You run a multimedia visual communications firm. When did you realize you had a knack for visual communications?
I've always been able to tell stories visually because it's something that I used as a learning mechanism as a child to help me with book reports, and to articulate what I was trying to say. Using video recorders, and back in the day with the big VHS tapes, and then moving forward and using phones, I've always conveyed messages and told stories through that.
When I began Skai Blue Media, I had to do what I know how to do. There are other awesome publicists out there but I don't really fit into that mold, and that's not really who I am and that's not what I'm trying to build in the company. Take what you do, take what you do best. Stay in your lane and do it that way.
I said, 'I'm going to take what I know best and that's the art of storytelling , through visual communications, through a multimedia approach.' When I started Skai Blue Media that was the mission from day one. To take what we knew, and what we knew best to build a company.
Has the company changed in ways you didn't expect it to?
Every year you want to be bigger, you want to be better, you want to be more effective and efficient than the previous year.
Although the company has evolved, we've always been back to the same thing. I would say it used to be that non-traditional PR and social media was the multivitamins to the public relations campaign, and now it's completely the opposite. The traditional is the multivitamin to the non-traditional campaign. Now the main entrée is the social, the non-traditional, the experiential marketing, the look, the feel, and heightening the senses with everything you do.
You graduated Temple with a major in business and then spent five years working in film. Was there a time when you thought you would stay in film and television for the rest of your career?
I did. When you're young and you see money I was like 'oh my god, I'm young and I'm super successful, and I'm making all of this money'. I thought that it was going to be the end all be all because I was driven by a check. Then you have that 'AH HA' moment when you're looking at success versus significance. I think I realized very early on that I wanted it to be a little of both. I do want the success, and I do want it to be very significant.
Has having a family impacted your decision making process? Has your family made your career choices more significant or meaningful?
A lot of women feel that they have to choose between family and career either because of societal pressure, or lack of support from a partner. How is that you manage everything so gracefully?
I've been so amazingly blessed. It all starts right in your own home. I've had a partner who has supported me 100%. He's been my biggest advocate and my cheerleader. I know other successful women, and they don't have that. How do you do that?
For me, I need that person to say 'you're doing a great job' and to give me that pat on the back. Or maybe a kick! Every once in a while my husband will say "you handled that totally inappropriately and you're not putting your foot down, or you're worried about this and you shouldn't be worried about that. Being able to have that support is amazing.
I've had nannies along the way, I have an awesome team. The way that I approach the people who are on my team is as family members that I'm choosing. And again, it's 'in my house' so how I would design my house and the people in it, is how I design my team. My team is what allows the company to grow and to go to the next level and to be multifaceted.
When did you realize that you wanted to get out of television and working for others in the public relations sector and start your own business? What made you realize you wanted to start out on your own?
It was a series of unfortunate events, honestly. It wasn't like I had this great opportunity and somebody said 'Hey, I'm going to invest in you and you're going to start your business.' I was tired of being yelled at, I was tired of being told 'this is how you do it' and as a creative person, you always go outside of the box.
There was not a point in my life where I was able to conform or stay inside. As a kid I never stayed within the lines, I scribbled all over the place. And working for other companies, I knew that I would always have to color within the lines. I'm creative, I need to be able to draw outside the lines. I need to be able to scribble every now again and doodle on the outside of the page. For me, entrepreneurship was that journey.
But I am thankful and happy that I did work for other people because you cannot be a great leader if you are not a great follower. And I had to be an awesome follower for all of those years getting people's lunch, getting people's coffee, being talked to like an idiot sometimes because thats - you know- the world we live in.
When you're at the bottom of the totem pole, people will talk to you any way they want to. But for me, it enabled me to not be able to. My interns are treated like VP's here. I don't make them go and get everything. We talk like we're colleagues and we're on the same level. It might not be the right approach, but because I felt like as an intern I wasn't valued, I want people to see the value.
When you first started Skai Blue, were there people in your life who doubted you? How did you overcome their negative energy?
I always say that entrepreneurship is like jumping off a cliff every day.
You don't know what to expect. In the beginning, I had a very traditional family. My mother was like "What do you think you're doing? You've got a great job, you've got great benefits, you have health, you have dental, you've got vision, the world your oyster. If you become an entrepreneur who is going to pay your benefits and who is going to do this and who is going to do that." It was a gamble. And I believe that the best success and the best outcomes come from the largest risks.
I have to take the major risk in order to fulfill my dreams and to what I wanted to do. But I had flack from my mother, I had flack from my father, my sisters. Internally, my entire family said 'absolutely not' because they love me and they were afraid for me.
Do you think that the way that you've approached risks in your life is different from the way another entrepreneur might approach risk?
My risks have been in all verticals: financial, life, social, and then there's that risk you take of losing friends or certain groups of people because when you're an entrepreneur it is the most lonely road. You are not going to be able to be on every ship that sales although I feel that I have been, and I'd like to be. You have to pick and choose and then you have to sacrifice people in your life. When you're doing amazing things, that doesn't look and feel good to everyone.
Not everyone is really truly happy for you.
No, absolutely not because 'you know she makes it look easy, and I could do that.' There's always the 'I could do that' or 'I can do that better'. Which is great! Do it better, have at it! I would love you to. But it doesn't feel good all of the time.
Do you think that there are any advantages to being a female manager or a female business owner?
There are great advantages, because this is an honest fact: we think differently. We operate the right and left side of our brains a lot differently than a man. We use emotions, we use things like empathy. When you can be empathetic and put yourself in someone elses shoes, its one of the great advantages out there. Especially when you're telling someone elses story, for me and my staff to be able to articulate someone else's point of view. You can do anything, but if you have a point of view, that is the most important thing. And that's probably the most valuable.
Have you experienced disadvantage because you are a woman?
Absolutely! You know, there are certain metrics and then are certain formulas. You walk into a board room, and when you start working with the bigger companies, it is a male dominated industry. You would think communications, advertising, multimedia, there are all of these cute girls with glasses walking around...no! It's male dominated. Some of it...the CEOs, the higher-ups that I'm meeting with all happen to be men.
And there is a look when I walk into a room, or there is a look when I start talking, or there is a look when I start spitting out metrics as it relates to how people learn, consumer behavior, human development, and the psychological aspect of communications. People are like… 'oh ok she's really smart.' I get the 'wow, you're really smart, wow you really know what you're talking about' which you would think was a great thing to say. But would you say that to a man?
It's almost like they're saying 'you're smart….for a woman'.
And that's exactly it. Wow, you're really smart. Why the wow? Because I'm a woman? What if I were a man?
Who are some of the women you've looked up to in your life?
I have to credit my friend Almaz Crowe for this word, for this term. Anytime this term is used, I will put the trademark of Almaz Crowe on it.
I have a great circle of 'friendtors'. They are friends and mentors. Friendtors are people that you can bounce ideas off of informally.
These are people who are younger than me, there are people who are older than me, and a lot of them are women. They're Mary Dougherty from Nicole Miller, she's been an awesome friendtor. She's taught me the excellence of significance and success, work-life balance with family as it relates to working in the fashion industry. There are all of the people that I work with in the Office of the City Representative, Melanie Johnson. Elka Battle. I could go on and on with the great list of friendtors that I have out here. There's Berlinda Garnett. Berlinda is at Fox and she is, I believe, one of the women who will tell me like it is. Mike Jerrick from Fox has been an awesome mentor. Niki Hawkins from ABC.
There's a great Website called Live in the Grey. Their philosophy is that you love what you do, you live what you love. You make your colleagues your friends, and your friends your colleagues. It's very similar for me. There are no blurred lines. If we work together and I'm not just pitching you, we end up being friends. 'Hey, let's grab a slice of pizza' or 'hey, I'm going to come to your party.' It's a real thing. I can do a million things, but I do value the people that I'm around and that I work with.
It's not really a conflict of interest...you're living and being honest about what other people try to deny. Why is it a conflict of interest?
Yes! It's ok that we're friends. We can also say 'hey, here's a business thing that I'm going to pitch you.' Now, I don't do that with everyone. But there are people that I do that with.
On the topic of mentorship, you take a lot of young women and also a lot of young men under your wing here at Skai Blue. You're also very involved with Big Brother, Big Sister. Why is mentorship so important to you?
I always learned that you are blessing to be a blessing to other people.
You don't just get blessed to go out and kick up your heels and say 'I'm the sun and stars'. You're blessed to be put into a position to help other people and to bless other people. So when someone comes to me, I need to make sure that I am paying that forward and helping other people. Be it the people around me, be it the people externally that we help. No one can through life, no one, without proper mentorship. I dont care if you graduated with a dual degree from harvard or from yale. If you don't have the right people around you telling you like it is, the real deal, you won't get very far. I don't care how smart you are. I would say that mentorship is probably one of the most important things in a successful business. In any business. But mentorship is at the epicenter of it all.
Is there a motto or mantra that you adhere to or believe in?
Oh my gosh! There are so many! I'm cheesy. Teamwork makes the dreamwork is something that I habitually say. Work hard, be nice to people is probably one of my favorites. The whole notion of you're a blessing to be a blessing to others. I love mantras! I'm probably one of those walking memes, but I do live by a lot of the ones that are centered around teamwork.
I'm a true athlete at heart. I was a cockson at Temple University, I played basketball in high school. I played tennis for a little bit. I think being an athlete was very important for my growth. It forced me to be able to do things and never take all the credit.
You can't really take all of the credit. Everything you do is a part of a team from your relationships, even your significant other. You should be doing things together. If you go and have a family, or you go and have a business, 'team' is probably the keyword.
What advice would you give to someone who wants to be the next Rakia Reynolds?
That sounds so funny, the next Rakia Reynolds! I would say, surround yourself with really good people. Surround yourself with people that will tell you not only what you want to hear, but also tell you the truth that will help you with your professional growth, your development of who you want to be, because thats going to change every 3 years. It's not every 5 years, it's not every 10 years. It's every 3 years you're going to want to change your vision, what you want to do, your goals, your aspirations. And sometimes those things when you start dev quick;y. they change year to year. I keep vision boards, notebooks, write things down that I would like to see for myself.
It's really about the people you have surrounding you, and your friendtor advisory board. My friendtor advisory board helps me get through everything, help me move everything to the next level.


The writing system used is the , while the language is a variety of , and contains numerous loanwords from and a few non-Malay vocabulary elements whose origin may be. A stretch of the Pasig River has an average depth of 1. The newest bridge, opened in February 2015, is the Buting-Sumilang Bridge that connects barangays Buting and Sumilang in Pasig. The second impact comes in the form of diseases and infections that tend to spread. This results in increased pollution and salinity levels in Laguna de Bay at this time of the year.
Before we knew it, the entire river ecosystem went downhill in a manner that would have made our ancestors cry in disbelief. MacGraphics Carranz is one of the leading billboard companies in the Out-of-Home Media industry in the Philippines. Efforts from the government to relocate these illegal settlers have been unsuccessful due to the lack of cooperation and adequate relocation sites. In 2017, Dasovich was , however, in January, he and is currently cancer free. It traverses five cities, namely, Quezon City, San Juan City, Mandaluyong City, Pasig City and Manila City, all highly urbanized areas, which also suggests high generation of wastes. Metro Manila produces 7,000 tons of garbage a day without the facilities to dispose of it adequately.
To raise money to support the water management practices, a Water Use Charge system was implemented, where the end user of purified water or water that has been directly collected from public water must pay a charge for the total amount of water used. Photo Credit: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Back when fish were plenty, these bamboo rafts with weird-looking contraptions were a common sight in Pasig River. Unfortunately, during the dry summer months; March to May, the river is virtually dead due to the water becoming stagnant with the much reduced flow. The ten 10 rehabilitated tributaries include Estero de Paco, Estero de San Miguel, Estero de Concordia, Estero de San Sebastian, Estero de Aviles, Estero de Balete, Estero de Sampaloc, Estero de Valencia, Estero de Quiapo, and Estero de Uli-Uli. Coconut raft, Manila, circa 1900s.
Old folks called it salambaw or salambao , a traditional Filipino fishing raft composed of a giant net attached to long bamboo poles which were then fitted to the bamboo raft. Over the last two decades, capital expenditure on the water and sanitation sector has fluctuated around P3-4 billion a year, which has been almost entirely allocated to water. A single casco was obviously not built to handle such cargo. A Riparian Buffer Zone and Land Purchase System were formed by buying, through the consent and agreement with residents, the lands adjacent to the watersheds. The first bridge from the source at is the Napindan Bridge, followed by the Arsenio Jimenez Bridge to its west.
In the 19th century, people in Laguna and nearby provinces relied on Pasig River to transport their goods to Manila. Also, the country concentrates on preserving and restoring the water ecosystem via ecological stream restoration, as well as lake, estuary and lagoon water quality management. José Honorato Lozano, Quinta de los Generales en Malacañan a la rivera del Río Pasig, 1867. Pasig River bathing place at Quiapo, Manila, circa 1900. Activities to improve the water quality included:mandatory localized sewage treatment, setting up of communal sanitation projects for secondary sewage households, provision of credit support for the establishment of waste treatment plants, implementation of appropriate industrial relocation plan, expansion of community based solid waste management, garbage river-based collection through loading stations, and immense educational and training campaigns for the communities and industries near Pasig River. These are removed regularly by the local water provider. The activities among the various stakeholders need to be coordinated with each other.
Monica Street in Kapitolyo, Pasig as part of the Bonifacio Global City—Ortigas Link Road project approved in 2015. Ecologists have already pronounced the Pasig River as dead and incapable of sustaining marine life. On this registration page you can sign up to become a free Coconuts User, which does not grant you unlimited access to Coconuts content. Some contend it is between and. Crossing the Napindan Channel in Pasig is the Bambang Bridge. The Philippines ranks third worst polluter, with 1. Pasig River considered the toilet bowl of Manila An estimated 65% of the pollutants in the Pasig river come from households, 30% from the industrial sector and 5% from solid wastes.
Copper, lead, manganese and zinc have also been found in unacceptably high levels, along with pesticides, nitrates and phosphates. As he was plying the waters of Pasig River one day, the Chinese man spotted a huge crocodile swimming towards his boat. The modification of civilian vessels for war by fitting artillery pieces had previously been practiced by the Philippine and Spanish navies. The banks of the river attracted informal settlers and the remaining factories dumped their wastes into the river, making it effectively a huge sewer system. In the 1930s, observers noticed the increasing pollution of the river, as fish migration from Laguna de Bay diminished. It was also found that industrial pollution was responsible for 45 percent of the total pollution in Pasig River.
In this model the household waste water from connected homes collect in the tank to settle. Although many laws and plans have been put into place to regulate pollution and clean the water, none have proved very effectual to date. The reason for the lack of change is that the length of the river is short and because of it, untreated sewage and affluent flow into it at a very high rate. The study said the river dumps up to 63,700 tons of plastic into the ocean each year. Other organizations and sponsors like Plantex Philippines, which manufactures organic cleaning solutions, Sagip Pasig, Bantay Kalikasan, and the Clean and Green Movement, which reportedly donated P6-million.


The La Pacana caldera is one of the largest calderas on earth and has been the source of two major ignimbrites in the past 5.5 My. The first activity at La Pacana was the eruption of the ~5 My Toconao ignimbrite, followed the eruption of the caldera-forming Atana ignimbrite (Lindsay et al., 2001). Following the emplacement of the ignimbrites, continuing volcanic activity created a large resurgent dome . Activity continued until ~1.6 My, producing a series of silicic domes on the margin of the resurgent block , and within the caldera moat. The silicic domes are crystal-rich dacites, and are similar to the Atana ignimbrite in composition. The silicic domes likely represent degassed Atana magma (Lindsay et al., 2001).
Figures from Lindsay et al. (2001).
The Toconao a crystal-poor rhyolitic ignimbrite with an estimated volume of ~180 Km3. The ignimbrite can be sub-divided into two facies, a lower non-welded and non-indutrated facies containing abundant tube pumice , and an upper phase that is clearly indurated. See stop 22 for more details.
The Atana ignimbrite crystal-rich dacite that occur as both outflow and intracaldera fill and has a total volume of ~2500 Km3. The Atana ignimbrite is typically welded and show various degrees of devitrification. The Atana outflow is typically ~30-40 m thicks and sits atop pyroclastic surge and soft ash deposits. See stops 31 and 33 for more details.


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Category: Cricket World Cup 2015
You're not in the same league, Eddie
The big question for me this week has been: is there a bigger plonker on the planet than Eddie McGuire? Turns out there is. Meet ESPN sports commentator Stephen A. Smith, a bloke who makes Eddie, with his let's-drown-a-female-journo-like-it's-Salem-in-the-1600s, look like a feminist. When NFL star Ray Rice knocked out his partner in an Atlanta…
Cometh the hour…
When Michael Clarke announced Sunday's World Cup final would be his last one-day international, one New Zealand cricket writer accused him of hijacking the occasion. His name's Jonathan Millmow. Yep, I'd never heard of him either. Millmow played for New Zealand for a nanosecond 25 years ago. He never made the Test team but took…
An NZ quinella? No way, bro.
A couple of weeks ago, when I was taking a little too much pleasure in England's departure from the Cricket World Cup, a Pommy colleague desperate to shut me up said something that stopped me mid-sledge. "You do realise," he said, "that the Kiwis could end up winning both World Cups." Oh crap, I thought….
Winning ugly
There were times last night when I wasn't sure if I was watching a game of cricket or the Jim Rose Circus. Some of the contortions going on in the middle of the Adelaide Oval were reminiscent of the guy who can thread his body through a tennis racquet. Like this — can I even…
Is it wrong to be enjoying this so much?
You know that scene in Love, Actually when Laura Linney's character gets the tall, dark, handsome colleague back to her place and ducks into an alcove to jump excitedly on the spot? That was me last night when England got bundled out of the Cricket World Cup. I'm not Robinson Crusoe on this one. Bagging…
When sport is more than a game
Over the past few months, cricket fans — myself included — have fixated on Kevin Pietersen's exclusion from England's World Cup team, Michael Clarke's battle to be match ready and whether West Indies cricket would implode before a ball was bowled. On Thursday, these petty musings were put into perspective when Afghanistan, playing in only…

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Modesty may be a virtue for people, but not for businesses. At MontClair, we gleam with pride whenever we receive positive responses from our customers. That's what it's all about!
"MontClair understands our business and our market. Their expert knowledge enables them to deliver truly customized services", says Michel Lerou.


OTTAWA — On the eve of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first-ever visit to Israel, Canada has named a new ambassador to that country whose appointment is sure to please Harper's hosts.
The new ambassador to Israel, Toronto lawyer Vivian Bercovici, had a monthly column in Toronto Star that would please most small-c conservatives anywhere when it comes to her positions on Israel and the Middle East.
"My interest in Israel and the region goes back a long way," Bercovici told reporters. Bercovici, who is Jewish, studied at York University and the University of Toronto, but she also spent two years at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the early '80s.
In her newspaper columns, Bercovici has said U.S. President Barack Obama has been "weak" on the Middle East while he "feted and fawned" over Iran.
And, in September 2012, she compared her new boss, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, to Winston Churchill after Baird severed diplomatic ties with Iran.
"Baird chose the path of principle, one that too many leaders forego," she wrote.
Baird rejected the suggestion that her appointment is too partisan in favour of Israelis and against Palestinians.
"I think it won't be a huge shock to anyone that Canada is a strong supporter of the state of Israel," Baird told reporters after announcing Bercovici's appointment.
"That won't be news or a surprise to anyone. We have been a strong supporter of the only liberal democracy in the region.
Harper is scheduled to spend a week travelling through Israel, Jordan and the West Bank at the end of this month. Bercovici, whose appointment is effective immediately, is expected to be part of the 173-person delegation accompanying the prime minister on his Middle East trip.
"Canada supports Israel's right to exist in peace and security. Canada stands firm in the international fight against anti-Semitism, including raising awareness of the Holocaust," Bercovici said.
Bercovici was a partner of the law firm Dickinson Wright LLP. She was also appointed by the Harper government to the CBC's board of directors for a time.


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Education Ministers (Informal Meeting)
The Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education (Bill Rammell): On 12–13 July, my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills chaired an informal meeting in London of Education Ministers from the EU, accession, candidate and EEA countries to look at how skills can contribute to raising productivity and therefore to the Lisbon goals for jobs and growth.
The meeting consisted of four sessions, which considered:
(1) Sector skills
My right hon. Friend outlined our presidency focus on highlighting how education and skills can contribute to the Lisbon agenda and the importance of skills responding to the needs of employers. Ministers discussed national experiences in developing sector-based approaches as a mechanism for employers to express skills requirements and to link education and training with labour market requirements in a knowledge economy.
There was consensus that employers should be involved in both designing and delivering vocational training courses, but only a few Member States involved employers in academic education. Ministers agreed that vocational training should be made more attractive to learners.
(2) European Qualifications Framework
This session was focused on a presentation by Commissioner Figel of the European Commission's consultation on a proposed European Qualifications Framework. This would provide a tool for improved understanding of qualifications from different countries. This should help mobility of learners and workers and thereby alleviate skills gaps. The Commission consultation is planned to last until the end of the year. The idea was welcomed by ministers, but they underlined that it should be user-friendly and must be implemented on a voluntary basis. Commissioner Figel explained that the Commission would propose a Council and Parliament Recommendation next spring.
(3) The Relationship of Skills to Productivity
The presidency tabled a paper, prepared by the four UK Government Skills Alliance Departments and agreed jointly with the European Commission. This sets out evidence for the contribution of skills to increasing productivity. It also raises questions for ministerial discussion.
Ministers discussed skills in a panel session with representatives from industry. John Monks, General Secretary ETUC, explained that unions could be ambassadors for learning. He pointed out that employees were often nervous about undertaking training, as they were worried about failing. Philippe de Buck, Secretary General of the EU-wide employers' organisation, UNICE, argued that governments needed to provide more support for training in companies particularly for SMEs. Bill Thomas, a member of the UK's ICT Sector Skills Council, underlined the importance of businesspeople understanding how ICT could be used to improve productivity.
Ministers agreed that economies would increasingly need highly skilled people, but also underlined the importance of having good basic skills as a foundation for achieving this.
(4) Possible Next Steps
The meeting concluded with Ministerial discussion groups. I chaired one group, with other groups chaired by Phil Hope MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills, and Allan Wilson MSP, Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning in Scotland.
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During these groups, Ministers agreed that: skills needs should be addressed at a sectoral and regional level; better recognition of informal and non-formal learning was needed: and that businesses should be encouraged to invest more in training their employees. There was an interest in member states continuing to share experiences and learn from each other on sector-based approaches. There was also recognition that Education Ministers should explore ways of working across Government, with other Ministers with an interest in skills and productivity, and that Education Ministers should be closely involved drawing up Lisbon National Action Plans.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Skills (Maria Eagle): I have today placed in the Library of the House the Government's response to the third annual report of Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy.
The Government welcome the recommendations made in the Independent Advisory Group's third annual report and acknowledges the valuable contribution the group makes to the strategy and its implementation. We have carefully considered and responded specifically to the recommendations put forward.
The responses are framed within the context of the wider "Change for Children" programme, focusing on the underpinning measures that are being put in place to ensure that work on reducing teenage conceptions, and on supporting teenage parents, remain a priority for all. These measures are designed to ensure that the delivery of the strategy is integrated with the joint needs assessment planning commissioning and funding decisions expected by all local authorities in the Children and Young People Plan.
School Funding (2006–07)
The Minister for Schools (Jacqui Smith): This statement relates to schools' recurrent funding from 2006–07.
1. In February this year my Department launched a consultation on proposed new arrangements for school funding from 2006–07. The proposals were designed to deliver greater certainty and stability for schools, building on the package of measures that we put in place in 2004–05. In particular, they were designed to guarantee delivery of the Government's commitment to increase spending on schools in every local authority area, to provide schools with the tools to take a strategic approach to their financial planning, to reduce bureaucracy, and to give schools greater control over how they used the resources available to them for the benefit of their pupils.
2. I am today publishing a summary of the responses to the consultation and placing a copy of that summary in the Library of the House. I am grateful to all those who responded to the consultation, and in particular to our national partners with whom we have been discussing detailed implementation issues in parallel with the consultation.
3. For the most part, the Government's proposals were welcomed by respondents to the consultation, who recognised the significant benefits that they would bring
for schools. However, it is clear from the responses we received and from our discussions with partners that some aspects of the proposals imply significant changes to the way in which local authorities manage the budget-setting process. The Government also recognises that it is critical that changes to the school funding system—and in particular those which affect the distribution of funds between local authorities or schools—are introduced gradually, in order to avoid a repeat of the financial difficulties which some schools experienced in 2003–04.
4. We therefore intend that the two years 2006–07 and 2007–08 should be a transitional period, and that the new arrangements should be introduced in full from 2008–09. During the first two years we will review a number of aspects of the system to ensure that when the new arrangements are fully implemented from 2008 they will be on a sound footing, and that funding is distributed in the most appropriate way possible.
5. The introduction of three year budgets for schools was widely welcomed by respondents to the consultation. From 2008–09, schools will receive three year budgets in line with the spending review cycle.
6. In the short term, the Government's decision to review its spending plans using a zero-based approach, to report in 2007, means that schools will receive a two year budget settlement in early 2006 to cover 2006–07 and 2007–08, but will not receive information for future years until after the spending review has reported. We intend to review the way in which the budget setting process has worked during 2006 and 2007, so that we can make any changes to the arrangements I am announcing today if necessary to ensure that the first full three year settlement in 2008–09 is implemented smoothly.
7. It remains the Government's aim to move school budgets onto an academic year basis in due course. However, although many respondents welcomed this proposal, some practical concerns were raised which we believe we should discuss further with our partners before making a final decision. It also makes sense to let the other changes we are introducing in 2006 bed down before making this further change. School budgets for 2006–07 and 2007–08 will therefore be set on a financial rather than an academic year basis, but we will review during that period whether to move to an academic year basis for setting budgets from 2008–09.
8. In deciding on how to implement multi-year budgets at school level, it has been necessary to strike a balance between certainty on the one hand and responsiveness to changed circumstances on the other. So we will require authorities to make key decisions before the start of each multi-year period, including the transitional two year period starting in 2006–07: for example how their local funding formula should work, and what the split should be between the amount of funding delegated to schools and the amount retained centrally by the local authority. But we will also allow flexibility for these decisions subsequently to be reconsidered in exceptional circumstances, and where the local Schools Forum agrees. This will be important to allow authorities to deal with significant and unexpected changes in circumstances.
9. We have also considered carefully how far we need to be prescriptive in terms of how multi-year budgets for individual schools are put together, and how far we can leave this to local discretion. We have concluded that it is essential that budgets are updated annually to reflect changes in pupil numbers; and we propose to require authorities to use a consistent approach to this. However, we believe that other decisions—in particular the extent to which annual changes should be made to reflect changes in other data—should be taken locally in discussion with the Schools Forum, to ensure that local circumstances can be fully taken into account.
10. The Learning and Skills Council will be carrying out its own consultation in the early autumn on its arrangements for providing school sixth forms with a two year settlement in 2006–07 and 2007–08.
11. Two key safeguards which were introduced into the system in 2004–05 will remain. The first is the minimum funding guarantee for schools, which will be the key guarantor of stability in schools' budgets during the transition to the new arrangements. There will continue to be a need for the detailed operation of the guarantee to be varied where it would otherwise produce an anomalous outcome due to local circumstances, and in future we intend that some variations of this kind should be agreed locally by the Schools Forum and only come to the Secretary of State where they can't be locally agreed.
12. The minimum funding guarantee will be set in advance for the whole of the period covered by schools' budgets. The Government's intention is to set the guarantee for 2006–07 and 2007–08 at a level which covers anticipated average cost pressures on schools in each of those years, including the full-year costs of implementing workforce reform, subject to a final assessment of those pressures. The precise level of the guarantee in each year will be announced in the autumn. We intend to review the way in which the guarantee should operate from 2008–09 onwards, including the link to cost pressures, with a view to ensuring that it leaves sufficient scope to redistribute funding in a way which responds to changing needs and priorities.
13. The Learning and Skills Council has confirmed that it will match the minimum funding guarantee for secondary schools in 2006–07 and 2007–08. The Learning and Skills Development Agency has however today published a report which identifies some technical anomalies between the school sixth form and further education funding systems: we intend to examine the scope for addressing these, and will announce our conclusions in the autumn.
14. The second key safeguard for schools in the current system is the limit on centrally retained expenditure within the schools budget: this ensures that the local authority's centrally retained budget cannot increase at a faster rate than funding delegated to the authority's schools, unless there are exceptional circumstances. This limit will continue to operate in essentially the same way as now; but in future any proposal by an authority to exceed the limit because of exceptional circumstances will need agreed locally by the Schools Forum and only come to the Secretary of State where it can't be locally agreed.
15. The introduction of a ring-fenced grant for schools, or Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) is an essential precursor to three year budgets for schools. Grant will be allocated to authorities to cover the same period for which we will require them to give their schools budget allocations, in line with the spending review cycle. That means we will allocate grant to cover 2006–07 and 2007–08 initially, and in late 2007 we will give authorities a three year settlement covering 2008–09 to 2010–11.
16. The baseline for the DSG at national level will be the total of authorities' budgeted expenditure on schools provision in 2005–06. I can confirm that, as set out in the Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners, the Dedicated Schools Grant for 2006–07 and 2007–08 will increase by 6 per cent. over that baseline in each year. Every authority will receive an increase of at least 5 per cent. per pupil in both 2006–07 and 2007–08. To protect schools in authorities with rapidly falling rolls, there will also be a minimum overall increase for authorities in cash terms: we will announce in the autumn the level at which that will be set.
17. The baseline for each individual authority will also start from its existing level of spend: there will be no need for authorities to add to the schools budget from their own resources in order to maintain spending at the current level. It nevertheless remains true that if we use the existing Schools Formula Spending Share (SFSS) distribution methodology to distribute the DSG as proposed in our consultation document, schools in authorities which currently spend above their SFSS allocation will, over time, see their funding level reduced in relative terms. A number of authorities have raised concerns about this. We have also been considering further whether the current approach, using a single formula, remains the most appropriate method for the distribution of DSG, under a system in which it determines far more closely the overall level of funding received by schools.
18. These two considerations have caused us to consider a modified method of distribution which takes the existing level of spend as the baseline, and gives every authority a minimum increase in its per pupil budget each year: as I have explained, this will be 5 per cent. in 2006–07 and 2007–08. The remaining grant would be distributed according to criteria which would be determined by Ministers in advance of each multi-year budget period. Distribution against these criteria would be through a formula based on objective data.
19. It would be possible for the existing SFSS formula to be used to determine the distribution of some or all of the increase above the minimum per pupil increase. We propose to keep the formula running in its current form, subject to some minor technical changes.
20. We believe it is important to seek the views of local authorities and others on this proposal before deciding whether to go ahead. We therefore intend to publish a consultation document shortly which will set out the proposals in more detail. We expect to announce final decisions, along with provisional allocations for individual authorities, in the autumn.
21. Because the modified method of distribution which we are proposing is in part a response to the problems of transition to the new system, we would propose to review its operation, to consider what lessons
can be learned from the first two years of operation of the DSG, and also to work up proposals for the longer term. Equity of funding will be a key consideration in that review. We intend to complete that review by the summer of 2007, in time for the first three year allocations of DSG later that year.
22. The purpose of the ring-fenced grant is, of course, that money intended for schools reaches schools. The Dedicated Schools Grant will therefore be paid to authorities on condition that it is allocated in its entirety to the authority's schools budget. However, an issue raised in the consultation was whether local authorities should be able to include money from the schools budget along with money from other local authority services and other agencies in combined budgets in support of "Every Child Matters" work. We have concluded that they should be able to do so, where they can demonstrate that there are clear benefits for schools and pupils, and so long as the educational benefit is broadly proportionate to the contribution made and the Schools Forum agrees.
23. The consultation document also proposed a rationalisation of standards-related grants, to reduce complexity and bureaucracy and give schools greater freedom over how they spend their budgets. These proposals were broadly welcomed by respondents.
24. We therefore propose to combine a number of existing grants into a single School Development Grant from April 2006, as set out in the consultation document. To ensure stability for schools as we move to the new arrangements, the distribution of that grant in 2006–07 and 2007–08 will reflect the current distribution of its constituent grants. The grant will be increased each year in line with the minimum funding guarantee, and this will be funded through a transfer from the DSG: that amount, and the allocations available to individual authorities, will be announced in the autumn. We intend to end matched funding for school grants through a transfer from the Dedicated Schools Grant to specific grants.
25. Respondents to the consultation also agreed that it was necessary to retain some separate grants. Some will remain separate because they are targeted at particular schools, or time-limited. We have an existing commitment to keep the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant separate and ring-fenced until at least 2008. And some grants are spent at local authority level and are not devolved to schools: grants in this last category are being considered as part of a separate exercise to rationalise local authority grants.
26. The School Standards Grant will remain separate from the consolidated grant in 2006–07 and 2007–08. We will replace the existing distribution methodology with a fairer formula based on a flat rate per school plus a per pupil amount, with transitional arrangements to ensure that no school loses out. Details will be announced in the autumn. Additional resources were allocated to the School Standards Grant in the Budget to help schools meet the challenges of developing extended services. As a result, from 2006–07 schools will be able to spend their School Standards Grant to support extended services.
27. From 2008–09, we will consider bringing the School Development Grant and the School Standards Grant together into a single standards grant. We will consult fully on how that grant should be distributed in due course.
28. The consultation document proposed that it should be possible, with Schools Forum agreement, for authorities to increase the amount they held back from the single grant from 2008–09 onwards. On reflection, we have decided not to go ahead with this proposal: we believe we should be working towards a position where schools decide for themselves whether to buy into additional central support from their authority.
29. Schools Forums will have a key role to play both during the transitional period and in the longer term. They currently have an important role as an advisory body, and this will continue. But from 2006–07 we will also be giving them a number of decision-making responsibilities. These powers will relate to areas where we are providing some flexibility for authorities to move away from the requirements of the school funding regulations in order to take account of specific local circumstances: in the past it has only been possible to exercise such flexibilities with the approval of the Secretary of State. The Government believes it is right that it should be possible to agree to the exercise of these flexibilities locally if a consensus can be reached. Where that is not the case, the authority will retain the right to apply to the Secretary of State for a decision.
30. The evidence is that many Schools Forums are already working effectively. However, as their role changes from a purely advisory one to one in which they will also be asked to make a range of important decisions on behalf of schools, it is clearly essential that schools can have confidence in those decisions. That means ensuring that Forums' constitutions and proceedings are appropriate to their new role, and that they have access to appropriate support and guidance.
31. We therefore intend to make a number of changes to the existing regulations governing Forums' constitution and proceedings, and draft regulations are being issued for consultation today. In addition we will publish, early in the autumn term, a good practice guide for Schools Forums and a range of other guidance to support them in exercising their new responsibilities.
32. In advance of the first three year budget settlement in 2008–09, we propose a wider review of the role of Schools Forums, and the way in which they are working. We will want to look in particular at the question of whether Forums are properly representative of the schools in their areas, and ensure that they have access to appropriate advice and support to ensure that they exercise their responsibilities effectively. We will also want to consider whether the remit of Forums remains right given changes in the school system since they were established: we might for example want to consider whether they should have a role in considering capital as well as recurrent funding issues.
33. Once they are fully implemented, the new arrangements I have outlined today will give schools greater certainty over their future budgets than ever before. And in doing so, they will provide schools with the tools they need to plan ahead with confidence, to improve their financial management, and to link their financial planning to the outcomes they are aiming to
achieve. Taken together with other measures under the New Relationship with Schools which will provide a sharper focus on priorities for improvement specific to individual schools, these measures will ensure that each pound spent on school funding will have a greater impact in terms of delivering better education for our children.
34. My Department is issuing detailed guidance on the new arrangements to local authorities and others today. A copy of that guidance will be placed in the Library. The statement relates to schools' recurrent funding from 2006–07.
35. In February this year my Department launched a consultation on proposed new arrangements for school funding from 2006–07. The proposals were designed to deliver greater certainty and stability for schools, building on the package of measures that we put in place in 2004–05. In particular, they were designed to guarantee delivery of the Government's commitment to increase spending on schools in every local authority area, to provide schools with the tools to take a strategic approach to their financial planning, to reduce bureaucracy, and to give schools greater control over how they used the resources available to them for the benefit of their pupils.
36. I am today publishing a summary of the responses to the consultation and placing a copy of that summary in the Library of the House. I am grateful to all those who responded to the consultation, and in particular to our national partners with whom we have been discussing detailed implementation issues in parallel with the consultation.
37. For the most part, the Government's proposals were welcomed by respondents to the consultation, who recognised the significant benefits that they would bring for schools. However, it is clear from the responses we received and from our discussions with partners that some aspects of the proposals imply significant changes to the way in which local authorities manage the budget-setting process. The Government also recognises that it is critical that changes to the school funding system—and in particular those which affect the distribution of funds between local authorities or schools—are introduced gradually, in order to avoid a repeat of the financial difficulties which some schools experienced in 2003–04.
38. We therefore intend that the two years 2006–07 and 2007–08 should be a transitional period, and that the new arrangements should be introduced in full from 2008–09. During the first two years we will review a number of aspects of the system to ensure that when the new arrangements are fully implemented from 2008 they will be on a sound footing, and that funding is distributed in the most appropriate way possible.
39. The introduction of three year budgets for schools was widely welcomed by respondents to the consultation. From 2008–09, schools will receive three year budgets in line with the spending review cycle.
40. In the short term, the Government's decision to review its spending plans using a zero-based approach, to report in 2007, means that schools will receive a two year budget settlement in early 2006 to cover 2006–07 and 2007–08, but will not receive information for future years until after the Spending Review has reported. We intend to review the way in which the budget setting
process has worked during 2006 and 2007, so that we can make any changes to the arrangements I am announcing today if necessary to ensure that the first full three year settlement in 2008–09 is implemented smoothly.
41. It remains the Government's aim to move school budgets onto an academic year basis in due course. However, although many respondents welcomed this proposal, some practical concerns were raised which we believe we should discuss further with our partners before making a final decision. It also makes sense to let the other changes we are introducing in 2006 bed down before making this further change. School budgets for 2006–7 and 2007–08 will therefore be set on a financial rather than an academic year basis, but we will review during that period whether to move to an academic year basis for setting budgets from 2008–09.
42. In deciding on how to implement multi-year budgets at school level, it has been necessary to strike a balance between certainty on the one hand and responsiveness to changed circumstances on the other. So we will require authorities to make key decisions before the start of each multi-year period, including the transitional two year period starting in 2006–07: for example how their local funding formula should work, and what the split should be between the amount of funding delegated to schools and the amount retained centrally by the local authority. But we will also allow flexibility for these decisions subsequently to be reconsidered in exceptional circumstances, and where the local Schools Forum agrees. This will be important to allow authorities to deal with significant and unexpected changes in circumstances.
43. We have also considered carefully how far we need to be prescriptive in terms of how multi-year budgets for individual schools are put together, and how far we can leave this to local discretion. We have concluded that it is essential that budgets are updated annually to reflect changes in pupil numbers; and we propose to require authorities to use a consistent approach to this. However, we believe that other decisions—in particular the extent to which annual changes should be made to reflect changes in other data—should be taken locally in discussion with the Schools Forum, to ensure that local circumstances can be fully taken into account.
46. The minimum funding guarantee will be set in advance for the whole of the period covered by schools' budgets. The Government's intention is to set the guarantee for 2006–07 and 2007–08 at a level which
covers anticipated average cost pressures on schools in each of those years, including the full-year costs of implementing workforce reform, subject to a final assessment of those pressures. The precise level of the guarantee in each year will be announced in the autumn. We intend to review the way in which the guarantee should operate from 2008–09 onwards, including the link to cost pressures, with a view to ensuring that it leaves sufficient scope to redistribute funding in a way which responds to changing needs and priorities.
51. The baseline for each individual authority will also start from its existing level of spend: there will be no need for authorities to add to the schools budget from their own resources in order to maintain spending at the current level. It nevertheless remains true that if we use the existing Schools Formula Spending Share (SFSS) distribution methodology to distribute the DSG as proposed in our consultation document, schools in authorities which currently spend above their SFSS allocation will, over time, see their funding level reduced in relative terms. A number of authorities have raised concerns about this. We have also been considering
further whether the current approach, using a single formula, remains the most appropriate method for the distribution of DSG, under a system in which it determines far more closely the overall level of funding received by schools.
55. Because the modified method of distribution which we are proposing is in part a response to the problems of transition to the new system, we would propose to review its operation, to consider what lessons can be learned from the first two years of operation of the DSG, and also to work up proposals for the longer term. Equity of funding will be a key consideration in that review. We intend to complete that review by the summer of 2007, in time for the first three year allocations of DSG later that year.
56. The purpose of the ring-fenced grant is, of course, that money intended for schools reaches schools. The Dedicated Schools Grant will therefore be paid to authorities on condition that it is allocated in its entirety to the authority's Schools Budget. However, an issue raised in the consultation was whether local authorities should be able to include money from the schools budget along with money from other local authority services and other agencies in combined budgets in support of Every Child Matters work. We have concluded that they should be able to do so, where they can demonstrate that there are clear benefits for schools and pupils, and so long as the educational benefit is broadly proportionate to the contribution made and the Schools Forum agrees.
58. We therefore propose to combine a number of existing grants into a single School Development Grant from April 2006, as set out in the consultation document. To ensure stability for schools as we move to the new arrangements, the distribution of that grant in 2006–07 and 2007–08 will reflect the current distribution of its constituent grants. The grant will be increased each year in line with the minimum funding guarantee, and
this will be funded through a transfer from the DSG: that amount, and the allocations available to individual authorities, will be announced in the autumn. We intend to end matched funding for school grants through a transfer from the Dedicated Schools Grant to specific grants.
64. The evidence is that many Schools Forums are already working effectively. However, as their role changes from a purely advisory one to one in which they will also be asked to make a range of important decisions on behalf of schools, it is clearly essential that schools can have confidence in those decisions. That
means ensuring that Forums' constitutions and proceedings are appropriate to their new role, and that they have access to appropriate support and guidance.
67. Once they are fully implemented, the new arrangements I have outlined today will give schools greater certainty over their future budgets than ever before. And in doing so, they will provide schools with the tools they need to plan ahead with confidence, to improve their financial management, and to link their financial planning to the outcomes they are aiming to achieve. Taken together with other measures under the new relationship with schools which will provide a sharper focus on priorities for improvement specific to individual schools, these measures will ensure that each pound spent on school funding will have a greater impact in terms of delivering better education for our children.
68. My Department is issuing detailed guidance on the new arrangements to local authorities and others today. A copy of that guidance will be placed in the Library.


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This quick and easy chicken casserole is packed with flavor! Great for having company over, making for gatherings, or freezing for a later date, this dish might just become your go to meal! Veggies and chicken combined to make a complete meal!
One of my family's most favorite casseroles in this Chicken and Stuffing Casserole. Why? Because it is SO flavorful, simple to make, and most of the ingredients are ones that you would have on hand already. It is kid friendly and we always have leftovers to take for lunches the next day, or dinner the next evening!
If you need to bring dinner to a friend, host a dinner party, or simply want to make a quick and easy dinner for your family one night, definitely try this!!
A quick to prepare, budget friendly, family approved casserole that feeds tons! An all in one meal, this is a hit!
Spray a 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a bowl, combine the chicken, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, veggies, salt, pepper, and garlic.
Spread mixture onto bottom of prepared pan.
Prepare stuffing according to packaged directions.
Spread prepared stuffing evenly on top of chicken mixture.
Place pan in oven and bake for about 30 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. Serve!
We have this recipe but it doesn't call for chicken to be shredded. I just use the whole chicken breast, but I think the shredded chicken might cook quicker. And you could also use canned chicken in a pinch. We've also used cream of mushroom soup if didn't have cream of chicken. Love this recipe!!
Yum is right! That sounds delicious!!
I just saw your site from someone who had posted one of your easy, on hand items, recipes. It looked wonderful, so I came on your site and I am impressed with your site. Thank you.
Awww thanks!! Welcome to the page! So glad you connected with us and enjoy it!!
Do you cook the frozen veggies first ??
How big is a package of stove top? I bought the one in a cylinder can!!
Yep!! Whichever you have on hand will work great!!
Hi, the recipe says cooked and shredded, but the instructions say "until chicken is cooked through". For the cooking time, are you actually putting raw chicken, or cooked chicken in the pan? Thanks – looks yummy!!
Absolutely delicious!!!! Easiest recipe ever!!!
Do you cook the stuffing first?
THANK YOU,TTHANK YOU, THANK YOU.I was getting tired of cooking chicken , and my family was going eating tired of it too, but this they loved and it was so easy to prepare.WWe loved this it taste great.
You are so welcome! Glad they enjoyed it!!!
i dont have sour cream, will it be okay without it?
Do you use raw chicken or are you cooking it first?
Hope you enjoy this, its a family favorite!!
Can't wait to receive all of your interesting recipes!
Oops, I see recipe has been changed to cut up chicken. My vesion said shredded, so ignore question.
No problem! Shredding would definitely be difficult without cooking, hehe!! Hope you enjoy this!!
Sure! That would work just as good!
Awwww, I am so glad it was a hit!! Good job!! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
I've been making this for years, since the recipe is right on the back of the Stove Top Stuffing box.
Nice! Yep, the original recipe is on the back, however, this one has been changed slightly. Both are great though, thanks!
I put my raw chicken meat in the food processor and make ground chicken out of it, it mixes up nicely with the ingredients and bakes up great.
I've made a similar variation of this recipe, I use either leftover chicken or turkey. Heat together 3/4 block of medium cheddar cheese with a can of cream of chicken soup and 1/2 can of milk and some frozen veggies. Add cooked rotini, fusilli or macaroni, then put the stuffing on top. Heat all through in the oven before serving. Delicious comfort food.
Oooooo that sounds wonderful! I will need to try your variations soon!!
Although this looks good, mine is more "Lactose Intolerant: friendly. Both my daughter and I are lactose intolerant so I have had to fins ways to be creative so that we can still have that creamy, comfort food.
That's great that you tweaked this to make it lactose intolerant friendly!! Its definitely a yummy recipe!!
Great idea! I bet that's great too!!
hi what is 'stove top stuffing' in uk please?
Has anyone prepared this dish and then frozen it and made it at a later time? I was thinking of preparing the dish and freezing it but waiting to make the stuffing for the top until the day I am going to bake. I would actually rather be able to make it all and freeze and just pop it in the oven. Not sure it it would turn out ok. Has anyone tried this either way?
Will this come out thicj enough to dit on a plate with other foods? Pot luck bible study. Will doubling the recipe be ok?
Make that thick enough to sit on a plate with other foods.
I did that once and it worked out great!! Hope you enjoy!
Oh for sure! I have doubled the recipe before to make 2 casseroles and it works great! Definitely thick enough to serve on a plate with other foods! Hope its a hit!!
Can I make this up a couple of hours before and then bake it when ready?
Yep!! That is typically what I do and it works great! Enjoy!
Can you use the precooked deli roaster chickens foundin the grocery store and shred or chop them up?
Definitely! Just take some cooking time off since the chicken is cooked already!
Would you do anything different to this recipe if you use homemade stuffing?
Nope, just prepare stuffing and place on top prior to baking!! Enjoy!
Oh no! Sorry about that! Hope it was a hit though!!
I don't know why some who don't like sour cream think that they won't like it in the recipe??? You can't even taste it yet gives it some zing. Anyhoo….I guess I don't like frozen mixed veggies. Would rather add my own especially green beans. Corn would be great too! Great I idea for Thanksgiving leftovers, using turkey. Can't wait to try this, for sure!
Can you sub rotini or similar pasta for half or 3/4 of the veggies? That 's for the non veg eater that is my husband!!
Hmmmm, I would say up to half, no more, only because the pasta will absorb a lot of liquid and may be dry. 1/2 should work though! Enjoy!
Can I use thin cut chicken breast?
Does one use "raw " chicken or need to cook first…???
Yes, raw chicken, you will cook it once assembled!
Sorry but I found this kind of bland and boring. I really wanted to like this because it was easy to make and I really love stuffing.
Oh bummer! You can always add flavor by tweaking the amount of spices/seasonings! Bummer it wasn't a hit though!
Do you shred chicken or cut it into pieces?
Cut the chicken into pieces, it goes in raw and cooks once assembled! Enjoy!!
Nope, chicken is raw prior to assembling. Every oven is different, as well as thickness of chicken, so you may need to adjust time slightly!
Sounds Great! Will add some onions and celery (cook a bit in butter) like turkey dressing!
This looked amazing (even mine did), but, sorry to say, it was just wet and bland. I followed the recipe exactly, except I used 2 boxes of stuffing (one did not come close to covering the top of a 9×13 dish), and the chicken breasts took an extra 20 minutes til they were cooked. I have deleted the recipe from my notes.
Oh bummer! Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy this!


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Ask Me Why é uma canção dos Beatles originalmente lançada no Reino Unido como lado B do single "Please Please Me" . Também foi incluída no primeiro álbum britânico deles, Please Please Me.

A canção foi composta principalmente por John Lennon, mas creditada a Paul McCartney e John Lennon, como todas impressões do álbum. A canção fez parte da audição dos Beatles da Parlophone nos Abbey Road Studios no dia 6 de junho de 1962. O arranjo da canção foi inspirado no estilo de Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

"Ask Me Why" foi gravada no dia 26 de novembro de 1962, no mesmo dia que tentaram gravar outra canção de Lennon/McCartney chamada "Tip of My Tongue" que junto com "Ask Me Why" era considerada para fazer parte do lado B do single de "Please Please Me" single. Entretanto, o produtor George Martin sentiu que "Tip of My Tongue" precisava ser mais trabalhada, e acabou dando-a para Tommy Quickly gravá-la.

Créditos
John Lennon – violão, vocal principal
Paul McCartney – baixo, vocal de apoio
George Harrison – guitarra solo, vocal de apoio
Ringo Starr – bateria

Canções gravadas por The Beatles
Canções compostas por Lennon/McCartney
Singles lançados pela Parlophone

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Averages 27 11 23:32 7.7 68.3% 50.6% 73.3% 1.3 2.9 4.1 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 1.7 1 9.6
25 * at CSKA Moscow 17:04 3 0/1 1/2 2 2 1 2 1 1 4
26 at CSKA Moscow 25:47 12 2/2 2/5 2/2 1 4 5 2 1 1 2 20
27 vs CSKA Moscow 23:44 12 4/5 4 4 2 2 3 16
28 vs CSKA Moscow 27:05 6 2/2 1 4 5 1 1 9
4 Totals 93:40 33 2/3 9/14 2/2 2 14 16 5 5 2 1 0 5 2 49
Average 23:25 8.3 66.7% 64.3% 100% 0.5 3.5 4 1.3 1.3 0.5 0.3 0 1.3 0.5 12.3
11 * vs Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 11:49 0/1 1 1 2 2 2 2
12 at FC Barcelona 24:24 8 2/5 2/2 1 1 7
13 vs Zalgiris Kaunas 31:39 10 2/2 1/3 3/4 6 6 1 1 1 3 15
14 * at Real Madrid 28:21 9 3/5 1/4 0/2 5 3 8 1 3 4 2 6
15 * vs Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul 35:01 12 3/5 2/5 2 9 11 2 1 1 2 18
16 at ALBA Berlin 27:42 9 1/2 2/5 1/2 5 3 8 2 2 2 1 11
17 vs Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 13:22 3 0/1 1/4 3 2 5 1 2 1 4
18 at Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 22:39 8 1/2 2/3 1 1 2 5
19 vs FC Barcelona 26:04 9 3/3 0/1 3/5 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 13
20 at Zalgiris Kaunas 13:51 3 0/1 1/1 1 1 1 1 1
21 vs Real Madrid 8:15 2 -2
22 at Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul 12:50 2 1/2 0/2 1 1 3 -4
23 vs ALBA Berlin 23:48 12 1/1 2/3 4/4 1 4 5 1 1 2 18
24 at Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 26:11 6 2/2 2 4 6 1 1 1 15
14 Totals 305:56 91 15/24 16/39 13/19 20 34 54 11 4 9 3 1 23 16 108
Average 21:51 6.5 62.5% 41% 68.4% 1.4 2.4 3.9 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.1 1.6 1.1 7.7
1 vs PGE Turow Zgorzelec 21:05 3 1/3 1 2 3 4 1 1
2 * at FC Bayern Munich 24:37 15 1/1 4/5 1/1 4 4 1 1 4 2 16
3 * vs Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul 29:44 13 0/1 4/4 1/2 1 5 6 1 2 2 18
4 * vs EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 15:36 7 2/2 1/2 1 2 3 1 3 7
5 * at FC Barcelona 26:53 5 1/3 2/2 2 1 3 1 1 2 8
7 * vs FC Bayern Munich 23:07 14 1/2 3/6 3/4 1 4 5 1 2 2 15
8 at Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul 27:40 6 3/3 0/3 3 1 4 1 1 1 8
9 * at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 31:53 6 2/4 1 5 6 1 2 1 1 7
10 * vs FC Barcelona 35:18 14 4/5 2/2 2 6 8 2 2 21
9 Totals 235:53 83 11/14 18/32 7/9 12 30 42 6 3 4 1 1 19 9 101
Average 26:12 9.19 78.6% 56.3% 77.8% 1.3 3.3 4.7 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 2.1 1 11.2
#5 in 3-point % (64.3%)
#6 in Defensive Rebounds (14)
#10 in True Shooting % (66%)
#13 in Total Rebounds (16)
#15 in Index Rating (49)
#17 in Points (33)
#19 in Field goals made (11)
#15 in 2-point % (62.5%)
#21 in Field goal % (63%)
Index rating 40 Panathinaikos Athens vs. Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz 2/17/2011
Points 28 Dynamo Moscow vs. Aris Thessaloniki 3/8/2007
Offensive rebounds 9 Dynamo Moscow vs. Benetton Treviso 3/21/2007
Defensive rebounds 15 Dynamo Moscow vs. Benetton Treviso 3/21/2007
Total rebounds 24 Dynamo Moscow vs. Benetton Treviso 3/21/2007
Assists 5 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica vs. Panathinaikos Athens 12/11/2002
Steals 3 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. Panathinaikos Athens 12/17/2015
Blocks 3 Panathinaikos Athens vs. Montepaschi Siena 3/26/2009
Minutes 42 Dynamo Moscow vs. Benetton Treviso 3/21/2007
Grew up with Ilisiakos (Greece) youth teams.
Signed for the 1997-98 season by Panathinaikos Athens.
Signed for the 2001-02 season by Memphis Grizzlies.
Back to Greece for the 2002-03 season, signed by Panathinaikos Athens.
Moved to Russia for the 2005-06 season, signed by Dynamo Moscow.
Moved back to Greece for the 2008-09 season, signed by Panathinaikos Athens.
Moved to Italy for the 2011-12 season, signed by Olimpia Milano.
Won the 2000, 2009 and 2011 EuroLeague with Panathinaikos Athens.
Won the 2006 ULEB Cup with Dynamo Moscow.
Named the 2002-03 EuroLeague Week-16 MVP.
Named the 2006-07 EuroLeague Week-18 and 20 MVP.
Named the 2010-11 EuroLeague Top 16 Week-4 MVP.
Led the 2010-11 EuroLeague in 2-point percentage (76.1%).
Member of the Greek National Team.
Won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championship.
Won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Championship.
Played at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games.
Won the 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2013-14 and 2016-17 Greek National Championship with Panathinaikos Athens.
Won the 2003, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2017 Greek National Cup with Panathinaikos Athens.
Played the 2001, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Greek All Star Game.
Played the 1998 and 1999 Nike Hoop Summit in the World Selection.
2002-03 Panathinaikos 20 289 14.4 65/121 53.7 35/75 46.7 54/61 88.5 113 25 22 12
2004-05 Real Madrid 16 116 7.3 28/54 51.9 12/33 36.4 24/37 64.9 57 9 8 8
2006-07 Dynamo Moscow 22 303 13.8 63/124 50.8 35/79 44.3 72/85 84.7 155 23 15 14
2008-09 Panathinaikos 22 158 7.2 28/45 62.2 29/67 43.3 15/21 71.4 103 17 16 14
2009-10 Panathinaikos 16 99 6.2 25/37 67.6 10/32 31.3 19/23 82.6 88 7 10 11
2010-11 Panathinaikos Athens 22 184 8.4 35/46 76.1 27/71 38 33/51 64.7 113 18 18 15
2011-12 EA7 Emporio Armani 16 135 8.4 29/48 60.4 21/58 36.2 14/19 73.7 79 10 14 6
2012-13 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 10 75 7.5 10/22 45.5 17/41 41.5 4/4 100 42 6 10 1
2013-14 Panathinaikos Athens 29 175 6 19/32 59.4 38/106 35.8 23/29 79.3 125 9 19 7
2014-15 Panathinaikos Athens 27 207 7.7 28/41 68.3 43/85 50.6 22/30 73.3 112 12 22 5
2015-16 Panathinaikos Athens 26 126 4.8 18/32 56.3 27/67 40.3 9/12 75 80 9 17 2
2016-17 Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens 24 50 2.1 8/15 53.3 10/31 32.3 4/5 80 57 3 5 2
Totals 250 1917 7.7 356/617 57.7 304/745 40.8 293/377 77.7 1124 148 176 97
Averages 250 1917 7.7 356/617 57.7 304/745 40.8 293/377 77.7 4.5 0.6 0.7 0.4
2003-04 Real Madrid 17 192 11.3 49/86 57 23/51 45.1 25/36 69.4 101 24 14 25
2005-06 Dynamo Moscow 16 156 9.8 36/64 56.3 21/55 38.2 21/28 75 111 15 16 8
2007-08 Dynamo Moscow 17 175 10.3 41/69 59.4 19/57 33.3 36/45 80 106 19 17 13
Totals 50 523 10.5 126/219 57.5 63/163 38.7 82/109 75.2 318 58 47 46
Averages 50 523 10.5 126/219 57.5 63/163 38.7 82/109 75.2 6.4 1.2 0.9 0.9
1997/98 Panathinaikos 6 20 3.3 6/9 66.7 1/1 100 5/6 83.3 1 0 0 0
1998/99 Panathinaikos 7 33 4.7 7/11 63.6 3/4 75 10/12 83.3 8 4 3 3
1999/00 Panathinaikos 24 164 6.8 39/76 51.3 19/43 44.2 29/36 80.6 80 9 21 10
2000/01 Panathinaikos 30 213 7.1 57/106 53.8 21/77 27.3 36/52 69.2 133 20 31 23
2001/02 Memphis 28 108 3.9 35/81 43.2 7/23 30.4 17/20 85 62 9 10 11
2002/03 Panathinaikos 33 363 11 93/174 53.4 33/102 32.4 78/92 84.8 201 26 21 29
2003/04 Real Madrid 38 484 12.7 126/218 57.8 51/129 39.5 99/124 79.8 227 44 37 41
2004/05 Real Madrid 42 307 7.3 71/127 55.9 37/95 38.9 54/67 80.6 156 28 21 28
2005/06 Dynamo Moscow 27 281 10.4 72/119 60.5 31/68 45.6 44/56 78.6 155 18 28 15
2006/07 Dynamo Moscow 43 471 11 121/207 58.5 52/123 42.3 73/94 77.7 226 28 49 29
2007/08 Dynamo Moscow 34 350 10.3 68/128 53.1 46/123 37.4 76/91 83.5 223 21 37 32
2008/09 Panathinaikos 35 250 7.1 48/69 69.6 36/96 37.5 46/61 75.4 158 17 33 22
2011/12 Olimpia Milano 44 375 8.5 81/123 65.9 52/156 41.3 57/73 78.1 205 26 36 17
2012/13 Olimpia Milano 37 247 6.7 45/76 59.2 45/107 42.1 22/29 75.9 161 23 31 12
2013/14 Panathinaikos 35 219 6.3 35/58 60.3 41/110 37.3 26/37 70.3 164 22 23 17
2014/15 Panathinaikos 33 220 6.7 40/65 61.5 37/101 36.6 29/43 67.4 173 18 44 9
2016/17 Panathinaikos 31 132 4.3 22/29 75.9 27/71 38.0 7/12 58.3 105 10 11 6