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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (November 10, 2010)—The American Council on Exercise (ACE), America's leading authority on fitness and the largest nonprofit fitness certification, education and training organization in the world, today announced the launch of a national campaign that will focus on eliminating obesity in America. As an extension of the organization's vision to motivate consumers about the critical need to regularly engage in physical activity and inspire them to make healthy living an integral part of their lives, this movement will leverage ACE's expansive network of nearly 50,000 certified professionals throughout the U.S. and thousands of additional fitness professionals around the country to educate, engage and empower Americans to live better and live longer. With 32 percent of the population suffering from obesity and that percentage growing every year, ACE is committing its research and resources to overcome this nationwide epidemic.
"Because obesity is the cause of so many life-threatening diseases, we have pledged to take a bolder stance to position fitness and health at the center of American culture and, ultimately, eliminate obesity in our country," said Scott Goudeseune, ACE president and CEO. "While we realize this is an ambitious goal, we also realize it is our responsibility to do everything in our power to create a healthier America. Given what ACE has already done to support overall health and fitness, it's clear that we have a unique opportunity to lead this effort on behalf of the fitness industry. We further believe, given the expertise of our nearly 50,000 certified fitness professionals as well as the support of valuable partners, this goal is attainable. We are confident that ACE can significantly improve the health of our country by tapping into the strength of our network of certified fitness professionals as well as our partners and colleagues, and are poised to offer the essential education, resources and leadership for consumers in fighting this nationwide battle."
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"We want to see a country where people live longer, feel better and can spend more quality time with their family and friends," continued Goudeseune. "To achieve this goal, we believe there needs to be a new approach to fitness, one that addresses the issues of time and expense, empowers those not currently active and encourages Americans of all ages to engage in healthy eating and physical activity. By making fitness less intimidating, more enjoyable, accessible and community oriented, ACE will ensure that all Americans have an opportunity to get fit and enjoy the benefits a healthy lifestyle can provide. There's a widely held notion that fitness is only attainable for a select few – we're going to show the American public that's certainly not the case."
Over the coming months, ACE will unveil additional supporting programs, partners and details of this campaign. Be sure to visit www.acefitness.org for the latest updates and information.
About the ACEThe American Council on Exercise (ACE), America's premier certification, education and training organization, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the benefits of physical activity and protecting consumers against unsafe and ineffective fitness products and instruction. ACE sponsors university-based exercise science research and is the world's largest nonprofit fitness certifying organization. For more information on ACE and its programs, call (800) 825-3636 or log onto the ACE website at www.acefitness.org.
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Pair of power outages hit Bend's Eastside in cold
Central Electric reports record 'peak load'
BEND, Ore. - About 35 Central Electric Cooperative members at a southeast Bend mobile home park lost power for up to eight hours Sunday night on a second night of sub-zero temperatures -- the second outage of the day on Bend's Eastside..
Spokesman Jeff Beaman said Monday the cause of the outage at Country Sunset Mobile Estates, 61445 SE 27th Street, was an overloaded switch that failed due to heavy demand. He also noted that CEC set a record "peak load" of electricity usage on Sunday morning.
At 7:40 a.m. Sunday, utility's peak load reached 253.5 megawatts, topping the previous record of 242.3 megawatts, set in December 2009.
Beaman said later Monday the lengthy outage was in part because, when its very cold, power sometimes must be restored gradually, or the system can overload, damaging equipment and making for an even longer outage.
"It's called 'cold loading,' he said.
One resident said power went out around 8:30 p.m. and did not come back on until about 12:30 a.m. Monday, after the temperature in their home had dropped to 55 degrees.
Earlier, blown fuses knocked out power to about 400 Pacific Power customers in northeast Bend for several hours on Sunday – something always unwanted, but especially a problem in the area's very cold temperatures.
The first outage was reported shortly before 10 a.m. and was fixed by about 11:30 a.m., said utility spokesman Tom Gauntt. But another outage began around 12:50 p.m., and the utility had estimated it could take until 3 p.m. to get everyone's power restored.
"Something is blowing fuses," Gauntt said, though it wasn't clear if the issue was weather-related.
Most had their power back by 3 p.m., but 150 did not, and the utility's update said it could take until 7 p.m. to fully restore service. However, all were restored by 4 p.m., Gauntt said.
The outage was not large enough to make the 500-customer list of Oregon outages at http://www.pacificpower.net/ed/po/ooi.html


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Apartment Grottino
Size45 m²
Floor No.4(with elevator)
- Internet/WiFi
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- Elevator in building
- Air conditioning
- Balcony/terrace
Accommodation summary
|Vicolo delle Grotte, 00186 Rome, Italy
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The apartment of 45 square meters, is on the 4-th floor. This charming apartment is located in an old alley between the famous Piazza Farnese, and the headquarters building where the embassy of France, and the wonderful multiethnic Campo dei Fiori, the usual place of meeting of young people.
The lazy ones will enjoy the many buses that pass not far from the apartment.
Description apartment: The apartment, elegantly furnished, has an area of 50 square meters and can be combined with another larger apartment, located on the same floor, allowing the ability to accommodate small groups up to 8 people and 'consists of: 1 lounge fully equipped kitchenette with 1 double bed + 1 sofa bed in the French shower • Heating Equipment
• Kettle • Hairdryer DSL Internet • Kitchen • Juicer • Toaster • Iron • Oven • Microwave • Refrigerator • Coffee Maker • Pots • LAVAZZA sandwich plate • Bed linen and towels: The beds will be set up and equipped of sheets. 1 set of towels will be provided for each guest • Plasma TV • Radio • DVD player • Central heating • Fans
House rulesOn the occasion of National Holidays, Easter, Christmas and New Year Holidays the price can be increase of 20% of the high season prices and in every special season.
Check-in and out are possible from :
15:00 p.m. to 21:00 p.m. no cost
21:01 p.m. to 0:00 (midnight) the cost is € 30.
0:01 a.m. to 7 a.m. the cost is € 70.
Check-out before 09:00 a.m. the cost is € 70.
Final cleaning is € 50.
Turist tax: 2 € each person per night, it is not payed by minus ten years of age for a maximum of 10 nights.
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 92 HKD per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
We spent 1 week Rome.Nous n have not met Giulio Lorenzo but that must be an employee. C is a rental agency Rentitaly. The apartment is very well located and quiet. Lorenzo asked us 50th household when it is not specified in the "house rules." We refused he contacted the office and we have not paid. By cons must not pay tourist tax 2nd day per person.
Ikea decor, uncomfortable bedding, blankets are worn and unreliable, no mattress cover. No internet for 4 days, we were offered to go to an internet point and a refund. S through 50th they mind you book a car for the return to Rome Ciampino Airport. They s fit for the check in and check out.
Nous avons passé 1 semaine à Rome.Nous n avons pas rencontré Giulio mais Lorenzo qui doit être un employé. C est une agence de location Rentitaly. L appartement est très bien situé et calme. Lorenzo nous a demandé 50 e de ménage alors que ce n est pas prècisé dans " les règles de la maison" .Nous avons refusé il a contacté le bureau et nous n avons pas payé. Par contre il faut payer ne taxe de sejour de 2 e par jour et par personne.
Déco Ikea, literie très inconfortable, les couvertures sont usées et douteuses, pas de protège matelas. Pas d internet pendant 4 jours, ils nous ont proposé d aller dans un internet point et de nous rembourser. Moyennant 50e ils s occupent de vous réserver une voiture pour le retour à l aéroport Ciampino. Ils s adaptent pour le check in et check out.
I spent over a week in to this apartment and I find it really worth the trouble. Great location in the heart of Rome's historic center. Everything is walking distance. The apartment clean, elegant, with all the comfort you need for a great time in Rome. The host, Lorenzo is great, always willing to help and give the best advice. I will with pleasure and without hesitation. Elena SHALITO.
J'ai passé plus s'une semaine dans cet appartement et je trouve qu'il vaut vraiment l peine. Super bien placé, au cœur de centre historique de Rome. Tout est accessible a pied.
L'appartement propre, élégant, avec tout le confort nécessaire pour passer un super moment à Rome.
Le hôte, Lorenzo est formidable, toujours prêt à aider et donner le meilleur conseil.
Je reviendrai avec grand plaisir et sans hésiter.
Elena SHALITO.
Apartment very well located, clean and well appointed. But very small balcony on which you can put two chairs and we enjoyed the height to have a nice view of the skyline. Home very professional.
Appartement très bien situé, propre et bien agencé. Tout petit balcon mais sur lequel on peut mettre 2 chaises et dont nous avons bien profité, la hauteur permettant d'avoir une vue agréable des toits. Accueil très professionnel.
We had a great time in Rome!...the location was great, a few steps from Campo de Fiori. The neighbourhood was very lifely, full of little local shops and restaurants. The apartmant was nice and quite. We had a really good time!
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My sister and I loved staying in this lovely apartment for one week. The location is PERFECT! The apartment itself is clean, spacious for a European flat, and had all the amenities necessary for a wonderful stay in Rome. July our host messenger was libel and very helpful allowing us the luxury of knowing if we had a question or problem that she would be available. The first floor is very convenient , but the windows are a little small. All in all I think it was superb and would stay there again! Thank you Giulio e Giovanni and (July !!).
Highly Recommended!
Apartment with Italian flair! Perfect location next to Piazza Navona and within easy walking distance to most sights! Bar for breakfast and a grocery just a few steps away! Within many nice restaurants, bars and ice cream parlors!
So right in the middle of the action, that however earplugs at least aligned to the front bedroom should not forget! ;-)
Absolut empfehlenswert!
Wohnung mit italienischem Flair! Perfekte Lage neben Piazza Navona und in fußläufiger Nähe zu den meisten Sehenswürdigkeiten! Bar zum Frühstücken und Lebensmittelgeschäft nur ein paar Schritte entfernt! Im Umkreis viele nette Lokale, Bars und Eisdielen!
So mittendrin im Geschehen, dass man allerdings Ohrstöpsel zumindest im nach vorne ausgerichteten Schlafzimmer nicht vergessen sollte!;-)
Beautiful views from the private rooftop terrace. Plenty of space in the apartment for us as a couple. Enjoyed opening the windows and getting a great cross breeze whiling listening to the sounds from the pedestrian street Borgo Pio. Car/road noise was not an issue in this apartment. Rental staff was quite responsive to email questions and were very welcoming and helpful. Only negative was the internet access or lack of it. Staff did fix issue by day 2 but then the internet went out again a few days later. Overall very happy with our experience.
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We received loots of tips from the people that meet us upon our arrival at the apartment.
Huge problem that the street door lock didn't work!
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In order to achieve a high level of efficiency in planning and execution of flight experiments for each specific mission, highly motivated and specialized personnel is available at the facility. These persons include test pilots, flight test engineers, design engineers, maintenance personnel and mission planners. Continuous skill enhancement and training keeps their know-how up to date. Besides modern airborne test-bed technologies, the highly skilled personnel are the facility´s key to success in flight experiments.
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Colorado Springs City Council votes for more budget control
Mayor now required to get council approval for all spending
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The latest round in the ongoing dispute about the strong mayor form of government in Colorado Springs was won Tuesday by the City Council.
In an 8-1 vote, the council passed an ordinance requiring Mayor Steve Bach to seek Council approval for all city spending. Bach was criticized in the past for giving generous severance packages to former department heads and retaining several of those heads as paid consultants.
Councilman Don Knight said the council based the ordinance on a requirement in the city charter that the city have 12 departments. Bach created five "super-departments" when he took office, Knight said, making it easier to bypass the council to make budgetary changes.
"(Bach) was having more power than the president or the governor has over expenditure of funds," Knight said.
Councilwoman Helen Collins cast the sole dissenting vote.
Bach was not present at the meeting but plans to respond to the vote at his regular media briefing on Wednesday. He can sign and approve the budget, reject it with an explanation to the council or receive it unsigned. Under the latter option, the budget would be effective Dec. 31.
Knight said it's important to note that Bach and the council disagree about only $1.5 million of money that Bach spent without approval -- less than 1 percent of the budget. However, he said it's important to restore the balance of power in city government.
"I don't think it's micromanaging to have us be more transparent," said Councilwoman Jill Gaebler. "The council is the voice of our citizens."
The vote also gave final council approval to the $394 million budget. It includes funding the watering of city parks with money originally intended for police, and cut funding in half for the city's Convention and Visitors' Bureau and Regional Business Alliance.
Councilman Joel Miller said he was reluctant to approve the budget without determining whether the CVB and RBA can justify the funding they receive, but he wanted to move the process along.
The Lodging and Automobile Rental Tax Advisory Committee will meet next month to ask the CVB and RBA to explain what benefit they provide for the funding they receive. The groups are funded by the tax and by Colorado Springs Utilities.
Before the ordinance vote, the council by a 6-3 margin approved the 2014 budget for Colorado Springs Utilities. However, the decision withholds a donation of $256,000 to the United Way and around 50 other nonprofit groups that apply for the money to help the needy.
"Colorado Springs Utilities is itself a nonprofit," said Knight. "So every dollar we spend, we have to take in from the ratepayers. This is making the ratepayers give a charitable contribution. We want to avoid any conflict of interest."
Knight said the groups involved receive a relatively small amount of money, no more than several thousand dollars on average, and shouldn't be seriously affected without it.
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Few days a go I decided to write exploit for this(tftpd32 v2.21), of course I didn't know how to but whatever. I figured out that I could overwrite EIP, I didn't know what to do after that, so this morning I looked at some blogs and learned/understood some things and started writing, and finally executed calc.exe . I decided to blog(brag ) about it. Its not explained very well, but there are links to other places that have better tutorials on it.
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Just want to share some simple thoughts, not really a sermon, this is kind of unofficial sharing tonight. But I couldn't help this week as I was thinking and praying and just talking to the Lord about Sunday night, I know we're in the series in Colossians and I know it keeps getting interrupted, and yet I feel that's of the Lord, because I just feel so strongly about certain things. And I was challenged to read a particular article this week in a periodical biblio theca sacra,(???) theological journal that stimulated my thinking even further. And I dug back into some of my old notes that I had on 2 Timothy chapter 2 and I began to just kind of meditate on it. I read a book by Homer Kant(?) and I read a section out of three or four commentaries and some things began to kind of fit into my mind. And I thought, "Well maybe the Lord would want me to share something of what the Bible has to say about leadership." Because I think that there are people in our congregation that God wants in positions of leadership in the church. Church cannot be any more successful than its leaders. You understand that. Hosea said it long ago, like people, like priests.
Everywhere I go they ask me, "What is the key to the success of Grace Church?" And I say, "If I have to reduce it to two things, it would be the ministry of the Word and the leadership of godly people." On the day that I first talked to people at this church, I was well aware of the commitment to leadership that's here. And I know that the future of this church and the future of the churches in our world, in our nation, is dependent upon leadership. Leadership is desperately needed on the mission field. It's desperately needed here in the home churches. It's needed in colleges and seminaries and all kinds of Christian organizations. There is a tremendous need for leadership. And it's my great prayer that Grace Community Church would be a place where leaders are raised up.
We have a lot of that going on now. Our entire staff, without exception, has come from within our congregation. And beyond that there are some forty-plus young people in seminary, starting in the fall, preparing for ministry. And there are many other leaders in our church, leading in all different capacities. And I am really concerned that we be a place where leaders are trained. That's why we have Logos Bible Study Center. That's why we teach the Word of God with intensity. That's why our ACTS electives are offered so that you might get what you need to grow and to be nurtured and to mature and to become all that God wants you to be. That's why we have training classes for teachers in all areas because we want to raise leaders up in God's church. And I really feel that this is the thing that God has called Grace Community Church to. People ask me, "Are you going to split up and found other churches all over everywhere?" And my feeling on that very strongly, and we've talked about this quite at length, it isn't our desire to start more churches, it's our desire to put leadership in the ones that are already there sitting waiting for someone to come and lead them. We see our young men going out and they go from place to place where there are good Christian people sitting in a dying or a dead church, or a church that's hanging in the balances and they go in there to become the pastor or one of the church leaders or to minister there, or maybe some of our people move into a community and as lay people they go into a church and begin to lead in that church and to be used of God. And that's our desire.
With nearly 400,000 churches in America, we don't need anymore churches. Four hundred thousand is plenty. All we need are capable leaders in those churches. And the great prayer of my heart, again and again is, "God, raise up leaders."
Now I want to share with you what the standard is. What is the standard belief? What is God looking for? What kind of a person does He want? And for those of you that God is leading in this area, this is vital. For those of you who are not leaders, this is important that you pray and that you would know what is expected of your leaders.
Now I want to look at seven different terms that Paul uses in 2 Timothy 2 to describe a leader. And when allo seven come together, you're going to get a good composite of what leadership is. Timothy was a leader, but Timothy was fast fading in his leadership responsibility. Apparently from chapter 1 verse 7, Timothy had somehow gained a spirit of fear. Timothy was becoming timid. He had become side-tracked somehow. He was losing his confidence. And I know the feeling.
In 1 Corinthians 10 it notes that Timothy was very fearful and he asked the Corinthians that when Timothy comes, help him not to be so fearful. Timothy had some problems, a natural kind of timidity. He was sort of failing in his leadership responsibility. He had the problem of being young and in verse 22 of chapter 2, Paul tells him to flee youthful lusts and in his first letter he told him, "Don't let anyone despise you because you're young, but be an example." And he also suffered a lot from some tremendous opposition. The Ephesian errorists were just pounding against him and it wasn't easy. And then, of course, he suffered persecution. He was getting shot down. He was reminded by Paul in 2 Timothy 3:12 that all that will live godly in Christ Jesus are going to suffer persecution. So that natural timidity, the fact of his youth and because he was young he had normal passions and he loved a good argument, and he was impatient and he was self-centered, and all that, yet he was having some tough oppositions of persecution, and because of that he began to kind of fade as a leader. He began to kind of fold up. And so Paul charges right into him, just blasts away in chapter 2 and gives him seven pictures of a leader.
The first one is the teacher. A leader is a teacher. Notice verse 1. "Now therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." And that's really what he's trying to say to Timothy. Come on, Timothy, get it together. In the vernacular, "Get your act together." You're supposed to be a leader, Timothy, and what is this with all this timidity and this vacillating and this fearfulness? Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And here's the first thing you have to be, Timothy, a teacher, "And the things that thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men who shall be able to teach others also." Commit yourself all over again, Timothy, to the first priority of a leader, that is somebody who imparts truth. One way to be strengthened in grace...and boy, do I know this...one way to be strengthened in grace is to transmit truth to others because sooner or later as you teach others the truth, it's going to reap a harvest in your own life.
Paul is saying, "Be a teacher." And then he says, secondly, "Timothy, produce teachers." Leaders should be people who can impart truth and make teachers, teacher-makers. And Paul is like a relay runner. And he hands the baton to Timothy and he says, "Timothy, take the truth that I've handed to you and run with it and hand it to somebody else." See. Same things you've heard from me, the same commit to faithful men who will take the baton and run with it and hand it to somebody else. You have four runners in that relay right there. Paul, Timothy, the people he teaches and the people they teach...the deposit which is entrusted to you must be deposited with others. Be a teacher. A leader is somebody who is a teacher maker who imparts truth to somebody else who then in turn can impart it to somebody else.
We're not necessarily talking about the special gift of teaching, or the office of teacher. But simply the fact that all true biblical leaders have a solid knowledge of the truth and are able to impart it to somebody else, so much so that they can impart it to somebody else. That is the only true apostolic succession...the faithful proclamation of the apostolic teaching without addition or alteration. You take what I taught you and give it to somebody else, and somebody else. There's no adulteration of the original message.
Now a leader knows this, you can't just spend your time on anybody. So look what he said, "The same commit thou to...what?...faithful men who shall be...what?...able to teach." A leader soon learns that his priority is to find faithful people who have ability. The role of a leader is to deal with two groups of people...faithful and able people. It's impossible for me, for example, to pour out my life individually into all of your lives. Just in this room alone there's probably 1400 of you and I don't know how much over watching on the closed circuit system. Now I cannot pour myself into you and certainly when we have 3500 or 4,000 people here on Sunday morning, I can't individually pour myself into you. But there are some among you who are specially faithful, who are specially able and God draws them to my attention and into their lives do I pour myself. And you need to look around you and find those same people, faithful, able people.
What does it mean to be faithful? Reliable, trustworthy people who will not handle the truth recklessly or compromise it. Listen, let me give you a little insight. I only have a certain amount of time in my life and so do you. And I don't want to waste any of that time. And I don't want to spend myself, pouring myself into somebody who is untrustworthy and not willing to be available to God. So it doesn't take long to find out where the trustworthy and able people are who are ready to take it and pass it on and eager to do whatever is asked of them. And those are the people into which I pour my life. The faithful leader then is a link in a living chain which stretches unbroken from this present moment back to Jesus.
So, Paul's first picture of a leader sets forth at least these essential characteristics. One, he is a diligent student of the biblical message and able to articulate its teaching. Two, he is loyal and faithful to that message. Three, he is actively involved in a training and equipping of additional workers.
What is Paul saying? Be a teacher. What does that mean? Study the message. Articulate the message. Be loyal to the message and pass it on to somebody else. That's what God wants in a leader.
Second picture, verse 3, a soldier. A leader is a soldier. "Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that wareth and tangleth himself with the affairs of this life that he may please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."
Now Paul says, a leader is a soldier. And the implication here is we're in a battle...we're in a battle. It isn't easy. It isn't a lark. It's a war. Now notice, "Thou therefore endure hardship." Now it really reads this way. "Suffer hardship with me as a good soldier of Christ Jesus." And what he's saying is this, if you're going to be a leader, you have to assume a willingness to share the hardship involved in leadership responsibility.
Believe me, there are some hardships in being a leader. Now we're not always experiencing hardship, but always willing to experience it. That's all he's saying. Be willing to suffer hardship. There must be in the life of a true leader an undivided loyalty to Christ so that he is willing to maintain that loyalty at any cost. It's beautiful in the Greek here because it says to suffer hardship with..." That's what the verb means...and the idea is to suffer hardship with me. Paul is saying, "Be willing to be a part of that company of committed, that band of Apostles, that band of New Testament preachers who are out there taking the blows and the rough treatment like the rest of us."
I'll tell you something. There are a lot of would-be leaders who wash out right there in verse 3. They aren't soldiers. They don't know what it is to get into battle. They don't know how to take their share of the pain. They're all right as long as it's hearts and flowers. But as soon as the war starts, they're gone. And I'm not here just to tell you my own problems, but I can say there are hardships in positions of leadership that no one will ever understand but somebody who is there. There are deep anxieties and deep hurts and deep grievings that occurred in the life of a leader over many, many issues that no one will ever understand who isn't in that position. And yet there has to be a soldier's mentality so that you just battle right through that thing. I think I shared with you that less than a year ago I went through maybe the toughest battle I've ever been through in my own life. And my own commitment to the ministry was just shaky. And I was struggling with some deep discouragements and some deep sense of failures in my own life. And I was willing to chuck it and go spiritually AWOL, you know? And yet the Spirit of God through the love and the kindness of some around me who prayed with me and shared with me and the Spirit of God energized me and I just went plowing right on through and I felt stronger ever since. But there has to be that. A leader is a soldier and he recognizes the battle for what it is. It's an opportunity for victory.
Verse 4 says, "And to be a good soldier, no man that is in a war entangles himself with the affairs of this life." You can't be a part-time soldier in a war. He doesn't get involved in the worldly things. Martin Giengrich(?) translates this to become entangled in civilian affairs. When you join the Army, you have a little bit of time to get rid of your business and whatever you have to take care of in this society and you are gone, man, and it's all devoted, time, energy, effort, thought, skill and everything to being a soldier.
You say, "What about Paul? He made tents." Yeah, that was part of his being a soldier. He certainly wasn't preoccupied with that. There must be a total commitment. Every once in a while you see a pastor who's got a desire on the side to get rich. Two things will probably happen. He won't get rich and he won't cut it as a pastor. The soldier is conditioned to be totally committed to the battle and you can't be double-minded. If you're going to be a leader for God, that's what you're going to be. You may have to work to earn your living, but that will never become your preoccupation.
Notice what else he says in verse 4. He desires to please Him who's chosen him to be a soldier. Listen, the soldier has one thing in mind, I want to please the commander in chief. This kind of obedience is beautiful. You know, a soldier out on the battlefield, pretty stupid to second guess the commander because he can't see the whole battlefield. So he leaves the strategy and decisions to the commander and he simply obeys and that's the idea. A soldier who obeys. Like a Roman soldier, he never gets preoccupied with what's going on in the struggle of the daily marketplace. He just stays in line with the commander and obeys. I think a truly godly leader cannot be tied to the system of the world, but rather his great desire is simply to please the one who has chosen him to obey the commander in chief. And I think it means here too self-sacrifice, even to death.
Summarizing, what do we learn about the soldier? Several things. One, the picture of a leader as a soldier means he has heard the Lord's call and joined the battle. Two, he is willing to accept the suffering and hardship involved in his high calling. Three, he is separated from the world and its web of activities and interests so that even though he may have to earn a living, he has a single mind. Fourth, he is concerned totally with gaining Christ's approval on his service.
The third picture is the picture of an athlete, verse 5. "If a man also strive," the word strive is the word athleo from which we get...take a guess...athletics. "If a man also strive for masteries, or victory, he will not receive the crown, stephanos, unless he obeys the rules." Unless he strives, nominos, lawfully.
Now, he says a Christian leader is like a dedicated athlete, he is wholly absorbed in one pursuit and that is to fulfill his area of responsibility. I was amazed that all this commentary that's going on in these Olympic athletes...do you realize that in 99 out of 100 cases of those athletes, in order to get there they have done absolutely nothing but that one thing for years? Imagine. We say there's a guy out there and he takes that little four-and-a-half thing and he goes whisst....you say, "That's amazing." It's amazing but not so amazing if you think that all he has ever done for the last three or four years is stand out there and go whisst, like this. Now in his case, lest I be criticized for editorializing, I understand he has a full life in other things, but that becomes almost the reason to live. It isn't necessarily...it isn't necessarily the greatest natural ability that gets you there, but I'll tell you, it's the greatest level of dedication. Some of you might be there if you had spent three or four years doing the same thing eight hours a day all the time. If they had an Olympics for operating your punch press you'd be there. You've been at your job for 34 years, you've got that baby down. That's the point.
The point is, what you're dealing with, what you're dealing with at that level is a tremendous level of commitment...a tremendous concept of dedication. That's what he's saying.
If you're going to be a leader, remember this. You've got to work. You've got to strive for the mastery. Nobody is going to give you anything. And I really believe...people say, "Oh, what's the secret to your success, John? Because the Lord uses you and you teach, and so forth and so on?" And I say, "Hey, I'll tell you one thing, just plain hard work and all I ever do is prepare to do what I do." Paul says, "You've got to work at it, you've got to strive." And along the way he says, "You've got to keep the rules. You've got to strive lawfully." In other words, God's going to set some boundaries for the way you're going to strive and you've got to stay in them.
Now the word that is used here refers in the Greek to apparently a professional athlete, not an amateur. But in our day, who knows the difference anymore? But somebody whose whole life is given to this. Not a spare-time Christian leader. No, nobody ever really becomes a leader who is a spare-time leader. It has to be a whole life given to strenuous endeavor, to live out our faith in Christ in every moment of life. And an athlete has to have discipline, self-denial, all those things.
All right. And he has to keep the rules. Two significant things merge from the athlete metaphor, what are they? Number one, as a leader, an athlete leader, he must be a person with strong self-discipline who is willing and able to conform his life to God's rules. Secondly, he must want to win. Motivated by future reward, not present pleasure...notice he will strive for the mastery and the crown.
Listen, one thing you learn real fast as an athlete is it's no fun getting there, it's only fun when you win. It's not fun to go out day after day after day after day until you ache all over. That's not fun. What's fun is to win and to gain the prize. And that's what Paul is saying. A leader must be one who wants to win and his motive is not present pleasure but future reward. You see? He's looking at what God is going to say when He says, "Well done," more than what he might be enjoying right now. And if you're really sold out in the area of leadership, you're going to get tired and you're going to get weary and sometimes you're going to say, "I deserve more than this," and your day will come. That's God's plan.
Fourth, a leader is seen in the metaphor of a farmer, verse 6. "The farmer that works hard," this is the same word used of the elders in 1 Timothy 5:17, it means to labor to the point of exhaustion...to labor until you're weary, until you drop. "The farmer works till he drops and he must be the first partaker of the fruits."
You know what's going to happen? If a farmer worked his head off, producing crop for somebody else and didn't get anything, he'd quit being a farmer. Right? He'd say, "This is ridiculous. Every year I sell my crop for less money than I had to pay to get it in the ground. I can't cut it." The only thing that keeps a farmer working himself to exhaustion to feed the people is that he gets back something from it. And I'll tell you something, that's exactly what Paul is saying. Listen, unless you are first, the partaker of the fruits, you're not going to be any good in feeding somebody else. And that's why Paul said to the Ephesian elders, "Take heed first to yourself and then to the flock over which God has made you overseer." If you dry up in your own life, you're not going to be any use to anyone else. A leader then is somebody who is producing things through his own study and his own teaching and his own leading that are feeding his own soul. And then he ministers to others out of the overflow. But the firstfruits come to him.
And I'll tell you. Sometimes you get tired, a lot of times you get tired and you get weary, but what I'm getting as I look at my ministry of what I'm feeding on, what the Word of God is pouring into my life is so rewarding that it's worth all of that toil in order to share these truths with you because of what I gain. But the day that I didn't get anything for myself and I was just going through the motions for you would be the day I would give it up. That's what he's saying. A leader has got to be one who concentrates on feeding his own soul. And I'll tell you, that's my view of the ministry. I'll give you a little secret insight. When I study a passage, I do not ever study a passage to make a sermon,...never. You know what I do when I study that passage? I study it so that I will get what it's teaching. I'm very selfish. I just want to know...and I'll go on and on and my wife will say to me, "Why you keep studying that same passage. You've got more material than you could ever give in a sermon."
But that isn't the point. The point is, I want to know everything that's there. And when I'm fed and when I'm fat and when I am loaded with the good things that are there, it will spill out on you on Sunday. And then the next Sunday I'll finish it. (Laughter) It's out of the overflow of my own life. I'm the guy out there harvesting the firstfruits, you see? Leadership has to be that way. Any ministry of leadership you have has to be feeding your life or you're not going to do it for others, you're not going to be any good at it unless there's something there you're feeding.
So what do we learn here? The picture of the farmer tells us some things. There must be a willingness to work hard. Second, a need to nurture your own soul. And I'll bring up a third, patience for results. You know, the one guy who has to wait a long time to see the result of his work is a farmer. Do you know that? And you want to know another guy? A Christian leader. Boy, sometimes you can pour your life into somebody, give them the Word and teach them and you say, "Come on, guy, come on. Go, grow." You know, and it's flopping around, you know, "Come on." And you become a spiritual cheerleader. Fire this guy up, feed him the Word. And pretty soon you check him a couple of years later and he's bloomed. But you've got to be patient, like a farmer. You've got to patient. Crop will come in, just let it take its time.
Fifth, verse 15 he adds another metaphor for a Christian leader, a workman. Study, and that isn't the best translation, "Do your best" would be, "Do your best to be approved unto God a workman, not needing to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth." A workman...humph. You know, this is so good, I want you to get this now. Verse 14 he says, "Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit..." You know, lots of people like to talk. Not so many like to work. Right? Oh there's plenty of quibblers, plenty of verbal people...talk-talk...lots of talk. Verse 16, "Shun profane and vain babbling." He says in verse 14, "Don't talk so much." Verse 16, "Don't talk so much." Verse 15, "Do...what?...work." I hear people say, "Well, I don't understand it. He's so busy he never has time to talk with me." Well just maybe he's doing what he ought to do.
You know, I know some people who are supposed Christian leaders and all they do is talk. They go from conference to conference to conference to seminar to conference, meeting, lunch, breakfast, dinner, conversation. They just talk, their whole Christian life they talk. They go into their office, the phone, they talk some more on the phone. If no one calls, they just go find somebody to talk to. Believe me. He says, "Look, we have plenty of people talking, but you do your best to be approved, dokimos, one who stood the test, unto God a workman whose work gives him no cause for shame because he cut a straight line relative to the truth.
What does it mean "cut a straight line?" Well maybe Paul got that metaphor from his tent making. Here's a guy who wants to give out the Word straight down the line, he doesn't want to deviate to the right, or the left, he wants to cut a straight path for the Word. So he says, the only way you're ever going to cut a straight path rightly dividing the Word, the only way you're ever going to give people the Word is to quit talking and...what?...working and studying. The stress is on the diligence of the worker so that his God will approve of Him.
Listen, I appreciate the response of people to my messages and my ministry, as I know you do in your leadership. But there's one and one alone that I really want to approve and who's that? That's God. And somebody may say to me, "Ah, that was wonderful. That was wonderful, it blessed my heart." And I'll walk away and all I can think about is, "I wonder of God is so pleased." A workman, a leader is a workman who cuts a straight line.
So, what is that metaphor teaching us in summary? A workman is accountable to God for inspection and approval of his work. A workman is desirous of never having to be ashamed of anything he does. He's going to do it to his best. A workman is careful to handle God's Word without error or distortion. A workman is somebody committed to less talk and more study.
Sixth, one other metaphor of a leader is vessel...verse 20. "In a great house there are not only skeuos," utensils, or vessels, jars, dishes, instruments, it could be anything, "Of gold and silver but of wood and earth, some to honor and some to dishonor." Now he's not talking about function here, they'll all do the same thing. They'll all hold your soup. That isn't the issue. It's just that some are honored and some are not. If a man purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honor, sanctified and fit for the Master's use, prepared to every good work."
The great house here is symbolic to the church. And within the church there are honored vessels, silver and gold, and I think primarily that refers to true teachers. And there are wood and pottery vessels to dishonor, false teachers. And what he's saying is...Look, separate yourself from the false. He's distinguishing between true leaders and false leaders and the call is for separation. Verse 21, "Purge himself from these...what?...these...what?...these wood and earth vessels." Make sure you associate with those of proper spiritual character and true leadership. Have no fellowship with false leaders, false teachers, be a pure vessel.
Now what's he saying with that? He's saying a leader is a vessel. That means he will have to be sanctified, cleansed, set apart from all heresy and all heretics. That's a leader. Second, he is to be useful to a master. It's a beautiful thought. It says that if he is sanctified, in verse 21, and this is beautiful, easy to be used. You know a better word? Available...available. As a vessel you ought to be pure and available, and I love this, and prepared. Pure, available and ready. That's the kind of vessel he wants. Separated from the false, doesn't compromise, pure, available and ready.
Are you available? Are you ready? Pure? That's the standard for the vessel God wants to lead.
Last. Another metaphor, slave, verse 24. Seventh and last. The leader that God wants is a slave, "And the servant, or slave, doulos, bond slave of the Lord. That's the last term he uses to describe a leader. We're slaves of God. No indication here that we're slaves of the people but of the Lord. And as such, we are not called on to do our own will, but His will. The slave mentality. And what is it? Oh, this is beautiful. "He must not be quarrelsome; sweet, gentle spirit." "Gentle unto all men," and literally the word there for gentle is kind, kind to everybody. Habitually kind person, apt to teach, didaktikos, again, a sweet, gentle spirit. This is all talking about attitudes and imparting truth and patient. And the word literally means patient when he's been wronged.
What kind of leader is he? He's a slave and he's a slave of God, and he does God's will. And when he is opposed and when he is rebuked and when he is disagreed with and when people criticize him and when people don't agree with him, he is to be never quarreling, always gentle, teaching with a sweet spirit and forever patient. Verse 25, "In meekness, instructing those that oppose him." That's humility in the slave metaphor.
So what is Paul saying then? A slave leader, one, works willingly in full submission to the will of the heavenly master. Two, he has the right kind, humble, gentle spirit. I'm going to close with this. God wants leaders. Are you a candidate? Are you? Listen, are you willing to be a candidate?
You say, "John I don't know. I don't know if God wants me to lead a Sunday School class or a ladies Bible study or a home Bible study, or a woman's fellowship group or a woman's missionary group or a group of men or...I don't know. I don't know if God wants me as a pastor or a missionary or an evangelist, or a leader."
Listen, here's some questions you have to answer, summing up everything. Are you a diligent student of the biblical message and able to articulate its teaching? Are you loyal and faithful for that biblical message? Are you actively involved in the training and equipping of additional workers? Are you hearing the Lord's call and joining the battle? Are you willing to suffer the hardships involved? Are you separated from the world and its activities so you have a single mind? Are you totally concerned with gaining Christ's approval on your service? Are you strongly self-disciplined, willing and able to conform your life to God's standards without letting up? Are you desiring above all to win and motivated by future reward rather than present pleasure? Are you willing to work hard in exhaust and toil? Are you careful to nurture your own soul? Are you patient for results? Are you eager to be accountable to God for His approval and inspection of your work? Are you desiring to never be ashamed of anything you do? Are you careful to handle God's Word without error or distortion? Are you committed to talk little and study much? Are you sanctified from evil and evil men, available, ready, aware of heresy and heretics? Are you willing to submit your will to the master? Do you possess the right spirit no matter what happens?
If that's you, or that's your desire, you're leadership material. You say, "God's standards are very high." You're right. He's God and He always puts them up there. But there's a goal. Paul even said, "Not as though I have already...what?...attained, I just know where the goal is and I'm giving it all I've got."
If this is your desire, before you put your head on the pillow and go to sleep tonight, tell God it's your desire and ask the Spirit to begin to work it into a reality. You say, "Should I really want that?" If any man desires that, he desires a good thing. God needs you.
Father, thank You for helping us tonight again just to focus on leadership. Thank You so much for the ones You've given us. We feel that we're so full tonight, the precious testimonies of our men, the songs they sung, the thrilling word about our ministry going into Russia and all of the things we've shared tonight, so fulfilling, so rich, understanding better what an elder is. And now being challenged with the possibility and reality of leading for You and with You. Help us to realize that in all of this, Father, the thing that it really comes back to is that You want to rule Your own church and You just want people who will submit to You. Raise up those people, Father, and for every one in this congregation who is already a leader, who is already in that position, challenge them with the responsibility afresh, challenge my heart. For those, Father, that You've called to follow, that You've called to be the support and the work and the strength and the ones who actually carry out the activity, the ones with the feet and the arms and the hands and the mouth and the ones who really do the ministry, God, challenge them to expect the highest things of their leaders and to pray for them faithfully and diligently till Jesus comes that the body might be built up for His glory. Amen.
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On the second floor you can find a third restroom with shower, laundry complete of electrically heated drying rack.
In Venice, in the heart of the sestiere San Marco, the Suite Veneziana boasts an enviable position: a few steps (and no bridges) separate you from the marvellous scenario of one of the most beautiful squares in the world. The apartment is surrounded by the most famous stores where you can go shopping, and by the best restaurants. St. Mark's Square, with its towering bell tower and with its amazing Basilica, is an Istrian stone living room, surrounded by antique cafés and an incomparable atmosphere that during sunrise is romantic and warm, accompanied by the sounds of orchestras. Once you pass the magnificent Doge's Palace and you reach the Riva degli Schiavoni, there is the St. Mark's Basin, with Saint George's Island from which you can see gondolas and boats. On the right, there is the extraordinary profile of the Basilica della Salute, a place that Venetian people love, and celebrate its feast during the month of November. On the left, instead, you can admire the long shore that, overcoming the Arsenale entrance, reaches the Giardini, headquarters of the famous Biennale d'Arte. If you continue that way, you can see on the horizon, the island of the Venice Lido, where every year there is the important Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica (Venice film festival).
Unless otherwise stated in the individual descriptions of the properties, the arrival/departure times are as follows:
Arrival: between 3 PM and 8 PM.
Departure: between 9 AM and 10.30 AM.
Arrival from 8 PM to 10 PM: 20 euros.
Arrival from 10 PM to midnight: 40 euros.
Arrival from Midnight to 3 PM: during this time period, we do not allow guests to check in.
(Luggage deposit can be found at train station at a fee - so please check directly with the relevant locations what the arrangements are).
From the 24th of August 2011, all visitors who stay in an accommodation facility within the territory of the Municipality of Venice have to pay the "Tourist tax".
The overnight tax varies from € 0.75 in low season to € 2.00 in high season. It is due only for the first 5 days.
Kids under 10 years of age do not pay. Youngers from 10 to 16 years of age have a 50% reduction.
The collected funds will help the City improve the quality of the tourist services (services, museums, events...) and finance works aimed at maintaining, using and salvaging the city's cultural and architectural heritage.
Extras that can be ordered upon request and prior to or during arrival (but please give us as much notice as possible):
A baby cot: €10
During your stay, you can require an extra cleaning: from €50 to €70
Private parking upon request: €25 per day
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Very nice apartment for a big family with good spaces and many beds. The apartment is located in the heart of Venice, near everything. Can definetly recommend this flat to big groups who would like to stay in Venice.
We really enjoyed Vinice and our stay in this appartment made our expereince even better. Modern Appartment with all amenities. Grocery store and all restraurants were within 2 minutes walk. Strongly recommend this appartment.
We loved Venice, but sadly the accommodation let the holiday down a little, wasn't terrible, but for the money and the lovely photos didn't live up to our expectations. Was far to small and ants everywhere, probably won't book with Wimbu again, sorry.
The apartment was beautifully decorated and with good facilities. Location was also as expected with a small courtyard at the back. Very good arrangements on arrival so we were accompanied to the apartment (addresses not much good in Venice unless you know where to go!) and told where the nearest supermarket was. Local restaurants and cafes have a really "local" ambience even though you are only 10 minutes walk from Rialto. Winter was fabulous-glorious blue skies every day-and plenty of bustle. New Year exciting in St Mark's Square- we wonder how we'll ever top this for 2014 !!! Heartily recommend !
Very nice apartment. Couldn't log in into the wifi, but everything was fine.
The apartment was just as described and matched the pictures. It was close enough to all the tourist hot spots without having that crowded feeling. The famous fish market and Rialto bridge are all within a 5 minute walk. I would definitely book again with this host.
Recommend without hesitation, a wonderful apartment in quiet residential location, away from tourist hussle yet only 10 mins walk from station and 5 mins from boats. Close to shops and restaurants. Spacious, modern, excellent value for money. Also has small courtyard. Very helpful host.
We were 5 architects visiting venice for the architecture Biennale. The appartment was next to Arsenale, and it was even more great than it apears in the advertisment photos.
Realy clean, nice, good location, cheap.
Nice apartment in a good location, close to the water taxi stop. Wi-Fi nice touch
Nice and central location. Perfect for 4 or less people
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"With its focus on working with a partner to gather intel using stealth and smarts, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory's co-operative multiplayer gameplay will offer a completely new multiplayer experience, much as Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow's versus gameplay did," said Tony Kee , vice president of marketing for Ubisoft's North American division. "And with Chaos Theory, the latest and greatest installment in the Splinter Cell franchise, gamers will be able to enjoy both styles as they work together to prevent a global conflict of epic proportions – or simply open a can of whup-ass on their online compatriots."
The new co-operative maps in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory require players to work together to accomplish crucial intelligence-gathering objectives that are directly related to the plot of the single-player game. Pairs of operatives must develop trust and be willing to depend on one another as they use a host of new gadgets and team-based maneuvers to infiltrate enemy strongholds and help Sam Fisher defuse escalating conflicts around the world. In tandem, the operatives will help each other complete tasks such as scaling walls too high to climb alone, reaching pipes too high for one person and keeping watch while hacking enemy computers. Created to support online, System Link or split-screen game sessions, the specifically-designed, unique maps emphasize stealth gameplay based on shadow detection and AI stimulus, and will force players to attain a new level of strategic coordination using a headset and microphone, or talking each other through the tension from opposite ends of the sofa. A special co-op knife challenge mode offers additional ways for players to collaborate and further enhances replayability. Graphically rich, with impressive use of shadow, light, animations, physics and sound technology, the cooperative maps will push the limits of online play and reaffirm the Splinter Cell franchise's position as the leader in multiplayer innovation.
The versus multiplayer gameplay of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow completely revolutionized online gaming, and with Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, this competitive, addictive game mode continues to evolve. Players will work as teams and will compete against each other by embodying either stealthy, third-person Shadow Net Spies with specific stealth objectives, or heavily armed, first-person Argus Mercenaries charged with protecting their compounds. In several completely new levels, players will have at their disposal a host of new cooperative maneuvers and interactions, gadgets and weapons, hand-to-hand combat actions, additional ways to taunt adversaries, and two game modes (scenario and disk hunt). With destructible items, integrated climate affects that directly impact gameplay and totally redesigned visuals designed to improve accessibility and immersion, the adversarial gameplay will make Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory the most diverse and immersive multiplayer game on the market.
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Town Square
Issues and Answers
Original post made by Kathy Bell, another community, on Feb 29, 2008
Dear neighbors,
This morning, proponents for Alamo incorporation posted issues, in the form of questions, for the Diablo Vista (Alamo) region neighbors to consider. To provide answers to such issues requires our region's neighbors to define and consider the issues underlying the questions and determine how we expect all governments to work in consensus with our neighborhoods to develop answers.
Each issue impacting our region has resolution at many levels of government including federal, state, county and neighboring city governments. Traffic is an obvious issue that requires resolution from all levels of government and has causes throughout our region and beyond.
Questions without answers are better left unsaid. As neighbors, we are defining issues and developing answers for governments' consideration and compliance. This Town Square Forum should be an invitation to neighbors to post answers to immediate regional issues.
Kathy Bell
Iron Horse neighbors
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a resident of another community
on Mar 1, 2008 at 8:15 am
Dear neighbors,
Any question concerning acts of government on issues impacting our region must have two participants. First, the region's residents must have voice in presenting their needs, interests and advisory to appropriate levels of government impacting the issues. Second, governments must have liaison that primarily considers the advisory of regional residents in any government decisions.
In previous Forum subjects, the Diablo Vista region residents have defined the government liaisons for our region and the issues that require consideration. The invitation of this Forum is to define the issues and expectations for levels of government to comply with our regions' advisory.
AS you consider your commentary, please consider the issues of traffic, ridgeline and hillside in-fill, neighborhood character protection, infrastucture enhancements, economic development in our commercial districts, renovation and replacement of high-density residential, public transportation, schools' operations in our region, and protection of natural-landscaped open space.
These issues and more invite your comments and consideration,
Hal Bailey
Diablo Vista region neighbor
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a resident of another community
on Mar 1, 2008 at 8:30 am
Posted by request of the author
Dear neighbors,
As I have met with many different points of view in our region, I am concerned that the most pressing issue is community. There is exceptional division within Alamo, as defined by AIM boundaries, that contrast the status quo with a majority desire for urban luxury. In various e-mail exchanges, neighbors throughout our region consider infrastructure and economic improvements as leading issues for development. Completed sewer systems, covered drainage, walkways and paths, street lighting, underground utilities, municipal WiFi, park and ride express transportation access, new downtown high-density residential, and mall expansion of our business district have majority support.
Without interests in common, community will be impossible and creating one voice with all levels of government will never happen.
Is any one else concerned?
Cara Sampson
Iron Horse neighbors
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a resident of another community
on Mar 2, 2008 at 8:26 am
Posted by request of the author
Dear neighbors,
Please READ:
revised version
San Ramon plan skirts voter intent
Contra Costa Times
Article Launched: 03/02/2008 03:01:12 AM PST
SAN RAMON CITY officials are trying to launch a drive that could rapidly accelerate development in one of Contra Costa's most hotly contested valleys and undermine voter-approved city and county growth controls.
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NOTE: Before Iron Horse neighbors commit to supporting a Town of Alamo, we better be sure we define the rules for our town council. In San Ramon, an independent and autonomous city council is directly opposing the will of residents by further expanding growth in the stucco-tacky style of the Dougherty Valley.
If the Diablo Vista region and our Iron Horse neighbors do not define our town council's obligations to our neighborhoods in the current AIM incorporation proposal, we can expect special interests and autonomy to rule any Alamo town council.
READ this reality before it's too late,
Ted, in Danville 94507
Iron Horse neighbors
Diablo Vista Region
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a resident of another community
on Mar 3, 2008 at 8:07 am
Posted by request of the author
Dear neighbors,
Creating a community voice is an active process beyond voting, government meetings and media commentary. Neighbors in their neighborhoods must have a proactive intent to continuously advise their governments on issues and what compliance is expected from governments. In most cases, governments welcome significant voice from a majority to guide their decision making and when that is not enough then counsel should be considered to deliver a formal message.
Issues are seldom recognized by governments unless a majority voice is created in a grassroots manner that can continuously flow issues and required answers to our governments' representatives. No matter how many levels of government occur at federal, state, regional and local levels, there will always be a need for grassroots majority voice in creating satisfactory government decisions that meet our needs and interests.
Most importantly, neighbors, one can never surrender such a voice to our governments' representatives and not lose the democracy we enjoy.
Diablo Vista regional counsel committee
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a resident of another community
on Mar 3, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Posted at the request of the author
Dear neighbors,
As a proponent of Alamo incorporation, I am concerned that our major issue in Alamo is communication. All of us divide into our own groups, neighborhoods or other factions without any outreach that would invite open, interactive conversation and consensus.
With every issue including incorporation, traffic, in-fill, infrastructure, and services, we all take sides rather than seeking common positions. In a community as well-educated, professional and skilled as we are, how did we develop a culture where we are at odds with each other?
Thank you for posting your exchanges, neighbors, and how about answering my question.
Alamo Ridge neighborhoods
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a resident of another community
on Mar 4, 2008 at 7:31 am
Posted at request of the author
Dear neighbors,
Our infrastructure is either poorly planned, unplanned or obsolete in much of the Diablo Vista (Alamo) region.
Our sewer system does not serve all homes in our region. Our drainage is open, dangerous ditches that are in many cases homeowners' responsibility. Our main roads are overburdened with unwelcome foreign traffic. We have little or no street lighting and ugly power lines crisscrossing overhead. There are few walkways and paths along the main roads and neighborhood access lanes, especially at our schools.
We want municipal WiFi, underground utilities, covered drainage, complete sewer systems, walkways and paths, street lighting, public transportation with appropriate waiting structures, and planned reduction of foreign traffic. What we get is discussions of off-ramp planting, pocket parks, and undefined recreation.
Infrastructure is the priority!
Business district neighborhoods
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a resident of another community
on Mar 5, 2008 at 7:12 am
Posted with the permission of the author
There must be new neighbors living in Alamo because I would never expect anyone I know to want street lights, sidewalks and all those other things that Kaye Edwards claims are needed. I admit that there are few of my neighbors left in my Alamo neighborhood but I can't imagine why someone would buy an Alamo home and then want to change our community.
I have always thought that street lights along Danville Blvd at the neighborhood lanes were a good idea. I think covering the drainage ditches is good for safety. But I am not sure I would enjoy more than that.
I learned to use this computer recently so who knows? Can anyone provide a plan for such changes?
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a resident of another community
on Mar 6, 2008 at 11:35 am
Dear neighbors,
Jack's question represents the contrast between a minority view of Alamo as a semi-rural community and a majority viewpoint of urban luxury. The plan for infrastructure improvements call for enclosure of drainage channels throughout the Diablo Vista (Alamo) region as a primary safety improvement starting along Danville Blvd. The walkways and paths would cover such enclosed drains with rolled, crushed rock to create a very natural appearance and cover other major access roads' dirt (mud) edges. The undergound utilities would add individual, decorative street lights with municipal WiFi/Emergency Network antenna as part of each light assembly. The various bus stops would be better planned for access and have a lighted enclosure with a roof to protect our travelers from the weather. The regional bus route would do loops to bring shoppers to our business districts, children to schools, and travelers to a park and ride express transportation station.
The plan for now is being privately organized and would be provided as a for-fee service much like cable etc. Similarly, completing the sewer systems in all parts of our region is being considered as private endeavor with service fees to homeowners.
Carl, REHMS
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a resident of another community
on Mar 6, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Posted at the request of the author
Dear neighbors,
Hundreds of our fellow neighbors have expressed frustration with the superficial approach taken by AIM to ISSUES and ANSWERS important to our region. Sharon Burke's article in Alamo Today lacked any value to neighbors that were looking for meaningful plans for our Diablo Vista region and the portion of the region contained in the AIM boundaries. It is hard to believe that AIM committee members are so naïve that they believe they are providing meaningful commentary. It would be easy to believe that it is simply cheap politics typical of Contra Costa County.
But I must conclude that AIM participants don't get it! It seems obvious that the active handful among the 1400 AIM participants and supporters are convinced that a majority in Alamo share their culture, viewpoint and commitment to a town government. They don't get it, do they!
Keys to the car are meaningless if AIM can't find the ignition. AIM has been spoon-fed the ISSUES as Community, Infrastructure, Economic Development and In-Fill and asked to illustrate in detail how their incorporation proposal will offer ANSWERS we can vote on in any incorporation election. And all we get in return is full-page drivel and meaningless cheerleading.
ISSUES need ANSWERS!
Francie, Las Trampas neighborhood
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a resident of another community
on Mar 6, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Posted from www.alamoinc.org
Alamo Community Meeting
You are cordially invited to an Alamo Community Meeting on April 8, 2008 at 7 p.m. at Creekside Community Church - 1350 Danville Blvd. It will start at 7pm and will include a short presentation and ample time for questions and - we hope - compelling answers. We look forward to seeing as many Alamo community members as possible there.
Alamo Incorporation Movement (AIM) Committee: David Bowlby, Sharon Burke, Dave Dolter, Mike Gibson, Steve Goodman, Steve Mick, Nancy Kaplan, Chris Kenber, Vicki Koc, Randy Nahas, Kent Strazza
a resident of another community
on Mar 8, 2008 at 8:45 am
Posted at the request of Iron Horse neighbors
Iron Horse neighbors within the Diablo Vista (Alamo) region develop formal answers, as advisory through counsel, to immediate issues impacting our neighbors, their neighborhoods and our region. We communicate such advisory on community, infrastructure (including traffic), economic development and land use/in-fill to appropriate governments and districts and those organizations considering formation of further layers of government within our region. We require such governments, districts and formation groups to provide details of any actions or plans in published and timely communication with sufficient detail of actions, plans, projects and programs to provide full disclosure to our neighbors.
Diablo Vista region neighbors have no further interest in incorporation of a portion of our region as the Town of Alamo as contained in an Alamo Incorporation Movement (AIM) incorporation proposal, Contra Costa LAFCo incorporation application. Such proposal does not detail or specify government structure, operations, commissions and committees necessary for majority support by neighbors and neighborhoods in the Diablo Vista region or the segment of our region designate by AIM boundaries. Such proposal simply describes an independent council and government as another layer of government in our region with no obligation or intent to serve neighbors and their neighborhoods.
Kathy Bell
Iron Horse neighbors
a resident of another community
on Mar 12, 2008 at 8:08 am
Posted by request of Iron Horse neighbors
Dear neighbors,
Thank you for your exceptional response in e-exchanges and to email@example.com with your ISSUES and ANSWERS for the Iron Horse Corridor and the Diablo Vista Region. This morning, e-exchanges have received a summary of the ISSUES and ANSWERS in the following groups for review and further presentation to governments, districts and government formation groups.
1) Community and Representation - how it is created and what is its purpose, structure, operations, and citizen participation.
2) Infrastructure - our issues are traffic, public transportation, utilities/street lighting, communications, sewers/drainage, and walkways/pathways.
3) Economic Development - our neighborhoods want defined commercial areas that contain commercial, retail, and high-density residential, including convenient senior residential facilities and services, without commercial invasion of our neighborhoods.
4) In-Fill and Redevelopment - our neighborhoods want development, redevelopment and in-fill appropriate to the character of neighborhoods that does not scar our hillsides and ridgelines and is engineered for safe participation in neighborhoods' infrastructure.
Janet Cooper
Iron Horse neighbors
Diablo Vista Region
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Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, "If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
Of the North Church tower as a signal light,--
One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm."
It was a dark time for the Empire. Their industry appeared to be slipping away, with unrest in the american colonies. On the heels of Lexington and Concord, and Bunker Hill, King George III saw fit to declare the American colonies in rebellion:
"Those who have long too successfully laboured to inflame my people in America by gross misrepresentations, and to infuse into their minds a system of opinions, repugnant to the true constitution of the colonies, and to their subordinate relation to Great-Britain, now openly avow their revolt, hostility and rebellion. They have raised troops, and are collecting a naval force; they have seized the public revenue, and assumed to themselves legislative, executive and judicial powers, which they already exercise in the most arbitrary manner, over the persons and property of their fellow-subjects: And altho' many of these unhappy people may still retain their loyalty, and may be too wise not to see the fatal consequence of this usurpation, and wish to resist it, yet the torrent of violence has been strong enough to compel their acquiescence, till a sufficient force shall appear to support them.
"The authors and promoters of this desperate conspiracy have, in the conduct of it, derived great advantage from the difference of our intentions and theirs. They meant only to amuse by vague expressions of attachment to the Parent State, and the strongest protestations of loyalty to me, whilst they were preparing for a general revolt. On our part, though it was declared in your last session that a rebellion existed within the province of the Massachusetts Bay, yet even that province we wished rather to reclaim than to subdue. The resolutions of Parliament breathed a spirit of moderation and forbearance; conciliatory propositions accompanied the measures taken to enforce authority; and the coercive acts were adapted to cases of criminal combinations amongst subjects not then in arms. I have acted with the same temper; anxious to prevent, if it had been possible, the effusion of the blood of my subjects; and the calamities which are inseparable from a state of war; still hoping that my people in America would have discerned the traiterous views of their leaders, and have been convinced, that to be a subject of Great Britain, with all its consequences, is to be the freest member of any civil society in the known world.
"The rebellious war now levied is become more general, and is manifestly carried on for the purpose of establishing an independent empire. I need not dwell upon the fatal effects of the success of such a plan. The object is too important, the spirit of the British nation too high, the resources with which God hath blessed her too numerous, to give up so many colonies which she has planted with great industry, nursed with great tenderness, encouraged with many commercial advantages, and protected and defended at much expence of blood and treasure.
And so passed the King's proclamation of October 26, 1775. The news of the King's abject rejection of the Continental Congress's olive branch reached the Colonies on January 1, 1776. Instead of a speedy resolution, it spawned full-out war.
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We just don't know exactly when.
by Hoard's Dairyman staff
Economist Herbert Stein (1916-1999) had a keen wit and ability to sum up complex financial concepts in simple ways. A former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, he is best remembered for saying, "If something can't go on forever, it will stop". It is now widely known as "Herb Stein's Law."
What does this have to do with dairying? Herb's law contains a backhanded message of hope for today's milk producers as they struggle with the gap between the cost of production and milk prices, and face perhaps even greater uncertainty about their financial survival than in 2009.
Visiting with several Western dairy owners this month, they said with surprising candor that they are as worried about 2012 as any year in their careers. It would be nice to disagree with them, but it does look like 2012 could be worse. Here are four reasons why:
1. Little or no equity.
2. Emotional "battle fatigue" felt by producers.
3. Fewer and less patient lenders.
4. Great beef prices.
A subtle message from Herb's law is, in a free market economy, supply and demand will always force each other into relative equilibrium. Eventually. Unfortunately, something else that Herb also used to say is: "Economists are very good at saying that something cannot go on forever, but not so good at saying when it will stop."
In other words, there's no telling how long this round of financial chicken will last. A bigger question is, will the game ever end? Maybe the best we can hope for this time is a round of bloodletting that is intense but brief, rather than long and lingering, so the wounds suffered by those who survive can heal before it happens again.
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