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- SMART, Greenbrae bike improvements, third lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge in line for $110 million
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- Marin Voice: New Marin freeway connector is critical
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- Editorial: Highway 101 plan is a missed opportunity
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- Dick Spotswood: Highway 101 bypassed in plans for traffic improvements
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- County to spend $39.6 million on Greenbrae bicycle improvements, give $11.4 million to SMART
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- Dick Spotswood: TAM chief's unusual timing on Highway 101 plan
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- County to receive Greenbrae interchange working group proposals
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- Marin Voice: No easy solutions for Greenbrae stretch of Highway 101
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- Marin Voice: TAM needs to focus on connectivity, not just cars
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- Dick Spotswood: Headway in finding agreement on Highway 101 plan
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- Editorial: Highway 101 planning deserves a little more time
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- Greenbrae interchange group reaches consensus on Hwy. 101 improvements
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- Greenbrae interchange group discusses northbound lanes, has one meeting left
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- Editorial: Highway 101 planning deserves more time
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- Dick Spotswood: Is Highway 101 plan at a dead end?
- Greenbrae interchange group eyes southbound lanes, plans more meetings
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- Greenbrae interchange working group members irked by lost meeting time
- Marin Voice: Marin has plenty of needs for bridge toll revenue
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- Marin Voice: Time to change course on 101
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- Editorial: TAM should give 101 ideas a fair shake
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- Marin Voice: A less massive solution for Highway 101
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- Group racks up $248,000 tab assessing options for Larkspur-Corte Madera stretch of Highway 101
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- Public pitches ideas for improving Larkspur-Corte Madera stretch of Highway 101
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- Citizens group creates plan for Larkspur-Corte Madera stretch of Highway 101
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- Marin Voice: Priorities and challenges facing Highway 101 plan
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- Marin Voice: Improving the Greenbrae/Highway 101 interchange plan
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- Marin Voice: TAM should listen to the public on Twin Cities 101 plan
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- Dick Spotswood: Who's really driving the Highway 101 plan?
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- Greenbrae interchange working group focuses on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
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- Editorial: Rebuilding trust essential to Highway 101 solution
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- Greenbrae interchange working group works on leadership 'trust issue'
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- Marin Voice: Green opportunity for the Highway 101 project
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- Dick Spotswood: Time to scale back proposed 101 project
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- Larkspur demands new environmental plan for Highway 101 project
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- Marin Voice: Some other options for 101 interchange
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- Editorial: Faulty crash numbers latest stumble for Marin interchange project
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- Dick Spotswood: Caltrans needs to do a full EIR for 101 project in Marin
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- Officials call for committee to review Hwy. 101 interchange project
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- George Russell: 101 interchange plans
Corte Madera officials are fed up with the $143 million plan to construct elevated freeway sections and rearrange the Larkspur-Corte Madera stretch of Highway 101. They're formally opposing the closure of Nellen Avenue — a potential roadblock for the planned southbound improvements — and demanding a full environmental impact report if the project moves forward.
Town Council members met Monday night to cement their opposition to the project in writing for Caltrans, which is accepting comments on the project through Thursday. Their letter raises issue with the project's environmental document, what they believe are inadequate pedestrian and bicycle facilities and the impact on local roads.
It also raises issue with the Transportation Authority of Marin's recent traffic collision data, which contained incorrect information. Traffic accidents from San Francisco were included in TAM's collision report. The most recent report also changed the project area by citing different mile-post markers than those listed in the environmental document.
The town's opposition comes at a time when TAM is asking Larkspur and Corte Madera representatives to help form a seven-member committee to explore project alternatives. TAM Executive Director Dianne Steinhauser has said the committee would need to come up with a recommendation within about six months or risk losing the millions in state and federal funds earmarked for the project.
Corte Madera Mayor Diane Furst said the project's environmental document isn't detailed enough and doesn't address key issues, a concern echoed by the public.
"There are quite a number of areas in which we feel the environmental document falls short and we are requesting that Caltrans go to a full environmental impact report if they're going to pursue this project," Furst said.
The Town Council and members of the public are especially opposed to the construction of a 33-foot tall flyover to take drivers from southbound Highway 101 and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard into Corte Madera, ending at Wornum Drive.
Town Councilman Bob Ravasio said he's having trouble finding anyone in town who is in favor of the proposed project and its towering flyover.
"To say that putting a flyover up over the Corte Madera Creek is going to have little or no visual impact is crazy," Ravasio said.
The town's letter states the environmental document doesn't comply with the California Environmental Quality Act, doesn't address the impact on local businesses, doesn't mitigate the impacts of the removal of the Greenbrae pedestrian and bicycle overcrossing and doesn't address flooding problems.
Town Councilwoman Alexandra Cock said there's no reason the project shouldn't be a state-of-the-art one, without massive slabs of concrete. She said a true environmental impact report would at least give people alternatives. The current environmental document presents only build or no-build options.
"I think it definitely leaves the project in the place of having to be reworked and redesigned," Cock said. "I think they're going to have to look at everything with fresh eyes."
The project's plan to close parts of Nellen Avenue was also shot down Monday by the Town Council. Nellen runs next to southbound Highway 101, from Lucky to Wornum drives.
Council members are concerned the avenue's closure would create seriously adverse economic consequences for the businesses there, remove parking spaces along its shoulder and force more traffic onto Tamal Vista Boulevard.
Sebastian Jackovics, whose family owns multiple properties along Nellen Avenue, said the road's closure would devastate his properties and their businesses.
"It would eliminate driveways and access to them," Jackovics said.
He said business in the area significantly dropped last September and October when Doherty Drive was closed between Piper Park and Lucky Drive for construction.
TAM's claims that there are dire traffic safety issues at the Fifer Avenue/Lucky Drive ramps are unfounded, Jackovics said. He said he's been at his Fifer Avenue office for 20 years and hasn't seen the bloodbath described by transportation officials.
"I can't recall the last accident that has happened there," Jackovics said.
Town Councilman Michael Lappert said the council isn't going to allow the closure of Nellen to happen, or the overall project as proposed to take place.
"We're going to do what we can to prevent this project from going forward," Lappert said. "I think we were deceived by Caltrans and TAM."
A memo from Corte Madera Town Counsel Jeffrey Walter states the town has the power under state law to prevent the closure of Nellen,
Walter writes state law grants cities 'a veto of street closing for construction of a freeway by the state,'" and that legal challenges to this right have been unsuccessful.
Furst said it's too early to tell whether the town's veto will shutdown the project.
Corte Madera officials have a lot of criticism for the project, but say they are less opposed to the suggested improvements for northbound Highway 101.
Ravasio said the town knows there's a problem and wants to help address traffic congestion problems by partnering with Larkspur to brainstorm ideas.
"I think we're interested in developing alternatives," Ravasio said.
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While climbing is awesome and all, helping people is even better. The Zack Martin Breaking Barriers Grant (ZMBB) is a dual-purpose grant fund that focuses primarily on a humanitarian objective. The secondary objective involves alpinism, ice climbing, rock climbing, bouldering.
Applicants need to meet both objectives and are strongly encouraged to obtain additional funding and sponsors.
Humanitarian efforts should be sustainable, feasible, and continue to provide benefits to local people after initial implementation. Ideally, objectives will teach locals "how to" and provide some level of continued support and funding. For examples, check out the humanitarian objectives of previous ZMBB recipients.
The secondary objective should focus on climbing related adventure and discovery in the natural environment.
Who's Zack Martin?
Zack Martin died just before his 25th birthday on Thanksgiving Day 2002. He was a recipient of AAC grants, the Anatoli Boukreev grant and others. Zack was concerned about the general arrogance and self-serving aspirations of climbers and explorers. He committed to performing humanitarian service in the local community on all of his climbing expeditions. He would "break a barrier" in the alpine environment and "break a barrier" in the heart of man. As Zack often said, "The only barrier holding you back is yourself."
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Learning to Say "Maybe"
Creation cannot explain away its creator, it merely tells part of the story of him. The danger comes when we only need God for what we don't know, and, conversely, we don't need him in what we do know.
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Creation cannot explain away its creator, it merely tells part of the story of him. The danger comes when we only need God for what we don't know, and, conversely, we don't need him in what we do know.
We need safe places in which to raise the complex issues of submitting wholeheartedly to the authority of God's Word in the Scriptures while wrestling with the important findings and perspectives in the natural sciences.
I began to imagine God taking delight in watching the universe slowly unfold and grow, much like my wife and I delight in the slow transformation of seeds into a bountiful harvest.
If I studied science, allowed my intellect to thrive, and continued the pursuit of understanding how things work, I was convinced that I would be condemning my soul and forsaking my faith.
I became such an expert in young-earth creationist theology and science that it turned into a wrecking ball for my faith.
Science is an honest and noble pursuit, evidence of human intellect and curiosity, and to turn away from these is to deny a very important part of who God created us to be in the first place.
The story of the Genesis Rock reminds us of how biblical and scientific accounts, despite their different purviews and purposes, remain inexorably linked in our understanding of origins.
My childhood in the evangelical church gave me the toolkit that led me to eventually accept the evidence for evolution, and marvel at the God who created it all.
Recent high-school graduate Jacob shares about his journey from young-earth creationism to evolutionary creationism, and how his faith was challenged and strengthened along the way.
Ted Davis traces the interesting (and often disturbing) history of how Christians have used evolutionary science to justify un-Christian views, and makes some suggestions about a better relationship between science and Christian faith.
Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
Read about the death of Wolfhart Pannenberg, still debating creation and evolution, and a really big dinosaur discovery.
At BioLogos, we believe that a serious and faithful reading of Scripture doesn't call for a recent origin to the earth, and we are persuaded that God has shown us through the natural world he created that his creative work began much earlier.
From science and religion blogs: quantum uncertainty and God, the remarkable fact that we have come to understand our place in the created order, and the role of theology in making wise choices about the use of technology.
This weeks in Origins news: studies of a skeleton uncovered in 2007 provide clues about rapid human evolution in the Americas, our climate and Christian stewardship, a few BioLogos folks give interviews, and some cool links to miscellaneous finds.
We must press beyond the various creation narratives in the Hebrew Bible, including the final chapters of Job, to the picture of God revealed in the New Testament—the Creator who does not rationally explain away the scandal of suffering but who instead enters into it.
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Potential, Productivity, and Refining the Work Process
While I lived in New York, I participated in a leadership exercise that illustrated the potential of productivity under pressure. Our group was divided into two teams and given the task to create an actual product, build a website, and provide a way for someone to purchase the product online. Now, this process could take as much as three months or even more to complete. However, we were given a mere three hours.
Both teams kicked into high gear as soon as the clock began, and three hours later, both teams had a product, a functioning website, and an online purchase option. Granted, the products did not look that great, the websites were extremely bare, and the payment option was done through PayPal, but - both teams had completed the almost-impossible objective.
Many times, we do not really push ourselves. We find a nice steady pace and stick to that. It's comfortable. However, by not pushing ourselves, we are not meeting new challenges. If we are not challenging ourselves, we are not growing. And, if we are not growing, we are not reaching our potential.
Part of our philosophy at Anthology is to push things to the max. Most of our deadlines are aggressive. Our time budgets are aggressive. And we demand excellence. However, by pushing hard and creating difficult objectives, we are constantly refining our process and growing as a team. Our tiny successes become big successes and our tiny failures becoming huge learning experiences.
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Yep. It's time for a new cinematic interpretation of the Ultimate Forbidden Love. It's been seventeen years, believe it or not, when the then 17-year-old Claire Danes starred as Juliet, opposite 22-year-old Leonardo di Caprio as Romeo.
This time, the play is returned to Shakespeare's intended era and setting, the early 14th century in Verona (the Danes-di Caprio version was a "hip and modern" take, set in a "suburb of Verona").
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Every once in a while, a singular man emerges out of all the double rainbows, cats wearing wigs and Lady Gaga fan fic, and proves himself to be a truly exceptional asshat. These very special guys say and do offensive, obnoxious and borderline illegal things and then POST ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET — and for that we think they should all collectively probably never get laid again.
Earlier this week, a new d-bag tossed his ring into the Crappy Internet Dude pool. Adam White was a whiny blogger/frustrated writer who outed the identity of Twitterer TeleEroticist — a female blogger who wrote hilarious missives on her experiences as a phone sex operator — to her family. White was seemingly bitter that TeleEroticist's writing — along with that of other women writers like Julie Klausner — was getting notice while his own highly fascinating blog, "Reasons Why I Hate Girls," was not. This guy is just one of a zillion out there who mistakenly believes that a woman's success comes at his own expense. But perhaps, dear Adam, these female writers are getting book deals because they're talented and you're not, baby.
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The church as we know it came about when one group of believers was opposed by a dissenting group. Then it became necessary for each group to define their concepts of Christianity and to label all others heretics.
read moreThe Greek word for "faith" in the New Testament is pistis, which occurs 243 times. As a noun, pistis is used as a technical term for "forensic evidence." In other words, faith is not blind; we must investigate to establish the facts. I agree with retired Episcopal bishop, John Shelby Spong, who writes, "My problem has never been my faith. It has always been the literal way that human beings have chosen to articulate that faith." To many Christians, faith means believing highly suspect claims, which is a problem for me. Thinking isn't a sin. God created our minds and I'm certain that we were intended to use them.
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Like the greening of the Earth:
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Like the joyful Spring-time's birth,
I think Christian missionaries should live among the people exhibiting their Christianity in their daily lives. If the people see something in their lives that is missing in their own lives they will ask about it, which gives the missionary permission to tell them about their faith.
read moreFor Christians grace is God's gift of pardon. According to William Barclay the Greek word for grace was originally a military term. When an emperor came to the throne or celebrated a birthday, he would give his troops a donatirim (donation), which was a free gift that they had not earned; it was given out of the goodness of the emperor's heart. This idea was picked up by the Christian scripture writers when they wrote about the grace of God. Grace is something that is unearned and undeserved – unmerited pardon.
read moreCan we actually believe that because Eve persuaded Adam to eat a forbidden apple the entire human race is doomed to hell? Can we truly believe that for several thousand years there was no chance for any human to be saved, even though none of them had anything to do with Adam and Eve's disobedience in the Garden? Isn't it ludicrous that a child born today is doomed because Adam and Eve disobeyed God? That creation/damnation scheme sounds more like devil-worship than God-worship.
read moreWhen it comes to the existence of the devil, people normally have one of two reactions: they dismiss the devil and scoff at the idea that there is such an entity, or they exalt the devil, and attribute far more to him (or it) than is deserved. In a recent Gallup poll, 70% of Americans believe in the devil. Half of those surveyed believe that he (this evil force is most often referred to in masculine terms) is a personal force, while the other half believes he is an impersonal force.
Let us see what the Bible says about Satan, the devil and the evil one.
When we share, our awareness grows beyond our little self to a broader reality.
read moreIn the short interval between hearing the words and partaking of the symbolic body of Christ, I was enveloped in one of those rare moments of total oneness with all that is. The word "body" became present to me in a way I had not previously experienced. A feeling of connectedness with all mortal life swept over me. And beyond that an awareness of my aliveness being one with the aliveness of the earth and universe.
read moreBonhoeffer believed that in the future a religionless Christianity—stripped of its religious garments—would be limited to two things: prayer and action.3 He believed that through these two acts Christians would learn to see the world from a new perspective, with the eyes of those at the bottom of society—the people that Matthew called "the least of these." For Bonhoeffer, prayer—especially intercessory prayer—becomes important because it creates a powerful sense of empathy and solidarity with the people one brings before God. This, in turn, motivates one to engage in "righteous" action—the seeking of justice in human society.
read moreEschatology is the study of last things, the final events in history, the ultimate destiny of humanity, the end of the world. Major issues in eschatology include the rapture, the second coming of Jesus, the tribulation, Millennialism, and the last judgment.
Most of the Christian books I have read do not seriously concern themselves with eschatology, but the Left Behind series of books made it a popular topic. All twelve novels in the series made the New York Times bestselling fiction list – note: the fiction list. Prior to the Left Behind novels of the 1990s, Hal Lindsey's 1970s bestselling books, including The Late Great Planet Earth, were also bestsellers.
Easter calls attention to the traditional, fundamental "beliefs" associated with the Christian religion – if only for a day. The secular world pays little attention to the nuances of Christian "faith" in a post-Christian world. Easter is a liturgical season that lasts for seven weeks. In Christian tradition, the time between the resurrection of Jesus and his "ascension" into the sky (Pentecost) replaces the time between the Jewish Feast of the Passover and the giving of the law to Moses on Mt. Sinai. Not only do most Christians concentrate on the resurrection story – often literally. Editorial writers for supposedly sophisticated secular media seem to feel obligated to attempt to find meaning in the traditional religious legend of a dead man walking out of his tomb. But "faith" does not mean "belief." "Faith" means "trust." "Faith" further means "confidence."
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You can find it under the blue star on the GDS facebook page.
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Karina has given us a gift made with her Fiesta Kit
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Ar dydd Mercher 20 Hydref cafod miloedd o blant hwyl yn palu yn y pridd fel rhan o broject Bylbiau'r Gwanwyn i Ysgolion – ymchwil newid hinsawdd.
Roedd nifer yn edrych ymlaen i blannu'r bylbiau bach y byddant yn gofalu amdanynt tan y gwanwyn nesaf. Yr wythnos nesaf bydd yr ysgolion yn dechrau casglu cofnodion tywydd a chwblhau sialensiau Athro'r Ardd er mwyn ennill eu Tystysgrifau Gwyddonwyr Gwych.
Mae'r project yma yn gyfle gwych i ddysgu y tu allan i'r ystafell ddosbarth, ond mae hefyd yn fodd i Amgueddfa Cymru rannu gwybodaeth ac adnoddau gwyddonol gydag ysgolion ledled Cymru.
Yr ystadegau...
Mae 5.4% o ysgolion cynradd Cymru yn cymryd rhan eleni, 2,681 o ddisgyblion mewn 71 ysgol ar drws Cymru.
Mae 60% o'r ysgolion dros 30 milltir o Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd, sy'n bencadlys yr ymchwiliad.
Mae 42% o'r ysgolion wedi'u lleoli yng Ngogledd Cymru, 33.8% yn Ne Ddwyrain Cymru, 16.9% yng Ngorllewin Cymru a 8.4% yng Nghanolbarth Cymru.
Mae 38% wedi'u lleoli mewn ardaloedd Cymunedau'n 1af ac mae 40% yn ysgolion Cymraeg neu ddwyieithog.
Mae 37% yn cymryd rhan yn y project am y tro cyntaf tra bo 63% wedi bod yn rhan o'r project am ddwy flynedd neu fwy.
Wales for Africa: crisis
We've convened a crisis meeting of the Forum's members in order to draw up a planned response to the Government's National Development Plan - the Plan with no chapter on housing. Members also looked at the Position Statement I'd drafted the week before, which we're placing in the Times of Zambia - a government paper, so we altered the tone a little bit!
I spent the rest of the week visiting members to carry out the baseline survey. The week was sort of topped and tailed by highlights. At the beginning we visited two women's co-operatives in rural areas, teaching women skills like brick-making and land rights issues. The week ended, however, with a visit I'll never forget. If I said I enjoyed it that would be inappropriate - nobody could enjoy seeing the appalling circumstances some people live in. We visited two compounds, one in Lusaka and one 200 miles north in Kitwe, to conduct focus groups with the residents' committees. In Lusaka, about 2,000 people live in the compound in homes that range from breezeblock constructions to shacks that are collapsing around them. They draw water from shared taps located around the compound. Everywhere is dirt and dust. Some people, usually women, set up their own business, ranging from a single table with a few vegetables to brick-built grocery shops - and loads of hairdressers. I was taken to see the school, which was spotless and being repainted as I was there. A gang of schoolchildren, in their navy blue uniforms, were chatting and giggling on their way from school, just like a crowd of Cardiff schoolkids. Everywhere I went I was followed by a growing crowd of small children. At first they mutter 'muzungu' (white person) but when I wave at them I get dazzling smiles and waves back. And then when I attempt to greet them - 'muli shani' - they burst into laughter.
The residents' committees in both Lusaka and Kitwe are simply inspirational. They're politicised, aware, committed; they spoke in dialect but I continuously heard the words 'advocacy', 'sensitised' and 'empower'. They have the will, the intelligence and the inner resources to achieve what's needed to lift these communities out of abject poverty, if only the infrastructure we take for granted was put in place for them.
Some good news, after our crisis meeting my colleague secured a meeting at the Ministry of Finance the next morning, and a committment to revisit the Housing Chapter to try, with the NGO's help, to make fit for reinstatement in the National Plan. It's a start.
Wales for Africa, now we're communicating
Just met a journalist, who wants to do something with our story about the Government leaving housing out of the National Development Plan (which I still think must be an oversight?!).
He's taken our press release and he loved the open letter, and he's coming back on Saturday to do interviews. Result.
Toddler playtime
Yesterday we had our second toddler session in the gallery. We will be holding the sessions once a month and each month will look at a different theme - this month the theme was Autumn, and the one before looked at farm animals. The sessions are quite informal giving the little ones a chance to play and experience our different activities and to socialise with the other children. Another important part of the session is that it is bilingual, so the staff who are working (Ffion,Iola and myself this month) can speak in Welsh or English to the children, and the songs that Ffion led at the end were also in Welsh. It's a nice way for English speaking parents to begin to learn Welsh with their children.
So, what do we do? yesterday we had an art and craft table where the children could decorate pumpkin shapes or leaves, make leaf rubbings (although I find this is often a bit difficult for the under 3's!) or do some drawing. We also had a sensory tray filled with leaves, plastic bugs, fircones and dried lemon slices; coloured and scented playdough (yellow playdough was vanilla and the orange one cinammon and spices) with different cookie cutter shapes to play with; a sandpit and fircones (the sandpit was going to be our sensory tray and we were going to change it each month, but the children seemed to enjoy playing with the sand so much we didn't have the heart to change it! What I might do though is dye the sand at some point so it will be a little bit more exciting!); soft toys to play with and a quiet area with picture books. The picture books we had yesterday were 'Cwymp y dail' by Sian Lewis which is a Sali Mali book about Autumn, 'Cawl Pwmpen' by Helen Cooper - a nice autumnal book about pumpkin soup, 'Hibernation Station' by Michelle Meadows and Kurt Cyrus - an unbelievably cute story about animals hibernating, although perhaps a little too 'american' for some tastes (not mine!), 'The Tiny Seed' by Eric Carle - i love the illustrations in this, 'I am a Bunny' by Ole Risom and Richard Scarry - an adorable simple book about the seasons, and my find of the month, 'Autumn' by Gerda Muller - this was perfect for a bilingual session as it doesn't have any words (I didn't realise this when I ordered it) and consists of illustrations of the type of things that happen in the autumn - leaves falling off the trees, rainy weather, making leaf rubbings, making jam and hibernating animals. It's a lovely book to look through with a child as it lets them make up the story themselves.
We ended the session with a song about Autumn, and sent them all off with a leaf bag and a leaf spotting sheet in case they wanted to have a walk around the museum.
Next month our theme is buildings
Wales for Africa
Finally, finally feel like I've started work. I've spent hours in the back of a very hot car driving around a gridlocked Lusaka, a crash course (nearly literally) in NGO culture. But met some amazing people along the way though.
I wrote a press release and was very excited when the comms person from the organization we share offices with told me he'd take it to the journalist he was meeting that evening. Unfortunately, i hadn't counted for the dire network connection in our offices and lack of networked printer, so I couldn't get the press release to him, by hard copy or email. Not so exciting.
Then wrote a letter to the Minister for Finance and National Planning, an open letter we're placing in The Post and a letter to housing stakeholders inlcuding the World Bank. All part of our preparation for a crisis meeting. The Zambian government has published their Sixth National Development Plan, but left out the chapter on housing - madness if they want to deliver on their other priorities like health and education.
The Post is the paper with highest circulation figures, and very much holds the government to account. Unlike UK high-circulatin 'newspapers', The Post is crammed with political items, including a substantial international section. Not a celebrity in sight. How refreshing.
I think I'll be doing a lot of responsive stuff like this, as well as working on the longer-term strategy, but it's all useful as we talk a lot about voice, audience and tools.
Wales for Africa - to work
Spent a packed day meeting, greeting, listening to some pretty amazing people. I've already got a much better picture of who does what, who funds what and why. The NGO sector is huge in Africa, and for the most part it deals directly with civic and community organizations, but at some points, for example the Civic Forum on Housing & Habitat, where I am, it has to deal with the government in a lobbying and advocacy role. Interesting, as the Forum is funded by the Swedish Cooperative Centre, which is itself funded by the Swedish Government.
Some things are surprisingly familiar - there are issues that the Zambian Government wants organizations to mainstream: sustainability is a familiar one; gender, perhaps; but HIV/Aids is a well established agenda here, and anti-fraud and corruption is actively being promoted now (I should know, I had to sit through the meeting!)
Wales for Africa - touchdown
First impressions:
Zambia is very flat, so the horizon all around is low. Even at 6am it's about 17°C and we're warm and sticky. Driving from the airport towards Lusaka, it could pass for a southern European hot dry country - blue sky, yellow earth, palm trees. Except there's a burnt, nutty smell hanging on the air, making my nose tickle. The roads are pretty good, straight and smooth. It's early and there's not so much traffic, but we pass loads of cyclists, making a laboured journey towards town with their bikes laden with parcels wrapped in various materials, mostly straw, built up in a well-balanced if precarious heap up the back of the bike.
When I got in the back of the car I automatically went to put on my seatbelt and, struggling a bit, asked where the buckle was only to be told with a smile that it was ok. I wondered what was ok, then realised that he was telling me it was ok not to wear a seat belt. Then I noticed that both men in the front weren't wearing seatbelts either.
I later learnt that the smoky smell is charcoal burning, and many of those brave cyclists we passed were carrying bundles of it to sell by the roadsides in Lusaka.
October in Oriel 1
There are lots of things happening in the gallery this month. There's the Keepsakes Project Workshop this saturday, and curator of costumes and textiles, Elen Phillips will also be giving behind the scenes tours of the Museum stores. It is essential that you book in advance for the tours (which will also be held the week after on the 16th too) as spaces are limited.
This months Playtime session for toddlers is now fully booked, so make sure you book early for the next ones!
As usual, the art cart will be in the gallery during October half term. From Saturday 23 until Friday 29 of October we will be making things to do with Keepsakes to tie in with the exhibiton, and then on the 30th and 31st we will be making something spooky for Halloween.
Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau
Amgueddfeydd, Arddangosfeydd a Digwyddiadau
Blog David Anderson
Ffotograffau gan William Booth
Ffotograffau Hanesyddol (Esmee Ffairburn)
Gwaith Cloddio ym Mryngaer Llanmelin, 1930au
Linking Natural Science Collections in Wales
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[OS] COLOMBIA/CT - Brother of FARC leader urges end to war
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The brother of FARC leader "Alfonso Cano" has appealed for him to leave
his jungle hideout, present his political proposals and bring a peaceful
end to nearly five decades of war in the Andean nation.
Although Roberto Saenz is running for a third term as a Bogota city
councillor this month and served as Colombia's representative to the
United Nations, he is maybe better known for his older sibling, the
Marxist rebel chief.
Guillermo Saenz, known by the war alias "Alfonso Cano", disappeared three
decades ago into the mountains to join the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia, or FARC, the country's largest rebel group.
"Come back, present your political proposal; I know you have one," Saenz,
55, told Reuters in a rare interview about his brother this week at his
Bogota campaign headquarters.
"Man, the short life you have left could be so good ... You should
dedicate your life to building a peace process based on a different social
model," said Saenz.
He is running on a environmental platform with Bogota mayoral candidate
Gustavo Petro, a former fighter for the now-defunct M-19 rebel group.
Over the last decade, Colombia's U.S.-funded military offensive against
leftist guerrillas has killed some of the FARC's key commanders and
whittled down its ranks by half to about 8,000 fighters. The United States
has a bounty of up to $5 million for Cano's capture for murder and drug
The FARC, which began in 1964 as a peasant insurgency, is considered a
terrorist group by the United States and Europe, and is strongly linked to
the drug trade, its principal source of funding. Cano replaced its founder
Manuel Marulanda in 2008 when the 77-year-old rebel died of a heart
Since then, Cano, a former anthropology teacher, has sought to keep the
group relevant by holding back Colombian military advances with landmines,
sniper fire and bombings.
Cano, whose middle-class roots differ from the FARC's peasant base,
narrowly escaped being killed or captured in July, fleeing just 12 hours
before special forces bombed and surrounded his lodgings under Colombia's
thick jungle canopy.
"I've been told 50 times he's been killed," said Saenz, one of seven
siblings. "I think he's prepared for a fatal end."
Saenz -- whose first stint as a Bogota councilor in the 1980s was for a
party linked to the FARC -- has not seen his brother since failed peace
talks in Venezuela in 1991.
"It makes me so sad because I knew Guillermo before he became Alfonso Cano
... We were a happy family; he didn't go to the guerrillas because of
resentment, it was an intellectual evolution," Saenz said.
He urged his brother to change "boring revolutionary rhetoric" and build a
modern political movement.
"We weren't rich, but we weren't poor either," said Saenz, who describes
himself as a social democrat. "We went out drinking, played football, went
out dancing -- what anyone from the middle class would do."
The bearded and bespectacled Cano has said he is prepared to negotiate
with the government but will not give up weapons as a condition. President
Juan Manuel Santos refuses to talk unless the FARC first ends it attacks
and releases hostages.
Most Colombian leaders have tried peace talks, but the tide of the war
changed in 2002 when former President Alvaro Uribe dealt some of the
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as security improved.
Santos, who succeeded Uribe last year, is trying to slash poverty and turn
over to peasants swathes of land seized by right-wing paramilitaries -- a
mainstay of FARC discourse.
Saenz says he believes Cano could be persuaded to end the guerrilla war as
part of a peace deal. "Even if he is at the end of his life, he wouldn't
give up and turn in his men. That would never happen .... But a
negotiation? Yes!"
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Adventure in Faith, 415 Charlotte Ave., holds a special youth service at 5 p.m. Sunday Oct. 28 featuring Adrian Franklin singing and preaching. Call 704-263-1249.
Catawba Heights Baptist, 311 Belmont Ave., hosts the annual Veterans Day Tribute Concert at 6 p.m. Nov. 10, sponsored by Gastonia Cornerstone Christian Center. Featured artists are the Pine Ridge Boys Quartet, the Golden Valley Crusaders, and the Spencer Mountain Quintet. There are several planned patriotic activities. Members of the WWII Last Man Club, all veterans and active duty armed services members are invited special guests. Admission is free. Door prizes will be awarded. Call 704-867-8749, 704-864-9185, or 704-827-8474.
Goshen Presbyterian, 380 Woodlawn Ave., holds an Attic and Bake sale from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Saturday, Oct. 27 Features clothes, linens, household goods, sausage biscuits, grits, coffee and baked goods. Proceeds go to missions and the work of Goshen's W.I.C.
Bessemer City Community Church, Edgewood Road, holds a lay revival at 7 nightly Nov. 12-15 with special singing each night. Homecoming will be held Nov. 11 with dinner served after the morning worship service.
Bethany Baptist, 208 N. 13 th St., holds its annual Usher Service at 3 p.m. Sunday Oct. 28 featuring guest speaker the Rev. T.S. Gillespie and members of Hebron, the Church of Jesus Christ.
Bethea United Methodist, 605 E. Maryland Ave., holds drive-thru prayers 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays during October. People with concerns or issues in their lives are encouraged to drive by and have someone pray with them. Call Pastor Tony Green, 828-499-0124.
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Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist, 1875 Ridge Road, holds a men's conference at 9 a.m. today. Saturday, Oct. 27 Breakfast will be served. Registration for men is $25. Women are invited and will pay $10 for breakfast. The Men's Choir celebrates its anniversary at 2 p.m. Sunday. Oct. 28
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First Baptist, 301 E. First St ., presents Girls Night at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 for teenage girls. The special guest will be Christian author, speaker and recording artist Paige Omartian. She is the author of the book "Wake Up Generation" and has appeared on the "Today" show and in promotions for Bath & Body Works. The evening will feature a praise band. Pizza, soft drinks and frappuccinos will be served. Call 704-435-3796.
First United Methodist, 601 N. Pink St., holds a community-wide breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. today Saturday, Oct. 27 in the church fellowship hall. Donations only. Call 704-435-6732.
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Life Church, 501 Cramer Mountain Road, hosts Walk and Run 4 Africa from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Nov. 3. Proceeds will go to humanitarian projects in Tanzania including building portable toilets for the Massai tribe, drinking water for schools and villages and providing job training and small business loans. Check-in begins at 8:30am with walking and running (and a bounce inflatable for children) starting at 9 a.m. There will be Tanzanian crafts for sale, music and prizes, including a Kindle Fire. For more information, and to register, visit Walk and Run 4 Africa's website at walk4africanc.weebly.com . All financial donations are tax deductible .
Dallas Baptist, 402 W. Trade St., presents DivorceCare from 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 2.
Mountain View Freewill Baptist, 682 Dallas Spencer Mountain Highway, holds a revival at 11 a.m. Sunday Oct. 28 and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday Oct. 29 through Nov. 2 featuring evangelist Michael Mitchell.
Our Saviour Lutheran, 725 Gastonia Technology Parkway (Gaston College exit off U.S. 321), holds a contemporary HOSANNA! Praise Worship at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the main sanctuary. The service is for those who want to take a midweek break and for those who will miss their regular Sunday worship. Features music by Trew and weekly messages by the Rev. Dr. J. George Gilbert. Call 704-922-4648 or email email@example.com .
Center Baptist Church, South New Hope Road, Gastonia, presents Women In Red at 3 p.m. Nov. 4 featuring guest speaker Pastor Kimberly Moore of Emmanuel Missionary Baptist, Gastonia.
Faith United Methodist, 1511 E. Ozark Ave., holds a do it yourself session on genealogy resources and research in Gaston County at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13. The session will be led by Ann Gometz from the Gaston County Public Library.
Firestone Wesleyan, 1700 Union Road, presents DivorceCare and DivoreCare for Kids – support groups offered to adults who are divorced or separated and their children. Both are held on at 7 p.m. Thursdays. There is a one-time registration cost of $15 for the adult sessions and DC4K is free if a parent is enrolled in DivorceCare. For more information, contact the church office at 704-865-4572. Single Parenting Classes are also being offered at 7 p.m. Thursdays. This program combines Christ-centered, biblical hope and healing for single parents with practical strategies to help them develop parenting skills. Cost is $15. For more information, contact Sharon Combs at email@example.com . Traditional Wednesday morning worship services will continue to be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesdays – Nov. 14, Nov. 28 and Dec. 12. There will be no services on Dec. 26.
First ARP, 317 S. Chester St., holds a tag sale from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 3, featuring furniture, household items, art and more. Benefits Covenant Community Preschool.
Grace Baptist, 2200 Auten Road, presents preacher, teacher and author Dr. D.L. Lowrie at 11 a.m. Sunday. Oct. 28 Dr. Lowrie is pastor emeritus of First Baptist, Lubbock, Texas.
Holy Trinity Lutheran, 805 S. York St., hosts a Red Cross Blood Drive from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday. Oct. 29 Walk-ins are welcome.
Living Water Community Worship, 408 N. Firestone St., holds its monthly Meat Give Away from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. Saturday, Oct. 27 Recipients must have photo identification, proof of residence (phone bill, utility bill, piece or mail), social security numbers and birthdates for all household residents. The line starts forming after 10 a.m. on the side where the church is located.
Neely's Grove AME Zion Church, 3321 S. New Hope Road, holds a Community Blood Drive & Health Fair today, Saturday, Oct. 27 in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The free health fair starts at 10:30 a.m. and will feature information about diabetes, HIV/AIDS, fitness, nutrition and heart health. The blood drive takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. On Sunday, the church will host a Pink Sunday Worship and Memorial Service at 11 a.m. Kim Elmore, from Gaston Cancer Services, will provide information about breast cancer and the keynote speaker will be Grace Sims, the Lincolnton District's Missionary President. Those attending Sunday are encouraged to wear pink. Call Pastor Curry, 704-824-9231.
Mount Calvary Baptist, 408 N. Marietta St., holds the Combined Choirs Annual Service at 3 p.m. Sunday. Oct. 28 Call 704-864-4222.
Pathway to Freedom Ministries, 1315 W. Franklin Blvd., holds a free movie night with free snacks at 6 tonight. Saturday, Oct. 27
Providence Presbyterian, 2850 Union Road, welcomes Chuck Evans as its supply minister on Sunday. Oct. 28
Redeemer Lutheran, 1915 S. New Hope Road, holds a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. Saturday, Oct. 27 The Joint Reformation Service will be held at 5:30 p.m. Sunday Oct. 28 with guest speaker the Rev. George Kloster, former pastor of St. Michael Catholic Church.
Robinson Memorial Presbyterian, 3106 Union Road, holds its Cakes plus Goodies Sale at 8 a.m. Nov. 3 featuring cakes, pies, cookies, cupcakes, muffins, fried pies, casseroles, chicken pot pies and homemade spaghetti sauce.
Saint Paul Missionary, 418 N. Oakland St., celebrates Homecoming 2012 on Sunday. Oct. 28 The church will observe 127 years of ministry and service to Gastonia and North Carolina. This year's theme is "Reclaiming God's Glory through Worship and Excellence." The speaker at 11 a.m. will be former pastor, Dr. Howard Davis of Lumberton. Dr. Benjamin Hinton of Tabernacle Baptist, Gastonia (a daughter church of St. Paul) and his choir and congregation will be the 3 p.m. guests. Revival services will be held at 7 nightly Monday through Wednesday Oct. 29-31 with Bishop Oliver T. McCray, the founding pastor of Remant of Faith Fellowship of Tampa as the guest revivalist. Call 704-864-8063.
St. Peter's AME Zion, 911 N. York St., welcomes Gastonia Prayer Band No. 2 with bands from North and South Carolina at 7 p.m. Nov. 3. Call 704-865-3040.
Tabernacle Baptist, 519 W. 19 th Ave., presents the "Pulling down Strongholds in Domestic Violence" seminar from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today. Saturday, Oct. 27 Contact Sister Ursula Smith at email@example.com or call the church office, 704-865-0839.
Tabernacle Community Impact Center, 1701 S. York St., hosts a food and clothes give away for the less fortunate from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Oct. 20 Nov. 17, and Dec. 15. Clothes are given away every Saturday. Call Mary Gibson, 704-820-8695, or the church, 704-864-4051.
Central United Methodist, 113 Piedmont Ave., holds a country style all you can eat breakfast buffet from 6 to 10 a.m. Nov. 3. Cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children ages 3 to 6. Proceeds go to support a mission trip to Costa Rica in January. Call 704-739-2471.
East Gold Street Wesleyan, 701 E. Gold St., holds its revival at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday Oct. 28 and 7 nightly Monday through Wednesday. Oct. 29-31 The speaker will be the Rev. Dale Freed. Nursery provided during the services. Call 704-739-3215.
Ebenezer Baptist, 1621 County Line Road, holds a gospel concert at 7 tonight Oct. 27 featuring Greatly Determined (the Rev. Billy Houze) of Lawndale; Focused of Gastonia; D'Termination of Gastonia; and Worship and Praise by Simple Harmony. Call Francina Williams, 704-300-8413.
Penley's Chapel, 1508 NC 216 North, hosts the Kings Mountain Community Thanksgiving Service on Nov. 20. A pre-service concert starts at 6:45 p.m. and the service starts at 7 p.m. featuring the Rev. Marty Ramey, Advent Lutheran. Music provided by Penley's Chapel Singers. Call 704-750-4430
Daniels Lutheran, 3170 Reepsville Road, holds a Country Breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. today. Saturday, Oct. 27 Cost is $6. Call Pastor Ted Bost, 704-735-2388.
Without Walls Freedom Center, 118 Colonial Village Drive, hosts its first Men's Revival at 10 a.m. today, Saturday, Oct. 20 open to men of all ages. Call 704-240-4411.
Hebron, the Church of Jesus Christ, 200 S. Main St., celebrates its third anniversary at 11 a.m. Sunday Oct. 28 with guest speaker the Rev. Charles Johnson of Lost and Found Ministries. A celebration dinner will be held today. Oct. 27 Call 704-671-4148.
First United Methodist, 140 N Main St. holds its Children's and Junior's Fall & Winter Consignment Sale from 7 to noon Nov. 17. A half price sale takes place from 11 a.m. to noon. Drop off times are 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 12 and Nov. 14. A consigner sale will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16. To be a seller and shop early, visit www.fumcmtholly.org. Call 704-827-4855.
Westview Presbyterian (ARP), 1020 W. Catawba Ave., holds its Homecoming Sunday on Sunday Oct. 28 with Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. A covered dish lunch will follow the service. Wednesday Prayer Service starts at 6:30 p.m. weekly.
Ranlo Baptist, 1517 Spencer Mountain Road, is holding its Marvelous Monday series. The guest speaker on Oct. 29 will be the Rev. Matt Thomas, Ranlo Baptist, with special music by Grateful. Nursery provided. Call 704-824-1146.
Elizabeth Baptist Church, 301 North Post Road, presents Gold City in concert at 7 p.m. on Nov. 17 in the Christian Life Center. Tickets are $20. Call 704-482-6339.
Hollyoak Park Drive holds a gospel music event at 5 p.m. Nov. 11 to honor Clarence Quarels, a deejay at WFN Radio, Gaffney, featuring Supreme Seven; Flossie Boyd-Johnston and Favor; Bryan Mayes and Heaven Bound; Cincer; TC and Smith Brothers; Together; and the Mount Calvary Ensemble. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. For ticket information, call 704-252-4552.
The Gaston County Missionary Baptist Association Youth Council presents the Youth Hallelujah Skate 2012 fundraiser from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday Oct. 28 at Kate's Skating, Hudson Boulevard, Gastonia. Features food, fellowship, and entertainment. Tickets are $7 at the door. Contact Minister Dawn Johnson, 704-923-7293.
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DUNDEE, Fla. — This year's Florida navel harvest is bringing high-quality fruit.
Grower-shippers began harvesting in late September and increased volume since then.
Al Finch, vice president of sales and marketing for Florida Classic Growers, the marketing arm of the Dundee Citrus Growers Association, said retailers have scheduled December promotions for 4- and 8-pound bagged navels.
"Quality has been good," he said in early November. "The internal and external quality has been excellent, and sizing has been running on the normal sizes. This has been a traditional season, but it should be an outstanding year for navels."
The ending of the offshore deal in late October helped boost trade interest in promoting Florida's navels, Finch said.
When Florida growers harvested from larger navel acreage, volume typically ran past Christmas.
Today, most growers try to finish by Christmas, said Russell Kiger, sales manager of DLF International Inc., Vero Beach.
"This year, the navels are a very good-looking crop overall," Kiger said in early November. "The flavor's very good on them early. They have good size and strong flavor. Everything's good about them this year."
A small number of growers usually pack navels after Jan. 1, but the deal won't bring the heavy volume it normally ships during the latter part of the year, said Dave Brocksmith, Florida citrus manager for Vero Beach-based Seald Sweet International.
The November fundraising business helps drive sales, he said.
"The quality this year is excellent," Brocksmith said in early November. "It has good acids and good sugars, which make it a fine eating piece of fruit."
Sizing is large this year, Brocksmith said.
He said navels are peaking on the 64s, 56s and 80s in respective volume.
Because of later running imports, Florida grower-shippers missed the deal's early window, said Kevin Swords, Florida citrus sales manager for DNE World Fruit Sales in Fort Pierce.
He said imported fruit remained heavy in key Northeast supermarkets in mid-November.
"The navel situation has been tough," Swords said. "And with California starting early we have lost a lot of marketing opportunities. We have had several customers that went from imports to California. It has made it a challenge as far as promotions."
Typically, California begins volumes in mid-November. This year, however, it began strong shipments in mid-October, Swords said.
Swords characterized eating quality as good and said the season is bringing more medium sizes, which Swords said is more compatible with demand.
He said color was maturing and retailers should find adequate volume for promotions.
After navels finish harvesting in late December, a variety of midseason oranges help keep movement going until the late season valencias begin harvesting in late February and March.
Hamlins, pineapples and valencias are the juice oranges or the varieties consumers us to make fresh juice.
Hamlins run through early January and temples start in mid-January and harvest through mid-February.
Florida Classic's Finch said the hamlins look strong and are producing sizes peaking on the 125s and 100s, making them suitable for 4-pound bag promotions.
Temples typically begin harvesting in January.
"We always have nice temples," said Matt Reel, director of sales for IMG Citrus Inc., Vero Beach. "Though the variety has been around for a long time, the temples are good for retailers that want to do something different. They're a good product retailers like to promote from mid-January through mid-February."
Reel said temple demand went well last season.
Though it's too early to discuss what this year's valencia crop could bring, DLF's Kiger said growers expect a favorable season.
Kiger said strong juice demand helps keep prices a little higher than in the past. Fresh shippers must often battle cannery buyers for fruit, he said.
IMG's Reel said the juice oranges are seeing increased demand.
More shoppers and retailers are getting into fresh squeezing, he said.
In mid-November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported these prices for 4/5-bushel cartons of U.S. No. 1 Florida navels arriving in Boston: $19 for 40s, 48s, 56s, 64s and 80s.
Last year in early November, the USDA reported Florida navels in Boston selling at $22 for 36s, 40s, 48s and 80s; $20-21 for 56s and $20 for 64s.


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Is the bathroom the most important room in the home? Nameek's thinks so. For more than 30 years this Pennsylvania-based company has marketed bathroom products created by some of Europe's top manufacturers, including Vitra (whose designs are inspired by Turkey's luxurious hammam culture), Fima (a leader in fine faucets), and Scarabeo (maker of elegant ceramic bathroom sinks, toilets and bidets). Gedy's rainbow bath accessories, Geesa's stylish chrome and brass toilet paper holders, and Iotti's glossy oak bathroom vanities — all featured in Nameek's product line — will help transform your bathroom into the most luxurious space in your home.


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Powermat was the first company to popularize the idea of charging mobile devices through inductive, or wireless, charging. A new gadget, the $99.99 Powermat 24-Hour Power System, promises to provide just what its name suggests. The first Powermat product under the venerable Duracell brand, the 24-Hour Power System indeed serves up wireless charging plus a backup battery to keep phones from dying when you're out on the town. Still, though handsomely styled and compact, for now the Power System is most useful for iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S3 owners.
If you're familiar with Powermat's past line of wireless charging devices, the Duracell Powermat 24-Hour Power System won't prove to be too much of a shocker. That's because it isn't a huge leap forward in terms of functionality or overall design. Just like the Powermat products before it, the 24-Hour Power System primarily consists of a flat and compact rectangular charging pad with smoothly curved corners. The mat itself is available for purchase separately for $49.99 and comes in a choice of white or black.
While older Powermat products had a matte coating, I like the glossy surface this new Powermat series sports, and the metallic-silver accents that run along the mat's edges and bottom side. I'm sure this aesthetic choice wasn't an accident since it's strongly reminiscent of modern iPhones, BlackBerrys, and Android handsets. Two adhesive strips sit on back of the Powermat that help keep the charger secure when placed on tables or desktops. Thankfully these strips aren't permanent, so you can pick the mat up and repeatedly reposition or remove the strips if you choose.
Duracell also bundles with the Power System either a special case for the fourth-generation Apple iPhone (4 and 4S) or one that fits the Samsung Galaxy S3. Both cases enable these phones' batteries to be charged wirelessly via the Powermat. While the stock iPhone case comes in a range of seven colors, Duracell only ships the Galaxy S3 version in white. The company, however, just announced a new partnership with case customizer Coveroo that will allow people to stencil their own cases with personalized paint jobs.
The third piece of this Powermat's puzzle is the Portable Backup Battery. The battery, a square unit about the size of a small tape measure, is both compact and light (2.9 ounces). It also is clad in the same futuristic styling as the Powermat charger.
With the inclusion of the Backup Battery, it's clear that Duracell envisioned its product as offering users extra power on the go. Also, while the charging pad itself isn't precisely meant to pack up neatly for travel, it weighs just 6.4 ounces (9.28 ounces with battery) and is about a third of the size of competing products such as the Energizer Dual Inductive Charger . The Powermat's AC adapter is crafted with an eye toward mobility as well, featuring a wide channel where the cord can be wrapped and neatly stowed.
At its core the Duracell Powermat 24-Hour Power System is designed to be just what its name suggests, a charger built to cover mobile phone users around the clock. To this end the Powermat charger features two spots to accommodate two devices. Depending on which version of the Power System you buy, you'll be able to charge either a Samsung Galaxy S3 or fourth-generation iPhone wirelessly right out of the box using the bundled special case.


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In 1962 the first two units of the Arizona Public Service Company's Four Corners Power Plant began operating, consuming some 4,200 tons of coal every 24 hours. At left, is the coal stacking machine. The reclaimer at the end of the coal pile took coal from the stack and placed it on the conveyor system for delivery to the power plant.
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Steinberg: Coming out of the closet worked
BY NEIL STEINBERG firstname.lastname@example.com March 26, 2013 12:26PM
Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, where the court will hear arguments on Californias voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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So why now? With so many issues facing our country, what puts gay marriage on the forefront of the American political debate at this particular moment?
Yes, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments Tuesday on California's Proposition 8 ban against gay marriage, and Wednesday on the federal Defense of Marriage Act. But the cases didn't just drop on the Supreme Court's doorstep by accident. While the outcome is unknown — maybe the court will rule narrowly, maybe they'll decide getting married is a constitutional right that should be enjoyed by everyone, or maybe somewhere in between — their deliberation occurs in a time where American attitudes are rapidly shifting. Most Americans now favor gay marriage, and politicians are scrambling to keep up — three more senators announced their support just last week.
"The rise in support for same-sex marriage over the past decade is among the largest changes in opinion on any policy issue over this time period," declared the Pew Research Center. "Fully 14% of all Americans — and 28% of gay marriage supporters — say they have changed their minds on the issue in favor of gay marriage."
What made these individuals change their minds? A sudden burst of tolerance? A realization that the practice of gays getting married benefits them while harming nobody?
Those get mentioned. But the biggest reason cited to Pew — 37 percent — is "friends/family/acquaintances who are gay/lesbian."
Celebration is premature. But as the nation strides toward eliminating a particularly cruel and long held prejudice, we should pause and realize what made it possible:
All that coming out of the closet worked.
Once upon a time, the deal was, so long as a gay person never told anyone about being gay — not his family, often, not her bosses, usually, not the neighbors — they might be allowed to live with only a low level of abuse.
That changed. It would be a more satisfying story if gay people decided that they were American citizens too, dammit, and tired of living second-class lives. And that happened a little — such as at the Stone Wall Riot in 1969 and the demonstrations that followed.
But what really forced gay people out of the closet was AIDS — this terrifying illness killing their friends, a plague most of Ronald Reagan's America was only too happy to ignore. Suddenly, coming out became an important political act, with groups like ACT UP protesting in the streets, demanding action on research. The old bargain — stay silent and we won't hurt you, maybe — was now a fatal compromise. Silence = Death.
So gay people became more visible. Families that didn't know they had gay members discovered — not typically to their delight — they did. Businesses found they had gay employees — and it deserves mention that large corporations, which get such bad press and rightly so, were more nimble adjusting to openly gay people than the government was.
Coming out worked. Research dollars flowed. AIDS went from a deadly plague to a treatable chronic condition, at least in the United States. With human rights, once the ball starts moving, it takes on momentum. Blacks pushing into lunch counters at Woolworth's landed in the Oval Office 50 years later. Fighting to stay alive morphed into a fight to live that salvaged life with dignity.
We are a vast nation — 313 million people and growing — where it's easy and usually accurate to question how much any individual action matters. What does it mean if I cast a ballot? Recycle a soda can? It's all futile.
Not always. Not in this case. Coming out was never easy — it's not easy now, as growing acceptance is one thing, facing your own dad something very different. It takes courage. And most gay men and lesbians no doubt think of coming out in private terms. But they should also realize that it had enormous political implications, which pollsters like Pew are now seeing. They helped their families understand that religion and morality — the former always equating anything it does with the latter — are not always linked. The persecution of gay people — like all the insane hatreds of the past, from the slaughter of Native-Americans to the enslavement of blacks to the subjugation of women — was never moral, as was claimed. It was, and is — and for a while yet, among a dwindling minority — a faith-cloaked sin, which wasn't seen as such because they had the numbers.
The history of modern life can be expressed in one phrase: Individuals freeing themselves from the irrational dictates of institutions. You can in fact pray however you like. You can do the work you choose. You can marry whomever you wish. It's so clear now, in retrospect, but we should never forget that realization took an enormous battle, fought by countless brave individuals, each looking in the bedroom mirror, then somehow calling up the courage to go tell their father something he didn't necessarily want to know.


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The bridegroom is the son of Phillip Staufenbiel of Cleveland.
Mrs. Staufenbiel is a graduate of 71st High School in South Carolina. She is employed by Edfinancial Services.
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Kashi GoLean Cereal is one of my favorites - it's chock full of protein and fiber, and it tastes pretty good too. However, it's not really conducive to throwing in a bag to snack on, because the fiber twigs, soy protein grahams, and honey-toasted puffs are a little too small to be easily picked up. Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Oat Cereal, on the other hand, is the perfect finger food (and it tastes pretty darn good too).
How can I begin to describe this?! It's like Cheerios, sweetened and on steroids - the rings are really big and crunchy, and there are cute, oaty hearts interspersed with the O's. I found the crunch to be very nice, especially since it meant that the cereal didn't get soggy quickly in milk, but I know some people may find it to be overwhelming. This cereal is sweetened with evaporated cane juice and honey for a pleasing but not overwhelming sweetness,
Kashi thought about nutrition when they were making this cereal, and included ingredients to promote health: 1 gram of soluble fiber from oats to help reduce cholesterol, 6 natural antioxidants, including green tea and grape seed extracts along with 100% daily value of 3 B vitamins to helps support healthy arteries, and low sodium to help promote healthy blood pressure.
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The "Cosmogonic" Form of Genesis 1
In both form and content, then, Genesis 1 reveals that its basic purposes are religious and theological, not scientific or historical.
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In both form and content, then, Genesis 1 reveals that its basic purposes are religious and theological, not scientific or historical.
A very important way of avoiding a myopic understanding of our own theories and conclusions is to examine how our forebears in the faith understood things.
As I began to study the dynamic nature of Scripture, I discovered the dynamic nature of God.
All creation is the doings of God's hands, no matter how he did it. When I look at a painting, I can connect somehow with the painter, and the same goes with the universe and God.
I became such an expert in young-earth creationist theology and science that it turned into a wrecking ball for my faith.
The one thing on which the entire Genesis debate hinges is whether we acknowledge the role played by hermeneutics.
From 2012: The entire BioLogos community would like to thank Dr. Keathley not only for his work in writing his introductory essay, but for his willingness to organize a small collection of essays by other Southern Baptist scholars describing their concerns about the BioLogos perspective. We welcome this opportunity to clarify our positions and remove stumbling blocks where possible.
Studying the basis of life's design cannot meaningfully be separated from the character of the One responsible for it. By living in relationship with him through whom all things were created and in whom all things have their being, we experience the purpose and meaning with which this universe is infused.
John Calvin really believed that the sun revolved around the earth, but we shouldn't dismiss the rest of his theology because of this error.
My childhood in the evangelical church gave me the toolkit that led me to eventually accept the evidence for evolution, and marvel at the God who created it all.
Some of the Christian objections to evolutionary creation come from a misunderstanding of what the Bible means when it says "God created".
BioLogos president Deb Haarsma responds to Ken Ham's recent comments about Hugh Ross, and pleads for a more gracious conversation between Christians on issues of faith and science.
Recent high-school graduate Jacob shares about his journey from young-earth creationism to evolutionary creationism, and how his faith was challenged and strengthened along the way.
If discussions of science and religion sometimes get bogged down in Genesis, perhaps that is because they have not made the preparatory journey through the rich material of the Wisdom books.
"We should be slow to accuse another of discarding the authority of Scripture, and therefore denouncing them, just because they interpret Scripture differently than we do."
But what I heard on Sundays did not seem to fit with what I experienced of the world the rest of the week. Growing up in New Mexico in the cottonwood bosque of the Rio Grande valley provided everything for a kid to become a biologist. I roamed along the river, cooked over cottonwood fires, ate wild asparagus, watched clouds form thunderheads over the distant peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.


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