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February 12, 2014
St. Timothy's-Creve Coeur and Grace-Kirkwood Present Two Lenten Mornings
January 16, 2014
The Rev. Virginia (Ginny) Bennett recently joined Grace's staff as an assisting priest. She will be preaching and celebrating Holy Eucharist on a rotating basis with our other clergy, The Rev. Todd McDowell, the Rev. Doris Westfall, and the Rev. Jim Purdy.
Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, she has lived in the St. Louis area since 1974. Mother Bennett holds the Master of Divinity and Master of Systematic Theology from Aquinas Institute, St. Louis, and completed her Doctor of Ministry degree at Seabury Western Episcopal Seminary, Evanston, IL, in 1993.
She was ordained to the priesthood in January of 1990 and has served six congregations in the dioceses of Missouri, South Carolina, Kansas, and Springfield. She recently retired after serving seventeen and a half years as rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Edwardsville, Illinois. She has two grown daughters and five grandchildren.
Originally published in Grace Church's Messenger, January 2014 edition, PDF download.
December 02, 2013
BY BUD WILSON (featured in November 29, 2013 issue of SPECtrum)
For several years now we have worked with the Seaman's Church Institute to supply Christmas gifts for the inland river towboats that ply the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers transporting millions of tons of cargo for domestic and international use. These boats operate 24-7, 365 days a year. The crew changes are made every thirty days while the boats are "under way". That means that a crew gets on and is on the boat working four to six hour shifts until the next change takes place. It also means that they are away from home, their wives and children, for 30 days at a stretch. This puts a tremendous strain on not only the mariners, but their families left behind. It is the mission of the Ministry on the River, headed by Chaplain Kempton Baldridge, to make sure that not only the mariners—but their families—are supported in times of crisis while separated from each other.
November 27, 2013
We give thanks for the many diocesan members who stood for election to governance positions in the diocese. Elected this year were:
October 01, 2013
September 26, 2013
June 19, 2013
Emmanuel youth returned from their annual trip to Guatemala, where they blitz-built 8 houses in a few days. In total, Emmanuel has built 22 homes in the last 8 years that are home to 22 families. Read more about this year's effort, which began with awareness raising in August 2011, through raising funds for the building and trip in winter and spring, ending with pictures and reports from the site on their Facebook page.
The middle and high school youth of Ascension, St. Barnabas, and All Saints' (St. Louis) Episcopal Churches are continuing work on refurbishing Deaconess Anne House in Old North St. Louis.
Grace-Kirkwood has offered a youth mission trip each summer for the past 18 years. This year, 13 teens and six adults traveled to West Bend, Wisconsin to work with Habitat for Humanity. Five graduating seniors were a part of this year's trip and just reported back to the congregation. You can read their Sunday sermon texts online.
June 19, 2013
This Friday, June 21, 6 PM at Christ Church Cathedral, Bishop Wayne Smith will ordain Melanie Jianakoplos Slane into the Sacred Order of Priests, God willing..
Formed in this diocese, Melanie was baptized and grew up in Grace Church, Kirkwood. She was involved with Episcopal Campus Ministry during her studies at Mizzou, and while a senior she began her discernment of God's call to ordained ministry. She spent a year in the Philippines with Episcopal Young Adult Service Corps and blogged that experience.
In this year of milestones, Melanie married Chris Slane (who is also a postulant for holy orders, from the Diocese of Nebraska) in September 2012, was ordained to the transitional diaconate in December, and graduated this spring from Virginia Theological Seminary with her M.Div. She has been seminarian in residence at Epiphany Episcopal Church in Washington DC, and will return as assistant rector after her ordination.
Just three years ago Melanie wrote from the Philippines:
How amazing it is to look back and realize how recently I was in your shoes. Mission trips, overnights, the Italian dinner. Those moments made a huge impact on my life and spiritual formation. Grace Church gave me the foundation on which I built myself as I went off to college. It flew by. They said it would. My greatest joy, strength, and refuge through those four years was Episcopal Campus Ministry. For once in your life there won't be anyone else to make you go to church, but choosing to go is the best decision I made in college. Remember, the church has a lot to offer you, and you have a lot to offer to the church. . . All I can say is that if you ever feel like you are being called to do something with your life…do it! You will be amazed at where God takes you. I have learned that beautiful lives don't just happen, they are made. Follow your dreams knowing that the church will always be there for you. Make a beautiful life. The kind of life you deserve.
All are invited to celebrate Melanie's ordination service. A reception will follow in the cathedral. (Clergy: red stoles)
More at Grace Kirkwood's website.
June 19, 2013
Emmanuel youth returned from their annual trip to Guatemala, where they blitz-built 8 houses in a few days. In total, Emmanuel has built 22 homes in the last 8 years that are home to 22 families. Read more about this year's effort, which began with awareness raising in August 2011, through raising funds for the building and trip in winter and spring, ending with pictures and reports from the site on their Facebook page.
The middle and high school youth of Ascension, St. Barnabas, and All Saints' (St. Louis) Episcopal Churches are continuing work on refurbishing Deaconess Anne House in Old North St. Louis.
Grace-Kirkwood has offered a youth mission trip each summer for the past 18 years. This year, 13 teens and six adults traveled to West Bend, Wisconsin to work with Habitat for Humanity. Five graduating seniors were a part of this year's trip and just reported back to the congregation. You can read their Sunday sermon texts online.
June 05, 2013
Photos from Grace Church Kirkwood's 13 teens and 6 adults spending their week working with Habitat for Humanity in West Bend, WI.
May 22, 2013
Pentecost Sunday was the first Sunday of the full congregations of St. Matthew's into Grace Church in Kirkwood. A detailed overview of the day's two services, baptisms of St. Matt's and Grace folks, and the following feast in the parish hall with the newly installed Christus Rex from St. Matt's from Janis Greenbaum is accompanied by four sets of photographs from Richard Corbet.
A very special edition of Grace's The Messenger is not to be missed (download the PDF). It includes a merger timeline, and more perspective from members and clergy of both churches. In a section titled "A Confluence of History," we learn more about the interwoven lives of four parishes: Grace, St. Matthew's, Epiphany, and St. Thomas Deaf Church.
Grace Church is renaming our "Bethlehem Chapel" to honor a rich history of connections to other parishes in the area. This worship space will now be called "Chapel of the Apostles." Apostle comes from the Greek word apostellos, which means one who is sent forth, dispatched--in other words, who is entrusted with a mission. As we celebrate our merger with St. Matthew's this Pentecost, we reflect on the mission Jesus has set for us throughout our history, which includes our connections to St. Matthew's, Epiphany and St. Thomas Episcopal Churches. We honor this confluence of history as we continue to answer our call to be apostles of the Church.
Greenbaum has peppered the histories with many photos from the diocesan archives. The edition also contains the stories of St. Matt's liturgical items that have a new home at Grace: the Christus Rex, reredos, chalice, and kneelers.
May 15, 2013
About 100 celebrated the last Sunday at St. Matthew's in Warson Woods on May 12. Parishioners and their families, friends from churches around the diocese, present and former clergy, all gathered for Eucharist, and leave-taking from St. Matt's, before joining Grace Kirkwood next Sunday.
There could not be a better reading than this for our last Sunday before we join with our brothers and sisters in Christ at Grace. Today we have Jesus praying to the Father in what is known as the "farewell discourse" (John 14-17). To hear Jesus praying for his disciples to be intimately connected and united as he and the Father are connected and united, is profound. Jesus isn't just praying for his disciples immediately before his death. He is praying for all his disciples that come after his resurrection and ascension. That means that Jesus is praying for us. For you, for me, for all of us sitting here, for all those sitting at Grace, for all the disciples throughout all the world, and throughout all time. In Jesus' prayer, the past, present, and future intertwine. In Jesus' prayer, we hear his desire that we become completely one. --from Rector Doris Westfall's sermon.
Photos: Vestry member Bob Schaefer, Rector Doris Westfall, Assisting priest Keith Raske at the close of Sunday's service at St. Matt's, credit Richard Corbet; Westfall and assisting priest Nathaniel Pyron at Eucharist; St. Matt's members before and after the service.
May 15, 2013
When we were discerning our future, said Doris Westfall, part of our question became, what do we want our legacy to be. That missional legacy was kicked-off on Sunday with four checks for $15,000 each, presented to ministries and non-profits that St. Matt's members were involved with and supported.
The video of parts of Sunday's service includes these presentations.
Photo of the presentation to Magdalene St. Louis with 6 of the 7 St. Matt's women's prayer group members and Rebecca Ragland, credit Richard Corbet.
May 15, 2013
Cyclists invited to be a part of this fun 10-mile or 20-mile bicycle ride along Grant's Trail. We'll have lots of great food at stops along the way and a breakfast feast at the end. The event begins and ends at Grace Church and proceeds go to Grace's Legacy Fund, with use designated for community outreach. Adults and youth over 18, plus children above 12 if accompanied by a parent or guardian, are welcome. Bike and helmet required. We have two alternative routes (primarily on Grants Trail): "Ramblers" enjoy a casual ride for 10 miles, and the "Striders" will ride at a brisk pace for 20 miles.
More at gracekirkwood.org.
May 01, 2013
Grace Episcopal Church in Kirkwood's rector, Todd McDowell, writes about the upcoming merger.
The Day of Pentecost is almost upon us, and with it the celebration of our merger with the people of St. Matthew's Church. May 19, 2013 will certainly be among the most memorable days of celebration in our 154-year history, as we join the people, mission and ministries of two parishes into one. The last eight months of discernment and transition have been very busy indeed, but those months of hard work allow us to proceed with confidence knowing that the Holy Spirit is leading us and "making all things new."
This exciting time is not without heartache, especially for our sisters and brothers from St. Matthew's who join with us in this new ministry. We can learn much from their courage and conviction, their strong sense of community and mission. Much work has been done and continues to be done to make for a smooth transition. All that remains is for both communities to use their charism of hospitality, one that is shared deeply in both congregations, to go above and beyond to welcome one another, as we would welcome Christ, into this new family of God! For some this will involve forgiveness and reconciliation, for others it will simply mean taking the time and initiative and seek opportunities for fellowship with one another. Read the complete article at Grace's website.
May 01, 2013
When will the merger take place?
We will begin worshiping and serving as one congregation on Pentecost - Sunday, May 19, 2013. However, the finances of the two parishes will remain separate until the Diocese of Missouri officially approves the merger at Diocesan Convention in November.
What name will our combined church have?
The merged congregation will be called Grace Episcopal Church and will worship at Grace's current facilities in Kirkwood. We have several plans to incorporate St. Matthew's name into our parish life together, including the addition of a new prayer garden. We'll also be adopting St. Matthew's Day, September 21, as our patronal feast day.
Who will serve as our clergy?
The Rev. Todd McDowell will serve as the Rector and the Rev. Doris Westfall will be the Associate Rector of the merged parish beginning May 19.
What happens to St. Matthew's church building and
property in Warson Woods?
The Warson Woods building and land will be sold. Important and sacred items from St. Matthew's history will continue to be used by our joint parish. Items coming to Grace include St. Matthew's chalice; the Christus Rex, which will be hung in our parish hall; and a brass cross, which will hang in the lower level lobby.
What happens to the money from the sale of the
Warson Woods property?
St. Matthew's is making four $15,000 grants to selected ministries (to be announced May 12). They are also generously contributing $140,000 for additions at Grace, including a new prayer garden, labyrinth and an expansion of Grace's columbarium to include those currently interred at St. Matthew's. The remainder of the proceeds from the sale will establish a St. Matthew's Fund for Mission as part of the Grace Legacy Funds.
Will our ministries remain separate?
We intend to fully integrate our parish families by including ministries from both parishes.
-from a Grace Messenger article, May 2013, by Todd McDowell and Janis Greenbaum.
May 01, 2013
Community of Hope commissioned 17 people from six Episcopal churches on April 21. Having successfully completed the 14-week training program preparing them to be lay chaplains, they can now begin their ministries in parish spiritual care, hospital spiritual care, hospice or long-term residential spiritual care as well as prison ministry.
Congratulations to:
from Emmanuel Church: Jerre Birdsong, Sue Smith
from Grace Church, Kirkwood: Becky Entenmann, Dave Jayne, Ruth Jayne, Mike Johnson, Barb Kendal, Phil Morrow, Belinda Nunez, Carlos Nunez, Dianne Sehie, Shelia Stanton
from St. Stephen's Church: Donna Hawk-Reinhard, Ginger Simmons
from St. Martin's Church: John Lange
from Christ Church Cathedral: Tammy O'Donnell
from Trinity Church, Central West End: Mary Taylor
April 24, 2013
Over a year of discernment, study, counsel, and preparation precede the upcoming merging of two diocesan congregations, St. Matthew's Church in Warson Woods with Grace Church in Kirkwood.
"This is a healthy merger," said Bishop Wayne Smith, "both parishes come from positions of various kinds of strengths." Smith is not one to close congregations or enforce mergers but says he will do everything he can to help parishes on this journey, when it might work.
"Often when churches merge, they've run out of options," said St. Matt's Rector Doris Westfall. Most mergers are not successful, some quote a failure rate as high as 80%. "We didn't want to be one of those statistics. We could not have done this without an extended discernment, one that was grounded in prayer."
The view from St. Matt's. At it's most robust, St. Matthew's was a congregation of 200 average Sunday attendance but today is a group with an average age of 72, and a Sunday attendance of 35. A large bequest in 2008 met the energy of a rector called the previous year and a congregation ready for growth. Some of that money went to neglected church building upkeep, some to mission, and some to identify what values were at the community's core. "That work turned out to be foundational for what was to become our future work of discernment."
Another large influx of cash came when the city of Warson Woods purchased part of the church acreage. The parish asked itself hard questions about that money--should we spend it down, maintaining the status quo for the next 5-7 years? Are we making this stewardship decision based upon our core missional values?
And that was an option early in March of 2012 when they invited St. Peter's interim rector Daniel Pearson to help facilitate their discernment. There was some grief--Why after our intentional work did church growth not happen for us? And, What is our most faithful response, not the least painful response.
The first task was learning the language of discernment, then having faith that the process would take them to what God intended for St. Matt's. "We as a culture, let alone a church, don't understand discernment," said Westfall. "If you enter with mind made up, you're not open to the Holy Spirit. You've already determined how you think it should go. There's no room for what God wishes for you to be revealed." Pearson described it as walking into the cloud of unknowing, indeed the story of the Transfiguration became a touchstone.
The vestry met every two weeks, trusting that "this is our work." Each meeting began in the sanctuary, the vestry around a lighted candle, offering prayers and sharing thoughts, with Westfall and Pearson sitting behind them in the pews. Then they'd move candle and circle into the parish hall with Pearson and vestry member Lynette Ballard facilitating honest discussion. They felt faith in the process not the outcome, that there was room for the Holy Spirit.
They identified seven options ranging from change nothing, to becoming a charitable foundation, a conference and spirituality center, perhaps a house church. A watershed moment happened at an August meeting. They took a vote on the seven options they had been discussing for months. Each vestry member got two votes. The vote for merger was unanimous. "We sat there stunned," said Westfall, "None of us expected that." Pearson said, "Do you know how rare this is?"
Vestry sent a letter to the whole congregation with details about the process, how they went about discernment, how they got to that vote. At an all-parish meeting in late August, Ballard described the discernment process in detail. The parish discussed and was voted on the list of seven options. Merger was the seventh listed. 90% of the parish voted for the merger option.
At the end of September 2012, they sent a letter to Grace Church in Kirkwood's Rector Todd McDowell, beginning the process of discernment at Grace which culminated in their discernment committee, then vestry, approving the merger.
Now the people of St. Matt's and Grace look forward to the bookend services in May, identified by Westfall as being both St. Matt's hardest hour and one of its best. "This is not the end," said Westfall. "We are being transformed."
The closing service at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Warson Woods will take place at 10 AM on Sunday, May 12, 2013. At that service St. Matt's will present some of its missional donations. The next Sunday, Pentecost, the two congregations will begin worshipping together. ISeek will include future articles with the story of Grace's discernment, some history of the parishes and mergers, and more on the services of the 12th and 19th in the weeks to come. Photos from St. Matt's website.
February 20, 2013
Launches March 7, 2013, at Grace Episcopal Church in Kirkwood.
Q. What is an Interfaith Power and Light
A. In a sentence, it is a religious response to global climate change
Q. Where did this idea originate?
A. Interfaith Power & Light began in 1998 as Episcopal Power & Light with the support of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, as a unique coalition of Episcopal churches organized to purchase renewable energy. In 2000, this Episcopal effort broadened its focus, brought in other faith partners, and California Interfaith Power & Light was born. California IPL developed a successful organizational model that engaged hundreds of congregations, educated thousands of people of faith about the moral and ethical mandate to address global warming. This model has now been adopted by 38 sister state affiliates, with a goal to establish Interfaith Power & Light programs in every state.
Q. In Missouri, what are your goals?
A. We have an opportunity to prevent the most devastating effects of climate change if we act today. Missouri IPL is mobilizing our state's religious communities to have a visible, actively engaged role in addressing this issue. Missouri IPL invites all congregations to make a commitment to confront climate change by becoming a member and signing the Congregational Covenant.
Q. Why should our parish consider signing the covenant and joining Missouri IPL?
A. The Congregational Covenant contains actions that your congregation may take as you begin the process of becoming a more environmentally aware spiritual community. When you sign our covenant, Missouri IPL will assist you in implementing whichever action(s) you choose. Benefits to membership include:
Educational Resources: Sample sermons and prayer services; Special educational programming events; Our e-‐newsletter with information about special programming, rebates, efficient lighting programs, new products, discounts and more; Films and other materials about scientific and faith perspectives on global warming; Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
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Q. What is the kick-off event?
A. The MO-IPL launch is Thursday, March 7, at 7 pm, at Grace Episcopal Church, 514 E. Argonne in Kirkwood. Featured will be presentations by Grace Church and Nusach Hari B'nai Zion. Please RSVP to email@example.com if you plan to attend.
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Lt. Governor Brown Announces New Hospital-Based Domestic Violence Program at GBMC
Initiative is Maryland's Seventh Hospital-Based Domestic Violence Screening Program
BALTIMORE, Md. (November 16, 2012) – Today, Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown was joined by Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger, health care representatives, domestic violence advocates, community members, and state and local officials to announce the launch of a new Hospital-Based Domestic Violence Program at Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) in Baltimore County.
GBMC currently provides the only Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (SAFE) program to treat adolescent and adult victims (ages 13 and older) of sexual assault in Baltimore County, and has expanded services for victims with the implementation of their new Domestic Violence Program. GBMC is receiving over $27,000 in state funds to support both programs, including $16,796 for the new domestic violence program. Additionally, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield presented a check for $15,000 to support the program.
The GBMC program will be Maryland's seventh hospital-based domestic violence program designed to meet the goals of the Governor's 2010 Executive Order, "The Maryland Domestic Violence Health Care Screening and Response Initiative." The programs aim to identify victims at an early stage in the cycle of domestic violence and extend comprehensive services to prevent future physical and emotional injury. Similar programs are currently in place in the Baltimore region at Anne Arundel Medical Center, Mercy Medical Center, Sinai Hospital and Northwest Hospital, as well as Prince George's Hospital Center. Most recently, the Lt. Governor in January launched the sixth program at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown.
"Governor O'Malley and I are committed to ending domestic violence in Maryland. Working together with partners like GBMC and CareFirst, we are making progress by expanding the number of hospital based domestic violence programs and building a coordinated response to domestic violence in every part of our state," said Lt. Governor Brown. "I believe strong communities are built, not born, and each and every day the dedicated staff at GBMC is making a real difference in the lives of their fellow Marylanders. By funding the 7th hospital-based domestic violence program at GMBC, we will be able to better recognize and care for victims of domestic violence and prevent further incidences in Baltimore County and throughout the region."
"I have zero tolerance for domestic violence. As a social worker, I've seen first-hand how domestic violence hurts children and destroys families," said U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski. "This program will meet a compelling human need, protecting victims, helping families heal and rebuilding lives. I will continue to fight for families and defend them from continued violence and abuse."
"Domestic violence is a national scourge and Maryland is not immune with more than 18,500 reported cases of domestic violence a year. Victims of domestic abuse need our support, and I am so pleased that GBMC will be providing much needed services to those who need to know that there is a way out and that they are deserving of love and self-respect," said U.S. Senator Ben Cardin.
Founded in Towson in 1965, GBMC is a 281-bed not-for-profit medical center (acute and sub-acute care) that handles more than 26,700 inpatient cases and approximately 60,000 emergency room visits annually. The Domestic Violence Program will be a complement to the hospital's SAFE program and will offer additional resources for patients who are identified as victims of domestic violence. Program officials anticipate serving an average of 30 patients per month by 2014 based on similar-sized hospital programs. The program's goals include:
- Providing immediate response to any victim – male or female – who experiences violence in an intimate relationship;
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- Providing specialized care in the hospital setting;
- Providing support and referral services to patients, staff, and community members experiencing abuse from an intimate partner;
- Providing staff training and education concerning the effect of intimate partner violence on an individual's health
"Domestic violence results in significant emotional and physical harm as well as damage to a victim's personal health, and also impacts the overall family well-being," said Sally Hess, coordinator of the hospital's Domestic Violence Program. "We are committed to doing everything we can to help protect and care for those victims."
"The success of GBMC's sexual assault SAFE program in assisting the victims of sexual assault has been invaluable," said Scott Shellenberger, State's Attorney for Baltimore County. "I believe that the expansion of GBMC's role in assisting the victims of domestic violence will improve the changes of a successful prosecution. More importantly, however, the lives of victims of domestic violence will be improved."
In response to the 2010 Executive Order, the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention and the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission made state funds available for Hospital-Based Domestic Violence Programs, while CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield has committed private/non-profit funds to pilot domestic violence programs at GBMC, Meritus Medical Center and Prince George's Hospital Center.
"CareFirst is proud to support such an important program for residents of Baltimore County," said Maria Harris Tildon, Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Community Affairs for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. "Incidents of domestic violence have no place in our community, and we applaud the work Dr. John Chessare and his staff are doing to help those who have been harmed or fear this form of intimidation."
"Reducing violent crimes committed against women and children is one of this administration's top priorities, and hospital-based domestic violence programs are helping us accomplish this goal ," said GOCCP Executive Director Tammy Brown. "By utilizing domestic violence screening tools, and by training health care professionals who work in hospitals, we can provide necessary services to victims and break the cycle of abuse. We are glad to have GBMC join the network of hospital-based domestic violence programs in Maryland."
Combating domestic violence is a personal cause for Lt. Governor Brown. In August 2008, his cousin Cathy was senselessly murdered by her estranged boyfriend. The grief of her loss spurred Lt. Governor Brown to redouble efforts to address domestic violence in our state. Building on his experience as a legislator and the perspective provided by this tragedy, Lt. Governor Brown has championed reforms to combat domestic violence.
Brown led successful efforts in 2009 to improve domestic violence laws by giving judges the authority to take guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. During the 2010 Legislative Session, Brown worked with members of the General Assembly, domestic violence advocates and stakeholders to pass legislation allowing a victim of domestic abuse to terminate a residential lease with a copy of a final protective order. And the Lt. Governor is leading efforts to increase the availability of hospital-based domestic violence screening programs.
Since taking office, the O'Malley-Brown administration has worked to reduce violent crime in Maryland by 10 percent each year and reduce violent crimes committed against women and children by 25 percent by the end of 2012. Collaborating with state and local partners, they have reduced violent crime statewide to the lowest rates since 1975, and domestic violence deaths in Maryland have dropped by 11.5 percent since 2006.


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Thomas WieserDirector GeneralAustrian Ministry of Finance
The event, which was kindly hosted by Wolf Theiss's Vienna office, showcased the CFRR's activities under the REPARIS program to improve the framework and operation of financial reporting in South-East Europe to about 50 participants from the Austrian business community.
Austrian businesses are particularly active in the REPARIS countries, reflecting both Austria's geographical location and the historical links between Austria and south-east Europe. Austrian banks and insurance companies play a key role in local financial systems, while Austrian industrial and commercial firms are important trading partners and direct investor for all the countries of the region.
Brigitte Öppinger-WalchshoferManaging DirectorAustrian Development Agency
After introductory comments from Wolf Theiss, Thomas Wieser, the Director General of the Austrian Ministry of Finance and Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer, the Managing Director of the Austrian Development Agency, Henri Fortin, the head of the CFRR, gave a short presentation describing how REPARIS was helping the participating countries to bring their systems of financial reporting into line with the requirements of the EU acquis. Mr Fortin emphasized how REPARIS helped the participating countries learn from each other's experiences and how REPARIS had already contributed to improvements "on the ground" in the effectiveness of corporate financial reporting in the region.
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I recently read Scott Berkun's Confessions of a Public Speaker, and it got me thinking about speaker feedback. It was a timely read, as I'm (with a number of co-organizers) in the middle of preparations for WordCamp Boston this January.
How can we be sure the speakers we've accepted will deliver? How can we ensure they get the feedback they deserve (positive or negative)? Would using a site like SpeakerRate improve the situation?
Berkun's book isn't really in the "how to become a better speaker" genre, though I think committed speakers who read it will undoubtedly get better. I'd have subtitled it "What Makes Consistently Successful Public Speaking Nearly Impossible." Berkun covers all kinds of interferences which prevent talks from being successful, only some of which are under the direct control of the speaker. Room configuration, human physiology and instincts, poor alignment between speaker and occasion, the disconnect between what organizers need and what audiences want, and the sheer difficulty of teaching anyone anything (let alone teaching several hundred people the same thing all at once) all figure into what makes talks go poorly.
(This not incidentally makes the book great reading for conference organizers, managers who send employees to seminars, and people who attend talks as well as potential or frequent speakers).
In the chapter on "things people say" Berkun has a whole section on "Why most speaker evaluations are useless." He points out that:
Most organizers never bother to collect feedback from the attendees, and of those who do, often it doesn't get passed on to the speakers. It's a shame because it's most appropriate for the organizers to share feedback with the speakers; after all, they invited them to speak, so technically the speakers work for the hosts. But being as busy as they are, the organizers don't always communicate the data gathered back to the speakers. They ask the good speakers to come back and leave the rest to figure out life for themselves.
Even on occasions where feedback is gathered and shared with speakers, it's still not very useful as it provides no context. Berkun shares a real example in which his talk was rated by attendees on a scale from "very dissatisfied" to "very satisfied." But, he points out, just knowing the distribution of the attendees who bothered to fill out the form (129 out of 500 or so in this case) along that scale doesn't do any good without a comparison:
But the single most valuable data point is how my scores compare to other speakers. Without it, this feedback is useless. Perhaps my scores are the worst of all score in the history of presentations at this organization. Or perhaps they're the best. There is no way to know.
Berkun points out the feedback speakers really need:
- How did my presentation compare to the others?
- What one change would have most improved my presentation?
- What questions did you expect me to answer that went unanswered?
- What annoyances did I let get in the way of giving you what you needed?
Giving speakers feedback based on this set of questions would be much more likely to improve their performance.
(Aside #1: something about the annoyances question still bugs me. When I was teaching I used to talk about "productive frustration" – which naturally comes from learning something new – as opposed to "non-productive frustration" – which comes from poorly written assignments, badly planned logistics, and other stuff not directly related to the hard work of learning. I think this is the sense Berkun's after for "annoyances" here but I don't think it quite gets across. Maybe something more like "What did I do or fail to do that got in the way you getting what you needed?")
Which brings me to SpeakerRate. It's a site which lets users give direct feedback on speakers and their talks. It feels to me mostly aimed at speakers themselves, though the site says:
SpeakerRate is a community site for event organizers, attendees, and speakers.
- Event organizers can find speakers, learn about talks they've given in the past, and determine who would be a good match for the event they're organizing.
- Event attendees can provide constructive feedback to speakers, track the talks they've attended, and research upcoming talks that they might attend.
- Event speakers can get valuable constructive feedback directly from attendees and find out how they can improve their content and delivery for their next talk. They can also establish a SpeakerRating, which will help them earn future speaking opportunities.
On the surface, this seems to me a great thing: let those who attend talks provide feedback directly to speakers, cutting out the need for event organizers to collect and manage feedback. Thinking about it as a speaker, frankly, it's a bit frightening. In much the same way that I'm grateful there was no RateMyProfessors when I was teaching, I worry that this might encourage or facilitate the worst kinds of superficial feedback and speaker trashing. What if someone with an axe to grind starts leaving negative comments? Would other attendees come to the rescue of a speaker thus trashed?
(Aside #2: As a consultant working with companies who worry about what will be said about their products in social media, it's quite easy to dismiss their concerns. The conversation will happen anyway, and you can't be so invested in your belief that your products are superior that you ignore real feedback from real people. Funny how difficult it is to apply this same line of thought when the prospect of being rated on speaker rate arises. Why does this scare the crap out of me, while SlideShare doesn't?)
Speakers (or, apparently, organizers) set up a page for each talk at SpeakerRate. Users of the site are then given the opportunity to rate that talk and leave comments.
The problem is that I'm not sure how effective a simple rating on "Content" and "Delivery" plus a box for unprompted, free text comments is at conveying useful feedback. Wouldn't it be better to offer a prompt other than "Leave a comment"? Maybe even allow speakers to ask specific questions of their own?
I suppose that the "speaker rating" which comes from some aggregate measure across multiple events would give you some rough sense of how different speakers compare.
But Is the "Speaker Rating" (a single number, which is presented to two decimal places implying a fair degree of precision if not accuracy), enough to really validate a speaker's abilities?
Isn't much more context necessary to really understand what a speaker has to offer an audience? Speakers who might be great in one context (a highly technical demo or how-to in front of 30 experienced developers) might be horrible in another context (a keynote to an audience of varied levels of experience).
Have you used SpeakerRate? Have you found it useful, as a speaker, an event organizer, or event a prospective event attendee? Would you recommend it to your neighborhood event organizer?
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#3 • Brian Williams said on December 30 2009:
John – thanks for taking a detailed look at SpeakerRate and for asking some good questions about the site. I'm one of the guys who helped build it, so I thought I'd share a few thoughts:
1. Your first quote from Scott's book is exactly the problem we hoped to solve with the site. Most speakers want constructive (read: not necessarily all positive, which is all you'll get face-to-face after a talk) feedback on how they can improve. Our "last slide" goal is to have everyone include their SpeakerRate profile URL in their presentation where they'll ask for direct feedback.
2. The rating system (content & delivery, 1-5 scale) was something we discussed at length as we built the site. It's not perfect, but we feel like it strikes a good balance with the direct comments. It's a quick view on how you did, and rolls up nicely into an overall rating both for speakers and events.
3. As for being frightening, we had the same concerns. Trolls posting bad ratings & comments unjustifiably aren't good for anyone. To address this, we (a) ask people to verify their SpeakerRate profile by connecting it with their LinkedIn profile (an existing profile that they presumably care about. We're still working out some kinks, but this seems to work pretty well. We also, (b) allow anyone to flag comments as "non-constructive." This way the community can help keep the comments appropriate.
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|FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, Issa Alzouma, 39, poses in front of his home in Gao, northern Mali, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Alzouma's arm was amputated by Islamist radicals on Dec. 21, 2012, after an Islamic tribunal charged him with spying. Alzouma, a father of three, denied the charges, and said he was just changing the faulty plug on his motorcycle's engine alongside the road. The extremists fled the city Saturday as French, Chadian and Nigerian troops arrived, ending 10 months of radical Islamic control over the city. But the intervention came too late for Alzouma and the other men who lost their hands and probably their livelihoods, too, when the militants carried out amputations as punishments for theft and other alleged crimes under their strict interpretation of Shariah, or Islamic law. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
GAO, Mali — The Islamic extremists in Mali came to Issa Alzouma's cell and brought him out to the public square they had renamed Place de Shariah. They laid him out, tying down his arms and legs before amputating his right hand and forearm with a knife.
"I passed out from the pain," the 39-year-old father of three recalled, the stump, just below his elbow, still wrapped in gauze more than a month later. "The next thing I knew I was in the hospital."
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Bishop Gladstone B. "Skip" Adams, consecrated in October, 2001, is the tenth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York.
Bishop Adams' great hope for Central New York is a vision of Episcopalians becoming a more deeply faithful people, with all involved in helping to realize a 21st-century vision for the Church - a vision which may require that folks see with new eyes, but will most certainly involve seeking new ways to connect people to God and each other. The Diocese is currently engaged in a spiritual and organizational transformation, whereby a model is emerging that is completely different from how Church has ever been done in the Diocese of Central New York. It truly is an exciting, and spirit-filled time to be a part of the change that is spurring folks to try new things and explore new avenues of thought, ministry and spirituality.
Considered the Diocese's first Bishop from the baby boom generation, Adams enjoys fly-fishing and fly-tying, reading, playing the guitar, music of all kinds, camping and canoeing. He is interested in the Church and people in El Salvador (our companion Diocese), environmental and social issues. Adams and his wife, Bonnie, have three children: Peter, Stephen, and Emily.


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INDEX: works globally to promote and apply design and design processes with the capacity to improve the lives of people worldwide.
On 2 September INDEX: awards a total sum of € 500,000 to five designers or design-oriented companies within the categories Body, Work, Home, Play and Community.
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INDEX: is a Danish-based, non-profit organization which promotes the concept "Design to improve Life". The concept is based on the values and principles which made Danish design widely renowned in the 20th Century, focusing on humanism, social understanding and democratic thinking.
INDEX: works globally to promote and apply design and design processes with the capacity to improve the lives of people worldwide. The organization is widely recognized for the global biennial design prize, the INDEX: Award, which is the largest cash design prize in the world (worth a total sum of € 500,000) encompassing the five categories Body, Work, Home, Play and Community.
Event: INDEX: Award & INDEX: Award Exhibtion
When: Award ceremony on Friday 2 September – the finalists are exhibited from Friday 2 to Tuesday 25 September
Where: The Opera House & Ofelia Beach, Copenhagen
Tickets: The award ceremony is by invitation only. Entry to INDEX: Award Exhibition is free
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Find more information about INDEX: Award, see the finalists at Ofelia Beach (next to The Royal Danish Playhouse – free entry) or the permanent INDEX: Collection at Designmuseum Danmark.
INDEX: Award and INDEX: Award Exhibition are part of Copenhagen Design Week 2011.
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Ryan LaFlare's first year in the UFC has taken him to new levels -- on frequent flyer programs.
His first fight was in Sweden, his second in Brazil and his third in California. And that was just in 2013.
LaFlare, from Lindenhurst has his next fight booked now and, yes, he's taking another big trip. LaFlare (10-0, 3-0 UFC) will fight welterweight John Howard at UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi on April 11. That's roughly 6,838 miles in flying distance for LaFlare, who trains at both Bellmore Kickboxing Academy and Long Island MMA in Farmingdale.
Howard (22-8, 6-3) returned to the UFC last August after two years away and won both of his bouts.
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He began writing a sketch of an idea for a novel, to try something different. He wanted the novel to be a fictionalized account of a very rough period of his life in the early nineties, and he knew the title would be Slam Dancing In The Pews, the name of a forgotten song he once wrote for a forgotten band called Virgil Kane. A songwriter at heart, Hood started interspersing song lyrics in between chapters of the book, but predictably, the songs quickly became more central. He decided to abandon the book altogether.
ESSAY: The Soul Man
So it was a summer night in Manhattan, and the City Winery, an upscale sit-down club that seats no more than 300, was hardly full. Moore sang the first verse from backstage, as if his tenor, now fragile and weathered but still unmistakably, shockingly powerful, was the legend, not Moore himself. When he finally did take the stage, the seventy-six-year-old took his time snatching the show back from his voice, from the idea of another era, a time long past.
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Like many of Foster's compositions, "Oh! Susanna" was a blackface minstrel song. It was his breakthrough hit as a songwriter, a song that surely would have been a number one single if such a measurement had existed in the mid-nineteenth-century. The song quickly spread all over the country through its many publications and permutations on sheet music and as traveling minstrel troupes all over the country thrilled crowds with the tale of long-distance, lost, confused love, others began adapting Foster's irresistible melody for their own purposes.
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Today's infographic is something I don't think many of us know about. HPV has been in the headlines for the last few years, but it has always been focused on getting girls vaccinated. Now with almost a 30% increase in male oral cancers since 1988, researchers believe upper throat cancer will pass cervical cancer as the country's main human papillomavirus related cancer in the next 10 years.
This teaches us one thing about American society: we like to put our mouths on things, but cancer is no laughing matter. Like all cancer, early detection is key. With almost a 90% survival rate of throat cancer it would'nt seem too bad, but still thousands are victims every year.
In my state of Texas, girls are required by law to be vaccinated for HPV before they enter middle school. With these new statistics, I wonder if a male vaccine will ever be a mandatory prevention.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., July 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Attensity, the leading enterprise software and services company specializing in customer experience management and customer intelligence, today announced a new partnership with Collaborate.org, the world's most advanced social collaboration platform. When combining Collaborate.org's integrated suite of collaboration tools and its 2.2 million layers of data with Attensity's powerful semantic engine, natural language processing and advanced analytics, it now becomes possible to measure the impact of customer intelligence. Empowered with this information, users can then zoom in anywhere on the planet to view influencer networks, individual or group sentiment, trends, geodata, and demographic analysis in a geospatial data visualization platform. Read more


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Stunning - Wild mini silk dress with the luxury and inimitable style of Roberto Cavalli This impressive multicolored ( ivory / beige / brown / orange ) button shirt style dress is made from luxurious 93% silk and 7% lycra fabric. It features short sleeves with button fastening, pointed colar and two front button pockets. The curved above knee hemline adds points of femininity. The Roberto Cavalli signatures are part of the fabric pattern.This lovely dress gently embraces your body and gives you a lovely female sensation.
The approx. measurements are: sleeve length: 30cm, shoulder to hem 74cm, armpit to armpit 46cm and shoulder to shoulder 43cm.
Condition: 9 Like new
Brand: Roberto Cavalli
Style: Above knee coctail dress
Color: Multicolored
Size: M
Origin: Italy
The designer
Founded in Florence in the early 1960s, today in fact the brand is distributed in over fifty countries directly through the Roberto Cavalli showrooms. In October 2002, in New York, the Fashion Group International voted Cavalli as the Designer of the Year, at a glittering function attended by all the New York fashion celebrities. He accepted the award gratefully saying "This means America accepts me".
The Look
Cavalli is synonymous with glam and rock. Look to Cavalli for color, and lots of it. A genius when it comes to leather, his designs are wild, sexy, erotic, and fluid. His materials like leather, denim, silk, feathers, gemstones and the results are magic.
Who wears it
Beyonce Knowles, Jon Bon Jovi, Alicia Keyes, Bono, Jennifer Lopez, Lenny Kravitz, Halle Berry, Alicia Keys
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A media player that supports more codecs than the normal windows media player ie media player home cinema / VLC or the likes
Maybe something like ultra defrag - not sure ??
Would be good to see what other people include though
Hi all,
I hope this is ok to post here. I'm building a new image and was wondering what useful software/tools you guys include in addition to all the standard software installed on your images.
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A media player that supports more codecs than the normal windows media player ie media player home cinema / VLC or the likes
Maybe something like ultra defrag - not sure ??
Would be good to see what other people include though
A must have for a domain machine image,
RSAT - Remote Server Administration Tools
Adobe Flash Player
reprised (27th May 2011)
All applications are deployed separately from the OS
By default we have
Anti Virus
Adobe Reader
And then a few of our own applications that have to be on.
Check the terms with regards to free software when installing, it maybe free at home but not in the corporate environment.
One to add to the list that has caught me out...
I cannot open Help files that require the Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) program
Some older programmes we have installed use Winhelp which is no longer included in Vista and Win7. An example for us is 2D Design. The above KB gives you an link to a .msu which you can inject into WDS.
I've been looking for this thread or one like it all day - hurray. I'm about to do the same thing.
In addition to the suggestions above, I am including:
QuickMark (and .NET)
There's also a handy website called Ninite which allows you to select various freeware utility programmes and automates the installation for you. Though I've not used it yet, someone recommended it on another thread.
If you're making a base image, it should contain software common to the entire user base you're looking to deploy the image to. If you start adding software to it that only a select few will use you're bloating your image up. Trust me, keep it lean and universal. For software that isn't universally used I package up into MSI files and push it out through AD. For a 1500 user base I maintain four images - a Windows 2k base image, an XP, Win7 x32, and Win7 x64. By this time next year I'll probably only be maintaining Win7 64 and XP for a handful of legacy machines.
Software I'd recommend to include:
Adobe Flash
Adobe Shockwave
Adobe Air
CutePDF (or any other open source PDF printer)
MS Office
MS Silver Light
Front Motion Firefox (GPO controlled Firefox)
7-Zip file archiver
Infra Recorder (open source CD/DVD burning software)
Lots of the above software comes with bundled auto update utilities. Since I use the same image for students and staff I disable these features and anything that might nag the user. Java, Adobe players, and FM Firefox updates are extremely easy to push out over AD.
It's also a good idea to keep a text file somewhere in image that you can use as a change log to keep track of changes you've made to the image. It'll give you an idea of how old an image is in the wild.
Good luck!
simpsonj (27th May 2011)
Why do people add things like Adobe Reader, Flash Player, Air, Java & QuickTime to their images? Considering how often they are updated it doesn't make a lot of sense (as Synack mentioned).
Let's say your image includes Flash Player v10.2.159.1 and then Adobe release v10.3.181.14 a few days later, now your image is out of date. I imagine most people won't update their images that often, so you usually end up deploying the latest MSI. In that case, why not just do that in the first place and leave Flash Player out of the image?
We have Flash and Java as or online learning environment for staff need them and our clinical system is Java based. As for Adobe Reader I would prefer FoxIt but they won't and we need it.
Would never let QuickTime on a machine, VLC all the way.
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Dropping $1.6M to Renovate His San Francisco Mansion
The best part of buying a new house, obviously, is ripping out the grotty old cabinets and remaking the den to suit your personal preferences. Or at least that's the case if you happened to have founded Facebook and therefore have an enormous stockpile of cash.
While the couple won't confirm it, reports say that Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recently purchased a second home in the vicinity of San Francisco's Mission District, near Dolores Park. Perhaps so Beast can herd hipsters and startup bros instead of livestock? Read More


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Why Steve Jobs Approved Tim Cook's 'New' Pay Structure
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- A circus has been created lately around Apple's (AAPL) seemingly endless death.
The "grim reaper" is somehow always around the corner in Cupertino, Calif. and was last spotted glancing over Tim Cook's "new" compensation package and wondering whether Steve Jobs would have approved of it. My gut says that he did. Let's go over the details of Apple's new "poison pill."
A recent Apple filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that Apple has made changes to Tim Cook's restricted stock unit award -- making it the main driver of Cook's compensation as CEO. The filing states:
"Effective June 21, 2013, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc. approved the amendment of the restricted stock units awarded on August 24, 2011 to Timothy D. Cook, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. The amendment does not change the original grant date fair value of Mr. Cook's award as originally reported in the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on January 9, 2012. It does, however, align Mr. Cook's potential realizable compensation from the award with Company performance, and reflects the Committee's intent to have a portion of future equity awards be performance-based for the Company's executive officers, and for Mr. Cook to lead by example."
First and foremost, let's understand that this is not a "new policy" that Apple has taken. Those who are proclaiming "Apple's death" and insisting that Steve Jobs is "turning over in his grave" because of this "new" pay structure must now acknowledge that Steve Jobs just might have signed off on this. The filing clearly states that this is an amendment, a term that typically means that a declaration (of sorts) already existed.Further, the date on the document says that the original agreement was drawn on August 24, 2011, almost three months before Steve Jobs' death. And there's no debate that Jobs picked Cook as his successor. I'm not as skilled as others are in speaking on what Steve Jobs "would have done," but I'm inclined to believe that he would have been consulted on Cook's pay structure and subsequently signed off on it.
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Ed Markey tries to encourage Europeans about US climate policy
Are smart grids too smart for consumers?
China plans to cut the number of wind power companies by 90 per cent (Renewable Energy Magazine)
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A leaked draft of the US Senate climate bill calls for deeper cuts than the version passed in the House (NY Times)
…and is still full of gaps that will need to be filled (Institute for Energy Research)
…but the draft bill is not the same as the version that will be published on Wednesday (Greenwire)
A problem for solar power in the US: water shortages (NY Times)
Don't let the Simpsons put you off nuclear power (Infrastructurist)
What is Peak Oil? (Seeking Alpha)