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Lincoln County Solid Waste Regulations require you to secure your load when traveling on any county roadway!
Garbage or refuse transported on roads of the county must be protected from the wind and be loaded in such a manner that none of it shall fall, drop or spill upon the ground. Rubbish and refuse shall be transported in such a manner as not to litter a roadway.
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Lillian Vernon interview: Lillian Vernon talks about women-owned business, starting a mail order business, home business and more.
 It's every woman's dream: stay home with the kids, and make money, too. A lot of money. Have a fulfilling career without missing your baby's first steps or your son's cameo role in the school play.
 Sure, things will get hectic sometimes. Maybe you'll have to balance the baby on your left hip while you cradle a phone between your right shoulder and ear and take calls from suppliers or customers. But, hey! You'll be building a multimillion-dollar business.
 Wake up, you say? Even today, real women don't build multimillion dollar businesses from the kitchen table while they're doing the wash and cooking, too.
 Better think again. Meet Lillian Vernon, founder of the Lillian Vernon Corporation . Vernon not only started a multimillion dollar business on her kitchen table, she did so 51 years ago when she was pregnant with her first child. It was a time when women with kids rarely worked, and women in general didn't run businesses. In fact it was a time when women were supposed to be content doing nothing more challenging than changing babies' diapers and ironing their husband's underwear.
 But Vernon wanted more out of life. She had a dream , a vision, and the guts to go for it. By combining her innate merchandising ability with many, many hours of hard work, she grew a company that now offers 8 catalog titles, 2 websites (www.lillianvernon.com and www.ruedefrance.com), and merchandise that captures the hearts (and money) of customers throughout the United States and the world. In recent years, she's also written a book about her experiences: An Eye for Winnners . How did she do it? Can it be done today? Those are some of the questions Lillian Vernon answered in a recent interview with Business Know-How.
 Business Know-How (BKH): Women didn't start businesses 51 years ago. What made you decide to start one? And where did you start it?
 Lillian Vernon (LV): I started my business in 1951, when I was a young housewife pregnant with my first child. I was living in Mount Vernon, New York and I wanted to help supplement my husband's income. I thought of an idea to use $2,000 of our wedding gift money to place an ad in Seventeen Magazine for a personalized handbag and belt. A year later, the ad brought in $32,000 in sales and my business was launched. Because I lived in a small apartment, I used our yellow Formica kitchen table as my office. It is now on display at our corporate headquarters in Rye.
 RELATED: 4 Challenges (Still) Faced by Women Entrepreneurs — And How to Overcome Them
 BKH: Did you hear criticism from men and other women? Were you taken seriously?
 LV: It was very unusual in 1951 for a woman to consider starting her own business or having a career. At that time, women were expected to stay home and raise their children. But I decided to put aside my misgivings when I announced to my family that I was starting a mail order business. My husband was skeptical at first and concerned about investing our wedding gift money and my mother thought I should concentrate on the birth of my son. Some of my friends felt my idea was odd which left me feeling alienated at times. However, my father was my source of inspiration and said he was proud of me. He encouraged my talent for merchandising by sending me on shopping trips for his leather goods company. My decision proved better than I ever imagined and my customers certainly took me seriously because I received 6,450 orders my first year in business.
 BKH: Do you think things have changed much for women?
 LV: The 21st century is a good time for women, especially women who want to branch out on their own and become successful entrepreneurs. Millions of women are fulfilling their dreams of having both a career and a family. Women have made great progress in the workplace advancing to executive level positions and heading large corporations and are making progress on pay equality. At Lillian Vernon Corporation, I am proud to say that women are given every opportunity to advance and are an integral part of my senior management team.
 BKH: How did you resolve any problems you encountered because you were a woman?
 LV: At first, it was difficult because the manufacturers I worked with were men and they were very skeptical doing business with a woman. But I slowly won their trust because I was a businesswoman who was true to my word, who paid her bills on time, and who they liked doing business with.
 BKH: Could you have gotten a bank loan when you started your business in 1951? Is it easier today to finance a business than when you started? Do women today have more difficulty getting a loan than men?
 LV: In 1951, I considered myself lucky to have received $2,000 of wedding gift money. Since my husband and I lived modestly and we didn't have any outstanding bills, my wedding gift money was more than sufficient to start a business. I knew that asking for a bank loan would be impossible unless my husband requested it. Today, there are more avenues than a bank available for women to seek financing including partnerships and venture capital. The federal government provides help to entrepreneurs through the services of the United States Small Business Administration, but you must be willing to accept the paperwork that accompanies any federal help.
 BKH: What advice can you give to women who are struggling to maintain a career and family? Can they expect to do it all? Should they expect their spouses to help if they are married?
 LV: First, women should not feel guilty about having a successful career and raising a family at the same time. I believe both are possible if you are realistic about not obtaining perfection. In order to remain balanced, women have to make practical choices and accept the fact that comprises will have to be made. When I was very involved in growing my business I had less personal time to share with my family so I changed my priorities around. First, I made a commitment to spend weekends with them. This gave us a chance to bond and catch up on the time we missed together during the week. On weeknights, when I brought my work home, I had my home office in our den so I could enjoy the company of my family while working at the same time. These adjustments really made a difference, especially for my children who were growing up and needed my attention. My husband was helpful throughout this period of time. He never minded staying home with our children and got great pleasure sharing his favorite hobbies of tennis and sailing. In this day and age, married women should expect help from their spouses and not be treated like the family maid.
 BKH: What key factors helped your success in growing your business? Was it access to capital? Planning? Good Management? Being a great marketer?
 LV: Lillian Vernon Corporation is a leader in our industry for several reasons. First, we created a unique brand that stayed true to its niche. We offer customers unique and value-priced merchandise, two characteristics that have distinguished Lillian Vernon for 51 years. The fact that our company is identified with a real person adds a personal touch to our business that helps retain customer loyalty. Our company has planned the extension of our brand to meet the needs of an ever-changing consumer. We began slowly by increasing the number of catalog titles, and have added 15 outlet stores, two websites, and a business-to-business division to our mix. I credit our success to our capable and experienced management team who has always worked to preserve my ideals.
 BKH: What were your biggest obstacles to growth? What were your biggest surprises as a result of your expansion? What advice would you offer women today about expanding their businesses?
 LV: Ironically, our biggest obstacle was our rapid rate of growth in the 1980's when credit cards and 800 numbers caused a surge in business. The technology we had at the time could not handle the flood of orders coming in and we needed a quick infusion of cash. This was the first time I was forced to make a decision about taking out a sizable bank loan to upgrade our operation because we faced great risk. I received a loan, we installed new technology that improved our situation, and I paid off the debt well before it was due. I learned an important lesson from this critical moment in our company's history. Too much business can be as harmful as too little. Grow when you have all the systems and people in place or else your business will suffer, you will inevitably lose customers, and you may end up in trouble.
 BKH: Do you have any thoughts on why more women aren't more aggressive in business?
 LV: I believe women are making great progress in all areas of business. With the rise of e-commerce, hundreds of websites are owned and operated by women with the sole purpose of providing information to enrich women's lives. Statistics show there are more women than ever before in America who are using their talents and expertise to launch their own businesses. Women made great strides in areas that were once dominated by men such as technology, engineering, finance, science, marketing, and of course the catalog industry. There are many women who choose to stay home full-time so they can devote themselves to their families and raising their children and I feel people must make the choices that are right for them.
 BKH: How soon should one think about moving a fledgling business out of their home and hire more help?
 LV: From my own personal experience, I believe an entrepreneur should move to a more business-like atmosphere when you can no longer operate efficiently at home and you need to hire extra help. Your company can grow and expand more freely in an office setting where you have more space and you won't be prone to distractions. Inevitably, customers and suppliers will take you more seriously and your company will have more credibility.
 BKH: How important are mentors? Where can women find them?
 LV: Without a doubt, everyone needs a support system and mentors are vital. They can inspire you and offer much needed advice and wisdom in areas where you have no experience. My father was my mentor for which I am grateful. At an early age, he encouraged me to develop my talent for merchandising. My confidence and self-esteem soared when I learned that what I had chosen were his most popular items. My father was also instrumental in my decision to launch my mail order company. Unlike other men of his generation, he believed I could succeed as an entrepreneur and encouraged me when other family members expressed doubts. He even helped me design and manufacture the leather handbag and belt I sold in my first mail order ad. It's not always easy to find a mentor, but if you are lucky enough to do so, treasure them and show them your thanks and appreciation.
 BKH: Is it still possible to start a mail order business from a kitchen table?
 LV: Because there are now 10,000 catalog titles competing in the Direct Marketing Industry and hundreds of thousands of e-commerce sites on the Internet, it is very difficult to start a mail order business from a kitchen table as I did 51 years ago. It's also obvious that $2,000 in financing as I had in 1951 is insufficient funding to start a business. Catalogs are a very expensive undertaking that require lots of money and a large staff to handle everything from merchandising, creative, fulfillment, marketing, and customer service that are so vital to maintaining customer loyalty.
 BKH: Many people run service businesses. Do you think it's possible to grow a service business into the size of your company?
 LV: This is now a service economy so it is possible to grow a business the size of our company and larger. People lead very busy, time-deprived lives so they need more service than ever.
 BKH: What are the key ingredients for success in business?
 LV: To be a success you must first be passionate about your work. Half-hearted enthusiasm will not sustain you during the many challenges that will inevitably lie ahead. Since success is never an overnight occurrence, you must commit to the long-term and tackle problems head-on. Until you have acquired experience and enough financing, keep your business plans relatively simple. Begin on a small scale so you can successfully introduce your product or service, target your market, and keep costs to a minimum. But make sure that you carefully study your competition so your business will offer consumers something unique by filling a special niche that is currently untapped. Last, learn how to read balance sheets and income statements. You may have an accountant that can calculate figures and keep your records in tact, but you must be able to interpret them so you can respond appropriately and make decisions effectively.
 BKH: How important is it to become active in your community as a business owner?
 LV: When my company grew to a size that I could afford to give back to my community, I made every effort to become involved in charitable giving and volunteering on non-profit boards and commissions. I believe that as a successful business leader I have a responsibility to help others who are less fortunate. I also feel that my experience can be put to good use helping others.
 For additional information about Lillian Vernon and the Lillian Vernon Corporation, visit their web site at www.lillianvernon.com .
 Advice From Lillian Vernon For Entrepreneurs Planning to start your own business? Read Lillian Vernon's Tips For Entrepreneurial Success .


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|Loren Cunningham
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|Area served
|171 Countries
|16,000 volunteers
|To know God and to make Him known
Youth With A Mission (YWAM, generally pronounced as "why-wam") is an international, inter-denominational, non-profit Christian missionary organization. Founded by Loren Cunningham in 1960, YWAM's stated purpose is to "know God and to make Him known".[1] [2]
In the nearly 50 years since its inception, YWAM's activities have expanded from youth-focused short term evangelistic missionary journeys to include educational training, church planting, business as mission, and relief and development services. Today, YWAM involves people of every age group.[3]
YWAM is now composed of people from over 150 countries and a large number of Christian denominations, with over half of the organization's staff coming from "non-western" countries.[4] YWAM currently has over 16,000 full-time volunteer workers in nearly 1,100 operating locations in 171 nations and trains 25,000 short-term missions volunteers annually.[5][6]
Youth With A Mission was conceived by Loren Cunningham who tells how in 1956, while a 20-year-old student in the Assemblies of God College, he was traveling in the Bahamas when he had a vision of waves breaking over the Earth. He says when he looked closer the waves appeared to become young people taking the news of Jesus into all the nations of the world. He envisioned a movement that would send young people out after high school to gain a sense of purpose when going to college, and would welcome Christians of all denominations.[7][8]
In late 1960, the name Youth with a Mission was chosen and the small group embarked on their first project, a vocational mission trip. The result was that YWAM sent two men in their early twenties to Liberia to build a road through the jungle to a leper colony. This was the organization's first official mission trip.[9]
By 1963, Cunningham had married Darlene Scratch. By this time, the new mission had 20 volunteers stationed in various nations, and the Cunninghams were planning the mission's first "Summer of Service". Later in the year, YWAM teams were being sent to West Indies, Samoa, Hawaii, Mexico, and Central America. By 1966, there were 10 full-time YWAM staff including the Cunninghams and hundreds of summer short-term volunteers. That year YWAM ministries also began in New Zealand and Tonga.[9][10]
In 1967, Cunningham began to work on his vision for the first school. It was to be the School of Evangelism in Lausanne, Switzerland, which was held from December 1969 to the middle of 1970 with 36 students. The students' lodging and classes took place in a newly renovated and leased hotel in Lausanne. By the end of the year, YWAM purchased the hotel and made Lausanne its first permanent location.[11][12]
YWAM's website states that later in the decade, another YWAM school began that would become the foundation for YWAM's many training programs. By 1974, the School of Evangelism was being offered in New Jersey as well as Lausanne. With a focus on biblical foundations and character development as well as missions, much of the material from this course is now taught in the present day Discipleship Training School (DTS).[12] A format of three months of lectures followed by two or three months of outreach is still used in most Discipleship Training Schools today.[8][12]
By 1970, YWAM had a total of 40 full-time staff.[12] That year, 1000 volunteer YWAM staff headed to Munich, Germany, to prepare an outreach for the 1972 Summer Olympics. This was the first of many YWAM Olympic outreaches.[11]
The University of the Nations online magazine has stated that Cunningham met scientist and professor Howard V. Malmstadt at a conference in 1974. They started giving educational seminars together, and Cunningham asked Malmstadt to help expand the training arm of the mission. In 1977 YWAM purchased the Pacific Empress Hotel in Kona, Hawaii, and began renovations to turn it into the campus for what was initially called the Pacific and Asia Christian University—the forerunner of University of the Nations.[13] In 1978, YWAM began Shining Lights, an outreach to prostitutes in Amsterdam.[14]
By 1979, YWAM's Mercy Ships ministry was launched with the commissioning of the ship "Anastasis" (the Greek word for Resurrection).[15][16]
YWAM sources state that at the end of the 1980s, YWAM changed the name of its university to University of the Nations (U of N). The concept of a YWAM university that would encompass training programs in hundreds of YWAM locations was developed by Cunningham and Malmstadt.[13][17] When communist regimes in Eastern Europe began to fall in the early 1990s, Youth With A Mission began outreaches to countries there, including Albania.[18] Other efforts in this decade include a school for the disabled in Mongolia.[19]
By 2000, YWAM had over 11,000 staff from over 130 countries and had become almost 50 percent non-Western.[4] Reflecting this diversity, in 1999, New Zealander Frank Naea, who has Samoan and Māori parentage, was chosen to become YWAM's first non-white president in 2000, replacing Jim Stier, who was to continue as international director of evangelism and frontier missions and national director for Brazil.[20] In 2000, YWAM developed a new role of Executive Chairman, which Jim Stier stepped into, and made the presidency a three-year rotating position.[4] By 2006, YWAM had joined the International Orality Network (ION), a multi-agency outreach effort to "the world's non-literate masses", employing verbal and dramatic means to introduce the Gospel to populations which do not read.[21]
YWAM leaders characterize the organization as a "family of ministries" rather than a structured, hierarchical entity.[22] YWAM's website says that each of YWAM's 1000+ operating centers is responsible for determining which training programs it will conduct, the character and destination of its outreaches, personnel recruitment, financial sustainment, and ministerial priorities.[23] YWAM states they have no international administrative headquarters.[23]
YWAM sources cite the following characteristic as common to all operating locations: A) The pre-requisite of the Discipleship Training School. B) The mandate to "know God and make Him known". C) A threefold ministry of: evangelism, mercy ministry and training/discipleship. D) A shared statement of faith, vision and values.[23]
Accountability and leadership are maintained through a system of regional, national and international oversight. The Global Leadership Team (GLT), which consists of approximately 45 leaders from around the world, is considered the authoritative body of leadership for YWAM International. In addition to Loren Cunningham's influential role as Founder, the GLT elects an international Chairperson, and an international President to provide overall leadership and representation to the organization.[22]
Doctrine and practices
According to its Statement of Faith Youth With A Mission "affirms the Bible as the authoritative word of God and, with the Holy Spirit's inspiration, the absolute reference point for every aspect of life and ministry."[24] YWAM teachers and leaders emphasize the following conduct in response to what they understand to be God's initiative of salvation toward humanity: A) Worship: A calling to praise and worship God alone. B) Holiness: A calling to lead holy and righteous lives that exemplify the nature and character of God. C) Witness: A calling to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with those who do not know Him. D) Prayer: A calling to engage in intercessory prayer for the people and causes on God's heart, including standing against evil in every form. E) Fellowship: A calling to commit to the Church in both its local nurturing expression and its mobile multiplying expression.[25]
Discussing YWAM strategy with the Christian Post, Lynn Green has stated that YWAM missions "would be seen as indigenous". The perception, he claimed, combined with the intensive six-month training program, 'ties everyone together' so as to promote cooperation in working toward national goals.[8]
Values and philosophy
YWAM leaders assert that "the unique family characteristics of YWAM—our 'DNA'"[25] are represented in a document titled, "The Foundational Values of Youth With A Mission." According to this document, "These shared beliefs and values are the guiding principles for both the past and future growth of our mission ... They are values we hold in high regard which determine who we are, how we live and how we make decisions."[25] In February 2004, the Global Leadership Team released a revised statement of YWAM's Foundational Values. A summary of these is as follows:
1) Know God, 2) Make God Known, 3) Hear God's Voice, 4) Practice Worship and Intercessory Prayer, 5) Be Visionary, 6) Champion Young People, 7) Be Broad-Structured and Decentralized, 8) Be International and Interdenominational, 9) Have a Biblical Worldview 10) Function in Teams, 11) Exhibit Servant Leadership, 12) Do First, Then Teach, 13) Be Relationship-Oriented, 14) Value The Individual, 15) Value Families 16) Rely on Relationship-based Support, 17) Practice Hospitality[25]
Sara Diamond, citing an interview with Gary North, states that YWAM "sees its role as an on-the-ground combat force against liberation theology."[26] Lynn Green, speaking on behalf of YWAM, disagreed that post-modernism is detrimental to youth, because of its oppositions to scientific materialism.[8]
The three types of ministry that Youth with a Mission emphasizes are Evangelism, Training, and Mercy ministries.
Sports camps, drama presentations, musical events, along with other creative and performing arts are the avenues through which volunteers and staff share their Christian faith.[27]
YWAM also engages in church planting, in coordination with churches from various denominations, or alone when working among "unreached people groups" who do not have churches among them.
Olympic outreaches
Youth With A Mission has been active in evangelism at the Olympic Games since 1972.
- It is believed 1,000 volunteers were part of the outreach effort.[11] which included 50 Dutch volunteers under Romkje Fountain (who later founded YWAM Holland)[28]
- The outreach included street evangelism.[29]
- ‡[30] The 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow were heavily boycotted and afforded little opportunity for evangelism because of Communist precepts. YWAM is presumed not to have participated.
- 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles[31][32]
- YWAM notes they performed street theater during these games.[33]
- YWAM conducted open-air church services and performed gospel drama and dance in the streets.[34]
- 4,500 YWAM members were active behind the scenes.[35] About 1,000 volunteers were official greeters at the Olympic Village[36][37] and 1,000 more helped with Olympic security and translating.[37]
- Southern Baptist International Mission Board missionaries cooperated with YWAM at the Nagano Winter Olympic Games Outreach.[38] According to the YWAM website, the central event was a prayer march from Zenkō-ji, an historic Buddhist temple, to the Olympic Plaza.[39]
- YWAM Member Kara Miller Stewart participated in an Olympic dance events.[40] YWAM worked closely with United Bible Societies to distribute Towards the Goal, a sports focused New Testament.[41]
- YWAM was hosted by the Salvation Army.[42]
- YWAM member musician K. Benny Prasad was invited to perform during these games.[43] YWAM also organized arts and music events.[44] A YWAM member was arrested for "suspicious activity" and but was later released. Greece is the only European Union (EU) country to ban proselytism in its constitution.[45]
- This was reportedly the 16th YWAM Olympic related event. YWAM used entertainment events such as music, street drama, community festivals and snow boarding clinics for creative interaction.[46]
- An outreach is planned for the thirtieth Summer Olympic Games in London in 2012.
Other evangelism ministries
Other notable evangelism ministries include:
- Shining Lights, an outreach to prostitutes in the red-light districts of Amsterdam.[14] See also: Prostitution in the Netherlands
- YWAM Montana has an outreach to St. Croix which includes dancing, basketball, and cookouts. College-aged youth also perform tasks like painting, landscaping, and school maintenance assisting the mission work of Southgate Baptist Church.[47]
- Create International is an international ministry of Youth With A Mission that specializes in the production of media tools to communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ to unreached people groups. Create International was formed in 1987 and now has centers in Australia, India, and Thailand.[1]
The purpose of YWAM training programs is to raise up men and women who will "disciple nations and transform cultures". A central concept to YWAM teaching is the notion of societal "spheres of influence", such as education, government, arts and entertainment, media and communication, business and commerce, family, and church.[48][49] YWAM aims to train and equip Christians to become influential within these spheres.[50]
The various training schools of YWAM are organized under the structure of The University of the Nations (U of N).[8] The U of N offers modular courses[8] and is unaccredited.[51] Most schools in the U of N system have a three month lecture phase which is then followed by a two-to-three month field assignment.[8]
Discipleship Training School
The Discipleship Training School (DTS) is YWAM's entry level training. DTSs are run in YWAM centers around the world with the purpose of teaching students about God and His purposes for humankind. The DTS encourages personal intellectual and spiritual growth and seeks to help graduates find their place serving God in the world. It also provides a foundation for students to continue their education through the U of N. The DTS generally lasts 5–6 months and consists of a 3 month lecture/study phase followed by a 2-3 month evangelistic/service outreach.[52]
Many centers run DTSs that emphasise certain parts of the world or specific ministry strategies which help students use their skills and talents in world missions. Examples of specialized DTSs are the Emerge DTS run by YWAM Wollongong, Australia, Mercy Ministry DTS run by YWAM in Melbourne, Australia, Celtic Way DTS run by YWAM Scotlandand a Surfers DTS hosted in Perth, Australia. Information about specialized DTSs and other schools are published each year in the Go Manual, a listing of worldwide training and ministry opportunities with YWAM.[53] DTS, like some other phases of YWAM's operation, sometimes relies on music and dance to help convey vision and purpose.[54]
DTSs are operated according to the guidelines of the YWAM International DTS Centre,[55] which was established to maintain and enhance excellence in DTS programs worldwide in accordance with the DTS purpose and curriculum guidelines set by the International Leadership of Youth With A Mission and the U of N.
Principles in Child and Youth MinistryThe Principles in Child and Youth Ministry (PCYM) is YWAM's secondary level training and requires a DTS training.
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Biblical Training
The School of Biblical Studies (SBS) is one of YWAM's many bible training programs. Other Bible training programs offered by YWAM include the School of the Bible (SOTB), Bible School for the Nations (BSN) and School of Biblical Foundations (SBF). SBS was founded by Ron and Judy Smith in September 1981 in Kona, Hawaii. The program is a nine month course that uses the inductive method to study all 66 books of the bible. SBS worldwide has now conducted about 500 schools in the last twenty-five years and have trained somewhere between 7,000 and 10,000 students. [2] SOTB is an 11 month course that includes a 9 month lecture phase and a 6 week outreach. SOTB uses many methods to study through the entire Bible, including Inductive method (historical-grammatical approach), word studies, topical studies, key charts, and literary analysis among others. Other topics include effectively communicating the Bible, leadership, cross-cultural communicating and teaching skills, understanding worldviews, church history, and Biblical principles of government, education and economics.
Mercy Ministries
The practical and physical needs of the global community are met by YWAM through Mercy Ministries International.[Neutrality is disputed] Its humanitarian efforts along with partners reach an estimated[who?] 3,000,000+ people annually and is increasing in its aims to be serving 100 million of the world's poor by 2020. YWAM has a mission out of San Diego which builds homes for families in Mexico. Two homes in 2006 were built at a total cost of $30,000. According to Sean Lambert, chief executive officer and president of YWAM San Diego/Baja, teams participating with his base have built 2,084 homes for needy families since 1991.[56][57] YWAM has a mission working with villagers in Uganda to provide relief for HIV/AIDS. They have established orphanages and are ensuring children are educated. British singer Soroti visited there in 2007.[58][59]
Marine Reach
- Marine Reach, the maritime arm of YWAM's Mercy Ministries, uses ships to bring physical and spiritual healing to the poor and needy. YWAM ships have provided vitally important surgeries, dental care, medical supplies, food, seeds, construction materials, development projects, training, and their message to the port cities of the world.[60]
Australian Relief & Mercy Services
- ARMS (Australian Relief & Mercy Services Ltd) is a Christian aid and development organization that cares for the poor and needy both within Australia and overseas. It was founded in Canberra in 1988 and is the Mercy Ministry arm of Youth With A Mission in Australia. ARMS works in nations such as East Timor, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, India, Zambia,Vietnam and Uganda. It provides medical support to communities as well as disaster relief teams that serve in natural disasters and war zones. It also supports preschools and orphanages in poor communities, runs primary health care programs, and is also involved in building and construction, water and agricultural projects. According to ARMS newsletters that are stored on their website[61] ARMS also sends special intervention teams into disasters and through its ministry RescueNet has sent medical and SAR interventions teams to Iraq 2003,[62] Philippines 2004, Aceh (Tsunami) 2004-2005[63] 2005, Pakistan 2006,[64][65] ARMS has also sent intervention medical teams to East Timor 2006.[66] In 2007 the ARMS website also announced a major new ministry focus - an international campaign against Malaria called Buzz Off.[67] The campaign is aimed at empowering smaller NGOs and ministries working in Malaria endemic nations to tackle the problem of Malaria at the local level.[68][69][70]
Mercy Ships
- Mercy Ships was founded by YWAM missionaries Don and Deyon Stephens in 1978.[15] It is now operationally distinct from YWAM.[71]
Disaster relief
Living Waters Church arranged for YWAM to renovate the home of Evelyn and Herschell Hartman in Sulphur, Louisiana after Hurricane Rita.[72] Flooding in Pakistan in 2007 in the Sindh province prompted a reaction by twenty Muslim, Christian, and Hindu volunteers led by YWAM Pakistan chairman Zafar Francis. They were assisted by an appeal by YWAM London's relief office. They were able to distribute food for a month to 3,000 of the 150,000 homeless survivors there.[73]
Dangerous work
Hurricane Katrina flooded all eleven of YWAM New Orleans' buildings. Personnel were evacuated to YWAM bases in Baton Rouge and Tyler, Texas, where volunteers in their MercyWorks relief arm prepared to take food, "baby items" and water to victims once access was granted to relief workers by the National Guard.[74] Earlier that year, YWAM lodgings in Phuket, Thailand were destroyed by the tsunami of 26 December, 2004.[75] In May 2006, Jules was caught in anti-foreign riots overtook Kabul, Afghanistan in May 2006. Violence there left eight people dead and 107 injured.
Youth ministries
Despite its historical and value emphasis on young people, YWAM involves people of all ages. However, there is still a core emphasis on youth ministry. While YWAM has many programs focusing on youth ministry, within the larger organization it has developed two transnational ministries for youth: Mission Adventures (MA), and King's Kids International (KKI). YWAM holds an annual spring event offering free dentistry to children in Lindale, TX. The ministry is first come, first served; while thousands are given free treatment, thousands more are turned away, sometimes coming from many states away.[76]
Film projects
YWAM Missionary Lee Isaac Chung's film Muryangabo (Liberation Day) earned Une Certain Regard at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Chung cast two street kids whom he found through YWAM's soccer-outreach program as the stars of a film that dealt with the moral and emotional repercussions of the Rwandan Genocide.[77]
David Loren Cunningham, son of the group's founders, recently produced a controversial film titled Hakani: A Survivor's Story, which contains a depiction of infanticide among Amazonian tribes of Brazil. The film gave new vigor to the debate on human rights regarding indigenous people.[78]
Associations and working relationships
Youth With A Mission is a global mission with links and partnerships internationally. International Chairman Lynn Green recently reported that YWAM representatives often sit "on boards of other commissions" and organizations.[8]
YWAM also works closely in with various missions and churches, as well as independent missionaries across the globe. One notable working relationship is the OneStory Project[79] which is a partnership between YWAM, Campus Crusade for Christ, the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Trans World Radio, and Wycliffe Bible Translators as well as other Great Commission-focused organizations, churches and individuals.[80] United Bible Societies has also worked closely with YWAM as a missions partner.[41] YWAM joined with the Evangelical Alliance and John C. Maxwell to design the training program for the Global Pastors Network's Million Leaders Mandate.[81] YWAM and Christian Direction work together to pray for Muslims during Ramadan.[82] YWAM Pittsburgh has been involved in ecumenical local efforts to revive Epiphany School through teaching young people "Christian principles" and exposing them to dance and the arts.[83]
YWAM partners with:
- Christian Aid[58]
- Campus Crusade for Christ[80]
- International Mission Board[80]
- Trans World Radio[80]
- Wycliffe Bible Translators[80]
- World Vision [84]
- Food for the Hungry [85]
YWAM is a member of:
- the International Orality Network[21]
- Call2All, an 200 organization initiative of the Global Pastors Network to lead a billion souls to Christ[86]
- OneStory Project[79]
- Church of God Assistant Director Douglas Leroy has noted the cooperation between COG and YWAM, among others, and endorses cooperation with mission groups "who have expertise in certain areas, without compromising our doctrinal or policy integrity."[87]
Notable people associated with YWAM
Recent Press Coverage
A gunman, identified as a former YWAM student Matthew Murray,[90] shot four staff members at the missionary training center near Denver in the early morning hours on December 9, 2007, killing two, after being refused access to the training center's facilities.[91]
Afterwards, YWAM's School of Writing director Janice Rogers noted that YWAM had been the victim of violent offenders before, including homicides and other violent acts, although this is the first act of aggression against the mission on US soil, according to Mrs Rogers. Rogers stated that there are "two predominant reasons YWAM'ers have been killed; robbery or crime, or spiritual resistance to the Gospel".[92]
Youth With A Mission's Dean Sherman also released two podcast messages in response to the shootings.
- Video Response from Dean Sherman, a well known YWAM teacher
- Audio Response from Dean Sherman, a well known YWAM teacher
Political Affiliation & Involvement
Youth with A Mission officially has no political affiliations or working relationships. However, the YWAM website acknowledges that "Individual YWAM staff and students come from a wide variety of political backgrounds and affiliations." [93]
Member Affiliation
Some of the most notable political affiliations of individual YWAM staff is in New Zealand. Bernie Ogilvy, a former national director of YWAM in New Zealand, Larry Baldock, a former YWAM staffer,[94] and other evangelical Christians entered the New Zealand Parliament in 2002 representing the United Future New Zealand party. Ogilvy, Baldock and Frank Naea, former International President of YWAM, are on the Board of The Kiwi Party and are standing for the party in the 2008 New Zealand Parliamentary election. Simonne Dyer, former CEO of the ship Anastasis, is another candidate for the party.[95]
Accusation of Political Alliances
Sara Diamond's 1989 book Spiritual Warfare includes an account alleging that Loren Cunningham supported a 1982 coup by Efraín Ríos Montt in Guatemala, by drawing connections from an alleged meeting between an unnamed Rios Montt aide and a group of Christian representatives that may have included YWAM's founder, Loren Cunningham.[96] Diamond also accused YWAM of having "sought to gain influence within the Republican party."
In 2005, Americans United for Separation of Church and State accused Youth With A Mission of offering to donate $10 million dollars to train youth. It is unclear how this would benefit Rod Parsley's Restoration Ohio project, however American's United suggests it would contribute to politically conservative goals as well as towards evangelizing Ohioans.[97][98]
In 2009, YWAM was linked to property used for hosting Bible studies, prayer meetings, and as boarding facilities for members of the US Congress [[99]
Teachings on Ministry and Government
YWAM's founder Loren Cunningham, along with Bill Bright of Campus Crusade developed a strategy in 1975 for influencing what they felt were seven main segments or spheres of society and culture. One of these segments included fighting a spiritual "battle" to "take back", or redeem, the "mountain of government."[100] Although the idea behind this teaching is to influence government through spiritual means, it has been the cause for some concern in the blogosphere.[101]
Criticism and controversy
Template:Criticism-section Along with positive experiences within YWAM,[27][102][103] there have also been allegations by former members that a few YWAM leaders with authoritarian personalities have intimidated subordinates and traumatized those deemed to be "rebellious."[104][105][106][107] Some of the political involvements of its founders and members have also been examined by the media.[11][96][107][108][109][110] It is also claimed by Christian apologists that YWAM has taught some controversial doctrines.[111][112][113]
Staff & Leadership Concerns
In 1990, controversial researcher and self-proclaimed cult specialist Rick Ross published an evaluation of Youth with a Mission. Ross' research included an interview with several YWAM members, information obtained from Christian Research Institute, the pre-Scientology Cult Awareness Network, the book Spiritual Warfare by Sara Diamond, and further mention of YWAM in Charisma Magazine, although the source material is not fully documented in his research.[107] Ross' self-published report cited both positive and negative aspects of, and experiences in, YWAM. Ross's 1990 conclusion was that he did not "recommend Youth With A Mission" or it's programs. No further updates or clarifications have been published by Ross in the intervening decades.
In the wake of the 2007 shootings, the Fox News Network asked Rick Ross to clarify his position. "Youth With A Mission is not a cult," stated Ross, "However, I have received very serious complaints about Youth With a Mission from former staffers, family members and also others concerned."[91]
Correcting impressions
The Wellington New Zealand Star-Times also examined politician Bernie Ogilvy's connection to the organization during this time period. In the report, Ogilvy confirmed that the group has been called a "cult" by overseas sceptics but said that impression had been corrected. The Star-Times reported that YWAM made enough money to buy up to 12 Auckland houses and that Ogilvy at one point lived in a large house with a swimming pool as the National Director. Ogilvy stated that the houses were all sold and the money given away.[114] James B. Jordan, however, persisted in calling YWAM a cult as late as April 1994.[113]
Theological concerns
Evangelical theologians Alan Gomes and E. Calvin Beisner claim that certain unorthodox doctrines were taught at some YWAM locations from the 1970s until the 1990s.[111][112]
YWAM's endorsement of Moral Government Theology (Arminian view of the Atonement) and teaching on Spiritual mapping has been controversial as well.
Responses to criticism
As of 2008, David Clark, director of Youth With A Mission in Minneapolis, acknowledges these concerns with a rebuttal in two main points. "People have been hurt," stated Clark which he attributes to the freedom of the leadership of each base combined with the actions of a few "bad apples" who haven't adhered to core principles. Clark addressed the theological concerns by citing Youth With A Mission's acceptance of the National Association of Evangelicals Statement of Faith. He noted that many YWAM critics are "radical individuals who do not appreciate theological diversity" and "hard-core Calvinists", while claiming the ecumenical spirit within the organization embraces Calvinists.[115]
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- ↑ Wilson, Bruce, aka Troutfishing (July 11, 2009). "Ensign House Owned By Group Proposing Christian World Control Plot." Daily Kos. Retrieved on July 12, 2009.
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- ↑ College—It's Closer Than You Think! | Today's Christian Woman | Your Life. Your Faith. Your World
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- ↑ Mitchell, Paul (December 1999). "Christi-Anarchy". Shoot the Messenger. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1082/YWAMexco.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ↑ Jacobson, Laurie (1986). My Experience in YWAM: A Personal Account and Critique of Cultic Manipulation. 3. International Cultic Studies Association. pp. 204–33. http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_articles/jacobson_laurie_myexperienceinywam_abs.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
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- ↑ "This Week In Blogging the Religious Right: The Path to 9/11 Edition". http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2006/9/8/213312/8102. Retrieved 2007-12-22. "Ríos Montt's ascension to power [by coup in 1982] was celebrated by the U.S. Christian Right as a sign of divine intervention in Central America.... In May, 1982, [Pat] Robertson told the New York Times that his Christian Broadcasting Network would send missionaries and more than a billion dollars in aid to help Rios Montt rule the country. While Robertson's offer never came to fruition, it enabled Rios Montt to convince the U.S. Congress that he would not seek massive sums of U.S. aid. Instead, he would rely on "private aid from U.S. evangelicals. Toward that end, Rios Montt's aide... came to the United States for a meeting with... [Reagan consigliore] Edwin Meese, Interior Secretary James Watt... and Christian Right leaders Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Loren Cunningham (head of Youth With a Mission)."
- ↑ Max Blumenthal. "ABC 9/11 Docudrama's Right-Wing Roots". http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060925/path_to_911/. "According to Sara Diamond's book Spiritual Warfare, during the 1980's YWAM "sought to gain influence within the Republican party" while assisting authoritarian governments in South Africa and Central America. Cunningham, Diamond noted, was a follower of Christian Reconstructionism, an extreme current of evangelical theology that advocates using stealth political methods to put the United States under the control of Biblical law and jettison the Constitution."
- ↑ "ABC 9/11 Docudrama's Right-Wing Roots". September 11, 2006. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060925/path_to_911. Retrieved 2007-12-16. "Last June, Cunningham's TFI announced it was producing its first film, mysteriously titled Untitled History Project. "TFI's first project is a doozy," a newsletter to YWAM members read. "Simply being referred to as: The Untitled History Project, it is already being called the television event of the decade and not one second has been put to film yet. Talk about great expectations!" (A web edition of the newsletter was mysteriously deleted last week after its publication by the blogger Digby, but has been cached on Google at the link above)."
- ↑ 111.0 111.1 Gomes, Alan W. (1981). Lead Us Not Into Deception - A Biblical Examination of Moral Government Theology
- ↑ 112.0 112.1 Beisner, E. Calvin. (1994). The False God and Gospel of Moral Government Theology.
- ↑ 113.0 113.1 James B. Jordan (April 1994). "PROLIFISM: A New Humanism". http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/biblical-horizons/no-60-profilism-a-new-humanism/. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
- ↑ "MP linked to controversial 'cult'". The Wellington New Zealand Star-Times. August 11, 2002. http://www.rickross.com/reference/youth/youth7.html. Retrieved 2007-12-11. "New United Future MP Bernie Ogilvy established a religious organization which provoked controversy in the 1970s over the treatment of teenagers in its care. The evangelical organization, Youth With A Mission, (YWAM) established in Auckland by Ogilvy in the late 1970s, took teens off the street and then put them to work - but it drew criticism over the amount of wages it retained."
- ↑ David Clark. "Concerns about YWAM". Youth With A Mission, Minneapolis. http://www.ywam-mn.org/index.php/ywam-about/ywam-statement/ywam-concerns. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
Further reading
- Blumenthal, Max. The Nightmare of Christianity The Nation (September 9, 2009)
- Cunningham, L. w/ Rogers, Janice, The Book that Transforms Nations, YWAM Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1576583813
- Cunningham, L., Is That Really You God?, YWAM Publishing, 1984. ISBN 1-57658-244-2
- McClung, Floyd Jr. and Charles Paul Conn. Just Off Chicken Street. USA, Fleming H. Revell, 1975. ISBN 0800706994.
- McClung, Floyd. Basic Discipleship. InterVarsity Press, 1992. ISBN 0830813195.
- McClung, Floyd. The Father Heart of God: Experiencing the Depths of His Love for You. Harvest House Publishers, 2004. ISBN 0736912150.
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Unpleasant surprise for 20.631 backers: The Kickstarter Integrity Team has suspended the Skarp Laser Razor project (see below). The reason: Skarp Technologies couldn't provide a working prototype of their razor, thus violating the Kickstarter rules.
If you were backing the project, here's what you found in your inbox today:
This is a message from Kickstarter's Integrity team. We're writing to notify you that the Skarp Laser Razor project has been suspended, and your pledge has been canceled.
After requesting and reviewing additional material from the creator of the project, we've concluded that it is in violation of our rule requiring working prototypes of physical products that are offered as rewards. Accordingly, all funding has been stopped and backers will not be charged for their pledges. No further action is required on your part. Suspensions cannot be undone.
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No Comment From The Makers So Far
As the Kickstarter suspensions cannot be undone, Skarp Technologies just lost $4.004.922 from their backers just six days before a successful campaign.
Skarp Technologies haven't issued a statement so far but one tweet:
They immediately changed their website, which now points to their new IndieGogo campaign.
After a few hours, the campaign is already backed by 212 people. Pricing, timeline and funding goal of $160.000 remain exactly identical as in the Kickstarter campaign.
What Happens Next?
In the weeks since the Kickstarter campaign started, there were heated discussions on whether Skarp could hold their promises. The topic was heavily discussed on reddit.
Skarp replied by showing this video of a prototype razor cutting a single hair with some effort.
Skarp Technologies noted:
"Many have asked us to show a closer shave with the prototype shaver, and we would love to, but can't. Here is why.
The prototype in the demo video can't cut much closer because the hand-made fiber in the prototype breaks when lightly bouncing it off the skin. It's made of glass and is very thin. It also can't be mounted with the necessary support to prevent that. The hand drawn fiber that you see cutting hair in the videos has an un-even surface that doesn't uniformly couple the laser light into the hair over the whole cutting region. Your support will allow us order the new factory made fiber. Please see the time line in the campaign.
The new fiber design can be mounted rigidly & supported to prevent breaking. It also couples the hair-cutting laser 'blade' evenly into the hairs."
Also, it's still unclear whether the razor is able to work on just AAA batteries.
So what do you think — is this a fraud or can Skarp deliver? Please feel free to add your comments.
Here's the original article on Skarp from All3DP:
Prototyped on a Makerbot 3D printer, the Skarp laser razor is an intriguing device that brings the art of shaving into the 21st century.
The Skarp laser razor looks like a traditional razor, but the way in which it works is entirely different.
Instead of using a blade, the Skarp — Swedish for sharp — uses a small laser which cuts through hair without causing irritation to the skin.
Having secured nearly $2.5 million on Kickstarter, the Skarp could potentially revolutionize personal grooming, not least because two billion razors or razor heads are thrown away each year in the US alone.
Another huge benefit of this razor is that it does not require water to shave. With many areas in the world experiencing drought, it's another way that the Skarp benefits the environment.
The inventor's name is Morgan Gustavsson, and he's been working in the medical an cosmetic laser industry for three decades.
He holds the patent for Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) in 1989, which is a method still used by hair removal and dermatology treatments today.
How Does the Skarp Laser Razor Work?
In 2001, Gustavsson had the idea for a laser razor, but the technology was not available at the time.
Fast forward to the present, and after extensive rapid prototyping on a Makerbot 3D printer, the Skarp is ready for the market.
The razor works by using a particular light wavelength, and the creators are clearly excited by their discovery.
Wavelengths were already being used but could only cut through dark hair. After years of research and development, the team discovered a "chromophore" in hair which is present in every human.
This wavelength does not emit UV and the laser does not react to skin, only hair, meaning it is a very low risk design.
What do you think? Would you be tempted to try the Skarp laser razor?
Incidentally, this isn't the only razor currently making waves on crowdfunding. Another success story is a travel edition of Ockham's Razor over on Indiegogo, which is 3D printed in black PLA.
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Thing is one of the main characters of Dream Kingdom
Thing is shown as a No-Face (what the fan community calls Dimentio's species), Thing has a mask like face, on the left side of his face is black and the right side is white, he has a black eye on his white side and yellow one on the black side. He wears a pink t-shirt, blueish gray pants and gray jester shoes. He has long white hair he commonly keeps in a ponytail, or in feminine like styles. He also has gray skin.
Thing is shown a very kind personality as describing him with the other 4 main characters. He though tends to be "literal-minded" as what people tend to say he is, as he always tries to go with a "what-if" statement on talked about subjects. He also is very shown to be a pervy and sometimes homosexual, as he always talks about mentioning innuendos when they are least needed, and his homosexuality comes from him talking about him in romantic talk about men.
Thing wields all kinds of powers and abilities in magic, where he can flloat, teleport, and do attack like magic powers such as Star Wars like force powers, such as telekinetically tossing his opponent around like a ragdoll, he can also almost force choke like attack people, and also do a "guilotinne" attack where he slices his finger around the head of his opponent and decapitate them, he can even switch dimensions
Thing was an orphan as a child, where he was the only child in the orphanage where they weren't human, that led him to be very hated by the other children, calling him a "freak, crybaby, or monster." Eventually when Thing was 8 years old he was finally adopted by Oozemore, a ghostly man where he adopted Thing to have him as his "apprentice" where he had Thing as his apprentice to be a mage.


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Shehadeh says he's stuck ― he simply doesn't have the cash to move, much less to deal with steep legal fees expected to mount with any court challenge.
"If this Ike's Place is not here and isn't making money, then there's no Ike's Place," Shehadeh says.
On Monday, Shehadeh went to court to see if he could the eviction from landlord Denman Drobisch thrown out. The plea was denied. Shehadeh has a few more days to answer the complaint, which, unless Shehadeh decides to shut down Ike's, will almost surely mean going to trial. The problem with that scenario, Shehadeh says, is that he doesn't have the cash to pay the legal fees. "There's not much more than a handful of dollars," he says.
Though the daily lines that spark neighbors' rage suggest that Ike's is an ATM for its owners, Shehadeh says it's not so. Like any new food business, Ike's spent its first year and a half struggling to break even. It wasn't till the second half of 2009 that the business started to make money. And with a planned August expansion to the new Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center at Stanford University (a second Ike's opened last year in Redwood Shores), Shehadeh says there's little left for the lawyers. Add to that the fact that, since complaints intensified, Ike's Place trimmed its hours by three (it now closes at 7 p.m. instead of 10 p.m.).
"Financially we don't sell as many sandwiches, plus my employees don't get to work the extra three hours," Shehadeh says. "The business is losing thousands of dollars a week."
You get the feeling part of Shehadeh wants to walk away from the Castro rather than fighting. "Fighting is going to cost a lot of money, money that we don't have," he says. "Stanford is opening up in a few months. Honestly, I don't need the headache," except, he says, to keep some 40 employees of the Castro Ike's from being laid off (the shop employs 53 in all).
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Louisville, Colorado-based optical networking bandwidth provider Zayo, and IPv6 network operator Hurrican Electric said today they have partnered. The two said they will provide fast IPv6 connectivity to customers in Phoenix, Arizona, connecting through Zayo's Metro Ethernet Transport services. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. The two also said they are planning on partnering in additional markets over the next few months, including in Seattle, Ashburn, Dallas, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Salt Lake City, New York, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and Chicago.


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A pre-wedding photo shoot is one of the most romantic and fun things you can do prior to the big day. Here is why…
A Great Way to Spend Some Alone Time With Your Fiance.
The endless to do list and family to deal with can take a toll on the most gritty of brides. Wedding prep is always stressful and getting away with him is the best way to re-connect and spend some quality time before the big day.
Capturing the Most Romantic Time in Your Life is Priceless
Every look you give each other, the way he holds you in his arms and even the simple gesture of resting your head on his shoulders is exciting and makes for some great shots! Bride and groom to be are both relaxed as is the environment. The love you feel for each other just shines thru in the photos.
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You honeymoon is probably a very planned affair – but this photo shoot gives you a reason to travel to a far exotic location or somewhere close by as long as it is picturesque and romantic. Enjoy the spontaneity of it all.
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Ladies this is a great time to live out a dream – get your clothes and looks styled by a professional, friends or just do it yourself. Get your guy involved too – You will be surprised how much how much he will enjoy the process and you get to tap into his feminine side! Both of you will enjoy discussing potential locations and photo layouts with the photographer. Discuss props and other elements to stamp the shoot with your collective creativity and style. What a great way to bond!
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Both you and your partner will get comfortable in front of the camera before the big day.Especially guys – they almost always hate facing the camera. Besides knowing weather your left or right profile photographs better is priceless.
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A MAN who has been a part of Earley Town Council for more than eight years has promised to keep the town moving forward in his year as mayor.
Conservative Cllr Tim Chambers took the chain of office at the annual meeting of the council on Wednesday last week from fellow Tory Cllr Peter Willis, who lost his Radstock seat in this month's elections.
Taking up his role, Cllr Chambers, who had previously held the title of deputy mayor, said: "I would obviously like to thank Peter for all of his hard work in Earley. Peter speaks of the town wherever he goes and has done an excellent job at bringing Earley into people's thoughts and minds."
Clllr Willis added: "It has been an honour to serve as mayor and I would like to thank all councillors for their friendship, advice and support."
Cllr Chambers faced competition from the Lib Dems, who hold six seats on the council. Lib Dem leader Tahir Maher said: "We won a seat at the elections and I think we should have an opportunity to have a mayor, not necessarily now, but certainly within the four year term."
But Conservative leader Norman Jorgensen said: "We have an electoral system that is first past the post and the people of Earley have elected a Conservative council. In the past, whichever party is in control of the council has held the mayor's seat and that is the way I see it continuing in this term and in the future."
The role of deputy mayor will now be filled by Conservative Cllr Pauline Jorgensen, who was absent from the meeting. Councillors also voted in the same colleagues to run two of the council's committees, with Cllr Michael Firmager remaining chairman of amenities and leisure and Cllr Linda Chambers continuing as chairwoman of planning. Cllr Norman Jorgensen was elected as chairman of policy and resources after fellow Tory Cllr Shakeel Khan lost his seat in the elections.


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British Embassy San Jose supports Science and Innovation projects in Costa Rica
Investment aims to position country as a world leader in areas like renewable energy, climate change and innovation policies.
In the course of the financial year 2015-2016, the British Embassy in San Jose financed nine projects in the field of science and innovation in Costa Rica in the amount of one million pounds sterling. The investment seeks to encourage Costa Rica's economic development and wellbeing through science and innovation, research and capacity building.
The million-pound contribution from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Latin American Fund for Science and Technology aims to encourage new ideas that can create opportunities leading to economic growth. It is also expected that these projects will enhance cooperation among the governments, scientific community, business community, academia and civil society of the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, boosting their capacity to face global challenges like climate change and energy security.
According to Ross Denny, Her Majesty's Ambassador to San Jose, "The Science and Innovation Fund sought to identify pragmatic, high-impact interventions that would encourage the sharing of best practices and, where possible, lead to the application of similar projects in other regions. By funding this group of projects, we hope to contribute to resolving some of our common concerns."
The 2015-2016 Science and Innovation projects began in July 2015 and will end in March 2016 with a Science and Innovation Fair to be held at the Roberto Sasso Sasso Auditorium in the Veritas University on 18 March from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Implementers include the Central American Network of Engineering Institutions (REDICA), Earth University, Energy Service Company in the Americas (ESCOIA), Federation of Social Organisations (FOS), Huli Health, Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX), the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT), Start Up Costa Rica, STC Group and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE).
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Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six
Platforms: NESSega Master SystemGameGear
See also: Spider-Man Games
Supervillain alert! Doctor Octopus has assembled five of Spider-Man's fiercest foes to form the Sinister Six - an organization bent on world domination and the extermination of one particular arachnid superhero! Last year's NES hit returns as a one-player slug-fest for the Game Gear. Though not identical to its NES sibling, this fraternal twin has enough action to keep any superhero busy.
The Boys Are Back in Town
Doc Ock and the Sinister Six are back to challenge and torment everybody's favorite web-slinger in a six-level, sidescrolling extravaganza. As Spidey, you swing through each level toward a showdown with each of your foes. You find Electro at the Power Station, Sandman in the Toxic Waste Dump, Mysterio hiding in his House of Illusion, the Vulture hovering above the City's rooftops, Hobgobin awaiting in his forest cave, and Doctor Octopus cloistered within his Castle.
Each level is congested with endless waves of thugs, punks, robots, missiles, mines, rats, and razor bats. Your skills include punching, kicking, wall climbing, web slinging, and the ability to shoot attack webs. You start with four energy units and lose one each time you get hit. Keep your spider senses alert for valuable pickups, such as Attack Web Fluid, TNT Detonators, and Infrared Goggles.
Arachnid Acrobatics
Each of the cart's lengthy levels challenges Spidey's abilities in a different way. Some demand aggressive wall climbing and web slinging, while others necessitate the more subtle approach of crawling through cramped tunnels.
Web-Spinning Winner
Although it's reduced to fit the confines of the Game Gear, Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six doesn't lose any of its punch. Excellent, detailed graphics grace this game. Spidey and the supervillains look and fight exactly as they do in the comics. Game play is adequate, considering the Game Gear's cramped quarters. This game is extremely challenging, even for advanced players. Thank goodness for unlimited continues! If you're looking for hot hand-held action, then swing this way!
- Electro momentarily stops moving to shoot his sparks.
- You can't wall climb over some obstacles, such as ledges and open windows.
- Don't waste time fighting Electro. Turning off the Spark Generator is the only way to pull his plug!
- You can only swing in open spaces and fire a swinging web while jumping in midair.
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Everyone's favorite web-slinging superhero makes it "big" on the small Game Gear screen! In a summer dominated by the "bat," bugging around as Spider-Man might be a welcome change of pace.
I Luv NY!
Yikes! As if New York City doesn't already have enough problems, the Kingpin of Crime has preempted the airwaves to warn the citizenry about a hidden nuclear bomb set to detonate in 24 hours! What heinous villain could be responsible for such a dastardly deed? Doctor Octopus? Electro? Venom? Would you believe your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man?!? Sure, Spidey's been framed, but it's up to ol' Webhead to find and disarm the bomb before the Big Apple ends up in orbit!
This game is extremely faithful to its comic book origins, especially regarding Spidey's moves and grooves. In addition to running, jumping, punching, and kicking, Spider-Man is able to climb walls, shoot webbing, and swing across the screen from web to web. The graphics are well rendered, bright, and colorful. However, the characters move a bit stiffly with limited animation. The music and sound effects are standard Game Gear fare. You can turn them off.
Slinging and Swinging
Eight increasingly difficult levels await you in this single-player, third-person perspective, multi-scrolling game. Spidey must swing from the city's warehouse district to the sewers and into Central Park to find the five keys needed to disarm the bomb. On each level you must defeat every henchman and overcome every obstacle before you fight one of Spider-Man's arch enemies, including Doctor Octopus, the Lizard, Electro, the Sandman, the Hobgoblin, and Venom! Wipe-out the super villain, and you get a key. Neutralize the bomb, and you'll face the Kingpin in a final showdown!
You begin each level with a timer that indicates how long till ground zero, and your set amount of energy units and web fluid. Revitalize your energy by returning to Peter Parker's (a.k.a. Spider-Man) apartment. Doing so, however, will drastically drain the timer and restart you at the beginning of the level. You can buy more Web Fuid at the end of each level by taking snapshots of Spidey's battles and selling them to the Daily Bugle as Parker.
A Sticky Situation!
Spider-Man looks like the 8-bit Sega Master System game released last year (see GamePro, Aug. '91), but it's much more challenging. The graphics are identical, but the Game Gear version lacks power-ups, bonus items, and continues. Fortunately, difficulty options range from Easy to Difficult to Nightmare.
Spider-Man's strong point is definitely its challenge. If you're bent on finishing this cart, you're guaranteed your money's worth! Hey, who said being a superhero was easy?!
- You get 24 shots per level. So, for top payola, be sure to take all your pictures before you zap the super villain!
- Neutralize Doc Ock's tentacles by thoroughly webbing him up before you go in for the TKO!
- Save your Web Fluid for when you really need it!
- Play It safe and web up super villains before you take their pictures!
Everyone's favorite arachnid superhero finally makes his first appearance on the NES in Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six. Having already conquered the Genesis, the Game Boy, the Sega Master System, and the Game Gear, UN strives to make this game live up to the heroic reputation of its predecessors. Stay tuned to see whether this Spidey swings, or gets squashed like an 8-bit bug!
Trouble Times Six!
Agreeing that Spider-Man has been their constant obstacle to world domination, several of Spidey's most fearsome foes have assembled together as the Sinister Six. Comprised of Doctor Octopus, the Sandman, Electro, Mysterio, the Vulture, and the Hobgoblin, the sole purpose of this supervillain sextet is to permanently exterminate our web-spinning supertiero. Realizing the best defense against imbalanced odds is a fierce offense, you, as Spider-Man, must seek out and defeat all six supervillains before they gang up on you!
- Electro must charge up before he fires his electric bolts. Jump away as soon as you see him charging up.
- Pull Electro's plug by turning off the Sparks Generator. Hit Electro from a safe distance with Attack Webs until he's been turned off.
Does Whatever a Spider Can
Spidey's moves are as smooth as spider's silk. Shoot attack webs, punch, or deliver flying kicks. Run, jump, crawl, climb, and throw swinging webs to move yourself throughout the six, side-scrolling levels of this one-player game.
Comic fans will be thrilled by the game's faithful adherence to the look and feel of the Spider-Man comic books. Working within 8-bit limitations, it makes both Spidey and the supervillains look, move, and fight on screen exactly as they appear on the printed page. The controls are super sensitive. You must have lightning reflexes and total control of Spidey to succeed in battle.
- To crawl up walls faster, hold down B for an extra high jump before you start your climb.
- In order to reach seemingly unreachable platforms, swing up to 360 degrees.
Survival of the Fittest
This game starts off fairly easy, but soon becomes an intense struggle for survival. You start with four energy units, which decrease proportionately depending on what hits you. For example, a punch by a regular goon doesn't effect you nearly as much as the Sandman's punch. Score 1000 points and earn yourself an extra energy unit. Play for keeps 'cuz continues are limited and there are no passwords!
Save time and health units by swinging over or flipping over the lackeys. Save your energy for the Boss. You'll need it!
A variety of invaluable pickup items sporadically pop up throughout each level. Attack Web Fluids yield 10 shots. Other items, such as keys, TNT Detonators, and Infrared Goggles, are essential to complete certain consecutive key level tasks. Use your muscles to find the item, and then use your noggin to figure out how to use it.
There's no time limit, so take time to find all the Attack Web Fluids and pickup items on a level.
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Spider-Man: The Return of the Sinister Six is a well-crafted, entertaining action game worth taking for a swing. Responsive controls, an impressive variety of moves, and detailed graphics enable you to experience superheroin' firsthand. 'Nuff said!
The continuation of Spider-Man's epic struggle to stop crime is here: the third GameBoy game entitled Spider Slayers. Look for all the action that made the first two so popular here. Spider-Man is now being hunted down by the police and the criminals. To make his matters worse, a group of super-villains are developing a special weapon to destroy the web-slinger once and for all. A great sequel.


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