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20th Provincial Synod (2013)
Newport Beach, California. October 23, 2013
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
This is now my fourth Charge to a Provincial Synod as Metropolitan of the Original Province, and my fifth if we add 2005 when I was the senior Bishop Ordinary at the outset of the Grand Rapids Synod which for better or worse elected me Metropolitan. These Charges are an occasion for a general review of the state of the Anglican Catholic Church as well as an opportunity to introduce some thoughts about the Synod that will follow and the business to be conducted.
In the past I have used the figure of an inverted pyramid to describe the Anglican Catholic Church. We began with a number of parishes and Churchmen in relatively wealthy parts of the world – in the United States and Canada, first, then also in Australia, New Zealand, and England. Our members in these places were and are relatively few in number, but they have been numerous enough, affluent enough, and generous enough to allow us to begin and to support missions in less wealthy parts of the world. Those missions, in what current fashion calls the Global South, have grown rapidly.
Prior to the beginning of my tenure as a bishop we had missions in India, Colombia, and Haiti. As a bishop I was able to help restore our work in South Africa and to begin work in Venezuela. Then during my tenure as Metropolitan we have begun work in South Sudan, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroun, Kenya, and Pakistan. More recently we see the beginnings of work in the Philippines, Cuba, and Chile, with contacts also in Ecuador and Brazil. The largest diocese in our Church, in terms of membership, is in South Sudan. Many others of the places I have just named have ACC memberships in the thousands. As I have noted in the past, our membership in these places could expand even more rapidly if available resources were greater. It is not particularly difficult to add members in many parts of the world if funds are unlimited. But of course funds are limited. So our policy at present is to support what we have on a kind of first-come, first-served basis. We have had to tell some later in the queue that they will need to wait until we are able to serve them as we cannot at this time.
One challenge before us, therefore, is to grow the ACC in the wealthy parts of the world. I regret to say that the two years since we met in Lantana have not been particularly successful in this respect. Individual dioceses – such as the United Kingdom – and individual parishes – such as our host parish here in Newport Beach –have enjoyed good growth in this period. But the First World dioceses as a whole have on average been merely stable. We have been able to do some wonderful things – things far beyond what our small numbers would suggest – due to three factors. First, our people have contributed steadily and generously to regular appeals for our mission society and for mission needs. Secondly, our people have responded with astonishing generosity to some extraordinary problems such as the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, an orphanage fire in South Africa, and the 2010 Haitian earthquake. Thirdly, we have benefitted from occasional bequests and gifts that have enabled us to operate and expand. A recent example of such enabling windfalls was a gift of $251,000 in July for use in missions outside of North America. Nonetheless, continuing growth in the poorer parts of the world depends on success in our older, smaller, wealthier, and more Anglophone dioceses.
I will address our ecumenical situation in detail in a report for the Department of Ecumenical Relations. However, I should say here that the ecumenical situation of the past two years has brought in general encouraging news, but challenges and difficulties as well. The good news is that within North America relations among various people who understand themselves to be orthodox or traditional Anglicans are better than in many years. The challenge is that ten years ago the neo-Anglicans more or less did not exist outside the Canterbury Communion. The Continuing Church was the only option for Episcopalians or Anglicans looking for an alternative to the Canterbury Communion. Now we are not the only option. At least while the new franchise is still enjoying its early days and has not cracked along its internal fault-lines, the appearance of the neo-Anglicans has affected us. Insofar as our growth still comes in part from disaffected members of the Canterbury Communion, our lack of growth in North America flows in part from the rise of the neo-Anglicans. But then too, the challenge from neo-Anglicans, and the clarification wrought by Coetibus Anglicanorum, have soothed rivalries and lessened divisions among Continuing Anglican groups at least in North America. Also, the shaking of folks out of the Canterbury Communion by whatever means may potentially benefit us. In any case, as I have said, we are left with challenges and opportunities both, but in the last two years we have merely held our own in the U.S. and Canada.
In part we are meeting here in Newport Beach because I believe Saint Matthew's is an example of a successful parish which shows us that these rather parochial, intra-Anglican factors can be put aside if we are willing to embrace new approaches to parish life and mission. Without compromising a bit on matters of doctrine, morals, order, or liturgy, we can work more intelligently and successfully at the business of growing the Church and its parishes. If we are not growing, we cannot simply blame increased competition or an increasingly inhospitable secular context. We also must blame ourselves for not learning how to do better. Mission and evangelism will, therefore, be important themes of this Synod. There is no silver bullet, no magic formula that will triple the size of your parish. But there is much wisdom about what works and what does not work, and how those 'whats' have changed in the last ten and 20 and 30 years. On a related note, on Saturday we will join in the consecration of Canon Stephen Scarlett as Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Holy Trinity. I believe this consecration will not only fill a longstanding vacancy within the episcopate of our Province, but also will open the door to growth in this diocese.
As for this Synod, our growth outside North America means we now have to face the prospect of three full Provinces within our Church. This in turn would trigger the completion of our constitutional and canonical structure. This matter is tedious because it requires canonical legislation to begin to separate the structures of the Original Province from those of the Church as a whole. I do not think all of the canonical work needs to be done this week. I suspect we will not face the completion of the process until 2017, and so will have at least one more Provincial Synod to handle some of the legislative burden. But we need to begin to act now. While we are in the midst of the tedium of the legislative process, do remember that behind the business lies the living reality of new missions, new dioceses, more bishops, more priests, new Christians, and growing ministry. The need for legislation is like the need for more parking and higher electricity bills. It may be tiresome, but it is an outward and visible sign of life and growth.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

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Of course, any time is a good time for a good book! But there's something about these books that makes them especially appropriate for springtime reading.
It's impossible not to fall in love with the magic of springtime right along with Mary in The Secret Garden. When orphaned Mary travels from her home in India to the English moors to live with her uncle in his lonely manor house, she has no idea that a bit of earth, a nature-loving boy, and a curious robin will change everything she thinks she knows about the world. It's impossible to come away from this book without dreaming of your own garden. (Though be prepared: If you've never read the book before, the passages in Yorkshire dialect may twist your tongue.)
The Wind in the Willows begins in the spring, when Mole climbs out of his underground home to discover the river and Ratty. Just like a river or like the beginning of spring, the book's pace is sometimes quick and adventurous, sometimes slower and dreamier, but the adventures of Mole and Rat capture the essence of spring adventure.
If you've been watching the birds returning to your neighborhood, The Burgess Bird Book for Children makes the perfect spring readaloud: Each chapter introduces a new bird, complete with descriptions, habits, and nesting preferences, as the birds return to Peter Rabbit's garden. If you want to drill down to specific identification, you'll want to pick up a birding guide—and, of course, the birds of the English countryside may not be the same ones singing in your backyard. But there's no better book for encouraging your kids to study their feathered neighbors carefully. (It's definitely worth splurging on an illustrated edition for this book.)
In Clementine and the Spring Trip, Clementine is excited that spring has finally arrived. She loves the apple trees and Margaret's crazy spring cleaning—and, of course, her school's annual trip to Plimoth Plantation. As she's faced with a series of strictly enforced rules—from new girl Olive's secret language to the fourth graders lunch mandates—Clementine realizes that it's important to follow rules—and to break them—for the right reasons.
The Penderwicks in Spring focuses on Batty and Ben, the youngest of the clan. Rosalind is in college, Skye and Jane are in high school, and Batty has started a (sometimes hilarious) dog-walking business to raise money for music lessons. There's a dark undercurrent to this book—Batty is most introverted of the Penderwick sisters and the only one who doesn't remember their mother—but that feels right for a springtime book: It is the coming from darkness to light that makes springtime so magical. And there's plenty of Penderwick laughter and charm, too.
The charmingly old-fashioned Twig is about a little girl who builds a fairy house in the small yard of her city apartment building. With a little help from a friendly sparrow, Twig meets an elf who's able to shrink her down so that they can play house together in Twig's little home. It's a sweet, simple story that will probably inspire a few fairy houses.
In The Minpins, Billy can't resist sneaking into the forest near his home—even though his overprotective mother has warned him not to. When he's chased into a tree by a ferocious beast, he meets the curious Minpins and teams up with them to take down the Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher for once and all. This was Roald Dahl's last book.
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow is a delightful hodgepodge of a book that perfectly captures the spirit of spring, with poetry on one page and science on the next. Read this to inspire your springtime nature walks or use it as a jumping off point for spring nature journaling.
Spring is practically one of the characters in A Room with a View, E.M. Forster's gorgeous novel of uptight Brits on holiday in Italy. When Lucy Honeychurch visits Italy, she's torn between the rules and restrictions of her prim upbringing and the freedom and passion she discovers in Florence.
"Here! lilac, with a branch of pine, / Here, out of my pocket, some moss which I pull'd off a live-oak in Florida, as it hung trailing down, / Here, some pinks and laurel leaves, and a handful of sage," writes Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass, perfectly capturing the enchanted beauty of the world in spring. A poetry collection may not be your traditional readaloud, but this one's made for al fresco reading together.


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|Greek Cross meets Ladies' Stitching Club (more to come)
This is all I accomplished today.
Definitely not as much as I would have liked but that's the way it is. LOL
I'm feeling a little tired tonight so I'm going to bed much earlier than I usually do.
Wishing you a pieceful Friday.
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Snake versus possum in Boxing Day showdown
The possum was alive even with its head inside a two-metre python, Adrian Brand realised. When he reached out to touch the marsupial, its tail wrapped around his finger.
Mr Brand witnessed the conspicuous consumption in a city gutter while cycling in Brisbane about 9.30am on Boxing Day. He stopped to see what bystanders were looking at on Gladstone Road and filmed the tussle on his phone.
The video - now seen more than 59,000 times on YouTube - shows what appears to be a spotted python repositioning itself ahead of a long lunch. "My guess is the possum fell out of the tree," Mr Brand said. "It would have been asleep and ambushed by the python. It was being constricted to death."
One passing mother "freaked out", telling her child to stay away. "I thought, 'It's got a possum in its mouth - it can't hurt your kid'," Mr Brand said.
The feast was moveable, a cyclist demonstrated after he decided it should be moved off the road. He picked the possum up by the tail, the snake still coiled tightly around it, and carted the pair away to a nearby garden.
"I would've happily stood there to watch the whole thing," Mr Brand said. Born in Brisbane, he said he had never seen anything like it before.
"I thought, 'Wow, that's awesome'."
Patrick Begley is an investigative reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Innovation Conversation takes off in South Africa
In July, Liquid Telecom brought together some of its enterprise customers in Johannesburg, South Africa, for a morning of discussion. The topic? What else but innovation.
We wanted to provide a platform for our customers to share their innovation stories and strategies. Our first Innovation Conversation event looked at the shared challenges facing businesses in Africa and explored what technology solutions are available to help overcome them.
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There's No Excuse Not to Look Good While Paying the Bills
Today is Monday, a relatively slow day at our shop on Frankfort Avenue; thus the perfect day to make things happen.
I spent the first part of the day sloughing through paperwork: bills, orders....then on to the good stuff.
I cut and stitched together a pair of my "4-pocket-pants" out of a linen type material I picked up in San Fran back in November.
Here's a photo of the completed pants and my outfit of today.
Gotta love some pockets. Also wearing a leopard print 8 point cap I made a bit ago, with striped tee, gold jewelry, and my metallic leopard print sneakers that I love and live in. There's never an excuse not to try and look interesting every day.
My husband is learning how to make hats, today he finished the fur on 3 hats he blocked yesterday.
You can see how shiny and beautiful the crowns of these rabbit felt hats look after being finished.
After my son got picked up from school, he came to the shop with us, where he likes to spend his time lining up his cars on my sewing machine tables. "Choo choo," he says.


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All dinners include a vegetable, mini loaf and dessert, your choice of soup or salad and your choice of potato or rice. Potato choices include, gems, mashed, baked, twice baked, fries, hashbrowns or American fries.
Sunday Kitchen is open from 11-3
Hand-breaded, made fresh daily, covers the plate & cuts with a fork!
Pieces of fried chicken served with mashed potatoes & your choice of gravy.
Lightly seasoned & battered
Grilled or breaded
Two center-cut chops
With grilled onions & bacon
Smothered in brown or country gravy
With Texas Toast
1/2 lb of beef
Tender sliced beef
With Texas toast
With Texas toast
8 oz Regular Cut
14 oz Muzzle Loader Cut
5 Butterflied & lightly breaded
8 oz Charbroiled
8 oz juicy, white flaky meat
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Having been around since 2007 or so, New Zealand's AKANAME add background keyboards to the slow beginning of "Rain Will Be The New Gold" before they induldge in frantic stop-and-go riffing which bears the handwriting of US Death Metal, yet is emblematic for technical instrumental groups like Dysrhythmia. Although the composition has a nice flow and conveys a dramatic atmosphere right until the end, it loses the battle against "Humongous Fungus", the drifting soundscape of their partners in crime LESBIAN's FUNGAL ABYSS. This track has a brooding ambience and makes you imagine a slow canoe ride across a jungle river in tropical moisture and heat. Hushed melodic driftwood keeps floating nearby, and the group's understanding of dynamic is remarkable. Time to invest into their tape "Bardo Abgrund Temple", it seems.
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In a recent tweet from Dan Schawbel he included a link to a blog post about using Facebook Ads to promote yourself to try to find a job. It sounded like an interesting idea so I tried it out for 4 weeks.
Setting up the ad was easy to do. I set my limit at spending $1.00 a day (this was research after all) and would pay $0.50 every time a person clicked on my ad. Then I selected 9 companies in my area to target and limited it to within 25 miles of my city, which gave me 2780 Facebook users who may see my ad. If you want to, you can further filter for keywords in Facebook users accounts.
I linked it to my personal webpage (alternatives could be your Linkedin page, blog or your resume online). In the first 2 weeks I had over 13,000 impressions; yet this only yielded 5 clicks.
The next 2 weeks I changed my ad to include the header: UW Health, and then only selected Facebook users who work at UW Health (270 users possible) within 10 miles of my city. Here is my second ad:
During this 2 week period I had over 12,000 impressions; yet this only yielded 5 clicks.
So out of the 10 clicks, I didn't receive any emails or phone calls, but it does seem like an excellent cheap way (my test cost me 5 bucks for the month) to market oneself.
For local companies this may be an excellent way to try to select just the right Facebook users who may be interested in your product, website, event or restaurant. Give it a try and see what happens!
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What's In Store
Two stores opening soon in SouthPark mall
Two stores will open soon in SouthPark mall.
A new boutique called Pink and Blue will open in the old spot previously occupied by The Limited, according to a spokeswoman for SouthPark's owner, Simon Property Group. Meanwhile, the Body Shop has been undergoing a renovation and will open next month next to Brookstone.
Pink and Blue operates a store in Northlake Mall. The boutique sells contemporary women's apparel, shoes and accessories, according to its Facebook page.
The Limited closed its doors months ago in SouthPark's Macy's wing beside the American Girl store. The Limited closed the rest of its area stores earlier this year amid reports that the troubled retail chain was planning on filing bankruptcy.
Since wrapping up a renovation project last year, SouthPark has switching up its store makeup.
The fashion boutique BCBG Max Azria, for example, is set to close its store next to Nieman Marcus within the next several weeks. Teen retailer Hollister closed at the end of January. Old Navy opened last year near Dillards, and new high-end retailers, including Frye and Stuart Weitzman, have also recently opened stores in the south Charlotte mall.


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Ethnohistoric Notes on Indian Groups Associated With Three Spanish Missions at Guerrero, Coahuila
Center for Archaeological Research
Three Spantsh missions, San Francisco Solano, San Juan Bautista and San Bernardo, were established near the Rio Grande at present Guerrero, northeastern Coahuila, during the years 1700-1703. Remnants of at least 88 distinctively named Indian groups at various times came to live at one or more of these missions. In 1975- 1976, the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas San Antonio, supported by funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Kathryn O'Connor Foundation, conducted archaeological excavations at two of these missions, San Juan Bautista and San Bernardo. Since the cultural debris recovered from excavations is attributable to Indians as well as Europeans, this report examines the Spanish colonial documents and assembles and interprets such ethnohistoric information as could be found on the various Indian groups represented at the three Guerrero missions.
Repository Citation
Campbell, T. N.
"Ethnohistoric Notes on Indian Groups Associated With Three Spanish Missions at Guerrero, Coahuila,"
Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State: Vol. 1979
, Article 19. https://doi.org/10.21112/ita.1979.1.19
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Great Oaks Mental Health Unit is a new build facility, which first opened in 2005 to provide adult acute mental health residential and therapeutic inpatient care, a Section 136 facility and psychiatric intensive care unit. The facility is run by the North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust – NHS North Lincolnshire.
Great Oaks Mental Health Unit previously offered adult only residential and therapeutic care; the intention of the reconfigured services was to provide accommodation for adults and an older persons unit. The two extensions are situated within the proposed adult facility to the east of the site. The PICU extension was to increase the existing timber clad, flat roofed pod to provide for two en suite bedrooms. The en suite extension is adjacent to another existing timber clad pod, which became the 16-18 year olds vulnerable persons suite.
The works to the existing facility were to accommodate a Trust requirement for an Older Persons Mental Health Unit (PICU) at the same site and to reconfigure the existing facilities within the Psychiatric Intensive Care unit to provide two new bedrooms with en suite and to provide for a seclusion room, complete with secure lobby and dedicated en suite.
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UK, Russia review Iraq deployment
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain and Russia are reconsidering their positions on troop deployment in Iraq as U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Baghdad at the start of a tour of the Gulf.
Before leaving for the region, Rumsfeld said the key to stabilizing Iraq was to beef up forces but added the United States would not be sending additional troops to the country.
His comments come as Britain launches a review of its troop levels in Iraq following a report that the foreign secretary has told Prime Minister Tony Blair to send more soldiers or risk "strategic failure."
In a meeting with the prime minister, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw proposed deploying 5,000 more British troops to Iraq, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
But Blair said Thursday that no decision has been made on whether to send additional troops.
In the first signal that Russia may contribute troops, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov was quoted by Interfax as saying that country may send peacekeepers to Iraq as part of an international force.
Russia had opposed the war and has been pushing for the United Nations to take control.
On Thursday, UK Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon ordered the troop level review. The move comes after weeks of heightened insecurity in Iraq, including several suicide bombings that have left more than 100 people dead.
"In the light of events in Iraq over past weeks, the defense secretary has asked for a review of the forces and resources required to support UK operations," a Ministry of Defence spokesman said.
"If any decisions are taken to adjust force levels, ministers will inform Parliament in the normal manner, as they have done throughout the operation.
"There's no timeline attached to the review for the moment. ... It will be carried out by people both in Iraq and the UK."
Blair told reporters at his monthly news conference that British troop levels were under constant review.
"I think you can make rather too much of this," he said in response to a question about Hoon's order and Straw's reported comments.
"Unless there is a recommendation that comes forward from our military commanders that they require more troops, we don't provide them," Blair said.
Up to 25 different countries were supplying about 14,000 troops in Iraq, with British levels at 10,000 or 11,000, he added.
"We keep it under review constantly because we have got to get the job done, but there are no decisions that have been taken on additional troops."
According to the Daily Telegraph, Straw told Blair the situation in Iraq was "deteriorating" and urged the prime minister to boost the current 10,000-strong British force. Fifty British troops have been killed in Iraq, 17 since U.S. President George W. Bush declared major combat over on May 1.
Straw's comments were revealed in "confidential" notes drawn up for a meeting between the two men which were leaked to the newspaper, it said.
Meanwhile, Rumsfeld -- who arrived on the Gulf Thursday to get a "first-hand sense of how things are going" -- said beefing up Iraqi forces was the key.
"It is their country, they ultimately are going to have to provide security for that country," Rumsfeld said.
"Rather than flooding it with American soldiers, it seems to me, it makes all the sense in the world to have a principled effort to strengthen the size of the Iraq security forces, whether it is police, army, the militia, the border patrol, and that is exactly what's been taking place." (Full story)
However, Straw said additional UK troops would increase security amid the growing threat from terrorist bombings and attacks on coalition troops, according to the Daily Telegraph.
"Lack of political progress in solving the linked problems of security, infrastructure and the political process are undermining the consent of the Iraqi people to the coalition presence and providing fertile ground for extremists and terrorists," Straw said, according to the report.
He urged "visible improvements" by the beginning of the Muslim festival of Ramadan on October 27, and said Iraqi's expectations for reconstruction were not being met.
"Electricity generation still around 25 percent below war levels, and transmission undermined by looting and sabotage," the reported notes showed Straw as saying.
In another development Thursday, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said a U.S. draft resolution on Iraq -- authorize a multinational force under unified U.S. command -- does not go far enough.
Both men, speaking at a joint news conference in the eastern city of Dresden, agreed the United Nations should play a leading role in the political process. (Full report)
Under the draft resolution, the United States would keep a "dominant role" in the Iraq occupation and be in command of any multinational peacekeeping mission. It would also encourage Iraqis to set a timetable for holding elections and establishing self-rule.
Meantime, a classified draft military review on lessons learned from the war says planners did not have enough time to prepare for the rebuilding and reconstruction of Iraq, according to Pentagon sources. (Full story)
Asked about the leaked document, a Downing Street spokesman said: "The prime minister is in frequent contact with the foreign secretary and other members of the cabinet with responsibilities referring to Iraq. It would be odd if he wasn't."
He added: "The prime minister and the government as a whole will ensure that the British presence in Iraq has the resources it needs to do the job it is there for."
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said it never commented on leaked documents.
-- CNN Producer Eden Pontz contributed to this report


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Third Sunday Jazz Jam
May 19 at 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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An event every month that begins at 2:00 pm on day Third of the month, repeating until June 16, 2019
Spend your Sunday afternoon learning a little about jazz and then getting your jazz on! Gay Galvin will be heading up this monthly event. Please bring your instruments along and get in some playing time, or if you just like listening and learning, that works too!


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Olympia DSA General Meeting
November 16 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST
We are the local chapter of DSA, the largest socialist organization in the United States. We are working in Olympia and the South Sound to empower working people and create a more free and equal world, whether that is through universal healthcare, housing for all, or strong, democratic unions.
We hold our general membership meetings on the third Saturday of every month, at 4pm at 119 Washington St in downtown Olympia. People who are new to DSA are welcome, but we encourage folks who are interested to reach out to us ahead of time at email@example.com. That way, we can provide some orientation and maybe meet in person head of time, either for a quick meeting over coffee or at one of our monthly Socials.


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Equity can help cities win the sustainability race
The Habitat III process can play an important role in this, and some key models already exist.
Two down and one to go — that is what many are saying following the successful adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in September and the Paris Agreement on climate in December.
These seminal policy documents are important steps in forming a "New Urban Agenda" for the sustainable development of cities and regions across the globe. Developing this final policy framework is already underway and will culminate in October when the United Nations convenes global stakeholders at Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador.
As these policies move from planning to implementation, cities will continue to play a pivotal role. Even more critical is the opportunity for cities to take the lead in advancing an equity agenda through the implementation of climate-change adaptation and mitigation measures.
[See: Habitat III must make climate change a top priority]
Cities and their metropolitan regions are both the world's leading contributors of carbon-dioxide emissions and places where income inequality is rapidly increasing. Much of the world's population lives in cities in which income inequalities have increased since 1980; this is not just a phenomenon of the Global South but one that significantly impacts on U. S. and European cities, as well.
Social equity has long been a key part of the discussion around sustainability. Yet today there is renewed effort also to link the climate change and equity agendas in response to the former's disproportionate impact on vulnerable and marginalized communities. Moreover, there is an opportunity to further economic-inclusion goals by connecting education, workforce and business-development opportunities with the transition to a low-carbon economy.
For solutions to climate change to be truly transformative and sustainable, these strategies must be viewed through the lenses of equity and inclusion, and informed through citizen involvement and feedback. If they are, climate-change adaptation and mitigation strategies are much more likely to provide economic stimulus as well as other social and environmental benefits.
Equity innovations
For cities looking to keep up with their peers on this issue, here are some examples of innovative practices from U. S. and European cities — our key area of focus — that bring an equity lens to key dimensions of climate policy.
"For solutions to climate change to be truly transformative and sustainable, these strategies must be viewed through the lenses of equity and inclusion, and informed through citizen involvement and feedback. If they are, climate-change adaptation and mitigation strategies are much more likely to provide economic stimulus as well as other social and environmental benefits."
Energy: Civic engagement is at the core of smart and resilient cities. Amsterdam takes this practice to heart and collaborates with citizens to innovate and deploy new energy and "clean tech" products and services within what it calls urban Living Labs. Amsterdam Smart City is partnering with Liander, the local energy-grid manager, to create one of the largest smart-energy labs in Europe, in the Nieuw-West neighbourhood.
The decision to locate the project in this diverse community helps achieve savings and emissions reduction at the neighbourhood level through a smart energy grid. More importantly, it also enables residents to better manage their energy consumption through smart metres while engaging youths through mobile game apps about energy savings.
[Habitat III forum calls for city-level targets on sustainable energy]
Transportation: A robust "green" transportation network is an important strategy for decreasing carbon emissions in cities and regions. When considering system expansions or enhancements and investing in innovative technologies, it is critical to assess how to improve equitable access to public transportation.
U. S. cities, including Denver and Atlanta, are making strides to connect low-income communities to expanded public transportation services. Critical to the success of these efforts was having regional cross-sector collaborators carrying the vision and helping aid in the implementation. For Denver it was Mile High Connects, a public-private partnership supported by Mayor Michael B. Hancock that had a key role in developing the city's Regional Equity Atlas. Similarly in Atlanta, the TransFormation Alliance, a partnership between the regional commission and local NGOs and businesses, has developed innovative solutions to addressing urban challenges through improved transportation connectivity.
Shared-use mobility services, such as car sharing and bike sharing, offer another such opportunity. Last year, Los Angeles also announced a pilot programme to bring an electric-vehicle car-sharing initiative to low-income communities — typically, those most vulnerable to air pollution and its effects. The programme, funded by state grants, will support a broader statewide effort to make clean transportation more widely accessible in California.
Energy-efficient buildings and housing: The German city of Hamburg developed the IBA Hamburg programme to find solutions to three contrasting urban challenges: a shifting urban landscape, social inequality and climate change. The focus area was the ethnically and economically diverse waterfront neighbourhood of Wilhelmsburg.
With a price tag estimated to be over EUR 700 million (USD 792 million), not every city can take on a project of this scale. However, there are many components ripe for translation to individual local contexts, particularly the project's strategy of combining large-scale housing redevelopment with high-tech energy-efficiency retrofits. Through effective engagement of residents (children included!) in the transformation process, IBA Hamburg was able to provide good-quality affordable housing.
[New alliance seeks to tap major climate potential of building sector]
Planning and government collaboration: Strong planning frameworks and systematic approaches to incorporating equity into sustainability and climate-change initiatives is an important foundation to linking these two mutually supportive agendas.
In the United States, Seattle's Race and Social Justice Initiative is at the forefront of innovative practice to infuse equity and social justice across the activities of city government. Last April, Mayor Edward Murray launched the Equity & Environment Initiative to further strengthen this agenda. Both strategies leveraged intense civic and intergovernmental engagement to develop key actions that advance the goals of ensuring that those most affected by environmental issues benefit the most from Seattle's sustainability efforts.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio shares a similar commitment to linking resilience and equity. He has released #OneNYC, a strategic plan to ensure that all residents can thrive in a strong and just city. In researching and developing the plan, robust civic engagement and collaboration with city agencies was an important part of process to develop the strategy. As a result, the city was able to identify fundamental, cross-cutting challenges and opportunities, including better integrated social and government services.
[See: Cities can lead on climate action ahead of 2020 pledges]
Cities and regions are key contributors to any global success in the fight against climate change. Yet without a strong commitment to equity and inclusion, these areas have only moved part of the way towards achieving true resiliency. By drawing inspiration from these innovative practices, however, cities can move from incremental changes to more systematic approaches.
Cities' role
As the preparatory process for Habitat III intensifies, it is critical that cities continue to play an active role in their national-level dialogues, especially to further understand the points of intersection between the climate, urban development and equity agendas. The window to influence on both sides of the Atlantic is by no means closed.
[See: Cities must be part of defining the New Urban Agenda]
For example, this spring the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is co-hosting meetings in five U. S. cities to engage local and regional practitioners in the preparatory process. Germany will host a major preparatory conference in Berlin in early June.
Just this past week, Europe and North America wrapped up a regional meeting to offer specific recommendations for the New Urban Agenda. Several meetings have occurred over the past several months in European cities under the World Urban Campaign's Urban Thinkers Campus process. The most recent such campus in Mannheim, Germany, culminated in the release of a position paper that clearly emphasizes the importance of equity and inclusion in the New Urban Agenda.
[See: Redefining urban citizenship when migrants and refugees are the norm]
Given the current tumultuous political debates in both the United States and Europe at the national levels, it is clear that local leaders must continue to assert these principles and push them into the dialogue.
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Are you a busy GM? Does session prep take too long? Do you never have time to work on the cool little details that can bring your session to life? Well fear not! That's where the 20 Things line comes in. Compiled from the free 20 Things posts available at Raging Swan's website, this short, focused compilation gives you, the time-crunched GM, the tools to effortlessly add verisimilitude and detail to your adventure. Use the material herein either before or during play and bask in your players' adulation. This instalment provides nine tables designed to help you flesh out and bring to life a goblin lair.
20 Things #17: Goblin Lair comprises the following 20 Things articles:
- 10 Goblins with Personality
- 10 Things to Find in a Goblin Chieftain's Room
- 10 Things to Find in a Goblin Common Room
- 10 Things to Find in a Goblin Guard Room
- 10 Things to Find Outside a Goblin Lair
- 20 Things to Find in a Goblin's Pouch
- What's the Goblin Doing?
Praise for 20 Things #17: Goblin Lair
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Metro-East Living
Trim 'bleeder' trees in midsummer or late fall
Q: I have a maple tree 5 or 6 years old. I need to trim the lower branches. When would be the best time to do this?
M.G. of Cahokia
A: Maples fit into the group of trees that should be trimmed in midsummer or late fall as they produce large quantities of sap in spring. They are known as "bleeders" if they are pruned in spring. This bleeding usually does not hurt the tree. But it can become attract insects that will feed on the sap and may attract certain birds that will make holes to feed on the sap. Other known "bleeders" that should be trimmed in midsummer or late fall include birch, dogwood, elm, walnut and yellowwood.
Q: Where in the Belleville area can I get soil tested?
L. M. of Belleville
A: Alvey Laboratory at 1511 East Main in Belleville will do the test. The telephone number is 618-233-0445. This time of year is a great time to have soiled tested as any recommended remedy can still be applied this fall.
Q: My yard is being taken over by what is called wood sorrel. Would a pre-emergent herbicide this time of year help bring it under control for next spring? Should I also winter fertilize before or after using the herbicide? It's the kind that gets the little yellow flowers.
B.W. of Belleville
A: Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis europaea) is an annual weed and some years can act as a perennial weed. At this time of the year, a pre-emergent herbicide would not be effective as this type of herbicide prevents the seed from germinating. If you are having trouble with this weed at this time of year, you can still fertilize your lawn areas and if the weather gets cold enough this winter it will kill the growing sorrel plants. Some people call it "sour grass" because the weed has a sour or acid taste. The first scientific name of this plant refers to oxalic acid which produces the sour taste. It also has a clover-shaped leaf to confuse matters even more.
Q: Enclosed are photos of "stuff" growing like a bad sci-fi movie in our backyard. We had a tree cut down earlier this year and these things seem to follow the root trails. Can you identify these things and advise me how to get rid of them? Thanks.
B. S. of New Athens
A: You are not the only person with this problem in your yard. This is a special group of mushrooms – genus Pholiota species which feed on dead tree stumps and roots when sufficient amount of moisture is available, especially in the fall. Each species of mushroom is will feed on a particular species of tree. There are 10 of these species found in our area. Without the actual specimen, I cannot determine the species.
You can blast them with water from a hose and blow them apart or you can wait and they will dry up as the weather becomes drier. They may appear again next year. They help the woody tissue of the remaining tree parts break down and allow nutrients to become available to other plants.
Do it now
- SHRUBS AND TREES: Remove dead, diseased or damaged branches while you can still tell before the leaves fall off.
- CLEAN-UP: Continue removing plant debris from the beds, both crop residue and especially weeds.


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Harley & Muscle are Flavio 'Muscle' Romaniello and William 'Harley' Cataldo from Milan (Italy) and as usual they have been spreading their uncompromising vision of deep house all over the globe through their legendary dj sets, a&r 'ing their Soulstar & Little Angel labels, producing other artist and compiling their famous cd compilations.


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Fly Fishing with Lee Powers in Delaware
So Fly: Fooling fish with feather and fur
(page 6 of 8)
While some fly fishermen take a somewhat haughty view of those who cast worms, cheese, or metal lures into creeks and ponds, the guys at the Marblehead shop eschew such an elitist attitude. Their philosophy is simple: Enjoy fishing, no matter what kind of tackle you use, and respect the fishing laws and the environment. Some, like Rick Bender, consider themselves as much naturalists as they are fishermen.
"I always have a camera with me when I fish," Bender says. "I've seen eagles mate, fish spawn. I've seen rare birds and plants. It's about more than just catching fish."
Says Kahn: "I love wading the streams, and tying flies that imitate insects to catch fish—that keeps you in touch with the habitat. You're trying to fit into it."
But make no mistake; these guys love to catch fish. And they all have their secret spots, places they don't reveal even to each other.
For beginners, there are plenty of well-known, easily accessible areas to get started. In New Castle County, Bellevue State Park and Carousel Park offer ponds that are great for practicing casting as well as catching the occasional bluegill or even bass. Brandywine Creek has plenty of smallmouth bass, bluegill and crappie, and Wilsons Run, in Brandywine Creek State Park, is stocked each year with trout.
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It's a striking image, isn't it? A boy old enough to be in preschool still nursing from his mother's breast. I believe the 'shock factor' intended has been achieved here in the United States. People are appalled – tagging the Time magazine cover photo as 'sexual, indecent, extreme, crazy' – and on and on the list goes. Yet when you open to the story matching the cover photo, something is lost in translation.
Attachment parenting is actually the topic being discussed, as shared in The Baby Book by Dr. William Sears. I'm not going to get into the debate here, but it has stirred something in me as a mom. I was one of those who subscribed to 'The Ferber Method' – let your baby cry until they understand you're not responding or they fall asleep. I had fears about 'holding them too much' and having them end up 'spoiled.' There's no question in my mind that were I to have another child today (which I am not, lol) things would be very, very different. What Dr. Sears recommends is holding them as much as possible – to help your baby feel safe and loved. While there are indeed extremes on either side of the conversation, I'm a firm supporter in the style of parenting that supports being present for our children rather than setting them aside to become strong and independent on their own.
Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. ~ Author Unknown
As I thought about it, I realized the whole process my husband and I have been through with our older two children through the difficult teenage years has redefined who we are as parents and the style with which we respond to our children. R-E-S-P-O-N-D. Not react. There's a difference. Having been raised by a mom (I love very much) who feels it's her duty to do everything in her power to ensure I take the 'right path,' it's been an inner struggle to figure out who I am as a parent. My husband and I began our entry into parenting teenagers with the intent to set the boundary and 'make them follow it.' HA! What a shock when we realized how impossible that is.
It's taken time, very open communication, letting go of our own pride, allowing vulnerability and being patient with one another to come to this place of co-parenting. Our goal is no longer to make our children bow to our demands, but to allow them to find their own path at this tender age of exploring who they are, seeking their independence and making their own mistakes. It's the falling down and getting back up that will open their eyes to the inner character they already have in place. Our job is to support them as people, to talk with them about how to set their own boundaries and to be there when they fall, assisting them in picking up the pieces.
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. ~ William Makepeace Thackery
I want to say this, too: however my mother or my husband's mother may have been – I believe we are given exactly what we need in one form or another. My mom's style of raising me may not be my own, but it worked for me as a child. Part of our challenge when we become parents is to sort out who we are as children from who we are as parents. We are not our parents, nor will we likely follow exactly in their footsteps when we raise our own children. I was blessed to have a mom who did everything in her power to give me all she felt I needed, to protect me from being hurt and to teach me how to look inward when life wasn't going the way I'd hoped. Without a doubt, I have brought these gifts into being a mom myself…just in a different way.
As Mother's Day approaches, I'm remembering just how graced I am to be living my dream. From the time I was a little girl, I envisioned 'growing up, getting married and being a mom' as my future. As these blessed beings whom I've been entrusted to care for over this short period of time spread their wings to fly, the love and adoration only grows deeper. There was a time I found no fulfillment or value in being a mom. That's no longer true. Instead I'm filled with overwhelming emotion at the beautiful gift I've been given….these three amazing children who chose me to be their mom. And that's enough. I Am….mom enough. This is my calling…and I'm overflowing with joy to answer.


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Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival
Screening upwards of 125 films to over 34,000 attendees each year, Cinéfest Sudbury is one of Canada's major film festivals. Recognized as The People's Festival for the unparalleled access it provides visitors, Cinéfest offers the best in Canadian and international cinema! Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2018, Cinéfest runs from September 15-23.
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What is Baptism?
Baptism is a visible symbol of an invisible reality. When someone crosses the line of faith in Christ, they are washed clean. Disciples of Jesus make this publicly visible by being baptized. At The Bridge, we practice believer's baptism by immersion.
Matthew 3:16, Acts 8:37-38
God's word paints a beautiful picture of what happens in baptism.
Why Baptism, in Four Steps
We are identifying with Jesus's experience
"Don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life."
Romans 6:3 (see also Colossians 2:1)
We are identifying with Jesus's experience and demonstrating outwardly in our baptism that:
- We are dying to our old life and the ways of sin
- We are burying that old life of sin
- We rise to live the new life
Why Baptism, in Four Steps
We Are Declaring it Publicly
"For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ"
Galatians 3:27.
We are demonstrating by our baptism that we are:
- Taking off our old clothes of our sinful nature and life style
- And putting on new clothes of Jesus' nature and lifestyle
Why Baptism, in Four Steps
Anyone who has made a genuine profession of faith in Jesus Christ is encouraged to follow His example (Matthew 3:13-17) and obey His command (Matthew 28:18-20) to be baptized as a public profession of one's faith in Him.
If you have not made a commitment to follow Jesus, we would love to answer your questions and help you learn more about what it means to be a Christian.
Why Baptism, in Four Steps
We have Baptism Sunday on the following Sunday's:
- September 30th, 2018
- December 2nd, 2018
- February 24th, 2019
- May 19th, 2019
If you are interested in baptism, please fill out the form below and someone from our team will contact you.


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Product Development
Esterline Connection Technologies invests in the development and qualification of new products that meet and exceed customers' expectations.
As many as 200 specialists contribute their expertise to the development of advanced technologies in signal and power transmission, shielding effectiveness, fiber optics, RoHS plating and severe environment withstanding (radiation, immersion, vibration, extreme temperature, mud, icing, corrosion, etc.).
Esterline Connection Technologies has an Independent Laboratory approved by LCIE (Bureau Veritas) in compliance with ISO17025 for electrical connectors used in aviation, space, military, industrial and railway markets. The laboratory and test center accommodate a unique range of tools to reproduce the harshest environmental conditions and provide a key facility to validate and certify all of the company's products, but also answers to outside requirements.
Our integrated independent leading-edge laboratory is certified for the qualification of products regarding clearly defined standards. Esterline Connection Technologies holds approvals by the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the US Naval Air System Command (NAVAIR), the British Standard Institution (BSI) and the Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung (BWB).


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- This group created in 2001 by Nicolas JOLY now has 175 winegrowers from 13 different countries.
- It's purpose is to guaranty the full expression of the appellations and a wine with a high quality level with a great originality.
- To obtain this we act at 3 levels:
1/ A legal guaranty of good agriculture, this means an organic and or biodynamic certificate on the whole vineyard and since at least 3 years. The presented wine comes from a living soil, not treated with chemicals.
The consumer has the guaranty that the winegrower has taken a legal engagement.Over 90% of the group practices biodynamic agriculture .
2/ A guaranty that in the cellar no actions would change the full expression of the AOC's taste. When agriculture is right the cellar is a maternity and not a factory.
Banned are of course all 300 aromatic yeast, osmoses, GMO, mechanical harvest (see quality charter).
The winegrower signs a record of his cellar actions for the last 3 years.
3/ A tasting is made by a tasting committee made of well-known winegrowers :
- Alsace: Olivier Humbrecht,
- Bourgogne: Anne Claude Leflaive and Pierre Morey,
- Champagne: David Leclapart,
- Rhone: Philippe de Blicquy,
- South: Raimond de Villeneuve and Jean François Deu,
- Loire: Nicolas Joly,
- Bordeaux: Jean Luc Hubert.
The unanimous consent of the committee is needed to join the group. In some cases we allow a winegrower whose application is in good order but who was refused at the tasting to take part in a tasting of the group to help him commercially.
Only the winegrowers who have had a minimum of 3 years of organic or biodynamic farming on the globality of their vineyard, can present their wines to the tasting comitee of our group " Return to Terroir" .The logos Qualité France , Demeter , Ecocert, biodivin , Nature et Progres , bring this garanty .
Such a control have become a necessity to give to the consumer the legal guaranty of a sane wine ,where the appellation is fully expressed .In some countries ,too many people use the words organic or biodynamic without carefully applying the rules they imply.
-Three to four tasting are organised every year all over the world by Virginie and Nicolas JOLY out of sympathy for the group (the costs are shared by all participants) with a great success.
You can find some more information on this website.


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April has been an interesting month. No, not cruel in the least, just… interesting. What's happenned?
Well, I went to Idaho to visit a university there, and decided that in the end it wouldn't be the best place for me. And so, it looks like in the fall I am moving to England, to do something I put on my Things to Do Before I Die list that I first wrote in 2007 while tramping around my first solo traveler journey in Mexico. I am pretty excited. I feel very certain that this is a good choice for me.
What else has happened? I reread Mario Vargas Llosa's Los cachorros in Spanish (ahh, memories of middle school and los escandalos of reading a castration scene…) and Flannery O'Connor's Everything That Rises Must Converge. Right now I am slowly but surely reading my way through two big heavy books: The Case for God by Karen Armstrong and The Stand by Stephen King. So one dense history of religion and a #1 best-selling horror novel abut a killer plague and the end of humanity (two of my favorite subjects).
IDK why I dig apocalyptic fiction so much. Sometimes I wonder if it has the same effect on me as classical Greek tragedy, providing a cathartic release. Oh BAM, I think, reading a scene in which someone coughs in the back of a movie theater, y'all infected now! Too bad suckers! A kind of "not me, them" sort of release. Maybe by writing or reading about these horrors on the page, it makes us feel like we're better prepared to deal for them in real life. Not that I think that an army-made killer virus is going to break free anytime soon, but still.
Uh….. OK. I guess that's pretty much been my April. To end this post, here are some photos from Idaho and a piece I wrote recently in my writing workshop. The prompt was Clouds gathered.
Clouds gathered. She unlocked the gate. I had just arrived in Idaho ten minutes ago, and I had no idea where I was going to go from here.
"Did you bring your receipt?" she asked. "or something at least showing that your scholarship money was deposited?"
My OCD was making it hard for me to not want to jump over every crack in the driveway leading us up the long college lawn. "Yeah, I have it," I said, trying to make my voice sound casual. My only hope was that it was in the knotted Safeway bag in my backpack, along with my speeding tickets, and not at the bottom of my tote bag with the squashed orange.
"I talked to some of the other students and there should be someone who can put you up for the night." She was fumbling with a big yellow key that she pulled from a long elastic band on her waist. The door looked like something out of a Harry Potter movie, and when I craned my neck back and looked up, I could see shadows of gargoyles shaded against the sky.
"That's awesome," I said. "Great. Thanks." My goal was to sound as robotic as possible. This was the only grad school I'd been accepted to, besides the one in Norway with free tuition. I was trying to play it cool with her, the Department Head, make it seem like I was holding a lot of cards close to my chest, when in reality all I was clutching was a ripped cloth tote bag from New Seasons leaking squashed orange juice.
"I'm glad you made it here on time to attend the thesis defense," she said as we walked down the cool hallways. Her footsteps sounded so loud that I wanted to ask her to speak up. My red Converse shoes squeaked with every step I took like an annoying little animal.
"What are the defenses like" I asked, pretending to be looking at the posters on the walls. "Is it really OK if I sit in?"
"Mm, it should be. We usually don't bring out the flame throwers until the end." I waited for the laugh and Just kidding, but it didn't come.
I'd driven six hours to get here. Idaho! I hadn't even known where Idaho was until I looked at a map. I hadn't told my boss that I was leaving, let alone that I had applied to grad school.
I was trying to get a fine arts degree in performance sculpture. It had been my side hobby for years. More specifically, embalming had been. I loved picking all the mutated animals out of the gutters and river beds—the yellow fish with no internal organs, the three-eyed cats, the ooblek frogs that disintegrated into a pile of green gloop if you squeezed them too hard. My lifelong goal had been to catch one of those rats that were smart enough to build carts to carry their cat-fighting weapons, but I had yet to find a way to penetrate their walls and barricades. I'd spent two years combing the paths in the canyon where the canal had been dug, miles away from the big whites houses that all the French and Chinese and British business owners lived in. I'd embalmed them, put them in different positions, uploaded photos to my tumblr account and there it was, my creative portfolio. Was it good enough to get me an MFA? Idaho seemed to think so.
"I'm really excited for you to meet Boston," the Department Head said, pushing open a rickety dark brown door with a clenched fist.


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Nate here, brewer and co-founder at Tree House. We are looking for upbeat and hard working individuals to join our very tight family here at Tree House with the position of Retail Staff Member. This opportunity is PART TIME and requires relevant customer service experience.
This position comes at an exciting time for Tree House Brewing Company. We are on the cusp of opening a new state of the art brewery and retail shop while morphing our existing facility into a laid back environment for beer lovers to enjoy. The retail staff member will work closely with Lauren, our retail manager, and the rest of our exceptional team to help make the Tree House experience the best experience the beer world has to offer. This is an exciting, fast-paced job well suited for an individual who takes pride in customer service and providing a memorable experience.
You will be responsible for the following, with other tasks as necessary:
Educating our customers on the history of Tree House, our philosophy, and our beer
Can packing, can sales, and checkout operation
Speedy and accurate growler fills with great care of the product
Flavor profile assessment
Assuring clean facilities / Keg line cleaning weekly
Organizing and assisting with merchandise inventory
Record keeping
Tirelessly working to maintain the friendly and welcoming atmosphere at Tree House
Many other retail related tasks as required
Required experience, skills, and flexibility:
Relevant experience in a fast paced retail environment
Bartending Experience w/TIPS certification
Refined and educated beer palate
Proven communication and customer service skills
Ability to multitask and work cooly and professionally under extreme time constraints
Must be able to work long hours on your feet; lift 50 lbs; push 150 lbs.
Understanding and knowledge of the needs of artisan product consumers / broad craft beer knowledge & passion
Desire to learn about the history of Tree House, our vision, and our beer
Longstanding knowledge of Tree House's history and beer archive is a plus
Flexibility is a requirement of this position - if your schedule is not flexible you will not be considered.
Sick days / Time off as needed, within reason
Merchandise & beer credits
Opportunities to represent Tree House at festivals and pouring events
At Tree House, we encourage dissent, critical thinking, and an ongoing desire to improve. Our number one stated goal is to make the best beer in the world and serve it in the most friendly and comfortable environment possible - that is our obsession, and that is what drives us to do what we do. You can read our founding principles here.
Thanks for reading. Please send relevant information and references to firstname.lastname@example.com with the e-mail subject: APPLICATION - Retail Staff Member.


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Changing lives through God's guidance by making a difference alleviating human suffering, and bring hope and happiness to the world.
National Helping Hands is a non-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding lives. Many Americans from all walks of life need help with food and supplies for survival . Our believe lies in helping, inspiring, and meeting the ever changing needs in our society for citizens from children, to the aging and veterans. Our purpose also includes finding resources for good job training to help individuals become self-sufficient. We look forward to helping our nation grow stronger whether in times of crisis, disaster, or unforeseen events by working together hand in hand.


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@peterstrapp: I added the dependency - thanks for spotting.
@dhruvio: I fixed the wrong shasums - I will use the official repository once 0.5 is out because there the ArchLinux support is build in. But I could not reproduce your permission issue. I tried this on two different machines and both work fine.
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Notice: Undefined variable: name in /srv/http/vhosts/aur-dev.archlinux.org/public/web/lib/pkgfuncs.inc.php on line 248
Package Details: dokku 0.8.0-1
|Git Clone URL:
|https://aur-dev.archlinux.org/dokku.git (read-only)
|Package Base:
|Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash.
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|mjob (josegonzalez)
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- bind-tools
- docker (docker-experimental-git, docker-git-x86, docker-openrc-git, docker-experimental-bin, docker-git, docker-bin)
- gliderlabs-sigil
- lsb-release
- nginx (nginx-passenger-mod-auth-kerb-git, nginx-hg, nginx-oboe, nginx-passenger-git, nginx-google_filter, nginx-rtmp, nginx-http-auth-digest, nginx-lua-http-auth-digest, nginx-mainline-boringssl, nginx-custom-dev, nginx-custom, nginx-pagespeed, nginx-mainline-modsecurity, nginx-libressl, nginx-pam, nginx-nchan-git, tengine-extra, tengine, nginx-mainline-rtmp, nginx-nchan, nginx-mainline-mod4679, nginx-devel, nginx-mainline-passenger, nginx-mainline-addons, nginx-mainline-waf, nginx-mainline-libressl, nginx-mainline)
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mjob commented on 2016-03-08 12:09
@peterstrapp: I added the dependency - thanks for spotting.
peterstrapp commented on 2016-03-03 13:05
This seems to be missing a dependency... lsb-release
mjob commented on 2016-02-29 12:23
Thanks for the feedback. I will look into this later today.
dhruvio commented on 2016-02-29 09:59
I don't what I'm doing wrong, but I keep getting the following error when I try to run "dokku":
/var/lib/dokku/core-plugins/available/checks/functions: line 4: /var/lib/dokku/plugins/available/config/functions: Permission denied
So, I finally managed to get this working on my machine. The issue was when /usr/bin/dokku was trying calling "sudo -u dokku -E -H dokku", which is the command that would fail, as the dokku user didn't have access to the symlinked executables in the pkg/ dir --> I had checked out the AUR repo to my home dir.
The solution I found was to:
1. sudo pacman -R dokku # remove existing dokku install
2. rm -rf ~/dokku # remove local copy of this AUR repo
3. sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/dokku && sudo chown -R $MY_USERNAME:users /var/lib/dokku
4. cd /var/lib/dokku
5. git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dokku.git aur # clone the AUR repo into this directory
6. cd aur && makepkg -sri # the PKGBUILD script changes the ownership of all files in /var/lib/dokku to dokku:dokku, which means no more permission denied error!
Another note, the sha256sum is invalid for the arch-linux.zip that is downloaded from your Github profile, @mjob.
Thanks for putting this together.
mjob commented on 2016-02-15 22:58
I just pushed my latest version. I use it locally and it works. I use a patched upstream version but try to get the changes into the upstream project and also try to fix the plugins to support archlinux.
nextsux commented on 2016-02-15 19:06
Thank you for your work mjob. I'm currently not using it, so I'm happy someone wants to maintain this.
mjob commented on 2016-02-15 15:29
I worked on this: https://github.com/MorrisJobke/aur-dokku/compare/update-to-0.4.13
The only thing left is the herokuish package - I will work on this soon to be able to run dokku natively on ArchLinux


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Luz wanted to ask why Dr. Whitson was unavailable, but knew that there would be no point in complaining. If Dr. Whitson wasn't here, he wasn't here. Asking about him wouldn't bring him back. "No." She smiled, trying to establish some connection. "Sooner would be better, though."
The woman consulted her computer screen, punched a few more keys. "Dr. Jadra can see Ramiro in twenty-five minutes. Just have a seat and we'll call you."
The words just popped out. "But there are no seats."
The woman flicked a look to the waiting room over Luz's shoulder. "One'll turn up any second." She looked over her shoulder. "Next."
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While Ramiro dozed fitfully, Luz picked up a copy of the latest edition of San Francisco magazine. There were many of them in the room, all with the same cover photo of a strong Anglo businessman's face. Luz read English well and soon realized the reason for the multiple copies. The story was about the director of Parnassus Health--her insurance company. The man's name was Tim Markham. He had a pretty wife, three nice-looking children, and a dog. He lived in a big house in Seacliff and in all the pictures they took, he was smiling.
Luz cast a glance around the waiting room. No one was smiling here.
She stared at the face for another minute, then looked down at her sick boy, then up at the wall clock. She went back to Mr. Markham's smiling face, then read some more. Things were good in his life. His company was experiencing some growing pains, yes, but Markham was on top of them. And in the meantime, his patients continued to receive excellent medical care, and that was the most important thing. That was what he really cared about. It was his lifelong passion.
Finally, finally, a nurse called Ramiro's name. Luz folded the magazine over and put it in her purse. Then they walked down a long hallway to a tiny windowless room with a paper-covered examining table, a sink and counter, a small bookcase and shelves. Posters of California mountain and beach scenes, perhaps once vibrantly colored, now hung faded and peeling from the walls.
Ramiro laid himself down on the table and told his mom he was cold, so she covered him with her coat. Luz sat in an orange plastic molded chair, took out her magazine, and waited again.
At 12:22, Jadra knocked once on the door, then opened it and came in. Small and precise, completely bald, the doctor introduced himself as he perused the chart. "Busy day today," he said by way of apology. "I hope you haven't had to wait too long."
Luz put on a pleasant expression. "Not too bad."
"We're a little shorthanded today. Twenty doctors and something like eight have this virus going around." He shook his head wearily. "And you're Ramiro?"
"Si." Her boy had opened his eyes again and gotten himself upright.
"How are you feeling?"
"Not so good. My throat . . ."
Jadra pulled a wooden stick from a container on the counter. "Well, let's take a look at it. Can you stick out your tongue as far as you can and say 'ahh'?"
That examination took about ten seconds. When it was over, Jadra placed a hand on the boy's neck and prodded around gently. "Does that hurt? How about that?"
"Just when I swallow."
Five minutes later, Luz and Ramiro were back outside. They'd been at the clinic for over two hours. It had cost Luz ten dollars, more than she made in an hour, plus a full day's wages. Dr. Jadra had examined Ramiro for less than one minute and had diagnosed his sore throat as a virus. He should take Children's Tylenol and an over-the-counter throat medication. He explained that the way viruses work, symptoms go away by themselves within about fourteen days or two weeks, whichever came first.
A joke, Luz supposed, though it didn't make her laugh.
* * *
Two days later, Ramiro was worse, but Luz had to go to work. Last time they'd warned her about her absences. There were a lot of others who would be happy to take her job if she didn't want to work at the hotel anymore. So she had to take Ramiro into urgent care at night, after she got off.
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Detroit Startup creates new water proof socksBy Mayra Monroy on August 14th, 2015 /
With Michigan's unpredictable weather season to season, there's something that everyone can agree on: wet socks are the worst. As a student at the University of Michigan, Jaspreet Singh came across the idea of water resistant sock wear on his way to a class, in which he made the split-second decision to pitch this potential business idea for a project, attending the class with socks that were soaked along the way. Despite the fact that it was a split-second idea, it was a lasting one and what led to the foundation of 5 Water Socks.
5 Water Socks was inspired by Singh's two homes: Detroit, Michigan and his native home of Punjab, India. Michigan's proximity to the Great Lakes and the literal translation of Punjab to the "land of 5 waters" came forth in Singh's idea.
"Beyond creating revolutionary socks, we want to help our community," says Singh. "Both areas are facing similar socio-economic issues, so I want to bring light to those."
5 Water Socks are created and blended to fit right into your sock drawer. Blended from "high-quality, super soft yarns", the socks have unique "water-resistant properties" from 5 Water Socks' "RainArmor" technology. The RainArmor™ technology includes a process of blending "water-phobic nanoparticles with comfortable and high quality yarn fibers."The water-resistant socks are the first of its kind and despite the intricate nature of their composition, the socks can be washed and dried just like any other pair of socks.
With a key demographic of users in athletics, the breathable socks are resistant to low pressures of water and dry quickly. Sweat and moisture evaporates, leaving the sock comfortable and breathable for anyone using them. The socks also prevent odor and itching with natural anti-microbial factors that shut out the bacteria and fungus that can grow from wet socks. The technology in the socks is also designed for safe, direct-to-skin contact, feeling and looking like the average sock.
"The most rewarding part [of the product] has been seeing the business come to life with an amazing response from the public," says Singh. "I had to go through a lot of people telling me it was impossible before I could figure out how to do it."
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When the National Guard needed help during Hurricane Sandy, a company usually known for providing a different type of support came to the rescue.
Victoria's Secret and New York Army National Guard's 69th Infantry Regiment became bosom buddies when the power was knocked out at the National Guard's historic Lexington Armory, often used as an event space, during the storm. Employees for the lingerie brand had arrived just ahead of the storm in advance of the company's third annual fashion show at the Armory, and they brought more than just leggy supermodels and a runway. Instead of Adriana Lima electrifying the building, it was eight 500-kilowatt generators brought by the show's producers that helped restore power for the National Guardsmen to help form a base of operations as they helped New Yorkers during the storm.
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The Lexington Armory in New York usually holds big parties, conferences and fashion shows.
The National Guard contacted the fashion show's crew on Oct. 30, and they promptly came over and cranked up the generators to provide the century-old building with heat, lighting, hot water, enough electricity to power the elevators, and Internet service to assist in rescue and recovery efforts.
The soldiers also borrowed a forklift to help unload food from tractor trailers sent by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help distribute to those in need.
"Victoria's Secret was an absolute lifesaver just by the sheer nature of their generosity,'' Col. Richard Goldenberg, the spokesperson for the New York National Guard, told TODAY.com.
The unlikely partnership has been a source of amusement to the public as the Northeast tries to recover from the storm.
"No one handles logistics better than those practiced at keeping 20 supermodels in equal star billing,'' one commenter wrote on New York Magazine's website.
"Victoria's Secret has been promoting 'support' for a long time. Now's the pay off,'' another commenter cracked.
The fashion show is now set for Nov. 7, and two-thirds of the approximate 300 uniformed National Guard personnel at the Armory have been moved to local hotels in the area, according to Goldenberg. The armory is not a barracks intended for housing purposes and had just become a makeshift one because of the storm.
Residents across the Northeast pick up the pieces after Superstorm Sandy killed more than 100 people in 10 states and left a trail of destruction.
"Now that the power is back on in Manhattan, our focus is moving away from there and to other areas like Brooklyn and Staten Island for debris removal and distribution of rations," Goldenberg said. "We're more than happy to give (Victoria's Secret) the space that they planned to use. Part of the business of lower Manhattan, frankly, is fashion shows, so if that is part of getting New York City back to normal, we're supportive of that.''
Thanks to Victoria's Secret providing a central location for operations during the immediate aftermath of the storm, the New York Army National Guardsmen helped distribute food, evacuated patients from Bellevue Hospital and hauled diesel fuel up 13 floors to keep the hospital's generator running. They also carried 120-pound battery packs to rooftops to restore cell service, according to a report by Wired magazine.
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Dr Farry stated that his "Department will be commencing the review of the maximum student number (MaSN) formula in early 2014. As Members are aware, MaSN is currently used as a means of controlling student support costs and the block grant allocation to the higher education institutions." When challenged by Sandra Overend on whether the Success through Skills — Transforming Futures strategy was a duplicate of the Further Education Means Business (FEMB) strategy, the Minister stated that FEMB will undergo a review during 2014 and that Success through Skills should be seen as the overarching document when it comes to the activity of his Department.
A review of employment law is currently under way and the Minister provided a brief update to members. The Minister also stated that we have already ruled out the Beecroft reform" (which would give the power to employers to sack underperforming staff).
In a response to Pat Sheehan on how people undertaking an apprenticeship are encouraged to start their own business the Minister outlines a range of support available including the European Social fund (ESF) and the Steps to Work programmes.
The Minister also stated that an apprenticeship is a way of providing employers with the quality staff that they require for their businesses to grow and prosper. But "it is worth stressing that apprenticeships are not, per se, a pathway to self-employment".
Paul Givan wanted to know "what measures have been taken to reduce youth unemployment".
The Minister informed the house that:
- The youth employment scheme provides help to unemployed young people aged 18 to 24 to obtain work experience, develop additional skills and gain employment. To date, 1,038 young people have started the work experience programme, 898 have started the skills development programme and 689 have started employment under the enhanced employer subsidy.
- First Start will provide supported employment for 1,700 young people before the start of the 2014-15 financial year.
- Almost 18,000 young people have entered employment following participation on the Steps to Work, First Start and youth employment scheme programmes.
Topical questions covered the contribution the Open University provides to the local economy;how the higher education sector will continue to thrive; what representations the Minister has received from the Confucius Institute; and the careers system.
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If you follow the Moon Cycles, you know that tonight is a New Moon.
Testimonials are one way to powerfully show your audience the results your clients have created for themselves through working with you!
After you've completed with a client, asking for a testimonial is a great way to hear about what they've taken away from your time together, as well as a way to show Return On Investment (ROI) for Life Coaching to prospective clients.
** Who told you a $5k or $10k month meant you're successful? **
What is your financial goal to hit to know you're 'making it' as a coach?
$5000 a month?
$10,000 a month?
What's the number you think you want to hit that will let you and the world know you're successful?
I'm sure you're hearing this coaching buzzword all over the place.
This is YOU, showing up online consistently and in a powerful way.
If you're running an online business, you need to be visible so your people can find you and fall in love with you. If you're not showing up online consistently and in alignment with your message and your purpose, you're going to be struggling in your business.
Facebook is undeniably one of THE BEST places to be if you're building an online business. The reports are conflicting, but the last I read there were over 500 million registered Facebook users.
There are so many ways to connect with your audience, and Facebook Live is one of the best free marketing tools out there!
A client of mine recently asked me if she should start a Facebook group for her community.
As a coach, it's not my job to tell her what she 'should' be doing in her business, so I asked her several questions so she could decide for herself.
I shared with her my experience with my own group and some tricks I use to increase engagement.
While one-on-one coaching might seem to be the holy grail of business, life, the truth is, many people actually prefer a group program.
With one-on-one coaching, it's just you and your coach. The focus is all on your business, what you did (or did not) accomplish in the last week or month, and how you can improve.
In other words, it's a bit of a vacuum.
One thing I'm *really* good at is spilling my guts on social media. It's maybe why you're even here in the first place. Because you saw something I wrote and it really stood out for you, and you wanted to know more.
But don't think it's always been this way. What you see now is from YEARS of writing, coaching, journaling and sharing my story in different ways, which eventually led me to live a pretty (ok very) public life.
I have had to work through so many stories I was telling myself...
For an online coach + business owner, a sales funnel is probably the most important marketing tool you have. And yet many entrepreneurs (coaches, digital nomads, etc.) - both new and established - have no clear understanding of what a funnel is or how this business tool works.
As you can imagine, failing to fully understand this critical part of your business means fewer sales, lower profits, and ultimately, an unstable business.
When you think of the words 'networking' and 'marketing', what comes to mind?
Do you think businessmen in suits, handing their cards out, trying to make the sale?
Or do you think about connecting with people on a deeper level, making friends and having fun conversations?
Do you hate that word as much as I do?
It causes such a visceral reaction within me. Like, makes my body really warm and tingly, but not in a good way.
I am NOT fearless. I feel alllll the fear when I'm making big decisions.
If you have a business with an online component, chances are you're spending a lot of time in front of the computer. The internet is an amazing thing, as it has the ability to both simultaneously grow your business and wipe out hours of your day.
If you don't have the proper tools in place, you'll spend more time going back and forth trying to make appointments and post content than you will talking to and connecting with your ideal client.
My Top 5 Tips to Creating a Killer Social Media Presence So You Can Attract Dream Clients You Want to be BFF's With!!