![]() Don’t Forget Next Weeks Mystery Meal outing! Sally has an excellent destination lined up, but you must contact her at ext. Don’t Miss an epic adventure/ drama next week on Wednesday afternoon at 1pm as Channel 3 shows Life of Pi, the story of 16-year-old Pi Patel who survives 227 days at sea on a lifeboat along with a most unusual companion a full-size Bengal Tiger. The General Store now has a state-of-the-art Point of Sale system, which means to you that you can make purchases using your Debit & Credit Cards, in addition to cash and check! Come check out our huge selection of snacks, sodas, shirts and more! ~ Copernicus Center, 5216 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630, USA.News & Views from Campus: May 7 th – May 13 th 2023 ~ Bridgeport Catholic Academy, 653 West 37th Street, Chicago, Illinois, IL 60609, USA. Phone: 21, Email: Contact name: Billie Beason, Playtime: Wednesday 6:30 P.M. ~ Charleston Elks # 623, 720 6th St, Charleston, Il 61920, USA. Remarks: Hot food, salades, plenty free parking, handicap accessible Sykes, Playtime: Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays, 11:45am Phone: 217 373-1068, Hotline: 21, Fax: 21, Email: Contact name: Richard, Sonya, or Ed. ~ Lone Star Lodge #18 Bingo, 208 North 1st Street, Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA. Remarks: Bingo Closed: June thru August Lions Kitchen 5pm - 7:45pm for sandwiches, soups, pies, snacks, refreshments (no liquor). ![]() Hotline: Bad Weather Msg Line: 1-88, Email: Website:, Disabled facilities: Yes - wheel chair access and rest room, Playtime: Thursdays: Open 5pm, Bingo 6:30pm Washington St., Cedarville, IL 61013-0324, USA. ~ Lions Club at Jane Addams Community Center, 430 W. Phone: 63, Contact name: Karen, Website: Disabled facilities: Yes, Playtime: Wednesdays 10am and Fridays 7pm ~ American Legion Post 76, 570 S Gary Ave, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188, USA. Phone: 61, Hotline: 63, Email: Contact name: Ruby Turner, Playtime: Monday 7:00 pm ~ Cahokia Jaycee Hall, 150 Edgar, Cahokia, Illinois 62206, St. Computers avaiable, pull tabs, raffles, food and beverages Email: Website:, Playtime: Second Friday of every month doors open at 5pm ~ St Barbara School, 4009 Prairie Ave, Brookfield, IL 60513, USA. Phone: 63, Playtime: Tuesday, Thursday thru Sunday, 7:00P.M. ~ First Class Bingo, 374 Bollingbrook Commons, Bollingbrook, IL 60440, USA. Phone: 70, Contact name: Ann Boron, Playtime: 7:30 Mondays ~ Cicero Berwyn Elks Lodge 1510, 2600 S Ridgeland, Berwyn, Illinois 60402, Cook, USA. Remarks: Events hosted by The Italian American Civic Organization of Berwyn ![]() Phone: 70, Email: Website: Disabled facilities: Yes, Playtime: Every Sunday 6pm Phone: (618) 624-5412, Email: Contact name: Elaine, Bingo Time - Monday 6:30 p.m. Door prizes, hot ball, great jackpots and more!ġ00 Eagle Drive, Belleville, Illinois 62221, USA. Remarks: Join us for BINGO at Aurora Central Catholic High School! Doors open at 5pm, concessions open at 5:30pm and regular games begin at 7pm. Phone: 63, Website: Playtime: Wednesdays at 6:30pm Phone: 30, Playtime: Friday 6:30 pmĪddress: 1255 N. ![]() ~American Legion Post #121, 2000 Highway 17, Aledo, Il 61231, United States. Phone: 88, Email: Contact name: Dan T, Website: Disabled facilities: yes, Playtime: Monday & Thursdays 6:30pm ~ John's Pizza Addison, 100 E Lake Street, Addison, IL 60101, USA. Please note: We rely on the bingo hall owner/administrator to report changes and closures, and we receive feedback from visitors, which is helpful and very much appreciated.) Listings that don't show when 'Submitted' are old pre-2001 listings. Use this form to add, to update or to remove a Bingo Hall listing.)īingo Halls (In the Illinois bingo listings, day and time of play, type of games, facilities etc., if shown, are indicative and may change. IL Illinois bingo halls, USA, listed by city: ![]()
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![]() ![]() Vail Resorts will, subject to consent from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, assume the state land lease for Laurel Mountain. Vail Resorts acquired all of the assets related to the mountain operations of the resorts and related base area lodging, conference center and amenities. In addition to skiing and snowboarding, Seven Springs offers significant resort amenities, including a 418-room hotel, conference center, a full-service spa and tubing. Hidden Valley offers 110 skiable acres and 470 vertical feet, with 26 slopes and trails and two terrain parks. Laurel Mountain offers 70 skiable acres and 761 vertical feet. ![]() It is located one hour southeast of Pittsburgh and is among the largest ski resorts in Pennsylvania with 285 skiable acres and 750 vertical feet. Seven Springs is Pennsylvania's premier four-season family resort. This will provide a regional destination for Epic Pass Holders in Pittsburgh as well as those in other critical markets such as Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Cleveland, who will be able to ski more resorts close to home – and visit world-class mountains out west – all with one pass. Operations at the three resorts for the 2021-22 winter season will continue in the ordinary course of business. Vail Resorts plans to add access to the three resorts to select Epic Pass products for the 2022-23 North American ski and ride season. ![]() ![]() People rarely see artists, their sleeves rolled up and hunched over a desk, studying various elements of design, principles, software, methods, materials. Author Len Cristobal thinks their ridiculous offers sometimes come from what she calls distance. ![]() ![]() This guy offering stock options for a business that doesn’t exist yet. Artists and just freelancers in general appear to be dealing with choosing beggars the most. This musician who takes himself too seriously. I started actually taking my art seriously about a month ago, and I got my first Choosing Beggar. This guy who expects art for the “honor” of it. Choosing Beggar wants free drawing from a professional artist, ends up getting trolled. It takes a special type of narcissist to do this, and these 17 people are at the top of the charts. The Choosing Beggars subreddit is chock full of people who believe theyre entitled to things they most certainly are not. Most of us have been desperate enough at some point in our lives to beg for something, but to then nitpick about said thing is unacceptable. Choosy Beggar Loses It When Classmate Doesnt Hand Over All Their Class Notes. Read ahead for the top CBs (Choosing Beggars) of all time.One of the worst types of people is someone who expects everything for free, but even worse than that is someone who wants something for free and is picky about it. We simply can’t believe some of these people are for real when they make their requests or get called out on their behavior! People like this give us a clear reason to expect very little from those around us, and /r/Choosing Beggars is full of the funniest and most awkward demands others have wholeheartedly expected from the rest of us. 64 Choosy Beggars Who are the Epitome of Entitlement. ![]() These 55 people think they should get things for free, feel entitled to people’s time and energy, and are just generally clueless when it comes to social norms. The subreddit /r/ChoosingBeggars is guaranteed to make you lose a little more faith in humanity if you still had some left to begin with. The subreddit Choosing Beggars (or r/ChoosingBeggars) is dedicated to posting screenshots, pictures, or stories of people who are being way too picky. The subreddit “Choosing Beggars” (or r/ChoosingBeggars) is dedicated to “posting screenshots, pictures, or stories of people who are being way too picky when it comes to who they beg for a relationship or any other matter” and it is full of examples of behavior that will blow your mind. If you have ever posted something for sale on places like Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace, or even if you posted something completely free like on curb alert, then you know better than most people that the world has no shortage of people who think they deserve special treatment, a steep. ![]() While it usually doesn’t hurt to ask if you can get a better deal, for example, sometimes people really don’t know when to stop pressing their luck. Most of us have been desperate enough at some point in our lives to beg for something, but to then nitpick about said thing is unacceptable. 64 Choosy Beggars Who are the Epitome of Entitlement. If you don't look like you take care of yourself, it doesn't make me think you could take. Your terrible profile picture sends a message. We say “beggars can’t be choosers” when someone has limited options but for some reason tries to ask for more. Vote up the worst instances of choosing beggars acting entitled. Most of the girls on tinder in my area seem okay (at least the ones who are also looking for girls), but the guys are just. Random Person: are you the dude that sells your stuff at the scifi cocoon sim. NOTE: Before you read ahead, please be aware that the majority of these posts contain profanity and other strong language or offensive phrases. The name of the beggar changes, but its the same person, for comedic effect. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The hope is that COVID-19 is in the rear view mirror, and remains so into the future. Only then will we push forward our mission of providing #extraordinary educational opportunities for students.ĭVUSD completed another outstanding calendar year spanning from the end of a pandemically-impacted school year to a successful start of our first “normal school year” in a while. Jim Collins, Stanford PhD professor of the internationally recognized book series, “Good to Great,” said it best this way, “Good is the enemy of great.” Deer Valley Unified isn’t looking for a fresh start we are looking to improve each day, each week, each month, and each year. Signs that point to an already healthy organization have been realized by its sustained excellence and an atmosphere of continuous improvement. Preschool (Community Education Programs)įrom Curtis Finch Jr., PhD As the calendar flips over into a new year, one often thinks of a “fresh start,” as a chance to make drastic changes and begin the “new you,” but this is not the case at the Deer Valley Unified School District (DVUSD).Google Translate is a free service and currently offers translation in over 50 languages, although an impressive number, this does not capture all languages or dialects. The quality of the translation will vary in some of the languages offered by Google. The electronic translation service is hosted by Google Translate. Recognizing and acknowledging the traditional land is an act of reconciliation and a show of gratitude to those whose territory we reside on. We are grateful for Elders and traditional Knowledge Keepers who are still with us today and those who have gone before. We acknowledge and give thanks to all the many First Nations, Metis and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries. We acknowledge the land that Red Deer is now on is also traditional territory of the Metis and we are part of Region Three with Metis Nation of Alberta. Treaty Seven territory is the ancestral and traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy: Kainai (g-ai-nah), Piikani (pee-kah-nee), Siksika (seeg-see-kah) as well as the Tsuu T’ina (soot-tenna) First Nation and Stoney Nakoda First Nation. We also acknowledge Treaty Seven territory to the South of the Red Deer River. Treaty Six territory is the ancestral and traditional territory of the Cree, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux (sawl-toh), Nakota Sioux (sue). Red Deer Public Schools acknowledges Treaty Six territory to the North of the Red Deer River. Health Spending / Wellness Spending Accounts.Supplemental benefits - Sub, Casual and Part Time Employees.Accessing your Earning Statements and T4 slips.Brightspace Resources and Support for Staff.Brightspace (Learning Management System).Teachers & School Administration - Careers.Red Deer Public Schools Twitter Account.Red Deer Public Schools Facebook Account. ![]() Volunteering at Red Deer Public Schools.PowerSchool - Accessing the Parent Portal.PowerSchool - Student and Parent Sign In.Administrative Procedure - City Wide School Council Committee.Alberta Education & Curriculum Information.Central Middle School Extra Curricular Activities.Instructions on Backing Up Personal Microsoft Server Information.Instructions on Backing Up Personal Google Information.Learning & Technology Policy Framework Initiatives.Technology & Information Services: What We Do.The Learning Team: A Handbook for Parents of Children with Special Needs.Inclusive Education Library - Learn Alberta.Occupational Health & Safety Act, Regulation and Code.The Foundation for Red Deer Public Schools.Poster - First Nations, Métis, Inuit Tiered Support.School Contacts - First Nations, Métis and Inuit Point Person. ![]() ![]() “Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist,” parent company Kering told Women’s Wear Daily in response to a query Friday without elaborating.ĭemonstrators on a Los Angeles overpass unfurled a banner praising Ye.Ī completed documentary about the rapper has been shelved, MRC studio executives Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Scott Tenley announced in a memo. The Balenciaga fashion house announced it has cut ties with Ye, according to a news report. In an interview with Piers Morgan, West commented on straight white males, saying “there’s nobody that gets judged more than a straight white male.” It is addressed to Ye and an attorney who told NBC News he is not representing Ye in this matter. The letter - dated Tuesday and sent on behalf of Floyd's daughter, Gianna, and her mother, Roxie Washington, by the Witherspoon Law Group, which has offices in Florida, Illinois, Missouri and Texas - said Washington and Gianna "are very distressed and hurt by the allegations" Ye made. On the same day, West continues to make antisemitic comments in an interview with Chris Cuomo.Īttorneys for George Floyd's daughter and her mother sent West a cease-and-desist letter, demanding that he refrain from commenting publicly about Floyd's death as he did recently. "In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves," said West, in a statement released by Parler. West offers to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly after getting locked out of Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts. Chauvin also pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating Floyd's civil rights. The hip-hop podcast "Drink Champs" released an interview with the rapper and fashion designer, who now goes by Ye, in which he questioned the cause of George Floyd's death, suggesting it was due to fentanyl use and not by Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on Floyd's neck for 9½ minutes and was convicted of murder. “There is no excuse for his propagating of white supremacist slogans and classic antisemitism about Jewish power, especially with the platform he has,” a statement said. His comments drew a sharp rebuke from the Anti-Defamation League, which called West's tweet “deeply troubling, dangerous, and antisemitic, period.” West's Twitter account was locked over antisemitic posts that the social network said violated their policies. Instagram locked out posts by the rapper-entrepreneur over content violations. West responded to a CNBC story on the Adidas statement with an explicit Instagram post, in which he wrote "F- ADIDAS I AM ADIDAS." We will continue to co-manage the current product during this period," the company said in a statement. "After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review. 6 episode of "Tucker Carlson Tonight." In this interview, West made comments about Lizzo's weight, said Corey Gamble and Karefa-Johnson were "practically made in a laboratory" and discussed his decision to wear a "White Lives Matter" shirt.Īt the same time, Adidas said it was reviewing its relationship with West. West sat down for an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson, which aired on the Oct. On Instagram, Ye posted a screenshot of a text conversation with Diddy and suggested he was controlled by Jewish people, according to media reports. Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs posted a video on Instagram saying he didn’t support West's "White Lives Matter" shirt, and urged people not to buy it. 4 Instagram post that he is "a bully and a joke." Vogue also issued a statement standing by Karefa-Johnson from West's "bullying." Karefa-Johnson took to her Instagram to write that featuring "White Lives Matter" T-shirts in the runway show was "incredibly irresponsible and dangerous." Her opinion sparked a response from West, who then posted several photos of her while making negative comments about her sense of style.Ĭelebs then came to Karefa-Johnson's defense, including model Gigi Hadid, who commented under West's Oct. At the Yeezy Season 9 event, Kanye and political commentator Candace Owens wore "White Lives Matter" T-shirts-which prompted feedback and criticism from those who were in attendance, such as Jaden Smith and Vogue contributing editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. ![]() ![]() Kanye West, now known legally as Ye, held a last-minute show at Paris Fashion week. Here's a look at what has happened so far as the latest Kanye West saga continues to unfold publicly. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. ![]() ![]() ![]() The winning team of the Trojan-Irish game is given year-long possession of the trophy. The end of the club displays an engraving “From the Emerald Isle”. While Emerald-studded shamrocks stand for Notre Dame wins.Ī combined Trojan head/Shramrock medallion is used for games that are tied. The shillelagh is just over a foot-long and has a ruby-adorned Trojan heads with the year and game score representing USC victories. These woods were used as they were said to be the only ones that were tougher than an Irish skull. The shillelagh is a traditional Irish club which is made from oak or blackthorn saplings from Ireland. ![]() After Saturday night’s game if USC win they will have held it for a record nine years. Traditionally it is passed between the annual winner of the USC versus Notre Dame game. Voiron is at an altitude of 290 metres (950 feet), on the Morge (a tributary of the Isère).USC and Notre Dame battle for famed Jewelled Shillelagh trophy The jeweled shillelagh has to be one of the most unusual college football trophies. The city is located 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Grenoble and 85 km (53 mi) southeast of Lyon. However, because of the urban sprawl between Voreppe and Voiron, this town has been considered by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) as belonging to the Grenoble-Alpes Métropole since 2010. Pays Voironnais is working to attract new jobs aimed at limiting the dormitory phenomenon already affecting the suburbs of Voiron. Voiron survived a difficult conversion after the departure of companies Rossignol and Johnson & Johnson. ![]() Voiron has sought to keep its independence from its much larger neighbor, the Grenoble conurbation. Voiron remains a significant economic and administrative center of the department of Isère. The company Radiall was founded as well and the population of Voiron grew past 15,000. At the same time, the rise of paper mills on the banks of the Morge, the river crossing the small town, attracted workers to the city. On the eve of the First World War, the silk-weaving business used nearly 3,000 looms. Entire families of Voiron, along with Italian immigrants who arrived en masse at the beginning of the century, worked in these factories. The company Skis Rossignol was founded in 1907 by Abel Rossignol. A statue representing the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus, a tribute to Notre-Dame-de-France Puy-en-Velay, was also erected. Voiron also gained religious influence marked by the 1876 erection of the Saint-Bruno church of neo-Gothic style by a first magistrate. Voiron then benefited from a female workforce, housed at the factory and often poorly paid. Voiron came to be known for its fine silks, sought after by European royalties. The nineteenth century saw the decline of the era of canvas in Voiron because of the scarcity of linen and cotton, and because of the disappearance of the sailing navy which had been a large consumer of canvasses. Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusian Order to whom the church of Voiron is dedicated However, the production of canvas continued, and their reputation allowed Voiron to maintain this activity under the First Empire due in large part to purchases by the army. The privileges granted by Louis XII disappeared during the French Revolution. The city acquired a great reputation thanks to its paintings resulting from a secular know-how. Since the beginning of the century, production had been organized around the Voironnaise factory and canvases were marked to certify their origin. In 1700, the capital of the Chartreuse massif and its surrounding area had about 1,200 inhabitants and more than a hundred of them worked in the processing of hemp. In the Treaty of Paris (1355) the count exchanged Voiron and the rest of the region between the rivers Rhône and Isère (watered by the Guiers Mort) for Faucigny and Gex from France. Voiron had been a part of the County of Savoy in the Middle Ages. ( July 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eventually the industry settles down and Burnley congratulates himself on weathering the crisis, just as Stratton perceives the mistake he has made and sets out to start all over again (an ending reprised by another scientist at the end of The Quatermass Experiment). Barbarella), is encouraged when Stratton rejects her, and helps him escape by using his unbreakable thread to walk down a wall (the film ignores other applications of such amazing monofilaments, like the line used to slice Udo Kier into segments in Johnny Mnemonic).Ī mob of capital and labour pursue the man in his shining white suit through the mill-town - where his landlady-cum-washerwoman accuses him of plotting to abolish her lifestyle - and a lynching is only averted when it turns out that there was a flaw in the process and the fabric becomes unstable, flaking away to nothing. Joan Greenwood, possessor of the sexiest voice in the British cinema (qv. In an astonishingly frank sequence that wouldn't have been allowed in a Hollywood film back in prudish 1951, the corrupt industrial barons, including her callow fiance (Michael Gough), prevail upon Daphne to seduce Sidney to win him over, and the girl ups their price for her prostitution before making some impressive moves on the naive inventor. Stratton, unworldly enough not to have thought it through, has just enough savvy to realise that when a "new contract" is put before him by super-tycoon Sir John Kerlaw (James Whale favourite Ernest Thesiger in a letter-perfect cameo of decrepit deviousness) it means the industry actually wants to suppress his irksome invention. Then the unions and management realise that this means people will only ever buy one set of clothes and the whole industry - site of the original Luddite clashes between hand-loom weavers and the spinning jenny - will collapse. Burnley at first sees the enormous profit potential, and a prototype suit of dazzling (indeed luminous) white is manufactured. ![]() Without seeming to pull any faces, Guinness makes it all too clear, even in the inevitable science gabble bit, which sounds unusually credible but is also an infallible comic highlight as Daphne, like us, tunes out before realising what she has been told.Įventually, Stratton declares his mystery project is on the verge of delivering results - a "long molecule" which makes a white thread from which can be woven clothes that will never get dirty or wear out. If there were another actor in the lead role, the film might have had to rely on dreary dialogue sequences as Stratton explains why he is doing what he is doing and what he learns from it. Like Stratton, Guinness hides in the background for the first half of the movie, noticed only by two contrasting women who fall for his reticent charm - brassy labour activist Bertha (Vida Hope) and the breathy Daphne (Joan Greenwood), daughter of his blustering employer Burnley (Cecil Parker). It's also an unusual comedy in that it isn't especially concerned with being funny - the one scene of people laughing is as cruel as anything in cinema - but nevertheless pokes fun at sacred cows from all over the political spectrum, from pure scientific research through tool-downing shop stewards to monstrous capitalists.Īlec Guinness, at the height of his powers as Britain's most versatile character star, wears his own mild face for a change and gives a remarkable performance as Sidney Stratton, a single-minded but almost childlike chemist who has been fired from six textile mills for blowing the research budgets on an intricate H machine that seems only to produce droll sound effects (which were mixed with music and released as a single, The Man In The White Suit Samba) and explosions. ![]() everyone) and today strikes even closer to home by envisioning the potentially disastrous effects of new technology on established manufacturing industries. The script - by Roger MacDougall (who set the idea out in an unproduced play), John Dighton and Mackendrick - uses a wonderful laboratory breakthrough to raise questions about the application of science that in 1951 struck a chord with those worried about the proliferation of nuclear weapons (i.e. In light of that Alexander Mackendrick's Ealing comedy is almost unique in considering the implications of an imaginary invention. Science is usually dismissed as the boring bit that has to be got out of the way before the monster shows up. Surprisingly few science fiction films care about actual science. ![]() ![]() If you want to try something a little different than the classic, consider ordering one of these popular variations, which all have the same garnish of an orange peel and cherry: If you prefer rye and they mention bourbon, ask them if they have a standard rye they use for their Manhattans." "I always ask what brand of whiskey they use for their Manhattans, and what kind of sweet vermouth. "When you order a Manhattan, there are two things you want to communicate when you order, the base whiskey of the cocktail and if you want it up or on the rocks," says Wibbels. In general, wheated bourbons have less bite and spice to them.Ī black Manhattan substitutes amaro for the sweet vermouth. This will soften the whiskey as it dilutes.ģ. Have your Manhattan served over ice, aka, on the rocks. Bourbon and rye vary in their proof - they can go as low as 80 proof and still be considered a bourbon or rye.Ģ. Quick tip: If your Manhattan is too strong for your liking, you can make the cocktail more approachable in one of three ways, says Wibbels:ġ. Express the oils from an orange peel over the cocktail and garnish with the peel and an optional cocktail cherry. Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass. Do not shake, as this results in a cloudy drink, according to Wibbels. Using the bar spoon, stir until well combined. Add ice to the shaker tin or mixing glass. The classic often calls for 2 dashes of Angostura bitters and a dash of orange bitters per cocktail, but you can use a combination of other aromatic bitters as well. Into your shaker tin or mixing glass add two parts whiskey, one part vermouth, and bitters to taste. Optional cocktail cherry (like the Luxardo maraschino or Amarena in syrup - never bright red maraschinos).Bitters (Wibbels recommends a combination of cherry, orange, and other aromatic bitters).Regardless of the true origins of the Manhattan, it has become an iconic bar staple that whiskey lovers can't get enough of. While there are rumors of a connection to a frequent patron of New York City's Manhattan Club - Lady Randolph Churchill (Sir Winston's mother) - the general consensus is that this drink was created sometime in the 1870's and likely used rye whiskey. Like many classic cocktails that have been around since the late 19th century, its origins are widely disputed. "Aromatic bitters may elevate baking spice, clove, and licorice notes in a whiskey, or the sweet vermouth will amplify citrus or fruit flavors hiding behind whiskey's stronger caramel, oak, and grain flavors." Why does a Manhattan work so well? "The sweet vermouth and the bitters work to help uncover less obvious flavor notes," explains Wibbels. ![]() This magical combination of bourbon or rye whiskey, vermouth, and bitters makes for a smooth, complex, and deeply satisfying libation. Regardless of the truth, if it can ever be determined, New York City is to credit for this icon."At its heart, the Manhattan is designed to make a great whiskey shine," says Heather Wibbels, Chair of the Bourbon Women Board of Directors and mixologist-in-chief at Cocktail Contessa. Some claim it was in the 1860s, with credit due to a bartender working near Broadway and others say it caught on during Prohibition because of the availability of Canadian whisky. It is a well-supported truth that the cocktail did originate in Manhattan, but the timing and credit vary. So, much like other cocktails, the truth of the Manhattan drink is murky and cryptic. It's an all-too incredible and iconic story for the Manhattan that's entirely false, as Lady Randolph was neither in attendance nor drinking as she was pregnant at the time. The successful and fashionable Manhattan had its popularity rocket seemingly overnight, its name attached to the location of the borough in which the event was held: Manhattan. Because the event was successful, the drink became quickly attached to those who attended. The Manhattan drink can have its roots traced back as far as the 1870s when it was first invented for a well-known socialite, the mother of Winston Churchill, at a party for a political event. ![]() ![]() GASB Issues an Exposure Draft, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for State and Local Governments.55, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for State and Local Governments, was approved in March 2009. The GAAP hierarchy currently is contained in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) professional auditing literature in Statement of Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 69, The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Primary Objective:The objective of this project is to incorporate into the GASB’s authoritative literature the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles used in the preparation of financial statements of state and local governmental entities that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (the GAAP hierarchy). Please send your comment letters to GAO’s Yellow Book Comments inbox at no later than April 28, 2023.įor more information, contact James R.Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP Hierarchy) All comments received from the public will be considered a matter of public record and will be posted on the GAO website. To assist in developing comments, specific questions are presented in enclosure II of the 2023 exposure draft. GAO is requesting comments on this draft from federal, state, and local government officials managers and auditors at all levels of government the public accounting profession academia professional organizations public interest groups and other interested parties. ![]() This exposure draft includes the advisory council’s input regarding the proposed changes. The advisory council includes experts from federal, state, and local government the private sector and academia. To help ensure that the standards continue to meet the needs of federal, state, and local governments and the public these bodies serve, the Comptroller General of the United States appointed a Comptroller General’s Advisory Council on Government Auditing Standards to discuss and review GAO’s proposed revisions and consider any other necessary changes. See enclosure I of the 2023 exposure draft for a summary of the major proposed changes. Proposes application guidance for key audit matters to provide clarity for financial audits of government entities and entities that receive government financial assistance. Provides for the use of engagement quality reviews, if the audit organization determines that engagement quality review is an appropriate response to address one or more quality risks.ħ. Promotes scalability of the standard for use by audit organizations differing in size and complexity.Ħ. Emphasizes monitoring of the entire system of quality management and includes a new requirement to investigate the underlying causes of identified quality management deficiencies.ĥ. Adds a quality management risk assessment process and an information and communication component to the framework for the system of quality management.Ĥ. Emphasizes the responsibility of leadership for quality management within an audit organization and requires senior leadership to take an active role in the system of quality management.ģ. Directs audit organizations that are subject to selected standard setters' quality management standards to comply with those requirements and specific additional Yellow Book requirements to avoid the potential burden of audit organizations designing and maintaining separate systems of quality management.Ģ. Some of the major proposed changes from the 2018 revision include the following:ġ. The proposed Yellow Book revision would replace extant chapter 5, "Quality Control and Peer Review," paragraphs 5.01 through 5.59, and add additional application guidance to chapter 6, "Standards for Financial Audits." The proposed revisions in the 2023 exposure draft update the Yellow Book to reflect major developments in the auditing and accountability professions and emphasize specific considerations applicable to the government environment. ![]() GAO invites comments on the proposed revisions to Government Auditing Standards, commonly known as the Yellow Book. ![]() ![]() ![]() For those apps that aren't heavy on features, I looked for customization options that make the app adjust to your style-a calendar app should give you options, not lock you into a certain way of planning your day. But if you're a serious scheduler, power features, such as customizable views and integrations, will help you get the most out of your calendar app. If you just need a way to keep track of your days, a desk calendar will do fine. How do they handle time zones? Or overlapping events? Can you use it for both your personal life and your professional life? I wanted to find calendars that feel like they were made by people who love calendars. Does the calendar software do what it says it's going to do? And does it do it well? While calendars are simple in principle, in practice, there are plenty of challenges to overcome. You should be able to add events quickly and accurately, see what's coming up, and arrange your schedule without having to hit up the help docs.ĭesigned with intention. Calendar apps are easy to use when they require minimal clicking and menu exploration. In my opinion, the best calendar apps are:Įasy to use. My top choice, Fantastical (it's on this list) is one of a handful of apps I use every single day. I also use my calendar in my personal life to make sure nothing-like a trip to the dentist or friend's birthday-slips through the cracks. I've been a tech writer for more than a decade and rely on my calendar to keep all the small moving pieces of a freelance career in check. Calendars that work well fit seamlessly into your life and give you the features that enable you to keep on top of how you spend your time. ![]() Even the most barebones and buggy calendar app manages to pull that off the best calendars, however, aren't just functional. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog.Ĭalendars, of course, show you your schedule. We're never paid for placement in our articles from any app or for links to any site-we value the trust readers put in us to offer authentic evaluations of the categories and apps we review. We spend dozens of hours researching and testing apps, using each app as it's intended to be used and evaluating it against the criteria we set for the category. All of our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software. ![]() |