educator who specializes in Physical Theatre. Dana teaches Stage Movement with the Department of Theatre at the University of Southern Maine, and works as a teaching artist in local schools. She's been teaching just about as long as she's been making theatre, leading physical training for her professional theatre ensemble – so for about 25 years – but she's been working more consistently in elementary and secondary schools for the last eight years. Every age group brings its specific challenges, discoveries and delights. Dana is currently inspired by the creativity, energy and fearlessness of elementary school kids.
What do you like best about being a teaching artist?
I love dropping into a new community, becoming a sponge to the energy and dynamics in the room, and assessing and meeting the needs of the group and individuals—drawing out the stories they need to tell, the way they want to reimagine themselves and their worlds, the bodies they want to animate. The promise of transformation has drawn me and kept me working in the theatre, and I strive to create that potential for students.
What do you believe are three keys to ANY successful visual and performing arts education?
Hmmm. I've returned to school myself (pursuing an M.Ed. in Arts in Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education) to ponder this very question…I'll have to get back to you when I've landed on a definitive answer! Eric Booth says "80% of what we teach is who we are;" giving kids access to artists who are actively engaged in the arts-making process, who are living an artist's life first and foremost, has value. I believe the process IS the product; that the process centers on posing challenging questions rather than finding right answers. I also believe in the power of collaboration and ensemble, and that arts education should provide opportunities for kids to work together and lead in every possible permutation. I am a fan of David Perkin's theory of learning as "playing the whole game:" programs that allow kids to tackle big, ambitious projects with lots of moving parts have enormous potential for realizing 'the impossible' and making learning whole. Theatre affords the opportunity to play 'the whole game' of human experience. OK, I guess that's four things 😊.
Have you found assessment to be helpful in your classes, workshops and residencies, and if so, how?
In my experience and context, I have not yet been exposed to much in the way of formal assessment. But I have experienced the necessity for clear communication between stakeholders to align the values and purposes between those in the room (kids, teachers, teaching artists) and outside the room (administrators, funders, parents, school board, community).
What have been the benefits in becoming involved in the Maine Arts Leadership initiative?
Definitely the people! This can be lonely work. It's very buoying to meet others who are in the same space. It's also inspiring to meet teachers who are artists themselves, who've found ways to integrate their art and teaching practices within the school setting. MALI provides a ton of resources and a robust network of support.
What are you most proud of as an artist and/or a teaching artist?
Honestly, to still be working in the space as a theatre artist. When we moved to rural Maine eight years ago from Los Angeles, I had the fantasy of rehearsing in a big empty barn, putting on shows in the local town hall, weaving together day-to-day life with creative work based in community. Well, it isn't always pretty or easy, but I like to think I'm 'living the dream' every day.
I'm proud of my work toward establishing an extracurricular theatre program at my kids' elementary school, Bowdoinham Community School, but this has truly been a group labor of love. The school's principal, Chris Lajoie, created the initiative, bringing together a core group of dedicated parent-volunteers to spearhead the project. This is our third consecutive year putting on a school play. This year it's a lean-and-mean adaptation (with a cast of 43) of Shakespeare's rollicking comedy that we're calling A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DANCE PARTY. Public performances are Saturday, April 7th at 3pm and 6pm. Come one, come all!
I dream of the day when theatre will be fully integrated into the elementary school curriculum.
What gets in the way of doing a better job as a teaching artist?
The same constraints that apply to any artistic endeavor (and possibly educational endeavors as well): time, space and energy. I do think confronting these challenges offers its own rewards: We don't need a big fancy theater, expensive costumes or a ton of time to make great art. By the same token, I impress upon kids that their creative expression, exploration and play has value, is worth my time and energy. I hope that by modeling this behavior, I'm investing in the creative capital of the community. Ultimately, we need a cultural shift where the arts and arts education no longer have to scrape for dollars, minutes and respect.
What have you accomplished through hard work and determination that might otherwise appear at first glance to be due to "luck" or circumstances?
I'm fond of the expression "you make your own luck." I believe in intentionality; I believe that art only happens because one or more passionate, committed, brave and vulnerable people work tirelessly to make it happen. I hew to this message, because I want to challenge and empower young artists to mobilize.
What advice would you give to someone who is thinking about becoming a teaching artist or is just starting out?
Do your practice. Be flexible. Breathe. Teaching, learning, and art-making are two-way streets – prepare to learn at least as much from your students as you will share. And do share! Be generous with your knowledge, be transparent with your experiences, offer insights not usually gleaned from a classroom.
If you were given a $500,000.00 to do with whatever you please, what would it be?
So glad you asked, because in my secret, other life, I'm a fantasy grant-maker. I'd create an incubator for arts and wellness initiatives in rural Maine. Maybe I'd open a community arts center. I wouldn't reinvent the wheel, though, so I might funnel those funds right back into other arts and social service organizations that are doing great work. I'd shop local.
Imagine you are 94 years old. You're looking back. Do you have any regrets?
No, no regrets. Nothing but gratitude.
Portland Stage, located in Portland, Maine, offers vital theater arts education to learners ages 4-18 through our In-Theater and In-School programming. All classes and workshops are taught by professionally trained Teaching Artists and focus on literacy, cultural awareness, collaborative play, and creative thinking. Our teaching philosophy highlights process over product, deepening students' ability to analyze, synthesize, and think critically while making connections to the thoughts and ideas behind the written word. This is one of a series of 6 blog posts outlining who we are and what we do, brought to you by Hannah Cordes, Education Manager, and Julianne Shea, Education Administrator. These posts will appear September 27 through November 1, 2017, on Wednesday's.
Portland Stage's PLAY in Schools program brings children's books to life through a school-wide dramatic reading, followed by interactive classroom workshops. The goal of PLAY is to connect theater with literacy by making literature performative and encouraging character recall, understanding of themes, emotional recognition, physical storytelling, and vocal characterization. We actively engage students in small groups/workshops using their bodies, voices, and imaginations to build understanding of the text while bringing the stories and characters to life.
Each school-wide dramatic reading includes three picture books and two poems centered on a theme. These themes range from Choosing Kindness to Made in Maine. It is exciting to explore books that young people know well and to introduce them to new stories. During the 2016-2017 season, we included Chris Van Dusen's The Circus Ship. Each time we announced the title of this book at the all-school assemblies, the room would erupt in cheers. Beverly Coursey, the principal at Ocean Avenue Elementary School, said it was like when Billy Joel announces that he will be performing "Piano Man"! There is nothing quite like listening to a room full of elementary school students laugh at a particularly funny story or moment! It is a privilege to witness this reaction to so many engaging stories. We ask each audience to pay attention to the three actor tools (Portland Stage defines these three tools as body, voice, and imagination) that will be used during the reading. That way when the students enter the workshop, they are prepared and empowered to explore their own actor tools to bring the story alive in their own way.
We then give students the chance to dive further into these works during workshops with our professional teaching artists. We are delighted by students' thoughts and creations as they explore their actor tools through the texts and characters. On our third and final visit of the year to one classroom, the students were invited to write their own versions of Holly Meade's If I Never Forever Endeavor. After a year of exploring their actor tools with Portland Stage Teaching Artists, the students wrote this poem:
"If I never endeavor to perform, I won't get to try and be brave.
If I did endeavor to perform, I could play with my voice, my body, and my imagination!"
Nathan Pike from Ocean Avenue Elementary stated that his students' "creativity, physical movement, and imagination" when engaging with stories "has dramatically improved since participation in the PLAY workshops. Portland Stage has become a vital component to the culture and learning of our students."
Theatrically exploring text can help students find a new way in to reading. Alec Lapidus, PhD, and Heba Ahmed from the Literacy, Language, and Culture Program at University of Southern Maine produced a report on the PLAY program titled Multiliteracies in Maine: The Play Me a Story Program. They state that "PLAY caters to a wide array of learning styles and linguistic backgrounds, offering a variety of ways to interact with content, explore new ideas and concepts, and create meaningful output…As the learners use their body, voice, and imagination to observe, analyze, interpret, and express thoughts on the world around them, they become able to go beyond passively absorbing information provided to them…This multiliteracy approach is clearly indicative of the program's awareness of the changing linguistic and sociocultural landscape not only in Maine, but also in the United States in general." It is powerful to create a space were students can get excited about text in a new way. We hear feedback from teachers that reinforces the idea that for many students PLAY has opened a door for them. A 4th grade teacher shared with us, "This student struggles to remember letters, sight words, and other information. With the PLAY program, he could remember EVERY word and act out the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I know now how to teach letters, sound, math, sight vocabulary, etc. To this student!"
We are continually grateful to be able to bring theater to elementary school students through this program. Witnessing students get excited about literature, see professional actors fearlessly use their bodies, voices, and imaginations, and explore their own actor tools during the workshop is a joyful experience.
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It's Halloween! Time for spine tingling tales of horror, gore, and history when the boys from Red Six are joined by Mr. & Mrs. Hall from The Most Wonderful Wonder podcast. The Most Wonderful Wonder is a bi-weekly history and music podcast presented by Mr. and Mrs. Hall of Welcome Little Stranger. Each episode features an odd assortment of historical scraps connected in unexpected ways, and interspersed with relevant roots music covers and originals. From flooded mountain hollows and folk magic murder, to patent medicine and Coney Island sideshow babies, the show features true and tragic tales, oddments of the past, and vanishing folkways. Central to each episode is Welcome Little Stranger's particular brand of dark country music, with the duo covering folk songs and performing their own, historically-inspired original compositions.
We would like to take a moment and thank both Jeremy and Holly for taking time from their busy schedule and weathering sickness to record this episode with us. We hope that if you found Mr. & Mrs. Hall as captivating as we did, that you check out their podcast and then visit their Patreon page for The Most Wonderful Wonder.
Also we are having another run of t-shirts for the holiday season! A new shirt design with a spin on the classic Red Six logo that looks pretty dashing in blue! Also through the use of ancient Necromantic arts the horror cover by Mathew Brendle is coming back for a special Halloween run. Thanks to Teespring we have setup up all proceeds to go directly to the Extra Life charity.
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Brophy, Michael (1982) An evaluation of a distance-teaching approach to science teacher education. Doctoral thesis, Keele University.
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This study examines the role played by science education in developing countries and finds that the effectiveness of science education in promoting either economic or social development is limited by the shortage of trained science teachers. The way that distance teaching helps overcome this problem is discussed and projects which use distance teaching for science teacher education are identified. One such project, the Emergency Science Programme (ESP) of Guyana, is described.
The Emergency Science Programme is comprehensively evaluated. This includes, (1) an intrinsic evaluation based on a content analysis of the curriculum materials and on a key-word analysis of students' reports of the materials, (2) a context evaluation based on interviews with participants of the programme, and (3) two performance evaluations. In the first of these the performance of ESP trained teachers is compared with that of an equivalent group of college-trained science teachers using a variety of measures including supervisors', head teachers' and pupils' assessments. In the second, the criterion performance of ESP teachers is assessed using the Criterion Sampling Approach. The overall evaluation shows that the ESP distance-teaching programme does successfully train students to teach science and that their performance is equivalent to that of college-trained teachers.
The different evaluation techniques used in the study are reviewed and the results and findings of each are compared. No single evaluation technique provided an adequate assessment of the programme. The Criterion Sampling Approach, which has the advantage of using standardized situational tests, was found to be a reliable and a valid means of assessing teaching performance.
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From Twitter, Friday, 8-1-2014
8:56 AM - @trutherbot: http://t.co/uJcPEFiOfL
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2:40 PM - Hot days like today make me realize that cargo shorts can be really uncomfortable without rolling up the hem. http://t.co/SEzrtOSi27
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From Twitter, Saturday, 8-2-2014
12:07 AM - 2 reports of a Fireball over CA on 7/28/14 around 03:56 (UTC) #ams #citizenscience http://t.co/U99u7Ni4Xf Hi Kristen B. You're not crazy!
[ http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2014/1657 ]
1:56 PM - My automatic Pioneer turntable dun't repeat play. It doesn't even automatically turn off at the end of the record. What can I do to fix it?
8:02 PM - I filled out a earthgrazer form and I'm following up to see if my report shows up here. http://t.co/a8XrV4kGBN
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From Twitter, Monday, 8-4-2014
7:12 PM - @trutherbot: http://t.co/WdXQR40Nxn
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From Twitter, Tuesday, 8-5-2014
4:43 PM - @MarloMeekins hmm, wonder if kidnapping is illegal there. If u see juliet cowan, definitely pitch her something that'll bring her 2 America.
5:00 PM - @meigs @lisadraws @wyspodcast do you embrace technology with all its distractions, or is there a solution to distance oneself from it?
5:10 PM - @trutherbot ???
6:13 PM - @lisadraws @meigs @wyspodcast
~ ;-/
From Twitter, Saturday, 8-9-2014
7:30 PM - water treatment facts http://t.co/LyFLdQ50im
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7:30 PM - trying to get a good recipe for water prepping since it doesn't rain much in Los Angeles http://t.co/nnNyQB4vI8
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From Twitter, Sunday, 8-10-2014
1:36 PM - rotary telephones http://t.co/yb9xNDSzL8
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From Twitter, Tuesday, 8-12-2014
2:58 PM - when it's ur day off and you can't think of anything fun to do in 90 degree weather https://t.co/roR6hv72RO
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From Twitter, Wednesday, 8-13-2014
3:42 PM - when dating sights result in zero face time https://t.co/BNmpGtrFnd
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From Twitter, Thursday, 8-14-2014
11:48 AM - when striking a pose becomes overworked https://t.co/aFeVYKAXN7
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12:25 PM - http://t.co/efBJWPtLaq so media can't reveal info bout anon hacks, but reports anon's Intel achievement as if the hacking org r terrorists?
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11:30 PM - https://t.co/4hHrZ6YSAo
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From Twitter, Monday, 8-18-2014
12:20 AM - Why anybody would listen to a station that publicly bans music by KISS for reasons of personal opinion by GS are truly tone deaf #banpower97
12:22 AM - @trutherbot: http://t.co/bANUt9C441
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8:49 AM - Sideshow Bob needs a haircut https://t.co/cTxNAJNdrT
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10:22 AM - member when leaf Blowers became illegal 4 noise. I guess gardeners keep a permit now the way way potheads do https://t.co/rEZGPuBUCJ
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8:12 PM - don't get Y gov isn't doin somefing bout all the crap that's pumped into peep's heads via regulated pop radio https://t.co/9LfQrpQvm4
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From Twitter, Thursday, 8-21-2014
8:37 PM - from cartoon amateur to screenwriter wannabe https://t.co/qNpVJhh6Gm
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From Twitter, Friday, 8-22-2014
2:40 PM - redub https://t.co/pGZrETzOzl
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From Twitter, Saturday, 8-23-2014
10:05 AM - Im able to record radio stations, but if I use auxiliary to stream a digital signal thru it, all I get is static when I record. Wondering y.
10:09 AM - Oh @SunnyMabrey You've found me out. Thats why I spend all my time watching vines and my TV is covered with webs. Thanks for doing it 4 free
10:10 AM - @trutherbot: http://t.co/n02YgGLq9j
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10:16 AM - My HMO #kaiserpermanente wants me to come bak 2 select a diff frame becuz they discovered the one I chose s not avail. Talk about #dorks
From Twitter, Tuesday, 8-26-2014
7:41 PM - @LauraJSilverman obviously u haven't listened 2 LA radio long enuf 2 b completely beside urself w bile whenever sit-n-sleep commercials air
7:49 PM - @trutherbot stop being difficult, hoomins, and get inside. Gawd.
7:57 PM - @LauraJSilverman @SarahKSilverman you're the gorgeous one
From Twitter, Wednesday, 8-27-2014
9:42 AM - Read the news with all it's erronous hastiness http://t.co/Ek6gEHv8Sy
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9:47 PM - Just had a quickly at a new bar, in my list of bars yet to be solicited, and I'm determined to go to their Octoberfest festivities: eaglrk m
From Twitter, Friday, 8-29-2014
8:36 AM - My HMO tells me the Oakley frames I selected can't be done. I go to Oakley in glnd and select similar frames and they say they can indeed.
11:14 PM - If an appliance is tossed into a pool of water making it electrically charged, then somebody pees in it, can that person b electrocuted?
11:19 PM - @MarloMeekins if Rosslyn Chapel has tours, no brainer. http://t.co/mjG5gd5QTG
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From Twitter, Saturday, 8-30-2014
4:27 PM - @ShamefulToThink I would. But my opinion is biased because I'm always asking myself "if I was lonely, who the fuck would care? "


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After setting one MLS record and nearing another, it should come as no surprise that Nashville SC midfielder Hany Mukhtar is the league's Player of the Week. Mukhtar earned 52.78% of the media vote by North American Soccer Reporters*, and 34.41% of the fan vote for a total of 48.19% of the vote.
The 26-year old scored three goals in the course of six minutes, the second-fastest hat trick from first to last goal in MLS history. By completing the feat in the 16th minute, it was the earliest in a game that any player had ever scored a hat trick. He took five shots, two on goal, in addition to those he put in the back of the net. He completed 73.7% of his 19 passes, including one key pass.
He is the seventh selection for Nashville this season, with Joe Willis getting the nod after Week Three, Alex Muyl and Walker Zimmerman both members of the TOTW after Week Four, Mukhtar himself after a brace in Week Seven, Luke Haakenson for his two-goal heroics in Week Nine, and Randall Leal in Week Ten.
Mukhtar was previously Player of the Week after a two-goal performance against Houston Dynamo last season, and made the Team of the Week in the regular season's final weekend for a goal-and-assist substitute performance in a comeback win against Orlando City SC. For a dude making $1.5 million per year,
* Disclosure: I serve on the board of NASR and am in charge of running the organization's portion of voting weekly.


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So the chicken stew was okay but maybe I'm just chicken-stewed out, you know? So how about something different?
Like maybe seafood: Capitaine and pili-pili in palm oil
Limitations: I can't get Congolese fish OR peppers. So there's that.
But hey, cod and habaneros and some peri-peri (pili -pili) sauce will have to do.
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Julie Owono is a French/Cameroonian lawyer focused on the intersection of tech, human rights, and business for Paris-based Internet Sans Frontières. Last year, she was named to the inaugural Facebook Oversight Board.
How do you think about protecting freedom of expression on the internet?
That's precisely the reason why I chose to join the Oversight Board, to make sure the issues I see as an activist can set a precedent or can help us make recommendations to the platforms. If you look at the cases that we have taken so far, most of them are related to countries located in the Global South. It's a priority for the board.
Social platforms are under fire for not having local staff in some countries where they operate but are wary of being at the mercy of more authoritarian governments. Is there a balance to be struck here?
By investing in more meaningful engagement with civil society organizations. Facebook, for instance, has various tools they use to foster engagement with organizations to flag problematic content. While all these initiatives are great, they also come with a lot of frustration, especially for the CSOs. We usually don't know how our recommendations are addressed, and whether they are implemented or not and why.
Global South countries tend to see early warning signs of problems that can develop on platforms globally. What are you watching currently?
The criminalization of content moderation. We've warned companies on the necessity to invest more in content moderation—not only adding moderators but also explaining to authorities that there are rules everybody should respect on their platforms and that if you don't respect those rules, the community standards, you should not be able to use the platform.
What's the most common misunderstanding about your work?
With my role on the Oversight Board, I don't work for Facebook, and I cannot lift restrictions on accounts. I unfortunately do not have that power.
What tech trend in emerging markets are you excited about?
I'm truly amazed at the discussions and conversations that I'm hearing about how cryptocurrency can help African nations achieve monetary sovereignty.
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Another beautiful post at Serenity Spell! Everyone thinks of palms and beaches in Florida but for me the Oak Hammock is what I think of as being most essentially here, home, Florida. I think they are some of the most beautiful places on Earth.
There was some synchronous discussion during a *hammock* ecosystem reference in one of my recent posts … I'm so accustomed to these habitats, that I forget to detail their wonderful qualities!
From the National Park Service's perfectly phrased definition of a hardwood hammock on their Everglades page:
A hardwood hammock is a dense stand of broad-leafed trees that grow on a natural rise of only a few inches in elevation. Hammocks can be found nestled in most all other Everglades ecosystems. In the deeper sloughs and marshes, the seasonal flow of water helps give these hammocks a distinct aerial teardrop shape.
Many tropical species such as mahogany (Swietenia mahogoni), gumbo limbo (Bursera simaruba), and cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco) grow alongside the more familiar temperate species of live oak (Quercus virginiana), red maple (Acer rubum), and hackberry (Celtis laevigata). This diverse assemblage of plant life supports an equally diverse array of…
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Buy-Sell Agreement
A buy-sell agreement protects a business if the owner were to die, become sick or disabled, or if they elected to terminate their employment early or retire. Without a plan in place, a business and its owners could experience:
Cash flow shortage
Inability to pay debts
Lack of income for the business owner, their family, and their employees
Insufficient resources to pay required taxes - federal and state
The benefit of a buy-sell agreement cannot be overstated. A properly structured buy-sell can address and help eliminate potential problems or issues before they arise. For almost all business owners, a well-designed and funded business succession plan may help bring security and peace of mind for the business owner's personal and business family.
Key Person Insurance
Key person coverage is life insurance purchased by a business on an owner or an employee whose services contribute substantially to the success and continuity of the business. The insurance policy is owned and payable to the business. The insurance is in place to protect the business from the loss of a key person.
You can help cover the financial loss your business would experience at the death of a key employee by insuring your key people.
Key person insurance can be used to:
Keep lines of credit open.
Train another employee for the same specialized skills.
Assure the completion of ongoing project initiatives.
Provide access to the policy cash value through loans and withdrawals, which your business can use to meet


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Every week I seem to be getting more and more fabulous work. It's so good to see so many of you working from home, keeping your resilience going and trying your best!
I have also created (with help from other Year 6 teachers) a little poem for you. Some of you will know it should of been the start of your SATs this week, so lets see if we can challenge our selves further this week and create some amazing stories to share with the rest of school!
- AO Short Story
- AO urse Alphabet
- CW Stitch in Disney
- CW VE Day
- IP Story
- JW Ocean Adaptions
- KB Short Story
- LS Alphabet Virus
- LS Frog Life Cycle
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World of WarCraft is a game made of many parts: resource gathering, combat, item-creation... and some of those parts are more fun than others. A company called MDY wanted to help with the dull bits of the game, and maybe assist gold farmers a little bit, by releasing a program called Glider that allows your character to continue collecting gold and leveling while you're not at your computer. In 2006, Blizzard and Vivendi showed up at an MDY employee's home and threatened legal action against the company, claiming Glider violates the Terms of Service of World of Warcraft as well as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. MDY then sued to establish its right to sell its software, causing Blizzard to file its own suit to stop MDY from selling the program. The issue is whether or not Glider is breaking any laws, and Blizzard is hoping that by stretching the boundaries of what constitutes copyright infringement, it can get MDY shut down. If Blizzard succeeds, it could set a very dangerous precedent.
The question is, how is installing a third-party tool copyright infringement if it doesn't use Blizzard's code? This is where things get dicey. In a filing, Blizzard quotes a section from its EULA that says that "All connections to the Game and/or the Service, whether created by the Game Client or by other tools and utilities, may only be made through methods and means expressly approved by Blizzard." In other words, you're only allowed to play WoW using Blizzard-approved software.
By scrolling through the EULA and clicking okay, you agree, and can then play the game. Here's where Blizzard's logic gets slippery. To play the game, certain parts of the code have to loaded into your computer's RAM. In effect, Blizzard says you're making a copy of the game. Since Glider breaks the EULA, you no longer have a license to make that copy in your system's RAM, and now you're infringing on Blizzard's copyright.
So you see, any program which creates a "copy" of itself in your system's RAM—and that's every program on your computer—makes you guilty of copyright infringement unless you have a license allowing you to do so. Public Knowledge, a DC-based public interest group defending the rights of users in "the emerging digital culture" has filed an amicus brief with the court explaining why these claims are so preposterous. PK's arguments are sound and easy to understand. "Defendant Blizzard insists that users of its software must rely upon a license from Blizzard to make RAM copies, and users infringe copyright when they use the software in a way not permitted by the license agreement," the amicus stated. "But the license agreement cannot govern users' rights to make RAM copies, because that right is already reserved to users under 17 U.S.C. § 117. Therefore, Blizzard cannot claim any infringement of its copyrights based upon the creation of RAM copies..."
The law cited by PK states that "it is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided... that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner." It's going to be hard to argue that using your RAM to run World of Warcraft isn't an essential step in playing the game.
Public Knowledge doesn't seem to want to side with either party in these suits. "This is a case pitting distasteful gaming behavior against an unsavory over-assertion of copyrights," Sherwin Siy, Public Knowledge staff attorney stated. Blizzard is trying to stop a company from profiting from cheaters, but in doing so it may alter EULAs and TOS agreements, to the detriment of users.
"Under Blizzard's theory, a copyright owner could not only
contractually impose the most onerous restrictions on its
customers—restrictions that undermine rights guaranteed by copyright
and First Amendment law—but could also enforce those conditions with
the threat of copyright law's high statutory damages," argues Public Knowledge in its brief. "Blizzard's
attempt to use contract to alter and displace those aspects of
copyright law it does not like, while using copyright penalties to
construe and enforce the terms of that alteration, is untenable, and
the Court should not endorse it."


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We Love When Food Makers Reply! This Time its Gluten
Where can gluten hide?
Recently, I posted about the strangest places that we have found gluten since living gluten free, and realized that there are a lot of places that people may not think about to check. Here is a quick list of where to find it and how to avoid cross contamination at home.
First, is to obviously remove all your basic food products that contain gluten. This will typically be your cereals, oatmeals, pastas, bread and bread based products. But, also make sure that any opened spread you have, peanut butter, jelly, jams, sauces or butter, that have been touched by a knife that has been put to bread get tossed. There is no telling whether or not these spreads are safe since bread particles could have been transferred over. This goes for cream cheese as well. When in doubt, throw it out! Your health is much more important that trying to salvage something.
Check your appliances! Toasters and toaster ovens will never be clean enough to use safely again. REplace them for peace of mind. Also, check your pots and pans. If there are scratches on your pots or pans that have previously contained gluten items, get rid of those too. There is no way to be sure that you have cleaned every tiny crevice well enough that gluten is not hiding in there.
Cleaning supplies! This can be tricky, because many times, companies do not list their ingredients completely on the labels. You will need to check your cleaning chemicals, detergents, dish soap, dishwasher soap and anything else you use. If the product does not specify, call the company and find out. Or, you can go with more specialized gluten free or all natural companies instead of conventional ones. Just remember, routinely check your products because companies can change their formulas at any time.
Now it is time to check those bathroom products! Make up, sunscreens, lotions, perfumes, deodorants, body sprays, soaps, shampoos, conditioners, self tanners, tanning lotions, hair dyes, even bug sprays. Check all of these things, and be diligent in keeping up with any manufacturing changes. They happen a lot in this area.
And probably one of the worst places gluten can hide, in is your medications and supplements. Check all your OTC medications, everything from pain medicine, to allergy medicine, to cough syrup. Usually medications that are safe will say gluten free on the label. Check supplements too, especially kid vitamins. If you are on prescription medications, be sure to ask your doctor about the gluten content of your medications. Often, if there is, your doctor can set you up on a different course of treatment to avoid it. Just be careful about asking pharmacists, in my experience they often are not as well versed in medication contents and gluten. Obviously, this does not mean that there aren't some that do know, but in my experiences, I have often found that I am more well versed in the topic than they tend to be.
One more area…pet foods! Depending on your level of sensitivity, it may be best for you to feed your pet gluten free as well. I have heard of people having reactions from pets who eat gluten. Often times it winds up being s skin reaction once the pet has licked the affected person. This is not something that effects us directly. But this is something that you will want to think about depending on the severity of your symptoms.
Hope this helps, please let me know if there are any places that I may have missed!


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Much like jumping off a cliff, we made the big leap and bought a shiny, brand-spanking, all bells and whistles, new kitchen. And like the best surprises, we didn't even expect we would do it so soon.
It was only a couple of weekends ago when we started shopping around, getting layouts and quotations from one kitchen seller to the next. From Svea to Brugman to Superkeuken, and many others in between. After being initially excited by the sticker prices and seeing what we could get for it, the consequent appointment to get the specifics for our small kitchen turned disappointing as the price would invariably shift to a steep vertical, which of course dampened the mood and hence the possibilities for our cooking nirvana. After the first few store visits, it appeared that our dream kitchen would have to be tempered somehow, seemingly more akin to a mirage. Our third attempt was a little more hopeful as it was the one that fell closest to our budget and was almost what we envisioned. But the fourth time's the charm as the winner proved to be true to its name. The Champion of Kitchens came out with the most unbelievable offer – 50% off the total price and free installation – with no small help from my partner who, after several lengthy discussions, was able to shave a whopping €1500 off the first offer they gave us.
We won't be able to see a single piece of our new kitchen until 8 weeks from now and even then we'd still need to see if we can get partial financing for it, but the fact that we could even find ourselves in this position – investing such a huge amount of money into our flat – compared to several years ago when we couldn't rub two nickels together, says a great deal. We've come a long way indeed.


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Prepare either a 3-4 page report or a 12-slide presentation in which you analyze financial information and risks associated with an investment to expand an organization and make a recommendation
Prepare either a 3-4 page report or a 12-slide presentation in which you analyze financial information and risks associated with an investment to expand an organization and make a recommendation on whether or not to invest in expansion. This portfolio work project will allow you to review information and risks associated with an investment to expand an organization. As this information will be shared broadly across the organization, you will have a choice in your final deliverable audience and will organize your deliverable to meet the needs of that audience. ZXY Company is a food product company. ZXY is considering expanding to two new products and a second production facility. The food products are staples with steady demands. The proposed expansion will require an investment of $7,000,000 for equipment with an assumed ten-year life, after which all equipment and other assets can be sold for an estimated $1,000,000. They will be renting the facility. ZXY requires a 12 percent return on investments. You have been asked to recommend whether or not to make the investment. You are an accounting manager. Your boss has asked you to review and provide a recommendation on the expansion based on information that has been provided. In preparing and supporting your recommendation to either make the investment or not, include the following items as part of your analysis: As part of your analysis you might find that additional information from marketing, accounting, or finance would be useful in making an informed and well-supported recommendation. In a real workplace setting you would have the ability to ask for that information. However, for the purposes of this assessment, you can make assumptions about the values of that data or ratios in support of your recommendation. Accounting worked with the marketing group to create the spreadsheet for the new products business and the new facility. Notes about the financial information: Depending on the audience you choose to address, use one of the following options: Keep in mind that your recommendation may be shared with others, so your materials should be designed for clarity and readability. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria: Faculty will use the scoring guide to review your deliverable as if they were your boss. Review the scoring guide prior to developing and submitting your assessment.
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Two families leave China 100 years ago, This is a journal recording their passage, their so-journ in Borneo and then on to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, England and beyond. A fascinating account of how time and place have changed the members.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Remembering my Sister-in-law Karen.
Pavlova is a meringue-based dessert named after the Russian ballet dancer Ánna Pávlova. Colloquially referred to as "pav", it is a cake similar to meringue . Both New Zealand and Australia claim that they first made the Pav to honor the dancer when she came to Down Under. This Pav is made by my New Zealand born Australia Sister in Law Karen.
On Sunday, I went to the 80th anniversary of the New Zealand Chinese Association. I looked around and saw some part-Chinese, part-European Children. I thought of my European Sister-in-law Karen and her 3 girls. Pavlova was on the menu. Karen's signature dessert was Pavlova.
Sadly in 2013, Karen grew wings and flew to heaven leaving behind her 3 surviving daughters, Katie, Sarah and Emily and her husband Charles and the whole clan of the Chans and Taylors.
Yesterday, her daughter Sarah post a photo of a dog which shared the same birthday with her Mum Karen.
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ON Sunday June 6 at approximately 9.20am, the first of 3,000 runners completing in the 29th Two Castles run will enter Kenilworth from Leek Wootton having left Warwick Castle at 9am.
The winner will enter Kenilworth Castle around 9.30am.
This, the biggest sporting event in Kenilworth, will see hundreds of supporters along the route cheering on the runners and around 6,500 people will visit the Castle grounds over the hour or so the field will take to finish. The event (The Warwickshire AAA 10k Championship) raises large sums for charity, around £70,000 last year.
Runner safety is of paramount importance for all, and on police advice a number of roads around the castle will be closed for approximately 90 minutes.
Rotary club members will deliver letters giving full details to all residents living in the roads affected.
Clearly marked diversions will be set up to keep disruption minimal.
The club is aware that some residents may feel that this arrangement is an inconvenience to them even if of short duration.
With respect, we ask for a repeat of the patience shown in the past years and hope when weighed against the huge benefits to local and national charities, and the prestige this event gives the town, all will feel the event warrants the small disruption caused.
Bob Kelly
The Rotary Club
Of Kenilworth.


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices ended mostly lower Wednesday, pushing 10-year yields up for the first day in five, after a report showed U.S. consumer prices rose less than expected in May.
"Inflation is not a problem, and it's not likely to represent a problem in the near term," said T.J. Marta, chief strategist at Marta on the Markets.
Longer-dated yields edged higher late in the trading day after President Barack Obama revealed his financial regulatory-reform proposal. See more on Obama's plan.
The plan could "garner more investor confidence in riskier assets and sap Treasurys" appeal as a safe haven, said Roseanne Briggen, an analyst at Informa Global Markets.
Ten-year note yields
Yields on 30-year bonds
Yields on 2-year notes
Debt prices were higher for most of the trading day after the Labor Department said its index of consumer prices increased by a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in May. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch forecast a 0.3% increase. The CPI has fallen 1.3% in the past year, the sharpest decline in prices since April 1950.
Excluding food and energy, prices rose 0.15, as expected. See more on CPI.
"Yields declined on the tame CPI print, which relieved some inflation fear-mongering pressure in the bond market," said analyst at Action Economics.
Lower inflation helps relieve pressure from bonds because investors demand higher yields to compensate for higher inflation.
Fed buying
Also supporting bonds, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York bought $7 billion in Treasurys maturing between 2016 and 2019 on Wednesday, the last of two operations this week. Dealers offered $26.2 billion to be purchased. See past results on Fed's Web site.
Traders expected the central bank to buy between $6.5 billion and $7 billion, in line with past purchases in this maturity range. The buyback is the latest in the central bank's attempts to keep a lid on borrowing costs, though mortgage rates have jumped significantly in the last few weeks in spite of the Fed's efforts.
The buyback "will continue to benefit the supply/demand picture this week," said John Spinello, Treasury strategist at Jefferies & Co.
The Treasury Department has no note or bond auctions scheduled until June 23.
Treasurys have been subject to a lot of volatility because "different factors are moving the market and at various points, so are outweighing others," said Michael Pond, a strategist at Barclays Capital. "Supply is not an issue this week but will be back next week."
In corporate bond trading, focus was on bank debt after Standard & Poor's downgraded or lowered outlooks on 22 U.S. banks, including U.S. Bancorp


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The Defenders Are Here!
Marvel and Netflix came out swinging tonight at San Diego Comic Con, dropping not one, not two but four brand new trailers which, for the first time, linked all of The Defenders (and one Punisher) together.
Let's take a look!
With Ol' Dirty Bastard as a background we watch Luke take apart some fools in Harlem before being confronted by Cottonmouth, it's awesome and tells you everything you need to know about our reluctant hero.
We're introduced to Danny Rand in almost virtual silence, it's haunting and emphasises just how alone Danny feels as he returns home, a changed man, to a changed world.
SDCC Sizzle Reel – New York's Heroes
Matt, Jessica, Luke, Frank and their allies' stories are shown together, fully interconnected, for the first time. We get a look back to what they've already faced and a look forward at things to come.
The Defenders:
Nirvana sets the tone as we hear Stick give our four heroes some hard truths about their ability to defend all they hold dear. Who wants to bet there's going to be some brutal training coming up?
Can you feel the Hype? Because we can and this fall cannot come soon enough!


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In this article, Tony Holbrook helps you to identify the 'Why', the 'Who', the 'What' and the 'When' to help take your organization to the next level of a digitally cultured workspace. If you haven't yet started, the time is NOW! He writes, "I can't stress enough how important it is to start now. Begin with the team you have in place and assess current talent. Benchmark where you are, identify the personnel we talked about above and then do what you need to do to nurture them into more proactive roles in the right projects."
Click the link to learn more on the various aspects of embracing and maximizing this shift with clear and actionable advice.


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From Duran Duran to Brad Paisley, There's a Concert For Everyone This Week
Flogging Molly
Wednesday, March 22 at 7 | House of Blues
The Celtic band returns to Houston to perform their high-energy mix of folk, punk and rock hits, like "Drunken Lullabies" and "What's Left of the Flag."
From $35. 1204 Caroline St. 888-402-5837. houseofblues.com/houston
Duran Duran
Wednesday, March 22 at 8 | Smart Financial Centre
The English rock group and '90s MTV staple hasn't missed a beat since hitting the scene nearly four decades ago. Hear their new tunes, like "Last Night in the City" from their 2016 album Paper Gods, as well as classic favorites, including "Hungry like the Wolf."
From $39.50. 18111 Lexington Blvd. 281-207-6278. smartfinancialcentre.com
Bob Schneider
Thursday, March 23 at 7 | McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Don't miss this Austin-based crooner as he stops by Houston to perform "Big Blue Sea," "Let the Light In" and other favorites with his signature folk style.
From $28. 2425 Norfolk St. 713-528-5999. mcgonigels.com
Brad Paisley
Saturday, March 25 at 3:45 | NRG Stadium
The country music super star, known for radio hits "Waitin' on a Woman" and "American Saturday Night," rocks the rodeo's last weekend with his southern vocals and charm.
From $16. Rodeo Houston, 3 NRG Pkwy. 832-667-1000. rodeohouston.com
Forever the Sickest Kids
Sunday, March 26 at 5 | White Oak Music Hall
The Dallas punk-rockers, who've toured alongside Third Eye Blind, Simple Plan and Good Charlotte, bring their impressive discography to the Bayou City.
From $18. 2915 N. Main St. 713-237-0370. whiteoakmusichall.com


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As we enter into this, our High Holy Week, it seems fitting to reflect on Jesus' last week and all that occurred in these few short days, which can also be applied to our lives!
Jesus Christ came to earth in the form of man to save us, redeem us and ultimately reconcile us back unto our Father and Creator … God!
Christ was God's Love for mankind, personified. His 33 years on this earth were that of giving, teaching, sharing, empowering, forgiving, Loving, and ultimately dying so that we could choose to turn from sin, to seek forgiveness and vow to serve God and be obedient to His teachings and commands. We entered into Holy Covenant with God on the day we accept Him and ask Him to dwell within us. We enter into a second covenant with Him when we marry for at that time we ask Him to join us in the marriage Covenant so that there are three—God, the groom and the bride.
As Christ came as Love, He also experienced betrayal by Judas in The Garden of Gethsemane. The betrayal that led to Christ's arrest and ultimately crucifixion on The Cross. But Glory to God, Love was raised from the dead allowing our sins to be wiped clean upon our profession, acceptance and reconciliation. Love triumphant over betrayal.
Maybe you loved and trusted someone who you committed your life to along with Jesus/God and they betrayed you. It is a devastating blow to be betrayed whether by a spouse, family members, friends or coworkers. I know the gut-wrenching feeling, the hurt, inconsolable pain, then the rage, anger and finally confusion and bewilderment. Betrayed is Satan's lover, his muse and those that participate in it, are his witting and unwitting minions whose paths are darkened. Judas, realizing the gravity of his betrayal was overcome with remorse and hung himself, yet another sin. Undoubtedly the one who betrayed you, will not follow suit, nor should we ever want them to do so, for we, then, are now an attendant in waiting in Satan's army.
Despite the pain, we must follow Christ's example on The Cross when He called to Our Father begging Him to forgive us. So must we also forgive those who betrayed our love/Love for them in order to receive God's forgiveness and Heavenly Reward. It is hard as our sin nature wants revenge and punishment that we witness. I know that I did! But God will heal your broken heart and mend your soul if you turn to Him and truly lay your burdens down. He is waiting on you. He is able and wants to comfort and heal you today. I share this message on my 3rd wedding anniversary and as I reflect on the betrayal I dealt with in my marriage. I had to learn to put my trust in God to the test beyond professions and into action. I can tell you without question, that Love conquered all on The Cross and it can in you if you let it! Even after betrayal.
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The goal of the COVID-19 Action Network is to collaboratively advance improvements in COVID-19 prevention and infection management.
– Alice Bonner, Ph.D., RN
COVID-19 exacerbated nursing homes' conditions; everyone was taken aback and did not anticipate the virus's overwhelming spread. It brought unprecedented challenges to nursing homes, considering older adults living in congregate settings with multiple chronic conditions are the most vulnerable to the virus.
In this episode, Dr. Alice Bonner will share with you what the COVID-19 Action Network is doing to advance improvements in COVID-19 prevention and infection management in nursing homes during this pandemic. Discover how they are actively recruiting training centers and nursing homes nationwide to join the Action Network to promote health and well-being of residents and staff.
Dr. Bonner is a senior adviser for the aging at the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI) in Boston, Massachusetts and adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University.
Part One of 'National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network'
What Is AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home Covid-19 Action Network?
Dr. Bonner explains this collaboration between Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Project ECHO and IHI that aims to promote the health and well-being of residents and staff. With the support from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund for Nursing Homes, AHRQ launched the National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network.
Supported by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and in collaboration with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Project ECHO is launching a National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network. -Alice Bonner, Ph.D., RN
What Are The Goals Of the Covid-19 Action Network?
The COVID-19 Action Network program has been recruiting Training Centers to provide interactive training to nursing home staff. The primary goal of which is to advance improvements in COVID-19 prevention and infection control.
Specifically, the program implement evidence-based best practices to help nursing homes;
- Keep the Coronavirus out.
- Identify residents and staff who have been infected with the virus early.
- Prevent the spread of the virus among staff, residents, and visitors.
- Provide safe, appropriate care to residents with mild and asymptomatic cases.
- Ensure staff practice safety measures to protect residents and themselves.
- Reduce social isolation for residents, families, and staff.
Part Two of 'National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network'
How Are The COVID-19 Action Network Goals Achieved?
Alice highlighted that COVID-19 Action Network is not a model where a bunch of experts swoop in and say, "We're going to do all these webinars and give you all this important information." Instead, it's an all teach and all learn style of interacting among nursing homes.
Thus, to achieve their goals, the collaborators walked the extra mile to;
- Provide no-cost training and mentorship to thousands of nursing homes nationwide.
- Create a virtual learning community where nursing home staff can learn from experts and each other to expand the use of proven best practices.
The COVID-19 Action Network's Approach
The team comes up with a COVID-19 Action Network's Approach, which includes weekly sessions over 16 weeks. The virtual sessions are in concise presentation coupled with case-based learning and discussion. Essentially, these sessions are facilitated by small interprofessional teams of subject matter and quality improvement experts.
On top of that, there will be a sharing of best practices that nursing home staff can implement immediately. Furthermore, the sessions follow a standardized curriculum updated regularly to reflect new evidence and best practices.
The highlights of the curriculum are;
- PPE current practices
- Infection management practices
- COVID-19 testing
- Clinical management of asymptomatic and mild cases
- Minimizing the spread of COVID-19
- Managing social isolation
What nursing home staff need is the skill set of how to talk with families, how to think about the questions to ask, and how actually to improve systems of care and workflow. -Alice Bonner, Ph.D., RN
Why Should Nursing Homes Participate?
Alice believes that nursing home staff are stretched and strained because of the pandemic. Project ECHO and COVID-19 Action Network inspires and motivates people who work in long-term care to take charge and be the champions and be the leaders.
They're encouraged to participate so they can gain practical information, skills, and resources to deal with the prevention and management of the Coronavirus. In joining the program, they'll be a part of a virtual learning community of specialists and peers.
Plus, the good thing about it is that participation is free and voluntary. Moreover, nursing homes that participate receive $6,000 to compensate for staff time.
Nursing homes can join through their local Training Center or by using The Project Echo form through January 2021 (if you have enrolled with a Training Center, there is no need to fill out this form).
Questions? Email Alice Bonner: firstname.lastname@example.com
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About Melissa:
I earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing ('96) and Master of Science in Nursing ('00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I truly enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home and office visits) then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer.
I obtained my PhD in Nursing and a post-Master's Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing (2011) ) and then joined the faculty at Duke University School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 and led to me joining the faculty at George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor where I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health and Humanities.
Find out more about her work HERE.


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Horizons of Light
Do you believe in ghosts? in gods? in souls?
I understand if you don't
but from this doubt perhaps you'll see
the trepidation I feel when I tell a story
It all began long ago before the earth was fully formed,
before the first fossils left the proof that we were born
in the cauldron of stars
the mystery schools say,
is the beginning of ours,
an evolutionary tale
dimmer than a dream,
swirling in stardust,
higher beings,
they worked upon us,
You don't have to believe,
this is not to decide Truth, you see
but only to imagine where each truth leads,
truths about atoms, and evolution, of stars and seeds
People ask me what I do, people see,
they think,
based on what comes into view,
what I am,
what I mean
But our experience is like a candle,
in moonless depths of the unknown,
we remember, we are
only where our truths have shined
so far
and beyond
where the last map is drowned,
on the shores of all dreaming,
only hints are found
and still always our questions rise,
beyond the boundaries our truths have cast before our eyes
I hesitate often to answer the simplest thing,
because in the world of matter its about do-ing,
as for the project of souls, the bridge is still incomplete,
the body a process,
to destinies that sleep
And what can a ghost tell you of his day,
who cannot move even the smallest grain,
but reads in layers invisible to the eye
the shadows cast by each action
that we take
While scientists observe,
the motions in matter,
the mystic,
eyes closed,
she perceives
and in their way each finds different paths, unfolding into the darkness, different possibilities
you can guess which one I took
one foot on the road, one in the unknown
I understand the looks
swirling in the wind, like a leaf lost from the tree
in the eyes of the world, such a waste, what a pity
but I can accept the weight of judgment still, for while I never developed three dimensional skills, and be it reckless to forsake the safe for the unseen
the experiment of my life led toward the secret of be-ing
and my message…
isn't found through questions,
but is remote as the voices of leaves,
the spark in your hands,
not what men know
but just how it feels
to follow fading hints to further shores
to unlock with keys of pain our inner doors
I fire arrows at the sun across the trajectories I have explored
and still
there's no sign
no studies, or stature, or C.V.
to show I used my time
no prints in print or sand or stone
to prove I was alive
like stars winking dimly across the vast unconscious night
our warmth
is wasted in the distance
our ideas
have cast upon existence
and to the soul's hollow the mind cannot follow
and science is left staring into the dust
and besides,
the message is something I'm still seeking,
I'm not living to survive
I may never deliver
but the universe is always speaking,
and we dream with the senders
and thrive
As someone who never fully arrived in 3D, to me it seems
we're still learning to be redeemed
by the stories
taking shape
within the cycles
within our ancient souls


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Abilene medical group celebrates 100 years of community service
The 70-plus children getting new coats Friday during the annual Operation Cover Up probably won't notice, but they will be part of history.
On hand to witness the "cover up," sponsored by the Big Country County Medical Society Alliance, will be Karen Larimore, president of the Texas Medical Association Alliance, the umbrella organization for the local group.
While the kids are jumping for joy and wrapping themselves in their new coats, Larimore will be honoring the local alliance on it 100th anniversary. She also will get to see one of the many projects the local alliance sponsors each year.
That devotion to helping children is one reason Kristy McDonough, president of the local alliance, joined when she moved to Abilene 16 years ago with her physician husband, Paul McDonough.
"I've love being a part of this group," she said, "because of the good they do for the children."
The Big Country County Medical Society was formed in October 1917, seven months before the Women's Auxiliary to the Texas Medical Association was organized. The Texas Medical Association was started by 35 physicians in 1853 and the state women's auxiliary was formed on May 15, 1918, in San Antonio.
The local medical society has gone through several name changes, each time adding another area county name until the title grew to be so long and filled with hyphens that it was a mouthful to pronounce.
In keeping with the times, the first president of the alliance was listed in publications and newspaper accounts as "Mrs. W.H. Barnett," with no first name. Those times have changed, but what hasn't changed in 100 years is the alliance's dedication to service.\
A history prepared in 1983 told of the alliance's work in 1917, the year it formed.
"World War I was in full bloom," the history states, "so bandage rolling, making of dressings, and knitting were priority projects."
Today, children are the primary beneficiaries of the group's benevolence. Projects in addition to Operation Cover Up include Bee Wise — Immunize, Hard Hats for Little Heads, a scholarship program for area high school students planning a medical career, and a program that provides weekend food packs for almost 200 students at Abilene, Cooper, and Wylie high schools.
The food project earned the local organization the 2016-2017 Advocates of Health Award from the state organization at it annual meeting in May.
Members of the local alliance partnered with Communities in Schools to identify the students and Food Bank of West Central Texas to pack almost 200 gallon-sized plastic bags with enough food to help feed a high school student through a weekend.
The project was created after someone discovered the need, said Sue Schackmuth, immediate past president of the alliance. Younger children get assistance from other sources, she said, but not high school students.
"There are so many high school-age kids who are not getting food over the weekend," Schackmuth said.
Over the years, the local alliance has won numerous awards for its community projects, but another side of the alliance is education and legislative advocacy. The alliance is so good at that part of its mission that Abilene's oldest physician, and first female physician, Virginia Connally attends the monthly meetings.
Connally, who will be 105 on Dec. 4, opened her eye, ear, nose and throat practice in Abilene in 1940 after graduating from what is now Hardin-Simmons University and the Louisiana State University School of Medicine.
Despite waning eyesight and hearing, Connally stays abreast of medical advances and still finds the alliance meetings to be a good source of information.
"I'm interested in what's being done," she said, "and the progress that we're making in our society."
From 1966 to 2014, Pat Evans saw firsthand what how much the alliance contributes to the community as executive vice president for the Big Country County Medical Society. The physicians in the medical society can't always be present for events such as Friday's Operation Cover Up, Evans said, but alliance members represent them.
Members also are good about getting physicians involved with projects such as the Hard Hats for Little heads program to provide bicycle helmets to children. Physicians take part by being present for the helmet distribution and making sure each child gets a proper fit.
"The medical alliance has been an amazing partner with the medical society for the whole time I was involved with them," Evans said.
Operation Cover Up
From 10 a.m. to noon Friday, representatives of Big Country County Medical Society Alliance will distribute new winter coats to more than 70 children at Martinez Elementary School. Operation Cover Up is an annual event that the alliance has sponsored for more than 20 years.
A special guest at the event will be Karen Larimore, president of the local group's umbrella organization, Texas Medical Association Alliance. The local alliance, originally called an auxiliary, is celebrating its 100th anniversary.