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This year's Embracing a Green Future conference has adopted a new twist that helps organizers practice what they preach � the conference will become carbon neutral by purchasing carbon credits from local green energy endeavors.
"The purpose of this conference is to help manufacturers get on, or continue, on their sustainable journey," says Anne Saliers, innovation director, Right Place, Inc. Right Place and MMTC-West are hosting the conference. "One of the new topics is carbon management, and one of the ways to make the conference as sustainable as possible is to purchase carbon offsets."
Right Place has partnered with Holland-based Viability to make the conference carbon neutral.
"Through our Green Events Program, we marry a local nonprofit that is, for example, putting up a wind turbine or solar panels and is eligible for carbon credits, with events happening in the area," says Chris Byrnes, Viability president and founder. "The projects come from Viability's registry, and are not on any global registry."
For Embracing a Green Future, Viability assesses the electric usage, waste, heating usage, and transportation for speakers and attendees to determine the carbon footprint. The carbon credits will be purchased and retired, and the nonprofit gets the money to help pay for their green energy project. In return, the conference lists Viability as a sponsor.
"It's primarily a marketing program for us," Byrnes says. "We intend to promote the program around the country."
The conference features presentations on greening your company through environmental management systems, product/service design, facilities, purchasing/supply chain, operations, packaging, and more. Attendees can choose two half-day workshops on operating lean and green, green materials and chemistry, carbon management 101 or green marketing guidelines.
The conference is April 28 and 29 at Grand Valley State University's Eberhard Center. For more information or to register, click here.
Source: Anne Saliers, Right Place Inc.; Chris Byrnes, Dan Kuipers, Viability LLC
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By: Ivy Hughes
Emergency vehicle product provider SoundOff Signal, is investing $6.1 million over the next seven years to expand its Jamestown Charter Township facility.
The expansion will accommodate SoundOff Signal�s new project, which involves the production of Hilux LED lighting systems. SoundOff Signal plans to provide Hilux for parking lights, streetlights and municipal lights, among other markets.
�Our experience with emergency vehicles and LED technology combined with our experience in design lighting, propelled us into this new area of green lighting,� says Mark Litke, president and CEO of SoundOff Signal.
SoundOff Signal plans to add 100 jobs over the next seven years to accommodate the new project. The state approved a $1.4 million tax credit over seven years to help SoundOff Signal defray project costs. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) will also provide a $25,000 job-training grant.
�I would say the talent here is good,� says Thomas Roe, SoundOff Signal CFO. �It�s an emerging industry so we�re doing things people haven�t done.�
Roe says SoundOff Signal was looking to move to China.
�We�re trying to launch a product quickly and it helps using in house talent to do that,� Roe says about SoundOff Signal�s decision to stay in the state.
Source: Chelsea Nimiac, DP Company
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains, a sister publication of Rapid Growth covering growth in Lansing, Michigan.
Every five years throughout its 25-year existence, Right Place Inc. sets a five-year strategic plan outlining goals for regional economic development and jobs retention/creation. The Strategic Plan 2009-2013 unveiled recently, if successful, will establish unprecedented capital investment in West Michigan and create thousands more jobs.
Here are the measurable accomplishments of the most recent strategic plan that wrapped up in 2008:
The 2009-2013 strategic plan (A.K.A. the West Michigan Action Plan) sets the bar even higher with new five-year targets:
�We have to be very agile to stay ahead of the competition, we�re going into new businesses like life sciences and aerospace, and we�re looking at clusters where we think we have strategic advantage,� says Birgit Klohs, executive director. �We�re already working on diversification plans with 25 companies straight off the Automotive Diversification Summit held February 18th.�
The strategic priorities for the next five years are to:
Source: Birgit Klohs, Right Place, Inc.
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As health care becomes more competitive and patients have more choices, the 90-year-old North Ottawa Community Health System (NOCHS) will use a newly created position to help strengthen community awareness of the hospital�s services. Jen VanSkiver is NOCHS� first-ever chief communications officer and director of external affairs, charged with developing growth strategies and strengthening the system�s core competencies.
NOCHS employs 750 throughout the system: the 81-bed hospital at 1309 Sheldon Road in Grand Haven, the attached Harbor Dunes professional building, nearby Heartwood Lodge with its 8-bed Hospice Care center, an urgent care center downtown, and labs and physical rehabilitation sites throughout the area.
�Our talent and services are competitive with not only lakeshore hospitals, but larger health systems in surrounding cities,� says Shelleye Yaklin, president and CEO. �Bringing communications leadership to North Ottawa enables us to tell our story at the same level and with the same intensity as our competitors.�
To support NOCHS� focus on effective communications, a new user-friendly web site helps patients find answers to their health related questions and become leaders of their personal health care plan.
�We have to be communicating regularly with new information; it�s absolutely a critical tool in patient care,� VanSkiver says. �Hospitals are looked to as portals of information, centers of technology. The web has influenced that and patients looks at themselves as the leaders of their health care. There are more choices than ever before, so for a neighborhood hospital that was founded based on proximity, we have to evolve.
�Putting marketing and communications in the room when decisions are being made recognizes that communications is a key component of health care,� she adds.
Source: Shelleye Yaklin, Jen VanSkiver, North Ottawa Community Health System
Surveys conducted in the last two quarters of 2008 revealed that 20 manufacturers assisted by the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center-West (MMTC) in the previous year improved their bottom lines a total of some $33 million and created 51 new jobs. In addition, the MMTC assistance helped those manufacturers retain 123 existing jobs.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology hired an outside company to conduct the surveys measuring the effectiveness of the MMTC programs.
�The mission of the MMTC is to increase the competitiveness of Michigan manufacturers,� says Brian Walquist, outreach manager of MMTC-West at Right Place Inc. �We can bring them the expertise they need to compete in this incredibly difficult market we�re in. We might have five to 15 companies that we work with each quarter.�
The programs can include customized projects to teach manufacturers how to implement lean manufacturing techniques, diversify their manufacturing, or obtain quality systems certification for ISO and other standards required for specific industries (aerospace, medical device manufacturing). Some programs help them reduce their environmental footprint and costs.
MMTC programs show manufacturers ways to increase and retain sales and create and retain jobs, Walquist adds. Specific processes can help them determine if new equipment is really needed, or if, by running the plant more efficiently, they can operate with existing equipment.
�More often than not we�re helping manufacturers compete against companies across the U.S., Mexico and even China.� says Walquist. �It benefits West Michigan because more competitive manufacturers can create new jobs that employ the people who support the economy by buying and spending here in West Michigan.�
Source: Brian Walquist, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center-West at Right Place, Inc.
The recently formed Green Materials and Chemicals Users Group is working to reduce or eliminate harmful chemicals in West Michigan manufacturing processes and products. Last year the adoption of the BIFMA E3 Sustainability Standard for furniture manufacturing encouraged the formation of the group by identifying the chemicals most harmful to humans and the environment.
Bill Stough and Clinton Boyd of Grand Rapids-based Sustainable Research Group (SRG) led the charge on the development of the BIFMA E3. Now they�re leading the green materials users group, which is a partnership between the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) and Right Place Inc.
�We want to move away from petroleum-based products as fast as we can,� Stough says. �Our goal is that, at the end of a product�s life, it should be able to be reused for something else because it contains no hazardous chemicals, or it can be composted and used to grow plants to produce new raw materials.�
The group is just beginning to market itself with the aim of attracting product designers, design for the environment specialists, materials purchasers, and chemists from a wide spectrum of industries.
�This group will give West Michigan a head start in the marketplace on offering environmentally safer products to their customers,� Stough says. �This whole evolving area of green chemistry affects all of us; whatever you do during a day, you�re interacting with purposefully designed chemistry�your keyboard, your phone, your office furniture. We�re sure our work will lead to innovation and new products.�
Source: Bill Stough, Sustainable Research Group; Brian Walquist, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center
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In the past year, Grand Rapids marketing and public relations firm Hanon McKendry merged two companies, Justice & Monroe and Mindscape, and their 16 employees into the company.
The influx of new people prompted the December appointment of the company�s first-ever human resources director. And that was recently followed by the hiring of five more people, including a programmer, web designer, copywriter and director of account services.
�We�re projecting continued growth through 2009,� says Bob Blanchard, CEO. �Part of that growth is because we have a pretty diverse portfolio of services, including design, PR, media and digital interactive. "The other part is that we have a diverse portfolio of clients, including nonprofit and for-profit. And we service a lot of different industries, we�re not just tied to the auto industry or the furniture industry, and that helps us not be economically affected if one industry isn�t doing well.�
The company is also part of Gravity Six, an alliance of six West Michigan design, brand consulting and ad firms that collaborate on larger projects to attract a larger customer base to Michigan.
With 15 years under its belt, last year Hanon McKendry logged its highest revenue ever--nearly $10 million. With over 50 percent of its clients located outside of Michigan, the company is also responsible for regularly hosting clients who, in turn, stay at downtown hotels and are entertained at downtown restaurants and other venues.
�I think Mindscape is in a position to continue growing this year,� Blanchard adds. �Hanon McKendry could be in a position mid-year to add more staff because of adding new clients and our existing clients who are growing.�
Source: Bob Blanchard, Hanon McKendry
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Employers face the challenge of retaining experienced workers who aren�t quite ready to retire, while, at the same time, running a shop that meets the needs and expectations of young college grads. A new Grand Rapids group, West Michigan WorkLife Alliance (WMWLA), might be the first in the area to bring employers together to discover best practices aimed at keeping talent, Baby Boomers and Millennials alike.
�Millennials are coming into the workforce saying �I�m not sure I want to have a 60-hour workweek like my parents,�� says Alison Brown of Encompass LLC and founder of WMWLA. �That�s particularly true for employers who are faced with attracting and retaining talent in competitive sectors like technology, health care and medical research�the talent can go anywhere they want and get a job.�
A structured work/life benefits portfolio is a key component to attracting and keeping talent of all ages. The portfolio might include flexible work hours, tuition reimbursement, mentoring for individuals new to the area or an option for parents/grandparents to take time off for a child�s school or athletic event.
�An important tenet of stress management is control,� Brown says. �Employees want more control over their quality of life. Research shows that if they have some input on things like their work schedules, education, or Teleworking, employers get increased loyalty, all other things being equal.�
Knowing you need a work/life package and providing one that works are two different things. The WMWLA meets monthly and features discussions led by companies that have successfully implemented work/life options.
�At the end of a year, members will have a good overview of work/life benefits, how to provide them and where to get help setting up programs,� Brown says.
For more information, contact Brown.
Source: Alison Brown, Encompass
This week the City of Grand Rapids announced its induction into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency�s Green Power Leadership Club. The induction recognizes organizations that have significantly exceeded the EPA�s minimum purchase requirements of green energy.
The EPA�s requirements range from 20 percent clean energy to 60 percent, depending on the overall total kilowatt hours used. Grand Rapids qualified by purchasing 20 percent of its power from green energy sources; and that goal was reached in November 2007, one year ahead of Mayor George Heartwell�s initial goal.
Mayor Heartwell has since set a goal of obtaining 100 percent of the City�s electrical power from renewable sources by December 31, 2020.
�We�re really excited about this,� says Haris Alibasic, assistant to the city manager and a three-year member of the Mayor�s Renewable Energy Team. �Renewable energy is really huge all over Europe. I lived in Europe and I saw that [renewable energy] really creates new jobs and huge environmental savings.�
The Renewable Energy Team began in 2005 and consists of city commissioners, higher education leaders and city staff.
�We developed a renewable energy business plan which we are following very closely, with short-term, medium-term and long-term goals, and we are achieving them in a business-like manner,� says Alibasic.
The team has six focus areas: developing green power sources and purchasing that power; being fiscally responsible with those purchases; providing the City with power options; improving energy efficiencies in city-operated buildings and providing Grand Rapids homeowners with help on green energy options; legislatively advancing the agenda for green energy; and determining possible options for wind and green energy zoning.
Source: Haris Alibasic, City of Grand Rapids
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A February 18 summit for automotive manufacturers aims to bring potential growth opportunities in aerospace, homeland security/defense, medical devices and wind energy to West Michigan manufacturers. The summit, developed by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation�s (MEDC) Keep Michigan Working coalition and hosted by Right Place, Inc. and the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, is one of 12 summits statewide.
Each manufacturer attending the summit receives a detailed questionnaire that will help state experts determine if the company is poised for diversification and which of the four industries is the best choice.
Those that qualify could receive a $10,000 matching grant from the MEDC, part of a $4 million state fund set aside for job training, and the ongoing assistance of an expert in the industry the manufacturer wishes to pursue.
�We anticipate being able to help 400 manufacturers to diversify over the next year, and another 100 to receive certifications needed for the aerospace and other industries,� says Jennifer Owens, MEDC director of Michigan retention and growth.
�Diversification is a big hurdle for them,� she adds. �Some can barely pay the utility bills and now may have to invest a significant amount in retooling and retraining. We�re offering a life rope to them; a team of experts to coach and mentor them through the process, the potential training grant, education on the new industries and OEM contacts to help them move forward.�
Right Place�s Tim Mroz says over 200 attendees are already registered for the summit, and attendance will be capped at 300. The summit runs from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and costs $65 per person.
Source: Jennifer Owens, Michigan Economic Development Corporation; Tim Mroz, Right Place, Inc.
Last month, the launch of a new line of eco-friendly products made entirely of U.S.-made materials was a strategic business shift for Grand Rapids-based Baudville. The company, an employee recognition and award firm, normally sources its products globally to serve its 400,000 customers worldwide.
The new line, dubbed g-thanks, specializes in thank-you gifts that recognize day-to-day achievements of employees or associates. The gift selection includes travel mugs made from PolyLactic Acid, a recycled-paper notepad that doubles as a mouse pad, and note cards of birch veneer.
�Other recognition companies are set up to recognize five years, 10 years, etcetera,� says Kristy Sherlund, vice president of product development, �but Baudville designs day to day recognition. These products are for managers to recognize employees every day, or peers to recognize peers. We wanted the products to be really beautiful things with the simple message of �Thank You.��
Baudville�s in-house product development department created all 10 gift items with the focus that they be made from recycled materials, or be recyclable or consumable, and that all materials would be sourced within the United States. Baudville turned to local printers for all the printing needs and contracted with a tree farm in Rockford to produce the birch veneer for the note cards.
�We wanted to differentiate the product line so it tells the eco story,� Sherlund adds. �Our business lends itself to a very global perspective, but this line we determined had to be made in the U.S. as part of our sustainability initiative to support local commerce. We really wanted to capitalize on it.�
Source: Kristy Sherlund, Baudville
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Last week, the Michigan State University Land Policy Institute chose Avastar Park as the location to unveil a groundbreaking study that could revolutionize the growth of Michigan�s alternative energy sector by rebuilding Brownfields as energy parks.
John C. Buchanan Sr., developer of Avastar Park, 2150 Alpine, Walker, sees Avastar Park as a catalyst for generating alternative energy, a manufacturing center for energy components, and the centerpiece of a sustainable urban community.
The 41-acre Brownfield development is part of a re-use plan: a portion of the 700,000-acre former Lear manufacturing facility, once abandoned, now houses a Haviland division and Grand Rapids Spring and Stamping. The City of Walker spent millions on a new access road. Developers plan to build shops and restaurants on front property along Alpine.
�We have a very large plant with acres of roof where we can put a lot of solar collectors and wind turbines,� Buchanan says. �We can not only power the plant, but can put power back into the grid for the community.�
Avastar Park is the largest parcel in GrandWalk, a 1,200-acre sustainable development located between Grand Rapids and Walker.
�We would like to work with the state and see if we can make at least part of our plant available in the manufacturing of green products, such as, solar collectors, recycling machinery, electric batteries and electric cars,� Buchanan says.
�If we can attract some companies, it may need some subsidizing. We restored the building to better than new at half the cost of building a new one,� he adds. �We can bring businesses and people back into the urban area. We need to stop talking and get on with it.�
Source: John C. Buchanan, Sr., Alpinist Endeavors LLC; Andy Guy, Wondergem Consulting
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The potential impact of converting Michigan�s Brownfields into clean energy parks could create some 17,500 short- and long-term jobs and generate some $15 billion in investment.
A groundbreaking study unveiled Tuesday by Michigan State University�s Land Policy Institute (LPI) estimates Michigan�s 44,000 acres of Brownfields could become wind and solar energy parks that could generate enough electricity to power 1.8 million homes�nearly half the homes in the state.
Building the plants could create over 16,000 construction jobs and $1.6 billion in construction wages.
�The key issue is to understand, through a more precise inventory of Brownfields, what the energy creation capacity is,� says Soji Adelaja, LPI director. �Based on this we can determine what needs to be amended in the Brownfields� current legal structure. It�s possible elements of the Brownfield legal structure could be fast tracked and targeted toward alternative energy.�
The LPI unveiled the study at Avastar Park in Walker, a Brownfield site consisting of 45 acres and a 750,000-square-foot former Lear factory under redevelopment as several smaller state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.
Adelaja estimates Michigan has 2,400 Brownfield sites similar to the Avastar Park site. Those sites, generally proven to be antiquated behemoths that developers shy away from, could be catalysts in simultaneously ramping up alternative energy production, the development of blighted properties and creation of high-wage jobs.
�Similar sites [to Avastar] have the infrastructure, but we haven�t connected them with the opportunities,� Adelaja says.
That infrastructure includes proximity to existing transmission lines and energy consumers, service from existing transportation systems, and existing financial incentives for revitalizing the properties.
�The new way of converting these sites,� Adelaja says, �is for us to recognize the potential, name the potential sites and let the entrepreneurs decide if it�s something they can develop.�
Source: Soji Adelaja, Michigan State University Land Policy Institute; Andy Guy, Wondergem Consulting
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American Seating recently announced two environmental initiatives that have changed how the company does business: the development of a sustainability manager position, and the elimination of iron phosphate from the company�s powder coating process.
After 20 years as a product market manager, Brock Hesselsweet became the company�s first manager of sustainability last summer. In September, the company discontinued the use of iron phosphate in one of two metal coating plants; the second plant will eliminate it in March.
Before metal can be powder coated it must be prewashed. The prewash recipe combined iron phosphate and 160-degree water. When the factory drained the water, the iron phosphate went with it to the Grand Rapids wastewater treatment facility. But wastewater treatments cannot remove iron phosphate, so it continued into nearby waterways where it promoted algae growth.
�Algae depletes the oxygen level of water and that kills the fish and other organisms and upsets the environmental balance,� Hesselsweet says. �You can have areas where there�s no oxygen and nothing lives there.�
To help prevent this destruction, American Seating replaced the iron phosphate with zirconium.
And while zirconium is more expensive, it works in water at ambient temperature. That eliminates the need to heat the water, reduces the use of fossil fuels and keeps production costs down.
�We switched from wet coating to powder coats about 10 years ago to get away from VOCs (volatile organic compounds),� Hesselsweet says. �We want to leave the environment as pristine as possible for our children and their children.�
Source: Brock Hesselsweet, American Seating; Molly Klimas, Intent Public Relations
A Portage organic grower is the first to heat its greenhouses using a new hybrid solar/geothermal system invented by Holland-based GMB Architects-Engineers. Last summer, GMB installed the solar/geothermal system at Elzinga and Hoeksema Greenhouses. The system incorporates 200 eight-foot by four-foot ground-mounted solar collectors.
The greenhouse, which covers four acres, is heated by 60,000 gallons of 180-degree water circulated through a closed-loop pipe system. Heating the water using a natural gas boiler costs $400. In extremely cold weather, the heat may last only a couple of hours and then the water must be re-heated.
By comparison, the electricity to run the hybrid geothermal system is just $67 for 60,000 gallons, but the water only reaches 120 degrees.
�We need to supplement it using the gas boiler,� says Mark Elzinga, greenhouse owner. �But we�re only heating the water for that extra 60 degrees instead of 180 degrees.�
Typical geothermal systems pull heat out of the ground and put it in the building. In the summer it does the opposite, putting the heat back into the ground.
Because greenhouses need heat about 10 months a year, very little heat is re-deposited in the ground in the summer. To pull enough heat the following winter, the system requires a large heat exchanger�which carries a large price tag.
�With our hybrid system, solar collectors capture the sun�s energy in the summer and heat the ground,� says Steve Hamstra, vice president. �The ground holds the heat until it�s needed in the winter, acting as a huge thermal battery. We can store millions of BTUs. One advantage is that the system uses a smaller, less expensive heat exchanger.�
Mark Elzinga adds, �I�m excited about this system. We spent a lot of money on it and we feel that alternative energy is definitely part of our future.�
Source: Steve Hamstra, GMB Architects-Engineers; Mark Elzinga, Elzinga and Hoeksema Greenhouses
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Bristol, UK – 28th July 2014
Limbs & Things launches a new, improved Clinical Male Pelvic Trainer (CMPT) to help clinicians & educators teach healthcare professionals how to perform male examination – effectively identifying anatomy and diagnosing critical pathologies in men's health.
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Lyle Sayers, chief of Garden River First Nation, laughs as he speaks with attendees marking the 162nd anniversary of the signing of the Robinson Huron Treaty on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012 on Whitefish Island in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
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SAULT STE. MARIE – Police are treating threats made against a Garden River woman as a potential hate crime.
Lesley Belleau, an Idle No More organizer who lives in Peterborough, Ont., was told in a recent letter, "You are a dead piece of s---. A good Indian is a dead Indian. Stay away from the Sault."
Newspaper clippings detailing Belleau's involvement in Idle No More were also enclosed in the package.
"Similar" tearsheets were sent to the Indian Friendship Centre in Sault Ste. Marie and the leader of Garden River First Nation.
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She couldn't confirm if police believe the same person sent all the letters in the last two weeks. Eagle Feather Aviation on Rankin Reserve has also received a similar package.
Sayers gave the letters he received to the aboriginal police force. He's not concerned about his well-being, but is worried about Belleau's safety after a First Nations woman was sexually assaulted and beaten in Thunder Bay in late December.
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1 And now, O you priests, this order is for you. | 1 "And now this admonition is for you, O priests. |
2 If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart. | 2 If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honor my name," says the LORD Almighty, "I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not set your heart to honor me. |
3 See, I will have your arm cut off, and will put waste on your faces, even the waste from your feasts; and you will be taken away with it. | 3 "Because of you I will rebuke your descendants; I will spread on your faces the offal from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it. |
4 And you will be certain that I have sent this order to you, so that it might be my agreement with Levi, says the Lord of armies. | 4 And you will know that I have sent you this admonition so that my covenant with Levi may continue," says the LORD Almighty. |
5 My agreement with him was on my side life and peace, and I gave them to him; on his side fear, and he had fear of me and gave honour to my name. | 5 "My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. |
6 True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing. | 6 True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin. |
7 For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies. | 7 "For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction--because he is the messenger of the LORD Almighty. |
8 But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies. | 8 But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi," says the LORD Almighty. |
9 And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law. | 9 "So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law." |
10 Have we not all one father? has not one God made us? why are we, every one of us, acting falsely to his brother, putting shame on the agreement of our fathers? | 10 Have we not all one Father ? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by breaking faith with one another? |
11 Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god. | 11 Judah has broken faith. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the LORD loves, by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. |
12 The Lord will have the man who does this cut off root and branch out of the tents of Jacob, and him who makes an offering to the Lord of armies. | 12 As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the LORD cut him off from the tents of Jacob--even though he brings offerings to the LORD Almighty. |
13 And this again you do: covering the altar of the Lord with weeping and with grief, so that he gives no more thought to the offering, and does not take it with pleasure from your hand. | 13 Another thing you do: You flood the LORD's altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. |
14 But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word. | 14 You ask, "Why?" It is because the LORD is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant. |
15 ... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years. | 15 Has not [the LORD] made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. |
16 For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts. | 16 "I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel, "and I hate a man's covering himself with violence as well as with his garment," says the LORD Almighty. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith. |
17 You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge? | 17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. "How have we wearied him?" you ask. By saying, "All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD, and he is pleased with them" or "Where is the God of justice?" |
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Exp Sponsorship scooped the prestigious Marketing Services Agency of the Year award at the 2009 AdReview Night of the Stars event on 23 April.
The glamourous black tie awards ceremony was held at the Theatre on the Track in Kyalami and attracted the cream of South Africa's advertising crop.
Exp South Africa CEO Justin Sampson was delighted with the award and praised the Exp team for their hard work and excellent results. "We're thrilled to be recognised for our work in the sponsorship arena," he said. "We love what we do and we're proud of what we've accomplished for our clients."
According to AdReview: "Exp Sponsorship has already achieved significant awareness in the marketplace, so it comes as a surprise to discover it's only four years old. In 2008 it was listed by AdReview as the country's best sponsorship company, based on its performance in the sponsorship section of the Marketing Excellence Awards. It followed that with another strong showing in the 2009 awards, picking up another four awards.
"Its client list is topped by some of the giants of sponsorship, such as MTN, Absa, and Toyota. During 2008, Exp picked up R18 million of new sponsorship activity from Sasol, FIFA, SA Breweries (Castle) and MTN events.
The Marketing Services award category comprises a variety of different marketing companies, handling anything from promotions to sponsorships and direct marketing to events. Each entrant is evaluated on its own terms, in other words measured for its success in its own category."
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Would you ARM yourself? (Or, Who wants a slice of Badj-berry Pi?)
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Right now, there's only about one ARM Cortex processor,the M0, available as a DIP package. It doesn't have an MMU, so chances are slim that you could get Linux on it in a useful way. However, its existence proves that a Mfr can get Advanced RISC Machine architecture into a format that most of us could manage without worrying about micron-level solder bridges.
But that brings up another point-would it really be useful for hobby robotics and embedding? Other than the fact that it would be really cool to do it, is there a good reason to? The Pis and Beagles and Pandas are so cheap and reliable that for sot purposes, it doesn't make sense to make a dedicated Linux SBC on your own (a Badj-berry? A Beagle-Roy? ;-).
With an ATMel or a Pic, it is often the case that you have a board you use for testing and then you move a less expensive and less featured brain (ie, no USB or a smaller pcb footprint) to the body of the robot or the heart of the embedded appliance. Would that make sense in the Linux SBC context? Does the power and complexity of the ready-made boards overcome the cost factors that make this frequent with the 8 and 16 bit SBCs? Are there other factors-the challenges of standard I/O like monitor and keyboard interfacing for example-that are bigger problems than would be worth it? And most importantly, is it even interesting to anyone? Am I the only one who's imagined this project? I mean, there are guys who have built versions of the Altair just for fun (and I'm not talking about the Arduino version-this was an actual umpteen-thousand register Altair with lots of wires.)
Let me be clear, here. I don't think that if there was a through-hole M9 available that I would be up to the challenge of breadboarding one up and dropping Debian onto it tomorrow, but if it were a possibility I don't think it would take me as long to make it work as it would to get the parts shipped to me. Anyone else?
I fully agree with OddBot. I
I fully agree with OddBot. I haven't seen much robots that actually needed/used the power of an Arm micro processor. I only find them usefull to add a webcam/wifi to a robot.
8 bit micro controllers can control a lot of things. My hexapod now has 21 servos, wireless control, 16 leds, 2 SR04 sensors and a Wiicam. And I could add lot more things...
Is an Android phone better value for money?
In the end I bought a cheap Android phone.
It seems to me this will give me similar processing abilities with a lot of added bonuses such as built in camera, wifi, bluetooth, LCD colour display,GPS etc. Grog tells me his "My Robot Lab" will run on an android phone so when I get time I will test it out. To give my phone I/O capability I'll link it to an Arduino compatible controller using bluetooth.
At the end of the day I can take the phone out of the robot and use it as a normal phone.
There is also the io-io
Yes, I looked at the IOIO
Yes, I looked at the IOIO but in comparison, both Micro Magician and Mini Driver boards are cheaper, include motor drivers, servo outputs and are easier for me to program.
Quite a challenge
I agree with you and Merser. Thank you for saying it. we (LMR as a group of robot builders) need to step up. The commercial/industrial/military world of robots continues to make incredible strides while we build yet another line follower or obstacle avoider. Our newest 16 Mhz arduinos with 32 or 256K of memory don't really do any more than a 30 year old Heath Hero 1 with 4 K of memory, often less. We might replace a $5 remote controller with a bluetooth phone and pc keyboard and end up with the equivalent of a $10 remote control car with more computing power than existed in the world in 1965. Then we might step up to a Raspberry Pi at 700 Mhz with 512 MB of memory and do pretty much the same thing. doubt we would ever come close to matching the heavily funded labs in abilities, but surely we can do more. Even that won't be easy, as I discussed at some length here http://letsmakerobots.com/node/36393. But we certainly never will if we don't take some sort of step. One reason (only one!) that I have never posted a robot on LMR is because I really don't want to post Yet Another Obstacle Avoiding Robot. But going beyond that takes a LOT of time and effort. I, too, look forward to seeing the base level move up a notch.
Show me your power!
Currently all the controllers I've designed for DAGU are 8-bit, Arduino compatible. I did look at these more powerful processors about a year ago when I was trying to determine if DAGU needed to branch in a new direction.
Looking at the bot's on LMR, I found that even when a robot used a propeller, FEZ etc. the robots made with these more powerful processors did almost nothing new. At best they had a camera and could track a coloured ball which is something you can do with an 8-bit processor anyway using a Nootropic video experimenter shield.
GroG has put a lot of effort into HIS "My Robot Lab" but I still do not see many robots using this system. All this makes me wonder are the more powerful processors really worth the effort?
I challenge the members of LMR to show me robots using Linux operating systems that do more than obstacle advoidance or using a camera to follow a red ball. Show me what these processors can really do!
I love your challenge
I love your challenge Oddbot. I hope some take it up. I think most people thought of being able to do vision processing when the pi came out and have made a start with open cv.
With something like that I reckon it could swallow up huge amounts of time for baby step improvements.
In the meantime what else can we do with these boards.
BSP: Board Support Package
Although it would certainly be a challenge, it would be within reason to build Linux capable hardware. There are various processors about that could be used, even though many would require a lot more external parts than the BBB or RPi use. I even considered doing it a few years ago, and others have. But to me, the (much) bigger problem is getting Linux to run on it. Simply recompiling a custom Linux kernel for known, well-debugged hardware (like a RPi or a PC) is a non-trivial task. For a new, custom designed board you would first have to create a "board support package" which is a configuration description and set of drivers for the board. That includes a lot of small details, like what registers control the MMU, how do they control it, where are the ports located, the drivers to use, the drivers (maybe with some assembly language) for devices that don't already have them, etc. These are the very lowest level details of the Linux kernel. A task not for the faint of heart. It is quite a large undertaking even for a person or group experienced in such things.
There is, by the way, a version of Linux designed to run on much smaller, less capable cpu's, with less memory and even without an MMU. It is much more constrained and intended to be used much like an arduino, where you write the software/firmware on a PC then download it. It is called ucLinux ( for micro controller Linux) and the details and code are here: http://www.uclinux.org/
Even after getting the kernel to run, there is still a huge amount of work setting up a full Linux distro to work on custom hardware.
In short, I think the hardware would be the easy part. But even not counting the difficulty, I think there would be very few advantages.


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We offer you the opportunity to become involved at the grass roots level by assisting care givers to offer medical treatment and care, provide people with advice on health matters and helping them build a better life in their homes. With HIV being such an impact on the communities, raising awareness and educating people on this virus to people young and old is also an important part of this project. This project with its variety and direct positive impact on individuals and families really is an unforgettable, life changing experience.
Surrounding the beautiful area of St Lucia are rural villages which have little resources for health care for the thousands of people that live there. Through working with care givers in the community we aim to increase the support available and make a difference to peoples' lives and health. This is through the direct assistance given on home based care visits and by educating and supporting people to live healthier, in a sustainable way.
As a volunteer you will predominantly spend your mornings with a locally trained care giver out in the surrounding villages, helping sick people in their homes. Volunteers help provide basic medical care and attention to those that are too sick or poor to get to a clinic for much needed treatment. This is a unique opportunity to gain hands on medical care experience, make an impact on the lives of disadvantaged families and an insight into Zulu village life.
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In St. Lucia's local community, many myths about HIV/AIDS prevail. A large percentage of local South Africans believe that the virus is a result of witchcraft, and people infected with it are often rejected from their own communities and families. As a result, many people who are infected do not admit to having the virus. Not many people know how to prevent infection, and even fewer people know how to deal with the virus once they have it.
Working together with our Volunteer Coordinator with experience in teaching this subject you will be involved in teaching adults and children about the virus. During your placement, you will visit both schools and community centres, and do the following:
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Randy Liberman believes the California Hot Rod Reunion is a must-attend event for any drag racing enthusiast. He's assessment is not really not any different than any of the thousands of gearhead attendees who recently made the trek to Bakersfield, Ca, for the three-day experience of racing from back in the day.
But the reality is -- he's very different and has different motives.
Each time Liberman heads to Bakersfield, it's largely to hear the stories about his dad, the legendary Funny Car driver and showman "Jungle" Jim Liberman.
"I always have fun at a race track but these are really fun," said Liberman, whose 2010 CHRR was his third time attending the event. "Just being at the track, what better experience could you hope for? Then once people realize who I am, I get to hear about my father."
Liberman admits he grew up without his father and to meet him for the first time you'd swear he's a chip off the old block.
"From the shoulders up, I look like him," he admits and pauses.
"My parents divorced when I was young and dad died when I was young," he continued. "The only way I get to learn about my father is through everyone else. That's an awesome experience for me."
The stories give Liberman a sense of peace in the absence of a close relationship with his father. Jim Liberman died on September 9, 1977 from injuries sustained in a non-racing, automobile accident.
"I struggle to find the right word, and just describe the feeling as 'happy," Liberman says of how the different stories make him feel. "My father touched so many people in his life in so many ways. From giving a kid a chance to work on his crew to just going to watch him race, if he was at the track, you went home with a story."
Liberman believes his dad would be honored by the Jungle Jim tribute cars on the nostalgia scene, especially the one restored by Dave Bany and his team.
"They did it right and got the right people in here," said Liberman. "Dad was all about the fans. His thing was you always had to make the fans happy. If there's no fans, there's no racing."
He believes if his father would have a complaint about today's cars, it would be that the cars are too clean. Liberman smiles and chuckles a bit when making this proclamation.
"He never had a clean car," Liberman admits.
Liberman says he gets the hankering to drive one of the Jungle Jim cars and has even been to Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School.
"I was trying to put a car together in 1997 but things fell apart," Liberman lamented. "I'd do anything to get behind the wheel, I just need to get hooked up with the right people."


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The Annual Report on External Support to the California State University includes tables detailing "gift commitments." Using a reporting convention that is a variation of the accrual system, these tables present what is thought to be the best perspective on the level of current philanthropic productivity. The methodology includes new gifts, new pledges up to five years in duration and new documented testamentary provisions. The philanthropic support total is presented to highlight the results of current year fundraising efforts.
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