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RCA Holds Successful Annual Convention in Partnership with YU's Center for the Jewish Future
New RCA Leadership Installed; Resolutions Passed
News Headlines
RCA Mourns Death of Rav Aharon Shteinman, zt"l
Between Rome and Jerusalem: Reflections on 50 Years of Nostra Aetate
Between Rome and Jerusalem: Reflections on 50 Years of Nostra Aetate
The Rabbinical Council of America Challenges Charlottesville Moral Equivalency
The RCA Condemns Charlottesville Violence and Bigotry
May 13, 2009
-- The Rabbinical Council of America, the largest Orthodox Rabbinical Organization in the world, recently held its 50th Annual Convention, in Teaneck, NJ. Attended by rabbis from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Israel, the event was held in partnership with Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future.
Major current issues and challenges were addressed in depth in numerous plenary and workshop sessions. These included grappling with important ethical challenges confronting the Orthodox and Jewish community in the marketplace, synagogue, and home; the dynamics and tensions of centralized rabbinic authority versus localized rabbinic authority; rabbinic roles and responsibilities in dealing with the painful realities of the current economic crisis, developing rabbinic pastoral skills to deal with an ever-changing Jewish community, and the resultant stresses imposed on families and individuals.
During the course of the convention a number of important resolutions were passed, relating to
business ethics in Jewish institutional life
, the
financial condition of Jewish day schools
, the
moral character of the Israel Defense Forces
networks for jobs in synagogue communities
promoting unity, not discord, in public statements
reducing the cost of living
, and
transparency in Jewish institutions
Most significantly, a new leadership administration was voted in. The new RCA President is Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, the Rabbi of Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Congregation in Seattle, WA. Rabbi Kletenik is a graduate of the Brisk Rabbinical College in Chicago IL, and has held prestigious positions in a number of communities. Most recently he chaired the RCA's Semicha Standards Committee, and also serves as the head of the Pacific Northwest Regional Beis Din for Conversions of the RCA's GPS Conversion Network. An expert in Bioethics and Jewish law, Rabbi Kletenik is a member of the State of Washington Faith Advisory Board. Rabbi Kletenik's photo and full bio is
In addition to the Rabbi Kletenik, other incoming officers include Rabbis
Shmuel Goldin
(Englewood NJ),
Steve Pruzansky
(Teaneck NJ),
Leonard Matanky
(Chicago IL), Barry Freundel (Washington DC),
Elazar Muskin
(Los Angeles CA), Efrem Goldberg (Boca Raton FL),
Elie Abadie
(New York, NY), Yaakov Wasser (East Brunswick NJ), and outgoing President
Shlomo Hochberg
(Jamaica Estates, NY).
In addition 16 new members of the 48 member Executive Committee were also approved. A hallmark of the incoming administration is its noteworthy geographical, ideological, and age distribution, reflecting the broad national scope and perspective of the organization.
Rabbi Basil Herring, Executive Vice President of the RCA noted that, "in spite of current conditions in the Jewish community, the RCA has been blessed to enjoy vigorous growth and expansion in recent years. It enjoys important partnerships with numerous Jewish organizations. It has undertaken numerous high profile initiatives; and it plays an increasingly significant leadership role in the Jewish community and society at large, both in North America and in Israel. The RCA is in a strong position, having added many new members, as well as staffing, on a consistent basis, even as it has leveraged technological innovation to the benefit of its members and the Jewish community. Going forward we anticipate a period of further growth and accomplishment under the new leadership team that is now in place."
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text: When Lucia Clark reminisces about the old neighborhood, there isn't a trace of wistful sentimentality in her voice, no yearning for the way things used to be in simpler times. "We found bodies here, dead bodies behind buildings," says Clark, the mother of four. "Children saw people being killed, people dying. Lot of drugs and shootings here. My kids and I, we were going somewhere, and the shooting started. We ran back into the house and hit the floor. Bullets were ricocheting." That was East Lake Meadows in the early 1990s, an explosive public-housing project decaying loudly next to hallowed ground, East Lake Golf Club, the faded green patch of sports history, Bobby Jones' home course, where golfers were being held up on the fairway. Not in the typical way, by a slow foursome up ahead. Held up at knifepoint. "This was a bad place, a place you didn't want to be caught dead in," says Clark, who lived there when it was a war zone known as Little Vietnam to harried cops who worked the beat. She lived there during its controversial transformation and lives there now, witness to an urban resurrection stimulated by the game of golf. A neighborhood of neglected buildings and people was razed. In its place a community is emerging at the Villages at East Lake, a mixed-income complex of apartments and townhouses, a 50-50 blend of subsidized and market-rate housing, surrounding a busy public golf course, and served by a top-flight charter school, YMCA and early learning center. Still next door is the old, but renovated, internationally revered course, East Lake Golf Club, now the permanent home to the PGA's season-finale Tour Championship. "Great things have happened here for my family and others," says Lucia Clark, who works at the YMCA that adjoins the Drew Charter School. "The community is changing. The PGA Tour is here, and that will make things happen. Sometimes I can't believe how far we've come, how much better off we are now." For starters, now the odds of being struck by an errant Titleist are much greater than being hit by a stray hollow-point. Safety and bullets were far from Retief Goosen's mind last November, as he tamed the East Lake course, shooting a bogey-free 64 on the final day of the tournament to win $1.08 million in the PGA Tour Championship, the annual battle of pro golf's top 30 money winners. Goosen performed two rare feats in that final round, birdying the 481-yard 16th hole, and overcoming a Tiger Woods lead on the last day of a tournament. Must be something about the place that inspires the remarkable. The last time Woods lost when leading on Sunday was the 2000 Tour Championship at East Lake. FIGHT THE FUTURE Combine Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus, add a touch of Arnold Palmer, and the resultant golf mutant might still lag behind Bobby Jones, who completely dominated the game from 1923 to 1930. As an amateur. In 1930, when Jones won golf's only pure Grand Slam (winning the U.S. and British Amateurs and the U.S. and British Opens), East Lake was the most famous country club in America. Atlanta developer Tom Cousins, whose family joined East Lake during World War II, was a teenager when he saw Jones hook a shot around an oak tree, 130 yards, the ball settling a few feet from the pin. Jones had retired from competitive golf by then and Cousins, who shot a par 72 in bare feet at age 14, had barely taken up the game. Decades later, having carved his presence in the Atlanta skyline, Cousins bought East Lake Golf Club for $4.5 million. It was 1993, and Cousins planned to restore a landmark, renovate the old place and honor Jones' memory. But Cousins also was looking for a way to spin off his real estate expertise into philanthropic gold. Somehow, he would make golf a catalyst for social change. "We set out at the beginning, and it's still our objective, to create a model for urban renewal," says Cousins, who founded Cousins Properties with his father in 1958 and who has an interest in Georgia Trend. "This has always been about much more than golf." In 1993 he read a piece in The New York Times showing that 70 percent of prison inmates in New York State came from just eight New York City neighborhoods. Cousins discovered that in Atlanta, it was just two or three neighborhoods and the worst was East Lake, where people slept in bathtubs to avoid being killed by wall-piercing bullets, and 90 percent of the residents were victims of a felony; drug trafficking was the number one industry, there were two aggravated assaults a week, the average age of a grandmother was 32, and of the 450 families living in the 650-unit inner-city gauntlet, only 16 households had fathers at home. Meanwhile, at the combustible local elementary school, only five percent of the fifth graders were able to pass the state math test. Cousins found his cause. "Our objective was to get to the children before they could get hooked on drugs or a life of crime, because that's the kind of future most of them seemed to be facing," Cousins says. "Imagine being raised in that environment, under those circumstances. What options do you have? A future in crime and drugs, or prison, if you don't get shot first? That's no future." Cousins' family foundation needed partners in the public sector to make the sweeping changes he had in mind. Renee Glover, who became CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA) in 1994, says, "There was a real alignment of vision and interest for me and Tom Cousins. A notion that we could bring people together and create affordable housing in a fabulous community, and leave behind the last vestiges of hopelessness represented by East Lake Meadows." It was the right set of symbiotic relationships -- the golf club with the community, Cousins and the AHA. He poured $25 million into East Lake's old golf course (which included hiring famed architect Rees Jones to restore the course to its old Donald Ross-designed grandeur). Together, Cousins and Glover worked initially to secure a $33.5 million HUD HOPE VI grant to renovate the 650-unit public housing complex. All of the Cousins family foundation efforts were now concentrated on the project. Soon it was apparent that it would be better to tear down the old project and replace it with an improved facility. SEEING THE CHANGE In 1995 the East Lake Community Foundation (ELCF) was formed to lead the $120 million redevelopment of an entire neighborhood. Together with the AHA, the foundation set about trying to earn the trust of the neighborhood. Lucia Clark was skeptical at first. Actually, she was opposed to the idea. She didn't trust the AHA (at the time, who did?) and she didn't know this guy Cousins. She heard about the plan to renovate the neighborhood one phase at a time. It would mean leaving her home, wretched as it was, and she wondered if the project was one of urban renewal or removal. "When they came to speak with us, we'd close our doors," Clark says. "They wanted to tell us about the renovation plans. I'd never seen so many white people in our neighborhood! First thing I thought, 'They're fixing to do away with us.' A lot of people were scared."For good reason, says AHA's Glover. "The housing authority had a horrible track record. There was so much suspicion. The biggest challenge was getting the buy-in from all the stakeholders. So most of our effort, particularly with residents, was about building trust." All of the planning, with residents' input, about flooring and cabinets and location, was secretly about building trust and new relationships, says Carol Naughton, executive director of the East Lake Community Foundation. "It got pretty ugly at times, but were it not for some of the residents, like Lucia Clark, this whole thing might not have happened the way it happened." Residents filed a lawsuit that took three months to be resolved, and Glover and Naughton were ready to resign in order to move the process along. In the end, a judge ruled for the housing authority. Today, where neglected houses once rotted with people living inside, a 542-unit complex of attractive apartments and townhouses, almost 100 percent occupied, rings the public Charlie Yates Golf Course. East Lake Meadows used to be the worst crime beat in Atlanta, 56th out of 56. The same beat has moved up to 11th, far from the bottom. Crime is down 93 percent in the new neighborhood compared with East Lake Meadows. Drawing upon the public-private mojo that built housing, the foundation created the neighborhood's $31.5 million 'Educational Village.' The Charles R. Drew Charter School (the first charter school in the Atlanta Public School System) for 770 students in grades K-8 replaced a substandard version of itself. Since it opened in 2000, reading and math test scores have jumped by 40 percent, one of the highest improvement rates in Georgia. The school is tied in with the East Lake Family YMCA, Sheltering Arms Early Learning Center and the Yates public golf course, which is home to The First Tee of East Lake (formerly the East Lake Golf Academy, which actually inspired the idea of the now-national First Tee program). The youth program has already taught golf to hundreds of kids in East Lake. Property values have increased more than anyplace else in the Atlanta metro area, leaping 43 percent between 2000 and 2001, the year after the Villages at East Lake was completed. According to Naughton, the average home price in the East Lake neighborhood was $45,000 in 1996. Today it's $280,000. Where unemployment and poverty festered, opportunity and hope show signs of a full recovery thanks to a cooperative give-and-take negotiating process. Cousins insisted on the mixed-income model. Market-rate tenants have bought in, and that was necessary. They could have rented a $1,000 apartment anywhere else in the city, but many choose East Lake because, after two years, the foundation will return a percentage of the rent to be used in buying a home. There are rules in the new housing development that didn't exist in the old neighborhood. Adults aged 17 to 54 must have a job, or be enrolled in a life-skills program offered by the foundation. Also, residents seeking to return to East Lake were screened and the worst criminal offenders were kept out. Lucia Clark was one of the fortunate mothers who didn't have to make that choice. Two of her sons work at East Lake Golf Club. All of her kids play some golf. She's hacked a little herself, but enjoys watching duffers on the Yates course from the comfort of her two-story home with four bedrooms, air conditioning and central heat. Her oldest son Tony is looking into colleges now. "I don't think that would have been possible if things hadn't changed around here," she says. "We would not have had the positive outlook, for one thing. He probably would have strayed away, like so many others I've seen on the news, children going to jail or the grave. My son didn't wind up in a courtroom or a graveyard, and I'm very grateful." One of the stipulations Cousins insisted on early during the golf course renovation was that future profits from the club go directly to the ELCF. So far the figure is $18 million and climbing. "It would be nice if we could quit building prisons," Cousins says. "I know, its sort of idealistic dreamy stuff, but maybe not so dreamy. There's your proof at East Lake. I see hope in the eyes of children. Their future doesn't have to be violent death and jail." NEW GAME, MORE DOUGH Ray Robinson had just retired in 2003 as president of AT&T's Southern Region when Cousins made a proposition. "He told me, 'Ray, I have something right up your alley,'" says Robinson, president of East Lake Golf Club and chairman of the East Lake Community Foundation board. "He wanted me to help get the Tour Championship here on a permanent basis. He wants the Tour Championship to become golf's fifth major tournament." More than recruiting a golf event, Cousins says, Robinson's main responsibility is to schmooze mayors, CEOs and others with influence, get them to Atlanta to see what's happened at the Villages. The idea caught on in Memphis, it's catching on in Spartanburg. "Other cities can learn from what we've done," Cousins says. "You don't need an old golf club. The Tour Championship just gives us a larger platform, to spread the word. Memphis is doing it around a music academy." The tournament had been to East Lake in 1998, 2000 and 2002, trading every other year with Houston's Champions Golf Club. By the 2002 event Coca-Cola signed on for star sponsor billing and East Lake was that much closer to being the full-time home of the Tour Championship. "We reached the agreement with Coke that the tournament would be back here for 2004 and 2005 following the 2003 event in Houston," says Todd Rhinehart, executive director of the Tour Championship, whose office is across the street from East Lake Golf Club. "But Mr. Cousins had the vision and goal of keeping this event at East Lake. And with Coke as our presenting sponsor and Southern Company still a huge sponsor, both based in Atlanta, the stars sort of aligned and this is where we'll stay." Last June the PGA finally announced that East Lake would be the tournament's permanent home, but in December, the organization was still ironing out details with both Coke and Southern Company to extend their association beyond 2005. Three previous Tour Championships netted an average of about $500,000 for the ELCF. Although a figure wasn't available at press time, the 2004 event was expected to exceed $700,000 in contributions for the community foundation. The tournament (which drew 92,000 spectators last November) will have an economic impact beyond the ELCF. The overall impact is estimated at $25 million, which means a lot of hotel rooms, a lot of meals out and for Isaac Clark, a lot of parked cars. Clark (no relation to Lucia) owns the Grissom-Eastlake Funeral Home, about a block away from East Lake's gated club entrance. He's been using his lot as a parking area since the 1998 event, cramming 200 cars in at $20 to $30 per. Things got a little dicey in November, when two "clients" were dropped off at the funeral home during the tournament. Retief Goosen was playing a round for the ages down the street while 20,000 fans cheered, but Isaac Clark made the play of the day, leaving just enough room between two parked cars for the hearses to deliver their grim cargo. "I can't stop business from happening," says Clark, who knows that in the death business, as with old courses and ruined neighborhoods, life must go on.

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Danny Flamberg's Blog
Danny has been marketing for a while, and his articles and work reflect great understanding of data driven marketing.
Eric Peterson the Demystifier
Eric gets metrics, analytics, interactive, and the real world. His advice is worth taking...
Geeking with Greg
Greg Linden created Amazon's recommendation system, so imagine what can write about...
Ned Batchelder's Blog
Ned just finds and writes interesting things. I don't know how he does it.
R at LoyaltyMatrix
Jim Porzak tells of his real-life use of R for marketing analysis.
A friend suggested I look at Genalytics. Based out of Newburyport, MA, these folks have been quietly creating business analytic software based on genetic algorithms.
They provide services using their software, but their pride and joy is the Genalytics Predictive Suite. It includes some good software to make the suite an all encompassing analysis tool
The Modeling portion provides the usual visualization tools, etc. and they aren't anything special. Their claim to fame is really the creation of one of the first publicly available genetic data mining tools for "general" use.
This class of analysis is also referred to as evolutionary algorithms. They model analysis after a Darwinian Evolutionary theory. In general, they have rules which predict things, and those rules interact with the "strongest" surviving to provide a final result. In general, they focus around two main activities: Crossover and Mutation. Also, their fit evaluation is usually more encompassing of all variables instead of the partials most of the rules inductions tend to use.
Now, I don't know how Genalytics does this, but there is a "Michigan Approach" whereby you start with a group of rules, your "chromosomes": half are random, half are based on most frequent values. The chromosomes make up a rule. You cycle through an evaluation (do these rules fit?), select the strongest, and then do a "reproduction" phase, where you allow some rules to cross (swap antecedents and precedents), some rules to pass through, and some to mutate (new rule based on old rule and a change).
Now, this is a bit of work to set up, and not something which you just set up in SPSS or Clementine. Instead, you have to code it. R has some packages at CRAN which start down this path, but most of the work is still high end researchy stuff.
So, Genalytics has productized it. Doug Newell, their CEO, has been tireless in trying to get people to recognize the power of the platform. Its not cheap; $50k can get you an initial integration and, say, a model (according to a Forrester report posted on the Genalytics site), but to really use the product, you recognize quickly that this is an "enterprise" priced solution.
I think they need to make a Clementine wrapper around it and price it on a per use basis, but that's just me.
As a harbinger of cool things to come, I look forward to more penetration of new algorithms such as Genetic Alg to our analytic toolkit. I also encourage folks who want a leg up on the competition to consider a Genalytics analysis.
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The National Center for Family-Integrated Churches
They Searched the Scriptures
What was one of the primary benefits to come out of the Reformation?
Mike Davenport explains in this video that because the people during the time of the Reformation didn't have the Bible in their own, common language, they couldn't lean upon Scripture alone. They were dependent on the often-faulty interpretations of others. But, with the Scripture now translated, they could search the Word of God for themselves.
Why is the Reformation important for the Church and why should we be looking back to something that happened 500 years ago? The Reformation helped to communicate principles such as Scripture alone is sufficient and that we ought to do all for the glory of God alone. Today is no different. We also need to be a people that are directed by the glory of God alone and understand what God wants us to do and follow it with all of our hearts.
Romans 10:17 (NKJV) – "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Watch the video here: They Searched the Scriptures
Please consider coming to our national conference: Repentance - The Reformation Continues - October 26-28 in Asheville NC.


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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
A Good Balance
Saturday Cycle Event Re-cap
COLD start in the middle 30's! At the last minute I dashed back home to grab my head band to cover my ears. Smart choice. Why did I not put on my shoe covers at the same time?… not a smart choice. My feet were FROZEN by mile 25.
The pack stayed together for the first 8-10 miles and then separated into three groups. I settled in with a group of 5 and we set out to tackle the miles and miles on long rolling hills, one wooden bridge, and a few somewhat (un)friendly dogs along the way. By mile 33 I was having an issue with a "tender spot" that a seam in my pants were creating. At this sag stop I went in the bathroom to assess the area and found that it was on the verge of being a BIG problem. After total disgust I opted to rack my bike and jump in the sag vehicle. Although I was not pleased by this I will tell you that my feet were thrilled to be thawing out. Another gentleman joined me and we road in the car for the next 10 miles. At the next sag stop we both decided that we would suck it up and rejoin the group. The pain was there and I would likely regret what I was doing to the "tender spot" later but my heart wanted to finish with this group and so that is just what I did. 45 miles and the ride was complete.
We had such a great time that we are doing a repeat of it this coming Saturday. No bailing this time. The pants will not be worn again so the seam should not be an issue.
Last night I joined Cheri in a run. I cannot remember the last time we have ran roads together. We are trail girls at heart. We set out for a 4 miler and made the time count. We finished with an 8:40 pace. She made me work for it and cut my tired legs no slack!! Thanks Cheri. She has set goals this year and after running with her last night I can clearly see this girl is on a mission. Next time we will have to try and get Susan to join in on the sweat party.
Tonight is the Spinners Tuesday night ride. Scott and I are moving up to the next pace group as planned. I will likely be dropped but I have set an overall goal and want this workout to count. Should be interesting!
Happy Tuesday!
15 comments:
- Runner Mom said...
Will you run with me next week??? I am looking outside at how gorgeous it is...and I cannot run for 4 more days!!
- March 24, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Great job on the ride. Have fun moving up to the next pace group. I am sure you'll be able to hang. Keep having fun!
- March 24, 2009 at 12:42 PM
- Marlene said...
WTG on the long ride and greaty run too. I hope the 'tender spot' is okay - owwie.
I hit up a spin class last night (for the first time in months) and it was so busy that I got stuck wit one of the bikes with a hard seat. I am *really* hurting 'down there' this morning. Sorry for the TMI!
- March 24, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- jen said...
Oy, sorry about the seam chafing. I've had that. :( Great job on the ride though!
- March 24, 2009 at 1:14 PM
- The Happy Runner said...
Nice job!
Hope your spot is healing up!
- March 24, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- Chad in the AZ Desert said...
Sounds like a couple of really good workouts. Great job!
- March 24, 2009 at 2:13 PM
- Wes said...
I hate it when stuff rubs me the wrong way!! Nice ride!! I still think that Jaggad removable chamois is good for other outfits. I plan on using mine all the time :-) I got assets to protect...
- March 24, 2009 at 2:35 PM
- Colleen said...
Great job with the ride, despite the seam problems. Sounds like those tights should be banned from riding gear! :)
- March 24, 2009 at 4:24 PM
- Melanie said...
Ouch! You probably made the right choice, glad it didn't have time to get worse! Balance is good... sounds like you've got it right :)
- March 24, 2009 at 7:47 PM
- Shannon said...
Seam problems-pull air!
45 miles down! Your doing great, keep pedaling!
- March 25, 2009 at 8:30 AM
- ShirleyPerly said...
Seam problems suck as does riding in mid-30's w/o full booties or at least toe warmers -- Yikes!
Hope the tender spot heals up quick. Sometimes I get those and don't even realize until too late (i.e. after the ride) because I'm just having too much fun :-)
- March 25, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- I Run for Fun said...
Great job on the ride and run. Ouch! Chafing hurts!
- March 25, 2009 at 2:07 PM
As tough as running is, I just don't know how you guy can sit on this saddle for all this time. I would die!
- March 25, 2009 at 10:47 PM
- RunBubbaRun said...
Nice job in getting back in the saddle and finishing the ride.
Hopefully the foot is okay.
I think we will always yearn to run the trails. I know I do.
- March 26, 2009 at 7:49 AM
- Cheri said...
I missed running with you. You have gotten soooo much stronger!!! Let's hit the trails ASAP.
- March 26, 2009 at 4:51 PM


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Engineering School-of-the-Streets
When you build something
powerful and beautiful,
it makes you feel
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More than half of our apprentices are girls.
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THE PEOPLE in Bayview Hunters Point have been struggling for decades, affected by the US Navy's radioactive waste dump, crack-cocaine, gun violence, substandard housing, and liquor stores. They are struggling with unemployment, homelessness, lack of access to health care, tainted soil, violence, mental illness, drug-addiction, severe health problems, and lack of appreciation.
BUT THERE IS INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL HERE. These soulful folk represent a deep history. The population of Bayview Hunters Point has a history of work in the trades. One unemployed young man from Double Rock describes his father as a busy electrical contractor during the 1980's. Those days are gone-- most local employers hire mostly non-residents.
The young people are a precious creative resource, yet many lack the resources to be creative. The BOOM believes a revival of the trades may be the right prescription. The Bayview BOOM empowers teenagers with the skills to build their own futures.
Our method is to develop a high-quality, bumpin' music product, designed to consumer standards, that can be built by-hand, at low cost, by our youth-apprentices. Then, we'll implement a street-savvy marketing strategy to get this product into the eager hands of B-Boys and B-Girls everywhere (that's Bicycle Boys and Bicycle Girls).
Our boombox-electronics projects are highly appealing to hard-to-reach youths. Building an exciting and complex project engenders pride, and sense of accomplishment.
"I can feel the energy flowing through my body."
-Jonathan M, on probation, 15 yrs old, after a successful system test.
Mechanical and electronic assembly and repair involve constant problem-solving, troubleshooting, and improvising. This gives our participants the confidence and thinking-skills to solve other real-life problems. Assembly projects provide unemployed or truant youths with a constructive, healthy alternative to unproductive activities.
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Pacific Hoists Australia has launched its brand new electronic product catalogue.
The electronic product catalogue features Pacific Hoists' complete and extensive ranges of products including J.D Neuhaus Air Hoists and Winches, Hitachi Electric Chain Hoists, Vital Chain and Lever Blocks, InterProduct Lifting Clamps and its own Pacific range of Hoists, Winches and Materials Handling product.
In the electronic product catalogue, each product will have its own dedicated page and include information, features, dimensions and specifications.
The electronic product catalogue will also be available in a printed version and will shortly be available for download from Pacific Hoists' website.
The Chairman and CEO of Pacific Hoists, Richard Crake is proud of the company's new product catalogue. He says, "This new catalogue represents innovation, quality and the high standards that Pacific Hoists has built its reputation upon. It provides the right amount of information to enable our customers to make confident, informed decisions."
The catalogue features seven sections - The 33 year history of how Pacific Hoists began, Hoisting Equipment, Winches, Materials Handling Equipment, Service and Maintenance, Product Training and a dedicated section containing information about safety and awareness and Pacific Hoists' products.
"We believe it is our duty to provide as much information as we can to our customers to ensure that they are using their products the correct way and that they are aware of all the consequences if they are handled incorrectly." says Richard Crake. The new Pacific Hoists catalogue is available now.


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When I envisioned my project for today's post I hoped it would turn out alright. And with the help of SVG Attic and gorgeous paper I am quite happy with the result.
I made a vanity set for my project.
The file I used for the containers is Kiss the Cook.
And for the tray I used the Mom's English Garden.
I hope you like my project.
Thank you for stopping by.
Have a fabulously crafty day! ♥


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Kukdo Chemical Co. was established in 1972 and has since grown to become one of the world's largest producers of epoxy resin and curing agents as well as thermosetting resins, inorganic chemicals, polyols and polyureas. Their products are well suited for use in the production of primers and maintenance coatings, cured epoxies and floorings and resin produce films accompanied with outstanding flexibility and adhesion as well as exceptional resistance to chemicals and solvents.
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Karla Alexander is a well- known quilt teacher and book author, who developed the 'Stack the Deck' book series. Her method/game nicely combines planning with serendipity. The basic idea is to cut a stack of square blocks; subcut blocks into different pieces; shuffle each pile of pieces differently; and stitch the pieces back into blocks.
You do have to read through the directions a couple of times, but once you grok it, it's a lot of fun – perfect for when you don't want to design too much, and just want to get to the sewing. From her book 'New Cuts for New Quilts, More Ways to Stack the Deck,' I made this quilt, which she calls 'Razzle Dazzle.' Her model quilt was made from multicolored batiks, with sashing in black-and-white checked fabric. I used print fabrics, and a black-and-white square sashing.
A little loud, no? I don't know why I like purple and yellow so much. I keep coming back to it. Or maybe I cured myself with this project....
In any case, once I was done, I liked the quilt, but I liked the pile of scraps generated from trimming up the blocks to size, even better. I mean, this was one heckuva great-looking scrap pile, consisting of slivers from ½" to about 2" wide, each sliver made up of several fabrics.
They were a little too narrow for a scrap quilt…So I decided to turn them into flowers. I cut out backing circles from felt, using my pinking shears.
The felt circle is a couple of inches shorter than the slivers. Flipped to the front, I piled a bunch of slivers on each backing, setting each strip at a different angle, like an asterisk. Added a couple of strips cut from the black-and- white sashing to fill things out.
Stitched them together in the center, added a coordinating button. Then I drenched each flower in "Stiffy", and laid it to dry on waxed paper. Stiffy keeps the slivers more or less pointing outward. The final step is to hand-stitch on the extra-long pipe cleaners (aka chenille stems). I wound a couple of the stems together to make them stronger.
And voila! A raggedy bouquet that matches my quilt! (Just what my house needs: MORE crazy yellow and purple explosions everywhere!)
Karla's latest book, 'Dynamic Quilts with Easy Curves,' uses her shuffle approach to cut curved shapes. One of the great things about her books is that you don't have to buy the first one to understand the system – she re-explains it in every book.


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Natalie and Tim have been foster-siblings for more than 6 months now, and Natalie is a wonderful jie-jie (big sister). You can see how much Tim adores her.
Natalie gives him kisses, and Tim pretends that he's a tough guy, but we're not fooled...
Natalie is petite, with a graceful beauty (although there is a delightful mischief in her too).
Tim is...um, not-so-petite, and is growing up to be a fine, robust young gentleman.
So different, and yet so sweet together! Natalie did such a great job helping Tim pose for some pictures.
Tim and Natalie: serious contenders for 'cutest foster-siblings ever'.


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Ground Round Banquet Server- $100 Bonus after 90 Days job in Oshkosh, WI
- Company
- Ground Round
- Job Title
- Banquet Server- $100 Bonus after 90 Days
- Job Type
- Full-time, Part-time
- Wages
- $11+ depending in serving experience
- Location
- 1 N Main Street
Oshkosh, WI 54901
- Last Active
- 4 days
Banquet Server- $100 Bonus after 90 Days
The Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel & Convention Center is currently seeking individuals to fulfill the position of Banquet Servers.
Responsibilities will include the preparation of banquet rooms for events, carry dinner trays, serve guests and clean up after the events have concluded. Must be able to stand and walk for an extended period of time while accommodating guest effectively and politely.
$100 Bonus after 90 days!!!
Customer service or waiter/waitress experience is preferred but not required. Must be flexible and available to work evenings and weekends.
Perks & Benefits
-Vacation Pay Offered
-401K Available
-Health Insurance Plans
-Hotel Discounts
- Receive discounts at the Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel, Copperleaf Boutique Hotel- Appleton, or at any Best Western International property.
-Ground Round Discounts (Neenah or Oshkosh)- 50% on duty, 25% off duty, up to 3 other guests
-Bridgewood Golf Course - Neenah Discount - Up to 4 guests
-Holiday Pay
-Time & a half pay on New Year's Eve, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day
- Complimentary access to hotel Pool & Fitness Center
Additional Info
- Minimum Age
- 18+ years old


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It is time to say goodbye to poetry month for this year. But that doesn't mean that you might not see a poem or two pop up. But for now, I leave you with this one.
Poetry Poem
You don't just get to write a poem once
You gotta write it over and over and over
until it feels real good to you
And sometimes it does
and sometimes it doesn't
That's what's really great
and really stupid
about poetry.
–by Jacqueline Woodson from Locomotion


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Actor Colin Farrell will apparently soon be starring in a much less bleak project than the HBO drama "True Detective."
Farrell has reportedly signed on to star in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," the film written by "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling and set in Harry's world. The actor will play a character known as Graves whom protagonist Newt Scamander encounters in New York.
"Fantastic" centers on Newt, who is an expert on magical creatures. Eddie Redmayne of "The Theory of Everything" will play Newt, while actors Ezra Miller, Alison Sudol, and Katherine Waterston have also signed on for the movie.
It will be interesting to see what role Graves plays in the story, about which "Potter" fans know very little. As young adult franchises have come to be big business in Hollywood, the casting of such crucial roles as Harry Potter and Katniss Everdeen have made headlines, but older actors have also been needed to fill the roles in these fictional worlds.
Many of them have attracted acclaimed actors, with the original "Potter" series starring such actors as Gary Oldman, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, and Imelda Staunton. (The sheer number of characters in the "Potter" world and Rowling's requirement that actors not be faking an accent means that there aren't a lot of A-list British actors out there who haven't appeared in the "Potter" films.)
Movie series like "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent" have followed the lead of "Potter," with critically beloved actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julianne Moore coming on board for "Hunger" and Kate Winslet starring in the "Divergent" movie series.
Farrell joining "Fantastic" continues this trend. In addition to appearing in "Detective" (though in its less-acclaimed season), Farrell has starred in such critically-well-received films as "In Bruges," "Crazy Heart," and "The New World." He won a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his work in "Bruges."
The first "Fantastic" movie is set to be released in November 2016.


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When it comes to the Android smartphone market segment, the Japanese handset vendor Sony has launched a slew of smartphones following Samsung, the world's leading smartphone vendor.
The Japanese phone vendor is in talks these days for its Xperia Odin smartphone, which is constantly being revealed in the tech rumors and image leaks recently.
As per a latest SlashGear report, the upcoming Sony's flagship smartphone with the codename Odin will be launched as Xperia X at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013, slated to happen sometime this month or at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013, which will happen in February.
What features to expect?
Going by the earlier rumors, Xperia X smartphone could pack a 5 inch display with 1080p resolution, 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad core SoC processor, Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean OS, 13MP rear camera with HD quality and more.
Similarity with Xperia Z
Going by earlier reports, Sony Yuga will be launched at CES 2013 or MWC 2013 with the name Xperia X packing a 5 inch display with 1080p resolution, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad core processor, Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean OS, 12MP/13MP rear camera with HD quality, IP57 certifications as in other handsets including Xperia V, Xperia Tablet S and HTC Butterfly.
The report also claims that Xperia Z and Xperia X will be more or less identical with differences in terms of internal connectivity components that makes them work in different regions of the world.


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Affordable Long-Term Lodging for Cancer Patients
Patients and their families spend millions of dollars each year on lodging and transportation or travel for treatment. These travel costs accumulate fast, on top of the mounting medical bills for the treatment itself and normal household bills. For the average family, these costs can quickly become too much to handle.
But for many patients, especially those diagnosed with a rare cancer like mesothelioma, travel is unavoidable. Specialists for these cancers are few and spread out across the country, so it can be difficult to find the best care close to home.
Since the cost of cancer treatment continues to rise and isn't slowing down anytime soon, patients and their families need help to keep up with all these expenses. Fighting cancer requires a support system, and a family shouldn't have to be apart from their loved one at a time when they need each other most just because it's too expensive.
Fortunately, there are some options for families to reduce some of this financial strain and added stress.
Hospital and Cancer Center Accommodations
The hospital or cancer clinic in which a patient is receiving treatment may offer various solutions for families to find affordable long-term lodging. Many hospitals have deals with local and surrounding hotels to provide a long-term stay at a reduced rate. This can, however, still be too expensive for many patients to handle. Some may also run into issues with booking a room for a long period of time, and may find themselves having to switch rooms or hotels in the event of a busy season.
Some hospitals also offer their own hospitality housing for family members of patients undergoing care for cancer or other diseases. Many have some basic eligibility criteria for the patients or family guests depending on the circumstances of the stay, including:
- Length of commute from their home to treatment facility (e.g., at least an hour away)
- The patient is actively in treatment
- Having a permanent address to return to after treatment is finished
- Guests' ability to care for themselves, as these facilities generally don't provide their own healthcare support
- Patients and guests being free of any infectious conditions that could put others at risk
These requirements and accommodations available will vary, so it's important to make sure you have all the details from the hospital first. In most instances, being able to book lodging at these hospitality houses can only occur through a referral from a patient's social worker at their medical center.
It's also important to keep in mind there may be a waiting list at these facilities depending on how many patients they can accommodate at one time. Patients and their families may need to find other options depending on their needs and treatment schedule.
Need help paying for mesothelioma-related travel? See your options…
Nonprofit Organizations
Patients can also find a variety of organizations that offer free or reduced rates for lodging near hospitals and cancer centers. There are national resources, as well as state-specific organizations that can help patients and their families find the appropriate lodging for their needs.
One such resource patients can use is the Healthcare Hospitality Network (HHN), a national nonprofit with almost 200 different lodging options and support services around the country. The network features a variety of home settings from small, private accommodations to houses that can host 100 or more patients at one time. HHN is dedicated to fitting any patient's unique needs, and creating a supportive community of patients during such a hard time.
The American Cancer Society also offers patients free lodging through their Hope Lodge program. There are currently 32 Hope Lodges located throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, and they're actively working on building more to help the growing number of cancer patients and their loved ones. These Hope Lodges offer patients and their caregivers a comfortable, home-like environment where they can retreat to private rooms or seek support in a common area. In 2014 alone, the Hope Lodges were able to help over 44,000 patients and their families, which saved an estimated $36 million in lodging expenses.
Joe's House is another nonprofit resource available to patients in need of affordable lodging. They have a network of lodging partners that offer reduced rate lodging facilities for cancer patients or those needing treatment for any diagnosis. Joe's House allows patients to search for lodging based on rate or proximity to a particular healthcare facility.
Just like with the medical center programs, each of these lodging facilities have their own eligibility criteria and might also face long waiting lists. Patients and their caregivers should be sure to research each option and speak with their social worker to determine what's available and the best deal for their individual needs.
Affordable Transportation
Patients and their families should also look into organizations that can help with affordable travel and transportation needs. If a specialist lives far away from a patient's hometown, it can become expensive traveling back and forth for treatments and procedures. Various organizations offer reduced price or free airfare for cancer patients and their caregivers.
Organizations like Corporate Angel Network, Angel Flight, and Air Charity Network all provide free transportation for patients facing cancer or any harsh diagnosis and their families. These volunteer networks work across the country for families in a strained financial situation.
Some patients may also be eligible for grants to help offset some of these costs. CancerCare is one such organization that provides financial assistance for travel and other needs for cancer patients in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Just like with the hospitality housing, these organizations and grants also typically have their own eligibility criteria. Patients should be sure to research their options to determine what they might qualify for and what will best fit their needs.
A cancer diagnosis comes with a lot of uncertainties, including how to manage the constantly growing bills. Fortunately, there are various organizations working to help these families stay together throughout a loved one's cancer journey regardless of their financial situation.


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Elections for School Council were to be held at Meet and Greet on Thursday. Suzanne Lynch was the only nominee. Welcome to the Dodgen Middle School Council Suzanne!
I am sure you are aware that the A+ Education Reform Act of 2000 established School Councils in Georgia. One of our parents will be rotating off of the Council this year so it will be necessary to elect a replacement. Parents and guardians of children who are enrolled at Dodgen MS are invited to nominate a parent or guardian who would be interested in serving on our School Council. Click this link Download Download school_council_nomination_form_2008.doc to obtain a nomination form. Nominations will be accepted until August 5, 2008. The election ballot will be created on August 6, 2008, to include the names of nominees. Any name submitted as a nominee after August 5, 2008, will have to be entered as a write-in candidate. The School Council election will take place at the school on Thursday, August 7, 2008, from 9:00am-4:00pm. In order to vote you must be the parent or guardian of a child who will be attending Dodgen MS during the 2008-2009 school year.


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I have spoken with a few people this week and it looks like we are going to have enough people/rooms to make the initial booking if everyone who I've spoken with so far is able to commit. For those of you who are considering bringing kids, I thought you should know that there are potentially three families right now bringing kids that are between the ages of 9-16. It is really well set up for kids at the resort (but doesn't feel over run by them!).
I would like to collect all the info by Thursday night so that I can send it in to our travel agent. Please email me with who's in your group, what type of room you would like and how many (for families, keep in mind that technically one parent needs to be in the room with kids so if you are a family of 5 you will need two rooms with one adult in each… technically), and your credit card info.
If there is anyone else who is interested that I haven't spoken with yet let me know!


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Looks like the reconstruction of the Safeway in Petworth is finally taking shape! Which is nothing short of fantastic.
Also in the news today: Liz Lerman is leaving the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. So the Takoma venue will now be known as...the Dance Exchange.
Additionally: the Brookland residents who are opposing the proposed mixed-use project by the Metro might want to take a lesson from Brightwood's current dilemma. Careful of what you oppose, or you could end up buying yourselves a Wal-Mart, Brookland. Just sayin.


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Four different models of the E-Class are now offered in the U.S. The E350 has a 268-horsepower, 3.5L V6; the E550 has a 382-horsepower, 5.5L V8; the high-performance E63 AMG has a 507-horsepower, 6.3L V8; and the E320 Bluetec comes with a 3.0L turbodiesel V6 that makes 208 horsepower and 388 lb-ft of torque.
The E350 and E63 are also available in a wagon body style in addition to the four-door sedan. The E350 and E550 have a 4MATIC all-wheel-drive system available. All models get a seven-speed automatic transmission.
The new 6.3L V8 in the E63 AMG is the first engine to be completely developed by AMG; it has four valves per cylinder, variable valve timing, bucket-style tappets, and a variable intake manifold.
The E63, as the performance leader of the line, can reach 60 mph in only 4.3 seconds; it can also be ordered with a performance package that lifts the 155-mph electronically limited top speed to 186 mph. It includes a specially tuned Airmatic sport suspension, a limited-slip differential, 19-inch alloy wheels, larger front brake discs, and an AMG sport steering wheel with paddle shifters.
Meanwhile, the E320 Bluetec is as clean as a modern gasoline car, according to Mercedes-Benz, and the 3.0L CDI V6 is ranked 32 highway in the EPA cycle.
Window curtain air bags and side-impact air bags are standard on the E-Class, along with PRE-SAFE, a system that tenses the seatbelts if it anticipates a collision, and closes the sunroof and side windows if it anticipates a loss of control.
Each of the E-Class models come very well equipped as luxury cars. Options include a hands-free system, DVD navigation, side window blinds, Sirius satellite radio, the Parktronic parking aid, bi-xenon headlamps with active curve illumination, and a panorama sunroof. A newly available AMG Sport Package adds much of the E63's appearance equipment to the E350 or E550.
The E-Class range of luxury sedans and wagons can fit a wide range of needs, from the fast, showy, and exclusive E63 AMG to the more practical E350 and the economical, green-friendly E320 Bluetec diesel. Across the line, the E-Class has a very roomy interior and nice ride, both which make it well-suited for long trips. With 4MATIC all-wheel drive available on E350 and E550 models, the E-Class also makes a good all-weather bet for those who live in the Snow Belt, too.
For 2008, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class continues without major changes, but a new AMG Sport Package brings many of the appearance cues from the E63 AMG--including the flashy wheels, AMG steering wheel, and manual shift paddles--to the V6 E350 or V8 E550.
Also, the PRE-SAFE system is now standard across the entire E-Class line.
Performance (E550 and E63); fuel efficiency (E320 Bluetec); spacious interior; ride comfort.
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The oak tree was worn and tired and sat in a field, where it waited to die.
"I have lived my life," said the oak tree, "I have felt the seasons turn beneath my roots and I have watched the years unfold and spill themselves through my branches. Now it is time for me to move on."
The other trees were distressed and pleaded with the oak tree to stay. The beech shook with copper-filled sorrow, the rowan sighed into a dark, November wind and the sycamore wept for lost friendship and begged the oak to change its mind.
"No," said the oak tree, "my moment has arrived and I am happy to go. We each are given a fragment of time in this field and I must leave in order to make room for the future."
And so the oak tree slowed its breath and lessened its grip on the earth and waited for its journey to continue.
Each day, the farmer visited his field and studied the oak tree.
He walked around it in slow, deliberate circles and he frowned at the blackened roots and the dry, wasted branches. The oak tree knew how powerful the farmer was and it held its breath in fear.
The farmer listened to the dry whisper of dying leaves and felt the slough of deadened bark and he became angry and resentful.
"Oh no," he said, "this won't do at all. I didn't become a farmer to allow my trees to die."
"But I am old now," said the oak tree, "I am old and tired and this is my moment." But arrogance had made the farmer deaf to anything but his own thoughts and all the trees in the field knew it was pointless to argue.
Each day, the farmer returned to the field and meddled with the oak tree. He brought water to drown its branches, he brought soil to smother its roots and he stripped away its bark, until the oak tree ached with fear and became weakened with the weight of its own misery.
"What would the other farmers think of me," he said, "if I allowed my oak tree to just die?"
The other trees were afraid and gathered in the corner of the field.
"Why will he not let the oak tree die in peace?" said the beech, who was young and unwise.
"Because he cares," said the sycamore, who tried to see the best in everyone.
"Because he's forgotten how to care," said the rowan, who was the wisest tree of all.
The farmer lay awake through the night, thinking about the oak tree. He paced the floor of the farmhouse, he read through all of his books and he thought back upon his years of being a farmer, in the hope that it would bring him an answer.
But still the oak tree continued to die.
The next day, the farmer brought a group of other farmers to the field, to see if they could offer him a solution.
"But this is my moment," said the oak tree, "I just want to be left alone."
No one was listening.
All the farmers gathered around the oak tree and whispered to each other.
"Tear off all the leaves," said one.
"Cut away the branches," said another.
"Climb to the very top," said a third, "and slice through the trunk."
The farmer did all of these things, but none of them worked.
The oak tree cowered in the field, weary and longing for peace. Its branches lay rotten and useless and its wasted leaves whispered for release on the cool, hard earth.
The farmer sat back on the grass and stared at the tree.
"Very well, then," he said, "I will allow you to die."
The other trees stretched with relief and wept for their friend, as the oak tree was finally permitted to leave.
But its moment had long since passed and instead of a peaceful field, the oak tree's final eyes saw only darkened chaos and the air which it breathed was brutal and borrowed. The other trees could do nothing but sit with their friend, as it ached and heaved and pulled itself away from this earth.
The farmer didn't stay whilst the oak tree died.
Instead, he walked back to his farmhouse and smiled and felt satisfied with his work.
"After all," he said to himself, "what kind of farmer would I be, if I had simply allowed my oak tree to just die?"


text: People talk about low ferritin but I know you have to be careful about overdosing on iron. I am 61 yrs . My hair has been falling out since I have been on levo. Pumping myself up with b 12 and d3 vit and b complex as well . My ferritin on my last blood test reads 33 range(15-150) I have been on Levon for about 8 months.