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Ki Tetze-5772
Rabbi David Walk
Did you ever look at someone's list of things to do or things to buy? When you look at the list, don't you notice that some things look right and appropriate, while other items leave you scratching your head? Well, to a certain extent, that's the description of this week's Torah reading. It's sort of God's To Do list for the Jewish people for when they enter the
The source for this precept is: You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep going astray and ignore them. You shall certainly take them back to your brother (Deuteronomy 22:1). This verse has a parallel back in the legal system presented to the Jews after the Ten Commandments were proclaimed at Mount Sinai: If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to take it back to him (Exodus 23:4). They are the same mitzvah with variations. The obvious differences include the fact that one discusses an enemy and the other a brother, here the animals are astray while in Exodus they are wandering, and the example animals are different. One very important difference is hard to see in translation. In the original Hebrew the word translated as ignore is va'hitalamta. This is a fascinating word.
The root of va'hitalamta is ayin lamed mem. You may recognize those letters as the root of the word olam or world, as in Adon Olam, Master of the World. However, the root really means to conceal or hide. This suggests that our physical world conceals a more profound reality lurking behind the visible facade, like the Matrix, but spiritual and good. Here, our issue is that if you see the animal of your sibling (fellow Jew) don't (in Rashi's words) turn a blind eye. Actually, the Jewish law is that occasionally a person can refrain from getting involved if there's a physical problem, like the person is infirm, or a legal problem, like the observer is a Cohen and the animal is in a cemetery.
The second linguistic anomaly in our verse is the use of the term nidachim, that the animals are nidachim. The root here is nun dalet chet, which means pushed or shoved. So, we must help out even if the animals are in distress or very distant. This means that for a co-religionist we must really put ourselves out on their behalf, even when it means great exertion or expense.
All of these laws are important and beautiful, but there is another, metaphoric approach to this verse, which I think is very compelling. Remember I said that the use of the word nidachim is an anomaly? That's because this word is usually used to describe a human condition, and the rabbis love deriving ideas from unusual word usage. In our case I believe that the explanation I'm going to give is based on the double use of this word in two famous verses later in Deuteronomy: When you have taken to heart all these words, God will return you from where you have been dispersed (Deuteronomy 30:1-2) and, the more famous example (quoted in the soon to be recited Selichot services): Even if you have been dispersed to the uttermost ends of the world, from there you will be gathered and God will fetch you (verse 4). In both of those statements the Hebrew for dispersed is our word nidach. Moshe is making two predictions in this prophetic message. One is that the Jews will return to the Promised Land, and that we will return to God and the Torah life style. We're talking repatriation and Teshuva.
The Ohr Hachayim (Rabbi Chayim ben Moshe ibn Attar, 1696-1743) in his commentary on the Torah points out that our verses about returning lost animals to their rightful owners is also describing a human return to God, our owner. The observer who shouldn't turn a blind eye to those who are lost, refers to the good and righteous people of any generation who can't be unaware of those who require spiritual aid. The oxen and sheep are the different types of people who require some guidance to get back to where they once belonged. Some are easier to guide (sheep), and some are more difficult (oxen). The wandering or distantly dispersed state of the victims refers to their detachment from God, who is the sibling in the verse, because we are family with God in this issue of lending a hand to those in need.
In the translation of this verse I wrote that one should certainly return them to the proper place. I inserted the word certainly because in the Hebrew it repeats the word for return (hashev t'shiveim). Rabbi Attar emphasizes that we must endeavor to bring them back to the proper path and then they themselves will return to their Parent in heaven. This great enterprise is continued in the next verse when it says that the lost soul should, if necessary, be brought into your home, which refers to the synagogue or study hall. Then it says it says that this effort must be sustained until the Owner will seek (Hebrew: drosh) them out. When is God available for this great purpose? Well, I think that the time is this season of the year, as we prepare for the High Holidays.
As we spiritually make ready for the Days of Awe, we should think of those around us who could use some help in this process, and gently urge them to join this annual migration back towards our God. Never turn a blind eye to those we believe that we can help. And I think the best assistance towards Teshuva is by example.
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Per a press release dated December 20, 2017, the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has launched an updated website. The simplified design emphasizes quick access to licensing forms the public uses.
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New AP class exaggerates pressure on GPA
To a gumball machine, the 0.03 in your pocket is useless, but to a transcript, it is invaluable.
Those pennies are the difference between a 2.5 and a 2.53, a 3.72 and a 3.75, a 4.0 and a 4.03.
We all accept that these numbers are as tangential to our future well-being as is healthy cholesterol and subsequent lack of heart attacks. For the typical student, however, it takes a year or two to wise up and plunge into the glorious Thursday night that is prepping for nine and a half tests, three timed writings and one surprise nap in fourth bell.
But The Class of 2019 is the first to have had the invaluable opportunity to schedule this joy from its middle school desks.
Introducing Advanced Placement Human Geography—or the AP class for freshmen.
Finally, acne-splattered preteens can redeem Level I schedules with College Board rigor, ignoring that they've never heard of human geography, let alone had an inkling of whether or not it would interest them.
Little do they know, it's just the beginning. It's just the beginning of late nights, early mornings, headaches, canceled plans, and the occasional breakdown from stress as they try to fit in as an elite Mason student, piling up on the APs and snatching up the priceless 0.03.
All eyes are on the top slot, even if number one and number 987 in each class receive the same manilla paper, regardless of how many 0.03 pennies each possess.
Middle of the pack just won't do it for competitors, even if number 295 would be valedictorian in another district. Those who "only" take one honors class are seen as inferior, far behind in the race, tripping over a root. We are here to whittle our youth away in favor of panic attacks and not-too-borderline depression.
While we count our blessings in the opportunities that we have, we hope that students realize the importance of self-care and a social life in the midst of high school. We hope a senior will take a fun elective rather than a fourth or fifth honors class simply to get them up to a 5.0. Maybe we are just overly obsessed with getting a jump-start on our future. Maybe it's time to slow down. Maybe it's time to take some pressure off, and not be so quick to judge our friends who take less honors and AP classes—in some ways, they might be winning.
Freshmen are rushing to take the new AP, and we just hope that they do it for the right reason.
Because after high school, we will see a lot more gumball machines than transcripts.


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In my previous review of all of the skincare from Derma MD that I had the chance to try, I said that the Diminish Lighten & Brighten Creme was one of the standouts of the bunch. This is a moisturizing cream formulated to treat hyperpigmentation, or dark spots on the skin, and includes some bearberry leaf extract, mulberry extract, licorice root, kojic acid, vitamin C, and glycolic acid to help alleviate darkened spots. I've had a chance to use this cream for a longer period of time and wanted to take a moment and write about it with a bit more depth.
The cream:
In terms of how it functions as a moisturizing cream, I find this to be very flexible. It has a thick consistency but it doesn't feel heavy, greasy, or sticky on the skin, and so this always seems to work fine for me regardless of whether my combination skin is feeling oily or dry at the time. It just leaves my skin feel plumped and hydrated. It has sesame seed oil, shea butter, and allantoin in it, plus some other soothing botanical ingredients like aloe (2nd ingredient) and chamomile. This is ideally suited for nighttime use as it's SPF-free and is really built as a treatment product.
When I first opened the jar, I found my cream to have a strong and off-putting medicinal sort of smell. I'd describe it as menthol-like, but honestly I don't know how to identify it (there's no menthol in the cream, and that's only an approximation of the smell). After about a week I noticed the smell die down significantly, and now that I'm like 8 months in the smell is barely noticeable and I actually find it oddly pleasant. Though that may be because I have good associations with it, more than anything else. Just wanted to give a heads up on that. It's seemed fairly clear to me that Derma MD formulates their products for effectiveness rather than for a sensory experience and their products don't include dyes, fragrances, or other things like that.
Now, this cream isn't actually intended to be used daily. Derma MD's website says, "Apply 3-4 times weekly in p.m. until skin lightening has reached desired color, thereafter apply weekly to maintain." If $63 sounds a little steep for a moisturizer, the fact that it's meant to be used as a treatment on an as-needed basis might help since the jar well last you a good long while. It's predominantly marketed as a facial cream, but the company also says that it's safe to use on sensitive or intimate areas such as the areola, as well. I haven't personally tried this but it's nice to be reminded that we can pay attention to areas beyond our face, if we want.
I'm not someone who really struggles a whole lot with dark spots on my skin. I'm still under 30 and I don't think I'm particularly predisposed to sun spots, genetically speaking. However, I was really impressed with this cream shortly after beginning to fool around with it because I really could see a difference in my skin tone, even after just a few weeks of use. Just based on the results I've seen, I think this is an impressive product.
The ingredients:
It also has an ingredients list that isn't too long, and really focuses on natural stuff – the brand as a whole kind of combines high tech and natural ingredients, but this ingredients list seems particularly simple and natural.
Ingredients: water (aqua), aloe vera gel, caprylic/capric triglycerides, sesame seed oil, uva-ursi (bearberry) leaf extract, morus alba (mulberry extract), glycrrhiza glabra (licorice root), chamomile extract, stearic acid, dimethicone, shea butter, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, wheat amino acids, allantoin, kojic powder, glycolic acid (neutralized) phenoxyethanol and grape seed extract.
I'll run through the ingredients that should be playing a part in the lightening of hyperpigmentation. Paula's Choice has one of the best ingredient encyclopedias online and cites studies to back up statements, so I'm mostly referencing their information here.
Bearberry leaf extract: Bearberry has antibacterial and antioxidant properties, and can have skin-lightening properties, as well. It's active components include hydroquinone and arbutin – hydroquinone in particular is well-known for being an effective inhibitor of melanin production.
Mulberry extract: Mulberry can help prevent excess melanin production, though no dosage protocols exist so it's best to use it in conjunction with other effective ingredients.
Licorice root: Similar to mulberry, licorice is best used in conjunction with other potent ingredients but has a long history of being used for brightening and evening out skin tone. It's a very commonly used herb in Ayurvedic practices.
Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate: This is a form of vitamin C, which is a great ingredient to incorporate in a skincare routine regardless of your concerns. Vitamin C is an antioxidant that boosts skin's hydration, collagen production, and elasticity, and lightens hyperpigmentation when used in high enough quantities.
Kojic powder: Kojic acid comes from several species of Japanese fungi, and there's actually quite a bit of information about it online. FutureDerm has a long article discussing it and comparing it to other ingredients for hyperpigmentation. In general, it's an effective one, particularly if used in combination with hydroquinone and glycolic acid.
Glycolic acid: Glycolic acid is an alpha hydroxy acid that exfoliates skin, encouraging cell renewal and a radiant complexion. The aforementioned FutureDerm article notes that using kojic acid in combination with glycolic acid is more effective than 10% glycolic acid or 4% hydroquinone treatments. It's sitting near the bottom of the cream's ingredients list and I really don't notice the normal effects that I might with a product explicitly formulated with glycolic to exfoliate skin, and I assume it's mostly there as a booster ingredient, if that makes sense.
I just wanted to go through some of that to explain why I have such trust in this cream. I really like it, and it continues to be one of my favorite products that I've tried from Derma MD. If you're curious, the brand also offers a few other related products which I have not personally tried, including a Lightening & Brightening body treatment, Lightening & Brightening Serum, and Organic Illuminating Serum. Remember that dark spots are most often brought on by sun exposure, so wear SPF 30+ daily.
You can find the Diminish Lightening & Brightening Creme at Derma MD, and it costs $62.95 for 2 oz. Derma MD has kindly offered readers 40% off of an entire purchase using the code "dermamd40".
Are dark spots a concern of yours? Do you have any favorite products you use to brighten 'em up? I'd love to hear about your experiences.
This product was provided to me by Derma MD. All opinions are my own.


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text: When 16-year-old Sameera joins her father's presidential campaign, she finds the national spotlight blinding, especially when it's focused on her Pakistani roots. Adopted at age three by American diplomats, Sameera is comfortable with her heritage, but when the press negatively spins her story, her confidence fades and she begins questioning her identity. Determined to help her father, Sameera lets his PR team transform her into the all-American girl that they believe the voters want. However, despite being thrilled with her physical transformation, Sameera is not psyched about changing her name to Sammy, for its American appeal, or the ditzy blog that the PR team ghostwrites in her name. As Sameera's life continues to transform out of her control and her public character is increasingly Americanized, she is faced with the decision of letting America know only the fictional Sammy or the real Sameera. An interesting premise that provides a detailed and fun glimpse into campaigning's hectic reality and shines a positive light on America's multicultural reality. (Fiction. YA)


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Irish author McGahern dies, aged 71
NEW YORK, Mar 31 (Reuters) Irish author John McGahern, known for such books as ''The Dark'' and ''Amongst Women,'' has died aged 71, his publisher said.
Random House said in a statement that the author had died earlier yesterday but gave no further details.
McGahern began as a teacher in Ireland but resigned and was forced to leave the country after his 1965 novel ''The Dark,'' an exploration of adolescence, was denounced as pornographic and banned in Ireland.
His novel ''Amongst Women,'' the story of Irish civil war veteran Michael Moran, was shortlisted for a Booker Prize.
McGahern, who was regarded as one of Ireland's greatest writers, was born in Dublin and brought up in Roscommon. He did most of his writing in Leitrim and had just published his memoirs ''All will be well.'' REUTERS LR BST0900


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Don is available to do talks for clubs, especially garden clubs. He has done presentations for garden clubs, as well as Master Gardeners. He has been a presenter for the Porter County Master Gardeners and the LaPorte County Master Gardeners symposiums. His normal speaking fee is $150 plus mileage and tolls. He does insist on selling blooming orchid plants after his presentation. These are orchids that are easily grown in people's homes.
- Growing Your First Orchid Successfully
Interactive talk with demonstrations. Set up 45 minutes. The presentation is 45-60 minutes long.Sessions are informal and questions will be answered. The intent of the programs is to help people be successful orchid growers. Lighting conditions, watering, and repotting are stressed.Don will also try to correct orchid growing fallacies. Handouts will be available with our growing suggestions at no charge.
- What's wrong with my orchid?
Interactive talk with demonstrations. Set up 45 minutes. The presentation is 45-60 minutes long. Each member of your group can bring in an orchid that they are having trouble growing or one they have questions about.Don will examine the orchid, ask questions, and come up with possible solutions for growing and blooming the orchid.
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Hands on workshop. Set up 45 minutes. This presentation is 45-60 minutes long.Don will demonstrate proper orchid repotting and supervise while each person repots his/her own orchid or one that Don has brought.
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Interactive talk. Set up 45 minutes. This presentation is 45-60 minutes long.Don will talk about orchids from around the world. He will have blooming orchids that are from each plant family that he talks about.


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I haven't done anything on a windows machine since I started doing serious sys-admin and development work (all *nix). So I may be asking something easy - but I haven't found the answer by searching.
I've got Windows Server 2008 running Apache 2.2. I can run the "printenv.pl" perl script that came in the cgi-bin dir along with the Apache install just fine...
However, with a script that does the following:
print "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n\n";
print `type C:\\Some\\Dir\\file.txt`;
My apache log just says:
[Tue Jun 22 13:13:55 2010] [error] [client 188.8.131.52] Access is denied.\r
I can run the same perl script from the dos prompt - so I know it works for my user. I can see in Task Manager that httpd.exe is running with user SYSTEM, so I made sure file.txt was readable to SYSTEM. I even made it readable to Everyone at one point - but I still get the "access is denied" error.


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Fabulous Finds From Head Over Heels For TeachingFriday, July 19, 2013
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I have joined the 2010 Jean Plaidy Challenge hosted by Jean Plaidy's Royal Intrigue. I know it's a bit late in the year to start, but I love Jean Plaidy. She wrote under several pen names including Victoria Holt, a name many more of you may recognize and another favorite of mine.
I decided to begin my journey through Plaidy this year with the Tudor series. It seemed fitting considering The Tudors just wrapped on Showtime. I just finished Uneasy Lies the Head about Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Next is Katharine of Aragon about the first wife of Henry VIII.
If you like historical ficition, you cannot go wrong with Jean Plaidy. She was very prolific and wrote very interesting novels about all the most important crowned heads of Europe. So, here's to happy reading until school starts again!
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My friend Cate decided, at the last minute, to make a quilt for a friend of the family. The friend lives in another country and was in need of some love. She wanted to do something, and sending a quilt is like sending a hug. I offered to help make a few blocks since she was short on time. She took me up on it, and over two nights three of us made a quilt top!
The pictures above are the ones I took over the two nights. The first night is the first five pictures, while the last four are from the second night. We did almost 8 hours of work over the two evenings, but it was well worth it. Until we hit the multicoloured border we almost always had two sewing machines going, plus one person cutting. They say more hands make for lighter work, in this case it was certainly true. This was a record finish for both of us.
I helped sandwich the quilt one afternoon, and Cate finished the quilting and binding over a few days. The quilt has now been gifted and the recipient loves it. Cate sent me the finished picture below once the binding was sewn on.
I love it too. It's absolutely beautiful. I guess you know you're happy with a quilt when you don't want to give it away.
What is your fastest finish for a quilt? Do you ever work as a group on a quilt?


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The goal
What is the goal a regenerate, saved Christian sets in front of him?
To assault heaven is the goal; yet to assault heaven is obviously not literally to be as Bunyan's knight (in The Pilgrim's Progress) who literally fights the guards at the gates of heaven and forces his entry (to cheering from those inside heaven, and to the embarassment of those sitting docilely outside the gates of heaven waiting to be let in in what they consider to be the 'correct' way) though that is, figuratively, what must be done. That - heaven - is the ultimate destination. The immediate, practical goal, though, is to glorify God. This is sort of the classical definition of the goal (made famous in the first question and answer in the Westminster Shorter Catechism). I prefer, though, to use another way to define the goal (similar but slightly different) which is: to attain the full recovery of the Image of God. This contains the goal to glorify God, but it also introduces scale, or an ascent that defines the effort one makes in sanctification. This latter is needed to introduce the necessary element of provoking limits and extending limits, and developing and cultivating and connecting with functions and abilities that were lost in the Garden. You can only extend your limits by first provoking your limits, and this requires effort.
The Image of God is best defined as becoming a prophet, priest, and king. A prophet is able to communicate with God. A priest sacrifices suffering and does it gratefully. A king has inner command (command of his kingly domain). Jesus is the Prophet, Priest, and King. He is the King of kings. Yet an heir of God is also a prophet, a priest, and a king. Jesus is our example and pattern and forerunner.
Note on effort and sanctification: the process of sanctification is both the Work of the Spirit in you and your own effort. Once regenerate you have the ability to make real efforts to develop in a real way. Check your Reformed systematic theologies. Sanctification is not merely something done to you while you sit around doing nothing. If that were the case Christian need never have left home (another Pilgrim's Progress reference).
Defining the goal as recovering the full Image of God is better than defining the goal as glorifying God because the former contains the latter, and the latter doesn't carry with it, necessarily, the command to increase that which God has given you. God gives you talents (silver), and He doesn't want you to bury them in the ground. He wants you to make more from what you've been given. One can glorify God from a stagnant, non-developing state (or one can easily think they are). God wants you to glorify Him and to increase and develop.
It requires effort to recover the Image of God. It requires effort to be able to be in communication with God and to sacrifice suffering with gratitude and to possess the command of a king within your inner domain, your inner being.
To do this you need to provoke your limits and then extend your limits, in all these areas. This is the battle of the Christian; to be in conflict with your carnal self, the world, and the devil.
How do you increase your talents? By prayer, and fasting, and then by struggle when you get on the battlefield (as described in the post on prayer, real prayer fills you with the Holy Spirit; the Spirit and the flesh, then, will be in conflict; this conflict also pulls the world and the devil into conflict with you as well). You struggle then to glorify God in your conflict with your carnal self, the world, and the devil. This struggle is what potentially extends your limits and increases and develops your very being (your very ability to glorify God). Getting to the battlefield is provoking your limits. Being on the battlefield and struggling to glorify God in the midst of the storm and thunder of attacks and temptations and noise and dust is how you extend your limits.
Your goal is to attain to the full recovery of the Image of God. To be a prophet, a priest, and a king.
The Word of God needs to be in you and hence with you in this struggle. To glorify God is to act from God's will rather than from self-will. You learn God's will from the Word of God. The complete readings is what puts the Word of God into you. Ultimately it needs to be written on your heart.


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this planet. These Rights were fought for by the Sacred Blood of our
Ancestors and the war continues to this day. Presently, we
are being heavily attacked in the Spiritual realm, yet we know we must
be as gentle as a dove and as strong as a lion. If you want to change
something just look in the mirror and the world will start changing
around you. We Respect and Honor Individuals who uphold their
Oaths to the Constitution. For the rest of you, may history forget
you were Our Countrymen. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds
you. The one who worships the Old World Order through false mental
constructs by means of chaos, money and authority ought to be
ashamed. We will NOT submit to this tyranny! Stand with us, while we
build a commUnity that will make you proud, on the Right side of
Clyde J. Harkins
December 7, 2013
What is the meaning of a state of national emergency, who created the conditions that lead to Congress and the States declaring state emergencies, and what effects do the emergencies have on Americans lives now will partly be answered in this article. My hope is that readers will share this information with others and will research the topic for themselves.
Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been legislatively declared in a permanent state of national emergency, due to a created banking crisis. Following March 9, 1933, all 48 States in the United States declared emergencies. Alaska and Hawaii declared emergencies later when they entered the Union. The 80 years of emergency rule still exist to this day. The evidence of said emergencies is recorded in the Congressional Record (CR) for that date. A copy the CR for March 9, 1933 was given to me over 20 years ago at a meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In this CR, many Congress-persons rose to speak about how the bankers had deliberately created the crisis for the purpose of eliminating competition, buying state chartered bank assets for pennies on the dollar, removing gold as backing for Federal Reserve Notes and for acquiring liens (documents indicating ownership) on all property in America.
In the case of America, a state of legislatively declared emergency means that the normal limits on governmental authority listed in written constitutions can be ignored at will by elected and appointed officials. The Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) began cutting credit/loan availability drastically in the mid 1920's . This caused the 1928 stock market crash and the later recession/Great Depression in America. Politicians complained that there was no money/credit back in their state. As the result, the Federal government and the 48 states declared bankruptcy and went into receivership. The 1933 National Banking Act included the pledging of the full faith and credit of the United States government and the states, and all property within the District of Columbia and the States as collateral for the additional/new notes/loans to be issued by the banks.
The practice of causing financial panics, recessions and depressions being used by bankers as a means to control governments and to rob the people has been used since day one in this country. Whenever governments even look like they may not act completely in the interest of the banks, a financial panic suddenly erupts. This "crash and steal" practice by the bankers has worked every time in Europe and the United States since the days of the goldsmiths in the 1700's. Politicians always respond with legislation more favorable to the banks. The practice of fractional reserve loaning, removal of the gold backing for Federal Reserve Notes and many other laws that facilitate thievery by the bankers has vastly increased the power of the owners of the banks over every American. The result has been bankruptcy and debt slavery for a large percentage of Americans. Much of the poverty in America, lack of good paying jobs, massive debt, crime and many other problems are the result of a totally dishonest and fraudulent monetary system.
An eighty-year state of emergency has allowed a massive increase in the authority of the banks over the government and the governments, as agents of the banks, authority over citizens. Governments that function under emergency rule move from the rule of law to the rule of necessity for their survival. In order to survive, governments become tyrannical. Necessity usually means that government officials are legally obligated to act in the interest of whoever owns the monetary system and the fictitious persons called corporations. In America, this emergency has resulted in a massive welfare state that has near 50% of adults not working. In addition, the $80-$100 trillion dollars of phony debt can never be paid even if governments increase the total tax rate to 100%. .
For the most part, research will provide evidence of nearly 200 governments on this earth ruling under a state of national emergency. Since most nations do not have written constitutions that spell out people's inalienable rights, their citizens have never lived under anything but tyrannical government. Rule under emergency is de facto, the same as living in a dictatorship and/or under martial law. Neither Congress nor the courts have made any distinction between a state of national emergency and martial law. Of course, short-term time limited emergencies for earth/weather related events are declared, but they are terminated within weeks or months.
So what do Americans do about this immoral, unlawful state of emergency created by the bankers?
Some suggestions that have been put forth are to create alternative currencies whose value is determined by people's labor. Others suggestions are to use real commodities such gold or silver for buying and selling, to barter and ceasing to borrow any of the banker-owned Federal Reserve Notes. Live within your means and refuse to pay usury/interest on Federal Reserve Notes that the FED itself defines as a substitute for money. Work for state owned banks that keep funds in the state for local use. This will cut down on state and local borrowing and decrease your taxes.
All the above will take time but don't be discouraged, because an honest monetary system will lead to the abolishment of the states of emergency and a rebirth of liberty in America.
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Madderty Micro's Flavoured Gin are always created with only the finest of Scottish fruits (fresh fruits only which are subsequently frozen to help release all their flavour) blended with our own unique recipie compounded gin. Our recipies are designed to stick as closely to how liqueur style spirits have, for generations, been made in kitchens across the UK. When I first discovered the magic of a homemade Sloe Gin it most certainly was not 20%abv! It was a full strength gin infused with fresh sloe berries and sweetened with sugar, so in reality the ABV would be around 35%. Thanks to modern laws and regulations we have had to ramp the ABV up to 37.5% so we can call it a flavoured gin, the only alternative would be to dilute it down to 20-24% to be allowed to call it a liqueur! Quite frankly the thought of that did not appeal and is far removed from the delicious drinks I remember.
For the Blueberry Gin it really is that simple! Fresh Scottish blueberries, our own gin (yes we sell that too it is called "The Nudist") sweetened up with some sugar. The result is something a little richer, darker and more intense but still nice and fruit forward. We love this one with soda and lime!
Perfect Serve?
Well that depends on what you like really doesn't it! I know how I like it, but then if that does not rock your world then try something different. Any way below are some suggestions
- On the Rocks
- Fresh Blueberries
- Frozen Blueberry Ice!!!
- Tonic
- Lemonade
- Soda
- Soda & Lime
- Prosecco
- Champagne
- In a whole host of fabulous cocktails
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First Friday Celebrates Milledgeville's Roots | Arts & Culture
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Milledgeville, Ga. — Milledgeville will be celebrating its roots at the First Friday event on March 1 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Visitors will have the chance to catch a trolley ride to explore four local museums (Georgia's Old Capital Museum, Old Governor's Mansion, Sallie Ellis Davis Cultural Arts Center and Allen's Market) free of charge. Both Sandra Jones and Bob Wilson will be on hand at Allied Arts to talk about the historic architecture photos. The trolley will run from 6 to 9 p.m. The last museum tours begin at 8:30 p.m.
Georgia College Special Collections will be at Digital Bridges showcasing and collecting historical photos of Milledgeville. They are looking for 20th century images, but will accept any images brought in.
"Georgia College Special Collections is proud to partner with Digital Bridges for the March First Friday in downtown Milledgeville," Special Collections staff member Gordon Thomas said. "Special Collections will be at Digital Bridges collecting Milledgeville history by scanning your old photographs and to record oral history interviews in connection with the Milledgeville Baldwin County Oral History Project."
Local dancers and the Salsa Club from Georgia College will be dancing in front of J.C. Grant Company to oldies music. Various styles of dance will be featured to show attendees what they could learn in an upcoming dance class offered through the Department of Continuing Education. The class will begin on March 6.


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Dry eucalypt woodland covers much of the Field of Mars Reserve. This vegetation is typical of the dry, infertile sandstone soils found in Sydney's north and is known as dry sclerophyll woodland. Many of the plants in this area have hard, waxy leaves that tend to be small and narrow, features which help to reduce moisture loss.
Despite being only 56 hectares in size, the reserve contains around 300 species of plants. These plants support an even greater array of animals from the tiniest spiders to large possums and birds.
Surveys conducted in 2006 found evidence of animals that were believed to be missing from the reserve. These include Sugar Gliders, Echidnas and Long Nosed Bandicoots. Control of pest species like foxes may be contributing to the return of animals to the reserve.
Along Buffalo and Stranger's Creeks there are long pockets of moist gully vegetation, known as wet sclerophyll forest. Different plant species flourish in the moist conditions found here. Wet sclerophyll forest is characterised by moist rich soils, shadiness and plants with dark green, soft leaves. The cool, moist conditions found within these gullies create the perfect habitat for some of the reserve's animals like finches, wrens, whip birds and ringtail possums.
There are many examples of human impact found within the reserve. Positive impacts include the installation of nest boxes, weed removal, bush regeneration and the recent restoration of a section of the Buffalo Creek channel to improve the wetland environment. Negative impacts include exposure of the landfill in some areas, weed invasion, illegal dog walking and pollution in the creek.


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CURVY – Athena Nochua, in Elitismstlye, June 18 2013 – Heath Campbell
The phenomenon that is CURVY began in Sydney, Australia in 2003 as an annual book and exhibition series championing the work of some of the most exiting female graphic artists and illustrators on earth.
CURVY collaborates with women from across the globe – from the art and design hotspots of Paris, London, NYC, Sydney, and Tokyo to the lesser-known but equally powerful centres for creativity in countries such as Mexico, Moscow, Norway, Malta, Israel, and Indonesia.
In each annual publication CURVY shines a spotlight on 100 established and emerging female artists, building on the power and momentum of the previous years to create a wave of creative and social energy, and celebrates some of the most creative women in the world.
Now it's Adelaide's turn!


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Singletracks Trail Challenge is a game that rewards you for exploring new mountain bike trails. To play, just click the "Check-in" button on the Singletracks app home screen.
If you're connected to your carrier's data network, you'll see a list of available trails for check in based on your location. To check in, simply click the trail where you're riding. If you don't have a cell signal, you can perform an "offline" check-in. This basically just records the date/time and your current position so you can check-in later when you're back online.
Each time you check in, the ride is recorded in your ride log and is added to your "My Trails" list (if it's not on there already). The trail will also be removed from your trail wish list if it's there. The app will check to see if your check-in qualifies for any new badges and will reward them accordingly.
After checking in you'll be asked to update the trail status. This is optional; you can bypass this step by clicking "Earned Badges" button at the bottom of the screen.
The next screen will display any new badges earned along with a message from Singletracks. If you've connected your Singletracks account to Facebook, the badge image and a similar message will be posted to your Facebook friends as well.
Example: Polar Bear Badge
The message you see: Frozen mud is easier to ride on than ice or wet mud.
The message your friends see on Facebook: I love cold rides! Shivering just makes me pedal faster.
From here you can proceed to the trail page to get a topo map (premium subscribers and paid app users) or upload a photo or look to see who else has checked in at the trail recently.
Auto Check-ins
If you use Tracker to connect your Singletracks account to a ride tracking service, such as Strava, we'll automatically check you in based on your Tracker activities.
Each badge has its own leaderboard showing the members who have earned the badge most frequently. For certain badges, like "The Sheriff," members will receive an email if another user steals their position atop the leaderboard. All leaderboards are available on the website and are updated in real time.


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A mandatory legal requirement to meet the EN 50625 series of standards on WEEE (e-waste) or at least a national agreement among compliance schemes to implement the WEEELABEX programme are the most effective strategies to improve the WEEE treatment quality in Europe and level the playing field. A new report commissioned by the WEEE Forum and the WEEELABEX Organisation seeks to evaluate the impact of the standards on the WEEE sector.
In 2008, the European Union approved the WEEE Forum's "WEEELABEX" project proposal. WEEELABEX was a multi-stakeholder project that, on the one hand, laid down a set of European normative requirements with respect to collection, logistics and treatment of WEEE (e-waste) and, on the other hand, sought to set up an organisation that would train auditors and manage the Conformity Verification process, allowing recyclers to be audited by experienced, trained professionals in accordance with the WEEELABEX requirements. On 17 April 2013 in Prague, twenty-five WEEE producer compliance schemes set up the WEEELABEX Organisation. By late 2016, more than 70 auditors had been trained to conduct WEEELABEX audits and more than 150 facilities were recognised, publicly listed WEEELABEX facilities.
Encouragingly, early 2016, the Prague-based organisation reached a very important milestone by obtaining a "certificate of accreditation", issued by the Czech Accreditation Institute, a member of the International Accreditation Forum.
Furthermore, CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, is developing formal EN standards on WEEE collection, logistics and treatment, and most of them are based on the WEEELABEX requirements. Interestingly, transposing Directive 2012/19/EU on WEEE into national law, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium chose to make compliance with the WEEELABEX (or EN 50625) requirements mandatory. In order to further level the WEEE playing field, CECED, DIGITALEUROPE, EERA and the WEEE Forum called on the European Commission to prepare an Implementing Regulation in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 8 of the Directive, that would oblige Member States to adopt a fair and consistent requirement of mandatory compliance to the EN 50625 series for all WEEE treatment facilities in the EU.
It is important that the consequences of an EU regulation setting mandatory CENELEC standards are well understood.
The work performed by the WEEELABEX Organisation during the last three years allows for an evaluation of the impact of mandatory standards, which this report, mandated by the General Assembly of the WEEE Forum at its session on 21 May 2015, and based on surveys to which both producer compliance schemes and operators had responded, seeks to do.
Conclusions of the WEEELABEX Impact Assessment:
- In those Member States in which the adherence to the WEEELABEX (or EN 50625) standards is mandatory, the WEEELABEX quality approach towards treatment, logistics and collection of WEEE is most pervasive. Making EN 50625 mandatory across Europe, either through an EU Implementing Act or Member States choosing to make compliance with the standard mandatory, should therefore remain the goal of all actors on the market.
- Costs associated with becoming WEEELABEX certified clearly depend on the original situation of the operator. The higher the original quality of its operations and processes, the lower are the costs of implementation of WEEELABEX.
- Audit costs associated with the first audit are below €10,000 for half of the respondents. The average total cost is below €13,500. The cost of the surveillance audit, which is compared to the first audit a relatively simple and straightforward exercise, does not exceed €8,500.
The main advantages of the overall WEEELABEX programme are associated with better depollution results due to high, detailed levels set by the WEEELABEX (or EN) standard, better traceability of waste, a uniform set of standards for all WEEE treatment plants, better compliance of regulations by operators and corporate social responsibility.
The top obstacles to implement and verify WEEELABEX and disadvantages are mostly costs and lack of support from authorities, too much time required to meet administrative requirements and to prepare audits, long overall process and high costs to adapt treatment process and facilities.
Interestingly, audit costs appear in third place together with lack of documents available in local language.
A mandatory legal requirement or at least a national agreement among WEEE systems are the most effective strategies to improve the implementation of WEEELABEX in Europe. In countries in which WEEELABEX is mandatory, more support from the authorities and pressure on non-compliant operators would be the right policies. The sharing of costs of the audits, lowering at the same time the burden on operators, remain the most sensible argument to implement WEEELABEX. Actors on the market can take different types of concerted actions to promote the implementation of WEEELABEX, and even individually WEEE systems can promote WEEELABEX.
You can download a copy of the WEEELABEX Impact Assessment here.
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Once you have a domain name (like http://www.ezylearn.com.au) and a 123ezy webserver space, there are many things that you now have the power to do and one of these things is to setup your own email addresses. No more need to call your ISP, you can now do it yourself.
This module shows you how to set your email address up on the server and allocate a storage quota (which you can change in future) and also how to setup the email address on your email "client" program (like Outlook Express).
You'll also learn about webmail and how to benefit from it.
This course takes you through the basics of how to create your website using a template and progresses through the creation of new pages and renaming of them, plus the creation of submenus within pages (you can have literally hundreds of web pages within your website).
You'll also learn how to edit the text within various parts of your website and how to insert images (plus understand a bit about image file types and sizes of image files). This section includes the information on how to upload images to your 123ezy webserver space.
The layout can be changed completely and you have complete control over it so even if you choose a template you'll learn how to re-arrange it completely.
Inserting links to other wbsites is simple and this too is covered, along with how to set your website up for Search Engine optimisation. Giving each page a name, description and the keywords that will help people find it.
A common question that people have regarding their website is if they can get application forms and brochures onto their website. This course will teach you how to do it the simple way.
You'll start to understand a bit about how the web server filing system works too, which is always handy.
Finding images for your website will make your pages much more interesting to look at and convey your message much quicker.
Finding royalty free images can be time consuming and may involve the expense of purchasing images.
We'll show you how to get images from Microsoft Office Clipart (and online) and upload them to your website server, plus how to position them neatly in your webpages so that text wraps around them.
Page Masters ensure that every page in your website looks consistent. Page masters effect the font style and formatting, paragraph spacing, location of Page data boxes and the formatting of Menu Bars (vertical and horizontal menu bars).
This workbook will give you a valuable insight into how to make better use of this powerful website development tool.
This course will teach you how to incorporate Microsoft Office type files into your website. Convert Word or Excel files to website format and then publish them.
You can now take complete control of your email marketing by creating subscription pages, extra information fields (for information you want to gather), send professional HTML templates, import a database of email newsletter members or add them one at a time. Understand the concept of ANTI-SPAM regulation with regard to confirmations, and then organise a broadcast to all your clients about what is going on at your business.
You can use this tool to increase your business sales by up to 30% and best of all you can see statistics like which link on your email newsletter is the most popular.


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We love solving problems for homeowners. It's what gets us up in the morning. At Lenda, we want the process of getting a home loan to be fast, easy and inexpensive. Basically, we want the mortgage industry to join the 21st century!
One of the big questions we've run into with potential clients is how to get rid of PMI, or, private mortgage insurance. It's understandable that people want to get rid of PMI because it's extremely expensive and it provides zero benefit to the homeowner.
How Much Does PMI Cost?
Typically PMI costs anywhere from .5% to 1% of the entire loan amount every year. In California the average mortgage amount owed is $265,113. A homeowner with this loan would pay $2,651 a year in PMI, or $221 a month. That's a lot of money going straight to the bank with no real benefit to the homeowner. The only purpose mortgage insurance serves is to protect the bank in the event the borrower defaults on the home loan.
Getting Rid of PMI Can Be Tough
The flip side of the coin is that this insurance has made it possible for people with less than 20% to put down on a home to purchase a house. The most common situation where people are paying PMI is with FHA home loans which require PMI because the down payment required to get an FHA loan is usually substantially less than 20%.
And to make matters worse, PMI is not easy to get rid of. Once a homeowner hits better than 20% in home equity they should be able to get rid of PMI but usually the request needs to be made in writing and even then it's possible that you could be required to get a formal appraisal to ensure the value is there to justify cancelling the mortgage insurance.
Low Home Equity Is Keeping Homeowners Trapped Paying PMI
Many homeowners are still stuck in low equity positions due to the housing market crash. Other homeowner's put 3.5% down for an FHA loan and have a long way to go before they'll get to the holy grail of 20% home equity. People in these situations are stuck paying hundreds of dollars extra every month to pay for PMI. That money could be better utilized by investing for the future.
Lenda Introduces the PMI Removal Loan
We've had a lot of people come to Lenda looking for a way to get rid of PMI. We're all about putting more money back into our clients pockets so we decided to do something about the problem of paying PMI.
We decided to remove it from the home loan for people who have as little as 3% home equity. That means that we will eliminate the mortgage insurance for anyone who refinances with a loan-to-value up to 97%.
How Does the PMI Removal Loan Work
For illustration purposes let's look at a $300,000 mortgage where someone has 5% in home equity and is in an FHA loan. At 1% a year they are paying $3,000 a year in PMI, or $250 a month. One of the benefits of an FHA loan is that the interest rates are fairly low. Let's assume the rate on this mortgage is 4%. That would put the monthly payment at $1,432 on a 30-year mortgage. Add the $250 a month and PMI and this homeowner is paying $1,682 total every month.
With a Lenda PMI Removal loan the interest rate on the loan will be slightly higher. For our $300,000 example the interest rate would be 4.25% putting the monthly mortgage payment at $1,476 a month on a 30-year home loan. Since this person got our PMI Removal Loan they don't have to pay the $250 a month for PMI.
Total monthly savings by eliminating PMI is $206, or $2,472 a year. That's a lot of cheddar!
You deserve a better home loan and we're doing everything possible to make it happen, including eliminating PMI and putting money back in your pocket. Get started by getting a free quote to remove your PMI.


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Questions about your Probate? Call 888-529-3111
If you're in need of meticulous and professional probate law firm services in the Los Angeles, California area, JT Legal Group is an experienced choice that you can trust. It's important to note that if you've been named a probate administrator or executor, you are tasked by the state with very real, important responsibilities that can leave you personally liable if you don't do what is required of you. Our skilled probate administration lawyers are experienced at helping individuals complete their duties as probate administrator without making any errors. In fact, we can assist with all matters that pertain to the administration of a will.
Probate is almost always an extremely difficult time due to a complicated legal matter being tangled up with the loss of a loved one. In these difficult times, we are at your service to make the process as smooth as possible. Since the probate process can rightfully seem complicated and overwhelming, it's absolutely vital to work with a lawyer who is seasoned and knowledgeable in this area of law. When you're in need of dependable and honest counsel that can guide you through probate and administration, JT Legal Group will provide the kind of client-focused care that creates lifelong relationships. Instead of feeling alone and being overwhelmed by your probate administration duties, retaining JT Legal Group will provide you with both convenience and peace of mind from knowing the probate is being handled properly.
Obstacles can and do arise during the probate process. The ability to deftly and skillfully deal with problems as they arise often can directly translate into money saved from unnecessary fees, taxes, or other costs.
Our legal team is not only experienced and knowledgeable — they make approachable, friendly, and client-focused care a priority of their practice. We find that our clients especially appreciate this approach during the emotionally taxing probate experience.
If an individual passes away without having officially written out a will (intestate), the probate courts can dictate your asset distribution matters and they may mandate exactly how (and in what order) to make payments to any creditors that may have claims against the estate. Working with a probate administration attorney will help you stay organized throughout the process, keep you informed of where you stand, consult with you on the law, and ultimately fight for your rights as a beneficiary and administrator, if applicable.
JT Legal Group is a well-respected and deeply experienced law firm in the California legal community. We can assist you in correctly taking care of probate matters every single step of the way, no matter what. Our attorneys will meticulously assess your specific case and figure out the optimal legal approach for you. We will do whatever is necessary to see to it that we help defend all of your rights and retain the maximum estate value at the end of the process, while respecting the wishes and legacy of the decedent.
If you are involved in an estate that needs to be probated, you should call an attorney as soon as possible to determine exactly what your responsibilities are -- especially if you are named the executor or administrator. At JT Legal Group, we provide an initial 15 minute consultation with an attorney absolutely free, so that you can begin the difficult probate process on the right foot.
Michael Avanesian primarily focuses in the field of corporate restructuring and litigation. Mr. Avanesian has a wide range of experience in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and has represented corporate and individual debtors, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, lessors, lessees, trustees and other interested parties in bankruptcy cases and related litigation.


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It seems that one of the latest trends in vacations has people deciding
to forgo the large commercial hotels, opting instead for rental vacation villas. People are doing this because they're looking for a more relaxed atmosphere along with a higher degree of privacy and overall comfort and something like Maui vacation condos can give you this where one of those large hotels just can't compare.
One place where you can find such a vacation spot is on a site like Hawaiianbeachrentals.com which specializes in Hawaii vacations. Just for the heck of it, I took a look around their site and found a list of maui condo rentals that had (are you ready for this?) 553 entries spread over 37 results pages! These people aren't kidding. Another page had a list of over 159 Oahu vacation rentals.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
SC State will host the fall 2008 business series with Dave Stinson, president of Shaw Areva MOX. Stinson will be speaking on "Preparing to enter the Global Market," on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 at 12:00p.m (noon) in Belcher Hall fourth floor auditorium.
Mr. Stinson has been the President of Shaw Areva MOX Services since 2006. Shaw Areva MOX Services, based out of Aiken, S.C at the Savannah River Site (SRS), was designed to build and operate a mixed oxide, (MOX) fuel fabrication facility.
Over the last 33 years, Mr. Stinson has gained a broad experience base in the government and commercial sectors. He is known as a results-based executive with a track record of recovering troubled projects and organizations.
Stinson earned his bachelor's degree from the US Air Force Academy and master's degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Ala.
Upon leaving active duty in the Air Force, Stinson became founder and CEO of Digital Engineering, a 300- person software and engineering company that developed expert systems for conducting safety analysis and commercial nuclear facilities.
Following the sale of Digital Engineering, Stinson joined the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) where he served as project manager for the $1.5 billion recovery of browns ferry unit three, which was completed six months ahead of schedule and $120 million under budget.
Later, Stinson became the President of Intergraph Corporation, a leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Intergraph Corporation fuses geospatial technology to security, helping some of the world's largest government, military, and industrial organizations in more than 60 countries better manage their operations and safeguard their infrastructure. He led the corporate transition back to profitability after six years of losses.
Stinson and his wife Sandy, lives in Aiken, S.C. with two of their four children.
For more information, please contact Dr. Ann Winstead, leadership and professional development coordinator at (803)516-4864.


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"GUI for PowerShell, DAFUQ ?" yeah, we are PowerShell guys/girls, we love command line. But there's always a moment when we need to create a GUI for a script, either with PoshBoard or ShowUI.
We know that creating a GUI can be a pain in the *ss, even if you're a smart .NET WPF/Silverlight or WinRT developper.
Rejoice ! with our free online PowerShell GUI Builder, you'll be able to create simple or complex GUI with a WYSWYG editor. It renders dynamically PowerShell scripts, for PoshBoard or ShowUI.
Try it now! still in Alpha but functionnal : http://www.poshboard.com/Designer/Default.html
You can install it offline (Out Of Browser) and use it whenever you want.
There's still bugs and missing features, let us know if you encounter issue or if you have ideas to enhance it.


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Connecting with Our Community
The Franciscan Hospitality House
Tucked away at 114 6th Street N. in La Crosse, is the Franciscan Hospitality House. The House focuses on the vital needs of adults who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness, by providing a safe daytime environment.
The House is open from 12:30-4:30pm Mondays-Fridays. Guests have an opportunity to receive assistance with personal care services such as shower and laundry facilities, foot care, and hair care. Because the House works with other organizations that provide services to the homeless population, they offer mental health support, job training referrals and legal consultation.
Training for individuals interested in volunteering at the Franciscan Hospitality House are scheduled for the 3rd Thursday of each month from 4:30-5:30pm. A list of items needed by the House, such as combs, coffee, creamer, and cereal, is located on their website:
The Franciscan Hospitality House is a welcoming place that offers acceptance and hope. It is a place where people can be empowered to rebuild their lives. It is a place that affirms the Christ-like dignity in every individual through hospitality, listening, and a compassionate presence.
Mission & Social Action supports the session/church in developing, allocating and implementing a local, national, and worldwide mission and social plan. Some activities in which First Presbyterian is involved include: delivering meals two weeks each month for Mobile Meals; participating actively on the Task Forces of AMOS (Food Insecurity, Restorative Justice; Hmong Issues and Health Care); collecting food for WAFER; serving on the Board of La Crosse Interfaith Collaborative Housing and mentoring those who obtain housing; supporting New Horizons through housing and Christmas in July; volunteering at Causeway; serving meals once a month at Our Savior's Lutheran Church.
Comments or questions? Email us here.